Google Announces CTF Competition
Google announced on Friday
the dates and prizes for the company’s second annual capture the flag (CTF)
competition.
The qualifying round, for which nearly 200 teams have
already signed up, will take place on June 17 and 18. The top 10 teams will be invited to one of
Google’s offices for the final round.
The prize pool for Google’s CTF is
more than $31,000, which includes $13,337 for the first place prize, $7,331 for
second place and $3,133.7 for third place. The tech giant will also cover travel costs
for up to four members of each finalist team – up to $8,000 per team.
A guide to resources.
New on LLRX – Automatic Justice: Shaping the Legal Mind of
Tomorrow
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Jun 4, 2017
Via LLRX – Automatic Justice: Shaping the Legal Mind of Tomorrow
– Smart computing is changing the nature of legal work even as the profession
struggles to understand its scope. Machines
sophisticated enough to communicate intelligibly and naturally with human
hosts, technology with the processing power to wrangle big data are enhancing
the way attorneys do their jobs and affecting the way they think. Law practices are now set up in paperless
offices, cases litigated in hi-tech courtrooms, research done almost
exclusively online, demanding higher levels of technical competency and
professional responsibility.
The vocabulary of technology is filling the legal
landscape: algorithms, analytics, artificial intelligence (A.I.), automated
decision-making, avatars, big data, cloud computing, code, cognitive computing,
computer-aided, computer-generated, creative computing, cyborg, data driven,
data mining, data science, data trails, deep learning, electronic discovery
(e-discovery), expert systems, machine learning, metadata, mobile technology,
mosaic theory, natural language, neural networks, paperless and virtual
offices, pattern matching, predictive analytics, robotics, self-replicating
technologies, smart data, smart technology, source code, and supercomputers.
So, time worn lexicons and practice libraries are
infiltrated with the latest computer terminologies and technical manuals. The work of lawyers, judges and government
officials increasingly relies on the processing power of microchips. So, the Bartleby of tomorrow is taking shape
today. From document assembly to
document drafting, the borderlands of decision-making, data analysis, and
communication will mark the progress of law and raise new questions for the
administration of justice. And the
breadth of information competence will need to expand with each new generation
of technology. This article by Ken Strutin is a significant, comprehensive and expert guide to recent and notable works on the automation of
lawyering, the administration of law and legal thinking.
“We gotta do something?”
Any chance we could out-argue them?
British prime minister calls for internet regulation after
violent attack
The British PM said in a statement on Sunday that
technology serves as a breeding ground for terrorism and extremism.
“We cannot allow this ideology the safe space it needs to
breed,” May said. “Yet that is precisely
what the internet and big companies that provide internet-based services
provide. We need to do everything we can
at home to reduce the risks of extremism online.”
Perspective. Why
would you want to stop remote work?
When Dell recently surveyed its 110,000 employees about
their work habits, it discovered something surprising: While only 17% of Dell’s
employees were formally authorized to work wherever they prefer, 58% were
already working remotely at least one day a week. That’s good news, says Steve Price, chief
human resources officer at Dell. In
2013, the company had said it wanted half its employees to work remotely for at
least part of their week… by 2020.
In contrast, International
Business Machines recently gave thousands of its home-based employees a
choice: Start working at one of IBM’s regional offices or take
a hike.
… Surveys done by
Gallup indicate that in 2016, the proportion of Americans who did some or all
of their work from home was 43%, up from 39% in 2012.
You need to look for the resources that can help you, but
there is gold in this list.
New on LLRX – Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource
Guide – Updated June 2017
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Jun 4, 2017
Via LLRX – Sabrina I. Pacifici has completely
revised and updated her guide, which she first published in 2005 and has
updated yearly since that time. A wide
range of free sites with expertly
sourced content specific to researchers focused on business, finance,
government data, analysis and news from the US and around the world, are
included in this article. The resources
in this guide are the work of corporate, government, academic, advocacy and
news sources and individuals or groups using Open Source applications. This guide is pertinent to professionals who
are actively engaged in maintaining a balanced yet diverse group of reliable,
actionable free and low cost sources for their daily research.
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