An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: GitHub recently removed code from its website that used neural networks to algorithmically strip clothing from images of women. The multiple code repositories were spun off from an app called DeepNude, a highly invasive piece of software that was specifically designed to create realistic nude images of women without their consent. The news…
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LinkedIn and the Art of Boastful Self-Promotion
Harry Barnes runs a Twitter account called The State of LinkedIn with more than 100,000 followers. On it, he tweets a curated selection of the most egotistical, self-unaware, jargon-ridden posts from LinkedIn members [Editor’s note: the link may be paywalled]. From a report: Recent gems range from the boastful “You call it luck, I call it 80 hours a week”, to…
‘Connecting the dots’ for quantum networks
Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) developed a new technique that could enable future advancements in quantum technology. …
What’s New on Coursera for Business – June 2019
By Kyle Clark, Enterprise Content Expert This month we are excited to announce a special release on top of 39 brand new courses: TensorFlow in Practice. This Specialization was developed in partnership with deeplearning.ai and Google Brain’s Laurence Moroney to provide learners with the expertise to write and deploy production-quality TensorFlow code. In addition to […]
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Microsoft Criticized For VPN-Breaking Windows 10 Update
“Windows 10 continues to be a danger zone,” writes Forbes senior contributor Gordon Kelly:
Not only have problems been piling up in recent weeks, Microsoft has also been worryingly deceptive about the operation of key services. And now the company has warned millions about another problem. Spotted by the always excellent Windows Latest, Microsoft has told tens of millions of Windows 10…
After 25 Months, Debian 10 ‘buster’ Released
“After 25 months of development the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 10 (code name ‘buster’), which will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and of the Debian Long Term Support team.” An anonymous reader quotes Debian.org: In this release, GNOME defaults to using the Wayland…
Why Is Slack Retaining Everyone’s Chat History?
The associate director of research at the Electronic Frontier Foundation published a new warning in the Opinion section of the New York Times this week, calling Slack the only unicorn going public this year “that has admitted it is at risk for nation-state attacks” and saying there’s a simple way to minimize risk — that Slack has so far refused to…
Will California’s New Bot Law Strengthen Democracy?
On July 1st, California became the first state in the nation to try to reduce the power of bots by requiring that they reveal their “artificial identity” when they are used to sell a product or influence a voter. Violators could face fines under state statutes related to unfair competition. From a report: Just as pharmaceutical companies must disclose that the…
Trending Tech Skills
New technologies are changing the way the world works. As a result, governments and organizations are looking for talent with skills that will prepare them for the future. According to our analysis of global skills, demand for technology skills has increased 13% across the globe in the last year. Other important skills like Kubernetes, robotic […]
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Simulating quantum systems with neural networks
Even on the scale of everyday life, nature is governed by the laws of quantum physics. These laws explain common phenomena like light, sound, heat, or even the trajectories of balls on a pool table. But when applied to a large number of interacting particles, the laws of quantum physics actually predict a variety of phenomena that defy intuition. …