Collaborate Disseminate
We all know how to block the DC offset of an AC signal — that just requires putting a capacitor in series, right? But what if the AC signal doesn’t …read more Continue reading Low-Frequency DC Block Lets You Measure Ripple Better
All AI systems carry biases, and ChatGPT allegedly being “woke” is far from the most dangerous one. Continue reading Conservatives Are Panicking About AI Bias, Think ChatGPT Has Gone ‘Woke’
“You should have used a 555” has become a bit of a meme around these parts lately, and for good reason. There seems to be little that these ubiquitous chips …read more Continue reading Should Have Used a Vacuum Tube 555
Younger readers may not recall the days when every mall had a music store — not the kind where tapes and LPs were sold, but the kind where you could buy instruments. These places inevitably had an employee belting out …read more
Continue reading Tonewheels Warble in This Organ-Inspired Musical Instrument
Join us on Wednesday, December 9th at noon Pacific for the Vacuum Tube Logic Hack Chat with David Lovett!
For most of us, circuits based on vacuum tubes are remnants of a technological history that is rapidly fading from our collective memory. To be sure, there are still applications for …read more
You’d think that the 8086 microprocessor, a 40-year-old chip with a mere 29,000 transistors on board that kicked off the 16-bit PC revolution, would have no more tales left to tell. But as [Ken Shirriff] discovered, reverse engineering the chip from die photos reveals some hidden depths.
The focus of …read more
Continue reading Reverse Engineering the Charge Pump of an 8086 Microprocessor
A host of unpatched security bugs that allow BIAS attacks affects Bluetooth chips from Apple, Intel, Qualcomm, Samsung and others. Continue reading Bluetooth Bugs Allow Impersonation Attacks on Legions of Devices
A tool from the White House invites those who suspect political bias in social media censorship to “share their story with President Trump.” Continue reading Trump seeks tales of social media bias – and your phone number
IBM has launched a software service that scans AI systems as they work in order to detect bias and provide explanations for the automated decisions being made — a degree of transparency that may be necessary for compliance purposes not just a company’s own due diligence. The new trust and transparency system runs on the […] Continue reading IBM launches cloud tool to detect AI bias and explain automated decisions
Clorama Dorvilias wants to remove shame and guilt from diversity and inclusion training. Continue reading This VR Founder Wants to Gamify Empathy to Reduce Racial Bias