Gabriel Gumbs, Spirion – PSW #615

Gabriel Gumbs is the VP of Product Management at Spirion where his focus is on the strategy and technology propelling Spirion’s rapidly-growing security platform.Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode615 Visit https://www.securityweek… Continue reading Gabriel Gumbs, Spirion – PSW #615

Facebook-backed brain research decodes thoughts as words instantly for the first time

Machines that can connect to our brains and interpret its electrical signals hold all kinds of potential in all kinds of areas. A perfect demonstration of this is a research partnership between scientists at the University of California San F… Continue reading Facebook-backed brain research decodes thoughts as words instantly for the first time

BladeX gives laptop, phone or​ console users an ultra-slim second screen

Our laptops, tablets and smartphones serve us well when we’re away from home or the office, but sometimes we want more. More speed, more storage and much more screen. We can already buy portable screens, but few tick as many boxes as the mini… Continue reading BladeX gives laptop, phone or​ console users an ultra-slim second screen

Microsoft pumps $1 billion into generalized artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is improving at a rapid rate, its most recent scalp a band of professional poker players in a round of Texas hold-em. But could these artificial smarts become generalized enough to outperform humans at all kinds of tas… Continue reading Microsoft pumps $1 billion into generalized artificial intelligence

Elon Musk's Neuralink plans its first brain chip implants for next year

Neuralink calls its first brain-computer chip the N1

More than two years have passed since the world caught wind of Elon Musk’s Neuralink, an ambitious and mysterious startup focused on developing brain-machine interfaces that can connect minds to machines. Not a lot has been revealed since, but the company today emerged from the shadows to share its progress so far, along with its plans for the future, which involve implanting its first chips in human as early next year.

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Click&Touch keyboard puts the trackpad in the keys

Bluetooth keyboards are great when you need to type on a tablet and don’t want much of the screen lost to virtual keys, but a built-in trackpad would be useful. Rather than bulk out the form factor, Belarus-based Clevetura is launching a keyb… Continue reading Click&Touch keyboard puts the trackpad in the keys

Sony packs "world's fastest" card reader into its latest USB hub

The MRW-S3 is packed with ports to support a variety of data transfer methods

Sony has wheeled out a versatile new USB hub geared toward working professionals with a need for speed. The MRW-S3 is packed with ports to support a variety of data transfer methods, but is spearheaded by what the company is calling the world’s fastest SD and Micro SD card readers.

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Landmark AI system beats poker pros in multi-player Texas hold 'em

An example hand from the game showing the AI system (Pluribus) bluffing five professional players

A team of computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University and the Facebook AI Research lab has created an AI system that, for the first time, has defeated several poker professionals in six-player Texas hold-em. Unlike earlier iterations of the system, the researchers will not publicly release this algorithm’s code, for fear it could decimate the online poker world.

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Rare original 1976 Apple-1 operation manual up for auction

The Apple-1 computer, launched in July 1976, wasn’t the first personal computer per se, but to many, it may as well be. After all, this is the computer that helped propel a two-man business operating from a suburban garage into the world’s mo… Continue reading Rare original 1976 Apple-1 operation manual up for auction