Collaborate Disseminate
Motherboard talks to Robert Pearlman about his new book Space Stations, and how NASA, China, and space companies are building the next phase of human life off Earth. Continue reading We Are About to Enter a New Era of Space Stations
Despite headlines now at least a couple years old, the InfoSec world is still (largely) playing lip-service to the lack of security talent and the growing skills gap.
The community is apt to quote and brandish the dire figures, but unless you’re actual… Continue reading The Security Talent Gap is Misunderstood and AI Changes it All
Contrary to what some “analytics” or “AI” vendors will have us believe, SIEM in 2018 is not the SIEM of our grandfathers. In 2002, when I was first initiated into the dark arts of SIEM, it was very different (it was called eithe… Continue reading What Is “SIEM+” Or “Can We Have A Cyber Defense Platform?”
In Hamilton, Ontario, a basic income pilot is improving individual lives—but bureaucratic pitfalls and tepid goals can limit its potential. Continue reading Basic Income Is Already Transforming Life and Work In a Postindustrial Canadian City
This post is inspired by a few painful discussions on artificial intelligence (AI) that I had both in public (on Twitter) and internally too. Let’s start with a joke: Q: How do you know that a security vendor REALLY uses AI in their product? A: I… Continue reading “Do They Have AI?” or That Rant on AI in Security
Autonomous living is closer than we think. We find out what living on the grid will look like when we connect our cities to our vehicles in the second episode of FLUX. Continue reading Will Automated Cities Put Us All On Autopilot?
Although quantum computing is still in its infancy, enough progress is being made for it to look a little more promising than other “revolutionary” technologies, like fusion power or flying cars. IBM, Intel, and Google all either operate or are producing double-digit qubit computers right now, and there are plans for even larger quantum computers in the future. With this amount of inertia, our quantum computing revolution seems almost certain.
There’s still a lot of work to be done, though, before all of our encryption is rendered moot by these new devices. Since nothing is easy (or intuitive) at the …read more
All the strength of a body builder, with none of the body oil. We test out the latest bionic enhancements in the first episode of FLUX. Continue reading Will Exoskeletons Give Us Superpowers?
‘Clean Meat’ is a new book by Paul Shapiro about the past, present, and future of lab-grown meat. Continue reading Chicken Might Be the First Lab-Grown Meat to Make It to Your Grocery Store
As a bit of a “get to know your neighbor” exercise or part of a team building exercise, have you ever been confronted with one of those “What would you do if…” scenarios?
My socially awkward and introvert nature (through some innate mechanism of self… Continue reading What would you do if…