Mar 19
“I think the journey is just perseverance and just kinda staying true to yourself,” she says.
Mar 19
The chopper, which was on its way to New York City, returned safely to Washington.
Mar 19
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Partners With App Aiming To Better Criminal Justice System
Posted in: Today's Chili“Money, time and lives are wasted with the current policies,” said Jay-Z in a statement.
Mar 19
Growing up is never easy.
Mar 19
Costars Kristin Davis and Willie Garson weighed in on Nixon’s jump from acting to politics.
Mar 19
IBM working on ‘world’s smallest computer’ to attach to just about everything
Posted in: Today's ChiliIBM is hard at work on the problem of ubiquitous computing, and its approach, understandably enough, is to make a computer small enough that you might mistake it for a grain of sand. Eventually these omnipresent tiny computers could help authenticate products, track medications, and more.
Look closely at the image above and you’ll see the device both on that pile of salt, and on the person’s finger. No, not that big one. Look closer:
It’s an evolution of IBM’s “crypto anchor” program, which uses a variety of methods to create what amounts to high-tech watermarks for products that verify they’re, for example, from the factory the distributor claims they are, and not counterfeits mixed in with genuine items.
The “world’s smallest computer,” as IBM continually refers to it, is meant to bring blockchain capability into this; the security advantages of blockchain-based logistics and tracking could be brought to something as benign as a bottle of wine or box of cereal.
A schematic shows the parts (you’ll want to view full size).
In addition to getting the computers extra-tiny, IBM intends to make them extra-cheap, perhaps ten cents apiece. So there’s not much of a lower limit on what types of products could be equipped with the tech.
Not only that, but the usual promises of ubiquitous computing also apply: this smart dust could be all over the place, doing little calculations, sensing conditions, connecting with other motes and the internet to allow… well, use your imagination.
It’s small (about 1mm x 1mm), but it still has the power of a complete computer, albeit not a hot new one. With a few hundred thousand transistors, a bit of RAM, a solar cell and a communications module, it has about the power of a chip from 1990. And we got a lot done on those, right?
Of course at this point it’s very much still a research project in IBM’s labs, not quite a reality; the project is being promoted as part of the company’s “five in five” predictions of turns technology will take in the next five years.
Mar 19
Uber has grounded its entire self-driving car fleet in the US and Canada, after one of its autonomous vehicles reportedly killed a pedestrian in Arizona overnight. The vehicle is said to have been driving itself when the incident took place, though with a safety operator at the wheel. The crash took place in Tempe, a city in south central Arizona, … Continue reading
Mar 19
Users with the latest update of Google Play will be able to test games without a full download. This update allows users to jump in on gameplay as fast as possible, rather than committing to a full download – some of which are so massive, no user wants to take the time to initiate. Only SOME games will be in … Continue reading
Mar 19
Facebook will pay for a forensic audit of Cambridge Analytica’s systems over alleged misuse of social networking data, amid a new report that claims executives at the data company used shady business practices. Meanwhile, Cambridge Analytica maintains that it is innocent of the allegations, and insists that it complied completely with Facebook’s initial request that the contentious data be deleted. … Continue reading
Mar 19
YouTube has started testing a picture-in-picture feature on desktop, hinting at the arrival of the same floating window currently available on mobile devices. A picture-in-picture option makes it possible to browse other content while watching a video, a welcome addition to the desktop viewing experience. However, many details are still missing. Anyone who uses YouTube on Android or iOS will … Continue reading
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