From Schneier on Security
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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B. Schneier| February 29, 2024
The ballot for this year's AI-themed Ri Christmas lectures opens on 14 Sep, but there are other ways to see the lectures live, or later when broadcast.Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | September 4, 2023 at 07:16 AM
by Dan Stowell, Queen Mary University of London How do we know how many birds there are out there: in the countryside, and in the city? Usually, it’s because people...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 21, 2023 at 06:33 AM
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London, from June 2011 At first sight nothing could be more different than textiles and electronics. Put opposites together...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 10, 2023 at 06:42 AM
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of Londonbased on a 2016 talk by Lourdes Agapito The cave paintings in Lascaux, France are early examples of human culture...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 7, 2023 at 04:14 AM
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Frequency Analysis, a technique beloved by spies for centuries, and that led to the execution of at least one Queen...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 4, 2023 at 05:27 AM
How do modern codes keep your data safe online? Ben Stephenson of the University of Calgary explains When Alan Turing was breaking codes, the world was a pretty...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 3, 2023 at 04:33 AM
by Geraint Wiggins, Queen Mary University of London Computers compress files to save space. But it also allows them to create music! Music is special. It’s oneContinue...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 1, 2023 at 04:04 AM
by Jane Waite, Queen Mary University of London Have you played the seaside arcade game where shiny metal balls drops down to ping, ping off little metal pegs and...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 31, 2023 at 04:51 AM
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Paul goes on holiday and sees how a car park can work like a computer. Computers get faster and faster every year...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 25, 2023 at 12:08 PM
A mob for the Earth by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London One Saturday afternoon last spring in San Francisco, a queue of people stretched down the pavement...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 24, 2023 at 07:23 AM
To become a Jedi Knight you must have complete control of your thoughts. As you feel the force you start to control your surroundings and make objects move just...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 23, 2023 at 11:39 AM
The Formula 1 car screams to a stop in the pit-lane. Seven seconds later, it has roared away again, back into the race. In those few seconds it has been refuelled...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 22, 2023 at 10:53 AM
In a galaxy far, far away cyber security matters. So much so, that the whole film Rogue One is about it. Part of the key to keeping the Death Star plans secret...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 17, 2023 at 05:07 PM
“Emoji didn’t become so essential because they stand in for words – but because they finally made writing a lot more like talking.” Gretchen McCulloch (see Further...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 17, 2023 at 08:04 AM
In a galaxy far, far away cyber security matters quite a lot. So much so, in fact, that the whole film Rogue One is about it. The plot is all about the bad guys...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 16, 2023 at 03:51 PM
Artificial Intelligences are capable of acting as our agents freeing up our time, but can we trust them? Steve Phelps and his team run experiments with AIs as the...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 14, 2023 at 03:57 AM
What do you do when your boss tells you "go and invent a new product"? Lock yourself away and stare out the window? Go for a walk, waiting for inspiration? Medical...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 13, 2023 at 03:46 AM
Magicians often fool their audience into ‘looking over there’ (literally or metaphorically), getting them to pay attention to the wrong thing so that they’re not...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 10, 2023 at 10:18 AM
Medical mistakes can make a big news story with screaming headlines vilifying those 'responsible'. It may sell papers. Research by Chrystie Myketiak suggested it...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 9, 2023 at 05:17 PM
For some reason biting flies home in on some people while leaving others (even those walking next to them) alone. What is going on, what does it have to do with...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | June 30, 2023 at 05:26 PM