Is Multi-Millionfold Speedup Proof That Google Is Really Quantum Computing?
• http://www.popsci.com, By Sophie BushwickControversial machine is 100,000,000x faster at certain problems
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For Google, Quantum Computing Is Like Learning to Fly
• wired.comAt a NASA lab in Silicon Valley, Google is testing a quantum computer--a machine based on the seemingly magical principles of quantum mechanics, the physics of things like atoms and electrons and photons.
Google's new quantum computer is '100 million times faster than your PC'
• http://www.telegraph.co., By Mark MolloyGoogle's new quantum computer is '100 million times faster than your PC'
This App Would Let Dissidents Share Video When Governments Shut Off the Internet
• motherboard.vice.comImagine that you're an anti-government protestor living in a country with an oppressive government, and shit has just hit the fan.
SanDisk, Toshiba double down, announce the world's highest capacity 3D NAND flash chips
• http://www.computerworld.com, By Lucas MearianToshiba's BiCS technology stacks 48 layers of microscopic NAND layers atop one another, vastly increasing memory density.
Western Digital acquiring SanDisk creates a memory monster
• gizmag.comMajor hard drive maker Western Digital has announced that it is acquiring SanDisk, one of the biggest and most familiar names in flash storage, creating a new global memory giant of sorts.
KICKSTARTER - It's not VPN, it's AlwaysHome! Take your content worldwide
• Kickstarter - Always HomeAlwaysHome is a ridiculously simple to set up system that allows you to appear to be browsing the Internet from your very own living room or office (with access to your private network) anywhere in the world.
KICKSTARTER - It's not VPN, it's AlwaysHome! Take your content worldwide
• Kickstarter - Always HomeAlwaysHome is a ridiculously simple to set up system that allows you to appear to be browsing the Internet from your very own living room or office (with access to your private network) anywhere in the world.
Quantum Computing Explained: An Introduction
• https://www.youtube.com, Isaac McAuleyThis video shows how quantum computers work (in theory).
A Printer For Hardware Designers
• popsci.comVoltera lets you print out circuit boards at home
Revolution OS - 20 year history of GNU, Linux, open source, and the free software movement
• YouTube.ComRevolution OS is a 2001 documentary film that traces the twenty-year history of GNU, Linux, open source, and the free software movement.
"Designless" brain-like chips created through artificial evolution
• http://www.gizmag.com, Dario BorghinoScientists at the University of Twente in the Netherlands have devised a new type of electronic chip that takes after the human brain.
All-optical permanent on-chip memory paves the way for faster, more efficient computers
• http://www.gizmag.com, Colin JeffreyResearchers have created an all-new permanent optical memory that promises to vastly improve information processing speeds
The Tricky Encryption That Could Stump Quantum Computers
• http://www.wired.comThe National Security Agency updated an obscure page on its website with an announcement that it plans to shift the encryption of government and military data away from current cryptographic schemes to new ones, yet to be determined, that can resist
Save WiFi/Individual Comments
• Save WiFiGo to SaveWiFi.Org to make comments to the FCC about proposed requirements to manufactureres to lock down computing devices (routers, PCs, phones) to prevent modification if they have a "modular wireless radio"
Quantum Computing Will Bring Immense Processing Possibilities
• arcleinImagine a computer processor able to harness super-position, to calculate the result of an arbitrarily large number of permutations of a complex problem simultaneously. Imagine how entanglement could be used to allow systems on different sides of the
Trusted Platform Module
• https://en.wikipedia.org,Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is an international standard for a secure cryptoprocessor, which is a dedicated microprocessor designed to secure hardware by integrating cryptographic keys into devices.
New York is getting wired with traffic signals that can talk to cars
• The VergeBehind self-driving, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication is one of the biggest sea changes in transportation technology on the horizon -- it could have an enormous impact on driving safety, if it's implemented
Google's Driverless Cars Run Into Problem: Cars With Drivers
• New York TimesLast month, as one of Google's self-driving cars approached a crosswalk, it did what it was supposed to do when it slowed to allow a pedestrian to cross, prompting its "safety driver" to apply the brakes. The pedestrian was fine, but not so muc
Clinton Refuses To Tell Reporter If She Wiped Email Server
• http://truthinmedia.comAugust 19, 2015- On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton was pushed by Fox News journalist Ed Henry on whether or not she wiped clean her private email server before handing it over to investigators.
Breakthrough photonic processor promises quantum computing leap
• gizmag.comOptical quantum computers promise to deliver processing performance exponentially faster and more powerful than today's digital electronic microprocessors.
IBM's Watson supercomputer claims it can gauge your personality...
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Lucia PetersIt's a good thing my job is conducive to feeding my deep-seated need to take as many personality tests as possible and publicly share my results, because here we are with another one:
Acer's Cloudbooks offer Windows 10 from just $169
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Chris WoodAcer has announced a pair of new laptops that are set to provide access to Windows 10 at a very reasonable price point.
Nvidia recalls all Shield tablets due to battery fire fears
• http://www.reuters.com, By Lehar MaanNvidia Corp said it was recalling its Shield 8-inch tablets in the United States as the battery in these devices can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
Education Can Be Beamed To Poor, Rural Areas With This New Device
• True ActivistThe company Outernet seeks to build virtual libraries in places the internet doesn't reach by blanketing the earth with data beamed from satellites.
This Android-based mini-PC could cost less than a dinner for two
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Dave LeClairIf you want a desktop PC, you're typically going to have to fork over several hundred dollars (Windows OEM licensing alone can make up a significant portion of that). But what if you could turn open-sourced Android into a serviceable desktop OS? That
IBM Discloses Working Version of a Much Higher-Capacity Chip
• http://www.nytimes.com, By JOHN MARKOFFIBM said on Thursday that it had made working versions of ultradense computer chips, with roughly four times the capacity of today's most powerful chips.
101 US Cities Have Pledged to Build Their Own Gigabit Networks
• http://motherboard.vice.comThe US has a big and rather complicated internet speed problem. Its broadband infrastructure is woefully behind in speed and price compared to a broad swath of other countries,
LG's AIT touch panels to usher in lighter, thinner notebooks
• www.gizmag.comLG's display subsidiary has announced that it will begin mass producing notebook displays using Advanced In-Cell Touch (AIT) technology.
HP Sprout gets integrated desktop 3D scanning capabilities
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Richard MossHP has announced a free software update for its all-in-one dual-workspace Sprout computer that adds 3D capture capabilities.
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