https://reason.com/2023/09/10/the-pirate-preservationists/
When keeping cultural archives safe means stepping outside the law
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-a-contest-of-consciousness-theories-really-proved-20230824/
A five-year “adversarial collaboration” of consciousness theorists led to a stagy showdown in front of an audience. It crowned no winners — but it can still claim progress.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02600-x
The Human Brain Project wraps up in September after a decade. Nature examines its achievements and its troubled past.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/complexity-theorys-50-year-journey-to-the-limits-of-knowledge-20230817/
https://spectrum.ieee.org/boston-dynamics
Marc Raibert believes robots can do more than dance
https://news.mit.edu/2023/new-way-look-data-privacy-0714
MIT researchers created a new data privacy metric, Probably Approximately Correct (PAC) Privacy, and built an algorithm based on this metric that can automatically determine the minimal amount of randomness that needs to be added to a machine-learning model to protect sensitive data from an adversary.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgwgjn/scientists-create-biological-camera-that-stores-images-in-dna
Researchers developed what they call "a biological analogue to a digital camera” using light and DNA samples.
https://www.inverse.com/science/earths-inner-core-is-a-weird-metal-patchwork
A recent study found that our planet's inner core is a mosaic of textures and densities, and maybe some trapped molten metal.
https://cyberwarzone.com/avast-millions-of-dutch-users-misled-billion-euro-lawsuit-looming/
Prague-based security giant Avast is accused of earning millions of Euros from selling sensitive data of its millions of Dutch customers. According to a recent report from AD.nl by Sebastiaan Quekel, Avast, now under the Gen Digital mega-conglomerate, is facing a potential billion-euro lawsuit. Th
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-25-year-old-bet-about-consciousness-has-finally-been-settled/
A brain scientist and a philosopher have resolved a wager on consciousness that was made when Bill Clinton was president
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