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The Open Compute Project (OCP) wants to develop specs for distributed datacenters and has decided the all-optical Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) stack can make them possible.…
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Lucky to be in Kyoto for this rare snow day, and only my second time to visit Arashiyama covered with a white dress. The snowfall over the weekend was substantial, even blocking roads and isolating villages in the small valleys north of the city.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police say suspect found dead from apparent self-inflicted wound after nine killed in shooting at high school in British Columbia
Nina Krieger, British Columbia’s minister of public safety and solicitor general, has called the shooting “devastating,” adding that her office will “deploy every resource to support the investigation and the people of Tumbler Ridge.”
Her full statement is as follows:
“The RCMP have ended the emergency alert in Tumbler Ridge. Police do not believe there are any outstanding suspects or ongoing threat to the public.
Today’s devastating events are sending shockwaves through the community and the entire province. My thoughts are with the victims, their families, and the entire Tumbler Ridge community.
Continue reading...Citizen surveillance is becoming increasingly normalised, even while similar technology is being deployed by ICE agents in the US and the IDF in Gaza
Say cheese! A decision last week greenlighting Bunnings’ use of facial recognition technology to routinely monitor customers provides a not-so-happy snap of how ill-prepared Australia is for the coming AI storm.
On its face, the administrative review tribunal decision to overrule the privacy commissioner’s finding that Bunnings’ use of intrusive, high-impact AI was unlawful is a technical call. But the impact will be material.
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