Month: January 2017

Google reveals its servers all contain custom security silicon

Google has published a Infrastructure Security Design Overview that explains how it secures the cloud it uses for its own operations and for public cloud services. Revealed last Friday, the document outlines six layers of security and reveals some interesting factoids about the Alphabet subsidiary’s operations, none more so than the revelation that “We also design custom chips, including a hardware security chip that is currently being deployed on both servers and peripherals.

BHOS presidential scholar easily chooses university

News selected on topics and regions – oil and gas, business, politics, IT, the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea region, Central Asia Ranking of the Azerbaijani banking sector The project initiated by Public Relations department of Baku Higher Oil School and entitled “10 questions to Presidential Scholar at BHOS”, Process Automation Engineering student Ramil Huseynov is answering our questions. – I was born in Raduzny city of the Russian Federation in 2000.

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Coty Inc. announced today that it has entered into a partnership with the Founders of Younique, a leading online peer-to-peer social selling platform in beauty. Under the proposed agreement, Coty intends to acquire 60% of Younique while the Founders will own the remaining 40%.

Deep Probabilistic Programming

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Did we really elect Donald Trump?

Republicans can argue until their last breath that Trump objectors are sore losers, but isn’t more at stake than “mere politics”? This phrase has been rendered quaint by such serious issues as: Russian hackers apparently trying to tilt the election toward Donald Trump; the FBI’s possibly politically motivated practices; Trump’s initial resistance to the conclusions of the U.S. intelligence community; Trump’s refusal to release tax records, which might mollify concerns about his relationship with Russia. These aren’t partisan issues, or shouldn’t be, as evidenced by the Justice Department inspector general’s decision to investigate how FBI Director James Comey handled the probe of Hillary Clinton’s email and private server.

From fiction to fact: the cybercrime threats of the future

As programmes like ‘Humans’ and ‘West World’ play out a fictional world of cyborgs turning on mankind, we take a look at the growing number of cyber threats, both to businesses and individuals, and how fiction is quickly becoming fact. The Internet of Things and advances in artificial intelligence have created a swathe of new opportunities for criminals where complacency is, at best, commercial suicide and, at its very worst, potentially world ending.

Ringling Bros. Throws in the Towel: Should Boxing’s Ringmasters be Concerned?

Two definitions of “tradition,” as listed in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, describe it as “cultural continuity in social attitudes, customs and institutions,” as well “an inherited, established or customary pattern of thought, action or behavior.” At 69 years of age, I consider myself a staunch proponent of tradition, at least those customs that can be traced back at least to my impressionable youth and have somehow survived in a constantly evolving society.

gprime 1.0.9a2

It uses the Gramps API for data, reports, import/export, etc. * Designed for collaboration and fast processing of large databases * Multi-user, password protected * Supports IIIF Image Server API – http://iiif.io/api/image/2.1/ * Uses a powerful search interface * 100% compatible with [Gramps] data model Additional Information ———————- * Blog – * Mailing list – * Documentation – * Demo – http://demo.gprime.info Get Involved! ————- gPrime is looking for help on many different topics: * programming – in Python and Javascript * translation into other languages – see demo for what exists * CSS and HTML design – gPrime uses both gPrime is also looking for some advsiors! If you would like … (more)

wafo 0.3.1

Description =========== WAFO is a toolbox Python routines for statistical analysis and simulation of random waves and random loads. WAFO is freely redistributable software, see WAFO icence, cf.

Billionaire Li Ka-Shing Sweetens Duet Offer to $5.5 Billion

Billionaire Li Ka-shing agreed to buy Duet Group in a A$7.4 billion deal, sweetening an earlier offer, as the Hong Kong tycoon seeks to expand his infrastructure assets in Australia to diversify away from Europe. In the revised bid, endorsed by Duet, investors will receive A$3.03 for each share in the energy company after including a newly announced special dividend of 3 cents a share, according to statements from the companies.

LG G6 promised not to explode

The incident involving the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has had everybody reeling, from consumers all the way up to other smartphone makers. 2017 will most likely be marked by OEMs boasting about how safe their smartphone will be, particularly when it comes to batteries and heat management.

Hidden Figures counts up $20.5 million as it holds on to top spot…

Hidden Figures counts up $20.5 million as it holds on to top spot at the box office for a second weekend Hidden Figures, the inspirational true story of three black female mathematicians who helped NASA put the first men in space, soared into its second week on top of the weekend box office on Sunday. The biographical comedy-drama, based on a book of the same name, stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae whose characters deal with segregation in the 1950s and 60s while they work on the complicated calculations that get astronaut John Glenn into orbit and back again.

SpaceX successfully launches rocket, deploys ten satellites

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SpaceX launches first rocket since explosion in Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Saturday and placed a constellation of satellites in orbit, marking the company’s first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket on a Florida launch pad more than four months ago. The two-stage rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:54 a.m. carrying a payload for Iridium Communications Inc., which is replacing its entire global network with 70 next-generation satellites.

Chinese premier takes economy’s temperature in talks with entrepreneurs and economists

Premier Li Keqiang has solicited opinions from company bosses and economists before drafting the fourth annual government work report for his first five-year tenure as he offered a glimpse into the thinking of the country’s economic affairs. According to Xinhua, the premier underscored the importance of improving the foreseeability and ensuring accuracy in policymaking during the meeting with the business elites and government think tankers on Friday, pledging to maintain a stable economic growth despite grappling with stern challenges from geopolitical risks and downbeat mood.

Octavia Spencer Treats Low-Income Families to Free Screening…

Octavia Spencer spread a whole lot of good will Friday by buying out a movie theater in Baldwin Hills, California and treating families in need to a free showing of her hit film “Hidden Figures.” The gesture was in honor of her mother, Dellsena Spencer, who worked as a maid and other small jobs to single-handedly support her seven children.

Schools recruit girls in underrepresented STEM classes

Thomas Jefferson High School senior Toby Lechtenberger modifies code to create a graphic user interface in science teacher Denise Hoag’s classroom on Thursday, Jan. 6., 2017 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Hoag are trying to get more girls interested in computer science, a traditionally male-dominated field.

Schools recruit girls in underrepresented STEM classes

Thomas Jefferson High School senior Toby Lechtenberger modifies code to create a graphic user interface in science teacher Denise Hoag’s classroom on Thursday, Jan. 6., 2017 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Hoag are trying to get more girls interested in computer science, a traditionally male-dominated field.