Is AI a crisis or an opportunity for Maths?

Fields Medalist Terence Tao shares his thoughts in the 2026 Frontier & Pioneer Symposium.

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Source: 2026 Frontier & Pioneer Symposium

#AI #Maths #computing #career

Why is AI like water?

Check out the full interview with Josiah Hester, author of the CACM article "Who Owns the Wai (Water)? AI, Power, and the Public Trust."

https://buff.ly/S0gVVbu

#AI #ACM #computing #research

“Raspberry Pi has posted a record first half after a well-timed memory stockpile helped it ride out soaring #prices and #shortages.

The #Cambridge-based company reported revenue of $256.9 million for the six months ended June 30, up 90 percent from $135.5 million a year earlier, while pre-tax profit more than tripled to $19.6 million.

Raspberry Pi shipped 4.2 million boards during the six-month period, up 17 percent year-on-year, while its order backlog doubled to 2.6 million units.
Behind some of those rather healthy numbers is a bet #RaspberryPi made last year, when it built up a sizeable stash of memory before the market tightened.”

"The decision in FY 2025 to build significant strategic #memory inventory has allowed us to maintain product availability at a time when smaller competitors have struggled to secure allocation," — Eben Upton

#MemorySqueeze / #computing / #commodities <https://theregister.com/storage/2026/09/25/raspberry-pi-surfs-memory-crunch-to-record-first-half/5299155>

Join us in the upcoming #ACMDSPLecture, "Ethical design for wellbeing and affective health" with speaker Corina Sas (Lancaster University). The in-person event will take place between Oct 5-9, 2026. More info here: https://buff.ly/fbmp8do

#distinguishedspeaker #computing #tech

IEEE: IBM Built the Cold War’s Most Powerful Code Breaker for the NSA

https://spectrum.ieee.org/cold-war-codebreaker-nsa-ibm

#computing #cryptography #search

Join us in the upcoming #ACMDSPLecture, "American Self-Defense in Cyberspace" with speaker Josiah Dykstra (National Security Agency). The in-person event will take place between Oct 5, 2026. More info here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b87299cc-86c5-499d-ab19-693b6befb4c0@b86dab28-987f-4cad-a951-ce05b68601ab

#distinguishedspeaker #computing #tech

"Web2 was built on rented infrastructure, and the rent has gone up for thirty years"

- Reality Network @therealitynetwor

https://mastodon.social/@therealitynetwork/117314816416801901

#Computing #Computers #Quote #Quotes #Blockchain #Transactions #Small #Infrastructure #Distributed #P2P #Peer2Peer #PeerToPeer

What can AI systems do now, and what can't they do?

Watch the 2006 Fields Medalist Dr Terence Tao discuss the future of Maths against the rise of AI.

Source: 2026 Frontier & Pioneer Symposium

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#mathematics #AI #computing #ACM

Happy 40th Birthday, Apple IIgs!

#AppleII #AppleIIgs #Apple #vintageApple #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #vintagecomputing #computing #computinghistory #vintagetech #tech #photo #CRT #floppydisk #nostalgia #BBS #messydesk #mydesk #setups #Woz #Apple2forever

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Apple IIgs computer logged into a Bulletin Board System

4 awards that recognize up and coming talents around the globe. Share the post with talented young researchers in your life.

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#opportunities #computing #research #ACM #career

Really fab vid from Nostalgia Nerd on The National Museum of Computing, class bits on Collosus, Enigma, Crytography/cryptanalysis, Ciphers and more.
Proper enjoyed this! :) <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgwq53BXl6Y
#computing #history

How to improve the healthcare system with AI? Monica Bertagnolli, President Elect of the National Academy of Medicine, shares her insights in a recent #ACMBytecast episode.

Check out the full conversation here: https://learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep83-monica-bertagnolli

#AI #healthcare #computing #research #podcast

@ashwin @trashheap @MsDropbear42 @lianna I agree with this, while at the same time:

I weight the #infrastructure damage from #computing #power as the higher priority to avoid which includes:

+ #datacenters
+ #people running it
+ #banks funding it (and @wars at the same time)

This is the higher #priority than most cost.

Avoiding #AI therefore saves the demand (whole #list above) because of what it uses / involves [most bad / wasteful / consumptive things and same style people behind it].

Can external metrics and data capture what's truly important?

Find out in this book review of C. Thi Nguyen's The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game, now available from Penguin Press.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/19/1138778/inevitable-weakness-metrics-quantified-life-book-review/

#weekendreads #booksrec #computing #tech

What happened at this year's #ACMSIGGRAPH conference? Subscribe today to "The Impact Report," our biweekly roundup of stellar research, to stay in the know. 😉 👇
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/issue-11-impact-report-acmdl-0jt0e

#linkedinnewsletter #computing #research #innovation

New #blog #post: My Failed Tech Predictions

https://rldane.space/my-failed-tech-predictions.html

1637 words

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #computing #phones #smartphones #enpoopification #retrocomputing #programming #slop #MacOS #Macintosh #data #InformationAge #SCSI #Mobile #TuringTest #LLM #LLMs #ChatBots

If, like me, you love 1990s Web sites, back when the internet wasn't enshittified by Big Tech yet, have a look at Wiby, a Web 1.0 search engine.

Click on "Surprise me…" for random discoveries, often personal Web pages about obscure niche subjects, but sometimes you find a hidden gem…

https://wiby.org

#web #internet #online #RetroComputing #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #computing #IT #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital

Is AI conscious? Check out #ACMFellow Eric Allman's thoughts in #ACMBytecast Episode 85 here or wherever you get your #podcast.

https://learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep85-eric-allman
#coding #Claude #computing #tech #innovation

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1996, AT&T and Microsoft partnered to distribute Internet Explorer. The deal expanded the browser's reach and marked a major turning point in the race to dominate the early Web.

Explore more #computing milestones: https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

What's "chaos engineering," and why do we need it?

Find out in this episode of #ACMBytecast with Kelly Shortridge, Chief Product Officer at Fastly, wherever you get your podcast.

https://learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep87-kelly-shortridge

#engineering #computing #ACM #podcast

Ever wonder what happened at this year's ACM Awards Banquet afterparty? From brilliant researchers exchanging ideas over drinks to fun group photos, the energy didn't slow down.

Check out the unforgettable highlights 👇️
For more: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCXuEP

#ACMAwards #computing #researchers #innovations

It was an honor to host these brilliant thinkers, pioneers, and rising stars, whose work continues to shape the digital landscape and improve lives globally.

We extend our deepest gratitude to all the laureates for their dedication, to our community for its enduring support, and to everyone who joined us to make this weekend’s celebration so memorable.

Take a look at some of the highlights and snapshots from the evening below! 📸👇

#ACM #Awards #Computing #ComputerScience #Innovation

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The 2026 ACM Fellows

#tech #technology #BigTech #data #security #privacy #safety #InfoSec #IT #surveillance #computing #digital #online #internet #web #cloud #meme

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Meme, showing a continuous circle of data breach messages from corporations… Ahaha you're not gonna believe this but we had a bit of a data breach. Your data is probably for sale online now. That means someone could easily impersonate you. Going forward we're gonna need more of your data to make sure its you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0JAAF61AiE

"I warned you years ago that Windows 11 was the beginning of the end. Today, the door is officially closing on general-purpose computing. In this 24-minute manifesto, I am moving past the "ripping on Rust" memes to address a documented existential threat to your hardware. Between the $12.5M Big Tech "security" grants and the US government's memory-safety mandates, we are witnessing a coordinated execution of legacy systems."

Cryptography as a tool of power
https://negativepid.blog/cryptography-as-a-tool-of-power/

#cryptography #history #IT #tech #privacy #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #AI #quantumComputing #quantumPhysics #inventions #innovation #negativepid

SkiftOS : https://skiftos.org/

It's not a *NIX!

"skiftOS isn’t POSIX. It’s a fresh API and userland inspired by Plan 9, Haiku, and Fuchsia. Familiar ideas, different contracts."

Problem: the GPL is poison. It has polluted Linux and the Linux userland software so that only large corporations can afford to monetize it. BSD License or MIT License would be much better allowing small players to produce unique work without then being forced to share their source code with the AI hegemony racket.

#SkiftOS #Tech #Linux #OS #Plan9 #Haiku #Fuchsia #Computing #SoftwareFreedom #AIHegemony #GPL #License #BSD #MIT