Month: October 2020

Q&A with Vint Cerf, who has been working on building an internet for space, using disruption/delay-tolerant networking (DTN) protocol, an alternative to TCP/IP (Susan D'Agostino/Quanta Magazine)

Susan D’Agostino / Quanta Magazine: Q&A with Vint Cerf, who has been working on building an internet for space, using disruption/delay-tolerant networking (DTN) protocol, an alternative to TCP/IP  —  Vinton Cerf helped create the internet 40 years ago, and he’s still working to connect people around the world — and off it. Q&A with Vint

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The Clock Under the Dome

In what can only be described as a work of art, [suedbunker] has created a clock under a glass dome. Sporting Nixie tubes, a DS3223, BCD encoders, and MPSA43 transistors driven by an MCP23008 I/O expander it is truly a sight to behold. [suedbunker] has previously created the Circus Clock, a similar clock that celebrated

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Weibo users describe how political discussions on the platform have become even more muted amid pervasive censorship, as some resort to using burner accounts (Shen Lu/Rest of World)

Shen Lu / Rest of World: Weibo users describe how political discussions on the platform have become even more muted amid pervasive censorship, as some resort to using burner accounts  —  Thousands of Weibo accounts have been deleted as China’s government cracks down on free speech. Weibo users describe how political discussions on the platform

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Profile of Palantir CEO Alex Karp and the controversies around Palantir's trustworthiness; Karp claims his progressivism offsets Thiel's relationship with Trump (Michael Steinberger/New York Times)

Michael Steinberger / New York Times: Profile of Palantir CEO Alex Karp and the controversies around Palantir’s trustworthiness; Karp claims his progressivism offsets Thiel’s relationship with Trump  —  The tech giant helps governments and law enforcement decipher vast amounts of data — to mysterious and, some say, dangerous ends. Profile of Palantir CEO Alex Karp

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Zest AI raises $15M for its AI-powered tech that it claims can help financial institutions reduce bias in loan portfolios, bringing its total VC funding to $87M (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Zest AI raises $15M for its AI-powered tech that it claims can help financial institutions reduce bias in loan portfolios, bringing its total VC funding to $87M  —  Zest AI, a company developing AI-powered loan decisioning products, today closed a $15 million funding round led by Insight Partners. Zest AI raises

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