AI
MIT develops system that can detect 85% of cyberattacks using artificial intelligence ibtimes.co.uk
Rather than requiring cybersecurity analysts to spend all day analysing huge amounts of data that may or may not be a sign that cybercriminals are attacking a network, AI2 is instead trained to pick out the 200 most abnormal events it has detected during that day.
The human expert looks at the events and picks out which events relate to a cyberattack, and as days pass by, the computer learns how to identify more and more of the events as attacks, accurately, by itself – meaning that, eventually, the cybersecurity analyst might only need to look at 30-40 flagged events per day.
Singularity
Ray Kurzweil Predicts Three Technologies Will Define Our Future singularityhub w!
The genetics revolution will allow us to reprogram our own biology.
The nanotechnology revolution will allow us to manipulate matter at the molecular and atomic scale.
The robotics revolution will allow us to create a greater than human non-biological intelligence.
This might be as good a time to introduce the w! ("worldview warning!") indicator, if you haven't yet noticed its use :)
Mixed Reality
The Untold Story of Magic Leap, the World’s Most Secretive Startup wired v
Magic Leap is not the only company creating mixed-reality technology, but right now the quality of its virtual visions exceeds all others
Aside from potential investors and advisers, few people have been allowed to see the gear in action, and the combination of funding and mystery has fueled rampant curiosity.
This is a long article but, if you have the time, I highly recommend you sit down and read it. Yes, it's a fasinating look at one specific company's technology, but more importantly it's a peek into a future where we begin mixing mixing reality and non-reality so that non-reality becomes our reality. There are serious worldview ramifications at play. As one employee said in the video:
It's "like dreaming with your eyes open."
Robots
How Pepper the robot will become newest crew member of Costa Cruise Line techrepublic
While it is not the first robot seen on a cruise—there have been robo-bartenders, and a small robot named Mel was used at Costa for entertainment—it is the first to interact with vacationers in a broader way, providing directions, information about destinations, entertainment, and general assistance.
Self-Driving Cars
Your self-driving Bentley might come with a holographic butler nypost
Sielaff said the holographic humanoid would function similarly to Apple’s Siri and serve as the primary interface for the vehicle.
I hadn't considered self-driving cars in light of those (wealthy) who have had "automated cars" for as long as there have been cars ("Home, James!"), and now the high-end luxury market is trying to figure out how to keep the elite feeling elite. As Bently's desiner (rather smugly, I must admit) commented:
“We are living in the future and what you see here is the past for us and the present for you.”
Archeology
Girl, 12, finds ancient Egyptian amulet at Jerusalem dig timesofisrael
The amulet has been dated to 3,200 years ago and bears the name of Pharaoh Thutmose III, a prominent figure from the Eighteenth Dynasty who reigned from 1479 BCE to 1425 BCE, the City of David organization said on Tuesday.
...the artifact [was found] four years ago at a dig organized by the City of David and the Temple Mount Sifting Project, which works to examine tons of dirt removed without archaeological supervision from the Temple Mount by the Muslim Waqf.
Israel
US feels 'overwhelming frustration' with Israeli government, says Biden theguardian
The US vice-president, Joe Biden, has delivered an unusually sharp critique of the government of Binyamin Netanyahu, saying the Israeli prime minister is leading Israel in the wrong direction through his policies, including settlement building.
Germany Supports Two-State Solution for Israel, Palestine Issue sputniknews
We, President [of Palestine Mahmoud] Abbas and me, agree that we should develop the two-state solution, even if it is difficult and has a lot of complications. Both Israeli and Palestinian peoples have the right to live in peace and safety, Merkel said at a joint press conference with Abbas.
Ecuador
Last thing Ecuador needed was quake, after oil bust businessinsider
"An earthquake is always bad, but in this case it has caught Ecuador at a really bad time, with little money for the emergency," said Sebastian Oleas, a professor of economics at San Francisco de Quito University (USFQ).
Turkey
Turkey Builds Mega-Mosque in U.S., Blocks Churches in Turkey gatestoneinstitute.org
On April 2, a gigantic Ottoman style of mosque was opened in Lanham, Maryland by the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The mosque, according to Turkish officials, is "one of the largest Turkish mosques built outside Turkey."
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away from the American soil, in Turkey, Christians have for decades been deprived of the right to build their places of worship.
Animals
Ancient Lizards Preserved in Amber Could Pose Problems for Evolutionists christiannews.net
“The encased organisms show no evidence for evolution between creature kinds,” wrote Brian Thomas of the Institute for Creation Research in an article published last week. “Instead, the dozen lizards fall neatly into five modern lizard categories. For example, the researchers found life-like modern geckos and even identified a tiny chameleon fossil.”
“All this amber evidence urges the question: Did the 99 million years really happen?”
Weapons
Space companies feud over what to do with rockets in ICBM stockpile stripes
Orbital ATK wants to unearth the dormant missiles and repurpose them to launch commercial satellites into orbit. Russia has released its Soviet-era ICBMS into the commercial market, the company argues, so the Pentagon should be allowed to sell its unused ICBMs as well.
Society
Court overturns Virginia school's transgender bathroom rule businessinsider
In a case closely watched by public schools and transgender-rights activists across the country, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the Gloucester County School Board's policy. A federal judge had previously rejected Gloucester High School student Gavin Grimm's sex discrimination claim.
The appeals court's ruling establishes legal precedent in every state in the 4th Circuit, including North Carolina, which faces a lawsuit challenging a new state law requiring transgender people to use the public bathroom that corresponds to the sex listed on their birth certificate.
Global Governance
Countries clash over death penalty at UN drug policy session greenwichtime
The first U.N. special session to address global drug policy in nearly 20 years bristled with tension Tuesday over the use of the death penalty for drug-related offenses, as countries wrestled over whether to emphasize criminalization and punishment or health and human rights.
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