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Cryptologist DJB Alleges NSA is Pushing an End to Backup Algorithms for Post-Quantum Cryptography
Cryptologist/CS professor Daniel J. Bernstein is alleging that America's National Security Agency is attempting to influence NIST post-quantum cryptography standards.
Bernstein first emphasizes that it's normal for post-quantum cryptography (or "PQ") to be part of "hybrid" security that also inclu...
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Ferrari Announces Its First Electric Sports Car, Promising Real Engine Noises - Sort Of
Ferrari's first electric car arrives next summer, reports Carscoops, with a top speed of 193 mph (310 km/h) and accelerating from 0 to 62 mph (0 to 100 km/h) in just 2.5 seconds.
"The Elettrica" will also have a large high-density battery for over 329 miles (530 km) of range, ultra-fast DC chargin...
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In Copilot In Excel Demo, AI Told Teacher a 27% Exam Score Is of No Concern
A demo of educational AI-powered tools by a Microsoft product manager (in March of 2024) showed "how AI has the possibility to transform various job sectors and the education system," according to one report.
But that demo "includes a segment on Copilot in Excel that is likely to resonate with AI-w...
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German State of Schlesiwg-Holstein Migrates To FOSS Groupware. Next Up: Linux OS
Long-time Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: German IT news outlet Heise reports [German-language article] that the northern most state Schleswig-Holstein has, after half a year of frantic data migration work, successfully migrated their MS Outlook mail and groupware setups to a FOSS solution using Op...
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'Circular' AI Mega-Deals by AI and Hardware Giants are Raising Eyebrows
"Nvidia is investing billions in and selling chips to OpenAI, which is also buying chips from and earning stock in AMD," writes SFGate. "AMD sells processors to Oracle, which is building data centers with OpenAI — which also gets data center work from CoreWeave. And that company is partially o...
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