Michael Byrne
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Washington, United States
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This CPU Exploit-Safe Version of 'Doom' Runs at .00003 FPS
One way to defend against Spectre and Meltdown. → Read More
How Funny Robots Can Help Stall Dementia
What the uncanny valley offers that VR doesn't. → Read More
Energy Neutral Drone Swarms Can Spy on You Without Taking a Break
Researchers imagine a self-sufficient internet of drones. → Read More
Why Machine Learning Needs GPUs
Last summer, I spent a week at a conference dedicated to graphics-processing units—GPUs. It was presented by GPU big name Nvidia, a brand that is largely associated with gaming hardware. At the conference, however, gaming was a sideshow. For that matter, graphics themselves (excluding VR) were a sideshow, despite being in the actual name. In general, this was a machine learning conference, and,… → Read More
The Clever Engineering Behind Intel's Chipocalypse
When computer security collides with computer efficiency. → Read More
AI System Detects ‘Deception’ in Courtroom Videos
Analyzing facial micro-expressions yields almost 90 percent accuracy in detecting lies. → Read More
Should Robots Have Legs? An Investigation
Arguably, for most applications we might imagine, wheels are the way to go. → Read More
New Study Finds That Anti-Vaxxers Are Way Into ‘Purity’ and ‘Liberty’
A look at the moral foundations of an anti-science movement. → Read More
New Study Finds That Most Redditors Don’t Actually Read the Articles They Vote On
And the world makes a little more sense. → Read More
Following a Google Map to Nowhere Is Easy. Getting Out Is Hard
The connected map, the GPS dot, is a different sense of safety than the static map. → Read More
Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up With Depression
New research links elevated responses to unfairness to later appearance of depression markers. → Read More
Physicists Imagine a Supercomputer Based on ‘Magic Dust’
If it scales, the polariton-based computer could leave everything else in the ... dust. → Read More
New System Knows How Hard You’re Thinking Based on Thermal Imaging
No privacy implications here. Move along. → Read More
New Supernova Analysis Questions Dark Energy, Cosmic Acceleration
Timescape cosmology offers a way around one of the universe's best mysteries. → Read More
Coders In Wealthy and Developing Countries Lean on Different Programming Languages
But does it matter? → Read More
'No-Reply' Email Addresses Are a Plague
"If you’re allowed to send me an email, I’m allowed to send you an email." → Read More
Mystery Gravitational Lens Hints at Possible Primordial Black Holes, Dark Matter
At the very least, the new discovery offers a novel way of magnifying the distant cosmos. → Read More
Asciidots Is the Coolest-Looking Programming Language
Beats Java, at least. → Read More
Google Wants to Keep 'localhost' Local
A quirk in IETF standards potentially leaves private IP addresses exposed. → Read More
SMALT Is an Alexa-Integrated Smart Salt Shaker Because of Reasons
AKA what happens when all of the ideas are gone. → Read More