I’ve pointed out many times that it’s easy to scam people online and defraud them. I even once got a phone call from an elderly gentleman asking me if he had really won £1 million on the Financial Services Club lotto. I had to let him down gently. Equally, a
Boffins harnessed the brain power of mice to build AI models that can’t be fooled
How neuroscience can help AI In a bizarre experiment, researchers recorded the brain activity of mice staring at images and used the data to help make computer vision models more robust against adversarial attacks.… Read more...Powered by WPeMatico
Things worth reading: 15th November 2019
Things we’re reading today include … Google set to offer banking current accounts HSBC and RBS set to launch new digital banking platforms How Jim Simons became the most successful investor of all time Stiff sentences for bank fraud capture Italy’s sour public mood PayPal halts payment support to PornHub
Try as they might, ransomware crooks can’t hide their tells when playing hands
Presentation: How I Tried Holacracy and Lived to Tell the Tale
Westpac wants your next bank manager to be a robot
Russian accused of running carding forum extradited to US
Next UK government must legislate to protect access to cash – Which?
Retro (ie crap) cycle parking infra spotted; retro club run to Worlds (1922); Haute Route goes Swiss; Freeman ‘adverse reaction’ to Sutton’; Serena Williams needs a bike fit; Boardman on BBC QT + more on the live blog
Do you need a dedicated winter bike? 57% say you do, but what makes a bike a winter bike and how can you winterise the one you’ve got? Plus 5 top winter bike choices
DealClincher: Black Friday Cycling Deals – 26% off Sram Red eTap AXS 2X D1 Groupset
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NCino boosts bank operating system with A
What a pair of Massholes! New England duo cuffed over SIM-swapping cryptocoin charges
Freeman tribunal: Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky head of medicine Steve Peters agrees Testogel would be “mad” way to dope
NASA spanks $34bn on a disposable rocket – likely to top $50bn by 2024 moon landing
Inspector General's report slams agency for overly optimistic costings NASA's Office of the Inspector General has emitted a report (PDF) yesterday that made for difficult reading for agency bigwigs, as the bean counters made clear the challenges presented by the agency's headlong rush to the Moon.… Read more...Powered by WPeMatico