Too much data can cause an AI model to collapse
Published in AI


Scraping from other models is a bad thing

A new study published in Nature has found that training AI models using datasets created by other AI models can lead to “model collapse,” where the models start producing increasingly nonsensical outputs over time.

US and UK enact data agreement
Published in Cloud
Tuesday, 04 October 2022 11:50

US and UK enact data agreement


All your data can be fondled by cops on both sides of the big water

The Data Access Agreement (DAA), by which the US and UK have agreed how one country can respond to lawful data demands from police and investigators in the other is now up and running.

Ukraine prepares huge data shift
Published in Cloud
Thursday, 10 March 2022 12:08

Ukraine prepares huge data shift


Moving its online government over the borders

The Ukrainian government is preparing for the potential need to move its data and servers abroad if Russia's invading forces push deeper into the country.

EU court insists sites ask for proper permission to harvest data
Published in News


Pre-checked box ban

Websites may not present visitors with a pre-checked box that signals consent to the storage of HTTP cookies on their devices according to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Europeans concerned about US data influence
Published in Cloud


More to fear from the Americans than the Chinese

European politicians are concerned that the United States has too much power over European data.

Turing RT cores are made for AI
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 20 November 2018 16:07

Turing RT cores are made for AI


Great that they can do Ray Tracing

Graphics experts very close to what's happening have shared an interesting thesis that helped Nvidia justify the transistors spent in Turing RT cores. It is all about AI and the next generation data workloads.

ARM CEO sees the fifth wave of computing
Published in News
Friday, 19 October 2018 11:11

ARM CEO sees the fifth wave of computing


5G, big data and processing

Simon Seagers, ARM’s CEO talked about the 5th wave of computing and that is obviously the one that is coming after the last big leap that brought us closer to mobile and cloud mix.

OnePlus sent data back to China again
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 29 January 2018 11:38

OnePlus sent data back to China again


OnePlus still phones home

In October 2017, a researcher caught OnePlus silently collecting all sorts of data from its users. That created a bit of a stink and OnePlus promised it would not happen. But it seems there's still a OnePlus app that can grab data from the phone and send it to servers in China without a user's knowledge or consent.

US government wants control of EU data
Published in News
Monday, 26 June 2017 12:36

US government wants control of EU data


US companies must hand over EU data to our spooks


The US government has become so arrogant that it thinks it can order other countries to hand over data to its spooks and has asked the highest court in the land to back it.

Germans create a single personal data base
Published in News


Getting in before Facebook

German finance, auto and publishing firms are about to form a European company to store personal data securely so customers can make purchases online from different outlets without punching in their details each time.