The Google Security Blog starts our day as they talk about experimenting with post-quantum cryptography. Most of us do not need to worry about the details of this, but just be glad that some very smart people are doing something. Ayende @ Rahien continues the database internals series with two more posts on the performance… Read More Geek Reading July 8, 2016 #1144
It was another slow news day, but there is always something interesting to read. First, High Scalability gives us an interesting post on Machine Learning Driven Programming. This is really a post on the directions that companies like Google and Facebook are going, with deep learning replacing whole subsystems. At Ayende @ Rahien, we get… Read More Geek Reading July 7, 2016 #1143
Leading our day is a post on Conversation Agent, where Valeria Maltoni talks about what happens when technology fails to fade into the background. The post focuses on many healthcare systems, which can be amazingly bad, but every application needs to look at their user experience and design. Simplicity is hard, but it makes user… Read More Geek Reading November 17, 2015
Sorry for the delay in posting yesterday’s links. I totally forgot to hit the publish button! Business Insider leads the day reporting on some French researchers who can hack Siri from 16 feet away. Interestingly, it uses the wires from the headset to send information. On Google Cloud Platform, they talk about alerting about a… Read More Geek Reading October 15, 2015
Another acquisition leads the day as TechCrunch reports on Google’s acquisition of Divshot. Benedict Evans gives us an interesting post on how the browser wars were much different than today where mobile is not a neutral platform. If you are looking for some new talent and you know people from Twitter, TechCrunch reports on the… Read More Geek Reading October 14, 2015
Google leads the day with their announcement of the Chromecast 2 and Chromecast Audio, as reported by TechCrunch. I love my Chromecast, and it is possible that I will now be getting another one. Michael Erasmus talks about TF-IDF in his 10 minute tutorial. For anyone implementing search strategies on some collection of documents, this… Read More Geek Reading October 1, 2015
Krebs on Security leads the day again with the continuing saga about the skimmers in Mexico. This is really a fascinating story and shows the potential that the skimmer businesses have. On Conversation Agent, Valeria Maltoni talks about continuous improvement through experiments. It is an interesting way to think about improvement given our productivity focused… Read More Geek Reading September 18, 2015
Today we have a few good security related stories. First, arstechnica reports on a new attack on Tor that can deanonymize hidden services with “surprising accuracy”. Next, The Register talks about Pager Duty being hacked weeks ago and just coming clean about it. The Next Web reports on a DNS exploit that is already in… Read More Geek Reading August 4, 2015
Today we focus on startups and your career. First, on Both Sides of the Table they discuss the best way to explain your startup. Does your startup have a story or a good narrative? Next, Seth Godin talks about continuous learning in your field. Do you know who you should be following or reading in… Read More Geek Reading May 22, 2015
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