October 26, 2024

How (and why) federated learning enhances cybersecurity

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Each year, cyberattacks become more frequent and data breaches become more expensive. Whether companies seek to protect their AI system during development or use their algorithm to improve their security posture, they must alleviate cybersecurity risks. Federated learning might be able to do both. What is federated learning? Federated learning is an approach to AI development

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Software

The Clever Programmer | HackerNoon

I was living and working in a small city in northwestern Germany before the COVID pandemic hit. I was working at a small startup. I was one of 7 engineers at the company. Despite us being a very small team, my coworkers were some of the smartest people I’ve ever worked with. We built a native desktop application used by Mechanical Engineers to design parts. These parts were the kind that went into cars and

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Software

Aark Digital Offers 15% Bounty to Hacker Responsible for $1.5M Attack on Vaults | HackerNoon

TORTOLA, British Virgin Island, October 25th, 2024/Chainwire/–Aark Digital recently experienced a security incident in which an unauthorized party accessed and withdrew approximately 1,386,085 USDC and 24.143 ETH. In response, the project has launched 24/7 recovery efforts, while also implementing additional security measures to safeguard against any further unauthorized activity. As part of its recovery strategy, Aark Digital is offering a 15% bounty to the individual responsible, contingent upon the safe and complete return of the

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Software

Here’s Why You Should Stop Over-Apologizing at Work | HackerNoon

Apologizing at work is necessary in certain situations. But what if, instead of saying sorry when it’s needed, you say it way too often? I’m sorry to disturb you… I’m sorry to ask you again, but… I’m sorry for not responding sooner… Saying sorry may seem polite, but apologizing even when it’s not required can hurt your image and credibility—you may come across as defensive, submissive, or someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing. Saying

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AI

Oversampling and Undersampling, Explained: A Visual Guide with Mini 2D Dataset

DATA PREPROCESSING Artificially generating and deleting data for the greater good Samy Baladram · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 9 min read · 15 hours ago — ⛳️ More DATA PREPROCESSING, explained: · Missing Value Imputation · Categorical Encoding · Data Scaling · Discretization ▶ Oversampling & Undersampling Collecting a dataset where each class has exactly the same number of class to predict can be a challenge. In reality, things are rarely perfectly

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The HackerNoon Newsletter: 13 Cybercrime Facts That Will Give You Chills (10/26/2024) | HackerNoon

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, October 26, 2024? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Whitney Houston Earns Her First #1 Hit in 1985, Infant Receives Baboon Heart in 1984, The First Continental Congress Adjourns in 1774, and we present you with these top quality stories. From 13 Cybercrime Facts That Will Give You Chills to Is Backup Testing Part of Your Security

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AI

Gen-AI Safety Landscape: A Guide to the Mitigation Stack for Text-to-Image Models

No Wild West for AI: A tour of the safety components that tame T2I models Trupti Bavalatti · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 12 min read · 11 hours ago — Understanding Text-to-Image AI Model Capabilities and Risks Text-to-Image models (T2I) are AI systems that generate images based on text prompt descriptions. Latent Diffusion Models (LDM) are emerging as one of the most popular architectures for image generation. LDMs first compress images into

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Software

A Developer’s Perspective on Time-Based Estimates | HackerNoon

Before diving in, I want to clarify that I’m not a project or product manager. As a senior engineer, I do engage in planning and prioritization, but I’m not a SCRUM master or a certified PMP. My insights are drawn purely from my experiences as a developer, not formal training in project management. Over the past 15 years, I’ve worked with various teams and managers, but one consistent truth stands out: time is our most

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Robotics

FarmDroid obtains over $11M to deploy its modular robot globally – The Robot Report

Listen to this article The FD20 uses high-precision RTK GPS to mark the position of each plant at seeding and can perform both inter-row and intra-row weed control. | Source: FarmDroid Farmers today face challenges including the need to reduce chemical inputs, decrease reliance on manual labour, and cut operational costs, noted FarmDroid ApS. The company, which is developing a solar-powered, autonomous robot, this week said it has secured a €10.5 million investment, around $11.37

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Hardware

AMD confirms Ryzen 7 9800X3D with next-gen 3D V-Cache tech: fastest gaming CPU at up to 5.2GHz

AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor will feature “next-generation 3D V-Cache” and “better thermal performance” according to AMD, with around 16% more IPC performance and boost clocks of up to 5.2GHz on the 9800X3D. VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES In a new post on X by leaker “HXL” we’re finding out that the Ryzen 9000X3D series processors will see AMD rearranging the order of the 3D V-Cache on each chiplet. AMD’s previous-gen Zen 4-based Ryzen

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