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☆ Computer Theorist Wins $1 Million Turing Award
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Cade Metz | More About Cade Metz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Wednesday, the Association for Computing Machinery, the world’s largest society of computing professionals, announced that this year’s Turing Award will go to Avi Wigderson, an Israeli-born mathematician and theoretical computer scientist who specializes in randomness. Often called the Nobel Prize of computing, the Turing Award comes with a $1 million prize. The award is named for Alan Turing, the British mathematician who helped create the foundations for modern computing in the mid-20th century. Other recent winners include Ed Catmull and Pat Hanrahan, who helped create the computer-generated imagery, or C.G.I., that drives modern movies and television, and the A.I. researchers Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun and Yoshua Bengio, who nurtured the techniques that gave rise to chatbots like ChatGPT.

Persons: Turing, Avi Wigderson, Alan Turing, Ed Catmull, Pat Hanrahan, Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio Organizations: Association for Computing Machinery Locations: Israeli, British

☆ Read the Report by the Special Grand Jury in Georgia That Investigated President Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 have been made by another person, at another time, with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not give such authority. (d) A person commits the offense of forgery in the third degree when with the intent to defraud he or she knowingly: (1) Makes, alters, possesses, utters, or delivers any check written in the amount of $1,500.00 or more in a fictitious name or in such manner that the check as made or altered purports to have been made by another person, at another time, with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not give such authority; or (2) Possesses ten or more checks written without a specified amount in a fictitious name or in such manner that the checks as made or altered purport to have been made by another person, at another time, with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not give such authority. (e) A person commits the offense of forgery in the fourth degree when with the intent to defraud he or she knowingly: (1) Makes, alters, possesses, utters, or delivers any check written in the amount of less than $1,500.00 in a fictitious name or in such manner that the check as made or altered purports to have been made by another person, at another time, with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not give such authority; or (2) Possesses less than ten checks written without a specified amount in a fictitious name or in such manner that the checks as made or altered purport to have been made by another person, at another time, with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not give such authority. § 16-9-93: Computer crimes defined; exclusivity of article; civil remedies; criminal penalties (a) Computer theft. Any person who uses a computer or computer network with knowledge that such use is without authority and with the intention of: (1) Taking or appropriating any property of another, whether or not with the intention of depriving the owner of possession; 16

Locations: O.C.G.A

☆ 16 Adults on the Virtues and Pleasures of Being Bad - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

They’re almost enough to make you forget the pleasures of being a little bit bad. We asked 16 writers — most of them respectable adults — about the irresponsible, immoral, indulgent things they do. Years later, we bumped into each other in public, resulting in a humiliating exposition that left everyone questioning my sanity. Can’t stop won’t stop ShopliftingWhenever I’m at the airport, I like to do a little shopping at the Free Store. Yes yes yes.

Persons: —, it’s, I’ve, Kennedy, Dan Cathy, Burger King, Jack, they’re, Chick, I’m, ”, Tell, Wranchers, pant, Henry Hill, Bob Hughes, — let’s, Kelly I, It’s, Saint Augustine, “, It’s icky, Jamieson Webster, Rinee Shah Organizations: Harvard, New York Times Locations: British, New York, “, YOLO, San Francisco

☆ IPG Mediabrands 'privacy alert' says clients should 'consider' a pause on Google ads product
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Google has disputed the Adalytics report, with a spokesperson describing it in a statement to Insider as "deeply flawed and misleading." An IPG Mediabrands spokeswoman said it was not accurate to say the agency was recommending a pause on any Google product. "What worries me about this Adalytics report is that Performance Max campaigns have allegedly been observed to run on made-for children inventory," Schreurs said. The article also refers to research undertaken by 3rd party (Adalytics) and the Adalytics report also mentions the following IPG/MB clients: 1. GAF For several of the above clients, the Adalytics report references that IPG/Matterkind placed the ad.

Persons: Max, IPG Mediabrands, Adalytics, wasn't, IPG, Ruben Schreurs, Schreurs, Edward J, Markey, Marsha Blackburn, Dyson, Matterkind, Biden's Organizations: Google, YouTube, The New York Times, Federal Trade Commission, COPPA, Republican, New York Times, Brand, Adalytics, NY Times, BMO, BMW, Nike, Intuit, Honda, FTC, United States, Association, MFK Locations: Massachusetts, Tennessee, United, MFK

☆ Australia’s Matildas Unite a Nation and Crack the Code Wars
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Rory Smith | More About Rory Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Inside the vast sweep of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, almost nobody was paying attention to what was happening on the field. Those fans who remained in their seats were staring up at the big screens, absorbed by a game a thousand miles away. The live sporting event playing out in front of them could not compete with the appeal of the Matildas. Over the course of the last three weeks, Australia has fallen — and fallen hard — for its women’s soccer team. Images of Matildas players beam out from billboards and television screens and the front pages of every newspaper.

Organizations: Melbourne Cricket, Australian Football League, Carlton, France, soccer Locations: Melbourne, Brisbane, Australia

☆ Review: A Bloodless Postscript to ‘Jaws’ in ‘The Shark Is Broken’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Jesse Green | More About Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For nine weeks in 1974, off the shore of Martha’s Vineyard, the shooting of “Jaws” was repeatedly delayed by the whims of its temperamental stars. Bruce was the name given to the three mechanical predators built to simulate the great white shark at the heart of the story. Occasionally they wondered if it might not have been better to train an actual great white for the role. After seeing “The Shark Is Broken,” a play about that disastrous shoot, you may wonder the opposite: whether it might not have been better to cast the movie with mechanical humans. All of that is faithfully rendered in “The Shark Is Broken,” which opened on Thursday at the Golden Theater, in a production directed by Guy Masterson.

Persons: ”, Bruce, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider bickered, Guy Masterson, There’s, Duncan Henderson, Adam Cork, John Williams’s Locations: Martha’s

☆ How the ‘Spider-Verse’ Movies Have Changed Animation for the Better
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Esther Zuckerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It was wonderful to have ‘Spider-Verse’ going on in the next room so we could point to it and say, ‘Look, they’re doing it. We can do it too, right?’”Films like “Into the Spider-Verse,” and those that have followed in its footsteps, blend animation techniques that are common in 3-D computer-generated movies with those that were commonplace in the 2-D hand-drawn animation that preceded it. It’s not just that the images are less photorealistic, the movements of the characters are as well. The results are more broadly impressionistic in the ways that Looney Tunes cartoons, Disney classics or decades of anime have been. “The Last Wish,” directed by Joel Crawford, is linked to the era of animation dominated by C.G.I.

Persons: Rianda, It’s, “, ”, Joel Crawford, Crawford, ” Crawford Organizations: Disney, C.G.I, DreamWorks

☆ Who Should Be Tracking Their Glucose?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Dana G. Smith | More About Dana G. Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But in recent years, glucose has become one of the trendiest biometrics to track for people striving to optimize their health. That’s in large part because of the increasing accessibility of a tool called a continuous glucose monitor, or C.G.M. C.G.M.s monitor levels of glucose — the body’s main source of energy — in real time. A tiny needle-like sensor sticks into the skin and reads glucose levels in the fluid between cells. Now, there are at least five companies that market and sell apps and C.G.M.s to people without diabetes, claiming that knowing your glucose levels can help you lose weight and improve your health.

Persons: Abbott, Dexcom

☆ Fact Check-Burning Bible or pride flag is protected in US, absent other crimes
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

But if you burn a trans Pride flag, it’s a hate crime. Another example on Facebook adds that burning the Bible and the U.S. flag is “permitted” (here). However, said Robert Post, a law professor at Yale Law School (law.yale.edu/robert-c-post), the First Amendment does not protect an individual from liability for burning a pride flag or Bible. “If you burn someone else’s Pride flag with the intent of trashing gays because of their status, it might be a hate crime,” Neuborne said. Burning the Bible and the pride flag are protected by the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, but circumstances of the burning can lead to charges for hate crime or other types of crimes.

☆ ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Review: Raccoon Tears and a Final Mixtape
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Maya Phillips | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

A powerful god-figure, the High Evolutionary has genetically altered Rocket, other animals and even children to create a perfect race to inhabit his imagined utopia. But the shift also feels belabored and emotionally manipulative; scenes upon scenes of shot, blown up, tortured and incinerated C.G.I. It seems “Guardians” needs this much gratuitous trauma bait to establish its stakes and prove that the bad guy is, in fact, bad. Something like Thanos Lite or a knockoff Dr. Frankenstein, the High Evolutionary represents one of the central problems the franchise is facing in a post-“Endgame” M.C.U. “There is no god — that’s why I stepped in,” the High Evolutionary says at one point.

☆ A Century-Old Vaccine Fails to Protect Against Covid
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Roni Caryn Rabin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An old tuberculosis vaccine known to bolster the immune system did not prevent Covid infections among health care workers, scientists reported on Thursday. But the trial was shorter and smaller than originally designed, and the investigators said that the results did not rule out other potential benefits associated with the vaccine, known as B.C.G. The study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, was the largest clinical trial of the vaccine’s potential to protect against Covid infections. The trial of health care workers began in March 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, when no effective treatments for Covid were available and a new vaccine against the highly infectious disease seemed to be a remote fantasy. The hope was that the old vaccine might be repurposed to save lives.

☆ Elizabeth Banks Thinks This Interview Is Dangerous for Her
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +21 min

I don’t know where, but people are seeing it. I don’t know what they thought that movie was meant to be marketing-wise, but it was a little gem for us. He basically said, Pay me or I’m going to tell your wife. Let’s do another one.” Ray said, “OK, what do you want me to do differently?” The director said: “I don’t know. I don’t know that there’s any way to communicate that to you.

☆ Плановое отключение электричества на 7 мая. Каких потребителей это коснется
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-06 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +13 min

Miciurin Ivan 36 parțial, în intervalul de timp între 09:10 - 18:00 pentru lucrări de reconstrucţie a liniei electrice aerieneor. Chișinăului 1 parțial, în intervalul de timp între 09:20 - 17:00 pentru lucrări de reparaţie a echipamentului electric Anenii Noi: or. noncasnici) parțial, în intervalul de timp între 09:15 - 15:00 pentru lucrări de reparaţie a echipamentului electrics. Alexandru Ioan Cuza: str. noncasnic) parțial, în intervalul de timp între 09:00 - 17:00 pentru lucrări de defrișare şi tăiere a crengilors. Ciuciuleni 2253 ( cons. noncasnici) parțial, în intervalul de timp între 09:15 - 17:15 pentru lucrări de defrișare şi tăiere a crengilors. Grădinița: str.

Persons: Nicolae Dimo, Dimo, Alexandru cel Bun, Alexei Mateevici, Gheorghe Asachi, Ion, Nicolae Milescu Spătaru, Vasile Lupu, Ştefan Vodă, Gheorghe, Nicolae, Valentin, Mihail Lermontov, Boris Glavan, Ion Creangă, Mihai Eminescu, . Goian, Goian, Ştefan cel Mare, August, Decebal, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Miron Costin, Alexandru Marinescu, Petru Marinescu, Petru Rareş, Traian, Alexandru Cel Bun, M . Kogălniceanu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Anton Ajder, Budionnîi, Gheorghi Jucov, Sfînta Maria, Vodă cel Viteaz, Isac, Cantemir, Grigore Cotovschi, Serghei Lazo, Grigore, Maxim Gorki, Mihail, Alexandru Donici, Alexei, Constantin Stere, Vodă, Iurie Gagarin, Mircea, Nicolae Bălcescu, Petru, Vasile Alecsandri, Veronica Micle, Călinescu, Gheorge Călinescu, Petru Movilă, Nicolae Sulac, Mitropolit Dosoftei, Jora, . Jora, Constantin Stamati, Duca Vodă, Suvorov, Alexandr Puşkin, Gherman Titov, Lenin, Anatolie Sîrghi, Dimitrie Cantemir Organizations: Î.C.S Premier Energy, Goian str, UTA Locations: Î.C.S, Chişinău, Durleşti, Plopilor, Rediul, Mălina Mică, Florilor, Prieteniei, Chișinăului, Bulboaca, Suveranitaţii, Fîntinilor, Independenţei, Morilor, Serilor, Tighina, Cahul, Burlacu, Sovietica, Lenin, Comrat, UTA Găgăuzia, Colhoznaea, Comsomoliscaea, Molodejnaea, Octeabriscaea, Horodiște, Bahmut, Sălcuța, Cimișlia, Cetatea Albă, Cosmonauţilor, Doinelor, Teilor, Trandafirilor, Criuleni, Hîncești, Bucovina, Budăi, Nistru, Prut, Drăgușeni, Drăguşeni, Ialoveni, Alexandrovca, Baştina, Costeşti, Leova, Seliște, Nisporeni, Orhei, Jos, Brănești, Cojedub, Cosmonavtov, Talmaza, Chirov, Lesnaea, Mira, Taraclia, Bazarnaea, Molotcova

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☆ A fost lansat un nou Program de Granturi pentru organizațiile de tineret
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( ) ziuadeazi.md time to read: +7 min

Procedura de aplicare, evaluarea dosarelor, precum și condițiile de încheierea și derulare a contractului de finanţare sunt prevăzute de Regulamentul-cadru privind organizarea şi desfăşurarea Programului de Granturi pentru organizațiile de tineret și a concursului național/local de proiecte pentru grupurile de inițiativă ale tinerilor. I. Cine poate aplica:La concurs pot participa organizaţiile necomerciale de tineret din Republica Moldova care desfăşoară proiecte şi programe cu impact pentru tineri. Notă: Anexele pot fi descărcate din Regulamentul-cadru privind organizarea şi desfăşurarea Programului de Granturi pentru organizațiile de tineret și a concursului național/local de proiecte pentru grupurile de inițiativă ale tinerilor. Dosarul complet va fi depus online (PDF și Word/Excel) la adresa PG2021@mecc.gov.md , până la data de 08.02.2021, ora 12.00. Organizațiile declarate învingătoare, vor prezenta setul de documente depus, în original, la sediul Ministerul Educaţiei, Culturii şi Cercetării al Republicii Moldova, MD-2033, mun.

Persons: I ., Organizaţiile, ., G . Bănulescu - Bodoni Organizations: Ministerul Educației, Culturii, Cercetării, UTA Locations: Republica Moldova, traininguri, Republicii Moldova, mun . Chişinău

☆ Ministerul Educației, Culturii şi Cercetării lansează Programul de Granturi pentru organizațiile de tineret pentru anul 2021
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-07 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +7 min

Procedura de aplicare, evaluarea dosarelor, precum și condițiile de încheierea și derulare a contractului de finanţare sunt prevăzute de Regulamentul-cadru privind organizarea şi desfăşurarea Programului de Granturi pentru organizațiile de tineret și a concursului național/local de proiecte pentru grupurile de inițiativă ale tinerilor. I. Cine poate aplica:❖ La concurs pot participa organizaţiile necomerciale de tineret din Republica Moldova care desfăşoară proiecte şi programe cu impact pentru tineri. ❖ Organizaţiile aplicante trebuie să deţină personalitate juridică, să fie organizaţie necomercială iar scopurile sale statutare sunt orientate spre dezvoltarea personalităţii tinerilor şi integrarea lor în viaţa publică. Notă: Anexele pot fi descărcate din Regulamentul-cadru privind organizarea şi desfăşurarea Programului de Granturi pentru organizațiile de tineret și a concursului național/local de proiecte pentru grupurile de inițiativă ale tinerilor. Organizațiile declarate învingătoare, vor prezenta setul de documente depus, în original, la sediul Ministerul Educaţiei, Culturii şi Cercetării al Republicii Moldova, MD-2033, mun.

Persons: I ., ❖, ., G . Bănulescu - Bodoni Organizations: Ministerul Educației, Culturii, Cercetării, UTA Locations: Republica Moldova, traininguri, Republicii Moldova, mun . Chişinău

Totodată, proiectele regionale se consideră acele proiecte care au acoperire teritorială între 5 și 15 unități teritorial-administrative, iar proiectele cu acoperire națională se consideră acele proiecte care au acoperire teritorială mai mare de 15 UTA. La fel, este interzisă perceperea taxelor de participare la activitățile realizate în cadrul proiectelor finanțate prin intermediul Programului de Granturi al MECC. Anexele pot fi descărcate din Regulamentul-cadru privind organizarea şi desfăşurarea Programului de Granturi pentru organizațiile de tineret și a concursului național/local de proiecte pentru grupurile de inițiativă ale tinerilor . Dosarul complet va fi depus online (PDF și Word/Excel) la adresa PG2021@mecc.gov.md , până la data de 08.02.2021, ora 12.00. Organizațiile declarate învingătoare, vor prezenta setul de documente depus, în original, la sediul Ministerul Educaţiei, Culturii şi Cercetării al Republicii Moldova, MD-2033, mun.

Persons: G . Bănulescu - Bodoni Organizations: UTA, Cercetării Locations: Republica Moldova, Republicii Moldova, mun . Chişinău

a declarat că, la începutul acestui an, autoturismul în cauză era înmatriculat în Bulgaria şi deoarece nu mai avea inspecţia tehnică periodică valabilă, a hotarât să îl înregistreze în Lituania. În urma unor discuţii cu un conaţional, care avea domiciliuul stabil pe teritoriul Lituaniei, C.G. a stabilit ca maşina să fie înmatriculată pe societatea comercială a acestuia, iar el să figureze ca utilizator. Acesta a mai adăugat că pentru ajutorul acordat a achitat cetăţeanului moldovean suma de 100 de euro şi nu ştia că autoturismul în cauză figurează radiat din circulaţie de autorităţi. În cauză, se efectuează cercetări sub aspectul săvârşirii infracţiunilor de punerea în circulaţie sau conducerea pe drumurile publice a unui autovehicul neînmatriculat şi punerea în circulaţie sau conducerea pe drumurile publice a unui autovehicul sau a unui tramvai cu număr fals de înmatriculare sau înregistrare.

Persons: C.G Organizations: Audi Locations: Albiţa, română, Moldova, Bulgaria, Lituania, Lituaniei

☆ (INTERVIU) Corneliu Groza: „Sunt convins că Poliția de Frontieră este capabilă de a face față la un „al doilea val al pandemiei””
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-01 | by ( ) curentul.md time to read: +12 min

Ținând cont că această pandemie este o situație fără precedent, este firesc că a fost nevoie de timp pentru adaptarea la noi condiții și restricții, precum și pregătirea măsurilor de răspuns. C: Care au fost cele mai mari provocări pentru IGPF în primele trei trimestre și cum le-ați făcut față? Totodată, în perioada de raport, de către polițiștii de frontieră au fost constatate 2660 de contravenții cu întocmirea proceselor verbale, precum și eliberate 3044 de chitanțe. : Sunt convins că Poliția de Frontieră este capabilă de a face față la un „al doilea val al pandemiei”, mai bine ca în perioada primului val, având în vedere experiența obținută în perioada precedentă, dotarea asigurată, precum și mecanismele funcționale în acest context. Aici vorbim inclusiv și de lipsa unui cadru normativ la nivel instituțional, lipsa echipamentului de termometrie, mecanisme de colaborare insuficient de dezvoltate între IGPF și autoritățile de sănătate publică etc.

Persons: Corneliu Groza, IGPF, chitanțe, . G ., Cristina Locations: Republicii Moldova, RM, Republica Moldova

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