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  July 21st, 2023 Return to Floridafuturists.com/ Announcement Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Who Once Eluded Authorities, Is Dead at 59 Mr. Mitnick, best known for a crime spree during the 1990s that involved the theft of computer data and credit card numbers, died from pancreatic cancer. He later became a security consultant, writer and public speaker. Image Source: Wikipedia Read Article Events VUE.JS FORGE 4 CONFERENCE Introducing the 4th edition of this 2-day, hackathon-style event. Get the opportunity to build a Decentralized Kickstarter Clone with Web 3! More Information News Senators propose new bipartisan AI legislation focused on national health security The legislation comes as federal agencies continue to wrestle with how to study and regulate the risks created by artificial intelligence. Source: FedScoop.com/ Read Article Get serious about data, US intelligence leaders tell agencies ODNI’s new three-year plan aims to turn data-gathering from an afterthought to key asset. Source: Ne

  IEEE Computer Society / Software Engineering Institute IEEE CS Charles Babbage Award  The IEEE Computer Society and the Software Engineering Institute recognize outstanding achievements in Recognition of Significant Contributions in the Field of Parallel Computing Nomination Deadline: Deadline: 1 October 2023 Established in memory of Charles Babbage in recognition of significant contributions in the field of parallel computation. The candidate would have made an outstanding, innovative contribution or contributions to parallel computation. It is hoped, but not required, that the winner will have also contributed to the parallel computation community through teaching, mentoring, or community service. This award covers all aspects of parallel computing including computational aspects, novel applications, parallel algorithms, theory of parallel computation, parallel computing technologies, among others. A certificate and a $1,000 honorarium presented to a single recipient.  The winner w

  On This Day In Space: July 20, 1969: Apollo 11 Astronauts take the first moonwalk On July 20, 1969, human beings walked on the moon for the very first time! Reference: https://www.space.com/ Apollo 11 view on surface of the moon. (Image credit: NASA) Apollo 11 astronauts  Neil Armstrong  and  Buzz Aldrin  exited their lunar lander and planted their moon boots on the lunar surface at about 11 p.m. EDT (0300 GMT on July 21). Armstrong led the way down the ladder. When he took his first step, he famously said, "That's  one small step for a man  … one giant leap for mankind." Continue Reading... Link: https://www.space.com/39251-on-this-day-in-space.html Mir News 371: Cable trouble Nation: Russia. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-25, STS-84 Mir NASA-4. Reference: http://www.astronautix.com/ By accident, one member of the Mir crew disconnected a cable connection between a rate-sensor in Module Kristall and the SUD (attitude control computer), which caused a troublesome chain r

IEEE Computer Society / Software Engineering Institute Watts S. Humphrey Software Quality Award The IEEE Computer Society and the Software Engineering Institute recognize outstanding achievements in improving the ability of a target organization to create and evolve software-dependent systems.  Nomination Deadline: Deadline: 1 September 2023 The award may be presented to an individual or a group. Recipients are most often employees of the target organization. The recipient may also work for an organization that provided software engineering quality improvement services to the target organization. For example, the recipient’s organization may be an organization that provides training or quality measurement consulting to the target organization, or it might be an association that supports activities related to software engineering quality improvement that benefit one or more target organizations.  Because software engineering quality improvement activities are normally group activities,

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