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base64dump.py Handles More Encodings Than Just BASE64, (Sun, Oct 22nd)

My tool base64dump.py takes any input and searches for encoded data. By default, it searches for base64 encoding, but I implemented several encodings (like vaious hexadecimal formats):
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To excel at engineering design, generative AI must learn to innovate, study finds

A new study reveals the pitfalls of deep generative models when they are tasked with solving engineering design problems. The researchers say if mechanical engineers want help from AI for novel ideas and designs, they’ll have to refocus those models beyond ‘statistical similarity.’ 
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Keeping a human in the loop: Managing the ethics of AI in medicine

Increasingly used in medicine, AI raises both hopes and concerns. An international task force has laid out recommendations to ensure AI medical devices help patients and avoid worsening health inequity.
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Using computer algorithms to find molecular adaptations to improve COVID-19 drugs

A new study focuses on using computer algorithms to generate adaptations to molecules in compounds for existing and potential medications that can improve those molecules’ ability to bind to the main protease, a protein-based enzyme that breaks down complex proteins, in SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Labor Dept launches USPS investigation following payroll error impacting more then 50K rural carriers

USPS says many of the more than 50,000 impacted rural carriers have been made whole, and that, “with limited exceptions,” it paid carriers what they were owed within one or two pay periods.
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A ‘diet COLA’ for FERS retirees has compounding effects on retirement savings

A reduced cost-of-living adjustment, or “diet COLA,” for FERS retirees can create a much larger difference in retirement savings over time.
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Coast Guard turns to tech while facing workforce challenges

Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan said that service’s people are its most valuable asset, so it must take care of them.
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The FAS realignment: Opportunities for “Dead Easy?”

With the start of the new fiscal year (FY24), the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) launched its much-anticipated organizational realignment. The realignment breaks down regional stovepipes across FAS, creating a more customer focused structure to support federal agencies and industry partners serving those agencies. 
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ABS Consulting and Dragos boost OT cybersecurity partnership for federal and commercial sectors

ABS Consulting and Dragos have expanded their strategic partnership to provide operational technology (OT) cybersecurity solutions, services and training to federal and commercial organizations. This strategic partnership will build on the companies’ existing work together, further integrating Dragos’ OT cybersecurity technology with ABS Consulting’s OT risk management expertise to address the market-wide demand for a comprehensive, well-resourced approach to cyber defense. “As cyber attacks on critical industries become more frequent and severe, securing the facilities … More → The post ABS Consulting and Dragos boost OT cybersecurity partnership for federal and commercial sectors appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Defense Department’s Replicator program must increase its speed

The Defense Department will need to pick up the pace and look for funding for Replicator if it wants to utilize the innovations and advantages of the program without getting stuck in red tape.
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