AlienQueen cosplay as Emma Frost

AlienQueen is a cosplayer based in the UK who has been cosplaying, modelling and dressmaking since 2010. She makes nearly all of her costumes from scratch. As AlienQueen tells us: “I’m always being inspired by games, comics and films, a lot of the cosplays I choose are different and unusual, I like to stand out from the crowd – I love a challenging designs to make.”

AlienQueen cosplay as Emma Frost

Hannuki as Aphrodite IX cosplay

Hannuki hails from Russia and has done more than a few wonderful cosplay pictorials. Here’s Hannuki as the super-sexy Aphrodite IX from Image Comics.

Hannuki as Aphrodite IX cosplay

No, no "Eugene" did NOT pass the Turing test

I hate to steal anyone’s thunder but I’m afraid Eugene did not pass the “Turing test”, the test of a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior. Media outlets are reporting that “Eugene”, an AI created by a team based in Russia, has passed a Turing test organized by the University of Reading, by duping one in three judges. What they are not mentioning however, is that Eugene cheated…

No, no "Eugene" did NOT pass the Turing test

Winds of change - Britain toughens up hacking laws - life sentences for some cybercrimes

The UK government has said it wants to hand out life sentences to anyone found guilty of a cyberattack that results in loss of life, serious illness, serious injury, or serious damage to national security (or a “significant risk thereof”. The plan, which frighteningly, is broadly written, is proposed as an update to Britain’s Computer Misuse Act 1990 and would also hand out harsher sentences to any hacker carrying out industrial (commercial) espionage. Even minor hacking crimes can result in sentences up to 14 years.

Winds of change - Britain toughens up hacking laws - life sentences for some cybercrimes