Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed to improve container security. An example apparatus includes interface circuitry to access network resources, instructions, and programmable circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the instructions to parse an inventory data structure to identify (a) first data structures corresponding to a container and (b) second data structures corresponding to an attestation circuit interface, and verify a combination of validation elements corresponding to the first and second data structures.

Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate metrics-based scheduling for hardware accelerator resources in a service mesh environment is disclosed. The apparatus includes processors to collect metrics corresponding to communication links between microservices of a service managed by a service mesh; determine, based on analysis of the metrics, that a workload of the service can be accelerated by offload to a hardware accelerator device; generate a rebalancing request to cause the workload to be assigned to the hardware accelerator device for execution of the service; cause the workload to be annotated to indicate execution by the hardware accelerator device; and deploy, based on the annotation, the workload to the hardware accelerator device for execution in accordance with a restart policy corresponding to the service.

Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate metrics and security-based accelerator service rescheduling and auto-scaling using a programmable network device is disclosed. The apparatus includes processors to collect metrics corresponding to communication links between microservices of a service managed by a service mesh; determine, based on analysis of the metrics, that a workload of the service can be accelerated by offload to a hardware accelerator device; generate a scaling request to cause the hardware accelerator device to be allocated to a cluster of hardware devices configured for the service; cause the scaling request to be transmitted to a programmable network device managing the hardware accelerator device, the programmable network device to allocate the hardware accelerator device to the cluster and to register the hardware accelerator device with the service mesh; and schedule the workload of the service to the hardware accelerator device.

Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating smart filtering and local/remote processing of data according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting data collected via one or more sensing components, and evaluating the collected data to identify one or more portions of the collected data having privacy relevance, where evaluating further includes classifying the one or more portions as private data and other portions of the collected as non-private data. The method may further include filtering out the private data from the non-private data of the collected data, and processing the private data, where the non-private data is transmitted to a remote computing device over a network.

Abstract: A facial recognition system determines an estimated biological age of a subject in a current image. A facial recognition controller identifies the subject in the current image using a number of historical images, at least one of which includes the subject and a logically associated identifier. The system compares the estimated biological age of the subject to a defined threshold value. The system determines a temporal difference between a time/date logically associated with the current image and a time/date logically associated with the historical image. If the estimated biological age of the subject in the current image is less than a defined age threshold and the temporal difference between the time/date logically associated with the current image and a time/date logically associated with the historical image is less than a temporal threshold, the identifier logically associated with the historical image is logically associated with the current image.

Abstract: Techniques for wireless charging are described herein. For example, an apparatus includes a device formed in a loop. The apparatus may also include a receiving coil disposed around an entire length of the loop. Each turn of the wireless power receiving coil follows the entire length of the loop.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a reboot time after a system update. Providing a reboot time after a system update can include processing a request to reboot the UE, accessing the state data representing the state of the service running on the UE, and generating a service activity level for the service from the state data. Providing a reboot time after a system update can also include comparing the service activity level to an update criticality level, rescheduling a determination of whether to reboot the UE if the update criticality level is less than the service activity level, and rebooting the UE if the service activity level is less than the update criticality level.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for synchronizing gain adjustments across a cascaded network of audio gain stages having variant operating delays. In particular, a delay-synchronized volume adjustment system configured in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a controller operatively coupled to the cascaded network of audio and configured to apply gain adjustments in a synchronized manner that accounts for operating delays that are inherent to each gain stage. In an embodiment, the controller synchronously adjusts each gain stage relative to a corresponding operating delay such that gain adjustments fully propagate at substantially a same point in time within a given acceptable tolerance, and thus, eliminates or otherwise mitigates perceivable volume shifts when mixing audio from two or more audio sources.

Abstract: A facial recognition system determines an estimated biological age of a subject in a current image. A facial recognition controller identifies the subject in the current image using a number of historical images, at least one of which includes the subject and a logically associated identifier. The system compares the estimated biological age of the subject to a defined threshold value. The system determines a temporal difference between a time/date logically associated with the current image and a time/date logically associated with the historical image. If the estimated biological age of the subject in the current image is less than a defined age threshold and the temporal difference between the time/date logically associated with the current image and a time/date logically associated with the historical image is less than a temporal threshold, the identifier logically associated with the historical image is logically associated with the current image.

Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating smart filtering and local/remote processing of data according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting data collected via one or more sensing components, and evaluating the collected data to identify one or more portions of the collected data having privacy relevance, where evaluating further includes classifying the one or more portions as private data and other portions of the collected as non-private data. The method may further include filtering out the private data from the non-private data of the collected data, and processing the private data, where the non-private data is transmitted to a remote computing device over a network.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is described which comprises receiving data relating to at least one connection from a network (410), deriving statistical information relating to the at least one connection (420), and causing disconnection of at least one of the at least one connection in dependence of the statistical information (430).

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for synchronizing gain adjustments across a cascaded network of audio gain stages having variant operating delays. In particular, a delay-synchronized volume adjustment system configured in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a controller operatively coupled to the cascaded network of audio and configured to apply gain adjustments in a synchronized manner that accounts for operating delays that are inherent to each gain stage. In an embodiment, the controller synchronously adjusts each gain stage relative to a corresponding operating delay such that gain adjustments fully propagate at substantially a same point in time within a given acceptable tolerance, and thus, eliminates or otherwise mitigates perceivable volume shifts when mixing audio from two or more audio sources.

Abstract: Techniques for wireless charging are described herein. For example, an apparatus includes a device formed in a loop. The apparatus may also include a receiving coil disposed around an entire length of the loop. Each turn of the wireless power receiving coil follows the entire length of the loop.

Abstract: Technologies for increased accuracy of data entry into a mobile computing device includes displaying a virtual keyboard on a display of the mobile computing device and receiving selection of a virtual key of the virtual keyboard using a key input mapping that is offset relative to the corresponding selected virtual key. For example, the key input mapping may be spatially displaced from the corresponding virtual key and/or have a surface area that is different from the corresponding virtual key. The key input mapping may be offset as a function of the handedness of use of the mobile computing device such that the amount of offset is non-uniform across the virtual keyboard.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is described which comprises receiving data relating to at least one connection from a network (410), deriving statistical information relating to the at least one connection (420), and causing disconnection of at least one of the at least one connection in dependence of the statistical information (430).