Facebook refuses to take down fake news stories from a bogus outlet called the Buffalo Chronicle, which has posted disinformation about the Canadian election on a number of occasions. "Misinformation doesn't violate our community standards," said FacebookFacebook | disinformazione, fake news, bufale | politica
::: mathewi
Interview With Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller On 15 Years of Fedora
Linux distro
::: Slashdot
The most-discussed programming languages on @StackOverflow since 2008
linguaggi di programmazione
::: MIT_CSAIL
I'm pretty sure coding is just a cycle of
umorismo
::: BekahHW
Germany set to allow Huawei into 5G networks, defying pressure from the US
5G | Huawei
::: simopieranni
Amazon plans to launch 3,236 Internet satellites into orbit. What are the odds that one of them will collide with a piece of space debris?
spazio, esplorazione
::: IEEESpectrum
Neural Structured Learning is a set of techniques that show promise for training more robust or more data efficient deep learning models
deep learning
::: fchollet
Hacking 20 High-Profile Dev Accounts Could Compromise Half of the NPM Ecosystem
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Interesting! I'm going to tweet that
umorismo
::: linierscartoon
WAV audio files are now being used to hide malicious code
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: AndreaDraghetti
A visual similarity search engine built with deep learning. Very cool and very open-source
deep learning
::: fchollet
Yahoo Groups Is Winding Down and All Content Will Be Permanently Removed
Web, Internet | dati, raccolta
::: Slashdot ::: bphogan ::: TwoBitHistory
on a side note, I think I've found a winner for the 2019 context: "useful comments"
umorismo
::: WebReflection
Facebook is a publisher. They need to be held accountable for propaganda on their platform. We must have standards & practices decided by law. FB is the new cigarettes—it’s addictive, bad for us, & our kids are being drawn in. We need to abolish section 230 Indemnifying them
::: Benioff
Le frizzanti presentazioni multimediali del Ministro Boccia sui social networks
social media | politica
::: mante
#Facebook #censura le pagine pro #curdi. Censurato anche il docufilm sul conflitto
Facebook | censura
::: sdallagata
Drone maker @SkydioHQ announced today the Skydio 2 Dock, a self-contained charging station that provides a home base for Skydio's autonomous #drone in between missions
robots, automazione
::: IEEESpectrum
Microsoft Launches Two New Open Source Projects for Developers -- OAM and Dapr
open source
::: Slashdot
Turkish tweeps say if they translate the letter in Turkish, they might be jailed due to “insulting president’ charges.
Twitter | censura
::: WashingtonPoint
Huge Child Porn Ring Busted As Authorities Cite Ability To Crack Bitcoin Privacy
frodi | blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot
Volvo To Roll Out a New Electric Vehicle Every Year Through 2025
energia
::: Slashdot
We are pleased to announce multi-coin support has launched on mainnet, and 15 wallets have already committed to supporting it! This makes your ENS name far more useful and brings us closer the day you'll never have to deal with a crypto address again
blockchain e crypto*
::: ensdomains
Cara @Twitter, una domanda: perché mi consigli di seguire @giannigipi (che già seguivo e che tu a quanto pare mi hai tolto senza dirmelo... più che consigliarmelo dovresti riparare i tuoi bugs) e @lefrasidiosho (che, con tutto il rispetto, non mi interessa per niente seguire)?
::: MauroV1968
The Creators Of Pokemon Go Mapped The World. Now They're Mapping You
games | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
For Now Women, Not Democracy, Are the Main Victims of Deepfakes
deepfake
::: Slashdot
Had a great conversation with @johnregehr today about how a lot of stuff that seems very much backend-only/hard tech (compilers; security tools) actually requires a ton of UX engineering
yesss!
programming, codice, snippet
::: jeanqasaur ::: lemmster
hard to believe there's no NodeJS module based on inotify that works well and with latest node ... python pip inotify does such a great job, including recursive watches: what's going on?
linguaggi di programmazione
::: WebReflection
Google Ejects Open-Source WireGuard From Play Store Over Donation Links
open source
::: Slashdot
Assange, Manning, Snowden
Web, Internet | politica
::: SallyMayweather
Snack Overflow
umorismo
::: giorgiofox
A surveillance system from Chinese tech giant Huawei with the power to identify and track individuals is being rolled out across hundreds of cities worldwide. That's raising concerns about privacy in countries with little power to stand up to China
non solo Cina anche US via Facebook, Amazon, Google et al., tanti al.
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: AP
I really enjoyed listening to @lexfridman’s conversation with @fchollet on the AI podcast, especially the part about Intelligence explosion. As it was my first encounter with this concept, it was exetremly thought-provoking and insightful. More below
artificial intelligence
::: Michallys
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning
cit.
::: InertialObservr
A home camera designed for AI-powered ubiquitous surveillance should never have been greenlighted in the first place
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: michaelzimmer
there’s no place
umorismo
::: Mr_Nohmer
La #censura di #Facebook sostiene la guerra di #Erdoğan
Facebook | censura
::: GiansandroMerli
Eoan means "relating to the dawn", the colors are very much dawn-y colors and the circle represents the sun as it's set down
a volte fare il classico aiuta poi, nella traduzione "Eos dita rosate..."
Ubuntu
::: tecrobust
Did you want 3500+ words explaining the law and policy considerations around the @ewarren @facebook fight over politician advertising why it is actually a complicated problem? Then I have just the thing!
::: haroldfeld
Cities Examine Proper—and Improper—Uses of Facial Recognition
"Sometimes, it confuses Asian non-residents with tenants of the same ethnicity, granting strangers access to the building; some outdoor entrances don’t work well in harsh sunlight & at night due to sensitivity of the camera lenses..."
riconoscimento facciale
::: CenDemTech
#GNUHealth: 10 years of Freedom and Equity in Healthcare
open source
::: gnusolidario
IT'S HERE!!! The biggest story I’ve ever worked on. @techreview's very first interactive ever, which walks through a concrete example of AI bias, and why it’s so much more complicated than initially meets the eye
artificial intelligence
::: _KarenHao
if u say “nonlinear” instead of “complicated”
umorismo
::: Mr_Nohmer
Perché Facebook sta bannando molte pagine italiane pro-curde?
Facebook | censura
::: matteoplatone
Samsung Says Anyone's Thumbprint Can Unlock $900 Galaxy S10 Smartphone
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Crucial, but not talked about too much. The driving force behind all concrete AI applications: “markets will have an oversized influence on which AI-infused products and services get developed, how they’ll enter and exit our lives”
artificial intelligence | economia, lavoro
::: ilparone
Questa immagine dell'uomo che gestisce le vite di oltre due miliardi di persone mentre ci spiega la libertà di espressione non è per niente distopica
::: fabiochiusi ::: fabiochiusi ::: fabiochiusi ::: BerniceKing ::: Sifill_LDF ::: davidakaye ::: emenietti
Google Expands Chrome's Site Isolation Feature To Android Users
::: Slashdot
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says He Fears 'Erosion of Truth' But Defends Allowing Politicians To Lie in Ads
Facebook | politica
::: Slashdot
Enjoyed searching this new archival history of computing at MIT (1950-1962) with my colleague John Little just now. We found this: Receiving 5 hours of machine time in 1954 for his dissertation
storia
::: deaneckles
Important tidbit: Zuckerberg tells me Facebook is rethinking its policy around deepfakes, acknowledging the Pelosi video exposed gaps in policy, but declined to share specifics for now
deepfake
::: TonyRomm
Ieri sono state oscurate le pagine fb solidali con la resistenza curda: MilanoInMovimento, GlobalProject, Ya Basta Êdî Bese, Contropiano e altre ancora.
È l'effetto dell'azione dei nazionalisti turchi, che segnalano massicciamente chiunque critichi la Turchia o Erdogan
censura
::: iosonoalessa ::: ilmanifesto
The Earliest Unix Code: An Anniversary Source Code Release
In celebration of #Unix’s 50th anniversary, the #CHM #SoftwareHistoryCenter is delighted to make publicly accessible for the first time some of the earliest source code produced in the Unix story in its latest blog by @dcbrock
storia
::: ComputerHistory
Una nuova campagna di #phishing utilizza le mail per inoltrare file audio in formato WAV, al cui interno è celato un malware per infettare i PC e sfruttarli per il mining della criptovaluta Monero
frodi
::: TomsHWItalia
Machine Learning Can't Flag False News, New Studies Show
machine learning | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot
@MSRconf Research Paper Review by our #MachineLearning Team -The @SWHeritage Graph Dataset https://buff.ly/2pIh3gG by @seirl_ @CoolSWEng @zacchiro #CodeAsData
open source
::: sourcedtech
Malware That Spits Cash Out of ATMs Has Spread Across the World
frodi
::: Slashdot
The Death of Cars Was Greatly Exaggerated
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot
iPad as a Graphics Tablet for Photoshop? Yes!
dispositivi mobili
::: Genjuro75
Highly recommended!
Python
::: gvanrossum
Why We Must Ban Facial Recognition Software Now — The benefits do not come close to outweighing the risks
riconoscimento facciale
::: hare_brain
Germany's Cybersecurity Agency Recommends Firefox As Most Secure Browser
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | browser
::: Slashdot
DoNotPay App Waits On Hold For You
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
But is #AI actually starting to understand our #language — or is it just getting better at gaming our #systems?
artificial intelligence
::: Nereide
Good software makes hard things easy
programming, codice, snippet
::: RichRogersIoT
Google Clips AI-Powered Camera Has Been Discontinued
hardware
::: Slashdot
School Field Trips: Amazon Warehouses Are the New Smithsonian
ditte | scuola, educazione, cultura
::: Slashdot
Was talking with a student today about how they would reconcile interests in hard tech and helping people. It was interesting that they assumed they had to choose an ed tech like company or work on traditional infrastructure technology bc that's what they were taught to do. 1/3
artificial intelligence | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: jeanqasaur
It's really important for your hobbies to be different than your work
umorismo
::: jakevdp
#Zuckerberg attacks #TikTok for censoring political protest. Few weeks ago,in leaked audio of an address to FB employees,he spoke about it as a formidable competitor-'the first consumer internet product built by a Chinese tech giant to find global success'
::: LalaHu9
Working with Errors in Go 1.13
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Gianlucadfiore
Oggi è un bel giorno
frodi
::: Gabry89
Ouch - numpy's multithreading made my DataLoader performance 100x slower! Turning it off is not exactly straightforward... I'm adding this function to fastai so no-one else has to go through this pain! :)
Python | artificial intelligence
::: jeremyphoward
Il cantone di #Zurigo si muove verso il #SoftwareLibero: il parlamento ha approvato il nuovo piano
open source
::: WikimediaItalia
Trump is spending more on Facebook ads than the top 3 Democratic spenders combined. (Which doesn't mean Facebook is catering to Trump bc of $: Facebook generated $55 *billion* from ads last year)
social media | ad, pubblicità | politica
::: pkafka
A little more than a month before #PHP 7.4 arrives. I'm slowly realising that I'll actually be able to use all these shiny new features in the project I mainly work on. I'm so looking forward to it!
linguaggi di programmazione
::: brendt_gd
I saw Julian #Assange today in Belmarsh prison. Denied the tools to prepare his defence against extradition to America, his resilience endures. On Monday he appears at Westminster Magistrates Court where his epic fight begins. It's the fight of democracy.
Julian Assange
::: johnpilger
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| Sandro Colmo |
Users now have to complete additional steps that make it harder for organizations such as The Globe and Mail to monitor how election ads are aimed at voters
Facebook | ad, pubblicità | politica
::: fabiochiusi
This is correct. Also, if you are a FB employee, remember that you're not Mark. You don't have to reflexively believe or publicly endorse the latest morally bankrupt official position of your employer
::: fchollet
V now compiles itself in 0.09 seconds - 0.31 seconds on a slow 5 year old laptop :)
linguaggi di programmazione
::: v_language
Facing Unbearable Heat, Qatar Has Begun To Air-Condition the Outdoors
46°C
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
What might help quell the controversy would be a public statement from RMS -- or perhaps not: We Don't Know Who Will Run the Free Software Foundation, But We Know Who Will Run the GNU Project
open source | protagonisti
::: BrideOfLinux
Integrated Innovation and the Rise of Complexity
programming, codice, snippet
::: redmonk
Facebook Portal Sales Are 'Very Low'
::: Slashdot
"La collaborazione scientifica spaziale tra Italia e Cina sta dando risultati sempre migliori" ha detto Lu Fangjun, dell'Accademia Cinese delle Scienze "abbiamo grande sostegno dai partner italiani. Lo amplieremo anche grazie al concreto appoggio dei nostri governi" #Diplomacy19
tecnologia | Cina
::: AmbCina
Bitcoin doesn’t have value because it is costly to produce. It’s the other way around, it’s costly to produce because people perceive it as valuable
blockchain e crypto*
::: _benkaufman
Lebanon Withdraws Plan To Charge a Fee on WhatsApp Calls as the Country Faces Its Biggest Protests
social media
::: Slashdot
Watch this week's best #robot videos, featuring mobile manipulators, Furuta pendulums, and an asparagus-harvesting robot
robots, automazione
::: IEEESpectrum
We asked a hacker to try and steal a CNN tech reporter's data. Here's what happened
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: CNN
Indians Are Using TikTok To Learn English
social media
::: Slashdot
Home Builders Ditch Nest After Google Ties Devices To Digital Assistant
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
The difference between data & information
dati, raccolta
::: fchollet
Always wanted to travel back in time to try fighting a younger version of yourself?
umorismo
::: RichRogersIoT
Thinking again about how ridiculous streaming is. It costs ~TEN times as much energy to stream stuff as to play locally stored content
hardware | Web, Internet
::: _Anunnery
California Launches First Statewide Earthquake Early Warning System
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Tesla Gets the Go-Ahead To Build Cars In China
tecnologia | Cina
::: Slashdot
Today we had a hack day to work on something around climate change, so I decided to try to use art to raise awareness around energy usage in public cloud datacenters!
dati, raccolta | energia | ambiente, ecologia
::: deniseyu21
Samsung discontinues 'Linux on DeX' program, removing support w/ Android 10
dispositivi mobili | sistemi operativi
::: dcavedon
Facebook has completely lost it on political ads policy
Facebook | politica | ad, pubblicità
::: fabiochiusi
The lower house of the #Netherlands passed a non-binding motion urging the government to create a registry of all algorithms used by public administrations that impact citizens
algoritmi, codice | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: GianlucaSgueo
The AI, called Pythia, learned to recognise patterns in 35,000 relics, containing more than 3 million words. The patterns it picks up on include the context in which different words appear, the grammar, and also the shape and layout of the inscriptions
artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi
Mastercard announced that it would soon start an experiment with the municipal transport company of #Madrid for payment via #facerecognition on one bus line, involving 100 volunteers
riconoscimento facciale
::: GianlucaSgueo
We are pleased to announce that @craignewmark has renewed his $250K donation to the 2020 International Journalism Festival
media
::: journalismfest
The Hong Kong protests reveal how our faces are becoming a key battleground for privacy and freedom
riconoscimento facciale
::: _arianna
Psytronik and Remute are running an all-C64 game bundle sale (You could get them for free if you read this article and add your comment!)
games
::: VintageNewOld
The Pixel 4’s face unlock works on sleeping people
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Gianlucadfiore
List of software that has free tiers for developers
programming, codice, snippet | open source
::: Gianlucadfiore
Air Force Finally Retires 8-Inch Floppies From Missile Launch Control System
innovazioni, futuro | hardware
::: Slashdot
Facebook Reaches Deal With Wall Street Journal Publisher, Others for News Section
Facebook | novità
::: emenietti
Convert your Go EXE to shellcode
Generates x86, x64, or AMD64+x86 position-independent shellcode that loads .NET Assemblies, PE files, and other Windows payloads from memory and runs them with parameters
linguaggi di programmazione | programming, codice, snippet | sistemi operativi
::: austinrobertson
"The software industry is a perpetual fashion victim, we aren’t advocating for users if we don’t give them a way to opt out of useless trends." Important reflections about the second phase of the #Free #Software #movement
open source
::: jaromil
Apple Hid a Lightning Connector For Debugging In the Apple TV 4K's Ethernet Port
Apple
::: Slashdot
“Tecnologia vs umanità. Lo scontro prossimo venturo” di Gerd Leonhard @gleonhard @egeaonline
tecnologia
::: pandorarivista
FileBus is a NodeJS & Python 3 class that lets you communicate between programs through files handled via inotify. The main goal is to be able to listen to any kind of event between same file, different files, same PL, or different PLs and avoid spawning
programming, codice, snippet
::: WebReflection
Unpatched Linux Bug May Open Devices To Serious Attacks Over Wi-Fi
bug
::: Slashdot
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