CoronaConfusione, come se non bastasse la mia autoprodotta. Pessimo questo venti-venti ma intanto ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.
Ricordiamoci di AssangeJulian Assange
::: DEAcampaign ::: greekemmy ::: people4assange ::: larazon_es ::: MrsC_Assange ::: SMaurizi ::: suigenerisjen ::: journalismfest ::: estelledehon ::: SMaurizi ::: estelledehon ::: SMaurizi ::: SMaurizi ::: estelledehon ::: msulzbacher ::: cdeloire ::: cdeloire ::: FreedomofPress ::: khrafnsson ::: SMaurizi ::: wikileaks ::: benlewismedia ::: SMaurizi ::: couragefound ::: ilmanifesto ::: SMaurizi ::: yanisvaroufakis ::: Snowden ::: SMaurizi ::: SMaurizi ::: SMaurizi ::: SMaurizi ::: SMaurizi ::: SMaurizi ::: mattberkley ::: SMaurizi ::: SMaurizi ::: SMaurizi ::: couragefound ::: SMaurizi ::: SMaurizi ::: thejuicemedia
'Hutter Prize' for Lossless Compression of Human Knowledge Increased to 500,000€
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot
Are APIs Putting Financial Data At Risk?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Russian Trolls Now Just Push Divisive Content Created By Others
trolls, disinformazione
::: Slashdot
Amazon Is Collecting Donations For a Scientology-Linked Anti-Drug Charity
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot
Unexpected
umorismo
::: engineers_feed
Nonprofit Argues Germany Can't Ratify the 'Unitary Patent' Because of Brexit
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot
Police are using artificial intelligence to predict which youngsters could be drawn into violent crime, in a major government-funded trial
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
Will Low-Code and No-Code Platforms Revolutionize Programming?
mi sembra poco chiaro, probabilmente solo perché sono niubbo
programming, codice, snippet | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot
Symbolic math without explicit symbol manipulation. As I've said: replace symbols by vectors and logic by continuous (or differentiable) functions
programming, codice, snippet | artificial intelligence
::: ylecun
Better alternatives to Android? Not necessarily - but if you're interested to try something different, check these out
dispositivi mobili | open source
::: itsfoss2
Safari Will Stop Trusting Certs Older Than 13 Months
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
This is not why I have two surface books
umorismo
::: JenMsft
Oracle's Allies Against Google Include Scott McNealy and America's Justice Department
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot
Ossessione n.8: ho appena installato Void Linux su un Netbook di 10 anni fa rimasto spento per tre anni. È una scheggia. Perché le persone continuino a usare sistemi proprietari rimane per me un mistero (pari all'adesivo della mela sulla macchina)
sistemi operativi | Linux
::: orporick
Google Detects Edge Users Visiting Its Sites, Urges Them to Switch to Chrome
browser
::: Slashdot
полная фигня
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: CANCEL_SAM
New $300 Kitchen Playset For Children Includes Amazon's Alexa
pazzi!
hardware | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Tests of whether a developer-facing library API is any good
thread programmatico, voglio essere così anch'io, cioè il mio codice
programming, codice, snippet
::: fchollet
Python 3 has been around for 10 years. If you’re still writing code that isn’t compatible or haven’t updated the ancient version you embedded into your software for extensions you are the problem. It’s bad enough we’re stuck with this shit language. Stop making it worse
shit a chi?
Python
::: jrozner
Judge Forces America's FCC To Seek New Public Feedback on Its Net Neutrality Repeal
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
Amazing! 🤩 In 30 minutes, I visualized 10 years of #opensource history at @RITtigers @RITMAGIC!
open source | storia
::: jflory7
Ho gia' parlato in passato del linguaggio J, successore di APL di Kenneth Iverson. Rispetto ad APL ha il vantaggio di essere scritto in caratteri ASCII, quindi posso incollarvi qui una funzione
il più ostico affrontato finora
linguaggi di programmazione
::: orporick
Thread by @aspide_l: Tracciatura dispositivi mobili, videosorveglianza, riconoscimento facciale e La Storia della Colonna Infame
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: MauroV1968
Deploy your BASIC code to our 6502 data center in just one tweet. Welcome to 8-bit cloud
storia
::: bbcmicrobot
Open Source CPU Architecture RISC-V Is Gaining Momentum
hardware | open source
::: Slashdot
150 PhD economists hired by Amazon! It is the most significant and drastic change in the last 20 years to raise economics at the core of the decision making in firms. It means: microeconometrics works!
ditte | economia, lavoro
::: home
Python and JavaScript: the joys of duck typing
linguaggi di programmazione
::: ChrisShaver64
pkgutil — Package Utilities
Python
::: pymotw
Programming will never advance, so long as we continue to view programming, debugging, and execution as separate activities
programming, codice, snippet
::: pwang
EU Commission To Staff: Switch To Signal Messaging App
social media
::: Slashdot
Our @NASA family is sad to learn the news that Katherine Johnson passed away this morning at 101 years old. She was an American hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten
protagonisti
::: JimBridenstine ::: Mr. Palomar ::: BarackObama ::: IEEESpectrum ::: orporick ::: alicegoldfuss
I still run Linux. It's obv bad, but I always assumed everyone on mac was living in some fantasy land where things work
sistemi operativi
::: moxie ::: _stdio54
Apple To Release First ARM Mac Without Intel Processor in Next 18 Months, Predicts Kuo
hardware | Apple
::: Slashdot
HackerOne's Bug Bounties Skyrocketed To $40 Million in 2019
bug | programming, codice, snippet
::: Slashdot
Mapping Wikipedia
Wikipedia
::: Slashdot
Google Cloud CEO Called Oracle Cloud a 'Disgrace'
cloud
::: Slashdot
GIMP 2.10.18 Arrives with Major Changes, Including a New 3D Transform Tool
applicazioni, programmi | open source
::: omgubuntu
What do we need for performant *quantum* software? Intelligent, open-source tools (like optimizing compilers) and low-level control are two things I talked about recently at #RigettiAdvantage2020
quantum computing
::: stylewarning
ZX Spectrum Next, An Advanced Version of the Original 8-Bit Home Computer, Has Been Released
hardware
::: Slashdot
r/NoSleep, One of the Largest Subreddits On Reddit, Goes Dark In IP-Theft Protest
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot
Supreme Court Rejects Apple Appeal In Patent Fight With VirnetX
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot
Planned vs. Budgeted
umorismo
::: ismonkeyuser
The utility Hydro-Québec has signed a deal to commercialize a glass battery developed in part by Nobel Prize winner John Goodenough
energia
::: IEEESpectrum
Questo è uno dei motivi per cui non vi conviene seguire account "breaking news" riguardo il coronavirus se non siete certissimi di chi lo gestisce. È un momento d'oro per chi deve creare account, aumentare i follower per poi ripulire i tweet in futuro e rivendere gli account
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: evaristegal0is
The Big Switcheroo
language Racket
::: greghendershott
Il problema maggiore nell'insegnamento della matematica è che quasi mai viene introdotta per quello che è: un linguaggio, forse l'unico linguaggio veramente universale
matematica
::: dottorpax
AI Deception: When Your Artificial Intelligence Learns to Lie
How to define it, and how we can prepare against it
artificial intelligence
::: IEEESpectrum
Happy birthday @MacRumors! 🥳🎉 Been a fan for probably a decade at this point
Apple
::: corbindavenport
Parents sharing photos, stories, and private details of their children on the Internet often do so without fully understanding the long-term repercussions on data surveillance and privacy
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: NewYorker
Evviva - si comincia a discutere di cose vere: il mercato rilevante ai fini della concorrenza è quello dei dati. La via per alcune soluzioni di problemi legati alle grandi piattaforme è più libertà e più concorrenza, non più controlli
dati, raccolta
::: tedeschini
Big "tech companies will have to open up their troves of data to smaller rivals, as other sectors such as financial services already do, the European Commission said, in proposals aimed at breaking down the monopolies such as those of Amazon and Google"
antitrust
::: rasmus_kleis
documenti UN finora inediti ricevuti da @wireditalia descrivono attività cyber Corea del Nord per aggirare sanzioni internazionali, tra #hacker e #criptovalute. Pyongyang è accusata di aver attaccato anche Palazzo di Vetro, fino a gennaio 2020
cyberwar
::: faffa42
Il trend dal 2007 al 2019 di chi legge un quotidiano cartaceo almeno una volta alla settimana
media
::: DataMediaHub
if you like minimalism, and you don't like classes verbosity, but you do like native Custom Elements (instead of wicked/hooked) you might also like µce
programming, codice, snippet
::: WebReflection
Reddit published their 2019 transparency report. - 53M content removals (1,8% of total), mostly spam
social media | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: luca
#Common_Lisp State of Common Lisp Survey 2020
Lisp
::: reddit_lisp
TSA Bans Employees From Using TikTok
social media
::: Slashdot
Calling a programming language “simple” is like
cit.
::: stylewarning
When a phone lands in @xach’s backyard
umorismo
::: stylewarning
I long believed that Linux unlike all other desktop OSes has a steep learning curve during the which you believe it's "bad". Once you reach the intermediate/expert level, it spoils you all other OSes for how "good" it is
sistemi operativi | Linux
::: Gianlucadfiore
In case you missed it! #DigitalEU #digitalpolicy
digitalizzazione
::: cdteu
Ecco i paesi dove il ritorno economico di una #laurea è più alto
scuola, educazione, cultura | lavoro
::: Luca_Gualtieri1
PayPal Accounts Are Getting Abused En-masse For Unauthorized Payments
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Firefox To Enable DNS-over-HTTPS by Default To US Users
browser | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot ::: schneierblog
Japan Urges Telecommuting, Staggered Shifts To Curb Coronavirus
lavoro | Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
The German NetzDG may have contributed to the advance of internet censorship in Africa
censura
::: fabiochiusi
Musicians Algorithmically Generate Every Possible Melody, Release Them To Public Domain
algoritmi, codice | open source
::: Slashdot
Firefox for Mac and Linux To Get a New Security Sandbox System
browser | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Il Joint Artificial Intelligence Center del Pentagono ha pubblicato cinque principi etici che i militari USA adotteranno sia nei sistemi #AI impiegati in combattimento, sia in quelli usati per altri scopi
artificial intelligence | etica
::: LucaSambucci ::: _pdarragh
Plasma 5.18.2 released
applicazioni, programmi
::: kubuntu
Pearls Before Swine for February 26, 2020
Twitter | umorismo
::: _juhan
Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images Into Public Domain
open source
::: Slashdot
The Go port of simdjson (the fast C++ JSON parser) now uses Intel AVX-512 instructions to accelerate parsing… As the name suggests AVX-512 comes with 512-bit registers
linguaggi di programmazione
::: lemire
Cyborg plants are real, and we should make more of them
automazione
::: mashable
Through FOIA, @knightcolumbia and @ACLU have obtained thousands of documents relating to the government’s sweeping censorship system of prepublication review. We’ve been releasing these on a rolling basis, and today we’re highlighting some of the latest
censura
::: Meenu_Krishnan ::: FaizaPatelBCJ ::: bartongellman ::: JameelJaffer ::: Snowden ::: corbindavenport
Microsoft Wants To Do Away With Windows 10 Local Accounts
sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot
Singapore Airlines Is Using Aeroponics To Upgrade In-Flight Meals
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot
Facebook: “We recently implemented a policy to prohibit ads that refer to the coronavirus and create a sense of urgency, like implying a limited supply, or guaranteeing a cure or prevention”
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: fabiochiusi
Was Knuth really framed by Jon Bentley?
sviluppi attuali di un'epopea classica! e "So my claim is that the power of the Unix tools is often vastly underestimated. In my everyday work, I use Unix commands many times daily to perform diverse and very different tasks. I very rarely encounter tasks that cannot be solved by joining together a couple of commands."
programming, codice, snippet
::: CoolSWEng
Really enjoying @AustinZHenley @barik and others' work on pain points of computational notebooks, includes some I hadn't realized
programming, codice, snippet | Web, Internet
::: ShriramKMurthi
Android 11 makes it easier to discover DNS server problems
dispositivi mobili
::: AndroidPolice
Here's How Facebook's Brain-Computer Interface Development is Progressing
Bit by bit, the social media giant is pushing forward efforts to pick up signals through the skull that tell what you're thinking
Facebook
::: IEEESpectrum
Scuola chiusa per il #CoronaVirusItalia? Si può comunque tenere lezione da remoto, usando ad esempio la piattaforma #opensource Jitsi: nessun account, nessuna registrazione, nessuna applicazione da installare
scuola, educazione, cultura | Web, Internet
::: ItaLinuxSociety
Crypto: 10 Years, 3.1 Billion Transactions. 1.1B transactions in 2019 alone. And they said it was a bear market 😏
blockchain e crypto*
::: cburniske
Historically crypto as nearly no correlation with any other asset classes
blockchain e crypto*
::: Alexintosh
For a long time, no robot company had a business model worth funding. "We were no exception," writes @iRobot CEO @colinangle. "We tried 14 business models before we arrived at one that sustainably worked." #robotics #startups
robots, automazione, droni
::: IEEESpectrum
The International Maritime Organization wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the maritime sector by at least 50% from 2008 levels by 2050
ambiente, ecologia
::: ispionline
The Beacon Chain Ethereum 2.0 explainer you need to read first
blockchain e crypto*
::: josephch
Uber and Lyft Generate 70 Percent More Pollution Than Trips They Displace, Study Finds
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
Internal Docs Show Why the US Military Publishes North Korean and Russian Malware
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
La Cineteca di Milano mette tutto il catalogo (e che catalogo) in streaming. Basta andare sul sito per iscriversi gratuitamente
Web, Internet | media
::: MarikaSurace
The EU may force phone manufacturers to bring back replaceable batteries. I really hope so
dispositivi mobili | hardware
::: latentexistence
Google To Spend $10 Billion on Offices, Data Centers in US This Year
Google
::: Slashdot
Flaw in Billions of Wi-Fi Devices Left Communications Open To Eavesdropping
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
The law says Chelsea Manning must be freed from prison
Chelsea Manning
::: philipdisalvo
If you're bored and looking for something fresh, enter the Abstraction & Reasoning Challenge - The best entrants currently have algos that can autonomously develop solutions to 3 novel tasks out of 100
artificial intelligence
::: fchollet
"Lithium isn't enough now." —Vilas Pol, professor of chemical engineering at Purdue University
hardware
::: IEEESpectrum
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23 febbraio, 2020
Visto nel Web - 477
Mentre stiamo scoprendo, grazie all'influenza, di appartenere al pianeta Terra io elenco cosa ho wisto nel Web.
Intel and QuTech Unveil Horse Ridge Cryogenic Control Chip For Quantum Computingquantum computing
::: Slashdot
I'm not one to be freak out over media scare stories but this piece by @bruceschneier has me worried about the unravelling of democracy
web-bot, robocall | politica
::: fayeflam
Donald Trump 'Offered Julian Assange a Pardon if He Denied Russia Link To Hack'
Julian Assange | politica
::: Slashdot ::: SMaurizi ::: SMaurizi ::: oortcloudfilms ::: wikileaks ::: micahflee
RIP to computing pioneer Larry Tesler, the inventor of copy-paste
protagonisti | storia
::: MIT_CSAIL ::: ComputerHistory ::: RainerJoswig ::: emenietti ::: IEEESpectrum
Indian Police Open Case Against Hundreds in Kashmir For Using VPN
Web, Internet | politica
::: Slashdot
Intellectual maturity is caring more about solutions & progress than about flag-planting
scienza
::: fchollet
The development is going to be much faster from now on
linguaggi di programmazione
::: v_language ::: v_language
Google Launches Android 11 Developer Preview 1
programming, codice, snippet | dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot
does there exist an OS that can take a well-behaved binary and enforce a deterministic timeout on its execution? for example by killing it after it executes N user-mode instructions?
sistemi operativi | programming, codice, snippet
::: johnregehr
IRS Sues Facebook For $9 Billion, Says Company Offshored Profits To Ireland
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot
if everyone could take a break from partisan bickering about Assange for a second and remember the fact that Chelsea Manning is still in jail that would be great
Chelsea Manning
::: evan_greer
Coinbase Becomes a Visa Principal Member To Double Down On Debit Card
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot
The unemployment rate for young college graduates exceeds that of the general population
lavoro
::: lemire
Leaked Document Shows How Big Companies Buy Credit Card Data On Millions of Americans
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible
cit.
::: RichRogersX
Researchers Trick Tesla Into Accelerating 50 Miles Per Hour
automazione | bug
::: Slashdot
A New Use For McDonald's Used Cooking Oil: 3D Printing
hardware
::: Slashdot
Twitter is at its best when the experts weigh in ...
Twitter | politica
::: DavidAFrench
#Twitter compra #ChromaLabs, una startup per l’editing di foto e video. Il primo passo verso le Twitter Stories?
Twitter
::: SergioGridelli
Wait WHAT? The US says "an algorithm" identified Eyal Weizman as a security threat and he can't enter the country. Yes, the same guy who founded Forensic Architecture at Goldsmiths, a respected researcher who visits frequently. Not good
algoritmi, codice | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: katecrawford ::: theintercept
Fossil-Fuel Production May Be Responsible For Much More Atmospheric Methane Than Scientists Thought
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
"State agents pressuring Twitter employees to deliver private information wasn’t uncommon at the company, former employees tell BuzzFeed News"
Twitter | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: fabiochiusi
Ecco le azioni messe in atto dalle #imprese italiane per ridurre il consumo di risorse naturali e per la gestione sostenibile dei rifiuti e emissioni.#infografica
ambiente, ecologia
::: istat_it
TIL: PHP8 is going to have JIT !!!
linguaggi di programmazione
::: WebReflection
The German government has approved a bill to force social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to report criminal posts to the police, in a move that some critics say could pave the way for internet censorship
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: fabiochiusi
I 3 gruppi più importanti al mondo nella valutazione del rischio di contagio sono guidati dalla matematica Dorigatti a Londra, dalla fisica Colizza a Parigi e dal fisico Vespignani a Boston. Parlano italiano, se qualcuno cerca consigli
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: andcapocci
Google's computer vision API stopped returning gendered results in the name of algorithmic fairness... but tells customer to use their own models to assess gender
gender, discriminazioni
::: algorithmwatch
Big Tech will have to share data under EU proposals. This is a matter of EU national security, industrial strategy, digital sovereignty and overall democracy. A big step forward: Brussels aims to break monopolies of the likes of Google, Facebook and Amazon
antitrust
::: francesca_bria ::: paul_keller ::: CenDemTech ::: maria_axente ::: LucaSambucci ::: ispionline
Everyone knows algorithms are infallible and holy
lo so che mi ripeto ma...
umorismo
::: rodneylives
I am not on social
cit.
::: glovink
CReduce - it’s a kind of magic!
programming, codice, snippet
::: johnregehr
Not many know this. Bernie Sanders and Julian Assange had the same mentor. A one-off human being who we still miss profoundly
Julian Assange | Chelsea Manning | protagonisti
::: DCKennard ::: Wikipedia
Whistleblower Chelsea Manning's legal team file new motion to Release
Chelsea Manning
::: wikileaks
Watchdog groups and journalists have raised concerns about the media environment in Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary — so Radio Free Europe is back
politica | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: POLITICOEurope
🚨 New release alert 🚨 BERT, RoBERTa, GPT2, TransformerXL and most of the community models are now an order of magnitude faster thanks to the integration of the tokenizers library
linguaggi di programmazione
::: huggingface
hyperHTML, viperHTML, basicHTML, heresy and heresy-ssr, neverland, wickedElements, or hookedElements, if you're curious about differences, strengths, and goals, beside being offers for all Web tastes, I've tried to summarize as much as I could in here
Web, Internet
::: WebReflection
No one is talking about the hottest feature of 5G
(slicing)
5G
::: IEEESpectrum
Now you can add a Tweet to one you already Tweeted, faster
chissà se ci riuscirò a ricordarmelo e farlo
Twitter
::: Twitter
Dato che mi sembra genuinamente interessato al progresso e al futuro del nostro pianeta, ecco un'idea dirompente e innovativa per Jeff Bezos
idea 💡 | protagonisti
::: philipdisalvo
Apple Weighs Letting Users Switch Default iPhone Apps To Rivals
Apple
::: Slashdot
The Linux Foundation Identifies Most Important Open-Source Software Components and Their Problems
Linux
::: Slashdot
The 25 ways #ArtificialIntelligence can revolutionize #Transportation from driverless trains to smart tracks
artificial intelligence
::: MobisoftInfo
It has been a great adventure following back this #CyberAttack to "roots". I hope you would enjoy this reading. Uncovering New Magecart Implant Attacking eCommerce
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Marco_Ramilli
Pretty Printing Tree Data Structures in #CommonLisp with Unicode characters (kind of ASCII art)
Lisp
::: WetHat7
A "menu" 🍽 of my most recent Open Source libraries
programming, codice, snippet
::: WebReflection
Styling The Good Ol' Button Element
Web, Internet
::: shadeed9
#Algorithms in the justice system, #DigitalWelfare, #ArtificialIntelligence, the #RightToKnow
algoritmi, codice
::: GlobalCRL
G. De La Torre on #SETI : “One of the potential applications of #AI is not only to assist in #bigdata analysis but to help to discern possible artificiality or oddities in patterns of either radio signals, megastructures or techno-signatures in general”
artificial intelligence
::: aldoceccarelli
Nel caso vogliate andare sulla luna
programming, codice, snippet | storia
::: orporick
In ufficio ingegnere gestionale 28 anni assunta da un anno circa, sempre perfetta, garbatissima e controllata
applicazioni, programmi
::: j_gufo
MIT scientists have shown in mice that a new molecule is highly effective at treating bacterial infections such as TB, salmonella and C.diff. Halicin was discovered via #machinelearning
machine learning
::: MIT_CSAIL
US, UK Formally Blame Russia for Mass-Defacement of Georgian Websites
cyberwar
::: Slashdot
The latest version of ARM uLisp includes the finished version of my assembler written in #Lisp, which allows you to generate and run ARM Thumb code functions alongside Lisp
Lisp | hardware
::: johnson_davies
Una costituzione globale per salvare il pianeta
ambiente, ecologia | politica
::: ilmanifesto
JPEG Committee is Banking on AI To Build Its Next Image Codec
applicazioni, programmi
::: Slashdot
"surprisingly enough", IE11 has a horrible bug when it comes to inputs with type="number"
browser | bug
::: WebReflection
Sweden Starts Testing World's First Central Bank Digital Currency
digitalizzazione
::: Slashdot
UCLA Abandons Plans To Use Facial Recognition After Backlash
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot
Twitter is Testing New Ways To Fight Misinformation
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot ::: fabiochiusi
Google AI No Longer Uses Gender Binary Tags on Images of People
artificial intelligence | gender, discriminazioni
::: Slashdot
Trump Backs Supporter Larry Ellison in Court Fight With Google
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot
L’inventore dell’H-index dice che, ripensandoci, non gli sembra più una grande idea
scienza
::: marioricciard18
Facebook ha fatto respingere a un suo evento un ex dipendente di Cambridge Analytica, assai poco noto se non a noi appassionati del genere. Facebook lo conosceva e ce l’aveva sulla lista nera
Facebook | frodi
::: jacopo_iacoboni
Microsoft To Bring Its Defender Antivirus Software To iOS and Android
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
The number one thing to keep in mind about machine learning is that performance is evaluated on samples from one dataset, but the model is used in production on samples that may not necessarily follow the same characteristics...
machine learning
::: fchollet
Coronavirus Has Temporarily Reduced China's CO2 Emissions By a Quarter
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
Morgan Stanley Buys E-Trade For $13 Billion
economia, lavoro | automazione
::: Slashdot
France Shuts Down Oldest Reactors, But Nuclear Power Still Reigns
energia
::: Slashdot
A Group of Ex-NSA and Amazon Engineers Are Building a 'GitHub For Data'
programming, codice, snippet | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Should Facebook, Google Be Liable For User Posts?
social media
::: Slashdot
Facebook Will Now Pay You For Your Voice Recordings
Facebook | dati, raccolta
::: Slashdot
There are 100M lines of code in the average modern car. This should terrify any experienced programmer
programming, codice, snippet
::: RichRogersX
How Blue Apron Became a Massive $2 Billion Disaster
cuochi? ma raga c'è Benedetta Rossi, la preferita dalla mia amica Elsa (ottima cuoca)
::: Slashdot
Haskell has exceptions. Does that spell doom for linear types? Sure doesn't!
programmazione funzionale
::: tweagio
AI simbolica, top-down, GOFAI, chiamatela come volete, ma dopo aver deluso nei decenni precedenti (e aver causato un inverno) ora molti se la vogliono lasciare alle spalle. Eppure la combinazione fra simbolismo e connettivismo potrebbe risolvere diversi problemi dell'AI odierna
seguire il link
artificial intelligence
::: LucaSambucci
.@Mediapart è un media francese che rispetto: è indipendente, di qualità, ha l’integrità morale di difendere Julian #Assange, Sarah #Harrison, tutti I giornalisti di #WikiLeaks, Chelsea #Manning: VOGLIO un giornale così in Italia
media | Julian Assange
::: SMaurizi ::: SMaurizi ::: Mediapart
(1) A short story on elections and cutting costs:
This Sunday there's an election back in my city in Italy. The italian government send me a letter inviting me to vote and offering "discounts" to travel back to Italy for the occasion. All good, it seems
tutto il thread
::: Gianlucadfiore
Platforms respond to political pressure in big markets: "“We can’t remove all [false news] because it will disproportionately affect conservatives,” said Kaplan, a former George W. Bush White House official and now the head of Facebook’s Washington office"
social media | ad, pubblicità | politica
::: rasmus_kleis
“In view of both the press freedom implications and the serious concerns over the treatment Julian Assange would be subjected to in the United States, my assessment as Commissioner for Human Rights is that he should not be extradited”
Julian Assange
::: fabiochiusi
Let me try the new Windows Terminal
umorismo
::: keleshev
Guardian reports on a (draft, non-peer rev) study stating 1/4 of climate crisis tweets are by bots. But they don't note the Indiana U tool's misclassification rate is so large it explains a way a lot of that number (see thread)
web-bot, robocall | ambiente, ecologia | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: mikarv ::: fabiochiusi
Barclays Installed Big Brother-style Spyware on Employees' Computers
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
as many juniors and seniors are still surprised by this, I've created a little gist to explain the pattern: The `handleEvent` ASCII doodle
programming, codice, snippet
::: WebReflection
EU privacy body warns of privacy risks in Google, Fitbit deal
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: emenietti
In software development, there are principles guiding me when I’m in danger of heading in the wrong direction. I printed those quotes and hung them on a wall in our office
programming, codice, snippet
::: philipp_hauer
New unified Office app out of preview and generally available worldwide
applicazioni, programmi | dispositivi mobili
::: tedhudek
Internet of Things Candle
Internet of things | dubbi
::: schneierblog
Michele Serra unsurprisingly tira fuori la solita tiritera su Wikileaks che, cattivoni, mostrano le brutte cose delle democrazie, danneggiandole, ma tacciono ad esempio sui Tremendi Crimini della Russia
Michele, secondo me, da tempo fa il pari con l'Eugenio (et al.)
giornali, stampa
::: AleGuerani
Ever wanted to make a #nuclear #fusion #reactor in your basement? One @Microsoft data center manager shows kids how to become #fusioneers of the future
scuola, educazione, cultura | energia
::: IEEESpectrum
Even the most successful engineers can grow too complacent and forget to put the effort into expanding their career skills
lavoro
::: IEEESpectrum
Bloomberg debate video would violate Twitter’s deepfake policy, but not Facebook’s
deepfake
::: fabiochiusi ::: minomazz
Why don't social media companies research the negative effects of their products? An explanation lies in the concept of agnotology — the study of ignorance
social media
::: CIGIonline
Davvero inaspettato! Se io dovessi seguire una strategia, questa volta, punterei a far perdere alle persone la fiducia nel sistema democratico - La Russia sta già interferendo nella campagna elettorale americana per favorire Trump
social media | politica
::: evaristegal0is
A new way to make solar cells could theoretically achieve efficiencies of up to 45%. Conventional silicon cells are typically less than 20% efficient
energia
::: IEEESpectrum
Python 2 Removed from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Python
::: linuxtoday
Well, finally got around to putting out a version 1.0 of Curio. The feature set has been greatly refined/narrowed. Also much better Windows support. In the big picture, this is mainly a release for myself though
Python
::: dabeaz
Google Is Letting People Find Invites To Some Private WhatsApp Groups
social media
::: Slashdot
Policy vs Technology
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: schneierblog
E la Commissione Europea mette al bando Whatsapp per i suoi funzionari: usate Signal
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: RiccardoLuna
Leaked reports show EU police plan for a pan-European network of facial recognition databases
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
Google To Put a Muzzle on Android Apps Accessing Location Data in the Background
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Defeated Chess Champ Garry Kasparov Has Made Peace With AI
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot
Washington Passes Government Facial Recognition Rules
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: quinta
It is good to see @amnesty is finally on board opposing the extradition of #Assange. As the extradition hearing is taking place in London next week, make sure to add your voice and join the global protests for freedom of press
Julian Assange
::: HorvatSrecko
Global Telcos Join Alphabet, SoftBank's Flying Cellphone Antenna Lobbying Effort
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
Say hello to the new and improved GTK website! We've gone out of our way to make the GTK development experience as painless as possible, and, dare we say, enjoyable. 🙂 Check it out, snag GNOME Builder, and build your first app today!
programming, codice, snippet
::: gnome
This week, the @NYTimes features EFF Senior Staff Technologist @legind talking plainly about the privacy risks of Amazon Ring
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: EFF ::: Slashdot
Finnish City Espoo Pioneers Civic AI With Education and Explainability
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot
Fully electric 0 emission cars
robots, automazione, droni | umorismo
::: TaylorLorenz
Digital factory revenues to hit to $375bn in 2030 from $59bn now
As the amount of custom code required to deploy new solutions on the factory floor drops, data and analytic service revenue growth in smart manufacturing will accelerate
automazione
::: RichRogersX
More Bosses Give 4-Day Workweek A Try
lavoro
::: Slashdot
Slickwraps Data Breach Exposing Financial and Customer Info
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Company Buying .Org Offers To Sign a Contract Banning Price Hikes
Web, Internet | open source
::: Slashdot
Gopher's Rise and Fall Shows How Much We Lost When Monopolists Stole the Net
open source | storia
::: Slashdot
US Defense Agency That Secures Trump's Communications Confirms Data Breach
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | politica
::: Slashdot
Radical Hydrogen-Boron Reactor Leapfrogs Current Nuclear Fusion Tech
energia
::: Slashdot
I have submitted a GHC proposal to add the delimited continuation primops I use in eff
programmazione funzionale
::: lexi_lambda
E adesso sarà un fiorire di “se non hai nulla da nascondere, di che ti preoccupi”? Un Paese di sudditi, lieti di consegnare la propria libertà, nell’illusione che lo Stato possa assicurare panem et circenses
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: MarcoCantamessa
Chief Magistrate in Julian Assange case financially benefited from two secretive partner organisations of the UK Foreign Office before her appointment
fonti sospette ma quando c'è di mezzo gli über-mega-ultra-spioni ...
Julian Assange
::: declassifiedUK
I'm excited to announce today the new members of the @inrupt leadership team. These individuals will help @johnwbruce and me to power Inrupt as we shape the next era of the web
Web, Internet
::: timberners_lee ::: schneierblog
150K Nature Illustrations Spanning Hundreds of Years Are Now Free Online
open source
::: Slashdot
Adding this to my list of pure, unadulterated #AI hype
artificial intelligence
::: EricTopol
Alexa records you more often than you think
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: dcavedon
Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing 'platform manipulation'
politica
::: fabiochiusi
Altra raccolta su Julian Assange
Julian Assange
::: jlpassarelli ::: SMaurizi ::: HorvatSrecko ::: SMaurizi ::: DEAcampaign
These activists use makeup to defy mass surveillance
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: dcavedon
Questo è diventato un bel thread, pieno di interventi significativi, su come potremmo definire la explainable AI, su cosa davvero vogliono le persone quando chiedono che una decisione sia spiegabile, su quale compromesso potrebbe essere accettabile per andare avanti
artificial intelligence
::: LucaSambucci
Ma robe da matti
giornali, stampa
::: AlfonsoFuggetta
Google sued by New Mexico over claims it spies on US students
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: dcavedon
Science and Technology links (February 22nd 2020)
novità
::: lemire
Breach of MGM Hotels' Cloud Server Exposed Data on 10.6 Million People
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Intel and QuTech Unveil Horse Ridge Cryogenic Control Chip For Quantum Computingquantum computing
::: Slashdot
I'm not one to be freak out over media scare stories but this piece by @bruceschneier has me worried about the unravelling of democracy
web-bot, robocall | politica
::: fayeflam
Donald Trump 'Offered Julian Assange a Pardon if He Denied Russia Link To Hack'
Julian Assange | politica
::: Slashdot ::: SMaurizi ::: SMaurizi ::: oortcloudfilms ::: wikileaks ::: micahflee
RIP to computing pioneer Larry Tesler, the inventor of copy-paste
protagonisti | storia
::: MIT_CSAIL ::: ComputerHistory ::: RainerJoswig ::: emenietti ::: IEEESpectrum
Indian Police Open Case Against Hundreds in Kashmir For Using VPN
Web, Internet | politica
::: Slashdot
Intellectual maturity is caring more about solutions & progress than about flag-planting
scienza
::: fchollet
The development is going to be much faster from now on
linguaggi di programmazione
::: v_language ::: v_language
Google Launches Android 11 Developer Preview 1
programming, codice, snippet | dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot
does there exist an OS that can take a well-behaved binary and enforce a deterministic timeout on its execution? for example by killing it after it executes N user-mode instructions?
sistemi operativi | programming, codice, snippet
::: johnregehr
IRS Sues Facebook For $9 Billion, Says Company Offshored Profits To Ireland
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot
if everyone could take a break from partisan bickering about Assange for a second and remember the fact that Chelsea Manning is still in jail that would be great
Chelsea Manning
::: evan_greer
Coinbase Becomes a Visa Principal Member To Double Down On Debit Card
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot
The unemployment rate for young college graduates exceeds that of the general population
lavoro
::: lemire
Leaked Document Shows How Big Companies Buy Credit Card Data On Millions of Americans
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible
cit.
::: RichRogersX
Researchers Trick Tesla Into Accelerating 50 Miles Per Hour
automazione | bug
::: Slashdot
A New Use For McDonald's Used Cooking Oil: 3D Printing
hardware
::: Slashdot
Twitter is at its best when the experts weigh in ...
Twitter | politica
::: DavidAFrench
#Twitter compra #ChromaLabs, una startup per l’editing di foto e video. Il primo passo verso le Twitter Stories?
::: SergioGridelli
Wait WHAT? The US says "an algorithm" identified Eyal Weizman as a security threat and he can't enter the country. Yes, the same guy who founded Forensic Architecture at Goldsmiths, a respected researcher who visits frequently. Not good
algoritmi, codice | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: katecrawford ::: theintercept
Fossil-Fuel Production May Be Responsible For Much More Atmospheric Methane Than Scientists Thought
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
"State agents pressuring Twitter employees to deliver private information wasn’t uncommon at the company, former employees tell BuzzFeed News"
Twitter | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: fabiochiusi
Ecco le azioni messe in atto dalle #imprese italiane per ridurre il consumo di risorse naturali e per la gestione sostenibile dei rifiuti e emissioni.#infografica
ambiente, ecologia
::: istat_it
TIL: PHP8 is going to have JIT !!!
linguaggi di programmazione
::: WebReflection
The German government has approved a bill to force social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to report criminal posts to the police, in a move that some critics say could pave the way for internet censorship
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: fabiochiusi
I 3 gruppi più importanti al mondo nella valutazione del rischio di contagio sono guidati dalla matematica Dorigatti a Londra, dalla fisica Colizza a Parigi e dal fisico Vespignani a Boston. Parlano italiano, se qualcuno cerca consigli
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: andcapocci
Google's computer vision API stopped returning gendered results in the name of algorithmic fairness... but tells customer to use their own models to assess gender
gender, discriminazioni
::: algorithmwatch
Big Tech will have to share data under EU proposals. This is a matter of EU national security, industrial strategy, digital sovereignty and overall democracy. A big step forward: Brussels aims to break monopolies of the likes of Google, Facebook and Amazon
antitrust
::: francesca_bria ::: paul_keller ::: CenDemTech ::: maria_axente ::: LucaSambucci ::: ispionline
Everyone knows algorithms are infallible and holy
lo so che mi ripeto ma...
umorismo
::: rodneylives
I am not on social
cit.
::: glovink
CReduce - it’s a kind of magic!
programming, codice, snippet
::: johnregehr
Not many know this. Bernie Sanders and Julian Assange had the same mentor. A one-off human being who we still miss profoundly
Julian Assange | Chelsea Manning | protagonisti
::: DCKennard ::: Wikipedia
Whistleblower Chelsea Manning's legal team file new motion to Release
Chelsea Manning
::: wikileaks
Watchdog groups and journalists have raised concerns about the media environment in Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary — so Radio Free Europe is back
politica | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: POLITICOEurope
🚨 New release alert 🚨 BERT, RoBERTa, GPT2, TransformerXL and most of the community models are now an order of magnitude faster thanks to the integration of the tokenizers library
linguaggi di programmazione
::: huggingface
hyperHTML, viperHTML, basicHTML, heresy and heresy-ssr, neverland, wickedElements, or hookedElements, if you're curious about differences, strengths, and goals, beside being offers for all Web tastes, I've tried to summarize as much as I could in here
Web, Internet
::: WebReflection
No one is talking about the hottest feature of 5G
(slicing)
5G
::: IEEESpectrum
Now you can add a Tweet to one you already Tweeted, faster
chissà se ci riuscirò a ricordarmelo e farlo
Dato che mi sembra genuinamente interessato al progresso e al futuro del nostro pianeta, ecco un'idea dirompente e innovativa per Jeff Bezos
idea 💡 | protagonisti
::: philipdisalvo
Apple Weighs Letting Users Switch Default iPhone Apps To Rivals
Apple
::: Slashdot
The Linux Foundation Identifies Most Important Open-Source Software Components and Their Problems
Linux
::: Slashdot
The 25 ways #ArtificialIntelligence can revolutionize #Transportation from driverless trains to smart tracks
artificial intelligence
::: MobisoftInfo
It has been a great adventure following back this #CyberAttack to "roots". I hope you would enjoy this reading. Uncovering New Magecart Implant Attacking eCommerce
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Marco_Ramilli
Pretty Printing Tree Data Structures in #CommonLisp with Unicode characters (kind of ASCII art)
Lisp
::: WetHat7
A "menu" 🍽 of my most recent Open Source libraries
programming, codice, snippet
::: WebReflection
Styling The Good Ol' Button Element
Web, Internet
::: shadeed9
#Algorithms in the justice system, #DigitalWelfare, #ArtificialIntelligence, the #RightToKnow
algoritmi, codice
::: GlobalCRL
G. De La Torre on #SETI : “One of the potential applications of #AI is not only to assist in #bigdata analysis but to help to discern possible artificiality or oddities in patterns of either radio signals, megastructures or techno-signatures in general”
artificial intelligence
::: aldoceccarelli
Nel caso vogliate andare sulla luna
programming, codice, snippet | storia
::: orporick
In ufficio ingegnere gestionale 28 anni assunta da un anno circa, sempre perfetta, garbatissima e controllata
applicazioni, programmi
::: j_gufo
MIT scientists have shown in mice that a new molecule is highly effective at treating bacterial infections such as TB, salmonella and C.diff. Halicin was discovered via #machinelearning
machine learning
::: MIT_CSAIL
US, UK Formally Blame Russia for Mass-Defacement of Georgian Websites
cyberwar
::: Slashdot
The latest version of ARM uLisp includes the finished version of my assembler written in #Lisp, which allows you to generate and run ARM Thumb code functions alongside Lisp
Lisp | hardware
::: johnson_davies
Una costituzione globale per salvare il pianeta
ambiente, ecologia | politica
::: ilmanifesto
JPEG Committee is Banking on AI To Build Its Next Image Codec
applicazioni, programmi
::: Slashdot
"surprisingly enough", IE11 has a horrible bug when it comes to inputs with type="number"
browser | bug
::: WebReflection
Sweden Starts Testing World's First Central Bank Digital Currency
digitalizzazione
::: Slashdot
UCLA Abandons Plans To Use Facial Recognition After Backlash
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot
Twitter is Testing New Ways To Fight Misinformation
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot ::: fabiochiusi
Google AI No Longer Uses Gender Binary Tags on Images of People
artificial intelligence | gender, discriminazioni
::: Slashdot
Trump Backs Supporter Larry Ellison in Court Fight With Google
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot
L’inventore dell’H-index dice che, ripensandoci, non gli sembra più una grande idea
scienza
::: marioricciard18
Facebook ha fatto respingere a un suo evento un ex dipendente di Cambridge Analytica, assai poco noto se non a noi appassionati del genere. Facebook lo conosceva e ce l’aveva sulla lista nera
Facebook | frodi
::: jacopo_iacoboni
Microsoft To Bring Its Defender Antivirus Software To iOS and Android
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
The number one thing to keep in mind about machine learning is that performance is evaluated on samples from one dataset, but the model is used in production on samples that may not necessarily follow the same characteristics...
machine learning
::: fchollet
Coronavirus Has Temporarily Reduced China's CO2 Emissions By a Quarter
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
Morgan Stanley Buys E-Trade For $13 Billion
economia, lavoro | automazione
::: Slashdot
France Shuts Down Oldest Reactors, But Nuclear Power Still Reigns
energia
::: Slashdot
A Group of Ex-NSA and Amazon Engineers Are Building a 'GitHub For Data'
programming, codice, snippet | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Should Facebook, Google Be Liable For User Posts?
social media
::: Slashdot
Facebook Will Now Pay You For Your Voice Recordings
Facebook | dati, raccolta
::: Slashdot
There are 100M lines of code in the average modern car. This should terrify any experienced programmer
programming, codice, snippet
::: RichRogersX
How Blue Apron Became a Massive $2 Billion Disaster
cuochi? ma raga c'è Benedetta Rossi, la preferita dalla mia amica Elsa (ottima cuoca)
::: Slashdot
Haskell has exceptions. Does that spell doom for linear types? Sure doesn't!
programmazione funzionale
::: tweagio
AI simbolica, top-down, GOFAI, chiamatela come volete, ma dopo aver deluso nei decenni precedenti (e aver causato un inverno) ora molti se la vogliono lasciare alle spalle. Eppure la combinazione fra simbolismo e connettivismo potrebbe risolvere diversi problemi dell'AI odierna
seguire il link
artificial intelligence
::: LucaSambucci
.@Mediapart è un media francese che rispetto: è indipendente, di qualità, ha l’integrità morale di difendere Julian #Assange, Sarah #Harrison, tutti I giornalisti di #WikiLeaks, Chelsea #Manning: VOGLIO un giornale così in Italia
media | Julian Assange
::: SMaurizi ::: SMaurizi ::: Mediapart
(1) A short story on elections and cutting costs:
This Sunday there's an election back in my city in Italy. The italian government send me a letter inviting me to vote and offering "discounts" to travel back to Italy for the occasion. All good, it seems
tutto il thread
::: Gianlucadfiore
Platforms respond to political pressure in big markets: "“We can’t remove all [false news] because it will disproportionately affect conservatives,” said Kaplan, a former George W. Bush White House official and now the head of Facebook’s Washington office"
social media | ad, pubblicità | politica
::: rasmus_kleis
“In view of both the press freedom implications and the serious concerns over the treatment Julian Assange would be subjected to in the United States, my assessment as Commissioner for Human Rights is that he should not be extradited”
Julian Assange
::: fabiochiusi
Let me try the new Windows Terminal
umorismo
::: keleshev
Guardian reports on a (draft, non-peer rev) study stating 1/4 of climate crisis tweets are by bots. But they don't note the Indiana U tool's misclassification rate is so large it explains a way a lot of that number (see thread)
web-bot, robocall | ambiente, ecologia | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: mikarv ::: fabiochiusi
Barclays Installed Big Brother-style Spyware on Employees' Computers
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
as many juniors and seniors are still surprised by this, I've created a little gist to explain the pattern: The `handleEvent` ASCII doodle
programming, codice, snippet
::: WebReflection
EU privacy body warns of privacy risks in Google, Fitbit deal
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: emenietti
In software development, there are principles guiding me when I’m in danger of heading in the wrong direction. I printed those quotes and hung them on a wall in our office
programming, codice, snippet
::: philipp_hauer
New unified Office app out of preview and generally available worldwide
applicazioni, programmi | dispositivi mobili
::: tedhudek
Internet of Things Candle
Internet of things | dubbi
::: schneierblog
Michele Serra unsurprisingly tira fuori la solita tiritera su Wikileaks che, cattivoni, mostrano le brutte cose delle democrazie, danneggiandole, ma tacciono ad esempio sui Tremendi Crimini della Russia
Michele, secondo me, da tempo fa il pari con l'Eugenio (et al.)
giornali, stampa
::: AleGuerani
Ever wanted to make a #nuclear #fusion #reactor in your basement? One @Microsoft data center manager shows kids how to become #fusioneers of the future
scuola, educazione, cultura | energia
::: IEEESpectrum
Even the most successful engineers can grow too complacent and forget to put the effort into expanding their career skills
lavoro
::: IEEESpectrum
Bloomberg debate video would violate Twitter’s deepfake policy, but not Facebook’s
deepfake
::: fabiochiusi ::: minomazz
Why don't social media companies research the negative effects of their products? An explanation lies in the concept of agnotology — the study of ignorance
social media
::: CIGIonline
Davvero inaspettato! Se io dovessi seguire una strategia, questa volta, punterei a far perdere alle persone la fiducia nel sistema democratico - La Russia sta già interferendo nella campagna elettorale americana per favorire Trump
social media | politica
::: evaristegal0is
A new way to make solar cells could theoretically achieve efficiencies of up to 45%. Conventional silicon cells are typically less than 20% efficient
energia
::: IEEESpectrum
Python 2 Removed from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Python
::: linuxtoday
Well, finally got around to putting out a version 1.0 of Curio. The feature set has been greatly refined/narrowed. Also much better Windows support. In the big picture, this is mainly a release for myself though
Python
::: dabeaz
Google Is Letting People Find Invites To Some Private WhatsApp Groups
social media
::: Slashdot
Policy vs Technology
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: schneierblog
E la Commissione Europea mette al bando Whatsapp per i suoi funzionari: usate Signal
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: RiccardoLuna
Leaked reports show EU police plan for a pan-European network of facial recognition databases
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
Google To Put a Muzzle on Android Apps Accessing Location Data in the Background
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Defeated Chess Champ Garry Kasparov Has Made Peace With AI
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot
Washington Passes Government Facial Recognition Rules
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: quinta
It is good to see @amnesty is finally on board opposing the extradition of #Assange. As the extradition hearing is taking place in London next week, make sure to add your voice and join the global protests for freedom of press
Julian Assange
::: HorvatSrecko
Global Telcos Join Alphabet, SoftBank's Flying Cellphone Antenna Lobbying Effort
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
Say hello to the new and improved GTK website! We've gone out of our way to make the GTK development experience as painless as possible, and, dare we say, enjoyable. 🙂 Check it out, snag GNOME Builder, and build your first app today!
programming, codice, snippet
::: gnome
This week, the @NYTimes features EFF Senior Staff Technologist @legind talking plainly about the privacy risks of Amazon Ring
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: EFF ::: Slashdot
Finnish City Espoo Pioneers Civic AI With Education and Explainability
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot
Fully electric 0 emission cars
robots, automazione, droni | umorismo
::: TaylorLorenz
Digital factory revenues to hit to $375bn in 2030 from $59bn now
As the amount of custom code required to deploy new solutions on the factory floor drops, data and analytic service revenue growth in smart manufacturing will accelerate
automazione
::: RichRogersX
More Bosses Give 4-Day Workweek A Try
lavoro
::: Slashdot
Slickwraps Data Breach Exposing Financial and Customer Info
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Company Buying .Org Offers To Sign a Contract Banning Price Hikes
Web, Internet | open source
::: Slashdot
Gopher's Rise and Fall Shows How Much We Lost When Monopolists Stole the Net
open source | storia
::: Slashdot
US Defense Agency That Secures Trump's Communications Confirms Data Breach
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | politica
::: Slashdot
Radical Hydrogen-Boron Reactor Leapfrogs Current Nuclear Fusion Tech
energia
::: Slashdot
I have submitted a GHC proposal to add the delimited continuation primops I use in eff
programmazione funzionale
::: lexi_lambda
E adesso sarà un fiorire di “se non hai nulla da nascondere, di che ti preoccupi”? Un Paese di sudditi, lieti di consegnare la propria libertà, nell’illusione che lo Stato possa assicurare panem et circenses
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: MarcoCantamessa
Chief Magistrate in Julian Assange case financially benefited from two secretive partner organisations of the UK Foreign Office before her appointment
fonti sospette ma quando c'è di mezzo gli über-mega-ultra-spioni ...
Julian Assange
::: declassifiedUK
I'm excited to announce today the new members of the @inrupt leadership team. These individuals will help @johnwbruce and me to power Inrupt as we shape the next era of the web
Web, Internet
::: timberners_lee ::: schneierblog
150K Nature Illustrations Spanning Hundreds of Years Are Now Free Online
open source
::: Slashdot
Adding this to my list of pure, unadulterated #AI hype
artificial intelligence
::: EricTopol
Alexa records you more often than you think
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: dcavedon
Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing 'platform manipulation'
politica
::: fabiochiusi
Altra raccolta su Julian Assange
Julian Assange
::: jlpassarelli ::: SMaurizi ::: HorvatSrecko ::: SMaurizi ::: DEAcampaign
These activists use makeup to defy mass surveillance
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: dcavedon
Questo è diventato un bel thread, pieno di interventi significativi, su come potremmo definire la explainable AI, su cosa davvero vogliono le persone quando chiedono che una decisione sia spiegabile, su quale compromesso potrebbe essere accettabile per andare avanti
artificial intelligence
::: LucaSambucci
Ma robe da matti
giornali, stampa
::: AlfonsoFuggetta
Google sued by New Mexico over claims it spies on US students
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: dcavedon
Science and Technology links (February 22nd 2020)
novità
::: lemire
Breach of MGM Hotels' Cloud Server Exposed Data on 10.6 Million People
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
20 febbraio, 2020
Visto nel Web - 476
Indaffarato con la manutenzione (è, come dire, cosa non tanto sexy) vi racconto cosa ho wisto nel Web.
La quasi totale digitalizzazione dei pagamenti in Finlandia ha portato la media dei cittadini ad avere un indebitamento pari al 127% del reddito
digitalizzazione
::: arcangeloroc
The impossible often has a kind of integrity
cit.
::: DirkGently_Bot
This is 2020. Remote work isn't the future, it is the now
lavoro
::: tech_faq
Per trasformare la nostra economia verso la transizione ecologica dobbiamo investire in una transizione digitale giusta e sostenibile
economia, lavoro
::: francesca_bria
[ITA] L’EFF condivide la ricerca del MIT sul perché il Voto Online è sbagliato. In Italia l’onorevole @g_brescia, dichiara che alle prossime elezioni in Italia si voterà online, procedendo senza dibattito pubblico con l'accademia ed esperti di cybersecurity
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | politica
::: fpietrosanti
The Prosecution of Julian Assange: His Right to Publish is Our Right to Know
Julian Assange
::: couragefound
Former NASA Official William Gerstenmaier Joins SpaceX
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot
Warning: Microsoft Pulls Windows 10 Security Update After Reports of Serious Bugs
bug
::: Slashdot
Are you getting ready to debug some code in production?
umorismo
::: nixcraft
Huawei's Silicon Valley Outpost Allegedly Stole Trade Secrets From Cisco
Huawei
::: Slashdot
Northrop Grumman Launches Spacecraft Delivering Snacks and Equipment To the ISS
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot
NASA Flights Detect Millions of Arctic Methane Hotspots
ambiente, ecologia
::: skdh
Police Say Amazon's Ring Isn't Much of a Crime Fighter
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot
Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
Facebook
::: fabiochiusi
Numeri, forme e cambiamento. La mappa della #matematica
matematica
::: robertafulci
Slackware Linux on a 386sx40
storia | Linux
::: Genjuro75
Ecco chi ha investito di più in information technology negli ultimi 25 anni
innovazioni, futuro
::: Luca_Gualtieri1
What America's NSA Thinks of Python
Python
::: Slashdot
Oggi niente newsletter perché ho lavorato a questo approfondimento su #CryptoAG e dintorni per @valigiablu. Oltre ai dettagli della storia, descrivo l'attuale mercato della crittografia e accenno a implicazioni della vicenda
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: carolafrediani
I'm very proud to share @QuantaMagazine's new "Map of Mathematics" - a guide to some of the most important ideas in math today and how they relate to each other
matematica
::: KSHartnett
oh oh questo e' un passaggio molto delicato nella vita di Twitter (e nella storia dei social che, e' bene ricordare, sono sempre 'il sito di qualcun altro'
Twitter
::: quinta
I've been asking/waiting for this forever and my first test would be posting json data with content-encoding gzip, as well as using text encoder for the infamous local storage 😅 I can see many other usage all over the Web ... what a great news 🎉
solo per Chrome?
linguaggi di programmazione
::: WebReflection
Firefox, Wordpress Move to Support Lazy Loading of Images and iFrames
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot
Venezia: in funzione sensori conta-persone
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Genjuro75
OpenPower Foundation Releases a Friendly EULA For IBM's Power ISA RISC
open source
::: Slashdot
Here Are The Most Beautiful Linux Distributions in 2020
la bellezza è nelle esigenze dell'utente, imho
Linux distro
::: ctmcisco
Libre ne veut pas dire gratuit, il veut même dire ici 600 millions d'euros ! C'est le prix envisagé par la Corée du Sud pour migrer toute son administration de Windows vers Linux. Un projet à suivre parce que sa réussite pourrait des émules
open source
::: framaka
Do We Need To Talk About 'Cloud Neutrality'?
cloud
::: Slashdot
i meccanismi dei social possono cambiare le sorti della politica? Ad alcuni è permesso sponsorizzare post razzisti con 50k € di budget, ad altri, anti razzisti e anti-mafia si vieta di promuovere i post.Quanto tempo aspetteremo per un legge europea?
social media | politica
::: alex_orlowski
Google Chrome Will Soon Start Blocking Insecure Downloads
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Alternative Browser 'Waterfox' Acquired By System1
browser
::: Slashdot
Mark Zuckerberg: Big Tech needs more regulation
Tradotto: ho creato un mostro che non so più tenere sotto controllo. Arrangiatevi
social media
::: davcarretta
Iran Has Been Targeting VPN Servers to Plant Backdoors
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | cyberwar
::: Slashdot
Trump's campaign manager tweeted a dramatic photo of Air Force One at Daytona, saying ".@realDonaldTrump won the #Daytona500 before the race even started." The shot was of George W. Bush's plane leaving in 2004. Parscale deleted three hours later
funziona, purtroppo
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | politica
::: ddale8
IOTA Cryptocurrency Shut Down Its Entire Network After a Wallet Breach
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
AAAS Annual Meeting@AAASmeetingsAn excellent concluding plenary lecture by Krysta Svore at #AAASmtg #QuantumComputing
quantum computing
::: AAASmeetings
La smettiano di gonfiare i social con commenti a dichiarazioni fatte apposta per gonfiare i social con i nostri commenti? Vogliamo continuare a cascarci tutti i giorni? Ignoriamo le sue dichiarazioni disparate (parliamo anche di lui ma non di quello che vuole lui)?
social media
::: Franciscktrue
1. It's a myth that anonymity makes people act worse
social media
::: mmasnick
It’s quite hard for authorities to catch people not wearing masks in large crowds. That’s where Baidu’s tool will be useful. The company said it had trained the model on more than 100,000 images to achieve prediction accuracy of 96.5%
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
O un segno di maturità per modelli alternativi ;p
media
::: carolafrediani
Uber and Lyft Are Creating Traffic, Not Reducing It
tecnologia
::: Slashdot
On #Twitter the conversation about #covid19 #ncov19 #coronavirus is heating up. On http://ncov19tracking.org we are now processing thousands of tweets per hour. Lots of mentions of different countries and cities around the world
social media
::: mtizzoni
Vestager “raised particular concerns about the expanding use of facial recognition technology and said new restrictions might be needed before it was “everywhere””
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
quando ho letto l'attacco di quelli del #Nigergate al nostro articolo sulle accuse dei 2 whistleblower dell'#OPAC, non mi sono meravigliata affatto
social media
::: SMaurizi
My son founded @Wikileaks to give our whistleblowers a safe anonymous publishing platform to warn fellow citizens of crimes & corruption impacting their lives. In retribution for this democratic act, my journalist son is being brutally persecuted by those who were exposed
Julian Assange
::: MrsC_Assange ::: granmarga
I can work with high-level logic; I can work on automated planning; I know the math behind many machine learning approaches... But every time I need to do a small responsiveness tweak feature on CSS, I feel like NOTHING MAKES ANY SENSE
programming, codice, snippet
::: thek3nger
Watch Out: This Verizon Smishing Scam Is Crazy Realistic
frodi
::: Slashdot
Automated system can rewrite outdated sentences in Wikipedia articles
automazione | Wikipedia
::: MIT_CSAIL
Use HAL.xyz to send emails from your smart contracts with 1 line of code! Our 101 guide
Web, Internet
::: HAL_team ::: emilianobonassi
No ma parlatemi ancora di alternanza scuola - lavoro. Intanto gli stagisti non distinguono la Cina dal Giappone, però chissà che meraviglie sanno fare con la zappa
giornali, stampa
::: Fen_church ::: mazzettam
everytime i write python
umorismo
::: Viss
Many Businesses Still Love COBOL
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot
A hack I can only recommend: change your python startup to register true/false/null as aliases for True/False/Null on the builtins and you can copy/paste JSON into a Python console
Python
::: mitsuhiko
“Should I Take Calculus in High School?” John Ewing looks at the question from several angles and concludes that for too many students, especially those in AB advanced placement courses, the answer is no
perpluto, me 🤔
matematica
::: stevenstrogatz
Dark Mode vs. Light Mode: Which Is Better?
e lasciare all'utente scegliere come preferisce?
::: Slashdot
Sigh. Firefox might need to copy how Chrome handles auto-playing video: it gets blocked unless the user has interacted with your site on a regular basis
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | browser
::: corbindavenport
Tweet IDs encode several pieces of data, including a number identifying the datacenter that processed the tweet. Since distance affects network speed, it would be logical to handle tweets in datacenters on the same continent as the user. Can we find evidence that this is so?
thread complesso e interessantissimo (imho)
Twitter | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: conspirator0
Favorite Fractal: Pythagorean Tree
bello; peccato usi codice non free
programming, codice, snippet
::: InertialObservr
Siete convinti che la vostra azienda sia sotto attacco #cyber? No panic! Ecco come adottare le giuste contromisure se ci si trova di fronte a ransomware, veri cyber attack o semplici scansioni automatiche della rete
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: ispionline
Come spesso accade su twitter, un trombone sopravvalutato (Cottarelli) spara una minchiata su un argomento che conosce poco (test INVALSI) e, per colpa della sua popolarità immeritata garantitagli da TV e giornali, genera una fake news
scuola, educazione, cultura | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: v2Dark
Huawei e 5G: la guerra fredda tecnologica con la Cina e cosa teme davvero l’America di Trump
5G | Huawei | Cina
::: _arianna
Mi hanno dato la camera 404
umorismo
::: frankiehinrgmc
Gli editori amano parlare di "svolta digitale". In soldoni? Tagliare i costi, pagando sempre meno i contenuti. Vale di più un gattino che un'inchiesta sui poteri. Faccio una scommessa: il primo editore che cambia strada creando il Mediapart italiano passerà alla storia
media
::: andreapalladino
Jokes about info wars aside, it is important to realize the extent to which social media is an avenue of actual warfare. This is made super obvious in this graphic i made explaining the discourse battle surrounding chemical weapons investigations in Syria
social media
::: emmibevensee
inspect — Inspect Live Objects
Python
::: pymotw
Samsung's Second Foldable Smartphone, $1,380 Galaxy Z Flip, is Dead on Arrival, Too
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot
Did you know that the biggest mistake made by #programmers nowadays is considering OOP and FP as two mutually exclusive paradigms? 🤔 @mariofusco explained to us last year
programming, codice, snippet
::: jbcnconf
Facebook has released a paper outlining its views on content regulation, a couple days before a planned DOJ workshop to discuss CDA 230
Facebook
::: b_fung
o, comunque, continuo a non concepire come wget in *meno di 1 secondo* possa
Web, Internet
::: ebobferraris
UK To Spend $1.6 Billion on World's Best Climate Supercomputer
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
B1056 has failed to land on OCISLY. #SpaceX
spazio, esplorazione
::: nextspaceflight ::: emenietti ::: JeanFranoispel6 ::: Slashdot
E oggi il Darwin award va al sottoscritto
umorismo
::: cobrampi
Help us reach 2K stars (and beyond) on the Arduino CLI @GitHub repo
programming, codice, snippet
::: arduino
Poi diventa dura difendere anche chi fa un buon lavoro (come se per altro non ci fossero notizie vere di cui scrivere) ps notare le fonti qualificate tipo Daily Mail
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: simopieranni
Il giornalismo investigativo italiano
giornali, stampa
::: fededambri
This week Commissioner @Vestager will announce much anticipated proposals for making Europe ‘fit for the digital age’?
artificial intelligence
::: cdteu
The unreasonable effectiveness of #deeplearning in #artificialintelligence
deep learning
::: PaoloBarucca
In un'epoca in cui i nostri figli fanno sempre più fatica ad accedere al senso della parola scritta e alla complessità del pensiero, l'uso delle faccine da parte degli adulti è la sconfitta definitiva, la resa. Viene meno il senso stesso della scuola!
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: alinatede
No 10 tells BBC licence fee will be scrapped
economia, lavoro
::: real_fabristol
People used to think the crowdsourced encyclopedia represented all that was wrong with the web. Now it's a beacon of so much that's right
a me piace e la uso0 spesso; da sempre
Wikipedia
::: jesswade
Google Ends Its Free Wi-Fi Program, Station
Web, Internet | Google
::: Slashdot
German court orders Tesla to stop felling trees for Gigafactory
ambiente, ecologia
::: RadioProzac
Viviamo anni bellissimi
giornali, stampa
::: andcapocci
The most widely-used programming languages last year, via @StackOverflow
's Developer Survey
linguaggi di programmazione
::: MIT_CSAIL
WikiLeaks twitter account has been locked, shortly before Assange extradition hearing. All attempts to get it reopened via regular channels have been unsuccessful. It has been impossible to reach a human at twitter to resolve the issue
Julian Assange
::: khrafnsson ::: greekemmy ::: SMaurizi ::: wikileaks
Samsung's Changes To Android Are Making Its Phones Less Secure, Says Google
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Microsoft has (seemingly) dropped support for tablets and Chromebooks with the new combined @Office app
applicazioni, programmi
::: corbindavenport
Jeff Bezos Commits $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change
ambiente, ecologia | protagonisti
::: Slashdot ::: fchollet
Calling a developer "coder" is like saying that a composer is a note-writer, an architect is somebody who draws stuff on paper, a violinist is a string-plucker
programming, codice, snippet
::: mariofusco
Python being "easiest to learn" will probably go down as one of the dumbest myths in computing. There are so many gotchas for novices absent in simpler languages that proponents quickly summon up apologia for. Easy syntax doesn't make for easy programming
sì & no; dipende cosa fai, e se devi fare diagrammi c'è tutto (matplotlib &co)
Python
::: jaykruer
Notorious online forum 8chan was forced off the internet in August. Rather than fade away, 8chan's Qanon posters migrated to other platforms, where they’re still trying to use social media to influence the 2020 presidential race
social media
::: WIRED
Con questo articolo concludiamo una piccola serie di guide improntate su come migrare dai sistemi #Windows a #Ubuntu. Oggi scopriremo l'aspetto di #Ubuntu e le differenze rispetto al desktop Windows e come installare le varie applicazioni
Ubuntu
::: ubuntuit
How to Change Theme on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS & Above
ci sono anche info a Gnome-tweaks
Ubuntu
::: dcavedon
Presumably rust developers: let's restrict the macro system so that people don't build crazy stuff with macros
linguaggi di programmazione
::: mitsuhiko
A @DeloitteInsight study found gaps between manufacturers’ Industry 4.0 plans & results. 70% believe their organizations’ long-term success requires Industry 4.0 technology, yet only 10% have a long-range strategy to accomplish that
innovazioni, futuro
::: RichRogersX
Bug In WordPress Plugin Can Let Hackers Wipe Up To 200,000 Sites
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
#EU rejects #Facebook’s proposals for online #regulation via @FT. #Democracy #RuleofRule #FundamentalRights #Antitrust
Facebook | antitrust
::: PaulNemitz
FDA Clears 'World's First' Portable, Low-Cost MRI Following Positive Clinical Research
tecnologia
::: Slashdot
does there exist an OS that can take a well-behaved binary and enforce a deterministic timeout on its execution? for example by killing it after it executes N user-mode instructions?
sistemi operativi
::: johnregehr
Google Confirms It Again Removed Alleged Spying Tool ToTok From Google Play
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Samsung's 'Ultra Thin Glass' On Galaxy Z Flip Is Basically Just Plastic
dispositivi mobili | hardware
::: Slashdot
The Countdown To Bitcoin Halving 2020 Begins
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot
New Email-Based Extortion Scheme Targets Website Owners Serving Ads Via Google AdSense
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
On a letter first published today in the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, the 117 doctors and psychologists express concern over “medical neglect” and Assange’s fitness for his legal proceedings
Julian Assange
::: LissaKJohnson
remember this tweet? There's apparently no way to use JS primitives to store and retrieve compressed data as utf-16 strings (cookies, localstorage, etc) so while my next attempt would be to post compressed data to a server, saving data on the client is out
linguaggi di programmazione
::: WebReflection
There's an invention that the scientific community is about to discover. It's 10, 15 years in the future -- maybe less. No one knows what it is, or what form it will take, or what its applications will be. One thing is certain: getting it will mean an instant $100 trillion
come il personal, il web, il grillo-gigginismo (seguendo Silvio)
innovazioni, futuro
::: fchollet
But because they made an error in replying to someone in 2009... this flawed code caused bugs that still exist as recently as March of 2018
bug
::: Foone
US Mulls Cutting Huawei Off From Global Chip Suppliers
Huawei
::: Slashdot
nonostante le centinaia di migliaia sterline spese e il dibattito pubblico al riguardo, le ads politiche a pagamento sui social sono state viste da appena il 14% degli intervistati, mentre 2/3 del campione si sono imbattuti nel classico volantino
social media | ad, pubblicità | politica
::: fabiochiusi
All orgs developing advanced AI should be regulated, including Tesla
regolamentazioni
::: elonmusk ::: kentindell
nice in the world of alexa and co's spying "We engineered a wearable microphone jammer that is capable of disabling microphones in its user’s surroundings, including hidden microphones."
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: socksred
L'amministrazione Trump continua a cancellare regole di protezione dell'ambiente
ambiente, ecologia
::: minomazz
“Il server è in sovraccarico”. Infrastrutture della PA, Italia, 2020
digitalizzazione
::: raistolo ::: andreaganduglia
In the future (R4.0), stringsAsFactors will be FALSE by default, and later the option will disapear. Feeling nostalgic already :-)
linguaggi di programmazione
::: markvdloo
Likely done on purpose
Gab - A social network that champions free speech, individual liberty and the free flow of information online. All are welcome
social media
::: getongab
Looking to get started with the @kaggle ARC challenge & want to learn about psychometric/ability-based assessment of intelligent systems? Checkout my blogpost which provides an intro to "On the measure of intelligence" & the corpus by @fchollet 🤖 🧠 🎉
artificial intelligence
::: RobertTLange
Did the Early Internet Activists Blow It?
Web, Internet | ditte
::: Slashdot
Shifting to a software-defined approach will enable mobile operators to differentiate their services in a #5G world
dispositivi mobili | open source | 5G
::: ubuntu
Since some people asked me to, I’ve preserved a conversation I had in the Haskell channel on the FP slack about delimited continuations and reduction semantics in a gist
programmazione funzionale
::: lexi_lambda
Quanto inquiniamo con i social media?
social media
::: RadioProzac
First version of #Calibre ported to #python3, great! Conversion from PDF to #EPUB fails with ... you've guessed it ... an #Unicode traceback
Python
::: zacchiro
Dialoghi sui social. Sono possibili?
umorismo
::: BeppeBeppetti
When Keir Starmer was DPP and responsible for the CPS, FoI searches by Italian journalist Stefania Maurizi, showed Sweden tried to drop the Assange case in 2011, but a CPS official told the Swedish prosecutor not to treat it as “just another extradition”
Julian Assange
::: DerbyChrisW ::: SMaurizi
Due to a programming issue at payroll, please note that February 29 must be coded as March 0
umorismo
::: ass_deans
Reporters Without Borders — which genuinely defends press freedom, not just when someone says means things about their friends — is sounding the alarm about the abuse and mistreatment imposed by the UK Government on Julian Assange in retaliation for his journalism
Julian Assange
::: ggreenwald
Samsung Wins 5-Nanometer Modem Chip Contract From Qualcomm
hardware | 5G
::: Slashdot
Hacking McDonald's for Free Food
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: schneierblog
“Yo dawg, I heard you like lists so I made a list out of lists.” Anyway, Coders at Work made the list which is pretty gratifying
manuali, how to | programming, codice, snippet
::: peterseibel
This is a big deal: Kickstarter workers have voted to unionize. This will be the country’s first unionized workplace composed of full-time white-collar tech workers
lavoro
::: bentarnoff ::: jason_koebler
Patterned silicon chips create one-time digital keys that can
supposedly resist any codebreaking attempt through the laws of physics. But cryptographers and physicists I contacted for my @IEEESpectrum story were more skeptical.
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: jeremyhsu
NEC has quietly built an enormous facial recognition business, with more than 1000 global biometrics contracts
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: davegershgorn
'The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware'
Apple
::: Slashdot
20 Years After Dot-Com Peak, Tech Dominance Keeps Investors on Edge
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot
Non Sequitur for February 19, 2020
lavoro | umorismo
::: _juhan
This Could Be Microsoft's Most Important Product in 2020. If it Works
politica | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Can Solar Power Compete With Coal? In India, It's Gaining Ground
energia | ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
ISPs Sue Maine, Claim Web-Privacy Law Violates Their Free-Speech Rights
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
We've Just Seen the First Use of Deepfakes In an Indian Election Campaign
deepfake | politica
::: Slashdot
Google Stadia Is Coming To Samsung, Asus, and Razer Phones On February 20th
games
::: Slashdot
SpaceX Wants To Launch 4 Tourists Into Super High Orbit
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot
Lunedì Londrà deciderà sull’estradizione di Assange negli Stati Uniti dove rischia 175 anni di carcere. Il padre: è la condanna a morte per aver sfidato il potere Usa
Julian Assange
::: francofontana43 ::: wikileaks ::: KellieTranter ::: auerfeld ::: LissaKJohnson
The EU’s flagship data protection regime renders automatic identification through facial recognition technology illegal, Commission Vice-President for Digital Margrethe Vestager has said
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
.@vonderleyen sulle pagine del @sole24ore 🗣” La #transizionedigitale dell’Europa 🇪🇺 deve proteggere e dare maggiori poteri ai #cittadini” Solo così potranno percepire i benefici della tecnologia. L’#Europa deve fare investimenti strategici su #5G #AI e #blockchain
tecnologia | artificial intelligence | politica | blockchain e crypto*
::: LDRaimondo ::: fabiochiusi ::: fabiochiusi ::: SamuelStolton ::: davcarretta
Governments of the world just ramped up spying on reporters
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | politica
::: davidakaye
Employers want techies to Go. But they'd rather not
linguaggi di programmazione
::: IEEESpectrum
Why does the AI recognize darker skin as more “violent”?
artificial intelligence
::: fpietrosanti
Warren è la più aggressiva. Ma anche i moderati si rendono conto che un monopolio è un monopolio. Tra l’altro in un ambito pericoloso come la vita e la privacy delle persone
antitrust | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: minomazz
Wireless experts discuss network deployment and ongoing challenges
5G
::: IEEESpectrum
For decades, more and more of a computer’s systems were integrated onto a single chip. But this new chip bucks that trend
hardware
::: IEEESpectrum
Komikku is a GTK Manga App for Linux
applicazioni, programmi | Python
::: dcavedon
How to strangle a legacy codebase
programming, codice, snippet
::: laura_nobilis
Red Hat finds enterprise users are adopting open-source software at a rapid pace
open source
::: mariofusco
Circa 5 anni fa ho smesso di leggere giornali online. Non leggo più quotidiani né italiani né esteri da anni e nonostante questo sono più informato della media. Twitter mi permette di avere notizie da più fonti, verificarle immediatamente e farmi mia opinione
thread, si rischia però di sentire quelli che la pensano come te
Twitter
::: real_fabristol ::: hronir
Driver Stranded After Connected Rental Car Can't Call Home
Internet of things | bug
::: Slashdot
Unix, Plan 9 and the Lurking Smalltalk
certe cose potevano|dovevano evolvere diversamente; devo rileggerlo più attentamente prima di decidere
programming, codice, snippet | sistemi operativi
::: b3h3m0th
Poi ci siamo inventati i social
social media
::: FannyStravato
Excellent essay on opacity as choice in AI to protect polical decisions “If we agree that in context of AI implementations technical often becomes political, the next step is to call for transparency of these decisions & some form of democratic oversight”
artificial intelligence
::: maria_axente
Vestager on facial recognition: in some instances it will be harmless (eg. to unlock phone or for automatic border control); completely different when used for remote identification in public places. EU is launching a debate on whether those uses are justified and when #DigitalEU
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
Jeff Bezos vuole salvare il pianeta con 10 miliardi di dollari
Il capitalista più ricco al mondo, Jeff Bezos, fondatore di Amazon, ha annunciato la creazione di un fondo per contribuire alla lotta contro i cambiamenti climatici. La decisione un mese dopo che l’azienda ha minacciato di licenziare i dipendenti che l’avevano sollecitata a prendere posizione sulla crisi climatica. Il ruolo delle lotte dentro le grandi aziende e i dilemmi politici della filantropia digitale
protagonisti | ambiente, ecologia
::: ilmanifesto
Programmer's critique of missing structure of operating systems
condivido ma mi viene da pensare che non è facile, non c'è ma in futuro...
sistemi operativi
::: b3h3m0th
Big Data e algoritmi, lo stato sociale digitale è una realtà
dati, raccolta | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | algoritmi, codice
::: ilmanifesto
Modern C - (Second Edition, 2019 Oct)
manuali, how to
::: b3h3m0th ::: b3h3m0th
The first step of any project is
cit.
::: CodeWisdom
You know RacketCS (Racket + Chez backend) is production-ready since Racket 7.6 right? But you want more: plots, bars, benchmarks results, colours... We got you covered
language Racket
::: racketlang
What exactly is going on in the U.S. Supreme Court case Google vs. Oracle? Here’s what you need to know
programming, codice, snippet | copyright e brevetti
::: IEEESpectrum
Adobe Photoshop Completes 30 Years, Launches New AI-Powered Features
applicazioni, programmi
::: Slashdot ::: emenietti
The tougher part of the #5G race is retooling how to secure it. Companies must be held responsible for a new cyber duty of care and government must establish a new cyber regulatory paradigm
5G | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: ispionline
La pirateria sottrae ai giornali 144 mln di euro l’anno, mentre il calo nelle vendite si fa drammatico: Corriere 268.956 (a dicembre 2013 era 450.014), Repubblica 186.062 (380.725) e Sole 150.541 (344.093)
giornali, stampa
::: FscoMer
We read the European Commission's white paper on AI published earlier today. Despite some positive proposals, the 26-page document fails to provide the necessary safeguards for automated systems
artificial intelligence
::: algorithmwatch
Today we've launched the draft of our #AI auditing guidance. This pivotal piece of work will help in assessing the risks to rights and freedoms that AI can cause; and the appropriate measures you can implement to mitigate them
artificial intelligence
::: ICOnews
Short thread on the security impact of copy-pasting code
ebbene sì! io consulto spesso StackOverflow
programming, codice, snippet
::: phretor
Protip #1: All senior developers use a fancy serif font. Zapfino is a great choice. #protip
umorismo
::: cledanjou
Meet Spacety, a private space company established in 2016 that’s already been involved in 10 launches
spazio, esplorazione | Cina
::: IEEESpectrum
Happy birthday to Conway Berners-Lee, the actual literal father of modern computing
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL
La quasi totale digitalizzazione dei pagamenti in Finlandia ha portato la media dei cittadini ad avere un indebitamento pari al 127% del reddito
digitalizzazione
::: arcangeloroc
The impossible often has a kind of integrity
cit.
::: DirkGently_Bot
This is 2020. Remote work isn't the future, it is the now
lavoro
::: tech_faq
Per trasformare la nostra economia verso la transizione ecologica dobbiamo investire in una transizione digitale giusta e sostenibile
economia, lavoro
::: francesca_bria
[ITA] L’EFF condivide la ricerca del MIT sul perché il Voto Online è sbagliato. In Italia l’onorevole @g_brescia, dichiara che alle prossime elezioni in Italia si voterà online, procedendo senza dibattito pubblico con l'accademia ed esperti di cybersecurity
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | politica
::: fpietrosanti
The Prosecution of Julian Assange: His Right to Publish is Our Right to Know
Julian Assange
::: couragefound
Former NASA Official William Gerstenmaier Joins SpaceX
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot
Warning: Microsoft Pulls Windows 10 Security Update After Reports of Serious Bugs
bug
::: Slashdot
Are you getting ready to debug some code in production?
umorismo
::: nixcraft
Huawei's Silicon Valley Outpost Allegedly Stole Trade Secrets From Cisco
Huawei
::: Slashdot
Northrop Grumman Launches Spacecraft Delivering Snacks and Equipment To the ISS
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot
NASA Flights Detect Millions of Arctic Methane Hotspots
ambiente, ecologia
::: skdh
Police Say Amazon's Ring Isn't Much of a Crime Fighter
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot
Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
::: fabiochiusi
Numeri, forme e cambiamento. La mappa della #matematica
matematica
::: robertafulci
Slackware Linux on a 386sx40
storia | Linux
::: Genjuro75
Ecco chi ha investito di più in information technology negli ultimi 25 anni
innovazioni, futuro
::: Luca_Gualtieri1
What America's NSA Thinks of Python
Python
::: Slashdot
Oggi niente newsletter perché ho lavorato a questo approfondimento su #CryptoAG e dintorni per @valigiablu. Oltre ai dettagli della storia, descrivo l'attuale mercato della crittografia e accenno a implicazioni della vicenda
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: carolafrediani
I'm very proud to share @QuantaMagazine's new "Map of Mathematics" - a guide to some of the most important ideas in math today and how they relate to each other
matematica
::: KSHartnett
oh oh questo e' un passaggio molto delicato nella vita di Twitter (e nella storia dei social che, e' bene ricordare, sono sempre 'il sito di qualcun altro'
::: quinta
I've been asking/waiting for this forever and my first test would be posting json data with content-encoding gzip, as well as using text encoder for the infamous local storage 😅 I can see many other usage all over the Web ... what a great news 🎉
solo per Chrome?
linguaggi di programmazione
::: WebReflection
Firefox, Wordpress Move to Support Lazy Loading of Images and iFrames
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot
Venezia: in funzione sensori conta-persone
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Genjuro75
OpenPower Foundation Releases a Friendly EULA For IBM's Power ISA RISC
open source
::: Slashdot
Here Are The Most Beautiful Linux Distributions in 2020
la bellezza è nelle esigenze dell'utente, imho
Linux distro
::: ctmcisco
Libre ne veut pas dire gratuit, il veut même dire ici 600 millions d'euros ! C'est le prix envisagé par la Corée du Sud pour migrer toute son administration de Windows vers Linux. Un projet à suivre parce que sa réussite pourrait des émules
open source
::: framaka
Do We Need To Talk About 'Cloud Neutrality'?
cloud
::: Slashdot
i meccanismi dei social possono cambiare le sorti della politica? Ad alcuni è permesso sponsorizzare post razzisti con 50k € di budget, ad altri, anti razzisti e anti-mafia si vieta di promuovere i post.Quanto tempo aspetteremo per un legge europea?
social media | politica
::: alex_orlowski
Google Chrome Will Soon Start Blocking Insecure Downloads
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Alternative Browser 'Waterfox' Acquired By System1
browser
::: Slashdot
Mark Zuckerberg: Big Tech needs more regulation
Tradotto: ho creato un mostro che non so più tenere sotto controllo. Arrangiatevi
social media
::: davcarretta
Iran Has Been Targeting VPN Servers to Plant Backdoors
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | cyberwar
::: Slashdot
Trump's campaign manager tweeted a dramatic photo of Air Force One at Daytona, saying ".@realDonaldTrump won the #Daytona500 before the race even started." The shot was of George W. Bush's plane leaving in 2004. Parscale deleted three hours later
funziona, purtroppo
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | politica
::: ddale8
IOTA Cryptocurrency Shut Down Its Entire Network After a Wallet Breach
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
AAAS Annual Meeting@AAASmeetingsAn excellent concluding plenary lecture by Krysta Svore at #AAASmtg #QuantumComputing
quantum computing
::: AAASmeetings
La smettiano di gonfiare i social con commenti a dichiarazioni fatte apposta per gonfiare i social con i nostri commenti? Vogliamo continuare a cascarci tutti i giorni? Ignoriamo le sue dichiarazioni disparate (parliamo anche di lui ma non di quello che vuole lui)?
social media
::: Franciscktrue
1. It's a myth that anonymity makes people act worse
social media
::: mmasnick
It’s quite hard for authorities to catch people not wearing masks in large crowds. That’s where Baidu’s tool will be useful. The company said it had trained the model on more than 100,000 images to achieve prediction accuracy of 96.5%
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
O un segno di maturità per modelli alternativi ;p
media
::: carolafrediani
Uber and Lyft Are Creating Traffic, Not Reducing It
tecnologia
::: Slashdot
On #Twitter the conversation about #covid19 #ncov19 #coronavirus is heating up. On http://ncov19tracking.org we are now processing thousands of tweets per hour. Lots of mentions of different countries and cities around the world
social media
::: mtizzoni
Vestager “raised particular concerns about the expanding use of facial recognition technology and said new restrictions might be needed before it was “everywhere””
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
quando ho letto l'attacco di quelli del #Nigergate al nostro articolo sulle accuse dei 2 whistleblower dell'#OPAC, non mi sono meravigliata affatto
social media
::: SMaurizi
My son founded @Wikileaks to give our whistleblowers a safe anonymous publishing platform to warn fellow citizens of crimes & corruption impacting their lives. In retribution for this democratic act, my journalist son is being brutally persecuted by those who were exposed
Julian Assange
::: MrsC_Assange ::: granmarga
I can work with high-level logic; I can work on automated planning; I know the math behind many machine learning approaches... But every time I need to do a small responsiveness tweak feature on CSS, I feel like NOTHING MAKES ANY SENSE
programming, codice, snippet
::: thek3nger
Watch Out: This Verizon Smishing Scam Is Crazy Realistic
frodi
::: Slashdot
Automated system can rewrite outdated sentences in Wikipedia articles
automazione | Wikipedia
::: MIT_CSAIL
Use HAL.xyz to send emails from your smart contracts with 1 line of code! Our 101 guide
Web, Internet
::: HAL_team ::: emilianobonassi
No ma parlatemi ancora di alternanza scuola - lavoro. Intanto gli stagisti non distinguono la Cina dal Giappone, però chissà che meraviglie sanno fare con la zappa
giornali, stampa
::: Fen_church ::: mazzettam
everytime i write python
umorismo
::: Viss
Many Businesses Still Love COBOL
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot
A hack I can only recommend: change your python startup to register true/false/null as aliases for True/False/Null on the builtins and you can copy/paste JSON into a Python console
Python
::: mitsuhiko
“Should I Take Calculus in High School?” John Ewing looks at the question from several angles and concludes that for too many students, especially those in AB advanced placement courses, the answer is no
perpluto, me 🤔
matematica
::: stevenstrogatz
Dark Mode vs. Light Mode: Which Is Better?
e lasciare all'utente scegliere come preferisce?
::: Slashdot
Sigh. Firefox might need to copy how Chrome handles auto-playing video: it gets blocked unless the user has interacted with your site on a regular basis
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | browser
::: corbindavenport
Tweet IDs encode several pieces of data, including a number identifying the datacenter that processed the tweet. Since distance affects network speed, it would be logical to handle tweets in datacenters on the same continent as the user. Can we find evidence that this is so?
thread complesso e interessantissimo (imho)
Twitter | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: conspirator0
Favorite Fractal: Pythagorean Tree
bello; peccato usi codice non free
programming, codice, snippet
::: InertialObservr
Siete convinti che la vostra azienda sia sotto attacco #cyber? No panic! Ecco come adottare le giuste contromisure se ci si trova di fronte a ransomware, veri cyber attack o semplici scansioni automatiche della rete
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: ispionline
Come spesso accade su twitter, un trombone sopravvalutato (Cottarelli) spara una minchiata su un argomento che conosce poco (test INVALSI) e, per colpa della sua popolarità immeritata garantitagli da TV e giornali, genera una fake news
scuola, educazione, cultura | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: v2Dark
Huawei e 5G: la guerra fredda tecnologica con la Cina e cosa teme davvero l’America di Trump
5G | Huawei | Cina
::: _arianna
Mi hanno dato la camera 404
umorismo
::: frankiehinrgmc
Gli editori amano parlare di "svolta digitale". In soldoni? Tagliare i costi, pagando sempre meno i contenuti. Vale di più un gattino che un'inchiesta sui poteri. Faccio una scommessa: il primo editore che cambia strada creando il Mediapart italiano passerà alla storia
media
::: andreapalladino
Jokes about info wars aside, it is important to realize the extent to which social media is an avenue of actual warfare. This is made super obvious in this graphic i made explaining the discourse battle surrounding chemical weapons investigations in Syria
social media
::: emmibevensee
inspect — Inspect Live Objects
Python
::: pymotw
Samsung's Second Foldable Smartphone, $1,380 Galaxy Z Flip, is Dead on Arrival, Too
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot
Did you know that the biggest mistake made by #programmers nowadays is considering OOP and FP as two mutually exclusive paradigms? 🤔 @mariofusco explained to us last year
programming, codice, snippet
::: jbcnconf
Facebook has released a paper outlining its views on content regulation, a couple days before a planned DOJ workshop to discuss CDA 230
::: b_fung
o, comunque, continuo a non concepire come wget in *meno di 1 secondo* possa
Web, Internet
::: ebobferraris
UK To Spend $1.6 Billion on World's Best Climate Supercomputer
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
B1056 has failed to land on OCISLY. #SpaceX
spazio, esplorazione
::: nextspaceflight ::: emenietti ::: JeanFranoispel6 ::: Slashdot
E oggi il Darwin award va al sottoscritto
umorismo
::: cobrampi
Help us reach 2K stars (and beyond) on the Arduino CLI @GitHub repo
programming, codice, snippet
::: arduino
Poi diventa dura difendere anche chi fa un buon lavoro (come se per altro non ci fossero notizie vere di cui scrivere) ps notare le fonti qualificate tipo Daily Mail
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: simopieranni
Il giornalismo investigativo italiano
giornali, stampa
::: fededambri
This week Commissioner @Vestager will announce much anticipated proposals for making Europe ‘fit for the digital age’?
artificial intelligence
::: cdteu
The unreasonable effectiveness of #deeplearning in #artificialintelligence
deep learning
::: PaoloBarucca
In un'epoca in cui i nostri figli fanno sempre più fatica ad accedere al senso della parola scritta e alla complessità del pensiero, l'uso delle faccine da parte degli adulti è la sconfitta definitiva, la resa. Viene meno il senso stesso della scuola!
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: alinatede
No 10 tells BBC licence fee will be scrapped
economia, lavoro
::: real_fabristol
People used to think the crowdsourced encyclopedia represented all that was wrong with the web. Now it's a beacon of so much that's right
a me piace e la uso0 spesso; da sempre
Wikipedia
::: jesswade
Google Ends Its Free Wi-Fi Program, Station
Web, Internet | Google
::: Slashdot
German court orders Tesla to stop felling trees for Gigafactory
ambiente, ecologia
::: RadioProzac
Viviamo anni bellissimi
giornali, stampa
::: andcapocci
The most widely-used programming languages last year, via @StackOverflow
's Developer Survey
linguaggi di programmazione
::: MIT_CSAIL
WikiLeaks twitter account has been locked, shortly before Assange extradition hearing. All attempts to get it reopened via regular channels have been unsuccessful. It has been impossible to reach a human at twitter to resolve the issue
Julian Assange
::: khrafnsson ::: greekemmy ::: SMaurizi ::: wikileaks
Samsung's Changes To Android Are Making Its Phones Less Secure, Says Google
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Microsoft has (seemingly) dropped support for tablets and Chromebooks with the new combined @Office app
applicazioni, programmi
::: corbindavenport
Jeff Bezos Commits $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change
ambiente, ecologia | protagonisti
::: Slashdot ::: fchollet
Calling a developer "coder" is like saying that a composer is a note-writer, an architect is somebody who draws stuff on paper, a violinist is a string-plucker
programming, codice, snippet
::: mariofusco
Python being "easiest to learn" will probably go down as one of the dumbest myths in computing. There are so many gotchas for novices absent in simpler languages that proponents quickly summon up apologia for. Easy syntax doesn't make for easy programming
sì & no; dipende cosa fai, e se devi fare diagrammi c'è tutto (matplotlib &co)
Python
::: jaykruer
Notorious online forum 8chan was forced off the internet in August. Rather than fade away, 8chan's Qanon posters migrated to other platforms, where they’re still trying to use social media to influence the 2020 presidential race
social media
::: WIRED
Con questo articolo concludiamo una piccola serie di guide improntate su come migrare dai sistemi #Windows a #Ubuntu. Oggi scopriremo l'aspetto di #Ubuntu e le differenze rispetto al desktop Windows e come installare le varie applicazioni
Ubuntu
::: ubuntuit
How to Change Theme on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS & Above
ci sono anche info a Gnome-tweaks
Ubuntu
::: dcavedon
Presumably rust developers: let's restrict the macro system so that people don't build crazy stuff with macros
linguaggi di programmazione
::: mitsuhiko
A @DeloitteInsight study found gaps between manufacturers’ Industry 4.0 plans & results. 70% believe their organizations’ long-term success requires Industry 4.0 technology, yet only 10% have a long-range strategy to accomplish that
innovazioni, futuro
::: RichRogersX
Bug In WordPress Plugin Can Let Hackers Wipe Up To 200,000 Sites
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
#EU rejects #Facebook’s proposals for online #regulation via @FT. #Democracy #RuleofRule #FundamentalRights #Antitrust
Facebook | antitrust
::: PaulNemitz
FDA Clears 'World's First' Portable, Low-Cost MRI Following Positive Clinical Research
tecnologia
::: Slashdot
does there exist an OS that can take a well-behaved binary and enforce a deterministic timeout on its execution? for example by killing it after it executes N user-mode instructions?
sistemi operativi
::: johnregehr
Google Confirms It Again Removed Alleged Spying Tool ToTok From Google Play
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Samsung's 'Ultra Thin Glass' On Galaxy Z Flip Is Basically Just Plastic
dispositivi mobili | hardware
::: Slashdot
The Countdown To Bitcoin Halving 2020 Begins
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot
New Email-Based Extortion Scheme Targets Website Owners Serving Ads Via Google AdSense
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
On a letter first published today in the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, the 117 doctors and psychologists express concern over “medical neglect” and Assange’s fitness for his legal proceedings
Julian Assange
::: LissaKJohnson
remember this tweet? There's apparently no way to use JS primitives to store and retrieve compressed data as utf-16 strings (cookies, localstorage, etc) so while my next attempt would be to post compressed data to a server, saving data on the client is out
linguaggi di programmazione
::: WebReflection
There's an invention that the scientific community is about to discover. It's 10, 15 years in the future -- maybe less. No one knows what it is, or what form it will take, or what its applications will be. One thing is certain: getting it will mean an instant $100 trillion
come il personal, il web, il grillo-gigginismo (seguendo Silvio)
innovazioni, futuro
::: fchollet
But because they made an error in replying to someone in 2009... this flawed code caused bugs that still exist as recently as March of 2018
bug
::: Foone
US Mulls Cutting Huawei Off From Global Chip Suppliers
Huawei
::: Slashdot
nonostante le centinaia di migliaia sterline spese e il dibattito pubblico al riguardo, le ads politiche a pagamento sui social sono state viste da appena il 14% degli intervistati, mentre 2/3 del campione si sono imbattuti nel classico volantino
social media | ad, pubblicità | politica
::: fabiochiusi
All orgs developing advanced AI should be regulated, including Tesla
regolamentazioni
::: elonmusk ::: kentindell
nice in the world of alexa and co's spying "We engineered a wearable microphone jammer that is capable of disabling microphones in its user’s surroundings, including hidden microphones."
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: socksred
L'amministrazione Trump continua a cancellare regole di protezione dell'ambiente
ambiente, ecologia
::: minomazz
“Il server è in sovraccarico”. Infrastrutture della PA, Italia, 2020
digitalizzazione
::: raistolo ::: andreaganduglia
In the future (R4.0), stringsAsFactors will be FALSE by default, and later the option will disapear. Feeling nostalgic already :-)
linguaggi di programmazione
::: markvdloo
Likely done on purpose
Gab - A social network that champions free speech, individual liberty and the free flow of information online. All are welcome
social media
::: getongab
Looking to get started with the @kaggle ARC challenge & want to learn about psychometric/ability-based assessment of intelligent systems? Checkout my blogpost which provides an intro to "On the measure of intelligence" & the corpus by @fchollet 🤖 🧠 🎉
artificial intelligence
::: RobertTLange
Did the Early Internet Activists Blow It?
Web, Internet | ditte
::: Slashdot
Shifting to a software-defined approach will enable mobile operators to differentiate their services in a #5G world
dispositivi mobili | open source | 5G
::: ubuntu
Since some people asked me to, I’ve preserved a conversation I had in the Haskell channel on the FP slack about delimited continuations and reduction semantics in a gist
programmazione funzionale
::: lexi_lambda
Quanto inquiniamo con i social media?
social media
::: RadioProzac
First version of #Calibre ported to #python3, great! Conversion from PDF to #EPUB fails with ... you've guessed it ... an #Unicode traceback
Python
::: zacchiro
Dialoghi sui social. Sono possibili?
umorismo
::: BeppeBeppetti
When Keir Starmer was DPP and responsible for the CPS, FoI searches by Italian journalist Stefania Maurizi, showed Sweden tried to drop the Assange case in 2011, but a CPS official told the Swedish prosecutor not to treat it as “just another extradition”
Julian Assange
::: DerbyChrisW ::: SMaurizi
Due to a programming issue at payroll, please note that February 29 must be coded as March 0
umorismo
::: ass_deans
Reporters Without Borders — which genuinely defends press freedom, not just when someone says means things about their friends — is sounding the alarm about the abuse and mistreatment imposed by the UK Government on Julian Assange in retaliation for his journalism
Julian Assange
::: ggreenwald
Samsung Wins 5-Nanometer Modem Chip Contract From Qualcomm
hardware | 5G
::: Slashdot
Hacking McDonald's for Free Food
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: schneierblog
“Yo dawg, I heard you like lists so I made a list out of lists.” Anyway, Coders at Work made the list which is pretty gratifying
manuali, how to | programming, codice, snippet
::: peterseibel
This is a big deal: Kickstarter workers have voted to unionize. This will be the country’s first unionized workplace composed of full-time white-collar tech workers
lavoro
::: bentarnoff ::: jason_koebler
Patterned silicon chips create one-time digital keys that can
supposedly resist any codebreaking attempt through the laws of physics. But cryptographers and physicists I contacted for my @IEEESpectrum story were more skeptical.
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: jeremyhsu
NEC has quietly built an enormous facial recognition business, with more than 1000 global biometrics contracts
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: davegershgorn
'The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware'
Apple
::: Slashdot
20 Years After Dot-Com Peak, Tech Dominance Keeps Investors on Edge
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot
Non Sequitur for February 19, 2020
lavoro | umorismo
::: _juhan
This Could Be Microsoft's Most Important Product in 2020. If it Works
politica | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Can Solar Power Compete With Coal? In India, It's Gaining Ground
energia | ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
ISPs Sue Maine, Claim Web-Privacy Law Violates Their Free-Speech Rights
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
We've Just Seen the First Use of Deepfakes In an Indian Election Campaign
deepfake | politica
::: Slashdot
Google Stadia Is Coming To Samsung, Asus, and Razer Phones On February 20th
games
::: Slashdot
SpaceX Wants To Launch 4 Tourists Into Super High Orbit
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot
Lunedì Londrà deciderà sull’estradizione di Assange negli Stati Uniti dove rischia 175 anni di carcere. Il padre: è la condanna a morte per aver sfidato il potere Usa
Julian Assange
::: francofontana43 ::: wikileaks ::: KellieTranter ::: auerfeld ::: LissaKJohnson
The EU’s flagship data protection regime renders automatic identification through facial recognition technology illegal, Commission Vice-President for Digital Margrethe Vestager has said
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
.@vonderleyen sulle pagine del @sole24ore 🗣” La #transizionedigitale dell’Europa 🇪🇺 deve proteggere e dare maggiori poteri ai #cittadini” Solo così potranno percepire i benefici della tecnologia. L’#Europa deve fare investimenti strategici su #5G #AI e #blockchain
tecnologia | artificial intelligence | politica | blockchain e crypto*
::: LDRaimondo ::: fabiochiusi ::: fabiochiusi ::: SamuelStolton ::: davcarretta
Governments of the world just ramped up spying on reporters
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | politica
::: davidakaye
Employers want techies to Go. But they'd rather not
linguaggi di programmazione
::: IEEESpectrum
Why does the AI recognize darker skin as more “violent”?
artificial intelligence
::: fpietrosanti
Warren è la più aggressiva. Ma anche i moderati si rendono conto che un monopolio è un monopolio. Tra l’altro in un ambito pericoloso come la vita e la privacy delle persone
antitrust | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: minomazz
Wireless experts discuss network deployment and ongoing challenges
5G
::: IEEESpectrum
For decades, more and more of a computer’s systems were integrated onto a single chip. But this new chip bucks that trend
hardware
::: IEEESpectrum
Komikku is a GTK Manga App for Linux
applicazioni, programmi | Python
::: dcavedon
How to strangle a legacy codebase
programming, codice, snippet
::: laura_nobilis
Red Hat finds enterprise users are adopting open-source software at a rapid pace
open source
::: mariofusco
Circa 5 anni fa ho smesso di leggere giornali online. Non leggo più quotidiani né italiani né esteri da anni e nonostante questo sono più informato della media. Twitter mi permette di avere notizie da più fonti, verificarle immediatamente e farmi mia opinione
thread, si rischia però di sentire quelli che la pensano come te
::: real_fabristol ::: hronir
Driver Stranded After Connected Rental Car Can't Call Home
Internet of things | bug
::: Slashdot
Unix, Plan 9 and the Lurking Smalltalk
certe cose potevano|dovevano evolvere diversamente; devo rileggerlo più attentamente prima di decidere
programming, codice, snippet | sistemi operativi
::: b3h3m0th
Poi ci siamo inventati i social
social media
::: FannyStravato
Excellent essay on opacity as choice in AI to protect polical decisions “If we agree that in context of AI implementations technical often becomes political, the next step is to call for transparency of these decisions & some form of democratic oversight”
artificial intelligence
::: maria_axente
Vestager on facial recognition: in some instances it will be harmless (eg. to unlock phone or for automatic border control); completely different when used for remote identification in public places. EU is launching a debate on whether those uses are justified and when #DigitalEU
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
Jeff Bezos vuole salvare il pianeta con 10 miliardi di dollari
Il capitalista più ricco al mondo, Jeff Bezos, fondatore di Amazon, ha annunciato la creazione di un fondo per contribuire alla lotta contro i cambiamenti climatici. La decisione un mese dopo che l’azienda ha minacciato di licenziare i dipendenti che l’avevano sollecitata a prendere posizione sulla crisi climatica. Il ruolo delle lotte dentro le grandi aziende e i dilemmi politici della filantropia digitale
protagonisti | ambiente, ecologia
::: ilmanifesto
Programmer's critique of missing structure of operating systems
condivido ma mi viene da pensare che non è facile, non c'è ma in futuro...
sistemi operativi
::: b3h3m0th
Big Data e algoritmi, lo stato sociale digitale è una realtà
dati, raccolta | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | algoritmi, codice
::: ilmanifesto
Modern C - (Second Edition, 2019 Oct)
manuali, how to
::: b3h3m0th ::: b3h3m0th
The first step of any project is
cit.
::: CodeWisdom
You know RacketCS (Racket + Chez backend) is production-ready since Racket 7.6 right? But you want more: plots, bars, benchmarks results, colours... We got you covered
language Racket
::: racketlang
What exactly is going on in the U.S. Supreme Court case Google vs. Oracle? Here’s what you need to know
programming, codice, snippet | copyright e brevetti
::: IEEESpectrum
Adobe Photoshop Completes 30 Years, Launches New AI-Powered Features
applicazioni, programmi
::: Slashdot ::: emenietti
The tougher part of the #5G race is retooling how to secure it. Companies must be held responsible for a new cyber duty of care and government must establish a new cyber regulatory paradigm
5G | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: ispionline
La pirateria sottrae ai giornali 144 mln di euro l’anno, mentre il calo nelle vendite si fa drammatico: Corriere 268.956 (a dicembre 2013 era 450.014), Repubblica 186.062 (380.725) e Sole 150.541 (344.093)
giornali, stampa
::: FscoMer
We read the European Commission's white paper on AI published earlier today. Despite some positive proposals, the 26-page document fails to provide the necessary safeguards for automated systems
artificial intelligence
::: algorithmwatch
Today we've launched the draft of our #AI auditing guidance. This pivotal piece of work will help in assessing the risks to rights and freedoms that AI can cause; and the appropriate measures you can implement to mitigate them
artificial intelligence
::: ICOnews
Short thread on the security impact of copy-pasting code
ebbene sì! io consulto spesso StackOverflow
programming, codice, snippet
::: phretor
Protip #1: All senior developers use a fancy serif font. Zapfino is a great choice. #protip
umorismo
::: cledanjou
Meet Spacety, a private space company established in 2016 that’s already been involved in 10 launches
spazio, esplorazione | Cina
::: IEEESpectrum
Happy birthday to Conway Berners-Lee, the actual literal father of modern computing
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL
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