09 febbraio, 2020

Visto nel Web - 473

Dopo Sanremo (di cui ignoro tutto) continuo invece con quello che ho wisto nel Web.


You need the right people with you
cit.
::: RichRogersX

Si parla di 1 TB/s!!! 😱 Il Giappone annuncia di aver avviato i lavori sul 6G
innovazioni, futuro
::: evilripper

New Silicon Valley Extreme: The 2:30 a.m. Tech Bus From Salida
tecnologia | lavoro
::: Slashdot

Non Sequitur for February 06, 2020
umorismo
::: _juhan

The FBI Downloaded CIA's Hacking Tools Using Starbuck's WiFi
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot

Jeff Weiner Will Step Down as CEO of LinkedIn June 1
social media
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Says it Detects 77,000 Active Web Shells on a Daily Basis
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

ProPublica obtained a version of the [Iowa caucus] app from an Iowa precinct chair and sent it to Veracode for review this week. “This is an extremely serious vulnerability,” said @jhalderm
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | politica
::: zackwhittaker ::: fabiochiusi ::: jeanqasaur ::: Slashdot

Satellite
spazio, esplorazione
::: xkcd

Google Releases a Tool To Spot Faked and Doctored Images
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot

Uber Self-Driving Cars Allowed Back On California Roads
automazione
::: Slashdot

Cheat sheet to decipher what engineers are saying
programming, codice, snippet
::: RichRogersX


The Mysterious Disappearance of Google's Click Metric
Google | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Perché l'intelligenza artificiale deve imparare a rinunciare ai dati
artificial intelligence | dati, raccolta
::: barbaracarfagna

Is it still safe to use the internet in 2020?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Hakin9

Google ha annunciato un nuovo chatbot chiamato #Meena, con oltre 2,6 miliardi di parametri e addestrato per 30 giorni su 40 miliardi di parole (341GB di discussioni online). Per Google è il miglior chatbot in circolazione, noi ancora dobbiamo vederlo
web-bot, robocall | natural language processing
::: LucaSambucci

Bad PL joke time
Twitter | matematica | umorismo
::: atom_geller

Poche idee ma ben confuse
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: mtorchiano

Sì ma vuoi mettere il profumo della carta?
economia, lavoro
::: yoshi979

The trends are very clear. Mobile web spend is almost flat and a tiny fraction compared to mobile app—which is growing rapidly. Meanwhile casual usage is abandoning desktop for mobile. The net of all of this is that the Web is effectively shrinking as content follows the money
Web, Internet | dispositivi mobili
::: justinschuh

And ICYMI, the National Security Agency @NSAGov still hopes to build a superconducting supercomputer for—what else—spying
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: IEEESpectrum

Wacom Drawing Tablets Track the Name of Every Application That You Open
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot


Wrote about SpaceX satellites and what they (and other artificial, bright stuff in the sky) mean for astronomers and the rest of us
spazio, esplorazione
::: marinakoren

PL: making easy things hard
cit.
::: atom_geller

Hm interesting. Given that a good portion of error-handing code dumps data somewhere, I wonder how much of this code leads to plaintext dumps of sensitive data
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: jeanqasaur

Apple Watch Outsold the Entire Swiss Watch Industry in 2019
Apple
::: Slashdot

Why Quantum Supremacy Does — and Doesn’t — Matter
quantum computing
::: jpdowling

TensorFlow ha perso un'altra battaglia. Il framework di Google verrà messo alla porta da OpenAI, che ha deciso di passare i suoi modelli di deep learning su #PyTorch (appoggiato da Facebook e Microsoft) facendone uno standard per tutte le sue ricerche
Python | machine learning
::: LucaSambucci

Non Sequitur for February 07, 2020
media
::: _juhan

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is pledging up to $100 million to help find a vaccine for the coronavirus, limit its spread and improve the detection and treatment of patients
da quando ha mollato M$ mi è diventato simpatico
protagonisti
::: cnni

Apple's Independent Repair Program is Invasive To Shops and Their Customers, Contract Shows
Apple
::: Slashdot

Google Maps for iOS and Android Redesigned To Help You Plan Better Trips
applicazioni, programmi
::: Slashdot ::: vikkio88

Boeing Identifies New Software Problem On Grounded Boeing 737 Max
bug
::: Slashdot


Qt Twitter Client Choqok Has Squawked Back To Life
Twitter | applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon

SpaceX Plans a Spinoff, IPO For Starlink Business
Web, Internet | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Google and Facebook Turn Their Backs On Undersea Cable To China
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Company To Harvest Green Hydrogen From Underground Oil Fires
non so se per l'ambiente...
energia | ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Cruise, la divisione di General Motors che fa ricerche sulle auto a guida autonoma, ha presentato un prototipo chiamato Origin: un taxi elettrico e #driverless, che guiderà meglio di noi
automazione
::: LucaSambucci

What kind of insanity is this?!
applicazioni, programmi
::: eeide

Breaking: Brazilian judge declines to move forward with charges against Glenn Greenwald "for now"
media | censura
::: theintercept ::: valigiablu

According to people with knowledge of the effort, pro-Trump operatives have scraped social-media accounts belonging to hundreds of political journalists and compiled years’ worth of posts into a dossier
politica | media
::: fabiochiusi

Welcome to Haskell, we got list comprehensions (>>=), optional chaining (>>=) , async/await (>>=), if err != nil (>>=), function composition(>>=), mutable state (>>=),
linguaggi di programmazione
::: j0xaf

Many CS students seem to have experienced a form of Stockholm Syndrome with the value null. Having grasped its terror, they insist on using it everywhere in their code
programming, codice, snippet
::: AndrewCMyers

Valentina Tereshkova & Yuri Gagarin

Automating Society – taking stock of automated decision-making in the EU
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: spielkamp

In previous crises like the wenchuan earthquake, tianjin explosion, Wenzhou train crash etc the vast majority of Chinese citizens were spectators commenting on an event that angered them but was far away. In this epidemic no one is just a spectator, everyone is directly impacted
novità
::: niubi

Fake news is 70% more likely to be retweeted than true stories, with truth traveling six times slower than falsehood
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: bopinion

The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President
Punto cruciale di questa lunga immersione nella propaganda trumpiana: l’obiettivo è il relativismo. Per quello la guerra al giornalismo è essenziale: tutto ciò che costruisce una realtà condivisa va fatto a pezzi. Solo così tutto è sempre manipolabile
media | giornali, stampa
::: fabiochiusi

The CLI is the purest form of interaction with a computer and when well done beats in speed and customizability any GUI
programming, codice, snippet
::: Gianlucadfiore

I have released a new Python http://numerical-tours.com which does tend filtering for structure prediction
Python
::: gabrielpeyre

Notice a pattern starting yesterday: many screenshots of potentially sensitive content shared through WeChat have scratches all over them, probably to avoid image recognization censors, just like wearing masks to avoid facial recognization. Not sure whether it works
censura
::: OffbeatChina

La sonda Voyager 2 si è risvegliata, ripresi i contatti
spazio, esplorazione
::: AleSalvi12

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is being subjected to torture, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture told DW. His claim has fueled calls for the UK to release Assange from custody
Julian Assange
::: dwnews

Il fenomeno conferma “tendenze in corso da tempo in Cina: innanzitutto la censura è volutamente arbitraria e imprevedibile; inoltre, il «giornalismo critico» gestisce il suo rapporto con il potere in modo tale da permettersi alcuni momenti che potremmo definire di «eccezione»”
censura | Cina
::: fabiochiusi ::: simopieranni

Use of new technologies in online education is breaking boundaries for the China's 276 million students
scuola, educazione, cultura | artificial intelligence | Cina
::: simopieranni


A whopping 12% of all 2019 U.S. tech job listings sought software developers, says a new report by tech recruiting firm Dice
programming, codice, snippet
::: IEEESpectrum

Big Tech Opponent Bernie Sanders Raises More Money From Big Tech Employees Than Anyone Else
i lavoratori contro le ditte, l'establishment
lavoro | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

China accounts for more than one quarter of the world's scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians but where does it stand on tech innovation? Watch our video to find out
innovazioni, futuro | Cina
::: E_BrandConnect

US Appeals Court Will Not Reconsider Net Neutrality Repeal Ruling
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

A Radio Frequency Exposure Test Finds an iPhone 11 Pro Exceeds the FCC's Limit
For a cellphone, the FCC’s threshold of safe exposure is 1.6 watts per kilogram. Penumbra’s test found that an iPhone 11 Pro emitted 3.8 W/kg
dispositivi mobili | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: IEEESpectrum

A UCLA team is using “waste CO2” to make concrete blocks, in a process akin to baking cookies: “You stick it in a convection oven, and when they come out they’re ready to eat. This is exactly the same”
ambiente, ecologia | tecnologia
::: mariagallucci

France Fines Apple $27.4 Million For Slowing iPhone Software
Apple
::: Slashdot

Security in 2020: Revisited
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: schneierblog

Google Cloud goes low-code with AppSheet
cloud
::: redmonk

Ransomware Installs Gigabyte Driver To Kill Antivirus Products
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Happy birthday to Leslie Lamport, pioneer of distributed systems, inventor of typesetting system LaTeX
protagonisti
::: MIT_CSAIL


Anatomy of a Rental Phishing Scam
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Congestion With Free Public Transport
facile per loro: piccoli e ricchi
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

UK To Host Spyware Firm Accused of Aiding Human Rights Abuses
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot

Shadow's Cancelled Nevada Caucus App Had Errors, Too
politica
::: Slashdot

Tesla Remotely Disables Autopilot On Used Model S After It Was Sold
automazione
::: Slashdot

FCC Moves To Free Up Spectrum For Potential Cellphone Service
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

The PATAS tree delimber
tecnologia
::: MachinePix

Democracy depends on factual consensus, which requires access to information--especially the sort some would rather not hear. What you see before you is the path to a world without witnesses, and it is our lawmakers who will decide if we continue down it--as we have for decades
politica
::: Snowden

a big hello to all intelligent life forms everywhere ...
cit. | tecnologia
::: DirkGently_Bot

I'm ready, make it happen!
blockchain e crypto* | algoritmi, codice
::: Alexintosh


Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) vs USB-C Chargers
All the computers on Apollo 11 are less powerful and have less memory than an Anker PowerPort Atom PD 2
storia
::: corbindavenport

Disponibile la CPU da 64 core Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
hardware
::: Genjuro75

In June 1998, COMPUTERWORLD featured an article about freeware that mentioned how "cults of Linux, Apache, and the Web command respect", and boldly predicted: "Freeware will rewrite the IT investment of global corporations"
storia
::: unix_byte

Version 9 of #Angular is here!
Web, Internet
::: angularlicious

Windows 10 Warning: Anger At Microsoft Rises With Serious New Failure
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: dcavedon

I just released "procspawn". A fork of mitosis which lets you spawn processes like threads in Rust — has support for cross-process backtraces and process pools
linguaggi di programmazione
::: mitsuhiko

Switzerland plans to anchor public services’ contribution to open source in law
open source
::: dcavedon

Facebook's Twitter Account Gets Breached
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Science and Technology links (February 8th 2020)
novità
::: lemire

Anche i medici provano a stare su TikTok
Fanno divulgazione e provano a sfatare miti e convinzioni sbagliate, ma si occupano di temi molto delicati e non sempre comunicano nel modo giusto
social media
::: emenietti

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