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
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