22 ottobre, 2020

Visto nel Web - 546

Presto, prima che arrivi il nuovo lockdown ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web


US Antitrust Regulators Could Target Google's Chrome Browser For Breakup
antitrust | Google
::: Slashdot

Xonotic is an addictive, arena-style first-person shooter with crisp movement and a wide array of weapons. Classic Nexuiz and Quake maps are also supported. Frag away!
games
::: ubuntu

Tesla Owner: I Butt-Dialed a $4,280 Autopilot Upgrade -- And They Haven't Refunded Me
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

I've just become a member of #USENIX — to support them in these difficult times for nonprofits and also to thank them for all the open resources they have shared with me (and the world) throughout my career and geek life. I encourage fellow geeks to do the same
open source
::: zacchiro

Qualcuno mi spiega il senso del tormentone col coniglio in ASCII da copiare e addobbare con una emoji?
c'è chi che, a volte, --ma anche no, nèh!
Twitter
::: suzukimaruti

'No, Microsoft Won't Rebase Windows to Linux' Argues Canonical's Manager for Ubuntu on WSL
sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot

Discutendo delle tesi di #RadicalChoc è emerso un paradosso contro-intuitivo: se ammettiamo che un più alto livello d'istruzione è correlato a + sviluppo, + produttività, + reddito, dove stanno i rendimenti decrescenti e qual è il problema? 1/14
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: eschatonit

McAfee lancia l’allarme: in queste ore sta colpendo diversi paesi tra cui l’Italia e Israele. Il malware è veicolato mediante un UEFI implant, lo stesso usato in passato da Hacking Team
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: andreatemplari

Intervista di @arturodicorinto a Mikko Hypponen, hacker molto noto e capo ricercatore della finlandese F-Secure, racconta i nuovi rischi della Rete. Dai ransomware alle app anti-Covid, ecco come cambiano le minacce
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: simopieranni

Linux 5.10 Solves the Year 2038 Problem Until 2486
Linux
::: Slashdot

sphinxcontrib-spelling 6.0.0
Python
::: doughellmann

La stupidité de cette proposition n’a décidément d’égal que sa persévérance
censura
::: oliviertesquet


Copia/incolla ma cambia quello che tiene in mano il coniglietto
politica
::: Genjuro75

Falcon 9 launches 60 Starlink satellites – one step closer to providing high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable
di parte, praticamente pubblicità
spazio, esplorazione | Web, Internet | ad, pubblicità
::: SpaceX

#Facebook, and possibly #Google, "optimize" ad delivery in discriminatory ways, even when advertisers do not target. This could be in breach of the law
ad, pubblicità
::: algorithmwatch ::: algorithmwatch ::: RTSinfo

A national research cloud has the potential to make currently out of touch #AI research, available to all who want to innovate with it. Our team @StanfordHAI is trying to make it a reality
cloud
::: russellwald

urns out Twitter isn’t so bad when you read tweets that aren’t from President Trump
Twitter
::: JoeBiden

Microsoft Forces Windows 10 Restarts -- To Install 'Unsolicited, Unwanted' Office Apps
sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot ::: Genjuro75

BYTE from Dec 1990 reviewed Amiga 3000UX by Commodore. Amiga Unix was a port of AT&T Unix System V Release 4. Bundled with two C compilers (A&T and GNU), "the Amiga 3000UX greatly outperforms the equivalent NeXT and Mac with A/UX". Priced at $4,000 (~$8,000 in today's $)
storia
::: unix_byte

For all its bluster about "digital", the "new Bauhaus", constant obsession with American tech companies, etc., the greatest damage done to Europe's potential, and its future with tech, culture, innovation, creativity is being done by Europe & the EU itself. #Copyright
copyright e brevetti | censura
::: jdrodrigues

"Qui una volta era tutto foto e magliette di #Assange e ora sembra che il suo processo non ci interessi più. Così si logorano i diritti, così si consumano le persone"
Julian Assange
::: informapirata

pwd — Unix Password Database
Python
::: pymotw

Mie dichiarazioni sul caso "openwhistleblowing" in "Di Software Libero e rispetto delle licenze per OpenWhistleblowing"
open source
::: carlopiana


Proprietary Grapes Come With Draconian End User License Agreement
pazzie del brevetto
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

Gamers Are Replacing Bing Maps Objects in Microsoft Flight Simulator With Rips From Google Earth
games
::: Slashdot

Japan To Join Forces With US, Europe in Regulating Big Tech Firms
big tech
::: Slashdot

Vent'anni fa la Stazione Spaziale Internazionale ha iniziato le operazioni in orbita terrestre e da allora non si è più fermata. La sua erede orbiterà intorno alla Luna
spazio, esplorazione
::: a_a_f_t

Google is killing Google Music and will shortly delete all the music you purchased, unless you download it now. They are suggesting you transfer to Youtube Music, which will not let you download music you purchase. Ironically demonstrating why I'll never buy from @youtubemusic
Google
::: scriptjunkie1

One of @Facebook's "answers" to political disinfo in ads was to require campaigns to pre-load all their ad content before 10/27. This is what that policy looks like in practice: over 300K ad added in the last two days (and more to come). Good luck fact checkers!
Facebook | ad, pubblicità | politica
::: nellwyn

Marvel Shortens Window Between Print and Digital Comics
media
::: Slashdot

Twitter removes false coronavirus tweet by Trump's favourite health adviser
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: guardiannews

EU Shoots For $11.7B 'Industrial Cloud' To Rival US
cloud
::: Slashdot

Apple Launches 'Apple Music TV', a 24-Hour Music Video Livestream
media
::: Slashdot


A Group of Materials Called Perovskites Could Be a Game-Changer For Solar Power
energia
::: Slashdot

Tom Lehrer has released all the lyrics to his songs into the public domain
copyright e brevetti
::: Jadasc

QAnon/8Chan Sites Back Online After Being Ousted By DDoS-Protection Vendor
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

epsilon
umorismo
::: rootbert

How CO2 emissions have changed by country over time between 1750 and 2019
ambiente, ecologia
::: ScottDuncanWX

"Ricordiamoci che non è la tecnologia il problema. L'innovazione non è solo un prodotto, ma il processo che c'è dietro. Senza questo la app non serve" -- @alexvespi su Repubblica di oggi, al cuore della questione Immuni
tecnologia | coronavirus
::: fabiochiusi

sempre collegatissimo con la realtà. Sempre lucido. Un vero uomo di destra
Twitter
::: bermat

HAI Distinguished Fellow Barbara Grosz discusses launching Harvard's Embedded EthiCS program to prepare the next generation of tech workers to think more ethically about their work
lavoro
::: StanfordHAI ::: AI_Regulation

The Long Wait for Google's $2.1 Billion Fitbit Deal
antitrust
::: Slashdot

Big news: DOJ today unsealed charges against Sandworm, naming the Russian GRU hackers who have for 5 years crossed every red line in cyberwar from blackouts to disrupting the Olympics to unleashing the NotPetya worm that cost $10 billion
cyberwar
::: a_greenberg ::: Slashdot

If you don't try, then you won't make mistakes, therefore you'll not improve, hence there's no leaning! 🚫🤓
how to
::: alfcnz ::: alfcnz


Raspberry Pi Foundation Launches Compute Module 4 for Industrial Users
hardware
::: Slashdot

I decenni passano e il modo di approcciarsi ai libri diventa sempre più variegato
media
::: ProfCampagna

bash functions
tip, suggerimenti
::: b0rk

The first article in the new issue, by @aatishb, visualizes Earth's carbon history as you've never seen it before. Step back through time with interactive graphics that are tailored to you. 🌏🌍🌎
ambiente, ecologia
::: ParametricPress

China is ahead. They are selling 3d Hologirlfriend smart ar glasses. It is unclear whether the girlfriend is included
umorismo
::: lemire

TIL modern Linuxes let you dynamically turn hyperthreading on and off: echo off > /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/control
a me da notsupported
sistemi operativi
::: johnregehr

Simplifying the Ruggedized Raspberry Pi Portable Over the last year we’ve seen a wave of portable computer builds that center around the Raspberry Pi taking up residence inside a commercial heavy-duty storage case. It’s not hard to see why; whether you …
hardware
::: hackaday

Huawei lost yet another European market, as a Czech telecoms provider owned by a billionaire who recently sponsored a pro-China think tank has chosen Ericsson as the sole 5G supplier
Huawei
::: stuartlauscmp ::: Slashdot ::: simopieranni

The end of times!
linguaggi di programmazione
::: levwalkin

There are 4 types of engineers
umorismo
::: memenetes

Deep-seabed mining disrupts seafloor food web
ambiente, ecologia
::: RadioProzac


OpenStack Foundation Transforms Into the Open Infrastructure Foundation
open source
::: Slashdot

Google’s Waze Can Allow Hackers to Identify and Track Users
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: cybersecboardrm

Developer density per country (number of developers per 100k citizens), calculated by geolocating 3.7 million GitHub users that have a location set in their public profile
programming, codice, snippet
::: gousiosg

L’Europa alla ricerca di una sovranità digitale: sfide e interessi in gioco
tecnologia
::: simopieranni

Just published an interactive #visualization of #greenhousegas emissions by country and sector
ambiente, ecologia
::: martindaniel4

Researchers are realizing that qubit numbers are an unreliable method for tracking the advancement of quantum computing. IBM has come up with a way to do it during this period when the technology is still imperfect
quantum computing
::: IEEESpectrum

Microsoft Teams With SpaceX To Push Cloud Battle With Amazon Into Orbit
spazio, esplorazione | Microsoft
::: Slashdot

Ridiculously fast unicode (UTF-8) validation
programming, codice, snippet
::: lemire

Seven Mobile Browsers Vulnerable To Address Bar Spoofing Attacks
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

+++Il Premier conte chiama Aranzulla
umorismo
::: Zziagenio78


GM To Invest More Than $2 Billion In US Manufacturing To Increase Electric Vehicle Production
energia | ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Hands-On With Amazon's Luna Game Streaming Service
games
::: Slashdot

No alle fossili nel Recovery Fund: il voto della commissione Ambiente del Parlamento Ue
ambiente, ecologia
::: Qualenergiait

Warty Warthog (4.10) was released 16 years ago today! 🎈
Ubuntu
::: ubuntu

GNU could continue to play its part (build a free operating system and setting high standards regarding free software in general) while not disregarding the work of "neighbours". Especially when *maintainance* is involved, as it is always easier to ignore what is at stake
open source
::: bzg2

In #Cina 🇨🇳 il governo interverrà per mettere ordine nell'industria dei semiconduttori. La campagna di Pechino per ridurre la dipendenza dall'import di microchip è infatti finita fuori rotta, producendo grandi sprechi di denaro pubblico
hardware | Cina
::: galbcasanova

Another cool CPython optimization, inspired by PyPy! This time, the LOAD_ATTR bytecode, gives up to 10% improvements
Python
::: pypyproject

ML models depend on data that companies often don't want to share w/competitors. PrivacyFL is a simulator for secure federated learning - a method that lets orgs train and learn from shared models
machine learning
::: MIT_CSAIL

"Neural Circuit Policies" is a promising new architecture inspired by biological neurons. It leads to very small models that can handle complex tasks. This simplicity makes it more robust and more interpretable
neural networks
::: fchollet

7 ways to avoid overfitting in #ML
deep learning | neural networks
::: MIT_CSAIL

Preliminary data show that today's sample collection event went as planned 👍 More details to come once all the data from the event are downlinked to Earth. Thanks, everybody, for following along as we journey #ToBennuAndBack! Next stop: Earth 2023! 🌍
spazio, esplorazione | robots, automazione, droni
::: OSIRISREx


Google Translate can't recover lost languages. But MIT's new ML model can, thanks to machine learning
machine learning
::: MIT_CSAIL

Earlier this year we learned that Clearview AI was stockpiling people's personal social media pictures to power their facial recognition system. One of our biggest concerns was how this might be used by ICE to fuel deportations
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: ACLU_NorCal

Over 680,000 women have no idea their photos were uploaded to a bot on the messaging app Telegram to produce photo-realistic simulated nude images without their knowledge or consent
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: fabiochiusi

Huawei says smart city business will grow despite US pressure
Huawei
::: simopieranni

European Commission's Open source software strategy 2020-2023
open source
::: Sjig

Debian donation for Peertube development
open source
::: debian

Introducing http://MediaManipulation.Org, a new resource for those working in the field of Critical Internet Studies. We have created a custom theory/methods package for detecting, documenting, and debunking media manipulation and disinformation campaigns
media | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: BostonJoan

Huawei, China Firms Said To Seek Curbs on Nvidia's Arm Deal
hardware | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

The Japanese government is running an initiative called "Go To campaign". To my surprise, it is not about rehabilitating the GOTO statement in imperative languages
umorismo
::: fchollet

The Police Can Probably Break Into Your Phone
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Mozilla Fears 'Collateral Damage' in Google Antitrust Case
antitrust
::: Slashdot

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