25 ottobre, 2020

Visto nel Web - 547

 Continuo a tentare di abituarmi alle imposizioni della pandemia, intanto ecco le nuove che ho wisto nel Web.


Hewlett Packard Enterprise Will Build a $160 Million Supercomputer in Finland
hardware
::: Slashdot

PayPal To Let You Buy and Sell Cryptocurrencies in the US
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

AI-related job growth correlates to improved social well-being, new research shows
artificial intelligence | lavoro
::: StanfordHAI

Microsoft Says It Took Down 94% of TrickBot's Command and Control Servers
web-bot, robocall | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Facebook is looking to hire compiler and library engineers to work on @rustlang. Rust is taking off within FB, and we'd like to work with the community
FB ha fatto anche cose buone
linguaggi di programmazione
::: nadavrot

Airbnb Hires Jony Ive To Design Next-Gen Products and Services
ditte
::: Slashdot

Google AI Tech Will Be Used For Virtual Border Wall, CBP Contract Shows
Google | politica
::: Slashdot ::: samfbiddle

A simple way to keep constantly learning is to be able to learn from anything and anyone around you. There's always something to be learned if you keep your ears and eyes open. Just look for it
tip, suggerimenti
::: fchollet

History of FreeBSD - Part 2: BSDi and USL Lawsuits
sì, c'è il link alla prima parte
storia | sistemi operativi
::: b3h3m0th


/* You Are Not Expected to Understand This */
storia | sistemi operativi
::: b3h3m0th

I'm excited to announce @landingAI's LandingLens, a visual inspection platform to help manufacturers build and deploy visual inspection systems. We need to lower the bar to AI!
artificial intelligence
::: AndrewYNg

The Deprecated *nix API
da approfondire, ci sono cose intriganti come fd e sd
tool, componente software
::: b3h3m0th

What's New With Windows? See 6 Top New Features in the October 2020 Update
sistemi operativi
::: geekdotcom

AOC's Debut Twitch Stream Is One of the Biggest Ever
non so cosa sia Twitch ma AOC la lovvo, assay, anzi di più, esponenziale
social media | politica
::: Slashdot ::: AOC ::: CNN International ::: Slashdot

A voice from the cutting edge of machine learning, @AndrewFerlitsch talks about the current and coming changes in machine learning systems, starting with the concept of model amalgamation
machine learning
::: ManningBooks

I do not understand the economics of bitcoin well, but I must say that this was an entertaining blog post
blockchain e crypto*
::: lemire

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe tonight says both Iran and Russia have obtained U.S. voter registration info in an effort to interfere in the election, including Iran posing as the far-right group Proud Boys to send intimidating emails to voters
(h/t @marina_catucci)
cyberwar
::: WestWingReport


Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

a small minority of companies using AI—just 11 percent—(...) say they’ve reaped a significant return on investment from using the technology, according to a new report
artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi

Senate Republicans Vote To Subpoena Facebook and Twitter CEOs About Alleged Censorship
social media | politica
::: Slashdot

A Dutch researcher managed to log into @realDonaldTrump's Twitter account by guessing his password ("maga2020"), which had no 2-step verification
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | politica
::: Charles_Lister

Due ufficiali del GRU e una unità nella lista nera per cyber-attacco contro il Bundestag - L’unità del GRU è la “military unit 26165” anche detta “APT28”, “Fancy Bear”, “Sofacy Group”, “Pawn Storm” and “Strontium”
cyberwar
::: davcarretta

YouTube Is So Flooded With Political Ads It Can't Place Them All
ad, pubblicità | politica
::: Slashdot

How a Secretive Phone Company Helped the Crime World Go Dark
dispositivi mobili | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

A full Linux version of the popular password manager is expected early next year. 1Password for Linux desktop app now available in beta...
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Linux
::: Gurgling_MrD


Edward Snowden Granted Permanent Residency In Russia
Edward Snowden
::: Slashdot

Firefox 'Site Isolation' Feature Enters User Testing, Expected Next Year
browser | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

WHO To Grant Wikipedia Free Use of Its Published Material To Combat Covid Misinformation
Wikipedia | coronavirus
::: Slashdot

The Royal Navy testing the Daedalus Mark I jet suit by Gravity Industries
tecnologia
::: MachinePix

Researchers @penn_state have devised a way to sinter metal nanoparticles at room temperature directly onto the skin to create circuits to monitor vital signs
tecnologia
::: IEEESpectrum

Tesla's Full Self-Driving Beta Rolls Out To Rave Reviews
automazione
::: Slashdot

Software reuse is more like an organ transplant
cit.
::: RichRogers_

Minecraft Will Require a Microsoft Account To Play In 2021
games | Microsoft
::: Slashdot


Software Engineer Reverse-Engineers McDonald's Ordering API To Find Locations With a Broken Ice Cream Machine
bravo Rashiq! 💥
programming, codice, snippet
::: Slashdot

It's Official: Solar Is the Cheapest Electricity In History
energia
::: Slashdot

#Microsoft Office wanted to update on work PC. I used the time to download #linux ISO’s & install standalone PC’s . I’ve installed 2 full operating systems & #OpenSource office packages. MS Office is still at this stage in updating itself on the work PC
sistemi operativi | applicazioni, programmi
::: ernmander

There’s a rover flying above our heads inside #Turin's ultra-clean room 🤔😱🤩
spazio, esplorazione | robots, automazione, droni
::: Thales_Alenia_S

La CNN ha scoperto che la virologa cinese, che accusa la Cina di aver creato il virus in laboratorio, ha ripreso e copiato parti del suo studio da un blog legato a Steve Bannon
coronavirus | frodi
::: valigiablu

Thread à lire concernant une étude empirique relative aux bases de données biométriques utilisées pour la #reconnaissancefaciale. En dépit de la suppression de certaines d'entre elles, pour des raisons éthiques (biais!), leur usage controversé demeure très large
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: C_LeqRth

Internet Ascendant, Part 2: Going Private and Going Public
Web, Internet | storia
::: Creatures of Thought


La vittoria di #ItaliaViva: salta la legge contro i criminali ambientali
il #CazzaroDiRignano, un'altra delle sue
ambiente, ecologia
::: domanigiornale

slow down, at all scales, slow down. people need time to learn and culture needs time to evolve and we should be patient with ourselves and our students and our communities rather than decrying ideas as "unnatural" based on nature as of today. things feel unnatural until they are
tecnologia
::: neurocy

Apple Glass: micro-display oled nelle lenti
altri hanno già provato, chissà
augmented reality
::: AppleZein

North Americans and people from Western Europe see the development of AI and robotics as more likely harmful as beneficial. Survey respondents in South and East Asia are much more likely to see these developments as beneficial
artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi

Version 0.6.0 of the simdjson C++ library is out. 10x Faster serialization. Minify JSON at 6 GB/s. Validate UTF8 at 13 GB/s
linguaggi di programmazione
::: lemire

Go has a faster number parsing function (strconv.ParseFloat), to know more, see blog post from Nigel Tao
linguaggi di programmazione
::: lemire

NVIDIA Cancels GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB
hardware
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Bashes Slack Complaint in European Antitrust Filing
antitrust | Microsoft
::: Slashdot


When #quantumcomputers become common, so will sophisticated attacks aimed at all kinds of networks, including the #IoT. @Intel researchers are trying to stay one step ahead by creating cryptographic schemes that even quantum computers can’t crack
quantum computing | crittografia
::: IEEESpectrum

The Technology That's Replacing the Green Screen
ah, sì! io sono rimasto al chromakey
tecnologia
::: Slashdot

The most important concepts and ideas in technology are undocumented
manuali, how to
::: lemire

Days since Seibel's 1st Law of Debugging
programming, codice, snippet | umorismo
::: peterseibel ::: peterseibel

This is a disturbing development. Last Friday, Facebook sent a cease-and-desist letter to two NYU researchers (@LauraEdelson2 and Damon McCoy), demanding that they shut down their research into political ads and disinformation on FB’s platform
Facebook | ad, pubblicità | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: AlexanderAbdo ::: fabiochiusi

Il sistema scolastico pubblico di Washington D.C. ha pubblicato i dati sul rendimento scolastico durante la pandemia. In un anno, l'alfabetismo dei bambini al primo anno di scuola primaria è sceso di 22 punti percentuali rispetto agli obiettivi prefissati
scuola, educazione, cultura | coronavirus
::: FabbioSabatini

Now officially old enough to vote: the Roomba
robots, automazione, droni
::: MIT_CSAIL

Ubuntu 20.10 su Raspberry Pi4
Ubuntu | hardware
::: Genjuro75


In Aug 1988 BYTE featured an article by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie that reviewed the state of C. Immediately following was an article by Bjarne Stroustrup on C++, titled "A Better C?"
storia
::: unix_byte

youtube-dl was taken down by RIAA via DMCA
copyright e brevetti | censura | Python
::: scriptjunkie1 ::: dietrich ::: lrvick ::: slashdot ::: EFF

Informatics of the Oppressed
Algorithms of oppression have been around for a long time. So have radical projects to dismantle them and build emancipatory alternatives
algoritmi, codice | politica
::: fabiochiusi

CEO confidence skyrockets on expectations of layoffs and wage cuts
economia, lavoro
::: RadioProzac

“Nobody wants to look in the mirror and go, I make a lot of money by giving objectively dangerous people a huge megaphone,” a former Facebook employee said
Facebook
::: NewYorker

Scientists Capture World's First 3,200-Megapixel Photos
tecnologia
::: Slashdot

AI Bot - A basic AI driven bot, which retweet tweets that have 'Artificial Intelligence' in their content
web-bot, robocall | artificial intelligence
::: Artificialbra1n

My Hacktoberfest tiny experiment is taking shape :-) I just built a NodeJS library around the actor model that wraps up those concepts, strongly influenced by my experiences with Erlang and Elixir. Check it out!
linguaggi di programmazione
::: dottorblaster


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