24 gennaio, 2021

Visto nel Web - 573

 Bernie --über alles-- edition oggi di quello che ho wisto nel Web.


An update on the state of IPv6 support on the Tor network: ~54% of the relays on the network run a version of Tor that supports IPv6
Web, Internet | browser | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: torproject

Intel Outsources Core i3 To TSMC's 5nm Process
hardware
::: Slashdot

Mentre Biden parla di unità e vittoria della democrazia, questo è il frame adottato da Giornale e Libero
giornali, stampa
::: fabiochiusi ::: fabiochiusi

Ajit Pai is Officially Out of the FCC
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

The fork is coming...
Truly Doubling Down on Open Source
open source
::: jgbarah

Apparently the new whitehouse.gov has a hidden message for programmers
politica | (forse)
::: EricMichaud ::: mcnees

💡 #Batteria al litio ferro fosfato, l’economica che si ricarica in 10 min. Un team di ingegneri della @penn_state ha messo a punto una nuova batteria a basso costo, veloce da ricaricare, con un’autonomia di 402 km. Si chiude il gap con la #combustione
energia | ambiente, ecologia
::: rinnovabiliit

CentOS Is Gone -- But RHEL Is Now Free For Up To 16 Production Servers
Linux distro
::: Slashdot

L'algoritmo di compressione video di #Netflix è stato sviluppato da un fisico Greco che lavorava nell'ambito delle ricerche sui neutrini. Rigiri la frase: la sua vita di tutti i giorni è resa possibile della ricerca. #PianoAmaldi
scienza
::: f_ronchetti

le perdite fuggitive di metano dagli impianti petroliferi come effetto climatico sono state equivalenti a tutta la co2 emessa dall'intera unione europea
ambiente, ecologia
::: jacopogiliberto

LG Considers Exiting Smartphones In 2021
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot


Starships will be launching from these oil drilling platforms bought by SpaceX
spazio, esplorazione
::: fcain

Opera Now Has a Game Engine To Go With Its Gamer-Focused Browser
browser | games
::: Slashdot

Il #softwarelibero e l'importanza di sceglierlo a #scuola e in famiglia
open source
::: suxsonica

If we go down the way RedHat is going then 2021 is the year in which Windows becomes better than Linux
Linux distro
::: jaromil

I think developer tools can be... cool. For example, TensorFlow is cool. Not because of anything about TensorFlow itself, but because people are using it every day to create incredibly cool products & experiments. Because of what it enables
programming, codice, snippet
::: fchollet

Treasury Nominee Yellen Is Looking To Curtail Use of Cryptocurrency
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

In #Germania per la prima volta le rinnovabili sopra il 50% del mix elettrico in un anno
energia
::: Qualenergiait

Twitter said it locked the account of China's embassy in the United States over a tweet about Uighur women that violated company policy against dehumanization
Twitter | Cina
::: fabiochiusi

WhatsApp reported to leak phone numbers to Google Search 🙊 why bother with a torrent dump when you can just make it all indexed 😅
social media | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: jaromil

Come sintetizza Altan nessuno mai
social media
::: achillecorea


💥 Introducing the Biden Era Digital Rights Tracker 💥 As the Biden admin and new Congress get to work, tech policy that champions human rights must be on the agenda. We created this real-time to help keep them accountable
da verificare, nuova di pakka
politica | digitalizzazione
::: accessnow ::: mozilla

Divergence instead of guidance: the Article 17 implementation discussion in 2020 – Part 1
Unione Europea | copyright e brevetti | censura
::: paul_keller

Vertical Farms Grow Veggies On Site At Restaurants and Grocery Stores
tecnologia
::: Slashdot

So happy that USA has finally rejoined the Pittsburgh Agreement. Welcome back!
Greta rockz! 💥💖
ambiente, ecologia | umorismo
::: GretaThunberg ::: europaverde_it

Technologists Use Facial Recognition on Parler Videos
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

There's no rule that #socialmedia news feeds need to wall off users into evermore extremist echo chambers. Researchers have in fact developed a scalable social network news sharing algorithm that demonstrates filter bubbles can be popped too
social media
::: IEEESpectrum

Welp, Ubuntu 21.04 Won’t Ship with GNOME 40 or GTK4
Ubuntu
::: dcavedon

Raspberry Pi Foundation Launches $4 Microcontroller With Custom Chip
hardware
::: Slashdot

Ubuntu Now Runs On Apple Silicon, Devs Say It's 'Completely Usable'
Ubuntu | Apple
::: Slashdot

IEEE Spectrum Exclusive: Internal FAA reports show that the military's testing of the GPS system is endangering air travel as never before
Web, Internet
::: IEEESpectrum

Goodbye and Good Riddance To the 16:9 Aspect Ratio
hardware
::: Slashdot


MIT scientists create customized “brains” that speed up a robot’s response time
robots, automazione, droni
::: MIT_CSAIL

Beijing's New AI Academy is Aiming For Breakthroughs and Ethical Controls
artificial intelligence | etica
::: Slashdot

New breach: The Nitro PDF service had over 70M email addresses exposed in a breach last September. Data also included names, bcrypt password hashes and the titles of converted documents. 59% were already in @haveibeenpwned
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: haveibeenpwned

NSA Urges System Administrators To Replace Obsolete TLS Protocols
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

New Intel CEO Making Waves: Rehiring Retired CPU Architects
hardware
::: Slashdot

Bruce Reed, the White House’s incoming deputy chief of staff, stressed publicly that it is “long past time to hold social media companies accountable for what’s published” on their sites and services
social media
::: fabiochiusi

Largest group in the European Parliamen (EPP) advocates for a system that would identify all users on the internet. They want a blockchain-based thing. Is this what decentralised identifiers (dids) are create for? Oh, this is for real
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: lukOlejnik

The debate about social media and democracy often resolves in ideological argumentation. Along with conferences and lectures, I always received the same questions. To make things easier, we collected a series of Frequently Asked Questions
social media
::: Walter4C

Oggi abbiamo inaugurato Pop Math, il portale con tutti gli eventi di divulgazione matematica a portata di mano!
matematica
::: RobertoNatali13

Biden just appointed @JRosenworcel acting chair of the FCC. Here the highlights of her 2020 @rightscon conversation about connectivity, the first amendment, and the digital divide
Web, Internet | media
::: juliacastrov


Interesting fact for researchers in the software studies circles: CPAN is the most ancient venerable effort of its size to track and distribute packages. Its bug report system is shutting down on short notice, deleting
either historic or newly-reported bugs
Web, Internet | programming, codice, snippet
::: jaromil

Google Agrees To Pay French News Sites To Send Them Traffic
Google | media
::: Slashdot

Thus locking up the vote forever amongst a small but passionate group
umorismo
::: michael_nielsen

At Microsoft we're at the early stages of creating generated bindings to the entire Windows API surface (win32, COM, WinRT, etc.) from metadata for @rustlang. That means no longer having to hand maintain bindings by hand. Check it out!
Microsoft | linguaggi di programmazione
::: ryan_levick

KDE Plasma 5.21 is Packed Full of New Features
applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon

Thrilled to share that I have joined the Biden Administration to be Chief of Staff of Fossil Energy at DOE. Excited to join an amazing team and refocus this office on climate and equity + expand work on carbon removal, industrial decarbonization, carbontech and more
ambiente, ecologia
::: sktalati

Prostate Cancer Can Be Precisely Diagnosed Using a Urine Test With AI
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

Elon Musk To Offer $100 Million Prize For 'Best' Carbon Capture Tech
ambiente, ecologia | protagonisti
::: Slashdot ::: elonmusk

The Riemann Hypothesis, explained by @JorgenVeisdal in @cantor_paradise
matematica
::: MauroV1968

My mom asked me "what is machine learning?"
umorismo | (forse)
::: TaliaRinger


Schrödinger's paradox, but for technology policy: Google simultaneously kills democracy by existing and by ceasing to exist 🤔
Google
::: fabiochiusi

In the fight to #KeepItOn, @isoc_insights curates information about #InternetShutdowns around the world, and looks at the economic and human impact of these actions
Web, Internet | censura
::: accessnow

La trappola dell’ecofascismo - Appunti sul rapporto ingannevole e pericoloso tra ideologie autoritarie e preoccupazioni ambientaliste (tra una cosa e l'altra c'è voluto un anno a scriverlo, eppure sento di aver solo grattato la superficie)
politica | ambiente, ecologia
::: RadioProzac ::: gioggsan

In Italia il 75% degli intervistati ritiene che i media non stiano facendo affatto bene per quanto riguarda obiettività e diffusione di notizie che non sia parziali, e di parte. La media generale delle 27 nazioni analizzate da Edelman su questo aspetto è del 61%
io sono tra quelli che considerano pessimissimi i giornaloni; e che stiano peggiorando ancora
media
::: fabiochiusi

Ha graziato #Bannon (furto soldi muro) e i 4 di #Raven23 (assassinio di civili a Baghdad) ma non @Snowden e #Assange
politica | Julian Assange | Edward Snowden
::: _Nico_Piro_

W3C Accessibility Guidelines
hot off the press...the first public draft of WCAG 3.0 🤯
Web, Internet
::: cariefisher

É meraviglioso come da mesi i media siano preoccupati della salute fisica e mentale di chi lavora in smart
lavoro a distanza
::: mausassi

DDoS-Guard To Forfeit Internet Space Occupied By Parler
social media | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: Slashdot

In today's Wangfujing shopping area in #Beijing, not queueing for buying luxury bags, but for taking #nucleic acid tests as the city is undertaking massive testing in some major districts including Xicheng where the central govt is located & top leaders live. #COVID19
coronavirus
::: qingqingparis

Alphabet Shuts Down Loon Internet Balloon Company
Web, Internet | Google
::: Slashdot

Russia said that TikTok has deleted some of what it called illegal posts promoting weekend protests aimed at securing the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Russian investigators said they had opened a criminal case into Navalny’s supporters
social media | politica
::: Reuters


Ma quindi era un account fasullo o no? Mah
social media | politica
::: fabiochiusi

Massive algorithmic systems are functionally similar to sprawling administrative states. We need to understand bureaucracy to understand why algorithmic systems can become inaccurate, absurd, & harmful
algoritmi, codice
::: math_rachel

Internet non uccide la controcultura..è che non puoi aspettarti di trovarla su instagram
Web, Internet
::: ArgiaSbolenfi

EU Lawmakers Want Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google CEOs at Feb. 1 Hearing
Unione Europea | big tech
::: Slashdot

That's what I call a KPI
Linux distro
::: jaromil

Virgin Orbit Successfully Launches a Batch of Satellites From an Airplane
spazio, esplorazione
::: universetoday

Intelligence Analysts Use US Smartphone Location Data Without Warrants, Memo Says
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Honor Launches First Post-Huawei Phone
dispositivi mobili | Cina
::: Slashdot

US Emissions In 2020 In Biggest Fall Since WWII
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Twitter Bots Are a Major Source of Climate Disinformation
ambiente, ecologia | Twitter | web-bot, robocall
::: Slashdot


Brad Cox, Creator of Objective-C Programming Language, Dies At 76
R.I.P.
::: Slashdot ::: fogus

Pensieri di uno specialista in test di satelliti: un thread
spazio, esplorazione
::: a_a_f_t

SpaceX Plans Record-Breaking Launch With 143 Satellites
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

While ethical use of software is important, a copyright license isn't the right place to enforce it. We must begin with the principle that all software should be free. Read more in our article from the 2019 Bulletin
copyright e brevetti | open source
::: fsf

Alien, il trojan bancario per Android che svuota i conti correnti
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: ScavoGaetano

Raspberry Pi Pico, la dev-board da 4$ con chip RP2040
hardware
::: Genjuro75

Electric Vehicles Close To 'Tipping Point' of Mass Adoption
energia
::: Slashdot

New documentary exposing the myths of the so-called "sustainable" Swedish forestry model. This case study is however far from unique to Sweden. It shows how flawed the world's climate policies are in practice
ambiente, ecologia
::: GretaThunberg

When Google's new translate feature is a game-changer
umorismo
::: MIT_CSAIL

Facebook Refers Its Trump Ban To Its 'Supreme Court'
Facebook | politica
::: Slashdot

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