Rirendo da un'interruzione del collegamento --causa mia, non della SIP-- durato quattro interi giorni; perso qualcosa, non so cosa, e ne è venuta fuori questa lunga lista, non ancora comprensiva di tutto quanto ho wisto nel Web.
Le prime immagini del nuovo acceleratore #Biodinamico in costruzione a Ginevra
scienza | politica
::: f_ronchetti
How Spam Flooded the Official Python Software Package Repository PyPI
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Google Unveils Site Showcasing Google-Approved Open Source Tools and Tutorials for Google-Technology Developers
Google | open source
::: Slashdot
And the Top Source of Critical Security Threats Is...PowerShell
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Domani tutti in edicola!
roba di una volta, scorso millennio
storia
::: ExplorerLento
The limits to blockchain scalability (or, why you can't "just increase the block size by 10x")
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: VitalikButerin
New information on Wuhan researchers' illness furthers debate on pandemic origins
coronavirus
::: CNN ::: Slashdot
Il potenziale di eolico e solare è cento volte superiore alla domanda energetica globale
non tanto convinto ma riporto
energia
::: Qualenergiait
Forget Cryptocurrencies and NFTs—Securing Devices Is the Future of Blockchain Technology
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: ericoguizzo
Combining interventions to reduce the spread of viral misinformation
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: RadioProzac
Are We Ready for a Looming Decline in World Population?
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
Not graphene: Researchers discover new type of atomically thin carbon material
tecnologia
::: andreaborsoi1
What Python Creator Guido van Rossum Thinks of Rust, Go, Julia, and TypeScript
linguaggi di programmazione | protagonisti
::: Slashdot
Steve Wozniak Faces Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over Branded Tech School
protagonisti
::: Slashdot
Will the End of Lockdowns Change Our Relationship with the Internet?
Web, Internet | coronavirus
::: Slashdot
America's Central Bank Seeks Public Comments on Issuing Its Own Digital Currency
digitalizzazione
::: Slashdot
Total number of scientific articles on Sci-Hub since 2015
scienza | open source
::: TheBigDataStats
How many new build systems wouldn't have ever been written if the authors of make had just fixed the tab thing when they still had a double-digit number of users?
programming, codice, snippet
::: peterseibel
A thread about the need to teach lateral reading as part of digital literacy. That is, teach students to evaluate a source by searching the web for information about that source, before diving too deep into its content
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: CT_Bergstrom
Ecosystem difference Windows vs Linux
applicazioni, programmi
::: christitustech
Google recently announced an AI system that can chat to users about any subject, but didn't discuss the ethical debate surrounding such cutting-edge systems. Studies have already shown how racist, sexist, and abusive ideas are embedded in these models
artificial intelligence | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | open source
::: techreview
Il problema purtroppo è l'opposto: che sono le eccezioni alle tutele dei diritti a prevalere, proprio nell'interesse dell'innovazione e del business
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi
Just a Handful of Android Apps Exposed Data of More than 100 Million Users
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Sublime Text 4 Released with Huge Set of Improvements
applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon
Huawei Founder Urges Shift To Software To Counter US Sanctions
ditte
::: Slashdot
Quando leggo un'opinione allucinante ho cominciato a non pensare più a quanto allucinante sia ma solo al fatto che si tratta di un'opinione. Non è legge, non è la parola di Dio, se ignorata non cambia niente. Ignorare è liberatorio
social media
::: mpietropoli
Colorization APIs are becoming widespread; AI-colorized historical photos are circulated without caveat. But is AI colorization providing an accurate image of the past? To find out, I digitally desaturated these color photos by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken between 1909 and 1915
thread, h/t @MauroV1968
dati, raccolta
::: gwenckatz
German 'Upload Filter' Law Sets Standards To Prevent Overblocking
Unione Europea | #opy
::: Slashdot
Python remains the most popular programming language
linguaggi di programmazione
::: MIT_CSAIL
Police In Delhi Have Descended On Twitter's Headquarters In The Country
censura
::: Slashdot
Una sentenza importante della Cassazione che aiuta ad inquadrare anche il "diritto alla spiegazione" introdotto dal GDPR e molto dibattuto: "il consenso non è valido se la persona non è adeguatamente informata delle logiche alla base dell’algoritmo"
algoritmi, codice | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: dilettahuyskes_ ::: GPDP_IT ::: jaromil ::: IvanaBartoletti
Commission to open antitrust investigation into Facebook
::: fabiochiusi
In Danimarca diverse palestre hanno cominciato ad abbinare riconoscimento facciale e certificato COVID. Il tutto con tecnologie capaci (dicono) di riconoscere "umore, genere, etnia" #TracingTheTracers
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
Toh, @Snowden aveva ragione. Oggi su #webnotes la sentenza della Corte europea per i #dirittiumani sulla #sorveglianzadimassa delle nostre comunicazioni digitali
Edward Snowden | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: annamasera
Amazon Buys MGM, Studio Behind James Bond, for $8.45 Billion
Amazon | video, streaming
::: Slashdot
WSJ EXCLUSIVE: Google is expanding its push into the healthcare sector, striking a deal with a national hospital chain to develop algorithms to help guide doctors in real time
Google | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Anthony ::: Slashdot
"Programming is not about typing, it's about thinking." - Rich Hickey
cit.
::: MIT_CSAIL
Russia Raises Heat on Twitter, Google and Facebook in Online Crackdown
censura
::: Slashdot ::: fabiochiusi
Reuters has obtained the more than 200-page filing by WhatsApp in Delhi: Indian government exceeded powers with encryption-breaking rule - WhatsApp filing
censura
::: josephmenn ::: ilmanifesto
🔴BREAKING NEWS. Una corte olandese ha ordinato alla Shell, la più importante multinazionale petrolifera europea, di ridurre le sue emissioni del 45% entro il 2030. Una sentenza storica!
ambiente, ecologia
::: Recommon
EU Guidelines Target Tech Giants Over Monetising Disinformation
Unione Europea | big tech
::: Slashdot ::: Slashdot
NSF’s *entire* budget for science research funding is $8.5 billion. Bezos personally made more than $87 billion last year
protagonisti | economia, lavoro
::: katecrawford
Beidou, China's answer to the U.S.-owned GPS navigation system, will back domestic products and related services worth 1 trillion yuan ($156.22 billion) by 2025, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday
Cina
::: simopieranni
Caixin Exclusive: Tencent Ordered to Set Up Financial Holding Company
economia, lavoro | Cina
::: niubi
Facebook Board Rejects Proposals To Curb Zuckerberg's Power
::: Slashdot
Comcast Subscriber Receives DMCA Notice For Downloading Ubuntu
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot
Asahi Linux Dev Reveals 'M1RACLES' Flaw In Apple M1
bug
::: Slashdot ::: jaromil
Rocking a Raspberry Pi 4 with Devuan aarch64 - it runs visibly faster than Ubuntu 20.10 for aarch64
hardware
::: DyneOrg
DarkSide Will Be Back, As Russia, China, Iran Create 'Safe Havens' For Hackers
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
GameStop Is Building An NFT Platform On Ethereum
non-fungible tokens
::: Slashdot
OpenAI's $100 Million Startup Fund Will Make 'Big Early Bets' With Microsoft As Partner
artificial intelligence | Microsoft
::: Slashdot
Google's San Jose Mega-Campus Wins City Approval
::: Slashdot
While Linux has grown to dominate the server room, Windows and Mac have long been the go-to operating systems in the enterprise desktop space. But that paradigm is beginning to shift
Linux | sistemi operativi
::: ubuntu
‼️BREAKING‼️PI together w @NOYBeu @HermesCenter @Homo_Digitalis_ have taken legal action against the facial recognition company Clearview AI. 💪🛑
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: privacyint ::: Luke_like ::: rosamunde_vb ::: Slashdot
JUST OUT: major IO Threat Report on 2017-2020 Facebook takedowns of coordinated inauthentic behaviour. Threats, trends, and even a leader board
::: benimmo
One year after Amazon, Microsoft and IBM ended facial recognition sales to police, smaller players fill void
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
I'm more concerned about what Eric Schmidt said here. "We’re in a geo-political strategic conflict with China," he said. "The way to win is to martial our resources together to have national and global strategies for the democracies to win in AI"
::: fabiochiusi
Ban private use of facial analysis / biometric surveillance yesterday
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: evan_greer
All you need to know abt #FacialRecognition in draft @EU_Commission #AI Regulation: the Report on high-level workshop organised by @AI_Regulation @MicrosoftEU is online! 🤗 PLENTY of interesting discussions on pre-market requirements & limitations re/ use
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | Unione Europea
::: TC_IntLaw ::: algorithmwatch
VMware Warns of Critical Remote Code Execution Hole In vCenter
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Facebook Ends Ban On Posts Asserting Covid-19 Was Man-Made
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | coronavirus
::: Slashdot
Twitter says it is worried about the safety of its staff in India and called for the government to respect freedom of expression. Police visited Twitter's New Delhi office over its labeling of a tweet by a governing party spokesman as “manipulated media”
censura
::: AP
La nostra sicurezza nazionale è in mano a chi fa accordi con le aziende extraeuropee del software chiuso e proprietario, che nei loro cloud, non potrebbero neanche gestire nome e cognome di alcun cittadino; però gestiscono la digitalizzazione strategica...
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | dati, raccolta
::: informapirata
New WP drop! We use machine learning to identify destroyed buildings from satellite images of the Syrian Civil War. The goal is to allow near real time monitoring of heavy weapons use to help coordinate humanitarian and diplomatic response by the international community
machine learning
::: andreamatranga
Why Apple and Google’s Virus Alert Apps Had Limited Success
coronavirus | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
85 years ago today, Alan Turing's "Universal Machine" proposal ushered in the computer age
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL
Google Says Rowhammer Attacks Are Gaining Range as RAM is Getting Smaller
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
l’agenzia Gchq poteva cercare qualsiasi informazione su chiunque, senza limiti di ricerca e senza il mandato di un giudice terzo che valutasse le esigenze investigative e la fondatezza della necessità di un’intercettazione
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi ::: CIaudiaGiulia
ad agosto saranno 6 ANNI che 4 governi: UK, US, Svezia, Australia mi negano l'accesso ai documenti sul caso Julian #Assange e sui giornalisti di #WikiLeaks. Ho 7 avvocati a rappresentarmi nella causa legale in USA, UK,Svezia,Australia. Se pensano di fiaccarmi, sbagliano
Julian Assange
::: SMaurizi
Coinbase Launches 'Fact Check,' a Section on its Blog To Combat Misinformation about the Company and Crypto World
crittografia
::: Slashdot
Prices of #lithium-ion batteries fell by 30x from 1991 to 2018. A new study of multiple battery price studies finds consistent predictions: Prices should within 5 years dip below $100/kWH, the threshold below which EVs outcompete petroleum
hardware | energia | ambiente, ecologia
::: IEEESpectrum
🌲 Introducing TensorFlow Decision Forests, a new library you can use to train popular models like Random Forests and Gradient Boosted Trees easily with Keras
machine learning
::: TensorFlow
Indonesian Government Blocks Hacking Forum After Data Leak
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | censura
::: Slashdot
Not just for big names, open to all supporters and in international solidarity too
censura
::: obrienatrix
A Disturbing, Viral Twitter Thread Reveals How AI-Powered Insurance Can Go Wrong
::: Slashdot
More People Are Buying Wearables Than Ever Before
hardware
::: Slashdot
The Zuckerberg humanization project is in full force. We’ve rarely seen these kind of moments with his kids before
protagonisti | Facebook
::: michaelzimmer
The FBI Will Feed Hacked Passwords Directly Into Have I Been Pwned
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Microsoft Says SolarWinds Hackers Have Struck Again at the US and Other Countries
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Six trillion dollars? This is good for Bitcoin
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Snowden
Logitech CEO Says Chip Shortage Could Last for Up To a Year
hardware
::: Slashdot
Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin
sistemi operativi
::: UnixToolTip
Google Nears Settlement of Ad-Tech Antitrust Case in France
::: Slashdot
Spoilero la morale: si può estrarre l'impronta dalla foto di una mano. Sicuri di volerla usare per proteggere i vostri dati al posto della password?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: SteffPy
Journalists sometimes ask, "what changed?" Everything. Everything changed
Edward Snowden | media
::: Snowden
Combien d'année encore à payer la redevance pour copie privée quand on n'achète des supports de stockage que pour des sauvegardes de fichiers personnels ? Le temps où les jeunes copiaient les fichiers téléchargés via Napster sur des CDroms est révolu, non ?
copyright e brevetti
::: bzg2
On this day in 1987: the GIF launches
storia
::: JonErlichman
Twitch Warns Streamers Another Wave of Copyright Strikes is Coming
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot
AI Could Soon Write Code Based On Ordinary Language
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot
UK Police Stumble Upon Bitcoin Mine While Looking For Cannabis Farm
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot
US Soldiers Expose Nuclear Weapons Secrets Via Flashcard Apps
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
WhatsApp Says It Won't Limit Functionality If You Refuse Its Privacy Policy -- For Now
social media
::: Slashdot
Twitter Could Be Working On Facebook-Style Reactions
::: Slashdot
Satellites May Have Been Underestimating the Planet's Warming For Decades
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
Totally agree with @erikbryn ! AI is a tool created &used by people. The responsibilities are on each and all of us. Saying “AI does this or that” erases human agency, hence diverts the true responsibility to a tool. Human-centered AI starts with human-centered responsibilities
artificial intelligence | etica
::: drfeifei
Wikipedia Caltrops
umorismo
::: xkcdComic
Why Aren't More Schools Using Free, Open Tools?
"It’s very expensive to change [proprietary] providers [as school data] can’t be easily removed/transferred. That puts districts in the difficult position of being married to the first vendor they choose"
open source
::: massonpj
Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 26, 2021
umorismo | spazio, esplorazione
::: GoComics
@AtlanticCouncil researchers say the volume of QAnon content available online plummeted following major moderation and policy moves from Google, Facebook and Twitter
odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: ashleyrgold
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship – SpaceX’s 85th landing of an orbital class rocket booster!
spazio, esplorazione
::: SpaceX
Elasticsearch relicensing, Freenode implosion, utter lack of FSF accountability: I hope folks are noticing the same pattern I am. Governance is an important factor in risk assessment. How resources are stewarded matters
open source
::: joshsimmons
Our last work on the evolution of memes in ten years
Web, Internet | scienza
::: Walter4C
#TBT: "IBM discovered that its powerful technology was no match for the messy reality of today’s health care system." @newsbeagle's 2019 investigation into the failure of Watson
coronavirus
::: IEEESpectrum
My Software Estimation Technique
In his latest post, @jacobian breaks down how he estimates software development effort. Having experienced the approach first-hand, I am a fan
programming, codice, snippet
::: vdavez
Next up for IBM Watson? Automating aspects of IT development, infrastructure, and operations
artificial intelligence
::: IEEESpectrum
Dove nascono i microchip. Per raccontarlo siamo entrati nei laboratori e nella camera pulita della @FBK_research
hardware
::: EasyInve
In 2008, maybe, if you wanted a new memory safe low-level language, or a Lisp on the JVM, or a language with dependent types, then starting one yourself was probably the best option. In 2018, you probably sign up with Rust or Clojure or Idris (or Pony or Go or Zig or Agda or ...)
linguaggi di programmazione
::: samth
Perché a volte ci sembra che gli smartphone ci ascoltino
dati, raccolta
::: emenietti
Current social-media policies fundamentally misunderstand science. Shutting down the voices of those who question your conclusions—while not criminal—is antithetical to science
social media | scienza
::: jaromil
The Apple Tax Is Rotten
Apple
::: emenietti
Clandestine, nano-meter scale anti-counterfeiting markers could help thwart the biggest criminal enterprise it the world
hardware | frodi
::: IEEESpectrum
Fumetti digitali a scorrimento verticale: i webtoon (prima parte)
dispositivi mobili | media
::: La fumettista curiosa
Days Before a Report, Chinese Hackers Removed Malware From Infected Networks
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Move Over Artemis Accords! Behold the Lunar Governance Report and EAGLE Manifesto
spazio, esplorazione
::: universetoday
The dream of supersonic passenger flight hits turbulence
innovazioni, futuro
::: CNN
Mars helicopter survives to tell the tale of stressful flight
Ashley Strickland-Profile-Image
spazio, esplorazione | robots, automazione, droni
::: CNN
Full Circle Magazine #169
novità
::: fullcirclemag
Blockchain doesn't solve any problems that elections actually have (in theory or practice), and add considerable additional complexity and risk
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | politica | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: mattblaze
The Hubris of Big Data
"Big Data inspires technocracy, the rule by experts who know best, know us best, and expect consistent results. But technocracy is the absence of politics"
dati, raccolta
::: fabiochiusi
We've learnt that the @MinistryofPower is deploying face recognition systems for attendance monitoring in Ranchi's Thermal Power Corporation facility. Why is this scary? A thread
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: PanopticIndia
More common than reported
umorismo
::: dcavedon
Can a #robot be arrested? Hold a #patent? Pay #incometaxes? How should the #law treat #AI, with respect to #torts and criminal liability?
robots, automazione, droni | artificial intelligence
::: IEEESpectrum
Chinese digital tech in Africa: moral panics and the messy reality of surveillance
"Data emerging from Asia and Africa reveals how Huawei's own promises of curbing crime and improving centralised city management clash with the—quite predictable—complexity of the sociopolitical and technological realities of different locales"
Cina | Web, Internet | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: empo11on
Lessons From Contact-Tracing and Exposure-Notification Apps
coronavirus | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
The world's most efficient optical rectennas yet can harvest over 100 times more energy from waste heat compared to previous devices
hardware
::: IEEESpectrum
