19 agosto, 2021

Visto nel Web - 631

 Sempre troppo caldo ma altrove è molto peggio; intanto ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.


Sophie Zhang, a former data scientist at Facebook, revealed that the company enables global political manipulation and has done little to stop it
Facebook | politica
::: techreview

Debian 11 bullseye has been released!
Linux distro
::: debian ::: debian

🚀 Erlang LS 0.18.0 is out! 🚀
linguaggi di programmazione
::: robertoaloi

We express solidarity to @algorithmwatch and to the researchers struggling against surveillance capitalism
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | Facebook
::: trackingexposed

What Happens When Big Tech's Datacenters Come to Small Towns?
lavoro
::: Slashdot

Deflecting Criticism, Russia Tries Insinuating 2018 Hole on Space Station Was US Sabotage
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

A CyberSecurity CEO Used Apple's AirTags to Locate His Stolen Scooter
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

In countries from the UK to Indonesia, it will be easy for governments to ask Apple to expand their message-scanning program—and hard for Apple to say no
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | Apple
::: EFF ::: matthew_d_green

Report: Java 'Surges' Back Up in Programming Language Popularity
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

Will Google's Tensor Chip Spell Trouble for 5G?
dispositivi mobili | artificial intelligence | 5G
::: Slashdot

The basic selling point of starting a greenfield project instead of trying to fix the existing codebase is to replace the old & tired problems with fresh & exciting problems
programming, codice, snippet
::: fchollet

Snopes.com Co-Founder Accused of Copying from Other Sites Without Attribution
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot


How to Access Extra Dock Settings in elementary OS 6
tip, suggerimenti
::: dcavedon

PineNote is a $399 E-ink Tablet that Runs Linux #opensource #linux
hardware | dispositivi mobili | Linux
::: omgubuntu

A 97 anni Lily Ebert, una delle ultime sopravvissute all’Olocausto, racconta l’orrore della Shoah ai giovani su Tik Tok
i social usati bene
social media
::: MauroV1968

You can list a directory with millions of files, but not with ls
mah! se dovete c'è qualcosa che non va, imho
programming, codice, snippet
::: UnixToolTip

The Case Against Working Remotely Full-Time
lavoro a distanza/casa
::: Slashdot

A Simple Software Fix Could Limit Location Data Sharing
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

How Data Scientists Pinpointed the Creepiest Word in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'
solo per anglofoni terminali
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

The Worst 5% of Power Plants Produce 73% of Their Emissions
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

In 1896, Arrhenius formulated a relationship between CO2 level changes and temperature changes, but being from a cold climate, thought it might be beneficial. Fourier came up with the concept 74 years earlier
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale | storia
::: RobertD11359976

@UBports Just tried the installation of Ubuntu Touch on Pixel 3a. When you know how to work on the Bootloader, it works straight. Nice UI :)
Ubuntu | dispositivi mobili
::: TheC117 ::: HillNinja1313

The #MarsHelicopter is gearing up for Flight 12. It’ll take place no earlier than Aug. 16, and will scout the intriguing “South Séítah” region. It'll aid @NASAPersevere scientists in determining which geologic features may be worthy of further scrutiny
spazio, esplorazione | droni
::: NASAJPL


oooh so that's how IE got so bad
umorismo
::: okdistribute

25 years ago Microsoft released Internet Explorer 3.0, its first real salvo in the “Browser Wars”. This launch taught taught me how a giant corporation could move at the speed of a startup. Here’s the story
storia | browser
::: hadip

So, my lovelies, I just dropped Version 4 of the Clean Hydrogen Ladder! For anyone new to all this, the ladder is my attempt to put use cases for clean hydrogen into some sort of merit order, because not all use cases are equally likely to succeed. 1/10
energia
::: MLiebreich

E davvero, complimenti ai media italiani - in questo caso @Corriere @LaStampa e @ilgiornale, siete gli unici che sono riusciti a diffondere questo fotomontaggio
giornali, stampa
::: evaristegal0is ::: evaristegal0is

Per l'#Afghanistan Inutile piangere lacrime di coccodrillo, o peggio ancora invocare nuovi interventi armati, quando continuiamo a lasciar marcire in galera col rischio di estradizione e pena capitale negli USA l'uomo che aveva documentato i presupposti di questa catastrofe
Julian Assange
::: carlogubi ::: SMaurizi

Voici les premières images brutes du survol de Vénus, mardi dernier, par la sonde spatiale européenne Bepi Colombo
spazio, esplorazione
::: astropierre

Samsung is Using AI to Design a Smartphone Chip. Will Others Follow?
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

The billionaire space race reflects a colonial mindset that fails to imagine a different world
protagonisti | spazio, esplorazione
::: RadioProzac

Russia-Linked Ad Agency Smeared Vaccines Using Hundreds of Fake Instagram Accounts
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

A new investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is the broadest look yet at Autopilot and at potential flaws that could make it and the Teslas that operate on it dangerous
automazione
::: nytimestech

NewsFlash is a solid #RSS feed reader for #Linux (and yes, it supports @feedly) #OpenSource
applicazioni, programmi
::: omgubuntu


io — Text, Binary, and Raw Stream I/O Tools
Python
::: pymotw

Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II but has significantly more variety and depth to it - Works on Linux and macOS
games
::: nixcraft

How Google Bought Android -- According To Folks in the Room
dispositivi mobili | storia
::: Slashdot

Secret Terrorist Watchlist With 2 Million Records Exposed Online
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Rise of Cryptocurrencies Can Be Traced To Nixon Abandoning Gold In 1971
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | storia
::: Slashdot

Thousands of Wikipedia Pages Vandalized With Giant Swastikas
odio, razzismo, discriminazioni | Wikipedia
::: Slashdot

Folding Phones Are the New 3D TV
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Sues NASA, Escalating Its Fight for a Moon Lander Contract
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

Mastercard To Become First Payments Network To Phase Out Magnetic Stripe
tecnologia
::: Slashdot

Linux Glibc Security Fix Created a Nastier Linux Bug
bug
::: Slashdot


Beijing Tightens Grip on ByteDance by Quietly Taking Stake, China Board Seat
social media
::: Slashdot

Walmart Seeks Crypto Expert To Oversee Digital Currency Push
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Amazon Encourages Teachers To Use Social Media To Obtain Classroom Supplies
Amazon
::: Slashdot

EFF Senior Staff Technologist @ohemorange tells the Verge, “Half the problem is that the system is so easy to change”
Apple | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: EFF

Intel Enters the PC Gaming GPU Battle With Arc
hardware | games
::: Slashdot

Change is hard. Cultural change at a big company is even harder. @kateconger spoke with more than a dozen Twitter employees about upheaval in the company's design section
Twitter
::: nytimestech

On previous devices #Teleports didn’t support animated stickers. Imagine my surprise! 😳 Don’t know if this is a recent development with the messaging service or device related? Looks awesome though! 🤩👍🏻 (ps only one set can be added at a time). #UbuntuTouch
dispositivi mobili | Ubuntu
::: HillNinja1313

The future of computing, maybe. SHIFT6mq with USB-C and DP can be an #ubuntutouch desktop in your pocket. Take a BT mouse and foldable keyboard with you :)
hardware | Ubuntu
::: lanux_mage

Zorin OS 16 Released Based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Linux distro
::: omgubuntu

Gen Z LinkedIn Is Full of Parodies and Snark
social media
::: Slashdot


Stop Using Zoom, Hamburg's DPA Warns State Government
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Laser fusion just took a leap forward. For a fraction of a second, the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore produced 10 percent as much power as all the sunshine hitting the Earth
innovazioni, futuro | energia
::: nytimestech ::: thek3nger

Amazon has eclipsed Walmart to become the world’s largest retail seller outside China
economia, lavoro | Amazon
::: nytimestech ::: nytimestech

Go 1.17 Release Notes
"Go 1.17 implements a new way of passing function arguments and results using registers instead of the stack." did they really not have that all this time?
linguaggi di programmazione
::: vamchale

Se gli inquinatori pagassero
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: RadioProzac

Autocorrect errors in Excel still creating genomics headache
applicazioni, programmi
::: marcoscan

Boston Dynamics Teaches Atlas Robot Parkour
robots, automazione, droni
::: Slashdot

Critical Bug Impacting Millions of IoT Devices Lets Hackers Spy On You
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Facebook is not only allowing right-wing militias to spread anti-vaxxer misinformation on its platform, it's even labelling some of the groups admins as "experts"
Facebook | coronavirus
::: daithaigilbert


Scientists Calculate Pi To 62.8 Trillion Digits
matematica
::: Slashdot

Chinese Espionage Tool Exploits Vulnerabilities In 58 Widely Used Websites
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

IKEA Starts Selling Renewable Energy To Households In Sweden
energia | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

ByteDance, TikTok's Parent Company, Joins the Open Invention Network
open source | Linux
::: Slashdot

Tavola periodica interattiva
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: MauroV1968

Firewalls and Middleboxes Can Be Weaponized For Gigantic DDoS Attacks
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

When people ask, "what will this technology look like in 10 years", they should really ask "what will this tech look like after X billion $ and N iteration cycles?" The pace of evolution of a technology is entirely dependent on interest and investment, it isn't predetermined
innovazioni, futuro
::: fchollet

Today please keep #Assange and @wikileaks journalism in your mind. The failure was exposed eleven years ago. The journalist exposing it, in prison. The people, abandoned. The country, burning. #Afghanistan
Julian Assange
::: avilarenata

I tried to make an AI write the conclusion of my PhD thesis
artificial intelligence | umorismo
::: seirl_

Immagini benissimo
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale | economia, lavoro
::: RadioProzac

"I ricavi da vendita, in media, per i più grandi gruppi quotati si sono più che dimezzati dal 2010 al 2020"
e la qualità è (quasi sempre) pessima; ani peggio ancora
giornali, stampa
::: fabiochiusi

Free Clipart of a Cartoon Rock Is Selling For $300,000 As NFTs
non capisco, riporto
non-fungible tokens
::: Slashdot


Microsoft Envisions a Blockchain-Based Bounty System to Catch Pirates
pirateria | Microsoft
::: Slashdot

Spent weeks debugging an issue with my address book not syncing. Is it my config file? My server config? The client? The python requests library?? No, I changed the entry in my password manager, causing the command to return the password+username instead of just the password
Web, Internet
::: wilbowma

L'introduzione di tecnologie #fingerprinting sui sistemi di messaggistica, costituirebbe un gravissimo punto di non ritorno: il #copyright (e il trolling brevettuale) diverrebbero il terzo pilastro della censura, dopo il terrorismo e la pedopornografia
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: informapirata

Giusto per capire la scala della sfida che abbiamo davanti: questa ingombrante unità permette di compensare grossomodo le emissioni medie di UNA SOLA persona di un paese sviluppato
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: cmnit

L’@ukhomeoffice (quello delle politiche disumane di @pritipatel) sta acquisendo dati di migranti e rifugiati afghani e pakistani, non garantendo l’anonimato, “attirandoli” su un sito che secondo @OpenRightsGroup distribuisce informazioni false e fuorvianti. C’è anche questo
frodi
::: dilettahuyskes_

Samsung Confirms It's Removing Ads From its Stock Apps Later this Year
ad, pubblicità
::: Slashdot

Do you ever wonder how some clothing can be so cheap? It's called #fastfashion and it causes big environmental impacts. This #WasteWednesday we will look at the wasteful impacts of fast fashion, and provide ways to reduce the ecological footprint of your wardrobe
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: UWsustainable

Really giving "stick the landing" a whole new meaning...
robots, automazione, droni
::: MIT_CSAIL

Facebook’s mission is to “bring the world closer together.” Increasingly, that’s not just about connecting friends and family to share messages, but also serving as a platform for people’s financial lives
Facebook | (forse)
::: nytimestech

Microsoft is Making it Harder To Switch Default Browsers in Windows 11
Microsoft | browser
::: Slashdot

Healthcare Provider Expected To Lose $106.8 Million Following Ransomware Attack
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

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