Visto nel Web - 684

Alle volte --come oggi-- mi viene da dire come Miss Universo, la pace nel mondo, ma intanto ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.

"at least $1.8tn of environmentally harmful subsidies is heading in the wrong direction, financing the annihilation of wildlife and global heating through support for cattle ranching, pesticide use, the overproduction of crops and fossil fuel extraction"
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: GretaThunberg

Ancora sui brevetti (vaccini edition)
coronavirus | economia, lavoro
::: MauroV1968

The First Image From NASA's new X-ray Observatory
spazio, esplorazione
::: universetoday

To help anyone apply Data-centric AI, I’m excited to announce a new resource hub, with articles by experts (including @AnimaAnandkumar, @msbernst and D Sculley) and talks from the NeurIPS Data-centric AI workshop
artificial intelligence | dati, raccolta
::: AndrewYNg

Is Firefox OK?
è il mio browser
browser
::: fede_guerrini

Francia e Germania: le opposte strategie sull’energia che dividono l’Europa
energia
::: valigiablu

Bipartisan Senate Proposal Raises Alarm Over El Salvador's Bitcoin Adoption
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot ::: nayibbukele

Russian hackers have obtained sensitive defense information technology by targeting US contractors, according to CISA
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: fede_guerrini

IBM Cloud To Offer Z-Series Mainframes For First Time
cloud
::: Slashdot

Twitter Officially Launches Labels To Identify the 'Good Bots'
Twitter | web-bot, robocall
::: Slashdot

NYSE Moves Closer To NFT Trading With Trademark Application
not fungible token
::: Slashdot

Otter.ai Transcription Service, Widely Used By Journalists, Has Security Concerns
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

I finally have Emacs working the way that I've always dreamed!
umorismo
::: fogus

Bitcoin is the continuation of politics
cit.
::: Snowden

All of your 20-30 year predictions
innovazioni, futuro
::: emmalsalinas

Open a terminal window on your computer—whether Windows, Mac or Linux—and unless you’ve fiddled the defaults, the width is almost always 80 columns. Run a code reformatter like clang-format and same deal…defaults to 80 columns. Why? (1/18)
storia
::: PaintYourDragon

Data Trap
umorismo
::: xkcdComic

My new 50" talk about the techno-political social history of #crypto comes 10 years after my 1st time at the #Bitcoin conference in 2012. If you like this keynote as a conversation starter: twitter space coming up Monday 21 February 9:30pm UTC
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | crittografia
::: jaromil

Dystopian robot dogs are the latest in a long history of US-Mexico border surveillance
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | robots, automazione, droni
::: fabiochiusi

🔴Innovazione: è stata autorizzata per la prima volta in Italia la sperimentazione di una flotta di navette a guida autonoma su strada a Torino con il progetto “Sperimentazione Italia”
automazione
::: InnovazioneGov

Important cautionary tale on the use of AI-based transcription services
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

‼️ Spanish court rejects opening code for automated public decisions - This sentence sets a baseline on the #transparency of #sourcecode for software and #algorithms developed by Spanish public administrations
copyright e brevetti
::: civio

'The Case of the Creepy [Microsoft] Algorithm That ‘Predicted’ Teen Pregnancy'. "A government leader in Argentina hailed the AI, which was fed invasive data about girls. The feminist pushback could inform the future of health tech"
artificial intelligence
::: PrivacyMatters

JPMorgan Becomes First Bank To Open In Metaverse
metaverso | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

“Clearview AI is telling investors it is on track to have 100 billion facial photos in its database within a year, enough to ensure “almost everyone in the world will be identifiable””
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

Alas, Scheme is so far from Lisp that they shouldn't be considered the same
Lisp | Scheme
::: amszmidt

Tutto quello che non puoi fare su Linux non ti serve
Linux
::: L_Apostata

The pandemic pushed researchers into new forms of rapid communication and collaboration
coronavirus | scienza
::: alexvespi

Tell me the thruth
umorismo
::: MaartenvSmeden

Apartheid heir Elon Musk is posting Hitler memes while this is happening inside his California factory
Elon Musk | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: elivalley ::: RadioProzac

Last fall, @citizenlab obtained a zero click, zero day Pegasus exploit from a Saudi activists' hacked device, who chose to remain anonymous. Now she has come forward: Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul
spyware
::: RonDeibert ::: rj_gallagher ::: Slashdot

Julia Revisited
per il futuro; Python attento! - da approfondire
linguaggi di programmazione
::: thek3nger

Now it’s Google’s turn to make privacy changes to its mobile operating system. Can it have a more gentle impact than similar changes already made by Apple?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: nytimestech

Windows 11 Pro Now Requires Microsoft Account and Internet During Setup
sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot

The US Is Now Energy Independent
energia
::: Slashdot

Physical Console Games Are Quickly Becoming a Relatively Niche Market
hardware | games
::: Slashdot

The greatest value that Twitter provides is to connect people on the basis of intellectual chemistry. Unfortunately this is an angle that is very underrepresented in terms of product features...
Twitter
::: fchollet

#Paris's car-free zone announced. Starting in 2024, cars will be banned in much of 1st-4th arrondissements. Zone will be reserved for pedestrians, cyclists, transit, the handicapped, local residents. Offenders will be automatically ticketed
cose di tutti i giorni, la vita
::: grescoe ::: dcavedon

Amazon co-owns deportation airline implicated in alleged torture of immigrants
Amazon
::: fabiochiusi

Ma chi cazzarola ve lo ha raccontato che il litio è difficile da estrarre ed è un "elemento raro"? È più comune del piombo e costa più o meno come il rame, materie prime che abbiamo usato (e usiamo) in quantità enormi!
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: L_Apostata

No time left for bla bla bla!!! #fridaysforfuture
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: TKurotwi ::: hawanatu_brima

"With utmost urgency, European Leaders must decide now whether Europe shall accelerate its efforts, to remain in the leading ranks of spacefaring nations that shape the future of this planet, or to fall behind into the role of a junior partner for decades to come"
spazio, esplorazione
::: AstroSamantha

we are making progress on the Rust implementation of the GNU Coreutils and, with the kernel moving to Rust too, it is probably a potential path for the future of Linux!
linguaggi di programmazione
::: SylvestreLedru

Bahraini activists hacked with Pegasus just days after a report confirming other victims
spyware
::: citizenlab ::: Rasha_Abdul ::: _arianna

Brevetti high tech, l’Ue denuncia la Cina al Wto
copyright e brevetti
::: fede_guerrini

Google is backing a jobs training program that it hopes can be a model for other corporate efforts
Google
::: nytimestech

Windows 11, il primo vero aggiornamento blocca le stampanti - Problemi anche alle CPU, che si surriscaldano
sistemi operativi
::: giordi63

Hey look, JAX just passed 100000000000000 stars on github!
AX is Autograd and XLA, brought together for high-performance machine learning research
machine learning
::: jakevdp

He(X)agon marks the spots 🏴‍☠️ Last week, 18 spots helped confirm that each of Webb's mirror segments can see starlight. Now we've arranged those dots into our primary mirror shape, completing the first of Webb's mirror alignment phases
spazio, esplorazione
::: NASAWebb

The United States of Amazon: The Day Amazon Sent the FBI to Take My Family’s Bank Accounts
Amazon
::: quinta

How Bots and Fake Accounts Push China’s Vision of Winter Olympic Wonderland
web-bot, robocall | Cina
::: fede_guerrini

Alarm Raised After Microsoft Wins Data-Encoding Patent
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

The Rise of Crypto Could Trigger a Financial Crisis, Global Watchdog Warns
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

VMware Horizon Servers Are Under Active Exploit By Iranian State Hackers
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Captures First Visible Light Images of Venus' Surface
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

A Father Accidentally Shut Down His Town's Whole Internet in an Effort to Limit His Kids' Screentime
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Intel Discloses Multi-Generation Xeon Scalable Roadmap: New E-Core Only Xeons in 2024
hardware
::: Slashdot ::: emenietti

Meta's Social VR Platform Horizon Hits 300,000 Users
Facebook | virtual reality
::: Slashdot

'Pathetic' Performance Has Left US 'Well Behind' China in 5G Race, ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says
5G
::: Slashdot

"Overpopulation" is when the red blames the blue
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale | economia, lavoro
::: ClimateAdam

Amedeo Balboni

Joannidis dice che #teammorte aveva più followers, ma loro ci avevano l'h index più lungo. Mi correggano quelli studiati, io questo ho capito
coronavirus
::: RadioProzac

Internet shutdowns are increasingly being used as a weapon in modern conflicts
Web, Internet
::: nytimestech

As President Biden is poised to propose an $800 trillion defense budget, remember: roughly half of the Pentagon’s budget goes to military contractors
politica
::: CostsOfWar

Vodafone-Iliad, qual è il futuro delle telecomunicazioni dopo il declino?
Web, Internet | hardware | economia, lavoro
::: Domani

Insane: a 2022 news story about a 2014 article on how neural networks failed, and were outperformed by a 2001 random forest technique. Still, it's presented as a win for AI over humans… We should educate tech journalists to questions such grand narratives
giornali, stampa | artificial intelligence
::: AntonioCasilli

Open-access publishing fees deter researchers in the global south Authors in low-income countries rarely published free-to-read papers, even when they qualified for publication-fee waivers
scienza | economia, lavoro
::: openmarin

L'ennesima prova (qualora ce ne fosse bisogno) che dietro le proteste anti vaccini e anti restrizioni c'è una fitta rete (di portata internazionale!) con interessi economici, che include movimenti sovversivi, violenti ed estremisti
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | coronavirus
::: Evariste_Gal0is

BlackBerry's 5G Phone Is Officially Dead
5G
::: Slashdot

🎧 Il nuovo episodio di ‘La Rete è di tutti’ è online su @valigiablu! Il tema di oggi è il rapporto tra intelligenza artificiale ed emergenza climatica
artificial intelligence | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: fabiochiusi

TIOBE Adjusts Programming Language Popularity Calculations. Python, C, and Java Still Popular
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot