Visto nel Web - 595

 Nell'aprile dell'anno più noioso ecco un altra rassegna di cosa ho wisto nel Web.

Memorie esterne non eguagliano dimenticanze interne
umorismo
::: BeppeBeppetti

Good news. The #VollaPhone is not affected by malware found on old devices of our hardware manufacturer: Different hardware, different operating system, different, independent OTA service
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: hello_volla

Happy 20th anniversary to our longest-operating spacecraft at Mars!
spazio, esplorazione
::: NASA

We've officially crossed over to 418ppm, the highest atmospheric carbon dioxide levels in millions of years — before the pyramids, before the ice age, before modern humans existed
ambiente, ecologia
::: EricHolthaus

Which notable programming languages do not have a specification? By "specification" I mean a prose document that comprehensively prescribes the language's intended behavior for the current major release. Documentation generally does not count
linguaggi di programmazione
::: sliminality

How the Tang Dynasty shapes China tech
il link porta a un sito a pagamento ma il documento (con lo stesso titolo) si trova anche da altre parti
artificial intelligence | Cina
::: simopieranni

YouTube Kids 'a Vapid Wasteland', Say US Lawmakers
social media
::: Slashdot

Polish Blogger Sued After Revealing Security Issue In Encrypted Messenger
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

YouTube Is Once Again the Most Popular Social Media Platform
social media
::: Slashdot

Twitch Will Ban Users For 'Severe Misconduct' That Occurs Away From Its Site
social media
::: Slashdot

Google Illegally Tracking Android Users, According To New Complaint
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Google
::: Slashdot

Facebook Does Not Plan To Notify Half-Billion Users Affected by Data Leak
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Facebook
::: Slashdot

Saskatchewan To Roll Out $150 Annual Tax For Passenger Electric Vehicles
una tassa contro
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Previews Its Open Source Java Distribution, Microsoft Build of OpenJDK
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

It is a little known fact that every time a programmer uses the I,J,K,L,M,N (both cases) as a loop, a hundredth of a cent royalty is deposited in the Fortran endowment, which will keep the Fortran developer community fully funded through the year 4000
linguaggi di programmazione | umorismo
::: science_dot

Building and publishing #Python packages for your software, the easy way
Python
::: jgbarah

IBM Creates a COBOL Compiler For Linux On x86
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

Concerns raised about Covid-19 tracker app’s ‘limited benefits’
coronavirus | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

UK Broadcaster Wins Injunction To Stop Reddit Moderator Sharing Pirated TV Shows
video, streaming
::: Slashdot

Paper: Ten simple rules for getting started on Twitter as a scientist
Twitter
::: ENJOIproject

BleedingTooth is a set of zero-click vulnerabilities in the Linux Bluetooth subsystem that can allow an unauthenticated remote attacker in short distance to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges on vulnerable devices
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: nixcraft

PayPal Pledges To Reach Net-Zero Greenhouse Emissions By 2040
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

US Adds Chinese Supercomputing Entities To Economic Blacklist
politica | Cina
::: Slashdot

30 years ago today a small team from Sun Microsystems moved off-site to work in secret on a new programming language it code-named "Oak." 5 years later, Java was released
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

Coq will be renamed
ma dimmi te! l'ignoranza delle lingue 🙁
::: Lambda the Ultimate

Overnight both @Apple and @EpicGames released hundreds of pages of new documents, containing lots of colour based on discovery and recent depositions. I stayed up reading so you don't have to. Here's what I learnt (couple *bombshells* in here)
Apple
::: PatrickMcGee_

Hard disagree. I say for every paper we should also prepare a talk, poster, video, tweet storm, blog post, limited-run comic, and feature film. This way we radically increase the time cost of publishing, forcing ppl to slow down and write fewer papers that really matter
lol? riporto e chiedo, nèh!
scienza
::: RandomlyWalking

Awesome post that could have easily been two or three standalone posts given all the findings. Seems like the M1's secrets are falling quickly!
Apple
::: trav_downs

PANAMA, an in-network aggregation framework for distributed ML training on shared clusters
machine learning
::: MIT_CSAIL

Proctorio Is Using Racist Algorithms To Detect Faces
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: Slashdot

Hackers Scraped Data from 500 Million LinkedIn Users -- and Have Posted it For Sale Online
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

🌖 Come vivere sulla #Luna? Lo studio di Thales Alenia Space
spazio, esplorazione
::: formichenews

I am a:
umorismo
::: TartanLlama

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bot
spazio, esplorazione
::: NASAPersevere

The concentration of power in the hands of a small number of information intermediaries negates one of the core assumptions of the Open movement
open source | Web, Internet
::: jaromil

E. Balboni

Facebook Hopes Tiny Labels On Posts Will Stop Users Confusing Satire With Reality
mah... dare subito l'assoluzione 🤪
Facebook
::: Slashdot

Grazie agli studenti del @PoliTOnews per aver completato la traduzione italiana di @CiviCRM, piattaforma (libera e open source) per l'amministrazione delle no-profit
open source
::: ItaLinuxSociety

We build our computer (systems) the way we build our cities
cit.
::: CodeWisdom

Critical Zoom Vulnerability Triggers Remote Code Execution Without User Input
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Happy birthday, Apple Computer Company
storia
::: cdespinosa

Eolico e fotovoltaico offshore, la combinazione può essere vincente
energia | ambiente, ecologia
::: Qualenergiait

L'Antitrust cinese ha multato Alibaba per 2,8 miliardi di dollari
Cina | economia, lavoro | Web, Internet
::: AndreaPira

TAE Technologies Claims Landmark In Fusion Energy, Sees Commercialization By 2030
ma vedi l'Oca s. (secondo link)
energia | innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot ::: MauroV1968

W3C Slaps Down Google's Proposal To Treat Multiple Domains as Same Origin
Web, Internet | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

A Third of Antarctic Ice Shelf Risks Collapse as Our Planet Warms
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

JPMorgan Chase CEO Says Fintech is an 'Enormous Competitive' Threat To Banks
economia, lavoro | big tech
::: Slashdot

Instagram spiegato semplicemente
umorismo | (forse)
::: Terra2itter

prima che scoppiasse caso #Snowden,intelligence americana mentì come il Demonio dicendo che non raccoglieva i #MetadatiTelefonici. Era falso: lo scoprimmo grazie a #Snowden, UNA delle decine di rivelazioni top secret dei suoi file
Edward Snowden
::: SMaurizi

I don't think enough engineers realize what a great tool spreadsheets are for thinking through problems, analyzing data, even building tools that can replace a "real" app
ahemm...
applicazioni, programmi
::: jacobian

I am sad to report that Leonid Schneider's Twitter account has been suspended. He might have sometimes used strong language, but he does important work against science misconduct
Twitter | scienza
::: MicrobiomDigest ::: RickyPo

When you start, the tools you use are critical. People hire you because you do JavaScript, or Python, or C#. But as you grow your career, language, frameworks, and tools become irrelevant. Your strength becomes your ability to solve problems. Work towards that transition
linguaggi di programmazione | programming, codice, snippet
::: svpino

The French army is testing Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot in combat scenarios
robots, automazione, droni
::: fabiochiusi

Visto nel Web - 594

 Invece del muone vi racconto cosa ho wisto nel Web.

All 533,000,000 Facebook records were just leaked for free
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Facebook
::: UnderTheBreach ::: jwildeboer ::: nixcraft ::: arturodicorinto ::: alex_orlowski ::: alex_orlowski ::: signalapp ::: emenietti ::: Slashdot

Scopriamo che il primo input di indagare sulle Ong non venne dai pm di Trapani. Ma dal ministero dell'Interno (da poche ore in mano a Minniti) che ordinò alla polizia di investigare. I pm hanno poi intercettato giornalisti estranei. Qualcuno deve spiegare
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: emifittipaldi ::: senzasinistra

Will VW Face Regulatory Scrutiny Over It 'Voltswagen' Prank Like Elon Musk Did For His Tweets?
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Amazon 'Fesses Up': that Peeing in Bottles Thing is Probably True
Amazon
::: Slashdot

Microsoft was founded #otd in 1975
Microsoft
::: MIT_CSAIL ::: alex_orlowski

What if the best way to get a friendly Common Lisp IDE
Lisp | language Racket
::: stylewarning

Io non ho niente contro quelli che fanno "scienza" per passatempo o per diletto su Twitter. Ben vengano! Massimo rispetto per chi, facendo un altro lavoro, qualsiasi lavoro, trova il tempo per studiare e approfondire un argomento, e vuole parlarne su twitter. 7/
estratto da un thread tutto da leggere
Twitter | scienza
::: glipari

A switch has silently been flipped in millions of instances of Google Chrome
browser | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: EFF

NFTs Weren’t Supposed to End Like This
non-fungible tokens | bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | economia, lavoro
::: fabiochiusi ::: Slashdot

It is now possible to run a Debian using Coreutils (cp, chmod, ls, rm, tail, install, etc) rewritten in @Rustlang (instead of C for GNU)
è solo un inizio; molto lavoro ancora da fare
linguaggi di programmazione
::: SylvestreLedru

Linus Torvalds Discusses Intel and AMD's New Proposals for Interrupt/Exception Handling
hardware | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Tesla Faces Even More Union Trouble In the EU
lavoro
::: Slashdot

Putin's Plan For Controlling the Internet In Russia
censura
::: Slashdot

AlmaLinux Released As a Stable RHEL Clone For Those Who Liked CentOS
Linux distro
::: Slashdot

Mi stupisco dello stupore di @RobertoBurioni Non sa o fa finta di non sapere quanto infame è @mariogiordano5 e quindi che razza di gente siano i suoi collaboratori?
giornali, stampa
::: sdallagata

5th April 2010 10:44 @wikileaks has released a classified US military video depicting three airstrikes from a US Apache helicopter on July 12 2007 in New Baghdad. At least eighteen people were killed in the airstrikes, including two journalists working for Reuters
storia | Julian Assange
::: channeldraw ::: wikileaks

1. Ingenuity (ingegnosità) è un piccolo elicottero sviluppato dal Jet Propulsion Center di Pasadena, in California: il primo oggetto costruito dall’umanità per volare su un pianeta diverso dalla Terra
spazio, esplorazione | robots, automazione, droni
::: a_a_f_t

Siccome usa i dati degli utenti #Facebook non può dirsi gratis
Facebook
::: sdallagata

💥 SST is a new open source framework for serverless
Web, Internet
::: ServerlessStack

Democrazia Futura. Perché l’oligopolio di Big Tech è insopportabile
Google
::: arturodicorinto

GitHub is Investigating Crypto-mining Campaign Abusing Its Server Infrastructure
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Retweet if DOS Turbo Pascal was your first point of touch with programming
sì ma la versione 3.0; & poi tutte le successive
storia
::: flaviocopes

I got you! As a kid growing up in Los Alamos, I crashed MANIAC II!
storia
::: landsnark

45 years ago today the first major supercomputer was installed. The Cray-1 had a 64-bit processor and a top speed of 160 MFLOPS. For comparison, today’s top supercomputers are 20 billion times faster
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

Just got this as part of a (spammy) email to participate in a research survey "Note: You don't need to worry about this link, it's a link to a Google form". Made my day
spam
::: zacchiro

Bitcoin is Trading Near $66,000 in South Korea as 'Kimchi Premium' Returns
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Problems people on Twitter think women in tech face, vs the problems women in tech actually face
Twitter | gender, discriminazioni
::: jeanqasaur

The more I use Go professionally and have to rely upon various forms of global or implicit state/behaviours, the more desperately I wish I could use a pure FP language (compiled) instead. I'm looking at you, context and deferred actions ...
programmazione funzionale
::: oubiwann

A curious observation I keep making is that Rust code is quite consistently shown with 4 space indentation. Go code on the other hand is all over the place since gofmt uses tabs. Originally go was shown everywhere with 8 space indentation which is rarely used these days
linguaggi di programmazione
::: mitsuhiko

If anyone is still holding out, Firefox is really good these days and has a lot of amazing privacy features built-in
browser | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: micahflee ::: Slashdot

1. BREAKING @Facebook pledged to suspend political donations for the first 90 days of 2021, then donated $50,000 to @RSLC, a Republican group pushing voter suppression laws
Facebook | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni | politica
::: JuddLegum

Locating solar panels directly above water canals—an idea that has been tried and proven effective in India—might help Californians get the water and electricity they're insatiably thirsty for
energia | ambiente, ecologia
::: IEEESpectrum

Utility That Funded Racist Ad Tweets It Is ‘Committed’ to Antiracism
odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: RadioProzac

Is a JingOS Linux Phone Coming? This Video Hints at the Possibility
dispositivi mobili | Linux
::: dcavedon ::: Genjuro75

Diamond-Based Quantum Accelerator Puts Qubits in a Server Rack
quantum computing
::: ericoguizzo

Sanity has prevailed: the Supreme Court sides with Google in Oracle’s API copyright case. It's astonishing that this case even got started, much less that it ground on for more than a decade
dispositivi mobili | copyright e brevetti
::: errcraft ::: Slashdot ::: SCOTUSblog ::: xor ::: webmink ::: ShriramKMurthi ::: lenazun ::: EFF ::: zacchiro

In 50 years, when the Internet generation runs the show, the Supreme Court is going to be split 5-4 between Lispers and Haskellers
umorismo
::: breckyunits

Moscow clashes over facial recognition in shops
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

This is not only in Germany. Digital infrastructures create dependencies, are hard to remove, and are likely to be expanded. Precaution is key when creating solutions for emergency situation. Their impact on society will be longlasting. There is no Back to the Future in real life
coronavirus | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: carmelatroncoso

Omofobo fino in fondo
odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: MariuzzoAndrea

Universities, don't do this to your students. Just don't
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: raistolo

A new and increasingly significant arm of medical research has gotten derailed from one of the basic tenets of scientific inquiry. Researchers are pushing to get it back on track
machine learning
::: IEEESpectrum

Big Meat and Dairy Companies Have Spent Millions Lobbying Against Climate Action, a New Study Finds - Inside Climate News
ambiente, ecologia
::: RadioProzac

Di questo legame se ne parla troppo poco: pandemie e cambiamento climatico
coronavirus | ambiente, ecologia
::: MauroV1968

Colorado Denied Its Citizens the Right-To-Repair After Riveting Testimony
diritto di riparare
::: Slashdot

Justice Thomas Argues For Making Facebook, Twitter and Google Utilities
social media
::: Slashdot

Yahoo Answers, a Repository for Stupid Questions, Is Shutting Down
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot ::: Santas_Official

LG To Shut Down Smartphone Business
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

A group of 51 digital rights organizations has called on the European Commission to impose a complete ban on the use of facial recognition technologies for mass surveillance – with no exceptions allowed
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

We had to discontinue the HomePod because we only sold millions of them
umorismo
::: TimothyCookothy

Do NOT use Sci-Hub please! Here is the list of links, so you can avoid them more efficiently!
scienza | Web, Internet
::: N_Tomassetti

Results of Debian Vote On Stallman To Be Known By April 17
protagonisti
::: Slashdot

Questa settimana in #EconomiaPerTutti siamo meno scherzosi e più "verticali". Il tema è di spessore, e nel consueto limite dei 30 minuti bisognava dire un sacco di cose. Per questo abbiamo aggiunto un post con approfondimenti e link
hardware
::: AlienoGentile

Il y a eu une attaque informatique contre les serveurs du CNED
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: Nain_Portekoi ::: glipari

Modi govt now plans a ‘touchless’ vaccination process, with Aadhaar-based facial recognition
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

We've created a searchable table of 1800+ publicly funded agencies that are listed as having used the facial recognition tool Clearview AI, per data we’ve obtained. Reporting this, by contacting every agency in the chart, took 9 months. Here’s the story
frodi
::: caro1inehaskins

#otd in 2005 Linus Torvalds messaged the Linux community about Git, a revision-control system he created over the weekend
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

Microsoft is Now Submerging Servers Into Liquid Baths
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Signal Tests Payments Feature To Let Users Send Cryptocurrency
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Intel Launches First 10nm 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable Processors For Data Centers
hardware
::: Slashdot

Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point
protagonisti
::: Forbes

The State of Clojure 2021 results are in and Clojure is still going strong!
programming, codice, snippet
::: cognitect

How can we make #AI more sustainable? @FriedR17 @johl presented our project SustAIn – #Sustainability Index for Artificial Intelligence @bmu @algorithmwatch
artificial intelligence
::: ioew_de

"This dinosaur is back in the top 20 after more than 10 years. Fortran was the first commercial programming language ever, and is gaining popularity thanks to the massive need for (scientific) number crunching. Welcome back Fortran," says Tiobe
linguaggi di programmazione
::: fortranlang ::: MIT_CSAIL

La leggendaria email di Schroedinger
umorismo
::: ITSquOd

La prima apparizione di un computer in un fumetto avviene nel 1948 in una storia sceneggiata da Joye Hummel e che ha Wonder Woman come protagonista. La storia di Joye Hummel, che ci ha lasciato due giorni fa, la potete invece trovare qua
storia
::: PeppeLiberti

Scoop w/ @NicoAGrant & @dinabass: Google AI research manager Samy Bengio has resigned from his position, following the ousting of Ethical AI leaders @timnitGebru and @mmitchell_ai
Google | artificial intelligence | etica
::: josheidelson ::: CadeMetz

China Creates Its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy
moneta digitale
::: Slashdot

It's been amazing to see how @rustlang is really taking off in the @Android platform, and I'm very hopeful for how this will improve both developer productivity and ultimately platform quality!
linguaggi di programmazione | dispositivi mobili
::: larsberg_ ::: rust_foundation ::: durumcrustulum

Il metano non dà una mano
ambiente, ecologia
::: MauroV1968

Piccola storia triste sulla Cyber Response italiana
censura
::: _odisseus

Una raccolta di strumenti digitali e applicazioni libere e responsabili da utilizzare soprattutto a #scuola: ladigitale.dev Un progetto, da diffondere e sostenere :) #softwarelibero #sostenibilità @magnaneta @R_Leuco @opavlos
open source | scuola, educazione, cultura
::: nilocram

Last week, @IBM and @Intel formed an unlikely partnership to take on international competition in the chipmaking business. From sub-7nm processes to tech-sharing arrangements, the duo are exploring new inroads to collaboration
hardware
::: IEEESpectrum

Processing Large Files through Unix pipeline in AWS Lambda Function
Python
::: SteveHarville

Proctoring is surveillance. In Open Dialog, @hypervisible tells me why A.I. proctoring can't be reformed to be fair and can't be integrated into sound teaching practices. Where does this leave us? @hypervisible argues the tech should be abolished
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: EvanSelinger

Jeff Bezos Comes Out in Support of Increased Corporate Taxes
protagonisti | Amazon | economia, lavoro | politica
::: Slashdot

Our media is too important to be left to the billionaires
media
::: jeremycorbyn

registro elettronico hackerato
sic
::: MauroV1968

Et Tu, Signal?
crittografia
::: Slashdot

Airship Scheme is an R7RS implementation hosted on Common Lisp
Scheme
::: fogus

T-Mobile Launches Home Internet Service and Small Town Initiative as Part of Latest 'Un-carrier' Move
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Visto nel Web - 593

 Tutti chiusi nèh che intanto vi racconto cosa ho wisto nel Web.

We are in the golden age of Linux
Linux
::: nixcraft ::: dcavedon

.@Coursera (NYSE: $COUR) virtually rings the Opening Bell to celebrate its IPO today
scuola, educazione, cultura | #eco
::: NYSE

141 years ago today Wasbash, Indiana became the 1st city on earth lit via electricity 💡
storia | energia
::: PessimistsArc

JingOS 0.8 Released with OTA Updates, New App Store, and More
Linux | dispositivi mobili
::: dcavedon

For 1200 years, the date that cherry blossoms have fully opened has been tracked. Climate change assures that they open earlier every year
ambiente, ecologia
::: simongerman600

Russian law requires smart devices to come pre-installed with domestic software
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

Police Say They Found Mafia Fugitive On YouTube, Posting Cooking Tutorials
social media
::: Slashdot

A potential UK vaccine passport is in danger of becoming a “honeypot” for hackers, rogue states and cyber criminal organisations, according to one of the government’s former top cyber security advisers
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: fabiochiusi

Update time: LibreOffice 7.1.2 is now available, with over 60 bugfixes and compatibility improvements
applicazioni, programmi
::: libreoffice

Myanmar Orders Wireless Internet Shutdown Until Further Notice
censura
::: Slashdot

Our reporter @nicolaskb looked at a training data set for automated translations. No suprise: they're still hopelessly sexist
Web, Internet | gender, discriminazioni
::: algorithmwatch

Il progetto #SchoolSwap, esempio di #solidarietà e #sostenibilità #digitale in @ProvinciaBZ contribuisce all'economia circolare sul territorio. Complimenti a tutti i volontari impegnati giornalmente
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: fusslab

So what are your plans
umorismo
::: summer__heidi

Looks like Hungary is on track to become the 2nd EU member state to fully implement the #copyright directive without waiting for the EU commissions much delayed guidance on #Article17
copyright e brevetti | Unione Europea
::: communia_eu

Apple was founded 45 years ago today by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

If it wasn't for C
umorismo
::: CodeWisdom

Non Sequitur for April 02, 2021
ambiente, ecologia
::: _juhan

Checkbox
umorismo
::: xkcdComic

How Attackers can Bypass Two-factor Authentication
pubblicità M$ ma ok
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: vishne0

@linuxfoundation hosts project to accelerate drug development for rare disease: https://bit.ly/39wiUsY #raredisease #openscience
open source | Linux
::: linuxfoundation

Coinbase Sets Direct Listing For April 14
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Is the #RaspberryPi 400 a viable solution for #HomeLearning? #EdTech
hardware | scuola, educazione, cultura
::: SimBadd64 ::: videopixil

Monumentale articolo di Carlo Rovelli sul pericolo di assecondare i ciarlatani che ricorrono ai tribunali per avvalorare le loro ciarlatanerie. Se loro sono liberi di fare i ciarlatani, scienziati e giornalisti devono essere liberi di denunciarlo, senza temere processi
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: marcocattaneo ::: BiologiScienza

Perché farsi usare da M$ Teams? Perché esporre i propri studenti alla sorveglianza di #GAFAM e NSA. L'alternativa siamo noi: https://meet.garr.it di @ReteGARR Da un anno lo sto sperimentando per lezioni, conferenze ed esami e l'ho visto migliorare di giorno in giorno
scuola, educazione, cultura | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: MCPievatolo

The @ukhomeoffice and @pritipatel want to be able to read everyone’s SMS messages, and in effect, ban secure messaging on Facebook
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: OpenRightsGroup

Hello, it's me, a social media researcher who has argued time and time again that it's not a good idea to force people to submit ID to use social media. It won't solve harassment; it will only further harm already vulnerable groups. Don't do this
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: emvdn

Nuovo capitolo dello scontro in atto in #Cina Il Pcc «avverte» Alibaba: snellire le partecipazioni nel mondo dei media
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | Cina
::: simopieranni

NASA Has a Plan To Punch An Asteroid With a Spaceship To Protect Earth
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

App Store Now Rejecting Apps Using Third-Party SDKs That Collect User Data Without Consent
Apple
::: Slashdot

AMD Zen 3 CPUs Vulnerable To Spectre-like Attacks via PSF Feature
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Apple Knew It Was Selling Defective MacBook Displays, Judge Concludes
hardware
::: Slashdot

Isamu Akasaki, Inventor of First Efficient Blue LED, Dies At 92
R.I.P.
::: Slashdot

explain this one @BillGates smh
umorismo
::: birdsarentreal

Netflix: the secret weapon of European integration
video, streaming
::: duncanrobinson

Understanding Real-World Concurrency Bugs in Go
linguaggi di programmazione
::: ShriramKMurthi

Open-Source Software Becomes a Standard In Dortmund, Germany
open source
::: Slashdot

Nuclear Should Be Considered Part of Clean Energy Standard, White House Says
energia | ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Oil Companies Defeat New York City Appeal Over Global Warming
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined its Italian affiliate, the FNSI, in demanding an explanation from the Italian authorities
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi ::: fededambri ::: nancyporsia ::: reportrai3

Explaining legacy code to new employees
umorismo
::: JenMsft

lunedì 5 aprile, saranno 10 anni che #WikiLeaks ha rivelato #CollateralMurder, lo avete mai visto? collateralmurder.wikileaks.org 1 mese dopo,Chelsea #Manning finì in prigione.8 anni 3 tentativi di suicidio. 7 mesi dopo Julian #Assange fu arrestato, NON è MAi più tornato libero
Julian Assange | Chelsea Manning
::: SMaurizi

Released 40 years ago today: the Osborne 1, widely considered to be the first mobile computer
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

Weather Service Internet Systems Are Crumbling As Key Platforms Are Taxed and Failing
Web, Internet | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

FSF Management Team Resigns, as FSF Now Seeks 'Improved Transparency'
open source
::: Slashdot

Privacy Advocate Confronts ACLU Over Its Use of Google and Facebook's Targeted Advertising
social media
::: Slashdot

HR8799

Visto nel Web - 592

 Sarà vero? sapete oggi --gio 1 apr 2021, 06:34:29, CEST-- si usa... ma no, è davvero quello che ho wisto nel Web.

“this is where things have gone terribly awry” bud you’re so close
economia, lavoro
::: thatkimparker

These are the four most popular misconceptions people have about race & gender bias in algorithms
algoritmi, codice
::: rajiinio

Debian Linux 10.9 released. Happy upgrades!
Linux distro
::: nixcraft

FreeBSD's Close Call: How Flawed Code Almost Made It Into the Kernel
sistemi operativi | bug
::: Slashdot

OpenAI's Sam Altman: AI-Generated Wealth Will Enable a $13,500-a-Year Basic Income
artificial intelligence | economia, lavoro | politica
::: Slashdot

Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' Beta Called 'Laughably Bad and Potentially Dangerous'
automazione | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

After a hard night, Julian woke up this morning to a kind, personal message from Pope Francis @pontifex delivered to his cell door by the prison priest
Julian Assange
::: StellaMoris1

Attackers Breach 21,000 Microsoft Exchange Servers, Install Malware Implicating Brian Krebs
Microsoft | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

I'm realizing how much Babel and the other things I do in the OpenSource community have shaped me
open source | linguaggi di programmazione
::: NicoloRibaudo

pretty cool example from a student in compilers class
programming, codice, snippet | tool, componente software
::: johnregehr

NFTs, explained
io sono vecchio, non riesco a farmene una ragione 🤔
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: MIT_CSAIL ::: Slashdot

Raspberry Pi To Get Machine Learning Boost - Analytics India Magazine
hardware | machine learning
::: FabienBrodie

cURL's 20th Anniversary Celebrated With 3D-Printed 'GitHub Steel' Contribution Graph
browser
::: Slashdot

Amazon Argues With US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders on Twitter
Amazon | politica
::: Slashdot

Facebook and Amazon are now the top lobbying spenders in the US
big tech | politica
::: dcavedon

Open-Source Customizable Prompt for Any Shell
tool, componente software
::: itsfoss2

China-Based Hackers Caught Using Facebook For Targeted Spying on Uighurs
odio, razzismo, discriminazioni | Cina
::: Slashdot

Sempre su Richard Stallman Saga
protagonisti
::: johns_FSF ::: fcouchet ::: nixcraft ::: jaromil ::: mjg59 ::: Grady_Booch ::: zacchiro ::: jamesvasile ::: georgialyle ::: samth ::: mitsuhiko ::: paulnivin

“The urgency of the pandemic led to many studies using #datasets that contain obvious #biases or are not representative of the target population" Before evaluating a model, authors must "report the demographic statistics for their datasets”
coronavirus | machine learning
::: DorotheaBaur

Visa Using Stablecoin To Settle Transactions in Lure To Fintechs
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

LEAK: EU experts to say nuclear power qualifies for green investment label
energia
::: AndreaPira

Gli hub della disinformazione
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: MauroV1968

SBCL 2.1.3 is out. Get it while it’s hot
Lisp
::: stylewarning

My students are the best i am ded
umorismo
::: wilbowma

AT&T Lobbies Against Nationwide Fiber, Says 10Mbps Uploads Are Good Enough
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Facial recognition camera projects raise concerns in Eastern Europe
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

Regression and Linear Combinations
matematica | Python
::: MathProgramming

I personally use Linux and other open source software
open source | Linux
::: sunshowers6

i learned of this today, in the bowels of the Go source code for x509 validation. lol
programming, codice, snippet
::: nicktrav

Unknown attackers tried to compromise the source code of the PHP programming language in what would have been a dangerous supply chain hack
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: motherboard ::: Slashdot

Soluzioni tecno per la crisi climatica
ambiente, ecologia | tecnologia
::: RadioProzac

this is one hell of a bug report
bug
::: steveklabnik

Amazon Security Staff Reported Its Own Hostile Tweets as 'Suspicious,' Fearing They'd Been Hacked
Amazon
::: Slashdot

OpenAI's Text-Generating System GPT-3 is Now Spewing Out 4.5 Billion Words a Day
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

The digital agency behind the shambolic development of the government’s contact-tracing app has begun developing vaccine passports
coronavirus
::: fabiochiusi

When you write a buggy word definition in Forth
programming, codice, snippet
::: stylewarning

Passports, please! Read the first analysis published within the scope of our new #TracingTheTracers project
coronavirus
::: algorithmwatch

Amazon Loses Effort To Install Camera To Watch Counting of Ballots in Pivotal Union Vote
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Intel 11th-Generation Rocket Lake-S Gaming CPUs Did Not Impress Us
hardware
::: Slashdot

Duo Goes Passwordless
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Umorismo storico DEC
umorismo
::: larsbrinkhoff

The Virginia legislation says that any law enforcement agency using facial recognition technology, including Clearview AI, must stop as of July 1, when the law would go into effect
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

In China, "a group of tax scammers has been caught hacking a government-run facial recognition system to fake tax invoices and make millions of yuan in the process"
frodi | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

In addition to what he says, if you use Chrome with the DuckDuckGo extension you are still not protected from Google's tracking unless you also disable history sync in Chrome, or switch to a browser that doesn't corral you into being tracked
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: robinberjon

Utah gave a five-year, $20.7 million contract to an AI surveillance company that did not actually have any AI capabilities, a state auditor has found
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | politica
::: fabiochiusi

la tua password non può contenere
umorismo
::: bermat

I started my programming career just before the full take-over of OOP
programming, codice, snippet
::: fogus

Concurrent semantics … is more complex
programming, codice, snippet
::: MonniauxD

Overseen at work
umorismo
::: jamesiry

Il fatto che #Byoblu avesse 500mila iscritti dimostra solo una cosa: andava chiuso molto, molto prima
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: L_Apostata ::: marco_heffler ::: bermat ::: L_Apostata ::: VujaBoskov

Nothing less is acceptable than “mandatory rules” for #AI use that can violate “rights or safety of people”, high vs low risk makes no sense. For those “incompatible with fundamental rights, we may need to go further”VDL - May?
artificial intelligence | politica | Unione Europea
::: infofannny

So... Facebook, Twitter and Spotify are all launching Clubhouse competitors?
social media
::: mmasnick ::: mpietropoli

Meet the Kenyan female coders flipping the Silicon Valley trope on its head
tecnologia | gender, discriminazioni
::: UNDP_innovation

Appena lanciata la consultazione multipartita del #CAHAI su un nuovo quadro normativo dell’#IA fondato sulle norme del Consiglio d’Europa: diritti umani, democrazia e stato di diritto
artificial intelligence | Unione Europea
::: ClemBarbaro

In questo articolo su @Agenda_Digitale, il sociologo Lelio Demichelis mette in risonanza le "New Laws of Robotics" contenute nell'ultimo libro di @FrankPasquale con il mio #SchiaviDelClic. Ed è davvero una bella lettura, dall'inizio alla fine
robots, automazione, droni | etica
::: AntonioCasilli

ML model automatically corrects news stories with outdated or inaccurate info
machine learning | automazione | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: MIT_CSAIL

US military account's gibberish tweet prompts viral mystery
sarà davvero vero?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | umorismo
::: JvJean1971

Stanford Scientists Reverse Engineer Moderna Vaccine, Post Code on Github
coronavirus | open source
::: dcavedon

China enlisted surveillance firms to help draw up standards for mass facial recognition systems, researchers said on Tuesday, warning that an unusually heavy emphasis on tracking characteristics such as ethnicity created wide scope for abuse
odio, razzismo, discriminazioni | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

'Rectenna' Harvests Electromagnetic Energy From 5G Signals
ah! ma allora... 😜
5G
::: Slashdot

PayPal Launches Checkout With Crypto Service
crittografia
::: Slashdot

From the "everything has a fancier algorithm" files
language Racket
::: samth

Some new preprints available! First up, Evaluating Synthetic Bugs, where we tried to rigorously evaluate how well synthetic bugs do as a benchmark for bug finders. We still have a lot of work to do
programming, codice, snippet | bug
::: moyix

IPv4 Parsing Flaw In NPM Netmask Could Affect 270,000 Apps
bug
::: Slashdot

Dopo 5 anni di Twitter, la mia serena analisi
Twitter
::: L_Apostata

Perché l'Europa ci mette tanto a spegnere il 2G e dare banda al 5G
5G
::: JvJean1971

Obsessed? No! I simply love #math
matematica
::: Nereide

FSFE launches the Router Freedom Activity Package
Stavolta in Italia andiamo un pochino meglio che nel resto d'Europa 😉 #routerfreedom
Web, Internet
::: JvJean1971

Amazon ambassadors were trained to defend Jeff Bezos and clap back at Bernie Sanders under a program codenamed “Veritas”
Amazon | Twitter
::: fabiochiusi

This year's $1m Turing Award - often described as "the Nobel Prize for computing" - goes to Jeffrey Ullman & Alfred Aho for their work in compilers
protagonisti
::: MIT_CSAIL

Google Collects 20 Times More Telemetry From Android Devices Than Apple From iOS
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

#lisp The SPICE Lisp interpreter from 1984 is written in Lisp itself
storia | Lisp
::: RainerJoswig

Many apps try to trick us into doing things we didn't mean to do, but a new tool could help take back control
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: IEEESpectrum

guidalua, a #Lua for #LuaTeX programmers guide is out "a little step for a man, a giant leap for TeX document projects" :-)
programming, codice, snippet
::: xetibor

Volkswagen Isn't Rebranding Itself Voltswagen
energia | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot

A Cautionary Tale For China's Ambitious Chipmakers
hardware | Cina
::: Slashdot

i wrote a small command line tool to spy on the DNS queries your computer is making called dnspeep!
devo ancora provarlo
Web, Internet
::: b0rk

Today's the 70th anniversary of the first commercial computer: the UNIVAC, sold to the US Census Bureau
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL