Visto nel Web - 639

 Quasi tuttoOkk! era solo --ma sono fatti miei-- ecco invece cosa ho wisto nel Web.

AOC

App developers celebrated a judge's ruling that Apple must change how it manages its App Store. For the smallest app makers, the ruling could lead to a windfall
Apple
::: nytimestech

The legacy of 9/11 cannot only be found in grief, but also in the fear Americans felt. We still struggle to comprehend the unfettered surveillance and militarization that moment unleashed on our institutions, and its impact on marginalized communities
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: EFF

Study of 61,000 Microsoft Employees Finds Remote Work Threatened Productivity and Innovation
lavoro a distanza/casa
::: Slashdot

The first US prosecution of a publisher, Assange, for truth-telling journalism now pends his extradition from the UK, the first of many unless Biden does what he should: drop the DOJ appeal now to extradite Assange. My piece with Alice Walker and Chomsky
Julian Assange
::: DanielEllsberg

Security Weaknesses in Mozilla VPN Found and Addressed by Audit
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Gli rispondo, @AmazonIT manda una seconda mail dove dice che praticamente non ci si può fare nulla
Amazon | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: stefelici

La struttura intellettuale di Aldo Grasso in relazione ai suoi studi non è adatta ad esegesi storiche, ma lui non lo sa e scrive boiate lo stesso
giornali, stampa
::: _golgota ::: L_Apostata ::: fabiochiusi

The best parts of the internet are about individual empowerment: discover, learn, connect, do, build
Web, Internet
::: fchollet

Facebook Admits It Sent Misinformation Researchers Flawed Data
Facebook
::: Slashdot

Amazon Renames Its Open Source Fork of ElasticSearch 'Amazon OpenSearch Service'
Amazon | open source
::: Slashdot

“Google has blocked new AI features analyzing emotions, fearing cultural insensitivity, while Microsoft restricted software mimicking voices and IBM rejected a client request for an advanced facial-recognition system”
artificial intelligence | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: FrankPasquale

Linux For Apple Silicon Macs Gets Closer To Reality
Apple | Linux
::: Slashdot

Twitch is suing two users in US federal court, accusing them of orchestrating 'hate raids' spewing abuse at video game play streamers who are not white or straight
odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: fabiochiusi

#Tschierva glacier and Piz #Bernina (4049 m a.s.l.) from Alp Ota (2257 m a.s.l.) - 1895 | 2004 | 2021
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: subfossilguy

“Bolsonaro is temporarily banning social media companies from removing certain content, including his claims that the only way he’ll lose next year’s elections is if the vote is rigged”
censura
::: fabiochiusi

I added an example JSON parser to Coalton, piggybacking on the functionality of an existing JSON library in Lisp and making a type-safe interface to it. This is a fine demo of the painless & practical two-way interop between Coalton and Lisp
Lisp
::: stylewarning

SBCL go brrr
Lisp | linguaggi di programmazione
::: stylewarning

Singapore Police Deploy Snitch Bots To Test Searching for 'Undesirable Social Behaviors'
robots, automazione, droni | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot

A Private space company is starting up, unlike the others
protagonisti
::: stevewoz

Personal Data About Millions of Children Stolen from Schools, Leaked onto the Darkweb
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

As More US Men Abandon Higher Education, Are Admissions Officers Discriminating Against Women?
scuola, educazione, cultura | gender, discriminazioni
::: Slashdot

俺の卒業制作書き時計
il mio progetto di laurea
hardware
::: BellTreeNursing

I don't usually endorse specific tools, but if Megablock ever needs a spokesperson, I am available
social media
::: evacide

Giving people tools with which to deal with harassment is good, actually. I'm glad you're so cool that "you don't want to live in an echo chamber" but online harassment disproportionately affects marginalized people and I support empowering them
social media
::: evacide

The problem with social media is that this got three thousand retweets, but if you look at the replies you'll find about three of them actually bothered to read the article
social media
::: Snowden

json — JavaScript Object Notation
modulo Python
Python
::: pymotw

El Salvador's Bitcoin Rollout Marred by Technical Glitches in Digital Wallets
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

“Do you own an Apple product? Update it today,” said said John Scott-Railton, one of the researchers who discovered the vulnerability
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: nytimestech

Era nell’aria ma è grossa - Ant smembrata e una nuova app con lo Stato azionista per i prestiti #Cina
economia, lavoro | Cina
::: simopieranni

A lawsuit filed by a woman who worked with the founders of Pinterest accuses two of the company’s three co-founders of breach of implied contract, idea theft, unjust enrichment and unfair business practices
social media | economia, lavoro
::: nytimestech

Inside the Shadowy World of Disinformation-for-Hire in Kenya
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | Twitter
::: Slashdot

Nvidia Leak May Reveal Unannounced Games, Including God of War For PC
games
::: Slashdot

Facebook gives powerful users "free rein to harass others, make false claims, and incite violence." “The message from @Facebook is clear – if you’re influential enough, they’ll let you get away with anything."
Facebook
::: AmnestyTech ::: JeffHorwitz

All'esercito americano non bastava l’identità delle persone, ma creare delle connessioni
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: simopieranni

The IT Talent Gap is Still Growing
lavoro
::: Slashdot ::: DailyQuino

Sony Is Nickel-and-Diming PS5 Owners On Upgrades For Games They Already Own
games
::: Slashdot

South Korea’s Top Independent Labor Leader Has Been Arrested
lavoro
::: AndreaPira

New York To Ban Sale of All Gas-Powered Vehicles In the State By 2035
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

A Horrifying New AI App Swaps Women Into Porn Videos With a Click
frodi
::: Slashdot

Technology Giant Olympus Hit by BlackMatter Ransomware
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Big Apple 0-day in the wild. If you have an elevated threat model (activist, journalist, being harassed, in the public eye, etc) would recommend updating software on all Apple devices within the hour, if possible. All folks with all threat models, by EOD
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: RachelTobac

Whole Italy is affected by strong #Drought conditions as clearly visible in satellite #soilmoisture from @eumetsat @CopernicusLand Particularly our region (Umbria, central Italy) is experiencing the worst conditions in the last 15 years
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Hydrology_IRPI

Since there is a fair amount of discussion about Rust and Amazon right now: my feeling on this matter is that commercial backing for a (well licensed) language is good. Python's biggest failure was that it never managed to establish a healthy relationship with its commercial /1
linguaggi di programmazione
::: mitsuhiko

Now is a good time to remind people that the Saudi government would not be spying on activists' phones with no-click 0-days without knowledge and approval of the Israeli government, who could put a stop to NSO Group's sales right now
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: evacide ::: evacide

One of the most important and hardest to learn lessons of open source leadership is that the real leadership roles can't be awarded, or given up, or transferred to other people, or vested in a group of people, no matter how much you want to
open source
::: samth

My @2i2c_org collaborator @choldgraf presented an excellent keynote entitled "Open Infrastructure for #OpenScience" for @ComputeCanada. Video
open source | scienza
::: colliand

Is AI racist? Why more diversity is needed in the field of data science
artificial intelligence | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: AutomatdSociety

Yeah so update your Chrome too - 2 zero-days being exploited. Make it 9 Chrome 0days exploited so far in 2021
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: iblametom

Meat Accounts For Nearly 60% of All Greenhouse Gases From Food Production, Study Finds
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

Chilling: The China Association of Performing Arts met "with platform representatives, who pledged to promote only “healthy” content with positive values, to refrain from using data and traffic as their main guide and to stop encouraging “false hype”"
censura
::: rasmus_kleis

"We argue that, while a laudable first step towards accountable and locally driven AI governance, we must not romanticize registers. Doing so overlooks how much information is currently not included in these databases"
artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi

So far, 66 documented 0day attacks in 2021
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: ryanaraine

“In Europe, this market is dominated by groups such as Idemia, Atos, Sopra Steria (all from France) as well as Accenture (Ireland) and Hewlett Packard (USA)”
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

Die Evolution der Window Sounds! Zumindest wenn was verkehrt gelaufen ist
sistemi operativi
::: sascha_p

Do I dare hope that the book continues along the bootstrapping path? I’m ever hopeful
storia
::: fogus

An identity theft story: my wife got a package yesterday we didn't expect. Opened it and found an expensive-model iPad and earbuds. Checked the credit card, and sure enough, $1000+ charge from Apple two days ago. I called Apple, and they kept transferring me around and ... [1/9]
umorismo | economia, lavoro
::: mattdm

A press release claimed that Walmart would begin accepting payments in Litecoin, a digital currency – driving up its price by 30% before the retail giant said that the announcement was fake
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: nytimestech

Introducing TensorFlow Similarity: a toolbox to make it easy and fast to train similarity models
machine learning
::: fchollet ::: fchollet

GNOME 41 is released on September 22. If you're curious about what it'll include, we've got you covered
applicazioni, programmi
::: omgubuntu

#otd in 1956 IBM unveiled the first disk drive, the 305 RAMAC. It was 16 sq. ft., weighed over a ton & allowed a computer w/a few KBs of memory to access the equivalent of 64K punch-cards
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

⚡ We are thrilled that @article19org has also signed our open letter to EU lawmakers – another important voice joining our call to use the #DSA to defend public interest research about how #platforms influence our public sphere
Facebook
::: algorithmwatch

South Korea’s antitrust regulator fines Google $177 million for abusing mobile market dominance
"#Google allegedly used its market position to block smartphone makers like #Samsung from using operating systems developed by rivals"
Google | antitrust
::: SharkPatterns

Scientists Can Now Assemble Entire Genomes On Their Personal Computers In Minutes
scienza
::: Slashdot

Online Coding School Treehouse Lays Off Most of Its Staff
scuola, educazione, cultura | Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

China Uses Anti-fraud App To Track Access To Overseas Financial News Sites
economia, lavoro | Cina
::: Slashdot

'Massive' Transatlantic Data Cable Landed On Beach In Bude
Web, Internet | hardware
::: Slashdot

Three former US intelligence operatives who went on to help build digital surveillance tools for the UAE are facing charges in the US
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: evacide ::: evacide ::: evacide

Les enjeux du numérique et de ses nombreux débouchés méritent un enseignement de qualité pour toutes et tous, et il faut agir maintenant !
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: RomainRouvoy

the yearly Android user makes fun of new iPhone starter pack
umorismo | Apple
::: tldtoday

Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 15, 2021
umorismo
::: GoComics

Anche oggi la legge cinese per vietare i videogiochi quasi sempre diventa modello e oggetto di invidie dalle nostre parti. Qui in un editoriale sul Corriere
games | giornali, stampa
::: fabiochiusi

Four Data Engineering Fundamentals All Data Scientists Must Know
dati, raccolta | machine learning
::: MauroV1968

L'Unione europea sta spendendo oltre 900 milioni di euro per dotarsi di un maxi sistema di dati biometrici per il controllo alle frontiere. Al centro c'è l'agenzia Eu-Lisa, che sta costruendo uno "dei più grandi database biometrici al mondo"
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Luke_like

Microsoft Azure silently install management agents on your Linux VMs, which now have RCE and LPE vulns
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: GossiTheDog

"The NHS app is collecting and storing facial verification data from UK citizens in a process which has fuelled concerns about transparency and accountability"
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | coronavirus
::: fabiochiusi

"This agricultural support damages people’s health, fuels the climate crisis, destroys nature and drives inequality by excluding smallholder farmers, many of whom are women, according to the UN agencies"
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: GretaThunberg

LibreOffice 7.1.6 Community Office Suite Released with 44 Bug Fixes
applicazioni, programmi
::: JvJean1971

Indian Researchers Create a Raspberry-Pi-Based Device To Monitor Health
hardware
::: Slashdot

How I code
umorismo
::: Al3xI98O

Il carbone di nuovo fonte di energia numero 1 in Germania
energia | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: MauroV1968

his is so important. The point isn’t “algorithms and humans both fail, so despair.” It’s “don’t hand things off to flawed algorithms in the first place if your plan for correcting the errors is to have humans review them”
algoritmi, codice
::: daphnehk

“AI applications that cannot be used in compliance with international human rights law [should ] be banned”
artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi

Microsoft Account Goes Passwordless
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Amazon Gives Kindle E-Readers a Rare User Interface Overhaul
Amazon
::: Slashdot

Long term, Facebook and democracy aren't compatible (I don't mean social media, I mean Facebook specifically). One of them will have to give. If the 2016 presidential election is any indication, it will likely be democracy. Everywhere, not just in the US
Facebook
::: fchollet

It's 2050
programming, codice, snippet | umorismo | (forse)
::: riccardomc

Visto nel Web - 638

 Tempi interessanti --parlo per me-- intento ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.

I've ran this poll on YouTube. Lets see if Twitter is any different! What's your current daily driver??
sistemi operativi
::: TechHutTV

From 4% to 45%: Energy Department Lays Out Ambitious Blueprint for Solar Power
energia | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: New York Times

After Google stopped working on drone surveillance software for the DOD Project Maven in 2018, guess who signed on more lucrative contracts to do much of the same work for the Pentagon? Amazon and Microsoft, with a dash of IBM!
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: iblametom ::: _jack_poulson

A generation of companies is plowing ahead with technologies they believe can change how batteries are made
tecnologia | energia
::: nytimestech

After Chiding Apple On Privacy, Germany Says It Uses Pegasus Spyware
spyware
::: Slashdot ::: billmarczak

LAPD Officers Told To Collect Social Media Data on Every Civilian They Stop
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

UK.gov Is Launching An Anti-Facebook Encryption Push
crittografia | Facebook
::: Slashdot

We were warned about the dangerous power of the USA PATRIOT Act. @Snowden proved that critics were justified
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: reason

Facebook Users Liable For All Comments Under Their Posts, According To Australia High Court
Facebook
::: Slashdot

MIT-Designed Project Achieves Major Advance Toward Fusion Energy
innovazioni, futuro | energia
::: Slashdot ::: fchollet

World's Largest Direct Air Carbon Capture System Goes Online
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

Jules Verne aged 25

Amazon's Cashierless Tech is Coming To Whole Foods Next Year
Amazon | automazione
::: Slashdot

Ma i cosiddetti “innovatori”#Draghi #Colao #Giovannini #Cingolani stanno tutti zitti di fronte alla proposta di #Brunetta di abolire #smartworking ? Che se ben organizzato sarebbe invece un elemento importante per riorganizzare #lavoro in vari settori,#trasporti e molto altro?
lavoro a distanza/casa
::: senzasinistra ::: ilmanifesto ::: minguzzi

The world might soon be in the situation that the CO₂ emissions of some of the richest countries are lower than in the world's big middle-income countries
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: MaxCRoser

GitHub finds 7 code execution vulnerabilities in 'tar' and npm CLI
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: CyberFactsIT

Prima di Tommaso Claudi l'Italia aveva già un console-eroe: Enrico Calamai salvò 300 persone dalla dittatura argentina. Anche a partire dai crimini invisibili come le "disparicion", su @ilmanifesto Calamai spiega l'importanza di salvare Julian Assange
Julian Assange
::: andcapocci ::: andcapocci

Amazon To Open $21 Million State-of-the-Art Warehouse In Tijuana Slum
Amazon
::: Slashdot

One of the first reviews of Linux appeared in BYTE from Sep 1994. It was a Linux distribution packaged and sold by Fintronic USA, a company later to be known as VA Linux Systems
storia
::: unix_byte

Non ci sono elementi per, quindi va nel titolo
giornali, stampa
::: fabiochiusi ::: DailyQuino

undermidi's #golang midiserver running on the #raspberrypi 😄
hardware | Web, Internet
::: lfeundertone

Today would have been the 80th birthday of Dennis Ritchie, inventor of C and co-creator of Unix
protagonisti
::: MIT_CSAIL

County IT Supervisor Mined Bitcoin At the Office, Prosecutors Say
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

. @sjmielke I really enjoyed and learned from your post on Jax - I was curious: do you foresee new/continued work on parallax? The repo seems a bit quiet for a while but the ideas very interesting.. Or is there an alternative to it since your orig. work?
programming, codice, snippet
::: fperez_org

Remote Code Execution Zero-Day (CVE-2021-40444) Hits Windows, Triggered Via Office Docs
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: CyberFactsIT

Il livello del dibattito a destra
giornali, stampa
::: fabiochiusi ::: fabiochiusi

Here's what happened when @MikeIsaac tested the new Wayfarer Stories glasses by Facebook and Ray-Ban
Facebook | tecnologia
::: nytimestech ::: dcavedon ::: evacide ::: mer__edith

Carbon budget & capture
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale | economia, lavoro
::: RadioProzac

Example showing how to write custom functions in bc
linguaggi di programmazione
::: UnixToolTip

Quale verità nell’era del capitalismo della sorveglianza
Julian Assange
::: ilmanifesto

A Bunch of Ape NFTs Just Sold For $24.4 Million
ok, non sono aggiornato (aggiornabile), non ci arrivo
non-fungible tokens
::: Slashdot

Web Creator Tim Berners-Lee Joins ProtonMail's Advisory Board
protagonisti | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Russia's Yandex Says It Repelled Biggest DDoS Attack in History
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Mastercard Acquires CipherTrace To Boost Crypto Security and Compliance
crittografia
::: Slashdot

UK suggests removing EU’s human review of AI decisions
artificial intelligence | Unione Europea
::: rosamunde_vb

Microsoft delayed its office return indefinitely due to the Delta variant. "It’s a stark reminder that this is the new normal," wrote Jared Spataro, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for modern work. "Our ability to come together will ebb and flow"
lavoro a distanza/casa | coronavirus
::: nytimestech

#otd in 1947 Grace Hopper found the first actual computer “bug”: a moth stuck in Harvard’s Mark II. (But no, she didn’t actually coin the term)
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

Meanwhile, la Ministra della Funzione Pubblica francese...
open source
::: madbob

Il mio paesino ino ino grazie allo smartworking e alla dad si era ripopolato, molti ragazzi laureati che lavorano al nord e all’estero sono rientrati in paese e lavorano da qui, ed è bello rivedere un paese vivo. Capisco la dad, ma lo smartworking che fastidio dà a Brunetta?
lavoro a distanza/casa
::: Tritti001

If we do not move aggressively to combat climate change and if we allow the planet to become increasingly unlivable, we will be showing absolute contempt for our younger generation. It would be grossly immoral to turn our backs on our kids and grandchildren. We must act now
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: BernieSanders

I'm just a developer standing in front of a documentation page asking it to provide more realistic examples
ha un mattone nel nome ma sembra ok
programming, codice, snippet
::: DavidDarnes

A farewell to Simon Peyton Jones as he leaves Microsoft Research
protagonisti
::: dsymetweets

Il tempo dedicato a TikTok ha superato quello di YouTube
video, streaming
::: pedroelrey

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 10, 2021
umorismo | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: stephanpastis

When the USSR collapsed, some subfields of non-Soviet mathematics got a surprise infusion of new ideas
matematica
::: mattsclancy

Overall, I think we should be doing less science (i.e. writing fewer papers), but doing it better / more carefully
open source | scienza
::: rabernat

It's Friday
umorismo
::: ismonkeyuser

Found this great website - Web Skills 🚀 All kinds of learning resources for web developers
Web, Internet | programming, codice, snippet
::: Prathkum

Inspired by @EllaBatty and @neuromatch I've edited my undergraduate course on Numerical Analysis for Differential Equations into a JupyterBook. Here it is for anyone who wants it, sadly very few videos and no podcasts, I will polish it during the term 1/3
matematica | Python
::: jslbutler

A brief, totally accurate history of programming languages
umorismo | linguaggi di programmazione
::: MIT_CSAIL

Stephen Bourne started working on a new shell early in 1976, and Bourne shell was officially the default shell in Unix Version 7, released in 1979. In 1978 the following article was published in The Bell Technical Journal
storia
::: unix_byte

I'm really excited to announce Coalton, a statically typed functional programming language in Common Lisp
Lisp
::: stylewarning

Enrico Bo

🚀 Erlang LS 0.19.0 is out! 🚀
linguaggi di programmazione | programmazione funzionale
::: robertoaloi

Mark P. Jones's hit paper, remixed in 2021: Typing Haskell in Haskell in Coalton
programmazione funzionale
::: stylewarning

Revealed: Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers across dozens of countries
Google
::: fabiochiusi

Why Amazon Might Become the Largest Quantum Consumer
quantum computing | Amazon
::: Slashdot

Wide-Ranging SolarWinds Probe Sparks Fear in Corporate America
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Apple Pays Hackers Six Figures To Find Bugs in Its Software. Then It Sits On their Findings
Apple
::: Slashdot

Judge in Epic Suit Says Apple Restrictions Anti-Competitive
Apple
::: Slashdot

f the security of deploying, using or developing with @ProjectJupyter is relevant to you, thanks to @r_c_thomas & colleagues we now have a single landing page summarizing key resources
Python
::: fperez_org

You don't need a degree in Computer Science. You don't need a degree at all. If you are 18-21 right now, there is a strong chance that your job hasn't even been invented yet
lavoro | innovazioni, futuro
::: evacide

There is a sequence of digits that is not prime in any base
tornassi giovane farei solo mate
matematica
::: fermatslibrary

NGC6717

John Hunter started the matplotlib project, which gave people an easy migration path from MATLAB's stateful plot interface, which has turned into something of a bedrock for plotting in Python
tutto il thread su ML
Python
::: dwf

Secondo uno studio, più di 500 siti web fanno affari d'oro con le fake news
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: MauroV1968

Gli streamer stanno usando Twitch per salvare le lingue in via d'estinzione
social media
::: MauroV1968

New (w/ @RMac18 assist): More than three years ago, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a plan to share Facebook data with outside researchers, so that academics could study misinformation on the site. But the data set had a major flaw
(devo ancore leggerlo)
Facebook | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: daveyalba

China tells Alibaba, Tencent to open platforms up to each other
Cina | economia, lavoro
::: fabiochiusi

Indonesian Intelligence Agency Compromised in Suspected Chinese Hack
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

In my experience, for a software development to focus on reuse is misguided
programming, codice, snippet
::: Grady_Booch

Che gli intellettuali di questo paese disgraziato si sveglino prima che sia troppo tardi
giornali, stampa
::: glipari

Krebs Also Hit By Massive DDOS, Apparently Caused by Compromised Routers
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

The suffering and isolation inflicted on Julian, every day, every minute, every second, is a criminal abuse of the legal system. There is no legal case. Just naked political persecution. His treatment defines those who sanction it: torturing, vindictive, primitive, authoritarian
Julian Assange
::: StellaMoris1

Visto nel Web - 637

 Come se fosse già domani ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.

I agree with this. @Apple
must go further than merely "listening"—it must drop entirely its plans to put a backdoor into systems that provide vital protections to the public. Don't make us fight you for basic privacy rights
Apple | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Snowden

I am thrilled to announce that @Ploomber's guest post is live on the @ProjectJupyter blog! The post summarizes how Ploomber streamlines building maintainable data pipelines with Jupyter
Python | programming, codice, snippet | Web, Internet
::: edublancas

Lawsuits say Siri and Google are listening, even when they’re not supposed to. The lawsuits allege the technology is turning on when not activated and using the information for marketing
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: mbanzi

America's NSA Isn't Sure Quantum Computers Will Ever Break Public Key Encryption
quantum computing | crittografia
::: Slashdot

Just How Computationally Complex Is a Single Brain Neuron?
deep learning
::: Slashdot

How AT&T's Tethered Drones Can Become Temporary Cellular Towers
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Remember @proctorio? They're the "remote proctoring" company that boomed during the pandemic by promising that they could stop exam cheating through gross, discriminatory privacy invasions and snake-oil machine learning. 1/
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: doctorow

Today is Sci-Hub anniversary the project is 10 years old!
open source | scienza
::: ringo_ring

#CICAPFEST21 problema dei "titoli strillati" non riguarda solo i giornali. Sottolinea @andcapocci che siamo tutti titolisti, anche noi quando condividiamo le notizie sui social con un commento a effetto
giornali, stampa | social media
::: NMarsura

“The process of creating Bitcoin to spend or trade consumes around 91 terawatt-hours of electricity annually, more than is used by Finland”
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | energia
::: fabiochiusi

Dai giudici ai bitcoin, Bukele senza freni
El Salvador. Il presidente "millennial" incassa anche l’ok dell’Alta corte per poter essere rieletto nel 2024. E martedì entra in vigore la nuova "moneta". Il portafoglio virtuale si chiamerà «Ganzo». Ma nel Paese è l’economia informale a regnare
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | economia, lavoro | politica
::: ilmanifesto ::: Slashdot ::: nytimestech ::: Slashdot ::: Snowden ::: BitcoinMagazine

eVTOL Air Taxi undergoing preliminary testing by NASA
io le macchine volanti le aspetto dagli anni '60
innovazioni, futuro
::: universetoday

Félix Nadar portraits Jules Verne

Is Remote Working Leading to a Boom in Worker Surveillance?
lavoro a distanza/casa | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot

The 'Dead Internet' Theory Posits Forums are Now Almost Entirely Overrun By AI
robots, automazione, droni | social media
::: Slashdot

Automation Is Now Taking Service Jobs Once Thought Safe
automazione
::: Slashdot

In Novel Attack Technique, Salesforce Email Service Used For Phishing Campaign
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Facebook is Subcontracting Its Content Moderation for Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
Facebook
::: Slashdot

IBM's New Mainframe 7nm CPU Telum: 16 Cores At 5GHz, Virtual L3 and L4 Cache
hardware
::: Slashdot

benkard: toilet — An ANSI Common Lisp compiler using LLVM
Lisp
::: NewLispRepos

Will Gaming Change Humanity As We Know It?
games
::: Slashdot

"Authorities will be able to track location, hold video calls with people required to isolate; any who opt out will be subject to other measures, including quarantine hotels"
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

"The science is unequivocal; a global increase of 1.5C above the pre-industrial average and the continued loss of biodiversity risk catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse." Over 200 health journals call for urgent climate action
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: GretaThunberg

Real difference between Linux, Windows and mac
sistemi operativi | umorismo
::: Bhaskarsoni07

The function of good software
cit.
::: MIT_CSAIL

I love this “grifter honeypot” hypothesis
vale anche per NFT, imho
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | (forse)
::: trengarajan

Sospetto che Brunetta conti meno di zero o almeno lo spero ma le sue parole sul lavoro a distanza sono ridicole e fuori dal tempo. Allo stesso tempo esprimono perfettamente l’arretratezza culturale di questo Paese. Così alla fine Brunetta è il politico perfetto, ciò che meritiamo
lavoro a distanza/casa
::: mante

#OSINT Tips & Tricks 🛠️ Do you want to search only the retweets from a Twitter account? You can use the following query: "from:@[nickname] include:nativeretweets filter:retweets"
Twitter
::: evaristegal0is

So @ProtonMail received a legal request from Europol through Swiss authorities to provide information about Youth for Climate action in Paris, they provided the IP address and information on the type of device used to the police
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: tenacioustek ::: dcavedon ::: quinta

La Polizia di Stato potrebbe aver usato per almeno 130 volte il database biometrico illegale di Clearview AI nel corso delle loro indagini. A febbraio avevamo già segnalato al @GPDP_IT Clearview. Ora abbiamo rinnovato la nostra istanza, chiedendo di far luce sulla vicenda
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: privacynetwork_

La funzione di scansione che Apple stava pianificando di includere in #iOS (pare che si siano fermati, per ora) non avrebbe aiutato a proteggere i #minori. Anzi, avrebbe violato anche le indicazioni fornite da #UNICEF sul tema
Apple | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: thelazza

pprint — Pretty-Print Data Structures
Python
::: pymotw

The Surprisingly Big Business of Library E-books
digitalizzazione
::: Slashdot

Pubblicato dalla Commissione EU un nuovo report sull'impatto dell'#opensource nell'economia del nostro continente. Cui anche ILS, grazie all'invito di @OpenForumEurope, ha contribuito nell'analisi della situazione in Italia
open source | economia, lavoro | Unione Europea
::: ItaLinuxSociety

A self-described Bitcoin millionaire and fan of former President Donald J. Trump wanted to create a phone for conservatives that would compete with Apple and Google. Then came the hard part: Building and delivering the phone
dispositivi mobili | politica
::: nytimestech

Amazon, Google, Microsoft are competing for a $300 million ICE contract to build a data mining/analytics tool, RAVEN, that captures everybody: "non-immigrants, immigrants, U.S. citizens, or lawful permanent residents," said an internal document
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: jathansadowski

Non è così
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni | politica
::: RadioProzac

Led by Tesla, EVs Drive Chip Industry's Shift Beyond Silicon
hardware
::: Slashdot

Automated hiring software is mistakenly rejecting millions of viable job candidates
“Mistake” is an interesting word choice
automazione
::: hypervisible

🚨 new 🚨 (and debut piece for @VICEWorldNews
!) An anti-vax account on TikTok managed to trick the algorithm into putting it on the For You Page. How did they manage it - and why didn’t TikTok notice, millions of views later?
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | social media
::: sophiasgaler

Per la prima volta, 200 riviste scientifiche di medicina da tutto il mondo pubblicheranno lo stesso editoriale, in vista della Cop26, chiedendo azione per il clima per proteggere la salute globale. Ne va della nostra vita, non sanno più come dircelo
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: FerdinandoC

I apologize for writing a complicated program
cit.
::: TimSweeneyEpic

"To learn from data, you have to make assumptions about it. These assumptions define what can be learned. As such, the structure of your hypothesis space—the architecture of your model—is extremely important. It encodes [...] the prior knowledge that the model starts with" (DLwP)
dati, raccolta
::: fchollet

After 2 decades of mass surveillance, the NSA could’t make even one success stick
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: iang_fc

"Why Aren't Millennials Buying New Homes?" truly a mystery
economia, lavoro
::: Snowden

Please read and be horrified by this thread in which cryptographer Matt Green recalls the time the NSA backdoored encryption that was implemented on Juniper routers and the Chinese government promptly hacked it. This is why encryption backdoors are bad
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: evacide

Come previsto, la norma cinese che vieta i videogiochi quasi sempre funge da modello per il nostro “dibattito” in materia. Ecco la ex ministra dell’Innovazione Pisano al Corriere chiedere “una regolamentazione forte ma che preservi i diritti” (ma certo)
games | politica
::: fabiochiusi ::: simopieranni

Australia: "The Home Quarantine SA app", which "uses geolocation and facial recognition software to track those in quarantine", "could be rolled out to other states"
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | coronavirus
::: fabiochiusi

grazie a @petergomezblog @fattoquotidiano per aver pubblicato oggi un estratto del mio libro "Il Potere Segreto. Perché vogliono distruggere Julian #Assange e #WikiLeaks", con prefazione di #Kenloach, @chiarelettere
Julian Assange
::: SMaurizi

Toyota To Spend $13.5 Billion To Develop EV Battery Tech and Supply By 2030
energia
::: Slashdot

The Chip Shortage Has Made a Star of This Little-Known Component
hardware
::: Slashdot

il #NewYorkTimes,il #WashingtonPost, il #Guardian hanno introdotto la #crittografia a protezione delle fonti giornalistiche con enorme ritardo e solo dopo il grande successo di #WikiLeaks: erano avanti 10 anni. Ancora lo sono
crittografia | Julian Assange
::: SMaurizi

Learning vs. Doing
::: visualizevalue

just finished reading this book by someone I already considered a modern era #hero (as @xychelsea and Julian Assange), but after reading his autobiography my esteem has skyrocketed. Always in awe and admiration. Thanks, @Snowden. We owe you a lot. #PermanentRecord
Edward Snowden
::: lucatbarone

Mandatory Training
umorismo
::: isotopp

Sci-Hub a 10 ans et s'enrichit de plus de 2 millions de publications supplémentaires
open source | scienza
::: nextinpact

Sixty THOUSAND people have taken a action to preserve EU public spaces as places of freedom, democracy and equality. This is an incredible milestone for @edri and the 64 other human rights & social justice orgs in the #ReclaimYourFace campaign! Will you be number 60,001...?
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: ellajakubowska1

Which programming languages have enjoyed massive use over the past several years? The answer to that question can help developers determine which languages to study next
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Dicedotcom

Sometimes Dismissed as a Fad in Advanced Economies, Crypto Holds More Appeal in Countries With a History of Financial Instability
economia, lavoro | crittografia | bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Past research pointed to the idea that right-wing ideology and climate-change scepticism are inherently linked. Empirical reality proves differently, however
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale | politica
::: syllabus_tweets

REvil ransomware's servers mysteriously come back online
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: CyberFactsIT

This ProPublica article about WhatsApp gives a lot of useful information about why content moderation at scale is so hard, but when it comes to encryption, it's a misleading mess
Facebook | crittografia
::: evacide

Facebook Admits 'Trust Deficit' As It Looks To Launch Digital Wallet
Zuck è affidabile? più o meno di Renzi?
Facebook
::: Slashdot

Howard University Announces Ransomware Attack, Shuts Down Classes On Tuesday
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Forget Netflix, Some Movie Fans Rewind To VHS Tapes
mah...
hardware
::: Slashdot

Intel To Invest Up To $95 Billion in European Chip-Making Amid US Expansion
hardware
::: Slashdot

Protezione dei dati, il governo britannico sfida il regolamento europeo
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: ilmanifesto

Ghostscript Zero-Day Allows Full Server Compromises
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Reasons why Python frustrates me: in order for _pyenv_ to install Python 3.5 on macOS you need to apply a custom patch you can google somewhere on the internet. How hard can it be … rustup can install Rust 1.0 from years ago still
Python
::: mitsuhiko

Sto seguendo la conferenza stampa del Ministro Colao & Co. sulla "Strategia Cloud Italia", e constato con piacere che un po' tutti i giornalisti incalzano con domande sulla privacy, sulla tutela dei dati e sul ruolo dei Big Tech. Dai e dai, forse qualche concetto è sedimentato...
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: madbob

Tenez, pourquoi Wikipédia ne vous assomme pas d'avertissements à propos du RGPD? Parce que Wikipédia, même avant le RGPD, ne vous mettait pas de cookies de pistage et ne vendait pas vos données aux publicitaires
Wikipedia
::: MonniauxD

Vado subito a firmare, fatelo anche voi -- tutti!
social media | umorismo
::: _juhan

McDonald's Leaks Password For Monopoly VIP Database To Winners
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

📢 Our open letter on the #DigitalServicesAct calls on #EU policymakers to protect research about digital #platforms. 📨 It has been signed by 6.126 individuals and 3⃣5⃣ organizations, and it is now on its way to Brussels and Strasbourg!
algoritmi, codice | Unione Europea
::: algorithmwatch

Una piccola, incompleta, riflessione circa il problema che si ha nel costruire nucleare come soluzione principale alla decarbonizzazzione. Anticipo già, prima di dover rispondere alla banda dei nuclearisti agressivi, che non stò in alcun modo dicendo che il nucleare non serva
energia
::: andsnz

UK's ICO Calls For Browser-Level Controls To Fix 'Cookie Fatigue'
#;brow
::: Slashdot

SEC Threatens To Sue Coinbase Over Crypto Lending Programme
crittografia
::: Slashdot

C'è molto, ma non c'è tutto. Il piano #cloud per la pubblica amministrazione del governo mette in fila date, risorse e principi guida. Mentre sui rapporti di potere con le big tech c'è una vaghezza tattica
cloud | politica
::: Luke_like

The Gmail App Takes Calls Now, Too, Because Google Wants It To Do Everything
Google
::: Slashdot

The European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act needs many improvements to make sure it protects human rights. Our recommendations
artificial intelligence | Unione Europea
::: accessnow

How fast can you pipe a large file to a C++ program?
programming, codice, snippet
::: UnixToolTip

Visto nel Web - 636

 Troppe cose, non riesco a seguire il mondo che corre troppo, secondo me. Intanto ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.

The true challenge is not to enumerate the risk, but to live with it
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale | coronavirus | dati, raccolta | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Snowden

APPS contains some half a million records about every member of the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police(…) The data is collected “from the day they enlisted,” says one individual who worked on the system, and remains in the system forever
dati, raccolta
::: carolafrediani

Introducing Safety Mode
Twitter | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: emenietti

Fired NY Credit Union Employee Nukes 21GB of Data In Revenge
ricordatevi di fate il back-up!
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | dati, raccolta
::: Slashdot

Australia: Unprecedented surveillance bill rushed through parliament in 24 hours. Police can now hack your device, collect or delete your data, take over your social media accounts - all without a judge's warrant
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: OccuWorld ::: informapirata

Apple Secures First States To Support Digital Driver's Licenses, But Privacy Questions Linger
Apple
::: Slashdot ::: Snowden ::: evacide ::: TechCrunch ::: EFF ::: zackwhittaker ::: markgurman ::: Snowden ::: matthew_d_green ::: AlecMuffett ::: granick ::: Snowden

Atari Classic 'Centipede' Returns
games
::: Slashdot

Assange e l'Italia che si sveglia (non tutta)
Julian Assange
::: beretta_g ::: Snowden ::: ilmanifesto

Ho presentato una interrogazione alla Ministra dell’Interno sulla inchiesta di @BuzzFeed che riporta di un presunto utilizzo anche da parte delle forze di sicurezza italiane delle tecnologie di riconoscimento facciale di Clearview AI. Sarebbe molto grave, ci vediamo dentro
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: nomfup

Il Comune di #Bugliano non esiste (più)
Facebook | social media | censura
::: Santas_Official ::: TuxmAL

What is quantum computing, and how quickly will quantum computing adoption occur? Luddy professor Amr Sabry recently shared his view with @InformationWeek
quantum computing
::: IULuddy

New AMD Patent Proposes Teleportation To Make Quantum Computing More Efficient
ahemmm... capito poco (niente, nada, zilch)
quantum computing
::: Slashdot

FTC Bans Spyware Maker SpyFone, and Orders It To Notify Hacked Victims
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | spyware
::: Slashdot

Top EU Court Plunges Dagger Into Controversial 'Zero Rating' Practice
Web, Internet | Unione Europea
::: Slashdot

Bipedal robot runs a 5K untethered on a single charge -- in just under 54 minutes
robots, automazione, droni
::: MIT_CSAIL

Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service was fined nearly $270 million by Irish authorities for not being transparent about how it uses data collected from people on the service
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Facebook
::: nytimestech

Gift Card Gang Extracts Cash From 100K Inboxes Daily
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Yahoo Is Yahoo Once More After New Owners Complete Acquisition
a volte ritornano
ditte
::: Slashdot

ASUS Bets on OLED for All of Its New Creator Laptops
hardware
::: Slashdot

UK ISP Sky Broadband Feeds Realtime Customer Bandwidth Data To Litigious Anti-Piracy Firm
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot

Virgin Galactic Flights Grounded After New Yorker Story On Branson Spaceflight
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

India Launches Account Aggregator To Extend Financial Services To Millions
digitalizzazione | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Seemingly Normal Lightning Cable Will Leak Everything You Type
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Twitter sta testando nuovi strumenti incentrati sulla privacy, tra cui l'archiviazione e il nascondere i vecchi tweet e la modifica degli elenchi di follower, come parte di una spinta alla "privacy sociale"
Twitter
::: pedroelrey

China's Alibaba To Invest $15.5 Billion For 'Common Prosperity'
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Modern Tools
PaM se mi segui ancora è per te 😶
programming, codice, snippet | umorismo
::: xkcdComic

Apple — so far — is standing its ground on the App Store’s cash cow: its share of the business from game makers
Apple | games
::: nytimestech

Claims that #facialrecognition #algorithms "can discern emotions are harder to believe in the wake of new research". Not even the mind can read emotions by viewing them without context. Anyone raising an eyebrow? Let me consult #AI why this is the case 😉
artificial intelligence | algoritmi, codice
::: DorotheaBaur

The latest target of China's tech regulation blitz: algorithms
algoritmi, codice
::: fabiochiusi

#Cloud computing should provide more protection to data, or maybe not. At the end, it is someone else's compute
cloud | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: InnoGenna

A deep-dive into the SolarWinds Serv-U SSH vulnerability
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: CyberFactsIT

Some Facebook users who recently watched a video featuring Black men saw an automated prompt from the social network asking if they would like to continue “seeing videos about Primates”
Facebook | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: nytimestech

Wildly Reinvented Wind Turbine Generates Five Times More Energy Than Its Competitors
energia | tecnologia
::: Slashdot

Quando facebook censura chi vuole demistificare i complotti
Facebook | censura
::: ilmanifesto

find, grep, sed, and awk
tool, componente software | manuali, how to
::: UnixToolTip

Apple Faces Probe From US Labor Board Over Complaints of Hostile Working Conditions
Apple | lavoro
::: Slashdot

Amazon Reportedly Close To Launching Its Own TV in the US
Amazon
::: Slashdot

Chinese Hackers Behind July 2021 SolarWinds Zero-day Attacks
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Only Humans, Not AI Machines, Can Get a US Patent, Judge Rules
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

Qualcomm Debuts Lossless Bluetooth Audio Streaming With aptX Lossless
tecnologia
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Reportedly Broke Windows 11 By Injecting Ads
Microsoft | ad, pubblicità
::: Slashdot

Use LibreOffice? Want to do more with it? We have extensive documentation, thanks to our worldwide community, covering Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw and Base
anche in italiano (ovviamente)
manuali, how to
::: libreoffice

A guide to getting started in AI and ML
artificial intelligence | machine learning
::: MIT_CSAIL

non era doge?
umorismo | protagonisti | bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: bermat

The story here, for those who may have forgotten 2015 (it was a long time ago!) is that the NSA inserted a backdoor into a major encryption standard and then leaned on manufacturers to install it. Thread. 1/
spyware
::: matthew_d_green

Sul Corriere lo storico Ferguson sostiene che saremmo nel mezzo di una “seconda guerra fredda”, questa volta per il dominio dell’AI — un termine vago sempre tranne quando si tratta di usarlo come clava geopolitica
artificial intelligence | politica
::: fabiochiusi

Deepin Linux vs. Elementary OS
Linux distro
::: dcavedon

I wrote a little blog post detailing how I envision Verified Boot to be implemented for Halium-based Ubuntu Touch devices
dispositivi mobili | Ubuntu
::: fredldotme

The Best Microsoft Excel Alternatives for Linux
applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon

Over the long weekend consider reading this fantastic post by Nada Amin titled "Reflective Towers of Interpreters" about Asai's Black programming language -- and grab an interpreter while you're at it
mi si sono perso tra i livelli
Scheme | programming, codice, snippet
::: fogus

City of Beijing Said To Seek Taking Didi Under State Control
Cina
::: Slashdot

Happy birthday to the late John McCarthy, father of AI & LISP
Lisp
::: MIT_CSAIL

“...The government had access to my private emails and were sharing them with Congress and leaking them to the media. I felt invaded by my own government, punished for leading a civil rights organization”
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Snowden