26 settembre, 2021

Visto nel Web - 642

 Qui tutto ok, o quasi, compatibilmente, si sa...; intanto ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.

Today is not just the first day of fall. It is also 2 years since @wikileaks
publisher Julian #Assange has been held on remand at Belmarsh high security prison. We indeed live in very important times - and we miss your courageous voice
Julian Assange
::: HorvatSrecko

In an experiment @NewsGuardRating found that kids between 9 and 17 with brand new TikTok accounts were fed COVID-19 misinfo within minutes of signup. That's including kids who were told not to engage with videos or follow accounts at all
social media | coronavirus | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: issielapowsky

I fear that the most significant innovation of these apps is obscuring the true cost of convenience
Web, Internet | economia, lavoro
::: nytimestech

Xi Jinping, China's top leader, said on Tuesday that his country would stop building coal-burning power plants overseas, a major shift by the world’s second biggest economy to move away from its support of the fossil fuel
energia | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: nytimestech

🔎 📰 Our data donation project @dataskop_net shows that Welt, a brand of right-wing news conglomerate Axel Springer, largely dominates the #YouTube news section
social media | politica
::: algorithmwatch

Canada considering some restrictive online speech rules
censura
::: wilbowma

Let's Encrypt's Root Certificate is About To Expire, and It Might Break Your Devices
crittografia
::: Slashdot

We Need Software Updates Forever
programming, codice, snippet
::: Slashdot

First RISC-V Computer Chip Lands At the European Processor Initiative
hardware
::: Slashdot

TikTokers Are Trading Stocks By Copying What Members of Congress Do
social media | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Widespread awareness of monitoring software already changed student behavior & made it more difficult to spot the harmful behavior the monitoring programs try to detect...students said they don't share true thoughts online since they're being monitored
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: CenDemTech

Lithuania Says Throw Away Chinese Phones Due To Censorship Concerns
dispositivi mobili | censura | Cina
::: Slashdot

Niels Bohr e Wolfgang Pauli

Robinhood Will Start Testing Crypto Wallets Next Month
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Apple Bans Fortnite Until Appeals Are Exhausted in Legal Fight
Apple
::: Slashdot

Apple CEO Tim Cook in Leaked Memo: 'We Are Doing Everything in Our Power' To Identify Leakers
Apple
::: Slashdot

Sequele del covid?
Sylvie 💖 💥 rockz!
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: RadioProzac

The Fed Is Evaluating Whether To Launch a Digital Currency and In What Form
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Surface Laptop Studio is Microsoft's New Powerful Flagship Laptop
hardware | Microsoft
::: Slashdot

I really like how the Union Carbide wikipedia article is just a list of horrible disaster after horrible disaster, followed by a mention of the tallest building ever voluntarily demolished, beaten only by the rather unplanned demolition of the twin towers
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: lexi_lambda

Pressing both at the same time takes a screenshot
umorismo
::: samhenrigold

Please enjoy this screen shot from pcTattleTale's Facebook page, advising users on how to avoid detection by anti-virus apps. Very cool and normal
Facebook
::: evacide

LOL
Apple | umorismo
::: lorenzofb

Python climate folks: what is the best package out there air-sea interaction (i.e. bulk formula) calculations? Everything I've found seems unmaintained or untested, basically unusable in modern scientific python?
Python | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: rabernat


Perché Biden sta perseguendo Assange per aver detto la verità sull’Afghanistan?
Julian Assange
::: fabiochiusi

FedEx Uses Autonomous Trucks For First Time On Delivery Route
automazione
::: Slashdot

Engineers Cook 3D-Printed Chicken With Lasers
ok, per voi ggiovani, io continuo come al solito
tecnologia
::: Gizmodo

The interactive @matplotlib backend #ipympl 0.8.0 is out! Plots are finally saved as static images in your @ProjectJupyter Notebook!!!
Python
::: martinRenou

Un giorno qualunque nel modo in cui i media di destra trattano la pandemia
giornali, stampa
::: fabiochiusi

New #dataviz! The Earth's submarine fiber optic cable network, visualized in #RStats with #rayrender
😶
Web, Internet | programming, codice, snippet
::: tylermorganwall

Some natural satellites just can't be caged 🌝
umorismo
::: MetroUK

Sono maturi i tempi perché l'Accademia delle Scienze istituisca il Nobel in "Conoscenze base di Excel"
applicazioni, programmi | umorismo
::: L_Apostata ::: JvJean1971 ::: L_Apostata ::: kromeboy ::: bermat ::: SteffPy ::: L_Apostata

Let’s talk about Tweets disappearing from view mid-read when the timeline seems to auto-refresh
Twitter
::: TwitterSupport

Will We Respect a Robot’s Authority?
robots, automazione, droni
::: MauroV1968


"Oggi è successa una cosa grave nella nostra redazione. Il tribunale di Roma vuole sequestrare e oscurare l' inchiesta di #fanpage su Claudio #Durigon e i fondi della Lega e non possiamo permetterlo"
censura
::: fanpage ::: PMO_W ::: fanpage

The European Union unveiled plans on Thursday to make USB-C connectors the standard charging port for all electronic devices sold across the bloc — an initiative it says will reduce environmental waste but that is likely to hit Apple the hardest
hardware
::: nytimestech ::: fabiochiusi

Well how many template engines more am I going to write in my life? Well I added at least one more with MiniJinja — an experimental dialed down version of Jinja2 for Rust with no dependencies other than serde
linguaggi di programmazione
::: mitsuhiko ::: mitsuhiko

GitHub Copilot Generated Insecure Code In 40% Of Circumstances During Experiment
programming, codice, snippet
::: CyberFactsIT

Mozilla Says Chrome’s Latest Feature Enables Surveillance
browser | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: dcavedon

UK wants to remove the human from the loop in algorithmic decision making
algoritmi, codice
::: fborgesius

Disclosure of three 0-day iOS vulnerabilities and critique of #Apple Security Bounty program
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: dcavedon

Ransomware detections dropped by almost half, but the threat is only getting worse
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: CyberFactsIT

"How do we make sure that we are reaching the full diversity of humanity in terms of who is invited to participate, who is written about?" says Maryana Iskander, and a social entrepreneur in South Africa and Wikipedia's new CEO
Wikipedia
::: nytimestech

To preserve an open, global internet that sparks innovation and helps us collectively tackle the challenges we face, we need to build globally accepted norms to shape the digital future we want
Web, Internet | protagonisti
::: timberners_lee

Tracking Stolen Crypto is a Booming Business
crittografia
::: Slashdot


Today's Students Don't Understand the Basics of Computer Operations
scuola, educazione, cultura | digitalizzazione
::: Slashdot

No revolution: COVID-19 boosted open access, but preprints are only a fraction of pandemic papers
open source | coronavirus
::: RetractionWatch

Spain To Ban Sale of Fruit and Vegetables in Plastic Wrapping From 2023
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

How Google Spies on Its Employees
Google
::: Slashdot

Smallest-Ever Human-Made Flying Structure Is a Winged Microchip, Scientists Say
tecnologia
::: Slashdot

Hackers Leak LinkedIn 700 Million Data Scrape
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

No one in the brief history of computing has ever written a piece of perfect software
cit.
::: MIT_CSAIL

We have carried out a risk assessment and a DPIA of Facebook, based on the obligations that follow from data protection regulations.The Norwegian Data Protection Authority choose not to use Facebook
Facebook
::: Datatilsynet

Ubuntu's community designers want to remove Ubuntu's 'permanent dark terminal' for Ubuntu 22.04, now other apps use a light theme by default
Ubuntu
::: omgubuntu

Poche grandi aziende controllano oggi il mercato europeo del #software ed il nostro continente stenta a giocare un ruolo di primo piano.L'Europa può giocare una partita interessante nello sviluppo di software #opensource? @PaolaPisano77 a #os2oc From Open Software to Open Culture
open source
::: viciocort


Scam website hacked, replaced with different scam
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Foone

Russia accused of 'Ghostwriter' cyberattacks ahead of German election
cyberwar
::: fabiochiusi

New evidence suggests spyware used to surveil Emirati activist Alaa Al-Siddiq
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

ShadowDragon software allows police to suck in data from social media and other internet sources, including Amazon, dating apps, and the dark web, so they can identify persons of interest and map out their networks during investigations
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: theintercept

Ops, questa me la ero persa 🙄 Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover bugs leak 100K Windows credentials
umorismo | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: JvJean1971

Study: Effectiveness of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: CyberFactsIT

China Says All Cryptocurrency-related Transactions Are Illegal and Must Be Banned
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot ::: nytimestech

A court decision in Australia can make Facebook users liable for defamatory comments left under their posts, even if the original poster wasn't aware of them
social media
::: nytimestech

Full Circle Magazine #173
Ubuntu
::: fullcirclemag

LibreGaming0.1.0 has been released🥳 Now you easily install your Gaming Packages using the TUI and the Wizard
games
::: CTRLpluzA


An open source alternative to Microsoft Exchange by @mfeilner
open source | Web, Internet
::: opensourceway

woop woop finished #rustlings @rustlang, some of them were a pain in the ass, those solutions should count more than a Udemy course
programming, codice, snippet
::: vikkio88

A Teenager on TikTok Disrupted Thousands of Scientific Studies With a Single Video
social media
::: Slashdot

Old Coal Plant Is Now Mining Bitcoin For a Utility Company
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Rushes To Register Autodiscover Domains Leaking Credentials
Microsoft
::: Slashdot

Chinese Scientists Synthesized Starch From Carbon Dioxide
tecnologia | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

TODO: impostare il filtro antispam
umorismo
::: SteffPy

AT&T will phase out 3G wireless service in February 2022, meaning devices will no longer connect. But Covid and chip shortages have led to difficulties in equipment upgrades, meaning some life safety and emergency alert services will stop working
Web, Internet
::: nytimestech

Volevo scrivervi qualcosa di intelligente
social media
::: MauroV1968

Mentre la PA richiama tutti in ufficio, vi sono aziende private, soprattutto grandi (e multinazionali), che stanno facendo cose avanzatissime sullo #smartworking. Minoranza? Forse. Ma l'effetto domino sul mercato del lavoro è partito
lavoro a distanza/casa
::: marcoz984

garfield 6.23.2012
umorismo
::: garfieldpicture


Avevate un'occasione unica per ammodernare la PA e avete scelto di restare nel 1900. Sarete ricordati per questo
lavoro a distanza/casa
::: dcavedon

We’re back! Today we were over 100 000 on the strike in Berlin and 620 000 in Germany alone along with many others all over the world, asking world leaders to #UprootTheSystem . There were strikes in over 80 countries! #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: GretaThunberg

Hugely grateful for all the work you and others continue doing with @IPythonDev! Indeed this is pretty close to the 20th 🎂! 🎊🍾
Python
::: fperez_org

Sull’importante libro di @smaurizi, per @valigiablu - Gli Usa e il potere segreto contro diritti, giornalismo e libertà di informazione
Julian Assange
::: fabiochiusi

Breve storia triste
protagonisti | giornali, stampa
::: RiccardoPennisi

7 Github Repositories for programmers you never know exists
bash script
::: Vinaystwt

Google Photos' Nude-Friendly Folders Coming To All Android Phones Soon
social media
::: Slashdot

In a five-part series, The Wall Street Journal used those documents to reveal that not only was Facebook fueling teenage self-harm and enabling human trafficking, but that Facebook itself also knew that its platform contributed to those problems and chose to ignore it
Facebook
::: fabiochiusi

Why EFF Flew a Plane Over Apple's Headquarters
Apple | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot

Happy 84th birthday to Mary Allen Wilkes, who in 1961 designed the software for LINC, which many consider to be the world’s first minicomputer
storia | protagonisti
::: MIT_CSAIL

23 settembre, 2021

Visto nel Web - 641

 Ah! uh! tunno! e allora ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.


Doctor Fortran in “IMPLICIT Dissent”
linguaggi di programmazione
::: DoctorFortran

Richard Stallman Shares His Concerns About GitHub's Copilot -- and About GitHub
programming, codice, snippet | protagonisti
::: Slashdot

Is Python About to Become the Most Popular Programming Language?
per quel che valgono queste gare
Python | linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

Report: Boeing Official Expected to Face Criminal Charges Over Fatal Boeing 737 Max Issues
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

What Happened After El Salvador Adopted Bitcoin as Legal Currency?
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Global Computing's Carbon Footprint Is Bigger Than Previously Estimated
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

Great story! Read the whole thread. I call it the tech version of “bringing bibles to those poor people in the colonies”
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: gvanrossum ::: evacide

La #blockchain è il modo più inefficiente di conservare le informazioni. È come se ogni utente che visita un sito web dovesse scaricarsi un dump dell'intero database per poterlo consultare
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: madbob

Among all the tech products you use, the ones you should have the most stringent quality standards for are recommender systems. Outright disable any recommender system you are not entirely happy with (or stop using the app if it can't be disabled)
tip, suggerimenti
::: fchollet

Meglio piazzarli davanti alla tv, quello sì che è formativo!
games
::: fabiochiusi

Nove tutorial sull'uso di #uMap: sono disponibili nel formato .pdf su #Canoprof
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: nilocram

Ogni anno nascono tanti lavori che prima non c'erano. Riuscire a immaginare queste trasformazioni, ci mette nella condizione di governarle. #formazione #formazioneaziendale #coaching
innovazioni, futuro | lavoro
::: SergioGridelli

Diego Maninetti

Is 2021 The Year of the Linux Desktop?
Linux
::: Slashdot

Bad for your Health? Salesforce CEO Argues Facebook 'is the New Cigarettes'
Facebook
::: Slashdot

Banks Beware? Amazon, Walmart, IKEA Experiment with Their Own 'Embedded Finance' Services
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

YouTube Blocks 31st Ig Nobel Awards Ceremony, Citing Copyright on a Recording from 1914
peggio di Disney!
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

Can the Computer Chip Industry Reduce Its Carbon Footprint?
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

NYT: Iran Nuclear Scientist Was Killed By an 'AI-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine'
droni
::: Slashdot

#GIMP 2.10.28 Open-Source Image Editor Is Now Available for Download with Improvements and Bug Fixes, New Script-Fu Function
applicazioni, programmi
::: MariusNestor

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

Perché lo Smart Working è ormai una realtà ineliminabile, mentre certi ministri sono eliminabilissimi
lavoro a distanza/casa
::: HicRhodus

'Freedom Hosting' Web Admin Gets 27 Years In Prison For Hosting 200+ Child Pornography Sites
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Chinese version of TikTok limits kids under 14 to 40 minutes per day, adding to fight against internet addiction
social media
::: simopieranni


California May Be the First State to Legislate Amazon Warehouse Conditions
lavoro | Amazon
::: philipdisalvo

Stanford's Proposal Over AI's 'Foundations' Creates Controversy
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

Over 65 years ago today researchers ran the first FORTRAN program, considered the beginning of general-purpose programming
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

An organized crime cell linked to the Italian Mafia that was involved in online fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking, and property crime has been disrupted by law enforcement agencies
frodi
::: TheHackersNews

On connaît désormais le site d'atterrissage du rover américain #Viper : une zone d'environ 10x10 kilomètres à l'ouest du cratère Nobile, près du pôle sud de la #Lune
spazio, esplorazione
::: leplanetolog

Fragmentation Leads to Abstractions Which Lead to What?
tecnologia | economia, lavoro | antitrust | storia
::: redmonk

Avvio vecchio stile per l'osservatorio italiano anti fake news
il peggio possibile: Riotta
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: ilmanifesto

Anche le Nazioni Unite chiedono una moratoria sull'uso di sistemi di riconoscimento facciale nei luoghi pubblici, a causa dei gravissimi rischi per i diritti umani. Nel frattempo in Italia, i comuni stanno già acquistando questi sistemi per usarli
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: mrk4m1

Big tech’s pro-climate rhetoric is not matched by policy action, report finds
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: fabiochiusi

Amazon’s AI Cameras Are Punishing Drivers for Mistakes They Didn’t Make
Amazon | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

Linux Foundation Survey Shows Companies Desperate To Hire Open-Source Talent
lavoro
::: Slashdot


signal — Asynchronous System Events
Python
::: pymotw

Amazon is Investigating Whether Its Lawyers Bribed Government Officials in India
Amazon
::: Slashdot

Facebook Warned Over 'Very Small' Indicator LED On Smart Glasses
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Securities regulators scored a victory in the battle to bring some order to the fast-growing cryptocurrency industry as Coinbase, the crypto exchange, said it would not go ahead with an interest-generating financial product called Lend
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | crittografia | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: nytimestech

'Please Stop Closing Forums And Moving People To Discord'
social media
::: Slashdot

Alaska Discloses 'Sophisticated' Nation-State Cyberattack on Health Service
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

BlackMatter Hits Grain Cooperative With Ransomware Attack
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

World's Largest Chip Foundry TSMC Sets 2050 Deadline To Go Carbon Neutral
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

Twitter agreed to pay $809.5 million to settle a 2016 class action lawsuit that accused the company of misleading investors about its growth, the social media company said on Monday
Twitter | economia, lavoro
::: nytimestech

Peter Thiel Claims Zuckerberg Agreed To Push 'State-Sanctioned Conservatism' Under Trump Deal
Facebook | politica
::: Slashdot ::: jstrauss


A sorpresa arriva la durissima presa di posizione di @luigidimaio @Mov5Stelle contro la direttiva #copyright …. Solo che era tre anni fa…ora che decreto recepimento è anche peggio della direttiva come ribadito da @antitrust_it #M5S batterà un colpo?
copyright e brevetti | politica
::: marcoscialdone

A SpaceX official said there was growing interest in private trips to orbit after the completion of the Inspiration4 mission
spazio, esplorazione
::: nytimestech

Everytime I use Windows
umorismo
::: SomeOfMiles

Amazon takes bossware to new invasive lows for its delivery drivers
Amazon | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: evacide

La fenêtre pour le lancement vers #Mars du rover européen #RosalindFranklin s'ouvre dans un an exactement. Après de nombreux reports, espérons que cette fois sera la bonne ! #ExoMars #Esa
spazio, esplorazione
::: leplanetolog

“TikTok, on the other hand, has seen a slight uptick in the percentage of users who say they regularly get news on the site, rising from 22% in 2020 to 29% in 2021”
social media
::: fabiochiusi

Arriva il #TwitterDown, non funziona più niente, profilo azzerato e tutti che iniziamo a chiederci: per quale cacchio di tweet mi hanno bannato per sempre? 😱😱😱
Twitter | umorismo
::: Santas_Official

After 3 years, Uganda students now want to learn how to code. In 2019, Kids on Computers partnered with the Mwebaza Foundation to set up three computer labs throughout Uganda. These three labs consist of 15 Raspberry Pi 3 workstations with free, open-source software
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: kidsoncomputers

Outstanding hypocrisy on show here - Julian Assange having been found by the UN to have been arbitrarily detained in the UK since 2015 #FreeAssangeNOW #UN #FreePress #NoExtradition #UKGovernment
Julian Assange
::: DefendAssange

I metodi che usano i poteri forti per controllarci sono davvero subdoli
umorismo | social media
::: filipio_

La crociata di Brunetta contro lo smart work cozza con la prevenzione anti-Covid e con la necessità (soprattutto per gli utenti) di migliorare il rapporto con la pubblica amministrazione
lavoro a distanza/casa
::: andcapocci


NASA Reviews Private Space Station Proposals, Expects To Save Over $1 Billion Annually After ISS Retires
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

Isole di calore milanesi
non solo Milano, altre 5
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: RadioProzac

Virgin Media Subscribers Told To Pay 'Thousands of Pounds' To Settle Piracy Laws
pirateria
::: Slashdot

No More Apologies: Inside Facebook’s Push to Defend Its Image
Facebook
::: New York Times

The annual smartphone upgrade has become a mirage of tech innovation
Apple | dispositivi mobili
::: nytimestech

Compagnie fossili e cambiamento climatico, «decenni di menzogne»
energia | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: ilmanifesto

Huge hack reveals embarrassing details of who’s behind Proud Boys and other far-right websites
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | politica
::: The Washington Post

Journalist who tracked Viktor Orban’s childhood friend infected with spyware
spyware
::: fabiochiusi ::: RonDeibert

Memory safety in a huge codebase is hard. We've published some work and an update on our work in the Chromium codebase
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: nasko

Shrink Facebook to Save the World
In On Tech, @shiraovide writes that Facebook has been used as a tool for violence and abuse in country after country. Maybe it shouldn’t be everywhere
Facebook
::: nytimestech

Scientists Develop the Next Generation of Reservoir Computing
machine learning
::: Slashdot


Leaked Apple Training Videos Show How the iPhone-Maker Undermines Third-Party Repair
diritto di riparare | Apple
::: Slashdot

Crypto Channels Targeted in Biden's Fight Against Ransomware
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

PayPal Launches Its 'Super App' Combining Payments, Savings, Bill Pay, Crypto, Shopping and More
crittografia
::: Slashdot

Comcast and UK Subsidiary Sky Reportedly Launching Smart TVs
video, streaming
::: Slashdot

Improved algorithms may be more important for AI performance than faster hardware
algoritmi, codice
::: MIT_CSAIL

Facebook Rolls Out News Feed Change That Blocks Watchdogs from Gathering Data
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

EU Plans To Legislate for Common Phone Charger Despite Apple Grumbles
hardware
::: Slashdot

BREAK: Xi Jinping says China will stop building coal plants overseas. This almost completely ends the international finance of coal in a single sentence
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: KarlMathiesen

Apple is Working on Mental Health Monitoring Using iPhone Data
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

Ma allora ditelo che volete vederci soffrire
Web, Internet | lavoro a distanza/casa
::: figliocomunista ::: kittesencul

GNOME 41 Released with New Multitasking Settings, Revamped Software, and More
applicazioni, programmi
::: omgubuntu


19 settembre, 2021

Visto nel Web - 640

 Riuscirò --riusciremo-- a superare la pandemia? lentamente, con tenacia, probabilmente, forse. Intanto ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.


My analysis for the #pegasus 0-click vulnerability. All is just based on a screenshot from Citizen Lab, but I got the root cause and other conclusions
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: patch1t

The #Fortune500s are among the world’s top leading enterprises, paving the way for industries in setting enterprise and #business examples around the globe
Web, Internet | ditte
::: storyblok

Walmart will test a self-driving delivery service with Ford and Argo
automazione
::: nytimestech

It took years — eight years and counting in exile — for me to realize that I was missing the point: we talk about conspiracy theories in order to avoid talking about conspiracy practices, which are often too daunting, too threatening, too total
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | politica
::: Snowden

"Ci sono Paesi al mondo in cui il 20% del PIL è petrolio. 2 miliardi di
persone vivono di combustibili fossili. State progettando un
genocidio di poveri"
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale | economia, lavoro
::: RadioProzac

“knows how to read man pages, grep log files, configure kernel modules, and write and debug C programs” sure is an interesting definition of “non-technical user”
bug
::: lexi_lambda

Today I learned about the gator project, which is a user friendly way to control conda environments from within JupyterLab. Super cool. The @QuantStack & co team is doing all sorts of great stuff
Python
::: choldgraf

1/4 📊 Results are in! @SZ analyzed thousands of data donations from our #Instagram monitoring browser plug-in on the German federal election campaign #btw21
social media | politica
::: algorithmwatch

Andare via da Twitter
Cacciari non l'avrebbe detto meglio 😜; dai poi passa, forse
Twitter
::: mante

Commission yearns for setting the global standard on artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence | Unione Europea
::: fabiochiusi

The American company that sold a zero-click iMessage hacking tool to a UAE spying operation was Accuvant, a prolific Denver-based firm that specialized in iOS exploits
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: HowellONeill ::: Slashdot ::: Slashdot

New blog post from @r_c_thomas about @TrustedCI involvement with Jupyter https://blog.jupyter.org/trusted-ci-cybersecurity-engagement-with-jupyter-859a5f5d7201 . Thanks to everyone involved in the security working group
Python
::: ProjectJupyter


KPLO, South Korea’s first Moon mission
spazio, esplorazione
::: universetoday

FCC Wants Landlords To Stop Screwing Up Your Internet
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

3D printed objects sense how a user is interacting with them
tecnologia
::: MIT_CSAIL

Most Plans for New Coal Plants Scrapped Since Paris Agreement
me: dubbi 🤔
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

Anonymous Hacks Epik Web Hosting
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | politica
::: Slashdot

Kazakhstan Moves To Restrict Foreign Social Media Usage
censura
::: Slashdot

iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro Feature Dual eSIM Support
dispositivi mobili | Apple
::: Slashdot

When the Wind Stops Blowing, an Energy Storm Brews
energia
::: Slashdot

Every few years, a company comes out with AR glasses and the product flops. @Anthropunk talks about why a world in which smart glasses are normalized is dangerous to privacy
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | Facebook
::: evacide

Siete sorpresi per le bollette di gas e luce? Non dovreste. La transizione energetica, pur necessaria, sarà costosissima. E l’impatto sui prezzi si estenderà a viaggi, edifici, mobilità. Non è una previsione, è una promessa della Commissione Europea
energia
::: carloalberto

Voglio lanciare una provocazione. Che la #privacy sia un diritto e un bene prezioso è fuori discussione. Ma non è che la stiamo facendo ancora più preziosa di quel che è? Capisco le preoccupazioni per gli attacchi alla stessa, ma forse non sarebbe il caso di rilassarsi un po'?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: MauroV1968


I’m looking for the first instance of a person applying the principles of harm reduction in digital security and privacy training. Bring me your citations so I can give the right people credit
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: evacide

I’ve set a course for the U.S. to achieve 100% clean electricity by 2035, and to reach net-zero emissions economy-wide by 2050. We can do this in a way that creates good jobs, lowers costs, and makes us global leaders of entirely new industries
ma se torna il Donald?
energia | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: POTUS

Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 16, 2021
umorismo
::: GoComics

This year risks establishing the US judiciary as a failed institution, with any judges that retain a meaningful concept of justice consistently diluted into a powerless minority
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Snowden

Speriamo l’OMS chiami in redazione così abbiamo risolto la pandemia
giornali, stampa
::: fabiochiusi

Dopo Como, anche Udine vuole installare telecamere per il riconoscimento facciale nonostante i rischi e il fatto che al momento non siano tecnicamente legali
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: EasyInve

Smart working, grave errore il dietrofront: ecco invece come migliorare
lavoro a distanza/casa
::: JvJean1971

A Stanford Proposal Over AI's 'Foundations' Ignites Debate
artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi

EU commissioner calls for urgent action against Pegasus spyware
spyware | Unione Europea
::: fabiochiusi

«Capitale alle masse», Alibaba cerca una strada nella «prosperità comune»
economia, lavoro | Cina
::: ilmanifesto

Vaccini, la grande rapina di Big Pharma
l'alternativa?
economia, lavoro | coronavirus
::: ilmanifesto


Il Pcc incombe e Meituan modifica il proprio algoritmo
lavoro | Cina
::: ilmanifesto

Australia's two most populous states are trialing facial recognition software that lets police check people are home during COVID-19 quarantine, expanding trials that have sparked controversy
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | coronavirus
::: Reuters

Ransomware Encrypts South Africa's Entire Department of Justice Network
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Il y a désormais 14 personnes dans l'espace
spazio, esplorazione
::: RevesdEspace

Michelle #Bachelet, Alto Commissario #ONU per i #dirittiumani, ha chiesto una #moratoria sull'uso della tecnologia di #AI che rappresenta un serio rischio per i diritti umani, compresi i sistemi di #riconoscimentofacciale che tracciano le persone negli spazi pubblici
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: informapirata

BYTE from March 1991 explains e-mail under Unix
storia
::: unix_byte

Home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81
protagonisti | storia
::: fabiochiusi ::: fogus ::: ApuliaRetro ::: f_ronchetti ::: orporick

Windows 11: Just say no
per il 'puter non nuovissimo
sistemi operativi
::: dcavedon

No Longer Just Theory: Black Lotus Labs Uncovers Linux Executables Deployed as Stealth Windows Loaders
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: CyberFactsIT

You might see two very different kinds of internets in the future. Here's what to expect
browser | ad, pubblicità
::: nytimestech ::: nytimestech


LibreOffice 7.2.1 Is Now Available for Download with More Than 85 Bug Fixes
applicazioni, programmi
::: MariusNestor

Google and Apple have removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's tactical voting app from their stores, his team said, after Russia accused the U.S. tech firms of meddling in its internal affairs
censura
::: Reuters

Jaw-dropping moments in WSJ's bombshell Facebook investigation
Facebook
::: CNN ::: thelazza

Some thoughts on China’s digital transformation
Cina
::: monkchips

Running Arm Binaries on x86 with QEMU-User
random reminder that the thing where a Linux box just transparently runs binaries for other architectures is awesome and magical
programming, codice, snippet
::: johnregehr

Revelations a decade ago that U.S. spies hacked American internet companies helped change technology as we know it
spyware | Edward Snowden
::: nytimestech

New tutorial on http://keras.io: training a deep learning model (MIRNet) to enhance low-light images -- with much nicer results than what you'd get from a simple auto-contrast correction
machine learning
::: fchollet

We just released a toolbox for anomaly detection using #GANs. Completely written in idiomatic #TensorFlow 2 style 💪 It can be used as a CLI application with standard datasets, or use your own and see how the GAN-based model performs
machine learning
::: paolo_galeone

Spotify Linux Client (Finally) Fixes Missing Artwork Issue, Slow Startup Times
applicazioni, programmi
::: omgubuntu

Apple is suddenly grappling with a surge in employee activism, as workers complain about workplace conditions, unequal pay and the company’s business practices
Apple | lavoro
::: nytimestech

Another journalist has joined the list of #Pegasus spyware victims: Africa-focused Belgian reporter @PVerlindenJst, as well as his wife, were hacked in 2020, a Belgium State agency revealed today
spyware
::: FbdnStories


An American Company Fears Its Windows Hacks Helped India Spy On China And Pakistan
spyware
::: ForbesTech

OS X command line utilities
Apple
::: UnixToolTip

FTC Releases Findings on How Big Tech Eats Little Tech
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Telegram Emerges as New Dark Web for Cyber Criminals
social media | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Researchers Defeated Advanced Facial Recognition Tech Using Makeup
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot

Man Who Unlocked Nearly 2 Million AT&T Phones Gets 12 Years In Prison
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

US To Target Crypto Ransomware Payments With Sanctions
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | crittografia
::: Slashdot

Rolls-Royce's All-Electric Aircraft Completes 15-Minute Maiden Voyage
energia | tecnologia
::: Slashdot

China's Shenzhou-12 crew has returned to Earth
spazio, esplorazione
::: ChinaInSpace

The first ever Linux kernel version 0.01 was released to the public 30 years ago on 17th September 1991
storia
::: itsfoss2

Ve lo ricordate che dobbiamo tagliare le emissioni del 50% entro il 2030 vero? Beh Greta ha ragione, c'è tanto #greenwashing e pochi fatti
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: cmnit


Amnesty International confirms that Belgian journalist, Peter Verlinden @PVerlindenJst, was hacked with #Pegasus spyware. #PegasusProject
spyware
::: AmnestyTech

I am a Senior Software Engineer. Yesterday I couldn't remember how to do something, so like all effective Engineers, I googled it. The third result was from a book I wrote on the subject
programming, codice, snippet
::: iamjkeating

I find this picture so incredibly moving. This is @GretaThunberg aged 15, sat alone outside the Swedish Parliament Aug 2018 - the first school strike. In just one year, she’s created a wave that will change the whole world. Never underestimate the power of one young person Cuore violaCuore verde
h/t @cmnit
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Louisemac

Rover Replies
spazio, esplorazione | umorismo
::: xkcdComic

US, EU Pledge 30% Cut In Methane Emissions To Limit Global Heating
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

While human rights & data protection authorities around the world are speaking out on the need to ban #BiometricMassSurveillance, governments are trying to secretly sneak through proposals to legalise it. The latest is #Serbia 🇷🇸 and their proposed interior affairs law
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: ellajakubowska1

Mi stanno arrivando molte segnalazioni di altri comuni che investono soldi pubblici in sistemi di videosorveglianza con riconoscimento facciale, al momento vietati dal Garante della privacy. Qui Monselice, in provincia di Padova
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: EasyInve

The site is now being hosted from GitHub pages
Python
::: pymotw

In Finland, Scientists Are Growing Coffee In a Lab
funziona?
innovazioni, futuro | (forse)
::: Slashdot

Despite 'Economic Distress', Two US Nuclear Power Plants Saved From Closing Through Subsidies
energia
::: Slashdot

From the moment your daughter gets a ”problem of the week”
programming, codice, snippet
::: robertoaloi