Tempi interessanti, una volta l'estate non era così; ma intanto ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.
Germany's Volkswagen Group hopes to more than double its market share in the United States by 2030, and it's counting on a cute electric remake of its classic VW Microbus to help it get there
energia
::: CNNBusiness
The new issue of the Free Software Foundation Bulletin is live! Read about how we evaluate products for RYF certification, about ebook freedom, and more
open source
::: fsf
The IEEE Computer Society Online Gaming Standards Committee is developing technical standards to cover online gaming and e-sports development, publishing, and operations
games
::: IEEESpectrum
Chinese rocket companies are preparing for hop tests
spazio, esplorazione
::: universetoday
Dextrous Robotics Wants To Move Boxes With Chopsticks
robots, automazione, droni
::: BotJunkie
sphinxcontrib-datatemplates 0.9.0
Python
::: doughellmann
We are pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-18. Full details can be found in the accompanying blog post
Ubuntu | dispositivi mobili
::: UBports
Russian government hackers targeted European government officials with LinkedIn messages that contained malicious links designed to exploit unknown vulnerabilities in Windows and iOS, according to Google's report
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: carolafrediani
United and Mesa To Buy Electric Planes For Short Trips
energia
::: Slashdot
We had big hopes for Fleets, but now it’s time to say goodbye and take flight with other ideas. Starting August 3, Fleets will no longer be available. More on what we learned and what's coming 👇 (1/4)
::: peterseibel ::: JvJean1971 ::: Slashdot ::: fchollet ::: realUNOgame
Twitter Sees Jump in Govt Demands To Remove Content of Reporters, News Outlets
censura
::: Slashdot
PC Market Growth Slows Amid Global Chip Shortages
hardware | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot
White House May Work With Carriers To Screen Anti-Vax Messages
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | coronavirus
::: Slashdot
EU Proposes World's First Carbon Border Tax
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
Formatting numbers at the command line
matematica
::: UnixToolTip
iOS Zero-Day Let SolarWinds Hackers Compromise Fully Updated iPhones
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
A Privacy War is Raging Within the World Wide Web Consortium
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
Inside Facebook's Data Wars
Facebook | dati, raccolta | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot
Over 10,000 Amazon Rainforest Species Risk Extinction, Landmark Report Warns
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
New method optimizes shape & control of a robotic manipulator for a specific task
robots, automazione, droni
::: MIT_CSAIL
Back when I worked at FB ca. 2013, all SWEs had the ability see any profiles, and the policy was “you can log in to profiles of friends & family if they tell you it’s OK, esp if they need help with something.” (I found it horrifying. Others in my cohort found it awesome.)
Facebook | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: stylewarning
Our @TensorFlow examples push for the 🤗Transformers library is now finished - check it out at github.com/huggingface/transformers/tree/master/examples! Everything has now been rewritten as more native, idiomatic TF code - but what does that mean for users? A short thread
machine learning
::: carrigmat
Vabbè, è praticamente l’unico scopo rimasto a quel social network, dai
::: bermat
Amsterdam is embracing a radical new economic theory to help save the environment. Could it also replace capitalism?
economia, lavoro | innovazioni, futuro
::: formicablu
🤩 Le rover chinois #Zhurong vient d'atteindre son bouclier arrière auquel est accroché son parachute ! Une photo qui rappelle celle prise par lorsqu'il se rapprocha de son bouclier thermique. Au loin, un ancien volcan de boue ou un pingo
pingo? Un pingo, altrimenti detto idrolaccolite, è un tumulo di ghiaccio coperto di terra che si trova nell'Artide, dice la Wiki
spazio, esplorazione | robots, automazione, droni
::: thomas_appere
è tornato clippy
Microsoft
::: emenietti
Evolution
h/t @JvJean1971
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | umorismo
::: InstafluffTV
If you follow @FacebooksTop10, you know that the Top 10 Engagement list every day is dominated—literally 9 or 10 of 10—by conservative media posts. Facebook is unhappy that this makes them look like a right wing echo chamber and are contemplating if and how to reduce transparency
Facebook | politica
::: mark_dow
When talking to Linux users
umorismo
::: christitustech
The Advocate General opinion in 💼 C-401/19, the Polish request to annul #Article17 is out. The AG does not recommend to annul #Article17. Instead, implementations must contain safeguards that ensure that only manifestly illegal uploads get blocked. What does this mean?
Unione Europea | copyright e brevetti | censura
::: communia_eu
Don't compare yourself to other developers. You know your own failures, shortcomings, and struggles. You don't know theirs. This makes it a very unfair and false comparison. Instead, compare yourself to the developer you were yesterday
programming, codice, snippet
::: traversymedia
L’Europa insufficiente sul clima
ambiente, ecologia
::: ilmanifesto ::: ilmanifesto
Facebook is Ditching Plans To Make an Interface That Reads the Brain
::: Slashdot ::: WillOremus
The Battery Revolution Is Just Getting Started
energia | hardware
::: rodneyabrooks
"The Constant Boss. Labor Under Digital Surveillance" - New report by @aihanguyen on workplace surveillance and algorithmic management focusing on low-wage and hourly workers in the US
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: WolfieChristl
Australian startup LAVO aims to harness the sun’s energy in two different ways: by storing it and by using it to produce green hydrogen for a market hungry for a solar power grid storage solution
energia
::: IEEESpectrum
China Is Pulling Ahead In Global Quantum Race, New Studies Suggest
quantum computing
::: Slashdot
It's impossible to learn if you're not trying new things and making mistakes. Mistakes are cool. As long as you don't repeat the same ones too many times
programming, codice, snippet
::: fchollet
30 Million Wikipedia citations in Wikidata
Wikipedia
::: Wikicite
Google Wants People in Office, Despite Productivity Gains at Home
lavoro
::: Slashdot
Tech Workers Who Swore Off the Bay Area Are Coming Back
lavoro
::: Slashdot
A New Tool Shows How Google Results Vary Around the World
::: Slashdot
Pilot Sues Delta For $1 Billion Claiming the Airline Stole Crew App
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot
Chrome Will Soon Let You Turn On An HTTPS-First Mode
browser | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Mysterious Israeli Spyware Vendor's Windows Zero-Days Caught in the Wild
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
US Cracks Down On 'Fulfilled By Amazon,' Citing Sale of 400K Hazardous Items
Amazon
::: Slashdot
Last year we presented #AlphaFold v2 which predicts 3D structures of proteins down to atomic accuracy. Today we’re proud to share the methods in @Nature w/open source code. Excited to see the research this enables. More very soon!
programming, codice, snippet
::: demishassabis
At least 21 dead in ‘catastrophic’ flooding in western Germany caused by slow-moving storm
h/t @cmnit
ambiente, ecologia
::: HayleyJFowler
La prova che le intelligenze artificiali stanno cercando di ucciderci tutti sono i percorsi calcolati da Google Maps
umorismo
::: bermat
The assassination of Peter De Vries is the tip of an Iceberg threatening all Europe: lack of support for investigative journalists. Public sector is sinking in the open sea of fake-news unable to value jobs whose market value is null, but of paramount importance for society
media | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: jaromil
No one: Backend developers
umorismo
::: DennisWanjeri
As Ransomware Attacks Increase in Sophistication, We Need to Appreciate System Administration
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | lavoro
::: JvJean1971
So I guess next step is to integrate the @Hacker0x01 API with ClusterFuzz and AWS's billing API so your bounty credits can auto-pay for your AWS EC2 instances and there's a nice cursor that let's you tune how much money you want to throw to the problem? 😇
hackers at work | programming, codice, snippet
::: phretor
L’Acqua di Fukushima e la Lezione di Topolino
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: nucleareragione
Polish challange of Article 17 Copyright Directive: unfortunately, its a green light for upload filters, but the opinion is a warning to States that, without stronger user safeguards, national laws will conflict with freedom of expression rights
Unione Europea | censura
::: cSchmon
 |
| Shanghai Astronomy Museum |
Russia bans media outlet that published Vladimir Putin scoops
censura
::: jeffjarvis
Netflix Plans To Offer Video Games In Push Beyond Films, TV
games | TV
::: Slashdot ::: Slashdot
Announcing the first issue of Volume 6 of the Programming Journal
uh, devo indagare
programming, codice, snippet
::: programmingconf
La rimozione del carbonio non è la priorità
dubbi 🤔, solo io?
ambiente, ecologia
::: MIT Technology Review
Cela fait désormais plus d'un mois que le télescope spatial #Hubble a interrompu ses observations. Les ingénieurs de la #Nasa ont pu établir que le problème provient du SI C&DH, un ensemble de composants qui gère les commandes et les données des instruments scientifiques. (1/2)
spazio, esplorazione
::: leplanetolog ::: Slashdot ::: NASAHubble ::: thomas_appere
Fedora Linux, CentOS Stream, and RHEL are all part of the same family. Here's how they interrelate
Linux distro
::: CentOS
To people who have not studied the internet, platform censorship, freedom of expression issues, or the history of internet regulation, this might seem like a good take. It is, in fact, a bad take
censura
::: evacide
Made a thing that lets you shoot lasers from your eyes. Why? I don’t know
uh! 💥
Web, Internet
::: misterjworth
From Nicaragua to Colombia, @restofworld has confirmed reports of police seizing dissidents' phones and weaponizing their data against them
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: leomschwartz
#5G can be a power drain in part because of a built-in power inefficiency, one that has now been significantly streamlined. Your next 5G phone (or other smart, connected device) may have just gotten a nice little battery upgrade
5G
::: IEEESpectrum
President Biden says platforms like Facebook are "killing people" with Covid misinformation
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: CNNPolitics ::: CNNBusiness ::: BrendanNyhan ::: fabiochiusi
Serverless made easy
Web, Internet
::: ServerlessStack
.@Tesla's highly-anticipated #FSD v9.0 was released in its beta form last weekend. They're placing a big bet by ditching Lidar and radar and relying on cameras only for their self-driving software. Is it a wager worth taking?
automazione
::: IEEESpectrum
Ingenuity is starting to take on its new role as a scout for Perseverance
spazio, esplorazione | robots, automazione, droni
::: universetoday
This Week in GNOME - Post #1 "Scrolling in the Dark" is online now. Get news about GNOME Shell, WebKitGTK, Libadwaita and more
programming, codice, snippet
::: haeckerfelix
Le slide della Sedicesima Edizione di #HackInBo sono online insieme a tutte le precedenti! 🎉
appena ho tempo ...
::: AndreaDraghetti
Google Maps Accused of Offering 'Potentially Fatal' Hiking Routes
non si esagera un po'? tipo Repubblica
::: Slashdot
xargs considered harmful
mah... 🤔
bash script
::: UnixToolTip
I’ve been writing Racket again lately, which naturally means I have returned to my hobby of finding new and exciting ways of making it do terrible things
Lexi rockz! 💥
language Racket
::: lexi_lambda ::: lexi_lambda
Say Hi To Microsoft's Own Linux: CBL-Mariner
Microsoft | Linux
::: Slashdot
China Dispatches Officials To Inspect Didi's Data Security
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Cina
::: Slashdot
"Some of the US’s most popular stores — including Macy’s and Ace Hardware — are using #facialrecognition on their customers, largely without their knowledge." #privacy
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: CarissaVeliz
LG's Rollable OLED TV On Sale In US For a Whopping $100,000
hardware | tecnologia
::: Slashdot
Physicists Move Closer To Defeating Errors In Quantum Computation
quantum computing
::: Slashdot
Automattic, Owner of Tumblr and WordPress, Buys Podcast App Pocket Casts
blog
::: Slashdot
Biden Battles Russian Hacking Groups With Restrictions on IT Firms
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Beyond Silicon Valley, meet the six cities vying to become the next global tech hubs
tecnologia
::: IAtalkspace
Japan Has Shattered the Internet Speed Record at 319 Terabits per Second
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
China's Xiaomi Overtakes Apple In the Global Smartphone Market
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot
footnotes of this post link to this paper, which is a very entertaining
ancora da leggere
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: hdevalence
Ci accuseranno di voler usare la tragedia tedesca per tirare acqua al mulino dell'allarme climatico. Per quel che mi riguarda, possono anche cominciare subito, perché è esattamente quello che faremo
ambiente, ecologia
::: L_Apostata ::: Public_Citizen ::: MauroV1968 ::: greenbluegedi ::: ilmanifesto ::: ilmanifesto
#otd in 1969 Apollo 11 took off and landed a man on the moon - thanks to software from an MIT team led by 32-year-old Margaret Hamilton
storia | spazio, esplorazione
::: MIT_CSAIL
The past / the future
lavoro
::: ValaAfshar
I did not know this - most of Exxon's carbon capture just happens anyway through the normal process of digging up fossil methane
energia | ambiente, ecologia | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: KetanJ0
What in the world
umorismo
::: ctoner
In Utah, golf courses use 30 TIMES more water than people. Golf courses are an extravagant waste of land and water
ambiente, ecologia | economia, lavoro
::: RecessionCone
nvalsi: cosa dicono davvero i dati sulla scuola in tempi di Dad
scuola, educazione, cultura | lavoro a distanza/casa | digitalizzazione
::: MariuzzoAndrea
New: my deep dive into Twitch's gambling boom. Shady off-shore gambling sites are offering streamers $$,$$$s an HOUR to play slots. And legal experts I spoke with had some major questions
social media | crittografia | bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: cecianasta
Perl DBI tutorial written. Learn how to interact with databases in Perl with the DBI module
linguaggi di programmazione
::: janbodnar
Ethereum Co-Founder Says Safety Concern Has Him Quitting Crypto
crittografia
::: Slashdot
Right-wing Activist's $500 'Freedom Phone' Actually Cheap Rebranded Android Model Made in China
dispositivi mobili | politica
::: Slashdot
As a software developer, I envy writers, musicians, and filmmakers
cit.
::: MIT_CSAIL
Le rover chinois Zhurong a maintenant parcouru plus de 500 mètres sur Mars (509 exactement). Ici, on peut voir son parcours jusqu'au jour 58 (nous en sommes au jour 63 aujourd'hui) 👇🇨🇳
spazio, esplorazione | robots, automazione, droni
::: Astro_Danyboy
