Se Google anziché scannerizzare libri si fosse messa a digitalizzare i fossili che stanno nei magazzini dei musei inutilizzati, probabilmente staremmo facendo strepitose scoperte paleontologiche. Il costo oltretutto sarebbe stato notevolmente inferiore.
Money quote: "“There are enormous amounts of data sitting in various museum collections,” says Peter Roopnarine, the curator of geology at the California Academy of Sciences and one of the authors of the paper, which was published last month in Biology Letters. “Our picture of what’s going on is based on whatever small fraction we manage to study, and publish upon.”"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fossil-online-database
Money quote: "“There are enormous amounts of data sitting in various museum collections,” says Peter Roopnarine, the curator of geology at the California Academy of Sciences and one of the authors of the paper, which was published last month in Biology Letters. “Our picture of what’s going on is based on whatever small fraction we manage to study, and publish upon.”"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fossil-online-database
Atlas Obscura
We're Hardly Using Any of Our Fossils
The vast majority are languishing in museum storage. Is it time to dig them up all over again?
Apple reinventa il mitico Newton con iPad e Scribble - il mio articolo per Macity (con refuso nel titolo, sorry!)
https://www.macitynet.it/apple-reinventa-il-mitico-newton-con-ipad-e-scriblble/
https://www.macitynet.it/apple-reinventa-il-mitico-newton-con-ipad-e-scriblble/
Macitynet.it
Apple reinventa il mitico Newton con iPad e Scribble - Macitynet.it
Con iPad, Apple Pencil e Scribble ora Apple reinventa il Newton, il primo computer palmare della storia che era in anticipo sui tempi
Nintendo ha deciso di uscire dal settore dei videogiochi per smartphone e concentrarsi sulla Switch. Un po' perché non gli era venuto bene, un po' perché a tre anni dal lancio la Switch sta accelerando alla grande. E i giochi gli vengono meglio là, ve lo garantisco.
Money quote: "Nintendo Co. is retreating from the $77 billion mobile gaming arena after disappointing results deflated once-lofty ambitions, ending a multiyear effort just as the market goes through an unprecedented Covid-era boom."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-21/nintendo-chills-mobile-ambitions-after-animal-crossing-success
Money quote: "Nintendo Co. is retreating from the $77 billion mobile gaming arena after disappointing results deflated once-lofty ambitions, ending a multiyear effort just as the market goes through an unprecedented Covid-era boom."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-21/nintendo-chills-mobile-ambitions-after-animal-crossing-success
Bloomberg.com
Nintendo Chills Mobile Ambitions After Animal Crossing Success
Nintendo Co. is retreating from the $77 billion mobile gaming arena after disappointing results deflated once-lofty ambitions, ending a multiyear effort just as the market goes through an unprecedented Covid-era boom.
Smart meter al galoppo: nel 2025 la svolta - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/smart-meter-al-galoppo-nel-2025-la-svolta/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/smart-meter-al-galoppo-nel-2025-la-svolta/
CorCom
Smart meter al galoppo: nel 2025 la svolta - CorCom
Secondo Berg Insight già nel 2021 verranno venduti 34,8 milioni di contatori intelligenti, +8,9% di crescita anno su anno. Tra 5 anni saranno 280 milioni. Francia, Gran Bretagna e Italia i mercati in più forte crescita
Jack Ma non è più l’uomo più ricco della Cina, il patron di Tencent gli scippa il primato - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/jack-ma-non-e-piu-luomo-piu-ricco-della-cina-il-patron-di-tencent-gli-scippa-il-primato/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/jack-ma-non-e-piu-luomo-piu-ricco-della-cina-il-patron-di-tencent-gli-scippa-il-primato/
CorCom
Jack Ma non è più l'uomo più ricco della Cina, il patron di Tencent gli scippa il primato - CorCom
Il fondatore di Alibaba è stato scavalcato da Pony Ma che vanta un patrimonio di 50 miliardi di dollari. In terza posizione Colin Huang (Pdd)
Controllo dei dati in cambio di sicurezza? Ok per il 62% degli italiani - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/privacy/controllo-dei-dati-in-cambio-di-sicurezza-ok-per-il-62-degli-italiani/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/privacy/controllo-dei-dati-in-cambio-di-sicurezza-ok-per-il-62-degli-italiani/
CorCom
Controllo dei dati in cambio di sicurezza? Ok per il 62% degli italiani - CorCom
Secondo la ricerca "Focus sulle Paure digitali" il 59% degli utenti ritiene che i suoi dati siano controllati da aziende per la pubblicità online
La lotta nel settore retail online (ma anche in quello fisico) non conosce quartiere e procede a ritmo serrato. Adesso siamo arrivati alla parte in cui tutti producono per la piattaforma.
Money quote: "Amazon’s private label business is booming, on pace to generate $7.5 billion this year and $25 billion by 2022, according to estimates from investment firm SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. To accelerate that growth, the company is inviting manufacturers to create products exclusively for its collection of private brands."
https://qz.com/1414238/secret-amazon-brands-are-quietly-taking-over-amazon-com/
Money quote: "Amazon’s private label business is booming, on pace to generate $7.5 billion this year and $25 billion by 2022, according to estimates from investment firm SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. To accelerate that growth, the company is inviting manufacturers to create products exclusively for its collection of private brands."
https://qz.com/1414238/secret-amazon-brands-are-quietly-taking-over-amazon-com/
Quartz
Secret Amazon brands are quietly taking over Amazon.com
Quartz is a guide to the new global economy for people in business who are excited by change. We cover business, economics, markets, finance, technology, science, design, and fashion.
Chi crede nelle teorie del complotto ha una testa particolare. Perché ci sono tante intelligenze, e uno non è mica che deve avercele tutte. Però alcune capacità analitiche sarebbe meglio che le avesse.
Money quote: "I want to argue for something which is controversial, although I believe that it is also intuitive and commonsensical. My claim is this: Oliver believes what he does because that is the kind of thinker he is or, to put it more bluntly, because there is something wrong with how he thinks. The problem with conspiracy theorists is not, as the US legal scholar Cass Sunstein argues, that they have little relevant information. The key to what they end up believing is how they interpret and respond to the vast quantities of relevant information at their disposal. I want to suggest that this is fundamentally a question of the way they are. Oliver isn’t mad (or at least, he needn’t be). Nevertheless, his beliefs about 9/11 are the result of the peculiarities of his intellectual constitution – in a word, of his intellectual character."
https://aeon.co/essays/the-intellectual-character-of-conspiracy-theorists
Money quote: "I want to argue for something which is controversial, although I believe that it is also intuitive and commonsensical. My claim is this: Oliver believes what he does because that is the kind of thinker he is or, to put it more bluntly, because there is something wrong with how he thinks. The problem with conspiracy theorists is not, as the US legal scholar Cass Sunstein argues, that they have little relevant information. The key to what they end up believing is how they interpret and respond to the vast quantities of relevant information at their disposal. I want to suggest that this is fundamentally a question of the way they are. Oliver isn’t mad (or at least, he needn’t be). Nevertheless, his beliefs about 9/11 are the result of the peculiarities of his intellectual constitution – in a word, of his intellectual character."
https://aeon.co/essays/the-intellectual-character-of-conspiracy-theorists
Aeon
Bad thinkers
Why do some people believe conspiracy theories? It’s not just who or what they know. It’s a matter of intellectual character
Salesforce accelera sulla cybersecurity e investe su Tanium - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/cyber-security/salesforce-accelera-sulla-cybersecurity-e-investe-su-tanium/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/cyber-security/salesforce-accelera-sulla-cybersecurity-e-investe-su-tanium/
CorCom
Salesforce accelera sulla cybersecurity e investe su Tanium - CorCom
Alla società che produce software per la sicurezza sono stati destinati 100 milioni di dollari, con l'obiettivo di "proteggere i dipendenti" proprio mentre si diffonde lo smart working
Auto a guida autonoma, Volvo si allea con Waymo - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/auto-a-guida-autonoma-volvo-si-allea-con-waymo/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/auto-a-guida-autonoma-volvo-si-allea-con-waymo/
CorCom
Auto a guida autonoma, Volvo si allea con Waymo - CorCom
L'azienda svedese di proprietà cinese e il colosso californiano saranno partner esclusivi per lo sviluppo della self driving car. Ma rimane in piedi l'accordo già siglato con Uber per i veicoli test
La grande lista dei film indipendenti. Ma veramente indipendenti (un paio posso dire che sono anche davvero belli: ne ho visti pochi però. E voi?)
Money quote: "With this in mind, compiling a list of the best—or maybe let’s say the most interesting—American independent films since 2000 is a fool’s errand. I don’t mind looking foolish (I wrote a book about Showgirls, for god’s sake) but know that there were some ground rules here, only a couple of which were broken. (See if you can spot them!) No movies produced or distributed by major studios or mini-majors, which led to the decision to leave out A24 (meaning no Lady Bird, or The Witch, or Spring Breakers, or Hereditary, or you name it); no foreign titles, since financing structures abroad are even more difficult to categorize (which means that authentically shoestring masterpieces like Ben Wheatley’s Down Terrace didn’t qualify); no obvious “calling card” movies (even though some of these filmmakers got snapped up by studios pretty fast); and no need to include certain films that Ringer readers probably already know and love. (Sean Fennessey pushed for the inclusion of a certain Nicolas Winding Refn thriller starring Ryan Gosling whose title rhymes with “dive” but I exercised my one Canadian-freelancer veto, since that movie sucks.)"
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/10/18/17990106/the-30-best-truly-independent-films-of-the-21st-century
Money quote: "With this in mind, compiling a list of the best—or maybe let’s say the most interesting—American independent films since 2000 is a fool’s errand. I don’t mind looking foolish (I wrote a book about Showgirls, for god’s sake) but know that there were some ground rules here, only a couple of which were broken. (See if you can spot them!) No movies produced or distributed by major studios or mini-majors, which led to the decision to leave out A24 (meaning no Lady Bird, or The Witch, or Spring Breakers, or Hereditary, or you name it); no foreign titles, since financing structures abroad are even more difficult to categorize (which means that authentically shoestring masterpieces like Ben Wheatley’s Down Terrace didn’t qualify); no obvious “calling card” movies (even though some of these filmmakers got snapped up by studios pretty fast); and no need to include certain films that Ringer readers probably already know and love. (Sean Fennessey pushed for the inclusion of a certain Nicolas Winding Refn thriller starring Ryan Gosling whose title rhymes with “dive” but I exercised my one Canadian-freelancer veto, since that movie sucks.)"
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/10/18/17990106/the-30-best-truly-independent-films-of-the-21st-century
The Ringer
The 30 Best (Truly) Independent Films of the 21st Century
What does it mean to be an indie movie today? Just look at this list and find out.
Apple è la regina del neumorfismo - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/apple-e-la-regina-del-neumorfismo/
https://www.macitynet.it/apple-e-la-regina-del-neumorfismo/
macitynet.it
Apple è la regina del neumorfismo
Apple, Apple History, iOS, IPhone, Mac, MacOS, Opinioni, WWDC 2020, WWDC20
La nuova generazione di controller avanzati Thurstmaster in attesa di Flight Simulator 2020 - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/la-nuova-generazione-di-controller-avanzati-thurstmaster-in-attesa-di-flight-simulator-2020/
https://www.macitynet.it/la-nuova-generazione-di-controller-avanzati-thurstmaster-in-attesa-di-flight-simulator-2020/
Macitynet.it
La nuova generazione di controller avanzati Thurstmaster in attesa di Flight Simulator 2020 - Macitynet.it
Microsoft sta per far ripartire il mercato dei simulatori di volo e arriva una edizione speciale dedicata alla simulazione dei controlli degli Airbus dal maggiore produttore di console di volo
Qual è il futuro di Windows sui computer di Apple? - il mio lungo e interessante articolo per Macity ("interessante" se siete flippati di virtualizzazione ed emulazione)
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https://www.macitynet.it/qual-e-il-futuro-di-windows-sui-computer-di-apple/
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https://www.macitynet.it/qual-e-il-futuro-di-windows-sui-computer-di-apple/
Macitynet.it
Qual è il futuro di Windows sui computer di Apple? - Macitynet.it
Niente più BootCamp, virtualizzatori al lavoro, ma l'architettura Arm pone dei cambiamenti significativi. Vediamo da dove partiamo e quali sono i possibili scenari
Una lista definitiva, per chi vuole auto-aiutarsi, dei libri che rendono più produttivi. Commentata da chi di produttività se ne intende (oggettivamente).
Money quote: "Deciding to “be more productive” is one of those goals that sounds really good — because who doesn’t want to get more done in fewer hours or waste less time on social media? — but is actually hard to do well. That’s because productivity is such a slippery concept, with a different meaning for every person, depending on what they ultimately want to accomplish. And what helps one person stay on track might be the productivity tool that successfully guides another.
So for this reading list on the best productivity books and books on time management, I reached out to a broad range of experts from academia, business, journalism, and tech."
http://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-productivity-books.html
Money quote: "Deciding to “be more productive” is one of those goals that sounds really good — because who doesn’t want to get more done in fewer hours or waste less time on social media? — but is actually hard to do well. That’s because productivity is such a slippery concept, with a different meaning for every person, depending on what they ultimately want to accomplish. And what helps one person stay on track might be the productivity tool that successfully guides another.
So for this reading list on the best productivity books and books on time management, I reached out to a broad range of experts from academia, business, journalism, and tech."
http://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-productivity-books.html
The Strategist
10 Best Productivity Books, According to Successful People
With strategies to help you quit social media, spend less time in the office, and decide what’s actually important.
iOS 14 dona un cuore nuovo ai vecchi iPhone - il mio articolo per La Stampa
https://www.lastampa.it/tecnologia/idee/2020/06/29/news/ios-14-dona-un-cuore-nuovo-ai-vecchi-iphone-1.39021248?refresh_ce
https://www.lastampa.it/tecnologia/idee/2020/06/29/news/ios-14-dona-un-cuore-nuovo-ai-vecchi-iphone-1.39021248?refresh_ce
La Stampa
iOS 14 dona un cuore nuovo ai vecchi iPhone
La prossima versione del sistema operativo mobile di Apple è compatibile con gli iPhone 6s, presentati cinque anni fa. Così l’azienda di Tim Cook risponde alle accuse di obsolescenza programmata
Nei momenti di tristezza, per elaborare un lutto (un'assenza, una separazione, una dipartita) in Giappone un signore ha costruito una piccola cabina telefonica con un telefono di quelli vecchi, che non è connesso a niente. Messaggi nel vento, insomma: vocali verso dev/null. È un posto dove andare a piangere e parlare in solitudine con chi non c'è più.
L'idea è stata di Itaru Sasaki, che aveva perso un cugino. Poi il terremoto/maremoto/incidente nucleare del 2011 hanno devastato anche l'are di Otsuchi, dove vive l'uomo, e lui ha dato l'accesso alla cabina del telefono ai suoi vicini. Pian piano la voce si è sparsa e oggi c'è gente che va in Giappone e si ritaglia un paio di giorni solo per poter fare una telefonata a qualcuno che non c'è più.
Money quote: "Otsuchi can be reached from Tokyo by high-speed train. Take the train to the Otsuchi (Otsucki) station. It can also be accessed by a car ride which is about 7 hours by taking the Tohoku expressway. The phone booth is just outside the city, north of Dai Chiwari 11, but not as far north as Dai Chiwari 12. It's the land side of the railway line. Use the published coordinates if you have GPS."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/wind-telephone
L'idea è stata di Itaru Sasaki, che aveva perso un cugino. Poi il terremoto/maremoto/incidente nucleare del 2011 hanno devastato anche l'are di Otsuchi, dove vive l'uomo, e lui ha dato l'accesso alla cabina del telefono ai suoi vicini. Pian piano la voce si è sparsa e oggi c'è gente che va in Giappone e si ritaglia un paio di giorni solo per poter fare una telefonata a qualcuno che non c'è più.
Money quote: "Otsuchi can be reached from Tokyo by high-speed train. Take the train to the Otsuchi (Otsucki) station. It can also be accessed by a car ride which is about 7 hours by taking the Tohoku expressway. The phone booth is just outside the city, north of Dai Chiwari 11, but not as far north as Dai Chiwari 12. It's the land side of the railway line. Use the published coordinates if you have GPS."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/wind-telephone
Atlas Obscura
Japan's Wind Phone for Calling the Dead
A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.
Progetto Gutenberg, perché sarà sotto sequestro per sempre - grande articolo del mio amico Raffaele Angius per Wired
https://www.wired.it/internet/web/2020/06/30/progetto-gutenberg-sequestro/
https://www.wired.it/internet/web/2020/06/30/progetto-gutenberg-sequestro/
WIRED.IT
Perché il Progetto Gutenberg sarà sotto sequestro per sempre
Il portale di digitalizzazione di libri resta inaccessibile al pubblico italiano. Almeno per chi non usa le vpn: storia di un sequestro poco chiaro
Con l'estate arriva la stagione dei lunghi viaggi in treno e in macchina. Questa potrebbe essere la soluzione definitiva per grandi e per piccini: orinatoi portatili
Money quote: "What exactly is a Travel John? It’s essentially a plastic funnel attached to a paper bag that’s filled with crystals. You press the funnel to your body to urinate into the bag, the crystals absorb the liquid, turning into a gel that contains the liquid and smell. Then you can throw the bag right into the trash. The Travel John also comes in a Travel Jane variety (complete with its own as-offensive-as-you-can-imagine pink box). But there’s no actual difference between the John and Jane products beyond the packaging. The funnel is designed to be unisex, and from reading reviews across the web, it seems to work as advertised."
https://www.fastcompany.com/90518559/meet-the-summers-sleeper-hit-product-a-bag-you-pee-into
Money quote: "What exactly is a Travel John? It’s essentially a plastic funnel attached to a paper bag that’s filled with crystals. You press the funnel to your body to urinate into the bag, the crystals absorb the liquid, turning into a gel that contains the liquid and smell. Then you can throw the bag right into the trash. The Travel John also comes in a Travel Jane variety (complete with its own as-offensive-as-you-can-imagine pink box). But there’s no actual difference between the John and Jane products beyond the packaging. The funnel is designed to be unisex, and from reading reviews across the web, it seems to work as advertised."
https://www.fastcompany.com/90518559/meet-the-summers-sleeper-hit-product-a-bag-you-pee-into
Fast Company
Meet the summer’s sleeper hit product: A bag you pee into
No one wants to use a public restroom during a pandemic, so it’s BYOB: Bring your own (pee) bag.
Sensori su abbonamento, la nuova strategia di Sony - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/sensori-su-abbonamento-la-nuova-strategia-di-sony/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/sensori-su-abbonamento-la-nuova-strategia-di-sony/
CorCom
Sensori su abbonamento, la nuova strategia di Sony - CorCom
La mossa rappresenta un cambiamento radicale per un mercato da 10 miliardi di dollari. Le soluzioni, basate su AI, saranno utilizzate per far funzionare piattaforme in grado di riconoscere oggetti e persone
Italtel spinge sul cloud, partnership strategica con Aws - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/cloud/italtel-spinge-sul-cloud-partnership-strategica-con-aws/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/cloud/italtel-spinge-sul-cloud-partnership-strategica-con-aws/
CorCom
Italtel spinge sul cloud, partnership strategica con Aws - CorCom
In collaborazione con Exprivia, l’azienda ha ottenuto la certificazione come “advanced partner” di Amazon Web Services