La mossa di Apple che sconvolgerà Microsoft - il mio articolo per La Stampa
https://www.lastampa.it/tecnologia/idee/2020/07/17/news/la-mossa-di-apple-che-sconvolgera-microsoft-1.39089116?refresh_ce
https://www.lastampa.it/tecnologia/idee/2020/07/17/news/la-mossa-di-apple-che-sconvolgera-microsoft-1.39089116?refresh_ce
La Stampa
La mossa di Apple che sconvolgerà Microsoft
Tim Cook ha annunciato il passaggio a processori alternativi a quelli Intel. Quali saranno le conseguenze per Microsoft?
Il 2020 doveva essere l’anno dell’ebook. Ma qualcosa è andato storto (e non è il coronavirus).
Money quote: “And in part, Albanese tells Vox in a phone interview, that’s because the digital natives of Gen Z and the millennial generation have very little interest in buying ebooks. “They’re glued to their phones, they love social media, but when it comes to reading a book, they want John Green in print,” he says. The people who are actually buying ebooks? Mostly boomers. “Older readers are glued to their e-readers,” says Albanese. “They don’t have to go to the bookstore. They can make the font bigger. It’s convenient.””
https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/12/23/20991659/ebook-amazon-kindle-ereader-department-of-justice-publishing-lawsuit-apple-ipad
Money quote: “And in part, Albanese tells Vox in a phone interview, that’s because the digital natives of Gen Z and the millennial generation have very little interest in buying ebooks. “They’re glued to their phones, they love social media, but when it comes to reading a book, they want John Green in print,” he says. The people who are actually buying ebooks? Mostly boomers. “Older readers are glued to their e-readers,” says Albanese. “They don’t have to go to the bookstore. They can make the font bigger. It’s convenient.””
https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/12/23/20991659/ebook-amazon-kindle-ereader-department-of-justice-publishing-lawsuit-apple-ipad
Vox
The 2010s were supposed to bring the ebook revolution. It never quite came.
Publishing spent the 2010s fighting tooth and nail against ebooks. There were unintended consequences.
L’evoluzione dei robot: arrivano quelli con il senso del tatto - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/levoluzione-dei-robot-arrivano-quelli-con-il-senso-del-tatto/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/levoluzione-dei-robot-arrivano-quelli-con-il-senso-del-tatto/
CorCom
L'evoluzione dei robot: arrivano quelli con il senso del tatto - CorCom
A elaborare il progetto i ricercatori della National University di Singapore, che stanno studiando come applicare agli automi la visione event-based e la sensibilità tattile grazie al computing neuromorfico
Facebook pronta a lanciare l’anti TikTok, in arrivo Reels - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/facebook-pronta-a-lanciare-lanti-tiktok-in-arrivo-reels/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/facebook-pronta-a-lanciare-lanti-tiktok-in-arrivo-reels/
CorCom
Facebook pronta a lanciare l'anti TikTok, in arrivo Reels - CorCom
L'app debutterà in 50 Paesi - Italia inclusa - nelle prossime settimane. Funzionerà tramite Instagram e permetterà di creare e condividere clip di 15 secondi, usando un ampio catalogo di musica commerciale
Un paper sui tre approcci della Artificial Intelligence rispetto alla società negli Usa, Uk e Ue.
Money quote: “In October 2016, the White House, the European Parliament, and the UK House of Commons each issued a report outlining their visions on how to prepare society for the widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI). In this article, we provide a comparative assessment of these three reports in order to facilitate the design of policies favourable to the development of a ‘good AI society’. “
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-017-9901-7
Money quote: “In October 2016, the White House, the European Parliament, and the UK House of Commons each issued a report outlining their visions on how to prepare society for the widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI). In this article, we provide a comparative assessment of these three reports in order to facilitate the design of policies favourable to the development of a ‘good AI society’. “
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-017-9901-7
SpringerLink
Artificial Intelligence and the ‘Good Society’: the US, EU, and UK approach
Science and Engineering Ethics - In October 2016, the White House, the European Parliament, and the UK House of Commons each issued a report outlining their visions on how to prepare society for...
John Lewis: “My philosophy is very simple: When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to stand up and just say something. You have to do something. I got into good trouble, necessary trouble. Even today, I tell people, ‘We need to get in good trouble.’”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb è infastidito. Altro che cigno nero. Il coronavirus è stato ben previsto ed era evitabile.
Money quote: “Besides, the pandemic was wholly predictable—he, like Bill Gates, Laurie Garrett, and others, had predicted it—a white swan if ever there was one. “We issued our warning that, effectively, you should kill it in the egg,” Taleb told Bloomberg. Governments “did not want to spend pennies in January; now they are going to spend trillions.””
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-pandemic-isnt-a-black-swan-but-a-portent-of-a-more-fragile-global-system
Money quote: “Besides, the pandemic was wholly predictable—he, like Bill Gates, Laurie Garrett, and others, had predicted it—a white swan if ever there was one. “We issued our warning that, effectively, you should kill it in the egg,” Taleb told Bloomberg. Governments “did not want to spend pennies in January; now they are going to spend trillions.””
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-pandemic-isnt-a-black-swan-but-a-portent-of-a-more-fragile-global-system
The New Yorker
The Pandemic Isn’t a Black Swan but a Portent of a More Fragile Global System
Nassim Nicholas Taleb coined the term “black swan.” He is frustrated whenever it is used to describe the coronavirus crisis.
Negli Stati Uniti si stanno rendendo conto di essersi messi nei guai da soli. Trump è il figlio dell’America, non solo la sua nemesi.
Money quote: “We uphold the value of robust and even caustic counter-speech from all quarters. But it is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought. More troubling still, institutional leaders, in a spirit of panicked damage control, are delivering hasty and disproportionate punishments instead of considered reforms. Editors are fired for running controversial pieces; books are withdrawn for alleged inauthenticity; journalists are barred from writing on certain topics; professors are investigated for quoting works of literature in class; a researcher is fired for circulating a peer-reviewed academic study; and the heads of organizations are ousted for what are sometimes just clumsy mistakes. Whatever the arguments around each particular incident, the result has been to steadily narrow the boundaries of what can be said without the threat of reprisal.”
https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/
Money quote: “We uphold the value of robust and even caustic counter-speech from all quarters. But it is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought. More troubling still, institutional leaders, in a spirit of panicked damage control, are delivering hasty and disproportionate punishments instead of considered reforms. Editors are fired for running controversial pieces; books are withdrawn for alleged inauthenticity; journalists are barred from writing on certain topics; professors are investigated for quoting works of literature in class; a researcher is fired for circulating a peer-reviewed academic study; and the heads of organizations are ousted for what are sometimes just clumsy mistakes. Whatever the arguments around each particular incident, the result has been to steadily narrow the boundaries of what can be said without the threat of reprisal.”
https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/
Harper's Magazine
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
July 7, 2020 The below letter will be appearing in the Letters section of the magazine’s October issue. We welcome responses at letters@harpers.org Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial. Powerful protests for racial and social justice are…
Proseguendo il discorso del messaggio precedente, la lettera di dimissioni di Bari Weiss dal New York Times, dopo l’assunzione che aveva l’obiettivo di portare un po’ di conservatorismo in un giornale dalle opinioni liberali che aveva completamente mancato di prevedere il fenomeno Donald Trump. Una lettera pesante che spiega come il problema non sia solo di una parte degli elettori o dei giornalisti o dei politici. La responsabilità è comune.
Money quote: “But the lessons that ought to have followed the election—lessons about the importance of understanding other Americans, the necessity of resisting tribalism, and the centrality of the free exchange of ideas to a democratic society—have not been learned. Instead, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isn’t a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else.”
https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter
Money quote: “But the lessons that ought to have followed the election—lessons about the importance of understanding other Americans, the necessity of resisting tribalism, and the centrality of the free exchange of ideas to a democratic society—have not been learned. Instead, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isn’t a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else.”
https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter
BARI WEISS
Resignation Letter — BARI WEISS
Chiude Odessa, uno dei tre grandi ristoranti alternativi del Village di New York
Money quote: "It was like a time capsule and a love letter to the East Village of three decades earlier. But even then, I could see that the restaurant’s days were numbered. Not only was the value of frontage on Tompkins Square zooming, but this kind of food was becoming increasingly less popular. Yes, you can still get it at places like Veselka (opened 1954), but now the troika of Kiev, Leshko’s, and Odessa will all be shuttered, depriving the East Village and its arts scene of an important vestige of its culinary history."
https://ny.eater.com/2020/7/14/21322961/odessa-closure-east-village-robert-sietsema-lookback
Money quote: "It was like a time capsule and a love letter to the East Village of three decades earlier. But even then, I could see that the restaurant’s days were numbered. Not only was the value of frontage on Tompkins Square zooming, but this kind of food was becoming increasingly less popular. Yes, you can still get it at places like Veselka (opened 1954), but now the troika of Kiev, Leshko’s, and Odessa will all be shuttered, depriving the East Village and its arts scene of an important vestige of its culinary history."
https://ny.eater.com/2020/7/14/21322961/odessa-closure-east-village-robert-sietsema-lookback
Eater NY
A Farewell to Odessa, the Counter-Culture Classic Closing This Week in the East Village
Senior critic Robert Sietsema remembers the time capsule of 1980s New York, now shuttering due to the pandemic
Digital tax, l’alert di Ibm: “No a ritorsioni contro l’Europa, per gli Usa effetto boomerang” - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/digital-tax-lalert-di-ibm-no-a-ritorsioni-contro-leuropa-per-gli-usa-effetto-boomerang/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/digital-tax-lalert-di-ibm-no-a-ritorsioni-contro-leuropa-per-gli-usa-effetto-boomerang/
CorCom
Digital tax, l'alert di Ibm: "No a ritorsioni contro l'Europa, per gli Usa effetto boomerang" - CorCom
L'azienda esce allo scoperto e chiede al Governo americano di riavviare le trattative in sede Ocse per evitare che si inneschi un pericoloso rialzo della pressione fiscale a catena. Intanto il titolo della compagnia guidata da Krishna balza in Borsa sull'onda…
Leica presenta la nuova M 10-R, la fotocamera d'elite diventa ancora più potente - il mio articolo per IlSole24Ore
https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/leica-presenta-nuova-m-10-r-fotocamera-d-elite-diventa-ancora-piu-potente-ADVukxe
https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/leica-presenta-nuova-m-10-r-fotocamera-d-elite-diventa-ancora-piu-potente-ADVukxe
Il Sole 24 ORE
Leica presenta la nuova M 10-R, la fotocamera d'elite diventa ancora più potente
Si tratta di una rivisitazione del sensore della fotocamera digitale a telemetro nata nel 1954, che passa da 24 a 40 megapixel
La prima cosa che mi ha attratto di questo articolo è la foto di apertura, che avevo visto anche io sui siti dove si distribuiscono foto gratuitamente per scrivere. Bella immagine, evocativa. L'idea dell'articolo, invece, è singolare: a differenza della retorica che circola adesso per cui lo smart work è qui per restare, secondo l'autore dell'articolo invece le cose non stanno così.
Money quote: "I haven’t had the “good fortune” of working from home during the quarantine season. I’ve still been going into the office each day, but I am experiencing the effects of 1/3 of my staff working from remote locations, including their homes. I am very much looking forward to having my team back together in the same location."
https://medium.com/swlh/remote-work-is-not-here-to-stay-9ef4f0f8f169
Money quote: "I haven’t had the “good fortune” of working from home during the quarantine season. I’ve still been going into the office each day, but I am experiencing the effects of 1/3 of my staff working from remote locations, including their homes. I am very much looking forward to having my team back together in the same location."
https://medium.com/swlh/remote-work-is-not-here-to-stay-9ef4f0f8f169
Medium
Remote Work Is Not Here to Stay
Enjoy it while it lasts.
Dal 5G all’iperautomation: gli 8 trend che cambieranno lo scenario 2020 - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/dal-5g-alliperautomation-gli-8-trend-che-cambieranno-lo-scenario-2020/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/dal-5g-alliperautomation-gli-8-trend-che-cambieranno-lo-scenario-2020/
CorCom
Dal 5G all'iperautomation: gli 8 trend che cambieranno lo scenario 2020 - CorCom
Gartner delinea la roadmap tecnologica dell'anno rivista sulla base degli impatti e delle opportunità aperte dall'emergenza Coronavirus. Il problema però sarà passare all'azione
La svolta green di Apple: nel 2030 totalmente carbon free - il mio articolo per La Stampa
https://www.lastampa.it/tecnologia/news/2020/07/21/news/la-svolta-green-di-apple-nel-2030-totalmente-carbon-free-1.39108066
https://www.lastampa.it/tecnologia/news/2020/07/21/news/la-svolta-green-di-apple-nel-2030-totalmente-carbon-free-1.39108066
La Stampa
La svolta green di Apple: nel 2030 totalmente carbon free
Il colosso di Cupertino svela il suo ambizioso piano ambientale: azzerare l'impatto dei suoi prodotti, della produzione e dei suoi servizi in dieci anni
Ulysses 20 analizza come scrivi e porta il cruscotto su iPhone, iPad e Mac - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/ulysses-20-analizza-come-scrivi-e-porta-il-cruscotto-su-iphone-ipad-e-mac/
https://www.macitynet.it/ulysses-20-analizza-come-scrivi-e-porta-il-cruscotto-su-iphone-ipad-e-mac/
Macitynet.it
Ulysses 20 analizza come scrivi e porta il cruscotto su iPhone, iPad e Mac - Macitynet.it
La nuova versione ulysses 20 presenta numerose novità: su Mac aggiunge anche la gestione dello stile e una dashboard di controllo
Altro che bicicletta della mente: il condor delle Ande fa cento miglia con un solo battito delle ali
Money quote: "For the first time, a team of scientists strapped recording equipment they called “daily diaries” to eight condors in Patagonia to record each wingbeat over more than 250 hours of flight time.
Incredibly, the birds spent just 1% of their time aloft flapping their wings, mostly during takeoff. One bird flew more than five hours, covering more than 100 miles (160km), without flapping its wings.
“Condors are expert pilots but we just had not expected they would be quite so expert,” said Prof Emily Shepard, a study co-author and biologist at Swansea University in Wales."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/13/andean-condor-fly-without-flapping-wings-flight-bird
Money quote: "For the first time, a team of scientists strapped recording equipment they called “daily diaries” to eight condors in Patagonia to record each wingbeat over more than 250 hours of flight time.
Incredibly, the birds spent just 1% of their time aloft flapping their wings, mostly during takeoff. One bird flew more than five hours, covering more than 100 miles (160km), without flapping its wings.
“Condors are expert pilots but we just had not expected they would be quite so expert,” said Prof Emily Shepard, a study co-author and biologist at Swansea University in Wales."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/13/andean-condor-fly-without-flapping-wings-flight-bird
the Guardian
Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings
World’s largest soaring bird flaps wings only 1% of time in flight, study shows
Arrivano le nuove app! - il mio articolo per Anobii
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2020/07/22/arrivano-le-nuove-app/
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2020/07/22/arrivano-le-nuove-app/
Anobii Blog
Arrivano le nuove app! - Anobii Blog
Abbiamo pronta la nuova versione delle app di Anobii con le quali ora si possono fare molte cose. Infatti adesso chi la usa può trovare al volo le recensioni di un libro che vede a casa di un amico, oppure può partecipare alle discussioni nei gruppi e leggere…
Occupazione in chiaroscuro nei social: TikTok assume, Linkedin taglia - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/occupazione-in-chiaroscuro-nei-social-tiktok-assume-linkedin-taglia/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/occupazione-in-chiaroscuro-nei-social-tiktok-assume-linkedin-taglia/
CorCom
Occupazione in chiaroscuro nei social: TikTok assume, Linkedin taglia - CorCom
La trade war non ferma il social cinese che annuncia 10mila nuovi posti di lavoro negli Usa. In affanno la community dei professioniti che licenzierà il 6% dei dipendenti: pesano gli effetti della crisi economica legata all'emergenza sanitaria
Obiettivo 100% carbon free nel 2023: la svolta green di Apple - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/obiettivo-100-carbon-free-nel-2023-la-svolta-green-di-apple/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/obiettivo-100-carbon-free-nel-2023-la-svolta-green-di-apple/
CorCom
Obiettivo 100% carbon free nel 2023: la svolta green di Apple - CorCom
Tim Cook svela il piano per rendere la filiera produttiva e il ciclo di vita dei prodotti a impatto zero. Via al pressing su partner e i terzisti per convincerli ad investire nella sostenibilità ambientale