Tre utility per organizzare il Mac, parte seconda - il mio articolo per Macity

https://www.macitynet.it/tre-utility-per-organizzare-il-mac-parte-seconda/

L'anno del cammello: passare da Intel ad Arm e altre migrazioni - il mio articolo per Macity

https://www.macitynet.it/lanno-del-cammello-passare-da-intel-ad-arm-e-altre-migrazioni/

La macchina della verità che invece dice tante bugie. Bel reportage di Wired Usa.

Money quote: "From WIRED’s public records requests, it appears that few jurisdictions retain these records, making it nearly impossible to systematically identify bias in their programs. That comes as no surprise to William Iacono, professor of psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, and law at the University of Minnesota. “[Demographic data] sounds like something these organizations don’t want to have,” he says. “Because if they have it, and someone asks for it, then it might reveal something that they’re not comfortable with. The examiner doesn’t really use an algorithm to figure out if people are employment worthy. The examiner’s decision is probably based primarily on the human interaction that the two people have.”"

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-polygraph-job-screening-black-mirror

Big Sur è grande, Apple cambia numero e arriva macOS 11 - il mio articolo per Macity

https://www.macitynet.it/big-sur-e-grande-apple-cambia-numero-e-arriva-macos-11/

Microsoft compra CyberX, investimento da 165 mln di dollari - il mio articolo per CorCom

https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/cyber-security/microsoft-compra-cyberx-investimento-da-165-mln-di-dollari/

I cinque annunci della WWDC che cambieranno la nostra vita - il mio articolo per Macity

https://www.macitynet.it/i-cinque-annunci-della-wwdc-che-cambieranno-la-nostra-vita/

La storia di Montanelli, raccontata bene - il mio articolo per Anobii

https://blog.anobii.com/it/2020/06/23/la-storia-di-montanelli-raccontata-bene/

Cybersecurity, in Italia picco di attacchi hacker durante il lockdown - il mio articolo per CorCom

https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/cyber-security/cybersecurity-in-italia-picco-di-attacchi-hacker-durante-il-lockdown/

Cambiamenti climatici, Amazon mette sul piatto 2 miliardi di dollari - il mio articolo per CorCom

https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/cambiamenti-climatici-amazon-mette-sul-piatto-2-miliardi-di-dollari/

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

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/

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

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

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/

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/

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