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Che cosa resterà della WWDC 2019 - Il mio articolo per Macity https://www.macitynet.it/che-cosa-restera-della-wwdc-2019/

Tinder nel mirino di Mosca: il dating online può nascondere attività illecite - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/tinder-nel-mirino-di-mosca-il-dating-online-puo-nascondere-attivita-illecite/

Apple “spegne” iTunes e lancia un Mac da 6mila dollari (versione base) - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/apple-spegne-itunes-e-lancia-un-mac-da-6mila-dollari-versione-base/

Addio iTunes: chiude il jukebox/store delle app e finisce un'epoca - Il mio articolo per Wired https://www.wired.it/mobile/app/2019/06/04/addio-itunes-chiude/

Apple presenta Catalina - il mio articolo per La Stampa https://www.lastampa.it/2019/06/04/tecnologia/apple-presenta-catalina-il-futuro-del-mac-NqhLiLUqVopmfbLo849gBI/pagina.html

Google nel mirino dell’Antitrust Usa: maxi-inchiesta sui servizi di shopping - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/google-nel-mirino-dellantitrust-usa-maxi-inchiesta-sui-servizi-di-shopping/

La trade war si sposta in Messico: a rischio import da 25 mld di dollari di pc - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/la-trade-war-si-sposta-in-messico-a-rischio-import-da-25-mld-di-dollari-di-pc/

Anche Facebook e Google avevano cominciato così: una ti mette in contatto con gli amici di scuola dopo il diploma, l'altra ti fa trovare le pagine web che cerchi. E poi all'improvviso diventi tu il prodotto. Questi dei denti oggi ti promettono lo sconto sull'assicurazione se ti spazzoli i denti tutti i giorni, domani contribuiranno a identificare chi non si spazzola bene e a fargli pagare cifre record. Io ve lo dico chiaramente: la tecnologia (mica solo le AI, anche la IoT e la raccolta dati in generale) è qualcosa di più di un grosso grosso grosso problema. È anche una ipotesi (molto concreta) di mondo nel quale non voglio vivere. Money quote: "In the 27 states where Beam’s plans are available, the company uniquely sells a semiannual subscription service that consists of a Bluetooth-enabled sonic toothbrush — the eponymous Beam Brush — along with paste, floss, and refill heads. Customers optionally sync after each brush with Beam’s companion smartphone app, which spits out a grade from “A” to “D” depending on how consistently they’ve kept up with their good hygiene routines. The better a group performs overall, the greater the cost savings on their monthly premiums; top brush scorers earn just over 10% off. It’s a clever business model; presumably, policyholders who brush and floss more often are less likely to require costly dental work and emergency visits down the line. But those who opt not to share their brushing habits with Beam aren’t penalized in any way. All payers and dependents can visit any care provider in- or out-of-network and take advantage of expedited, automated enrollments and claims processing." https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/29/beam-raises-50-million-for-a-connected-toothbrush-that-lowers-dental-premiums/

Vi ricordate American Graffiti? Oppure prima, i film in bianco e nero ambientati a New York? Una volta negli Usa le piste di pattinaggio erano una cosa importante. Talmente importanti da avere spille e adesivi che raccontavano storie e definivano ambiti. Money quote: "In the early 1940s, at the dawn of what’s sometimes referred to as the “Golden Age” of roller-skating, rink operators struck upon a simple means of promotion: stickers. Designed in a range of shapes and colors, each sticker acted as a kind of calling card for a particular rink. Skaters would plaster them on their roller skate cases, collect them when they traveled, and even swap them with fellow enthusiasts." https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/roller-skating-rink-stickers

Lettura della domenica. Sesso, attrazione, relazioni e tradimenti. C'è una forma di neanche troppo sottile discriminazione di genere nella costruzione sociale dell'uomo impegnato ma traditore per la troppa fame di sesso e della donna impegnata invece disinteressata all'argomento per aver già portato a casa il risultato della vita di coppia (oltre a un grosso problema di logica: se gli uomini tradiscono, possibile lo facciano solo con donne libere?) Money quote: "Even though we portray women as not interested in sex, we’ve culturally always positioned men as the long-suffering victims of monogamy — cheaters at heart, hemmed in by the bummer requirement to fuck only one person for the rest of their lives. That’s because we believe they are wired for extreme visual variety, a buffet of choices, fire-hose style seed-spraying in any and all directions, and always with as many women as possible. But such a drive also means they’ll take it where they can get it, so if a man can at least be guaranteed regular sex in a relationship, we presume him to be happy and satisfied. Moreso than women, we seem to think, who would rather fondle a bridal magazine than a man, much less herself. Women only put out to get security, so as soon as they lock down the guy, the sex vanishes." https://melmagazine.com/both-men-and-women-get-bored-with-monogamy-just-for-different-reasons-23d37a29af70

A quanto pare l'industria del porno sta tovando, almeno negli Usa, il modo per ripartire in maniera economicamente sostenibile Money quote: "The so-called “Golden Age of Porn,” which spanned the 1970s and 1980s, included the peak of Playboy and adult cinema — a time when you had to pay for your smut. As recently as the early 2000s, retired porn star Jesse Jane told GQ, fans “actually had to buy your product or DVDs.” For a while now, though, web piracy has been eating the industry alive, and popular streaming “tube” sites for porn are viewed as parasites by many creators. In a digital landscape, conventional studio porn is all but dying. Platforms like OnlyFans and JustForFans, meanwhile, look to be on the upswing, with performers more than happy to rake in money with private, pay-only feeds: “I know people in the porn industry who have all of this content and they’re just churning it out to upwards of 5,000 fans making $40,000 a month,” Mackenroth told Gay Star News. He himself has several hundred followers on OnlyFans, which, after the site takes a 20 percent cut, means a monthly windfall of thousands. He’s putting it toward a nursing school program that starts in the fall. Once he has that degree, his sex videos “will be in the past.”" https://melmagazine.com/these-new-sites-are-transforming-porn-stars-from-unattainable-sex-gods-into-your-naked-online-5ce4c2932b04

La torinese Ovolab acquista Anobii, il social dei libri - Il mio articolo per La Stampa https://www.lastampa.it/2019/06/01/tecnologia/la-torinese-ovolab-acquista-anobii-il-social-dei-libri-kE1EzzJN5xtVNxEDc2ZmSM/pagina.html

Morgan Stanley taglia le stime per Apple: “Situazione troppo variabile” - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/morgan-stanley-taglia-le-stime-per-apple-situazione-troppo-variabile/

Competenze, sarà l’Ai a far estinguere gli esperti informatici? - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/lavoro-carriere/competenze-sara-lai-a-far-estinguere-gli-esperti-informatici/

È tutto correlato (e il sito è fantastico) Money quote: "The core idea here is that in any real-world dataset, it is exceptionally unlikely that any particular relationship will be exactly 0 for reasons of arithmetic (eg it may be impossible for a binary variable to be an equal percentage in 2 unbalanced groups); prior probability (0 is only one number out of the infinite reals); and because real-world properties & traits are linked by a myriad of causal networks, dynamics, & latent variables (eg the genetic correlations which affect all human traits, see heat maps in appendix for visualizations) which mutually affect each other which will produce genuine correlations between apparently-independent variables, and these correlations may be of surprisingly large & important size. These reasons are unaffected by sample size and are not simply due to ‘small n’. The claim is generally backed up by personal experience and reasoning, although in a few instances like Meehl large datasets are mentioned in which almost all variables are correlated at high levels of statistical-significance." https://www.gwern.net/Everything

Non so se avete idea di chi sia Magnus, secondo me uno dei più importanti autori di fumetti che abbiamo avuto in Italia. Lo adoro. E Andrea Fiamma racconta in maniera straordinaria la sua storia. Se leggerete un articolo sui fumetti, fate che sia questo. Money quote: "Sulla tomba di Roberto Raviola, attaccato a fumetto come fosse una malattia, è incisa una frase tratta dall’introduzione de Le femmine incantate: «Il loro rimpianto mi annienta e poi mi consola»." https://www.fumettologica.it/2019/05/roberto-raviola-magnus-fumetti/

Ecco le app spione: sfruttano gli aggiornamenti in background per tracciare l’iPhone - il mio articolo per La Stampa https://www.lastampa.it/2019/05/31/tecnologia/ecco-le-app-spione-sfruttano-gli-aggiornamenti-in-background-delliphone-per-tracciare-i-melafonini-udxDMaocXWhhgiMkJgp9zK/pagina.html

Amazon Alexa, arriva la funzione per cancellare le registrazioni - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/privacy/amazon-alexa-arriva-la-funzione-per-cancellare-le-registrazioni/

Salesforce salta sul carro della blockchain: più sicurezza per il cloud - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/salesforce-salta-sul-carro-della-blockchain-piu-sicurezza-per-il-cloud/