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Perché per l'open source le nuove regole europee sulla cybersecurity sono un bel rompicapo

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Il Cyber Resilience Act entrerà in vigore nel 2027. Ma già oggi richiede agli sviluppatori di software open source di includere il nuovo cambio di paradigma.

Approvato il 23 ottobre 2024 e destinato a entrare in vigore l'11 dicembre 2027, il CRA introduce potenziali sanzioni e sottolinea la necessità di un approccio proattivo e collettivo alla cybersicurezza tra produttori e distributori. Nonostante il potenziale per un maggiore investimento, ci sono preoccupazioni riguardo a fraintendimenti sul ruolo del software open source nella sicurezza.

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Fake AI-generated videos have been spreading lies about the vice presidential candidate.

A Kremlin-backed propaganda network is allegedly behind a disinformation campaign targeting Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz, spreading false rumors that he sexually assaulted former students, according to WIRED.

Various experts allege that the network Storm-1516 is behind these efforts. This network is tied to many false claims, including one that alleged Kamala Harris committed a hit-and-run in 2011.

Main image, by Eoperipatus sumatranus, Mok Youn Fai

Above, Peripatus sp, by Susan Myers

There are around 180 species of Velvet Worm

Above, A selection of velvet worm species from

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Dopo quella contro Apple, l'Unione europea ha vinto una battaglia legale anche contro il colosso di Mountain View

Dopo Apple, tocca anche a Google. Il 10 settembre, dopo aver avuto ragione sul colosso di Cupertino, l’Unione europea ha vinto una battaglia legale anche contro Alphabet, che dovrà quindi pagare la multa da 2,42 miliardi di euro impostole sette anni fa dalle autorità di regolamentazione antitrust dell'Unione, una delle tre relative a pratiche ritenute anti-concorrenziali.

Come riporta l’agenzia Reuters, tale sanzione era stata in particolare comminata a Google nel 2017 per aver utilizzato il proprio servizio di comparazione dei prezzi per ottenere un vantaggio ingiusto rispetto ai rivali europei più piccoli, ponendo in evidenza i prodotti oggetto di sponsorizzazioni. Il tribunale di grado inferiore aveva dato ragione all’esecutivo comunitario nel 2021, spingendo la società statunitense a presentare ricorso a

10 years ago this article about the Amplituhedron has been published by Quanta Magazine.

It has been re-published by WIRED in December 2013 as Scientists Discover a Jewel at the Heart of Quantum Physics

Paper: The Amplituhedron | PDF
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplituhedron

In the UK, a series of AI trials involving thousands of train passengers who were unwittingly subjected to emotion-detecting software raises profound privacy concerns. The technology, developed by Amazon and employed at various major train stations including London’s Euston and Waterloo, as well as Manchester Piccadilly, used artificial intelligence to scan faces and assess emotional states along with age and gender. Documents obtained by the civil liberties group Big Brother Watch through a freedom of information request unveiled these practices, which might soon influence advertising strategies.

Over the last two years, these trials, managed by Network Rail, implemented “smart” CCTV technology and older cameras linked to cloud-based systems to monitor a range of activities. These included detecting trespassing on train tracks, managing crowd sizes on platforms, and identifying antisocial behaviors such as shouting or smoking. The trials even monitored potential bike theft and other

The contentious US surveillance program’s reauthorization faced a major setback over the last week. The United States House Intelligence Committee (HPSCI) played a pivotal role in derailing the process, leading to a stalemate that hindered any progress before Congress’s focus shifts to the impending government shutdown in March.

Negotiations between opposing House committees unraveled on Wednesday when HPSCI members, instead of participating in a key meeting, chose to derail a pre-agreed plan for a “compromise” bill. This development came as a blow to months of efforts aimed at renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a controversial intelligence tool that has, despite promises not to, has allowed the warrantless surveillance of US citizens.

This deadlock in Congress has left the intelligence community in disarray and pushed security advocates to

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'Velvet Worm (Euperipatoides sp.)' by Stephen Zozaya. This velvet worm was photographed during a JCU field trip to Mt. Zero/Taravale Sanctuary, Paluma Range, Queensland, Australia. From flickr

Scientists have described some 180 modern species. They can be found in moist, dark places all around the tropics and Australia and New Zealand. Smaller species are less than an inch long, while the largest reach lengths of about 8 inches. Wired

They use slime as a weapon. Velvet worms are ambush predators, hunting other small invertebrates by night. To subdue their prey, they squirt a sticky, quick-hardening slime from a pair of glands on their heads. After the prey is ensnared, the velvet worm bites into it, injecting digestive saliva that helps liquefy the insides for easier snacking. The slime is energetically costly to make, s

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