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Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism
Shoshana Zuboff, author of “The age of surveillance capitalism“(Affiliate link) talks about surveillance capitalism and it’s impact on democracy at the Alexander von Humboldt Institut for internet and society. In her book, she investigates a novel market form and coined the term ‘surveillance capitalism’.
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Surprise: IoT gear is generating easy-to-crack keys
The “S” in “IoT” stands for “Security”. Still. Poor entropy in embedded devices leading to weaker certificates: study Source: Internet of crap (encryption): IoT gear is generating easy-to-crack keys • The Register
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100 Best Memes Of The Decade
Do you still remember Memes from the 2010s? Like Sad Keanu, the Ice Bucket Challange, The Rent Is Too Damn High, the Harem Shake, Bottle Flipping, Bronies, Gangnam Style, Harambe, Vine, or even Kermit? Peppridge Farm remembers. From planking to VSCO girls. Source: 100 Best Memes Of The Decade
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We have forgotten about the work-hard, play-hard Generation X
Generation X was breast-fed punk and invented indie, and grunge, and techno, … . We transformed the Eighties and we owned the Nineties. … we were fearless and stupid and happy, but we still got up for work on Monday morning, no matter how bad we felt.
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Paul Krugman on “the Internet’s impact’
Prognosen sind schwierig, besonders wenn sie die Zukunft betreffen.
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HBO plans ‘Snow Crash’ series
Huge news for Science Fiction Fans. Apparently HBO plans ‘Snow Crash’ series a series based on Neal Stephensons ‘Snow Crash‘(affiliate link). Next to William Gibsons ‘Neuromancer‘, the book has been among the most influential books of the cyber–punk genre. When the book came out in the early nineties and it described a dystopian, yet near…
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Apple Reportedly Acquires Spectral Edge
Apple has bought a tech startup that improves mobile photo quality, according to a new report from Bloomberg.
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Russische Polizei nimmt NGINX Mitgründer fest
Source: Wem gehört Nginx? Russische Polizei nimmt Mitgründer fest
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Facebook refuses to break end-to-end encryption
Facebook refuses to break end-to-end encryption:
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Mac Pro: Bis zu 62.568,00 €
Wie mehrere Quellen heute berichtet haben, ist der erst neuerlich verfügbare Mac Pro in der höchsten Ausbaustufe teurer als ein Tesla Model 3 in der “Performance” Ausbaustufe. Apple ist nicht dafür bekannt, billige Hardware zu produzieren, aber 62.568,00 € sind selbst für die bekannten Verhältnisse beeindruckend. Man bekommt dann für den Preis immerhin: 2,5 GHz 28‑Core…