Update: Google also reports on their blog.
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5 (Digital) Product Management Skills
It’s a bit like learning to drive a car. Even though you’ll not become a mechanic, you will have to understand how a gearbox works. And the clutch. For managing products, you should bring a minimum understanding of the digital realm. Allan Wintersieck from ‘The Startup‘ explains 5 (Digital) Product Management Skills.
- How the Internet Works
- The (very) Basics of Web App Architecture
- Open Source Libraries vs. Custom Code
- Technical Debt
- Automated Testing
via Medium.
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Understanding Internet Disruptions
David Belson, former Akamai Internet Analyst, now working for Internet Society, explained “Internet Shutdowns” in his latest blog post.
Understanding Internet Disruptions In March 2019, in a move described in one news report as a “government-imposed Internet shutdown,” the president of Sri Lanka temporarily blocked Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Viber, and other services. In this case, limited access to a class of applications was inaccurately painted as a full-scale Internet shutdown. Unfortunately, this isn’t unusual. Media coverage and […]
Source: From Content Blocking to National Shutdowns: Understanding Internet Disruptions | Internet Society
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Intel acquires Habana Labs
Intel acquires Habana Labs: Intel put a heavy bet on Artificial Intelligence today. In a press-release, the company announced the acquisition of Habana Labs, a company founded and based in Caesarea, Israel. The deal was worth “approximately $2 billion”.
Nerdy Unicorn To push its artificial intelligence strategy, Santa Clara-based Intel has acquired Israel’s Habana Labs for “approximately $2 billion dollars.”
Source: Intel’s Latest Swing At AI Is A $2 Billion Deal From Israel
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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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We have forgotten about the work-hard, play-hard Generation X
This:
On the Internet, nobody knows you are a dog Boomers don’t understand the internet and millennials were raised on it. Generation X created it. We stripped off and dove into the glittering waters of this brand new thing, and made it what it is today.
The IndependantGeneration 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’
Economist Paul Krugman Prognosen sind schwierig, besonders wenn sie die Zukunft betreffen.
Karl Valentin, Mark Twain oder Niels Bohr zu. (Wikipedia)Natürlich ist es immer schwierig, Vorhersagen zu treffen. Nachdem es sich bei dem Urheber des Zitates um einen führenden Ökonomen handelt, kann man das ein bisschen strenger betrachten. Um etwas positiver zu sein, kann man an der stelle vielleicht noch anführend, dass Deutschland offenbar nach wie vor Marktführend in der Anwendung von Faxgeräten ist:
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HBO plans ‘Snow Crash’ series
Writer Michael Bacall, Director Joe Cornish 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 term future. The main character, Hiro Protagonist, starts out delivering Pizza, for a company that promises free delivery should the service not be quick enough.
The book was nominated for the British Science Fiction Award in 1993 and the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1994. Personally I remember when Michael Abrash mentioned the book as a personal inspiration to leave Microsoft and start something different. Michael Abrash of later ID Software then built something based upon the meta-verse that made up Snow Crash: and the result became Quake, whereas the game itself again inspired an entire generation of computer culture.
Now that HBO plans ‘Snow Crash’ series memories come back, and I’m really forward to a great show.
HBO Max has put in development Snow Crash, a series based on Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi novel, from writer Michael Bacall and director Joe Cornish.
From deadline.comvia Nerdcore.
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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.
via CrunchBase News
