We worry about face recognition just as we worried about databases – we worry what happens if they contain bad data and we worry what bad people might do with them
Source: Face recognition, bad people and bad data — Benedict Evans
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Face recognition, bad people and bad data.
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Technologie Messe IFA
Nun ist es nicht so, dass ich selbst ein großer Freund des digitalen Bezahlens bin. Und neulich im Supermarkt konnte ich mir das schmunzeln nicht verkneifen, als der junge Mann vor mir an der Kasse von seiner Mutter mit Bargeld vor dem Scheitern von Apple-Pay mit der Uhr gerettet werden musste. Selbstverständlich nicht ohne laute und für alle in der Schlange wartenden zu verstehende Hinweise darauf, dass das “Neumodische Zeug” eben nicht funktioniere. Und natürlich darauf, dass Mütter eben doch immer Wissen, was gut ist.
Trotzdem ist es häufig ganz praktisch, Alternativen zu Bargeld oder vielleicht manchmal sogar zur EC Karte zu haben. Allein für den Kredit-Aspekt von manchen Karten oder auf Reisen.
Und der Supermarkt, in dem die beschriebene Szene sich abgespielt hat, schimpft sich selbst auch nicht “Technologie Supermarkt”. Aber die IFA schimpft sich eine Technologie-Messe. Im Supermarkt funktionieren wenigstens Kreditkarten mit NFC. Und mehr muss man über Digitalisierung in Deutschland auch gar nicht wissen.
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Wunderlist
In 2015, it was big news to the Startup and VC scene, when Microsoft announced it would acquire Wunderlist. Back then, 6Wunderkinder was one of the most promising StartUps in the German Capital. The social media bubble immediately started debating the future of the product and whether Microsoft would spoil it or even shut it down.
The recent past showed all fears held true when Microsoft announced the shutdown of Wunderlist in favour of a “To-Do” app, to the disappointment of it’s entire user base.
Now, another two years later, Christian Reber, CEO and Founder of 6 Wunderkinder, announced his plans to buy back the core application from Microsoft. VentureBeat has more
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The Dropbox journey to static type checking with Python
Type Annotation is a feature that allows Python to maintain it’s dynamic typing and enable option static typing in the same code base. With the arrival of Python 3.5, the language implemented PEP 484, that describes a syntax to annotate code with type hints. Dropbox took a journey to leverage this option on 4 million lines of code for better quality. Here are their experiences.
Type annotation Dropbox is a big user of Python. It’s our most widely used language both for backend services and the desktop client app (we are also heavy users of Go, TypeScript, and Rust).
Source: Our journey to type checking 4 million lines of Python | Dropbox Tech Blog
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TC Sessions: Enterprise
During a fireside chat, SAP CEO Bill McDermott, spoke with TechCrunch news editor Frederic Lardinois at TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise.
TC Sessions: Enterprise – Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA – September 5, 2019 -
Express your opinion, politely.
A very British way to tell a politician what you think. More people should act this kindly.
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Facebook lost phone numbers
Again, it’s Facebook, that made news with a data breach. TechCrunch reported first about midnight Euroean time, but it’s all over the news by today, noon. It’s time to realize social media is a mistake.
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Go 1.13 released
Some of the highlights include:
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gocommand now downloads and authenticates modules using the Go module mirror and Go checksum database by default - Improvements to number literals
- Error wrapping
- TLS 1.3 on by default
- Improved modules support
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