Mois : octobre 2018 (Page 4 of 7)

17 octobre 2018 / noflux

“When we use data to create better experiences for you, we work hard to do it in a way that doesn’t compromise your privacy. One example is our pioneering use of Differential Privacy, where we scramble your data and combine it with the data of millions of others. So we see general patterns, rather than specifics that could be traced back to you. These patterns help us identify things like the most popular emoji, the best QuickType suggestions, and energy consumption rates in Safari.”

Source : Privacy – Apple

17 octobre 2018 / noflux

“Piano Genie is in some ways reminiscent of video games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero that are accessible to novice musicians, with the crucial difference that users can freely improvise on Piano Genie rather than re-enacting songs from a fixed repertoire. You can try it out yourself via our interactive web demo!”

Source : Piano Genie: An Intelligent Musical Interface

17 octobre 2018 / noflux

“Uber Technologies Inc. recently received proposals from Wall Street banks valuing the ride-hailing company at as much as $120 billion in an initial public offering that could take place early next year, according to people familiar with the matter.That eye-popping figure is nearly double Uber’s valuation in a fundraising round two months ago and more than General Motors Co. , Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV are worth combined.”

Source : Uber Proposals Value Company at $120 Billion in a Possible IPO – WSJ

15 octobre 2018 / noflux

“Under the new law, all new internet-connected devices made or sold in California with a default password will be required to make that password unique and secure for every single device. That means no more devices shipped with username/password combos of “admin/admin,” for example. It’s far from a panacea—and really, why aren’t you using a password manager already—but it’s a step towards at least a minimal baseline of security in our internet-of-things addled future.”

Source : California Is Making It Illegal for Devices to Have Shitty Default Passwords – Motherboard

15 octobre 2018 / noflux

“One company specialising in mobile forensics is telling investigators not to even look at phones with Face ID, because they might accidentally trigger this mechanism. “iPhone X: don’t look at the screen, or else… The same thing will occur as happened on Apple’s event,” the slide, from forensics company Elcomsoft, reads. Motherboard obtained the presentation from a non-Elcomsoft source, and the company subsequently confirmed its veracity.”

Source : Cops Told ‘Don’t Look’ at New iPhones to Avoid Face ID Lock-Out – Motherboard

11 octobre 2018 / noflux

“Les infox perturbent deux fois notre vie démocratique. D’abord, parce qu’elles diffusent largement et rapidement des informations erronées, diffamatoires ou absurdes, dont les conséquences durables sur la formation de l’opinion des citoyens sont encore méconnues. Ensuite, parce que, en tant que machines à clics, elles attirent une part non négligeable des revenus publicitaires et menacent la viabilité économique des médias traditionnels.”

Source : Rendez-vous de l’histoire de Blois : « La redoutable efficacité du modèle économique des infox »

11 octobre 2018 / noflux

“The group created 500 computer models focused on specific job functions and locations. They taught each to recognize some 50,000 terms that showed up on past candidates’ resumes. The algorithms learned to assign little significance to skills that were common across IT applicants, such as the ability to write various computer codes, the people said. […] With the technology returning results almost at random, Amazon shut down the project.”

Source : Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women | Reuters

11 octobre 2018 / noflux

“Collectively, the Big Five tech firms — Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google — lost $172 billion in value over the span of a few hours on Wednesday, amid a broad slump in the market. That’s about the same amount as Toyota’s entire market capitalization — and it’s equivalent to the dollar value of the entire gross domestic product of Algeria. In terms of value lost, Amazon was the big loser of the group. Its shares fell 6% on Wednesday, vaporizing $56 billion of its market capitalization. Apple was next; it lost nearly $51 billion on a 4.6% fall — an amount $6 billion greater than the entire value of General Motors”.

Source : Tech gets demolished: The 5 hottest tech stocks just lost $172 billion in market value

11 octobre 2018 / noflux

“The campaign official, Rick Gates, sought one proposal to use bogus personas to target and sway 5,000 delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention by attacking Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, Mr. Trump’s main opponent at the time. Another proposal describes opposition research and “complementary intelligence activities” about Mrs. Clinton and people close to her, according to copies of the proposals obtained by The New York Times and interviews with four people involved in creating the documents.”

Source : Rick Gates Sought Online Manipulation Plans From Israeli Intelligence Firm for Trump Campaign – The New York Times

11 octobre 2018 / noflux

“Rachel, poétiquement surnommée Angel of death, joue elle la carte de l’émotion : « S’il vous plaît, ne fermez pas ce site ! Je m’y suis fait de nombreux amis et je ne peux pas les contacter autrement. » A l’unisson, Masked Lady, à peine distraite par l’appétissant riz à la persane qui s’étale quelques centimètres plus haut, s’alarme : « J’ai tellement de souvenirs liés à ce site… Je n’ai pas envie de tous les perdre. ».
Au milieu d’innombrables messages du même acabit, d’autres se font plus agressifs : « Ne fermez pas ce site, petites m*****. Vous vous apprêtez à débrancher la seule chose qui vous maintient en vie », commente ainsi Samishii, visiblement peu au fait du modèle économique de Google.”

Source : Les utilisateurs de Google+ envisagent l’avenir sur Discord, Slack ou… au bar

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