May 2019 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Facebook will open its data up to academics to see how it impacts elections - MIT Technology Review

by J.C. DE MARTIN

https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613451/facebook-will-open-its-data-up-to… More than 60 researchers from 30 institutions will get access to Facebook user data to study its impact on elections and democracy, and how it’s used by advertisers and publishers. (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

May 1, 2019

Re: [nexa] Apache Software Foundation joins GitHub open source community

by Stefano Zacchiroli

On Wed, May 01, 2019 at 12:51:12AM +0200, Giacomo Tesio wrote: > Dunque rimango dell'idea che la vera ragione di questo enorme lavoro > sia da ricercarsi negli sponsor della ASF. Non riesco ad immaginare > un'altra spiegazione razionale. In buona sostanza stai dicendo: "esiste un argomento dichiarato per la migrazione, non ho elementi concreti per sostenere sia falso, ma penso che lo sia". Ho capito bene? Liberissimo, eh, ma non è un'argomentazione che personalmente trovo convincente. A presto PS1 non penso che ASF avrebbe dovuto migrare su GitHub, ma gli argomenti contrari per una fondazione faro del mondo del software libero sono da cercare altrove, per esempio qui: https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria.en.html PS2 l'infrastruttura non fa più parte del valore aggiunto di ASF da molto tempo. I veri assets della fondazione oggi sono il nome Apache e lo stewardship sulla licenza omonima -- Stefano Zacchiroli . zack(a)upsilon.cc . upsilon.cc/zack . . o . . . o . o Computer Science Professor . CTO Software Heritage . . . . . o . . . o o Former Debian Project Leader & OSI Board Director . . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »

May 1, 2019

NYT: "Apple Cracks Down on Apps That Fight iPhone Addiction"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*Apple Cracks Down on Apps That Fight iPhone Addiction* By Jack Nicas April 27, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO — They all tell a similar story: They ran apps that helped people limit the time they and their children spent on iPhones. Then Apple created its own screen-time tracker. And then Apple made staying in business very, very difficult. Over the past year, Apple has removed or restricted at least 11 of the 17 most downloaded screen-time and parental-control apps, according to an analysis by The New York Times and Sensor Tower, an app-data firm. Apple has also clamped down on a number of lesser-known apps. In some cases, Apple forced companies to remove features that allowed parents to control their children’s devices or that blocked children’s access to certain apps and adult content. In other cases, it simply pulled the apps from its App Store. Some app makers with thousands of paying customers have shut down. Most others say their futures are in jeopardy. […] Continua qui: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/27/technology/apple-screen-time-trackers.ht…

May 1, 2019