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120° Mercoledì di Nexa | 12 giugno 2019
by Nexa Media June 10, 2019

June 10, 2019

Nexa Center for Internet and Society Newsletter Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-120> NEXA 120° Mercoledì di Nexa Mercoledì 12 giugno 2019, ore 18.00 - 20.00 Politecnico di Torino http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-120 Beyond smart cities. Co-design the commoning for a wise and smart urban ecosystem Speaker Vincenzo Maria Bruno Giorgino (Università degli Studi di Torino) This event will be webcast live: https://nexa.polito.it/nexa-hangout-on-air This transdisciplinary volume puts forward proposals for wiser, socially just and sustainable socio-economic systems in transition. There is growing support for the view that the end of capitalism is around the corner, but on which conceptual and ethical basis can we interpret these times? With investigations into feminist economics, post-growth environmentalism, socio-technical digital design, collaborative and commons economics, the editors create*a dialogue between radical knowledge/practices and contemplative social sciences to transgress disciplinary boundaries and implement new visions of reality*. This important book challenges our ways of thinking and outlines a pathway for new research. The multifaceted and elusive features of the emerging distributed ledger technologies for social good clearly address our tacit knowledge and our inner social skills (life skills). They are the fundamental pillars that, silently, almost inadvertently, take care of the delicate intertwining of internal and external interactions,*making the collective becoming sustainable and joyful*. The co-designing of a fair ecosystem needs to orient cognitive intelligence through practical wisdom. BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari [GIORGINO] *Vincenzo Maria Bruno GIORGINO* is Aggregate Professor in the Department of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Turin, Italy. For the past 20 years he has been working towards the integration of social sciences and contemplative knowledge in action-research and higher education. His main research interests focus on: wise co-designing collaborative commons economies, grounded theory methodology, contemplative commons, health and well being. He is currently involved in two H2020 funded programs: Co-City (Urban Innovative Actions Program) <%20http://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/turin> and CO3 <https://www.projectco3.eu/>. *Letture consigliate e link utili:* * Giorgino V., McCown D. 2018 “Life skills for peer production: Dancing together in a space of “not-knowing” <http://bit.ly/2pSNrJV%C2%A0> Journal of Peer Production, issue #11 City. * Kabat-Zinn J. 2018 /Vivere momento per momento/, TEA. * Con Antonini et al. 2018 chapter 11 “First Life: From Maps to Social Networks and Back” in co-editor with Zack Walsh 2018 /Co-Designing the Economies of Becoming in the Great Transition. Contemplative social sciences in dialogue with radical approaches/, London, Palgrave MacMillan. * McCown D. 2011 /Teaching Mindfulness: A Practical Guide for Clinicians and Educators/, Springer Con Xabier Renteria Uriarte 2017 “Is The Practical Wisdom Literature Actually Wise On Its Ontological ‘Right To Speak’?” in Kupers W. and Gunnlaugson O. (eds.) /Wisdom Learning: Perspectives on Wising-Up Business and Management Education London/, Routledge. 140-159 pages. * Purser, R. E., Forbes, D, Burke, A. (Eds.) 2016 /Handbook of Mindfulness. Culture, Context, and Social Engagement/, Springer. * Giorgino V. 2015 “Contemplative Methods Meet Social Sciences: Back to Human Experience as It Is” /Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour/, Volume 45, Issue 4 December 2015 Pages 461–483. Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa e i cicli di incontri “Mercoledì di Nexa” e “Nexa Lunch Seminar” <https://www.facebook.com/nexa.center/> <https://twitter.com/nexacenter> <https://www.youtube.com/user/NexaCenter> #smartcities <https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23smartcities> #nexawednesday <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23nexawednesday&src=typd> #Commoning <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23commoning&src=typd> Il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica) è un centro di ricerca indipendente e interdisciplinare che studia Internet e il suo effetto sulla società. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/about. Durante i “*Mercoledì di Nexa*”, che si tengono *ogni 2° mercoledì del mese* alle *ore 18 in punto*, il Centro Nexa su Internet e Società apre le sue porte non solo agli esperti e a tutti coloro i quali lavorano con Internet, ma anche a semplici appassionati e cittadini. Il ciclo di incontri intende approfondire, con un linguaggio preciso ma divulgativo, i temi legati alla Rete: motori di ricerca, Creative Commons, social networks, open source/software libero, neutralità della rete, libertà di espressione, privacy, file sharing, big e open data, smart cities e molto altro. Al centro di quasi tutti gli incontri un ospite pronto a dialogare con i direttori del Centro Nexa, il Prof. Juan Carlos De Martin del Politecnico di Torino e il Prof. Marco Ricolfi dell'Università di Torino, nonché lo staff e i Fellows del Centro Nexa. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa, incluso un elenco di tutti i “Mercoledì” passati, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi. Si segnala inoltre che dal maggio 2012 *ogni 4° mercoledì* del mese *dalle ore 13 alle ore 14* il Centro Nexa organizza anche i "*Nexa Lunch Seminar*". Una lista di tutti i “Lunch Seminar” passati è disponibile all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-seminars. See our events calendar <http://nexa.polito.it/events> if you're curious about future luncheons, discussions, lectures, and conferences not listed in this email. Our events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Responsabile Comunicazione Centro Nexa su Internet & Società: *Francesco Ruggiero*, tel: +39 011 090 7219, Mob: +39 349 1335082, francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it <mailto:francesco.ruggiero@polito.it>. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa e i Nexa Lunch Seminar, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/events. Weekly Events Newsletter. Sign up <http://nexa.polito.it/mailing-lists> to receive this newsletter if this email was forwarded to you. To manage your subscription preferences, please click here <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa>. Connect & get involved: Jobs, internships, and more <http://nexa.polito.it/get-involved>.

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EU Cybersecurity Act was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
by Aldo Pedico June 10, 2019

June 10, 2019

The EU Cybersecurity Act: a new Era dawns on ENISA Today, 7th June 2019, the EU Cybersecurity Act was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/enisa-news/the-eu-cybersecurity-act-a-new-… Saluti Aldo Pedico

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Piracy is Ethically Acceptable To Many Harvard Lawyers, Research Finds
by Giacomo Tesio June 10, 2019

June 10, 2019

https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-is-ethically-acceptable-for-many-harvard-la… In most countries the law strictly forbids people from sharing copyrighted material without permission. However, not everyone necessarily agrees with this position. New research reveals that many lawyers studying at Harvard view casual forms of piracy as ethically acceptable. Does this mean that the law should change? [...] The researchers polled the perceptions of more than 100 international Masters of Law (LL.M.) students at Harvard, who all have a law degree. They were asked to evaluate how acceptable various piracy scenarios are, on a five-point scale going from very unacceptable to very acceptable. The piracy scenarios ranged from downloading a TV-show or movie which isn’t legally available, through pirating music to simply save money, to downloading content for educational or even commercial purposes. In total, 19 different alternatives were presented. While the researchers expected that lawyers would have conservative ethical positions when it comes to piracy, the opposite was true. The average of all answers was 3.23, which means that it leans toward the “acceptable” point of the scale. “We find that digital file sharing ranks relatively high in terms of ethical acceptability among our population of lawyers—with the only notable exception being infringing copyright with a commercial purpose,” the researchers conclude. Not all forms of piracy were considered equally ethical. Pirating content because there’s no legal way to access it is seen as most acceptable (3.36 out of 5). This is followed by pirating due to a lack of financial resources (3.32) and pirating for educational purposes (3.28). Downloading copyrighted material for commercial purposes is seen as the least ethical, with an average rating of 1.76. Pirating to avoid payment is also at the unacceptable end of the scale, with an average of 2.73. [...] To give an illustration, when the respondents were asked to evaluate the example where someone streamed a TV-show because it’s not legally available, 58% believed it to be (very) acceptable, 21% viewed it as neither acceptable nor unacceptable, while the remaining 21% saw it as (very) unacceptable. On the other hand, when presented with a scenario where someone downloads cracked software for commercial purposes, only 7% saw it as (very) acceptable, 71% viewed it as (very) unacceptable, with the remaining 22% ending up in the middle. While not reported in the paper, it’s worth noting that nearly all of the lawyers have friends who download TV-shows from the Internet. When asked about it, roughly 95% answered positively, with one lawyer noting that “all students do it for personal use.” [...] The line is clearly drawn at “commercial” copyright infringement. This is also a criterion that was put forward by some scholars, activists, and politicians, including those of the Pirate Party. In fact, many self-proclaimed pirates are against commercial copyright infringement. The fact that this is not reflected in law may be due to the finding that ‘private sector’ lawyers are more conservative. They are the ones who work on behalf of rightsholders. According to the researchers, it might be good to reconsider whether that’s a good idea. They suggest that, as it is now, copyright is mostly used to advanced informational capitalism, while ignoring the ethical reality. “When lawyers and pirates concur in terms of their ethical assessment of file sharing practices, the legal status quo appears to be more of a tool for advancing informational capitalism than reflecting everyday practices of common sense and fairness perception. “These findings support the calls for further de-criminalization of copyright legislation,” the researchers conclude.

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Report: Data Breach at Fortune 500 Tech Company
by Giacomo Tesio June 10, 2019

June 10, 2019

https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/report-tech-data-leak/ The research team at vpnMentor discovered a major data leak at the Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ: TECD), a Fortune 500 company providing tech products, services, and solutions globally. vpnMentor’s researchers, led by security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, identified the consequential data breach that exposes access to 264GB of Tech Data’s client servers, invoices, SAP integrations, plain-text passwords, and much more. Tech Data recently announced their quarterly earnings reports, which exceeded expectations and reflected a year over year increase (source: Nasdaq). More than 1 in 4 Fortune 500 companies have been hacked in the last decade, so Tech Data is part of an elite, but particularly vulnerable, club. [...] Some of the available data included: - Private API keys - Bank information - Payment details - Usernames and unencrypted passwords - Full PII (personally identifying information) are visible, including: - Full names - Job titles - Email addresses - Postal addresses - Telephone numbers - Fax numbers Also included was machine and process information of clients’ internal systems, in which errors were available and that could easily help less-friendly hackers find out more about the system and its mechanics.

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Digital giants face tax setback after G20 agreement
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 10, 2019

June 10, 2019

Digital giants face tax setback after G20 agreement Ministers pledge new rules by 2020 that will ensnare groups like Facebook and Google https://www.ft.com/content/f00d2f70-8a6f-11e9-a1c1-51bf8f989972 (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Addio vecchie carte d’identità, l’Ue le rottama per ridurre il rischio di frodi - La Stampa
by Alberto Cammozzo June 9, 2019

June 9, 2019

<https://www.lastampa.it/2019/06/06/italia/addio-vecchie-carte-didentit-lue-…> Questa mi pare una espansione piuttosto indebita rispetto alla protezione del mercato. Per proteggerci dalle frodi possiamo anche eliminare il contante o imporre il riconoscimento facciale...

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Re: [nexa] Training a single AI model can emit as much carbon, as five cars in their lifetimes - MIT Technology Review
by Giuseppe Attardi June 9, 2019

June 9, 2019

Esatto, proprio questo è il punto. (BTW. 1,5 miliardi di parametri è circa il numero di sinapsi del cervello delle api, tanto per mettere le cose in prospettiva) Il modello di traduzione BERT EN-FR richiede 35 giorni di calcolo su dei server con 8 GPU. Solo chi dispone di enormi risorse di calcolo oggi può permettersi di fare AI allo SotA. "The results underscore another growing problem in AI, too: the sheer intensity of resources now required to produce paper-worthy results has made it increasingly challenging for people working in academia to continue contributing to research." OpenAI ha deciso che le servono molti più fondi, che chiederà al mercato, per crearsi la propria infrastruttura di calcolo perché già nel 2017 spendeva 8 milioni solo di cloud computing, oggi chissà quanto di più. https://www.wired.com/story/company-wants-billions-make-ai-safe-humanity/ Se non arriviamo a capire questo e non insistiamo perchè in Europa si finanzi la creazione di una instrastruttura di calcolo a disposizione dei ricercatori europei, non andremo da nessuna parte. Sarebbe l'obiettivo di CLAIRE (claire-ai.org) -- Beppe On 06/06/19 19:18, nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it wrote: > GPT-2 è un modello di 1.5 miliardi di parametri addestrato su 8 > milioni di pagine web... mica noccioline... On 06/06/2019 15:48, J.C. > DE MARTIN wrote: >> https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613630/training-a-single-ai-model-can-em…

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How Washington Should Regulate Facebook
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 9, 2019

June 9, 2019

https://www.forbes.com/sites/washingtonbytes/2017/10/18/what-to-do-about-fa… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Why Economics Must Go Digital by Diane Coyle - Project Syndicate
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 9, 2019

June 9, 2019

Why Economics Must Go Digital Jun 7, 2019 DIANE COYLE Mainstream economics has largely failed to keep up with the rapid pace of digital transformation, and it is struggling to find practical ways to address the growing power of dominant tech companies. If economists want to remain relevant, they must rethink some of their discipline's basic assumptions. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/economics-digital-markets-publ… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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How Politicians and Scholars Turned Against Big Tech - The Atlantic
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 8, 2019

June 8, 2019

The Coalition Out to Kill Tech as We Know It With enemies like these, the industry is going to need some friends. ALEXIS C. MADRIGAL JUN 4, 2019 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/06/how-politicians-and-… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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