Pode a IA “sentir” emoções?: “Je t’aime moi non plus! L’IA est-elle capable de ressentir des émotions?”, uma conferência de Serge Tisseron, membro da Académie des technologies e co-fundador do Institut pour l’Étude des Relations Homme-robots, no FEIAT.

“Computer Space” lançou a indústria dos videojogos há 50 anos e eis a verdadeira razão pela qual provavelmente nunca ouviu falar dele: Antes de Pong, houve o Computer Space, o primeiro videojogo comercial. O progenitor da actual indústria de 175 mil milhões de dólares estreou a 15 de Outubro de 1971, no evento Music Operators of America em Chicago. Instalado num espaço de aparência futurista, o Computer Space ocupou o seu lugar ao lado dos fabricantes das […]

how Government can reduce CO2 emissions through procurement https://spendnetwork.com/carbon/
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Digital transformation is changing the face of every industry, including healthcare. From a lack of access to basic healthcare services in many places around the world to a general staffing shortage that's expected to reach 18 million by 2030, there are plenty of gaps that technology like 5G, cloud and AI are primed to offset. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/10/smart-technologies-transforming-healthcare/
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Lead MEPs from the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee decided to invite Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen to a hearing on 8 November. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20211011IPR14619/facebook-files-meps-to-invite-whistleblower-frances-haugen-to-a-hearing
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What would happen if we will write a new OS from scratch right now? can we do it better? can we improve security and robustness? can we prevent unexpected interactions between applications? https://codingkaiser.blog/2021/07/23/operating-systems-are-more-exciting-than-you-think/
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20 manifestações da burocracia (em 1970)

1.  At the highest level there is very little knowledge; they do not understand the opinion of the masses; they do not investigate and study; they do not grasp specific policies; they do not conduct political and ideological work; they are divorced from reality, from the masses, and from the leadership of the party; they always issue orders, and the orders are usually wrong, they certainly mislead the country and the people; at the least they obstruct the consistent adherence to the party line and policies; and they cannot meet with the people. 

2.  They are conceited, complacent, and they aimlessly discuss politics. They do not grasp their work, they are subjective and one-sided; they are careless; they do not listen to people; they are truculent and arbitrary; they force orders; they do not care about reality; they maintain blind control. This is authoritarian bureaucracy.

3.  They are very busy from morning until evening, they labour the whole year long; they do not examine people and they do not investigate matters; they do not study policies; they do not rely upon the masses; they do not prepare their statements; they do not plan their work. This is brainless, misdirected bureaucracy. In other words, it is routinism.

4.  Their bureaucratic attitude is immense; they cannot have any direction; they are egoistic; they beat their gongs to blaze the way; they cause people to become afraid just by looking at them; they repeatedly hurl all kinds of abuse at people; their work style is crude; they do not treat people equally. This is the bureaucracy of the overlords.

5.  They are ignorant; they are ashamed to ask anything; they exaggerate and they lie; they are very false; they attribute errors to people; they attribute merit to themselves; they swindle the central government; they deceive those above them and fool those below them; they conceal faults and gloss over wrongs. This is the dishonest bureaucracy.

Firefox now sends more data than you might think to Mozilla. To power Firefox Suggest, Firefox sends the keystrokes you type into your address bar, your location information, and more to Mozilla’s servers. Here’s exactly what Firefox is sharing and how to control it. https://www.howtogeek.com/760425/firefox-now-sends-your-address-bar-keystrokes-to-mozilla/
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The Effects of Taxes on Innovation: Theory and Empirical Evidence Income taxes are typically set to raise revenues and redistribute income at the lowest possible efficiency costs, which result from the distortions in individual behaviors that taxes entail. Individuals can respond along many margins, such as labor supply, tax avoidance and evasion, and geographic mobility. But one margin that taxes may affect — innovation — is less frequently considered. Conceptually, taxes reduce the expected net returns to innovation inputs and can reduce innovation. Much like other margins of responses to taxes, this efficiency cost must be taken into account. Innovation is done by a relatively small number of people, but it is nevertheless likely to have widespread benefits. While inventors may have divergent motivations, such as social recognition or the love of discovery, they also face an economic reality. How strongly innovation responds to taxes is an empirical question that has been the subject of a growing body of recent work. In this paper, I study how to account for innovation when setting personal income and capital taxation. I distinguish between two cases: one in which the government can set a differentiated tax on inventors and one in which the government is constrained to set the same tax on all agents. I provide a model that flexibly accounts for the spillovers generated by innovation and the non-pecuniary benefits inventors receive from innovation and derive tax formulas expressed in terms of estimable sufficient statistics. The second part of the paper discusses the empirical evidence on the effects of taxes on the quantity, quality, and location of innovation, as well as tax avoidance and income shifting done through innovation. https://www.nber.org/papers/w29359
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Across the world, millions of people are still unable to access the internet and participate online — and women are disproportionately excluded. Men are 21% more likely to be online than women globally, rising to 52% in Least Developed Countries. https://webfoundation.org/docs/2021/10/CoE-ExecSummary-English.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/oct/11/digital-gender-gap-cost-low-income-countries-billions-india-egypt-nigeria-women
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É possível um mundo sem Facebook? E quem ganhou com o "apagão"?
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The Dutch government said it would use its intelligence or military services to counter cyber-attacks, including ransomware attacks, that threaten its national security. https://therecord.media/netherlands-can-use-intelligence-or-armed-forces-to-respond-to-ransomware-attacks/
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Where will the EU’s Strategic Compass point? https://epthinktank.eu/2021/10/07/where-will-the-eus-strategic-compass-point/
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MEPs call for a comprehensive set of measures and a coherent IT policy, as well as improved military cyber defence coordination, to strengthen EU cyber resilience. Set a Joint Cyber Unit for improved information sharing within the EU Joint responses to cyberattacks and imposition of sanctions against hostile actors Systemic aggressive behaviour particularly by China, Russia and North Korea https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210930IPR13930/meps-demand-common-eu-cyber-defensive-capabilities
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Cloudflare is not liable for the copyright infringement of websites that use its content-delivery and security services, a federal judge ruled https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/cloudflare-doesnt-have-to-cut-off-copyright-infringing-websites-judge-rules/
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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-digital-defense-report
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These are the global innovation powerhouses of 2021 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/10/global-innovation-powerhouses-2021/ Switzerland continues to be ranked as the most innovation-friendly country in the world. More than half of the R&D top 20 are European economies and five are Asian. China is outperforming many others where IP is concerned but lags behind in other key areas.
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In the past two years the Chinese government, which has long pursued a security-centred approach to data, has been defining its own data governance regime. This Brief aims to shed light on China’s approach to data governance and outlines the challenges that it presents for EU governments and companies, particularly with regard to the risk of data protectionism. https://www.iss.europa.eu/content/chinas-data-strategy
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On 5 October, following a significant push from across civil society, the European Parliament voted to adopt an important new report on Artificial intelligence in criminal law and its use by the police and judicial authorities in criminal matters by a promising majority of 377 votes in favour, to 248 against. This followed a tense vote earlier as a majority of MEPs opposed all four attempts from the European People's Party (EPP) to remove key fundamental rights provisions from the report. https://edri.org/our-work/celebrating-a-strong-european-parliament-stance-on-ai-in-law-enforcement/
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In April 2021, the European Commission released proposed legislation that would regulate all uses of artificial intelligence (AI) within the European Union. The draft law is far more comprehensive in nature than any under consideration by China or the United States – the countries that are home to most AI research and development globally – and appears to be an attempt by Brussels to influence the development of AI technology by leveraging its regulatory expertise and the market power of EU member states. https://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/2021/the-eu-approach-to-artificial--intelligence
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LEO, o robô caminhante e voador

Investigadores do Caltech desenvolveram um robô bípede que junta as capacidades de andar e voar, explicado num artigo científico que foi a capa da mais recente edição da Science Robotics. “Inspirámo-nos na natureza. Pense-se em como os pássaros são capazes de bater as asas e pular para andar nos cabos telefónicos”, explica Soon-Jo Chung, um […]
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A company that is a critical part of the global telecommunications infrastructure used by AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and several others around the world such as Vodafone and China Mobile, quietly disclosed that hackers were inside its systems for years, impacting more than 200 of its clients and potentially millions of cellphone users worldwide. https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xpm8/company-that-routes-billions-of-text-messages-quietly-says-it-was-hacked
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Catalyst recommends the following four steps to create a remote working environment where all employees can thrive: Create remote-work policies that detail expectations for employees, managers, and teams; Upskill managers on empathy and managing remote teams inclusively; Invest in programmes for employees who need additional childcare options; Normalise empathic listening through regular check-ins and other opportunities to share life and work experiences. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/10/remote-work-productivity-burnout/
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Integração do hardware, software e conteúdos numa TV

Comprar um televisor como se compra um telemóvel, integrando os necessários hardware, software e conteúdos. É esta a estratégia do Sky Glass, um novo serviço que a operadora Sky vai lançar a partir de 18 de Outubro no Reino Unido, seguindo-se outros mercados europeus em 2022. (Em Portugal, a Meo tem uma proposta semelhante com […]
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Igualdade de género e transição digital

Fonte: A Igualdade de Género em Números
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Estonia has built digital public infrastructure that delivers automated and reusable government services in a human-centric, secure and private way; How Estonia has created these public services can be applied to local and global efforts; From collaborating with other digital nations to how to deal with legacy challenges, here's how Estonia has built and sustained its digital services, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/10/how-to-build-digital-public-infrastructure-estonia/
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we're launching #BeCyberSmart, a campaign championed by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and industry-leading experts on how we can all create a culture of cybersecurity. We're also continuing our commitment to uplift the next generation of leaders, because securing a platform that brings joy to over 1 billion people is a job that's never done. https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/becybersmart-cybersecurity-awareness-champions
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Digitization of urban economies and hybrid working are two developments that will require changes to the physical infrastructure of cities. Success depends on it. Cities are evolving from a focus on corporations, commuters and consumption to a focus on habitat, innovation and experience. A city’s attractiveness won’t be based on tax policy and corporate presence, but on amenities, experience, talent and people. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/10/urban-city-future-success-hybrid-digital-redesign-infrastructure/

A caminho da sociedade quântica

Fonte: How the world can prepare for quantum-computing cyber risks 
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Why did Facebook go down? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/05/facebook-outage-what-went-wrong-and-why-did-it-take-so-long-to-fix
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Ricardo Conde foi o candidato escolhido para ocupar o cargo de presidente da Agência Espacial Portuguesa https://ptspace.pt/pt/novo-presidente-da-agencia-espacial-portuguesa-eleito-em-assembleia-geral/
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ANSOL organiza ciclo de apresentações onde serão analisados os últimos 20 anos do Software Livre em Portugal e discutidos os próximos 20 anos. Contará com a presença do actual e dos antigos presidentes da associação e com a presença de Matthias Kirschner, actual presidente da Free Software Foundation Europe. Estarão também presentes representantes de várias associações nacionais como a D3 - Defesa dos Direitos Digitais, ANPRI - Associação Nacional de Professores de Informática e a Wikimedia Portugal. O evento será online, de entrada gratuita e sem necessidade de registo prévio. https://ansol.org/20anos.
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Lixo electrónico e direito a reparar

Fonte: Visualizing Our Addiction to Electronics
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"Internet Archive's 2046 Wayforward Machine says Google will cease to exist..." The Internet Archive has launched a campaign against tech regulation by setting up a Wayforward Machine, semi-parodying its famous Wayback Machine archiving site. The Wayforward Machine paints a picture of the internet in 2046 – smeared with censorship, regulation, governmental interference, and more. https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/01/internet_archive_wayforward_machine/
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There can be no doubt that the pandemic and the associated worker shortage are accelerating the drive toward deploying artificial intelligence, robotics and other forms of automation. In the UK, the trend is being further amplified as Brexit’s impact on the workforce becomes evident. However, the reality is that most of these technologies are unlikely to arrive in time to offer a solution to the immediate challenges faced by employers. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/02/robots-stealing-jobs-labour-shortages-artificial-intelligence-covid
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"a tua cara não é um código de barras"? A ler no TICtank #70
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start campus and EllaLink have just signed an agreement to promote Sines into the world. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/start-campus_start-campus-e-ellalink-activity-6849315868606787585-udxR/
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has released its 2021 Global Innovation Index. The 2021 index has found that innovation is still blossoming in some sectors despite the global economic slowdown and coronavirus pandemic. Switzerland topped the rankings with a score of 65.5 out of 100, the eleventh time it has been named the world leader in innovation. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/09/worlds-most-innovative-countries-innovation/
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Can You See Me Now? A Measurement Study of Zoom, Webex, and Meet https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.13113.pdf
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Projeto de Resolução 1458/XIV/3 : Recomenda ao Governo português que alargue o prazo de consulta pública da Avaliação Ambiental do Programa de Prospeção e Pesquisa de Lítio https://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalheIniciativa.aspx?BID=121139
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Smartphones em pinturas antigas – é isto uma prova de viajantes no tempo?

Embora alguns considerem as seguintes observações pelo seu valor de prova confiável de que viajantes do tempo apareceram no passado, a maioria das pessoas não o faz. Há, no entanto, um ponto mais sério no final [deste texto]. A verdadeira resposta revela algo bastante fundamental sobre a experiência e a vida humana. A essência deste […]
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Some of the world’s largest publishers have come together to tackle the growing problem of image manipulation in scientific papers. They have developed a three-tier classification system that editors can use to flag suspicious content, and detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to deal with doctored images. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02610-7
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Autoriza o Governo a transpor a Diretiva (UE) 2019/790, relativa aos direitos de autor e direitos conexos no mercado único digital https://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalheIniciativa.aspx?BID=121135
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through our Building Opportunities/Leveraging Technology (BOLT) program. In its first year, the BOLT grant program aims to support teams of creatives, technologists, researchers, and social/cultural workers to develop innovative solutions to Internet connectivity, particularly among communities where current technologies are unavailable or inaccessible. Grants of up to $200,000 will be awarded for projects lasting up to 12 months. https://www.isocfoundation.org/2021/09/announcing-new-innovation-grants-to-address-the-internet-connectivity-gap/
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Ranked: The Top 10 Richest People on the Planet https://www.visualcapitalist.com/top-10-richest-people-worldwide-2021/
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They were joint founders of the Web Summit, the largest technology conference in the world. But now Paddy Cosgrave and David Kelly have fallen out and found themselves on opposite sides in a High Court dispute. Manders Terrace, a holding company behind the Web Summit whose majority shareholder is Cosgrave, has lodged a High Court action against Kelly. The case relates directly to a dispute between Cosgrave, who owns 81 per cent of Manders Terrace, and Kelly, who owns almost 12 per cent. Daire Hickey, the third founder of the annual tech summit, owns the remaining 7 per cent. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/web-summit-founders-in-legal-row-nw6h57lws
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GPS has transformed everything from driving to search and rescue. But it currently relies on government-run satellites that have trouble peering into canyons and forests—and which can be targeted by enemy countries. Now, engineers have demonstrated rudimentary location tracking by eavesdropping on signals sent by internet satellites. If refined to GPS levels of accuracy, the approach could help scientists who use GPS to track animals and earthquakes. https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-create-their-own-gps-spying-internet-satellites
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ANACOM aprovou propor ao Governo: - a aplicação de uma mensalidade de 5 euros (6,15 euros com IVA à taxa de 23%) para o serviço de acesso à Internet em banda larga, considerando-se que esse valor permite ir ao encontro do objetivo de garantia da acessibilidade do preço para os consumidores com baixos rendimentos ou com necessidades sociais especiais para o referido serviço; - a fixação de um preço máximo de 21,45 euros (26,38 euros com IVA à taxa de 23%) como contrapartida pela ativação do serviço, e/ou de equipamentos de acesso, nomeadamente routers. ANACOM efetuou uma reponderação das medidas projetadas no sentido provável de decisão de 12.08.2021, aumentando a velocidade mínima de download de 10 Mbps para 30 Mbps e de upload de 1 de Mbps para 3 Mbps e o valor mínimo de tráfego mensal a incluir na oferta de 12 GB para 30 GB. https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=1705201
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This Report demonstrates that the investment in highly specialized and technological Competence Centres has been particularly relevant in Portugal and has shown a steep growth in the latest years. It includes as well the analysis and testimonies of companies that invested in Portugal, namely, Alten, Amgen, BMW, CI&T, HCL Technologies, Hitachi Vantara, Lockwood Publishing, Metyis, Nfon, Springer Nature, Tridonic and Webhelp. https://portugalglobal.pt/EN/InvestInPortugal/Pages/portugal-top-tech-destination.aspx
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Which Companies Use the Most Green Energy? https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-50-companies-that-use-the-highest-percentage-of-green-energy/
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YouTube : Elections misinformation policies https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10835034 https://youtu.be/YpR7CR8D8LE
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Estamos a exagerar o poder da desinformação?

Nós, jornalistas, assumimos que é um problema, mas muitos dados independentes dizem que não. Para mim, o alarme começou a soar quando vi o artigo na First Draft a desacreditar uma história da [revista] Rolling Stone que retratava os “anti-vaxers” [anti-vacinas] como peões dos teóricos da conspiração de direita. Os “anti-vaxers” estavam a tomar um […]
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A hamster named Mr. Goxx has been trading cryptocurrencies in a rigged box since June. The hamster determines which crypto to buy or sell by running on a wheel and strolling through one of two tunnels. Since it started trading on June 12, Goxx's crypto portfolio returned 24% as of Friday. https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/hamster-trading-cryptocurrencies-rigged-cage-goxx-bitcoin-price-ether-doge-2021-9
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