The geopolitical role of information technology and the unavoidable dependence on US technology make the option of 15% tariffs on Big Tech, in reaction to Trump’s aggressiveness towards the EU and Italy, simply impracticable by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “Those on Big Tech are the only duties the EU (and Italy) cannot afford”
Now it’s a clash between Apple and London over access to citizens’ data. Why it matters
Apple is said to have challenged the order to disable Advanced Data Protection features. This is a repeat of what happened in the case with the FBI. What can happen and what are the values and opportunities in the field by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica
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Are biohybrid prostheses another step towards the Bicentennial Man?
The convergence of research in the fields of AI, neurotechnology and soft robotics raises the possibility of creating something very similar to Andrew, the protagonist of Bicentennial Man written by Isaac Asimov in 1976, which blurs the differences between human and artificialbeings by Andrea Monti -Initially published in Italian by MIT Technology Review Italia Continue reading “Are biohybrid prostheses another step towards the Bicentennial Man?”
Apple surrenders to the British government. Has the purpose of cloud services been called into question?
Disabling iPhone security features at the request of the UK weakens the reasonable privacy expectation in cloud services and exposes the hypocrisy of the digital ecosystem by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “Apple surrenders to the British government. Has the purpose of cloud services been called into question?”
Disabling iPhone security features at the request of the UK weakens the reasonable privacy expectation in cloud services and exposes the hypocrisy of the digital ecosystem by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “Apple surrenders to the British government. Has the purpose of cloud services been called into question?”
After Huawei and TikTok, is DeepSeek the new threat to US national security?
The availability of DeepSeek, the Chinese Large Language Model, on the market under an open source intellectual property regime – that is, without proprietary claims in terms of copyright and patents – has shaken up the AI sector and challenged some of the dogmas that have become prevalent in the sector. by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net
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