2018年12月25日 星期二

Google Has A Plan to Eliminate Mosquitoes Around the World

Many scientists think the planet wouldn’t much miss mosquitoes. So Google has a plan.

2018年12月24日 星期一

D.C. attorney general sues Facebook following Cambridge Analytica scandal

Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Facebook, accusing the social media giant of wide-ranging privacy violations

The techlash against Amazon, Facebook and Google







Silicon Valley, we have a problem. Our warning against the techlash was one of our most popular briefings of the past year

ECONOMIST.COM
The techlash against Amazon, Facebook and Google—and what they can do


2018年12月22日 星期六

我不會原諒Facebook公司多年前要用戶給其信箱密碼的舉措--以利其查"朋友"。

2018年,Facebook公司在美國飽受媒體、用戶的"不信任",股價損失不少。
我不會原諒它多年前要用戶給其信箱密碼的舉措--以利其查"朋友"。

Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet’s Most Successful Failure

在奢談5G,我想起GOOGLE FIBER。
9月份的一篇分析,它是美國各大城市的光纖傳輸推手,成功的催化劑。
As the game of gigs played out, city leaders were forced to offer the same administrative advantages to incumbents as they had to Google Fiber. Construction costs fell, and the speed of deployments increased. Only six years after Google’s initial announcement, according to the Fiber Broadband Association, 30% of urban residents had access to gigabit Internet service.
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It forced existing companies to improve their services.

2018年12月19日 星期三

蘋果公司試圖避開iPhone在華禁售令;iPhone在印度市場遭遇滑鐵盧

蘋果公司推送軟件更新,試圖避開iPhone在華禁售令

蘋果iPhone在印度市場遭遇滑鐵盧

Facebook’s User-Data Revelations and the Drumbeat of Calls for Regulation

 Facebook收集的個人信息比史上任何私人公司都要多。然後,這些隱私數據被用作交易 。內部文件顯示,Facebook允許微軟必應(Bing)在未經同意的情況下查看用戶幾乎所有朋友的姓名;允許亞馬遜通過用戶的好友來獲得這些人的姓名和聯繫方式;並允許Netflix和Spotify閱讀用戶的私信。


CNN Business

Facebook could face additional scrutiny from federal regulators after a New York Times report claimed it offered more of its users' data, such as contact information and private messages, to companies than it had previously admitted

To hold Facebook accountable, stop calling it a tech company

Updated 1533 GMT (2333 HKT) December 15, 2018


...Facebook runs ads based on the information it has collected about you. And it has used the imprimatur of "technology" to shift our attention so it — as well as Google — can operate under a different set of rules than all the other media companies that run ads. By clinging to its definition of being a technology company, Facebook and other social media companies enjoy protections under the Communications Decency Act that immunize them from being held liable for hate and other objectionable speech, libel and falsehoods in news stories and advertising that media companies do not...


https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/15/perspectives/facebook-regulation-tech-company/index.html?f

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A new report says that Facebook has provided large companies with access to users’ private messages and friends lists—without their consent.

2018年12月17日 星期一

5G:一場充滿風險的網絡革命




5G:一場充滿風險的網絡革命

近來圍繞中國領先的5G技術供應商華為所展開的外交爭執,足以顯示出據稱能帶來網絡革命的5G技術也暗藏著極大的風險。那麼,什麼是5G,它有何用途,它的風險又是什麼呢?
    
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5G既是網絡革命,也暗藏諸多風險。
(德國之聲中文網)5G是所謂第五代移動通信技術的簡稱,美國和亞洲計劃在2020年開始啟用5G技術。迄今為止,每一代移動通信技術都帶來了網速和數據流量方面的進步。而藉助5G技術將首次實現人機對話。
受到廣泛關注的物流網因移動網絡的局限性一直不能實現突破。無論是網速,還是網絡硬件均不能滿足物流網巨大數據傳輸的需要。而5G網技術將極大地提高網速,從而使汽車自動駕駛或遠程手術都將變為現實。
與此同時,它還將打破擴增實境和虛擬實境的界限。借助5G網可以使大量感應器同時工作,從而使服務變得更加"智能化"。比如,它可以幫助人們更好的協調路況或者自動通知管理部門哪一個垃圾筒應該清理了。
Spanien Barcelona Mobile World Congress (DW/K. Ferguson)
有了5G網絡,自動駕駛就不再是夢想。
工業界則期望5G網能給生產流程帶來巨大的革新,並能夠對各個工序實施更有效的監控。
     
但是,5G網也帶來了對網絡安全的擔憂。首先,5G網將大大增加數據傳輸的數量和種類。感應器傳輸的各類數據,比如涉及生產工序的信息可能極具敏感度,因為競爭對手會對這類信息非常感興趣。此外,涉及私人家庭的數據也可能落入不法之徒的手里而受到他們的操控。總之,可供黑客攻擊的數據寶庫將隨著5G技術的普及,變得越來越大。
此外,對網絡的依賴性越高,人們受到傷害的風險也將變得越大。一旦網絡出現故障,對社會安全及經濟生活造成的惡果將難以想像。如果傳輸出現問題,遠程手術中的患者可能死於非命,自動駕駛的車輛可能造成事故。如果網絡長時間癱瘓,更可能導致一個國家經濟的崩潰。這也就是5G網所暗藏的安全隱患。
本次美國要求加拿大逮捕華為首次財務關孟晚舟是基於對她違背伊朗制裁協定的指控,但長期以來美國一直擔心的則是,來自中國的網絡通信設備會暗藏中國情報部門和軍方的"特洛伊木馬"。
華為公司是5G網絡設備的重要製造商,美國國防部門則擔心,使用華為設備將使中方具備干擾美國軍事通信的能力,或者在軍事衝突中使美國處於不利地位。
有鑑於此,美國已基本禁止國內網絡使用華為設備,澳大利亞和新西蘭也採取了相同的步驟。其他一些國家則仍在研判各種可能選項。
     
夢想很美好,現實卻往往不盡人意。當初那些購買4G網手機的用戶大多數都很失望,因為儘管他們的手機足以處理極高的網速,但網絡供應商的骨幹網卻並不具備傳輸高流量數據的能力。
Datennetze Mobilfunk LTE 5G (Imago/Sven Simon)
現有基站數量和質量,遠遠不能滿足5G網的需要。
網絡運營商目前正在大力擴建各自的骨幹網,但一旦採用5G技術,他們將不得不大規模增加基站數量。否則,他們將再一次無法兌現有關網速的承諾。
(此黑體字的量化,很難想像,台北將布滿基地台 (比4G多近10倍?))



多數分析師都認為,網絡運營商最終將能夠承擔建設5G網絡的高昂費用,當然,起步階段,網絡的普及程度可能不盡人意,許多大家熱盼的功能也無法立即實現。
比如,沿高速公路修建基站以實現車輛的自動駕駛,就將是一個耗資巨大的工程。屆時,網絡運營商可能需要為此尋找更多的合作和投資夥伴。
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Apple to build new campus in Austin and add jobs across the US














Apple's $1 billion Austin campus is just the latest big investment from top tier companies: Texas governor

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Why Is Apple Opening a Campus in the Austin Suburbs?



CityLab
2 days ago


Apple announces a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas

The Architect's Newspaper




Apple to build new campus in Austin and add jobs across the US - Apple
https://www.apple.com/.../apple-to-build-new-campus-in-austin-and-add-jobs-across-t...

 - Austin Campus. Apple's newest Austin campus will be located less than a mile from its existing facilities. The 133-acre campus will initially accommodate 5,000 additional employees, with the capacity to grow to 15,000, and is expected to make Apple the largest private employer in Austin.









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Apple to invest $1B in new Austin campus





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Apple expanding in Austin, other US locations





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Apple to build $1 billion campus in north Austin






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Apple to invest $1B in new Austin campus






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Texans hopeful new Apple campus will bring jobs, hire local graduates





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Apple to invest $1 billion in new Austin campus - CNBC.com



https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/.../apple-to-invest-1-billion-in-new-austin-campus.htm...










4 days ago - Apple to invest $1 billion in new Texas campus. Apple will invest $1 billion in a newcampus in Austin, Texas, the company announced on Thursday. The 133-acre campus will be located in North Austin and will accommodate an initial 5,000 employees, with capacity for 15,000 employees in total.



Apple announces new $1 billion Austin campus as part of US ...



https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/.../apple-billion-dollar-austin-campus-us-expansio...










4 days ago - Apple has announced a big expansion of its US operations, at the heart of which is a new $1 billion campus in Austin, its third in the city.

Google’s incredible growth: A timeline. Google is spending $1 billion to build a massive, new campus in New York








“騰訊系”公司上市Tencent Music IPO 為何後勁不足?



China's Tencent Music raises nearly $1.1 billion in U.S. IPO | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/...music-ipo/chinas-tencent-music-raises-nearly-1-1-billion-in...

 The IPO values Tencent Music at $21.3 billion and shows how ... With streaming appsQQ Music, KuGou, Kuwo as well as karaoke app We ...

Tencent Music IPO: TME stock starts trading on the NYSE - CNBC.com

https://www.cnbc.com/.../tencent-music-ipo-tme-stock-starts-trading-on-the-nyse.html

5 days ago - Tencent Music ends its first day of trading up 9 percent ... music apps in China — streaming apps QQ Music, Kugou Music and Kuwo Music, and ...








“騰訊系”公司上市為何後勁不足?






騰訊音樂上市首日股價上漲7.7%,但在週四回吐了部分漲幅。 圖片來源:MARK LENNIHAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS


騰訊控股有限公司(Tencent Holdings Ltd., 0700.HK, 簡稱﹕騰訊)是中國最具影響力的企業之一,也是科技行業最活躍的投資者之一,該公司支持的公司進行了全球規模最大的一些首次公開募股(IPO)。
問題在於:該科技巨頭的支持並未讓投資者在這些IPO上穩賺不賠。
最新從騰訊拆分出來的是騰訊音樂娛樂集團(Tencent Music Entertainment Group, TME, 簡稱:騰訊音樂)。這家中國音樂串流媒體公司於上週三掛牌上市,以市值計,是美國IPO市場上多年來規模最大的交易之一。上市首日,該公司股價上漲7.7%,但在上週四回吐了部分漲幅。

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