https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/surveillance-technology-at-the-fair/ Executive Summary State cyber capabilities are increasingly abiding by the “pay-to-play” model—both US/NATO allies and adversaries can purchase interception and intrusion technologies from private firms for intelligence and surveillance purposes. NSO Group has repeatedly made headlines in 2021 for targeting government entities in cyberspace, but there are many more companies selling similar products that […]

*May God help us

Liquid Cosmos at the Lithuanian Space Agency Lithuanian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Liquid Cosmos at the Lithuanian Space Agency Closing event November 19–21, 2021 Lithuanian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Derelitti Barbaria delle Tole, 6691, (Castello) 30122 Venice Italy Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 10am–7pm info@lithuanianspace.agency www.lithuanianspace.agency www.kosmicainstitute.com www.hfg-karlsruhe.de Facebook / Instagram […]

Unsupervised: MoMA seen through the mind of a machine Announcing a new solo exhibition with media artist Refik Anadol Exhibition Opening: November 18, 2021 9pm New York (11pm São Paulo, 3am Berlin (Nov 19), 10am Shanghai (Nov 19)) Collecting begins one hour later Three images from the “Unsupervised — Machine Hallucinations — MoMA — Dreams” […]

*Facebook became Meta, so now it’s mayhem in the FX biz. “By combining the industry leading VFX tools and technical talent from the incredible team at Weta, plus the deep development and real-time knowledge within Unity, we aim to deliver tools to unlock the full potential of the metaverse.” Weta vs Meta! https://blog.unity.com/news/welcome-weta-digital?_ga=2.164870655.1995680536.1636681170-1645606552.1636681170 (…) Tools […]

*I don’t believe that collection is the first such record ever made, but this is nevertheless an epic tale. *Dick Raajmakers was a protean research-and-development expert who was up to all kinds of odd stuff — with the industrial backing of the mighty Philips corporation. https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/tom-dissevelt-kid-baltan-fascinating-world-of-electronic-music-feature When most people think of “electronic music” in the […]

*It’s a press release. *However, we get their press releases for good reasons. ARDUINO BLACK NOVEMBER _ Black Friday is not enough! The most popular Arduino products are discounted throughout November, from 8 to 29. Arduino chooses 8different iconic boards and combinations for 8 big deals. People can choose between the Arduino Starter Kit for […]

*Those are some quite modern tools there. The snaky, magnetized LED task lamp is quite interesting, and I’d never heard of that nanotechnological ceramic sandpaper.

*That’s some interview. https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/658 This week, on the new-media platform Feral File, artist Refik Anadol presents Unsupervised, an exhibition of works created by training an artificial intelligence model with the public metadata of The Museum of Modern Art’s collection. Spanning more than 200 years of art, from paintings to photography to cars to video games, […]

*Hey, that documentary’s pretty good! Has lots of Italian cinema-muto spectacles, in the context of their European peers.