Maria Rivera

Maria is the youngest team member of Asap Land. She joined as an intern as she was having a diploma in journalism. But, now as she gained experience, she is working as full-time editor and contributor on Asap Land. She loves to write news bulletins from the business world as she is quite fascinated with business.

The University of Minnesota has been banned from Linux development for deliberately introducing vulnerabilities

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Curious what has happened this week in the world of Linux development. The University of Minnesota has been banned from Linux development by introduce vulnerabilities on purpose. The reason is a research work being carried out by Qiushi Wu (PhD student) and Kangjie Lu (Assistant Professor) on the feasibility of sneaking vulnerabilities into open source software. The paper can be found on GitHub.

These researchers tried to put a Use-After-Free vulnerability in the Linux kernel, among other commits. That has caused Greg Kroah-Hartman, one of the most important kernel developers and responsible for maintaining the stable branch, decided to ban the University of Minnesota completely Linux development, something that the university itself has confirmed.

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when it is humans who help machines and not the other way around

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The idea of ​​the “centaur” comes from automation theorists. Half horse, half human. Is a metaphor that arises from Kasparov and Deep Blue, where the IBM machine rivaled the great chess master and helped him improve. A centaur player is one who unites human intuition, creativity and empathy, with the brute force capacity of the computer to calculate an astonishing amount of movements.

It is a way of representing the interaction between humans and robots, where the machine amplifies human abilities. However, there are also those who propose a antagonistic vision to understand the role that robots can have. It is the concept of the “reverse centaur”.

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a modern classic from Monte Hellman

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April 20, 2021 marks the death of Monte Hellman at 91, one of those race filmmakers that Quentin Tarantino adored, and not only for being the executive producer of ‘Reservoir Dogs’ (1992). His death, in Palm Desert (California), after a fall at his home, is another symbolic echo of the change in the way of making films in Hollywood, in times of platforms and ‘Asphalt road in two directions‘(Two-Lane Blacktop, 1971) is a living testimony to that forgotten era.

Among his classics we also find ‘El tiroteo’ (The Shooting, 1966) or ‘Game-cock‘(Cockfighter, 1974), almost a spiritual epilogue of’ Carretera ‘, the ones that preserve the greatest trace of an author who He always moved skillfully between very fair budgets, as a lesson from having passed through the Roger Corman factory, something in common with so many other creators of American independent cinema. Representing a freedom and spirit that permeates the song at twilight of ” Once upon a time in Hollywood ” (2019), whose characters could enter and leave a Hellman movie, just like Stuntman Mike from ‘Death Proof’ (2007)

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The 6 + 1 colors of the new iMac 2021 that pay homage to the original iMac and the Apple logo

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With the new iMac 2021, Apple has wanted the team to have up to seven colors to choose from. With a most interesting detail: all the peripherals will match the color of the Mac. Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, of course, but also the power cable and the Lightning to charge the peripherals.

There is also an aspect of homage to past times and products of the company. Enough to feel some nostalgia without actually celebrating it.

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