Roy Schestowitz

• 'portfolio optimization' https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/sony-says-the-220-layoffs-at-bungie-were-made-in-the-name-of-you-guessed-it-things-like-portfolio-optimization-and-enhancing-the-efficiency-of-the-business/    

posted Thursday, August 08, 2024 at 23:48:53

• POTENTIAL??? For what??? Losing endless money to run a Ponzi scheme??? https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/intel-short-sightedness-openai-potential-sold-to-nvidia    

posted Thursday, August 08, 2024 at 23:49:53

• "open" "hey hi" put MSFT 111.4 billion dollars in DEBT    

posted Thursday, August 08, 2024 at 23:50:21

• And now Dell says sales people cuts are because of HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI ... because that totally makes sense!! https://menafn.com/1108530695/Dell-Technologies-Announce-Second-Round-Of-Layoffs-Cuts-12500-Jobs-To-Focus-On-AI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI    

posted Thursday, August 08, 2024 at 23:51:14

• Mass layoffs because [put buzzword here]    

posted Thursday, August 08, 2024 at 23:51:48

• Another bailout then. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/palantir-soars-on-deal-with-microsoft-to-sell-ai-tools-to-us-defense-and-intelligence-agencies/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 00:07:46

• Biden is Bailing Out Microsoft Just Like Donald Trump Repeatedly Did http://techrights.org/n/2023/10/17/Bailout_Biden_is_Bailing_Out_Microsoft_Just_Like_Donald_Trump_R.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 00:08:49

• GNU/Linux 9% in Turkey https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/turkey/#monthly-200902-202408    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 00:13:05

• News and Links (publ. 2024-08-08) gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20240808-0.gmi "This article provides another helpful data point for the argument that our sun and solar system are uniquely designed to support life on earth."    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 01:11:30

• Vista 11 down in Japan this month (GNU/Linux up) https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/japan/#monthly-202209-202408    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 01:49:50

• GNU/Linux and ChromeOS in Japan: Nearly Trebling in the Past Half a Decade (COVID-19 Breakout) http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_in_Japan_Nearly_Trebling_in_the_Past_Hal.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 01:50:30

• Edge market share in Japan DOWN in past 2.5 years https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/japan/#monthly-202201-202408    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 01:52:35

• And more people use Yahoo than Microsoft https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/japan/#monthly-202105-202408    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 01:53:20

• This page has NOT been updated for 4 months, after it was updated for over 20 years https://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 01:54:40

• Biden is bailing out Microsoft one more time https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/8/24216215/palantir-microsoft-azure-ai-defense-partnership-surveillance    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 02:02:55

• "Tech titans like IBM, Google, and Microsoft; finance leaders like Goldman Sachs, Citi, and BlackRock; entertainment behemoths like Pixar and Paramount; and corporate giants like Tesla, Dow, and Nike have all announced layoffs." https://www.businessinsider.com/layoffs-sweeping-us-these-are-companies-making-cuts-2024    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 02:15:26

• Hyping up a popping bubble, still https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23366540/martina-slabejova-companies-will-need-to-adjust-to-the-advent-of-ai.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 02:16:48

• Axios Cuts 50 Jobs Amid Shifts In Media Industry https://www.whatjobs.com/news/usa/us-employment-news/axios-cuts-50-jobs-amid-shifts-in-media-industry/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 02:17:19

• japan worker participation rate started rising again only a decade ago (press "MAX") https://tradingeconomics.com/japan/labor-force-participation-rate    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 02:29:09

• "Have to agree with the below post - I have refused to take promotions if it was under a narcissistic, selfish, micro managing type of Executive or Manager. My peace of Mind is more important than an extra $$ in promo!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tSe88cG    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 02:30:10

• "Trump did a similar during his presidency - he doubled the national debt and the stock market sung his praises. Once he left, Biden was left holding the bag - when you mint that much money there is always inflation." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tUhYsUr    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 02:32:58

• "Trump is like Arvind; uses only short-term-thinking, knowing the person who is left holding the bag of sh-t will be blamed as it takes a couple of years before the metrics reflect the deep damage that was done." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tUhYsUr    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 02:33:20

• IBM used to have 4 times more cash on hand https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/IBM/ibm/cash-on-hand    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 02:37:10

• Windows has fallen in Ecuador https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/ecuador/#monthly-200902-202408    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 03:36:18

• Colombia also https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/colombia/#monthly-200902-202408    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 03:36:59

• Internet Relay Chat: Communicate Outside Of Normal Channels https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=FxZ2epcJ9l0&list=PL10oYtFK663QdK8czdh3OpP--mU9W4jOa&index=10    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:12:28

• Jarkko Oikarinen now works on Google Hangouts at Gulag, i.e. proprietary spyware, opp. of IRC    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:18:25

• "Linux Mint, known for its stability and user-friendliness, is one of the most popular Linux distributions. By default, it comes with the Cinnamon desktop environment" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-kde-plasma-on-linux-mint-22/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:20:33

• "Valve released a pretty important set of bug fixes for the Steam Deck with the new SteamOS 3.6.9 Beta, plus an interesting mention of the ASUS ROG Ally that could point to things to come." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/steamos-369-beta-for-steam-deck-curiously-mentions-the-asus-rog-ally/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:21:49

• "Roots of Pacha from Soda Den has a fresh free update out now in version 1.2, and they're not slowing down with more big free updates planned." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/prehistoric-farming-life-sim-roots-of-pacha-12-is-out-now-plus-a-massive-update-on-the-way/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:22:00

• "One of the most popular recent releases on Steam that's Steam Deck Verified (and works great on desktop Linux), Balatro has done really well." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/balatro-hits-2-million-sales-and-a-major-free-gameplay-update-is-coming/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:22:15

• "Rogue: Genesia is easily one of the best survivor-like horde games, and it just got even better with the huge Steel & Blood update." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/steel-blood-is-a-huge-upgrade-for-horde-battler-rogue-genesia/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:22:48

• "demo now available" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/pight-is-a-puzzle-game-inspired-by-the-minecraft-redstone-system/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:23:17

• "Activ8te: Am I AI?" https://www.provos.org/p/activ8te-am-i-ai/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:23:34

• "HEY HI!!!!" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/x-traener-ai-modeller-paa-eu-borgeres-brugerdata-lyder-det-fra-irsk-datatilsyns    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:24:19

• social control media as a weapon https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-10061769    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:24:43

• "Utah Quran teacher charged with sexually abusing teen, offering her $30K to stay quiet" https://www.ksl.com/article/51093328/utah-quran-teacher-charged-with-sexually-abusing-teen-offering-her-30k-to-stay-quiet    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:24:57

• "An imam in France detained pending deportation" https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/an-imam-in-france-detained-pending-deportation-74692    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:25:08

• "System76 have today released the first alpha preview for you to try out COSMIC, their brand new home-grown desktop environment." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/system76-desktop-environment-cosmic-alpha-now-available-to-try/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:25:24

• "Estonia Starts Full Customs Controls At Border With Russia" https://www.rferl.org/a/estonia-russia-customs-controls-border-checks/33070667.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:26:26

• "Cellulose Surface Nanoengineering for Visualizing Food Safety" https://www.thenewlede.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/080724VisualizingPesticides.pdf    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:26:36

• "While Roblox does still remain blocked on Linux with Wine, as usual the community finds a way. The Vinegar team recently revealed Sober, a currently closed-source specialized runtime for the Android version of Roblox." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/sober-is-a-new-way-to-play-roblox-on-linux-from-the-vinegar-team/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:26:52

• "Today id Software and Bethesda Softworks announced a new bundling of the original DOOM + DOOM II, with a whole bunch of enhancements using Nightdive Studio's KEX engine. A free update for existing owners too." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/doom-doom-ii-get-bundled-together-with-new-enhanced-versions/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:27:03

• "We attended the CSTA Annual Conference in Las Vegas in July — here's what happened." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/csta-2024/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:28:39

• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Still Won’t Mention Wildfire Links to Climate Change ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/08/alberta-premier-danielle-smith-still-wont-mention-wildfire-links-to-climate-change/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:29:07

• "DEI" ☛ https://fair.org/home/dei-has-become-the-new-n-word/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:29:37

• "If you’re part of a not-for-profit community group, we encourage you to apply." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/reintroducing-efa | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:30:35

• "The continued rise of Japanese manga is accompanied by interesting facts, figures, and curiosities alike. Of all graphic novels sold in the U.S. during 2023, half were manga" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/japan-vs-manga-piracy-800m-losses-100-new-pirate-sites-in-one-month-240808/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:31:25

• "The IIPA, which represents the MPA, RIAA, and other entertainment industry groups, believes that Canada could and should do more to tackle online piracy" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-copyright-groups-urge-canada-to-prioritize-anti-piracy-enforcement-240808/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:31:39

• IOC policies are not problematic because of "trans people" but because they open the door to the argument that for women to take steroids, e.g. to compete in boxing, is OK. And no limit shall exist, they can just take as many male hormones as they want. It does help.    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:33:21

• The moment when/where fairness in sport ceases to exist it isn't about sports but about nutrition and supplementation, sort of like "bodybuilding competitions" where they really compete over anabolic steroid intake, not inborn gift, skills, or hard work at a gym (in other words, it's not a sport, just chemistry).    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:35:39

• So Olympics have officially crossed the barrier where medals are awarded not based on merit but tricks    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:36:29

• Sort of like GAFAM "competing" over who gets the most bailouts, debt, then gives the most data about people to regimes, advertisers etc. They compete based on who steals from and harms people the most.    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:37:32

• Audience is the lifeblood of professional sport. If people tune in because of controversies, e.g. Marion Jones doping and crying, it's becoming melodramas rather than competitions. Olympics... sponsored by McDonalds.    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:40:24

• Sports without rules are like planes that don't take off    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:41:06

• But then again, it's all "Russia's fault". Russians banned, people who cheat not banned.    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:41:58

• "I’m not a lawyer (something I find myself having to say more often these days)" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/nvidia-is-consuming-a-lifetime-of-youtube-per-day-and-they-probably-arent-even-paying-for-premium/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:47:07

• "Blanchett is not the only “Lord of the Rings” star who’s expressed how low their pay was for the fantasy epic." ☛ https://variety.com/2024/film/news/cate-blanchett-lord-of-the-rings-salary-free-sandwiches-1236099935/ | Source: Variety    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:47:31

• "So do plenty of media executives, artists, writers, musicians" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/bill-gross-prorata-generative-ai-business/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:47:53

• "As caught by 404" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/google-promoting-ai-apps-nonconsensual | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:48:48

• "sufficient information" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/08/uk-antitrust-regulator-launches-probe-amazons-anthropic-partnership/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:58:45

• "this is all really annoying and I wish they would treat these required changes" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/you-thought-that-was-good-news-sucker/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:59:21

• "Eric Holscher posted this post today, and I wanted to share my speculation." ☛ https://micro.webology.dev/2024/08/06/google-search-speculation.html | Source: Jeff Triplett    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 04:59:52

• "The big guns, though are the structural remedies." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/07/revealed-preferences/#extinguish-v-improve | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:00:05

• "Billie Eilish was made for breaking records." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/07/billie-eilish-spotify-followers/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:00:42

• "In a decisive move to combat the menace of spam calls" ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/trai-has-a-ban-warning-for-companies-if-these-links-or-files-are-shared-after-september-1-all-telcos-will-bar-you/articleshow/112384992.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:11:02

• "Verisign, in consultation with ICANN, has been given the authority to periodically raise the wholesale price of .com domains." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/06/verisign_well_talk_about_limiting/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:11:50

• "The capability provides 24x7 monitoring of both shore-ends (from cable landing station to first repeater)" ☛ https://itwire.com/business-telecoms/southern-cross-cable-deploys-fibresense-subsea-monitoring-capability.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:11:57

• "Andy Williams, AFRL’s deputy technology officer for space" ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/newsletters/daily-news-roundup/2024/08/07/air-force-research-lab-eyes-space-data-transport-demo-in-2026/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:12:06

• "The charity, Razom, says that it supplies items like first aid kits and clean water to Ukraine." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/russian-prosecutors-seek-15-year-sentence-for-us-russian-woman/7734784.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:22:35

• "Managers need to understand that it’s (a) culture, (2) flexibility, and (Γ) pay that move the needle." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/managers-want-remote-work-to-end/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:23:07

• "The report also points out that following the invasion of Ukraine" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/hrw-report-holds-russia-accountable-for-increased-crackdown-on-civil-liberties-following-invasion-of-ukraine/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:23:31

• "Carter said enhancing digital accessibility can also lead to unexpected benefits for a broad range of users." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2024/08/more-agencies-turn-to-ai-to-fix-website-accessibility-issues/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:24:03

• "systematic break-up of Russians' fundamental rights" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/human-rights-watch-foreign-agent-report/33069230.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:24:43

• "The scheme—Mukhya Mantrir Nijut Moina Asoni (MMNMA)—is expected to cover around one million girl students" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-launches-financial-incentive-scheme-for-girl-students-to-end-child-marriage-101723102682345.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:25:04

• "In a landmark development, the American Bar Association (ABA) has adopted a resolution" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/american-bar-association-resolution-calls-for-an-investigations-into-human-rights-violations-in-tibet/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:25:25

• "Those who attack journalists are attacking democracy, and undermining everyone’s right to know." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalists-increasingly-being-targeted-riots/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:26:56

• "Pakistani police have raided the home of digital journalist Usman Khan three times" ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/08/pakistani-journalist-in-hiding-after-police-raid-his-home-over-protest-reports/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:27:03

• "When the news about the lawsuit hit this week, experts weighed in" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/08/advertising-coalition-disbands-lawsuit-filed-elon-musks-x/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:27:44

• "Iran executed 36 people on August 6-7, including 26 in a group execution in one prison, a rights group said on August 7" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-execution-human-rights/33069654.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:28:08

• "The blogger fought alongside Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine when fighting first broke out in 2014" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/08/07/russian-military-blogger-jailed-for-criticizing-armed-forces-a85955 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:28:25

• Execution is the 'ultimate form' of censorship    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:28:47

• TIKTOK ADDICTS: BUT DE TIKTOK IS FREE SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH !! ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/cartoons/china-tibetan-tiktok-deleted-cartoon-08072024093500.html | Source: RFA    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:29:39

• "The ACLU has challenged classroom censorship laws and book bans nationwide as part of its broader efforts" ☛ https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/high-school-students-explain-why-we-cant-let-classroom-censorship-win | Source: ACLU    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:30:11

• "Finally, Proton announced that it has added 12 new country locations to its VPN server network." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2420132/protonvpn-unveils-new-anti-censorship-features-and-more.html | Source: PC World    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:30:33

• "The free speech zone is a section of blocked-off roadway marked by a flashing road sign and a perimeter of flood lights." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51093546/lawsuit-to-move-free-speech-zone-closer-to-prison-for-execution-is-denied | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:30:45

• "Struggling in the polls and charged with running a lackluster presidential campaign" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/08/trump-january-6-lies-kamala-harris-attacks | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:31:17

• "In his first news conference since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-08-08/fact-focus-a-look-at-claims-made-by-trump-at-news-conference | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:31:56

• "But the claim is false. No such proposal has been made. The claim has circulated online since as early as 2008." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/afcl/afcl-south-korea-name-change-08082024005626.html | Source: RFA    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:32:22

• "Elon Musk has been accused of exacerbating tensions after a week of far-right rioting in Britain" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/elon-musk-stirs-uk-divisions-sparks-calls-for-faster-rollout-of-online-safety-laws/articleshow/112363262.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 05:32:43

• "Users all over the country complaining about the difficulty in accessing YouTube" ☛ https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/democracy-and-media/2024/08/youtube-unavailable-russia-users-report | Source: The Barents Observer    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:20:08

• "It does not have strong safeguards to prevent misuse of digital investigation and digital evidence powers" ☛ https://therecord.media/un-cybercrime-treaty-passes-unanimous | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:20:21

• "The lawsuit places the bulk of the blame on the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM)" ☛ https://www.vox.com/business-and-finance/365892/elon-musk-x-lawsuit-advertisers-antitrust | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:20:42

• "After Monday’s U.S. ruling, whose penalties have yet to be announced" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-08-07/the-siege-on-google-intensifies-on-both-sides-of-the-atlantic.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:20:53

• "Infosys and Wipro also secured deals from Sweden’s Ikea and Finland’s Nokia." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/information-tech/digital-transformation-deals-back-in-play-with-a-cost-twist/articleshow/112354807.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:21:05

• "Catch up quick: GARM was created by members of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA)" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/08/06/scoop-x-sues-major-brands-ad-industry-group-for-antitrust | Source: Axios    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:21:22

• "A number of people on Bluesky, in the Fediverse" ☛ https://harihareswara.net/posts/2024/tim-walzs-policy-approach/ | Source: Sumana Harihareswara    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:21:33

• "A video recently went viral where a dog can be seen starting a house fire after chewing on battery packs." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/pet/dog-starts-house-fire-by-chewing-on-battery-pack-5-steps-to-make-sure-pets-stay-safe-when-you-are-away-from-home-101723095366007.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:23:39

• "Tulsa, Oklahoma – Local fire officials are urging pet owners to exercise caution after a recent house fire" ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/watch-how-a-pet-dog-caused-fire-after-it-bites-into-mobile-power-bank/articleshow/112365948.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:23:48

• "Yet France has a “very low-carbon electricity mix..."" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ai-is-heating-the-olympic-pool/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:25:03

• "If we are going to survive the climate emergency, we will have to electrify – that is" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/06/with-great-power/#comes-great-responsibility | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:25:20

• "Fire departments all over the country are seeing fires related to these batteries" ☛ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/07/dog-chews-lithium-ion-battery-sparking-house-fire-video/74700995007/ | Source: Gannett    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:25:36

• "E-bike" ☛ https://www.mlive.com/environment/2024/08/e-bike-access-expanded-on-thousands-of-miles-of-michigan-trails.html | Source: Michigan News    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:29:52

• "The study, published in Nature Communications, found that boys exposed in the womb to bisphenol A" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/autism-bisphenol-a-bpa-link-plastic-health-b2593246.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:29:59

• "Using this information, I conducted genealogical work and found a family member from his matriline in Montana." ☛ https://theconversation.com/forensic-science-cracks-the-unsolvable-case-of-a-world-war-i-soldiers-identity-enabling-his-re-burial-236111 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:30:22

• "Thierry Boyom, MSF's medical coordinator" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/malnutrition-surging-in-nigeria-s-bauchi-state-aid-group-says/7733751.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:34:21

• "very, very seriously" ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20240808/swedish-child-soldiers-involved-in-25-criminal-cases-in-denmark-this-year | Source: The Local SE    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:35:34

• "The wholesale capture of the state is the ultimate goal of its Christian nationalist architects." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/project-2025-is-coming-for-your-rights/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:35:52

• "There’s reasonable evidence suggestive of forms of dementia" ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/trump-speech-cognitive-decline | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:36:21

• "A prominent Chinese-born academic and author who feigned being a pro-democracy activist was convicted" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/07/chinese-born-academic-convicted-in-us-of-spying-for-beijing-by-masquerading-as-pro-democracy-activist/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:49:08

• "The youths accused of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna had hoped to kill as many people as possible" ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2024/08/08/2-youths-planned-attacks-on-taylor-swifts-vienna-concerts-authorities-say-4/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:49:18

• "The main perpetrator has confessed that he was supposed to carry out a suicide attack with two accomplices" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/isis-inspired-suspect-in-taylor-swift-show-planned-suicide-attack-1815172 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:49:26

• "Ruf said the 19-year-old had pledged an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State group" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240808-three-taylor-swift-concerts-cancelled-in-vienna-over-fears-of-extremist-attack | Source: France24    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:49:34

• "Cops say both men were radicalized and had pledged allegiance to ISIS." ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2024/08/07/taylor-swift-eras-tour-vienna-shows-canceled-terrorist-attack/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:49:43

• "According to TMZ, Austrian authorities aren’t confident they’ve caught all the individuals involved in the “abstract” attack" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/07/taylor-swift-concerts-austria-canceled-terrorist/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:49:54

• "He will instead honor the victims of the Nagasaki atomic bombing at a ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, it said." ☛ https://apnews.com/article/japan-us-israel-nagasaki-atomic-bombing-75745a8d700649930803bdc63548d805 | Source: Associated Press    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:50:10

• "After the death of three children in Southport during a mass stabbing attack last week, which sparked the riots" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/telegram-is-blocking-the-far-right-from-boosting-the-uk-riots-x-is-emboldening-them/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:50:22

• "It's actually very difficult to create a [Copilot Studio] bot that is safe" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/08/copilot_black_hat_vulns/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:51:03

• "At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Thursday, Wardle made the case that crash reports" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/crash-reports-vulnerability-data/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:52:35

• "The ministry said it has no plan to further ease its regulations for conscripts" ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/08/281_380126.html?utm_source=fl | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:52:44

• "When asked if generative AI would usher in revolutionary economic changes, Acemoglu had a straightforward answer." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/mit-economist-blasts-ai-hype-too-dumb-jobs | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:59:03

• "Because there is quite a bit of uncertainty over how much AI will ultimately affect the economy" ☛ https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2024/08/06/g-s1-15245/10-reasons-why-ai-may-be-overrated-artificial-intelligence | Source: NPR    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:59:10

• "Sandeep Mistry, Principal Software Engineer with our friends at Arm" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/real-time-ml-audio-noise-suppression-on-raspberry-pi-pico-2/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:59:35

• "The vulnerabilities were found in AWS services such as CloudFormation, Glue, EMR" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/aws-patches-vulnerabilities-potentially-allowing-account-takeovers/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 07:59:43

• "Last month, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a city ordinance that would ban the use of algorithmic" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/08/realpage-software-housing-landlords/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:01:02

• "Jetpack is a set of tools and plugins for WordPress sites designed to improve security" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/07/automattic-rolls-ai-writing-assistant-wordpress-bloggers/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:01:10

• "The company formerly known as Twitter filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in a federal court in Texas" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/elon-musk-x-advertiser-lawsuit-1.7286618?cmp=rss | Source: CBC    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:01:17

• "Ever since Musk took over Twitter and fired the majority of its staff" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/06/twitter_rumble_wfa_musk/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:01:25

• Windows TCO: "CrowdStrike pushed out a flawed update to its Falcon threat-detection system" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/08/delta_crowdstrikes_offer_for_help/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:02:22

• Windows TCO: "Mayor Alix Desulme took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to address the situation directly with residents." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/north-miami-city-hall-cyber-incident/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:02:30

• Windows TCO: "This Entra ID vulnerability highlights how invisible authentication mechanisms within Microsoft’s systems" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/microsoft-entra-id-vulnerability/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:02:39

• Windows TCO: "A researcher at SafeBreach identified the potential threat within the heart of the Windows Update process’s" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/windows-downdate-windows-vulnerabilities/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:03:00

• Windows TCO: "The attack, which was carried out by the Cl0p ransomware group, exploited a zero-day vulnerability" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/sec-progress-software-moveit/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:03:11

• Windows TCO: "In an SEC filing in May, the company said it has spent about $4.2 million related to the MOVEit incident" ☛ https://therecord.media/progress-software-moveit-vulnerability-sec-ends-investigation | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:03:29

• Windows TCO: "Microsoft's letter follows a similar missive CrowdStrike sent to Boies yesterday" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/07/microsoft_delta_fight/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:03:46

• Windows TCO: ""What was going through my mind was that, oh, this is exactly what China wants to do ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/easterly-crowdstrike-china-volt-typhoon/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:03:59

• Windows TCO: "BlackSuit ransomware is an evolution of the previously known Royal ransomware" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/blacksuit-ransomware-fbi-cisa-warn/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:04:35

• Windows TCO: "They are accused of compromising industrial control systems, specifically targeting the Vision series" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/six-iranian-hackers-million-reward-announced/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:04:44

• "Service members affected by toxic water at Camp Lejeune between Aug. 1, 1953, and Dec. 31, 1987" ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/08/08/camp-lejeune-water-survivors-urged-to-file-claim-before-deadline/ | Source: USMC    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:06:33

• "The Navy is advising veterans exposed to contaminated water aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune" ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/08/08/camp-lejeune-water-survivors-urged-to-file-claim-before-deadline/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:06:48

• "Researchers described their findings in a new paper published Wednesday in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/your-microwave-is-teeming-with-bacteria-study-suggests-180984861/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:07:02

• "The tech press are largely ambivilent towards AMD’s new Ryzen 9600X and 9700X CPUs, but Wendell from Level1Techs" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/amds-new-65-watt-cpus/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:08:40

• "DaaS is a business model that allows clients to use drones on demand without having to buy or operate them." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-08-08/nokia-and-swisscom-to-deploy-drone-service-across-switzerland | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:08:49

• "There is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen Raptor Lake desktop processors. If your chip isn’t yet damaged" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/7/24215440/intel-13th-14th-gen-crash-raptor-lake-integrator-warranty-lenovo-dell-hp-acer-asus | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:08:56

• "American officials have long been concerned about the country’s reliance on TSMC. Gina M. Raimondo" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/business/tsmc-phoenix-arizona-semiconductor.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:09:07

• "I managed to hang on until I was 18 but that was it for me." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/self-educated-represent/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:12:31

• "If you keep halving your staff" ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/six-sigma-was-always-a-joke/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:13:01

• "lost all sense of eurythmy" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/poetry-was-an-official-olympic-event-for-nearly-40-years-what-happened-180984838/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:13:21

• "In 2009, a Pew survey of members of the AAAS" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2024/08/08/the-not-so-strange-shortage-of-conservative-professors/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:13:49

• "They are very present at the big sporting events, they will no doubt reach many young people, I am very worried" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/2221896.html | Source: RTL    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:14:14

• "I'll still write notes and posts regularly, but I think the cadence will likely drop a little." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/ending-the-penpals-experiment | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:14:48

• "But they did, and in June, Dickerson was court-martialed for the video" ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/08/08/how-a-tiktok-video-post-got-a-military-officer-court-martialed/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:15:57

• "The FSF is officially going remote, so come visit the FSF office one last time." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf-office-closing-party | Source: FSF    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:16:27

• "" ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2024/08/florence-cathedrals-marble-tiles.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:16:36

• "" ☛ https://www.manton.org/2024/08/07/microblog-survey-results.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:16:49

• "I learned this neat Bash trick today where you can make a raw HTTP request using the /dev/tcp file descriptor" ☛ https://rednafi.com/misc/http_requests_via_dev_tcp/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:18:38

• "A good test serves many purposes." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/document-intended-usage-through-tests-with-doctest/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:19:31

• "I tried to upgrade Django Packages to run on Django 5.1" ☛ https://micro.webology.dev/2024/08/07/which-django-and.html | Source: Jeff Triplett    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:19:51

• "You might say that it doesn’t happen often that you only declare a destructor without the others and if it is so" ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2024/08/07/rule-of-five-and-base-classes | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:21:33

• "I spend almost all my days" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/digital-nudges | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:21:41

• "If you've tried to navigate the HashMap documentation, you know that Zig's HashMaps are built on abstractions." ☛ https://www.openmymind.net/Zigs-HashMap-Part-3/ | Source: Karl Seguin    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:21:48

• "The Bank of Japan has raised the interest rates and Nikkei has crushed the worst since the Black Monday crash of October 1987." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/black-monday-crash/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:21:56

• "Me, Surma, and Jason were hacking on a thing, and discovered that garbage collection within a function" ☛ https://jakearchibald.com/2024/garbage-collection-and-closures/ | Source: Jake Archibald    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:22:03

• "After a slow start some years ago, French-speaking countries across Africa are accelerating their adoption of Google" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/francophone-africa-google-workspace/249347/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:23:22

• "That's not typical of businesses, where I usually find vulnerabilities in 40 to 50 percent of web apps" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/08/ransomware_groups_are_better_at/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:23:31

• "In addition, DNS over HTTPS (DoH) no longer has to be activated for Firefox to resolve HTTPS DNS entries" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2421008/firefox-129-mozilla-fixes-gaps-and-improves-reading-view.html | Source: PC World    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:24:55

• "Quicksilver is a launcher utility app for macOS which gives you the ability to perform common" ☛ https://qsapp.com/about.php |    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:25:44

• "We didn't discover any specific vulnerabilities in mainline OpenSSH or Dropbear" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/07/vulnerable_ssh_implementations_are_everywhere/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:25:51

• "Two men face felony charges after allegedly bungling an attempt to rob a post office and two postal carriers" ☛ https://www.404media.co/cops-used-facial-recognition-on-lost-iphone-lock-screen-to-find-post-office-robbers/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:26:37

• "Without going into too many details - after all, that's what the original review is for - I have a new phone" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/samsung-a54-report-5.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:26:58

• "Many of these projects are open source, so we'll provide links to the source code when we can." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/features/best-raspberry-pi-projects | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:27:59

• "So, two years ago, with the RP1 I/O controller for Raspberry Pi 5 in the bag" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-pico-2-our-new-5-microcontroller-board-on-sale-now/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:28:08

• "We love Google Pigweed! Pigweed is an open source project launched by Google in 2020." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/google-pigweed-comes-to-our-new-rp2350/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:29:35

• "It's exciting news for RISC-V fans: Raspberry Pi" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/08/pi_pico_2_risc_v/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:31:05

• "We are pleased to announce the full line-up for this year’s Shiny in Production conference!" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/shiny-in-production-2024-full-speaker-lineup/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:33:41

• "I've had access to pre-release hardware and good news: even though the new chip is faster and has more features, it actually uses less power than RP2040, meaning if you run one of these things off a battery, it'll last longer.
     

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:34:35

• "Termed the A760A, the discrete or dedicated graphics chip is the first the x86 giant has ever-launched for cars" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/08/intel_a760a_gpu/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:35:57

• "The new Intel Arc Graphics for Automotive dGPU was unveiled at the company’s AI Cockpit Innovation Experience" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/08/intel-targets-opportunity-ai-powered-cars-china-first-discrete-gpu/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:36:38

• "more than 40,000 internet-exposed" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/over-40000-internet-exposed-ics-devices-found-in-us-censys/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:36:51

• "I'll talk more about power later, but first, here's the specs." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/raspberry-pi-pico-2-rp2350-adds-more-pio-risc-v-cores | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:38:22

• "The release is traditionally about November 1st, but we shall see what happens this year." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240808092612 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:39:35

• "The first public alpha of the COSMIC desktop environment has landed alongside the Pop!_OS 24.04 alpha release" ☛ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/you-can-now-download-pop_os-24-04-alpha-with-cosmic-desktop | Source: OMG Ubuntu    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:43:54

• "My initial questionning was on the opportunity to run a desktop environment using virtual machines provided" ☛ https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/remote-desktop-using-rdp-and-vnc/ | Source: TuMFatig    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:51:28

• "It made no difference. I gave up and went for a walk on the beach." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2024/08/07/kernel-limiting-closed-port-rst-response-from-x-to-y-packets-sec/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:51:42

• "Crowdstrike recently released an "External Technical Root Cause Analysis" [PDF] (via) for their recent extreme failure." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/CrowdstrikeArityProblem | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:52:07

• You're Not Indecisive, You're Unbiased. Science Says So. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/youre-not-indecisive-youre-unbiased-science-says-so    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:56:56

• Engineered Virus Steals Proteins From H.I.V., Pointing to New Therapy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/science/engineered-virus-steals-proteins-from-hiv.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:57:09

• NASA's SpaceX Rescue Plan May See Boeing Astronauts Stranded 8 Months ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-spacex-rescue-plan-may-see-boeing-astronauts-stranded-8-months    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:57:44

• Rust still tells people they must open a Microsoft account and use proprietary software of Microsoft/NSA to participate in Rust; this is appalling and they censor any critics they can find online ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2024/08/07/this-week-in-rust-559/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:59:47

• statCounter Sees Over 4 Out of 5 Web Requests Coming From Android, About 1 in 30 Comes from backdoored Windows ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/statCounter_Sees_Over_4_Out_of_5_Web_Requests_Coming_From_Andro.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 08:59:56

• This Month All South American Nations Except Two Estimated to Have More Android Than backdoored Windows ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/This_Month_All_South_American_Nations_Except_Two_Estimated_to_H.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:00:02

• How To Install Htop on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-htop-linux-mint-22/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:12:15

• How To Install OpenJDK on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-openjdk-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:12:23

• How to Install Tor Browser on Linux Mint 22, 21 or 20 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-tor-browser-on-linux-mint/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:12:59

• JerryScript – JavaScript engine for the Internet of Things ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/jerryscript-javascript-engine/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:19:48

• Valuta – currency converter utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/valuta-currency-converter-utility/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:20:08

• Top 7 Open Source CCTV/IP/Camera Monitoring Software ☞ https://fosspost.org/open-source-cctv-ip-camera-monitoring-software    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:21:49

• Xubuntu Development Update August 2024 ☞ https://bluesabre.org/2024/08/08/xubuntu-development-update-august-2024/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:22:29

• Title: Using Firefox remote debugging feature gopher://dataswamp.org:70/1/~solene/article-remote-firefox-debug    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:25:47

• You, Like All The Doors I’ve Ever Opened And Closed gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2065    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:27:02

• Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt now down to 2.3%. VERY low in Gemini. gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:28:12

• Using Firefox remote debugging feature gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/remote-firefox-debug.gmi    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:29:59

• Jamie McClelland: Who ate my RAM? ☞ https://current.workingdirectory.net/posts/2024/who-ate-my-ram/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:47:20

• Replacing XScreenSaver with XSecureLock for the lock screen in Lubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2024/08/08/replacing-xscreensaver-with-xsecurelock-for-the-lock-screen-in-lubuntu-22-04/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:47:44

• CC Certificate Alumni Making a Global Impact ☞ https://creativecommons.org/2024/08/08/cc-certificate-alumni-making-a-global-impact/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:51:33

• More Christmas Planning in August — Ed Sheeran Pens Original Song for DRM spreader Netflix Animated Christmas Movie ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/08/ed-sheeran-netflix-christmas-movie/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:52:07

• Mozilla Performance Blog: Performance Testing Newsletter, Q2 Edition ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/performance/2024/08/08/performance-testing-newsletter-q2-edition/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 09:52:47

• Civil society open letter urges Bumble to take privacy seriously ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/civil-society-open-letter-urges-bumble-to-take-privacy-seriously/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:02:40

• CrowdStrike Dismisses Claims of Exploitability in Falcon Sensor Bug ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/crowdstrike-dismisses-claims-of-exploitability-in-falcon-sensor-bug/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:02:53

• Myanmar junta bombs sleeping village killing seven, rebels say ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/airstrike-mandalay-08082024062731.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:06:03

• F-16 jets will help defend Ukrainian cities from Russian bombardment ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/f-16-jets-will-help-defend-ukrainian-cities-from-russian-bombardment/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:06:42

• Battles rage in Kursk region after Ukraine's largest incursion yet into Russia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240808-battles-rage-kursk-region-sudzha-ukraine-largest-incursion-into-russian-territory    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:07:16

• How Ukraine’s incursion into Russia could change the war ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/fastthinking/how-ukraines-incursion-into-russia-could-change-the-war/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:07:32

• Ukraine continues to expand drone bombing campaign inside Russia ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-continues-to-expand-drone-bombing-campaign-inside-russia/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:07:45

• ‘Russians were caught with pants down’: Lithuanian volunteers send drones to Kursk front ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2335798/russians-were-caught-with-pants-down-lithuanian-volunteers-send-drones-to-kursk-front    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:08:03

• Lithuania ends work permit exemption for Ukrainians without temporary protection ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2335673/lithuania-ends-work-permit-exemption-for-ukrainians-without-temporary-protection    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:10:19

• UN Official Says 95 Percent Of Ukrainian Soldiers In Russian Captivity Face Torture ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-un-soldiers-torture-russia-95-percent/33070623.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:10:29

• Russia Imprisons Ukrainian Man For Alleged Attempt To Kill Mariupol Official ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zabirko-mariopul-ivashchenko/33070581.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:11:13

• Zelenskiy Says Russia 'Must Feel' War As Moscow Claims To Have Repelled Incursion ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-kursk-incursion-invasion/33070123.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:11:29

• In a Surprise, Ukraine Advances on Russian Region of Kursk ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/world/europe/russia-border-ukraine.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:12:30

• Trump and Harris Agreed to a September Debate ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/briefing/trump-harris-debate-ukraine-russia-incursion.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:14:41

• Olympic Medals Offer Ukraine a Brief Respite From War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/world/europe/ukraine-olympic-medals.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:15:18

• Olympic Medals Offer Ukraine a Brief Respite From War

  Ukraine has won 10 medals so far at the Paris Olympics. Each has been celebrated in the war-torn country as a symbol of resilience and defiance.

Friday Briefing: Trump and Harris Agreed to Debate ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/briefing/trump-harris-ukraine-russia-lebanon-gaza.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:16:12

• "Russian border guards filmed surrendering to Ukrainian military" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/08/russian-border-guards-filmed-surrendering-to-ukrainian-military | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:16:51

• "Ukrainian army gains foothold in Russia’s Kursk region on day three of unprecedented cross-border offensive" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/08/ukrainian-army-gains-foothold-in-russia-s-kursk-region-on-day-three-of-unprecedented-cross-border-offensive | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:17:08

• Latvian security services ask venues to think what artists they invite ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/music/08.08.2024-latvian-security-services-ask-venues-to-think-what-artists-they-invite.a564311/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:18:19

• Estonia Starts Full Customs Controls At Border With Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/estonia-russia-customs-controls-border-checks/33070667.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:19:07

• YouTube Not Accessible Across Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/youtube-video-blocked-russia/33070407.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:19:26

• Russian Prosecutors Reportedly Demand 15 Years For U.S.-Russian Dual Citizen ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-karelina-treason-prosecutors-sentence/33070244.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:28:39

• "YouTube has suddenly stopped working in Russia." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/08/youtube-has-suddenly-stopped-working-in-russia-meduza-s-readers-describe-how-they-re-handling-the-loss-of-the-world-s-most-popular-video-streaming-service | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:29:08

• Months After Africa Became 100% Android Majority Asia is Almost the Same ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Months_After_Africa_Became_100_Android_Majority_Asia_is_Almost_.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:29:23

• Latvia, Lithuania cooperate in stopping illegal border crossers ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/08.08.2024-latvia-lithuania-cooperate-in-stopping-illegal-border-crossers.a564312/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:30:07

• Reproducible Builds: Reproducible Builds in July 2024 ☞ https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2024-07/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:31:38

• Clickfraud SPAMnil is still defrauding "guests" - it's so obvious 95% of more of the "views" are fake. He buys fake "traffic".    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:34:18

• Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Big Freedia, and Others Suddenly Dropped With Prejudice ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/08/big-freedia-beyonce-break-my-soul-suit-dismissed/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:34:59

• Release candidate: Godot 4.3 RC 3 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/release-candidate-godot-4-3-rc-3/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:36:10

• Luxembourg Media & Digital Design Centre is co-organising the LibreOffice Conference 2024 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/08/08/luxembourg-media-digital-design-centre-is-co-organising-the-libreoffice-conference-2024/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:36:36

• Only 75 Known Gemini Capsules Still Use Let's Encrypt (More Than 9 Out of 10 Self-Sign) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/07/OPOnly_75_Known_Gemini_Capsules_Still_Use_Let_s_Encrypt_More_Th.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:37:32

• Let's Encrypt (Outsourced Encryption) in Geminispace Has Collapsed to Just 2.5% of the Whole (It Used to be About 12%), Capsules Choose to Self-Sign Instead ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Let_s_Encrypt_Outsourced_Encryption_in_Geminispace_Has_Collapse.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:37:43

• PostgreSQL 16.4, 15.8, 14.13, 13.16, 12.20, and 17 Beta 3 Released! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-164-158-1413-1316-1220-and-17-beta-3-released-2910/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:39:26

• "Weak "Guardrails" on Police Face Recognition Use Make Things Worse" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/why-weak-guardrails-police-face-recognition-use-may-actually-make-things-worse | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:40:12

• "Bumble needs to respect the privacy of its users and ensure that the company does not disclose a user’s data unless that user opts-in to such disclosure. This privacy threat should not be something users have to opt-out of." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/eff-and-12-organizations-tell-bumble-dont-sell-user-data-without-opt-consent | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:40:40

• Hacks.Mozilla.Org: 0Din: A GenAI Bug Bounty Program – Securing Tomorrow’s Hey Hi (AI) Together ☞ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2024/08/0din-a-genai-bug-bounty-program-securing-tomorrows-ai-together/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:42:50

• Mozilla Thunderbird: Maximize Your Day: Templates to the Rescue ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/08/maximize-your-day-templates-to-the-rescue/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:43:44

• Firefox Nightly: Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out in Nightly Firefox Labs 131 ☞ https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2024/08/07/firefox-sidebar-and-vertical-tabs-try-them-out-in-nightly-firefox-labs-131/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:44:08

• Using Firefox remote debugging feature ☞ https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2024-08-06-remote-firefox-debug.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:45:21

• Cytron MOTION 2350 Pro – A Raspberry Pi RP2350 board for robotics and motor control ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/09/cytron-motion-2350-pro-a-raspberry-pi-rp2350-board-for-robotics-and-motor-control/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:46:14

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.80.1 ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/08/08/Rust-1.80.1.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:48:17

• $5 Raspberry Pi Pico 2 launched with Raspberry Pi RP2350 dual-core RISC-V or Arm Cortex-M33 microcontroller ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/08/raspberry-pi-pico-2-raspberry-pi-rp2350-dual-core-risc-v-or-arm-cortex-m33-microcontroller/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:49:06

• Chicago allows anti-Israel protest at DNC, as Israeli American Council awaits approval for counter-demonstration ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/08/08/us-news/anti-israel-protest-oked-for-dnc-as-counter-protest-awaits-approval/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:49:45

• What’s Next for Open Source? Workshop Highlights and Calls to Action to Inspire Progress for Global Sustainability ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2024/08/08/whats-next-for-open-source-workshop-highlights-and-calls-to-action-to-inspire-progress-for-global-sustainability/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:50:39

• AMD asks developer to take down open source ZLUDA, dev vows to rebuild his project ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-asks-developer-to-take-down-open-source-zluda-dev-vows-to-rebuild-his-project    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:51:38

• 9 Best Self-Hosted Alternatives to Google Photos ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/google-photos-alternatives/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:52:15

• Easily Count Characters And Words In Text Files Using Python ☞ https://ostechnix.com/count-characters-and-words-in-text-files-using-python/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:52:59

• Write Brief With AI: An Innovative Writing Assistant For WordPress ☞ https://ostechnix.com/write-brief-with-ai-for-wordpress/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:53:33

• Mule-as-a-Service Infrastructure Exposed ☞ https://www.netcraft.com/blog/mule-as-a-service-infrastructure-exposed/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:55:28

• Running ollama with an AMD Radeon 6600 XT ☞ https://major.io/p/ollama-with-amd-radeon-6600xt/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 10:56:21

• KIO Thumbnailer Support ☞ https://akselmo.dev/posts/kio-thumbnailer-support/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 11:00:30

• System76 Launches Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC Alpha Desktop Environment ☞ https://9to5linux.com/system76-launches-pop_os-24-04-lts-with-cosmic-alpha-desktop-environment    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 11:00:55

• TUXEDO Computers Unveils Their First 3-in-1 Convertible GNU/Linux Laptop ☞ https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-computers-unveils-their-first-3-in-1-convertible-linux-laptop    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 11:01:05

• "Some of its eminent features and advantages include; it is exceptionally versatile in that, it can copy locally, to/from a remote shell or remote rsync, it is also remarkably flexible, allowing users to specify any number of files to copy." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/sync-new-changed-modified-files-rsync-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 11:04:55

• "It comes with a complete set of tools for IT security, digital forensics, and everything that you need to develop your own programs or protect your privacy online." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/parrot-os-security-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 11:05:16

• "Raspberry Pi announced the release of the Raspberry Pi Pico 2, priced at $5. This new microcontroller uses the RP2350 MCU, enhancing its lineup with advanced features and improved security measures." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/introducing-the-5-raspberry-pi-pico-2-with-rp2350-microcontroller/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 11:05:46

• Finances ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-guardian-yvonne-murphy-beacon-eldercare-judges | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 11:06:36

• An overbroad, unbalanced and dangerous UN cybercrime treaty must be rejected ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5354/overbroad-unbalanced-and-dangerous-un-cybercrime-treaty-must-be-rejected    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 11:11:50

• FOSS Weekly #24.32: Armbian, Immutable Manjaro, Backing Up VM, APT Improvement and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-24-32/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 11:12:44

• Which? Mag has resorted to SPAM and even marketing SPAM for MICROSOFT https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/microsoft-excel-tips-and-tricks-useful-features-you-need-to-try-aoRYx7H3uUv9    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 11:13:45

• 0.0.0.0 Day: Exploiting Localhost Hey Hi (AI) From the Browser (Oligo Security) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/984838/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:22:34

• Kushal Das: 20 years of this blog ☞ https://kushaldas.in/posts/20-years-of-this-blog.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:22:57

• Israel human rights NGO reports ‘systematic’ abuse, torture of Palestinians in prisons ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/israel-human-rights-ngo-reports-systematic-abuse-torture-of-palestinians-in-prisons/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:23:45

• curl welcomes wcurl to the team ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/08/08/curl-welcomes-wcurl-to-the-team/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:24:23

• Qt and Trivial Relocation (Part 5) ☞ https://www.kdab.com/qt-and-trivial-relocation-part-5/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:25:16

• 56: Three Debacles in a Trenchcoat ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/23720    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:26:15

• Kusikusi - Open-source Laravel-based CMS and Starter for Complex Systems ☞ https://medevel.com/kusikusi/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:27:10

• Best 7 Open-Source Free Laravel App Deployment Solutions ☞ https://medevel.com/laravel-deployment-solutions-1701/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:27:38

• Zed - Open-source Free Collaborative Code Editor, Is it the time for a Switch? ☞ https://medevel.com/zed/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:28:48

• Gorgeous 'Cotton Candy' Lobster Just Found Is So Rare It's 1-in-100 Million ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/gorgeous-cotton-candy-lobster-just-found-is-so-rare-its-1-in-100-million    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:36:12

• Great Barrier Reef Waters Hottest in 400 Years, Study of Coral Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/great-barrier-reef-waters-hottest-in-400-years-study-of-coral-reveals    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:36:35

• New Era in Surgery Has Patients Stay Awake During Kidney Transplants ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-era-in-surgery-has-patients-stay-awake-during-kidney-transplants    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:36:57

• Carvings in Ancient Temple of Göbekli Tepe Could Be Earth's Oldest Calendar ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/carvings-in-ancient-temple-of-gbekli-tepe-could-be-earths-oldest-calendar    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:37:18

• Geologists' Record-Breaking Drill Into Earth's Crust Reveals Mantle Secrets ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/geologists-record-breaking-drill-into-earths-crust-reveals-mantle-secrets    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:37:54

• Why organizations should value mental health literacy ☞ https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/why-organizations-should-value-mental-health-literacy    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:38:17

• Olympians say conversations on sports, mental health are changing ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/08/08/olympians-say-conversations-on-sports-mental-health-are-changing/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:38:29

• What’s the deal with dengue in Southeast Asia? ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/dengue-southeast-asia-explainer-08082024164316.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:38:49

• Lithuania’s new health minister has little time to turn things around ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2334881/lithuania-s-new-health-minister-has-little-time-to-turn-things-around    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:39:03

• Soups And Shakes Diet Can Put Type 2 Diabetes Into Remission, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/soups-and-shakes-diet-can-put-type-2-diabetes-into-remission-study-finds    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:39:11

• Ombudsman: Latvia's legislation lets minors choose drugs over treatment ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/08.08.2024-ombudsman-latvias-legislation-lets-minors-choose-drugs-over-treatment.a564374/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:39:30

• Did a South Korean legislator propose changing the country’s name? ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/afcl/afcl-south-korea-name-change-08082024005626.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:40:03

• North Korea appoints top envoy to Cuba ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/north-korea-cuba-ambassador-08082024042123.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:40:16

• Air Products Korea sale to fund blue hydrogen business ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/air-products-korea-sale-to-fund-blue-hydrogen-business/2113460.article/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:41:00

• Nashville man arrested for aiding North Korean remote IT worker fraud ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/north-korea-it-worker-fraud-tennesee-justice-department/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:41:20

• The issue is WINDOWS, irrespective of WHICH version https://www.ragan.com/the-week-in-comms-delta-axios-opm/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:43:10

• Branch Axes Over 100 Employees in Latest Layoff, Nova Launcher's Future Now Uncertain https://www.techtimes.com/articles/307104/20240809/branch-axes-over-100-employees-latest-layoff-nova-launchers-future.htm    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:43:35

• Layoffs pile up in US, Canada as companies uncertain of economy https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/business/layoffs-pile-up-in-us-canada-as-companies-uncertain-of-economy/amp_articleshow/112406463.cms    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:43:54

• "IBM plans to lay off some employees in 2024" https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/business/layoffs-pile-up-in-us-canada-as-companies-uncertain-of-economy/amp_articleshow/112406463.cms    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:45:01

• U.S. ‘Dissatisfied’ With China’s Disclosures About Stabbings ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/world/asia/jilin-china-stabbings.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:49:23

• Chinese Woman Loses Legal Challenge for Right to Freeze Her Eggs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/world/asia/china-single-woman-freeze-eggs.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:54:14

• Canada and Australia, eyeing China, signal more military cooperation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/canada-and-australia-eyeing-china-signal-more-military-cooperation    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:54:31

• Taiwan proposes biggest ever defense spending of US$19.7 billion ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/taiwan-defense-budget-08082024055432.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:54:44

• Soaring price of shuttlecocks ruffles feathers in China ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/olympics-badminton-shuttlecocks-price-08082024125422.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:55:18

• China's state media denounce 'Smashing Eggs' game craze as 'decadent' ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/game-smashing-eggs-decadent-08082024100105.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:55:48

• Chinese woman Xu Zaozao loses final appeal over right to freeze her eggs ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/08/chinese-woman-xu-zaozao-loses-final-appeal-over-right-to-freeze-her-eggs/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:56:12

• 🔤SpellBinding: ASGIMOC Wordo: DEPTH gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-08-09.gmi    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:57:17

• John Goerzen from Debian mvoes to Gemini gemini://gemini.complete.org/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:58:18

• ... it Hurds again... gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/060824.txt    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 16:59:25

• "Sometimes, once in a while i reenter the "normal" surface web besides the few pages i visit normally to just get a feeling for what i am missing." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/090824.txt    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:00:21

• "I’ve been paying attention to Information Architects for a while. I have happy memories writing in Writer (although I’ve since moved on to other tools) and their Presenter was a soft pass since I hadn’t needed to run PowerPoint at all and didn’t expect to in the near future." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2024/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:01:14

• Working in Sourcehut gemini://sporiff.dev/microblog/sourcehut/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:02:12

• "So, another week or two's gone by since my last post. Work's alright, happy to be making some money. Started re-reading Olia Lialina's essays and thinking about the Windows Phone again. I do that when I’m feeling a certain way; nostalgic maybe? or perhaps just sad. I never thought I’d miss the Metro design language, but here we are. " gemini://eph.smol.pub/1723216056    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:03:33

• China’s top diplomat in Hong Kong meets US envoy, condemns ‘negative remarks’ about city ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/08/chinas-top-diplomat-in-hong-kong-meets-us-envoy-condemns-negative-remarks-about-city/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:16:59

• "Chinese and American authorities have traded barbs since a media investigation in April found 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive" https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/08/china-anti-doping-agency-calls-for-more-tests-on-american-athletes-accuses-us-of-systemic-abuses/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:18:01

• Deconflicting activities in new frontiers: the Moon versus Antarctica ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-could-stake-a-claim-on-the-moon-just-look-at-what-its-doing-in-antarctica/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:18:39

• Under Anwar, Malaysia is moving away from the West ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/under-anwar-malaysia-is-moving-away-from-the-west/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:18:57

• "The One With The KiCad Plugin" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/08/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-kicad-plugin/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:19:46

• Kickflips And Buffer Slips: An Exploit In Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/08/kickflips-and-buffer-slips-an-exploit-in-tony-hawks-pro-skater/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:20:41

• Telegraph in IPSO breach with article claiming cyclists were doing 52mph and ‘putting lives at risk’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/telegraph-cyclists-ipso/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:22:13

• Sun editor Victoria Newton felt ‘quite lonely’ during Huw Edwards story scandal ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/sun-editor-victoria-newton-felt-quite-lonely-during-huw-edwards-story-scandal/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:22:46

• ACLU announces roadmap to protect and expand US abortion and birth control access under a Harris Administration ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/aclu-announces-roadmap-to-protect-and-expand-us-abortion-and-birth-control-access-under-a-harris-administration/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:24:34

• Fed Rate Cuts Are Expected Soon, as Inflation Cools. But Will They Be Early Enough to Avoid a Recession? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/business/economy/federal-interest-rates-inflation.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:24:54

• Inflation keeps climbing, reaching highest level in over a year ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/mexicos-headline-inflation-rate-keeps-climbing-in-july/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:25:17

• Annual inflation at 0.7% in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/08.08.2024-annual-inflation-at-07-in-latvia.a564363/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:25:38

• "A Smart LED Dice Box Thanks To The Internet Of Things" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/08/a-smart-led-dice-box-thanks-to-the-internet-of-things/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:26:13

• "Few processors have found themselves in so many different devices as the venerable Z80" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/08/internet-appliance-to-portable-terminal/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:26:43

• Building AI Models To Diagnose HVAC Issues ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/08/building-ai-models-to-diagnose-hvac-issues/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:28:45

• Trump Tries to Wrestle Back Attention at Mar-a-Lago News Conference ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/us/politics/trump-press-conference-mar-a-lago.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:28:59

• Liquid Intelligent Technologies in some financial bother, credit rating downgraded ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2024/08/liquid-intelligent-technologies-financial-bother-credit-rating-downgraded/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:33:20

• Official histories of Australian and British Intelligence: lessons learned and next steps ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/official-histories-of-australian-and-british-intelligence-lessons-learned-and-next-steps/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:33:52

• Ontario court certifies class action for immigration detainees against Canada government for Charter violations ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/ontario-court-certifies-class-action-for-immigration-detainees-against-canada-government-for-charter-violations/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:35:39

• Response to My Motion to Unseal Material in Pennsylvania Sen. Douglas Mastriano's Lawsuit Related to His Ph.D. Thesis ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/08/08/response-to-my-motion-to-unseal-material-in-pennsylvania-sen-douglas-mastrianos-lawsuit-related-to-his-ph-d-thesis/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:37:10

• US judge dismisses majority of Mexico’s claims in suit against gun manufacturers ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/politics/us-judge-dismisses-mexico-lawsuit-against-gun-manufacturers/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:37:36

• AMD Ryzen 7 9700X overclocked to 5.8 GHz with AIO liquid cooler — 6 GHz also achievable but only on idle thus far ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-ryzen-7-9700x-overclocked-to-58-ghz-with-aio-liquid-cooler    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:40:02

• Moore's Law: every two years the number of laid off employees at Intel will double    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:40:40

• Intel's Grove: only the paranoid survive: Spoiler: both him and Moore are dead. Now the company is dying.    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:41:45

• Intel Inside Trading. Their last CEO was sticking his dick in the woman he was bossing (ethical issue) AND breaching financial laws with insider trading. Nobody got arrested. Criminal inside.    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:42:50

• [Meme] UK Government Belatedly Recognises the Role Social Control Media Plays in Violent Unrest ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Meme_UK_Government_Belatedly_Recognises_the_Role_Social_Control.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:43:04

• [Video] Microsofters at I.C.B.M. and Cultural Changes That Doom IBM's Future ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Video_Microsofters_at_IBM_and_Cultural_Changes_That_Doom_IBM_s_.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:43:17

• Disinformation Sites Would Not Stand a Chance Without Social Control Media, Which Fueled Them ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Disinformation_Sites_Would_Not_Stand_a_Chance_Without_Social_Co.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:44:26

• [Meme] The Goals Changed Somewhere Along the Way ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Meme_The_Goals_Changed_Somewhere_Along_the_Way.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:44:41

• [Meme] No Program Source or Source Data... But Other Than That, It's "Open" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Meme_No_Program_Source_or_Source_Data_But_Other_Than_That_It_s_.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:44:59

• Microsoft's Ponzi Enabler Proprietary Chaffbot Company Perishes, Traffic Takes Another Significant Tumble (Again), Down About 78% in Just 3 Months! ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Microsoft_s_Ponzi_Enabler_OpenAI_Perishes_Traffic_Takes_Another.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:45:13

• [Meme] When Social Control Media Giants Become Like Cross-national Governments That Police Everybody's Speech ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Meme_When_Social_Control_Media_Giants_Become_Like_Cross_nationa.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:45:21

• Using GDB to time travel ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/08/08/using-gdb-time-travel    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:46:56

• How to Keep a Container Running on Kubernetes ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/kubernetes-keep-container-running/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:50:35

• TUXEDO Launches InfinityFlex 14, A Convertible GNU/Linux Device ☞ https://linuxiac.com/tuxedo-launches-infinityflex-14-a-convertible-linux-device/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:50:57

• COSMIC Desktop Alpha Released, Expectations Exceeded ☞ https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-alpha-released/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:51:22

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/984807/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:51:56

• Go2RTC: Free and Open-source Security and NVR Solution for Windows, GNU/Linux and macOS ☞ https://medevel.com/go2rtc/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:55:33

• camera.ui: Open-source Free NVR Solution for Windows, Linux, and macOS with full RTSP support ☞ https://medevel.com/camera-ui/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:56:02

• ExifCleaner: Free Tool to Remove Image Metadata for macOS, Windows, and GNU/Linux Before Publishing ☞ https://medevel.com/exifcleaner/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 17:57:43

• 19 Free Citation and Reference Manager for Windows, GNU/Linux and macOS ☞ https://medevel.com/citation-and-reference-manager-1900/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:00:46

• RegEx Tester is a an Amazing Open-source App for GNU/Linux ☞ https://medevel.com/regex-tester/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:01:21

• How do you use Netstat to find a Remote IP address? ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-do-you-use-netstat-to-find-a-remote-ip-address/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:02:04

• 10 Top Free and Open Source Lisp Web Frameworks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-lisp-web-frameworks/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:03:19

• es – extensible shell ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/es-extensible-shell/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:03:42

• This August It Seems Like Vista 11's Share is Going Down While GNU/Linux is Up Sharply (at Its Expense) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/This_August_It_Seems_Like_Vista_11_s_Share_is_Going_Down_While_.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:03:57

• Microsofters' War on GNU/Linux Takes New Forms, Pentagon Nowadays Controls GNU/Linux in More Ways ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/07/Microsofters_War_on_Linux_Takes_New_Forms_Pentagon_Nowadays_Con.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:04:43

• Oman in 2024: GNU/Linux Growing From 1.4% to 3.54%, backdoored Windows Falling From 83% to 66% ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Oman_in_2014_GNU_Linux_Growing_From_1_4_to_3_54_Windows_Falling.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:04:50

• Looks Like GNU/Linux is Growing a Lot in Somalia This Year ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Looks_Like_GNU_Linux_is_Growing_a_Lot_in_Somalia_This_Year.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:05:03

• Using Chatbot to 'Write' Articles About Chatbots in a "Linux" Site (Brittany Day at linuxsecurity.com Again) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Using_Chatbot_to_Write_Articles_About_Chatbots_in_a_Linux_Site_.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:05:11

• Attacking "Linux" Using Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chatbots (Guardian Digital, Inc as SEO Spamfarm of FUD) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Attacking_Linux_Using_Microsoft_Chatbots_Guardian_Digital_Inc_a.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:05:18

• Linux Kernel 6.10 Available to Install via Mainline Kernel PPA ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/08/kernel-610-mainline-ppa/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:06:21

• Plasma Desktop 6.1.4 Release Includes Improvements and Bug Fixes ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Plasma-Desktop-6.1.4-Release-Includes-Improvements-and-Bug-Fixes    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:06:46

• "DarkNOC is a Network Operations Center that operates without human intervention." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/darknoc-automation-aiops | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:09:12

• "This release includes updates from Istio 1.19 and 1.20 including subsequent patch releases up to Istio 1.20.8" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-openshift-service-mesh-26 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:09:21

• Channel for hype, buzzwords, scam https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/new-ai-channel-has-launched-red-hat-tv    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:14:17

• Discover WIKINDX: Your Free Comprehensive Research Management Solution ☞ https://medevel.com/wikindx/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:19:19

• coBib - Free Console Bibliography Management Tool ☞ https://medevel.com/cobib/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:19:45

• Papis - a Free CLI document and bibliography manager. ☞ https://medevel.com/papis/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:20:00

• [Meme] The Infantilisation of IBM, Once a Computing Giant With Computer Science Veterans (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/08/Meme_The_Infantalisation_of_IBM_Once_a_Computing_Giant_With_Com.shtml    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:20:28

• "Here’s what Putin’s policy team finally decided." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/08/the-kremlin-needed-more-than-two-days-to-draw-up-guidelines-for-news-coverage-of-ukraine-s-surprise-incursion-here-s-what-putin-s-policy-team-finally-decided | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:21:13

• Mexico Rejects Ukraine's Request To Arrest Russia's Putin During Visit ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-putin-arrest-mexico/33070314.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:21:24

• Any Foreign Organization Can Be Labeled 'Undesirable' Under New Russian Law ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-bill-law-undesirable-russia/33070753.html    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:21:33

• Ukraine Is Safer If It Stays Out of NATO ☞ https://reason.com/2024/08/08/ukraine-is-safer-if-it-stays-out-of-nato/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:21:43

• How to Check if a String Contains Specific Characters in R: A Comprehensive Guide with Base R, string & stringi ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/how-to-check-if-a-string-contains-specific-characters-in-r-a-comprehensive-guide-with-base-r-string-stringi/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:22:18

• Minister: Latvia could introduce individual surplus tax on banks ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/08.08.2024-minister-latvia-could-introduce-individual-surplus-tax-on-banks.a564329/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:27:31

• Banksy surprises London with three animal paintings in as many days ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240808-banksy-wows-london-with-three-animal-artworks    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:28:08

• My Failed Personal Site Redesign ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/my-failed-peronsal-site-redesign/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:51:11

• Vance and the Void ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/08/08/vance-and-the-void/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:51:41

• UK Excess Deaths: Still Incredibly High ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2024/08/08/uk-excess-deaths-week29/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:52:52

• Alan Pope: Text Editors with decent Grammar Tools ☞ https://popey.com/blog/2024/08/text-editors-with-grammar-tools/    

posted Friday, August 09, 2024 at 18:54:53