Roy Schestowitz

• Digging into the Orange España Hack ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/01/26/digging-into-the-orange-espana-hack/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:02:07

• Microsoft, Amazon and Surveillance Giant Google Face F.T.C. Inquiry Over Hey Hi (AI) Deals ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/technology/ftc-ai-microsoft-amazon-google.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:05:23

• FTC launches inquiry into tech giants’ investments in Proprietary Chaffbot Company and Anthropic ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/01/25/ftc-launches-inquiry-tech-giants-investments-openai-anthropic/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:06:04

• N.S.A. Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/us/politics/nsa-internet-privacy-warrant.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:07:03

• More than 20 Million People Are About to Lose Internet Access. The ACLU is Fighting to Keep Us Connected. ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/more-than-20-million-people-are-about-to-lose-internet-access-the-aclu-is-fighting-to-keep-us-connected    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:07:25

• Crash And Spyro Developer Reportedly Loses 40 Percent Of Staff In Layoffs https://www.thegamer.com/crash-bandicoot-spyro-the-dragon-layoffs-toys-for-bob-microsoft/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:08:50

• Salesforce Cuts 700 Jobs in Latest Big Tech Layoff https://www.investopedia.com/salesforce-cuts-700-jobs-in-latest-big-tech-layoff-8550259    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:09:56

• Crash Bandicoot studio Toys For Bob loses 40% of staff due to Microsoft layoffs https://www.altchar.com/game-news/crash-bandicoot-studio-toys-for-bob-loses-40-of-staff-due-to-microsoft-layoffs-a63OS3x7Z03T    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:12:40

• Ubuntu Blog: Ubuntu Hey Hi (AI) podcast: Hey Hi (AI) for day-to-day tasks ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-ai-podcast-ai-for-day-to-day-tasks "implementation of Hey Hi (AI) solutions for day-to-day tasks with the CEO of Nextcloud Frank Karlitschek."    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:15:33

• ‘I just want my money back’: Hong Kong delivery platform workers denied compensation seek labour protections ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/26/i-just-want-my-money-back-hong-kong-delivery-platform-workers-denied-compensation-seek-labour-protections/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:17:42

• Looser gun laws could deepen Nigeria’s security crisis ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/looser-gun-laws-could-deepen-nigerias-security-crisis/    

posted Saturday, Ja nuary 27, 2024 at 01:18:02

• "I have viewed more than 50 TikToks delving into and debating"... Fentanylware (TikTok) ?? Seriously ??? ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/lululemon-and-legacy-admissions-how-universities-build-a-better-consumer/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:20:42

• Cultural interference by China ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/01/25/tiktok-move-into-nashville-blackburn-statement/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:21:23

• Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda Operations ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/01/25/tiktok-video-length-limit-30-minutes/ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=0j0xzuh-6rY    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:22:18

• "Haiii, this is the second of these gemlogs, i think i'll try and do one of these every friday or so, that sounds pretty epic... so what have i been up to?" gemini://thilosaur.flounder.online/gemlog/2024-01-26.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:50:02

• game jam gemini://dt.smol.pub/2024-01-26_16-game-jam    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 01:51:29

• Blinken Playing Catch Up with China and Russia in Africa https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/01/26/blinken-playing-catch-up-with-china-and-russia-in-africa/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:06:38

• Igor Girkin "https://nltimes.nl/2024/01/25/mh17-convict-igor-girkin-gets-4-years-prison-russia-extremism    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:07:02

• TikTok messes up this election through the skinnerboxes www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-26/finns-go-to-the-polls-sunday-to-elect-a-new-president-at-a-time-of-increased-tension-with-russia    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:09:36

• Russia: killing is wrong, unless Putin does it https://www.dw.com/en/russia-sentences-woman-to-27-years-for-war-blogger-s-death/a-68082427    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:10:58

• HP Enterprise was hacked by the same Russian state-sponsored group that targeted Microsoft https://www.engadget.com/hp-enterprise-was-hacked-by-the-same-russian-state-sponsored-group-that-targeted-microsoft-060743999.html http://techrights.org/n/2024/01/20/Microsoft_Says_That_Microsoft_Holes_Are_Russia_s_Fault_ASSOCIAT.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:11:29

• Economy tanking? JOIN THE ARMY!! https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/britain-must-train-citizen-army-prepare-war-russia-says-uk-army-chief-1722992    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:11:55

• This seems like shoddy reporting because it repeats claims from the Kremlin, which are disputed by Ukraine, like they are facts https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russian-plane-carrying-65-ukrainian-prisoners-war-crashes-near-ukraine-1722987    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:12:50

• Missing the point that HP itself failed www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-01-24/hp-enterprise-discloses-hack-by-suspected-state-backed-russian-hackers see http://techrights.org/n/2024/01/20/Microsoft_Says_That_Microsoft_Holes_Are_Russia_s_Fault_ASSOCIAT.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:16:11

• Computers systems do not just randomly allow random people in. They need to be properly secure. Should we blame "Russia" any time they fail?    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:17:04

• Samsung Elec Considering Leasing Russia Factory ww.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-01-23/samsung-elec-considering-leasing-russia-factory-media"    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:23:09

• You know the economy is tanking when... https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/british-army-chief-uk-must-train-citizens-for-war-with-russia-20240125-p5ezvw.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:23:40

• Why were those "Swedish authorities and retailers" vulnerable to attacks in the first place? https://www.thelocal.se/20240122/swedish-authorities-and-retailers-try-to-get-back-online-in-wake-of-hacker-attack    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:30:51

• Russia's Navalny Says He Is Forced to Listen to Pro-Putin Singer Every Morning www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-22/russias-navalny-says-he-is-forced-to-listen-to-pro-putin-singer-every-morning    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:35:51

• PR charade and deflection: Australia Imposes Sanctions on Russian Hacker Over Medibank Breach https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-22/australia-imposes-sanctions-on-russian-hacker-over-medibank-breach a la: http://techrights.org/n/2024/01/20/Microsoft_Says_That_Microsoft_Holes_Are_Russia_s_Fault_ASSOCIAT.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 02:36:34

• Fire Erupts at Russia's Novatek Baltic Sea Terminal After Suspected Ukrainian Drone Attack www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-21/fire-erupts-at-russias-novatek-baltic-sea-terminal-after-explosions-heard    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:04:13

• Russia Will Consider Property Confiscations for Those Convicted of Discrediting the Army www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-20/russia-will-consider-property-confiscations-for-those-convicted-of-discrediting-the-army    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:05:26

• Russia: we cannot control what citizens are telling, so we'll terrify them    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:06:06

• Techrights will report EPO leaks every day in the money of February as well, or at least half of it    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:09:55

• How to Install Linux on Chromebooks? https://www.sportskeeda.com/gaming-tech/install-linux-on-chromebook    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:20:50

• "This release uses the GRUB 2.12 bootloader and adds GRUB support for the EFI system partition." https://9to5linux.com/open-source-firmware-libreboot-20240126-adds-support-for-new-hardware    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:22:19

• "You can install Firefox on a Chromebook, but it isn't easy to access the proper desktop version of Firefox. Here's everything you need to know about the two versions of Firefox for Chromebook and how you can install them." https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-install-firefox-for-chromebook/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:22:43

• "The Linux app store is now serving 1.6 billion downloads of over 2,400 apps in the Flatpak sandboxed universal binary format." https://9to5linux.com/flathub-now-has-over-one-million-active-flatpak-app-users    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:23:07

• "Do you stick with the Stable Steam Client or like me do you live on the wild side and basically always stick with the Steam Beta? It's good to see Valve be so dedicated to constantly improving the Steam platform as a whole, they're always tweaking something to try and make it better for players." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/steam-remote-play-gets-va-api-drm-hardware-decoding-on-linux/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:23:53

• Weekly Blog Wrap-Up (January 22- January 25, 2023) https://tuxcare.com/blog/weekly-blog-wrap-up-january-22-january-25-2023/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:25:25

• ANY.RUN Launches Interactive Linux Malware Analysis Platform https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/683789595/any-run-launches-interactive-linux-malware-analysis-platform    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:26:05

• "The latest Firefox has a raft of modest but desirable improvements for everyone, and a more significant change, external to the app itself, that will be helpful for most Linux users." https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/25/firefox_122_is_out/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:26:31

• Layoffs "lift" the market? What does this even say about Wall Street? https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/26/tech-layoffs-jump-in-january-as-alphabet-meta-microsoft-reach-high.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:28:49

• More Than 1,000 Rally in Russian Region in Continuing Protests Over Activist's Jailing www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-19/more-than-1-000-rally-in-russian-region-in-continuing-protests-over-activists-jailing    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:37:47

• "Microsoft Says" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts/articles/2024-01-19/microsoft-says-state-backed-russian-hackers-accessed-emails-of-senior-leadership-team-members http://techrights.org/n/2024/01/20/Microsoft_Says_That_Microsoft_Holes_Are_Russia_s_Fault_ASSOCIAT.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:39:07

• better headline: Microsoft fails to protect its own systems, tries to blame "Russia" https://www.engadget.com/russian-state-sponsored-hackers-accessed-the-emails-of-microsofts-senior-leadership-232945155.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:39:45

• many Russians freezing in their homes this winter https://www.dw.com/en/why-are-many-russians-freezing-in-their-homes-this-winter/a-68025856    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:41:13

• The nine-month cruise that took over TikTok https://www.vox.com/culture/24047260/ultimate-world-cruise-royal-caribbean-nine-month-tiktok    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:42:01

• Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda "app" controlled by Beijing https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loud-budgeting-trend-explained-1.7091927    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:42:53

• Trying to get a "hook" on the market, the way Saudi-funded Uber did https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktok-shop-raising-its-seller-fees-getting-rid-huge-discounts-1722994    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:44:16

• TikTok is getting spam pieces from Vox, which tries to treat that as "news" https://www.vox.com/culture/2024/1/25/24048474/orange-peel-theory-tiktok-relationship-test-explained"    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:45:00

• tiktok elevated or propelled into "news" status; how is this newsworthy? https://gizmodo.com/stanley-quencher-tumbler-viral-mania-tiktok-arrest-1851185403    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:46:31

• "illness influencers"... Vox is doing lots of spam for TikTok. Does that distract from the layoffs?    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:47:55

• Fiscally, they obviously struggle https://www.engadget.com/tiktok-is-reportedly-laying-off-workers-to-cut-costs-073546895.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:48:03

• Low Water in Panama Canal ... due to climate change and deforestation www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-01-25/un-global-trade-is-being-disrupted-by-red-sea-attacks-war-in-ukraine-and-low-water-in-panama-canal    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 03:50:26

• Wiretapping scandal in Ukraine: Journalists under pressure https://www.dw.com/en/wiretapping-scandal-in-ukraine-journalists-under-pressure/a-68075585    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:05:09

• It’s not your imagination. There has been more war lately. https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2024/1/25/24049551/war-increasing-ukraine-gaza-sudan-ethiopia    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:08:23

• Banker's Arrest www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-23/ukraines-zelenskiy-forms-business-council-after-outcry-over-bankers-arrest    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:13:26

• Tusk https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-updates-poland-s-tusk-visits-kyiv-pledges-support/live-68050138    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:14:09

• Bankers arrested? usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-22/ukraines-zelenskiy-vows-to-help-business-after-bankers-detention    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:15:57

• Several Investigative Journalists Under Pressure in Ukraine https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/19/several-investigative-journalists-under-pressure-ukraine    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:16:52

• The FSFE partners with the Edulife Foundation to introduce Italian students to Free Software https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240122-01.en.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:20:36

• Net Rotations https://xkcd.com/2882/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:22:01

• Astronaut Guests https://xkcd.com/2883/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:22:13

• Meet Jannes and Aaron, YH4F 2023 participants https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240126-01.en.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:22:36

• Log Alignment https://xkcd.com/2884/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:22:57

• Spelling https://xkcd.com/2885/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:23:13

• redcore-linux-hardened-2401-tarazed-stable | Redcore Linux Project https://redcorelinux.org/news/redcore-linux-hardened-2401-tarazed-stable    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:24:13

• NuTyX 24.01.0 is out https://www.nutyx.org/en/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:26:10

• SDesk 2024.01.18 released https://distrowatch.com/12036 why hosting in Microsoft though? https://github.com/SteveStudios/SDesk/releases/tag/rolling-13    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 04:58:52

• Security Agency Buys Web Browsing Data Without Warrant, Letter Shows www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-01-25/national-security-agency-buys-web-browsing-data-without-warrant-letter-shows    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 05:00:53

• Belarus Investigates Some 20 Analysts Over 'Harming National Security' www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-25/belarus-investigates-some-20-analysts-over-harming-national-security    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 05:02:50

• Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Thunderbird and Firefox https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/01/24/mozilla-releases-security-updates-thunderbird-and-firefox    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 05:04:47

• Overcoming the Obstacles to UN Maintenance of International Peace and Security https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/01/24/overcoming-the-obstacles-to-un-maintenance-of-international-peace-and-security/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 05:06:43

• Post-Quantum World https://labs.ripe.net/author/anastasiya-pak/andre-grilo-ready-or-not-rethinking-cybersecurity-for-a-post-quantum-world/ buzzwords fest    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 05:08:04

• Is the Digital Diplomacy Strategy Able to Protect Data Privacy Security in Business? https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/01/19/is-the-digital-diplomacy-strategy-able-to-protect-data-privacy-security-in-business/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 05:27:18

• The Supreme Court says no, Texas can’t use razor wire to restrain federal agents https://www.vox.com/scotus/2024/1/22/24047314/supreme-court-texas-homeland-security-razor-wire-eagle-pass-biden    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 05:33:09

• darkhttpd: timing attack and local leak of HTTP basic auth credentials https://security.opensuse.org/2024/01/22/darkhttpd-basic-auth-issues.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 05:39:12

• Late stage rotting-system? https://scheerpost.com/2024/01/18/food-insecurity-in-prison-makes-people-like-me-vulnerable-to-labor-exploitation/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 05:54:38

• Defending against the PyTorch supply chain attack PoC http://sethmlarson.dev/security-developer-in-residence-weekly-report-25?date=2024-01-17    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 05:56:29

• This is really bad https://truthout.org/articles/food-insecurity-in-prison-makes-people-like-me-vulnerable-to-labor-exploitation/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 05:59:05

• Linux Mint 21.3 Xfce overview | Light, simple, efficient https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=45uwRtLlKFA    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:08:48

• Quality of all videos in YouTube is degreading because Creators(TM) lack the incentives they once had    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:09:17

• YouTube is now screwing 1) users (viewers); 2) creators; 3) its own staff (mass layoffs)    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:09:47

• The Wayland Protocol To End All Wayland Protocols https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=65wz6a5Nrjs    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:10:07

• "Ubuntu lovers"?? File not found. https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=Mz27KHhyr8o"    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:10:26

• FLASH GAMES Alive In 2024 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=xl683u-K2Dw    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:11:26

• Canonical's STEAM SNAP Is Too BROKEN For Valve https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=GMqAo_As1D0    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:14:16

• More bloat nobody needs while Madame Baker removed useful RSS features and even Gopher support is gone.. "coz security" https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=B3A4fmktuHA    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:15:10

• The "Problem" With Distros Shipping Hyprland https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=HhZ_HnqkJoo    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:15:28

• Pipewire Will Revolutionize Linux Video https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=LUbF-d77lAs    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:16:45

• Fedora 39 Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=BltOxpAiG0I    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:17:06

• This Wayland Tool Almost Saves Legacy Desktops https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=Ij3rsqX2pKQ they are NOT "Legacy"    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:17:39

• Wayland reinvents the wheel as a broken wheel    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:17:57

• The Death of Good Software https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=fm_zsce03pY    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:27:14

• f you are a cat lover, then this gnome extension for you https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=Zqx8ct7KzH0    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:28:35

• Flathub's New App Guidelines Absolutely Suck https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=kYqYpbMY9vE    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:30:05

• Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” Mate overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=NymUTolaTZw    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:30:25

• I DON'T like my web browsing options in 2024... https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=YSs9C45OIlg    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:31:29

• The Universe Doesn't Want Linux 6.8 To Exist https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ss1iOlIEWnM    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:31:55

• YouTube has ads? Go to Invidious instead. https://www.geeksmint.com/block-youtube-ads/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:36:16

• Apple's Vision Pro is a pile of nonsense that is already failing https://www.engadget.com/apples-vision-pro-wont-have-access-to-youtube-and-spotify-apps-at-launch-083434306.html silly gimmick https://techrights.org/n/2023/12/29/Web3_Blockchain_Metaverse_Hey_Hi_AI_and_Vision_Pro_What_Ever_Ha.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:37:42

• Social control media gets people to broadcast self-incriminating stuff www.usnews.com/news/best-states/colorado/articles/2024-01-24/youtuber-accused-topping-150-mph-on-his-motorcycle-on-colorado-intestate-wanted-on-multiple-charges    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:56:54

• Indigenous science https://www.the-scientist.com/the-scientist/online-u-of-a-course-outlines-how-to-remove-structural-barriers-for-indigenous-science-71609    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:12:47

• Just leave New York City? https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/how-to-make-new-york-city-more-car-friendly    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:15:20

• The author of this does not disclaim and disclose: ICBM is funding him for many years for spin https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/01/25/big-blue-bucks-the-datacenter-server-recession/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:16:15

• "Hackers Sent Disgusting Images to Their Discord Server" https://gizmodo.com/uc-irvine-students-hospitalized-hackers-discord-1851177866    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:16:51

• Report: Each Facebook User Is Tracked by Thousands of Companies https://www.truthdig.com/articles/report-each-facebook-user-is-tracked-by-thousands-of-companies/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:23:06

• Zuck as "speech police" https://www.engadget.com/facebook-and-instagram-will-block-dms-to-teens-unless-theyre-from-a-friend-130552718.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:23:26

• They could use email, mumble etc. and bypass mark zuckerberg https://gizmodo.com/creeps-harder-time-sliding-into-instagram-facebook-dms-1851196124 FB is NOT a "communication platform" but a filter    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:24:05

• South Africa https://www.dw.com/en/south-africa-looking-to-halt-auction-of-mandela-memorabilia/a-68039904    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:26:00

• Who profits from the PATENTS on these? Who LOBBIES for it? https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/malaria-vaccine-1.7089891    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:26:38

• How East Africans countered colonial repression https://www.dw.com/en/how-east-africans-countered-colonial-repression/a-67623250    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:27:21

• World Bank and IMF hate Africans and just look to exploit them. "Sustainable" is classic greenwashing. https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/01/23/world-bank-and-imf-working-towards-africas-sustainable-growth/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:28:01

• ‘Together as Equals’ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/01/indias-approach-to-africa-envisions-developing-together-as-equals/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:29:30

• Chinese yuan vs U.S. dollar in Africa https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/01/24/chinese-yuan-vs-u-s-dollar-in-africa/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:30:19

• "Solutions to these problems are not easy to come by." ☛ https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/959069/c96f34ed67a168e4/ | Source: LWN    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:42:10

• "Once upon a time, you could readily get basic graphics cards" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/CPUIGPCoolingAdvantage | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:43:09

• "The standard assumption when dealing with histograms is that the values in each bucket are randomly distributed through the range of the bucket." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/HistogramsNeedTotalsToo | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:43:50

• "If you want to hurt spammers" ☛ https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-simpler-life-trapping-spambots-based.html | Source: BSDly    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:44:42

• "What I found out is that Fedora was not the first distro to implement this choice" ☛ https://andrewdomain.com/posts/a_brief_story_of_hier/ |    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:45:33

• "For whatever random reason I wrote a post last night that included an emoji in the URL" ☛ https://sheetsj.com/blog/%F0%9F%92%BB-emoji-urls-and-11ty-webmentions/ | Source: Jeff Sheets    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:45:58

• "I wrote cssfact, a lossy CSS compressor." ☛ https://blog.danieljanus.pl/2024/01/26/lossy-css-compression/ | Source: Daniel Janus    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:46:11

• "To that end, I decided to start the process by revisiting this site." ☛ https://www.bobmonsour.com/posts/declassifying-my-site-header/ | Source: Bob Monsour    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:46:24

• "Most Linux users that have installed a distribution before" ☛ https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/linux-swappiness/ | Source: HowTo Forge    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:50:34

• "With a number of Raspberry Pi projects, from CM4 clusters to Nixie clocks under his belt" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/solar-photography-with-oneincheye-the-magpi-138/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:55:43

• "I have a USB-C power supply for a BBC Micro, which makes things easier for testing." ☛ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/2024/01/26/bbc-micro-restoration-part-2/ | Source: Andrew Hutchings    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 07:55:51

• "unxz seemed to be what I was looking for, which the man page confirmed: [...]" ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/discovering-a-new-compressionuncompression-tool-xz.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:02:28

• "The curl project arranges a two hour video conference meeting on March 21, 2024" ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/01/25/coming-a-curl-distros-meeting/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:03:16

• "iOS 17.4 introduces new capabilities that let iOS apps use alternative browser engines" ☛ https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engines/ | Source: Apple Inc    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:03:29

• "Recently, in version 121, Chrome started supporting standardized CSS scrollbar properties scrollbar-color and scrollbar-width mentioned in the CSS specification and it broke my CSS." ☛ https://syntackle.live/blog/changes-to-scrollbar-styling-in-chrome-121/ | Source: Murtuzaali Surti    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:04:36

• "Google Chrome is the most-used computer web browser by a wide margin. I do not use it." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-google-chromes-new-ai-features/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:05:54

• "YottaDB processes can opt to share their operational database statistics." ☛ https://yottadb.com/graphical-monitoring-of-statistics-shared-by-processes/ | Source: YottaDB    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:07:39

• "Raspberry Pi community events all over the world will be celebrating" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/our-third-ish-birthday-is-coming-up/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:10:38

• "Greetings, fellow data enthusiasts!" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/01/unveiling-the-earliest-date-a-journey-through-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:15:42

• "Hello! I posted a comic on Mastodon this week about what’s in the .git directory and someone requested a text version" ☛ https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/01/26/inside-git/ | Source: Julia Evans    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:16:43

• "after Go generics became a thing" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoAvoidingAnyAsAType | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:17:15

• "Wait! If a pipeline can invoke itself, can we, perhaps, solve a recursive problem with it?" ☛ https://susam.net/blog/jenkins-quicksort.html | Source: SusamPal    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:19:32

• "Git is a distributed version control system used for tracking changes in source code during software development." ☛ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-create-a-new-branch-in-git/ | Source: HowTo Forge    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:22:31

• "Greetings fellow R enthusiasts!" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/01/mastering-date-calculations-in-r-a-guide-to-calculating-months-with-base-r-and-lubridate/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:22:56

• "I’m awestruck." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/python-bytes-featured-syntax-error/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:25:06

• "Jinja is pretty common templating engine to use in Python." ☛ https://arkoinad.com/posts/jinja_gotcha.html | Source: Abhinav Gopalakrishnan    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:25:27

• "zsh has a built-in profiler, which is very handy." ☛ https://notes.billmill.org/computer_usage/zsh/profiling_zsh_startup.html |    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:26:09

• [Old] "While using frameworks like oh-my-zsh to upgrade your shell" ☛ https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/zsh-profiling |    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:26:19

• Manuel Moreale ☛ https://jeffbridgforth.com/blogging-and-me/ | Source: Jeff Bridgforth    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:30:00

• "Today I'm hitting my 3 years mark at Honeycomb" ☛ https://ferd.ca/counting-forest-fires.html | Source: Fred Herbert    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:31:02

• "This week, I’ve had two lengthy meetings at the end of the working day." ☛ https://www.gr36.com/2024/01/26/high-vs-lowenergy.html | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:31:12

• "That we've spent years conflating sites and applications" ☛ https://coryd.dev/posts/2024/you-dont-need-a-framework-for-that/ | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:31:28

• "By default, 31 daily, 12 monthly, and indefinite yearly backups are kept." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2024/01/24/using-a-third-party-tool-to-drive-tarsnap-backups/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:31:39

• "As mentioned in this week's Sunday Reboot" ☛ http://flower.codes/2024/01/23/postmortem-tips.html | Source: Zach Flower    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:31:53

• "I have yet to get an offer for a used computer at work" ☛ https://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2024-01-25-not-yet-apparently-also-outage.html | Source: Björn Wärmedal    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:32:52

• "Ran's an interesting character to say the least and his site reflects that." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-ran-prieur | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:33:07

• "So far, it works." ☛ https://thejollyteapot.com/2024/01/26/collecting-too-many-links | Source: Nicolas Magand    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:33:32

• "Thanks to the multi billion dollar advertisement industry" ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2024/01/how-to-search-the-internet/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:34:07

• "Some folks may disagree. That is indisputably their right, and I'm thankful for that." ☛ https://reason.com/2024/01/26/no-blocking-traffic-is-not-protected-by-the-first-amendment/ | Source: Reason    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:34:30

• "Industry studies show that 90% of spreadsheets containing more than 150 rows have at least one major mistake" ☛ https://theconversation.com/spreadsheet-errors-can-have-disastrous-consequences-yet-we-keep-making-the-same-mistakes-219356 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:36:29

• "Dam's deafness was due to a mutation to a gene called otoferlin" ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/gene-therapy-virus-deaf-boy | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:37:04

• "After three years of service, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter has flown on Mars" ☛ https://www.engadget.com/nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-has-flown-on-mars-for-the-final-time-204004656.html | Source: Engadget    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:37:27

• "Originally slated for a 30-day mission" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2024/0126/The-little-helicopter-that-could-Ingenuity-takes-final-Mars-flight | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:38:09

• "Ingenuity was able to fly repeatedly even though Mars" ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/nasas-ingenuity-forced-to-retire-after-damaging-copter-blade-during-mars | Source: PC Mag    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:38:33

• "With flight operations now concluded" ☛ https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends/ | Source: NASA    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:38:50

• "Completing 128.8 flying minutes, covering 10.5 miles (17.0 km)" ☛ https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/ |    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:39:20

• "Continuing our Kitchen Essentials series of interviews with leaders of infrastructure organizations" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/01/23/stephanie-orphan-arxiv/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:40:16

• "Connectivity of different brain regions increased when participants wrote by hand" ☛ https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-brain-keyboard.html | Source: Science X Network    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:40:32

• "The controversy began with criticisms of some universities, Harvard included" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/magazine/college-free-speech.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:40:46

• "This time, I thought I’d be clever and try all the commands at once." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2024/01/26/clearing-out-multiple-drives-while-watching-band-of-brothers/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:43:27

• "The screen is quite nice and readable." ☛ https://smist08.wordpress.com/2024/01/26/fun-with-an-inexpensive-oscilloscope/ | Source: Stephen Smith    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:43:41

• "The too long, didn’t read is: if you want, but maybe not modern tapes!" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/is-it-worth-collecting-cassettes-in-2024/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:45:08

• "In January 1984, Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple Macintosh" ☛ https://computerhistory.org/events/insanely-great/ | Source: Computer History    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:45:32

• "Keyboards belongs in this annoying category of products that are really hard to figure out and get a proper feel for ahead of time even if you would be able to try them out before purchase." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/01/24/logitech-g915-tkl/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:45:45

• "The entire thing is safe and sound over on the Internet Archive" ☛ https://512pixels.net/2024/01/the-premier-issue-of-macworld-magazine/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:46:02

• "Oh, and since we’re all doing it, my first Mac was the first Intel MacBook Pro" ☛ https://heydingus.net/blog/2024/1/happy-40th-mac | Source: Jarrod Blundy    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:46:28

• "Hey! It’s been 40 years since the start of a product line. Let’s celebrate. Yay capitalism!" ☛ https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/2024/macintosh-is-40/ | Source: Luke Harris    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:46:40

• Here’s to another 40 ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/heres-to-another-40/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:46:55

• "And yet today marks the 40th anniversary of the Macintosh." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2216095/40-years-mac-immortal.html?ref=birchtree.me | Source: Macworld    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:47:24

• "In late 2006 I purchased a base model MacBook with a 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo" ☛ https://initialcharge.net/2024/01/my-first-mac/ | Source: Mike Rockwell    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:47:51

• "My first Mac was a 2009 27” iMac." ☛ https://rknight.me/blog/my-first-mac/ | Source: Rob Knight    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:48:22

• "Personally, I started early on the Mac." ☛ https://scottwillsey.com/mac-40/ | Source: Scott Willsey    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:48:53

• "Can a $2500 computer" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-birth-of-the-mac-rolling-stones-1984-feature-on-steve-jobs-and-his-whiz-kids-243516/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:49:04

• "I was a few days in to having the games on my phone when I remembered why I deleted them last time." ☛ https://rachsmith.com/a-not-so-casual-gamer/ |    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:49:56

• "In the end I wrote 3 posts using “GenAI”" ☛ https://chrismcleod.dev/blog/generative-ai-for-blogging-revisited/ | Source: Chris McLeod    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:51:17

• "So yeah, if you couldn’t communicate with your colleagues today via Microsoft’s..." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/26/24051966/microsoft-teams-down-outage | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:51:33

• "In the Americas, however, attempts to bring Teams" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/27/teams_outage_again/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:51:55

• "The long answer is that, through our own reporting" ☛ https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-address/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:52:53

• "If chatbots truly become the dominant daily conversation partner for some people" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/01/chatbots-and-human-conversation.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:53:17

• "Given the clear proliferation of obviously rule-breaking chatbots" ☛ https://futurism.com/openai-ai-girlfriend-destroy | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:54:15

• "Using random graphs" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/chatbots-understand-world-scientists | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:55:00

• "The threat actor, identified as Midnight Blizzard or Cozy Bear" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/cyberattack-on-hewlett-packard-enterprise/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:55:27

• "The flaw was introduced in GitLab 16.1.0" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/thousands-of-gitlab-instances-unpatched-against-critical-password-reset-bug/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:56:19

• "Redmond admitted Midnight Blizzard" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/27/microsoft_cozy_bear_mfa/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:56:36

• "In its Agency Inventory of AI Use Cases, the DOJ lists the project, code-named Tyr" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/26/fbi_amazon_rekognition/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:56:45

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/26/akira_lush_ransomware/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:58:15

• "In guidance shared with Scoop News Group that was issued Monday" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/irs-password-policy-nist-guidance-ron-wyden/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:58:48

• "iPhone apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X/Twitter are skirting Apple’s privacy rules to collect user data" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/iphone-apps-can-harvest-data-from-notifications-1851194537 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:59:53

• "OMB is asking specifically for comments on topics such as risks related to AI" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/omb-seeks-input-on-privacy-impact-assessments-for-ai-use/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 08:59:59

• "When thinking about the ethics of AI, Sandel told the crowd" ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/01/will-tech-change-what-it-means-to-be-human-and-does-it-matter/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:01:16

• "Biden's support for Israel could cost him votes in battleground states like Michigan" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-01-26/michigans-arab-american-leaders-shun-biden-campaign-ahead-of-presidents-visit | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:01:47

• "The last years made this very clear." ☛ https://bastianallgeier.com/notes/grandpa |    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:02:16

• "But government officials in Tennessee have been among those most outspoken about TikTok’s US presence" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/01/23/tiktok-is-eyeing-another-big-music-move-this-time-in-nashville/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:03:08

• "But we must do more than take our foot off the warming accelerator" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2024/01/24/its-not-game-over--its-game-on-why-2024-is-an-inflection-point-for-the-climate_partner/ | Source: Salon    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:04:08

• "Yet, as much as BookTok is a driving force in the publishing industry—spawning" ☛ https://observer.case.edu/booktok-or-booktoxic/ | Source: uni Case Western Reserve    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:04:41

• "Humans rely on groundwater for many things, but especially our food." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2024/01/24/groundwater-resources-are-drying-up-across-the-globe-new-research-suggests-we-can-fight-the-drip/ | Source: Salon    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:05:31

• "In a highly anticipated ruling, the International Court of Justice at The Hague" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/1/26/icj_provisional_ruling_israel_genocide_gaza | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:06:43

• "In recent months, however, the office has suddenly found itself in the spotlight." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/technology/ai-copyright-office-law.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:08:08

• "So, what’s the playbook for publishers in 2024? The answer is straightforward" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/publishers-ditch-google-search-addiction-or-die/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:08:29

• "it makes sense to draw people’s attention" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/01/25/lets-be-cautious-as-we-cede-reading-to-machines/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:08:47

• "I would hope that both of the stories breaking yesterday" ☛ https://rightofpublicity.com/two-recent-ai-stories-illustrate-the-critical-role-of-right-of-publicity | Source: Jonathan Faber    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:10:40

• "Along with not having consent to use those routines" ☛ https://futurism.com/george-carlin-estate-sues-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:12:06

• "In a separate statement announcing the lawsuit Thursday" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/george-carlin-estate-ai-comedy-special-lawsuit-1234954818/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:12:38

• "Unsurprisingly this has resulted in a massive amount of angry coverage" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jan/26/did-an-ai-write-that-hour-long-george-carlin-special/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:13:06

• "Intimate deepfake images like those targeting Taylor Swift are disturbing" ☛ https://futurism.com/law-ai-deepfake-bill | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:13:26

• [Old] "Swift's lawyers are pissed" ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2011/10/30/taylor-swift-celebrity-jihad-trademark-topless-photo/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:14:16

• "As reports about the controversy indicate, many of the phony Swift" ☛ https://futurism.com/ai-taylor-swift-legal-threats | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:14:42

• "The Taylor Swift AI porn debacle seems to be snowballing into a full-blown" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/white-house-taylor-swift-ai-porn-alarming-1851202160 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:15:04

• "The images spread across X in particular on Wednesday night" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/26/24052261/taylor-swift-ai-fakes-white-house-responds-legislation | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:15:15

• "Enter monopolization." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/26/noclar-war/#millionaire-on-billionaire-violence | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:17:16

• "In instances where the iPhone actually serves as a vehicle for free thought" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/27/apple_europe_ios_analysis/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:17:37

• "Speaking of competition, I don’t think they were required to do this" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/some-quick-thoughts-on-apples-new-ios-rules-for-the-eu/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:18:02

• "If this sounds a bit familiar, it’s because the EU has been down this road before." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2024/01/alternative-browsers-coming-to-eu-iphones/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:18:29

• "Spotify — one of Apple’s biggest critics — says Apple’s new plan to comply" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/26/24052162/spotify-apple-app-store-tax-eu-dma | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:18:43

• "After Apple’s actions take effect in a few weeks (due to a DMA-imposed deadline)" ☛ https://www.brycewray.com/posts/2024/01/sandwich-in-blind-apple-dma/ | Source: Bryce Wray    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:19:09

• "1&1 announced the availability of its 5G network for mobile internet" ☛ https://blog.powerdns.com/powerdns-supports-the-launch-of-1u1s-5g-network | Source: PowerDNS    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:19:55

• "The mission school housed almost 200 Native American students at its peak" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2024/01/26/who-owns-the-past-tribes-and-state-historians-ask-lawmakers-to-decide-on-shawnee-indian-mission/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:20:53

• "The visit was organized by Juku-Kalle Raid" ☛ https://news.err.ee/1609233723/head-of-tibetan-government-in-exile-and-representative-of-dalai-lama-visit-riigikogu | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhääling    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:21:31

• "They’re a huge force, and they advocated" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/taylor-swift-ai-generated-nudes-swifties-1234954487/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:22:12

• [Old] "In December 2017, PMC acquired a controlling interest in Wenner Media, parent company of Rolling Stone" ☛ https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/penske-media-acquires-who-owns-rolling-stone-1203124892/ | Source: Variety    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:24:28

• [Old] "I’ve learned that effective January 22, P.M.C. purchased the 49 percent of Rolling Stone it didn’t already own" ☛ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/media-mogul-jay-penske-purchased-the-rest-of-rolling-stone | Source: Vanity Fair    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:25:11

• "The move was prompted by Redbird IMI making changes to the corporate structure of the potential acquiring entities of TMG." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/telegraph-redbird-imi-culture-secretary-second-investigation/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:25:34

• "The Tatvan 1st Penal Court handled the case through a simplified trial process" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/journalist-who-suffered-attack-from-mayor-s-relatives-sentenced-to-prison-291007 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:25:54

• "A dual U.S.-Russian citizen, Kurmasheva has not been granted consular access in jail." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-rferl-kurmasheva-100-days/32791075.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:26:08

• HEY HI vs journalism ☛ https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-ai-harm-journalism-business/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:26:26

• "Zawab is renowned for his critical poetry" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/afghans-arrest-poet-magazine-editor-family-members-say-/7458118.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:27:51

• "In the face of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/freedom-expression-under-scrutiny-uk-authorities-suppress-environmental-activism-1722966 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:28:03

• "Two days after the attack, as the police closed in on the Charlie Hebdo suspects" ☛ https://worldcrunch.com/this-happened/charlie-hebdo-attack |    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:28:16

• "The FTC is seeking information on specific investments or partnership" ☛ https://qz.com/microsoft-amazon-google-ai-investments-ftc-1851202060 | Source: Quartz    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:31:19

• "I love what I do for a living; I'm a passionate cyber security professional" ☛ https://kevquirk.com/why-i-don-t-write-about-security | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:32:08

• "The University of California, San Diego, for the record, is the only school in the top 24" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/26/security_courses_requirements/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:32:27

• "if you have conscripts" ☛ http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/01/same-bullshit-new-tin.html | Source: Antipope    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:32:58

• "the Kauffman Foundation, an American non-profit organization" ☛ https://emaggiori.com/silicon-valley-ponzi-scheme/ | Source: Emmanuel Maggiori    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:33:36

• "Kotaku’s sources say that around four out of every five employees at Reikon have been laid off" ☛ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ruiner-studio-reikon-games-has-reportedly-laid-off-around-80-off-its-staff/ | Source: 1981 Media Ltd    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:34:00

• "Joe Morelle announced he has authored bipartisan legislation" ☛ https://morelle.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-joe-morelle-takes-action-end-ai-generated-deepfake-pornography |    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:34:15

• "I listened to an interview with a high ranking German military officer recently" ☛ https://82mhz.net/posts/2024/01/reflections-on-pacifism/ |    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:34:33

• "Just like those websites, does hiding video, animation" ☛ https://www.johanbleuzen.fr/blog/enable-eco-design-by-default |    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:34:58

• "This reduction in emissions is the most significant annual decline since 2020" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/european-union-reports-drastic-reduction-fossil-fuel-carbon-dioxide-emissions-lowest-60-years-1722970 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:36:45

• "The reason the door blew off is stated in black and white in Boeing’s own records" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/boeing-door-scandal-grows-new-whistleblower | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:38:40

• "Among Yakovlev's best-known aircraft are the multipurpose fighter jets Su-30MK and Su-30CM" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-sanctions-western-aircraft-parts/32790317.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:38:47

• This article is way out of date. https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/software/nasdaq-msft/microsoft/news/microsoft-nasdaqmsft-seems-to-use-debt-rather-sparingly-1 The debt is a lot higher now: http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/15/Microsoft_s_Total_Debt_Has_Just_Surged_to_an_All_Time_High_of_1.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 09:53:40

• "When Royal Dutch Shell lost a landmark climate lawsuit in The Netherlands" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/01/26/milieudefensie-climate-lawsuit-shell-netherlands-ing-bank/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:04:56

• carbon bomb ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/01/26/lng-canada-may-detonate-worlds-6th-largest-carbon-bomb-expert-warns/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:05:09

• "In this blog post, we will explain how to install Java on Debian 12 step-by-step." ☛ https://www.linuxbuzz.com/how-to-install-java-on-debian/ | Source: Linux Buzz    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:07:54

• "THE FINALS has been working on Linux and Steam Deck for a couple of weeks now" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/the-finals-freezing-on-linux-heres-ways-you-can-fix-it/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:08:54

• "Here's another chance to grab a free game and lots of discounts as GOG have launched the New Year Sale 2024." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/grab-mordheim-city-of-the-damned-free-during-the-gog-new-year-sale-2024/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:09:07

• "Love your city / village building sims? You should take a little look at Folklands" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/relaxing-settlement-builder-with-simulated-citizens-folklands-now-has-a-demo/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:09:22

• "From developer Mr. Podunkian, who previously worked on Stardew Valley" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/former-dev-on-stardew-valley-reveals-their-life-sim-sunkissed-city/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:09:42

• "Ah, Linux, you gotta love it right? There's numerous different ways to do the same thing" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/flathub-now-has-over-one-million-active-users/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:19:41

• "Behind the Curtain: Trump's exponential power surge" https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/trump-2024-campaign-republican-nominee    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:20:00

• " New Report Says Georgia's 'Penchant For Appeasing Russia' Hurting EU Aspirations " https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-eu-appeasing-russia/32791495.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:20:15

• "Europe’s Leaders Are Addicted to Austerity" https://jacobin.com/2024/01/european-commission-austerity-working-class/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:21:15

• many. people. already. adjust. their. speech. habits. from. having. spoken. too. often. via. VoIP. and. thus. add. clear. breaks. between. each. word. you. can. hear. it. clearly. in. most. interviews. even. live. ones. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/01/chatbots-and-human-conversation.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:22:15

• iophk: security is part of the fundamental design process neither separate nor added on afterwards, theregister knows better https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/26/security_courses_requirements/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:23:04

• defamation https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/26/nyregion/trump-carroll-defamation-trial    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:23:23

• floss weekly https://hackaday.com/2024/01/24/floss-weekly-episode-767-owntracks-are-we-there-yet/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:23:53

• kotlowitz https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/01/books-briefing-american-decline-alex-kotlowitz/677258/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:24:22

• turkey https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4432565-senate-democrat-permits-f16-sales-turkey/ :(    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:25:06

• defamation https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4432630-haley-trump-defamation-verdict-america-can-do-better/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:25:19

• "Donald Trump, the Supreme Court, and the 14th Amendment" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2024/0125/Donald-Trump-the-Supreme-Court-and-the-14th-Amendment    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:25:47

• What Was I Made For? — Kushaiah Felisilda https://krabf.com/what-was-i-made-for/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:34:03

• Jack Baty | Hits to feeds https://baty.net/journal/2024/01/26/hits-to-feeds    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:34:42

• What if I make a magazine? https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://text.eapl.mx/y-si-hago-una-revista    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:35:22

• evidence https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13005021/october-genocide-evidence-video-slaughtered-mutilated-hamas-terrorist-israel.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:35:41

• "Tam o' Shanter" the Poem by Robert Burns http://www.robertburns.org.uk/Assets/Poems_Songs/tamoshanter.htm    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:40:37

• "Arducam introduces the PiNSIGHT, a 12MP Vision AI Mate specifically designed for the Raspberry Pi 5, priced at $69.99." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/arducam-launches-pinsight-the-next-gen-12mp-ai-vision-solution-for-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:41:45

• "Milk-V recently released specifications for the Milk-V Vega which is described as the first RISC-V 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch implemented on the FSL1030M network switch chip." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-milk-v-unveils-worlds-first-risc-v-open-source-10g-ethernet-switch/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:42:11

• dynatrace ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/drive-cloud-native-application-data-resiliency-event-driven-ansible-dynatrace-trilio | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:46:32

• "I am based in Nantes, France, the Breton town where the famous author, Jules Verne, grew up." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/lessons-learned-path-solution-architecture | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:47:31

• "Have you ever wished you could better organize the inventory and define who can access what systems" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/managing-system-access-red-hat-insights-inventory-groups | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:47:45

• "RHEL’s current pricing model to cloud partners was implemented over a decade ago"... but now Red Hat (ICBM) is attacking clones inc. CentOS ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linux-scalable-pricing-cloud-partners-announcement | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:48:37

• "This month’s updates include critical security patches across various packages." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2024/01/26/tw-monthly-update-jan/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:50:07

• "This week has been a bit busy" ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2024/01/26/antivaxxers-write-about-lessons-learned-but-know-nothing/ |    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:56:20

• monifa bandele ☛ https://fair.org/home/monifa-bandele-on-reimagining-public-safety-svante-myrick-on-roadblocks-to-voting/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:57:47

• "The New York Times‘ post–New Hampshire analysis of the presidential election by the paper’s senior White House correspondent, Peter Baker" ☛ https://fair.org/home/for-nyts-baker-2024-is-about-disparate-visions-not-threat-to-democracy/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:58:05

• Matthew Hoh ☛ https://thedissenter.org/unauthorized-disclosure-matthew-hoh/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:59:12

• "Authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States this week levied financial sanctions against a Russian man accused of stealing data on nearly 10 million customers of the Australian health insurance giant Medibank." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/01/who-is-alleged-medibank-hacker-aleksandr-ermakov/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:00:56

• "As Copyright Week comes to a close" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/more-decade-later-site-blocking-still-censorship | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:02:05

• How To Bell The AI Cat? ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/26/how-to-bell-the-ai-cat/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:02:41

• Over at Tux Machines... ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/27/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:07:59

• Adventures in high dining gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/01/24.2    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:10:23

• "Bunny's pharmacy just called to remind us to call and remind them to renew Bunny's prescription. Um … okay?" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/01/24.1    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:11:10

• 🔤SpellBinding — EIKLNUQ Wordo: GAMMA gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-01-27.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:12:09

• "I remembered the stories my grandfather used to tell me when I was a little boy. They were about his childhood, of course, but also about the war, the Second World War. My dad also lived through a couple of years of the Second World War and told me about it." gemini://sdf.org/icemanfr/2024/06.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:13:17

• "I'm used to having some of my posts make it to the Orange Site [1], but I was not expecting to have one of my software projects (in this case, `mod_blog [2]`) make it to the Orange Site [3]. I'm finding it especially amusing to read this thread [4]. I did not expect `mod_blog` to be a “love letter to C.”" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/01/26.1    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:14:08

• "He was clear that he identifies as a "strongman", who happens to earn his living by doing paramedic work. I couldn't help but think of my own profession as a librarian. The identification with the role is such a significant part of the profession that we now – thanks to Fobazi Ettarh – speak of "vocational awe"." gemini://notes.hugh.run/2024/2024-01-27.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:15:23

• How To Install Squid Proxy Server on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-squid-proxy-server-manjaro/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:58:06

• How To Install SELinux on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-selinux-opensuse/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:58:17

• How to Install and Use NVM (Node Version Manager) on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-and-use-nvm-node-version-manager-on-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:59:10

• How to Install Consul Server on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-consul-server-on-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:59:20

• How to Install PrestaShop on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-prestashop-on-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:59:37

• How to Add a Swap File On Ubuntu ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-swap-file    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:59:48

• Microsoft's bribes for Godot are still impacting the project's direction and it uses proprietary Microsoft jail for hosting ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/platform-state-in-csharp-for-godot-4-2/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:01:58

• Release candidates: Godot 4.1.4 RC 1 & 4.2.2 RC 1 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/release-candidate-godot-4-1-4-and-4-2-2-rc-1/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:02:05

• How do I install DokuWiki on Ubuntu ☞ https://osnote.com/how-to-install-dokuwiki-on-ubuntu/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:04:05

• How to Install Nagios Monitoring Tool on Alma GNU/Linux ☞ https://osnote.com/how-to-install-nagios-monitoring-tool-on-alma-linux/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:05:07

• How to Disable IPv6 on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-disable-ipv6-on-ubuntu-24-04    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:05:15

• How to fix "visudo: no editor found" error on GNU/Linux ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-fix-visudo-no-editor-found-error-on-linux/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:14:43

• How to Install CraftCMS with Apache on Debian ☞ https://vitux.com/how-to-install-craftcms-on-debian/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:16:00

• How to Install Java on Debian 12 ☞ https://www.linuxbuzz.com/how-to-install-java-on-debian/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:21:36

• How to Install Latest Nginx in Ubuntu 22.04 (Step by Step) ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/01/install-nginx-ubuntu-2204/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:22:26

• How to Read Leaked Datasets Like a Journalist ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjvajx/how-to-read-leaked-datasets-like-a-journalist    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:23:26

• Ukraine and Russia trade accusations over military plane crash ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240126-ukraine-and-russia-trade-accusations-over-fatal-plane-crash    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:30:55

• A NAS in Every Home | Self-Hosted 115 ☞ https://feed.jupiter.zone/allshows#entry-11836    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:34:59

• Kyiv, Moscow Exchange Soldiers' Remains In Move Unrelated To Disputed Downing Of Russian Transport Plane ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-priosner-exchange-il-76-plane-crash-pows/32793572.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:36:26

• His name means ‘hope.’ Has a credible challenger to Putin emerged? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2024/0126/His-name-means-hope.-Has-a-credible-challenger-to-Putin-emerged    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:37:18

• "It’s impossible to get this money" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/01/26/it-s-impossible-to-get-this-money | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:37:42

• St. Petersburg couple arrested for allegedly disseminating napkins calling for Putin’s execution ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/26/st-petersburg-couple-arrested-for-allegedly-disseminating-napkins-calling-for-putin-s-execution | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:38:09

• Putin says Ukrainian air defenses hit Russian military transport plane ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/26/putin-says-ukrainian-air-defenses-hit-russian-military-transport-plane | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:38:27

• Latvia and Lithuania discuss financial help for Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/26.01.2024-latvia-and-lithuania-discuss-financial-help-for-ukraine.a540500/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:38:40

• Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting down plane carrying Ukraine prisoners of war, Ukraine accuses Russia ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/russia-accuses-ukraine-of-shooting-down-plane-carrying-ukraine-prisoners-of-war-ukraine-accuses-russia/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:39:00

• Ukraine willing to move part of drone production to Lithuania – FM ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2180582/ukraine-willing-to-move-part-of-drone-production-to-lithuania-fm    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:39:25

• U.S. Speaker Warns Senate Against Ukraine Deal, Suggesting It Will Be 'Dead On Arrival' In House ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-aid-deal-senate-speaker-johnson-warning/32793621.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:39:44

• Russian Court Issues Arrest Warrant For Self-Exiled Ex-Lawyer Who Defended Noted Activists ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-feigin-exiled-lawyer-arrest-warrant/32793362.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:39:54

• Croatian Court Rules To Transfer Oligarch's Yacht To Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/croatian-court-rules-to-transfer-oligarch-s-yacht-to-ukraine/32793130.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:40:06

• Russian Couple Arrested For Placing Pro-Ukrainian Leaflets In Grocery Store ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-couple-arrested-ukraine-leaftlets-grocery-store/32793075.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:40:20

• A Child of Another War Who Makes Music for Ukrainians ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/world/europe/ukraine-music-mirza-ramic.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:40:40

• Russian police search for armed ex-prisoner suspected of committing assault after return from deployment in Ukraine ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/26/russian-police-search-for-armed-ex-prisoner-suspected-of-committing-assault-after-return-from-deployment-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:41:04

• Russian TrickBot Malware Developer Sentenced to Prison in US ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-trickbot-malware-developer-sentenced-to-prison-in-us/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:43:24

• "Here's a closer look at the activities of Mr. Ermakov's alleged hacker handles." ☞ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/01/who-is-alleged-medibank-hacker-aleksandr-ermakov/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:45:46

• SA, Iran and the wider war in the Middle East ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/sa-iran-and-the-wider-war-in-the-middle-east/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:47:13

• Argentina workers mount general strike against President Javier Milei’s austerity measures ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/millions-of-argentina-workers-strike-against-president-javier-milei-austerity-measures/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:48:34

• Baltic customs bodies agree on uniform application of sanctions on Russia ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2180925/baltic-customs-bodies-agree-on-uniform-application-of-sanctions-on-russia    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:49:19

• Mass Public Concert To Support Kremlin-Backed Leader Of Russia's Bashkortostan Held Amid Crackdown ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bashkortostan-mass-concert-khabirov-crackdown-alsynov/32793617.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:49:43

• Russia Puts Writer Boris Akunin On Wanted List For Unspecified Charges After Anti-Kremlin Comments ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-writer-akunin-wanted-list-foreign-agent/32793607.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:50:16

• Independent Russian Online Newspaper's Reporter Under Pressure In Volgograd ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/independent-russian-newspaper-reporter-pressure/32793205.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:50:43

• Russia buys chips from Intel, AMD, and others to fuel war efforts — the country bought $1.7 billion worth of chips in 2023 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/russia-buys-chips-from-intel-amd-and-others-to-fuel-war-efforts-the-country-bought-dollar17-billion-in-2023    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:51:17

• North Korea and China agree to defend common interests as senior envoys meet ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/world/north-korea-china-agree-to-defend-common-interests-as-senior-envoys-meet    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:52:27

• Russia Extends U.S. Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s Detention ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/world/europe/evan-gershkovich-russia-prison.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:53:12

• Turkey, Russia, and Iran issue a joint statement on 'Syria' in Astana ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-russia-and-iran-issue-a-joint-statement-on-syria-in-astana-291069    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:53:52

• Russia signaling readiness for negotiations, but U.S. officials skeptical ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/26/bloomberg-russia-signaling-readiness-for-negotiations-but-u-s-officials-skeptical | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:54:43

• Boris Nadezhdin ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/26/anti-war-russian-presidential-hopeful-boris-nadezhdin-will-not-submit-signatures-collected-abroad-when-applying-for-candidacy | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:55:15

• TTAB Orders Cancellation of FREEDOM PARTY Registration: Application Was Void Ab Initio Due to Nonownership ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/01/ttab-orders-cancellation-of-freedom.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:56:13

• "Silly Amicus Brief In Supreme Court Content Moderation Case" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/26/fucking-hell-david-mamet-files-the-most-pointless-silly-amicus-brief-in-supreme-court-content-moderation-case/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:00:55

• Federal Circuit on TM Law’s Information Matter Doctrine ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/01 Boris Nadezhdi ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/01/26/the-situation-took-a-wrong-turn | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:04:18

• In the eye of the beholder Why are people in the Russian Far East going under the knife to make their eyes wider? ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/01/26/in-the-eye-of-the-beholder | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:04:50

• which? has resorted to posting PURE Microsoft SPAM ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/how-to-get-microsoft-office-for-free-aFd156l19iLw    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:05:31

• How to Have a More Productive Year ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/office-space/how-to-have-a-more-productive-year    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:07:13

• GNOME Accessibility Blog: Automated testing of GNOME accessibility features ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2024/01/26/automated-testing/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:11:04

• "DISH Network and Sling TV have filed a lawsuit against a pirate IPTV operation that allegedly made more than $20 million" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/dish-sling-sue-pirate-iptv-operation-for-circumventing-widevine-drm-240126/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:13:54

• "Two regional police forces have rejected Freedom of Information Act requests seeking data relating to cautions, penalty notices, and arrests in connection with illegal streaming." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/police-website-offers-pirated-live-sports-streams-as-iptv-foia-requests-denied-240126/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:14:18

• This is a Microsoft-bribed think tank for openwashing and excusing GPL violations by Microsoft. This sellout is the downfall of OSI. ☞ https://blog.opensource.org/a-public-forum-to-discuss-the-open-source-ai-definition/ see http://techrights.org/o/2022/10/28/osi-for-plagiarism/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:16:20

• YouTuber shared eerie social control media post about death weeks before drowning in Hawaii ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/01/27/news/youtuber-carson-philbin-shared-eerie-social-media-post-about-death-weeks-before-drowning-in-hawaii/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:17:12

• George Carlin’s estate files suit over AI-generated comedy special ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/01/26/george-carlins-estate-files-suit-ai-generated-comedy-special/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:17:55

• activism ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/rocket/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:19:06

• Dark Galaxies: What Happens When Stars Are Nearly Invisible ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/science/space/dark-galaxy-stars.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:19:22

• "Microsoft Announces Massive Layoffs in Gaming Division". It's BIGGER than the gaming division. Speak to insiders.    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:21:41

• "In fact, according to videogamelayoffs.com, we’ve had over 5,000 layoffs despite only being 26 days into the new year." https://venturebeat.com/games/2024-is-already-halfway-to-matching-2023s-layoff-numbers-kaser-focus/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:23:41

• Microsoft kills companies it buys https://www.altchar.com/game-news/crash-bandicoot-studio-toys-for-bob-loses-40-of-staff-due-to-microsoft-layoffs-a63OS3x7Z03T    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:25:31

• When they call them "contractors" they don't count them as layoffs. "cod Community members fear that Microsoft will go down the same path and turn to contractors to develop future games or post-game content, as they have already done Halo Infinite." https://ustimespost.com/cod-players-fear-microsoft-layoffs-are-heading-in-the-same-direction-as-halo-infinite/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:26:59

• ‘The little helicopter that could’: Ingenuity takes final Mars flight ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2024/0126/The-little-helicopter-that-could-Ingenuity-takes-final-Mars-flight    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:29:28

• Listlessness in Depression Can Be Seen in The Eyes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/listlessness-in-depression-can-be-seen-in-the-eyes    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:31:30

• HKFP Yum Cha: Carol Liang on fighting stigma surrounding mental health in Hong Kong ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/27/hkfp-yum-cha-carol-liang-on-fighting-stigma-surrounding-mental-health-in-hong-kong/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:32:12

• Higher fees won’t cure what ails emergency rooms at Hong Kong’s public hospitals ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/27/higher-fees-wont-cure-what-ails-emergency-rooms-at-hong-kongs-public-hospitals/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:32:25

• Critical Enzyme For Breaking Down Fat Byproducts Slows The Aging Process ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/critical-enzyme-for-breaking-down-fat-byproducts-slows-the-aging-process    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:34:05

• North Korea cracks down on theft of electricity meant for industry ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/electricity-01262024150018.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:35:13

• Bali Bombing Conspirators Get 5 More Years at Guantánamo Bay ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/us/politics/bali-bombing-sentence.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:35:32

• Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Could Have a Surprising Effect on Drinking Habits ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/weight-loss-drugs-like-ozempic-could-have-a-surprising-effect-on-drinking-habits    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:37:56

• Lupus Tracked to Changes in a Single Gene That Tames The Immune System ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/lupus-tracked-to-changes-in-a-single-gene-that-tames-the-immune-system    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:38:08

• Green Spaces May Have a Powerful Effect on The Bones of Children ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/green-spaces-may-have-a-powerful-effect-on-the-bones-of-children    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:38:30

• The Ideal Running Pace Is Slower Than You Might Think ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-ideal-running-pace-is-slower-than-you-might-think    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:38:41

• China Says It Has Imprisoned Ian Stones, a British Businessman, on Spy Charges ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/world/asia/china-britain-spy.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:39:10

• China’s grape-growing region Penglai on a quest to make its wines fine ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-s-grape-growing-region-penglai-on-a-quest-to-make-its-wines-fine    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:39:29

• Clean energy leads charge in China’s 2023 economic growth ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/environment/china-clean-energy-01262024012445.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:39:44

• China tests new ethnic assimilation policy on Uyghurs ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/ethnic-integration-policy-01262024154850.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:40:14

• China suspends visa issuance to Lithuanian citizens ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2180495/china-suspends-visa-issuance-to-lithuanian-citizens    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:40:31

• China approves 115 video game licences as state crackdown on sector eases ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/26/china-approves-115-video-game-licences-as-state-crackdown-on-sector-eases/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:41:32

• China says it jailed British national for 5 years in 2022 for spying ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/26/china-says-it-jailed-british-national-for-5-years-in-2022-for-spying/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:43:29

• How Pooh-tin Jinping’s corruption crackdown turned its attention to China’s embattled finance sector ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/27/how-xi-jinpings-corruption-crackdown-turned-it-attention-to-chinas-embattled-finance-sector/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:44:05

• China commits €2bn for Serbian renewable energy and hydrogen project ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/china-commits-e2bn-for-serbian-renewable-energy-and-hydrogen-project/2105198.article/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:48:04

• For better or for worse? South Korean men seek brides in Vietnam ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/reporters/20240126-for-better-or-for-worse-south-korean-men-seek-brides-in-vietnam    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:51:27

• Conviction for Threatening (in the U.S.) Supporter of Democracy in China ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/01/26/conviction-for-threatening-supporter-of-democracy-in-china/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:51:50

• US-China Policy Is Not Going According to Plan ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2024/01/25/us-china-policy-is-not-going-according-to-plan/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:52:15

• "Neither the FCC nor FTC has a particularly good track record of standing up to broadband and cable giants when it comes to their longstanding track record of anticompetitive behavior, price gouging" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/26/cable-giants-insist-that-forcing-them-to-make-cancellations-easier-violates-their-first-amendment-rights/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:53:49

• "Wearable" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/26/wearable-robot-makes-mountain-climbing-a-breeze-for-seniors/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:54:13

• What's New in [Proprietary] Qt Insight 1.7: Updates and Improvements ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/whats-new-in-qt-insight-1.7-updates-and-improvements    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:55:01

• nytimes very very very late... ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/technology/david-l-mills-dead.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:55:48

• it took nytimes TEN DAYS or 9.5 days to report the death of David L. Mills. How on Earth does it take so long??? Underfunded?    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:56:51

• Why I Don't Write About Security ☞ https://kevquirk.com/why-i-don-t-write-about-security    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:58:04

• This week in KDE: everything everywhere all at once edition ☞ https://pointieststick.com/2024/01/26/this-week-in-kde-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-edition/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:00:13

• Noway(land)! Until it has feature parity with X, full compatibility, and equal or better stability    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:00:56

• By crashing Wayland will cause data loss (unsaved work) and downtime will get miles worse. ICBM does not mind sabotaging the experience of GNU/Linux users as long as that might make more money form ICBM.    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:02:04

• ICBM is still, in 2020ish, associating with nazis. Not much changed except the marketing or veneer.    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:02:33

• And ICBM has really poor taste in people in general. Quacks, liars, nazis etc. Even SUSE has not been this bad.    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:03:59

• Bastian Venthur: Investigating popularity of Python build backends over time ☞ https://venthur.de/2024-01-26-build-backends.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:04:26

• Microsoft Lays Off Another 2K Workers, Highest Among GAFAM Layoffs This Year ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/25/Microsoft_Lays_Off_Another_2K_Workers_Highest_Among_GAFAM_Layof.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:04:57

• [Meme] Alien Company, Alien 'Value' ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/25/Meme_Alien_Company_Alien_Value.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:05:04

• In 2024, based on OFFICIAL figures (what companies say about themselves), no tech company fired more than Microsoft has. It's a failing company with heavy debt and fictional "value" (fraud).    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:06:29

• European Patent Office Outsourced to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (US), Dooming Confidentiality With Back-Doored Toys Such as SharePoint and OneDrive ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/24/European_Patent_Office_Outsourced_to_Microsoft_US_Dooming_Confi.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:06:52

• [Meme] European Patent Office (EPO) Pyramid Scheme ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/26/Meme_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Pyramid_Scheme.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:07:08

• [Teaser] European Patent Office and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/26/Teaser_European_Patent_Office_and_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:07:15

• Report by human rights monitoring group claims churches hit by military airstrikes in Myanmar ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/rerport-claims-churches-hit-by-military-airstrikes-in-myanmar/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:09:49

• JHL strike: Strike to hit train, metro and tram services next Friday ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20071578    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:10:10

• Food industry workers announce strike next week ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20071474    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:10:17

• Flathub Now Has Over One Million Active Flatpak App Users ☞ https://9to5linux.com/flathub-now-has-over-one-million-active-flatpak-app-users    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:11:21

• Open Source Firmware Libreboot 20240126 Adds Support for New Hardware ☞ https://9to5linux.com/open-source-firmware-libreboot-20240126-adds-support-for-new-hardware    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:11:32

• Flathub Blog: Over One Million Active Users, and Growing ☞ https://docs.flathub.org/blog/over-one-million-active-users-and-growing    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:12:17

• The Servo Blog: Two months in Servo: better inline layout, stable Rust, and more! ☞ https://servo.org/blog/2024/01/26/two-months-in-servo/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:14:25

• Yazi – terminal file manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/yazi-terminal-file-manager/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:14:53

• Top 10 tools for making bootable USB drives in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/134069/tools-for-making-bootable-usb-drives-in-linux.htm    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:15:23

• Rancid dead cockroach on a steak ☞ https://two-wrongs.com/dotnet-on-linux-update    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:16:25

• "Meduza has been outlawed for a year now" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/01/26/meduza-has-been-outlawed-for-a-year-now-but-we-re-holding-on-thanks-to-your-support | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:19:00

• "countries deemed ‘unfriendly’ by Kremlin" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/26/russia-to-open-polling-stations-abroad-for-upcoming-presidential-election-including-in-countries-deemed-unfriendly-by-kremlin | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:19:18

• Putin Announces New Nuclear Icebreaker As Part Of Arctic Fleet Expansion ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-nuclear-icebreaker-arctic-fleet/32793625.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:26:25

• "Hijack Guy, And Water Rockets Fly" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/26/hackaday-podcast-episode-254-ai-hijack-guy-and-water-rockets-fly/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:27:18

• Pluralistic: The long sleep of capitalism's watchdogs (26 Jan 2024) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/26/noclar-war/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:27:36

• The watchdogs are not appointed by the state anymore. While corporations bribe nearly everyone, and there is no regulator to punish them for doing so, we're at the mercy of whistleblowers and bloggers.    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:28:36

• The COVID-19 scandals showed what happens when super-rich people have already 'snookered' regulators and health bodies. They do anything they want, even when it's clear it would harm the general public.    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:29:51

• Is it worth collecting cassettes in 2024? ☞ https://rubenerd.com/is-it-worth-collecting-cassettes-in-2024/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:30:32

• What’s Hiding in the Immigration & Border Deal? More Mass Surveillance ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/whats-hiding-in-the-immigration-border-deal-more-mass-surveillance    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:31:32

• "There’s not much that’s more inadvertently hilarious than the efforts of law enforcement officials to convince the general public that simply being in the immediate area of fentanyl could result in instant death." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/26/california-das-office-used-a-made-up-story-about-a-dead-kid-to-pitch-its-fentanyl-fantasies/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:44:03

• "counterterrorism" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/26/judge-releases-last-of-the-newburgh-four-excoriates-fbi-for-the-entrapment-it-calls-counterterrorism/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:44:20

• A DIY E-Ink Tank Watch ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/26/a-diy-e-ink-tank-watch/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:44:59

• Nanotechnology In Ancient Rome? There Is Evidence ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/26/nanotechnology-in-ancient-rome-there-is-evidence/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:51:10

• "Most of us have played with a Cartesian-style 3D printer. Maybe you’ve even built a rigid delta. In this case, [Diffraction Limited] decided to a little further away from the norm with a cable-based delta design." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/26/building-a-cable-driven-delta-printer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:52:00

• Popularity of Finland's national parks continues to rise ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20071476    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:52:55

• Consumers struggle with rising housing costs ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20071516    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:54:23

• Energy company, Fortum, may lay off up to 130 of its staff ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20071604    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:54:32

• Salesfarce reportedly lays off 700 employees following recruiting push ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/01/26/salesforce-reportedly-lays-off-700-employees-following-recruiting-push/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:55:25

• It's not just that many companies fire loads of workers; the remaining ones are made to work harder and more hours, for a salary lower (as per purchasing power) than before    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:56:28

• And OF COURSE the "Hey Hi (AI)" layoffs have ALREADY begun. The bubble is not bursting overnight. In 2024 many companies with ".ai" in their domain will vanish quietly, along the the money stupid (gullible) "investors" sank into them.    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:58:03

• What buzzwords will come AFTER "G.A.I."? Surely Microsoft has failed at "Clown Computing" and would rather not talk about it and rebrand it all as a new thing, typically some "HEY HI" something....    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:59:15

• 2000: docom bubble. 2024: dot-CON bubble.    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 14:59:56

• Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) the FUTURE IS BRIGHT! That's RIGHT! Hey Hi (AI)Hey Hi (AI)Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/01/26/deepfakes-wild-big-ai-funding-rounds-mixed-bag-earnings-layoffs/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:00:42

• Google search is "HEY HI". You put a search term and it does "some logic", hence "HEY HI". A kettle with a thermostat in it is also "HEY HI" because it decides when the water is hot enough. VERY VERY SMART.    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:02:02

• If only people in 1974 knew that in 2024 we'd have an "HEY HI REVOLUTION" such as the electric kettle with a thermostat built in.    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:03:04

• Never before could we do voice synthesis except in the 1950s!    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:03:36

• Face recognition tech is decades older than the Apollo Missions to the Moon    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:04:19

• Next month Apple 'invents' VR    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:04:47

• mexiconewsdaily pushes cranks, Microsoft SPAM, quack "medicine".... and now horoscopes... domain DEFUNCT https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/february-horoscopes-tarot-readings-from-san-miguel-de-allende/ see https://techrights.org/n/2023/12/11/Online_Media_as_a_Lying_Machine_of_Microsoft_and_Bill_Gates_and.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:07:38

• Social Media Law ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/26/utah-delays-constitutional-reckoning-over-its-social-media-law-by-promising-to-repeal-replace-it/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:23:31

• 23andMe Breach Targeted Jewish and Chinese Customers, Lawsuit Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/business/23andme-hack-data.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:24:13

• What Fani Willis controversy means for major lawsuit against Trump ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2024/0126/What-Fani-Willis-controversy-means-for-major-lawsuit-against-Trump    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:25:32

• Australia PM condemns neo-Nazis after arrest of 'disguised' group ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-pm-condemns-neo-nazis-after-arrest-of-disguised-group    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:26:00

• "Police Scotland has agreed to pay £5,500 ($6,967 U.S.) to settle a lawsuit brought by Angus Cameron, a street preacher who was handcuffed and detained for "homophobic language." The agency will also pay £9,400 ($11,907 U.S.) for Cameron's legal costs." ☞ https://reason.com/2024/01/26/brickbat-thought-crime-2/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:31:27

• No, Blocking Traffic Is Not Protected by the First Amendment ☞ https://reason.com/2024/01/26/no-blocking-traffic-is-not-protected-by-the-first-amendment/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:32:08

• A Constitutionally Dubious California Bill Would Ban Possession of CG Child Pornography ☞ https://reason.com/2024/01/26/a-constitutionally-dubious-california-bill-would-ban-possession-of-ai-generated-child-pornography/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:32:38

• Kenyan Court Blocks Deployment of Police Force to Haiti ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/world/africa/kenya-haiti-peacekeeping-force.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:33:17

• "An Emacs function that reads a single char, then runs a query replace backwards from where you are, letting you optionally replace that char with spaces. After the query replace it then sends you back to where you were." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/fix-spaces    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:36:35

• Updates to in-progress separated specifications gemini://geminiprotocol.net/news/2024_01_27.gmi "Over the past week or so I have some updates to the separated, more formal specifications for both the Gemini network protocol and the "gemtext" markup format"    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 15:37:42

• Ex-Deputy Chief Of Kyrgyz Customs Service Added To Wanted List ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-matraimov-customs-chief-wanted-list-corruption/32793347.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 21:25:45

• Kazakh Lawmakers Propose Bill Legalizing Refusal Of Accreditation Of Foreign Media ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-journalists-accreditation-legalizing-refusal-foreign-media-rferl/32793542.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 21:26:14

• US national security advisor to meet Chinese foreign minister in Bangkok ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/us-china-bangkok-01262024060932.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 21:28:21

• Texas governor asserts state right to self-defense in response to escalating southern border tensions ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/texas-governor-asserts-state-right-to-self-defense-in-response-to-escalating-southern-border-tensions/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 21:29:09

• UN warns of growing power of gangs in Haiti igniting tensions across the Caribbean ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/un-warns-of-growing-power-of-gangs-in-haiti-igniting-tensions-across-the-caribbean/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 21:29:40

• US Senator releases letter alleging NSA buys personal data without warrant ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/us-senator-releases-letter-alleging-nsa-buys-personal-data-without-warrant/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 21:39:12

• Lessons from Past Sins and Corruption Can Bolster Future Network Security: NDSS Symposium 2024 ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2024/01/lessons-from-past-sins-and-corruption-can-bolster-future-network-security-ndss-symposium-2024/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 21:40:17

• With six months to go before the 2024 Olympic Games, will Paris be ready? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/sport/20240126-with-six-months-to-go-before-the-2024-olympic-games-will-paris-be-ready    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 21:43:14

• The African Union is working on peace in Sudan: expert explains why it’s in everyone’s interests ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/the-african-union-is-working-on-peace-in-sudan-expert-explains-why-its-in-everyones-interests/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 21:43:43

• SDSP 2024 “critical in shaping military leaders” – Kubu ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/sdsp-2024-critical-in-shaping-military-leaders-kubu/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 21:44:05

• "Flashes Fighting Hunger" ☞ https://kentwired.com/112163/latest-updates/flashes-fighting-hunger-seek-student-volunteers/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 21:44:48

• Hackers Earn $1.3M for Tesla, EV Charger, Infotainment Exploits at Pwn2Own Automotive ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-earn-1-3m-for-tesla-ev-charger-infotainment-exploits-at-pwn2own-automotive/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 21:45:11

• /federal-information-doctrine.html    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:01:50

• Bogomil Shopov - Bogo: Thunderbird Council, FOSDEM, OpenStreetMap, KDE Plasma6. ☞ https://talkweb.eu/openweb/4104/    

posted Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 13:03:14