Roy Schestowitz

• Benchmarked: Is ‘Monster Hunter Wilds’ Playable On Steam Deck ☞ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/02/05/monster-hunter-wilds-is-unplayable-on-steam-deck/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:00:18

• Valve Warns Millions Of Steam Users About Abandoned Games ☞ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/02/05/valve-warns-millions-of-steam-users-about-abandoned-games/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:00:31

• Phishing via "com-" prefix domains, (Wed, Feb 5th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31654    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:01:33

• Notorious B.I.G. Estate Sues Target, Home Depot, and Several Others Over Alleged ‘King of New York’ Photo Infringement ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/05/biggie-smalls-lawsuit-february-2025/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:02:10

• Photo of Elon Musk, The Insurrectionist and Benjamin Netanyahu is AI-generated ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250205-photo-of-elon-musk-donald-trump-and-benjamin-netanyahu-is-ai-generated    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:02:41

• Hong Kong products targeted in US Pres. The Insurrectionist’s new China tariffs, says Washington ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/05/hong-kong-products-targeted-in-us-pres-donald-trumps-new-china-tariffs-says-washington/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:02:58

• Historical protest movements at UMich: Women’s Movement ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-life/historical-protest-movements-at-umich-womens-movement/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:03:17

• Historical protest movements at UMich: Black Action Movement ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-life/historical-protest-movements-at-umich-black-action-movement/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:03:34

• Historical protest movements at UMich: Environmental activism ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-life/historical-protest-movements-at-umich-environmental-activism/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:03:51

• Historical protest movements at UMich: Anti-war protests ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-life/historical-protest-movements-at-umich-anti-war-protests/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:04:08

• Qt is again promoting slop and GPL infringement ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/which-is-the-best-llm-for-prompting-qml-code-featuring-deepseek-v3    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:05:03

• Send Us Photos of Changes to Federal Buildings ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/upshot/government-buildings-photos.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:05:44

• schneier as Microsoft megaphone for Hey Hi (AI) hype https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/on-generative-ai-security.html he should know better, but no... GAFAM relying by him again http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/09/The_EFF_Should_Know_Better_But_It_Is_Promoting_Mass_Surveillanc.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:06:56

• iWave Systems iW-RainboW-G54S credit card-sized SBC features an STM32MP133/MP135 OSM Size-S module ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/05/iwave-systems-iw-rainbow-g54s-credit-card-sized-sbc-features-an-stm32mp133-mp135-osm-size-s-module/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:07:22

• ModBerry 500 CM5: A Leap Forward in Industrial IoT Automation (Sponsored) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/05/modberry-500-cm5-a-leap-forward-in-industrial-iot-automation/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:07:55

• YOLO-Jevois leverages YOLO-World to enable open-vocabulary object detection at runtime, no dataset or training needed ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/06/yolo-jevois-leverages-yolo-world-to-enable-open-vocabulary-object-detection-at-runtime-no-dataset-or-training-needed/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:08:22

• Apple shares fall after China ponders mounting probe into App Store ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/05/apple-shares-china-ponders-mounting-probe-app-store/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:08:58

• Microsoft has a big backdoored Windows 10 problem, and it’s running out of time to solve it ☞ https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-has-a-big-windows-10-problem-and-its-running-out-of-time-to-solve-it/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:10:01

• South Korea’s industry ministry temporarily bans DeepSeek on security concerns, official says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-industry-ministry-temporarily-bans-deepseek-on-security-concerns-official-says    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:10:28

• Microsoft-infiltrated front group Warns Congress Against Banning Kids from Social Control Media ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-warns-congress-against-banning-kids-from-social-media/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:11:47

• Report: Amazon tipped to ship revamped Alexa Hey Hi (AI) updates later this month ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/05/report-amazon-tipped-ship-revamped-alexa-ai-updates-later-month/ surveillance for fools who want GAFAM to install microphones in their homes    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:13:19

• Mail Online sued by agency for payment over Mahsa Amini image ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/mail-online-sued-by-agency-for-payment-over-mahsa-amini-image/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:13:51

• LWN site tour 2025 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1006001/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:14:30

• Qt for MCUs 2.8.2 LTS released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-mcus-2.8.2-lts-released    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:15:02

• "So is ibm down to laying off young died wood since the dinosaurs are gone." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkb2en5m    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:20:51

• "how is power doing ? Are they having layoffs too ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkca37gf    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:22:50

• "Sorry folks. The Deep Seeks chips cam from NVIDIA. Smuggled in from Singapore. Youtube "Chinese Business Owner Admits Smuggling Nvidia High-End Chips; Deepseek Core Member Worked at Nvidia"" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk9jaxnh    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:23:34

• "Suddenly liberals pretend to care about the fusion of the public and private sector now that they don't have a "vaccine" to force on everyone." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkeng2qk    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 02:37:27

• Debian 13 to Feature GNOME 48 Desktop Environment ☞ https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-to-feature-gnome-48-desktop-environment/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:22:48

• FSF Blogs: Free Software Awards: Choose your nominations by March 5 ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2025-awards-nominations-open    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:23:55

• Tucana – GNU/Linux distribution built for customization ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tucana-linux-distribution-customization/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:24:28

• statCounter Reckons Less Than 10% in Mexico Still Use backdoored Windows to Access to Web and GNU/Linux Surges to All-Time High (Plus, Microsoft's Latest Debt Crisis) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/statCounter_Reckons_Less_Than_10_in_Mexico_Still_Use_Windows_to.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:25:20

• GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High in the United States, Based on statCounter ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/GNU_Linux_Reaches_All_Time_High_in_the_United_Stated_Based_on_s.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:25:28

• statCounter: Monaco Now 7% GNU/Linux ("Proper") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/05/statCounter_Monaco_Now_7_GNU_Linux_Proper.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:25:35

• How to build Ollama to run LLMs on RISC-V GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/how-build-ollama-run-llms-on-risc-v-linux    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:26:43

• OMG Ubuntu promoting Windows ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/ubuntu-tar-based-wsl-install    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:27:20

• Only a "Zealot" would oppose the use of Windows and only "conspiracy theorists" do not like Bill Gates    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:28:27

• Mozilla is pushing slop, which attacks the Web; Mozilla is a reckless company ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/firefox-135-0-released-extend-ai-chatbot-support-for-all-users/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:31:23

• "More than three years ago, ProPublica spotlighted America’s “sacrifice zones,” where communities in the shadow of industrial facilities were being exposed to unacceptable amounts of toxic air pollution." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-epa-toxic-air-pollution | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:41:22

• "How Gun Lobby, Cambridge Analytica Used Customer Data for Political Gain" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/guns-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:41:38

• "Job Creation and Tax Revenue" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-data-centers-study-bob-ferguson | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:41:58

• "At the same time, opponents of abortion in the state Legislature, stung by the passage of Amendment 3 in November, have filed a raft of bills aimed at thwarting implementation of the measure or undercutting its goals" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-abortion-ban-amendment-planned-parenthood-lawsuit | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:42:31

• Dune3D parametric CAD added to Flapi ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/dune3d-parametric-cad-added-to-flapi.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:44:41

• sdparm and sg3-utils compiled in OE ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/sdparm-and-sg3-utils-compiled-in-oe.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:44:50

• Servo in 2024: stats, features and donations ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1008137/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:45:40

• "At the ICANN 81 meeting in Istanbul on 10 November 2024, ISC president Jeff Osborn gave a presentation about the DNS Root Server System, in an effort to increase understanding of the Root Server System (RSS) and Root Server Operators (RSOs)." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/05/the-dns-root-server-system-gets-surprisingly-few-queries/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:20:37

• Mozilla Once Again Picks a Senior Vice President From Facebook (Privacy Violator) ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/peter-rojas-svp-new-products/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:23:08

• "The main board powering the Vertical Runner is a Raspberry Pi 4 8GB model." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/this-raspberry-pi-portable-cyberdeck-is-straight-out-of-a-sci-fi-movie | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:29:02

• "Home automation is not only useful but can also be a great deal of fun, particularly when setting up cool automations or connecting different devices together in new ways." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/diy-home-automation-with-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:29:14

• "cybersecurity standards" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-achieves-iso-21434-certification | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:31:30

• "The European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (EU CRA, or CRA for short) is coming." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/what-the-cyber-resilience-act-cra-means-for-iot-manufacturers | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:32:22

• FSF Events: Live virtual memorabilia auction on March 23, 2025 ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/memorabilia-auction-2025-03-23    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:42:56

• FSF Blogs: The right to repair supports more than just sustainability and affordability ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/the-right-to-repair-supports-software-freedom    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:48:33

• Ubuntu Desktop Director of Engineering Has Only One Blog Post. It Promotes Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Windows. (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/Ubuntu_Desktop_Director_of_Engineering_Has_Only_One_Blog_Post_I.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:48:43

• FOSSASIA 2025 – Operating systems, open hardware, and firmware sessions ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/07/fossasia-2025-operating-systems-open-hardware-and-firmware-sessions/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:52:07

• Encpipe – encryption tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/encpipe-encryption-tool/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:54:05

• Rouge – elegant, extendable code highlighter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rouge-elegant-extendable-code-highlighter/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:54:22

• "The vulnerabilities described below were identified during an external security audit by Radically Open Security and disclosed responsibly to our team." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6-12/ | Source: Tor    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:58:50

• "According to the development team, several vulnerabilities were discovered during an external security audit by Radically Open Security" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/tails-6-12-rolls-out-sealing-critical-security-gaps/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:59:46

• Papers Expects to replace Evince as GNOME Default PDF Viewer ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/papers-replace-evince-gnome-pdf-viewer/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 10:02:34

• How MIG maximizes GPU efficiency on OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/02/06/how-mig-maximizes-gpu-efficiency-openshift-ai    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 10:05:30

• Ridiculous circus of buzzwords https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/open-source-ai-red-hats-point-view    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 10:07:31

• SJVN gets paid to spread on Red Hat's ridiculous circus of buzzwords https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hats-take-on-open-source-ai-pragmatism-over-utopian-dreams/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 10:08:33

• Stefanie Chiras, Microsoft booster at Red Hat https://www.crn.com/news/channel-news/2025/2025-channel-chiefs-the-50-most-influential?page=37    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 10:09:25

• ridiculous circus of buzzwords https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/beyond-ai-pilot-project-building-foundation-generative-ai    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 10:11:08

• The Engineer’s Guide to Controlling Configuration Drift https://thenewstack.io/the-engineers-guide-to-controlling-configuration-drift/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 10:11:52

• "This FAQ addresses the most common questions we hear from those exploring how to migrate their VMs to OpenShift." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/migration-toolkit-virtualization-faqs-field | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 10:13:07

• Evolving our middleware strategy ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/evolving-our-middleware-strategy    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 10:14:43

• "As we move into 2025, CLI tools continue to evolve, offering more features and better performance to help developers work faster and smarter." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/linux-cli-tools-for-developers/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 10:22:50

• "SECO will unveil its latest embedded computing solutions at Embedded World 2025, featuring Twin Lake and Arrow Lake architectures." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/seco-introduces-new-intel-based-embedded-solutions-at-embedded-world-2025/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 10:23:16

• OpenWrt 24.10 Brings Kernel 6.6 and Initial WiFi 7 Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/openwrt-24-10-brings-kernel-6-6-and-initial-wifi-7-support/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 10:24:20

• "[Editor’s note: This video disappeared, but it has been archived here. We’re leaving the original links as-were in case they come back up.]" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/lorentz-cannon-fires-lightning/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 11:54:24

• "Wasting Scammers Time!" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/a-great-use-for-ai-wasting-scammers-time/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 11:54:50

• "a processor more beefy than an early 90s budget PC can run Doom just fine" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/running-doom-on-an-apple-lightning-to-hdmi-adapter/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 11:55:58

• T1 Is A RISC-V Cray ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/t1-is-a-risc-v-cray/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 11:56:21

• "But the ruling by the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana has upended this, concluding that a termination under US law applies globally." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/04/bombshell-ruling-on-global-music-copyright-termination-emerges/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 11:57:08

• "Part 2: Copyrightability analyzes the type and level of human contribution sufficient for outputs created using generative AI to be eligiPluralistic: Announcing the Picks and Shovels book tour (06 Feb 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/06/picks-and-shovels-tour/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:26:23

• ble for copyright protection in the United States." ☛ https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2025/02/inside-the-copyright-offices-report-copyright-and-artificial-intelligence-part-2-copyrightability/ | Source: LOC    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 11:57:27

• [Old] "AI raises fundamental questions for copyright law and policy, which many see as existential. To what extent will AI-generated content replace human authorship?" ☛ https://copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-1-Digital-Replicas-Report.pdf | Source: US Copyright Office    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 11:57:48

• [Old] "Over the last year, artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems and the rapid growth of their capabilities have attracted significant media and public attention. One type of AI" ☛ https://copyright.gov/ai/docs/Federal-Register-Document-Artificial-Intelligence-and-Copyright-NOI.pdf | Source: US Copyright Office    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 11:58:16

• "Freshly unsealed court documents reveal that Meta downloaded significant amounts of data from shadow libraries through Anna's Archive." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/meta-torrented-over-81-tb-of-data-through-annas-archive-despite-few-seeders-250206/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 11:58:33

• "Do you make things, and have you got almost ten minutes to spare? If not, make the time because this video by [PrintLab] is chock-full of healthy and practical design tips." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/solid-tips-for-designing-assistive-technology-or-anything-else-really/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 11:59:38

• "And as far as finding new players goes: essentially there are some generic servers, some servers for particular games or publishers, and for your tables." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-02-06-discord    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:02:09

• This conflates choice with biology; biology is not a choice gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-02-04-human-rights    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:03:52

• 70MM gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2025-02-0770mm.txt    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:05:15

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1548.jpg    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:06:28

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1198.jpg    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:06:36

• 🔤SpellBinding: BDEWLOF Wordo: TINNY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/ensemble/gemlog/2025-02-07.gmi    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:07:14

• "I’m not really using encrypted mails, but I often verify various downloaded file hashes or signatures (You, dear reader, also verify files downloaded from the internet, right? RIGHT?). So, I’m rather passive user of cryptography. And I’m glad to announce, that I’ve found a “new” interesting project:" gemini://aelspire.info/posts/2025-02-07-minisign/post.gmi    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:08:19

• "For the hat I used some ivory/beige yarn I had gotten for my birthday. I wanted to use a shell stitch, so I looked up a free hat pattern that used a shell stitch, then added on an extra row of increase to the crown, and the border of single crochets at the end." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/emily/20250205.gmi    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:09:36

• News and Links Digest (publ. 2025-02-06) gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250206-0.gmi    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:10:27

• "So I was randomly browsing and found this talk by Peter van Hardenberg, “Why Can’t We Make Simple Software?”. [1] This YouTube comment summarizes it well: «This presentation is basically the talk I have with every stakeholder at some point but most of it just gets dismissed as “nerd shit”» - JordanManfrey" gemini://charptr.fyi/post/20250204    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:12:10

• "Writing feels like an odd thing sometimes, though I suspect it's more me and the way I think that's the problem." gemini://tirohia.smol.pub/1738876071    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:13:12

• "A gopkg url for only rssgoemail is totally a bad idea. Also, looking at the latest typosquatting attack against the Go's ecosystem, I though that avoiding future issues with my code ending in mirrors around the world is a good idea." gemini://gemini.abiscuola.com/gemlog/gopkg.gmi    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:14:08

• Trademarks ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/fans-dogecoin-crypto-disgusted-musk | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:19:26

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:21:57

• "Sales from October through December hit $187.8 billion, up 10 percent from a year earlier. Profit rose 88 percent, to $20 billion. Both were roughly in line with Wall Street expectations" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/technology/amazon-earnings-profits.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:22:28

• "We can organize across borders and oceans in many ways." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/tech-silicon-valley-trump-data-oligarchs/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:22:41

• "every one who offers to the public to carry persons, property, or messages, excepting only telegraphic messages, is a common carrier of whatever he thus offers to carry" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/06/spam-emails-spam-lawsuit-the-gop-tries-to-break-gmail-by-court-order/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:23:11

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/chaos-computer-club-supports-hackers-facing-legal-battle-with-railway-manufacturer/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:23:47

• "This is a cop who sees knives and starts shooting people in the head. In a normal world, his supervisors might have recognized a disturbing trend before it put the officer behind bars." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/washington-cop-with-odd-predilection-for-seeing-knives-and-shooting-people-in-the-head-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:30:44

• "In this post we will provide more details about what kind of a profile and leadership style we’re seeking for this role in preparation for the information session we will host next week." ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/what-are-we-looking-for-in-our-next-executive-director/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:31:06

• "I feel like someone should be trying to connect the dots between "crime is at an all-time low" and "jail population has increased by 35%"." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/send-more-cops/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:31:35

• "99% of Indian H1Bs will be replaced by slightly smarter LLMs, they’re going back don’t worry guys" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/607934/doge-marko-elez-elon-musk-racist-posts | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:31:55

• "The 25-year-old DOGE operative resigned Thursday after The Wall Street Journal asked the White House about his connection, if any, with problematic posts on Elon Musk's social network." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/doge_staffer_twitter/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:32:14

• "In his confirmation hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr told Bernie Sanders that he opposes health care as a human right." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/02/rfk-bernie-health-care-rights/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:33:05

• "Shamshad Agha’s arrest underscores a grim intent by Azerbaijani authorities to silence and further restrict the country’s small and embattled independent media community" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/02/azerbaijan-jails-21st-journalist-in-15-months-amid-intensifying-media-crackdown/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:33:53

• "Leavitt responded to a claim spreading on social media that Politico and the Associated Press have for years received millions of dollars from the U.S. Agency for International Development" ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51246185/white-house-says-it-will-cancel-8m-in-politico-subscriptions | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:34:09

• "Did you ever hear about the fable / story called "The Emperor's New Clothes " ? Well Alvind is like the emperor of that story and his elves like Alvind's obese lapdog Kavanaugh are running one massive Ponzi scheme. That's why the stock is up and jobs are moving to India where they cover up and whitewash the truth." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkca37gf    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:36:00

• "As much as I enjoy writing, it doesn’t pay enough for me as an independent journalist to keep it up anymore." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/06/amy-is-retiring-probably/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:36:28

• "Late Monday night, unidentified perpetrators threw red paint on SVT’s entrance and smashed a window, marking the fourth time the broadcaster was vandalized since last September." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/02/swedish-public-broadcaster-svts-building-vandalized/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:37:18

• "CCNow is preparing a roster of activities to help our fellow journalists cope with this fast-moving crisis." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/trump-journalism-climate-newsrooms/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:37:37

• "call it what it really is - IBM is a huge Ponzi scheme to defraud investors." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfggs39    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:38:43

• "Azerbaijani authorities detained two more journalists this week, bringing the number held in the past year to nearly two dozen." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/azerbaijan-detains-two-more-journalists-as-watchdogs-denounce-crackdown/7965789.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:38:53

• "For IBM and other technology companies, there is no point to stay in those countries..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfgp7xq    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:40:17

• "hose countries are not profitable in today's business climate - if you have no money, how and why would you buy Alvind's junk which is only fit for the scrapyard ? After all, nothing IBM makes is of value any more. Alvind and Kavanaugh are running one huge Ponzi scheme. Wall street will catch on soon enough. Can you say stock bubble ?"    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:40:34

• "More surprised to find out IBM was operating there to begin with." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfgp7xq    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:40:52

• "This revocation of our right to practice our profession is without precedent" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/06/le-monde-criticizes-disguised-expulsion-of-reporter-from-russia-a87882 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:41:02

• "Love it and love to watch everyone cry about it in the askAK monthly gripe fest. This month was particularly satisfying." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfef8pw    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:41:40

• "Shabanov has psoriatic arthritis, an autoimmune disease affecting the skin and joints." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/05/russian-jazz-musician-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison-for-anti-war-facebook-posts-a87879 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:43:57

• "good Manners." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/03/british-library-theater-censorship-archives/681437/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:44:26

• "last week's unearthing of old posts denigrating Islam and George Floyd has unleashed a scandal that has harmed her reputation and the film's chances of Oscars glory." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/2274457.html | Source: RTL    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:44:48

• "In 2012, Alexander Aan, a civil servant, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for blasphemy after sharing atheist content on Facebook." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/is-indonesia-cracking-down-on-atheism/a-71524951 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:45:05

• "In 2022, Stroykin criticized Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in a post on the social media site VKontakte." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/06/russian-singer-songwriter-dies-after-falling-from-window-during-police-raid | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:45:31

• "A well-known St. Petersburg musician fell to his death from the window of his 10th-floor apartment during police searches over his alleged donations to the Ukrainian military, media reported Thursday." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/06/russian-musician-dies-after-fall-from-window-during-police-search-reports-a87886 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:47:35

• "Today I had another conversation with my attorney, who reiterated her guidance that I need to not talk about any of this, period." ☛ https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/02/about-the-cease-and-desist-notice | Source: Adam Newbold    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:48:04

• "Texas Senate Bill 336 (SB 336) is an attack on the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), the state’s landmark anti-SLAPP law, passed in 2011 with overwhelming bipartisan support." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/protecting-free-speech-texas-we-need-stop-sb-336 | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:48:51

• "Sycophants do sycophantic things, that much is known. But the level to which newly-minted FCC chairman Brendan Carr has voluntarily debased himself purely to achieve his current station is extraordinary." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/06/no-more-pretense-carrs-fcc-threatens-news-radio-station-for-reporting-the-news-too-specifically/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:49:10

• "fake E! News video about USAID created by pro-Kremlin disinformation network" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/06/elon-musk-and-trump-jr-repost-fake-e-news-video-about-usaid-created-by-pro-kremlin-disinformation-network | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:49:43

• "While the videos, which were posted on X, may at first appear to be real, they are actually deepfakes — fake videos created with artificial intelligence to look authentic." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/deepfake-video-impersonates-voa-press-freedom-reporter/7964722.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:50:25

• "shift to AI" = a lie and excuse ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/06/workday-layoffs-ai/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:52:19

• "The news of the layoffs was revealed in a memo to employees that was published as part of a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/05/workday-lays-off-1760-employees-focus-ai-platform-innovation/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:53:13

• "Peer-reviewed papers, he says, can provide cover to politicians who want to make certain decisions and they can also be used in court." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/trump-nih-pick-launched-controversial-scientific-journal/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:53:52

• "Kapo-berg Was at White House for Meetings on Thursday" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-02-06/zuckerberg-was-at-white-house-for-meetings-on-thursday-official-says | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:54:29

• "The lithium-ion batteries that power our phones, laptops, and even cars are inherently imperfect and destined to degrade over time." ☛ https://www.vox.com/technology/398430/iphone-battery-life-lithium-ion | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:55:24

• "Having faced the destructive impacts of Russia’s weaponization of energy, the Baltic states have become leaders among European nations in severing ties with Russia’s energy supplies over the past decade." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/baltic-states-unplug-from-russias-power-grid-but-moscow-still-looms-over-critical-infrastructure/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:55:44

• "Regulation of cryptocurrencies was an issue in last November's US election." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2025/02/on-not-being-immutable.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:56:16

• "Using ChatGPT consumes a 500 ml bottle of water; so what?" ☛ https://notes.ghed.in/posts/2025/ai-chatgpt-energy-water-consumption/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:56:39

• "Not just convinced: they are all in, hopeful that, like any truly revolutionary technology, AI [sic] (Ponzi) holds substantial rewards for those who master it, even if it incurs “externalities,” including frying the planet."    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:57:14

• "Night trains in France carried one million people in 2024, up 23 percent from the previous year, according to clean transport advocacy group T&E." ☛ https://www.thelocal.dk/20250206/venice-sleeper-train-setback-reveals-europes-rail-troubles | Source: The Local DK    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:57:37

• "We are noticing that the water is getting warmer" ☛ https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/norwegian-coastal-waters-are-getting-warmer/423905 | Source: The Barents Observer    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 12:58:15

• "Technology, as shaped by today’s market-driven priorities, carries immense hidden environmental and social costs. The tech sector is one of the fastest-growing contributors to waste and energy consumption." ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/the-mirage-of-eu-techno-solutionism-to-the-climate-crisis/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:01:17

• "January 2025 globally was 0.09 degrees Celsius (0.16 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than January 2024, the previous hottest January, and was 1.75 degrees Celsius (3.15 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than it was before industrial times" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/environment/earth-hits-record-january-heat-despite-la-nia-and-cooling-predictions-1859356 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:01:55

• "Uncontrolled reentries of space objects create a collision risk with aircraft in flight. While the probability of a strike is low, the consequences could be catastrophic." ☛ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-84001-2 | Source: Nature    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:02:11

• "Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected airspace is closed as a precaution, according to a new study by three University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/space-junk-potential-to-disrupt-air-travel-1.7451866 | Source: CBC    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:02:38

• "According to The Economist (archive), more than 50 such systems are now deployed in Poland and Russia to help protect water supplies: [...]" ☛ https://kottke.org/24/12/eight-clams-control-this-polish-citys-water-supply | Source: Jason Kottke    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:02:50

• "Led by a team from Paris-Saclay University in France" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/radioactive-dust-still-blows-over-the-sahara-from-cold-war-nuclear-tests | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:04:56

• "Researchers correlated survey outcomes, including python removals, with survey conditions, using statistical modeling." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-burmese-python-code-analysis-reveals.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:05:19

• "show — consistent with 60 Minutes' repeated assurances to the public — that the 60 Minutes broadcast was not doctored or deceitful." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51246180/fcc-releases-60-minutes-transcript-full-video-of-kamala-harris-interview | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:10:08

• "There are a lot of problems with Vance’s drive-by exegesis of Christian texts." ☛ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/398460/jd-vance-ordo-amoris-order-love-christianity-catholic-charity | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:10:23

• "So, really, if anyone were briefed on how emails can be insecure, you would hope it was the Trump administration." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/06/but-her-emails-redux-team-trump-makes-cia-send-list-of-all-recently-hired-employees-over-unclassified-email/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:12:04

• "This order comes after reporting from earlier this week that, despite promises from the Treasury Department that Krause had “read only” access" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/06/a-dangerous-lack-of-clarity-does-doges-negotiated-read-only-access-mean-read-only-access-to-data-or-code/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:12:32

• "Before the election, Donald Trump disavowed Project 2025 because it veered so far to the right." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/usaid-musk-trump-project-2025/681590/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:12:59

• "What Musk is doing is illegal" ☛ https://wgno.com/news/nmw/sanders-what-musk-is-doing-is-illegal/ | Source: Nexstar Media Group Inc    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:13:48

• "It’s also true that, if cutting the federal government is what this is all about, then Trump and Musk would not be bothering with tiny U.S.A.I.D." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/elon-musks-revolutionary-terror | Source: New Yorker    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:14:09

• "Congress makes laws and appropriates funds, not the president" ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/02/06/dc/u-s-senate-confirms-russ-vought-a-project-2025-author-to-manage-the-nations-budget/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:14:37

• "political integrity" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/04/greenland-foreign-contributions-election-trump/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:15:05

• "Gathered on the eastern steps of the US Treasury Department’s DC headquarters Tuesday evening" ☛ https://www.vox.com/trump-administration/398459/trump-resistance-musk-democratic-opposition-democrats | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:15:39

• "The crowd had been marshaled by a trio of liberal advocacy groups: Move On and the Working Families Party as well as Indivisible." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/treasury-musk-protesters-demand-action-from-democrats/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:18:38

• "Trump, as he promised his Christian evangelical base" ☛ https://ffrf.org/news/releases/trump-weaponizing-justice-department-to-enforce-christian-privilege/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:19:03

• "Reckless attacks on federal workers risk reversing recent progress in addressing the federal government's cyber workforce shortage" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/06/democrat_trump_admin_letter/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:19:29

• "It was reported earlier that Elez, at least, had gained sysadmin-level access to Treasury systems" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/06/federal_court_leashes_doges_tresury_access/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:20:15

• "Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/judge-blocks-treasury-payments-systems-from-doge/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:20:53

• "Democrats put up a 30-hour floor fight against Vought, one of the architects of the Heritage Foundation’s playbook to dismantle the federal government" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/russell-vought-confirmed-omb-director-senate/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:22:57

• "Both the task force and FARA were used by the bureau to investigate, charge and disrupt foreign and domestic actors" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/doj-disbands-foreign-influence-task-force/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:23:27

• "On July 15, 2024, Prince took the stage at a Heritage Foundation event in Wisconsin, where he delivered a startling admission." ☛ https://www.mintpressnews.com/erik-prince-smells-blood-in-gaza-and-hes-ready-to-cash-in/289018/ | Source: Mint Press News    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:24:02

• "Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed?" ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/2-degrees-climate-warming-target-dead.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:25:10

• "House Republicans block Democratic effort to subpoena Elon Musk" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/house-republicans-block-subpoena-elon-musk-doge/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:25:33

• "Seven Italians and victims in more than a dozen other European countries were targeted with spyware as part of a broad hacking campaign revealed by WhatsApp on Friday, the Italian government said." ☛ https://therecord.media/italy-paragon-spyware-targeted-european-victims-whatsapp | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:26:31

• "Alphabet, Google's parent company, has reversed its stance on avoiding artificial intelligence (AI) applications for weapons and surveillance." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/google-reverses-stance-now-permits-weapons-development-revised-ai-guidelines-competition-heats-1730790 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:26:52

• "While a visually striking example—indeed, an American tech billionaire paying people in a Global Majority country, in cryptocurrency, for their iris scans does ring of a dystopian Hollywood flick—it speaks to a bigger problem." ☛ https://epic.org/paying-for-iris-scans-ai-fueled-surveillance-harms/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:27:08

• "If you hit “Switch plans,” the site won’t show you the non-Copilot option — only other plans they want you to upgrade to." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/06/how-to-remove-copilot-ai-from-your-office-365-subscription-hit-cancel/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:27:25

• "Why it matters: Congress has struggled to navigate the security and administrative challenges posed by the rapid advancement of AI technology." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/30/house-congress-bans-deepseek-ai | Source: Axios    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:28:16

• "There were other, less alarming security and privacy issues highlighted in the report, but Hoog said he’s confident there are additional, unseen security concerns lurking within the app’s code." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/experts-flag-security-privacy-risks-in-deepseek-ai-app/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:28:40

• "A complaint [PDF], filed in federal court in northern California yesterday, is at least the fourth such lawsuit against Gravy since January" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/06/gravy_analytics_data_breach_suit/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:29:22

• "ISC-V is the new entrant into the SBC/low-end desktop space, and as I'm in possession of a HiFive Premier P550 motherboard" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/how-build-ollama-run-llms-on-risc-v-linux | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:33:25

• "Ollama is an open-source tool that helps you run open LLMs on your machine or a server." ☛ https://geshan.com.np/blog/2025/02/ollama-commands/ | Source: Geshan    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:33:59

• "Lyft announced a new partnership with Anthropic to use the Claude AI assistant to handle customer service requests." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/606866/lyft-anthropic-claude-ai-chatbot-customer-service | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:34:16

• "This is according to Context" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/06/ai_copilot_pc_sales/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:34:53

• "Researchers think the scrolls contain ancient literary and philosophical texts." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/using-ai-researchers-peer-inside-a-2000-year-old-scroll-charred-by-mount-vesuvius-eruption-180986011/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:35:43

• "description of Smoked Gouda that would appeal to cheese lovers." ☛ https://futurism.com/google-retroactively-edits-ai-ad | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:36:07

• "But there is an overarching story across the field: LLMs are getting smarter and more efficient." ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/02/04/a-gentle-intro-to-running-a-local-llm.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:36:31

• "But there is something fundamentally different about talking with a bot as opposed to a person. A person can be a friend." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/ais-and-robots-should-sound-robotic.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:36:59

• "The new payments relate to a $300 million agreement for optimization of the electronic health records (EHR) management system and a $29 million deal" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/06/oracle_cerner_va_reboot/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:38:48

• "could find it harder to avoid distractions" ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/air-pollution-mental-ability-impairment.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:39:49

• "When things are bad, as they so very often are, I like to crawl into a little hole and stay there, curled up" ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/im-gonna-keep-making-shit-and-i-hope-you-will-too | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:40:46

• "The first scientific study that helped popularize journaling as a mainstream form of mental health care" ☛ https://www.vox.com/life/393304/journaling-how-to-artists-way-shadow-work-mental-health-habit-goals | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:42:08

• "These actions, many of which defy Congress and are abuses of executive branch authority" ☛ https://dawnmena.org/trumps-gutting-of-foreign-aid-is-a-threat-to-global-health/ | Source: Democracy for the Arab World Now    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:42:21

• "This Apple adapter from 2012 has more power than a PC from 1993." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/doom-runs-on-an-apple-lightning-to-hdmi-dongle-soc-inside-adapter-has-enough-power-for-smooth-gameplay | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:43:57

• "Roughly a year ago I decided I had to do something about my slowly declining enjoyment of taking photos." ☛ https://lostfocus.de/2025/02/06/om-3/ | Source: Dominik Schwind    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:44:09

• "The Legislature’s Education Committee voted 7-0, with one member absent" ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/school-cellphone-ban-advances-to-full-nebraska-legislature-first-of-pillens-2025-priorities/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:46:37

• "Presentations are typically 30 minutes to one hour; we also accept five-minute lightning talks." ☛ https://www.cni.org/news/reminder-submit-your-proposal-for-cni%c2%92s-spring-2025-meeting | Source: Coalition for Networked Information    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:46:50

• "The same principle applies today. We live in an era where access to knowledge is not the bottleneck." ☛ https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=963 | Source: Unmitigated Risk    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:47:01

• "The emergence of computers and the [Internet] has reshaped nearly every aspect of how libraries operate" ☛ https://quadrangle.michigan.law.umich.edu/issues/winter-2024-2025/beyond-stacks-modern-evolution-law-libraries | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:47:13

• "Previously we knew that lower hemoglobin was beneficial, now we understand that an intermediate value has the highest benefit. [...] live births with low values of some oxygen transport traits if they have favorable values" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-are-evolving-before-our-eyes-on-the-tibetan-plateau | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:52:03

• "Before we can get there, we need to cover a bit more essential background." ☛ https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/02/06/how-to-prove-false-statements-part-2/ | Source: Cryptography Engineering    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:52:37

• "sizeable part of the insane lifestyle" ☛ https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/blog/simpler-things/ | Source: Simone Silvestroni    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:55:20

• "I try to value the humans on the [Internet] and not the machines on the [Internet]." ☛ https://sarajaksa.eu/2025/02/in-reply-to-tracys-guiding-principles-for-my-website/ | Source: Sara Jakša    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:55:37

• "I write on my blog to get thoughts out of my head and somewhere else. The main reason I don't just journal it privately is that I'm not motivated to write" ☛ https://chrisenns.com/2025/02/do-real-life-people-blog/ | Source: Chris Enns    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:56:10

• "It is time to rethink how we leverage usage data and web analytics to tell the story of how publishing impacts our global communities." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/06/telling-the-story-of-how-open-access-benefits-society-a-vision-for-the-future/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:58:32

• "Here are some insights from our ShinyConf Planning Committee on what makes a great proposal." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/everything-you-need-to-know-about-submitting-a-talk-for-shinyconf-2025/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:59:31

• EPO slopdown this evening. Received new leak.    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 13:59:53

• "Huge thanks to the AV team and the video-wizards behind the FOSDEM infrastructure." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/02/talking-contact-tracing-at-fosdem/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 14:00:04

• "I think my second tip might be even more important." ☛ https://remkusdevries.com/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-cursor-for-wordpress-code/ | Source: Remkus de Vries    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 14:00:44

• "Those seeking advanced security features will be pleased to learn that LibreOffice 25.2 introduces new privacy functions and, more specifically" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/libreoffice-25-2-office-suite-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 14:02:06

• "There's no better way to show a member of the free software community that you appreciate their efforts than by nominating them for a Free Software Award." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2025-awards-nominations-open | Source: FSF    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 14:03:57

• "PipeWire ♥ Sovereign Tech Agency" ☛ https://arunraghavan.net/2025/02/pipewire-sovereign-tech-agency/ | Source: Arun Raghavan    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 14:04:11

• "With the new cooler comes a control panel that is effectively a cheap Android phone, so it’s capable of much more." ☛ https://lmika.org/2025/02/07/about-my-new-coolers-programming.html | Source: Leon Mika    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 14:04:56

• "When I wrote about Ubuntu 24.04's completely broken bpftrace '0.20.2-1ubuntu4.2' package (which is now no longer available as an Ubuntu update)" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/Ubuntu2404BpftraceBadPackageII | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 14:05:16

• "A complete guide to configuring FreeBSD as an audiophile audio server: setting up system and audio subsystem parameters, real-time operation" ☛ https://m4c.pl/blog/freebsd-audio-setup-bitperfect-equalizer-realtime/ | Source: Marcin Szewczyk-Wilgan    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 14:05:38

• "Today, almost a month after its previous 24.12.1 release, KDE has rolled out the latest version of its app collection" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-gear-24-12-2-apps-collection-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 14:06:22

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 585 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/02/05/this-week-in-rust-585/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 14:08:39

• Microsoft Lunduke: Open Source is Anti-Free Speech ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/open-source-is-anti-free-speech    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:07:11

• LibreOffice 25.2, the office suite that meets today’s user needs ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/06/libreoffice-25-2/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:07:44

• How to Make Eggs Affordable Again ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/how-to-make-eggs-affordable-again    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:09:37

• Glaxnimate 0.6.0 Beta ☞ https://glaxnimate.org/news/releases/0.5.80/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:10:25

• LibreOffice 25.2 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1008342/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:10:57

• Commissioner for Patents Takes ‘Fork in the Road’ and Resigns from USPTO ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/02/06/commissioner-for-patents-takes-fork-in-the-road-and-resigns-from-uspto/id=185752/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:11:58

• Another independence day: Baltics count days to syncing with European electric grid ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2479505/another-independence-day-baltics-count-days-to-syncing-with-european-electric-grid    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:12:39

• Saeima committee mulls restricting travel from Latvia to Belarus ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/06.02.2025-saeima-committee-mulls-restricting-travel-from-latvia-to-belarus.a586660/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:12:47

• Frontex warns of Russian 'hybrid warfare tactics' on EU's eastern border ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/06.02.2025-frontex-warns-of-russian-hybrid-warfare-tactics-on-eus-eastern-border.a586801/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:13:02

• Trump's Ukraine Envoy Has 'Thorough Discussion' With Ukrainian Ambassador ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-markarova-kellogg-war-peace-plan/33306339.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:13:22

• To Keep Aid Coming, Ukraine Appeals to Convicted Felon Allies: Conservative Christians ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/world/europe/ukraine-national-prayer-breakfast.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:13:35

• Kellogg Rejects Report That Convicted Felon's Ukraine Peace Plan Will Be Revealed Next Week ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-envoy-keith-kellogg-speaks-munich-security-conference-ukraine-war/33304662.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:13:50

• Ukraine Welcomes Deliveries Of Mirage, F-16 Fighter Jets To Strengthen Air Defenses ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/france-delivers-mirage-2000-f16-ukraine-fighter-jets-air-defense-drones/33305406.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:14:02

• U.S. Attorney General Ends Task Force Targeting Assets Of Russian Oligarchs ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-oligarchs-justice-department-kleptoculture-bondi/33306008.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:14:16

• Russian foreign minister compares Convicted Felon’s ‘America First’ to Nazi propaganda ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russian-foreign-minister-compares-trumps-america-first-to-nazi-propaganda/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:16:44

• Ukraine can play a key role in Europe’s future energy architecture ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-can-play-a-key-role-in-europes-future-energy-architecture/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:20:56

• North Korea is the big beneficiary in its military partnership with Russia ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/north-korea-is-the-big-beneficiary-in-its-military-partnership-with-russia/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:21:32

• Latvian public media charity campaign for Ukraine launched ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/06.02.2025-latvian-public-media-charity-campaign-for-ukraine-launched.a586683/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:21:44

• Second UNHCR refugee support plan launched in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/06.02.2025-second-unhcr-refugee-support-plan-launched-in-latvia.a586608/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:22:00

• Charity concert with Latvian and Ukrainian musicians on February 28 ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/music/06.02.2025-charity-concert-with-latvian-and-ukrainian-musicians-on-february-28.a586732/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:22:09

• IBM Red Bait on "era of clown computing", pushing "hey hi" (AI) hype in Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Microsoft trap Azure (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/05/IBM_Red_Hat_on_era_of_cloud_computing_pushing_hey_hi_AI_hype_in.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:23:01

• How Much Money Does Arm Make In The Datacenter? ☞ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/06/how-much-money-does-arm-make-in-the-datacenter/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:24:03

• Ukraine's options: How to maintain US support in the age of Convicted Felon? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20250206-ukraine-s-options-how-to-maintain-us-support-in-the-age-of-trump    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:24:25

• IBASE IB839 3.5-inch SBC features defective chip maker Intel Atom x7211RE, Atom x7433RE, or Processor N97 CPU ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/06/ibase-ib839-3-5-inch-sbc-features-intel-atom-x7211re-atom-x7433re-or-processor-n97-cpu/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:24:50

• Amazon’s stock drops as cloud revenue comes up short and it doubles Hey Hi (AI) spending ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/06/amazons-stock-drops-cloud-revenue-comes-short-doubles-ai-spending/ "Hey hi" is a misleading smokescreen and the company is about 160 billion in debt    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:25:47

• About:Community: FOSDEM 2025: A Celebration of Open Source Innovation ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2025/02/06/fosdem-2025-a-celebration-of-open-source-innovation/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:28:35

• GNOME Tip – changing the size of the mouse pointer ☞ https://harishpillay.com/2025/02/06/gnome-tip-changing-the-size-of-the-mouse-pointer/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:29:48

• Docker Desktop 4.38: Hey Hi (AI) Agent, Faster Builds, and Smarter Kubernetes Testing ☞ https://linuxiac.com/docker-desktop-4-38-released/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:30:22

• This article is partly LLM slop, as is the image https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/30-lines-of-code-could-cut-data-center-power-use-by-30-177492.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:31:29

• 30 Lines of Code Could Cut Data Center Power Use by 30% ☞ https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/30-lines-of-code-could-cut-data-center-power-use-by-30-177492.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:32:07

• "It is China's turn to pillage Africa's resources and people." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfgp7xq    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:32:44

• "This is a logical extention of the current Fortune 500 (think enterprise) strategy. How many Fortune 500 companies are in Africa? Not many and it pays IBM to forgo some direct relationships to partner them out instead. The savings are at least 50% as IBM’s direct face to face model is quite expensive."    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:33:12

• "Partnerships make more sense when the majority of your customers are small and do not partake in your consulting or enterprise sized HW and SW offerings. It’s just a cost take out decision" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfgp7xq    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:33:28

• POWER "unfortunately not good..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkenz8p9    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:34:02

• "Power is suffering the consequences of a failed Intel abandonment strategy. When IBM exited Intel, Power was supposed to back fill via its Linux on Power offerings and new cloud power offerings offerings. Problem was Linux on Power wasn’t and still isn’t ready for prime time, and Power cloud offerings are an also ran."    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:34:40

• "As such almost every small and medium ISV said “no thanks” and adopted Intel Linux solutions instead or just redeployed on one of the major Intel cloud provider offerings."    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:34:44

• "Heck of a job Power exec’s You took an 8 billion a year business and shrank it to 500 million. Major Power ISV’s (think enterprise players like SAP) did take the LOP plunge as they couldn’t afford to abandon their large customers."    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:35:15

• "The results of this Power strategy has been a shrinking of the scaleout customer sets, (yep they have and continue to move to Intel), and a stagnation of the enterprise power customers (eg no growth but rather a replacement environment)"    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:35:20

• "There is a reason P11 is going to be more of a RAS offering and less of a bang for your buck offering. The enterprise power customers are demanding “mainframe reliability” in a Power package. It’s just a matter of time before IBM exits the HW and SW side of the power house (think partnership) and just farms the IP design side of the Power house"    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:35:47

• "Huh, didn't know Time was still a thing. ya, it definitely doesn't feel like a real company anymore. I might be the last white person left." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfggs39    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:38:15

• "LOL. First, he gifted Mario Shill to Trump as ward. Now this. Guys, I'm pretty sure Marvin Bishna reads these comments. Wonder how many severance packages they had to forgo to pay to get him on this year's list after IBM was ROASTED last year when NO ONE made it to their list of the 100 most influential people in AI or the Oprah Winfrey special. I think someone's fee-fees got hurt."    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:39:24

• ""LOL. First, he gifted Mario Shill to Trump as ward. Now this. Guys, I'm pretty sure Marvin Bishna reads these comments. Wonder how many severance packages they had to forgo to pay to get him on this year's list after IBM was ROASTED last year when NO ONE made it to their list of the 100 most influential people in AI or the Oprah Winfrey special. I think someone's fee-fees got hurt.""    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:39:50

• "Tell me you're a thin-skinned narcissist who reads negative social media comments about yourself and pays money to prove your trolls wrong without telling me you're a thin-skinned narcissist who reads negative social media comments about yourself and pays money to prove your trolls wrong. Loser." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfggs39    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:40:24

• "DEI is being mistaken often for US Equal Employment Opportunity laws. DEI is a benefit for Arvind and his vision for more free cash flow." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfef8pw    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:41:42

• OpenInfra board calls for input on joining 'Linux' Foundation ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1008386/ https://techrights.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:46:50

• pam_pkcs11: Possible Authentication Bypass in Error Situations (CVE-2025-24531) ☞ https://security.opensuse.org/2025/02/06/pam-pkcs11-pam-ignore-auth-bypass.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:47:17

• List top 10 CPU using processes in GNU/Linux ☞ https://tecadmin.net/top-10-cpu-using-processes-in-linux/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:47:58

• CoBang – QR code and barcode snanner ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cobang-qr-code-barcode-scanner/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:48:39

• YunoHost – GNU/Linux distribution simplifying server administration ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/yunohost-linux-distribution-simplifying-server-administration/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:49:00

• PixelViewer – cross-platform image viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pixelviewer-image-viewer/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:49:21

• vv – image viewer for sixel terminals ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vv-image-viewer-sixel-terminals/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:49:40

• ONLYOFFICE Docs 8.3 released: stamps and multi-page selection in PDF files, enhanced collaboration in sheets, Shape Merge and more ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/onlyoffice-docs-8-3-released-stamps-multi-page-selection-enhanced-collaboration/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:50:37

• XEphem – Serious Interactive Astronomical Software Ephemeris ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xephem-serious-interactive-astronomical-software-ephemeris/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:50:44

• sesdiff – generates a shortest edit script ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sesdiff-generates-shortest-edit-script/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:50:58

• Boxes – view, access, and manage remote and virtual systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/boxes-view-access-manage-remote-virtual-systems/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:51:05

• Ubuntu on backdoored Windows Subsystem for GNU/Linux (WSL) now enables easy enterprise deployment ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-now-enables-easy-enterprise-deployment/ They Promote Windows http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/When_BetaNews_Writes_Real_Articles_About_Linux_They_Promote_Win.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:52:34

• PCLinuxOS Recent Updates ☞ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5910    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:53:20

• When BetaNews Writes Real Articles About "Linux" They Promote backdoored Windows ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/When_BetaNews_Writes_Real_Articles_About_Linux_They_Promote_Win.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:53:36

• statCounter: More Countries Where backdoored Windows is Around 1% "Market Share" (People Have Moved to Android/Linux) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/statCounter_More_Countries_Where_Windows_is_Around_1_Market_Sha.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:53:44

• Tons of Anti-Linux 'Articles' Published by Bots (LLMs), Maybe Microsoft's ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/Tons_of_Anti_Linux_Articles_Published_by_Bots_LLMs_Maybe_Micros.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:53:54

• People may want to join you, if you treat them well ☞ https://rubenerd.com/people-may-want-to-join-you-if-you-treat-them-well/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:54:43

• Makulu Hey Hi (AI) Free Stock Market Analysis Tool ! ☞ http://www.makululinux.com/wp/2025/02/06/makulu-ai-free-stock-market-analysis-tool/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:55:42

• From the Daily Weekly: Unpackaging Overconsumption ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/multimedia/unpackaging-overconsumption/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:56:55

• France: New divisions among left-wing coalition after no confidence vote ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250206-new-divisions-among-left-wing-coalition    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:57:16

• LibreOffice 25.2 Released, This is What’s New ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/libreoffice-25-2-released-this-is-whats-new    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 18:58:32

• It's FOSS seems to be insinuating Windows is FOSS ☞ https://itsfoss.com/delete-linux-entry-boot-dual/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:01:34

• FOSS Weekly #25.06: GNU/Linux inside PDF file, Missing backdoored Windows from Grub, GTK Drops X11 and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-06/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:01:46

• Tons of Anti-Linux 'Articles' Published by Bots (LLMs), Maybe Microsoft's (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/Tons_of_Anti_Linux_Articles_Published_by_Bots_LLMs_Maybe_Micros.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:04:24

• Tails 6.12 Anonymous OS Fixes Security Issues in Tor Circuits, Persistent Storage ☞ https://9to5linux.com/tails-6-12-anonymous-os-fixes-security-issues-in-tor-circuits-persistent-storage    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:04:36

• LibreOffice 25.2 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is What’s New ☞ https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-25-2-open-source-office-suite-officially-released-this-is-whats-new    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:04:43

• KDE Gear 24.12.2 Improves Dolphin, Itinerary, Tokodon, and Many Other KDE Apps ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-24-12-2-improves-dolphin-itinerary-tokodon-and-many-other-kde-apps    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:04:55

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1008275/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:05:14

• Solving the Moving Sofa Problem ☞ https://rubenerd.com/solving-the-moving-sofa-problem/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:06:02

• Our new sandstone friend ☞ https://rubenerd.com/our-new-sandstone-friend/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:07:33

• Statically-linked sg_vpd utility compiled in OE ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/statically-linked-sgvpd-utility-compiled-in-oe.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:08:13

• Detect NVME SSD in USB caddy support trim ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/detect-nvme-ssd-in-usb-caddy-support-trim.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:08:37

• 1,000 Apps Used in Malicious Campaign Targeting Android Users in India ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/1000-apps-used-in-malicious-campaign-targeting-android-users-in-india/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:16:38

• Spyware is spreading far beyond its national-security role ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/spyware-is-spreading-far-beyond-its-national-security-role/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:17:07

• WAL-G 3.0.5 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/wal-g-305-released-3008/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:17:33

• CISA tags Abusive Monopolist Microsoft .NET and Apache OFBiz bugs as exploited in attacks ☞ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-tags-microsoft-net-and-apache-ofbiz-bugs-as-exploited-in-attacks/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:18:14

• Hugging Face platform continues to be plagued by vulnerable ‘pickles’ ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/hugging-face-platform-continues-to-be-plagued-by-vulnerable-pickles/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:18:38

• Fifteen essential Hey Hi (AI) resources for publishers ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/ai-resources-2025/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/21/Paywalls_Bots_Spam_and_Spyware_is_Future_of_the_Media_According.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/26/The_UK_s_Press_Gazette_Has_No_Credibility_Anymore_It_Celebrates.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/11/Why_is_UK_Press_Gazette_Jingoistic_About_Plagiarists_and_LLM_Sl.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:21:14

• Promoting buzzwords and plagiarism instead of fighting back is a losing strategy    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:21:46

• Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/wari-tie-dye    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:23:57

• Corruption and Rule-Breaking Prevail at the European Patent Office (EPO), Europe's Second-Largest Institution (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/Corruption_and_Rule_Breaking_Prevail_at_the_European_Patent_Off.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:24:56

• Rumours of I.C.B.M. Layoffs Apparently Confirmed Yesterday, I.C.B.M. Canada Consulting Impacted (as Rumoured) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/07/Rumours_of_IBM_Layoffs_Apparently_Confirmed_Yesterday_IBM_Canad.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:25:39

• Just Because People on Top of the Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Pyramid Made a Lot of Money Doesn't Mean Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is Wealthy ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/05/Just_Because_People_on_Top_of_the_Microsoft_Pyramid_Made_a_Lot_.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:25:46

• 404 Media Says "Workers at NASA Told to Drop Everything to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites" But There's Also Accessibility in the Firing Line (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/404_Media_Says_Workers_at_NASA_Told_to_Drop_Everything_to_Scrub.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:25:54

• OpenWrt 24.10.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1008339/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:26:54

• Arun Raghavan: PipeWire ♥ Sovereign Tech Agency ☞ https://arunraghavan.net/2025/02/pipewire-sovereign-tech-agency/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:28:25

• Humpback Whales Sing the Way Humans Speak ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/science/language-humpback-whale-song.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:34:09

• CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/health/cdc-bird-flu-cats-people.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:35:02

• Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Convicted Felon’s USAID Order ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/health/usaid-clinical-trials-funding-trump.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:35:16

• Over 100 deaths a day: UN warns of air pollution’s toll on young children in East Asia, Pacific ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/over-100-deaths-a-day-un-warns-of-air-pollutions-toll-on-young-children-in-east-asia-pacific    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:35:40

• Indonesia health programmes with USAID on hold, minister says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-health-programmes-with-usaid-on-hold-minister-says    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:36:09

• The Cancer Scams That Foreshadowed MAHA ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-cancer-scams-that-foreshadowed-maha    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:36:46

• Meet Heike Daldrup-Link: Radiologist and author of medical mystery novels ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/02/06/radiologist-and-author-of-medical-mystery-novels-meet-heike-daldrup-link/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:37:11

• Unusual flu symptoms this season in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/06.02.2025-unusual-flu-symptoms-this-season-in-latvia.a586661/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:37:25

• Women still struggle to access healthcare services two years after earthquakes ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/women-still-struggle-to-access-healthcare-services-two-years-after-earthquakes-304337    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:38:02

• Social Control Media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-public-official-fired-after-flaunting-disneyland-visit-during-business-trip    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:38:27

• But that would not fix airplanes whose landing fear/wheels do not come down ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-orders-all-airports-to-install-bird-detection-cameras-radars    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:39:09

• Microsoft sites only 'like' so-called 'Linux' when it is actually Windows https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/ubuntu-installations-on-wsl-2-are-now-better-than-ever-and-dont-require-the-microsoft-store    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:42:49

• Even Linux-hostile LLM slop (spam) sites shill this https://cybersecuritynews.com/ubuntu-windows-subsystem-for-linux-distribution/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:43:57

• "Software developer and prolific open-source influencer Herman Ounapuu has criticised the Ubuntu Linux operating system, claiming it has lost its shine due to terrible updating systems." https://www.fudzilla.com/news/60497-ubuntu-s-charm-fading    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:44:31

• instead   

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:45:58

• They're basically promoting Windows instead of Linux because Microsoft paid them to do this, way back around 2016 https://www.hackster.io/news/canonical-delivers-ubuntu-tar-archives-for-easy-installation-in-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-84e942e0ecaf    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:46:05

• It's not Ubuntu, it is Windows https://www.techzine.eu/news/devices/128486/running-ubuntu-on-windows-11-is-easier-than-ever/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:46:36

• "We all have personal wish-lists of features and changes we want our favourite open-source apps to add, but we shouldn’t let that detract from appreciating everything present, working, and supported." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/libreoffice-25-2-released-this-is-whats-new    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:47:10

• Ubuntu rotting? https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Mainline-Kernel-Still-No    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:48:44

• That's just one way to derail Canonical http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/When_BetaNews_Writes_Real_Articles_About_Linux_They_Promote_Win.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/Ubuntu_Desktop_Director_of_Engineering_Has_Only_One_Blog_Post_I.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:50:26

• "SSD/Ubuntu"... in India they sell Dell with GNU/Linux https://gadgetsnow.indiatimes.com/compare-laptops/dell-inspiron-3511-laptop-intel-core-i5-1035g1-quad-core16gb1tb-ssdwindows-11-vs-dell-laptop-intel-core-i3-11th-gen-1115g48gb256gb-ssdubuntu-latitude-3520    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:50:59

• Microsoft has security blunders and disasters, so its media mole Davey Winder suddenly talks about "Linux" https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/02/06/critical-linux-0-day-attack-warning-us-government-says-act-now/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:54:26

• "More info in this linked comment from the Valve Source 1 game bug tracker." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/portal-2-gets-a-compatibility-update-for-linux/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:54:45

• "We're rapidly approaching the release on February 28th, so no doubt plenty of people are keen to know how it runs. Given that Monster Hunter is an incredibly popular series of games. I'm here to save you a bit of time buying and downloading to some potential disappointment." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/monster-hunter-wilds-looks-unplayable-on-steam-deck-but-good-on-desktop-linux/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:55:07

• This is a hole from last year; seems like new FUD recycled based on old stuff    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:56:25

• "The issue came up on Arch Linux since that's a rolling release distribution and updates come in quite early, and is now solved, so when other Linux distributions also update they should see Left 4 Dead 2 continue to work." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/left-4-dead-2-gets-a-compatibility-update-for-linux/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:56:44

• ...notice it cites BleepingComputer, a Microsoft-connected FUD site    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:57:36

• Recycling such "news" based on the fact that some people didn't patch last year seems like a low blow https://www.scworld.com/brief/cisa-actively-exploited-linux-kernel-flaw-requires-immediate-remediation    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 19:58:41

• 'Linux' Foundation actively helps Ponzi schemes now https://www.cointrust.com/market-news/linux-foundation-decentralized-trust-introduces-new-initiatives https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/09/Linux_Foundation_is_a_Scam_Like_Crypto_So_is_the_Company_of_Jim.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:00:12

• As a reminder, as CRO the wife of Jim Zemlin and her buddies stole a lot of money from customers and investors. They scammed them using "crypto" and their fake company became a penny stock. How can one trust the Zemlins? Jim openly boasts at event that his wife controls him.    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:02:59

• Mabox Linux integrates Firefox 135 in the latest update alongside a new kernel and more https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mabox-Linux-integrates-Firefox-135-in-the-latest-update-alongside-a-new-kernel-and-more.957525.0.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:03:43

• "The Tails project released today Tails 6.12 as the latest version of this portable operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux that protects users against surveillance and censorship." https://9to5linux.com/tails-6-12-anonymous-os-fixes-security-issues-in-tor-circuits-persistent-storage    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:05:02

• Sarcasm aside, Rust is doing the damage some predicted it would do to Linux. https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/05/mixing_rust_and_c_linux/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:05:57

• The Microsofters at CISA and this site try to shift attention to "Linux"; this was patched a long time ago. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-agencies-to-patch-linux-kernel-bug-exploited-in-attacks/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:07:03

• Top 7 Most Secure Linux Distro for Privacy in 2025 https://thedigestonline.com/branded-content/top-7-most-secure-linux-distro-for-privacy-in-2025/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:07:41

• "Does this mean Linux users / players are cheaters or cheat more than players on other platforms? Well, no. The issue is mainly that cheat makers like to run their exploits on Linux whenever they can" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/blocking-linux-steam-deck-in-apex-legends-led-to-a-meaningful-reduction-in-cheaters/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:09:09

• CISA is full of Microsoft http://techrights.org/n/2024/06/29/linuxsecurity_com_became_an_anti_Linux_spam_site.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/17/U_S_Department_of_Homeland_Security_Cybersecurity_and_Infrastru.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:12:08

• Also: http://techrights.org/n/2024/05/25/Cybersecurity_and_Infrastructure_Security_Agency_CISA_Getting_S.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/25/CISA_Has_a_Microsoft_Conflict_of_Interest_Problem_CISA_Cannot_A.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:12:13

• Microsoft-dominated front group http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/New_IRS_Filing_Shows_That_the_Most_Dominant_Company_in_the_Linu.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:15:37

• Donations to Linux Foundation???? http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/New_IRS_Filing_Shows_That_the_Most_Dominant_Company_in_the_Linu.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:46:29

• Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets Enabled Attacks Against Governments, Big Firms ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/abandoned-amazon-s3-buckets-enabled-attacks-against-governments-big-firms/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:46:58

• Australia bans China’s Hey Hi (AI) programme DeepSeek on gov’t devices citing privacy and malware risks ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/05/australia-bans-chinas-ai-programme-deepseek-on-govt-devices-citing-privacy-and-malware-risks/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:47:24

• The Search for the Original Silly Goose in the Fossil Record ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/science/goose-duck-fossil.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:54:34

• NASA’s VIPER Gave Up a Ride to the Moon. This Startup’s Rover Took It. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/science/nasa-moon-rover-astrolab-astrobotic.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:54:57

• Nonprofit includes scientists, moms who study climate change ☞ https://record.umich.edu/articles/nonprofit-includes-scientists-moms-who-study-climate-change/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:55:08

• UM-Flint receives historic NSF grant for translational research ☞ https://news.umflint.edu/2025/02/03/um-flint-receives-historic-nsf-grant-to-fund-translational-research/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:55:21

• Cows Have Been Infected With a Second Form of Bird Flu ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/health/bird-flu-cattle-d11.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:55:40

• US aid freeze is new threat for ailing Myanmar refugees on Thai border ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/us-aid-freeze-is-new-threat-for-ailing-myanmar-refugees-on-thai-border    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:55:57

• Medical advocacy group sues US health agencies for removing information from websites ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/medical-advocacy-group-sues-us-health-agencies-for-removing-information-from-websites/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:56:28

• Argentina follows US with plans to quit World Health Organization ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250205-argentina-follows-us-with-plans-to-quit-world-health-organization    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:56:37

• Scared of the dentist? Here are some strategies to cope ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/02/04/dentist-tips/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 03:56:57

• ‘Three bullets, mouldy rice’: North Korean soldiers endure shortages, dire conditions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/three-bullets-mouldy-rice-north-korean-soldiers-endure-dire-conditions    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:02:56

• South Korea’s ex-defence minister calls protesters who stormed court ‘patriots’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-ex-defence-minister-calls-protesters-who-stormed-court-patriots    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:03:14

• South Korea tourism surges in 2024 with record spending and arrivals ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-tourism-surges-in-2024-with-record-spending-and-arrivals    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:03:38

• North Korea’s new map erases South Korea, signaling policy shift ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/02/05/north-korea-south-map-blank/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:03:51

• Malaysia seeks to block ex-PM Najib’s bid for house arrest ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-seeks-to-block-ex-pm-najibs-bid-for-house-arrest    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:04:38

• Malaysia PM confirms ‘slight increase’ in electricity tariffs for industry sector ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-pm-confirms-slight-increase-in-electricity-tariff-hike-for-industry-sector    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:05:30

• Mechanic caught by Malaysian authorities for not renewing road tax for 23 years ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/mechanic-caught-by-malaysian-authorities-for-not-renewing-road-tax-for-23-years    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:06:16

• online scams in focus ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-xi-meets-thai-prime-minister-with-trade-online-scams-in-focus    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:07:13

• Sonos to lay off 200 people amid restructuring https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sonos-to-lay-off-200-people-amid-restructuring.957532.0.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:08:51

• "Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook are among a number of companies that have all handed out pink slips in January." https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/will-2025-be-another-year-of-layoffs-13860402.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:10:06

• BBC kicks off reshuffle of Singapore employees: A lesson in workforce management? https://www.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/talent-management/bbc-kicks-off-reshuffle-of-singapore-employees-a-lesson-in-workforce-management-44258    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:11:16

• PlayStation Reportedly Undergoing Layoffs Again https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2025/02/06/playstation-layoffs-reported-february-2025/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:11:43

• Workday Layoffs: Human Capital Management Company To Lay Off Around 1,750 Employees To Prioritise Investment in AI and Platform Development https://www.latestly.com/technology/workday-layoffs-human-capital-management-company-to-lay-off-around-1750-employees-to-prioritise-investment-in-ai-and-platform-development-6621952.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:12:07

• Valérie André, Daring French Army Copter Pilot, Dies at 102 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/world/europe/valerie-andre-dead.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:15:35

• Panama Canal and Convicted Felon: How much influence does China really have? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2025/0205/panama-canal-trump-china    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:15:44

• China to control micro drama distribution in tighter regulation push ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-to-control-micro-drama-distribution-in-tighter-regulation-push    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:16:05

• Chinese foreign ministry urges Sino-US dialogue as import tariffs kick in ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-foreign-ministry-urges-sino-us-dialogue-as-import-tariffs-kick-in    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:16:23

• China calls for cooperation with EU amid ‘global challenges’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-calls-for-cooperation-with-eu-amid-global-challenges    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:17:01

• China challenges Convicted Felon tariffs at WTO, package shippers warn of chaos ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-launches-wto-dispute-over-trump-tariffs    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:17:23

• Cook Islands PM aims to boost trade ties during China visit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/cook-islands-pm-aims-to-boost-trade-ties-during-china-visit    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:17:46

• USPS had ceased accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong late Tuesday, potentially affecting numerous PC parts — service was restored by early Wednesday ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/usps-had-ceased-accepting-parcels-from-china-and-hong-kong-late-tuesday-potentially-affecting-numerous-pc-parts-service-was-restored-by-early-wednesday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:18:17

• Canadian warship visits Cambodia after drills in South China Sea ☞ https://rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/02/05/canada-visit-sihanoukville-south-china-sea-ream-base/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:18:31

• Chinese ‘should use their right to vote,’ despite the risks: activist ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/05/china-activist-peoples-congress-local-elections/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:18:44

• Scam park victim returns to Hong Kong after Thai rescue ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/05/china-hong-kong-thailand-myanmar-scam-park-rescue/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:19:03

• Former U.S. Federal Reserve adviser pleads not guilty in spy case ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/05/former-fed-advisor-pleads-not-guilty-china-spy-case/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:19:18

• China is deporting Tibetans trying to visit family in Tibet ☞ https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/02/05/tibet-chinese-authorities-deport-tibetans/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:19:30

• Lithuania-China relations: a half-hearted attempt at a thaw? ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2478518/lithuania-china-relations-a-half-hearted-attempt-at-a-thaw    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:19:50

• Australia expresses ‘serious concerns’ for dissident writer jailed in China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/05/australia-expresses-serious-concerns-for-dissident-writer-jailed-in-china/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:20:10

• US Postal Service resumes parcels from Hong Kong and China after stoking trade fears ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/06/us-postal-service-resumes-parcels-from-hong-kong-and-china-after-stoking-trade-fears/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:20:55

• South Korea ministries block access to China's DeepSeek from military devices ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250206-south-korea-china-deepseek-military    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:21:10

• Missing backdoored Windows from Grub After Dual Boot? Here's What You Can Do ☞ https://itsfoss.com/grub-os-prober/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:22:12

• Azerbaijan ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/05/kazakhstan-releases-preliminary-report-on-azerbaijan-airlines-plane-crash-confirming-impact-from-external-objects | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:22:39

• "Pavel Durov’s criminal case in France won’t go to trial for at least a year" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/06/pavel-durov-s-criminal-case-in-france-won-t-go-to-trial-for-at-least-a-year-wired | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:23:04

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1008051/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:24:13

• OpenWISP open-source solution facilitates the management of OpenWrt router fleets ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/05/openwisp-open-source-solution-facilitates-the-management-of-openwrt-router-fleets/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:30:44

• IntelliShell – like IntelliSense, but for shells ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/intellishell-like-intellisense-but-for-shells/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:31:34

• Snip – simple snippet manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/snip-simple-snippet-manager/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:31:56

• Re-Highlight – powerful syntax highlighter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/re-highlight-powerful-syntax-highlighter/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:32:18

• Freeze – generate images of code and terminal output ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/freeze-generate-images-code-terminal-output/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:33:11

• How to Enable HDR (Experimental) in Ubuntu 24.04 | 24.10 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/enable-hdr-ubuntu/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:34:00

• 20 Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to the Top Utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternativestotop/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:34:10

• Qreator – create your own QR codes ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/qreator-create-qr-codes/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:34:18

• 8 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Photo Management Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/photomanagement/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:34:27

• Ubuntu available in Microsoft Jail ☞ https://canonical.com//blog/ubuntu-wsl-new-format-available http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/Ubuntu_Desktop_Director_of_Engineering_Has_Only_One_Blog_Post_I.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:42:53

• Linux 6.6.75 kernel compiled ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/linux-6675-kernel-compiled.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:44:14

• hdparm updated in initrd ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/hdparm-updated-in-initrd.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:44:45

• Google debt finally reveals for last day of 2024: it's over 28 billion dollars. Much less than Apple and Microsoft, about 4 times better (than either one of them) https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:GOOGL/explorer/total_debt/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:52:30

• You know "Linux" new is slow when MSlarabel starts cherry picking FOSDEM and shares slide decks as "news"    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:53:36

• "How is Power doing ? I have not heard anything in a long time on the Power Processor/Server teams. Are they growing or losing people or what ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkenz8p9    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:55:21

• PowerPC Future patches https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2023-October/633510.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:56:20

• Working with Time to battle Baby Amnesia ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/working-with-time-to-battle-baby-amnesia/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:58:11

• FSF 434k dollars. 4k in 2 days. Still moving fast. https://www.fsf.org/appeal    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:58:55

• Maybe people can recognise the role of software in the US coup and also identify the enabling companies    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 04:59:23

• New version of package gDefrag ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/new-version-of-package-gdefrag/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 05:11:15

• "The #KeepItOn coalition urgently demand that authorities in the DRC stop imposing internet shutdowns amid the ongoing conflict." ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/keepiton-les-autorites-doivent-retablir-lacces-a-goma-et-dans-toute-la-rdc/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 05:11:49

• Holding space for human rights: improving the governance of satellite internet connectivity ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/publication/satellite-internet-connectivity-governance/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 05:11:56

• 'Official' Debian Sites That Sell Proprietary and Surveillance ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/Official_Debian_Sites_That_Sell_Proprietary_and_Surveillance.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 05:12:09

• Why I DON'T Use A Free Software Linux Distro! https://yewtu.be/watch?v=tKeXf3RKcRs    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 05:36:38

• GNU/Linux 4% in Kazakhstan https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/kazakhstan/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 05:59:55

• OFTC: big decrease in # of online users this past week https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=OFTC    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:01:54

• Libera.Chat steadily down since July https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=Libera.Chat    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:02:49

• Luxembourg: GNU/Linux steadily around 5% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/luxembourg/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:03:17

• "There is no stability or trustworthiness. I am not sure how one can do science or engineering like this. I mean what exactly is 'upper management' and 'investors' making money from. It sure isn't from making innovative and decent products." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkca37gf    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:04:17

• "This company doesn't exist anymore. It has no product anybody wants. I am shocked it didn't close its doors already. I have heard so many companies close their doors whom were bigger than this. Forget about anything going anywhere. The current CEO will ensure the doors will close sooner." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkca37gf    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:04:33

• Google Kills Diversity Hiring Targets https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-killls-diversity-hiring-targets-04433d7c    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:05:45

• Betting on buzzwords, hype, and pyramid scheme built upon reclassifying and rebranding everything to fake "growth" (where none exists, only steep power bill) https://time.com/7212505/time100-impact-awards-arvind-krishna/ Does IBM pay per article or per word in the article? When is the bonus for the CEO determined? Is this his submission for increase?    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:11:01

• "IBM is ending operations in Nigeria, Ghana, and other key African markets" https://www.wearetech.africa/en/fils-uk/news/tech/ibm-ends-direct-operations-in-key-african-markets Maybe they're not conned and fooled into "chatbots" and other nonsense as "the future".    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:14:01

• Investigating animals ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/investigating-why-animals-sleep-from-memory-sorting-to-waste-disposal/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:18:40

• Good-Looking HAT Does Retro Displays Right ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/good-looking-hat-does-retro-displays-right/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:19:00

• Report Reveals World's Fourth Largest Lake Now a Deadly Desert ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/report-reveals-worlds-fourth-largest-lake-now-a-deadly-desert    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:19:22

• “The Fishing Place” Puts History Into the Present Tense ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-fishing-place-puts-history-into-the-present-tense    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:19:53

• Kay Burley retires from Sky News: ‘Let politicians of every party rejoice’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/kay-burley-retires-sky-news/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:20:16

• Third of New York Times subscribers do not pay for its news product ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/new-york-times-non-news-subscriptions-one-third/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:21:28

• MPs told of ‘suspicions’ of UK-wide spying on journalists by police ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/mps-told-of-suspicions-of-uk-wide-spying-on-journalists-by-police/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:21:49

• HUGE debt ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/05/uber-shares-drop-8-mixed-fourth-quarter-results/ https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/UBER/uber-technologies/long-term-debt    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:22:55

• Sunlight Can Still Damage Skin Through a Closed Window. Here's How. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sunlight-can-still-damage-skin-through-a-closed-window-heres-how    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:23:39

• Remarkable Fossil Discovery Hints at Antarctic Origins of All Modern Birds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/remarkable-fossil-discovery-hints-at-antarctic-origins-of-all-modern-birds    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:23:52

• Study Reveals How Much Exercise You Need to Control Your Blood Pressure ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-how-much-exercise-you-need-to-control-your-blood-pressure    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:24:03

• Scientists Discover a Fungus Turning Spiders Into Zombies ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-fungus-turning-spiders-into-zombies    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:33:02

• Changes in a Greenland Glacier Hid a Grim Truth of Ice Sheet's Destruction ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/changes-in-a-greenland-glacier-hid-a-grim-truth-of-ice-sheets-destruction    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:33:19

• Hubble Reveals Cosmic Bullet That Gave The Bullseye Galaxy Its Record-Breaking Rings ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/hubble-reveals-cosmic-bullet-that-gave-the-bullseye-galaxy-its-record-breaking-rings    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:33:30

• That says NOTHING about actual PROFITS (probably LOSSES) ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/05/youtube-revenue-q4-2024/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:35:04

• Windows 7: A 2025 perspective (rose-tinted or not) ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-7-review-2025-perspective.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:36:21

• Civil Society Demands: European Commission Must Close e-ID Loopholes! ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/civil-society-demands-european-commission-must-close-e-id-loopholes/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:36:42

• "trustworthy, innovative, and equitable outcomes" = Mozilla PUSHING LLM SLOP? https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/02/04/navigating-the-future-of-openness-and-ai-governance-insights-from-the-paris-openness-workshop/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:37:20

• Why Ireland is the Achilles heel of the EU’s fightback against Big Tech ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/why-ireland-is-the-achilles-heel-of-the-eus-fightback-against-big-tech/ http://techrights.org/o/2021/06/10/edps-gdpr-epo-impunity/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:38:20

• EDRi-gram, 5 February 2025 ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-5-february-2025/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:38:28

• Chaos Computer Club supports hackers facing legal battle with railway manufacturer ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/chaos-computer-club-supports-hackers-facing-legal-battle-with-railway-manufacturer/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:38:54

• The mirage of EU techno-solutionism to the climate crisis ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/the-mirage-of-eu-techno-solutionism-to-the-climate-crisis/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:39:21

• FLOSS Weekly Episode 819: Session, It’s All About The Metadata ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/floss-weekly-episode-819-session-its-all-abot-the-metadata/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:39:59

• Exploring the aftermath of the annulment of Romanian election results – social control media platforms, the democratic process, and the role of the DSA ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/exploring-the-aftermath-of-the-annulment-of-romanian-election-results-social-media-platforms-the-democratic-process-and-the-role-of-the-dsa/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:40:44

• Mexico City sanitation worker blows up on Fentanylware (TikTok) with viral song ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/martinez-street-sweeper-video/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:41:14

• Who’s in the Running to Buy TikTok? — Here’s the Current List of Interested Parties ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/04/who-is-wanting-to-buy-tiktok-2025/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:41:32

• "free Fentanylware (TikTok) lectures" = China-controlled 'learning' with addiction traits ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/style/hillmantok-tiktok-hbcu.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:42:21

• Huawei manages to pull $118 billion in revenue despite strict U.S. sanctions and restrictions ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/huawei-manages-to-pull-usd118-billion-in-revenue-despite-strict-u-s-sanctions-and-restrictions    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:42:35

• 2019 Week 3 Deaths in England and Wales: 11,860. 2025 Week 3 Deaths in England and Wales: 14,679. That’s Almost 3,000 More Deaths in Just One Week! ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/02/05/new-normal/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:43:18

• The Groups Behind the Group That Told EU Politicians to Stand Up to Convicted Felon ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/02/the-groups-behind-the-group-that-told-eu-politicians-to-stand-up-to-trump/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:45:24

• [Podcast] How many DNS nameservers is enough? ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/06/podcast-how-many-dns-nameservers-is-enough/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:45:53

• Pluralistic: MLMs are the mirror-world version of community organizing (04 Feb 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/05/power-of-positive-thinking/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:46:06

• Is Flying Actually Becoming Less Safe? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/is-flying-actually-becoming-less-safe    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:46:59

• Electromagnetic ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/investigating-electromagnetic-magic-in-obsolete-machines/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:52:25

• More questions than answers in Parliamentary DR Congo briefing ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/more-questions-than-answers-in-parliamentary-dr-congo-briefing/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:52:58

• Old: Richard Stallman Speech for SFD held in Tehran, Iran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjhJ6-0kwzc also see (new): https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-02/msg00000.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:55:03

• Successfully installed Alpine on my old ThinkPad netbook! https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/1ij3ges/successfully_installed_alpine_on_my_old_thinkpad/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 06:56:18

• Thailand cuts power, fuel and internet supply to parts of Myanmar ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-cuts-power-fuel-and-internet-supply-to-parts-of-myanmar    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:01:39

• Making Products For Fun And (Probably No) Profit ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/making-products-for-fun-and-probably-no-profit/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:02:07

• Dictator resistance? A 1940s US sabotage manual goes viral ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250205-trump-resistance-a-1940s-us-sabotage-manual-goes-viral    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:02:49

• Houthi attacks drop vessel transits by half through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/houthi-attacks-drop-vessel-transits-by-half-through-the-bab-el-mandeb-strait/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:03:09

• PCB ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/this-thermometer-rules/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:04:36

• The first 4 paragraphs said to be 100% LLM slop, the rest seems to be real https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/30-lines-of-code-could-cut-data-center-power-use-by-30-177492.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:07:26

• "A Tube, The Wooden Kind" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/a-tube-the-wooden-kind/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:08:38

• F.C.C. Releases CBS ’60 Minutes’ Interview With Kamala Harris ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/business/media/cbs-60-minutes-harris-interview.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:09:33

• Dictator pledges FBI reform, but big purge of agents could backfire ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0205/trump-fbi-agents-lawsuit-justice    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:09:48

• Telling the Story of January 6 to the Judges Who Know It Best: The Two FBI Lawsuits ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/05/telling-the-story-of-january-6-to-those-who-know-it-best-the-two-fbi-lawsuits/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:10:03

• Uproar over video of foreigner spotted doing job reserved for Thais ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/uproar-over-video-of-foreigner-spotted-doing-job-reserved-for-thais    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:10:27

• Dictator Withdraws U.S. From UN Human Rights Council, Aid Agency For Palestinians ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-united-nations-unhrc-unrwa-israel-palestinians-aid-human-rights/33303690.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:10:49

• UK Government shelves taking action against SLAPP anti-media lawsuits ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/future-of-news-inquiry-lords-government-response/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:11:16

• Dictator withdraws US from UN Human Rights Council, UNRWA ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/trump-withdraws-us-from-un-human-rights-council-citing-global-bodys-unmet-potential/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:11:38

• Baltimore and civil rights groups sue Convicted Felon administration over US executive orders ending diversity programs ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/us-city-of-maryland-and-civil-rights-groups-sue-trump-administration-over-executive-orders-ending-diversity-programs/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:12:11

• Philippines urged to end the use of anti-terrorism laws against human rights activists ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/philippines-urged-to-end-the-use-of-anti-terrorism-laws-against-human-rights-activists/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:12:55

• T.I. and Tiny Harris to Receive Full $71.4 Million In Damages Following Multi-Year OMG Girlz Lawsuit ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/05/ti-tiny-harris-omg-girlz-lawsuit-conclusion/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:13:29

• Union lawsuit seeks to block ‘deferred resignation’ program ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/02/union-lawsuit-seeks-to-block-deferred-resignation-program/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:14:08

• AMD outsells defective chip maker Intel in the datacenter for the first time in Q4 2024 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-outsells-intel-in-the-datacenter-for-the-first-time-in-q4-2024    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:14:26

• Thailand cuts power to Myanmar’s scam centers in anti-crime push ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/02/05/myanmar-myawaddy-thailand-electricity/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:14:53

• A tale of enumeration, and why pen testing can’t be automated ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/a-tale-of-enumeration-and-why-pen-testing-cant-be-automated/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:19:13

• Haiti under siege: 'Just when we think situation has reached rock bottom, it deteriorates further' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250205-haiti-under-siege-just-when-we-think-situation-has-reached-rock-bottom-it-deteriorates-further    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:20:06

• Mantis Security: A proactive approach to security ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/mantis-security-a-proactive-approach-to-security/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:22:19

• No single entity can address modern defence and security challenges in isolation – Holomisa ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/no-single-entity-can-address-modern-defence-and-security-challenges-in-isolation-holomisa/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:23:27

• Infosec pros: We need CVSS, warts and all ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cvss-criticism-cve-nvd-nist-epss/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:24:01

• How the US can benefit from deepening Azerbaijani-Israeli ties ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/how-the-us-can-benefit-from-deepening-azerbaijani-israeli-ties/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:24:39

• Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan outlines his vision for peace in the region ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/armenian-prime-minister-nikol-pashinyan-outlines-his-vision-for-peace-in-the-region/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:25:00

• Australia’s new security threat: cocaine trafficking by Brazilian crime groups ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australias-new-security-threat-cocaine-trafficking-by-brazilian-crime-groups/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:25:27

• AUKUS and war powers: aligning decision-making for effective defence ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aukus-and-war-powers-aligning-decision-making-for-effective-defence/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:25:44

• Researchers Link DeepSeek’s Blockbuster Chatbot to Chinese Telecom Banned From Doing Business in US ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/researchers-link-deepseeks-blockbuster-chatbot-to-chinese-telecom-banned-from-doing-business-in-us/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:26:51

• Democratic lawmakers press White House about Elon Musk’s access to classified data ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/02/democratic-lawmakers-press-white-house-about-elon-musks-access-to-classified-data/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:34:03

• DOGE’s ‘unimpeded’ access to classified data poses national, economic security risks ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/02/doges-unimpeded-access-to-classified-data-poses-national-economic-security-risks/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:34:22

• Blurring the Line Between Law and Fact in Patent Eligibility ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/blurring-between-eligibility.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:39:18

• Most Patent Examiners Protected from USPTO Return-to-Office Mandate (for now) Through Union Agreement ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/examiners-protected-agreement.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:40:23

• Software Patent: Keysoft advertising patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/2/5/keysoft-advertising-patent-challenged    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:40:50

• Software Patent: DynaIP entity, Err Content, media casting patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/2/5/dynaip-entity-err-content-media-casting-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:41:21

• Empire IP entity, Fleet Connect, Wi-Fi patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/2/5/empire-ip-entity-fleet-connect-packet-interpolation-patent-challenged    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:41:39

• JUVE, which promotes an illegal patent 'court', is doing PR/marketing for Bristows, which also promotes illegal 'courts'. This is a grotesque industry that promotes illegality and blackmail. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/bristows-successful-for-novartis-against-celltrions-uk-invalidity-claim-over-xolair/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:42:54

• Patent Applicants 2024– China Outfiles Australian Residents While LG Maintains Individual Lead ☞ https://blog.patentology.com.au/2025/02/patent-applicants-2024-china-outfiles.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:43:27

• Mareting cruft disguised as "Survey" https://cloudnativenow.com/social-facebook/survey-surfaces-mass-migration-to-cloud-native-applications/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:44:00

• Google Unwinds Diversity Goals, Citing Convicted Felon’s DEI Orders ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/technology/google-diversity-goals-dei-trump.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:44:21

• Many Parts of Surveillance Giant Google Lose Money ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/05/Many_Parts_of_Google_Lose_Money.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:45:02

• Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Convicted Felon’s new government contractor rules ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2025/02/05/google-scraps-diversity-hiring/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:45:15

• SPY, not "smart" https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/05/1110983/whats-next-for-smart-glasses/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:45:45

• "Epstein technology review" (Bill Gates propaganda platform) trying to rekindle interest in dying gimmicks along with "Hey Hi (AI) scene" https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/05/1110995/the-download-smart-glasses-in-2025-and-chinas-ai-scene/ absolutely corrupted publisher, helps cover up "elite" pedophilia    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:47:20

• drugs ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/05/russian-investigative-committee-chief-calls-for-raising-drinking-age-to-21-and-lowering-criminal-liability-age-for-drug-dealing-to-14 | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:47:59

• "Russian elites may be counting on America’s returned president to save them" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/06/donald-trump-the-man-in-the-mirror | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:48:23

• "Former Russian mayor and his wife murdered" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/06/former-russian-mayor-and-his-wife-murdered-reportedly-by-their-own-granddaughter | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:48:38

• ‘discrediting’ ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/06/russian-train-passenger-fined-for-discrediting-the-army-after-conductor-reports-him | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:49:02

• "Valve released an updated Steam Beta for Steam Deck and Desktop. Here's all the changes you need to know." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/new-steam-beta-stops-forcing-hdr-on-external-display-for-steam-deck-oled-plus-steam-input-fixes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:49:58

• "A recent update to glibc in version 2.41 appears to have been causing issues with Left 4 Dead 2, which Valve have solved in a fresh update." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/left-4-dead-2-gets-a-compatibility-update-for-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:50:07

• "Fighting Fantasy Classics from Tin Man Games has been upgraded with numerous enhancements to make playing through various remastered text-based roleplaying adventures even better." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/fighting-fantasy-classics-adds-comprehensive-steam-deck-support-cloud-saves-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:50:18

• "Paradox Interactive announced, along with their latest earning reports, that they've entered into an agreement to acquire Haemimont Games." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/paradox-interactive-acquires-haemimont-games/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:50:43

• "a slow-burn typing horror game that will fill you with dread. As the developer announced previously it comes with full Linux / SteamOS support, even though "Linux fascinates and terrifies"." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/experience-slow-burn-atmospheric-dread-in-the-typing-horror-game-dead-letter-dept/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:51:55

• "Valve recently updated Left 4 Dead 2 with a compatibility fix for Linux, and it seems they've done the same for their popular puzzle game Portal 2." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/portal-2-gets-a-compatibility-update-for-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:52:09

• "Norway Accuses Russia of Planning Sabotage Attacks Against Country - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/05/norway-accuses-russia-of-planning-sabotage-attacks-against-country-a87878    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:52:39

• "Karoline Leavitt Explains That Elon Musk Will Police Himself on Conflicts of Interest at DOGE: ‘Elon Will Excuse Himself’" https://www.mediaite.com/tv/karoline-leavitt-explains-that-elon-musk-will-self-police-himself-on-conflicts-of-interest-and-doge-elon-will-excuse-himself/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:52:55

• "Running Linux In a PDF File" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/running-linux-in-a-pdf-file:7    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:53:07

• "It's an older meme, but it checks out" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/its-an-older-meme-but-it-checks-out/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:53:19

• "Don’t forget about Trump’s Razor. - Exploding Comma" https://explodingcomma.com/posts/dont-forget-about-trumps-razor    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:53:31

• "US Shoppers Face Fees of Up to $50 or More to Get Packages From China" https://www.wired.com/story/tariffs-china-prices-fees-shein-temu/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:53:46

• "How Trump Lost His Trade War" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada/681579/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:55:49

• "Trump Loyalists Reportedly Furious With Elon Musk Over DOGE Coup" https://futurism.com/trump-loyalists-furious-elon-musk-doge    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:56:18

• "Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Causing Rifts in Donald Trump’s Inner Circle" https://www.wired.com/story/trump-aides-concern-musk-takeover/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:56:29

• "Secret documents reveal Hamas gay militants were tortured, executed: Report - The Times of India" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/secret-documents-reveal-hamas-gay-militants-were-tortured-executed-report/articleshow/117971419.cms    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:56:47

• "The online shooter Mini Royale is set for an Early Access release on March 27th, bringing with it a toy soldier battleground with multiple game modes." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/toy-soldier-fps-battleground-mini-royale-releases-in-march/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:56:59

• "Misfits Attic who made A Virus Named TOM and the more popular spooky drone-operating derelict spaceship explorer game Duskers have released a video going over three new games, one of which is a sequel to Duskers." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/spooky-drone-operating-derelict-spaceship-explorer-duskers-is-getting-a-sequel/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 07:57:41

• "Donald Trump's order: 8,000 webpages 'Deleted' from the Internet; says '... would have ruined our America, and now it's dead' - The Times of India" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/donald-trumps-order-8000-webpages-deleted-from-the-internet-says-would-have-ruined-our-america-and-now-its-dead/articleshow/117983376.cms    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:01:13

• "Russia Executing Ukrainian Soldiers On The Spot, Says UN" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-increased-killing-of-ukrainian-prisoners-of-war/33304565.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:01:26

• "Federal Employees Aren't Taking Elon Musk's DOGE Buyouts" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/federal-employees-elon-musk-doge-buyouts-1235258826/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:01:35

• "Protests erupt across US over Trump's policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/protests-erupt-across-us-over-trumps-policies-project-2025-and-elon-musk-101738838899466.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:01:48

• iophk: pointedly avoids mentioning Calligra or LibreOffice https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/06/how-to-remove-copilot-ai-from-your-office-365-subscription-hit-cancel/ ("How to remove Copilot AI from your Office 365 subscription: hit ‘cancel’") http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/15/Microsoft_and_the_Sunk_Cost_Fallacy.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:02:14

• "Yesterday, I made and then deleted this post. Prior to posting, I had a conversation with my attorney, and then proceeded with removing content I had written from multiple locations as a result of the legal threat that I had received." https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/https://notes.neatnik.net/ https://notes.neatnik.net/ https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/02/about-the-cease-and-desist-notice    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:02:51

• "Powered by the always impressive OpenRA game engine, the standalone and entirely free Command & Conquer - Combined Arms RTS has a brand new release out." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/the-huge-free-command-conquer-combined-arms-rts-just-got-upgraded/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:03:05

• "I’m not going to do it. If you were in my shoes (with kids and college and a mortgage), you wouldn’t, either." https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/02/about-the-cease-and-desist-notice    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:04:39

• "Seems like Monster Hunter Wilds may be just too much for the little Steam Deck, after testing out the newly released Monster Hunter Wilds benchmark mode. But Desktop Linux is looking good." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/monster-hunter-wilds-looks-unplayable-on-steam-deck-but-good-on-desktop-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:04:44

• schneier = Microsoft spam posing Microsoft as an authority https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/on-generative-ai-security.html ("On Generative AI Security - Schneier on Security").    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:06:56

• "The Making of an Anti-Woke Zealot: How Elon Musk Was Infected with the MAGA Mind-Virus ‹ Literary Hub" https://lithub.com/the-making-of-an-anti-woke-zealot-how-elon-musk-was-infected-with-the-maga-mind-virus/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:07:06

• "Musk DOGE agents access sensitive personnel data, alarming officials" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-access-personnel-data-opm-security/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:07:16

• "Elon Musk’s DOGE feeds HEY HI sensitive federal data to target cuts" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-ai-department-education/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:07:33

• "Musk turns X into a digital Mar-a-Lago for policy pitches and shows of fealty" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/06/musk-x-doge-influence/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/07/Debian_Left_Twitter_MElon_X_We_Think_the_Free_Software_Foundati.shtml    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:08:01

• "Trump proposal to ‘own’ Gaza decried as unserious and harmful" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2025/0205/trump-gaza-reconstruction-palestinian-relocation    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:08:27

• iophk: thehill now "blocked by gratuitous javascript for a long time, considering removal from OPML file https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5130245-sanders-musk-doge-oligarchy/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:10:32

• "Inside Trump’s Hastily Written Proposal to ‘Own’ Gaza" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/politics/trump-gaza-takeover.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:10:47

• "One of Elon's DOGE Boys Just Resigned After His Incredibly Racist Tweets Were Discovered" https://futurism.com/elon-doge-resignation    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:11:52

• "Young DOGE Engineer Now Has Access to The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Which Warns Americans When Hurricanes are Forming" https://futurism.com/the-byte/doge-engineer-access-to-noaa    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:12:04

• "One of Elon Musk's DOGE Kids Just Had an Explosive Screaming Tantrum" https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-doge-kid-screaming-tantrum    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:12:17

• "AI bots are coming to video meetings, work chats" https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/bots-group-chat-meetings-uncanny-valley    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:12:35

• Vologda ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/07/governor-of-russia-s-vologda-region-wants-a-total-ban-on-abortions | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:36:07

• "Draft exemptions as Russians know them are ending" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/07/draft-exemptions-as-russians-know-them-are-ending | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:36:48

• Armen Sarkisyan ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/06/from-small-time-ukrainian-crime-boss-to-potential-prigozhin-rival | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:37:19

• Lorem Ipsum 36? Dolor Sit Amet Keyboard! ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/lorem-ipsum-36-dolor-sit-amet-keyboard/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:39:38

• LNG ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/02/06/pierre-poilievre-keen-on-canadian-lng-despite-economic-and-environmental-risk/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:42:21

• "Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing." ☛ https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/ |    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:45:28

• "When You Try to Make History Vanish?" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/january-6-erasure-doj-database-trump-history | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:45:55

• EPA attacked by an actual criminal ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-workers-resign-trump | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:46:24

• Biodiversity ☛ https://therevelator.org/conservation-psychology/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 08:46:41

• "Microplastics In The Ocean" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/how-do-we-deal-with-microplastics-in-the-ocean/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:06:42

• "Normal GNSS has a peak accuracy of around 1.5 meters, mainly due to the uncertainty of changes to the carrier phase as signals propagate through the ionosphere." ☛ https://news.sparkfun.com/12945 | Source: SparkFun Electronics    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:07:14

• "As a software developer, a US keyboard layout is great for entering all the special characters you need while coding and for using certain applications like vim." ☛ https://www.karl.berlin/umlauts.html | Source: Karl Bartel    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:07:26

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

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:08:04

• How To Install Flutter on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-flutter-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:08:18

• How To Install Minikube on Fedora 41 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-minikube-fedora-41/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:08:36

• How to Make a Terraria Server on backdoored Windows and GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxbuz.com/best-resources/how-to-make-a-terraria-server    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:08:59

• How To Configure Syslog on Fedora 41 ☞ https://idroot.us/configure-syslog-fedora-41/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:09:40

• How To Install Visual Studio Code on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-visual-studio-code-centos-stream-10/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:10:27

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

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:10:45

• How to Run DeepSeek R1 on your Raspberry Pi 5 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/how-to-run-deepseek-r1-on-your-raspberry-pi-5    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:11:16

• "Common engineering scenario: There is a large legacy codebase out there which is known to have a few pervasive problems that everyone wants to get rid of." ☛ https://www.tweag.io/blog/2025-02-06-refactoring-lh/ | Source: Modus Create LLC    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:16:55

• "Bryan Cantrill has a good rant about the Amazon principle here." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/being-right-a-lot/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:17:05

• "Something I see somewhat regularly when engineers adopt Rust, almost regardless of their level of experience, is the confusion between &str and String." ☛ https://blog.sulami.xyz/posts/string-vs-str/ | Source: Robin Schroer    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:17:17

• "What is Fekete’s anomaly? It’s an example of a snapshot isolation behavior first described in Fekete, O’Neil, and O’Neil’s paper A Read-Only Transaction Anomaly Under Snapshot Isolation." ☛ https://brooker.co.za/blog/2025/02/05/feketes.html | Source: Marc Brooker    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:17:38

• "Nothing you can't solve with code, and CodeRunner allows you to use a compilation script." ☛ https://www.vincentlammens.be/blog/coderunnerapp-and-python-virtual-environments/ | Source: Vincent Lammens    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 09:18:08

• Clickbait nonsense ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-pandemic-did-not-affect-the-moon-after-all-scientists-say    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:28:14

• Eat The Cookie Up, Call PETA—Post Malone’s OREO Team Up Strikes PETA’s Ire ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/06/post-malone-oreo-team-up-peta-ire/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:29:05

• Elon Musk’s Revolutionary Terror ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/elon-musks-revolutionary-terror    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:29:32

• COVID-19 May Be Linked With Higher Alzheimer's Risk, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/covid-19-may-be-linked-with-higher-alzheimers-risk-study-finds    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:30:51

• Mirantis Launches Open Source Control Plane Project for Kubernetes Clusters ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/news/mirantis-launches-open-source-control-plane-project-for-kubernetes-clusters/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:32:53

• USPTO does not work for the US, it works for rich people, period ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/companies-leading-patent.html not even American rich people    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:34:40

• "The company has released the tool’s code on Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub. Surveillance Giant Google LLC created Kubernetes to ease the task of managing containerized applications." ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/06/mirantis-open-sources-k0rdent-kubernetes-management-platform/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:35:12

• What are we looking for in our next Executive Director? ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/what-are-we-looking-for-in-our-next-executive-director/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:37:35

• Why does first lady Kim Keon Hee not visit detained South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/why-does-first-lady-kim-keon-hee-not-visit-yoon-suk-yeol    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:38:14

• South Korea’s impeached prime minister says Cabinet expressed concerns over martial law plan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-impeached-prime-minister-says-cabinet-expressed-concerns-over-martial-law-plan    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:38:25

• North Korea to punish officials for getting free booze ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/02/06/north-korea-abusing-status-for-booze/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:38:40

• Kowloon Reservoir resumes operations after car found submerged in water supply ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/06/kowloon-reservoir-resumes-operations-after-car-found-submerged-in-water-supply/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:39:38

• US appeals court dismisses lawsuit accusing Meta of radicalizing Charleston church shooter ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/us-appeals-court-dismisses-lawsuit-accusing-meta-of-radicalizing-charleston-church-shooter/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:40:23

• pgAdmin 4 v9.0 Released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgadmin-4-v90-released-3010/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:41:07

• Intel data center CPU sales hit the lowest point in 13 years ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-data-center-cpu-sales-hit-the-lowest-point-in-13-years    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:48:45

• pgexporter 0.6 ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgexporter-06-3009/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 20:50:20

• Capsule of the day, Tux Machines gemini://discogem.gmi.bacardi55.io/capsules-of-the-day-2025-02-07/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 21:59:40

• "Time to go back to making potato CPUs with FPGAs. Last time around I've screwed around with a Nano 9K, which was awesome and just fit a 6502 with 48K RAM and a few perifs." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/FPGA/24976    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:00:50

• Devlog 6 gemini://sporiff.dev/2025/02/07/devlog_6/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:02:51

• Bangladesh protesters raze buildings linked to ousted leader ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250206-turbulence-in-bangladesh-as-new-government-grapples-with-aftermath-of-sheikh-hasina-s-ouster    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:16:18

• Wall Stret Times commemorating a person just for being rich https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/technology/c-richard-kramlich-dead.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:17:25

• TTAB Finds MENTCHEES Generic for .... Guess What? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/02/ttab-finds-mentchees-generic-for-guess.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:18:07

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppArmadillo 14.2.3-1 on CRAN: Small Upstream Fix ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/02/06#rcpparmadillo_14.2.3-1    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:19:02

• A new FAR rule over controlled, unclassified information is on the way ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/02/a-new-far-rule-over-controlled-unclassified-information-is-on-the-way/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:21:15

• House Lawmakers Push to Ban Hey Hi (AI) App DeepSeek From US Government Devices ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/house-lawmakers-push-to-ban-ai-app-deepseek-from-us-government-devices/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:21:43

• Astra, Invary Raise Millions for Hey Hi-Powered Pentesting, Runtime Security ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/astra-invary-raise-millions-for-ai-powered-pentesting-runtime-security/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:22:11

• Hacker Who Targeted NATO, US Army Arrested in Spain ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hacker-who-targeted-nato-us-army-arrested-in-spain/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:22:53

• Five Eyes Agencies Release Guidance on Securing Edge Devices ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/five-eyes-agencies-release-guidance-on-securing-edge-devices/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:23:12

• Security Teams Pay the Price: The Unfair Reality of Cyber Incidents ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/security-teams-pay-the-price-the-unfair-reality-of-cyber-incidents/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:23:42

• Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Enterprise Security Product ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-critical-vulnerabilities-in-enterprise-management-product/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:24:26

• Fake DeepSeek Sites Used for Credential Phishing, Crypto Theft, Scams ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fake-deepseek-sites-used-for-credential-phishing-crypto-theft-scams/    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:24:48

• A Judge Delayed Convicted Felon’s Plan to Persuade Federal Workers to Quit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/briefing/delay-trump-resignation-plan-super-bowl-security.html    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:25:23

• Bangladesh protesters torch house of ex-PM Hasina’s father ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/bangladesh-protesters-torch-house-of-hasinas-father    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:32:27

• Helicopter catches fire while landing in Pahang, killing one person ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/helicopter-catches-fire-while-landing-in-pahang-malaysia-killing-one    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:32:37

• Xi calls for China and Thailand to strengthen ties to address external uncertainties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/chinas-xi-meets-thai-prime-minister-paetongtarn-with-trade-online-scams-in-focus    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:38:00

• China names combative diplomat as senior envoy for Europe ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-names-combative-diplomat-as-senior-envoy-for-europe    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:38:12

• China commerce ministry says US tariffs ‘vile’, ‘unilateralist’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-commerce-ministry-says-us-tariffs-vile-unilateralist    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:38:31

• China, Pakistan pledge to boost cooperation on infrastructure, mining projects ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-pakistan-pledge-to-boost-cooperation-on-infrastructure-mining-projects    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:38:40

• China’s Xi, Thai PM Paetongtarn agree to deepen cooperation on tackling cross-border scams ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-jinping-and-thai-pm-agree-to-deepen-cooperation-on-tackling-cross-border-scams    

posted Friday, February 07, 2025 at 22:38:57