Roy Schestowitz

• "Asked manager again about Canada consulting layoffs that were supposed to be coming as of some weeks ago. Was told they are in progress, and some already done." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmr1wn7e    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 03:46:15

• "Usually when real layoffs are in progress this board lights up. What's going on? Could everybody have been given a fat severance in exchange for being completely quiet about it? Definitely not seeing the usual pattern." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmr1wn7e    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 03:46:21

• "I am shocked and horrified that Alvind and the Pipmunks missed the opportunity to buy both Microsoft and NVIDIA." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmzby0p3    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 03:47:26

• IBM's "Krabanaugh ... Other than being Alvind's personal boot li---r and a--wipe, perhaps someone can explain what skills Krabanaugh the lapdog brings to the table; other than pretending to be a wise finance leader which he ain't, of course." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmyjj33q    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 03:48:50

• Tech Layoffs Show No Signs of Stopping https://www.digit.fyi/tech-layoffs-show-no-signs-of-stopping/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:22:24

• “No one voted for Elon Musk”: Protesters block SpaceX HQ as Elon Musk faces backlash over federal layoffs https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/no-one-voted-for-elon-musk-protesters-block-spacex-hq-as-elon-musk-faces-backlash-over-federal-layoffs/articleshow/118448020.cms    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:23:48

• Microsoft sharing buildings now https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2025/02/25/meta-microsoft-neighborhood-buddies.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:25:12

• Microsoft explores becoming real estate company or has too much empty space after layoffs    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:29:02

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1566.jpg    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:31:40

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1216.jpg    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:31:50

• The Importance Of Current Balancing With Multi-Wire Power Inputs ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/the-importance-of-current-balancing-with-multi-wire-power-inputs/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:35:41

• Line Power With No Transformer ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/line-power-with-no-transformer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:36:00

• All The Green Keyboards ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-all-the-green-keyboards/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:36:23

• IPad ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/old-ipad-to-new-screen/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:36:50

• Breast Cancer Is Rising in Young American Women, And We Don't Know Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/breast-cancer-is-rising-in-young-american-women-and-we-dont-know-why    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:38:21

• Researchers Discover a Serious Hidden Risk With Many Generic Drugs ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-discover-a-serious-hidden-risk-with-many-generic-drugs    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:38:31

• A Man Fated to Get Alzheimer's Avoided It For Decades. But How? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-man-fated-to-get-alzheimers-avoided-it-for-decades-but-how    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:39:02

• Incredible Discovery Shows Mice Trying to Revive Fallen Companions ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/incredible-discovery-shows-mice-trying-to-revive-fallen-companions    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:39:19

• Simple Technique Is The 'Sweet Spot' to Boost Recovery After Exercise ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/simple-technique-is-the-sweet-spot-to-boost-recovery-after-exercise    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:39:39

• Ancient Beaches Found on Mars Reveal The Red Planet Once Had Oceans ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-beaches-found-on-mars-reveal-the-red-planet-once-had-oceans    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:40:25

• Surprise Spiral Shape Revealed in The Darkness Surrounding The Solar System ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-spiral-shape-revealed-in-the-darkness-surrounding-the-solar-system    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:42:32

• These 22,000-Year-Old Drag Marks Could Be Oldest Evidence of a Handcart ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/these-22000-year-old-drag-marks-could-be-oldest-evidence-of-a-handcart    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:42:47

• Some Antidepressants Could Speed Decline in Dementia Patients ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/some-antidepressants-could-speed-decline-in-dementia-patients    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:43:16

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s New Deputy F.B.I. Director Has It Out for the ‘Scumbag Commie Libs’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/opinion/fbi-trump-dan-bongino.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:43:44

• Internet Society Appoints Dr. Gonzalo Camarillo to IETF LLC Board ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/02/internet-society-appoints-dr-gonzalo-camarillo-to-ietf-llc-board/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:44:26

• Before Ascending to Top Tier of FBI, Dan Bongino Fueled Right-Wing Disbelief ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/us/politics/dan-bongino-trump-fbi-director-conspiracies.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:44:48

• AI will assess controversial email sent by MElon asking government workers to justify their jobs ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/24/ai-will-used-assess-controversial-email-sent-elon-musk-asking-government-workers-justify-jobs/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:50:44

• What a circus !! Name even ONE company that does NOT try to REBRAND its old stuff as "hey hi" (AI) something...    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:51:59

• █████ https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/World.xml ██████████████████████ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:58:54 +0000 ███████ Greenpeace Goes to Court in $300 Million Suit That Poses Bankruptcy Risk    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:54:08

• "In a closely watched case, the owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline is claiming the environmental group masterminded protests that hurt the company’s business."☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/climate/greenpeace-energy-transfer-dakota-access-lawsuit.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:54:29

• How a (Thus Far Unsuccessful) Lawsuit Caused MElon’s OPM Email to Faceplant ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/24/how-a-thus-far-unsuccessful-lawsuit-caused-elon-musks-opm-email-to-faceplant/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:55:12

• 1MDB drops $332m lawsuit against Wolf Of Wall Street producer, says report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/1mdb-drops-332m-against-wolf-of-wall-street-producer-report-says    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:56:33

• China conducts live fire drills in Tonkin Gulf as Vietnam draws sea border ☞ https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2025/02/24/china-live-fire-tonkin-gulf-vietnam-baseline/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 04:58:06

• The Infrastructure of Racial Justice Is Under Attack. We Must Fight for It ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/the-infrastructure-of-racial-justice-is-under-attack-we-must-fight-for-it    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:02:24

• NYPD was unprepared for violence at September’s West Indian Day Parade where 1 person killed, 5 shot: lawsuit ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/02/24/us-news/nypd-wasnt-ready-to-stop-violence-at-septembers-west-indian-day-lawsuit/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:03:01

• Federal judge blocks Convicted Felon’s immigration crackdown inside some houses of worship ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/02/24/us-news/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-immigration-crackdown-inside-some-houses-of-worship/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:03:15

• Philippine, Japan ministers agree to further enhance defence partnership ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-japan-ministers-agree-to-further-enhance-defence-partnership    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:16:08

• Korea University in chaos as pro-, anti-Yoon rallies take over campus ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/korea-university-in-chaos-as-pro-anti-yoon-rallies-take-over-campus    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:17:04

• CLICKFRAUD SPAMNIL now running SPAM for Microsoft proxies https://tfir.io/black-duck-report-highlights-how-organizations-are-securing-ai-and-the-software-supply-chain/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/Black_Duck/#2020    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:18:09

• Demography and geopolitics put Japan’s strength to the test ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/books/demography-and-geopolitics-put-japans-strength-to-the-test/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:18:45

• DeepSeek is in the driver’s seat. That’s a big security problem ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/deepseek-is-in-the-drivers-seat-thats-a-big-security-problem/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:19:10

• Dihydroxyacetone Man and MElon cite fraud, but what does a government audit really look like? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0224/trump-musk-government-fraud-doge    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:19:43

• Australia fines Telegram A$1M for delayed responses to online safety inquiry ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/australia-fines-telegram-a1m-for-delayed-responses-to-online-safety-inquiry/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:20:03

• 1990s: web born. web growing. 2000s: newspapers move to web. later: k00k sites blend in via "social control media" 'engagement'. now we have a rotting of the old/real media and then even the k00k sites perish, as their real purpose was to seed discord by promotion in "alternative" channels    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:23:23

• There won't be much left of WWW except "webapps", which go against what the WWW originally was. It's more like Adobe Trash, not pages.    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:24:05

• Clownflare is basically a 'Webapp condom' (JS) on top of normal/traditional pages. It acts as a malicious gatekeeper.    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:24:56

• Microsoft's ad-supported version of Office only saves to OneDrive ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsofts-ad-supported-version-of-office-only-saves-to-onedrive http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Microsoft_is_Admitting_That_It_Has_No_Viable_Business_Model_Sta.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:25:32

• VAPOURWARE!! https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/microsoft-breakthrough-challenges-australias-quantum-strategy/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Hype_Watch_Weeks_After_Microsoft_Disappointed_Investors_With_He.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:25:56

• Apple working for Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/apple-says-it-will-spend-usd500-billion-in-us-over-next-four-years-as-it-faces-down-trump-tariffs http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/14/Apple_Social_Justice_or_Social_Nationalism.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:27:03

• Apple does not even have that kind of money, why does the press repeat lies?    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:27:40

• Celebrating 50 States on the Right to Repair ☞ https://www.repair.org/blog/2025/2/24/ptkkw1yziw8xv7u9iwhoohl42ojyvu    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:29:23

• Verdict for Jimmy Lai’s nat. security trial expected in October, Apple Daily’s liquidation proceeding to follow ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/24/verdict-for-jimmy-lais-nat-security-trial-expected-in-october-apple-dailys-liquidation-proceeding-to-follow/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:32:21

• Privilege Gone Too Far? How a 250-Year-Old Privilege Cost Atturo $10 Million ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/privilege-atturo-million.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:33:36

• Republican Administration Maintains Exclusivity Stance in GLP-1 (Tirzepatide) Compounding Dispute ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/administration-exclusivity-tirzepatide.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:34:12

• "the EPO approach when it comes to inventive step in the pharmaceutical industry. The bar is so low, that inventive step becomes a more and more irrelevant patentability requirement." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-benefits-and-pitfalls-of-drug.html?showComment=1740397397349#c6310142467854886593    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:35:29

• EPO is basically a white-collar crime hub based in Germany    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:35:53

• They used to say it would advance science and technology. It does the exact opposite.    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:36:26

• Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1011610/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:38:00

• Apache NetBeans 25 Brings Updates for Java, PHP, Maven, and More ☞ https://linuxiac.com/apache-netbeans-open-25-source-ide-released/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:41:15

• IceWM 3.7 Window Manager Brings Enhanced Customization ☞ https://linuxiac.com/icewm-3-7-window-manager-brings-enhanced-customization/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:41:27

• POLL: Civilization VII Purchase Intent ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/poll-civilization-vii-purchase-intent/index.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:41:56

• POLL: Buying a Nvidia standalone device ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/poll-buying-a-nvidia-standalone-device/index.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 05:42:10

• "Dispensing with the tech bros Crooked Timber" https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/25/dispensing-with-the-tech-bros/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 06:39:37

• Rymdport – file, folder and text sharing ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rymdport-file-folder-text-sharing/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 06:42:24

• IPTVnator – IPTV player ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/iptvnator-iptv-player/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 06:42:34

• Munin – networked resource monitoring ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/munin-networked-resource-monitoring/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 06:42:45

• GenomeTools – genome analysis software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/genometools-genome-analysis-software/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 06:42:56

• cwordle – Wordle clone ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cwordle-wordle-clone/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 06:43:06

• "Curious what Stallman has to say about Robert C. Martin --- looked, but couldn't find anything...." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43174794    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 06:45:55

• Your boss is watching ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/24/1111664/worker-monitoring-employee-surveillance/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 06:54:42

• "Your boss is watching Working today—whether in an office, a warehouse, or your car—can mean constant electronic surveillance with little transparency" ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/24/1112346/the-download-workplace-surveillance-and-fighting-ev-fires/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 06:55:08

• Turkish intelligence declassifies reports on Soviet surveillance of Trotsky during exile in İstanbul ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/turkish-intelligence-declassifies-reports-on-soviet-surveillance-of-trotsky-during-exile-in-istanbul-304831    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 06:55:28

• More privacy and secrecy ☞ https://alirezahayati.com/2025/02/24/more-privacy-and-secrecy/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:06:10

• Taiwan civil group call for legal reforms to protect digital and privacy rights ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/taiwan-civil-group-call-for-legal-reforms-to-protect-digital-and-privacy-rights/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:06:29

• On privacy: Judge blocks 2 federal agencies from disclosing personal records to Convicted Felon adviser MElon’s DOGE ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2025/02/judge-blocks-2-federal-agencies-from-disclosing-personal-records-to-trump-adviser-musks-doge/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:07:17

• Syria: why is the US conducting an unprecendented number of strikes on former al-Qaeda? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250224-syria-why-is-the-us-conducting-an-unprecendented-number-of-strikes-on-former-al-qaeda    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:07:49

• Diddy’s Lawyers Move to Strike Evidence Obtained in US Government’s ‘Unconstitutionally Broad’ and ‘Racist’ Raids ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/24/diddy-lawyers-move-to-strike-evidence-in-raids/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:08:08

• 11 Best Free and Open Source CSS Front-End Frameworks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/frameworks/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:11:11

• Volaris – encryption tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/volaris-encryption-tool/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:11:28

• 12 Best Free and Open Source Vulnerability Detection Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-vulnerability-detection-tools/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:11:37

• Machine Learning in Linux: Jan – alternative to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/machine-learning-linux-jan-chatgpt/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:11:49

• Political ideology and DOGE layoffs ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/political-ideology-and-doge-layoffs/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:12:49

• Atmospheric Water Harvesting With High Voltage ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/atmospheric-water-harvesting-with-high-voltage/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:13:13

• German Foreign Office criticises Hungary’s justice system: Maja T. handcuffed and led into court on a leash ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/02/24/german-foreign-office-criticises-hungarys-justice-system-maja-t-handcuffed-and-led-into-court-on-a-leash/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:13:54

• Militarised operation at Rafah border crossing: German police to cooperate with military and gendarmerie ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/02/24/militarised-operation-at-rafah-border-crossing-german-police-are-to-cooperate-with-military-and-gendarmerie/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:14:23

• Aqualung 2.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1011671/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:15:05

• Notebooklm as a way to critically hear what you write ☞ https://harishpillay.com/2025/02/25/notebooklm-as-a-way-to-critically-hear-what-you-write/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:15:40

• LLMs are not Hey Hi (AI), just plagiarism tools with permutation https://fossforce.com/2025/02/is-ai-compatible-with-free-software/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:16:40

• Microsoft OSI to Faraone: Too Friggin’ Bad ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/02/osi-to-faraone-too-friggin-bad/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:17:29

• Take-offs and landings at Hong Kong airport reach post-pandemic high, but figures still fall short of 2019 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/25/take-offs-and-landings-at-hong-kong-airport-reach-post-pandemic-high-but-figures-still-fall-short-of-2019/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:18:17

• Scientists find clues on why COVID vaccine causes chronic health problems in some ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/02/24/health/scientists-find-clues-on-why-covid-vaccine-causes-chronic-health-problems-in-some/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:18:33

• Pluralistic: How an obscure advisory board lets utilities steal $50b/year from ratepayers (24 Feb 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/24/surfa/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:18:49

• How Fentanylware (TikTok) gets NY Times to publish assertions that are all backwards ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/world/europe/germany-election-die-linke.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:20:38

• Is Germany's industrial economic model in danger? https://www.dw.com/en/is-germany-s-industrial-economic-model-in-danger/a-71648473    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:23:54

• environmental challenges https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-kumbh-mela-brings-up-environmental-challenges/a-71671784    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:24:09

• High electricity prices: A threat to Germany's industry? https://www.dw.com/en/high-electricity-prices-a-threat-to-germany-s-industry/a-71644198    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:24:30

• In Madagascar, journalist detained on false news charge over Facebook post https://cpj.org/2025/02/in-madagascar-journalist-detained-on-false-news-charge-over-facebook-post/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:25:10

• Ubuntu Unity 24.04.2, Ubuntu Studio 24.04.2, Ubuntu Cinnamon 24.04.2, Lubuntu 24.04.2, Edubuntu 24.04.2 release. So those are still alive and properly maintained.    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:27:42

• Ubuntu used to have Satanic Edition, but MS (Shuttlecock) pretended to own the word "Ubuntu" and sent his henchman Jono Bacon to threaten the maintainer of that distro.    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:28:43

• Millions Without Benefits https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musks-war-social-security-will-his-takeover-leave-millions-without-benefits-1731148    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:32:36

• It was never this clear that the rich attack the poor. They don't even hide it anymore. https://truthout.org/articles/acting-social-security-commissioner-resigns-amid-pressure-from-doge/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:33:05

• The Felons attack the poorest people https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/quick-facts-about-michelle-king-top-social-security-official-leaves-1731129    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:39:37

• Title repeats lies https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/vampires-benefits-elon-musk-claims-millions-us-social-security-are-over-100-1731133    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:40:11

• Access to Sensitive Data https://www.truthdig.com/articles/social-security-head-leaves-as-doge-seeks-access-to-sensitive-data/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:40:54

• Health Net Federal Services, LLC and Centene Corporation Agree to Pay Over $11 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability for Cybersecurity Violations https://databreaches.net/2025/02/18/health-net-federal-services-llc-and-centene-corporation-agree-to-pay-over-11-million-to-resolve-false-claims-act-liability-for-cybersecurity-violations/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:42:13

• dire warning for Australian security https://www.theage.com.au/national/top-spy-agency-s-dire-warning-for-australian-security-20250219-p5ldkv.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:42:42

• Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-051-05    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:45:03

• How federal rules on cybersecurity breach transparency for businesses were challenged in court in 2024 https://omaha.com/news/nation-world/business/personal-finance/how-federal-rules-on-cybersecurity-breach-transparency-for-businesses-were-challenged-in-court-in-2024/collection_317d0256-ddbc-5f01-8594-5a90f0702825.html#anchor_item_4    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:46:07

• Kenya Security Officials Plead Not Guilty to Triple Murder https://hackread.com/infostealers-breach-us-security-military-fbi-hit/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:49:54

• HHS Office for Civil Rights Imposes a $1,500,000 Civil Money Penalty Against Warby Parker in HIPAA Cybersecurity Hacking Investigation https://databreaches.net/2025/02/20/hhs-office-for-civil-rights-imposes-a-1500000-civil-money-penalty-against-warby-parker-in-hipaa-cybersecurity-hacking-investigation/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:51:27

• Enterprise Linux Security Episode 108 - Ten Tips for Effective Automation https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=4uDWSp2vgMU    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 07:51:46

• "Lawyer for Boston Water and Sewer's embattled HR director hits Herald with 'cease and desist' letter" https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/02/23/lawyer-for-boston-water-and-sewers-suspended-hr-director-hits-herald-with-cease-and-desist-letter/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 08:51:11

• mammogram wait times https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/breast-cancer-screening-wait-times-1.7463409    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 09:02:00

• Is a Black Physician Shortage Killing African-Americans? https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/21/is-a-black-physician-shortage-killing-african-americans/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 09:02:59

• credibility crisis? he must be arrested for it, it's a crime https://www.dw.com/en/argentina-s-milei-faces-credibility-crisis-over-crypto-scam/a-71691738    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 09:06:09

• "They have a big gap to fill with the Hashi acquisition getting delayed by EU." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmzby0p3    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 09:07:21

• IBM could do what Microsoft does: pay some other company like "openAI" to pretend to be a client of IBM, i.e. pay them to pay you back, faking "revenue". FTC keeps an eye on this, or did before Musk took over. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/the-ftc-is-concerned-about-big-tech-ai-startup-partnerships-microsoft-open-ai-raises-alarms    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 09:08:48

• Is the country's economic model in danger? https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-is-the-country-s-economic-model-in-danger/a-71648473    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:07:47

• "You'll need Proton to play this one on Linux." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/the-talos-principle-reawakened-launches-in-april-with-a-demo-live/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:09:53

• "Windowkill is a twin-stick shooter where the game window itself is constantly closing in on you. A really clever idea, and a game I had a lot of fun with previously and now it has improved Steam Deck support too." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/seriously-clever-twin-stick-shooter-windowkill-adds-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:10:10

• "Team Fortress 2 Classic, a mod that aims to re-imagine the early post-launch era of Team Fortress 2, will be released on Steam." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/team-fortress-2-classic-is-coming-to-steam-thanks-to-valve-adding-tf2-to-the-source-sdk/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:10:31

• "The Witch Beam team (Unpacking, Assault Android Cactus) are back with a whimsical, charming adventure in Tempopo." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/tempopo-from-the-devs-of-unpacking-and-assault-android-cactus-releases-in-april/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:10:51

• "If you don't want Steam games that have AI Generation in them, you might want to check out the new filter on SteamDB." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/steamdb-now-lets-you-filter-out-steam-games-with-ai-generation/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:11:22

• "Probably one of the most exciting upcoming point and click adventures is Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer, and now you can get any early look thanks to a demo release for Steam Next Fest." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/point-and-click-urban-thriller-kathy-rain-2-soothsayer-gets-a-new-demo/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:14:49

• "It's been three years today since Valve released the Steam Deck. Not only has Valve shown how incredible Linux actually can be as a gaming platform, but they really kicked the industry into gear on PC gaming handhelds." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/happy-three-years-to-the-steam-deck-the-linux-gaming-machine-that-changed-everything/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:15:14

• "If you prefer to buy your games for Linux on GOG, there's a fresh update to Minigalaxy, the open source simple GOG client" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/simple-gog-client-for-linux-minigalaxy-v1-3-2-released-with-improved-game-installs/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:15:45

• "Joann to close all stores after exhausting ‘every possible effort’ to stay in business - lonestarlive.com" https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2025/02/joann-to-close-all-stores-after-exhausting-every-possible-effort-to-stay-in-business.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:18:21

• Message https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/message    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:19:16

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:19:31

• hey hi hey hi hey hi hey hi hey hi hey hi hey hi hey hi hey hi hey hi hey hi hey hi https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ai-14    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:19:50

• "Shaming Isn’t Shielding: The Moral Panics That Cry Wolf - Dhole Moments" https://soatok.blog/2025/02/25/shaming-isnt-shielding-the-moral-panics-that-cry-wolf/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:20:44

• "The AI Fix #39: AIs value their lives over yours, and flattery gets you nowhere • Graham Cluley" https://grahamcluley.com/the-ai-fix-39/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:20:59

• The profitable work | "Det lönsamma arbetet" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://idiomdrottning.org/det-lonsamma-arbetet    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:24:35

• "Toesucker In Chief" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/toesucker-in-chief/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:25:00

• Microsoft is _*_very_*_ afraid of open file formats ... https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsofts-ad-supported-version-of-office-only-saves-to-onedrive http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Microsoft_is_Admitting_That_It_Has_No_Viable_Business_Model_Sta.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:26:21

• "Chatkontrolle: Europol kassiert Rüge wegen Thorn-Drehtür" | Europol receives reprimand for Thorn revolving door https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/chatkontrolle-europol-kassiert-ruege-wegen-thorn-drehtuer/ https://techrights.org/n/2024/01/04/An_Article_Techrights_Contributed_to_Exposes_Corruption_in_Euro.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:27:01

• iophk on cadwalladr: she was also one of the very few who investigated social control media's role in brexit https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/carole-cadwalladr-dropped-by-tortoise-ahead-of-observer-take-over/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:28:52

• "Trump, Hegseth purge key military leaders. Here’s what’s at stake." https://www.vox.com/donald-trump/401174/trump-fired-generals    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:29:11

• "Do the US and Europe still need each other?" https://www.vox.com/politics/401154/trump-europe-eu-germany-merz-france-macron-starmer-uk    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:29:26

• "The Far Right Just Made Terrifying New Gains in Germany" https://www.thenation.com/article/world/germany-elections-afd-rally-erfurt/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:31:57

• "Trump wants Europe to defend itself. That won’t be cheap." https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0225/europe-defense-nato-trump-russia-ukraine    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:32:25

• "Trump seeks power as Congress complies, upsetting founders’ checks and balances" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0225/trump-congress-courts-power    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:32:45

• "Law and Order for Some" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/02/law-and-order-for-some/681833/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:33:14

• "‘It’s a Psyop’: Inside Elon Musk’s Empty Ultimatum" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/elon-musk-federal-workers-fired/681824/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:33:54

• "Kommision: Tag smartphonen fra børnene | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/kommision-tag-smartphonen-fra-boernene    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:37:50

• "E.U. proposes ‘mutually beneficial’ deal with Ukraine on critical resources" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/25/e-u-proposes-mutually-beneficial-deal-with-ukraine-on-critical-resources    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:38:13

• "Trump to sell 'gold card' US visas for $5 million" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2280222.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:38:35

• "‘Russia is constant threat to Lithuania, but enemy not behind gates’ – Armed Forces" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2496776/russia-is-constant-threat-to-lithuania-but-enemy-not-behind-gates-armed-forces    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:38:53

• "Paying for every meal in packed Canadian restaurant, U.S. couple apologizes for Trump politics" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/american-apology-meal-pays-canada-diner-1.7467020    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:39:04

• "Nominee for No. 2 spot at Pentagon warns China 'incredibly determined' to surpass US" https://www.voanews.com/a/nominee-for-no-2-spot-at-pentagon-warns-china-incredibly-determined-to-surpass-us/7988386.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:39:16

• "The Real Goal of the Trump Economy" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/04/trump-oligarchy-capitalism-economic-vision/681761/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:39:26

• "The Obvious Inefficiency of Elon Musk’s New Order" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/musk-doge-opm-email/681815/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:39:38

• "Zelensky, a Man Who Actually Stands Up to Trump" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/zelensky-resistance-trump-putin/681812/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:39:47

• "unavailable due to copyright infringement" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/telegram-shuts-down-z-library-download-bot-and-backup-communication-channel-250226/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:21:21

• "Already reeling from the economic fallout of the Ukraine war, sanctions, and rampant inflation" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-sites-eye-profit-as-bill-imposes-moral-values-on-streaming-services-250225/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:21:30

• "It came as Downing Street refused to guarantee that copyrighted work will not be used to train AI software. Artists are concerned the policy will enable the creation of AI music that drowns out pieces by humans." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/25/kate-bush-accuses-ministers-of-silencing-musicians-in-copyr/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:22:07

• "More than 1,000 artists — including Damon Albarn, Kate Bush, and Annie Lennox — have released a silent album in protest of the UK government’s proposed changes to copyright law" ☛ https://consequence.net/2025/02/silent-ai-protest-album/ | Source: Consequence    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:22:23

• "which would automatically allow AI businesses like OpenAI to ingest UK creators’ content until those creators explicitly opt out" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-titles-from-guardian-to-daily-mail-unite-in-opposition-to-ai-copyright-grab/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:22:42

• "Creative industries globally are grappling with the legal and ethical implications of AI models that can produce their own output after being trained on popular works without necessarily paying the creators of the original content." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/musicians-release-silent-album-to-protest-uk-s-ai-copyright-changes/7986931.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:23:17

• "In late 2024, the UK government proposed changing copyright law to allow artificial intelligence companies to build their products using other people’s copyrighted work - music, artworks, text, and more - without a licence." ☛ https://www.isthiswhatwewant.com/ |    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:23:44

• 2019 Week 6 Deaths in England and Wales: 11,660. Same Week in 2025: Over 13,000. https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/02/26/2019-week-6-deaths-in-england-and-wales/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:33:05

• "Thanks to a mutual fan, we were invited to speak about the work of the Identity Project with Alex Newman on the latest edition of The Liberty Report on Patriot.tv." ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/02/25/tsa-must-go-away/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:40:38

• Extinction ☛ https://therevelator.org/cash-for-corals/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:42:17

• "Dependent on Gas" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/02/25/the-fossil-fuel-industry-wants-to-keep-new-buildings-dependent-on-gas/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:42:44

• Patents ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/18/humane-ai-pin-discontinued/ | Source: MacRumors    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:47:28

• "In addition to missing features, all three will only create, edit, or save documents using OneDrive. Direct access to local files is off-limits without paying for a subscription (which will also unlock the missing functionality)." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/adsupported_microsoft_office/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:49:08

• "The Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, announced the decision today. The regulatory milestone comes nearly a year after IBM first revealed plans to buy HashiCorp." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/25/uk-antitrust-regulator-approves-ibms-6-4b-hashicorp-acquisition/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:49:43

• "Skip for now" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsofts-ad-supported-version-of-office-only-saves-to-onedrive | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:50:28

• IBM Consulting in trouble    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:50:57

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://jcs.org/2025/02/24/kindle | Source: JCS    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:01:11

• "We envision a world where neither states nor corporations use digital technology to restrict or remove our rights. Our aim is to create a fair digital environment where technology supports justice, rights and freedoms to prevail over the narrow interests of the powerful." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/app/uploads/2025/02/ORG-Annual-Report-2023.pdf | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:04:38

• "Investors had been widely expected to reject the proposal during the company’s annual shareholders meeting — in alignment with Apple’s recommendation — despite rising tensions around corporate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. The company did not disclose the vote tally." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/25/apple-shareholders-dei-vote/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:05:22

• "The proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research - a self-described conservative think tank - urges Apple to follow a litany of high-profile companies that have retreated from diversity" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-shareholders-not-expected-to-scrap-diversity-programs-despite-broader-backlash/articleshow/118560759.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:06:02

• "But the judge cited statistics that 15% of Meta's U.S. workforce holds H-1B visas, which typically go to foreign professionals, compared with 0.5% of the overall workforce." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51261489/meta-must-face-lawsuit-claiming-it-prefers-cheaper-foreign-workers | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:06:17

• "A federal judge on Tuesday said Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit claiming that the Facebook and Instagram parent prefers to hire foreign workers because it can pay them less than American workers." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-02-25/meta-must-face-lawsuit-claiming-it-prefers-cheaper-foreign-workers | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:06:39

• "Starbucks has 16,000 corporate support employees worldwide, but that includes some employees who aren't impacted, like roasting and warehouse staff. Baristas in the company's stores are not included in the layoffs." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/starbucks-cutting-employees-menu-changes-1.7467035 | Source: CBC    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:07:30

• "Last October, Trump sued CBS claiming (falsely) that a 60 Minutes interview of Kamala Harris had been “deceitfully edited” to her benefit (they simply shortened some of her answers for brevity, as news outlets often do)." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/25/cbs-shows-sign-of-a-backbone-in-standoff-with-trump-and-his-extremist-fcc/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:10:41

• "The information war against the Right’s vast media machine won’t be won by building a louder Democratic Party megaphone through corporate-funded outlets. The key is stronger independent media." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/02/information-war-right-independent-media/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:10:54

• "Long-standing Observer journalist Carole Cadwalladr has had her contract ended by Tortoise Media ahead of its take-over of the title." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/carole-cadwalladr-dropped-by-tortoise-ahead-of-observer-take-over/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:13:38

• "Herald lawyer responds: It’s all public information" ☛ https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/02/23/lawyer-for-boston-water-and-sewers-suspended-hr-director-hits-herald-with-cease-and-desist-letter/ | Source: Boston Herald    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:13:53

• "And, yet, here we are, dealing with this sort of ridiculousness." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/25/lawyer-who-doesnt-understand-defamation-law-sends-cd-to-newspaper-for-reporting-on-court-documents/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:14:46

• "The professional organisations questioned whether the audit would not violate the principles of freedom of journalism and stressed the importance of editorial independence." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2496630/lrt-journalists-seek-transparency-on-political-neutrality-audit | Source: LRT    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:15:00

• "Protecting victims of these heinous privacy invasions is a legitimate goal" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/senate-passed-take-it-down-act-threatening-free-expression-and-due-process | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:18:20

• "Increasingly, also political activists receive this verdict." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/iran-death-penalty-as-a-tool-of-oppression/a-71744163 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:18:36

• "Seven years after the first post or “drop” by the supposed political insider known as Q — a post claiming that Hillary Clinton would be arrested within forty-eight hours — QAnon" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/02/qanon-legacy-conspiracy-trump-patel/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:19:01

• "I could not in good conscience work for Elon Musk" ☛ https://futurism.com/openai-engineer-elon-musk-recruiting-rejection | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:20:24

• "But as flagged by The Verge, it quickly emerged that when you asked his company xAI's buzzy new chatbot Grok 3 about disinformation, it had some extremely special instructions for answers about its creator." ☛ https://futurism.com/grok-elon-instructions | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:20:44

• "nalysts point to Russian propaganda and disinformation campaigns as key drivers of the shift away from France in the Sahel." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/kremlin-disinformation-campaigns-aim-to-discredit-french-military-in-the-sahel-analysts-say-/7988010.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:21:55

• "In the upcoming election, each affiliate can nominate a candidate, and each affiliate can cast a vote for the Affiliate candidates, but there's only 1 Affiliate seat available." ☛ https://blog.luke.wf/2025/02/im-running-for-osi-board-maybe.html |    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:23:13

• "So it’s a troubling ballot to look at. There’s an ostensibly non-profit organization that’s an official OSI affiliate trying to run its CEO as an individual candidate while also running a second member (a board director) on the appropriate, affiliate ballot in the same election." https://www.freesoftwhere.org/2022/05/01/engaging-with-the-osi-elections-2022-1/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:24:10

• OSI is a corrupted Microsoft front group    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:24:27

• "This is a response to Luke Faraone’s post, “I’m running for the OSI board… maybe.” (HN, X, bsky). I tried leaving this as a comment on Luke’s blog, but only members of the blog may post comments." ☛ https://openpath.quest/2025/luke-missed-the-memo/ | Source: Chad Whitacre    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:24:52

• "He has led Apple to great success but it’s time for new leadership, someone users and developers can trust to be on our side. It may already be too late to repair the damage." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2025/02/24/apple-antagonism.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:25:22

• "It doesn't have to be this way. Digital sovereignty is a real problem that matters to real people and real businesses in the real world, it can be explained in concrete terms, and we can devise pragmatic strategies to improve it." ☛ https://berjon.com/digital-sovereignty/ | Source: Robin Berjon    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:25:45

• "The intent post-acquisition is for DataStax to continue to work with the open source Apache Cassandra, Langflow, Apache Pulsar, and OpenSearch communities in which DataStax participates." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/ibm_datastax/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:26:19

• "The problem with this heroic mythology, however, is that it’s based on a faulty premise. Musk wants the world to believe that the nimble tech sector has already figured out the keys to knowledge-worker productivity." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/office-space/the-hollow-core-of-elon-musks-productivity-dogma | Source: New Yorker    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:26:40

• "We are bullish on the future of American innovation, and we’re proud to build on our long-standing U.S. investments with this $500 billion commitment to our country’s future" (Fake numbers; Apple cannot afford this kind of money) ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/apple-to-build-23-200-square-meter-facility-in-texas/7986112.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:27:26

• Apple would not be almost 100 billion dollars in debt if it could just fling around "$500 billion"    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:28:14

• "Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/business/india-plans-green-finance-body-for-net-zero-goal-1863414 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:29:00

• "Right after its debut — which was, we must remind you, less than six week ago" ☛ https://futurism.com/crypto-crash-trump-meme-coin | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:29:16

• "Meta executives have informed data center developers that the company is considering building the campus" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/meta-in-talks-for-200-billion-ai-data-center-project-report/articleshow/118569758.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:29:57

• "TD Cowen analysts in a note Friday said the tech giant had scrapped leases for sizeable data centre capacity" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/microsoft-data-centre-leases-slowing/259717/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:31:05

• Not "slowing", SCRAPPED!    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:31:32

• "Skepticism has been growing among investors over the billions of dollars U.S. tech firms" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/microsoft-shelves-ai-data-center-deals-in-sign-of-potential-oversupply-says-analyst-1863205 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:46:13

• "A report from brokerage TD Cowen suggests a possible AI computing oversupply at the US tech giant" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/02/25/2025/microsoft-pulls-back-on-ai-spending-as-skepticism-grows-over-major-infrastructure-investments | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:46:32

• "It was an unusually muted response given the tens of billions of dollars the tech giant has poured, and is planning to pour, into the development of AI and the infrastructure to support it" ☛ https://futurism.com/microsoft-ceo-hesitation-ai-expensive-data-centers | Source: Futurism http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/11/Microsoft_in_Trouble_as_Azure_Breaks_and_Only_Days_After_Promis.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:47:26

• A lot of layoffs/cuts at the back end https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/microsoft-shelves-ai-data-center-deals-in-sign-of-potential-oversupply-says-analyst-1863205 https://www.semafor.com/article/02/25/2025/microsoft-pulls-back-on-ai-spending-as-skepticism-grows-over-major-infrastructure-investments https://futurism.com/microsoft-ceo-hesitation-ai-expensive-data-centers    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:48:34

• "It's to do with the number being laid off. Less than 20 means they don't have to follow the usual process followed in the last few years. Less than 20 means no consultation period, no committee meetings etc etc." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmr1wn7e    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:50:19

• 20 by forced relocation ("got mortgage and kids, wife has a job here, sorry boss!"), 20 by RTO, 20 by PIPs, 20 by... IBM is playing a game...    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:51:40

• "While some rocket material burns up entirely when it re-enters the atmosphere, pieces of this stage hit the ground." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spacex-rocket-stage-burns-up-over-europe-and-crashes-in-poland-while-blue-origin-debris-washes-ashore-in-the-bahamas-180986108/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:53:23

• "In the study, the researchers examined the effects of imidacloprid, a common insecticide, on bumble bees." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-bumble-bee-queens-complex-effects.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:53:43

• "At least three of the lawsuits contend that DOGE [sic] should be shut down until it “makes records available"" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/the-fight-against-elon-musk-and-doges-secrecy/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:54:41

• "Below is a list of organizations and charities who are in Ukraine or organizing assistance for Ukraine." ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/02/24/ukraine-under-attack-how-to-help/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:56:02

• "Many Europeans think that if Russia could not conquer Ukraine in 2022, Russia would not dare challenge NATO" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/peace-in-ukraine-depends-on-european-commitment/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:56:37

• "Governor Trudeau" ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/is-five-eyes-alliance-in-danger/articleshow/118565508.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:57:01

• "Human smugglers are becoming savvy too, officials say, as kingpins move abroad to evade an ongoing crackdown" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/dying-to-leave-why-pakistanis-are-risking-their-lives-to-reach-europe/7987593.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:57:35

• "ended up telling agency heads" ☛ https://futurism.com/trump-musk-ignore-order | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:58:03

• "Decades of efforts by both Republican and Democratic administrations" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/house-dems-say-doge-is-leaving-publicly-exposed-entry-points-into-government-systems/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:58:26

• "creates opportunities for hostile actors" ☛ https://therecord.media/doge-cybersecurity-house-democrats-letter-trump | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:59:05

• "There were times when that certainty seemed cocksure." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/russian-prisoner-swap-vladislav-klyushin-evan-gershkovich/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:59:42

• "What is the source of Elon Musk’s power? His wealth." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/tesla-is-more-vulnerable-than-you | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:00:21

• "oops, fluffed up my pentest" ☛ https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/soe/ | Source: The Cyber Show    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:00:40

• "This will presumably trigger tariff threats from Trump. Again the appropriate response isn’t symbolic goods" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/25/dispensing-with-the-tech-bros/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:01:07

• "mainly young men that Musk has hired" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/us-doge-employees-resign-over-destruction/a-71750352 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:02:47

• "This article is based on interviews with more than a dozen current or former government employees" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/25/elon-musk-doge-data-privacy-security/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:03:16

• "But such actions increase the chances of inappropriate access, intentional or not, said Alan Butler" ☛ https://epic.org/the-washington-post-doges-grab-of-personal-data-stokes-privacy-and-security-fears/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:04:00

• "The bill could be taken up by the Riksdag, Sweden’s parliament, next year" ☛ https://therecord.media/sweden-seeks-backdoor-access-to-messaging-apps | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:04:43

• "The following tips have to do with your phone." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/21276979/phone-protest-demonstration-activism-digital-how-to-security-privacy | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:05:04

• "The outgoing EU Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, has ruled in response to a complaint by former Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer" ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-eu-ombudsman-criticises-revolving-door-between-europol-and-chat-control-tech-lobbyist-thorn/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:05:39

• "The last few weeks may have seemed to signal a unique fork in the road" ☛ https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/02/24/fbis-new-iphone-android-security-warning-is-now-critical/ | Source: Forbes    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:06:07

• "Over the next few months, we will be reimagining how we verify phone numbers" ☛ https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/02/23/google-confirms-gmail-to-ditch-sms-code-authentication/ | Source: Forbes    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:14:25

• "Indeed, I instantly felt compelled to write an article." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gmail-sms-qr-code.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:14:49

• "Authentication will still be reliant on the user having access to their mobile device" ☛ https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/google-is-ditching-sms-and-will-now-use-qr-codes-for-gmail-account-authentication | Source: TechRadar    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:15:30

• "Other authentication options include authentication apps, security keys, and passkeys." ☛ https://au.pcmag.com/security/109843/google-is-replacing-sms-codes-with-qr-codes-for-gmail-authentication |    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:16:03

• "we want to move away from sending SMS" ☛ https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-gmail-sms-qr-code-swap-confirmed-report | Source: Android Central    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:16:18

• "A report by Forbes suggest that this is going to change in the coming months." ☛ https://www.ghacks.net/2025/02/24/gmail-google-plans-to-end-sms-verification-in-favor-of-qr-codes/ | Source: Ghacks    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:16:42

• "Codes sent via SMS messages will be replaced by QR codes sent to user's phones" ☛ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-doing-away-with-sms-codes-for-gmail-authentication/ | Source: CNET    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:17:14

• "In the next few months, Gmail will use QR codes for two-factor authentication [...]" ☛ https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/no-more-sms-authentication-for-gmail-google-to-use-qr-code-instead-2685078-2025-02-25 | Source: India Today    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:29:36

• "This is a terrible result for everyone, making Apple users globally" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/25/the-uk-government-just-made-everyone-less-safe-as-apple-shuts-down-icloud-encryption/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:29:45

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/china_hacked_gop_emails/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:30:15

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-botnet-powered-by-130000-devices-targets-microsoft-365-accounts/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:30:36

• Social Control Media: "From the sequence of events and the manner in which the crime took place" ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/police-suspect-role-of-influencer-in-venjaramoodu-murders/articleshow/118565985.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:31:08

• "Despite Sutskever's amply-derided insistence to the contrary" ☛ https://futurism.com/ilya-sutskever-safe-superintelligence-product | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:34:04

• "Feeling overwhelmed with lesson planning, activity ideas and resource creation? You're not alone!" ☛ https://www.uen.org/teachertips/article.php?id=35 |    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:34:15

• "Database pros will also benefit from growing demand for cloud computing and data infrastructure" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/bls_ai_job_impacts_predictions/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:34:25

• "AI performance monitoring system for factory workers" ☛ https://www.404media.co/optifyeai-ycombinator-startup-ai-factory/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:34:45

• "When Hurricane Helene hit late last year, the internet was awash with fake AI images" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/fake-ai-weather-photographs-are-on-the-rise-heres-how-to-tell-fact-from-fiction | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:34:55

• "With repeated tests showing the same issue, this doesn’t look like a mere glitch" ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2025/02/25/iphone-apple-voice-to-text-trump-racist-voice-recognition/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:35:23

• "The company provided a statement to The New York Times and Fox News confirming the bug." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/619434/apple-fixing-voice-transcription-bug-trump-racist | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:35:34

• org   

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:36:13

• Apple: Social Justice or Social Nationalism? http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/14/Apple_Social_Justice_or_Social_Nationalism.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:36:21

• "The New York Times is reporting on a viral problem with Apple’s voice-to-text dictation feature" ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2619594/iphone-dictation-feature-reportedly-swaps-racist-for-trump.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:36:31

• "It’s a very good post I recommend you check out" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/we-do-this-same-thing-with-ai-bots-and-human-blogs/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:36:51

• "this video played on loop for ~5 mins" ☛ https://www.404media.co/ai-video-of-trump-sucking-musks-toes-blasted-on-government-office-tvs/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:37:13

• "Most LLM benchmarks are not easily replicated — OpenAI is notorious for this — do only a single run" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/25/ai-benchmarks-are-self-promoting-trash-but-regulators-keep-using-them/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:37:28

• "AI models are increasingly prevalent in high-stakes environments" ☛ https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.12990 | Source: arXiv    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:38:01

• "Benchmarks are widely used to measure attributes like fairness, safety, or general capabilities" ☛ https://betterbench.stanford.edu/ |    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:38:11

• "the NCCCI urged LANIT’s customers to change passwords and access keys for systems " ☛ https://therecord.media/lanit-russia-government-contractor-potential-compromise | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:38:57

• "Experts warned that long working hours, prolonged sitting, shift work, high stress, and poor diet" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/84-it-employees-suffer-from-metabolic-disorders-says-study-1863433 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:40:33

• "The outbreak is largely spreading in the Mennonite community in an area where small towns" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/measles-cases-continue-to-rise-in-rural-parts-of-west-texas-with-124-confirmed-1863528 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:40:53

• "the rise of digital surveillance" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/new-yorkers-deserve-stronger-health-data-protections-now-governor-hochul-can-make | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:41:03

• "Researchers from the University of Gothenburg and Västergötlands Museum in Sweden analyzed the human remains " ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/x-rays-of-viking-age-skulls-reveal-a-shocking-level-of-disease | Source: Science Alert    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:41:14

• "When discussing population policies, many worry about coercion." ☛ https://overpopulation-project.com/pro-life-anti-choice/ | Source: Overpopulation    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:41:31

• "I cannot remember when I stopped hosting birthday parties." ☛ https://marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/articles/2025/02/25/my-first-birthday-party-in-years/ | Source: Marijke Luttekes    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:41:49

• "Today in Tedium: I’m about to retire my old Chrome bag, I think" ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/02/24/velcro-history/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:43:00

• "He developed tests to measure vibrations and crafted a “cyberglove” that would read them and upload the data" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/25/1111041/the-man-who-reinvented-the-hammer/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:43:33

• "It'd be easy to dismiss a collaboration between a PC manufacturer and a professional photographer" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/computers/theres-now-a-pc-designed-by-a-pro-photographer-yes-really | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:43:54

• "Texas Senate already passed a bill to create a program" ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2025/02/indoctrination-on-steroids-why-some-conservative-christians-oppose-school-vouchers-in-texas.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:44:29

• "A typical school day was 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with morning and afternoon recesses of 15 minutes each" ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2025/02/one-room-schoolhouses.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:45:06

• "It is very, very rare that a situation of actual urgency requiring immediate action happens in my life" ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/urgencies-are-yappy-little-dogs | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:45:22

• "the military arm shared on X-formerly-Twitter last week" ☛ https://futurism.com/space-force-photo-earth-experimental-space-plane | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:46:19

• "The plane was launched on its seventh mission back in December 2023" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/astrophotography/the-united-states-space-force-releases-first-ever-photo-taken-by-highly-secretive-plane-in-orbit | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:46:31

• "In 1954, Paul Meehl published what he later came to call my disturbing little book." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/arithmetic-models-better-than-you-think | Source: Chris    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:46:45

• "In this light, art and music are not mere diversions or entertainments." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/25/the-hollow-men-of-silicon-valley/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:48:28

• "In this light, art and music are not mere diversions or entertainments." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-hollow-men-of-silicon-valley | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:48:39

• "To make matters worse, the RCE flaw can be triggered "in most default configurations" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/10_bug_mitre_caldera/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:48:50

• "In 2023, I wrote a post on a previous blog called Positive and Pleasurable Stories." ☛ https://brandons-journal.com/we-need-more-heroes/ | Source: Brandon    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:49:00

• DietPi Late February 2025 Update (Version 9.11) ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/dietpi-late-february-2025-update-version-9-11/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:50:40

• "Update US Government Computer Systems to Linux" https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/update-us-government-computer-systems-to-linux-4175747554/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:51:42

• "Musk has been pushing the need for the US government to upgrade its computer systems. Specifically, he mentioned the lack of automation concerning federal records at Iron Mountain. Well, we need to push the concept that these computerized systems be based on Linux. Pass the word around to raise that thought." https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/update-us-government-computer-systems-to-linux-4175747554/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:52:26

• "How many hospitals have been hacked and randsomed? DNA database stolen by actors. Not sure Linux is more secure if same group runs it. We ordered computers and same price OS or not. IBM HP pay very little to MS."    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:53:30

• Framework Announces Framework Desktop and 2-in-1 Framework Laptop 12 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/framework-announces-framework-desktop-and-2-in-1-framework-laptop-12    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:55:54

• Supabase – real-time databases, authentication services, and file storage ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/supabase-real-time-databases-authentication/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:56:43

• The Brigading (in Social Control Media) Did Not Silence the Creator of GNU/Linux (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/The_Brigading_in_Social_Control_Media_Did_Not_Silence_the_Creat.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:57:34

• arsh – statically typed scripting language ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/arsh-statically-typed-scripting-language/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:57:54

• 12 Best Free and Open Source QR Code Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-qr-code-tools/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 13:58:57

• 🔤SpellBinding — CUIOPTH Wordo: BELOW gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-02-26.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 14:06:18

• "mass termination of probationary employees is illegal & exceeds OPM's authority" gemini://wampa.smol.pub/2025-02-25    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 14:07:13

• "This seemed to have worked! Very exciting. I made an iTerm profile just for this \o/" gemini://binarydigit.smol.pub/hello-cli    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 14:07:55

• "looks like mother nature is trying to maintain a grasp with those high temps in the upper 40s/lower 50s. maybe this will get me to take a trip into nyc for some photography. it's somewhat odd that i'm saying that, almost acting like i live a few hours away." gemini://x.smol.pub/1740553952    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 14:08:34

• "Mi ne estis ofta vizitanto en etreto lastatempe, do estas nur antaŭ kelkaj tagoj, ke mi legis la lastan numeron de SmolZINE. Kaj menciita tie, estas la gemini-legila kromaĵo por KOReader fare de thegonz." gemini://senkals.one/~autunido/koplugin.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 14:08:59

• "The Domain Name System (DNS) is an enormous, hierarchical, and distributed database." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/26/measuring-dns-root-servers-under-change/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 14:09:52

• 468k now raised by FSF in wintertime https://www.fsf.org/appeal    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 14:38:32

• Wonder Woman game axed as Warner Bros cuts three studios https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q1w9q1qvyo    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 15:15:16

• "How Go behaves if you have a zero value channel or map" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoNilChannelsMapsAreAChoice | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 16:57:21

• "The problem arises when a task in an installer script takes too long." ☛ https://www.olafalders.com/2025/02/25/debounce-all-of-the-things/ | Source: Olaf Alders    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 16:57:44

• "Back in 2022, I posted a puzzle box to cohost.org that was made entirely using HTML and inline CSS." ☛ https://suricrasia.online/blog/inline-css-puzzle-box/ |    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 16:58:23

• "This approach was started in a 2015 article (cited in the new publication) but now, thanks to Reto Weber (a PhD student at CIT), it has the benefit of extensive proofs all checked by Isabelle/HOL; the corresponding files are publicly available." ☛ https://bertrandmeyer.com/2025/02/25/new-preprint-programming-really-is-simple-mathematics/ | Source: Bertrand Meyer    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 16:58:36

• "There are multiple problems with static reports – they are error-prone, allow accidental changes, and quickly become messy." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/scaling-decision-support-systems-when-to-use-react-python-and-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:00:22

• "I spent most of my career working with dynamic languages: Python, JavaScript, Clojure, finally Erlang. I don’t claim to be an expert but the Erlang VM is the piece of technology I’ve become most intimately familiar with." ☛ https://olano.dev/blog/gleam-coming-from-erlang/ | Source: Facundo Olano    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:00:37

• "For balance, I’ll include a few reasons why I enjoy dedicated design software, too" ☛ https://cloudfour.com/thinks/why-i-like-designing-in-the-browser/ | Source: Cloud Four Inc    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:00:49

• "See the changelog for more information on what’s new in Apache NetBeans 25 open-source IDE. Downloads are available here." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/apache-netbeans-open-25-source-ide-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:01:16

• Meta scales back a major employee perk amid layoffs https://www.thestreet.com/employment/meta-scales-back-a-major-employee-perk-amid-layoffs    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:18:22

• "Reporters" relaying lies for Kapo-Berg and Farcebook again. "Meta is considering $200 billion AI data center investment, says report". Ahem, Facebook does NOT have this kind of money. Did the "media" bother to check what FB has in the bank? Not even a tenth this amount. Media as PR(opaganda).    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:19:51

• Meanwhile, Scam Altman is looking for 7 Trillion Dollars (yes, 7 million million!!), just like EVERY American! http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/Meme_Don_t_Worry_They_Say_There_s_7_Trillion_Dollars_Waiting_at.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:20:45

• "If you want freedom don't follow Linus Torvalds" ☛ https://web.archive.org/web/20110806054852/http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/195096/stallman_want_freedom_don_t_follow_linus_torvalds/ | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:38:33

• "I Went To SQL Injection Court (via) Thomas Ptacek talks about his ongoing involvement as an expert witness in an Illinois legal battle lead by Matt Chapman over whether a SQL schema" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/25/i-went-to-sql-injection-court/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:39:11

• "A federal magistrate judge has recommended $15,000 in sanctions be imposed on an attorney who cited non-existent court cases concocted by an AI chatbot." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/fine_sought_ai_filing_mistakes/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:39:26

• "Mr. Ramirez's professed ignorance of the propensity of the AI tools he was using to "hallucinate" citations is evidence that those lesser sanctions have been insufficient to deter the conduct." ☛ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.insd.215482/gov.uscourts.insd.215482.99.0.pdf | Source: Free Law Project    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:39:58

• "Structural Vector Autoregressions (SVARs) are multivariate time series models commonly used in empirical macroeconomics. By imposing a minimal set of assumptions, such as sign restrictions, these models allow us to recover meaningful economic shocks and their dynamic causal effects from real data. This workshop will provide a gentle introduction to SVARs and their estimation techniques. Then, we will show how to apply these models with a simple workflow using the R package “bsvarSIGNs”. No prior knowledge of macroeconomics is required, any R user interested in analysing macro data can benefit from this workshop." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/introduction-to-empirical-macroeconomics-with-r-workshop/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:40:49

• "Structural Vector Autoregressions (SVARs) are multivariate time series models commonly used in empirical macroeconomics. By imposing a minimal set of assumptions, such as sign restrictions, these models allow us to recover meaningful economic shocks and their dynamic causal effects from real data." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/introduction-to-empirical-macroeconomics-with-r-workshop/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:41:14

• This workshop will provide a gentle introduction to SVARs and their estimation techniques. Then, we will show how to apply these models with a simple workflow using the R package “bsvarSIGNs”. No prior knowledge of macroeconomics is required, any R user interested in analysing macro data can benefit from this workshop." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/introduction-to-empirical-macroeconomics-with-r-workshop/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:41:19

• This workshop will provide a gentle introduction to SVARs and their estimation techniques. Then, we will show how to apply these models with a simple workflow using the R package “bsvarSIGNs”. No prior knowledge of macroeconomics is required, any R user interested in analysing macro data can benefit from this workshop." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/introduction-to-empirical-macroeconomics-with-r-workshop/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:41:29

• "This is an opportunity for you to both learn about the plans but also to provide feedback on said ideas." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/02/25/the-curl-roadmap-webinar-2025/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:44:30

• "AI-powered search engine Perplexity says it’s building its own web browser." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/perplexity-teases-a-web-browser-called-comet/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:44:43

• "The latest Chromium-based browser to fall in line regarding whacking support for Manifest V2 extensions" ☛ https://www.brycewray.com/posts/2025/02/browsers-snapshot/ | Source: Bryce Wray    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:45:06

• "Believe it or not, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, VLC—the renowned media player used by millions worldwide—has announced a truly out-of-this-world project: sending user-submitted videos to the Moon." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/vlc-celebrates-20-years-by-sending-videos-to-the-moon/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:45:57

• "Since I’ve built several mechanical keyboards before" ☛ https://cassidoo.co/post/mj-battery-woes/ | Source: Cassidy Williams    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:49:17

• "Anyone know where I can pick up a keyboard for an Ann Arbor Ambassador? My Tab key stopped working and I'm having a hell of a time fixing it." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/termaaa60-mk-3/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:49:29

• "Last December I wrote a meandering post describing the challenges with Mini-ITX builds." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/sticking-with-mini-itx-with-the-dan-a4-h2o/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:56:20

• "Throughout five years of business, Framework has focused on the Framework Laptop 13, which has seen seven iterations." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2618070/framework-12-reinvents-budget-laptops-with-new-amd-cpus.html | Source: PC World    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:56:51

• "But today, the Framework Laptop 16 got little mention at its new event, which focused on the new, similarly gamer-oriented Framework Desktop instead." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/619586/framework-laptop-16-update-one-key-but-not-done | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:57:17

• "The keyboard looks like the usual laptop chiclet style keys, but the Windows key (sometimes called the Super key) has the Raspberry Pi logo printed upon it. Under the space bar is a large trackpad with no visible buttons." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/argon40-teases-the-raspberry-pi-compute-module-5-powered-upton-one-laptop | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:57:30

• "One of the major focus areas in the new version is Discover" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-3-2-desktop-environment-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:58:32

• "Women’s representation in tech roles in India is even lower, at 6-9%, according to the Women in Games report" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/44-gamers-in-india-are-women-but-male-employees-continue-to-dominate-the-industry/articleshow/118563997.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 17:59:06

• "First, I want to see the firewall rule numbers in the tcpdump output." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/02/24/debugging-aids-for-pf-firewall-rules-on-freebsd/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:00:52

• "And that new conf file was created. When I killed and restarted Font Manager, it did not show those fonts as disabled., but they were gone from menus in LibreOffice." ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/too-many-noto-fonts-in-libreoffice-on-linux/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:01:16

• "Did you know that you can layer CSS gradients on top of each other?" ☛ https://cassidoo.co/post/layer-css-gradients/ | Source: Cassidy Williams    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:01:45

• "In case you missed it, the CSS :has() selector is now supported in all major browsers!" ☛ https://cassidoo.co/post/css-has/ | Source: Cassidy Williams    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:02:12

• "OpenID Connect is a single sign-on protocol that allows web pages to offer logins via other services. Whenever you see a web page that offers logins via, e.g., your Google or Facebook account, the technology behind it is usually OpenID Connect." ☛ https://blog.hboeck.de/archives/909-Mixing-up-Public-and-Private-Keys-in-OpenID-Connect-deployments.html | Source: Hanno Boeck    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:03:11

• Divine Attah-Ohiemi: Re-styling Debian's Download Page ☞ https://dev.to/0xfaker/re-styling-debians-download-page-3lmm    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:04:34

• Another look at tilting tadpole trike designs ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/another-look-at-tilting-tadpole-trike-designs.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:05:19

• How To Install Apache Maven on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-apache-maven-centos-stream-10/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:05:54

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

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:06:21

• How To Install Uptime Kuma on AlmaLinux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-uptime-kuma-almalinux-9/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:06:39

• How To Disable NetworkManager on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/disable-networkmanager-centos-stream-10/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:07:12

• Where Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Nominee Harmeet Dhillon Stands on Civil Liberties ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/where-assistant-attorney-general-for-civil-rights-nominee-harmeet-dhillon-stands-on-civil-liberties    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:09:14

• Niko Matsakis: View types redux and abstract fields ☞ https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2025/02/25/view-types-redux/?utm_source=atom_feed    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:12:02

• "Available via Ubuntu Pro, Canonical Kubernetes LTS will prove to be transformational for telco customers who require extremely long-lived deployments with continuous CVE security fixes and support." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/cloud-native-telecom-infrastructure-with-canonical-kubernetes-at-mwc-2025 | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:14:18

• "In this article, we’ll dig into why you should consider consuming Valkey as a container, explore what makes a good Valkey container image, and show you how you can get started with your own Valkey container in just a few simple commands." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/valkey-container-image | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:15:03

• Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy Of Gold (The Good, The Bad And The Ugly) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=HVBwcsInM68    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:16:20

• "Extensions are like apps for your browser, letting you customize and enhance your online experience. Nearly half of all Firefox users have installed at least one extension, from privacy tools to productivity boosters" ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-manifest-v3-adblockers/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:18:35

• UK: Ex-Twitter Falls to Lowest Traffic Levels in 5 Years (Start of Lockdowns), Down From More Than 37% to Only 6.5% ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/UK_Twitter_Falls_to_Lowest_Traffic_Levels_in_5_Years_Start_of_L.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:18:58

• Pluralistic: Apple's encryption capitulation (25 Feb 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/25/sneak-and-peek/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:20:24

• Judgment translated to English in FINMA & Debian trademark fiasco (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Judgment_translated_to_English_in_FINMA_Debian_trademark_fiasco.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:21:49

• Aryan Kaushik: GNOME in GSoC 2025 ☞ https://www.aryank.in/posts/2025-02-25-gnome-gsoc-2025/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:23:04

• 'I Won’t Abandon My Country' ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/i-wont-abandon-my-country    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:25:27

• Europe is only as weak as it thinks it is ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/europe-is-only-as-weak-as-it-thinks-it-is/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:26:17

• ASEAN cyber norms need broad stakeholder engagement ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/asean-cyber-norms-need-broad-stakeholder-engagement/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:26:43

• With Chinese warships nearby, Australia needs to step up as a maritime power ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/with-chinese-warships-nearby-australia-needs-to-step-up-as-a-maritime-power/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:27:03

• More than 20 staffers quit MElon’s DOGE, refusing to ‘dismantle critical public services’ ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250225-more-than-20-staffers-quit-musk-doge-refusing-dismantle-critical-public-services    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:28:01

• IBM Consulting: Layoffs Already in Progress ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/26/IBM_Consulting_Layoffs_Already_in_Progress.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:29:02

• Technical Specifications at Times of Tyrannies ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Technical_Specifications_at_Times_of_Tyrannies.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:29:10

• Microsoft Admits Business Perils as backdoored Windows Continues to Fall ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Microsoft_Admits_Business_Perils_as_Windows_Continues_to_Fall.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:29:22

• Bluewashing: I.C.B.M. Replaces Red Bait With I.C.B.M. (Bobby Leibrock) at the Top ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Bluewashing_IBM_Replaces_Red_Hat_With_IBM_Bobby_Leibrock_at_the.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:29:48

• Things That Were Presumed Public Enemy #1 (or Foremost Threat) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Things_That_Were_Presumed_Public_Enemy_1_or_Foremost_Threat.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:30:00

• Fuzzy Frontiers gemini://thurk.org/blog/642.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:31:50

• Dr. Andy Farnell Publishes Second Part of Series About Freedom Fighters (It Started With Richard Stallman) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Dr_Andy_Farnell_Publishes_Second_Part_of_Series_About_Freedom_F.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:33:11

• The MElon Slipped, Countries Need Digital Independence ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/The_Musk_Slipped_Countries_Need_Digital_Independence.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:33:23

• New Richard Stallman Interview Published by Free University of Bozen-Bolzano a Day After His Talk There ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/New_Richard_Stallman_Interview_Published_by_Free_University_of_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:33:34

• librearts Weekly recap — 23 February 2025 ☞ https://librearts.org/2025/02/week-recap-23-feb-2025/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:34:49

• DietPi 9.11 Arrives with Pi-hole 6 Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/dietpi-9-11-arrives-with-pi-hole-6-support/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:35:30

• More People Are Risking Medical Advice From Chatbots. Here's Why. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/more-people-are-risking-medical-advice-from-chatbots-heres-why    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:36:43

• Measures of a 'Double Magic' Atom Reveal an Unexpected Surprise Inside ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/measures-of-a-double-magic-atom-reveal-an-unexpected-surprise-inside    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:37:18

• US Measles Outbreak Surges Towards 100 Cases ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/us-measles-outbreak-surges-towards-100-cases    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:37:40

• Latvian commander reserved about European buffer force in Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/25.02.2025-latvian-commander-reserved-about-european-buffer-force-in-ukraine.a589231/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:38:40

• Booze keeps flowing between Latvia and Russia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/food-drink/25.02.2025-booze-keeps-flowing-between-latvia-and-russia.a589214/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:39:12

• Latvia's Braže delivers messages on Ukraine at United Nations ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/25.02.2025-latvias-braze-delivers-messages-on-ukraine-at-united-nations.a589187/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:39:47

• Latvian 'Forte' installs cogeneration plants in Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/25.02.2025-latvian-forte-installs-cogeneration-plants-in-ukraine.a589181/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:40:04

• VIDEO: Charity concert for Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/video/25.02.2025-video-charity-concert-for-ukraine.a588615/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:40:34

• Leader of North Korean Hackers Sanctioned by EU ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/leader-of-north-korean-hackers-sanctioned-by-eu/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:41:10

• Students rally for Ukraine three years after full-scale invasion ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/02/25/students-rally-for-ukraine-three-years-later/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:45:19

• Ukrainian leaders call for American support three years into full-scale war ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/02/25/ukrainian-leaders-call-for-american-support/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:45:36

• US sides with Russia against Ukraine and Europe at the United Nations ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/us-sides-with-russia-against-ukraine-and-europe-at-the-united-nations/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:46:32

• Daniel Stori's Turnoff.US: ‘Ubuntu Core’ → https://www.infosecurity.us/blog/2025/2/20/daniel-storis-turnoffus-ubuntu-core    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:48:29

• "A much longer list of changes can be found in the changelog." https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/25/armbian-v25-2-and-dietpi-v9-11-released-with-updated-ubuntu-and-debian-based-linux-images-for-single-board-computers/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:49:12

• "The application picker (aka app grid) in GNOME Shell is pretty perfect as it comes, showing launchers for installed apps plus the ability to rearrange them using drag and drop and create custom folders to group apps together." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/app-grid-wizard-auto-groups-software-into-folders-in-gnome-shell    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:50:08

• "Some folks prefer a little more order." ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/app-grid-wizard-auto-groups-software-into-folders-in-gnome-shell    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:50:41

• "If there's one distro you should pick for the best Linux gaming experience, it would have to be Pop!_OS from System76." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-distros-you-should-use-instead-of-upgrading-to-windows-11/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:51:17

• LightSpy Expands to 100+ Commands, Increasing Control Over Windows, macOS, Linux, and Mobile https://thehackernews.com/2025/02/lightspy-expands-to-100-commands.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:52:35

• "The base of Linux and Windows users have strong arguments for their preferred operating system and software. However, some Linux tools have features that make Windows alternatives seem left in the dust. While a Windows tool may look modern and have fancy graphical effects, it doesn’t mean the feature set compares to Linux tools." https://www.xda-developers.com/powerful-linux-tools-make-windows-alternatives-look-outdated/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:53:08

• "Free10 is a repacking of the Q40S Linux distribution and it makes an outstanding option for anyone looking to migrate from Windows to Linux." https://www.zdnet.com/article/dont-know-how-to-quit-windows-10-this-linux-distro-is-for-you-and-its-free/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:53:44

• They call it "Linux backdoor", but that's misleading; it's some malicious software one is tricked into adding or gets in via some hole not related to Linux https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-auto-color-linux-backdoor-targets-north-american-govts-universities/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:55:22

• "What a success it's been! Selling multiple millions, although we don't know the exact number since Valve don't really like to talk in such specifics." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/happy-three-years-to-the-steam-deck-the-linux-gaming-machine-that-changed-everything/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:56:04

• "Seal OS delivers long-term support for a wide range of Linux distributions, encompassing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine and more." https://www.securityinfowatch.com/cybersecurity/press-release/55270677/seal-security-launches-seal-os-to-target-and-repair-linux-vulnerabilities    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:58:32

• Linux-hostile and Microsoft-connected sites try to push in the dagger using Rust https://securityboulevard.com/2025/02/rust-linux-war-richixbw/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 18:59:30

• TuxCare Releases 2025 Enterprise Linux and Open Source Landscape Report https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/788074363/tuxcare-releases-2025-enterprise-linux-and-open-source-landscape-report    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 19:00:01

• SPAM, SLOP, Microsoft FUD https://gbhackers.com/new-auto-color-malware-attacking-linux-devices/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Slopwatch_Anti_Linux_Machine_Generated_FUD_LLM_Slop_From_GBHack.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/Anti_Linux_FUD_Sites_cybersecuritynews_com_and_gbhackers_com_Tu.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 19:00:59

• https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/simple-gog-client-for-linux-minigalaxy-v1-3-2-released-with-improved-game-installs/   

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 19:01:33

• "Nice to see the project has picked up another developer, GB609, who did a lot of work for this release." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/simple-gog-client-for-linux-minigalaxy-v1-3-2-released-with-improved-game-installs/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 19:01:43

• Anti-Linux LLM slop again https://cybersecuritynews.com/linux-grub-read-command-buffer-overflow-vulnerability/ FAKE site https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Slopwatch_Anti_Linux_Machine_Generated_FUD_LLM_Slop_From_GBHack.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/Anti_Linux_FUD_Sites_cybersecuritynews_com_and_gbhackers_com_Tu.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 19:03:06

• How to use the Alias Command https://www.networkworld.com/video/3832575/how-to-use-the-alias-command.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 19:03:35

• "Hopefully Valve directly will soon add a proper filter to Steam for this. But until then, the community site SteamDB keeps showing how useful it can be." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/steamdb-now-lets-you-filter-out-steam-games-with-ai-generation/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 19:04:06

• How to use the vmstat command https://www.networkworld.com/video/3832585/how-to-use-the-vmstat-command.html    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 19:04:37

• "A clash over different Flatpak-packaged versions of OBS Studio highlights problems with distro-maintained software repositories versus external ones." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/fedora_obs_flatpak_dispute/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 19:05:05

• "Linux Backdoor" is clickbait and misleading https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/new-linux-backdoor-auto-color/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 19:05:59

• "The HaPlay Go Zero is a handheld computer with a 4.7 inch 720p display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor, a thumb keyboard, and a Linux-based operating system. Designed and built by an Indonesian hardware hacker who goes by mongkeelutfi on reddit, it’s also a fun example of upcycling old hardware." https://liliputing.com/this-handheld-linux-pc-is-made-from-an-old-android-phone-a-thumb-keyboard-and-a-3d-printed-case/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 19:06:27

• "While the war between Android and iPhone for market dominance rages on, there's still development on alternatives to both platforms. Finland-based tech company Jolla has released version 5.0 of Sailfish OS, its Linux-based operating system for mobile devices." https://www.howtogeek.com/sailfish-os-5-0-tampella-release/    

posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 19:07:03

• HandBrake 1.9.2 Released with Few More Fixes [Ubuntu PPA] ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/handbrake-192-released/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 01:53:21