Roy Schestowitz

• Omni MedSci medical device patent monopoly prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/4/2/omni-medsci-medical-device-patent-prior-art-found    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:05:00

• Keysoft advertising patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/4/1/keysoft-advertising-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:05:32

• Fake endorsements or marketing spam from JUVE ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/top-uk-patent-litigation-firms-2025/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:06:24

• Some of those firms paid JUVE to spread propaganda for them ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/top-uk-patent-filing-firms-2025/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:06:58

• And JUVE pushed for an illegal and fake patent courts for some of these firms ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/top-filing-and-litigation-firms-in-the-uk-2025/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:07:40

• Classic marketing spam disguised as an article ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/ericsson-brings-in-taylor-wessing-partner-to-boost-litigation-expertise/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:08:33

• The top cases that have impacted the UK patent monopoly litigation market ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/the-top-cases-that-have-impacted-the-uk-patent-litigation-market/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:08:46

• Chinese Copper Mine Spill ‘Kills’ River in Zambia ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/04/chinese-copper-mine-spill-kills-river-in-zambia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chinese-copper-mine-spill-kills-river-in-zambia    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:11:08

• Paul Wise: FLOSS Activities March 2025 ☞ http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2025/04/02/floss-activities/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:12:35

• Openwashing nonsense. https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/02/oumi-releases-small-parameter-hallucination-detection-model-open-source/ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/02/prowler-raises-12-5m-advance-open-source-driven-cloud-security-platform/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:14:01

• NVIDIA Finally Adds Native Python Support to CUDA ☞ https://thenewstack.io/nvidia-finally-adds-native-python-support-to-cuda/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:14:29

• "I finally did it! 1 year and 2 days after my last published article on my gemlog, not only I’m posting here again, but I also managed to bring my blog back to gemini in a better shape than before" gemini://gmi.bacardi55.io/gemlog/2025/04/04/capsules-update-april-2025/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:23:58

• "I came to the conclusion that my favorite Gemini browser on a mobile device was Elaho. Unfortunately, Elaho was not updated and was removed from the phone after reinstalling it, and since it is no longer available in the store, I cannot reinstall it." gemini://szczezuja.space/tinylog.gmi    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:24:55

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1254.jpg    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:25:29

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1604.jpg    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:25:35

• "Piwmps like Alvind are always confrontational, till they get brought down." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqvcfdyb    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:30:44

• "Deep down, Alvind is a freaking paranoid coward with his tail between his legs. The IBM lawyers will arrange for a multi-million dollar settlement and, of course,an NDA (Non-disclosure agreement) about the terms of settlement and the amount of money paid. And they all walk away happy, except Alvind !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqybecq1    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:31:51

• "Whatever money from the lawsuit settlement doesn’t belong to the CEO , so the CEO will be happy when the lawsuit is settled"    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:32:05

• IBM "Dallas and Atlanta offices closing ... Hearing Dallas and Atlanta closing to relocate to Austin. Anyone heard this?" "Atlanta relocating to Brookhaven" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqyrkghq http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/R_T_O_at_IBM_in_Texas_and_Atlanta_State_of_Georgia_Expected_as_.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:33:57

• Automattic lays off 16 percent of its workforce after a turbulent year https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/130237/automattic-lays-off-16-percent-of-its-workforce-after-a-turbulent-year/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:34:43

• Mozilla Reinvents Thunderbird: Introducing Thundermail and Thunderbird Pro https://techstory.in/mozilla-reinvents-thunderbird-introducing-thundermail-and-thunderbird-pro/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:35:50

• Thundermail and Thunderbird Pro Services https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/planning/T437cd854afcb1395    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:37:15

• Windows collapsing https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/libya/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:39:27

• Netherlands: Android up, Windows down almost to new lows https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/netherlands/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:41:42

• Mobile usage growing for Web clients https://gs.statcounter.com/platform-market-share#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:47:01

• Yandex is about to be bigger than Bing https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share#monthly-200902-202504 https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/europe/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:49:06

• Microsoft Corp stock fell 18%+ since Dec 17    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 04:58:46

• LLM slop again. "Fake: 100.0%" https://betanews.com/2025/04/03/firefox-extension-data-consent-system-2025/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:00:24

• "IBM is accelerating the of most US offices to Bangalore in India." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqyrkghq    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:03:32

• Google is still MitM here; also, people don't need GMail spyware (proprietary) to do this ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/gmail-brings-end-to-end-encrypted-emails-to-all-enterprise-users/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:05:25

• ImageRunner Flaw Exposed Sensitive Information in Surveillance Giant Google Cloud ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/imagerunner-flaw-exposed-sensitive-information-in-google-cloud/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:09:05

• Surveilling Europe’s edges: when research legitimises border violence ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/surveilling-europes-edges-when-research-legitimises-border-violence/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:09:46

• Utopian dreams, sobering reality: The end we start from in EU’s approach to technology ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/utopian-dreams-sobering-reality-the-end-we-start-from-in-eus-approach-to-technology/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:10:10

• Lazarus Uses ClickFix Tactics in Fake Cryptocurrency Job Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/lazarus-uses-clickfix-tactics-in-fake-cryptocurrency-job-attacks/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:10:44

• Rockbox 4.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1016207/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:11:28

• NV8600-Nano Hey Hi (AI) Kit: Jetson Orin Nano Super Mode + 4x GbE, CANBus, MIPI ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/nv8600-nano-ai-kit-jetson-orin-nano-super-mode-4x-gbe-canbus-mipi/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:11:48

• 5 Tools to Enhance Your AppImage Experience on GNU/Linux ☞ https://itsfoss.com/appimage-tools/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:12:12

• Observable for R users ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/03/observable-for-r-users/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:17:47

• "This week, Jonathan Bennett chats with Bashonly about yt-dlp, the audio/video downloader that carries the torch from youtube-dl!" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/02/floss-weekly-episode-827-yt-dlp-sometimes-you-cant-see-the-tail/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:33:26

• dei:fedoraproject.org uses proprietary Google Apps :)    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:57:57

• Diversity good, Free software meh    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:58:13

• Ford School hosts Onion owner for live taping of ‘On Air with Kara Swisher’ ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-life/ford-school-hosts-onion-owner-for-live-taping-of-on-air-with-kara-swisher/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 06:24:00

• Flow State and Surfing ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/flow-state-and-surfing/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 06:24:42

• How Tesla Dealerships Became the Epicenter of the Convicted Felon Resistance ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/how-tesla-dealerships-became-the-epicenter-of-the-trump-resistance    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 06:25:36

• Neuroscience podcast takes listeners inside the world of the brain ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/02/neuroscience-podcast-explores-brain/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 06:26:10

• [Podcast] DNS computer says ‘NO’ ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/03/podcast-dns-computer-says-no/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 06:26:26

• South Korean Actress’s Suicide Spurs Scrutiny of Ex-Boyfriend ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/world/asia/kim-sae-ron-suicide-soo-hyun.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 06:26:47

• Batteryless 7.5-inch NFC-powered e-paper display V2 gets new NFC chip and “fast flashing method” ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/03/batteryless-7-5-inch-nfc-powered-e-paper-display-v2-gets-new-nfc-chip-and-fast-flashing-method/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 06:27:20

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Set to Meet With Top Aides to Decide TikTok’s Fate ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/technology/trump-tiktok-sale-meeting.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 06:27:38

• How Convicted Felon Could Make Larry Ellison the Next Media Mogul ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/technology/trump-larry-ellison-tiktok-oracle.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 06:27:50

• Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy Fentanylware (TikTok) in the U.S. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/business/media/amazon-tiktok-bid.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 06:28:00

• After Briefly Disappearing, Fentanylware (TikTok) Went Back to Normal. Or Did It? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/style/tiktok-ban-algorithm-deadline.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 06:28:16

• Amazon Makes a Last-Minute Bid to Acquire TikTok, Deadline Just Days Away ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/02/amazon-makes-a-last-minute-bid-to-acquire-tiktok/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 06:28:25

• iophk: FreeBSD Foundation continues supporting Microsoft, reinforcing the impression that FreeBSD fans are merely Microsfters that acknowledge that Windows is not fit for purpose but otherwise adhere to the Microsoft ideology    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 06:48:02

• Layoffs hit Zomato    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 07:21:35

• Microsoft reportedly pulls back on its data center plans https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/03/microsoft-reportedly-pulls-back-on-its-data-center-plans/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 07:23:42

• Microsoft Pulls Back on Data Centers From Chicago to Jakarta https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/microsoft-pulls-back-on-data-centers-from-chicago-to-jakarta    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 07:24:44

• Something's Gone Wrong With Microsoft's Huge AI Data Center Investments https://futurism.com/microsoft-huge-data-center-investments-tariffs    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 07:25:40

• Microsoft rethinks data centre investments worldwide: What it means for AI and Cloud https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-rethinks-data-centre-investments-worldwide-what-it-means-for-ai-and-cloud-11743701061204.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 07:26:09

• Bill Gates is a cracker since his younger days http://techrights.org/o/2008/11/20/sabotaging-for-a-living/ also see http://techrights.org/o/2013/01/24/bill-gates-and-viruses/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:01:13

• Microsoft = serial crimes http://groklawstatic.ibiblio.org/staticpages/index.php?page=2005010107100653    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:01:26

• GNU/Linux high and growing in Albania https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/albania/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:15:25

• and ukraine occupied by microsoft https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/ukraine/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:15:54

• Summer weather    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:41:37

• "Trump Tariffs may hurt U.S. system integrators most" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/gaming-pcs/pc-prices-up-at-least-15-percent-trump-tariffs-may-hurt-u-s-system-integrators-most | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:42:23

• "Valve released SteamVR Beta 2.10.2 on April 2nd, and thankfully it includes a couple of fixes for Linux VR players." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/steamvr-beta-2-10-2-released-with-a-linux-vr-fix-and-a-controller-and-physics-improvement/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:43:02

• "Okay, now I'm excited. Sonic Rumble from SEGA is the first major multiplayer party game for the series and Valve have rated it Steam Deck Verified." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/sonic-rumble-is-steam-deck-verified-ahead-of-release/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:43:10

• "Ship of Harkinian is a free community-made PC port of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time from the Harbour Masters team. A massive Blair Alfa (9.0.0) release just went live with a Randomizer and other major new features." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/pc-port-of-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-ship-of-harkinian-gets-a-huge-randomizer-upgrade/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:44:10

• "Command & Conquer - Combined Arms is a huge free RTS game based on OpenRA that includes Command & Conquer and Red Alert action combined in one game with plenty of extras and enhancements." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/command-conquer-combined-arms-gets-a-major-update-with-new-missions-ai-improvements-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:47:05

• America FIRST... to price things OUT OF REACH!    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:47:55

• Trust the man who did at least SIX bankruptcies... to.. wait, PAY BACK the debt?    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:48:40

• "Spilled! is a thoroughly relaxing cute gem about driving a little boat and cleaning up the ocean, to bring life back to the planet." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/spilled-is-a-gorgeous-and-relaxing-short-game-about-cleaning-up-the-ocean/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:53:46

• "What will Trump do when his tariffs backfire?" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/the-world-looks-on-and-wonders-how-much-pain-is-trump-willing-to-take    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:56:03

• European alternative to Microsoft is on the way: But problems await | "Europæisk alternativ til Microsoft er på vej: Men problemerne står i kø | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/europaeisk-alternativ-til-microsoft-er-paa-vej-men-problemerne-staar-i-koe # paywall    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:56:35

• Suspended Yoon Suk-yeol formally deposed as president | "Suspenderte Yoon Suk-yeol formelt avsatt som president – Siste nytt – NRK" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/suspenderte-yoon-suk-yeol-formelt-avsatt-som-president-1.17369744    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:57:10

• "Another chance to grab some cheap treats here. The Fellow Traveller Humble Bundle is now live and there's some good stuff included." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/get-some-great-indie-games-in-the-fellow-traveller-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:57:24

• "While Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed was already rated Steam Deck Verified by Valve, it's nice to see developers still making improvements to it." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/disney-epic-mickey-rebrushed-gets-a-couple-of-steam-deck-fixes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:57:36

• "Available now in Early Access on Steam, Wildkeepers Rising is one of the latest to attempt to put a new spin on the popularity of whatever genre we're calling things like Vampire Survivors today." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/wildkeepers-rising-blends-survivor-like-bullet-heavens-with-creature-collection-for-lots-of-chaotic-battles/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 08:57:50

• "Even the investment bankers have run entirely out of fucks" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/04/even-the-investment-bankers-have-run-entirely-out-of-fucks/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:02:52

• "39 Million Secrets Leaked on Microsoft GitHub in 2024" https://www.securityweek.com/39-million-secrets-leaked-on-github-in-2024/ Microsoft is the opposite of security http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:03:38

• Slashdot runs Microsoft propaganda piece again http://techrights.org/wiki/Slashdot/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:04:13

• BASIC didn't start at Microsoft. It was STOLEN by Microsoft. Now the corrupt, bribed media, followed by LLM slop, will REWRITE the history of BASIC and serve the pervert, inverting narratives https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:06:45

• "Trump’s Protectionist Turn Is a Death Blow for Neoliberalism" https://jacobin.com/2025/04/trump-protectionism-neoliberalism-trade-globalism/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:07:31

• "Viktor Orban’s government says Hungary will withdraw from ICC" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/03/hungary-icc-withdraw-orban-netanyahu/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:07:45

• "Donald Trump’s Ego Melts the Global Economy" https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/donald-trumps-ego-melts-the-global-economy    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:07:58

• "Confusion reigns as Trump rolls out sweeping tariffs" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-04-03/confusion-reigns-as-trump-rolls-out-sweeping-tariffs    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:08:08

• "Tariffs News Highlights: Tariffs Send Wall Street Tumbling to Worst Day Since Pandemic" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/03/business/trump-tariffs    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:08:31

• Cheeto’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc" https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/04/03/president-trumps-mindless-tariffs-will-cause-economic-havoc    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:08:47

• "Stupid or Evil? It's Definitely Not Liberation" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/03/stupid-or-evil-its-definitely-not-liberation/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:08:57

• "Deloitte is planning layoffs after a federal crackdown on consulting contracts"    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:09:51

• Thai Stocks Tumble on Microsoft Data Centre Slowdown Fears https://www.nationthailand.com/business/trading-investment/40048334    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:10:57

• Microsoft taps brakes on data center buildout in U.S. and abroad - BBG https://ca.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/microsoft-taps-brakes-on-data-center-buildout-in-us-and-abroad--bbg-3937669    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:11:57

• Cancelled datacenters, more layoffs    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:15:14

• "Global stock markets reeling following Trump's tariffs shock" https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/eu-countermeasures-us-tariffs-1.7500731    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:16:55

• Being DEPENDENT on GAFAM is a MASSIVE liability right now    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:17:15

• "Latvia extends ban on aggressor state agricultural imports / Article" https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/03.04.2025-latvia-extends-ban-on-aggressor-state-agricultural-imports.a594095/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:17:50

• "Trump’s Big Lie: This is the simple formula he used to calculate the ‘reciprocal’ tariffs" https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-04-03/trumps-big-lie-this-is-the-simple-formula-he-used-to-calculate-the-reciprocal-tariffs.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:18:05

• "Trump’s Buddies At Andreesen Horowitz Want To Help Buy TikTok, Turn It Into A Right Wing Safe Space" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/02/trumps-buddies-at-andreesen-horowitz-want-to-help-buy-tiktok-turn-it-into-a-right-wing-safe-space/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:18:27

• Murdoch tabloid "goes out of the way to avoid mentioning bill's deceased friend" https://pagesix.com/2025/04/03/celebrity-news/where-melinda-gates-stands-with-ex-bill-after-divorce/ ("Where Melinda Gates stands with ex Bill after divorce") http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/26/Journalistic_Malpractice_Helps_Bill_Gates_Cover_Up_His_Marriage.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:19:06

• PR and reputation laundering week for Famous Criminal Bill Gates. How much media cost to corrupt? https://www.cjr.org/criticism/gates-foundation-journalism-funding.php    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:19:50

• "Trump will 'buckle under pressure' if Europe bands together over tariffs: German economy minister" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/trump-will-buckle-under-pressure-if-europe-bands-together-over-tariffs-german-economy-minister.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:20:32

• EU Commission opens loopholes for over-identification | "Digitale Brieftasche: EU-Kommission öffnet Schlupflöcher für Überidentifikation" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/digitale-brieftasche-eu-kommission-oeffnet-schlupfloecher-fuer-ueberidentifikation/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:21:06

• "What Is Vladimir Putin's 'Passportization'? The Sinister Choice Facing Ukrainians in Occupied Territories" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/what-vladimir-putins-passportization-sinister-choice-facing-ukrainians-occupied-territories-1732379    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:21:24

• "Will Malignant Stupidity Kill the World Economy?" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-careless-stupidity-kill-the    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:22:00

• "Trump should not forget the Russian hand behind the Houthis" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/trump-should-not-forget-the-russian-hand-behind-the-houthis/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:22:12

• Blame the 'youth'? https://www.dw.com/en/germany-sees-rise-in-sexual-violence-and-youth-offenses/a-72116932 ("Germany sees rise in sexual violence and youth offenses")    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:22:38

• "Microsoft Keeps Making Windows 11 Worse" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/microsoft-keeps-making-windows-11-worse:8    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:22:51

• "Trump Was "Pissed Off" At Putin, But Russia Missing From His Tariff List" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/no-russia-on-trumps-tariffs-list-days-after-pissed-off-at-putin-remark-8074299    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:23:10

• To 96% of the world the "Liberation Day" means liberation FROM the US... as there's no point pretending it's an ally anymore    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:24:55

• To the other 4% it means "EVERYTHING GETTING TOO EXPENSIVE DAY"    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:25:18

• "The "we" here is doing some heavy lifting and presumably refers to the report's authors" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/blair_institute_ai_copyright/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:30:15

• Blair Institute = big oil = profiteers when sites are attacked by scrapers and models are built, then used a lot and heavily for plagiarism. Sells more oil.    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:31:24

• "Currently, the measure covers all songs with any AI input, but this may change in the future." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/02/korea-music-copyright-bans-registration-ai-works/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:31:35

• "The convenience of curated playlists has also led to a passive listening culture - the same works on video streaming platforms." ☛ https://abf.li/posts/why-i-dont-like-streaming-music-services/ | Source: Andre Franca    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:32:25

• "To use the device, it must be within an organization – for indeed, it is aimed at employees – using Windows 365 with Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Entra ID." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/windows_365_link/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:32:38

• "All-in-all, this means that when Nintendo shuts down Nintendo Switch online in ~20 years and your Switch console or microSD card are damaged you will lose access to your collection." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/switch-2-drm-expensive-and-gamecube | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:32:50

• "The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has signalled that it intends to renew the spectrum licenses of mobile operators when they expire between 2028 and 2032." ☛ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/business-technology/acma-to-renew-most-wireless-spectrum-licenses-when-they-expire.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:35:57

• "Following up on our series of regional reports, we present developments in routing security and IPv6 uptake in South East Europe (SEE)." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/qasim-lone/see-13-advancing-internet-technologies-in-south-east-europe/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:36:29

• "Canadians can fight for a country that stands up for the rights of all, share the wealth, invest together in homes, schools and health care, and build a stronger society and economy in the process" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/04/canada-wealth-inequality-billionaires-housing/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:39:36

• "The new Henry VIII powers would allow any future government to change the rules with minimal parliamentary oversight." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/joint-letter-henry-viii-powers-in-data-use-and-access-bill-could-undermine-election-integrity/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:39:53

• "admitting in court filings that the removal was a mistake" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/04/01/repub/ice-admits-to-administrative-error-in-deporting-maryland-man-to-el-salvador-mega-prison/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:40:35

• "no longer constitutes probable cause sufficient to support a search for contraband" ☛ https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/04/police-cant-search-cars-solely-because-they-smell-marijuana-michigans-top-court-says.html | Source: Michigan News    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:41:15

• "The lawsuit filed by the National Treasury Employee Union (NTEU) names as defendants President Donald Trump" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/union-sues-trump-administration-over-executive-order-revoking-federal-departments-collective-bargaining-rights/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:44:22

• "An Irish MP says she was subjected to violent threats of rape and murder after being targeted online by Andrew and Tristan Tate's supporters—despite never mentioning them in her original statement." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/irish-mp-sorcha-eastwood-sues-tate-brothers-after-receiving-rape-death-threats-supporters-1732409 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:44:40

• "The sources, who live inside Tibet and spoke to RFA on condition of anonymity because of fears for their own safety" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/04/03/tibet-buddhist-leader-tulku-hungkar-dorje/ | Source: RFA    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:44:58

• "Authorities have raided the homes of at least nine journalists, detaining them along with at least four other journalists arrested while covering the protests, while hurting numerous others." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/04/journalists-in-turkey-arrested-beaten-deported-amid-government-crackdown-on-opposition/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:45:59

• "Now Google have come out and said what we have all seen for decades: the value they put on news is zero. AI mania is starting a new round of robbing news publishers of their traffic as well as their content." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/perhaps-google-is-really-worth-nothing-to-the-news-industry/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:46:12

• "There are leaders who encourage their team to be more than the sum of its parts. The Monitor newsroom has benefitted from one such leader for over 30 years." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/From-the-Editors/2025/0403/amelia-newcomb-monitor-managing-editor | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:49:57

• "The quote garnered a strong reaction from the “Last Week Tonight” studio audience and led Oliver to say he thought Morley’s comments were taken out of context." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-04-02/john-oliver-defamation-lawsuit-healthcare-boss-last-week-tonight | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:50:22

• "the role of investigative journalism in shedding light on these practices and ensuring accountability has never been more critical." ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/building-bridges-for-digital-rights-the-civic-journalism-coalition/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:50:48

• "Two Tapachula journalists who spoke to CPJ by phone on condition of anonymity, fearing reprisal, believe Noticias Chiapas al ROJO was created by a criminal gang to spread disinformation against rivals" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/04/17-mexican-journalists-smeared-by-facebook-page-allegedly-run-by-gang-members/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:51:23

• "He wrote slogans in Chinese like “Taiwan independence,” a reference to Chinese President Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh, and claims that the Chinese Communist Party had brought “disaster” upon Hong Kong, the prosecution said." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/02/man-jailed-for-10-months-for-sedition-criminal-damage-over-graffiti-on-taiwan-independence-chinese-communist-party/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:54:37

• "After a long hiatus, site blocking proposals have resurfaced in the U.S. Congress." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/eff-vows-to-fight-back-against-u-s-site-blocking-bills-250403/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:55:00

• "The Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA), along with at least one other bill still in draft form, would revive this reckless strategy." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:55:16

• "certain obscene or harmful material." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/fine-art-photography/this-legislation-would-penalize-museums-for-obscene-photography-but-is-it-a-dangerous-idea-for-the-art-community | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 09:57:03

• "A Chinese court has sentenced rights activist Chen Mingyu to 2 1/2 years in prison for attending a celebratory dinner last year marking the inauguration of Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te, according to the Chinese rights advocacy group Weiquanwang." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/03/china-rights-activist-sentenced-taiwan-president/ | Source: RFA    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:02:31

• "Political agendas, such as Ursula von der Leyen’s guidelines for the European Commission (2024–2028) or the security package proposed by Germany’s outgoing coalition, rely heavily on rhetoric around protection, defence, and deterrence" ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/the-security-playbook/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:05:21

• "In this interview with TVO The Agenda’s Steve Paikin" ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/how-cyber-espionage-threatens-democracy-in-the-age-of-trump/ | Source: Citizen Lab    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:05:59

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:03:11

• "The map below shows the share of federal employees in each county by category: less than 1 percent, between 1 and 10 percent, and over 10 percent." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/04/federal-workers-job-cuts-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:07:45

• "Transit advocates argue that the exclusion from the Vermont Avenue project ignores voters’ mandate to follow the mobility plan" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-03/what-about-the-bike-lanes-transit-advocates-say-metro-project-ignores-citys-mobility-plans | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:08:21

• "That's on top of last week's news that Microsoft had walked away from two data center projects in the US and Europe, piling on to a February announcement that it was cancelling data center leases." ☛ https://futurism.com/microsoft-huge-data-center-investments-tariffs | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:08:35

• "There are many examples of technology and bad behavior merging" ☛ https://www.mlive.com/advice/2025/04/miss-manners-why-must-car-door-locks-be-paired-with-honking-horns.html | Source: Michigan News    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:09:03

• "The EU today (April 3) today opened a funding call for cross-border EU energy infrastructure projects." ☛ https://www.h2-view.com/story/e600m-funding-window-opens-for-eu-hydrogen-infrastructure-developments/2124001.article/ | Source: H2 View    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:10:00

• "Intercity Sydney trains have designated quiet carriages—which the travelling public even respect sometimes—so this keeps the noise from other carriages from leaking across." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/riding-the-new-mariyung-sydney-trains/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:10:25

• "The company is experiencing a noticeable slowdown in transatlantic bookings, down sharply from an 18-20 percent decline in the first quarter of the year." ☛ https://www.plenglish.com/news/2025/04/03/trumps-policy-causes-travel-drop/ | Source: La Prensa Latina    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:11:02

• "The pair of lawmakers asked Trump-appointed Stebbins and his office to look into why Signal was being used by Hegseth" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/hegseth_inspector_general/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:11:46

• "Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-04-recycling-nevada-states.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:12:48

• "That’s at best a partial story." ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/407053/trump-tariff-expensive-democracy-authoritarianism-breakdown | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:13:47

• recent executive order"" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-04-03/california-other-states-sue-trump-administration-over-order-on-voting-restrictions | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:15:07

• "Acting Defense Department Inspector General Steven A. Stebbins wrote in a memo" ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/04/03/repub/pentagon-watchdog-will-probe-signalgate-in-response-to-senators/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:18:09

• "The investors claim ByteDance sabotaged their acquisition of the social media giant during the first Trump administration" ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/investors-sue-bytedance-for-58-billion-over-rigged-tiktok-acquisition/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:18:58

• "It’s a telling shift. What’s at stake here goes beyond policy influence." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/are-a-handful-of-wealthy-tech-bros-bringing-doge-to-canada/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:19:23

• "A Cold War throwback Intelligence services across the world have long used attractive men and women to obtain sensitive information" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/americas/us-bans-officials-in-china-from-romantic-ties-with-locals-1870596 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:20:27

• "She joined up with the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1941 and was assigned to Bletchley almost immediately" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/bletchley_webb_obituary/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:20:51

• "A cool thing about this arrangement is how it will make everybody mad. ByteDance is still going to own a fifth of the business and it is possible" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/ft-tiktok-america/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:23:35

• "European Commission Takes Aim at End-to-End Encryption Again" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/protecteu-end-to-end-encryption/ | Source: Nick Heer https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:25:12

• "Companies aren’t trying very hard to give you control over your personal data. They may not even be complying with the law." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/01/data-privacy-laws-ignoring/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:27:20

• "The EU has issued its plans to keep the continent's denizens secure and among the pages of bureaucratese are a few worrying sections that indicate the political union wants to backdoor encryption by 2026, or even sooner" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/eu_backdoor_encryption/ | Source: The Register UK http://techrights.org/o/2020/08/14/control-but-no-accountability/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:27:50

• "It’s important to us at PI that we continue to create real change in the world. We want our work to matter, and we challenge ourselves continuously to verify that it does." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5551/our-key-achievements-2024 | Source: Privacy International    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:28:35

• "In most countries, the government knows when you were born, your social security number, where you live, how much you earn and how much your house is worth." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-takes-swedish-tax-authority-court-selling-peoples-personal-data | Source: NYOB    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:28:58

• "Lax enforcement of the GDPR has had far-reaching consequences for many people and collectives in the EU, especially those most vulnerable." ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/when-data-never-dies-how-better-gdpr-enforcement-could-minimise-hate-and-harm/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:29:28

• "It is doubtful whether this ruling actually clarifies the legal situation for IP address retention and access." ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/cjeu-saved-the-hadopi-what-implications-for-the-future-of-data-retention-in-the-eu/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:29:44

• "has raised serious concerns about the widespread use (and abuse) of predictive policing and surveillance technologies by Canada’s security agencies, including those responsible for monitoring the border." ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/the-u-s-wants-canada-to-become-a-police-state/ | Source: Citizen Lab    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:30:33

• "Moments after being sworn in as president of the United States, Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders strengthening border security and undertaking a mass deportation of illegal immigrants." ☛ https://macleans.ca/politics/the-u-s-wants-canada-to-become-a-police-state/ |    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:30:56

• "Walled Culture has been following closely Italy’s poorly designed Piracy Shield system." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/massive-expansion-of-italys-piracy-shield-underway-despite-growing-criticism-of-its-flaws/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:31:27

• "The European Commission has introduced ProtectEU, a comprehensive European Internal Security Strategy aimed at strengthening the security of EU citizens." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/protecteu-aims-to-secure-europe/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:31:40

• "What is data integrity? It’s ensuring that no one can modify data—that’s the security angle—but it’s much more than that." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/web-3-0-requires-data-integrity.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:34:35

• "Today, for reasons, I found myself reflecting that OIDC/OAuth2 seems to have become today's all purpose authentication method, rather than just being a web authentication and Single Sign On system." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/OIDCTodaysAuthenticationHammer | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:34:55

• "In information security, we talk a lot about authentication and authorization." ☛ https://soatok.blog/2025/04/03/the-authenticity-drought/ | Source: Dhole Moments    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:35:18

• Privateering ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/04/public-housing-crisis-europe-neoliberalism/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:35:55

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/hellcat-ransomware-what-you-need-know | Source: Tripwire    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:36:16

• "In our digital first economy, organisations hold a treasure trove of valuable data, including product catalogs, pricing models, customer reviews, dynamic content and more—all of which helps differentiate them from competitors." ☛ https://itwire.com/guest-articles/guest-opinion/the-bot-battle-how-to-defend-against-scraping-attacks.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:36:44

• "I'm sure you've noticed the trend, if you're even marginally online. Facebook is flooded with Generative AI bots, vying for views and clicks of the few human users who are still around." ☛ https://alextheward.com/blog/big-tech-is-wrecking-community/ | Source: Alex Ward    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:36:58

• "Lovelock figures there’s a market for three large LLMs — because cloud providers resolved to three large ones. Yeah, that’s literally his reason." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/03/bonfire-of-the-llms-gartner-forecasts-extinction-for-generative-ai-vendors/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:39:04

• "So there’s way more than three profitable cloud providers. And it’s not “the market” supporting OpenAI — it’s vapor capital money being set on fire." http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:39:22

• "Spotify's new AI tool generates ad scripts and voiceovers for segments between songs, in the US and Canada." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/spotify-ai-generated-ads/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:39:46

• "Confirmed, ChatGPT..." ☛ https://futurism.com/trump-tariffs-signs-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:40:11

• "The examples below draw on two taxonomies of AI harms to describe the types of harms done: [...]" ☛ https://epic.org/update-tracking-of-real-algorithmic-harms-in-california-as-enforcement-continues/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:40:49

• " Denial and potentially deception and destruction." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/oracle_breach_disaster_planning/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:42:54

• "But the risk is that no matter how well Apple trains its model, it can’t avoid the possibility of bad advice." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2656052/apples-ai-doctor-will-see-us-soon-but-will-it-be-worth-the-wait.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:44:08

• "Compared with the inactive group, all other groups demonstrated reduced levels of anxiety. So-called weekend warriors" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/only-exercising-on-weekends-still-offers-surprising-mental-health-benefits | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:44:47

• "Chatbots, then, are unsuitable for those with severe mental health issues." ☛ https://theconversation.com/why-ai-therapists-could-further-isolate-vulnerable-patients-instead-of-easing-suffering-246206 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:45:25

• "Way back in 2021, I wrote up a post detailing a method for improving the linearity of the relationship between applied voltage and current for moteus, particularly during the calibration phase." ☛ https://jpieper.com/2025/04/03/rethinking-dead-time-compensation-in-moteus/ | Source: J Pieper    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:45:57

• "This article accompanies my video review of the Huion Inspiroy H610X, a medium-sized screenless pen tablet." ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1072/huion-inspiroy-h610x-review-on-gnulinux | Source: David Revoy    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:46:13

• "Under the terms of the agreement, TSMC is said to own 20% of the joint venture." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-and-tsmc-agree-to-form-chipmaking-joint-venture-report | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:47:07

• "As it turns out, leading with questions is a great way for parents to talk to children." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/04/quaker-parenting-research/682277/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:49:33

• "algae or cyanobacteria partner up to form a colony that can survive conditions" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/lichens-thrive-in-harsh-mars-like-conditions-groundbreaking-study-finds | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:50:51

• "Elephants are incredibly ancient parts of our world." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-exceptional-ancient-elephants-from-small-swimming-creatures-to-shovel-tusked-beasts-180986270/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:51:25

• [Old] "Allen had already been negotiating with Seattle Computer Products to license Q-DOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), written by Tim Paterson (b. 1956)." ☛ https://www.historylink.org/file/10335 | http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/04/Traf_O_Data_the_Company_of_Jeffrey_Epstein_s_BFF_Bill_Gates_Fou.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:55:37

• "Here we explain that UNIX is what built the modern computer. But who built UNIX?" ☛ https://medium.com/@werowe/who-really-invented-the-computer-hint-it-was-not-bill-gates-or-steve-jobs-bc028e7803a7 | Source: Medium    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:55:46

• "I have a few wiki-like pages on my website. Among the most frequently updated is my movies page" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/04/03/sorting-html-lists-with-an-atoz-helper-class | Source: James G    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:55:59

• "while I'm mostly writing on FreeBSD, I'm also using OpenBSD for my mail server, and I'm tinkering with NetBSD these days" ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/properly-qualifying-the-tags-im-using-on-that-blog.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:58:29

• "When I think back, it depends on when you consider I started blogging. I would say around 2004/2005 is when I started blogging in a traditional sense." ☛ https://brandons-journal.com/new-post-new/ | Source: Brandon    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 10:59:12

• Fedora 43 Ushers in RPM 6, Introduces New Project Leader ☞ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-43-ushers-in-rpm-6-introduces-new-project-leader/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:02:52

• Inkscape 1.4.1 Brings Snap App Fixes, New Features ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/inkscape-1-4-1-brings-snap-app-fixes-new-features    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:04:27

• Axzez Expands OS Compatibility, Lowers Interceptor 2.0 Pricing ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/axzez-expands-os-compatibility-lowers-interceptor-2-0-pricing/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:05:12

• Luckfox Nova Features Cortex-A35 and Onboard Audio Peripherals ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/luckfox-nova-features-cortex-a35-and-onboard-audio-peripherals/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:05:47

• "Fast flux refers to a technique for obscuring malicious servers by, rather simply, rapidly altering their Domain Name System (DNS) records." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/cisa_and_annexable_allies_warn/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:06:55

• "Moreover, in debug mode, Rust will now emit a runtime assertion to confirm that pointers are not null before any non-zero-sized read or write occurs." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/rust-1-86-introduces-major-language-features/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:07:53

• "I chose to make using AI a manual action, because I felt the slow loss of competence over time when I relied on it, and I recommend everyone to be cautious with making AI a key part of their workflow." ☛ https://lucianonooijen.com/blog/why-i-stopped-using-ai-code-editors/ |    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:08:10

• "The six-day event welcomed 1,369 in-person and 548 remote participants to discuss a range of policy and operational topics with a key focus on Internet governance and digital cooperation. View the schedule for more information." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/03/event-wrap-icann-82/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:10:42

• "Recently, there was a Routing Security Panel at APRICOT 2025 where experts Anirban Datta (Earth Telecom), Mark Duffell (Telstra Limited), Muzamer Mohd Azalan (Telekom Malaysia), and Doug Madory (Kentik)" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/03/reflecting-on-the-routing-security-panel-at-apricot-2025/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:10:59

• "Description: In this workshop, we’ll dive into the extraction of tables from PDFs using R, an essential skill for turning static documents into usable data." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/smart-extraction-converting-pdf-tables-into-usable-data-with-r-workshop/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:11:30

• "Remember the double curly braces {{ }} around code samples, they are important 😀" ☛ https://heyloura.com/2025/04/03/hugo-themes.html | Source: Loura    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:12:03

• "In Hugo you can use {{index (seq 18 | shuffle) 0}}." ☛ https://heyloura.com/2025/04/03/in-hugo-you-can-use.html | Source: Loura    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:12:10

• "The Why for offering these services is simple. Thunderbird loses users each day to rich ecosystems that are both clients and services" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/thunderbird-launches-open-source-services-to-rival-gmail-and-office365/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:12:49

• "Additionally, the software broadens its functionality by detecting boot managers on OpenBSD and NetBSD" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/fastfetch-0-40-released-with-expanded-hardware-detection/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:14:09

• "After months of little to no news, we finally have some more data, released by Tuxedo." ☛ https://thelibre.news/snadpragon-laptops-are-pretty-rough-on-linux-but-theres-hope-2/ | Source: LibreNews    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:15:15

• [Old] ">D-VHS review in USA Today" ☛ https://www.newspapers.com/article/usa-today-d-vhs-review-in-usa-today/169315289/ |    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:15:45

• "In the late 1990s, it seemed like the future of video was set in stone. Discs were where things were going—and tapes were starting to feel old hat" ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/04/02/d-vhs-d-theater-digital-vcr-history/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:16:12

• "I’d never seriously worked with embedded programming before" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/stay-on-schedule-with-raspberry-pi-pico-w-and-an-e-ink-dashboard/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:16:51

• "The coreboot project is pleased to announce the release of coreboot 25.03, marking another milestone in our ongoing work to delivering open-source firmware." ☛ https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2025/04/03/coreboot-25-03-has-been-released/ | Source: Coreboot (Official)    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:17:17

• "If you haven’t seen my earlier editions in this series, I’ve previously written about the assembly process and some initial impressions on the Framework’s hardware. Today I’m sharing my final thoughts after using the machine for a handful of months." ☛ https://initialcharge.net/2025/04/framework-final-thoughts/ | Source: Mike Rockwell    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:17:28

• "Zorin makes extensive customizations to GNOME to make it more Windows-like and hence familiar to users coming from other OSes" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/zorin_os_173/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:18:39

• "One of the standout changes in Tails 6.14.1 is its improved confinement technology for the Tor Browser." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/tails-6-14-1-released-with-improved-tor-browser-integration/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:26:41

• "The Amnesic Incognito Live System (better known as Tails) distribution has a new release which changes how confinement is handled for the Tor web browser. [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12396 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:26:49

• "Today, we are releasing 6.14.1 instead of 6.14 because we discovered an important issue while testing 6.14 on Tuesday" ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6_14_1/ | Source: Tor    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:26:58

• "Well, it’s now official—RPM 6 will be part of Fedora 43. The Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo)" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-43-ushers-in-rpm-6-introduces-new-project-leader/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:28:35

• "At Steve Jackson Games, we are actively assessing what this means for our products, our pricing, and our future plans" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/643173/trump-tariffs-steve-jackson-board-game-industry | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:30:24

• "Between 2025-03-26 and 2025-04-02 there were 12 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients." ☛ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-04-02-edition/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:30:32

• Cheeto "tariffs result in major stock losses in worst one-day for markets since pandemic"    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:32:04

• "WordPress owner Automattic announces major layoffs"... second time (first 'voluntary') in months    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:33:00

• "We’re building with a progressive enhancement approach here so the first thing we need to do is work out what our minimum viable experience is" ☛ https://piccalil.li/blog/simplify-sharing-with-built-in-apis-and-progressive-enhancement/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:33:57

• "For the last 5 months, as part of my BACS internship with SANS, I have monitored two deployments of a DShield Sensor, sometimes referred to as a honeypot." ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31822 | Source: SANS    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:34:14

• "About 3,000 source IPs took part in these scans" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/unknown_scanners_probing_juniper_paloalto/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:34:36

• "the history getting WHATWG on board with the infamous issue 100." ☛ https://adrianroselli.com/2025/04/mainlining-mains.html | Source: Adriaan Roselli    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:37:15

• "One part of the talk in particular stood out: you can use light-dark in the variables declared in your CSS :root." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/04/03/light-dark-root | Source: James G    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:37:36

• "OpenZFS provides a lot of enterprise storage features in FreeBSD and other systems." ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/openzfs-cheat-sheet/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:39:37

• How To Disable Login Sound on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/disable-login-sound-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:41:55

• How To Install HPLIP on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-hplip-debian-12/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:45:10

• How To Install TeamViewer on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-teamviewer-centos-stream-10/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:46:48

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

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:47:05

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

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:51:27

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

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:51:45

• "In this article, we’ll explore some lesser-known but incredibly useful Python functions that deserve more attention" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/lesser-known-python-functions/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:52:55

• "In this article, we’ll explore a collection of underrated yet powerful Linux commands that deserve more attention." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/hidden-linux-commands/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 11:53:25

• "The ESP32-P4-Module-DEV-KIT is a low-cost development board based on the ESP32-P4, with an integrated ESP32-C6 coprocessor. It supports Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5/BLE, and is designed for embedded HMI applications and edge computing." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-p4-module-dev-kit-introduces-wi-fi-6-dual-core-risc-v-and-ethernet/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:01:39

• "Thus, the real challenge in answering “What’s next for core banking?” isn’t just defining a conceptual or generic target; it’s selecting the right path to reach it." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-next-core-banking | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:01:56

• Introducing Fedora Project Leader Jef Spaleta https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-april-4-2025-red-hat    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:03:39

• Corporate shill for "Alvind and the PIPmunks."    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:04:08

• IBM is all about BUZZWORDS https://www.redhat.com/en/resources/ai-incubator-can-jumpstart-ai-journey-checklist    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:04:47

• With Chinese partners, too (scroll down) https://www.redhat.com/en/keep-your-options-open    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:05:18

• Future generations will look down with contempt at us... for all this "HEY HI HYPE" era. How laughable. How stupid. How deceitful.    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:06:14

• Red Hat Developer Hub adds analysis dashboard https://www.infoworld.com/article/3952008/red-hat-developer-hub-adds-analysis-dashboard.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:06:42

• Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols acting as buzzwords cheerleader for IBM in a site funded by Red Hat https://thenewstack.io/red-hat-arms-developers-with-ai-powered-migration-tools/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:07:47

• The West must stop seeking Putin’s permission for peace in Ukraine ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-west-must-stop-seeking-putins-permission-for-peace-in-ukraine/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:08:45

• Putin Envoy Says He’s in U.S. for Talks With Convicted Felon Administration ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/world/europe/russia-envoy-us-visit-trump-dmitriev.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:09:01

• "ready to continue war if talks fail" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/03/putin-believes-trump-can-broker-acceptable-ukraine-peace-deal-but-is-ready-to-continue-war-if-talks-fail-bloomberg | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:09:22

• "shadow fleet" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/03/surveilling-putin-s-shadow-fleet | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:09:37

• Non-taxable minimum for Ukrainian refugees to be in line with Latvians ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/03.04.2025-non-taxable-minimum-for-ukrainian-refugees-to-be-in-line-with-latvians.a594050/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:10:30

• Rubio urges NATO allies to boost defense spending, reasserts US commitment ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250404-rubio-us-nato    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:10:46

• Weiser Diplomacy Center hosts John Hudson to discuss the differences between Convicted Felon and Biden administrations ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/government/weiser-diplomacy-center-hosts-john-hudson-to-discuss-the-differences-between-trump-and-biden-administrations/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:11:16

• Russian Envoy Says Meeting In Washington Showed 'Positive Dynamic' In Restoring Relations ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/dmitriev-russia-witkoff-trump-ukraine-war/33373183.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:11:31

• ANALYSIS: How Pro-Kremlin Media Voices Are Spinning The US-Russia Diplomatic Shift ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/analysis-kremlin-media-voices-spinning-us-russia-shift/33372719.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:11:47

• Rubio Reiterates US Commitment To NATO At Foreign Ministers Meeting In Brussels ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/nato-rutte-rubio-ukraine-russia-foreign-ministers/33370655.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:12:02

• "Four killed in overnight Russian drone attack on Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/04/four-killed-in-kharkiv-in-overnight-russian-drone-attack-on-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:12:23

• Latvia extends ban on aggressor state agricultural imports ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/03.04.2025-latvia-extends-ban-on-aggressor-state-agricultural-imports.a594095/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:12:36

• Radio Free Europe says Washington shut off its Russian broadcast despite restraining order ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250403-radio-free-europe-says-washington-shut-off-its-russian-broadcast-despite-restraining-order    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:12:56

• EU leaders push for influence at Central Asia summit in Uzbekistan ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250404-eu-central-asia-uzbekistan    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:13:19

• "Latvia to start requiring Russian and Belarusian citizens to provide detailed personal and travel information upon entry" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/04/latvia-to-start-requiring-russian-and-belarusian-citizens-to-provide-detailed-personal-and-travel-information-upon-entry | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:13:47

• "devotion to community" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/03/my-dearest-mommy-i-will-miss-you-so-much | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:14:11

• Alexander Dugin ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/04/moscow-state-university-launches-new-western-studies-lecture-course-by-eurasianist-philosopher-alexander-dugin | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:14:35

• "unsanctioned Russian investors’ assets" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/03/the-inconvenient-truth-about-europe-s-frozen-russian-assets | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:14:53

• "could soon resume direct air travel" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/04/kremlin-investment-envoy-kirill-dmitriev-says-the-trump-administration-understands-russia-could-soon-resume-direct-air-travel | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:15:10

• "marry soldiers for death benefits" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/04/russian-court-orders-community-service-for-realtor-who-advised-property-seeking-women-to-marry-soldiers-for-death-benefits | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:15:45

• Mariah Carey, Universal Music, Sony Music, and Others Demand $185,000+ In Legal Fees After Beating ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Copyright Case ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/03/mariah-carey-lawsuit-legal-fees-demand/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:16:27

• Recommended Reading: Dustin Marlan, "Servicing Trade Dress: Demystifying the Tertium Quid" ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/04/recommended-reading-dustin-marlan.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:17:22

• Mozilla Launches Paid Thunderbird E-Mail Service Which "Aligns With Our Values" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/mozilla-launches-paid-thunderbird    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:17:36

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 593 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/04/02/this-week-in-rust-593/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:19:10

• From the Community | Combating campus ‘antisemitism’ is an outrageous ploy to destroy public research infrastructure ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/03/from-the-community-combating-campus-antisemitism-is-an-outrageous-ploy-to-destroy-public-research-infrastructure/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:20:18

• Judge Blocks H.H.S. From Terminating $11 Billion in Public Health Grants ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/hhs-public-health-grants-judge.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:20:52

• Senate Confirms Dr. Oz to Ovrsee Medicare and Medicaid ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/health/dr-mehmet-oz-senate-confirmation.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:21:17

• US federal prosecutors to seek death penalty in insurance executive murder case ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/us-federal-prosecutors-to-seek-death-penalty-in-healthcare-executive-murder-case/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:21:53

• Hong Kong records 365 new HIV cases in 2024 – a decline for 9th consecutive year ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/03/hong-kong-records-365-new-hiv-cases-in-2024-a-decline-for-9th-consecutive-year/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:22:08

• Latvia's hospitals concerned about 'penalties' for poor data entry ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/03.04.2025-latvias-hospitals-concerned-about-penalties-for-poor-data-entry.a594004/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:22:29

• South Korea’s President Yoon ousted: What happens next? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/what-happens-next-after-south-korea-removes-president-yoon    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:23:15

• South Korea’s President Yoon ousted: 4 months of political chaos ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-president-yoon-ousted-four-months-of-political-chaos    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:23:26

• Who are the top contenders for South Korea’s presidential election? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/who-are-the-top-contenders-for-south-koreas-presidential-election    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:23:37

• South Korea’s President Yoon ousted: Brash ex-prosecutor loses reckless gamble with martial law ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-ousted-leader-yoon-loses-reckless-gamble-with-martial-law    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:23:47

• South Korea’s constitutional court rules to oust impeached president Yoon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250404-south-korean-court-to-rule-on-yoon-impeachment-over-martial-law-scandal    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:23:55

• Protesters Amass in Seoul Ahead of Court Ruling on South Korea’s Yoon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/world/asia/seoul-protests-yoon-south-korea.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:24:07

• South Korea’s acting President calls for talks with US over tariffs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-acting-president-orders-emergency-measures-over-us-tariffs    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:24:19

• South Koreans anxious, angry as court to rule on impeached President ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreans-anxious-angry-as-court-to-rule-on-impeached-president    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:24:29

• South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol won’t appear at April 4 ruling: Legal team ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-yoon-suk-yeol-wont-appear-at-april-4-ruling-legal-team    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:24:39

• South Korea’s impeached President Yoon faces court ruling to decide his fate ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-impeached-president-yoon-faces-court-ruling-to-decide-his-fate    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:24:48

• S. Korea’s Defence Ministry says ‘no military mobilisation’ for 2nd martial law even if Yoon returns ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-defense-ministry-says-no-military-mobilisation-for-2nd-martial-law-even-if-yoon-returns    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:25:02

• South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ousted ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-president-yoon-suk-yeol-ousted    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:25:10

• What happens next after South Korea removes President Yoon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/what-happens-next-after-south-korea-removes-president-yoon    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:25:21

• South Korea’s President Yoon ousted: Four months of political chaos ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-president-yoon-ousted-four-months-of-political-chaos    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:25:32

• South Korea’s constitutional court upholds Yoon's impeachment over martial law scandal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250404-south-korean-court-to-rule-on-yoon-impeachment-over-martial-law-scandal    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:25:40

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.86.0 ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/04/03/Rust-1.86.0.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:26:40

• "In the process, AK is preventing IBM to go bankrupt" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqyrkghq no, he delays    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:27:46

• "This defies all logic. Why would Arvind be concerned or unhappy about something you're already confident lawyers will just settle discreetly?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqybecq1    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:28:37

• "This will be a blip on the radar. It won’t be out of Alvinds funds. IBM has funds for this and as a result if it’s a multi million dollar settlement to cover that they will RA a few more people or ship the jobs to Alvinds beloved India Kavanaugh will have to write the check but his big d-mb a$$ won’t be affected either." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqybecq1    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:29:01

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1016361/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:29:27

• "Will the tariffs lead to increased layoffs?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqx0qrge    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:29:58

• "IBM is reportedly planning mass layoffs in its Cloud Classic division while increasing hiring in India to manage costs." https://trak.in/stories/ibm-infosys-boeing-hsbc-start-firing-techies-over-global-uncertainities/ It's new but it seems like LLM slop.    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:32:09

• Konsole Layout Automation (part 2) ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/04/02/konsole-layout-automation-part-2/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:33:40

• Today is the Forth of the Forth ☞ https://rubenerd.com/today-is-the-forth-of-the-forth/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:34:05

• "Utah Ex-Therapist Scott Owen Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Abusing Patients" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-owen-utah-therapist-sexual-abuse-prison-sentence | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:34:57

• How to Optimize Dockerfile for a Lean, Secure Production ☞ https://tecadmin.net/optimize-dockerfile-for-production/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:35:34

• How to Work Better with Git in Teams ☞ https://tecadmin.net/work-better-with-git-in-teams/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:36:15

• Gregor Herrmann: Debian MountainCamp, Innsbruck, 16–18 May 2025 ☞ https://info.comodo.priv.at/blog/debian_mountaincamp__innsbruck__16_18_may_2025.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:36:43

• FOSS Weekly #25.14: Fedora 42 COSMIC, OnePackage, AppImage Tools and More GNU/Linux Stuff ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-14/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:41:36

• Slopwatch: Anti-Linux Articles, Not Even Written by Humans ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/Slopwatch_Anti_Linux_Articles_Not_Even_Written_by_Humans.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:41:55

• statCounter Says GNU/Linux Usage is Up Again (Internationally) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/statCounter_Says_GNU_Linux_Usage_is_Up_Again_Internationally.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:42:05

• "Well, that's why there is so much malhacking (my own term, to differentiate from white-hat testing and ordinary programming); the people who came up with the RFCs for email, html, and other protocols didn't bother to think about the bad things that could happen (and still happen with new protocols)" https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-04/msg00000.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:43:23

• Azerbaijan: GNU/Linux above 6% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/azerbaijan/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:44:13

• Over 4% in Viet Nam https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/viet-nam/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:44:59

• 5.4% in Burma https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/myanmar/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:45:47

• Indonesia: All-Time Highs for GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/Indonesia_All_Time_Highs_for_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:52:40

• Islamic Republic of Iran: GNU/Linux at All-time High This Month, backdoored Windows Falls to 12% ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_GNU_Linux_at_All_time_High_This_Month_.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:52:49

• Microsoft's Trouble in Africa and Asia ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/Microsoft_s_Trouble_in_Africa_and_Asia.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:52:58

• More Gains for GNU/Linux, Based on Web Surveys (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/More_Gains_for_GNU_Linux_Based_on_Web_Surveys.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:53:09

• The Citizen Lab’s Director Dissects Spyware and the ‘Proliferating’ Market for It (The Record) ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/the-citizen-labs-director-dissects-spyware-and-the-proliferating-market-for-it-the-record/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:55:38

• Fresh Israeli strikes kill 100 Palestinians in Gaza ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250404-fresh-israeli-strikes-kill-100-palestinians-in-gaza    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:56:05

• Syria accuses Israel of stoking a deadly destabilisation campaign ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250403-syria-nine-killed-israel-bombardment-attack-daraa    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:56:18

• UN deeply concerned over latest Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/un-deeply-concerned-over-latest-israeli-airstrikes-in-lebanon/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:56:43

• Israeli Strike Kills Dozens at Gaza City Shelter, Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/world/middleeast/gaza-city-school-strike.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:57:07

• Israel Hits Syria With New Strikes and Ground Raid as Tensions Soar ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/world/middleeast/israel-syria-airstrikes-ground-operation.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:57:27

• Amtrak Train Strikes and Kills a Person in Pennsylvania ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/amtrak-train-crash-bucks-county-pa.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:57:43

• "Privacy-First Future" by sureillance-first company? ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/03/31/mozilla-mornings-unleashing-pets-regulating-online-ads-for-a-privacy-first-future/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:58:27

• Satty is a modern screenshot annotation tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/satty-modern-screenshot-annotation-tool/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:59:18

• 8 Best Free and Open Source Emacs-Like Text Editors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-emacs-like-text-editors/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:59:25

• shotgun is a minimal screenshot utility for X11 ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/shotgun-minimal-screenshot-utility-x11/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 16:59:37

• The United States is Putting the United States in Danger ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/the-united-states-is-putting-the-united-states-in-danger/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:00:40

• Google Released Second Fix for Quick Share Flaws After Patch Bypass ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-released-second-fix-for-quick-share-flaws-after-patch-bypass/    

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

• China arrests three Filipinos suspected of spying ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-philippine-spying-network-destroyed-arrests-3-filipinos    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:07:17

• "A few months ago our ice maker broke [1] and the upshot—we got charged for a replacement unit that was never installed and we're using ice trays." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/04/03.1    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:09:21

• "Last saturday the Raspberry Pi CM4 arrived, so i spend the saturday afternoon upgrading the DevTerm." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/040425.txt    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:10:39

• Aufsteigende Rüstungsklasse gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-04-04-aufsteigende-ruestungsklasse    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:11:11

• 🔤SpellBinding: ODFILNB Wordo: DEPTH gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-04.gmi    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:11:59

• "Today (2025-04-03) I took a walk by the Tanana River during the lunch break. The temps today were above freezing, and the sun was bright and delivering a lot of heat. I needed only my sweater and my jacket for warmth." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250403-0.gmi    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:12:36

• "Randomly chosen images from Geminispace" gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-04.gmi    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:13:37

• LQ’s account of the end gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2566    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:15:21

• Malaysia gas pipeline fire: Alleged dashcam footage shows excavation work at site of blaze ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-gas-pipeline-fire-alleged-dashcam-footage-shows-excavation-work-at-site-of-blaze    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:17:35

• Malaysia rules out retaliatory tariffs, explores measures to mitigate export impact ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-rules-out-retaliatory-tariffs-explores-measures-to-mitigate-export-impact    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:17:50

• South-east Asian nations, hit particularly hard by US tariffs, prep for talks with Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/south-east-asian-nations-hit-particularly-hard-by-us-tariffs-prep-for-talks-with-trump    

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

• Malaysia suspends search for long-missing Flight MH370 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-suspends-search-for-long-missing-flight-mh370    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:18:21

• Matter vs. Antimatter: LHC Discovery Could Explain How Universe Avoided Obliteration ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/matter-vs-antimatter-lhc-discovery-could-explain-how-universe-avoided-obliteration    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:21:42

• Oxygen Metabolism Emerged on Earth Before The Great Oxidation Event, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/oxygen-metabolism-emerged-on-earth-before-the-great-oxidation-event-study-reveals    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:22:28

• A Common Sleeping Pill Could Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-common-sleeping-pill-could-reduce-buildup-of-alzheimers-proteins-study-finds    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:22:41

• The Mysterious History of a Black Hole Has Been Decoded by Scientists ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-mysterious-history-of-a-black-hole-has-been-decoded-by-scientists    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:22:56

• Artificial Sweetener Can Trick Your Brain Into Feeling More Hungry ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/artificial-sweetener-can-trick-your-brain-into-feeling-more-hungry    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:23:20

• 23andMe Is Bankrupt. Here's What That Means For Your Genetic Data. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/23andme-is-bankrupt-heres-what-that-means-for-your-genetic-data    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:23:46

• One Simple Strategy For Weight Loss Outperforms Daily Dieting, Study Says ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-simple-strategy-for-weight-loss-outperforms-daily-dieting-study-says    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:25:49

• US Braces For 'Life-Threatening' Flooding After Deadly Storms ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/us-braces-for-life-threatening-flooding-after-deadly-storms    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:26:03

• The average cost of a breakup is almost $4K — here’s where sad single people are spending their money ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/04/03/lifestyle/the-average-cost-of-a-breakup-is-almost-4k-heres-where-sad-single-people-are-spending-their-money/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:26:56

• Oracle reportedly informs clients of system breach following earlier denial ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/03/oracle-reportedly-informs-clients-system-breach-following-earlier-denial/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:27:30

• Code::Blocks 25.03 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/codeblocks-25-03-howto-install/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:29:00

• Automating Machine Learning with PyCaret ☞ https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/04/automating-machine-learning-with-pycaret/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:29:58

• https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2025/04/03/i-dont-know-why-but-80s-movies-are-my-favourite-still-to-this-day-im-old/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:30:35

• How to use the groupadd command | Network World ⚓ https://www.networkworld.com/video/3952856/how-to-use-the-groupadd-command.html ䷉ Source: Network World | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.networkworld.com/video/3952856/how-to-use-the-groupadd-command.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:38:23

• Valkey 8.1 https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/the-linux-foundation-announces-general-availability-of-valkey-8-1/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:40:21

• I Want a Better Mac, so I’m Cheering for a Better Linux https://ofb.biz/safari/article/1304.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 17:43:15

• Japan calls Convicted Felon’s 24% tariff ‘extremely regrettable’, pushes for exemption ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-says-it-is-leaving-all-options-open-against-trumps-tariffs    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:03:14

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s punitive tariffs on China ‘just the opening steps’ in a long dance, say analysts ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-vows-action-against-new-trump-tariffs-calls-it-an-act-of-bullying    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:03:32

• With US absent, China steps in for earthquake-hit Myanmar ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/with-us-absent-china-steps-in-for-earthquake-hit-myanmar    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:03:46

• Philippines assures China potential F-16 purchase not intended to harm any nation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-assures-china-potential-f-16-purchase-not-intended-to-harm-any-nation    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:04:02

• Dihydroxyacetone Man's global tariffs hurt China with 'all-round blockade' ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/trumps-global-tariffs-hurt-china-with-all-round-blockade    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:04:20

• From Lululemon gear to AirPods, S-E Asia’s role in global supply chains put at risk by Convicted Felon tariffs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/from-lululemon-gear-to-airpods-s-e-asias-role-in-global-supply-chain-under-trump-tariff-threat    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:04:41

• China, US make first-known military contact since Convicted Felon’s inauguration ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-chinese-military-officials-hold-talks-in-shanghai    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:05:02

• Collapse of Chinese-built high rise spurs wave of anger in Thailand ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/03/china-thailand-building-collapse/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:05:29

• Asian nations fear pain from US tariffs, seek ways to placate Convicted Felon ☞ https://rfa.org/english/asia/2025/04/03/china-vietnam-cambodia-tariffs-trump/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:06:29

• Hong Kong man convicted in retrial over 2019 Yuen Long mob attack ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/03/hong-kong-man-convicted-in-retrial-over-2019-yuen-long-mob-attack/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:06:51

• When the housing is also "made in China" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=CvHMxTUdN2o    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:10:26

• US bans gov’t staff in China and Hong Kong from romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens – report ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/03/us-bans-govt-staff-in-china-and-hong-kong-from-romantic-or-sexual-relations-with-chinese-citizens-report/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:11:00

• China vows ‘countermeasures’ to sweeping new US tariffs ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/03/china-vows-countermeasures-to-sweeping-new-us-tariffs/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:15:04

• Dihydroxyacetone Man tariffs: Pain or gain for China? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20250403-trump-tariffs-pain-or-gain-for-china    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:15:20

• China-backed espionage group hits Ivanti customers again ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/china-espionage-group-ivanti-vulnerability-exploits/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:15:42

• "opposition politician Leonid Volkov’s father" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/04/the-criminal-case-taking-shape-against-opposition-politician-leonid-volkov-s-father | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:16:13

• Karabakh refugees protest in Yerevan as Armenia cuts back aid ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/03/they-tell-us-to-work-but-we-already-do | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:16:27

• MIT Wants You To Secure Your Hardware Designs ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/03/mit-wants-you-to-secure-your-hardware-designs/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:20:42

• "In the 1982 movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High, a classroom of students receives a set of paperwork to pass backward." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/03/ditto-that/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:21:26

• A Proper OS For The Sega Genesis/Megadrive ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/03/a-proper-os-for-the-sega-genesis-megadrive/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:21:47

• 'Largest' Rare Earth Metals Deposit Discovered in Kazakhstan ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/largest-rare-earth-metals-deposit-discovered-in-kazakhstan    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:22:26

• once again boosting SLOP ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/independent-bulletin-ai-written-audiences-prefer-works-commercially/ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/21/Paywalls_Bots_Spam_and_Spyware_is_Future_of_the_Media_According.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/11/Why_is_UK_Press_Gazette_Jingoistic_About_Plagiarists_and_LLM_Sl.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:24:26

• The UK's Press Gazette Has No Credibility Anymore http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/26/The_UK_s_Press_Gazette_Has_No_Credibility_Anymore_It_Celebrates.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:24:43

• ‘Tough love’: Reuters Institute chief says news industry has ‘lost way’ with audiences ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/mitali-mukherjee-reuters-institute-tough-love-news-audiences-lost-way/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:25:27

• Actress Kate Beckinsale secures removal of Mail Online ‘weight loss’ article ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/actress-kate-beckinsale-secures-removal-of-mail-online-weight-loss-article/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:27:40

• The Job Market Has Been Resilient. The Trade War Could Be Its Undoing. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/business/economy/job-market-tariffs.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:28:30

• Backpacks for carrying cash: Surging inflation in North Korea hits residents hard ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/04/03/north-korea-inflation/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:28:44

• Turkey’s inflation at 38.1% in March, food prices lead monthly rise ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/turkeys-inflation-at-38-1-in-march-food-prices-lead-monthly-rise-306114    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:29:02

• Rust 1.86.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1016365/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 18:29:33

• Intel refreshes iconic brand with 'That's the power of defective chip maker Intel Inside' campaign ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-refreshes-iconic-brand-with-thats-the-power-of-intel-inside-campaign    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:23:05

• International intelligence agencies raise the alarm on fast flux ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/fast-flux-nsa-cisa-advisory-bulletproof-hosting/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:23:41

• Report: TSMC tentatively agrees to establish chipmaking joint venture with defective chip maker Intel ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/03/report-tsmc-tentatively-agrees-establish-chipmaking-joint-venture-intel/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:25:22

• Two Top Organizers of Canada’s Freedom Convoy Found Guilty of Mischief ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/world/americas/canada-freedom-convoy-organizers-guilty.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:26:15

• Lithuania court accepts class action lawsuit of unlawfully detained asylum seekers ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/lithuania-court-accepts-class-action-lawsuit-of-unlawfully-detained-asylum-seekers/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:26:51

• Tony Bennett’s Daughters Launch Legal Battle Against Brother for Father’s Estate ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/03/tony-bennetts-daughters-fighting-his-son-for-estate/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:27:21

• Federal union’s lawsuit against ‘deferred resignation program’ resurfaces ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/04/federal-unions-lawsuit-against-deferred-resignation-program-resurfaces/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:27:48

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Just Bet the Farm ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/opinion/trump-tariffs-us-security-stability.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:28:51

• After Meeting With Laura Loomer, Convicted Felon Fires National Security Council Officials ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/trump-meeting-laura-loomer.html    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:31:52

• Dangerous liaisons: US bans staff in China from romantic ties with Chinese citizens ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/dangerous-liaisons-us-bans-staff-in-china-from-romantic-ties-with-chinese-citizens    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:32:08

• South Korea police raise security levels ahead of Yoon impeachment verdict ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-police-raise-security-levels-ahead-of-yoon-impeachment-verdict    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:32:32

• South Korea tightens security ahead of Yoon impeachment ruling ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-tightens-security-ahead-of-yoon-impeachment-ruling    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:32:43

• Lithuania set to revamp its pension system – how it will affect you ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2526094/lithuania-set-to-revamp-its-pension-system-how-it-will-affect-you    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:33:19

• BMA has apprehended half a million illegal immigrants since inception ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/bma-has-apprehended-half-a-million-illegal-immigrants-since-inception/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:34:14

• Proposed amendments to PSIRA regulations spark concern from industry ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/proposed-amendments-to-psira-regulations-spark-concern-from-industry/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:39:57

• In national security, governments still struggle to work with startups ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/in-national-security-governments-still-struggle-to-work-with-startups/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:40:09

• The surprise of the Independent Intelligence Review: economic security ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-surprise-of-the-independent-intelligence-review-economic-security/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:40:41

• The Signal Noise: A Wake-Up Call for Secure Communications ☞ https://puri.sm/posts/the-signal-noise-a-wake-up-call-for-secure-communications/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:41:27

• Vulnerabilities Expose Cisco Meraki and ECE Products to DoS Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-expose-cisco-meraki-and-ece-products-to-dos-attacks/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:41:44

• Two CVEs, One Critical Flaw: Inside the CrushFTP Vulnerability Controversy ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/details-emerge-on-cve-controversy-around-exploited-crushftp-vulnerability/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:41:57

• Hunters International Ransomware Gang Rebranding, Shifting Focus ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hunters-international-ransomware-gang-rebranding-shifting-focus/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:42:33

• Model/View Drag and Drop in Qt - Part 3 ☞ https://www.kdab.com/modelview-drag-and-drop-in-qt-part-3/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:43:49

• How to navigate LLM model names ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/03/how-navigate-llm-model-names    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:45:20

• Simplify Hey Hi (AI) data integration with RamaLama and RAG ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/03/simplify-ai-data-integration-ramalama-and-rag    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:45:42

• Yandex About to Be Three Times Bigger Than Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (Bing) in Asia ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/04/Yandex_About_to_Be_Three_Times_Bigger_Than_Microsoft_Bing_in_As.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:46:16

• IBM Gets Rid of Kelly Chambliss as Mass Layoffs Reported in I.C.B.M. Consulting, I.C.B.M. Loses Key Contracts/Graft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/IBM_Gets_Rid_of_Kelly_Chambliss_as_Mass_Layoffs_Reported_in_IBM.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:46:23

• Only on April 1st Can the Free Software Foundation Associate With Microsoft's Open Source Initiative (OSI) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/Only_on_April_1st_Can_the_Free_Software_Foundation_Associate_Wi.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:46:34

• StatCounter: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is Masking a Disaster, It's Way Behind DeepSeek Already and Interest in LLMs Has Waned ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/StatCounter_Microsoft_is_Masking_a_Disaster_It_s_Way_Behind_Dee.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:46:42

• Brett Wilson LLP Reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Reported_to_the_Solicitors_Regulation_Authorit.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:46:50

• Taiwan's Media Covers Closure of Microsoft's "AI" Lab, It's Time to Talk About the Gradual Death of backdoored Windows and Implosion of the "AI" Bubble (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/Taiwan_s_Media_Covers_Closure_of_Microsoft_s_AI_Lab_It_s_Time_t.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:48:44

• Confirmed in the Mainstream Media: A Lot of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft "Workloads" Were Just LLM Slop (Helping to Fake Growth for Years, as Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Had Paid "Open" "AI" to Become a "Client") and Demand is Rapidly Waning, Datacentres Canceled and/or Shut Down (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/Confirmed_in_the_Mainstream_Media_A_Lot_of_Microsoft_Workloads_.shtml    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:48:52

• Halo ITSM Vulnerability Exposed Organizations to Remote Hacking ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/halo-itsm-vulnerability-exposed-organizations-to-remote-hacking/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:50:52

• Chinese APT Pounces on Misdiagnosed RCE in Ivanti VPN Appliances ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-apt-pounces-on-misdiagnosed-rce-in-ivanti-vpn-appliances/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:51:19

• Social Security Administration outlines new plan for stricter ID-proofing options ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/benefits/2025/04/social-security-administration-outlines-new-plan-for-stricter-id-proofing-options/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:52:00

• Microsoft shitGPT very small in China https://gs.statcounter.com/ai-chatbot-market-share/all/china/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:53:24

• “The Form of a Demon and the Heart of a Person”: Kitagawa Utamaro’s Prints of Yamauba and Kintarō (ca. 1800) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/yamauba-and-kintaro    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:55:55

• Facebook profits from scam investment site using name of CNN anchor Richard Quest ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/social_media/facebook-scam-investment-site-richard-quest-cnn/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 19:56:34

• Amazon 'iPhone in your basket' scam warning ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/amazon-iphone-in-your-basket-scam-warning-aEf185z1I03s    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:00:56

• A Grad Student’s ICE Arrest Went Viral. Now Her University Is Demanding Her Release. ☞ https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-grad-students-ice-arrest-went-viral-now-her-university-is-demanding-her-release    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:01:44

• Windows 11 local account workaround discovered just as Abusive Monopolist Microsoft closes previous loophole in Insider Build ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/windows-11-local-account-workaround-discovered-just-as-microsoft-closes-previous-loophole-in-insider-build    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:05:19

• Oh look. Windows can try to do what GNU/Linux already did decades ago. https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-enterprise-machines-can-now-get-updates-while-you-work-no-reboot-required    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:06:57

• Microsoft trying to spin a failure as a "feature" https://www.securityweek.com/39-million-secrets-leaked-on-github-in-2024/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:10:43

• 📝 3 April 2025 at 06:35 - Thinking about my next laptop and Fashion Company Apple has been giving me the ick lately with some of what they're doing. ☞ https://kevquirk.com/notes/20250403-0635    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:11:30

• Minecrafti is dying, popularity waning, doing a film for marketing won't change it. That too will fail.    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:15:18

• That also says a lot about today's movie productions. Pure crap. Like "Apple" placements... ads instead of storylines.    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:16:16

• "So, mom, what's the purpose of this scene?" "Nothing, honey, it's just to show she uses an Apple Mac." Son: I thought ads were just at the beginning, BEFORE the film.    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:17:17

• PocketCloud – Battery-powered, portable NAS takes up to 16TB of storage (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/03/pocketcloud-battery-powered-portable-nas-takes-up-to-16tb-of-storage/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:17:30

• Enshittification of films. How long before they move from animated to rendered to SLOP as a film? "AI" storyline/plot is alllllwwwwwaaayyss ssssoooo exhilarating.    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:18:42

• There is NO such thing as "Hey Hi (AI) server"... this is just a COMPUTER with seven GPUs. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/seven-rtx-5090-gpus-power-ai-server-worth-over-usd30-000-over-4000w-of-power-and-224gb-of-memory-in-a-single-frame    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:19:35

• Hong Kong aims to ban e-cigarette smoking in public from 2026, fruit shisha ban within 2 years – reports ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/03/hong-kong-aims-to-ban-e-cigarette-smoking-in-public-from-2026-fruit-shisha-ban-within-2-years-reports/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:20:57

• How Convicted Felon’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs will impact China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/04/how-trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-will-impact-china/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:21:22

• "The Republican Party is a vicious, lawless, enemy of democracy. One of the first things the Nazis said in Germany when they won seats in the legislature was “Don’t make the mistake of thinking we come here as friends, we don’t.”" https://baronhk.wordpress.com/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:23:02

• China’s push for chip independence continues with its first RISC-V server CPU ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinas-push-for-chip-independence-continues-with-its-first-risc-v-server-cpu    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:23:32

• WattWise – A command line tool for smart power plugs with energy monitoring ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/03/wattwise-command-line-tool-smart-power-plugsenergy-monitoring/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:24:08

• Year of the Snake: Qt for Python 6.9 is out! ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-python-release-6.9    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:24:33

• Playstacean ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/03/playstacean-evolves-the-psone-into-the-crab-it-was-always-meant-to-be/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:24:57

• Mozilla Addons Blog: Rethinking Extension Data Consent: Clarity, Consistency, and Control ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2025/04/03/rethinking-extension-data-consent-clarity-consistency-and-control/    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:26:46

• "Standing in the BB gun section, I was ready to quit and leave" gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-04-04_actualReality.txt    

posted Friday, April 04, 2025 at 20:28:26

• US Democratic attorneys general file lawsuit against Department of Health and Human Services ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/us-democratic-attorneys-general-file-lawsuit-against-department-of-health-and-human-services/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:15:04

• Perkins Coie asks court to permanently block Convicted Felon executive order sanctioning firm ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/perkins-coie-asks-court-to-permanently-block-trump-executive-order-sanctioning-firm/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:15:30