Roy Schestowitz

• Legacy Surveillance Giant Google Service Abused in Phishing Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/legacy-google-service-abused-in-phishing-attacks/    

posted Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 22:33:58

• Google scales back cookie-focused Privacy Sandbox initiative ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/22/google-scales-back-cookie-focused-privacy-sandbox-initiative/    

posted Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 22:34:39

• Some Harvard Donors Still Want It to Strike a Deal With Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/harvard-trump-deal.html    

posted Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 22:35:01

• Details Hegseth Shared on Signal Came From a Secure Site ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/politics/hegseth-signal-chat.html    

posted Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 22:35:20

• Many Malware Campaigns Linked to Proton66 Network ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/many-malware-campaigns-linked-to-proton66-network/    

posted Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 22:35:44

• Openwashing ☞ https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/open-source-airflow-3-0-set-to-accelerate-data-orchestration-for-enterprise-ai-inference/    

posted Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 22:36:29

• "Politically Connected Firms" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-tariffs-exemptions-pet-lobbyists-asbestos-confusion-secrecy | Source: Pro Publica http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:27:56

• New Law Increases Oversight of Arizona Sober Living Homes ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:28:24

• Hostility Facing Environmentalists ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/earthjustice-abigail-dillen-q-a | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:28:49

• #Japan2025 Cameras, and Ninomae Ina’nis ☞ https://rubenerd.com/japan2025-cameras-and-ninomae-inanis/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:29:30

• The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 888 ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/04/21/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-888/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:29:58

• IBM Results Fail to Meet Market Hopes on Concerns About Tariffs, DOGE Cuts https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-23/ibm-posts-sales-topping-estimates-says-doge-hit-15-contracts    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:32:23

• IBM says 15 contracts impacted by DOGE cost cuts, shares drop https://www.reuters.com/business/ibm-forecasts-second-quarter-revenue-above-estimates-soothing-tariff-worries-2025-04-23/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:33:08

• "IBM is a story from the past. The current cabal of Indian thieves is working hard to put the last nail in its coffin using AI (All Indians)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsjehm67    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:34:07

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, April 25, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-04-25-irc    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:38:10

• iophk: when combined with the problem of poverty and unemployment and under employment among young people, this shows that the problem is only that companies are unwilling to pay anything other than slave wages; thanks, zuckerberg https://yle.fi/a/74-20157572 ("Report: Finland's forestry sector faces severe labour shortage, needs foreign workers")    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:39:44

• The Information Domain and Social CONTROL Media: Part 2 https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/NCO-Journal/Archives/2022/January/Social-Media-Part-2/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:40:36

• Google News is Amplifying FUD and Lies About GNU/Linux (and OpenSSH/SSH) by Promoting Slopfarms With Machine-Generated FUD and Slop Images ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Google_News_is_Amplifying_FUD_and_Lies_About_Linux_and_OpenSSH_.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:41:27

• OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Released with GNU/Linux 6.14, KDE Plasma 6.3, and Server Edition ☞ https://9to5linux.com/openmandriva-lx-6-0-released-with-linux-6-14-kde-plasma-6-3-and-server-edition    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:41:35

• QEMU 10.0 Open-Source Virtualization Software Released, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://9to5linux.com/qemu-10-0-open-source-virtualization-software-released-heres-whats-new    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 04:41:42

• What's new in APT 3.0 https://lwn.net/Articles/1017315/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 05:02:15

• Don't panic: Fedora 42 is here https://lwn.net/Articles/1016845/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 05:03:31

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-24.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 05:07:26

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1624.jpg    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 05:07:53

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1274.jpg    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 05:07:58

• Owning Physical Copies gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2597    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 05:09:13

• "I was feeling particularly annoyed about something today, and instead of lashing out at people, or quietly stirring in that annoyance, I decided to draw about it. The annoyance isn't gone, but I feel better. I'm also pretty glad how the drawing turned out, certainly better than I expected." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2596    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 05:09:53

• Ubuntu 25.04: Update apparently temporarily stopped https://www.heise.de/en/news/Ubuntu-25-04-Update-apparently-temporarily-stopped-10357478.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 05:12:47

• No Linux for old men -- ArcoLinux reaches the end of the line https://betanews.com/2025/04/23/no-linux-for-old-men-arcolinux-reaches-the-end-of-the-line/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 05:14:05

• New Intel CEO announces major layoffs to streamline operations https://www.hrgrapevine.com/us/content/article/2025-04-23-new-intel-ceo-announces-major-layoffs-to-streamline-operations    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 05:57:05

• Why Intel Reportedly Plans to Lay Off 20 Percent of Its Workforce https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/why-intel-reportedly-plans-to-lay-off-20-percent-of-its-workforce/91179996    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 05:57:52

• US Layoffs: Houston-Based Oil and Gas Giant ConocoPhillips To Cut Jobs Due to Cost-Cutting Measures, Streamlining Operations https://www.latestly.com/business/us-layoffs-houston-based-oil-and-gas-giant-conocophillips-to-cut-jobs-due-to-cost-cutting-measures-streamlining-operations-6802506.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 05:58:49

• Now comes the spin. IBM stock collapses after hours, tens of thousands laid off, media has "happy stories". https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2025/04/23/ibm-earnings-tariffs-federal-contracts-doge-musk.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 06:01:22

• IBM reports 15 contracts canceled due to DOGE cuts https://www.techinasia.com/news/ibm-reports-15-contracts-canceled-due-doge-cuts    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 06:02:38

• When you have run your desktop for nearly two years your PIDs become something like 1642940. Like mileage on a car.    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 06:16:44

• We'll soon see how much IBM's debt grew this year https://finbox.com/NYSE:IBM/explorer/total_debt/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 06:17:48

• Con jobs on TV https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/04/23/greens-challenge-con-artist-farage-to-climate-tv-debate    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:01:19

• "SteamOS 3.7.4 Preview is out now and it contains only a few bug fixes, but one sounds pretty darn important to give non-Steam Deck users a good experience." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/valve-continues-preparing-the-steam-deck-os-to-release-for-more-devices-with-steamos-3-7-4-preview/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:02:59

• "Finally. Something many have been asking for Valve to do for a long time now, and something I've pointed out multiple times across various articles - Steam pages will soon list what accessibility features games support on store pages." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/steam-will-soon-list-what-accessibility-features-games-support-on-store-pages/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:03:10

• "Collabora developer Faith Ekstrand has announced a nice big milestone for the open source Mesa driver NVK, the NVIDIA Vulkan driver, as it has expanded Vulkan 1.4 conformance to now include Maxwell+ (Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs)." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-nvk-nvidia-vulkan-driver-now-vulkan-1-4-conformant-on-maxwell-pascal-and-volta-gpus/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:06:18

• "Originally released on April 17th, FIENDRISE is another quality looking survivor-like bullet heaven / bullet hell like thingy that has randomly generated stages to explore to give you a new experience every time." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/survivor-like-bullet-hell-with-random-maps-fiendrise-adds-linux-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:06:53

• "Another great to chance to grab some cheap highly rated games in the Fanatical Prestige Collection for April 2025 Bundle. Additionally, Fanatical also have a discount for the newly released Oblivion Remastered." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/fanaticals-prestige-collection-for-april-2025-has-some-highly-rated-picks-for-cheap/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:07:10

• "Roots of Pacha is basically like a Stone Age version of Stardew Valley, a co-op farming and life sim from Sofa Den. The Sun and Moon update is a big one and it's out now. The game has Native Linux support and Valve rated it Steam Deck Verified." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/stone-age-co-op-farming-life-sim-roots-of-pacha-gets-a-major-sun-and-moon-v1-3-update/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:09:32

• "Coming sometime soon to Early Access, Melvor Idle 2 has been announced by developer Games by Malcs. Building upon the success and popularity of the first game, but with some big new features to hook you in" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/popular-idle-game-melvor-idle-is-getting-a-sequel-with-melvor-idle-2-bringing-some-huge-new-features/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:20:56

• "A complicated history for this one, with the developer Rocket Jump Technology no longer existing as a business." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/colony-building-sim-mountaincore-is-now-free-to-play-and-open-source/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:21:12

• "If you're needing to build up your shooter collection, the new id & Friends Humble Bundle might perhaps be exactly what you want with plenty of DOOM." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/you-can-get-doom-doom-eternal-more-doom-and-multiple-wolfenstein-games-in-this-latest-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:21:27

• windows tco https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://yle.fi/a/7-10076621 ("Vadå cyberattack? Datasäkerhetsexperten förklarar | Samhälle | Svenska Yle")    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:24:29

• "The decline of ownership: Louis' speech from FUTO Don't Be Evil Conference" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/the-decline-of-ownership-louis'-speech:1    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:24:40

• "Cronyism, Capitulation and Utter Chaos - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/cronyism-capitulation-and-chaos    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:24:50

• "Digital Markets Act: Millionenschwere Wettbewerbsstrafen für Apple und Meta" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/digital-markets-act-millionenschwere-wettbewerbsstrafen-fuer-apple-und-meta/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:25:09

• This is a lie and obvious FUD: "Even experts disagree over whether social media is bad for kids—we examined why" https://phys.org/news/2025-04-experts-social-media-bad-kids.html what experts? Facebook staff?    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:25:51

• "Rural Trump Voters Won’t Regret Their Vote Until Democrats Fight for Them" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/rural-trump-voters-regret-working-class-issues/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:26:05

• "Cheech & Chong light up the big screen once more. Will it be their last joint?" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2025-04-23/cheech-chong-light-up-the-screen-last-movie    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:26:18

• "Pete Hegseth's Patriotic Duty Is to Resign" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/hegseth-trump-resign/682536/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:26:28

• [ paywall] "They sold their likeness to AI companies — and regretted it - The Japan Times" https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/17/tech/ai-sale-regret/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:26:44

• "Trump's chaos is everywhere. Sound familiar?" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/trump-white-house-chaos-everywhere    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:26:55

• sw patents cripple software confidentiality https://blog.cr.yp.to/20250423-mceliece.html "2025.04.23: McEliece standardization" https://techrights.org/wiki/Software_Patents_in_India/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:27:34

• "LostFocus" https://lostfocus.de/2025/04/23/234555/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:27:46

• "As WaPo described it, 17 of 18 intelligence agencies say Tulsi is lying." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/22/tulsi-gabbards-nie-lies-make-dick-cheney-look-honest-by-comparison/ ("Tulsi Gabbard's NIE Lies Make Dick Cheney Look Honest by Comparison")    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:28:06

• iophk: he is heading into slop soon https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/level-2 ("Jasper is blogging: Level 2")    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:28:28

• "Finally" https://tylersticka.com/journal/finally/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:28:44

• iophk: voluntary subjugation https://yordi.me/the-good-enough-interview/ ("The Good Enough Interview | Yordi")    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:29:03

• Actual text absent in/from page https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/23/1114889/am-radio-disaster-response-emergency-safety/ ("Why we still need AM radio")    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:29:27

• "Report: [Women] Are Twice as Likely To Die During Pregnancy in Abortion Ban States - Truthdig" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/report-people-are-twice-as-likely-to-die-during-pregnancy-in-abortion-ban-states/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:29:40

• "How Kids Are Harmed by Trump’s Budget Cuts" https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-budget-cuts-harm-kids-child-care-education-abuse    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:29:59

• "When Microsoft made the Windows as a Service pivot" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/when_microsoft_made_the_windows/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/13/Preserving_Deleted_Articles_About_Bill_Gates_Talking_Like_a_Dru.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:30:27

• "A lion’s bite marks a fatal fight with a possible Roman-era gladiator" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/lion-bite-marks-roman-era-gladiator    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:30:44

• "Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Colleges, Plus Schools' Equity Efforts" https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-23/trump-signs-executive-orders-targeting-colleges-plus-schools-equity-efforts    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:31:10

• iophk: white house pushing for unconditional capitulation https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-and-ukraines-zelensky-clash-again-as-us-says-crimea-now-russian-territory-8240635#publisher=newsstand ("Trump And Zelensky Clash Again As US Says Crimea Now Russian Territory")    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:31:34

• "In another public blowout with Washington, Ukrainian President Zelensky tweets photo of U.S. commitment during Trump’s first term to reject Russia’s annexation of Crimea" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/24/in-another-public-blowout-with-washington-ukrainian-president-zelensky-tweets-photo-of-u-s-commitment-during-trump-s-first-term-to-reject-russia-s-annexation-of-crimea    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:31:57

• QEMU 10 fine-tunes performance and expands support for emerging architectures | "QEMU 10 afina su rendimiento y amplía el soporte" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2025/04/23/qemu-10/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:32:29

• Lysenkoism ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2025/04/24/maha-the-new-lysenkoism/ |    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:33:31

• "C64 Assembly In Parts" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/23/c64-assembly-in-parts/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:35:50

• Vibes ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/23/floss-weekly-episode-830-vibes/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:36:12

• "Drumboy and Synthgirl from Randomwaves are a a pair of compact electronic instruments, a drum machine and a synthesiser." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/23/open-source-commercial-synthesisers-you-will-love/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:37:36

• "There are also several notable deprecations and removals in this release; make sure to read about those if you already run an older version of Kubernetes." https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/04/23/kubernetes-v1-33-release/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:38:19

• "Together, Mozilla and Anonym are proving that effective advertising doesn’t have to come at the cost of user privacy." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/advertising/anonym/anonym-private-audiences/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:39:18

• "Luckily, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) has already been released and is ready for users to upgrade to." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/upgrade-ubuntu-20-04-to-24-04/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:41:36

• "efficient, scalable, and sustainable" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-and-ampere-announce-ampereone-soc-certification-and-other-partnership-milestones | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:41:43

• Mozilla is not prioritising users anymore; a decade or more ago it openly spoke out against and fought advertisers    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:43:29

• "In the latest episode of the Hello World podcast, we explore the current state of girls’ engagement in computing and what we can do to support change." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/how-can-we-empower-girls-in-computing-hello-world-podcast/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:44:01

• "ignored the late pontiff’s commitment to the Palestinian people" ☛ https://fair.org/home/pope-francis-obits-omit-focus-on-palestine/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:44:25

• "Tesla Whistleblower Wins Legal Victory" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/dissenter-weekly-tesla-whistleblower-legal-victory/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:44:54

• "Until now. The latest iteration of artificial intelligence has captured the attention of politicians around the world." ☛ https://walledculture.org/leaders-in-the-generative-ai-world-are-daring-to-say-the-unsayable-that-copyright-is-not-sacrosanct/ | Source: Walled Culture    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:49:22

• "Since October 2023, relentless high-profile media reports have warned that UK-based users of pirate streaming services run a serious risk of arrest." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-iptv-users-largely-face-no-risk-of-arrest-uks-top-piracy-cop-concedes-250423/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:49:31

• Right of Publicity issue: "They're also emblematic of AI's inroads into the acting industry." ☛ https://futurism.com/actors-horrified-selling-faces | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:49:56

• "Wait. What about the increasingly widely deployed McEliece cryptosystem? Well, NIST's 2025 report said the following: [...]" ☛ https://blog.cr.yp.to/20250423-mceliece.html | Source: DJ Bernstein    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:50:38

• Patents ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/glp-1-compounding-fda-lawsuits/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:50:59

• "The European Union on Tuesday fined Apple and Meta nearly a combined $800 million, and ordered Apple to change aspects of its business model within 60 days over alleged violations of the bloc’s sweeping rules meant to promote digital competition." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/23/eu-says-apple-meta-broke-competition-law-imposes-hefty-fines/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:53:49

• "Apple was found to have breached the DMA’s anti-steering obligation" ☛ https://therecord.media/eu-fines-apple-steering-meta-data-privacy-dma | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:54:06

• "In late 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in conjunction with state attorneys general representing 11 states" ☛ https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/break-googles-search-monopoly-without-breaking-the-web/ | Source: Open Web Advocacy    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:54:29

• "Great news for app developers worldwide! (...) Today's decision benefits all developers - European developers and American developers alike." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-23/meta-apple-fined-700-million-euros-for-violating-eu-antitrust-rules | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:55:17

• "In its 66-page complaint, Yelp claimed Google “has never been able to develop a high-quality local search service to rival that of Yelp and other local search platforms." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/yelps-antitrust-case-against-google-over-search-results-will-proceed/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:55:52

• "Google has an illegal monopoly in online advertising, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said today." ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/17/google-ad-tech-antitrust-ruling/ | Source: MacRumors    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:56:11

• "The information comes from a predictable source: testimony in the ongoing and potentially disastrous Google antitrust case." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2761914/google-paid-samsung-to-preload-and-integrate-gemini-ai-on-phones.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:56:44

• "This week, things finally changed, officially. Synology will be restricting features for those who do not use Synology-branded drives." ☛ https://www.caseyliss.com/ | Source: Casey Liss    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:57:34

• "Popular NAS-maker Synology has confirmed and slightly clarified a policy that appeared on its German website earlier this week: Its "Plus" tier of devices, starting with the 2025 series" ☛ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/synology-confirms-need-for-synology-branded-drives-in-newer-plus-series-nas/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:58:05

• "Let's go all out and subscribe to all the major, streaming services." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/on-the-streaming-is-more-expensive-than-cable-complaint/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:58:32

• "Second, as Birchler acknowledges, some stuff still is not available on streaming, and so some people still feel they must add a cable subscription, too." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/streaming-cable-price-comparison/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:59:01

• "Want regulators to protect you?" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/23/5th-circuit-obediently-lets-att-off-the-hook-for-major-location-data-privacy-violations/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:05:36

• "who doesn’t carry their ID on them at all times" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/22/dont-kid-yourselves-folks-trump-is-just-as-willing-to-deport-jail-actual-us-citizens/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:05:53

• "Whatever her personal beliefs are, Chan's appearance with Zuckerberg at Trump's inauguration" ☛ https://futurism.com/mark-zuckerberg-wife-priscilla-chan-school-closure | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:06:22

• "In December of 2023, in the face of an extended anti-union campaign from their bosses, more than 600 nurses at University Medical Center in New Orleans overwhelmingly voted to unionize with the National Nurses United." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/what-its-like-being-a-nurse-in-new | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:06:50

• "His crime? There wasn't one. The administration's own Department of Justice has admitted in court that this was a mistake—that Abrego García should never have been deported." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/a-family-torn-apart | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:07:14

• "Madolline Gourley's world turned upside down as she got booted out of America for pet-sitting." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-border-horror-aussie-woman-strip-searched-asked-about-abortions-then-deported-pet-sitting-1733010 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:07:38

• "The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, at 8 U.S.C. 1251(a)(4)(C)(i), allows the Secretary of State to deport any noncitizen whom he has reasonable grounds to believe poses potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the US." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/amnesty-international-urges-us-to-stop-revoking-foreign-student-visas/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:08:02

• "Bolu Type F Prison, frequently in the spotlight for its violations of prisoners’ rights, has once again come under scrutiny as it emerged that political prisoner Ihsan Balkaş’s right to communication was arbitrarily restricted." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/prison-administration-demands-translation-fee-for-kurdish-letters-79015 | Source: ANF News    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:08:19

• "The economy is bad. Here's how we're doing, and how you can help us." ☛ https://www.404media.co/how-404-media-is-navigating-economic-headwinds/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:09:37

• "Here's who we are and what we do. We welcome your questions and feedback." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/about/pcmag-staff | Source: PC Mag http://techrights.org/wiki/IDG/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:10:10

• "The survey of 1,130 UK journalists was carried out between September and November 2023, eight years after the last comparative study." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/who-are-uk-journalists-2025-age-gender-class-ethnicity-politics/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:10:37

• "over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for ‘60 Minutes,’ right for the audience." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/media/cbs-60-minutes-trump-bill-owens.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:10:59

• "Carr has launched an “investigation” into CBS claiming that the minor edits to the Harris interview violate the FCC’s “Broadcast News Distortion” policy" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/23/60-minutes-producer-quits-after-trump-fcc-harassment-saying-show-can-no-longer-do-independent-journalism/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:11:18

• "A previous jury in 2022 came to the same conclusion, finding the NYT not liable, but the issue was revived by an appeals court." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/us-jury-finds-new-york-times-not-liable-for-libel-against-former-vp-candidate-sarah-palin/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:11:52

• "Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday warned that the latest wave of threats on journalists and media outlets in Indonesia has escalated, leading to a severe impact on press freedom across the country." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/rights-group-warns-indonesia-crackdown-on-journalists-undermines-media-freedom/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:12:31

• "U.S.-government funded broadcasters" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/judge-reverse-shutdown-us-government-funded-broadcaster-voa/33394573.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:16:16

• "The judge called on the Trump administration to return all employees and contractors to their jobs and to provide monthly status reports on compliance." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/23/us-judge-orders-preliminary-voice-of-america-funding-restoration-in-blow-to-donald-trump/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:16:34

• "This is actually good news," ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20250423/swedish-journalist-joakim-medin-charged-in-turkey-risks-12-years-in-prison | Source: The Local SE    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:16:56

• "The lawsuit, filed in a Massachusetts federal court, claims that the Trump administration’s actions violate both the First Amendment and federal laws." ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/harvard-university-filed-a-lawsuit-against-the-trump-over-funding-cuts/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:18:12

• "This isn't governance. It's extortion. But more fundamentally, it represents a radical reimagining of the state's relationship to knowledge itself." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-harvard-funding-freeze | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:18:26

• "It is not clear what precisely happened to the three accounts that feuded with Mr. Musk in late December." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/23/business/elon-musk-x-suppression-laura-loomer.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:33:48

• "Why it matters: The ruling isn't shocking, given that a federal judge and jury already rejected Palin's libel claims against the Times in a 2022 trial." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/22/sarah-palin-loses-defamation-retrial-against-nyt | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:34:12

• "Unilever (ULVR.L) , opens new tab is threatening to halt funding to the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation, a U.S.-based nonprofit that makes donations to social justice organizations, sources familiar with the matter said." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/unilever-threatens-pull-funding-ben-jerrys-foundation-sources-say-2025-04-21/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:34:46

• "Boardroom tensions have boiled over between Unilever and its famously outspoken ice cream brand, with the corporate giant now demanding a complete audit of Ben & Jerry's charitable giving." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/unilever-threatens-cut-ben-jerrys-4m-funding-over-pro-palestinian-stance-anti-trump-messaging-1732982 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:34:53

• "MMA used to be home to oddballs unified by a love of beating each other up inside cages. But since Donald Trump’s first presidency, the UFC has rebranded the sport as a refuge for the “anti-woke sports fan" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/04/ufc-maga-free-speech-censorship/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:35:12

• "Though I was lucky to have an employer at BloodyElbow—Nate Wilcox—who stood up for me and believed in my work, others were not so lucky." ☛ https://www.sportspolitika.news/p/dana-white-free-speech-media-bans-ufc-politics-trump-hitler |    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:35:44

• "The timing couldn’t be more relevant. As Congress (less so) and state legislatures (much more so) rush to regulate AI, they seem determined to ignore the lessons learned from decades of internet regulation." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/23/otherwise-objectionable-can-section-230-survive-in-an-ai-driven-world/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:35:56

• "The suspiciously timed drop-offs appear to be examples of shadow banning, the practice of severely suppressing a user's reach without informing them they're being punished." ☛ https://futurism.com/twitter-shadow-ban-elon-musk | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:36:06

• "Russia has sanctioned four Scottish MPs in its latest attack on critics of its invasion of Ukraine." ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scottish-mps-on-being-banned-from-russia-for-hostile-statements-and-outright-rudeness-5096482 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:36:20

• "Words such as these were a direct challenge to the Kremlin’s narrative, which banned the word “war” and denied that civilians were being targeted in attacks despite evidence to the contrary." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-warrant-film-critic-war-ukraine-barabash/33392728.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:36:49

• IBM slump. "Oh Dearie Me ! Alvind's $100 million bonus for 2025 could be flying out of the window, and there's little that he and his obese lapdog Krabanaugh can do except watch with their tongues hanging out of their wide open mouths. Easy come, easy go, eh ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsjehm67    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:54:04

• "Russia’s Hybrid War Doctrine" = Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda ☛ https://tdhj.org/blog/post/development-russia-hybrid-war-doctrine/ |    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:54:40

• "State of play: Institutions once seen as critical to providing facts about history and current events, such as public schools and news media, are experiencing record-low trust levels, in addition to financial challenges." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/22/fact-checking-misinformation-disinformation | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:55:01

• Windows now less than 15% in Congo https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/congo-republic-of-the/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:57:46

• And Vista 11 adoption still low, as usual for Africa https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/congo-republic-of-the/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:58:24

• 2% still using Vista 7 https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/africa/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:59:02

• "Telecoms equipment vendor Nokia has been selected by Australian cloud provider ResetData to supply a networking backbone for its rollout of sovereign liquid immersion-cooled ‘AI Factory’ data centres across the country." ☛ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/business-technology/nokia-selected-by-australian-cloud-provider-resetdata-for-networking-backbone.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:10:59

• "The antennas division of Ericsson, Ericsson Antenna System EAS is expanding its local manufacturing footprint in India, which the telecoms equipment vendor says will position the country as a strategic innovation hub." ☛ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/business-technology/ericsson-expands-antenna-manufacturing-footprint-in-india.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:11:27

• "What is also clear, though, is that underneath America’s bluster lurks a very real and very understandable fear: namely, that this is a battle that America might not win." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/house-huawei-eva-dou/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:11:47

• "The cutbacks follow an effort last year to slash about 15 000 jobs — a round of layoffs announced in August." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/struggling-intel-cut-20-of-its-workforce/262639/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:12:09

• "Senator Warren specifically lays out four questions: [...]" ☛ https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/23/tim-cook-senator-warren-trump-tariffs/ | Source: 9to5Mac    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:12:39

• "Some share of the blame for the dip may belong to DOGE [sic], the US government data-scouring, cost-trimming operation unofficially overseen by Tesla and SpaceX oligarch Elon Musk." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/ibm_q1_2025_doge/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:14:24

• "It was a man dressed in costume" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-uk-man-just-walked-53-miles-wearing-a-giant-handmade-bird-costume-heres-why-he-did-it-180986492/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:25:44

• "US trade officials finalized steep tariff levels on most solar cells from Southeast Asia" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/22/business/us-tariffs-southeast-asia-solar-panels-intl/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:27:53

• "Nominally issued to help American companies compete against Chinese companies that flood American markets with cheap solar panels" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/trump-tariffs-solar-panels | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:28:01

• "One surprising aspect is that AI data centers are doing this despite the uncertainty surrounding AI chip supply from the U.S." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-data-centers-refurbing-and-selling-rtx-4090s-due-to-overcapacity-48gb-models-sell-for-up-to-usd5-500 | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:29:08

• "Trump’s [cryptocurrency] fortune has continued to grow since he returned to the White House." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-meme-coin-explodes-access-investors-1235323786/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:29:18

• "This is a very dumb way for our civilization to collapse" ☛ https://roytang.net/2025/04/ed8faf0d531aeb71fe2d48ac1d583ebf/ | Source: Roy Tang    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:30:46

• "In the beginning, the plant did not perform ideally" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/this-artificial-wetland-is-reusing-wastewater-to-revive-a-lost-ecosystem/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:30:57

• "Wildlife is broadly defined as all living organisms, like plants and animals that exist outside the direct control of humans." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2025/04/in-wyoming-the-eastern-shoshone-tribe-decided-to-classify-buffalo-as-wildlife-here-is-why.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:31:22

• "He initially gathered the acorns — unaware of the tree’s full historical significance — because he was captivated by the beauty of the oaks on the Diag." ☛ https://record.umich.edu/articles/historic-tappan-oak-sapling-planted-to-mark-earth-day-at-u-m/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:31:49

• "Two officers (who are married to each other), Caitlin and Alexander Everett have already had their names made public by the Seattle PD." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/22/cops-who-attended-stop-the-steal-rally-ask-us-supreme-court-to-keep-their-names-out-of-the-news/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:43:57

• "Berulis said the new DOGE [sic] accounts had unrestricted permission to read, copy, and alter information contained in NLRB databases." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/doge-workers-code-supports-nlrb-whistleblower/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:44:18

• "It’s very chilling" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/us-department-labor-leak-criminal-charges-threat | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:44:47

• "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leadership has demanded scrutiny for more than his dangerously careless use of Signal." ☛ https://americanoversight.org/as-the-signalgate-scandal-grows-american-oversight-continues-investigations-of-mismanagement-at-hegseths-pentagon/ | Source: American Oversight    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:45:05

• "Why would people with money and guns ever submit to people armed only with gavels?" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/courts-force-trump-comply/682545/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:47:01

• "Asavari said there were several tourists around, but the terrorists specifically targeted men after asking whether they were Hindus or Muslims." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/tu-bahar-aa-maharashtra-man-made-to-recite-islamic-verse-in-jammu-and-kashmirs-pahalgam-then-shot-daughter-recounts-8233104 | Source: NDTV    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:47:07

• [Old] "Why were Russian operatives able to amplify their message so clearly?" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/18/how-russia-weaponized-social-media-got-caught-escaped-consequences/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 11:47:37

• [Old] "Russia’s relentless need to maintain the social media and disinformation operations under the Gerasimov Doctrine enables their tactical commanders to conduct offensive cyber and information operations." ☛ https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/NCO-Journal/Archives/2022/January/Social-Media-Part-2/ |    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:08:47

• "In his final Easter address, Pope Francis touched on one of the major themes of his 12-year papacy" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/pope-francis-future-church/682543/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:09:58

• "NordVPN is one of the most well-known VPN services with an absolutely massive user-base" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/398777/nordvpn-review-3.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:10:38

• "Tor user support is available via Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, and email, from Monday through Thursday, from 19:30 – 01:30 Iran time" ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/user-support-farsi/ | Source: Tor    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:11:10

• "In 2005, cell phones were banned for the first time during the conclave, the process by which the Catholic Church elects its new pope." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/technology-used-to-shield-conclave-pope-francis/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:11:29

• "I don't know why do I think this makes for an interesting post at all but whatever, what is in *your* phone storage?" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/whats-on-my-phone-storage/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:12:16

• "So much has changed in how I manage myself in these dystopian days, not sure where to start." ☛ https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/blog/changes/ | Source: Simone Silvestroni    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:12:32

• "SB 868 is a blatant attack on encrypted communication. Since we last wrote about the bill, the situation has gotten worse." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/floridas-anti-encryption-bill-wrecking-ball-privacy-theres-still-time-stop-it | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:12:50

• "keep children safe online" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/digital-identities-and-future-age-verification-europe | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:14:08

• "massively collected users' personal data without informing them or seeking their consent" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2296784.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:14:33

• "The fine was imposed on Meta over its "pay for privacy" system, which means users have to pay to avoid data collection" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/eu-commission-fines-apple-meta-over-digital-law-breaches/a-72317692 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:29:55

• "Now, the European Commission has issued its first major fines under the Digital Markets Act, slapping Apple with a €500M fine (that’s about $570M in U.S. dollars)." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2762151/eu-fines-apple-e500m-570m-for-violations-of-the-digital-markets-act.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:30:06

• "In breach notification letters and in a notice on its website, the insurer said that from April 2021 to January 2024" ☛ https://therecord.media/healthcare-data-breaches-blue-shield-california | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:30:17

• "Other info potentially shared with Google ranged from patient names, insurance plan details, city of residence and zip code, gender, family size, and Blue Shield-assigned account identifiers, to financial responsibility info" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/blue_shield_leaked_info_google/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:30:35

• "Apple was penalised to the tune of €500 million ($570 million) for violating anti-steering rules and Meta by €200 million ($228 million) for its "consent or pay" ad model, the EU said in a press release." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/meta_apple_dma_ruling/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:30:48

• "The European Commission fined Apple €500 million for implementing steering terms that breached the DMA." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/european-commission-fines-apple-and-meta-e700m-for-breaching-digital-markets-act/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:31:16

• "Today, April 23, 2025, the European Commission has shown some teeth with the EU’s digital rulebook by slamming tech giants Apple and Meta with admittedly low fines." ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/press-release-commission-slams-apple-and-meta-for-breaching-the-digital-markets/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:33:16

• "It said Meta's "pay-or-consent" model, introduced in November 2023, breached the DMA in the period up to November 2024, when it tweaked it to use less personal data for targeted advertising." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250423-eu-fines-apple-meta-%E2%82%AC700-million-digital-markets-act-violations-competition | Source: France24    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:33:37

• Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/files-deleted-from-github-repos-leak-valuable-secrets/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:35:38

• Openwashing ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/23/open-source-code-security-startup-chainguard-raises-356m-3-5b-valuation/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:36:14

• "The FOG ransomware group has been distributing the DOGE [sic]-themed notes in recent weeks, according to malware samples that cybersecurity vendor Trend Micro discovered on the file-scanning service VirusTotal." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/ransomware-gang-takes-page-from-elons-what-did-you-do-this-week-doge-emails | Source: PC Mag    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:36:53

• "Thousands of students, teachers and administrators had information stolen from the Baltimore City Public Schools system during a ransomware attack in February." ☛ https://therecord.media/baltimore-public-schools-data-breach-ransomware | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:37:02

• "In particular, he highlighted the bureau’s work against the notorious LockBit ransomware gang as well as the FBI’s efforts to offer up thousands of decryption keys to victims of ransomware, avoiding over $800 million in payments since 2022." ☛ https://therecord.media/over-16-billion-in-losses-fbi-cybercrime | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:37:15

• "Anubis, which researchers started tracking in December, is offering three monetization schemes for its customers" ☛ https://therecord.media/ransomware-groups-test-new-business-models-dragonforce-anubis | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:37:29

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/ransomware_scum_and_other_crims/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:38:11

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/european_biz_open_letter/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:38:16

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-intelligence-reports-russian-cyber-attack/a-72309443 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:38:25

• [Old] "Gerasimov doctrine" ☛ https://jamestown.org/program/a-new-version-of-the-gerasimov-doctrine/ |    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:50:35

• "One thing is clear: Facebook doesn't really care about countries other than America." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/zuckerstreisand/#zdgaf | Source: CoryDoctorow "If you make money selling access to dossiers on rich people to advertisers, America is the most important market in the world."    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:51:26

• [Old] "the ‘unrepentant Cold War warrior’, the ‘narcissist’, the ‘ruthless’ war leader, the ‘cold fish’ and much more besides (see the full Putin Lexicon of terms in Appendix A)." ☛ https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvzsmdt1?turn_away=true |    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:51:48

• "I heard very toxic language and spoke to the boy." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-04-teachers-lack-tackle-online-misogynists.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 13:01:19

• "YouTube is marking 20 years since its first upload with a milestone: over 20 billion videos now live on the platform, which has grown from a quirky startup into a global streaming giant poised to surpass US cable TV in paid viewership." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/2296865.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 13:01:30

• On IBM. "Expect the cost cutting to double or triple... I would not be surprised if we see a layoff every quarter this year." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsk2qwy0    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 13:06:39

• "Cost cutting is now expected to increase significantly. There is no other option..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsjehm67    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 13:07:30

• "What are the chances CHQ Gets moved from Armonk to some slum outside of Bombay ? Then Alvin’s can brag it can be India Business Machines" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsjehm67    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 13:07:48

• Layoffs and DEI Retreat Test HR https://www.thehrdigest.com/ibm-beats-earnings-forecast-but-layoffs-and-dei-retreat-test-hr/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 13:09:33

• "All that money and Krabanaugh can’t join a gym?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsjehm67    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 13:56:43

• "After hearing the news of Steve Jobs ' death, I once said, "I'm not happy that he's dead, but I'm glad that he's gone.".... nothing wrong with THAT! https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EB%A6%AC%EC%B2%98%EB%93%9C%20%EC%8A%A4%ED%86%A8%EB%A8%BC    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:38:00

• Richard Stallman https://bytesmedia.co.uk/show-guests/richard-stallman/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:38:42

• "Since the debut of Terminator 2, we’ve all been primed to watch for signs of the impending skull-crushing robot apocolypse." ☛ https://brilliantcrank.com/mo-prompts-same-problems/ | Source: Greg Storey    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:40:26

• "Nearly two months after hundreds of prospective California lawyers complained that their bar exams were plagued with technical problems and irregularities" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-23/state-bar-of-california-used-ai-for-exam-questions | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:40:37

• "At their core, LLMs are average machines. They predict the next token based on the sum of all the data they’ve been trained on." ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/04/18/the-wisdom-of-artificial-crowds.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:41:04

• "The (verified) X accounts producing threads of links to bad A.I. products, boosted by dozens of replies from other verified X accounts, are annoying spam, but seem relatively harmless" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/paid-ai-hype-guys/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:41:28

• "Social media technology is another relevant example. Concerns about the technology’s destabilizing impacts (e.g., on mental health" ☛ https://arxiv.org/html/2504.15499v1 | Source: arXiv    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:42:10

• "The basic idea is that many of the AI safety policies proposed by the AI community lack robust technical enforcement mechanisms." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/regulating-ai-behavior-with-a-hypervisor.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:42:28

• "Last month, Roy Lee was suspended from Columbia after he was accused of using AI to “cheat” on technical job interviews for Amazon, Meta, and TikTok." ☛ https://www.404media.co/the-man-who-wants-ai-to-help-you-cheat-on-everything/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:43:28

• "The most powerful tech companies succeed not simply by the virtues of their individual software and gadgets" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/openai-lock-in-profit/682538/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:44:16

• "It should be embarrassing for Tim Cook and Apple how the r/macgaming subreddit is full of people just trying to get games to run on a Mac." ☛ https://chrisenns.com/2025/04/apple-gaming-is-still-a-joke/ | Source: Chris Enns    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:44:29

• "I haven’t had much use for Windows for a while, but I like to keep abreast of whatever fuckery Redmond has in store for everyone else." ☛ https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/windows-experience-goes-to-11 | Source: Ted Unangst    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:45:12

• "Ride-hailing app inDrive is under risk of being scrapped in Laos after recent reports of sexual assaults by drivers that raised concerns over a lack of safety provisions for users, state media say." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/laos/2025/04/23/laos-rideshare-app-safety/ | Source: RFA    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:45:35

• "There’s a handful of things we truly need in order to live, and food and water comfortably make the list." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/04/23/the-bare-necessities-cleaner-water-and-safer-food-with-arduino/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:46:22

• "In her new book, On Muscle, Bonnie Tsui investigates the other stuff our thews remember—like how to grow when you exercise." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-on-muscle-bonnie-tsui/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:46:32

• "These platforms are designed to be addictive. I remember waking up in the morning and instinctively reaching for my phone, scrolling through notifications, hoping for messages or new content." ☛ https://abf.li/posts/social-media-made-me-stupid-and-how-i-fixed-it/ | Source: Andre Franca    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:47:06

• "State rates also varied greatly, ranging from 18.5 to 59.7 deaths per 100,000 live births." ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/04/u-s-pregnancy-related-deaths-continuing-to-rise/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:47:18

• "As for the injuries that athletic trainers might have helped with, soldiers will now have to go find a medic in their unit." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-holistic-fitness-trainers/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:49:45

• "In his two years in the role, Black’s most prominent public statements may have been a call to eliminate fast food outlets from military bases, which he linked to general fitness across the enlisted corps." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-troy-black-departing/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:50:15

• "This isn't the rhetoric of an administration that is looking to support autistic people" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rfk-jr-autism-1.7516252 | Source: CBC    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:50:40

• [Old] "I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous," Bradley said in an interview previously, leaving Bill Gates looking rather awkward." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2013/9/26/4772680/bill-gates-admits-ctrl-alt-del-was-a-mistake | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:52:15

• "Today, the zpool replace command has completed." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/04/23/making-sure-i-remove-the-correct-drive/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:52:54

• "I like the job title “Design Engineer”. When required to label myself, I feel partial to that term (I should, I’ve written about it enough)." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/job-titles/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:53:41

• "If you remember the computer magazines of this era at all, you recall how thick they were—hundreds and hundreds of pages an issue in the case of the most successful ones." ☛ https://technologizer.com/home/2025/04/22/pc-connection-ads-raccoons/ | Source: Technologizer    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:54:00

• "Here are some proven ways to save hours of wasted time. You’re probably doing many of them, but they’re still treated as options by many. In rough order of importance: [...]" ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/04/simple-and-painless-productivity/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:54:35

• "Nearly half — 44%, to be exact — of Gen Z college grads say they’ve been turned off by interviews that didn’t mention a salary range" ☛ https://nypost.com/2025/04/23/lifestyle/gen-z-grads-ghost-jobs-over-missing-salary-info/ | Source: NYPost    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 14:56:27

• "But a leaked draft of the president’s 2026 budget request, which Scientific American has reviewed, instead calls for canceling Roman." ☛ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-next-major-space-telescope-is-ready-to-launch-trump-wants-to-kill-it/ | Source: Scientific American    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:00:22

• "Over the past few months, a 21-year-old undergraduate went from viral sensation to startup founder after getting suspended by Columbia for creating an AI that helps you cheat." ☛ https://futurism.com/columbia-student-ai-cheating-startup | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:00:41

• "The species survived multiple ice ages before becoming extinct during the last one due to additional hunting pressure from humans." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-04-elephant-wild-boar-europe.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:01:21

• "The VUB has already received dozens of inquiries from US scholars." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/eu-seeks-to-attract-american-scholars-as-trump-freezes-funds/a-72311714 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:01:34

• "Denmark is among countries whose research sectors could benefit from the potential recruitment of highly-skilled US scholars moving away from the administration of President Donald Trump." ☛ https://www.thelocal.dk/20250422/danish-universities-hope-to-become-an-option-for-us-researchers-moving-away-from-trump | Source: The Local DK    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:03:24

• "Writing for Developers: Blogs That Get Read" ☛ https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/fasterthanlime-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:04:09

• "I’ve written a bit about my website’s stack and tooling over the years and I figured now would be a good time to document how my current setup works from start to finish." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/how-i-write-and-publish-blog-posts-in-april-2025/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:04:27

• "An ongoing project on this new blog is to move posts here from my old blog. There's quite a lot, so it will probably take some time. I plan to take one or two posts every now and then, otherwise it risks feeling unmanageable." ☛ https://robertbirming.com/one-step-time/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:04:35

• "The new policing practices have introduced additional hazards to an already dangerous industry." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/23/from-webcams-to-handcuffs | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:09:39

• IBM lost much bigger contracts, it just does not mention them: IBM wins $903M GSA contract to modernize federal travel and expense management https://fedscoop.com/ibm-wins-903m-gsa-contract-to-moderniz-federal-travel-and-expense-management/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:14:05

• "NetBSD wii 10.1 NetBSD 10.1 (WII) #0: Mon Dec 16 13:08:11 UTC 2024 mkrepro@mkre pro.NetBSD.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/evbppc/compile/WII evbppc" ☛ https://blog.infected.systems/status/ | Source: Alex Haydock    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:24:47

• "Just a brief programming note. Before this blog there was Floodgap Retrobits, and I still maintain those pages." ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-few-retrobits-updates-on-floodgap.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:25:00

• "Today I got a long email from a coworker. He was my project manager for two weeks a few years ago. He's a nice person. He three long paragraphs, wishing me health, unforgettable events and enriching encounters, described life as on open book full of challenges and wonderful moments…" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-04-24-happy-birthday    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:33:28

• Maren Urner — The Neuroscience of Good Journalism gemini://whither.smol.pub/1745503359    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:33:57

• The Good Work of Academia in Esotericism gemini://polyphanes.smol.pub/1745500501    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:34:38

• 🔤SpellBinding — ULNOSTG Wordo: REEKY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-24.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:35:57

• Burnt Diary gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/burntDiary3    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:37:10

• User trust is a sacred, fickle thing ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/life/user-trust.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:42:17

• Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel Font Viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-corel-font-viewer/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:42:41

• Fix Coming for Window Button Bug in Ubuntu 25.04 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-window-button-size-bug    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:43:04

• "Are you looking to celebrate this Earth Day by making a meaningful change in your tech life? Well, one of the simplest things you can do is take the leap to using Linux! Let me show you how changing your computer's operating system can be a net positive for the environment." https://www.howtogeek.com/installing-linux-is-the-perfect-earth-day-activity/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:43:46

• "Years ago, Linux would strike fear into the hearts of newcomers to the computing space. From driver issues to the imposing CLI-driven nature of Linux distributions, there were plenty of genuine reasons for casual users to flock to the Windows and macOS ecosystems." https://www.xda-developers.com/cool-distros-that-every-linux-expert-needs-to-try-out/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:44:03

• "For GNOME developers, X11 has been on extended life support for quite a while." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-43-to-remove-gnome-x11-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:45:33

• "Starting with nothing but the sun, moon, and stars, humans have been getting a handle on time for centuries" ☛ https://news.sparkfun.com/13242 | Source: SparkFun Electronics    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:47:55

• "Take, for example, the fact that we almost lost the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/trump_us_security/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 15:48:08

• [Old] "Linux is an open-source UNIX-like operating system (OS)." ☛ https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/linux-commands-cheat-sheet/ | Source: Geeks For Geeks    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:48:20

• "tons of blogs or LinkedIn articles" [sic] ☛ https://blog.edward-li.com/tech/advanced-python-features/ |    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:48:57

• "A Google search for something entirely unrelated led me to a very old issue of the Daily Nexus, the student newspaper of the University of California, Santa Barbara, where I was teaching back then." ☛ https://bertrandmeyer.com/2025/04/23/a-paean-to-programming/ | Source: Bertrand Meyer    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:49:37

• "In a COBOL shop you can be there 10 years and still be a junior developer. Same for any non-Agile shop that only hires college graduates." ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/indian-firms/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:49:48

• "Since constexpr was added to the language in C++11, its scope has been gradually expanded." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/04/23/cpp26-constexpr-language-changes | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:50:05

• "The APNIC 60 Program Committee (PC) is seeking presentations, panel discussions, Lightning Talks" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/23/apnic-60-call-for-papers-now-open/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:51:56

• "The Sense HAT is one of the greatest Raspberry Pi HATs (Hardware Attached on Top)." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/experiment-with-the-sense-hat-2nd-edition-out-now/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:52:20

• "OpenAI would consider purchasing the Chrome browser if Google is forced to sell it as a remedy for anticompetitive search practices" ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/22/openai-google-chrome/ | Source: MacRumors    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:53:28

• "For a long while, I’ve felt that the design of iOS is too top heavy. While our phones seem to grow larger every year" ☛ https://benricemccarthy.ghost.io/contabulation/ |    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:53:46

• "the project's independently-developed distribution" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12430 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:55:31

• "This release’s main highlight is upgrading its default desktop, KDE Plasma, to version 6." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/openmandriva-lx-6-0-launches-with-plasma-6-and-new-server-edition/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:55:38

• "Fedora and Ubuntu's latest releases bring some pretty interesting changes, improving the installer experience, bumping up the GNOME and Plasma versions" ☛ https://thelibre.news/fedora-42-and-ubuntu-25-04-2/ | Source: LibreNews    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:55:51

• "A few weeks ago, I noticed someone had proposed an update to its HTML rendering. The changes were mostly adding in new element names" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/04/a-small-php-update-to-geshi/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:56:57

• "We’d like to announce the availability of the QEMU 10.0.0 release. This release contains 2800+ commits from 211 authors." ☛ https://www.qemu.org/2025/04/23/qemu-10-0-0/ |    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:57:09

• How To Install BalenaEtcher on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-balenaetcher-fedora-42/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 16:59:43

• How To Install Redis on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-redis-fedora-42/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:04:22

• How To Install WildFly on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-wildfly-fedora-42/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:04:44

• How to install lynis on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-lynis-on-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:05:52

• How to install Vagrant on Debian or Ubuntu ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-vagrant-on-debian-or-ubuntu/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:06:05

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

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:06:33

• How To Install HAProxy on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-haproxy-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:06:38

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

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:06:44

• Build Your First Game: Tic Tac Toe Python Code for Beginners ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/game-tic-tac-toe-python-code-for-beginners/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:06:57

• The GNU/Linux Site Formerly Known as "linoxide.com" is Back... as an LLM Slopfarm! ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/The_GNU_Linux_Site_Formerly_Known_as_linoxide_com_is_Back_as_an.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:07:37

• Kubernetes v1.33: Octarine ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/04/23/kubernetes-v1-33-release/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:12:12

• Spidermonkey Development Blog: 5 Things You Might Not Know about Developing Self-Hosted Code ☞ https://spidermonkey.dev/blog/2025/04/23/self-hosted-development.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:15:14

• Abusing DuckDB-WASM To Create Doom In SQL ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/23/abusing-duckdb-wasm-to-create-doom-in-sql/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:17:40

• Firefox Nightly: A Tab Groups Scoop – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 179 ☞ https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2025/04/23/a-tab-groups-scoop-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-179/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:19:03

• "Stallman wants people to say FLOSS to denote free software versus open source software, and my interpretation of this article is that he only deems the GNU" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43035528    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:21:34

• "In order for IBM to gain they had to layoff a lot of people! Who does IBM want to fool?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jskxqvhd    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:23:57

• "It’s obvious wall street was not impressed with IBM’s results So the question is why?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsjehm67    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:25:41

• "I suspect Wall Street expected far better SW results given the high cost of debt IBM has taken on to buy innovation" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsjehm67    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:25:46

• "The net of this poor execution within SW means IBM will have to swing the cost reduction ax. The pecking order will most likely be Consulting, back office/sales, infrastructure, and finally Sw. Hunker down as the CFO will cut costs by what the additional debt servicing is costing (eg 800 million to a billion)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsjehm67    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:25:50

• "Eric S Raymond (long-time Stallman friend) did a piece discussing the changes RMS had made to his actual origins to make the GNU founding myth more coherent and himself look better" https://x.com/theogcb405/status/1915436372749398417    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:28:43

• "So you know that picture of Stallman with a katana. I was thinking how stupid it would be to some how integrate that and a Vergil's Judgement Cut End into a video game, I've got some ideas I want to play with" https://x.com/theogcb405/status/1915436372749398417    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:29:04

• Vulnerability Enumeration Conundrum – an Open Source Perspective on CVE and CWE ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/04/23/vulnerability-enumeration-conundrum-an-open-source-perspective-on-cve-and-cwe/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:50:39

• Non-Planar Infill For FDM ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/23/improved-and-open-source-non-planar-infill-for-fdm/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:50:58

• statCounter Helps Visualise Just How Deep in Trouble Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is (Especially in Africa) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/statCounter_Helps_Visualise_Just_How_Deep_in_Trouble_Microsoft_.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:52:00

• The Register is Using Linux-Hostile Clickbait in Articles of GNU/Linux Proponents ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/The_Register_is_Using_Linux_Hostile_Clickbait_in_Articles_of_Li.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:52:07

• "Russian drone strike" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/23/russian-drone-strike-hits-bus-in-ukraine-s-marhanets-killing-nine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:53:58

• "recruiting mercenaries to fight in Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/23/kyrgyzstan-arrests-employee-of-russian-house-cultural-center-for-allegedly-recruiting-mercenaries-to-fight-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:56:14

• "Foreign ministers postpone planned London talks" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/23/foreign-ministers-postpone-planned-london-talks-on-war-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:56:36

• 30-day ceasefire, not Trump's peace plan"" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/23/ukraine-wanted-to-discuss-30-day-ceasefire-not-trump-s-peace-plan-at-london-talks-axios | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 17:57:18

• "final offer" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/23/trump-s-final-offer | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:04:49

• "tweets photo of U.S. commitment" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/24/in-another-public-blowout-with-washington-ukrainian-president-zelensky-tweets-photo-of-u-s-commitment-during-trump-s-first-term-to-reject-russia-s-annexation-of-crimea | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:05:08

• "Nine dead in Kyiv as Russia launches overnight assault on Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/24/nine-dead-in-kyiv-as-russia-launches-overnight-assault-on-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:06:21

• 9 Killed In Missile Strike On Kyiv, Authorities Say As Pressure To End Conflict Intensifies ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-ukraine-zelenskyy-war-russia-europe-starmer/33394907.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:06:30

• U.S. Pushed a Ukraine Peace Plan That Favored Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/briefing/us-ukraine-peace-plan-new-york-city-mayor.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:07:16

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Pressures Ukraine to Accept a Peace Plan That Sharply Favors Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/world/europe/ukraine-cease-fire-talks-london.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:07:34

• Kyrgyzstan detains Russian government agency worker accused of recruiting fighters for Ukraine war ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/kyrgyzstan-detains-russian-government-agency-worker-accused-of-recruiting-fighters-for-ukraine-war    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:07:50

• Deadly Russian Drone Strike Hits Bus In Wave Of Attacks On Ukraine's Regions ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-explosion-ammunition-war-fire/33394168.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:08:03

• Officials Call Ukraine Peace Talks 'Substantive' Despite Last-Minute No-Shows ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-peace-talks-london-postponed-rubio-lammy-barrot/33394372.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:08:44

• At Least 2 Killed In Air Attack On Kyiv, Mayor Says After Progress Reported In Talks To End Conflict ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-ukraine-zelenskyy-war-russia-europe-starmer/33394907.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:08:54

• Lithuanian leaders express scepticism about Russia’s peace proposal ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2544343/lithuanian-leaders-express-scepticism-about-russia-s-peace-proposal    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:09:06

• Ukraine peace talks downgraded in London amid continued Russian strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250423-ukraine-peace-talks-downgraded-in-london-amid-continued-russian-strikes    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:09:25

• Microsoft big deadline for employees: 'Leave office within five days or...' https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/microsoft-big-deadline-for-employees-leave-office-within-five-days-or-/articleshow/120581983.cms    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:11:12

• Does Microsoft’s Performance Policy Signal a Global Shift in Company Culture? https://www.thehrdigest.com/does-microsofts-performance-policy-signal-a-global-shift-in-company-culture/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:16:00

• Google, IBM Issue Strict Return-to-Office Threats to Employees https://tech.co/news/google-ibm-return-to-office-threats    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:16:15

• Latvia concerned about Russians entering via Schengen zone back door ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/23.04.2025-latvia-concerned-about-russians-entering-via-schengen-zone-back-door.a596406/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:17:33

• "Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev threatened NHL legend Dominik Hasek, the Hockey Hall of Famer said in a post on social control media this week." ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/04/23/sports/dominik-hasek-i-got-death-threats-from-an-ex-russian-president/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:18:05

• Two for one? Convicted Felon eyes deal with Russia ally Iran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20250423-two-for-one-trump-eyes-deal-with-russia-ally-iran    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:18:20

• Lithuania Accuses Russia, Belarus Of Plotting Violent Attacks On Belarusian Exiles ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-belarus-disinformation-litvinism-belarusian-exiles-lithuania/33394679.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:18:32

• Russian, Belarusian intelligence plotted attacks on Belarusians in Lithuania – VSD ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2543993/russian-belarusian-intelligence-plotted-attacks-on-belarusians-in-lithuania-vsd    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:18:39

• Russia on track to manufacture 28nm chips in domestic fabs by 2030, 19 years after tech first debuted ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/russia-says-its-on-track-to-manufacture-28nm-chips-in-its-own-fabs-by-2030-the-tech-first-debuted-15-years-ago    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:18:52

• Kiwi TCMS: Kiwi TCMS 14.2 ☞ https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2025/04/23/kiwi-tcms-142/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:19:20

• China, Russia may build nuclear plant on moon to power lunar station, official says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-russia-may-build-nuclear-plant-on-moon-to-power-lunar-station-official-says    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:22:45

• Syria’s Jihadist-Turned-President Seeks New Allies ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/world/middleeast/syria-president-al-shara-interview.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:23:04

• 3 Takeaways From The New York Times’ Interview With Syria’s New President ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/world/middleeast/syria-president-nyt-interview-takeaways.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:23:54

• "Zelensky rejects recognizing occupied Crimea as Russian" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/23/rubio-pulls-out-of-london-peace-talks-after-zelensky-rejects-recognizing-occupied-crimea-as-russian-nyt | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:24:29

• "Russia strips two comedians of naturalized citizenship and bans them from country over anti-war statements" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/23/russia-strips-two-comedians-of-naturalized-citizenship-and-bans-them-from-country-for-anti-war-statements | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:24:49

• Take note, Edward J Snowden    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:25:06

• "ban ads for witches" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/23/russia-drafts-law-that-would-ban-ads-for-witches-astrologers-and-even-nutritionists | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:25:29

• "Quiet! Calling Linux an operating system will summon Richard Stallman." https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1k67s02/no_need_of_something_big_when_small_already_make/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:27:37

• "Russian regulators ban Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences from enrolling new students for one year" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/23/russian-regulators-ban-moscow-school-of-social-and-economic-sciences-from-enrolling-new-students-for-one-year | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:29:22

• Mariah Carey Infringement Suit Turns Ugly Amid Legal Fees Dispute: ‘One Artist Should Not Push Another Artist to the Brink of a Financial Collapse’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/23/mariah-carey-lawsuit-legal-fees/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:30:44

• TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Recent Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/04/ttablog-test-how-did-these-three-recent_23.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:31:39

• Figma Trademarks "Dev Mode", Demands Nobody Use Phrase ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/figma-trademarks-dev-mode-demands    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:31:51

• Copyright, trademark, and patent lawsuits still raging, even if "the media" barely covers any. It's underfunded and unequipped, so people cannot understand how bad things are.    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:32:58

• LibreOffice in 2024 – TDF’s Annual Report ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/04/23/libreoffice-in-2024-tdfs-annual-report/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:33:09

• Anti-Piracy Video Used Pirated Music & Font ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/anti-piracy-video-used-pirated-music    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:34:43

• very well done video – how to write good programs that actually work ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/04/23/very-well-done-video-how-to-write-good-programs-that-actually-work-how-to-manage-complexity-and-multiple-developers-why-use-case-testing-and-unix-kiss-is-so-important-3-year-software-project-d/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:35:34

• opensourceforu is indeed dead. Another LLM slop: https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/04/metaverse-and-digital-twins-partnering-to-innovate/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Another_Site_Bites_the_Dust_Open_Source_For_You_Becoming_a_Slop.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:38:33

• So the site is as good as dead and linking to opensourceforu.com means fuelling SLOP now. Dead.    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:38:58

• Richard Stallman Can Explain to Oxford Artificial Intelligence Society Why LLM Slop is Not Artificial Intelligence and Why It Hurts Society ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/24/Richard_Stallman_Can_Explain_to_Oxford_Artificial_Intelligence_.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:42:15

• pgmoneta 0.16 ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgmoneta-016-3065/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:42:54

• YouTube Turns 20: From ‘Lazy Sunday’ to ‘Hot Ones’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/technology/youtube-20th-anniversary-timeline.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:43:20

• Announcing our new Embedded Linux Networking training course ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/announcing-our-new-embedded-linux-networking-training-course/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:44:39

• NLnet announces funding for 42 FOSS projects ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1018621/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:45:25

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1018589/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:45:56

• Thomas Lange: FAI 6.4 and new ISO images available ☞ http://blog.fai-project.org/posts/fai-6.4/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:46:34

• Michael Prokop: Lessons learned from running an open source project for 20 years @ GLT25 ☞ https://michael-prokop.at/blog/2025/04/23/lessons-learned-from-running-an-open-source-project-for-20-years-glt25/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:47:05

• 5 gov’t health inspectors accused of stealing food meant for tests were told to toss unused samples, court hears ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/23/5-govt-health-inspectors-accused-of-stealing-food-meant-for-tests-were-told-to-toss-unused-samples-court-hears/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 18:59:57

• Former South Korea president Moon Jae-in indicted for corruption: Prosecution ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-prosecutors-indict-ex-president-moon-jae-in-for-bribery    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:00:51

• What's on the table for US-South Korea trade talks? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/whats-on-the-table-for-us-south-korea-trade-talks    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:01:20

• South Korea ex-president Yoon’s shadow looms large over his party ahead of June 3 polls ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-president-yoons-shadow-looms-large-over-his-party-ahead-of-june-3-polls    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:01:33

• South Korea prosecutors indict ex-president Moon Jae-in for bribery ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-prosecutors-indict-ex-president-moon-jae-in-for-bribery    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:01:44

• North Korea orders schools to breed more rabbits to feed army ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/04/23/north-korea-rabbits-breeding-school/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:02:03

• UN watchdog chief says North Korea’s nuclear arsenal ‘completely off the charts’ ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/04/24/north-korea-iaea-nuclear-turmp/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:02:55

• South Korea prosecutors indict former president Moon Jae-in for corruption ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250424-south-korea-prosecutors-indict-former-president-moon-jae-in-for-corruption    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:03:20

• Boeing CEO says China not accepting planes over US tariffs ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/24/boeing-ceo-says-china-not-accepting-planes-over-us-tariffs/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:05:01

• For China’s Trolls, ‘Chairman Convicted Felon’ and ‘Eyeliner Man’ Are Easy Targets ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/business/china-trump-vance.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:05:31

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Team Races to Form Trade Deals After Tariffs Sow Global Chaos ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/business/economy/trump-tariffs-trade-deals.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:05:49

• Cambodia canal's impact on Mekong questioned after China signs deal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/cambodia-canals-impact-on-mekong-questioned-after-china-signs-deal    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:06:02

• China’s President Pooh-tin says tariffs and trade wars hurt world economic order ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-president-xi-says-tariffs-and-trade-wars-hurt-world-economic-order    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:06:18

• Philippines to receive second batch of BrahMos missile system from India ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-to-receive-second-batch-of-brahmos-missile-system-from-india    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:06:46

• South Korea to raise Chinese presence in disputed area of sea during dialogue ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-to-raise-chinese-presence-in-disputed-area-of-sea-during-dialogue    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:07:32

• US-China fentanyl talks hang by thread amid trade war ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-china-fentanyl-talks-hang-by-thread-amid-trade-war    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:07:55

• China lunar chief accuses US of interfering in joint space programmes with other nations ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-lunar-chief-accuses-us-of-interfering-in-joint-space-programmes-with-other-nations    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:08:24

• China’s action on climate change will not slow despite global political changes, Pooh-tin says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-action-on-climate-change-will-not-slow-despite-global-political-changes-xi-says    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:09:07

• China backs Iran's nuclear talks with US, opposes 'illegal' sanctions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-backs-irans-nuclear-talks-with-us-opposes-illegal-sanctions    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:09:31

• "I used to download and unzip files with a browser and file manager until I realized I could do it all from the terminal, without clicking or switching windows. I now use just six commands all the time. Here’s what they are and why they’re worth memorizing." https://www.howtogeek.com/download-unzip-files-without-leaving-the-linux-terminal-with-these-commands/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:12:41

• "With various characters to unlock each with their own unique play-style and passive ability along with 4 active skills, along with all the bonuses and mutations you get on level-up you can really mix and match how to play it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/survivor-like-bullet-hell-with-random-maps-fiendrise-adds-linux-support/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:13:15

• "Here's my shortlist of Linux distributions you should avoid until you have plenty of experience under your belt." https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-to-linux-dont-try-these-7-distros-yet/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:13:38

• "This release also features the first official stable release of the OpenMandriva Lx Server edition." https://9to5linux.com/openmandriva-lx-6-0-released-with-linux-6-14-kde-plasma-6-3-and-server-edition    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:14:02

• "The combination of incremental improvements to Linux P/E core scheduling and the 200S Boost bombshell mean that Arrow Lake has increased its stature among the CPU crop, especially for Linux users." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-core-ultra-9-285k-performance-sees-6-percent-improvement-on-linux-arrow-lake-boosts-even-without-new-200s-boost-bios    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:14:39

• "The latest Android 16 beta lets Pixel phone users allocate as much storage for the Linux terminal as needed." https://www.zdnet.com/article/with-android-16-the-linux-terminal-gets-all-the-space-it-needs/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:15:03

• South Korea expressed concern over Chinese structure in disputed area of sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-expressed-concern-over-chinese-structure-in-disputed-area-of-sea    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:16:00

• Elon says Tesla humanoid robots impacted by China's export ban on rare earth minerals — Optimus production is delayed due to a 'magnet issue' ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tesla-is-impacted-by-chinas-export-ban-on-rare-earth-minerals-optimus-production-is-delayed-due-to-a-magnet-issue    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:16:31

• Philippines loosens decades-old ban on official visits to Taiwan ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/23/philippines-officials-taiwan-visit/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:16:46

• In a break with precedent, Taiwan’s president won’t attend pope funeral ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/23/china-taiwan-pope-funeral/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:20:57

• Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific expects lower air cargo demand amid US-China trade war ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/23/hong-kongs-cathay-pacific-expects-lower-air-cargo-demand-amid-us-china-trade-war/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:21:54

• China says ‘door open’ to trade talks after US Hell Toupée signals tariffs will fall ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/23/china-says-door-open-to-trade-talks-after-us-president-trump-signals-tariffs-will-fall/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:22:28

• Auto Shanghai showcases new EV era despite tariff speedbumps ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250423-auto-shanghai-showcases-new-ev-era-despite-tariff-speedbumps    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:22:47

• Kenyan president visits China amid tariff pressure ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20250423-kenyan-president-visits-china-amid-tariff-pressure    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:23:07

• Dihydroxyacetone Man administration "feeling the heat from a lot of different quarters", trade reporter says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20250423-trump-administration-feeling-the-heat-from-a-lot-of-different-quarters-trade-reporter-says    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:23:30

• "Tesla Cybertruck" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/23/from-showroom-to-warlord | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:23:56

• Detecting X-Rays ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/23/to-see-within-detecting-x-rays/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:24:17

• Brown Rice Has More Arsenic Than White – Here's Why You Shouldn't Avoid It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/brown-rice-has-more-arsenic-than-white-heres-why-you-shouldnt-avoid-it    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:25:00

• Odes to Mexican Drug Lords Are Pop Hits, but the Law Is Turning Against Them ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/world/americas/mexico-narcocorridos-ban.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:25:56

• Outrage as global Spotify outage left millions unable to stream music - Internet of Shit https://www.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/comments/1k6fobg/outrage_as_global_spotify_outage_left_millions/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:29:01

• BUT MA MUSIC!! wait, mine? Nope, enjoy your bad decisions now...    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:29:25

• Gunnar Wolf: Want your title? Here, have some XML! ☞ https://gwolf.org/2025/04/want-your-title-here-have-some-xml.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:33:14

• Because many fled or chased better salaries? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/employment/23.04.2025-demand-for-ict-specialists-still-strong-in-the-baltic-states.a596412/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:34:24

• 200 French media publications sue Meta, alleging unlawful business practices ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250423-french-media-companies-sue-meta-over-alleged-unlawful-business-practices    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:35:20

• Mark Kapo-berg Says Social Control Media Is Over ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/mark-zuckerberg-says-social-media-is-over    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:36:03

• Steinar H. Gunderson: Recommended VCL ☞ http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2025-04-23-12-52_recommended_vcl.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:38:13

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: qlcal 0.0.15 on CRAN: Calendar Updates ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/04/23#qlcal-r_0.0.15    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:38:21

• EU Fines Fashion Company Apple and Meta Total of $800 Million in First Use of Digital Competition Law ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/technology/apple-meta-eu-fines-competition-law.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:38:46

• EU fines Fashion Company Apple and Meta €700 million for digital violations: What happens next? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250423-eu-fines-apple-meta-%E2%82%AC700-million-digital-markets-act-violations-competition    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:38:55

• Reuters today: "US weekly jobless claims increase moderately amid low layoffs" (headline). Right, so they "increase moderately" and "low layoffs". From "slowing growth" to new and misleading spin. Everything is OK! "IT IS ONLY YOU! IT IS ALL IN YOUR HEAD! EVERYTHING IS OK!"    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:42:59

• “I Am Making the World My Confessor”: Mary MacLane, the Wild Woman from Butte ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/i-am-making-the-world-my-confessor    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:44:54

• Confessional Boxes: Tiny Cryptic #7 ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/04/tiny-cryptic-7    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:45:01

• Turkey's social security system, private hospitals and the function of the World Bank ☞ https://bianet.org/yazi/turkey-s-social-security-system-private-hospitals-and-the-function-of-the-world-bank-306716    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:45:44

• Microsoft Already Attacks the BSDs as Well (the E.E.E. Way, as Usual) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/Microsoft_Already_Attacks_the_BSDs_as_Well_the_E_E_E_Way_as_Usu.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:45:58

• The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is in Trouble, May Soon be Out of Business ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/The_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_is_in_Trouble_May_Soon_be_Out_of.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:46:39

• GNOME, Microsoft, and Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub : The Lack of Reporting on Abusive Colleagues Contributed to Profound Media Vacuum (or Blackout), Now Resorting to SLAPPs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/GNOME_Microsoft_and_GitHub_The_Lack_of_Reporting_on_Abusive_Col.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:46:45

• US Government Already Bailing Out OpenAI/Microsoft With "Contracts", As Usual, Back Doors You Cannot Remove Becoming 'a Step Closer' on New PCs (Unless Everyone Acts ASAP) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/US_Government_Already_Bailing_Out_OpenAI_Microsoft_With_Contrac.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:47:05

• RMS is Done at KCL, Next Stop is Oxford ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/RMS_is_Done_at_KCL_Next_Stop_is_Oxford.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:47:38

• "Collabora quarterly mgmt" ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-04-23.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:48:11

• "To those on the board and CoC committee who were involved in Sonny’s ban: I’m asking you to step down from your positions, and take some time off from Foundation politics. I know you know you fucked up, and I know you care about this project, like we all do." https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2025/04/23/the-elephant-in-the-room/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:58:38

• Microsoft's Most Profound Issue is That People Moved to 'Mobile' and "App Stores" (Microsoft's Presence There is Negligible) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_s_Most_Profound_Issue_is_That_People_Moved_to_Mobile_.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:59:50

• Never Try to Justify Strangulation of Women (Not in the US and Not in the UK) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Never_Try_to_Justify_Strangulation_of_Women_Not_in_the_US_and_N.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 19:59:56

• Matrix Has a Severe Problem With Illegal Images ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Matrix_Has_a_Severe_Problem_With_Illegal_Images.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:00:04

• Microsoft backdoored Windows in Cyprus Lacking a Future ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_Windows_in_Cyprus_Lacking_a_Future.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:00:12

• Richard Stallman to Speak in Oxford University Exactly a Day From Now ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Richard_Stallman_to_Speak_in_Oxford_University_Exactly_a_Day_Fr.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:00:24

• Get Rid of Back Doors, Don't Obsess Over Bounties and Other Corporate PR Stunts (or Needless Reboot Rituals) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Get_Rid_of_Back_Doors_Don_t_Obsess_Over_Bounties_and_Other_Corp.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:02:06

• Open Source Initiative (OSI) Promoting Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Proprietary Software Using Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Operatives ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Promoting_Microsoft_and_Proprietary_.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:02:12

• Microsoft 'Studies' Again? Leon Musolff is Writing Papers With Microsoft. (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_Studies_Again_Leon_Musolff_is_Writing_Papers_With_Mic.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:02:19

• Another Site Bites the Dust: "Open Source For You" Becoming a Slopfarm (LLM Slop) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Another_Site_Bites_the_Dust_Open_Source_For_You_Becoming_a_Slop.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:02:26

• GNOME people admit the CoC went VERY VERY wrong! https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2025/04/23/the-elephant-in-the-room/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:03:12

• New Kernel Module Enhances Battery Management for Framework Laptop ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2025/04/23/new-kernel-module-enhances-battery-management-for-framework-laptop/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:04:24

• Scott Bessent Accuses IMF and World Bank of ‘Mission Creep’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/business/bessent-imf-world-bank-overhauls.html    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:40:17

• Microsoft mystery folder fix might need a fix of its own https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/microsoft_mystery_folder_fix/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:40:53

• What’s secret? When is it secret? Well, that’s complicated ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/whats-secret-when-is-it-secret-well-thats-complicated/ "The argument over US officials’ misuse of secure but non-governmental messaging platform Signal falls into two camps."    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:46:34

• The Overlooked USPTO Subsidy ☞ https://patentprogress.org/2025/04/the-overlooked-uspto-subsidy/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:47:03

• Pine64 StarPro64 is a RISC-V SBC with ESWin EIC7700X Hey Hi (AI) SoC, 32 GB LPDDR5 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/23/pine64-starpro64-risc-v-sbc-eswin-eic7700x-ai-soc-32-gb-lpddr5/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:47:39

• NASA releases gorgeous new photos of faraway galaxies to celebrate 35th anniversary of Hubble Telescope ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/04/23/science/nasa-releases-new-photos-of-faraway-galaxies-to-celebrate-35th-anniversary-of-hubble-telescope/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:48:04

• Sony AS-DT1 tiny industrial LiDAR depth sensor can operate under bright conditions (up to 100,000 lux) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/23/sony-as-dt1-tiny-industrial-lidar-depth-sensor-can-operate-under-bright-conditions-up-to-100000-lux/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:48:42

• Did The Insurrectionist post a [GIMPed] image of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s ‘MS-13’ tattoos? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250423-did-donald-trump-post-a-photoshopped-image-of-kilmar-abrego-garcia-s-ms-13-tattoos "in an attempt to show ‘evidence’ that the wrongfully deported man is a member of the MS-13 criminal gang. We explain in this edition of Truth or Fake."    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:49:38

• Hong Kong’s overall unemployment rate stays at 3.2% – but rises in some sectors ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/23/hong-kongs-overall-unemployment-rate-stays-at-3-2-but-rises-in-some-sectors/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:50:23

• Slop feeds pedophiles ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ai-deepfake-lewd-pics-johor-teen-pleads-guilty-to-possessing-porn-on-mobile-phone "charged with generating explicit content involving a teen by editing her photos into pornographic images."    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:51:33

• Pushing Windows in "Ubuntu" clothing https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/04/netbooting-a-large-language-model-based-os-in-an-ubuntu-live-server/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 20:57:52

• 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 gemini://sampsa.smol.pub/kirjojen-valissa    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:34:26

• Gigabyte RTX 50-series GPUs reportedly prone to melting thermal gel issues ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/gigabyte-rtx-50-series-gpus-reportedly-prone-to-melting-thermal-gel-issues    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:39:44

• SPARK Microsystems SR1120 UWB ultra-low-power transceiver delivers up to 41 Mbps throughput ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/23/spark-microsystems-sr1120-uwb-ultra-low-power-transceiver-delivers-up-to-41-mbps-throughput/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:40:08

• Commission finds Fashion Company Apple and Meta in breach of the Digital Markets Act ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1085    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:40:33

• Commission closes investigation into Apple's user choice obligations and issues preliminary findings on rules for alternative apps under the Digital Markets Act ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1086    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:40:43

• EU issues €700M in fines to Apple, Meta over DMA breaches ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/23/eu-issues-e700m-fines-apple-meta-dma-breaches/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:41:11

• Canonical is run by the Army now https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-2510-Rust-Coreutils-Plan see http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Is_Ubuntu_Compromised_Push_Away_From_GNU_and_GPL_Led_by_Army_Of.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:44:01

• Ubuntu 25.04 Upgrade Channel Temporarily Suspended Due to Bugs ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-upgrade-channel-temporarily-suspended-due-to-bugs/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:45:29

• NethSecurity is a GNU/Linux firewall based on OpenWrt, a distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nethsecurity-linux-firewall-openwrt/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:47:15

• IMSProg – I2C, SPI and Microwire EEPROM/Flash chip programmer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/imsprog-i2c-spi-microwire-eeprom-flash-chip-programmer/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:47:31

• Tenmon is a FITS and XISF image viewer, converter and indexer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tenmon-fits-xisf-image-viewer-converter-indexer/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:47:56

• Solaar is a GNU/Linux manager for Logitech keyboards, mice and trackpads ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/solaar-linux-manager-logitech-keyboards-mice-trackpads/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:48:15

• Kali GNU/Linux Without GUI ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/04/23/kali-linux-without-gui/    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:49:04

• "Given Lieutenants one might expect there also to be Rightenants; this suggests a missing officer particle, something like dark matter in other, less reputable, theories. There are obviously 'up' and 'down' spin states for all these particles, though some historical materials indicate a third 'neither up nor down' state for soldiers." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/04/24/ranks.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:57:32

• Zuck's anti-antitrust argument is that he ruined the Internet gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-04-24 "In Meta's antitrust trial, the defense - that is, Meta - is arguing that Meta hasn't violated antitrust laws in part because it is not a "social media" company as the FTC defines that term."    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:58:27

• "The most energy efficient thing you can do in your life is grow some of your own food. 40% of all the energy consumed by a city is the agriculturally consumed food. Growing your own food, that's an enormous action." - Geoff Lawton gemini://gemini.cyberbot.space/gemlog/2025-04-24-foodforestupdate1.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 21:59:15