Roy Schestowitz

• Palestinians say teenager, three others killed in West Bank ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250626-palestinians-say-teenager-three-others-killed-in-west-bank    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:13:22

• Health Ministry to slash employees' health insurance in bid to cut costs ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/26.06.2025-health-ministry-to-slash-employees-health-insurance-in-bid-to-cut-costs.a604596/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:13:44

• Dihydroxyacetone Man dented Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Should Kim Jong Un be worried? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-dented-irans-nuclear-ambitions-should-kim-jong-un-be-worried    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:13:59

• South Korea court rejects arrest warrant for former president Yoon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-court-rejects-arrest-warrant-for-ex-president-yoon-yonhap-says    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:14:11

• South Korean man’s wrongful spy charges overturned – 58 years after execution ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-mans-wrongful-spy-charges-overturned-58-years-after-execution    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:14:23

• North Korea opens landmark coastal Wonsan tourist zone ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korea-opens-landmark-coastal-wonsan-tourist-zone    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:14:33

• More choosing S. Korean convenience stores’ ultra-cheap options as restaurant prices soar ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-convenience-stores-compete-with-ultra-cheap-options-as-restaurant-prices-soar    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:14:54

• Pools and slides as North Korea set to open 'world class' tourist resort ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250626-pools-and-slides-as-north-korea-set-to-open-world-class-tourist-resort    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:15:08

• Malaysia’s Musang King may reign supreme but a new wave of durian contenders is emerging ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-musang-king-may-reign-supreme-but-a-new-wave-of-durian-contenders-is-emerging    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:15:29

• Malaysia’s former youth and sports minister Syed Saddiq acquitted of all graft charges ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-mp-syed-saddiq-acquitted-of-all-graft-charges    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:15:50

• Tearful former Malaysian minister Syed Saddiq thankful after corruption charges quashed ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/tearful-former-malaysian-minister-syed-saddiq-thankful-after-corruption-charges-quashed    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:16:01

• Malaysia’s anti-graft agency to seek forfeiture of $53.7m linked to ex-PM Ismail Sabri probe ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-anti-graft-agency-to-forfeit-54-6m-linked-to-ex-pm-ismail-sabri-probe-nst    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:16:19

• Prosecution appeals against ex-Malaysian minister Syed Saddiq’s acquittal on corruption charges ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/prosecution-appeals-against-ex-malaysian-minister-syed-saddiqs-acquittal-on-corruption-charges    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:16:45

• 17 express bus firms on list as Malaysia names companies with overdue traffic summonses ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-names-companies-with-overdue-traffic-summonses-in-drastic-move-17-express-bus-firms-on-list    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:17:12

• 3 S’poreans charged in Malaysia with trafficking cocaine-laced vape liquid, may face death penalty ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/3-singaporeans-charged-in-malaysia-with-trafficking-cocaine-laced-vape-liquid-face-death-penalty    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:17:36

• Indonesia to make e-commerce firms collect tax on sellers’ sales, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-to-make-e-commerce-firms-collect-tax-on-sellers-sales-sources-say    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:18:08

• Over 80,000 people flee severe flooding in south-west China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/over-80000-people-evacuated-after-flooding-in-southwest-china    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:20:25

• China, Taiwan clash over history, Beijing says can’t ‘invade’ what is already Chinese territory ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-taiwan-clash-over-history-beijing-says-cant-invade-what-is-already-chinese-territory    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:20:48

• China calls CIA videos ‘absurd’ attempt to recruit spies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-calls-cia-videos-absurd-attempt-to-recruit-spies    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:21:00

• China is building a ‘mega-sized’ consumer economy, Premier says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-is-building-a-mega-sized-consumer-economy-premier-says    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:21:16

• Japan to step up fight against counterfeit anime goods overseas ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-to-step-up-fight-against-counterfeit-anime-goods-overseas    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:21:31

• China launches first 4-year ‘pet’ undergraduate programme ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-launches-first-4-year-pet-undergraduate-programme    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:21:47

• China, reeling from floods, braces for 2nd tropical cyclone in 2 weeks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-reeling-from-floods-braces-for-2nd-tropical-cyclone-in-2-weeks    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:22:05

• Blocking strategic rivals from tech, resources may not work, says PM Wong on US-China ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/cutting-strategic-rivals-off-from-access-to-critical-tech-resources-may-not-work-says-pm-wong-on-us    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:22:20

• China’s Guangxi deluged by flood waters from upstream province ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/tropical-depression-hits-southern-china-two-weeks-after-typhoon-wutip    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:22:41

• China takes action on key US fentanyl demands ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-takes-action-on-key-us-fentanyl-demands    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:22:59

• China urges Philippine military to refrain from ‘malicious accusations’ over drugs trade ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-urges-philippine-military-to-refrain-from-malicious-accusations-over-drugs-trade    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:23:15

• India says defence gathering in China unable to adopt joint statement ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/india-says-defence-gathering-in-china-unable-to-adopt-joint-statement    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:23:40

• China-led Hey Hi (AI) could play a role in Asean power grid, says bank president ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-led-aiib-could-play-a-role-in-asean-power-grid-says-bank-president    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:24:03

• Blacklisted Chinese GPU makers line up to file for IPOs as US sanctions and trade war take toll on Hey Hi (AI) hardware market ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/blacklisted-chinese-gpu-makers-line-up-to-file-for-ipos-as-us-sanctions-and-trade-war-take-toll-on-ai-hardware-market    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:24:17

• 3,800 restaurants, shops to offer July 1 promotions to celebrate Hong Kong handover to China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/26/3800-restaurants-shops-to-offer-july-1-promotions-to-celebrate-hong-kong-handover-to-china/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:24:46

• Chinese ship conducts survey off Vietnam but Hanoi’s state media stays silent ☞ https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2025/06/26/vietnam-china-survey-ship/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:24:55

• China's Guangxi deluged by floodwaters from upstream province ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250626-china-s-guangxi-deluged-by-floodwaters-from-upstream-province    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:25:15

• Cargo ship carrying 3,000 Chinese cars to Mexico sinks in the Pacific ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/cargo-ship-sinks-in-the-pacific/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:25:54

• "I have decided that I wanted to stop killing mosquitos while I sleep. In a way, I was curious to know what most mosquitos want with my face. I noticed that rarely I get bitten in the face (mostly I am bitten on other parts of my body)." gemini://tilde.club/~keyboardan/gemlog/2025-06-27__Mosquito_and_Me.gmi    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:27:07

• "I find myself returning to Gemini from a different world, as a different person. Things have really changed for the worse down there on Earth since I was last here. It's so loud, all of the time. I yearn for a quiet place. I never understood that Gemini could be that, before." gemini://drewdevault.com/log/01-hello-again.gmi    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:28:15

• "My RPG reading is concentrating right now on the HARP Fantasy RPG and it's supplements, but I'm working on some stuff for Big Eyes Small Mouth Second Revised Second Edition (BESM 2ER) and Centauri Knights, and there are other RPG things I'm working on in the background, like (slowly) reading ACKS II." gemini://consp.org/blog/2025/2025-06-27-still-putting-along.gmi    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:28:58

• One Hertz Challenge ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/26/announcing-the-2025-hackaday-one-hertz-challenge/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:30:12

• ">Linear Solar Chargers For Lithium Capacitors" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/26/linear-solar-chargers-for-lithium-capacitors/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:30:55

• "[Ralph] is excited about impedance matching, and why not? It is important to match the source and load impedance to get the most power out of a circuit." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/26/pi-networks-the-smith-chart-way/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:31:14

• "[Hunter Irving] is a talented hacker with a wicked sense of humor, and he has written in to let us know about his latest project which is to make a GameCube keyboard controller work with Animal Crossing." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/26/making-gamecube-keyboard-controller-work-with-animal-crossing/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:31:37

• In Mideast and at NATO summit, Convicted Felon models norm-busting diplomacy ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2025/0625/trump-diplomatic-style-iran-bombs-nato    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:32:06

• Indian labourer fights off leopard attack in Gladiator style with his bare hands ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indian-labourer-fights-off-leopard-attack-in-gladiator-style-with-his-bare-hands    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:32:34

• The PR agency, the publishers and the disappearing lottery winners ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-pr-agency-the-publishers-and-the-disappearing-lottery-winners/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:33:37

• BBC.com launches dynamic paywall for US users ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/bbc-com-launches-dynamic-paywall-for-us-users/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:33:52

• Guardian returns to Glastonbury with 100-page one-off magazine ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardian-returns-to-glastonbury-with-100-page-one-off-magazine/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:34:16

• An Early Warning Signal of a 'Silent Killer' Cancer May Hide in Your Poop ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/an-early-warning-signal-of-a-silent-killer-cancer-may-hide-in-your-poop    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:37:38

• Is There Thimerosal in Vaccines, And Is It Safe? Here's What The Science Says ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/is-there-thimerosal-in-vaccines-and-is-it-safe-heres-what-the-science-says    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:37:50

• Promising New Drug For Weight Loss Works With Just One Monthly Dose ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/promising-new-drug-for-weight-loss-works-with-just-one-monthly-dose    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:38:08

• Heavy Drinkers Face Higher Risk of Brain Lesions And Alzheimer's Markers ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/heavy-drinkers-face-higher-risk-of-brain-lesions-and-alzheimers-markers    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:38:19

• 100-Million-Year-Old Rock Reveals 40 Never-Before-Seen Squid Species ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/100-million-year-old-rock-reveals-40-never-before-seen-squid-species    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:38:31

• Your Cell's Powerhouses Are Secretly Helping Fight Bacteria, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-cells-powerhouses-are-secretly-helping-fight-bacteria-study-finds    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:38:48

• Mysterious Radio Signal Caught Bursting From Long-Dead NASA Satellite ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-radio-signal-caught-bursting-from-long-dead-nasa-satellite    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:39:08

• Report: DeepSeek’s newest model delayed by GPU export restrictions ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/26/report-deepseeks-newest-model-delayed-gpu-export-restrictions/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:40:08

• Dihydroxyacetone Man reiterates claims about Iran’s nuclear program that contradict early intelligence findings. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/25/world/iran-israel-ceasefire-trump/trump-reiterates-claims-about-irans-nuclear-program-that-contradict-early-intelligence-findings    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:40:31

• Slop Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/technology/ai-elections-democracy.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:41:00

• Intelligence Agencies Race to Evaluate Iran’s Nuclear Program ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/briefing/iran-nuclear-program-sean-combs-trial.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:42:41

• Fate of Iran’s Enriched Uranium Is a Mystery ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/politics/iran-nuclear-program-uranium.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:42:53

• Intel lays off hundreds of engineers in California, including chip design engineers and architects — automotive chip division also gets the axe ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-lays-off-hundreds-of-engineers-in-california-including-chip-design-engineers-automotive-chip-division-also-axed    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:43:13

• AI disruptor DeepSeek's next-gen model delayed by Nvidia GPU export restrictions to China — short supply of Hey Hi (AI) GPUs hinders development ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-disruptor-deepseeks-next-gen-model-delayed-by-nvidia-h20-restrictions-short-supply-of-accelerators-hinders-development    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:43:49

• Former special ops commander tipped as Lithuania’s next military intelligence chief ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2597952/former-special-ops-commander-tipped-as-lithuania-s-next-military-intelligence-chief    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:46:27

• Notorious cybercriminal ‘IntelBroker’ arrested in France, awaits extradition to US ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/intelbroker-cybercriminal-kai-west-arrested/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:47:24

• Creative Commons introduces CC Signals framework for Hey Hi (AI) data use ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/26/creative-commons-introduces-cc-signals-framework-ai-data-use/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:48:59

• NCSC nominee calls for new counterintelligence career field ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/intelligence-community/2025/06/ncsc-nominee-calls-for-new-counterintelligence-career-field/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:49:42

• Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/health/hiv-lenacapavir-vaccine-trump-cuts-africa.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:50:26

• Debris From SpaceX Explosion, Landing in Mexico, Draws Investigation ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/spacex-explosion-debris-mexico-investigation.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:50:44

• Pizza store’s extortion of delivery tips leads to lawsuit in South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pizza-stores-extortion-of-delivery-tips-leads-to-lawsuit-in-south-korea    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:51:07

• 21 US states sue Convicted Felon administration over federal funding cuts ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/21-us-states-sue-trump-administration-over-federal-funding-cuts/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:51:29

• US DOJ sues federal court and all of its judges over immigration order ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/us-doj-sues-federal-court-and-all-of-its-judges-over-immigration-order/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:51:48

• New Lawsuit Seeks Disclosure of Agreements Giving Local Law Enforcement Immigration Enforcement Powers ☞ https://americanoversight.org/new-lawsuit-seeks-disclosure-of-agreements-giving-local-law-enforcement-immigration-enforcement-powers/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:52:09

• Amazonian Scorpion Venom Can Kill Breast Cancer Cells, Scientists Say ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/amazonian-scorpion-venom-can-kill-breast-cancer-cells-scientists-say    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:55:53

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s OSHA Nominee Has a History With Heat and UPS Drivers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/climate/david-keeling-osha-heat-ups-amazon.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:57:03

• Social Control Media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-executes-twitter-killer-who-murdered-nine-tv-networks    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:57:34

• WYHA? TTAB Finds VITAWHEY Confusable with VITAWAYS for Dietary and Nutritional Supplements ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/06/wyha-ttab-finds-vitawhey-confusable.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:58:13

• Google’s site reputation abuse policy: the wrong solution to a real problem ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/google-site-reputation-abuse-policy-publishers-aop/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:59:18

• Takeaways From Hard Fork’s Interview With OpenAI’s Scam Altman ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/technology/hard-fork-sam-altman.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 01:59:41

• [Slop] Is Homogenizing Our Thoughts ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/ai-is-homogenizing-our-thoughts    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:00:06

• Does Using Artificial Intelligence Ruin Your Actual Intelligence? Scientists Investigated ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/does-using-artificial-intelligence-ruin-your-actual-intelligence-scientists-investigated    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:00:34

• 27-year-old Easter egg found in the Fashion Company Apple Power Mac G3's ROM— creating a RAM disk with the name 'secret ROM image' unveils a hidden file ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/macos/27-year-old-easter-egg-found-in-the-apple-power-mac-g3s-rom-creating-a-ram-disk-with-the-name-secret-rom-image-unveils-a-hidden-file    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:00:59

• Topton N18 NAS mini-ITX motherboard ships with defective chip maker Intel N150 or Core i3-N305 SoC, offers 6x SATA, 10GbE, 2x 2.5GbE ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/26/topton-n18-nas-mini-itx-motherboard-ships-with-intel-n150-or-core-i3-n305-soc-offers-6x-sata-10gbe-2x-2-5gbe/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:01:35

• UPC is illegal; it's time for it to be squashed along with the corrupt EPO that works against science and against Europe, all that in violation of the laws ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/06/25/more-than-a-feeling-upc-rewriting-the-score-for-pharma-at-bio-2025/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:02:49

• Arun Raghavan: The Unbearable Anger of Broken Audio ☞ https://arunraghavan.net/2025/06/the-unbearable-anger-of-broken-audio/ "It should be surprising to absolutely nobody that the GNU/Linux audio stack is often the subject of varying levels of negative feedback"    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:04:55

• Linux Jargon Buster: What are Secure Boot & Shim Files? ☞ https://itsfoss.com/secure-boot-shim-file/ http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:05:27

• FOSS Weekly #25.26: Torvalds-Epsteingate Showdown, Hyprland Premium, Fedora's 32-bit Debacle, Xfce Themes and More GNU/Linux Stuff ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-26/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:05:57

• Firefox 141 Promises to Use Less Memory on GNU/Linux Systems, Beta Out Now ☞ https://9to5linux.com/firefox-141-promises-to-use-less-memory-on-linux-systems-beta-out-now    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:06:23

• Rust Drives A Linux USB Device ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/26/rust-drives-a-linux-usb-device/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:06:47

• KDE Slick New ‘First Run’ Setup Tool Taking Shape ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/kde-initial-setup-tool-kiss-development-progress    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:07:37

• "Big Beautiful Bill" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-big-beautiful-bill | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:08:26

• "VA Cuts" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:08:34

• Faugus Launcher is a simple and lightweight app for running games using UMU-Launcher ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/faugus-launcher-simple-lightweight-app-games/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:10:35

• H2O – optimized HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/h2o-optimized-http-server/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:10:52

• Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: 2.5Gbps Networking ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/raspberry-pi5-desktop-mini-pc-2-5gbps-networking/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:11:19

• SpicyPass is a lightweight password manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/spicypass-lightweight-password-manager/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:11:31

• Xlog is a logging program for amateur radio operators ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xlog-logging-program-amateur-radio-operators/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:11:49

• US’s Iran strike may have strengthened Tehran’s nuclear resolve ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/uss-iran-strike-may-have-strengthened-tehrans-nuclear-resolve/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:15:58

• What really happened to Fordow? Three possible futures for Iran’s nuclear program after US strikes. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/what-really-happened-to-fordow-three-possible-futures-for-irans-nuclear-program-after-us-strikes/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:16:13

• Iran turns to internal crackdown in wake of 12-day war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20250626-iran-turns-to-internal-crackdown-in-wake-of-12-day-war    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:16:27

• Yes, Convicted Felon posted a ‘Bomb Iran’ and ‘Daddy’s home’ parody video ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250626-yes-trump-posted-a-bomb-iran-and-daddy-s-home-parody-video    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:16:44

• Hegseth doubles down as Khamenei says Convicted Felon 'exaggerated' impact of US strikes on nuclear sites ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250626-hegseth-doubles-down-as-khamenei-says-trump-exaggerated-impact-of-us-strikes-on-nuclear-sites    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:17:08

• REPLAY - Hegseth praises US attack on Iran but offers few details on the strikes’ impact ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250626-replay-hegseth-praises-us-attack-on-iran-but-offers-few-details-on-the-strikes-impact    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:17:21

• Inside the Mind of a Never Convicted Felon War Hawk ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/inside-the-mind-of-a-never-trump-war-hawk    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:17:36

• Battle of narratives rage over US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250626-battle-of-narratives-rage-over-us-strikes-on-iran-s-nuclear-sites    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:17:46

• Iran’s Foreign Minister Says Nuclear Facilities ‘Seriously Damaged’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/world/middleeast/iran-foreign-minister-nuclear-facilities-seriously-damaged.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:17:59

• Centrifuges at Iran’s Fordo ‘No Longer Operational’ After U.S. Strikes, Nuclear Watchdog Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/world/middleeast/centrifuges-fordo-damage-iran.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:18:16

• How Convicted Felon’s Strike on Iran Might Affect China’s Calculus on Taiwan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/world/asia/iran-china-trump-taiwan.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:18:38

• Rubio Fleshes Out Convicted Felon’s Case That Iran Nuclear Capacity Was Eliminated ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/iran-nuclear-program-damage-rubio.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:18:53

• The Israeli atomic energy commission says the war set back Iran’s nuclear program by ‘many years.’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/25/world/iran-israel-ceasefire-trump/the-israeli-military-says-the-war-set-back-irans-nuclear-program-by-years    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:19:08

• Trying to jump the sharp with "clown computing" and SLOP ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/06/26/why-we-chose-claude-for-the-arduino-cloud-ai-assistant/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:20:53

• Former S.Korean president Yoon to be questioned on Saturday, requests privacy protection ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-s-korean-president-yoon-to-be-questioned-on-saturday-requests-privacy-protection    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:21:11

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1335.jpg    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:22:17

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1685.jpg    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:22:22

• Australia’s innovation gap threatens national safety, not just economic prosperity ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australias-innovation-gap-threatens-national-safety-not-just-economic-prosperity/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:23:05

• "Code of Conduct" Invoked When Fedora and Red Bait Users (Since the 1990s) Don't Want to Use Wayland (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/26/Code_of_Conduct_Invoked_When_Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Users_Since_the.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:23:26

• Event Wrap: CommunicAsia 2025 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/06/26/event-wrap-communicasia-2025/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:23:37

• Amnesty accuses Cambodia of ‘gross failure’ to stop rampant abuses in scam centers ☞ https://rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/06/26/cambodia-scam-centers-human-rights-crisis/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:24:26

• China vows crackdown on torture in rare admission ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-vows-crackdown-on-torture-in-rare-admission    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:24:36

• Human rights group entreats Syria to extend support to torture victims ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/human-rights-group-entreats-syria-to-extend-support-to-torture-victims/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:24:48

• Eclipse Foundation announces Jakarta EE 11 to advance cloud-native Java productivity ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/26/eclipse-foundation-announces-jakarta-ee-11-advance-cloud-native-java-productivity/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:25:21

• Coccinelle for Rust progress report (Collabora blog) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1027087/

• Coccinelle for Rust progress report (Collabora blog)

  Over on the Collabora blog, Tathagata Roy has an update    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:26:08

• Mexican government takes control of two Mexican banks facing US sanctions ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/mexican-government-control-banks-intercam-cibanco/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:27:04

• Oracle GNU/Linux 10 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1027112/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:27:29

• "Key features include modernized cryptographic capabilities" blogs.oracle.com/linux/post/oracle-linux-10-now-generally-available    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:28:39

• Fairphone (Gen. 6) is a sustainable, repairable 6.31-inch Android 15 smartphone with Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/26/fairphone-gen-6-sustainable-repairable-6-31-inch-android-15-smartphone-with-snapdragon-7s-gen-3-soc/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:29:19

• Tanner Martin Announces His Own Death ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/tanner-martin-dead-cancer-tiktok.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:30:02

• Fentanylware (TikTok) capitalising on addiction https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/26/tiktok-live-launches-fan-clubs/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:30:33

• New single-molecule magnet tech could unlock hard drives with 100x more capacity — drives could store half a million Fentanylware (TikTok) views on a hard drive the size of a postage stamp, or three terabytes per square centimeter ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/new-single-molecule-magnet-tech-could-unlock-hard-drives-with-100x-more-capacity-drives-could-store-three-terabytes-per-square-centimeter    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:31:30

• US sanctions 3 Mexican financial institutions accused of money laundering ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/us-sanctions-3-mexican-banks-intercam-money-laundering/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:32:07

• UPC is illegal; they created an illegal "legal" system and now use media that they bribes to play along with this charade. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/cms-strengthens-team-with-two-upc-and-sep-litigators-from-klaka-and-freshfields/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:33:13

• Western Digital's $500 million penalty for patent monopoly infringement reduced to a mere $1 — court says recipient failed to 'adequately tie a dollar amount' to damages ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/western-digitals-usd500-000-million-penalty-for-patent-infringement-reduced-to-a-mere-usd1-court-says-recipient-failed-to-adequately-tie-a-dollar-amount-to-damages    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:33:27

• Flexiworld data mining patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/6/24/flexiworld-data-mining-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 02:33:44

• Microsoft layoffs in VR https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jyep45xw    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 03:39:48

• On IBM: Stress is real. Depression is real. If you are worried about using the insurance provided mental health services, call 988 and get help." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jyfe4ta8    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 03:57:28

• "Yep, remember the use of the word 'Cloud' for anything and everything, whether it was really Cloud or not. Even Mainframe products named with Cloud in the name. Complete BS all for how it shows on the balance sheet to Wall Street. Wall Street analysts are so non-tech and haven't a clue." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jyjv5w7m    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 03:57:58

• "IBM were pretty clever about AI. They didn't bother investing in R&D, but managed to get the stock price rise of AI. Admittedly, they managed to sp--k the cash away regardless and don't have anything to really show for it after the fact..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jyjv5w7m    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 03:58:36

• "....and they will do the same with Quantum technology. Nothing more than a variation of the story of the "Emperor's New Clothes"    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 03:58:41

• "Different world when that stuff happened. Exec bonuses were tied to meeting a diversity quota and they'd do anything to hit it. Now it's the opposite, Indians hiring every relative and friend and on the road to being a 100% Indian company within a year." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jypqazh0    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 03:59:36

• "Most of the great Sales people at IBM are gone. They were the ones that had real relationships with customers. They have been replaced by younglings just out of college. Great job Gavin Belson!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jy7wbjp4    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 04:01:21

• "Then in 2017, at the age of thirteen, I met Richard Stallman at a big conference in Mexico, in person, face to face. I didn’t know much about him, but I was looking forward to attending his talk the next day, where I first learned about the free software movement and became fascinated with the topic." https://forums.puri.sm/t/ivan-avalos-in-gnu-taler/28527    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 04:02:50

• "Valve released another set of Beta updates for the SteamOS Client and Steam Desktop to bring in bug fixes and expanded support." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/steam-gets-more-fixes-for-legion-go-s-8bitdo-and-the-in-game-overlay/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:13:49

• "Jump the Track has a great visual style and a fun looking blend of a comedy visual novel with pachinko, and now it has Linux and macOS support. It originally released on May 28th, with the additional platforms support arriving June 26th." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/blending-a-comedy-visual-novel-with-pachinko-jump-the-track-adds-linux-and-macos-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:14:06

• "The Painkiller reboot from Anshar Studios and 3D Realms is now confirmed for release on October 9 with a new trailer." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/painkiller-reboot-confirmed-for-launch-on-october-9/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:14:19

• "Need a new first-person dungeon-crawling RPG? Perhaps it's time to check out Monomyth. The devs just updated it with better Steam Deck and gamepad support" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/first-person-dungeon-crawler-monomyth-gets-better-steam-deck-and-gamepad-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:14:32

• "The much loved 3D platformer A Hat in Time just got a surprise patch to update the game for newer graphics APIs." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/a-hat-in-time-gets-a-surprise-update-with-directx-12-and-vulkan-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:14:52

• "Apocalypse Express brings exciting real-time post-apocalyptic train defence to Early Access and I'm looking forward to more of it." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/apocalypse-express-has-some-frantic-train-combat-out-in-early-access/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:15:16

• "Two Point Museum from SEGA and Two Point Studios is set to expand with the Fantasy Finds DLC coming on July 17th." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/two-point-museums-first-dlc-announced-with-fantasy-finds-coming-in-july/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:15:38

• "Announced back in February 2024, we're still waiting on a release date for the Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux but now we have prices." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/pricing-announced-for-the-orange-pi-neo-gaming-handheld-with-manjaro-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:15:56

• "Bohemia Interactive have today revealed the DayZ Badlands expansion for their very popular open-world survival game." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/dayz-badlands-expansion-announced-with-the-biggest-map-yet/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:16:11

• "The Protestant Work Ethic, Libertarianism, and the Welfare State — Crooked Timber" https://crookedtimber.org/2025/06/27/the-protestant-work-ethic-libertarianism-and-the-welfare-state/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:17:16

• "The Coming Health Care Apocalypse - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-coming-health-care-apocalypse    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:17:31

• "30 Jahre online: Wie das Internet den Journalismus verändert hat" | How the Internet has changed journalism https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/30-jahre-online-wie-das-internet-den-journalismus-veraendert-hat/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:18:00

• iophk: LLMs don't work but they do provide sufficient plausible deniabilty, for businesses that are already going under to fire people https://www.vox.com/economy/413149/college-graduate-job-market-economy-entry-level-employment-recession ("What is the job market like for new college graduates?")    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:18:53

• "Övervakningsstaten går inte att rulla tillbaka" | The surveillance state cannot be rolled back. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/06/27/overvakningsstaten-gar-inte-att-rulla-tillbaka/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:19:29

• lobste.rs "troll farm promotes a shitpost" https://lobste.rs/s/nwvary/you_don_t_own_word_freedom_full_burn    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:19:54

• "From code reuse to the impact of generative AI" https://lemire.me/blog/2025/06/27/from-code-reuse-to-the-impact-of-generative-ai/ https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3711675&doi=10.1145%2F3711675    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:20:33

• "Mamdani and the Moguls of Madness - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/mamdani-and-the-moguls-of-madness    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:21:31

• "Microsoft's own AI chip delayed six months in major setback — in-house chip now reportedly expected in 2026, but won't hold a candle to Nvidia Blackwell" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/microsofts-own-ai-chip-delayed-six-months-in-major-setback-in-house-chip-now-reportedly-expected-in-2026-but-wont-hold-a-candle-to-nvidia-blackwell    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:21:41

• "Andrew Cuomo Thought He Could Bend a Passive Party to His Will" https://jacobin.com/2025/06/cuomo-nyc-mayor-democrats-mamdani/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:22:14

• "A Bold Finnish Artist Brought These Precious Little Hippopotamus-Like Trolls to the World 80 Years Ago" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-bold-finnish-artist-brought-these-precious-little-trolls-to-the-world-80-years-ago-180986897/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:22:50

• "The last A-10 in the Air Force will make its final flight next year" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/last-a10-flight-2026/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:23:21

• "The Accepted Lies and Mistakes About This Critical Environmental Law" ☛ https://therevelator.org/nepa-lies-mistakes/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:30:34

• "The NCSS is a major exhibition event held at Birmingham NEC." ☛ https://cybershow.uk/media/episodes/nec.mp3 | Source: The Cyber Show    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:30:52

• UK National Cyber Security Show https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=49    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:31:19

• "scheduled for Saturday, June 28, was blocked by police last week" ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/06/27/eu-president-urges-hungary-to-allow-pride-march | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:32:18

• "In its worst decision ever on demands for ID, the Supreme Court today upheld a Texas law that requires all visitors to some websites to provide the site operator with evidence of their identity and age." ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/06/27/supreme-court-upholds-texas-demand-for-id-for-web-browsing/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:32:50

• "What’s next, and why?" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/28/what-s-next-and-why | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:33:13

• "Ukraine launches new long-range drone strikes at Russian military airfield, targeting tactical warplanes" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/27/ukraine-launches-new-long-range-drone-strikes-at-russian-military-airfield-targeting-tactical-warplanes | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:33:24

• "After the Trump administration dropped bombs on Iran last weekend, without congressional approval" ☛ https://fair.org/home/adam-johnson-on-media-in-war-mode/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:33:45

• "Janine Jackson interviewed the Joint Center’s LaToya Parker about the Trump budget’s racial impacts for the June 20, 2025" ☛ https://fair.org/home/this-isnt-just-about-policy-its-about-what-kind-of-nation-we-want-to-be/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:33:57

• "They tried. Oh, did the media try." ☛ https://fair.org/home/media-did-their-best-to-scare-voters-away-from-zohran-mamdani/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:34:14

• "Thanks to President Trump…" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/27/thanks-to-president-trump | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:34:40

• "As long as there is resistance, there is hope" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/27/as-long-as-there-is-resistance-there-is-hope | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:35:56

• "Russian government training standards for esports athletes to include 30-meter sprint, push-ups, and mouse click test" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/27/russian-sports-ministry-updates-training-standards-for-esports-athletes-to-include-30-meter-sprint-push-ups-and-mouse-click-test | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:36:18

• "Time for another European flavoured Hackaday Podcast this week" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/27/hackaday-podcast-episode-326-a-diy-pockel-cell-funny-materials-to-3d-print-with-and-pwning-a-nissan-leaf/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:36:56

• "ambassador to Russia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/27/lynne-tracy-leaves-post-as-u-s-ambassador-to-russia | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:37:42

• "The Federal Emergency Management Agency still has not opened applications for an enormous suite of grants" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-grants-trump-emergencies | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:38:31

• "Most humans with two ears have a pretty good sense of directional hearing." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/27/audio-localization-gear-built-on-the-cheap/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:38:55

• "These days, so much of what we see online is delivered by social media algorithms." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/27/can-digital-poison-corrupt-the-algorithm/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:39:51

• "A Russian CT scan room infected cancer patients with hepatitis. At least four died, but no one has been prosecuted." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/27/we-know-that-s-what-finished-him-off | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:40:19

• "Artists always get a carte blanche" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/27/artists-always-get-a-carte-blanche | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:40:44

• "Scuffle breaks out after Armenian special forces raid church leader’s residence" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/27/scuffle-breaks-out-after-armenian-special-forces-raid-church-leader-s-residence | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:40:53

• "Most standing desks on the market use electric motors or hand cranks to raise and lower the deck." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/27/standing-desk-uses-pneumatics-to-do-the-job/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:41:47

• "You know what the worst thing about the Steam Deck is? Being able to play your games on the go." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/27/geekdeck-is-a-steamdeck-for-your-living-room/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:42:06

• "Whatever your day job, many of us would love to jump behind the controls of a dump truck for a lark." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/27/building-a-3d-printed-rc-dump-truck/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:42:29

• "Some of the largest objects in the night sky to view through a telescope are galaxies and supernova remnants" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/27/all-the-stars-all-the-time/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:42:54

• "Remediations enables you to address advisor recommendations, content advisories, vulnerability CVEs" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/improved-user-experience-red-hat-insights-remediations-service | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:46:06

• "The first step we took was to update our provider to address the critical requirements shared to us from our customers and the Terraform team." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-ansible-automation-platform-provider-hashicorp-terraform-has-been-updated | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:46:18

• "range in enforceability, legally binding in some cases and normative in others" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/26/creative-commons-introduces-cc-signals-framework-ai-data-use/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:46:50

• "Like Creative Commons licenses, CC Signals aren’t exclusive to photography but could apply to a wide variety of works placed in the Creative Commons. The proposed CC Signals so far have four different signals, which can be combined in a few different ways: [...]" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-has-broken-artists-relationship-with-the-internet-creative-commons-is-proposing-a-fix-that-signals-how-a-photo-can-be-used-by-machines | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:47:24

• "The draft of Rep. Darrell Issa's new U.S. pirate site blocking bill 'ACPA' is not without controversy. In public comments, opponents warn that the bill's legal framework risks overblocking, which can impact legitimate sites and services." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/fears-of-overblocking-unite-critics-of-u-s-pirate-site-blocking-bill/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:47:48

• "The core question in both cases was whether using copyrighted works to train Large Language Models (LLMs) used in AI chatbots is a lawful fair use. Under the US Copyright Act, answering that question requires courts to consider: [...]" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/two-courts-rule-generative-ai-and-fair-use-one-gets-it-right | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:48:04

• "The instructions were vague and open-ended, but that was the point. Should they accept, the artists would have to turn their imaginary copies into real artworks that took inspiration from one of the 35,000 objects exhibited in the Louvre, ranging from antiquity to the 19th century." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-louvre-invited-100-contemporary-artists-to-copy-and-reinterpret-its-masterpieces-heres-what-they-made-180986881/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:48:17

• "Assuming this meets the policies laid out by the European Commission, I am curious to see how the changes affect different developers. As I wrote yesterday, it seems like this is complicated enough to make comparisons or predictions very difficult." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/eu-app-store-changes-developers/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:48:56

• "This is complicated. What I would love to see are different practical examples comparing Apple’s distribution policies in most countries, its policies in the U.S. post-ruling, its previous E.U. policies, and these new ones." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-eu-app-distribution-updates/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:49:13

• "Physical media and files can’t be swapped, changed, clobbered, revoked, or otherwise messed with at the whims of a streaming platform" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/listening-to-mp3s-and-flacs/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:49:43

• "Armed agents crouched behind a vehicle in the driveway entered the Huntington Park home shortly after the detonation, which blew the door off and shattered a window. A drone also can be seen entering the house." ☛ https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/huntington-park-border-patrol-agents-door-explosion/3734095/ | Source: NBC    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:50:30

• "Much of what we’ve written about regarding the Trump regime’s nonsensical and ridiculous immigration policies have focused on how they’re grabbing people off the streets, or disappearing them to random foreign gulags without due process." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/27/the-problem-isnt-whether-the-jd-vance-meme-story-is-true-its-that-its-so-believable-after-everything-the-trump-regime-has-done/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:50:52

• "Cumpio said in her letter, which Khan read on Tuesday at a U.N. Human Rights Council side event about freedom of expression in the Philippines" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/06/a-well-orchestrated-lie-detained-philippine-journalist-frenchie-mae-cumpio-tells-un/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:51:44

• "The vast majority of this funding, more than 70%, actually flows to local television and radio stations" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/06/26/repub/trump-drive-to-defund-npr-pbs-resisted-by-republicans-from-rural-states/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:51:55

• "You might be tempted to think that the Substack revolution is shaking up the foundations of journalism, agreeing with Substack star Emily Sundberg that newsroom leaders everywhere should be barring their doors to prevent further defections." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/substack-is-having-a-moment-again-but-time-is-running-out/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:52:30

• "The Association of Online Publishers has investigated the impact of the “site reputation abuse” policy and managing director Richard Reeves has written for Press Gazette outlining the findings." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/google-site-reputation-abuse-policy-publishers-aop/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:52:44

• "In response to HKFP’s enquiries, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) said on Tuesday that it had received “around 140 views” from the public since the launch of the “Collection of Views on Library Collections” mechanism in July 2023." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/25/hong-kong-public-libraries-receive-140-reports-on-objectionable-content-including-nat-sec-violations/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:53:32

• "previously flagged content has been removed.”" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-lifts-ban-on-deutsche-welle-website-308898 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:53:51

• "Sex during the pandemic" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/cartoonist-acquitted-over-sex-during-pandemic-strip-after-five-years-308875 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:54:11

• "Since 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the agency has been on the EU sanctions list." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/why-does-germany-pay-taxes-for-russian-propaganda/a-73037945 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:54:41

• "Open source is shown to contribute $9 trillion in global value, according to new research from The Linux Foundation." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/26/linux-foundation-open-source-ai-opensourcesummit/ | Source: Silicon Angle http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/What_Linux_Foundation_Research_is_Paid_Marketing.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:55:49

• "Nothing has changed since then, except that folks are getting a wee bit more concerned about their privacy now that President Donald Trump is in charge of the US." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/the_european_union_linux_desktop/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:56:00

• "With a broadening customer base clamouring for Nvidia’s latest AI accelerators and competitors still distant, bulls are betting the chip maker’s shares have plenty of room to run." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/nvidia-eye-popping-4-trillion-market-cap/265842/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:56:21

• "“We Are Legion” follows protagonist Bob Johansson, who has just sold his software company. After being killed by a car while crossing the street, he wakes up a century later with his mind uploaded into an artificial intelligence." ☛ https://sfstandard.com/2025/06/27/legion-bob-sam-altman-marc-benioff-reid-hoffman-dystopia/ | Source: The San Fancisco Standard    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:56:44

• "Google pivoted to crime one project at a time, and as an Internet optimist sometimes I think they might be able to pivot back one project at a time." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/how-google-can-go-legit/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:57:09

• "Crossing Minds was launched in 2016 by a team that included prominent AI researcher Sebastian Thrun. He earlier co-founded online education platform Udacity Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s X product research lab. Crossing Minds’ two other co-founders, Emile Contal and Alexandre Robicquet, are also AI researchers." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/27/openai-hires-staff-shopify-backed-ai-startup-crossing-minds/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:57:50

• "Crossing Minds was launched in 2016 by a team that included prominent AI researcher Sebastian Thrun. He earlier co-founded online education platform Udacity Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s X product research lab." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/27/openai-hires-staff-shopify-backed-ai-startup-crossing-minds/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:58:07

• "MSLs represent a significant evolution in the approach to software security, moving beyond existing measures to proactively prevent vulnerabilities by default during development at compile time and/or during runtime." ☛ https://media.defense.gov/2025/Jun/23/2003742198/-1/-1/0/CSI_MEMORY_SAFE_LANGUAGES_REDUCING_VULNERABILITIES_IN_MODERN_SOFTWARE_DEVELOPMENT.PDF | Source: US DOD    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:58:25

• "Within a few years, the tech industry began answering the call for memory-safe languages. In 2022, Microsoft executives began calling for new applications to be written in memory-safe languages like Rust." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/cisa_nsa_call_formemory_safe_languages/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:58:46

• "Long-time FreeBSD community member, John Baldwin, was elected to the FreeBSD Foundation Board during the Annual Meeting on June 10, 2025. We sat down with John to learn more about his history with FreeBSD and what he’s most looking forward to accomplishing during his tenure. " ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-foundation-welcomes-new-board-member-john-baldwin/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 08:59:16

• "In a 65-page leaked document provided to SFGATE by the National Parks Conservation Association, the hundreds of comments that have poured in through June 16 show overwhelming support for better funding for national parks and increased protection of public lands." ☛ https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/doi-national-park-negative-history-comments-leak-20396121.php | Source: SFGate    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:00:14

• "General Motors embraced futuristic design language for 1961, with Oldsmobile introducing a completely new 88 that was shorter, lower, and narrower than its predecessor while maintaining the same 123-inch wheelbase." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2025/06/1961-oldsmobile-dynamic-88-bubble-top-coupe.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:00:50

• "A while ago I started working on a somewhat quirky project which intersected two hobbies: Transit and retro computing. The aim was to recreate the old Network SouthEast passenger information screens using era appropriate technology." ☛ https://heliomass.com/posts/2514-bbc-train-times/ | Source: Heliomass    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:01:25

• "APM Terminals Pier 400 recently deployed the largest fleet of electric terminal tractors (ETTs) in the Port of L.A., marking a milestone in the terminal’s effort to decarbonize its operations and in the sector as a whole." ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/electric-vehicle/kansas-ev-manufacturer-deploys-largest-fleet-of-electric-terminal-tractors-in-the-port-of-la/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:01:42

• "Private jets are a large and growing source of air and climate pollution. A typical private jet emits about 810 tonnes of GHGs in a typical year" ☛ https://theicct.org/publication/air-and-ghg-pollution-from-private-jets-2023-jun25/ |    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:02:28

• "The battle against climate change is also a class struggle: the ultra-rich generate far more emissions, while the poorest suffer the worst consequences" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-06-27/each-private-jet-emits-as-much-in-a-year-as-177-cars-study-finds.html | Source: El País    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:02:56

• "For how many news cycles that plastic straws garnered, there is virtually no critique of companies that produce significantly higher volumes of plastic." ☛ https://lmnt.me/blog/plastic.html | Source: Louie Mantia    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:03:11

• "The data in question comes from the US Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), and the termination was announced via a notice from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/us_hurricane_satellite_data_to_stop/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:03:33

• "In 2022, humans produced an estimated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste – enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. This was up 82 percent from 2010 and is expected to rise to 82 million tonnes in 2030." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-figured-out-how-to-extract-gold-from-old-phones-and-laptops | Source: Science Alert    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:04:08

• "It’s not until the fifth paragraph of the story that we get the promised “news” about Trump rallying for the bill — and the only newsworthy part of that 73-word passage is that Trump either misstated or lied about what was in the bill. " ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/27/how-the-newslettification-of-news-reifies-trumps-power-rather-than-exposing-his-lies/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:04:56

• "Our democracy is under attack, in a war planned and carried out by generations of filthy rich tight-wingers working primarily through the Republican Party." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/26/the-republican-hundred-year-war-on-democracy/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:05:43

• "A teenager in Germany has been charged with helping to plot an attack on Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour concert in Vienna." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/teen-charged-plot-attack-taylor-swift-concert-vienna-1235374088/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:05:50

• "But they do use up a lot of certificate authority resources in the process." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/06/27/how-lets-encrypt-reduced-the-impact-of-zombie-clients/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:06:54

• "Icebreakers relies on popups instead of soliciting direct user consent, noyb says." ☛ https://therecord.media/bumble-for-friends-openai-noyb-complaint-gdpr | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:07:29

• "It's especially troubling considering Ring's past troubles with data privacy and security and its cozy relationship with law enforcement." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/25/amazons_ring_ai_video_description/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:07:46

• "DOGE [sic] employees in recent months have accessed numerous government computer systems and databases, in some cases making revisions or changes to the networks as part of their efforts to reform [sic] federal operations." ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/veterans/2025/06/25/lawmakers-press-va-for-details-on-doge-access-to-vets-records/ | Source: USMC    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:08:21

• "Law enforcement demanding access to your private online data goes back to the beginning of the [Internet]." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/how-cops-can-get-your-private-online-data | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:08:41

• "The Supreme Court this morning took a chainsaw to the First Amendment on the internet, and the impact is going to be felt for decades going forward." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/27/the-conservatives-on-the-supreme-court-are-so-scared-of-nudity-theyll-throw-out-the-first-amendment/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:08:59

• "The groups noted, among other things, that while the statute does bar companies from retaining the identifying information, it does not prohibit transfer of that information or impose any other protection from disclosure to protect adults' privacy." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5422424 | Source: NPR    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:09:33

• "The case stems from a 2023 law, HB 1181, that required websites to verify that a user is over the age of 18 if more than one-third of their content is considered harmful to minors. A group of adult entertainment websites sued, arguing this violated free speech and privacy protections." ☛ https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/27/texas-porn-websites-age-verification-law-supreme-court/ | Source: The Texas Tribune    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:09:52

• "The Texas law, which targets websites where one-third or more of content is sexually explicit, requires users to prove they're 18 through government IDs, facial scans, or bank records. Violations carry penalties of up to $10,000 per day, jumping to $250,000 if a minor gains access." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/06/27/supreme-court-backs-texas-law-requiring-id-checks-for-adult-website-access.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:10:03

• "Legislators in Texas passed HB1181 in early 2023, but it was struck down in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas for potentially being unconstitutional before the law went into effect." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/us-supreme-court-porn-age-verification-decision-2025/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:10:20

• "It’s unclear just how far Thomas, or the rest of his colleagues, would take this conclusion. Could a state, for example, require everyone who wants to look at a pornographic video to submit their names to a government agency that will publish them on a public website?" ☛ https://www.vox.com/scotus/418065/supreme-court-porn-free-speech-paxton-clarence-thomas | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:10:37

• "State Age Verification Laws" ☛ https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-resources/state-avs-laws/ |    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:10:51

• "And there’s absolutely no way I should have to have my real identity so easily identified with every single piece of media I interact with." ☛ https://json.blog/2025/06/27/on-age-verification-and-porn.html | Source: Jason Becker    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:11:08

• "This is my vision for AI’s future: not as a separate destination we visit for help, but as an invisible assistant embedded in every tool we use, making us more capable without getting in the way." ☛ https://jeroensangers.com/2025/06/27/is-your-ai-integration-slowing.html | Source: Jeroen Sangers    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:11:28

• "The feature suggests a new incursion into our previously private data, one that bypasses the point of friction known as conscientiously deciding to post a photo for public consumption." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/meta/694685/meta-ai-camera-roll | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:11:47

• "Facebook is asking users for access to their phone’s camera roll to automatically suggest AI-edited versions of their photos — including ones that haven’t been uploaded to Facebook yet." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/27/facebook-is-asking-to-use-meta-ai-on-photos-in-your-camera-roll-you-havent-yet-shared/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:12:00

• "We need to talk about data integrity." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/the-age-of-integrity.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:12:25

• "Most modern ransomware gangs operate a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, where affiliates are allowed to deploy the ransomware in return for a percentage of the proceeds they manage to extort." ☛ https://www.fortra.com/blog/safepay-ransomware-what-you-need-know | Source: Fortra LLC    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:13:10

• "Data was encrypted in half the cases, the lowest rate in the survey’s history, while in 6% of cases organizations faced extortion demands even when data wasn’t encrypted." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/ransomware-response-improves-preparation-lags/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:13:25

• "Upon learning of this event, we immediately took steps to safeguard Hawaiian's operations and systems" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/aloha_youve_been_pwned_hawaiian/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:13:37

• "Chinese graphic artists are rapidly experiencing the impact of image generators on their day-to-day work" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/688645/graphic-artists-china-ai | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:14:26

• "These memory sharing networks are vital for ever-embiggening AI training and inference workloads. As their parameter counts and token throughput requirements both rise, they need ever-larger memory domains to do their work." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/analysis_network_computing/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:14:50

• "Just two and a half years after OpenAI stunned the world with ChatGPT, AI is no longer only answering questions — it is taking actions." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-06-27/ai-agents-congress-regulation | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:15:18

• "Palantir and Nuclear Company will jointly create the nuclear operating system (NOS), which will simplify construction, allowing the firm to build plants faster and at lower cost." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/palantir-partners-to-develop-ai-software-for-nuclear-construction/articleshow/122104122.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:15:35

• "The data analytics software provider announced a deal with The Nuclear Company (TNC) to build a so-called Nuclear Operating System (NOS) designed to provide data-driven visibility into power-plant construction." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/palantir_joins_tech_nuclear_bandwagon/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:15:54

• "When an AI assistant decides what to recommend based on Reddit sentiment, embedded documentation, third-party schema, or the tone of a YouTube review, your analytics stack won’t capture it. You won’t know what tipped the balance." ☛ https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/everything-is-now-opaque/ | Source: Jono Alderson    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:16:19

• "In 2016, artificial neural networks matured as a technology and did so live in front of tens of millions of people." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/the-50-year-story-of-the-rise-fall-and-rebirth-of-neural-networks/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:19:49

• "The companies are going nowhere. They can’t exit, they’re running out of money, they can’t get more funding. EIther the company just shuts down, or they merge two loser companies and hope there’s an investor next quarter." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/27/pitchbook-ai-venture-capital-resorts-to-mergers/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:20:08

• "Two of my friends have recently written about the growing angst among creators about the squeezing out of soul and humanity in our endeavors." ☛ https://bentsai.org/posts/do-the-work | Source: Ben Tsai    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:20:23

• "Last month ago I posted the outline of a General-audience AI Presentation I gave, but I have a bunch of AI-related links sitting around and a vague idea of how they link together, so here goes…" ☛ https://daniel.industries/2025/06/20/overview-of-the-genai-landscape/ | Source: Daniel Miller    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:20:46

• "The clause states that if OpenAI’s board ever declares it has developed artificial general intelligence (AGI), it would limit Microsoft’s contracted access to the startup’s future technologies." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/openai-five-levels-agi-paper-microsoft-negotiations/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:21:09

• "The company, which raised another $3.5 billion in a Series E funding round in March - valuing it at $61.5 billion - will give grants of between $10,000 and $50,000" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/anthropic_job_killing_tech_study/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:21:29

• "A cornerstone of the supposed company was a new $500 Trump T1 phone." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/27/promises-the-trump-phone-would-be-made-in-usa-lasted-1-100th-of-a-scaramucci/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:22:25

• "This is not really an ad for Wallet. It is an ad for Fandango to promote Apple’s movie, tickets for which may be added to Wallet." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-wallet-f1-notification/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:22:44

• "Rapid7’s investigation uncovered eight vulnerabilities in 689 Brother models, which include printers, scanners, and label printers. Meanwhile, 46 Fujifilm, 6 Konica Minolta, 5 Ricoh, and 2 Toshiba models were also affected as they use Brother components." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2830531/millions-of-printers-could-be-hacked-due-to-unpatchable-security-flaw.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:22:58

• "Previous experimentation with Medicaid work requirements in places like Arkansas shows that virtually all the targeted recipients are already working as hard as they are able, once we adjust for their relatively poor health." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/06/27/the-protestant-work-ethic-libertarianism-and-the-welfare-state/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:23:34

• "How did we do it? Primarily through vaccines, which account for about 40 percent of the global drop in infant mortality over the last 50 years, representing 150 million lives saved." ☛ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/417904/gavi-rfk-jr-child-mortality-vaccines | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:23:50

• "At a conceptual level, an LTO tape system is the storage medium (the LTO tape) separated from the read/write head" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/TapesVsDisksShowsVolumeEffects | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:35:15

• "Museum seats – like museum cafes, cloakrooms, shops and toilets – may seem of less consequence than the artworks surrounding them, but they too can make all the difference between a one-time visit and the first of many." ☛ https://apollo-magazine.com/best-museum-seats-benches/ |    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:35:35

• "The Pell Grant is a government subsidy that helps low-income students pay for college and is the foundation of federal student aid in the United States." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/06/27/repub/congress-unlikely-to-enact-absolutely-devastating-trump-proposal-to-slash-pell-grants/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:35:49

• "Let's start off with some basic questions and build up to some more complicated physics." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/space-elevators-could-work-if-the-days-were-shorter/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:36:20

• "This hits hard. Brandon blogged for as long as me, though I only discovered him more recently." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/goodbye-to-brandons-journal/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:40:19

• "A mysterious gold "TV" has popped up across from the U.S. Capitol featuring an unusually joyful Donald Trump dancing with pedo-pal Jeffrey Epstein." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/06/27/bizarre-white-house-reacts-to-mysterious-new-trump-epstein-art-with-cringeworthy-joke.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:40:59

• "I didn’t really know Anne, but she was very thoughtful, and I got the sense that she was one of those people who made a difference. Rest in peace." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2025/06/26/anne-sturdivant.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:41:14

• "old modern people." ☛ https://birming.com/2025/06/27/cherish-what-you-have/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:41:38

• "I’ve always been an advocate for blogging. It’s rare for a conversation with my friends to not at some point touch on blogging. It’s a running joke at this point." ☛ https://tomcritchlow.com/2025/06/27/taking-blogging-seriously/ |    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:42:00

• "The legendary journalist believed that speaking truth to power was the essential underpinning of an embattled American experiment." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/bill-moyers-dies-obituary-tribute/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:42:18

• "Moyers began his journalism career at age 16 as a cub reporter for his hometown daily newspaper in Marshall, Texas." ☛ https://www.lbjlibrary.org/news-and-press/press-releases/bill-moyers-legacy |    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:42:41

• "As White House Press Secretary from 1965 to 1967, he managed critical communications during the turbulent years of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-bill-moyers-journalism-career-cause-death-legacy-us-journalism-1736935 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 09:42:56

• Fruit – chess engine ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fruit-chess-engine/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:05:01

• City in France is latest to ditch backdoored Windows and Office in favor of GNU/Linux and FOSS alternatives ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/city-in-france-is-latest-to-ditch-windows-and-office-in-favor-of-linux-and-foss-alternatives/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:05:52

• Kapitano – modern, user-friendly malware scanner ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kapitano-modern-user-friendly-malware-scanner/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:07:02

• LWN is a Voice of GAFAM (Through 'Linux' Foundation, Their Front Group or Occupying Force Inside Linux) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/26/LWN_is_a_Voice_of_GAFAM_Through_Linux_Foundation_Their_Front_Gr.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:07:19

• French Cities Dumping Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Because They Recognise Software Freedom, Open Standards, GNU/Linux Autonomy ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/26/French_Cities_Dumping_Microsoft_Because_They_Recognise_Software.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:07:31

• What 'Linux' Foundation 'Research' is: Paid Marketing ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/What_Linux_Foundation_Research_is_Paid_Marketing.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:07:40

• Annual Southern California GNU/Linux Expo (SCALE 22x) 'Bought' by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Exceeded Sponsorship Limits by Giving Double the Maximum Permitted Amount (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/Annual_Southern_California_Linux_Expo_SCALE_22x_Bought_by_Micro.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:07:49

• Not Much Better Than LLM Slop: 'Linux' Foundation-Funded 'News' Site Writes 'Linux' Foundation 'News', Composed by 'Linux' Foundation Operative, Quoting 'Linux' Foundation Staff (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/Not_Much_Better_Than_LLM_Slop_Linux_Foundation_Funded_News_Site.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:07:58

• "For more information, visit the announcement. Wine 10.11’s source code can be downloaded from GitLab’s project page for those interested in trying out or upgrading their current installation. The binary packages for various distributions are expected to be available shortly." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/wine-10-11-released-with-ntsync-prep-and-fixes-for-over-25-bugs/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:09:24

• Interview with Sevenix (author of GIMP 3.0’s splash image) ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/06/27/interview-sevenix-splash-3-0/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:09:51

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-06-28.gmi    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:22:42

• 🔤SpellBinding — CEFIMNU Wordo: LOATH gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-06-28.gmi    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:23:41

• Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered 9 people ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-executes-twitter-killer-who-murdered-nine-tv-networks    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:36:49

• BentoIO AMH2 Pro audio/MIDI HAT for Raspberry Pi features 24-bit DAC, headphone amplifier ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/27/bentoio-amh2-pro-audio-midi-hat-for-raspberry-pi-features-24-bit-dac-headphone-amplifier/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:37:13

• reComputer Mini is a compact carrier board for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano/NX module ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/27/recomputer-mini-is-a-compact-carrier-board-for-the-nvidia-jetson-orin-nano-nx-module/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:39:56

• Yxk S15 UItra – A thin fanless mini PC with defective chip maker Intel N100, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD selling for $119.99 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/27/yxk-s15-uitra-a-thin-fanless-mini-pc-with-intel-n100-16gb-ram-512gb-ssd-selling-for-119-99/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:40:59

• The First Week of Tesla's Robotaxis Has Been a Disaster https://www.yahoo.com/tech/transportation/articles/first-week-teslas-robotaxis-disaster-161218037.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:41:39

• List of clips showing Tesla's Robotaxi incidents https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/1ljxd63/list_of_clips_showing_teslas_robotaxi_incidents/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:41:46

• Tesla Robotaxi goes twice the speed limit https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/1ljgtz4/tesla_robotaxi_goes_twice_the_speed_limit/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:41:52

• On Tesla Robotaxis: "Tesla Robotaxis exceed the speed limit, drive on the wrong side of the road, etc. Many articles have appeared in the mainstream media."    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:42:17

• Extensive Static Test of Car Tracker (for Navigation/Collision) and Tracking With Increased Sample Size http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2012/06/17/tracking-with-increased-sample-size/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:47:24

• Actually reliable autonomous cars are like "quantum"... a pipedream mostly    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:47:52

• "I do not come to you with answers today, but rather some observations and a lot of questions." ☛ https://fasterthanli.me/articles/all-color-is-best-effort | Source: Amos Wenger    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:51:23

• "This sorry page is usually found when the owner of a URL has asked specifically for their domain to be excluded from the web archive. This worries me as I have found many specifications have been lost to time." ☛ https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2025/06/27/scp/ | Source: Tyler Thorsted    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:51:32

• "Bash as critical infrastructure? Am I alright? Do I need to see a psychiatrist? These are all good questions..." ☛ https://kramkow.ski/article/2025/06/27/my_lights_run_on_bash.html |    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:52:00

• "This is not an obscene amount of text, a few thousand lines." ☛ https://dgerrells.com/blog/google-makes-web-devs-look-bad | Source: David Gerrells    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:52:47

• "JuliaHub today unveiled Dyad, a powerful system that brings modern software agility to the world of hardware system design." ☛ https://info.juliahub.com/blog/juliahub-launches-dyad | Source: Julia Programming Language    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:52:58

• "Did you know the Foundation also provides grants for other technical events?" ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/eurobsdcon-2025-travel-grant-application-now-open/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:57:46

• "Today we’re releasing the second edition of Simple Electronics with GPIO Zero" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/out-today-simple-electronics-with-gpio-zero-2nd-edition/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:57:56

• "Refer to the changelog for more information about all changes in the new version." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/pipewire-1-4-6-improves-latency-reporting/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:58:45

• "I typed a few keys on the keyboard and I was shocked! The letters were displayed on the screen" ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2823426/50-years-ago-a-single-keystroke-changed-apple-and-the-world-forever.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:14:21

• "The ZED-X20P module is an all-band, high precision GNSS receiver that concurrently processes signals from the GPS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, and NavIC constellations across all GNSS frequency bands, including L-band." ☛ https://news.sparkfun.com/14133 | Source: SparkFun Electronics    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:14:35

• "So I have decided to buy myself an Ampere Altra system. As cheap as possible" ☛ https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2025/06/27/bought-myself-an-ampere-altra-system/ | Source: Marcin Juszkiewicz    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:14:49

• "A computer running Python oversees the process and catalogs the images. It controls the various motors through an Arduino GIGA R1 WiFi board paired with a CNC shield, as well as additional relays and a servo driver board." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/06/28/this-machine-automatically-scans-books-from-cover-to-cover/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:14:58

• "For now, this 3D-printed robot assembled from reclaimed robot parts is controlled via a joystick over UDP and Wi-Fi. The host PC converts the joystick’s locations into a vector for the motors to follow, after which the values are sent to the UNO R4 WiFi for processing." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/06/27/this-platypus-shaped-robot-is-built-from-vacuum-cleaner-parts/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:15:16

• "I've had a Pi and SDR earmarked for 'getting weather data from my weather station' for a long time now. I don't know why I waited so long, because it was shockingly easy." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/getting-weather-data-my-acurite-sensors-was-shockingly-easy | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:15:29

• "VM running on such host are not in the scope of the post since a VM is totally independant of the host." ☛ https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20250619 | Source: Vincent Delft    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:16:23

• "Suppose, not hypothetically, that you have a central CUPS print server, and that people also have Linux desktops or laptops that they point at your print server to print to your printers" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/CupsBrowsedBadForCupsServers | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:16:58

• "The hex codes are based on Zebra's official chart with the exception of the new colours which I grabbed off a marketing image" ☛ https://rknight.me/blog/how-many-mildliner-colours-are-there-now/ | Source: Rob Knight    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:17:10

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

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:22:52

• How To Install GStreamer on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-gstreamer-almalinux-10/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:23:06

• Rocky GNU/Linux 10 Network Configuration Guide ☞ https://idroot.us/rocky-linux-10-network-configuration/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:23:27

• How To Install PhotoPrism on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-photoprism-manjaro/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:23:46

• How To Install Sublime Text on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-sublime-text-almalinux-10/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:24:14

• Windows collapsing in Costa Rica https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/costa-rica/#monthly-200902-202506    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:25:36

• How To Install Wine on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-wine-almalinux-10/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:25:48

• jack wallen walking astray? https://thenewstack.io/how-to-set-up-macos-as-a-development-machine/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:28:07

• IBM Keeps Getting Sued for Discrimination ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ibm-keeps-getting-sued-for-discrimination    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:28:34

• IBM Red Hat is very inclusive, according to IBM Red Hat    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:29:11

• Denmark Cracking Down on Deepfakes by Allowing People to Copyright Their Own Features ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/27/denmark-deepfakes-copyright-law/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:29:54

• Keeping Things Accessible (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/26/Keeping_Things_Accessible.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:30:52

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1027251/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:31:16

• Latvian restaurant chain Gan Bei denies rumours about branch in Belarus ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/27.06.2025-latvian-restaurant-chain-gan-bei-denies-rumours-about-branch-in-belarus.a604681/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:32:09

• U.S. Charges 11 in Russia-Based Scheme to Bilk Medicare of $10.6 Billion ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/nyregion/us-medicare-fraud-charges.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:32:46

• North Korea eyeing Russian tourists for new beach resort: Seoul ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-targets-russian-tourists-for-new-wonsan-beach-resort-seoul    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:32:58

• GNU/Linux 8% in Cuba https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/cuba/#monthly-200902-202506    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:33:56

• X is Dying, But Not XServer/X11. Ex-Twitter X.com is Dying. ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/X_is_Dying_But_Not_XServer_X11_Twitter_X_com_is_Dying.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:34:12

• EU’s proposed 18th Russia sanctions package ‘strongest yet’ – Lithuanian president ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2598414/eu-s-proposed-18th-russia-sanctions-package-strongest-yet-lithuanian-president    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:40:52

• Lithuania needs ‘3 million drones’ to defend against Russia, says EU commissioner ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2598591/lithuania-needs-3-million-drones-to-defend-against-russia-says-eu-commissioner    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:41:03

• EU leaders discuss new US trade proposal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250627-eu-leaders-discuss-new-us-trade-proposal    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:41:26

• Hungary's Pride march ban a 'serious breach' of EU values: Sweden's EU minister ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250627-hungary-s-pride-march-ban-a-serious-breach-of-eu-values-sweden-s-eu-minister    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:41:45

• Transgender and nonbinary Latvians face a struggle for recognition ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/features/27.06.2025-transgender-and-nonbinary-latvians-face-a-struggle-for-recognition.a603650/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:41:57

• This Week in GNOME: #206 Hot Days ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/06/twig-206/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:42:42

• Russia Seizes Key Lithium Field in Challenge for U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/world/europe/ukraine-minerals-lithium-russia-donetsk.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:43:05

• A digital iron curtain in Russia? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0627/A-digital-iron-curtain-in-Russia    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:43:18

• Four Dead As Russia Launches New Wave Of Strikes On Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/four-dead-russia-massive-strike-ukraine/33456924.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:43:31

• Pope Leo XIV condemns overpowering of international law ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/pope-leo-xiv-condemns-overpowering-of-international-law/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:44:10

• Moscow launched hundreds of drones and 8 missiles overnight ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250627-moscow-launched-hundreds-of-drones-and-8-missiles-overnight    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:44:25

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s approach to Russia and its war on Ukraine is evolving, not in one big leap, but in several smaller steps ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/trumps-approach-to-russia-and-its-war-on-ukraine-is-evolving-not-in-one-big-leap-but-in-several-smaller-steps/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:44:45

• How to Set CPU Power Mode on FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/set-cpu-power-mode-funos/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:45:59

• LHB GNU/Linux Digest #25.15: New Docker eBook, Declare in Bash, Debug Ansible Playbook and More ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/25-15/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:46:19

• Oracle GNU/Linux 10 Released, This Is What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/oracle-linux-10-released/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:46:43

• Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 26 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-26/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:48:56

• Press Remarks by Commissioner Lahbib at Budapest Pride ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_1658    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:50:15

• The Internet Needs Sex ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/opinion/pornography-restrictions-free-speech-obscenity.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:51:04

• Jonathan Dowland: Viva ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/phd/viva/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:51:43

• China’s Revenge On Gold Diggers video game fuels sexism debate ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-revenge-on-gold-diggers-video-game-fuels-sexism-debate    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:00:33

• EU denies Turkish minister’s claim of misused funds in İstanbul metro project ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/eu-denies-turkish-ministers-claim-of-misused-funds-in-istanbul-metro-project-308885    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:01:23

• WordCamp US 2025: See You in Portland, Oregon! ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2025/06/wordcamp-us-2025-see-you-in-portland-oregon/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:04:38

• How to Use a Photoresistor From Raspberry PI To Detect Light with Python ☞ https://peppe8o.com/using-photoresistor-from-raspberry-pi-to-detect-light/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:05:09

• Don't try to win champignonships in the forest, urges mushroom expert ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/environment/27.06.2025-dont-try-to-win-champignonships-in-the-forest-urges-mushroom-expert.a604679/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:05:39

• Man under post-jail supervision order files legal challenge after being blocked from leaving city to study abroad ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/27/man-under-post-jail-supervision-order-files-legal-challenge-after-being-blocked-from-leaving-city-to-study-abroad/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:05:59

• Hong Kong’s League of Social Democrats to announce disbandment on Sunday ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/27/breaking-hong-kongs-league-of-social-democrats-to-announce-disbandment-on-sunday/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:06:19

• Hong Kong gov’t slams top US diplomat in city over ‘biased remarks’ about national security law, Jimmy Lai ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/27/hong-kong-govt-slams-top-us-diplomat-in-city-over-biased-remarks-about-national-security-law-jimmy-lai/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:06:42

• Teachers’ arrests over sharing upskirt photos shock Japan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/teachers-arrests-over-sharing-upskirt-photos-shock-japan    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:07:15

• Microsoft Layoffs Next Week: About 10% to be Laid Off in Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Gaming (2 Days Before Independence Day), About 20%+ of XBox Staff ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/26/Microsoft_Layoffs_Next_Week_About_10_to_be_Laid_Off_in_Microsof.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:07:59

• IBM - Like Abusive Monopolist Microsoft - is a Dying Company and Perishing Brand ("AI" is a Lie and Decoy) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/26/IBM_Like_Microsoft_is_a_Dying_Company_and_Perishing_Brand_AI_is.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:08:07

• EPO Squeezing the Staff - Part II - Office Breaks Rules, Ignores Courts, Defies Justice ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/26/EPO_Squeezing_the_Staff_Part_II_Office_Breaks_Rules_Ignores_Cou.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:08:16

• The 'Case' of the Serial Strangler From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is a Lot of Copypasta (Maybe Also LLM Slop) From the Matthew Garrett 'Case' ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/25/The_Case_of_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_is_a_Lot_of_Cop.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:08:24

• EPO Examiners Point Out to the Heads of Delegations in the Administrative Council of the EPO That the "AI Policy" of the Office is Illegal ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/26/EPO_Examiners_Point_Out_to_the_Heads_of_Delegations_in_the_Admi.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:08:34

• Microsoft Will Shut Down More Studios This Week, Its Media Operatives Will Tell Lies About the Magnitude of the Shutdowns and Layoffs (They Always Do) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/Microsoft_Will_Shut_Down_More_Studios_This_Week_Its_Media_Opera.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:08:43

• Escaping Colonialism (or 'Hegemony') Requires Abandoning GAFAM, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft in Particular ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/Escaping_Colonialism_or_Hegemony_Requires_Abandoning_GAFAM_Micr.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:08:52

• Wayland is About Less Choice, About Removing Choices, It's Not About Freedom (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/Wayland_is_About_Less_Choice_About_Removing_Choices_It_s_Not_Ab.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:09:02

• Seven more stable kernel updates ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1027271/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:09:28

• Bcachefs may be headed out of the kernel ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1027289/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:09:59

• We’re learning more about what weight-loss drugs do to the body ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/27/1119385/were-learning-more-about-what-weight-loss-drugs-do-to-the-body/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:10:40

• Heatwave across the Med sparks health and fire warnings ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250627-heatwave-across-the-med-sparks-health-and-fire-warnings    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:12:12

• South Korea asks North to alert before releasing dam water ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-asks-north-to-alert-before-releasing-dam-water    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:12:38

• Changes brewing: Global coffee chains struggle to adapt to South Korea’s cafe culture ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/changes-brewing-global-coffee-chains-struggle-to-adapt-to-south-koreas-cafe-culture    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:13:24

• South Korea arrests 6 Americans trying to send Bibles to North ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-arrests-6-americans-trying-to-send-bibles-to-north    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:13:55

• Dihydroxyacetone Man says he will ‘get the conflict solved with North Korea’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-says-he-will-get-the-conflict-solved-with-north-korea    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:14:08

• 'There are no winners or losers in war. Only sadness': Nagasaki A-bomb survivor appeals for peace ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20250627-there-are-no-winners-or-losers-in-war-only-sadness-nagasaki-a-bomb-survivor-appeals-for-peace    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:14:22

• Malaysia Airlines passenger fined $200 for bomb joke at Vietnam airport ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-airlines-passenger-fined-200-for-bomb-joke-at-vietnam-airport    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:14:52

• Man jailed 20 years in Malaysia for causing death of pregnant wife during violent sex ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/man-jailed-20-years-in-malaysia-for-causing-death-of-pregnant-wife-during-violent-sex    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:15:17

• Malaysia to exempt beauty services from expanded sales tax after public feedback ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-to-exempt-beauty-services-from-expanded-sales-tax-after-public-feedback    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:15:47

• China Confirms Trade Framework With U.S. to Lift Export Controls ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/world/asia/us-china-trade.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:16:10

• India seeks ‘permanent solution’ to border dispute with China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-seeks-permanent-solution-to-border-dispute-with-china    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:16:25

• China ousts top general from elite military body as purge grows ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-ousts-top-general-from-elite-military-body-as-purge-grows    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:16:35

• Top semiconductor toolmaker launches talent competition in China — ASML is looking for 16 skilled lithography engineers ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/top-semiconductor-maker-launches-talent-competition-in-china-asml-is-looking-for-16-skilled-lithography-engineers    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:17:20

• China to pivot $50 billion chip fund to fighting U.S. squeeze as trade war escalates ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/china-to-pivot-usd50-billion-chip-fund-to-fighting-u-s-squeeze-as-trade-war-escalates-country-to-back-local-companies-and-projects-to-overcome-export-controls    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:17:40

• Hong Kong pro-democracy party to disband under pressure from Beijing ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/06/27/social-democrats-hong-kong-disband/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:18:02

• Taiwan to slap anti-dumping duties on Chinese beer, steel for 4 months ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/27/taiwan-to-slap-anti-dumping-duties-on-chinese-beer-steel-for-4-months/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:18:21

• Ready for blast-off: Can China’s commercial space firms replicate SpaceX magic? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/ready-for-blast-off-can-chinas-commercial-space-firms-replicate-spacex-magic    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:18:31

• China’s top diplomat to visit Europe for talks with EU, Germany, France next week ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/27/chinas-top-diplomat-to-visit-europe-for-talks-with-eu-germany-france-next-week/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:18:43

• Power Africa can help boost American energy dominance ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/power-africa-can-boost-american-energy-dominance/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:23:41

• Four fundamental questions the NATO Summit did not answer ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/four-fundamental-questions-the-nato-summit-did-not-answer/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:23:59

• BBC News targets news avoiders with ‘inspiring and uplifting’ stories ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/bbc-news-targets-news-avoiders-with-inspiring-and-uplifting-stories/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:24:24

• siliconangle now gets paid to promote PONZI SCHEMES!!! Surreal!! Media participating in fraud... for cash.    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:25:25

• Not All Uranium Can Be Used in Weapons. Here's What 'Enrichment' Means. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/not-all-uranium-can-be-used-in-weapons-heres-what-enrichment-means    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:26:08

• Caffeine Flips a Cellular Switch That May Slow Aging, Scientists Discover ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/caffeine-flips-a-cellular-switch-that-may-slow-aging-scientists-discover    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:26:26

• 'Zombie' Fungus Caught Bursting From Host Bodies 99 Million Years Ago ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/zombie-fungus-caught-bursting-from-host-bodies-99-million-years-ago    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:26:47

• Scientific First: Mice With Two Fathers Now Have Offspring ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientific-first-mice-with-two-fathers-now-have-offspring    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:26:58

• An Early Warning Sign of Dementia Risk May Be Keeping You Up at Night, Study Says ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/an-early-warning-sign-of-dementia-risk-may-be-keeping-you-up-at-night-study-says    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:27:25

• Your Ear Wax Might Hold Clues to Early Parkinson's, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-ear-wax-might-hold-clues-to-early-parkinsons-study-finds    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:27:49

• Dolphins Got Giant Testicles. We Got a Chin. Only One Makes Sense. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dolphins-got-giant-testicles-we-got-a-chin-only-one-makes-sense    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:28:12

• 4-Billion-Year-Old Stripey Rocks in Canada May Be The Oldest on Earth ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/4-billion-year-old-stripey-rocks-in-canada-may-be-the-oldest-on-earth    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:28:30

• Spider With No Venom Has a Deadly Trick to Poison Its Prey ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/spider-with-no-venom-has-a-deadly-trick-to-poison-its-prey    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:28:57

• Tinnitus Seems Somehow Linked to a Crucial Bodily Function ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/tinnitus-seems-somehow-linked-to-a-crucial-bodily-function    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:29:08

• She Ripped German Conservatives on Social Media. They Didn’t Forget. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/world/europe/heidi-reichinnek-linke-germany.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:29:35

• Mark Kapo-berg Ramps Up Meta’s Hey Hi (AI) Spending as Competition Heats Up ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/technology/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:29:44

• Is Iran’s nuclear program ‘obliterated’? What US officials are trying to determine. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0627/iran-nuclear-facilities    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:29:58

• At least six summary execution, score arrested ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250627-at-least-six-summary-execution-score-arrested    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:30:38

• Jim Harbaugh added to lawsuit in Matt Weiss phone hacking scandal ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/06/27/sports/jim-harbaugh-added-to-lawsuit-in-michigan-phone-hacking-scandal/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:34:52

• First lawsuit including children challenges ICE arrest policy at courthouses ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0627/children-detention-lawsuit    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:35:13

• US DOJ sues federal court and all its judges over immigration order ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/us-doj-sues-federal-court-and-all-of-its-judges-over-immigration-order/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:35:38

• Socialist NYC mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani wants to hike property taxes for ‘richer and whiter neighborhoods’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/06/27/us-news/socialist-nyc-mayoral-contender-zohran-mamdani-wants-to-hike-property-taxes-for-richer-and-whiter-neighborhoods/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:36:18

• 689 different Brother printer models all use the serial number to create default password — ridiculous security flaw baked in from manufacturing, can't be fully remediated with firmware ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/689-different-brother-printer-models-all-use-the-serial-number-to-create-default-password-ridiculous-security-flaw-baked-in-from-manufacturing-cant-be-fully-remediated-with-firmware    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:36:47

• Printers need not connect to the Internet and for many years printers worked find without "open ports" on the Web/Net, just physical ports    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:38:04

• Lithuanian lawmakers question dismissal of military intelligence chief ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2598559/lithuanian-lawmakers-question-dismissal-of-military-intelligence-chief    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:38:19

• Canada confirms Hongkongers applying for permanent residence via ‘lifeboat’ scheme can await results abroad ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/27/canada-confirms-hongkongers-applying-for-permanent-residence-via-lifeboat-scheme-can-await-results-abroad/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:38:52

• Iran arrests 700 'Israeli agents', but where are the weapons? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250627-iran-arrests-seized-weapons-mossad-connection-israel    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:39:10

• AUSSOM in action – retakes Lower Shabelle villages ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/aussom-in-action-retakes-lower-shabelle-villages/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:39:40

• Mounting maritime security threat in Strait of Hormuz ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/mounting-maritime-security-threat-in-strait-of-hormuz/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:40:19

• On-Demand Webinar: Cybersecurity Skills, Simplified ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/06/27/on-demand-webinar-cybersecurity-skills-simplified/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:41:13

• Strong currents, stronger alliances: Reinforcing the EU’s Black Sea energy strategy through transatlantic collaboration ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/eu-black-sea-energy-strategy-collaboration/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:41:35

• Mr. Kerner still issuing spammy word salads about mindless buzzwords. He used to cover GNU/Linux. https://venturebeat.com/ai/why-your-enterprise-ai-strategy-needs-both-open-and-closed-models-the-tco-reality-check/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:42:38

• Vulnerability Exposed All Open VSX Repositories to Takeover ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerability-exposed-all-open-vsx-repositories-to-takeover/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:43:02

• Evidence Suggests Exploitation of CitrixBleed 2 Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/evidence-suggests-exploitation-of-citrixbleed-2-vulnerability/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:43:23

• Windows TCO ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-hackers-target-chinese-users-with-rat-rootkit/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:44:05

• "The Linux Foundation sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither Linux nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE" https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/26/linux-foundation-open-source-ai-opensourcesummit/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/What_Linux_Foundation_Research_is_Paid_Marketing.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:46:29

• "Linux has made some incredible strides in gaming over the last few years." https://www.xda-developers.com/gaming-on-linux-is-better-than-ever-but-its-still-bad/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:47:25

• This city is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for OnlyOffice and Linux - here's why https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-city-is-dumping-microsoft-office-and-windows-for-onlyoffice-and-linux-heres-why/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:47:47

• WSL is Windows and its whole purpose is to discourage those who would otherwide delete Windows or dual-boot https://www.xda-developers.com/why-dual-boot-linux-vs-wsl/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:49:51

• The Evolution of Microsoft's War on GNU/Linux http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/22/The_Evolution_of_Microsoft_s_War_on_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:50:27

• In Other News: Norway Dam Hacked, $177M Data Breach Settlement, UNFI Attack Update ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-norway-dam-hacked-177m-data-breach-settlement-unfi-attack-update/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:51:06

• Windows’ Infamous ‘Blue Screen of Death’ Will Soon Turn Black ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/windows-infamous-blue-screen-of-death-will-soon-turn-black/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:51:40

• House appropriators soften CISA cuts, call for DHS ‘contractor cyber readiness pilot’ ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/budget/2025/06/house-appropriators-soften-cisa-cuts-call-for-dhs-contractor-cyber-readiness-pilot/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:52:11

• London Man Who Killed a Boy With a Samurai Sword Receives Life Sentence ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/world/europe/london-samurai-sword-murder-sentencing.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:52:40

• Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 300 released ☞ https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-300-released/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:54:29

• Chinese Students' Vulnerable Status Has a History — and an Impact on the Future ☞ https://www.chronicle.com/article/chinese-students-vulnerable-status-has-a-history-and-an-impact-on-the-future    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:56:30

• TOIlet updated ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/TOIlet    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:57:04

• Update: The FTC’s Consent Order in the Omnicom Ad Agency Merger Misses the Point ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/update-the-ftcs-consent-order-in-the-omnicom-ad-agency-merger-misses-the-point/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:57:52

• Public Knowledge Welcomes Supreme Court Decision as a Win for Broadband Access, Calls for Further Reform ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-welcomes-supreme-court-decision-as-a-win-for-broadband-access-calls-for-further-reform/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:58:41

• TTABlog Test: Is "USNA" Merely Descriptive of Cosmetics? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/06/ttablog-test-is-usna-merely-desciptive.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12:59:38

• :( Microsoft’s ‘Blue Screen of Death’ Is Going Away ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/technology/microsoft-blue-screen-death-windows.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:00:07

• █████ https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all ██████████████████████ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:32:54 +0000 ███████ backdoored Windows Blue screen of death axed after 40 years, but BSOD still remains ' ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-blue-screen-of-death-axed-after-40-years-but-bsod-still-remains-will-be-replaced-by-new-black-windows-11-unexpected-restart-screen    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:02:21

• Microsoft's own Hey Hi (AI) chip delayed six months in major setback https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/microsofts-own-ai-chip-delayed-six-months-in-major-setback-in-house-chip-now-reportedly-expected-in-2026-but-wont-hold-a-candle-to-nvidia-blackwell    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:02:48

• Microsoft 365 Direct Send Abused for Phishing ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-365-direct-send-abused-for-phishing/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:06:07

• Malaysia’s pineapple industry reaches billion-ringgit milestone ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-pineapple-industry-reaches-billion-ringgit-milestone    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:07:24

• Apple Debuts Major Changes to App Store in EU for Digital Markets Act Compliance ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/27/apple-app-store-eu-changes/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:07:48

• The Age of Integrity ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/the-age-of-integrity.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:08:22

• Unified Patent Court (UPC) is illegal and must be shut down as soon as possible, as it merely complements massive corruption at the EPO and it exists to serve foreign monopolies and litigators, not science☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/06/27/all-eyez-on-pmac-can-alternative-justice-be-more-than-a-dream/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:09:57

• Polaris PowerLED circuit power management patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/6/26/polaris-powerled-circuit-power-management-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:10:23

• Amsterdam court enforces Cathay’s Chinese patent monopoly rights [sic] against Dutch importer Wego ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/amsterdam-court-enforces-cathays-chinese-patent-rights-against-dutch-importer-wego/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:10:50

• China bans uncertified and recalled power banks on planes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-bans-uncertified-and-recalled-power-banks-on-planes    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:11:14

• OpenSSF at UN Open Source Week 2025: Securing the Supply Chain Through Global Collaboration ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/06/27/openssf-at-un-open-source-week-2025-securing-the-supply-chain-through-global-collaboration/ It's not about real security http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:12:40

• Improved HackRF Pro open-source SDR platform supports 100 kHz to 6 GHz operating frequency ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/27/hackrf-pro-open-source-sdr-platform-supports-100-khz-to-6-ghz-operating-frequency/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:13:25

• Hubert Figuière: Friday links 27 June 2025 ☞ https://www.figuiere.net/hub/wlog/friday-links-27-june-2025/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:13:57

• From code reuse to the impact of generative Hey Hi (AI) Slop ☞ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/06/27/from-code-reuse-to-the-impact-of-generative-ai/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:14:51

• Something New ☞ https://www.roguelazer.com/blog/something-new/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:15:25

• Human rights group calls for Syria to extend support to torture victims ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/human-rights-group-entreats-syria-to-extend-support-to-torture-victims/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:16:19

• Slavery, torture, human trafficking discovered at 53 Cambodian online scamming compounds ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/slavery-torture-human-trafficking-discovered-at-53-cambodian-online-scamming-compounds/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:16:33

• Statement from the Number Resource Organization regarding AFRINIC elections ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/06/27/statement-from-the-number-resource-organization-regarding-afrinic-elections/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:20:19

• Resource delegation audit update: Q2 2025 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/06/27/resource-delegation-audit-update-q2-2025/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:20:28

• "Code of Conduct" Invoked When Fedora and Red Bait Users (Since the 1990s) Don't Want to Use Wayland ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/26/Code_of_Conduct_Invoked_When_Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Users_Since_the.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:20:42

• Looming Xbox layoffs threaten Microsoft's reputation on acquisitions | Opinion https://www.gamesindustry.biz/looming-xbox-layoffs-threaten-microsofts-reputation-opinion    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:22:58

• Reports of coming layoffs swirl at Microsoft as workers worry they’re next https://hanfordsentinel.com/business/reports-of-coming-layoffs-swirl-at-microsoft-as-workers-worry-they-re-next/article_d75b84c3-c017-4c49-9237-d657f9605f17.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:23:50

• Kevin Fenzi: some ai thoughts around ansible lightspeed ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/06/26/some-ai-thoughts-around-ansible-lightspeed/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:38:01

• Gov’t will not intervene in press union chief Selina Cheng’s unlawful termination suit against Wall St Journal ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/27/govt-will-not-intervene-in-press-union-chief-selina-chengs-unlawful-termination-suit-against-wall-st-journal/ "intervene in Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) chairperson Selina Cheng’s lawsuit against her ex-employer the Wall Street Journal over her alleged unlawful termination after taking on the union’s leadership role"    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:38:49

• unlawful termination suit against Wall St Journal ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/27/govt-will-not-intervene-in-press-union-chief-selina-chengs-unlawful-termination-suit-against-wall-st-journal/ "intervene in Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) chairperson Selina Cheng’s lawsuit against her ex-employer the Wall Street Journal over her alleged unlawful termination after taking on the union’s leadership role"    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:39:14

• What the app? What will WhatsApp's pursuit of revenue mean for no-strings encryption ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5617/what-app-what-will-whatsapps-pursuit-revenue-mean-no-strings-encryption    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:39:56

• Some people are so ugly that they need to pay for people to go to Venice to compensate for their ugliness. Because money isn't "handsome".    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:40:46

• New Social Security commissioner faces pointed questions about staffing, privacy ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2025/06/new-social-security-commissioner-faces-pointed-questions-about-staffing-privacy/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:41:09

• Iranian construction crews working at Fordow nuclear site after US strikes, satellite images show ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/06/27/world-news/iranian-construction-crews-working-at-fordow-nuclear-site-satellite-images-show/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:41:54

• Israel Suggests It Could Strike Iran Again to Counter New Threats ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/world/europe/israel-iran-enforcement-policy.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:42:03

• For Iranian diaspora in Europe, the war back home is a dilemma ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0627/iran-france-germany-israel-strikes    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:42:21

• Singapore-bound Biman Bangladesh flight makes emergency landing in Dhaka after bird strike ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/singapore-bound-biman-bangladesh-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-dhaka-after-bird-strike    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:42:43

• What the Iran Strikes Reveal About MAGA ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/jon-allsop-fault-lines-maga-iran    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:43:05

• Did Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile survive the US-Israeli strikes? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250627-did-iran-enriched-uranium-stockpile-survive-us-israeli-strikes    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:43:22

• Scattered Spider strikes again? Aviation industry appears to be next target for criminal group ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/scattered-spider-aviation-hawaiian-airlines-cyberattack/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:43:55

• Changing colours fixes nothing ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-security-updates-kernel-restrictions-downtime/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:44:38

• Joint statement on protecting human rights online and preventing internet shutdowns in times of armed conflict ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/statement-preventing-internet-shutdowns-in-times-of-conflict/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:45:51

• Tell MENA authorities: #NoExamShutdown ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/campaign/no-exam-shutdown/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:46:10

• Microsoft to Preview New backdoored Windows Endpoint Security Platform After CrowdStrike Outage ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-to-preview-new-windows-endpoint-security-platform-after-crowdstrike-outage/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:46:33

• PipeWire 1.4.6 Adds New Option to Disable RAOP, Improves the ALSA Plugin ☞ https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-4-6-adds-new-option-to-disable-raop-improves-the-alsa-plugin    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:47:47

• GStreamer 1.26.3 Multimedia Framework Patches H.266 Video Parser Security Flaw ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-26-3-multimedia-framework-patches-h-266-video-parser-security-flaw    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:49:04

• $25 NanoPi R3S LTS Router Board Adds HDMI and Speaker Support in Updated Design ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/25-nanopi-r3s-lts-router-board-adds-hdmi-and-speaker-support-in-updated-design/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:49:15

• ONLYOFFICE v9 Embraces Hey Hi (AI) ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/ONLYOFFICE-v9-Embraces-AI    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:50:21

• Ubuntu gets second-ever snapshot release for Questing Quokka ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-gets-second-ever-snapshot-release-for-questing-quokka/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:51:01

• openterfaceQT – app control openterface-Mini-KVM ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/openterfaceqt-app-control-openterface-mini-kvm/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:53:02

• JS8Call – software using the JS8 digital mode ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/js8call-software-js8-digital-mode/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:53:11

• rwasa is a full-featured high performance web server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/high-performance-web-server/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:53:21

• Offline music, and MP3s and/or FLACs ☞ https://rubenerd.com/listening-to-mp3s-and-flacs/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:55:20

• Steven Deobald: 2025-06-27 GNOME Foundation Report ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/06/27/2025-06-27-foundation-report/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:56:32

• Bret Baier on Convicted Felon’s Love-Hate Relationship with Fox News ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/bret-baier-on-trumps-love-hate-relationship-with-fox-news    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:56:59

• FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz—June 27, 2025 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/06/foss-force-mostly-open-tech-news-quiz-june-27-2025/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:58:19

• Cartoonist acquitted over ‘pandemic sex’ strip after five years ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/cartoonist-acquitted-over-pandemic-sex-strip-after-five-years-308875    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:58:42

• Authorities Rescue Girl Whose Mother Livestreamed Her Sexual Abuse ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/online-child-abuse.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 13:59:57

• Mesa Digital smartphone patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/6/26/mesa-digital-smartphone-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:00:41

• The Fairphone (Gen. 6): A smartphone that is fairer in every way ☞ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/06/27/the-fairphone-gen-6-most-sustainable-phone/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:01:04

• Pluralistic: Bill Griffith's 'Three Rocks' (27 Jun 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/27/the-snapper/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:01:19

• IBM exterminates rivals https://news.itsfoss.com/fedora-could-kill-bazzite/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:03:57

• No, it gave it to Microsoft https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20250625PD205/google-ai-agent-linux-aws.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:05:04

• Action Pi: Retro gaming handheld with Linux-based OS set to launch in early July https://www.notebookcheck.net/Action-Pi-Retro-gaming-handheld-with-Linux-based-OS-set-to-launch-in-early-July.1045402.0.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:06:23

• "So if you like Rust and you ever thought about a user space device driver for a USB device, this is your chance to see it done. It didn’t take years. However, you    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:07:00

• "So if you like Rust and you ever thought about a user space device driver for a USB device, this is your chance to see it done. It didn’t take years. However, you can do a lot in user space." https://hackaday.com/2025/06/26/rust-drives-a-linux-usb-device/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:07:10

• Bribed-for 'review' of Microsoft Windows crap that stole the brand "Minix" https://www.zdnet.com/article/can-this-200-windows-mini-pc-replace-my-linux-system-for-a-week-heres-the-verdict/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:07:54

• "It's been delayed a fair bit and still sounds like it's a few months away from a proper release, but now we have a clearer idea of pricing. There will also be multiple models of it, not just for different processors but different storage and RAM sizing too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/pricing-announced-for-the-orange-pi-neo-gaming-handheld-with-manjaro-linux/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:08:49

• "It also supports 32-bit applications, which is why so many old games will run on it" https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/developers-of-linux-distro-fedora-propose-dropping-32-bit-support-entirely-but-its-being-claimed-that-the-change-would-kill-off-projects-like-bazzite-entirely/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:09:49

• "Microsoft, tactically admitting it has failed at talking all the Windows 10 PC users into moving to Windows 11 after all, is – sort of, kind of – extending Windows 10 support for another year." https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/the_european_union_linux_desktop/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:10:09

• New Linux Kernel Drama: Torvalds Drops Bcachefs Support After Clash https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-kernel-bcachefs-drop/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:10:34

• "Do you have an UPS ? And a home lab? Awesome. This post is about configuring all your servers, raspberry pi's and even your gaming PC to shutdown gracefully in the event of a power outage." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/installing-and-configuring-nut-network-ups-tools-for-your-home-lab/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:53:30

• "Incessant fear, anxiety that takes over, panic attacks, flashbacks, seclusion at home, inability to sleep, eat, function. For us, every alarm is not just a physical danger – it is a match that rekindles the old pain, the wounds that never really healed." gemini://kolhaam.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-06-27_mental_health_and_israeli_society.gmi    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:56:00

• Back to the Summer 2011 Protest Author gemini://kolhaam.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-06-27_back_to_summer_of_2011.gmi "But what has happened since then? Why did the protest subside, and what happened to an entire generation that shouted "social justice" and dissipated overseas?"    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 14:57:23

• DRC-Rwanda peace deal https://www.dw.com/en/why-justice-is-crucial-in-the-us-led-drc-rwanda-peace-deal/a-72988294    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:09:15

• Even VW now looks less nazi than Tesla https://www.dw.com/en/autonomous-driving-vw-wants-to-overtake-tesla/a-72990067    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:10:08

• Iran says German cyclist was arrested for espionage https://www.dw.com/en/iran-says-german-cyclist-was-arrested-for-espionage/a-72995790    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:10:37

• East German cities offer free stays to fight depopulation https://www.dw.com/en/east-german-cities-offer-free-stays-to-fight-depopulation/a-72981797    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:11:00

• hot air balloon crash https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-eight-killed-13-injured-in-hot-air-balloon-crash/a-72995835    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:11:30

• Tsikhanouski https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-jailed-opposition-leader-tsikhanouski-released/a-72995786    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:12:21

• Bayesian https://www.dw.com/en/bayesian-superyacht-lifted-off-seabed/a-72996503    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:12:50

• Uranium: It's radioactive and it's everywhere https://www.dw.com/en/uranium-it-s-radioactive-and-it-s-everywhere/a-65030368    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:13:45

• Bhutan: GNU/Linux up, Windows down by quite a lot https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bhutan/#monthly-200902-202506    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:17:36

• cost some €6 billion https://www.dw.com/en/paris-olympics-paralympics-cost-some-€6-billion-auditors/a-73006477    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:18:19

• IOC's first female president https://www.dw.com/en/kirsty-coventry-becomes-ioc-s-first-female-president/a-71949782    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:18:55

• pro-Hitler song https://www.dw.com/en/kanye-to-headline-slovakia-festival-despite-releasing-pro-hitler-song/a-72529448    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:19:18

• fashion waste https://www.dw.com/en/indian-german-design-duo-make-upcycled-art-to-highlight-fashion-waste/a-72965250    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:20:01

• Chios https://www.dw.com/en/greece-wildfires-continue-to-rage-on-chios/a-73003684    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:20:25

• Islam in Germany https://www.dw.com/en/germany-sees-rise-in-number-of-large-families/a-73011459    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:21:27

• eSafety Boss Who Thinks YouTube Should Be Banned, Plus What She Thinks Of Elon Musk https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-julie-inman-grant-esafety-boss-who-thinks-youtube-should-banned-plus-what-she-thinks-elon-1736505    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:22:40

• Australia Regulator and YouTube Spar Over Under-16s Social Media Ban https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-24/australia-regulator-and-youtube-spar-over-under-16s-social-media-ban    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:23:03

• Windows down sharply in Spain https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/spain/#monthly-200902-202506    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:37:09

• Thailand: Windows down by a lot this year https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/thailand/#monthly-200902-202506    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:40:39

• Same in Qatar https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/06/In_Qatar_GNU_Linux_Rose_From_Under_1_to_Over_4_in_Two_Years_or_.shtml https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/qatar/#monthly-200902-202506    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:41:33

• Down to 75% in Colombia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/colombia/#monthly-200902-202506    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 15:42:47

• Slashdot works for Microsoft and Bill Gates https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/06/22/2131259/linus-torvalds-photographed-with-bill-gates---for-the-first-time-ever https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/06/24/2039231/microsoft-releases-classic-ms-dos-editor-for-linux see http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/27/Slashdot_is_Once_Again_Publishing_Lies_and_Revisionism_for_Bill.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 16:04:18

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (25/2025): Packed with Goodies https://linmob.net/weekly-update-25-2025/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 16:04:49

• I covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life. https://www.vox.com/technology/414264/apple-watch-oura-diabetes-blood-sugar-rfk-maha    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 16:37:49

• Lake Tahoe Boat Tragedy Claims Longtime Apple Employee Paula Bozinovich www.sfchronicle.com/tahoe/article/lake-tahoe-boat-accident-victims-identified-june-20391411.php    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 16:38:35

• Abuse https://www.maketecheasier.com/fix-microsoft-family-safety-blocking-chrome-windows/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/Microsoft_s_Competition_Tactics_Sabotage_GNU_Linux_Installs_Blo.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 16:39:13

• "The hack is as simple as can be: he took a GEEKOM A5, a minicomputer with very similar specs to the Steam Deck, and managed to load SteamOS onto it. We were expecting that to be a trial that took most of the video’s runtime, but no! Everything just… sorta worked." https://hackaday.com/2025/06/27/geekdeck-is-a-steamdeck-for-your-living-room/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 17:20:31

• "I have been a Linux user for years now, starting my journey all the way back when I was 13 with Ubuntu. While I am perfectly comfortable with Linux, whenever I've made my friends and family try out any distribution, they always go back to Windows or macOS." https://www.xda-developers.com/things-linux-still-gets-wrong/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 17:20:55

• "That’s why Meta didn’t just buy out Scale AI – they did a complicated deal where they bought 49%, and grabbed their CEO, and turned Scale into a vassal state of Meta, and other companies don’t want to work with Scale any more. But technically, they didn’t buy them. Maybe they’ll get away with that." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/27/pitchbook-ai-venture-capital-resorts-to-mergers/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 17:24:27

• "A venture capitalist tells a portfolio company to buy another portfolio company, and the books look a little less bad for a moment. In finance, this is called “two drunks propping each other up.”" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/27/pitchbook-ai-venture-capital-resorts-to-mergers/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 17:26:03

• "At the top end of the scale, OpenAI buys smaller companies, in the desperate hope that one of them has an actual product that might make money. It’s always a stock trade, for imaginary OpenAI shares, and never actual dollars." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/27/pitchbook-ai-venture-capital-resorts-to-mergers/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 17:26:34

• "With smaller companies, they just merge them, then twiddle the books a bit and hope they don’t die. Or not straight away." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/27/pitchbook-ai-venture-capital-resorts-to-mergers/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 17:27:07

• I'd give everything for a pre-configured Android gaming handheld https://www.androidauthority.com/pre-configured-android-handheld-3566953/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 17:29:09

• Tons of fake articles (made by slop) claims that COMMERCIAL failure of large companies is DUE to "hey hi" (slop) or OWING to it. This is a lie, perpetuated by slop. It's automated gaslighting.    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 17:31:58

• Canonical's Grave Strategic Errors Can Make Ubuntu the Next Linspire (Circa 2007) https://techrights.org/o/2013/06/01/canonical-acts-like-linspire/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 17:54:34

• Rich? Only the few. The vast majority live in a "shoebox", work hard, and cannot buy much. https://www.theage.com.au/traveller/inspiration/singapore-is-a-crazy-rich-city-but-here-s-how-to-do-it-affordably-20250616-p5m7qd.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 18:44:15

• Conflict of interest here, blog takeover by AstraZeneca et al on "biotech patents" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/06/how-to-read-biotech-patent-in-wake-of.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 18:45:19

• The Emotional Toll of Climate Change Is Broad-Ranging, Especially for Young People https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-06-25/climate-change-takes-an-emotional-toll-heres-how-to-manage-anxiety-and-build-resilience    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 18:45:53

• "In a dramatic move that captured the spirit of Silicon Valley disruption, Ditchit — the emerging online marketplace and OfferUp competitor — made headlines by acquiring and detonating the original 560-pound Twitter bird sign once perched atop Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters." www.globenewswire.com/fr/news-release/2025/06/26/3106102/0/en/Tech-Startup-Detonates-Twitter-HQ-Sign.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 19:13:07

• Windows sank in Uruguay https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/uruguay/#monthly-200902-202506    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 19:28:23

• In Tanzania Windows is only about 11% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/tanzania/#monthly-200902-202506    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 19:30:38

• ...same in Uganda https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/uganda/#monthly-200902-202506    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 19:31:35

• Montana Attorney General launches investigation into Lee Enterprises data breach https://www.news-journal.com/montana-attorney-general-launches-investigation-into-lee-enterprises-data-breach/article_007a5e36-dcf6-556d-aa95-5da2d56df57c.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:06:45

• CoinMarketCap Hacked, Scrambles to Remove Malicious Wallet Verification Popup https://cryptonews.com/news/coinmarketcap-hacked-scrambles-to-remove-malicious-wallet-verification-popup/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:07:12

• A state forensics lab was leaking its files. Getting it locked down involved a number of people. https://databreaches.net/2025/06/22/a-state-forensics-lab-was-leaking-its-files-getting-it-locked-down-involved-a-number-of-people/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:07:50

• Why Dumping Sensitive Data on Network Shares is a Liability https://natlawreview.com/article/why-dumping-sensitive-data-network-shares-liability    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:08:37

• UK: Oxford City Council still investigating cyberattack from earlier this month https://databreaches.net/2025/06/23/uk-oxford-city-council-still-investigating-cyberattack-from-earlier-this-month/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:09:07

• CommBank unleashes ‘bot army’ with Aussie accents to trap scammers https://www.theage.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/commbank-unleashes-bot-army-with-aussie-accents-to-trap-scammers-20250626-p5mako.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:10:22

• Machine Learning does not do this; but lawyers love to misframe things to volley more patent fees http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/06/are-ai-discovered-drug-patents-blocking.html    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:19:34

• See what summer in your city could feel like by the end of the century https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2025/climate-matches/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:43:04

• How Carbon Capture Works and the Debate About Whether It's a Future Climate Solution https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2025-06-26/how-carbon-capture-works-and-the-debate-about-whether-its-a-future-climate-solution    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:43:30

• Drought, Climate Chaos and War https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/25/drought-climate-chaos-and-war/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:43:48

• New Global Coalition Urges Rights-Based Climate Relocation Policies https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/25/new-global-coalition-urges-rights-based-climate-relocation-policies    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:44:05

• Policymakers Often Ignore Forest Regeneration in Fight Against Climate Change, Research Finds https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-24/policymakers-often-ignore-forest-regeneration-in-fight-against-climate-change-research-finds    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:44:32

• Extreme heat is a growing threat to rural America. https://www.vox.com/climate/417624/heat-wave-urban-island-rural-health-temperature    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:44:43

• Climate activists block Afsluitdijk in protest against North Sea gas drilling https://nltimes.nl/2025/06/21/climate-activists-block-afsluitdijk-protest-north-sea-gas-drilling    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:45:09

• Shell Denies Reports That the Energy Giant Is in Talks to Take Over BP https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-06-26/shell-denies-reports-that-the-energy-giant-is-in-talks-to-take-over-bp    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:48:02

• Most Dutch households lost money on dynamic energy contracts, data shows https://nltimes.nl/2025/06/24/dutch-households-lost-money-dynamic-energy-contracts-data-shows    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:48:21

• If Energy Star Goes Away, Finding Energy Efficient Appliances Will Be Harder. Here Are Some Tips https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/ohio/articles/2025-06-24/if-energy-star-goes-away-finding-energy-efficient-appliances-will-be-harder-here-are-some-tips    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:48:34

• Is Cheeto Mussolini’s Energy Czar Lying About Work Experience in Solar? https://jacobin.com/2025/06/trump-energy-czar-experience-solar/    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:49:14

• Iran-Israel war: What tools are used to censor reporting? https://www.dw.com/en/iran-israel-war-what-tools-are-used-to-censor-reporting/a-73005078    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:50:13

• crackdown on online hate speech https://www.dw.com/en/germany-updates-police-launch-crackdown-on-online-hate-speech/live-73028923    

posted Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 20:50:47

• BigLinux 2025-06-20 and 06/20 TUXEDO 20250620 are out    

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