Roy Schestowitz

• China embarks on world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibet, capital markets cheer ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-starts-construction-on-worlds-largest-hydropower-dam-in-tibet    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:24:36

• Western aid cuts cede ground to China in South-east Asia: Study ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/western-aid-cuts-cede-ground-to-china-in-south-east-asia-study    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:25:11

• China confirms Pooh-tin meeting with EU's von der Leyen, Costa ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-confirms-xi-meeting-with-eus-von-der-leyen-costa    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:25:31

• Beijing stops US Commerce employee from leaving China, reports say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-stops-us-commerce-employee-from-leaving-reports-say    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:25:51

• Typhoon Wipha tears through southern China, threatens Vietnam’s coasts ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/typhoon-wipha-tears-through-southern-china-threatens-vietnams-coasts    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:26:13

• China arrests six over suspected lead poisoning of more than 200 kids ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-arrests-six-over-suspected-lead-poisoning-of-more-than-200-kids    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:26:33

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s renewed interest in Pakistan has India recalibrating China ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/trumps-renewed-interest-in-pakistan-has-india-recalibrating-china-ties    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:27:30

• China military calls for efforts to repair image after scandals ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-military-calls-for-efforts-to-repair-image-after-scandals    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:27:50

• China's YMTC moves to break free of U.S. sanctions by building production line with homegrown tools — aims to capture 15% of NAND market by late 2026 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/chinas-ymtc-moves-to-break-free-of-u-s-sanctions-by-building-production-line-with-homegrown-tools-aims-to-capture-15-percent-of-nand-market-by-late-2026    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:28:21

• Nvidia H20 Hey Hi (AI) GPU inventory is limited — but Nvidia is making a new B30 model for China to comply with export restrictions ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-h20-ai-gpu-inventory-is-limited-but-nvidia-is-making-a-new-b30-model-for-china-to-comply-with-export-restrictions    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:28:44

• China begins building mega-dam in Tibet ☞ https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/07/21/tibet-china-dam-yarlung-tsangpo/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:29:12

• China confirms US bank employee banned from leaving over ‘criminal case’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/21/china-confirms-us-bank-employee-banned-from-leaving-over-criminal-case/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:30:00

• China starts construction on world's biggest hydropower project in Tibet ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250721-china-starts-construction-on-world-s-biggest-hydropower-project-in-tibet    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:30:28

• Why European businesses are now stuck in the middle of an EU-China storm ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/why-european-businesses-are-now-stuck-in-the-middle-of-an-eu-china-storm/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:31:07

• What the EU and China want from the summit that neither seems to want ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/what-the-eu-and-china-want-from-the-summit-that-neither-seems-to-want/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:31:38

• US moves decisively to avoid dependence on China’s rare earths ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/us-moves-decisively-to-avoid-dependence-on-chinas-rare-earths/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:31:50

• I Made Kitty Terminal Even More Awesome by Using These 15 Customization Tips and Tweaks ☞ https://itsfoss.com/kitty-customization/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:32:49

• "low-energy public appearance" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/21/chechnya-head-ramzan-kadyrov-makes-rare-staged-low-energy-public-appearance | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:33:26

• Slackel 8.0-beta1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/slackel https://slackel.sourceforge.io/forum/viewforum.php?f=3&sid=cc0b9ca3af79e6af5b949510fcf657ec    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:34:35

• Also released: StormOS 07-19-2025 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/stormos Slint 15.0-7 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/slint TROMjaro 2025.07.20 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/tromjaro    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:35:05

• FSF Blogs: A very warm welcome to 152 new associate members ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/spring-2025-thank-you    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:36:03

• gettext @ Savannah: GNU gettext 0.26 released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10789    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:36:14

• Modules in Terraform: Creating Reusable Infrastructure Code ☞ https://tecadmin.net/terraform-modules/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:36:45

• Voyager 25.10-alpha is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/voyager    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:37:04

• "Air Under Pressure" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/21/fixing-human-sleep-with-air-under-pressure/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:42:11

• "Ice Cream Is A Dish Best Served Cold" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/21/freezer-monitoring-because-ice-cream-is-a-dish-best-served-cold/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:42:39

• Clickbait has become ‘self-perpetuating cycle’ drowning out genuine news ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/clickbait-has-become-self-perpetuating-cycle-drowning-out-genuine-news/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:44:14

• Wales newsletter author Will Hayward launches fund to support new investigative journalists ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/wales-newsletter-author-will-hayward-launches-fund-to-support-new-investigative-journalists/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:44:23

• Mysterious Red Dots in Early Universe Could Be Seeds of Supermassive Stars ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-red-dots-in-early-universe-could-be-seeds-of-supermassive-stars    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:44:49

• In Pictures: Hong Kong sees floods, flights cancelled as Typhoon Wipha prompts T10 signal ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/21/in-pictures-hong-kong-sees-floods-flights-cancelled-as-typhoon-wipha-prompts-t10-signal/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:45:15

• Mysteriously Huge Shoes Discovered at Ancient Roman Fort in UK ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysteriously-huge-shoes-discovered-at-ancient-roman-fort-in-uk    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:47:20

• Huge Study Reveals 2 Vaccines That Appear to Reduce Dementia Risk ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/huge-study-reveals-2-vaccines-that-appear-to-reduce-dementia-risk    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:47:33

• Surgeons Resuscitate 'Dead' Heart in Life-Saving Organ Transplant to Baby ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surgeons-resuscitate-dead-heart-in-life-saving-organ-transplant-to-baby    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:47:44

• Disturbing Eyesight Problem Affects 70% of Astronauts on Long Missions ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/disturbing-eyesight-problem-affects-70-of-astronauts-on-long-missions    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:47:55

• A Single Brain Scan Halfway Through Your Life Can Reveal How Fast You're Aging ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-single-brain-scan-halfway-through-your-life-can-reveal-how-fast-youre-aging    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:49:17

• Radioactive Waste Exposed Children in Missouri to Cancer Risks, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/radioactive-waste-exposed-children-in-missouri-to-cancer-risks-study-finds    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:49:37

• It's Official: Betelgeuse Has a Binary 'Twin', And It's Already Doomed ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/its-official-betelgeuse-has-a-binary-twin-and-its-already-doomed    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:49:51

• Expert Reveals What Can Happen if Testosterone Gel Rubs Onto Others ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/expert-reveals-what-can-happen-if-testosterone-gel-rubs-onto-others    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:50:03

• Parkinson's Disease Has a Smell That Some Dogs Can Detect ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/parkinsons-disease-has-a-smell-that-some-dogs-can-detect    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:50:18

• Venezuela Targets Economists as Inflation Surges Under Convicted Felon’s Sanctions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/americas/venezuela-economists-inflation-maduro-trump.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:50:38

• Mexico City plans to tackle gentrification after protests against mass tourism ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250721-mexico-city-plans-to-tackle-gentrification-after-protests-against-mass-tourism    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:50:56

• Abel founder claims Meta offered $1.25 billion over four years to Hey Hi (AI) hire — 'person still said no' despite equivalent of $312 million yearly salary ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/abel-founder-claims-meta-offered-usd1-25-billion-over-four-years-to-ai-hire-person-still-said-no-despite-equivalent-of-usd312-million-yearly-salary    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:51:26

• Turkey’s intelligence chief visits political parties ahead of special 'peace' committee ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/turkeys-intelligence-chief-visits-political-parties-ahead-of-special-peace-committee-309665    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:52:01

• "Hexadecimal Unix Time" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/21/2025-one-hertz-challenge-its-hexadecimal-unix-time/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:52:36

• "Floating Buoy Measures Ocean Conditions" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/floating-buoy-measures-ocean-conditions/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:52:55

• A Timeline of the Etan Patz Case ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/nyregion/etan-patz-timeline.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:53:49

• The Virgin Birth of the Epstein Book Story ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/21/the-virgin-birth-of-the-epstein-book-story/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:54:04

• ‘Japanese First’ party emerges as election force with tough immigration talk ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-first-party-emerges-as-election-force-with-tough-immigration-talk    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:54:27

• Kenya arrests rights activist over ‘terrorist activities’ following anti-government protests ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/kenya-arrests-rights-activist-over-terrorist-activities-following-anti-government-protests/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:54:57

• Ugoos X5M Pro Android 14 TV Box is powered by a 2.5 GHz Amlogic S905X5M SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/21/ugoos-x5m-pro-android-14-tv-box-amlogic-s905x5m/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:56:10

• Iranian hackers expand Android spyware campaign amid Middle East tensions ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/21/iranian-hackers-expand-android-spyware-campaign-amid-middle-east-tensions/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:56:30

• Iranian APT Targets Android Users With New Variants of DCHSpy Spyware ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-variants-of-dchspy-spyware-used-by-iranian-apt-to-target-android-users/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:56:41

• Canada’s Outdated Laws Leave Spyware Oversight Dangerously Weak ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/07/canadas-outdated-laws-leave-spyware-oversight-dangerously-weak/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 23:56:53

• Iran to continue nuclear enrichment despite US strikes, ahead of European talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250722-iran-nuclear-enrichment-european-talks    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:09:51

• Iranian foreign minister confirms nuclear sites ‘seriously damaged’ by US strikes but vows to continue uranium enrichment: ‘We can never give it up’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/07/21/us-news/iran-foreign-minister-confirms-nuclear-sites-seriously-damaged-by-us-strikes-vows-to-continue-uranium-enrichment/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:10:16

• India keen to strike trade deal with US but wary about crossing red lines on agriculture, dairy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-keen-to-strike-trade-deal-with-us-but-wary-about-crossing-red-lines-on-agriculture-dairy    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:10:42

• Wage strike by bus drivers ferrying passengers across Causeway causes morning disruption ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/early-morning-bus-driver-strike-causes-disruption-at-johor-singapore-causeway    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:11:13

• UN secretary-general condemns deadly attack on Gaza Catholic church ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/un-secretary-general-condemns-deadly-attack-on-gaza-catholic-church/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:11:49

• Texas ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-inaction-state-legislature | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:14:14

• Surveillance Firm Bypasses SS7 Protections to Retrieve User Location ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/surveillance-firm-bypasses-ss7-protections-to-retrieve-user-location/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:14:44

• Dihydroxyacetone Man administration releases files on Martin Luther King Jr. against family's wishes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250721-trump-fbi-mlk-jr    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:15:51

• Hong Kong to add 4,000 sets of surveillance cameras within 2 years ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/22/hong-kong-to-add-4000-sets-of-surveillance-cameras-within-2-years/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:16:20

• Google "AI Overview" is Not Hey Hi (AI) and Not Overview ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/Google_AI_Overview_is_Not_AI_and_Not_Overview.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:16:35

• Gary Kildall’s memoirs released for free ☞ https://rubenerd.com/gary-kildalls-memoirs-released-for-free/ https://techrights.org/o/2020/01/05/history-canceled/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:17:53

• Bunsen: A smart test system that knows your upstream ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/21/bunsen-smart-test-system-knows-your-upstream    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:18:38

• Rakudo Weekly 2025.29 Just Sleeping ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/07/21/2025-29-just-sleeping/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:20:24

• Does US Innovation Drive the Dollar’s Global Dominance? ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/innovation-dollars-dominance.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:21:08

• Latvia's tax service plans to look at suspicious cash withdrawals ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/21.07.2025-latvias-tax-service-plans-to-look-at-suspicious-cash-withdrawals.a607457/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:21:19

• UPC is illegal, unconstitutional, and UK isn't part of that; this increasingly seems like EPO and EU corruption, not a real court but corporate overreach ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/upc-decisions-in-fujifilm-vs-kodak-now-extend-to-the-uk/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:22:39

• $4,000 for Proxense authentication patents prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/21/4000-for-proxense-authentication-patents-prior-art    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:22:58

• Fungi, Bacteria and the U.S. Plant Patent Act ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/fungi-bacteria-patent.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:23:23

• Europe's Second-Largest Institution (EPO) and Largest Patent Monopoly Office Needs More Transparency, Not Less Transparency ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/Europe_s_Second_Largest_Institution_EPO_and_Largest_Patent_Mono.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:23:37

• New Publication Sheds Lights on Abuse of Workers at the European Patent Office (EPO) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/New_Publication_Sheds_Lights_on_Abuse_of_Workers_at_the_Europea.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:23:47

• Windows TCO ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32126    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:24:55

• The Price of Occupation ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-price-of-occupation    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:25:33

• An Open Letter to Nationwide Bank About Enshittification ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/07/21/nationwide-bank-enshittification/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:26:25

• What to know about a vulnerability being exploited on Abusive Monopolist Microsoft SharePoint servers ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/07/microsoft-releases-urgent-fix-for-sharepoint-vulnerability-being-used-in-global-cyberattacks/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:27:25

• Exploited CrushFTP Zero-Day Provides Admin Access to Servers ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/exploited-crushftp-zero-day-provides-admin-access-to-servers/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:27:53

• Core1121 sub-GHz, S-Band, and 2.4GHz LoRa module features through holes and castellated edges ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/22/core1121-sub-ghz-s-band-and-2-4ghz-lora-module-features-through-holes-and-castellated-edges/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:36:22

• Pico-ITX SBC features defective chip maker Intel Processor N150 or Core 3 N355 Twin Lake CPU, DDR5 SO-DIMM memory slot ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/21/pico-itx-sbc-features-intel-processor-n150-or-core-3-n355-twin-lake-cpu-ddr5-so-dimm-memory-slot/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:36:45

• BCM ESM-HRPL COM-HPC Client Size C module supports up to 24-core defective chip maker Intel Core i9-14900K CPU ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/21/bcm-esm-hrpl-com-hpc-client-size-c-module-supports-up-to-24-core-intel-core-i9-14900k-cpu/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:37:02

• I Don't See the Point of Smartwatches ☞ https://kevquirk.com/blog/i-don-t-see-the-point-of-smartwatches "Let’s call them what they …"    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:37:41

• MacBook Pro trackpad can double as a weighing scale, and the source code is free — creator hacks trackpad to weigh items, claims Force Touch system 'pretty accurate', ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/macbooks/macbook-pro-trackpad-can-double-as-a-weighing-scale-and-the-source-code-is-free-creator-hacks-trackpad-to-weigh-items-claims-force-touch-system-pretty-accurate    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:38:13

• Microsoft adds telemetry to monitor backdoored Windows 11 sluggishness in latest beta, dev builds — logs reportedly only sent when users submit feedback ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-adds-telemetry-to-monitor-windows-11-sluggishness-in-latest-beta-dev-builds-logs-reportedly-only-sent-when-users-submit-feedback    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:39:10

• Agencies face tight deadline to mitigate SharePoint vulnerability ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/07/agencies-face-tight-deadline-to-mitigate-sharepoint-vulnerability/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:39:27

• Scam Altman tells a LIE for his PONZI SCHEME!! https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/sam-altman-teases-100-million-gpu-scale-for-openai-that-could-cost-usd3-trillion-chatgpt-maker-to-cross-well-over-1-million-by-end-of-year see http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/TRILLIONS_And_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_Invest_toda.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:40:45

• TomsHardware has just basically relayed a LIE... to help a PONZI scheme!! Not good.    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:41:21

• And Scam Altman possibly belongs in prison. He might be another Jeremy Bicha. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/technology/sam-altman-sister-lawsuit.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:42:13

• The media ought to stop being a carrier of messages for scammers and liars, even if there's "money in it"    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:43:00

• Was FTX not a good enough cautionary tale?    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:43:15

• Marketing, Law Firms Say Data Breaches Impact Over 200,000 People ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/marketing-law-firms-say-data-breaches-impact-over-200000-people/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:43:39

• 750,000 Impacted by Data Breach at The Alcohol & Drug Testing Service ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/750000-impacted-by-data-breach-at-the-alcohol-drug-testing-service/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:43:58

• Friends to all: Fiji prioritises shared values and regional leadership ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/friends-to-all-fiji-prioritises-shared-values-and-regional-leadership/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:44:52

• At Convicted Felon’s recent summit, the US talked trade. But West Africa wants security first. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/at-trumps-recent-summit-the-us-talked-trade-but-west-africa-wants-security-first/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:45:18

• Atlantic piracy, current threats, and maritime governance in the Gulf of Guinea ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/atlantic-piracy-current-threats-and-maritime-governance-in-the-gulf-of-guinea/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:45:39

• Navy Chief’s criticism over defence budget sparks backlash ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/navy-chiefs-criticism-over-defence-budget-sparks-backlash/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:46:16

• Ubuntu 25.10 Shrinks its Install Footprint on Raspberry Pi ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-25-10-raspberry-pi-minimal-install    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:46:55

• 4 Critical Security Flaws Fixed in VMware Workstation Pro ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/vmware-workstation-pro-update-security-patches    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:47:20

• Screenshot Tool Gradia Adds Code Snippet Generator, Snap Install ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/gradia-screenshot-tool-code-snippets-snap-store    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:48:27

• Argon ONE Up Laptop Runs on a Raspberry Pi CM5 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/argon-one-up-raspberry-pi-cm5-laptop    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:49:52

• The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 901 ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/07/21/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-901/ https://ubuntu-news.org/2025/07/21/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-901/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:50:12

• This Tool Upgrades Everything on Ubuntu Using One Command ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/topgrade-ubuntu-one-command-updater    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:50:22

• Pakistani Islamist militants use drones to target security forces, officials say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/pakistani-islamist-militants-use-drones-to-target-security-forces-officials-say    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:51:28

• Chinese Officers Questioned U.S. Government Employee About His Army Service ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/china-exit-ban-us-government-employee.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:52:05

• South Korea’s national security adviser heads to Washington as tariff deadline looms ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-national-security-adviser-heads-to-washington-as-tariff-deadline-looms    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:52:22

• South Korea industry minister says US tariff talks in critical phase ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-industry-minister-says-us-tariff-talks-in-critical-phase    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:52:39

• Dihydroxyacetone Man withdraws VA CIO nominee amid plans to shrink IT workforce ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2025/07/trump-withdraws-va-cio-nominee-amid-plans-to-shrink-it-workforce/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 00:53:08

• the leap gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/the_leap    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 01:11:26

• "Got a secondhand digital piano, ostensibly for the kids." gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/log/2025-07-22.piano.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 01:12:08

• "I want to note that I found some Bog Star flowers next to my building at work (Fairbanks, AK) a.k.a. "Grass of Parnassus". These are not a rare flower, according to my book, but they are beautiful and I had not noticed this kind of flower before." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250722-0.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 01:14:03

• LinusWasRight http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/redhat-uefi-3.png    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 02:16:25

• "Penny for Your Potion looks like a nice one for fans of casual crafting and management, with you running your own shop and brewing potions for customers." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/build-up-a-shop-and-make-potions-in-the-cute-penny-for-your-potion/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 04:49:08

• "After recently receiving a DMCA takedown notice, Old School Rally had its Steam store page removed. Valve have now restored it and work on it continues." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/valve-restores-the-steam-page-for-old-school-rally-after-it-got-hit-with-a-dmca/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 04:50:09

• "I can't wait to see what the community cooks up for Dwarf Fortress, with the latest update bringing much more advanced modding capabilities to the game." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/dwarf-fortress-gets-much-more-powerful-modding-in-the-latest-update/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 04:51:02

• So SJVN's blog became just a copy of ZDNet, hence missing the point (replica) https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/desktop-linux-makes-gains-d748    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 04:56:41

• But that means "his" blog became LF (Microsoft et al) "assignments" http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/What_Linux_Foundation_Research_is_Paid_Marketing.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 04:57:24

• "Townseek is a colourful casual exploration and trading adventure game from developer Whales And Games, with a brand new big upgrade for the demo available." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/whimsical-exploration-trading-adventure-townseek-gets-a-big-demo-refresh/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 04:57:39

• "PEAK is another in the list of quality co-op chaos games to add to your collection." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/co-op-climbing-game-peak-is-a-truly-great-time-with-friends/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 04:57:56

• "The first proper Hellraiser game has just been revealed with Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/hellraiser-game-announced-with-clive-barkers-hellraiser-revival/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 04:58:07

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-07-23.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 04:59:21

• "This is a super-easy way to make some high-fiber and high-protein snacks very cheaply." gemini://willowashmaple.smol.pub/2025-07-22-easy-garbanzo-bean-snack-recipe    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:00:04

• "chaotic morning involving my former workplace -- glad i left when i did, the remaining workers are very unhappy and one got fired on the spot for asking if she could take a week off for her mental health." gemini://xavi4u.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-07-23.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:00:41

• [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-07-22.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:01:46

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1360.jpg    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:01:53

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1710.jpg    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:02:00

• "Descenders Next is a fresh extreme sports game from RageSquid / No More Robots and it shadow-dropped on Steam in Early Access." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/extreme-sports-game-descenders-next-has-released-into-early-access/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:02:16

• "1047 Games have announced that Splitgate 2 is going to be reworked, and they're shutting down the original Splitgate." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/splitgate-2-is-going-back-to-beta-with-the-original-shutting-down-as-1047-games-have-layoffs/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:02:26

• "Death Road to Canada is a lot of fun and so I have great expectations for the next game from Rocketcat Games, which is a spiritual sequel named Space Dingus." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/space-dingus-is-a-spiritual-sequel-to-death-road-to-canada/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:03:09

• IBM = Microsoft? https://rcpmag.com/blogs/rcp-channel-briefing/2025/07/kyndryl-microsoft-acceleration-hub.aspx    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:04:59

• CONTRADICTORY report or SLOP gone wrong? WHO gets the bonus? People LAID OFF? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/microsoft-offers-some-salespeople-extra-pay-following-layoffs https://www.techinasia.com/news/microsoft-offers-extra-pay-to-laid-off-sales-staff    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:07:46

• Slopfarm today, citing Microsoft media moles: "Microsoft hires nearly two dozen AI experts from Google DeepMind to strengthen its AI team, reports CNBC" (headline). REALITY: http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/14/Microsoft_Said_the_Mass_Layoffs_Were_for_Investment_in_AI_But_I.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:11:07

• So nope, Microsoft is FIRING "hey hi" people. The media is now complicit in misinformation campaigns whose aim is to prop up pyramid schemes. It did the same for FTX.    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:12:02

• "RIP - Ozzy Osborne" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/07/22/1846202    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:25:50

• "The president is desperate to turn the nation's attention away from his ties to Jeffrey Epstein" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-fascist-doj-go-after-obama-1235391240/ ("Trump Goes Full Fascist, Says DOJ Should 'Go After' Obama")    

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

• "Futurehome CEO threatens police action after I offer $5,000 bounty to free his ransomed customers" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/futurehome-ceo-threatens-police-action:d    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:26:43

• "Trump orders DoJ to speak to Ghislaine Maxwell about Epstein files" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/07/22/ghislaine-maxwell-donald-trump-administration-to-meet/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:27:11

• Another slop apologist https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/7/20/the-next-generation/ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/22/open-source-projects-reject-ai-code-over-copyright-concerns/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:27:44

• "I admit to being a ‘Terf’" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/21/i-admit-to-being-a-terf/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:27:58

• "Trump's Defense Attorney Todd Blanche Will Meet with Sex Trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to Make a Deal for His Client" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/22/trumps-defense-attorney-todd-blanche-will-meet-with-sex-trafficker-ghislaine-maxwell-to-make-a-deal-for-his-client/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:28:23

• "Pluralistic: Conservatism considered as a movement of bitter rubes" https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/22/all-day-suckers/#i-love-the-poorly-educated    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:28:41

• securityweek misrepresents microsoft as an authority on rather than the cause of security holes https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-says-chinese-apts-exploited-toolshell-zero-days-weeks-before-patch/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/It_s_Time_to_Dump_SharePoint_and_Here_s_What_to_Use_Instead.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:29:33

• "Has Ozzy Osbourne Passed Away? Rocker Dies After Battle With Rare Parkinson's Variant" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ozzy-osbourne-dies-after-battle-rare-parkinsons-variant-what-parkin-2-1739075    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:29:49

• "The Democratic Party Remains Committed to Learning Nothing From Its 2024 Defeat" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/dnc-2024-post-mortem-coverup/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:30:03

• "SNAP fed generations. Now its future is uncertain." https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/420613/trump-snap-benefits-cut-hunger    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:30:15

• "Tortured by the Taliban, Locked Up in the U.S. - Truthdig" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/tortured-by-the-taliban-locked-up-in-the-u-s/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:30:33

• "Trump accuses Obama of 'treason,' without providing evidence" https://www.dw.com/en/trump-accuses-obama-of-treason-without-providing-evidence/a-73377474    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:30:46

• "Twinned with Epstein Island’ sign appears on Donald Trump's Scottish golf course" https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/trump-golf-course-epstein-island-sign-5236380    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:31:04

• "Chat Control 2 – problemen med client-side-scanning" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/07/22/chat-control-2-problemen-med-client-side-scanning/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:31:17

• PURE Microsoft PROPAGANDA https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-22/microsoft-says-chinese-hackers-exploited-software-flaws see https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/It_s_Time_to_Dump_SharePoint_and_Here_s_What_to_Use_Instead.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:34:54

• ‘So that attention does not diminish’: Members from three German parties visit Maja T. in Hungarian custody ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/07/22/so-that-attention-does-not-diminish-members-from-three-german-parties-visit-maja-t-in-hungarian-custody/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:35:50

• "Google includes links to source material summarized via AI Overviews, but searchers are even less likely to click on those links – just one percent did so." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/google_ai_overviews_suppress_search/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:36:30

• "Like with similar agentic platforms, developers can assign specific tasks to their agents, and those tasks execute in the background, either to completion or until the agent needs feedback from the developer." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/gitlab-launches-its-ai-agent-platform-in-public-beta/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 05:36:48

• "So tantalizing was the prospect, in fact, that the company actually appealed EUIPO’s rightful decision up to the EU General Court." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/21/eu-court-no-you-cant-trademark-i-%e2%99%a5-for-all-the-things/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:00:59

• "In the 1990s, the U.S. called Microsoft a bullying monopoly and sought to rein it in. The company lost in a landmark decision, but emerged intact." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/william-h-neukom-dead.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:01:28

• "That includes private equity–backed Allied Universal, the private security giant and the nation’s third-largest private employer" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/07/ice-deportation-trump-private-security/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:02:14

• "The study, reported in Nature Human Behaviour, was designed to test the effects of the four-day workweek with no reduction in pay." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/4_day_week_study/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:02:53

• "The immediate question for NPR, PBS, their member stations, and the communities that depend on them is: what now?" ☛ https://werd.io/if-i-ran-npr-and-pbs/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:03:34

• "NPR is a nonprofit media organization that boasts a weekly audience of 43 million across its platforms and has 953,000 weekly app users, according to its website." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-07-22/nprs-top-editor-edith-chapin-to-step-down | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:03:56

• "Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published a report on Monday assessing the state of public media across 27 EU member states, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/msf-report-calls-for-strengthening-independent-public-media-ahead-of-eu-media-freedom-act/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:04:24

• "While seven in ten said they consume news online, half (51%) of respondents to Ofcom’s latest UK news consumption survey said they get their news from social media." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/public-service-broadcasters-need-stable-funding-for-news-and-prominence-on-youtube-ofcom-finds/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:04:56

• "The revelation that FBI agents surveilled the panel of journalists and activists stem from documents the FBI turned over to Defending Rights & Dissent as part of ongoing litigation under the Freedom of Information Act." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/fbi-spied-on-journalists-and-activists-who-organized-russiagate-and-wikileaks-panel/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:05:51

• "If we bolstered real independent media or public broadcasting, you might see journalism more interested in telling people the truth and challenging wealth and power." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/22/republicans-take-a-hatchet-to-whats-left-of-u-s-public-broadcasting-pbs-emergency-alerts/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:06:12

• "The independent media outlet Abzas Media wrote on Tuesday that the majority of its imprisoned staff" ☛ https://oc-media.org/abzas-media-journalists-go-on-a-hunger-strike-on-azerbaijans-media-day/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:06:26

• "The Progressive Journalists Association (ÇGD) announced the detentions, stating that the journalists were brought in for questioning over their coverage." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/two-journalists-detained-in-rize-over-report-on-official-s-luxurious-office-309714 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:06:44

• "To no one’s surprise, congressional Republicans did as told." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/stephen-colbert-cbs-paramount-trump/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:10:41

• "The $40 billion round announced earlier this year brought OpenAI’s"... for a failed company!!! ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/openai-fundraising-round-softbank-sam-altman/ | Source: Wired http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:11:45

• "The national parks are no different, said Jeff Mow, former Glacier National Park superintendent." ☛ https://www.vox.com/climate/420622/national-parks-tourism-doge-cuts-trump-administration | Source: Vox    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:13:11

• "Why are Republicans so terrified by the idea of a CBDC that they’re literally ordering the Fed to stop even thinking about it?" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/has-brazil-invented-the-future-of | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:13:38

• "As it happens, I was wrong. Totally and utterly wrong. From Bratislava to Zagreb, I had my fill of tasty veggie treats without fuss. Even the trains weren't too bad." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/interrailing-round-europe-while-vegan-vegetarian-with-lots-of-photos/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:13:50

• "Now Staffordshire Police have clarified that riders of such modified bikes must hold a valid licence." ☛ https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/warning-over-electric-delivery-bikes-10366752 | Source: StokeonTrentLive    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:14:09

• "Their Epstein bill resolution is nonbinding, so it’s kind of fake" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/republicans-house-epstein-rules-committee/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:14:52

• "The move averts a push by Democrats and some Republicans for a vote on a bipartisan resolution to require the Justice Department and FBI to release all government documents on Epstein" ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51349491/epstein-files-fight-leads-house-republicans-to-start-summer-break-a-day-early | Source: Deseret Media http://techrights.org/o/2020/01/10/gates-sponsored-mit/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:15:28

• "The bills stuck in that committee, largely to do with immigration, permitting and public lands, will no longer go to the floor this week." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/07/22/repub/us-house-gop-to-scatter-early-for-august-break-amid-pressure-on-epstein-files/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:15:50

• "CNN also obtained video showing Trump and Epstein chatting at a 1999 Victoria's Secret fashion show in New York ... and they look pretty chummy, laughing and yukking it up next to Melania." ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2025/07/22/jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-wedding-guest-never-before-seen-photos/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:16:19

• "Here are the photos of Epstein from Trump's wedding: [...]" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-attended-trumps-wedding-to-marla-maples-went-to-victorias-secret-show-together-report-101753227534746.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:17:10

• "GrowthBusters is a terrific podcast dealing with the environmental costs of growth, hosted by Dave and Stephanie Gardner" ☛ https://overpopulation-project.com/growth-addiction-and-water-in-the-american-southwest/ | Source: Overpopulation    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:18:15

• "It’s quite simple. We pull the water out of a Roman well" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/athens-is-reviving-a-2000-year-old-roman-empire-era-aqueduct-to-deliver-water-amid-prolonged-droughts-180987013/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:18:52

• "with Trump surrounded by sycophants and with the two other branches of government paralyzed, the operative question should not be why would Trump arrest his opponents, but rather, why not?" ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/its-all-fun-and-games-until-trump | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:19:37

• "Why Debate, Not Deplatforming, Defeats Fascism" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/mehdi-hassans-masterclass-in-democratic | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:20:00

• "more and more security experts believe that some kind of Russian attack on the NATO alliance is now a realistic possibility." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/nato-is-unprepared-for-the-growing-threat-posed-by-putins-russia/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:20:44

• "seeking a way out of a clash with the Trump administration over the UK’s demand that Apple provide it with access to secure customer data, two senior British officials have told the Financial Times." ☛ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/uk-backing-down-on-apple-encryption-backdoor-after-pressure-from-us/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:21:28

• "Law journal article that looks at the Dual_EC_PRNG backdoor from a US constitutional perspective: [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/encryption-backdoors-and-the-fourth-amendment.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:21:53

• "Following the approval of the IEEE 802.11bf specification in 2020, the Wi-Fi Alliance began promoting Wi-Fi Sensing, positioning Wi-Fi as something more than a data transit mechanism." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/whofi_wifi_identifier/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:22:13

• "authenticates users onto more than 200 Defense Department and Veterans Affairs websites" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/07/22/over-20-million-dod-users-to-get-new-online-login-verification-process/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:22:43

• Windows TCO: "before Rishi Sunak’s snap election delayed the consultation launch" ☛ https://therecord.media/mandatory-reporting-ransomware-attacks-uk-proposal | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:23:36

• Windows TCO: "money-grasping cyberattackers, named as ‘Akira’ in a BBC report." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/158-year-old-company-forced-to-close-after-ransomware-attack-precipitated-by-a-single-guessed-password-700-jobs-lost-after-hackers-demand-unpayable-sum | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:23:59

• Windows TCO: "Public sector and critical infrastructure entities could soon be banned by the UK government from paying ransom demands of cyber extortionists" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/any-intent-to-pay-a-ransom-uk-govt/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:24:22

• Windows TCO: "Almost three quarters of respondents to a government consultation backed this, we're told." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/uk_to_ban_ransomware_payments/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:26:42

• "The difference now is that the filtering systems that once kept them at the fringes have collapsed—and social media turned their dysfunction into content." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crank-singularity-why-human-nature | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:27:08

• "10 million accounts deleted in crackdown on fake profiles" ☛ https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/07/facebook-is-purging-millions-of-accounts-is-yours-at-risk-what-to-do-if-your-account-is-targeted.html | Source: Michigan News    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:27:20

• "The suspensions impacted accounts that were producing their own original content and those linked to community groups that were suspended for violating Facebook’s terms of service. While some users were able to recover their accounts, others had their profiles deleted completely."    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:27:44

• "At first, Middle Eastern friends and colleagues would send me urgent news via Instagram or Facebook messages." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/if-you-think-we-have-press-freedom-try-sharing-this-story-on-instagram/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:28:14

• "After a session of coding, Lemkin came back to find his work gone. Not just the code, but the entire production database. Deleted." ☛ https://cybercorsairs.com/my-ai-co-pilot-deleted-my-production-database/ |    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:29:16

• "You can see how this works for the two targets. Once a CEO has addicted his company to AI by laying off most of the staff, there is no way he is going to go cold turkey by hiring them back even if the AI fails to meet his expectations." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2025/07/the-selling-of-ai.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:29:42

• "According to the survey, three-quarters of people's employers expect them to use AI in some way, about half in some official capacity, and another quarter informally." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/ai_anxiety_us_workers/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:29:59

• "And then things became even worse when Replit deleted his database. Here’s how Lemkin detailed the saga on X." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/replit_saastr_vibe_coding_incident/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:30:24

• "In short, Musk's "Valentine" companion has his work cut out to woo enough subscribers to make up for billions of dollars in losses." ☛ https://futurism.com/elon-musk-thirst-trap-women | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:30:49

• "The Florida man is one of a growing number of wrongful arrests attributed to AI" ☛ https://futurism.com/police-facial-recognition-random-arrest | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:31:20

• "Who knows what other adversaries have done since to place other backdoors." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/sharepoint-zero-day-impact-ripples-world/267119/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:32:09

• "Since the zero-day vulnerability was already being exploited" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/microsoft_sharepoint_2016_patch/ | Source: The Register UK https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/It_s_Time_to_Dump_SharePoint_and_Here_s_What_to_Use_Instead.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:35:01

• "The attack spree is ongoing and spreading." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-sharepoint-zero-days-china-typhoon/ | Source: Scoop News Group https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/It_s_Time_to_Dump_SharePoint_and_Here_s_What_to_Use_Instead.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:35:29

• "remote code execution vulnerabilities related to CVE-2025-49704 and CVE-2025-49706." ☛ https://blog.talosintelligence.com/toolshell-affecting-sharepoint-servers/ | Source: Threat Source https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/It_s_Time_to_Dump_SharePoint_and_Here_s_What_to_Use_Instead.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:36:03

• "In response, the tech giant assigned two new CVEs: CVE-2025-53770, which is a variation of CVE-2025-49704, and CVE-2025-53771, a variation of CVE-2025-49706." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/toolshell-zero-day-attacks-on-sharepoint-first-wave-linked-to-china-hit-high-value-targets/ | Source: Security Week https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/It_s_Time_to_Dump_SharePoint_and_Here_s_What_to_Use_Instead.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:36:20

• "In response, the tech giant assigned two new CVEs: CVE-2025-53770, which is a variation of CVE-2025-49704, and CVE-2025-53771, a variation of CVE-2025-49706." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/toolshell-zero-day-attacks-on-sharepoint-first-wave-linked-to-china-hit-high-value-targets/ | Source: Security Week https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:36:31

• "Google’s Threat Intelligence Group warned that the vulnerability may allow bad actors to “bypass future patching.”" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/07/microsoft-releases-urgent-fix-for-sharepoint-vulnerability-being-used-in-global-cyberattacks/ | Source: Federal News https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/It_s_Time_to_Dump_SharePoint_and_Here_s_What_to_Use_Instead.shtml Network    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:36:41

• "Google’s Threat Intelligence Group warned that the vulnerability may allow bad actors to “bypass future patching.”" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/07/microsoft-releases-urgent-fix-for-sharepoint-vulnerability-being-used-in-global-cyberattacks/ | Source: Federal News https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:36:51

• "Security researchers warn that the exploit, reportedly known as “ToolShell,” is a serious one and can allow actors to fully access SharePoint file systems, including services connected to SharePoint, such as Teams and OneDrive."    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:36:57

• "adversaries have done since to place other backdoors" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/microsoft-server-hack-hit-about-100-organizations-say-researchers-1892992 | Source: Deccan Chronicle https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/It_s_Time_to_Dump_SharePoint_and_Here_s_What_to_Use_Instead.shtml Network    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:37:21

• "A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday that its initial solution did not work." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-knew-of-sharepoint-security-flaw-but-failed-to-effectively-patch-it-timeline-shows/articleshow/122841917.cms | Source: India Times https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/It_s_Time_to_Dump_SharePoint_and_Here_s_What_to_Use_Instead.shtml Network    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:37:42

• "Importantly, parts of this also apply outside of work, but things get more complicated there." ☛ https://blog.toast.cafe/valuable | Source: Chloé Vulquin    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:38:15

• "Still doesn’t change the fact that screen time is broken as fuck. Shocking, I’d say, considering Apple is so awesome at software these days…" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/the-july-experiment-week-three | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:38:45

• "The research, conducted by the National Institutes of Health in conjunction with the Defense Department and Department of Veterans Affairs" ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/veterans/2025/07/21/research-offers-link-between-burn-pit-smoke-and-serious-brain-injuries/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:39:03

• "The latest VA data shows that about 7,500 employees in veteran-facing jobs have left the department so far this fiscal year." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2025/07/va-loses-7500-employees-in-veteran-facing-roles-as-part-of-workforce-cuts/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:39:16

• "Anyone who has walked through a barn or cattle pasture in the summer knows that flies are a nuisance and even a health hazard." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-07-insecticides-cattle-combat-flies-significantly.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:39:30

• "overseeing a staff of more than 8,000 civil servants and contractor employees and a budget last year of about $4.7 billion." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/a-top-nasa-official-is-among-thousands-of-staff-leaving-the-agency/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:40:36

• "Reports have suggested that thousands of staff members might leave the agency before the cuts are formally announced." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/nasa_goddard_resignation/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:40:52

• "Case in point: The Trump administration recently released its draft budget [PDF] for the country's premier analytical agency focused on Earth systems, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/trump_shoots_climate_messenger/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:42:02

• "Mission scientists therefore decided to try annealing – the process of heating a material and then cooling it – as it is known to sometimes fix defects in a material." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/nasa_juno_annealing_camera_fix/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:42:15

• "In total, 287 current and former employees have signed the document, at least four of whom are astronauts, according to Nature. In the era of Trump's retribution-driven politics, 156 chose to remain anonymous." ☛ https://futurism.com/nasa-trump-cuts-astronauts-danger | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:42:29

• "I enjoy discovering other people’s blogs online, whether it’s personal blogs, or gardens, or whatever you want to name thems." ☛ https://hacdias.com/2025/07/22/discover-blogs/ | Source: Henrique Dias    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:42:51

• "The internet as I knew it from 1995 to 2005 is probably mostly gone" ☛ https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/blog/nostalgia/ | Source: Simone Silvestroni    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:43:07

• "barely saved by these tiny pouches of niche writers, who keep posting on their personal sites, trying to stay afloat among oceans of SEO scams, ads, tracking, data leaks, and the constant siphoning of personal data. Let's not dive into "social" media giants, carelessly involved in genocides and political jerrymandering on each side of the Atlantic and beyond."    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:43:36

• "a decision he’d come to regret. Grossman’s widow, Sally, later sold the painting at auction for a reported $750,000, and it last changed hands in 2012 for $37M." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2025/07/double-elvis.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 06:43:57

• "We show that the RPKI with insecure cryptography can be abused for severe attacks that are even more effective than original BGP attacks." ☛ https://www.sidnlabs.nl/downloads/6mCHukPGqoY0ojSMqfIadD/3dd4a89b54d6eb38bf634076505eec8c/PQC_for_the_RPKI.pdf |    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:46:30

• [Old] "Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is a linchpin technology for modern computer networking." ☛ https://www.akamai.com/blog/security/anatomy-of-a-syn-ack-attack | Source: Akamai    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:46:40

• "You may not see headlines about it every day" ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/from-minecraft-to-markets-java-hiding-in-plain-sight/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:47:17

• "I’ve worked on binary verification tooling for a while." ☛ https://www.philipzucker.com/assembly_verify/ | Source: Philip Zucker    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:47:40

• "In simple terms, it attempts to rebuild what developers download, verify that the binaries originated from the public source tree" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/google-debuts-oss-rebuild-project/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:49:21

• [Old] "We are on the path to something that could destroy C++. We must get off that path!" ☛ https://www.stroustrup.com/P0977-remember-the-vasa.pdf |    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:49:31

• "According to the Trend-Anomaly chart, after the liberation day tariffs, the U.S. Federal Budget Balance has recovered from the extremely high level deficit." ☛ https://datageeek.com/2025/07/22/trend-anomaly-analysis-of-u-s-federal-budget-balance/ | Source: DataGeeek    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:51:26

• "He told me he's been watching videos on Proxmox and TrueNAS (among other homelab-friendly open source tools), with the goal building out a homelab to handle the 20 TB or so of RAW photos he took with the Nikon cameras on the ISS." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/open-sauce-confoundingly-brilliant-bay-area-event | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:52:45

• "Come and explore an extraordinary showcase of historical computers, from pristine originals to ingenious modern hacks." ☛ https://computerhistory.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-3/ | Source: Computer History    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:52:54

• "After some experimenting, I landed on a better solution: building a personal monorepo for my writing and publishing workflow" ☛ https://andrewstiefel.com/monorepo/ | Source: Andrew Stiefel    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:53:36

• "gmid is a full-featured Gemini server written with security in mind." ☛ https://gmid.omarpolo.com/ |    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:54:11

• "After using it for about a year on a SearXNG side project , I decided that I would also use it as my primary account on the Fediverse." ☛ https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/gotosocial-adventures-run-on-openbsd/ | Source: TuMFatig    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:54:28

• "Over a month after its previous 2.0.12 release, Fwupd, an open-source utility designed to simplify firmware updates on Linux-based systems, has rolled out its new 2.0.13 version." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/fwupd-2-0-13-released-with-faster-startup-and-lower-memory-use/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:54:42

• "One of the new features introduced in this version is the ‘Archive‘ action now available right from mail notifications. Additionally, Thunderbird’s Composer now smartly warns users if their configured OpenPGP key is nearing expiration, helping to prevent sudden security issues." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/thunderbird-141-arrives-with-archive-button-openpgp-expiry-warnings/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:55:49

• "4 decades, 4 freedoms, 4 all users" is the slogan of our fortieth anniversary year. Throughout 2025" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf40-celebration-registration | Source: FSF    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:56:20

• "Finland's unemployment rate hits 10.2% in second quarter of 2025" https://yle.fi/a/74-20173759 Anon: and this is the /official/ number, not even the much higher, real numbers    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:57:34

• "RP2350pc is all in one computer with RP2350B microcontroller from Raspberry pi." ☛ https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/rp2350pc-now-have-plastic-box/ | Source: Olimex    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:58:58

• "I’ve been considering adding a chip tester to my lab for some time now, but I’ve never quite taken the plunge." ☛ https://celso.io/posts/2025/07/19/retro-chip-tester/ | Source: Celso Martinho    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 07:59:12

• "Back in 2021, a collector friend of ours was visiting a dusty warehouse in search of Apollo-era communications equipment." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2025/07/reverse-engineering-mysterious-up-data.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:00:04

• "This post is part 5 of the "Let me try to use an AArch64 system as a desktop" series: [...]" ☛ https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2025/07/22/arm-desktop-emulation/ | Source: Marcin Juszkiewicz    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:00:35

• "With the release of our new DE9 Connector Breakouts, we wanted to address a common misconception and explain why we named our boards as we did." ☛ https://news.sparkfun.com/14298 | Source: SparkFun Electronics    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:00:47

• "In this case, “smarter” meant deducing the pin lengths instead of trying all of the combinations in sequence." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/07/23/this-robot-picks-locks-using-brains-instead-of-brawn/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:01:07

• "The real-mode test suite contains 326 instruction forms" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/intel_286_test_suite/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:01:43

• "Last month, I outlined Canonical’s plan to build debcraft as a next-generation way to build Debian packages." ☛ https://jnsgr.uk/2025/07/crafting-your-software/ | Source: Jon Seager    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:05:46

• "A security warning from the Arch Linux maintainers highlights compromised packages of three of the leading Firefox-based browsers in the AUR." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/arch_aur_browsers_compromised/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:07:06

• "[...] Plus we share a new service management feature coming to Parabola and celebrate the return of the Plasma Bigscreen project as Intel's Clear Linux is shut down" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250721 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:07:33

• "I second a few comments on the community post: immedialy ceasing security updates without a migration path or any notice period whatsoever is poor form. The whipping will continue until morale improves at Intel, it seems." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/goodbye-to-clear-linux/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:07:51

• "But there’s also a third category: general-purpose Linux distributions, and that’s exactly what this article is all about." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/general-purpose-linux-distros-explained/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:09:05

• "I’ll break down what they are, their pros and cons, and why they matter, especially for newer users looking to understand their options better and broaden their overall Linux knowledge."    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:09:11

• "Tailwind is the worst of all worlds. It is a regrettable step backwards that takes everything bad about CSS and modern web development and brings it all together in one library." ☛ https://colton.dev/blog/tailwind-is-the-worst-of-all-worlds/ |    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:15:28

• "My “capsule”, Vigilia, is self-hosted, and has been since its inception." ☛ https://journal.bsd.cafe/2025/07/22/a-self-hosted-bsd-native-gemini-protocol-server-stack/ |    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:15:43

• "Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has collaborated with Dell Technologies on a native integration between Canonical LXD and Dell PowerFlex software-defined infrastructure." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/native-integration-dell-powerflex-and-lxd | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:18:12

• [former Microsoft] "Sasha Levin is a Linux kernel contributor. He gave a talk about using a bot to write Linux code and Linux Weekly News wrote it up." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/22/open-source-projects-reject-ai-code-over-copyright-concerns/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:18:30

• He worked for the company that did this: http://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/ also: strangling women!    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:19:19

• But maybe the positive message is, he left Microsoft.... but stayed GAFAM (Google)    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:20:09

• "Fredrik talks to Grace Jansen about cloud tools, and bringing them to your local machine in a better way." ☛ https://kodsnack.se/international/652/ | Source: Kodsnack    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:20:26

• "Given the rapid pace of technological evolution, the need for advanced IT skills is more critical than ever." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/9-articles-red-hat-customers-are-reading-after-red-hat-summit | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:22:13

• "In collaboration with Red Hat and Cisco, Splunk can accelerate and simplify the creation of automated response scenarios for Splunk alerts." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/splunk-redhat-collaborate-automate-response-observability-alerts-for-improved-aiops | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:22:23

• "Wouldn’t it be nice if you could download all the required packages just once and let all your systems install them locally from your own repository? that’s exactly what apt-mirror helps you do." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/setup-local-repositories-in-ubuntu/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:22:45

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

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:24:46

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

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:25:27

• How To Install Plotly on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-plotly-opensuse/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:27:38

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

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:28:58

• How To Install NTP on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-ntp-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:29:14

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

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:30:36

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

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:30:59

• Fedora under IBM is CHEAPENING everything, not ponders dropping its DVDs. IBM is killing things.    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:37:48

• How can RPKI can be made quantum-safe? ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/07/22/how-can-rpki-can-be-made-quantum-safe/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:39:48

• Iustin Pop: Watching website scanning bots ☞ https://k1024.org/posts/2025/2025-07-22-watching-bots/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:40:35

• ReAct vs. naive prompt chaining on Llama Stack ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/22/react-vs-naive-prompt-chaining-llama-stack    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:42:12

• OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) for Data Protection: VM pre-backup hooks ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/22/openshift-apis-data-protection-vm-pre-backup-hooks    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:54:01

• Destination Linux 428: Interview with Sherard Griffin of Red Bait ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-428/ https://destinationlinux.net/428    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:55:47

• Michael Catanzaro: Fedora Must (Carefully) Embrace Flathub ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2025/07/21/fedora-must-carefully-embrace-flathub/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:57:35

• Marcin 'hrw' Juszkiewicz: Arm desktop: emulation ☞ https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2025/07/22/arm-desktop-emulation/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:58:38

• The Raspberry Pi's Wi-Fi Glow-Up ☞ https://www.kali.org/blog/raspberry-pi-wi-fi-glow-up/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:59:02

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1030930/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 08:59:25

• LibreArts Weekly recap — 20 July 2025 ☞ https://librearts.org/2025/07/week-recap-20-july-2025/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 09:02:33

• David Bremner: Hibernate on the pocket reform 9/n ☞ https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner//blog/posts/hibernate-pocket-9/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 09:03:52

• Linux Matters: Frankenstein's Ubuntu Server Framework ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/60/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 09:04:22

• No plans to lift sanctions on Belarusian fertiliser transit via Lithuania – official ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2620169/no-plans-to-lift-sanctions-on-belarusian-fertiliser-transit-via-lithuania-official    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:47:55

• Lithuanian politicians dismiss Belarus opposition leader’s autonomy proposal as ‘absurd’ ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2620079/lithuanian-politicians-dismiss-belarus-opposition-leader-s-autonomy-proposal-as-absurd    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:48:07

• Lithuania sends new group of border guards to assist Latvia ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2619090/lithuania-sends-new-group-of-border-guards-to-assist-latvia    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:48:16

• "flight delays due to drone attacks" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/22/moscow-s-sheremetyevo-airport-hands-out-mattresses-to-passengers-facing-flight-delays-due-to-drone-attacks | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:48:35

• "searches for ‘extremist’ content" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/22/russia-passes-law-penalizing-online-searches-for-extremist-content-including-via-vpns | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:48:52

• "traditional values" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/22/russian-lawmakers-ban-distribution-permits-for-films-that-discredit-traditional-values | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:49:17

• "raid popular Telegram channel" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/22/russian-authorities-raid-popular-telegram-channel-with-law-enforcement-ties-and-arrest-its-head-over-alleged-leaks | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:49:40

• More things for UK and EU to copy next? Perhaps. Give it time...    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:50:05

• "year-round military conscription" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/22/russian-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-allow-year-round-military-conscription | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:50:20

• "Dressing the part In wartime Russia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/22/dressing-the-part | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:50:41

• "anti-satellite tech" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/22/space-wars-don-t-work-like-star-wars | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:56:21

• Austria Prepares to Give Up ‘Dream’ of Disarmament ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/world/europe/austria-stocker-military-spending.html "spend big to counter Russia."    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:56:57

• Taiwan, EU both face threats of ‘external infiltration’, President Lai tells European lawmakers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-eu-both-face-threats-of-external-infiltration-president-tells-european-lawmakers "Many European countries say Russia has been seeking to discredit European governments and destabilise the EU."    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:57:36

• Lithuanian-based Hegelmann shareholder visited Russia ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2619135/lithuanian-based-hegelmann-shareholder-visited-russia    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:57:55

• Lithuanian pilots and captains battle suspected Russian GPS disruptions ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2619137/lithuanian-pilots-and-captains-battle-suspected-russian-gps-disruptions    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:58:07

• American father of three who joined Russian army to escape ‘woke’ US has been sent to the frontlines, wife says ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/07/22/world-news/american-who-joined-russian-army-to-escape-woke-us-has-been-sent-to-the-frontlines-wife-says/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:58:32

• "Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies of independence" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/23/despite-protests-in-major-cities-zelensky-signs-controversial-law-stripping-ukraine-s-anti-corruption-agencies-of-independence | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:58:54

• Russia and Ukraine to Renew Talks, but Peace Remains Elusive ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/world/europe/russia-ukraine-talks.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:03:26

• Zelensky’s Government Takes Aim at Ukraine’s Corruption Fighters ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/world/europe/zelensky-ukraine-corruption.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:03:46

• Zelensky Targeted in Wartime Protests in Ukraine for the First Time ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/world/europe/zelensky-protests-corruption.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:04:11

• Can independent news outlets in Ukraine survive loss of USAID funding? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0722/ukraine-news-media-usaid-cuts    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:04:31

• Protests Erupt As Ukraine Tightens Control Over Anti-Corruption Agencies, Raising International Alarm ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-control-anticorruption-agencies-concern-graft-russia-war/33480917.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:04:47

• Zelenskyy Signs Controversial Bill Restricting Autonomy Of Anti-Corruption Agencies ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-corruption-demonstrations-bill-zelenskyy-europe/33481162.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:05:17

• Utena College offers courses in Russian – ministry says it's legal, but some are upset ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2610053/utena-college-offers-courses-in-russian-ministry-says-it-s-legal-but-some-are-upset    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:05:37

• EU says Ukraine's blocks on anti-graft bodies 'a serious step back' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250722-eu-says-ukraine-s-blocks-on-anti-graft-bodies-a-serious-step-back    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:06:00

• Ukraine-Russia talks overshadowed by child deportations and renewed strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250722-ukraine-russia-talks-overshadowed-by-child-deportations-and-renewed-strikes    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:06:34

• Ukraine rocked by first wartime protests amid attacks on anti-corruption agencies ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-rocked-by-first-wartime-protests-amid-attacks-on-anti-corruption-agencies/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:07:13

• Inside the elite Ukrainian combat unit revolutionizing modern drone warfare — and its offer to the US ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/07/22/world-news/inside-the-elite-ukrainian-combat-unit-revolutionizing-modern-drone-warfare/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:07:34

• UK Sanctions Russian Hackers Tied to Assassination Attempts ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/uk-sanctions-russian-hackers-tied-to-assassination-attempts/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:07:58

• Latvia's bomb threat e-mail sender detained in Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/22.07.2025-latvias-bomb-threat-e-mail-sender-detained-in-ukraine.a607647/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:08:12

• Mali criticized over summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/mali-criticized-over-summary-executions-and-enforced-disappearances-of-ethnic-fulani-men/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:08:50

• Fiona Hill on Convicted Felon, Putin and Why Great Powers Fall ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/world/europe/fiona-hill-trump-russia-uk-defense.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:09:10

• Iran Says It's Set To Meet With European Nations On July 25 Over Nuclear Issues ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-europe-nuclear-trump-aragchi-istanbul-talks-putin/33479258.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:09:23

• Russian Strikes On Cities Across Ukraine Kill Child Ahead Of New Round Of Peace Talks ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-putin-trump-zelenskyy-turkey-corruption-arrest/33480207.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:11:48

• Luckfox Lyra Pi – A Raspberry Pi-like SBC with Rockchip RK3506B triple-core SoC, two Ethernet ports ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/22/luckfox-lyra-pi-a-raspberry-pi-like-sbc-with-rockchip-rk3506b-triple-core-soc/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:12:19

• Kubuntu Focus NX Gen 3 GNU/Linux mini PC comes with up to a Core Ultra 7 255H Arrow Lake chip ☞ https://liliputing.com/kubuntu-focus-nx-gen-3-linux-mini-pc-comes-with-up-to-a-core-ultra-7-255h-arrow-lake-chip/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:13:45

• Hawley-Blumenthal Bill Aims to Rein in Hey Hi (AI) Companies’ Use of Copyrighted Works ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/07/22/hawley-blumenthal-bill-aims-rein-ai-companies-use-copyrighted-works/id=190527/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:15:40

• Godot OpenXR Vendors Plugin v4 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/godot-openxr-vendors-plugin-400/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:15:59

• Display Next Hackfest 2025 ☞ https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2025/07/22/display-next-hackfest-2025.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:16:16

• Why the Bottles App Needs Cash and How to Help ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/07/why-the-bottles-app-needs-cash-and-how-to-help/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:19:26

• Leaked data. Continuous glucose monitoring ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/leaked-data-continuous-glucose-monitoring/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:20:14

• Pluralistic: Conservatism considered as a movement of bitter rubes (22 Jul 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/22/all-day-suckers/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:20:47

• OPAL for Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/22/opal-for-generative-artificial-intelligence    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:22:06

• Don Marti: tires, myths, and reality ☞ https://blog.zgp.org/tires-myths-and-reality/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:23:52

• New Hong Kong media outlet takes over social control media accounts of defunct news platform Channel C ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/23/new-hong-kong-media-outlet-takes-over-social-media-accounts-of-defunct-news-platform-channel-c/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:26:56

• Trend-Anomaly Analysis of U.S. Federal Budget Balance ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/trend-anomaly-analysis-of-u-s-federal-budget-balance/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:27:49

• Easy Excalibur version 6.114 V7-beta3 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202507/easy-excalibur-version-6114-v7-beta3.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:30:36

• The return of brightness-control ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202507/the-return-of-brightness-control.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:31:10

• IPFire 2.29 Core Update 196 Firewall Released with WireGuard Boost ☞ https://linuxiac.com/ipfire-2-29-core-update-196-firewall-released-with-wireguard-boost/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:35:48

• Firefox 141.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1030971/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:36:26

• fancy-cat – PDF reader for terminal emulators ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fancy-cat-pdf-reader-terminal-emulators/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:37:31

• OpenCommit – auto-generate meaningful commits in a second ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/opencommit-auto-generate-meaningful-commits/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:37:55

• mpv-mpris – plugin for mpv ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mpv-mpris-plugin-mpv/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:38:04

• 5 Useful Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Service Discovery Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-linux-service-discovery-tools/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:39:38

• RuboCop – Ruby static code analyzer and formatter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rubocop-ruby-static-code-analyzer-formatter/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:42:34

• Top Self-Hosted Alternatives to Popular SaaS Apps ☞ https://www.linuxtrainingacademy.com/top-self-hosted-alternatives-to-popular-saas-apps/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:43:56

• Almost nobody uses it, the name is MISLEADING https://www.neowin.net/news/azure-linux-20-reaches-end-of-life-requiring-aks-arc-users-to-upgrade/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:44:27

• GoToSocial Adventures: run on OpenBSD ☞ https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/gotosocial-adventures-run-on-openbsd/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:44:49

• To Millions of People "Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop" Was Some Time in the 1990s (Bootable GNU/Linux as a Complete Operating System is Over 33 in Age) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/To_Millions_of_People_Year_of_the_Linux_Desktop_Was_Some_Time_i.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:45:29

• Microsoft sabotage against GNU/Linux https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Struggles-WoA-Laptops    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:46:26

• IPFire 2.29-core196 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ipfire    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:47:37

• Fwupd 2.0.13 GNU/Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for HP USB-C 100W G6 Dock ☞ https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-0-13-linux-firmware-updater-adds-support-for-hp-usb-c-100w-g6-dock    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:49:12

• IPFire 2.29 Core Update 196 Improves WireGuard Support, Console Graphics Stack ☞ https://9to5linux.com/ipfire-2-29-core-update-196-improves-wireguard-support-console-graphics-stack    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:51:24

• Firefox 142 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What to Expect ☞ https://9to5linux.com/firefox-142-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing-heres-what-to-expect    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:51:34

• NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit to Launch in Mid-August with 2070 TFLOPS Hey Hi (AI) Performance, Priced at $3499 ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/nvidia-jetson-agx-thor-developer-kit-delivers-2070-tflops-ai-for-advanced-robotics/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:51:51

• Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, Planet Ubuntu, and LinuxTechLab ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/Slopwatch_LinuxSecurity_Planet_Ubuntu_and_LinuxTechLab.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:52:00

• ESLint – find and fix problems in JavaScript code ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/eslint-find-fix-problems-javascript-code/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:53:39

• FSF Blogs: 4 decades, 4 freedoms, 4 all users ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf40-celebration-registration    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:53:57

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, July 25, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-07-25-irc    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:54:21

• 🔤SpellBinding: TGIOPRF Wordo: GUNKY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-07-23.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:14:30

• Duplomb Law: Feeding France, but at what cost? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250722-duplomb-law-feeding-france-but-at-what-cost    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:18:29

• The Bright Side: Madd fruit boosts Senegalese economy during rainy season ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/afrique/20250722-the-bright-side-everyone-s-going-madd-about-this-fruit-in-senegals    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:18:44

• Which is the healthiest gherkin? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/food-drink/22.07.2025-which-is-the-healthiest-gherkin.a607636/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:18:59

• █████ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/rss?latestnews?language=en&ts=1653031554110&pagesize=10 ██████████████████████ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 22:00:00 GMT ███████ Commission approves up to €403 million of State aid by five Member States for the second Important Project of Common European Interest in the healthcare sector    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:19:18

• Commission approves up to €403 million of State aid by five Member States for the second Important Project of Common European Interest in the healthcare sector ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1827    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:19:28

• "movie Anna (by Luc Besson which is mostly a recreation of his film Nikita but in the early 90s and with the KGB). That film features laptops with color screens and USB ports before USB was invented and when color screens weren’t common on laptops, as an aside military spec laptops tend to have older designs than consumer spec ones." https://etbe.coker.com.au/2025/07/23/annoying-wrongness-tv/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:21:43

• A laid-off Microsoft manager says it's not a personal failure, but he may pivot away from management https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-manager-laid-off-great-flattening-next-career-move-2025-7    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:22:56

• ZeniMax Staff Discuss the “Graveyard” They Have to Work Around https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/zenimax-staff-discuss-the-graveyard-they-have-to-work-around-2736744/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:23:55

• North Korea plans to build another 5,000-ton destroyer ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-plans-to-build-another-5000-ton-destroyer    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:27:08

• South Korea weighs painful concessions to avert Convicted Felon’s looming tariffs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-weighs-painful-concessions-to-avert-trumps-looming-tariffs    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:27:26

• South Korea’s President Lee declares disaster zones after floods ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-president-lee-orders-all-out-effort-to-find-missing-after-floods    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:27:40

• Trio sent to prosecutors in S. Korea for illegally selling BTS’ flight information ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trio-sent-to-prosecutors-in-s-korea-for-illegally-selling-bts-flight-information    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:28:10

• Fatal shooting in South Korea sparks alarm over DIY firearms ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/fatal-shooting-in-south-korea-sparks-alarm-over-diy-firearms    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:28:52

• Indonesia on high alert as hot spots soar from 94 to 1,000 in Sumatra ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-on-high-alert-as-dry-weather-fans-forest-peatland-fires-in-sumatra    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:29:14

• Malaysia govt’s reform pledge tested as DAP chief bows over unresolved 2009 death of political aide ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-reform-pledge-tested-as-dap-chief-bows-over-unresolved-custody-death    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:29:42

• What to Know About the $250 Visa Integrity Fee for U.S. Tourists ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/travel/visa-integrity-fee-trump-big-beautiful-bill.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:30:28

• A Professor’s Search for the MingKwai, a Lost Chinese Typewriter ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/nyregion/mingkwai-typewriter-china.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:31:30

• China’s mental shift on deflation ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0722/China-s-mental-shift-on-deflation    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:31:49

• China rallies for opposition as Taiwan gears up for mass parliamentary recall ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-rallies-for-opposition-as-taiwan-gears-up-for-mass-parliamentary-recall    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:32:22

• 2 dead, 10 missing after colossal rain in China’s Shandong ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/2-dead-10-missing-after-colossal-rain-in-chinas-shandong    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:32:49

• Japan launches anti-dumping probe into stainless steel sheets from China, Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-launches-anti-dumping-probe-into-stainless-steel-sheets-from-china-taiwan    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:36:24

• China probes former Tibet leader over bribes, ‘superstitious activities’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/22/china-probes-former-tibet-leader-over-bribes-superstitious-activities/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:36:53

• The Taiwan scenarios 2: Warning signs ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-taiwan-scenarios-2-warning-signs/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:37:17

• Australia can break China’s stranglehold on graphite supply ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-can-break-chinas-stranglehold-on-graphite-supply/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:37:54

• I Found a New Open Source Grammar Checker Tool And I Like it... Well... Kind of ☞ https://itsfoss.com/harper-grammar-checker/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:38:17

• "From Generators To Reactive Power" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/power-grid-stability-from-generators-to-reactive-power/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:39:10

• Social Control Media Relies on Advertisers, So It'll Always Be Hostile Towards Free Software ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/Social_Control_Media_Relies_on_Advertisers_So_It_ll_Always_Be_H.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:39:40

• Microsoft Mass Layoffs and Shutdowns Became the New Normal at Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/Microsoft_Mass_Layoffs_and_Shutdowns_Became_the_New_Normal_at_M.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:39:50

• The Microsoft layoffs will continue until the bottom-line improves. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k0sgjkwq    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:46:09

• Supermassive Games delays sci-fi horror Directive 8020 following layoffs https://www.eurogamer.net/supermassive-games-delays-sci-fi-horror-directive-8020-following-layoffs    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:50:33

• Directive 8020 Delayed As Supermassive Announces Layoffs https://www.dualshockers.com/directive-8020-delayed-supermassive-announces-layoffs/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:51:04

• Brett Wilson LLP Stopped Sending Me Papers When I Showed It had Sent Me Over 5 Kilograms of Legal Papers ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Stopped_Sending_Me_Papers_When_I_Showed_It_had.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:53:25

• Diplomatic Immunity Should Not Exist for Anybody ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/Diplomatic_Immunity_Should_Not_Exist_for_Anybody.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:53:34

• Why Wayland (and XWayland) Won't Solve the Key Problem It Proclaims to be Tackling (the Same Is True for Rust) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/Why_Wayland_and_XWayland_Won_t_Solve_the_Key_Problem_It_Proclai.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:53:46

• Make No Assumptions (or Demands) About the Screen Resolution Used by Other People ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/Make_No_Assumptions_or_Demands_About_the_Screen_Resolution_Used.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:53:59

• Apple Vision Pro Failed So Badly That Its Sales Are About 2,000 Times Smaller Than iPhone Sales ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/Apple_Vision_Pro_Failed_So_Badly_That_Its_Sales_Are_About_2_000.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:54:11

• Blue-Collar Trolls vs White-Collar Trolls ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/Blue_Collar_Trolls_vs_White_Collar_Trolls.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:54:25

• Global Warming and Global GAFAM Energy-Wasting ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/Global_Warming_and_Global_GAFAM_Energy_Wasting.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:54:47

• Links 22/07/2025: "Blog Restart" and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Clobbered by “ToolShell" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/Links_22_07_2025_Blog_Restart_and_Microsoft_Clobbered_by_ToolSh.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:55:00

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Has Layoffs and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Gaming/Entertainment Division Has an Uncertain Future (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/Amazon_Web_Services_AWS_Has_Layoffs_and_Microsoft_Gaming_Entert.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:55:36

• They Don't Tell Us that 'Digitalisation' (Now Sold as "Hey Hi") Just Means Customers Become Unpaid Staff and Are Made Accountable (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/They_Don_t_Tell_Us_that_Digitalisation_Now_Sold_as_Hey_Hi_Just_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:55:46

• Pete Zaitcev: Floating Point ☞ https://zaitcev.livejournal.com/268608.html "I'm unemployed right now and I go to job interviews once in a while."    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:56:37

• The Power of Unreviewability ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/the-power-unreviewability.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:57:27

• No Compliance With the European Patent Convention (EPC) at the European Patent Office (EPO) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/No_Compliance_With_the_European_Patent_Convention_EPC_at_the_Eu.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:58:15

• Droplets GUI patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/22/droplets-gui-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:58:55

• Empire IP entity, Dynamic Data Innovations, retail processing patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/22/empire-ip-entity-dynamic-data-innovations-patent-challenged    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:59:45

• UPC is illegal, so they basically started action in some illegal institution. JUVE is paid to play along with this illegality while whitewashing its ringleaders. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/nokia-launches-actions-against-geely-at-the-upc-and-regional-court-munich/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:01:11

• Software Patents in buzzword clothing: Universal Music Looks ‘To Greatly Expand’ Its Hey Hi (AI) Patent Portfolio Under Liquidax Capital Partnership — Establishes Licensing-Focused ‘Music IP Holdings’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/22/universal-music-ai-patents-liquidax/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:01:55

• US federal court upholds dismissal of terror victims’ claims against global banks ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/us-federal-court-upholds-dismissal-of-terror-victims-claims-against-global-banks/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:02:40

• Using clang-format in Qt Creator ☞ https://www.basyskom.de/using-clang-format-in-qt-creator/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:03:39

• Hopes and Fears for Hell Toupée’s Hey Hi (AI) Action Plan ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/hopes-and-fears-for-president-trumps-ai-action-plan/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:04:18

• Akademy 2026 Call for Hosts ☞ https://akademy.kde.org/news/2025-07_akademy-2026-call-for-hosts/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:04:58

• A practical debugging guide for media driver developers ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2025/07/22/a-practical-debugging-guide-for-media-driver-developers/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:05:49

• A Trial Over Campus Protest Ends With Conflicting Views of Foreign Students' Free-Speech Rights ☞ https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-trial-over-campus-protest-ends-with-conflicting-views-of-foreign-students-free-speech-rights    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:07:27

• U.S. Is Missing the Century’s ‘Greatest Economic Opportunity,’ U.N. Chief Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/antonio-guterres-energy-transition-speech-economics.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:07:59

• USB-C-ing All The Things ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/usb-c-ing-all-the-things/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:09:42

• "It’s Y2K, But 38 Years Later" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/the-epochalypse-y2k-but-38-years-later/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:10:09

• Is college actually worth it anymore? Gen Z isn’t sure, study says ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/07/22/lifestyle/this-is-what-gen-z-really-thinks-about-their-college-degree/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:11:03

• Early Forms of Cells Could Form in The Lakes of Saturn's Moon Titan ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/early-forms-of-cells-could-form-in-the-lakes-of-saturns-moon-titan    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:11:25

• ‘Bring power back to people’: Maga-style ‘anti-globalist’ politics arrives in Japan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/maga-style-anti-globalist-politics-arrives-in-japan    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:12:00

• GoToSocial Adventures: migrate from Pixelfed ☞ https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/gotosocial-adventures-migrate-from-pixelfed/ "I decided to stop publishing on Instagram"    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:13:15

• Catanzaro: Fedora must (carefully) embrace Flathub ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1030936/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:13:48

• after the heat gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/after_the_heat    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 13:15:19

• Testing a reset of the one week jail gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-07-23-test    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 14:47:04

• "OK, after seeing some phosts about the Old Computer Challenge 2025 [1] I decided to participate, even though the plane is already in flight. It is already day ][. Since this round is DIY, I will try something different." gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20250714_occ_d2    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 14:48:48

• OCC 2025 Day III gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20250715_occ_d3    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 14:50:23

• OCC 2025 Day IV gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20250716_occ_d4    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 14:51:16

• "Downloaded the latest 32-bit antiX Linux (v23.2) ISO. Wrote antiX ISO to USB stick. Checked BIOS for new SSD. Booted antiX via USB. Installed antiX to SSD. Updated antiX." gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20250717_occ_d5    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 14:53:51

• "I had the opportunity to learn more about where things are at with Linux audio. It still confuses me and I spent most of the OCC time doing some research on ALSA, PulseAudio, JACK, Pipewire, MIDI, etc." gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20250718_occ_d6    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 14:54:47

• OCC 2025 Day VII gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20250720_occ_d7    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 14:55:24

• "Again, I enjoyed taking the time out to work on my old computers. Even though I did not have a chance to join irc to chat, I look forward to reading more of the community's writeups for OCC 2025. Thank you all in the OCC community for participating and keeping this challenge going!" gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20250723_occ_epiphlogue    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 14:56:58

• "Like a lot of people, I've been reading clseibold's thoughts on the state of the Gemini community in mid 2025. He writes about a number of projects he's worked on to broaden the capabilities and appeal of Geminispace, and of the frustration when the uptake wasn't anything close to what was envisioned." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/7-23.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 14:59:17

• "The fragmentation of the Ubuntu/GNOME communities became all too apparent when, in 2010, Mark Shuttleworth announced during the Ubuntu-summit that Ubuntu would drop GNOME in favour of its own in-house and secretly developed desktop: Unity. I was in the audience. I remember shaking my head in disbelief while Mark was talking on stage, just a few metres from me." gemini://ploum.net/2025-07-23-linux_desktop4.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:00:08

• "This one here is one of the many losers: the 2.8-inch Quick Disk format by Mitsumi. Each side could hold 64KB, and you had to flip it over like the old 5¼-inch floppies. It used a spiral track, so there was no random access — all data was written in one long winding track, like on an audio cassette." gemini://cesco.smol.pub/the-floppy-that-time-forgot-mitsumi-2-8-inch-quick-disk    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:01:26

• Dealing with multiple syslog protocols in syslog-ng made easy ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/other/dealing-with-multiple-syslog-protocols-in-syslog-ng-made-easy/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:02:19

• From Minecraft to Markets: Java Hiding in Plain Sight ☞ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/from-minecraft-to-markets-java-hiding-in-plain-sight/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:02:42

• GoToSocial Adventures: migrate from Mastodon ☞ https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/gotosocial-adventures-migrate-from-mastodon/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:03:20

• Peter Czanik: Dealing with multiple syslog protocols in syslog-ng made easy ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/dealing-with-multiple-syslog-protocols-in-syslog-ng-made-easy    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:03:50

• Humans get full marks, beating generative Hey Hi (AI) models’ gold-level score at top maths contest ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/humans-beat-ai-gold-level-score-at-top-maths-contest    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:04:37

• The Atlantic and The Economist among initial partners for Surveillance Giant Google ‘featured notebooks’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/the-atlantic-and-the-economist-among-initial-partners-for-google-featured-notebooks/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:05:05

• Google launches OSS Rebuild ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1030935/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:05:57

• Windows TCO: WinRAR MoTW Propagation Privacy, (Tue, Jul 22nd) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32130    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:06:29

• Python 3.14 release candidate 1 is go! https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2025/07/python-314-release-candidate-1-is-go.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:11:25

• Firefox Developer Experience: Firefox WebDriver Newsletter 141 ☞ https://fxdx.dev/firefox-webdriver-newsletter-141/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:12:22

• Ireland urged to advance ‘Occupied Territories’ bill despite US pressure ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/ireland-urged-to-advance-occupied-territories-bill-despite-us-pressure/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:13:00

• Sudan’s war is an economic disaster: here’s how bad it could get ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/sudans-war-is-an-economic-disaster-heres-how-bad-it-could-get/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:13:17

• China’s top football body to form esports team after World Cup flop ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/22/chinas-top-football-body-to-form-esports-team-after-world-cup-flop/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:14:52

• esport is not sport    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:15:15

• if you want to bowl, go to a bowling alley. bowling is not done with 2 thumbs.    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:15:54

• since "prime day" tomshardware has been a lot more spammy than before it    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:17:12

• no news site should even become a shopping catalogue. readers want news, not shelves with prices.    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:17:45

• The Gift of Life ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1083/the-gift-of-life signed anti-rms declaration, just like Jeremy Bicha    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:18:23

• Internet Shutdowns: Endangered Communities, Silenced Stories ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/campaign/internet-shutdowns-endangered-communities-silenced-stories/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:18:55

• DNS embedded malware technique used to create a hacker-inspired version of the popular Mad Libs word game — built on networking infrastructure to provide distributed version ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/dns-mad-libs-is-a-hacker-inspired-version-of-the-popular-word-game-built-on-networking-infrastructure-to-provide-distributed-version    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:19:19

• M5Stack CoreS3 Lite low-cost IoT controller features magnetic backplate and 200mAh battery ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/22/m5stack-cores3-lite-low-cost-iot-controller-features-magnetic-backplate-and-200mah-battery/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:22:44

• Three high-performance RISC-V processors to watch in H2 2025: UltraRISC UR-DP1000, Zhihe A210, and SpacemIT K3 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/22/three-high-performance-risc-v-processors-to-watch-in-h2-2025-ultrarisc-ur-dp1000-zizhe-a210-and-spacemit-k3/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:23:01

• As the Dollar Slides, the Euro Is Picking Up Speed ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/euro-dollar-currency-tariffs.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:23:20

• Use Passive Buzzer with Raspberry PI and Python ☞ https://peppe8o.com/use-passive-buzzer-with-raspberry-pi-and-python/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:23:49

• Wireshark 4.4.8 Released, (Tue, Jul 22nd) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32128    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:24:18

• Journalist placed under house arrest over post about prosecutor displaying symbol of extrajudicial killings ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/journalist-placed-under-house-arrest-over-post-about-prosecutor-displaying-symbol-of-extrajudicial-killings-309715    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:25:13

• “Encryption Backdoors and the Fourth Amendment” ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/encryption-backdoors-and-the-fourth-amendment.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:26:20

• PGDay Napoli 2025, Schedule and Registration ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgday-napoli-2025-schedule-and-registration-3105/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:26:47

• This Common Blood Pressure Drug Extends Lifespan, Slows Aging in Animals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-common-blood-pressure-drug-extends-lifespan-slows-aging-in-animals    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:28:02

• "We’ve all felt the frustration of cheap consumer electronics — especially when they aren’t actually cheap. How many of us have said “Who designed this crap? I could do better with an Arduino!” while resisting the urge to drop that new smart doorbell in the garbage disposal?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/2025-one-hertz-challenge-pokemon-alarm-clock-tells-you-its-time-to-build-the-very-best/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:28:43

• Reclaiming Control: How Enterprises Can Fix Broken Security Operations ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/reclaiming-control-how-enterprises-can-fix-broken-security-operations/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:51:46

• Dell Says Data Leaked by Hackers Is Fake ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-leak-fake-dell-data/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:52:20

• Vulnerabilities Expose Helmholz Industrial Routers to Hacking ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-expose-helmholz-industrial-routers-to-hacking/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:52:39

• Dior Says Personal Information Stolen in Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/dior-says-personal-information-stolen-in-cyberattack/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:53:19

• China gains Pacific influence with PMSCs. Counter it with Australian PMSCs ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-gains-pacific-influence-with-pmscs-counter-it-with-australian-pmscs/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:58:39

• Public, private stakeholders explore the Pilbara’s potential ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/public-private-stakeholders-explore-the-pilbaras-potential/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 15:59:10

• "How cool is Tenebra, and how cool is its sequel, Tenebra 2. A puzzle game by h4plo disguised as a dungeon crawler, released for pretty much every 8-bit and 16-bit console and home computer." gemini://cesco.smol.pub/tenebra-2-videogame    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 16:01:48

• There is a lawsuit in the UK High Court about this. https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/linux-users-are-about-to-face-another-major-microsoft-secure-boot-issue    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 16:47:08

• "Unix and Linux aren't names you might normally associate with games, but there have been plenty of games that have shaped both platforms over the years. Then and now, programmers like to kick back with games like the rest of us, and they've ended up changing computer history in the process." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-retro-games-that-shaped-unix-and-linux/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 16:47:54

• Saying no to Windows 11 just got easier -- Operese automatically transfers your Windows 10 files and settings to Linux https://betanews.com/2025/07/22/saying-no-to-windows-11-just-got-easier-operese-automatically-transfers-your-windows-10-files-and-settings-to-linux/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 16:49:58

• "Kubuntu Focus, the company selling PCs built specifically for desktop Linux, has just released the NX Gen 3 PC. It’s a small desktop computer powered by Intel’s latest Core Ultra 7 hardware and Kubuntu Linux." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-core-ultra-tiny-pc-is-built-for-kubuntu-linux/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 16:50:28

• NVIDIA's Cloud Gaming Service GeForce NOW Has an App on Linux https://news.itsfoss.com/geforce-infinity-app/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 16:50:58

• "If you installed the Firefox, LibreWolf, or Zen web browsers from the Arch User Repository (AUR) in the last few days, delete them immediately and install fresh copies." https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/arch_aur_browsers_compromised/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 16:51:44

• Red Trap https://www.channele2e.com/news/red-hat-releases-free-rhel-version-for-developer-testing    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 16:52:43

• "This release also adds support for Logitech bulk controller peripherals and more MediaTek scaler devices" https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-0-13-linux-firmware-updater-adds-support-for-hp-usb-c-100w-g6-dock    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 16:53:10

• Starship Prompt: Customize Your Linux Shell with Ease https://ostechnix.com/starship-shell-prompt-linux/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 16:53:41

• "This release also improves IPsec support, OpenVPN support, the Pakfire web UI page, and other components." https://9to5linux.com/ipfire-2-29-core-update-196-improves-wireguard-support-console-graphics-stack    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 16:54:30

• Contract lapse leaves critical infrastructure cybersecurity sensor data unanalyzed at national lab ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/contract-lapse-leaves-critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity-sensor-data-unanalyzed-at-national-lab/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:17:10

• Sex offenders in schools: how government botched a crucial learner safety project ☞ https://www.protectionweb.co.za/civil-security/sex-offenders-in-schools-how-government-botched-a-crucial-learner-safety-project/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:17:30

• Lesotho claims there are illegal military training camps on SA farms ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/lesotho-claims-there-are-illegal-military-training-camps-on-sa-farms/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:17:43

• Syria investigation finds more than 1,400 killed in March sectarian violence ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250722-syria-investigation-finds-more-than-1-400-killed-in-march-sectarian-violence    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:18:05

• Gaza: 'It's impossible to get food' says a resident to FRANCE 24 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250722-gaza-it-s-impossible-to-get-food-says-a-resident-to-france-24    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:18:20

• Nat. sec clause in application for new scheme to convert commercial buildings into student hostels ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/22/nat-sec-clause-in-application-for-new-scheme-to-convert-commercial-buildings-into-student-hostels/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:18:52

• Windows TCO ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/158-year-old-company-forced-to-close-after-ransomware-attack-precipitated-by-a-single-guessed-password-700-jobs-lost-after-hackers-demand-unpayable-sum    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:19:17

• Syria’s Kurds want autonomy. Damascus wants unity. Can they find middle ground? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0722/kurds-syria-damascus-sdf-aleppo-raqqa    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:19:41

• Syrian Inquiry Says Military Leaders Did Not Order Sectarian Killings in March ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/world/middleeast/syria-military-killings-human-rights.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:19:58

• France moves notorious drug traffickers to supermax prison in major crackdown ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250722-france-drug-lords-supermax-prison    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:20:27

• TTABlog Test: Are Mugs and Drinking Straw Cleaning Brushes Related Under Section 2(d)? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/07/ttablog-test-are-mugs-and-drinking.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:22:10

• Display history of reboots ☞ http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/41592/display-history-of-reboots    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:25:22

• Module 3: Harnessing journalctl: Advanced Log Analysis and Troubleshooting Techniques ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/systemd/journalctl/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:25:40

• Module 4: Automating Tasks with systemd Timers ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/systemd/systemd-timers/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:25:52

• Module 5: Managing System Resources with cgroups and Resource control ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/systemd/cgroups-resource-control/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:26:04

• Module 6: Network management with systemd-networkd ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/systemd/systemd-networkd/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:26:17

• Module 7: Troubleshooting systemd Issues ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/systemd/debugging-systemd-issues/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:26:29

• systemd LOL!    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:26:46

• OBS Studio Snap App Gets a Major Upgrade – Hey Hi (AI) Plugins Inbound ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/obs-studio-snap-update-core24-plugins    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:28:56

• How to Install Horilla (HRMS) in Almalinux 9 or Rocky GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-horilla-hrms-in-almalinux-9/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:29:13

• GNU/Linux Debian 12 how to install NVIDIA 5060 drivers ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/07/22/gnu-linux-debian-12-how-to-install-nvidia-5060-drivers/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:29:28

• GNU GNU/Linux bash how to convert string to uppercase + testing the current limits of LLM Hey Hi (AI) this time: Llama 4 Scout ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/07/22/gnu-linux-bash-how-to-convert-string-to-uppercase-testing-the-current-limits-of-llm-ai-this-time-llama-4-scout/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:29:40

• Finance Ministry plans insurance sector shake-up in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/22.07.2025-finance-ministry-plans-insurance-sector-shake-up-in-latvia.a607630/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 17:31:00

• 'carcass of workers' https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/eso-devs-at-zenimax-reel-from-microsofts-hollow-layoff-emails-with-some-wondering-how-a-carcass-of-workers-is-supposed-to-keep-shipping-award-winning-games/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:00:21

• US withdraws from UN cultural and education agency UNESCO ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250722-us-to-withdraw-from-unesco-again-this-time-due-to-its-support-for-woke-causes    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:01:01

• Dihydroxyacetone Man escalates war on the press ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250722-trump-escalates-war-on-the-press    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:01:37

• House Republicans endorse stricter state and federal-led voter roll purges despite dearth of evidence on fraud ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/house-republicans-state-voter-roll-purges-hearing-gop-fraud-claims/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:01:55

• Rights group alerts to abusive practices in Florida immigration detention centres ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/rights-group-alerts-to-abusive-practices-in-florida-immigration-detention-centres/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:02:14

• William H. Neukom, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lawyer Who Led Antitrust Fight, Dies at 83 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/william-h-neukom-dead.html    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:03:53

• Anon: I suspect Nokia, and thus Finland, is going to be pounding the drum for the illegal UPC and for illegal software patents. http://techrights.org/wiki/UPC/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:12:36

• "When Microsoft Elop killed Nokia, an egg of sw patents was laid in the corpse to grow and consume the carion. The egg has now hatched and is burrowing its way out."    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:20:40

• Nvidia's desktop PC chip holdup purportedly tied to backdoored Windows delays — ongoing chip revisions and weakening demand also blamed ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/nvidias-desktop-pc-chip-holdup-purportedly-tied-to-windows-delays-ongoing-chip-revisions-and-weakening-demand-also-blamed    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:22:55

• "Scam Altman says" is NOT journalism! They help a fraud, liar, and scam sued by his own sister for sexual abuses. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/sam-altman-teases-100-million-gpu-scale-for-openai-that-could-cost-usd3-trillion-chatgpt-maker-to-cross-well-over-1-million-by-end-of-year see http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:23:36

• It's another FTX in the making. Nobody holds the media accountable for propping up SCAMS.    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:24:01

• BS spin, SPONSORED by Microsoft (this site is) https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/22/microsoft-finds-china-linked-hackers-targeting-sharepoint-deployments/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/It_s_Time_to_Dump_SharePoint_and_Here_s_What_to_Use_Instead.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:25:06

• "Discussion forums, microblogging, and Git issue tracking for the Gemini community. You only need a Gemini client to participate. Welcome!" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:27:53

• If education doesn’t make you rich, it’s a waste of time – or is it really? ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/22/if-education-doesnt-make-you-rich-its-a-waste-of-time-or-is-it-really/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:29:23

• Microsoft spin. The fault is MICROSOFT'S. https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-says-chinese-apts-exploited-toolshell-zero-days-weeks-before-patch/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/It_s_Time_to_Dump_SharePoint_and_Here_s_What_to_Use_Instead.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:30:55

• How YOU Run the Internet ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/07/how-you-run-the-internet/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:31:19

• FCC proposal aims to nix long-term gigabit internet speed goals, pricing analysis ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/fcc-proposal-aims-to-nix-long-term-gigabit-internet-speed-goals-pricing-analysis    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:31:37

• In South Korea’s ‘apple county’, farmers beg not to be sacrificed for US trade deal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/in-south-koreas-apple-county-farmers-beg-not-to-be-sacrificed-for-us-trade-deal    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:32:04

• Rocket Launches ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-spacex-rocket-launch-environmental-regulation-rollback | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:32:28

• "Data Shows Otherwise." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-staff-fire-season | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:32:51

• 2025 journalism job cuts tracked: Fortune and Informa Techtarget both separately cut 10% of workforce ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/journalism-job-cuts-2025-tracked/    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:34:15

• "We did explicitly ask for projects that use a 555 timer for the One Hertz Challenge, but we weren’t expecting the 555 to be the project." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/2025-one-hertz-challenge-a-555-but-not-as-we-know-it/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:34:38

• "While it might not be accurate to say VHS is dead, it’s certainly not a lively format" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/video-tape-hides-video-player/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:35:07

• Common Sweetener Could Damage Critical Brain Barrier, Risking Stroke ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/common-sweetener-could-damage-critical-brain-barrier-risking-stroke    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:35:27

• 5 Questions That Could Reveal a Truth About Your Aging ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/5-questions-that-could-reveal-a-truth-about-your-aging    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:35:39

• Dopamine Doesn't Work in Our Brains Quite The Way We Thought ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dopamine-doesnt-work-in-our-brains-quite-the-way-we-thought    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:35:56

• Secret Bone Armor Discovered Beneath Skins of Australian Lizards ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/secret-bone-armor-discovered-beneath-skins-of-australian-lizards    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:36:08

• 500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Suggests Ocean Origin For Spiders ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/500-million-year-old-fossil-suggests-ocean-origin-for-spiders    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:36:30

• Blinking 'Unicorn' Discovered in Space a One-of-a-Kind Object ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/blinking-unicorn-discovered-in-space-a-one-of-a-kind-object    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:36:41

• "It does involve electrolysis at temperatures above 1000 ℃" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/the-hall-heroult-process-on-a-home-scale/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 19:37:02

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