Roy Schestowitz

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-08-07.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:23:11

• "K wrote me a sorry for being a crazy roommate note and put a little puffy sticker of a lamb on it :~)" gemini://xavi4u.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-08-07.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:23:54

• "This stream is a familiar stream, but one that I arrive at in a different way every time." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2678    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:24:51

• "killing me lowkey... being overwhelmed about my future and what's happening with work and other life shit, like grandma's alzheimers rapidly declining and getting to the point where she's trying to wander the streets... ugh. " gemini://corvidae.smol.pub/blog-1    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:27:30

• "hmm what else is like. happening or will happen..... oh, i figured out how to randomize 3ds pokemon games and play them on my console, its been so fun :3 replaying pokemon y like this has been really cool, i turned it into a nuzlocke bc i wanted to use obscure pokemon i never would have otherwise + i wanted a bit of a challenge." gemini://corvidae.smol.pub/blog-2    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:30:05

• "hey again, wanted to blog again just cus. i got sick since the last blog, i havent gotten sick since like. pre-covid i wanna say, maybe even further back then that, so its been annoying to deal with lol. right now i just have congestion and a cough, it was a lot worse a few days ago though." gemini://corvidae.smol.pub/blog-3    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:31:07

• "I noted that I'd bulk-bought toothpaste. My idea was that this would be the start of bulk-buying lots of non-perishable groceries to save money and generally have more control over the supply." gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2025-08-07Bulk_Annoyance.txt    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:33:01

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1725.jpg    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:33:36

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1375.jpg    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:33:44

• On becoming a Python contributor https://lwn.net/Articles/1030821/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:45:40

• She has a Microsoft plagiarism sticker on her laptop. Badge of shame? Cannot code, will plagiarise?    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:46:53

• IBM is killing Fedora https://lwn.net/Articles/1031066/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:49:01

• Some 6.16 development statistics https://lwn.net/Articles/1031161/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:50:01

• A proxy-execution baby step https://lwn.net/Articles/1030842/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:51:06

• Extending run-time verification for the kernel https://lwn.net/Articles/1030685/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:53:14

• Fake security, more restrictions, not confidentiality but remote controls of GAFAM https://lwn.net/Articles/1030818/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:56:44

• "RedHat has had employees in low-cost countries for many years." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k20cxks9#OP    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:59:12

• "I suspect this is more of the new IBM SW playbook “eg as SW matures we move support to lower cost countries” NOTE Redhat grew 14% in 2nd q, so it’s most likely not a question of growth." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k20cxks9#OP    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 03:59:31

• Clip From Microsoft Hyderabad Viral as One From the USA 'Filled With Indians' https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/false-claim-viral-as-microsoft-usa-employees-indians-amid-layoffss-fact-check    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 04:14:07

• Stricter RTO In Works https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-considering-stricter-rto-policy-2025-8    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 04:14:19

• Xbox Is An Increasingly Unstable Platform For Anyone To Invest In https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-is-an-increasingly-unstable-platform-for-anyone-to-invest-in/1100-6533717/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 04:19:35

• "Last year I bought a mechanical pocket watch to use as a daily-driver timepiece. I had been using quartz wristwatches, which are naturally more reliable and consistent, but I wanted something that required no electricity at all and could last forever with proper maintenance." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202508/20250806-replacing-a-pocket-watch.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 06:56:00

• After The Register MS took "HEY HI" spam money it keeps spreading the hype, even in its front page right now. This is a scam. The Register MS is participating in it. https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/The_Register_s_Editor_in_Chief_Who_Left_for_Google_Told_Me_AI_W.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 07:21:24

• More HEY HI BS and... Microsoft SEZ!! https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/microsofts_ai_agent_malware_detecting/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 07:22:13

• HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/mod_taps_aussie_ai_shop/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 07:22:51

• AWS wiped my account of 10 years, says open source dev https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/aws_wipes_ten_years/?td=rt-3a    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 07:25:51

• "AWS told us the account has been reinstated and reckons the developer can now access his data."    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 07:26:40

• old: "What if I paid for all my free software? | Angelino Desmet" https://www.arscyni.cc/file/take_my_money.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 08:22:05

• "FMI: July was exceptionally warm, especially in Finnish Lapland" https://yle.fi/a/74-20176284 climate collapse    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 08:57:57

• Kim Dotcom is in a wheelchair https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360771561/kim-dotcom-says-he-can-walk-bit-after-stroke-last-year    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 08:58:07

• “My speech is still impaired and my memory loss is concerning.”    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 08:59:37

• "It was going to release on Steam but it was removed and banned for sale, now VILE: Exhumed is back as a free game to fight back against censorship. With the release it's now under the CC BY-NC-ND license." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/after-being-banned-for-sale-vile-exhumed-has-released-for-free/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 09:23:58

• "In addition to releasing a new Beta series recently, NVIDIA have now put up driver version 570.181 as the latest recommended stable driver for Linux." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/nvidia-driver-570-181-released-for-linux-as-the-latest-recommended-stable-driver/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 09:24:12

• "Humble Choice for August 2025 has been revealed and there's a really great selection of games this time including the likes of Persona 5 Royal." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/persona-5-royal-my-time-at-sandrock-and-more-feature-in-humble-choice-for-august-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 09:27:38

• "The NLnet Foundation revealed more projects receiving funding from NGI Zero Commons, which includes the popular Bottles app for running Windows apps on Linux." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/bottles-app-for-running-windows-apps-games-on-linux-gets-ngi-zero-commons-funding/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 09:27:51

• "FALLSTRUKTUR is a new free 3D platformer game that sees you descend through a world of dream-like geometry. Developed by Fynn Levy, Rollin'Barrel, Stuffed Wombat - some names you might recognise from the excellent and chaotic Mosa Lina." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/stumble-and-fall-through-the-free-release-of-fallstruktur/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 09:32:44

• "Celebrating their sixth anniversary as a studio, Japanese developer Odencat have released a free heartwarming adventure with Wish Upon a Cat." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/odencat-released-a-sweet-new-adventure-in-wish-upon-a-cat/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 09:33:02

• "NVIDIA have released a blog post from chief security officer, fighting back against attempts from pundits and policymakers in governments wanting backdoors." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/nvidia-say-no-to-adding-backdoors-and-killswitches-in-their-gpus/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 09:33:59

• "Ashes of the Singularity II has been announced by Oxide Games and Stardock, bringing us the next-generation of massive scale real-time strategy games." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/massive-scale-rts-game-ashes-of-the-singularity-ii-announced-for-2026/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 09:44:29

• "Mesa 25.2.0 is officially out now as the latest new feature release of open source graphics drivers for Linux. There's quite a lot of changes with this one from big new features, lots of different drivers seeing enhancements and the usual assortment of bug fixes." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/mesa-25-2-0-released-with-nvidia-upgrades-apple-vulkan-driver-enhancements-and-lots-more-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 09:44:58

• "Trees in Life and Literature" ☛ https://therevelator.org/trees-life-literature/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 09:56:07

• GAFAM front group EFF is shilling for LLM slop, utterly disgusting! x https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/eff-court-chatbot-output-can-reflect-human-expression    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 09:58:01

• Google Bribes EFF. EFF Promotes LLM Slop as 'Fair Use'. To GAFAM It's a Low-Cost Lobby Hedge. https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/31/Google_Bribes_EFF_EFF_Promotes_LLM_Slop_as_Fair_Use_To_GAFAM_It.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 09:58:34

• Every second Swede has doubts about democracy | "Varannan svensk tvekar om demokratin" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/08/06/varannan-svensk-vacklar-om-demokratin/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 09:59:33

• Alec Luhn (38) found alive on Folgefonna | "Søk etter amerikansk turist på Folgefonna – NRK Vestland" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://www.nrk.no/vestland/sok-etter-amerikansk-turist-pa-folgefonna-1.17516450    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 10:00:10

• "Tom the Dancing Bug: You'll be shocked by the True, Top-Secret Story of Trump and Epstein Island" https://boingboing.net/2025/08/06/tom-the-dancing-bug-youll-be-shocked-by-the-true-top-secret-story-of-trump-and-epstein-island.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 10:00:25

• "Mermaid's Message - David Revoy" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1085/mermaids-message    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 10:00:38

• "Habeas Corpus Abra Cadabra" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/08/habeas-corpus-abra-cadabra/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 10:00:55

• "That grumpy BSD guy: Elvis is alive! How 'AI' stunts modern mythmaking" https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/elvis-is-alive-how-ai-stunts-modern.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 10:01:11

• techdirt still shilling for social control media https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/06/australia-completely-loses-the-plot-plans-to-ban-kids-from-watching-youtube/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 10:01:32

• "Trump’s tariffs: Bronze Age pervert is very mad" https://www.vox.com/on-the-right-newsletter/422437/trump-tariffs-economics-bronze-age-pervert    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 10:01:47

• "How Democrats Tied Their Own Hands on Redistricting" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/democrats-redistricting-republicans-gerrymandering-texas/683775/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 10:02:05

• "targeting a group who smuggled pirate IPTV devices" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/police-raid-iptv-pirates-6m-frozen-assets-seized-as-new-psas-try-funny-250806/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 10:59:55

• "Perplexity then put up their own blog post where they used the best part of 1000 words to explain they either don't understand consent" ☛ https://rknight.me/blog/perplexity-doesnt-give-a-shit-about-consent/ | Source: Rob Knight    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:00:11

• "It’s interesting to watch various national technology policies build on each other" ☛ https://werd.io/japan-apple-must-lift-browser-engine-ban-by-december/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:00:47

• "Last week, Japan published the Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA) Guidelines." ☛ https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/japan-apple-must-lift-engine-ban-by-december/ | Source: Open Web Advocacy    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:01:09

• "Do you remember when your domestic ISP – Internet Service Provider – used to be an Internet Services Provider?" ☛ https://danq.me/2025/08/06/internet-servicesh-provider/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:03:39

• "I happened to be lurking on Flycracker’s private cybercrime forum when his heroin-framing plan was carried out, and called the police myself before the smack eventually arrived in the U.S. Mail." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/08/who-got-arrested-in-the-raid-on-the-xss-crime-forum/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:06:02

• "During a podcast appearance this week, Google's former chief business officer, Mo Gawdat, warned that AI could be poised to wipe out white-collar jobs, including cushy gigs like software developers and CEOs." ☛ https://futurism.com/former-google-exec-job-taken-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:06:09

• iophk: The Russians are aiming at Finnish education, again, https://yle.fi/a/74-20176311    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:22:54

• Pluralistic: Which jobs can be replaced with AI? (06 Aug 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/06/unmerchantable-substitute-goods/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:23:13

• India, the US and the Quad: managing tensions to meet the China challenge ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/trump-forces-india-to-confront-its-russia-problem/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:23:41

• Dispatch from the Russian border: The Curonian Spit and the contest of the Baltic Sea ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/dispatch-from-the-russian-border-the-curonian-spit-and-the-contest-of-the-baltic-sea/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:24:12

• Exercise Mosi III set down for November ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/exercise-mosi-iii-set-down-for-november/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:24:37

• 'The memories of the horrors of nuclear war and radiation seem to be lost on today's leaders' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250806-the-memories-of-the-horrors-of-nuclear-war-and-radiation-seem-to-be-lost-on-today-s-leaders    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:24:59

• Space race: US aims to beat out China and Russia with nuclear reactor on the Moon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250806-space-race-us-aims-to-beat-out-china-and-russia-with-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:25:11

• Lithuania resumes Radio Svoboda Russian-language broadcasts ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2635165/lithuania-resumes-radio-svoboda-russian-language-broadcasts    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:25:25

• Lithuania’s new intelligence chief on Russian sabotage attacks and regional threats ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2633078/lithuania-s-new-intelligence-chief-on-russian-sabotage-attacks-and-regional-threats    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:25:40

• "an acting Russian ambassador" ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/cybersecurity-training-zimbabwe-cyberus-launch/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:26:27

• US to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia, WaPo reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-to-ease-human-rights-criticism-of-el-salvador-israel-and-russia-wapo-reports    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:26:50

• Russian, Chinese navies to conduct joint patrols in Asia-Pacific, Interfax reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russian-chinese-navies-to-conduct-joint-patrols-in-asia-pacific-interfax-reports    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:27:21

• Hiroshima marks 80 years as US-Russia nuclear tensions rise ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hiroshima-warns-against-nuclear-weapons-as-it-marks-80-years-since-a-bomb    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:27:55

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s sharp India criticism corners Modi as rift deepens ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/trumps-sharp-india-criticism-on-tariffs-russia-oil-corner-modi-as-rift-deepens    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:28:19

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Tariff Gamble Puts America’s Ties With India at Risk ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/world/asia/trump-india-tariffs.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:29:39

• Steven Deobald: 2025-08-01 GNOME Foundation Update ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/08/06/2025-08-01-foundation-update/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:30:11

• "You may have noticed that parts of Tom’s Hardware now have a paywall. This is because we have now launched a beta of Tom’s Hardware Premium, which offers paywalled subscriber-only content." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/why-parts-of-toms-hardware-now-have-a-paywall | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:31:24

• "Former Techcrunch staffers have joined a new title covering the defence tech industry which has just expanded after a successful fundraising round." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/resilience-media-expansion-seed-funding-substack-techcrunch/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:31:44

• "In a statement, the CPB said the cuts, which “excluded funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades,” were impossible to survive: [...]" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/06/trump-cuts-kill-the-corporation-for-public-broadcasting-harming-all-of-us/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:32:23

• "It also ensured Hogan, who died Thursday at age 71, and his legal team would have a long-term impact on media law. The case showed that, in certain circumstances" ☛ https://apnews.com/article/hulk-hogan-gawker-lawsuit-sex-tape-9e0034fdbbaf8d0a60ee19acab49ec80 | Source: Associated Press    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:32:52

• "Forbes reported that tech billionaire Peter Thiel had been bankrolling Bollea. The former PayPal Mafia member spent roughly $10 million on the lawsuit, apparently with the aim of destroying Gawker, as revenge for outing him as gay in a 2007 post." ☛ https://www.fastcompany.com/91374222/hulk-hogan-gawker-lawsuit-changed-media-forever | Source: Fast Company    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:33:52

• "How Kiwi billionaire Peter Thiel bankrolled Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit that bankrupted controversial US media company" ☛ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/how-kiwi-billionaire-peter-thiel-bankrolled-hulk-hogans-lawsuit-that-bankrupted-controversial-us-media-company/QSXBGRRA2ZBFFKR3UTSYZQMGGE/ | Source: New Zealand Herald    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:34:33

• "Hogan’s lawsuit is, obviously, a huge part of his legacy; the Gawker verdict was historic, and the chilling effect it engendered was, and likely remains, very real." ☛ https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/pretend-somebodies-hulk-hogan-gawker-peter-thiel-media-legacy.php | Source: CJR    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:35:25

• "Putting Gawker out of business, it also ensured Hogan, who died on Thursday at age 71, would have an indelible impact on media law." ☛ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-25/hulk-hogan-sex-tape-trial-changed-the-world-of-privacy-law/105573682 | Source: ABC    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:35:58

• "The lawsuit, Bollea v. Gawker, ended in a $140 million judgment that bankrupted the site.It later emerged that tech billionaire Peter Thiel — whom Gawker had outed in 2007 — had secretly funded the legal assault." ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/how-hulk-hogan-destroyed-gawker-after-tag-teaming-with-peter-thiel/articleshow/122908511.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:36:14

• You're More Likely to Die From an Asteroid Than Rabies, Scientists Find ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/youre-more-likely-to-die-from-an-asteroid-than-rabies-scientists-find    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:37:20

• Archaeologists Find Evidence of Life in Post-Eruption Pompeii ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-life-in-post-eruption-pompeii    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:37:42

• Will the UK CMA’s changes to its merger rules deliver? ☞ https://project-disco.org/competition/will-the-uk-cmas-changes-to-its-merger-rules-deliver/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:38:06

• "Couched in the claim that the group was primarily going after games that focused on horrid things like “rape” and “incest,” the end result was those two platforms delisting or deindexing all kinds of adult games" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/05/mastercard-claims-nsfw-game-bans-arent-from-them-valve-explains-how-mastercard-launders-its-control/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:39:44

• "What all of these things amount to is a "chilling effect" on the [Internet], a retreat. Something has shifted." ☛ https://www.8ball.report/p/pirate-internet | Source: Sean Monahan    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:39:57

• "it is proper to regard the statute before us not only as obsolete, but as repealed by implication in such essential parts as an advanced and enlightened civilization justifies with due regard for the personal liberties of the citizen" ☛ https://ffrf.org/fttoday/april-2014/articles-april-2014/we-swear-blasphemy-laws-still-on-the-books/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:40:16

• "Here’s a fascinating piece of Pennsylvania history most people don’t know: The state still has an anti-blasphemy law on the books that dates back to the 1700s." ☛ https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025/08/pennsylvanias-blasphemy-laws-are-unconstitutional-and-must-be-repealed-opinion.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:40:36

• "These are all conspiracies with no basis in fact, says University of Ottawa professor Daniel Stockemer — but his research shows that theories like them are gaining traction among young people." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/young-people-more-prone-to-believe-in-conspiracies-research-shows-1.5427211 | Source: CBC    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:41:32

• "The AI bot's untrue response was widely shared online and a left-wing pro-Palestinian French lawmaker, Aymeric Caron, was accused of peddling disinformation on the Israel-Hamas war for posting the photo." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2326916.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:41:52

• "More than 100 universities have signed on to the initiative so far, including some of the nation's largest public university systems such as Texas A&M and the University of North Carolina." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/google-commits-1-billion-for-ai-training-at-us-universities/articleshow/123146097.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:42:45

• "This would be a major change, considering Microsoft has had a flexible policy that allows employees to work remotely for 50% of their time." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/microsoft-to-reportedly-tighten-office-attendance-policy-employees-could-be-asked-to-101754482171453.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:43:20

• "regulatory pressure from the European Union and other global authorities." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-plans-to-invest-another-100-billion-in-us-manufacturing-amid-tariff-pressure/articleshow/123144455.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:43:49

• Apple also has $100 billion in debt, so it's likely a fake, false promise    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:44:14

• "Call it whatever you want, but Cook now finds himself trying to appease the presidents of both the United States and China." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-investment-600-billion/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:44:34

• Lies ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/719929/apple-100-billion-investment-us-manufacturing-trump | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:45:00

• "gold gif" ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2870568/apple-ceo-tim-cook-presents-special-gold-gift-to-donald-trump.html | Source: Macworld http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:45:34

• "found in good health" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/missing-journalist-alec-luhn-found-norway | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:46:38

• "Previous work using NASA satellite data had found that the rate of phytoplankton growth in Arctic waters surged 57% between 1998 and 2018 alone." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-08-nasa-supercomputers-life-greenland-glacier.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:47:45

• "The study found increasing tree cover on cocoa farms across the two countries to a minimum of 30% would sequester up to 10.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) each year over the next few decades" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-08-trees-chocolate-environmental-impact.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:47:57

• "Firefighters in southern France were battling on Wednesday to contain the country’s biggest wildfire so far this year, said local authorities. At least one person has died so far in the wildfire, while nine others were injured." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250806-one-dead-nine-injured-in-huge-france-wildfire | Source: France24    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:48:10

• "A wildfire in southern France which started on Tuesday injured nine people and burned through 12,000 hectares (27,000 acres) of vegetation after slowing down into Wednesday, according to local officials." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/in-pics-france-fights-biggest-wildfire-of-the-year-burns-through-27-000-acres-kills-1-9031404#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:48:30

• "Experts now warn that increasing ocean noise pollution may be driving blue whales towards silence, with grave implications for their survival." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-are-blue-whales-going-silent-scientists-reveal-heartbreaking-reason-1740407 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:58:52

• "Amid significant geopolitical and trade tensions, this additional negotiation session, called INC-5.2, was convened after a failed round last December in Busan, South Korea. A group of oil-producing countries blocked any progress at that time." ☛ https://ticotimes.net/2025/08/05/plastic-pollution-costs-1-5-trillion-annually-as-geneva-treaty-talks-open | Source: Cost Rica    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 11:59:08

• "The president keeps trying to change the subject from Jeffrey Epstein, but his tactics are only making it worse." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/08/trump-epstein-saga-tactics/683777/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:00:46

• Overpopulation ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/is-iran-running-out-of-water/a-73548239 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:01:44

• "Thiel doesn't merely theorize about replacing human judgment with superior systems—he builds them." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-faux-intellectuals-of-silicon | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:02:32

• "The rhetorical combat between Trump and Medvedev underscored the risk that a war of words between Washington and Moscow" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-russia-nuclear-war-arms-race/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:02:53

• "The survivors, or hibakusha as they are known in Japan, whose average age is now 86, were almost all children in 1945" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/ican-chief-at-80th-hiroshima-commemoration-calls-for-immediate-action-to-eliminate-nuclear-weapons | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:03:21

• "There will be nobody left to pass on this sad and painful experience in 10 years or 20 years" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japan-hiroshima-80th-anniversary-1.7602067 | Source: CBC    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:04:05

• "The study found that democratic values are the strongest in Sweden, where 52 percent value democracy" ☛ https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-support-democracy-meh-survey-eu-parliament-populism-far-right/ | Source: Politico    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:04:29

• "Only just over a third (36%) of respondents are consistent supporters of democracy" ☛ https://cdn-europeanmovementeu.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/EMI-defence-poll-report-v1.5.pdf |    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:04:50

• "Earlier in the month, Trump was asked about due process, and whether as president he has an obligation to uphold the Constitution." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-least-favorite-part-constitution-deleted-1235401874/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:05:21

• "Constitution.congress.gov is the U.S. Congress's official website presenting the Constitution of the United States of America." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/08/06/habeas-corpus-and-other-provisions-removed-from-official-website-of-u-s-constitution.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:05:48

• "The Russian government was represented too, through acting ambassador Sergey Kuzin, fitting, given Cyberus’ Russian roots and the future plans to fly top-performing students to Russia." ☛ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/cybersecurity-training-zimbabwe-cyberus-launch/ | Source: Zimbabwe    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:06:22

• "I’m a big fan of recycling. But what about recycling our private data? Like medical records?" ☛ https://grahamcluley.com/hospital-fined-after-patient-data-found-in-street-food-wrappers/ | Source: Graham Cluley    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:07:14

• "Instead, if the site is owned by a company big enough to be covered by CCPA/CPRA: [...]" ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/you-gotta-fight-for-your-right-to-not-read-privacy-policies/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:07:52

• "Most people agree that it’s reasonable for someone working behind the counter at an old-fashioned adult video store to ask to see an ID before a young person checks out with their purchase." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2025/08/06/uks-online-safety-act.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:08:13

• "It’s hard to be fully aware of how much data a single person produces just by connecting to the [Internet]. Every device, account, and third-party service collects some, if not multiple, types of data on its users." ☛ https://itwire.com/guest-articles/guest-opinion/what-is-your-digital-footprint-and-how-to-change-it.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:08:48

• "Young people should be able to access information, speak to each other and to the world, play games, and express themselves online without the government making decisions about what speech is permissible." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/06/no-the-uks-online-safety-act-doesnt-make-children-safer-online/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:09:05

• "Shoshana Weissmann, the director of digital media at the R Street Institute, a libertarian-leaning think tank, told me that these regulations might superficially seem similar to a liquor store or a night club requiring patrons to show I.D.—just another minor annoyance that we accept as routine." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-internet-wants-to-check-your-id | Source: New Yorker    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:09:30

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.fortra.com/blog/ransomware-plunges-insurance-company-bankruptcy | Source: Fortra LLC    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:13:30

• "We are also aware that this is not the first time that one of these men has targeted Jews for videos on social [control] media." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/06/influencers-target-orthodox-jews-in-water-pistol-stunt/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:14:17

• "For teenagers, voice calls are no longer the default mode of communication." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-08-teenagers-longer-lack-manners-trend.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:14:40

• "Led by Delta, many airlines are now working with AI firms to expand the industry’s use of big data for price setting. Using new surveillance techniques, these firms exploit consumer privacy to set “personalized” prices to jack up fares." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/08/delta-airline-fares-price-gouging/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:17:15

• "All of which makes me greatly amused to see that in 2025 we are now sometimes doing the very opposite." ☛ https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2025/llm_inflation.html | Source: Lawrence Tratt    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:17:27

• "This isn't going to be very exciting." ☛ https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/all-the-cool-kids-are-doing-it/ | Source: Jamie Brandon    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:17:41

• Instead of making products they make vapourware and false promises ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/06/microsofts-2030-vision-no-mouse-no-keyboard-just-the-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:18:30

• "Or as some less kind commentators have uttered, Garbage in, garbage out (GIGO for short)." ☛ https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/elvis-is-alive-how-ai-stunts-modern.html | Source: BSDly    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:18:46

• "With new AI systems comes new AI vulnerabilities, and a big one was just discovered. It’s a flaw in Microsoft’s method of allowing agents to interact with websites on your behalf." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2870297/microsofts-agentic-html-found-to-leak-passwords-ai-keys.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:18:59

• "In a few short months, Windows 10 will reach the end of life (EOL) of mainstream consumer support." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-10-eol-options.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:20:07

• "About three in four US teens have used AI companion apps such as Character. ai or Replika. ai." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/teens-are-increasingly-turning-to-ai-companions-and-it-could-be-harming-them/articleshow/123138395.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:21:40

• "If a law is passed by Congress and signed by a president, it must be carried out by the executive branch, the watchdog said." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/08/05/repub/trump-illegally-froze-1800-nih-medical-research-grants-congress-watchdog-says/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:21:53

• "The 100% tariff rate would be staggering, and risks raising costs for tech companies and consumers" ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/trump-get-ready-for-100-tariffs-on-foreign-chips | Source: PC Mag    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:22:27

• "This is part two of the roundup. The first part covers announcements made in the days leading up to the event, as well as some of the announcements made on Monday, August 4." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/black-hat-usa-2025-summary-of-vendor-announcements-part-2/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:23:12

• "Those unsolved, new cases enable me to think about a problem or request and formulate the solution. I have a choice over my words and how to explain something or how to address someone." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/friction/ | Source: Ava    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:23:35

• "Following up on Writing for Developers: Blogs That Get Read and writethat.blog, we’re sharing the perspectives of expert tech bloggers: why they write, how they tackle writing challenges, and their lessons learned." ☛ https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/thorsten-ball-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:23:57

• [Old] "A “bullshit job”, according to Graeber, is a job where even the person doing it secretly believes the job shouldn’t exist. But part of their conditions of employment is to pretend it’s not as pointless as they know it to be." ☛ https://theconversation.com/flunkies-goons-and-managerial-feudalism-why-david-graebers-bullshit-jobs-is-the-book-that-keeps-on-giving-233775 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:24:16

• "David Graeber (RIP) identified several kinds of bullshit jobs and not all of those can be perfectly performed by an AI (for example, the flunkies that minor corporate princelings surround themselves with to demonstrate their status need to be human)." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/06/unmerchantable-substitute-goods/#customer-disservice | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:24:40

• "The 2008 Orbiting Carbon Observatory and its 2014 replacement cost hundreds of millions of dollars to put in space" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/08/05/white-house-now-wants-nasas-woke-satellites-destroyed.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:25:16

• "Organising is external (the tools) and internal (behaviours) and everyone is different." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/08/05/reasons-why-a-paper-notebook-is-better-than-an-ipad/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:25:48

• "I don’t quite know why though." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/dotfiles-feel-too-intimate-and-personal-to-share/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:25:59

• "Let's start by looking at the simple math of 10-100x productivity." ☛ https://colton.dev/blog/curing-your-ai-10x-engineer-imposter-syndrome/ | Source: Colton Voege    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:26:50

• "The core concept is straight forward: items are stored in multiple contiguous segments" ☛ https://danielchasehooper.com/posts/segment_array/ | Source: Daniel Hooper    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:27:08

• ONLYOFFICE Adds an “AI Agent” to Help You Work “Effortlessly” ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/onlyoffice-desktop-editors-update-ai-agent    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:32:38

• AlmaLinux 9/10 Introduces Native NVIDIA Driver Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/almalinux-9-10-introduce-native-nvidia-driver-support/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:33:22

• "Reticulum is the most advanced of all these mesh networks. It incorporates most forms of networking including LoRa, Internet, TCP, UDP or private IP networks." gemini://elperronegro.pollux.casa/2025-08-07-local-mesh-meshcore.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:34:55

• "The latest catastrophe befalling leaseholders of flats in England and Wales is a new impediment to exercising the Right To Manage: when a flat is being sold, it may be difficult to ascertain whether it is the outgoing or incoming owner who must be issued with a Notice Inviting Participation in a Right To Manage claim." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-08-07_another-blow-to-the-right-to-manage-a-block-of-flats.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:36:13

• 🔤SpellBinding — AELSYVU Wordo: RAKES gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-07.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:36:52

• "In curl 8.16.0, we introduce a different take on the problem, or better yet, a solution really: a new command line option that offers a modified behavior. Possibly the behavior people were thinking curl was having all along." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/08/06/follow-redirects-but-differently/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:54:52

• "I have been thinking a lot about tech tips lately. How should I document the tools I use or configurations I have that improve my experience using technology? While I think about this, I wanted to start by publishing a list of browser extensions I use." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/08/06/browser-extensions-i-use | Source: James G    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:55:04

• "If you rely on a feed reader for staying on top of interesting writing and reading from around the web, you will most likely eventually encounter issues with specific sites you want to follow." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/finding-the-best-rss-atom-feed/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:55:17

• "One of the handy UI tweaks includes better handling of multi-monitor setups." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/darktable-5-2-1-raw-photo-editing-tool-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:57:17

• "After a three-year break, the open-source cross-platform screenshot and annotation tool Flameshot is back" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/flameshot-13-0-revives-the-beloved-linux-screenshot-tool/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 12:57:49

• "In the context of CDS models, one of the best practices is to embrace aspects and "factor out separate concerns into separate files". In addition to files the CDS compiler supports Node.js packages (modules)." ☛ https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2025/08/06/neovim-configuration-for-file-and-module-navigation-in-cds-models/ | Source: DJ Adams    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:00:06

• "After lo these many years, I think I might finally be getting close to understanding ffmpeg's filtergraph language. Maybe." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/08/resize-pl/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:00:18

• "ZephyrOS is an open-source, state-of-the-art, real-time operating system (RTOS) designed for low-power, resource-constrained devices. We are transitioning Arduino cores to ZephyrOS to ensure continued support and innovation for developers" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/08/06/updated-arduino-cores-with-zephyros-beta/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:02:27

• "Hey hi" hype, likely marketing ☞ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-ai-beats-hackers-to-zero-day-exploits/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:10:45

• "One of the standout features in this new release is native support for S3-compatible object storage" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/proxmox-backup-server-4-0-released-with-debian-13-base/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:14:54

• "Back in 1994, MicroProse had published a game called Transport Tycoon, by a lone-wolf programmer named Chris Sawyer" ☛ https://www.filfre.net/2025/08/rollercoaster-tycoon-or-microproses-last-hurrah/ | Source: The Digital Antiquarian    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:15:27

• "Microsoft owns GitHub. Microsoft's ethically degenerate business practices such as lobbying and preinstallations" ☛ https://www.arscyni.cc/file/codeberg.html |    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:16:51

• "Consider the following scenario: you are developing a Python package on a remote computer without a screen (e.g. an HPC cluster)." ☛ https://nielscautaerts.xyz/quick-browsing-of-html-files-on-another-computer.html | Source: Niels Cautaerts    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:16:59

• "When I wrote about how Exim's ${run ...} string expansion operator changed how it did quoting" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/EximMyTestPlanApproach | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:17:06

• "In our last post on step-ca we created a Certificate Authority for our homelab." ☛ https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/08/Create-SMIME-Cert-stepca/ | Source: Jan Wildeboer    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:17:16

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

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:18:48

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

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:19:28

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

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:19:55

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

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:20:55

• Colin Watson: Free software activity in July 2025 ☞ https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/activity-2025-07.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:22:36

• Ubuntu Blog: What craft means for Canonical ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/what-craft-means-for-canonical    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:24:37

• IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2 Released with JAVA 25 and Local Hey Hi (AI) Model Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/intellij-idea-2025-2-released-with-java-25-and-local-ai-model-support/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:25:18

• Huh, teal is my favourite colour ☞ https://rubenerd.com/teal/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:26:24

• "Learn how an innovative no-code platform developed in Finland is helping students explore AI in creative, practical ways." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/opening-the-box-tools-to-teach-young-people-about-ai/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:28:28

• "data ownership, and digital consent." ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/ai-and-data-privacy-under-scrutiny/ | Source: Purism    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:29:24

• "Seeed Studio has introduced the XIAO nRF54L15 and XIAO nRF54L15 Sense, two compact boards based on Nordic’s nRF54L15 SoC." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/xiao-series-adopts-nordic-nrf54l15-soc-with-ble-6-0-and-low-power-operation/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:32:20

• "Waveshare has introduced the ESP32-P4-WIFI6-DEV-KIT" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/waveshare-expands-esp32-p4-platform-with-compact-poe-ready-dev-kit-variant/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:32:49

• "First seen earlier this year, Adafruit has officially launched the Fruit Jam, a compact RP2350B-powered development board." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/fruit-jam-mini-computer-features-rp2350b-esp32-c6-wifi-and-dvi-video/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:33:05

• My Experience with the Red Hat Academy Program ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/my-experience-red-hat-academy-program | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:36:44

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Spending Bill Means Big Cuts for New Mexico ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/new-mexico-federal-budget-cuts.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:37:29

• Dozens of Palestinians killed seeking aid as Israel mulls full occupation of Gaza ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250806-dozens-of-palestinians-killed-seeking-aid-as-israel-mulls-full-occupation-of-gaza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:37:42

• Mexican health authorities recall a popular Colgate toothpaste ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/a-popular-colgate-toothpaste-recalled-imexico/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:38:38

• South Korean prosecutors question former first lady accused of graft ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-prosecutors-question-ex-first-lady-accused-of-graft    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:39:16

• South Korea says timing of US tariff cut on autos not decided ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-says-timing-of-us-tariff-cut-on-autos-not-decided    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:39:33

• 1-hour romance: Why South Korean kids are ‘dating’ for just one period during school hours ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/1-hour-romance-why-south-korean-kids-are-dating-for-just-one-period-during-school-hours    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:40:01

• South Korea to offer visa-free entry to Chinese tourists from late September ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-to-offer-visa-fee-entry-to-chinese-tourists-from-late-september    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:40:16

• Leaders of South Korea, Vietnam to meet next week amid trade woes, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/leaders-of-south-korea-vietnam-to-meet-next-week-amid-trade-woes-sources-say    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:40:35

• Surfing the Hallyu: What Taiwan can learn from South Korea’s cultural diplomacy ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/surfing-the-hallyu-what-taiwan-can-learn-from-south-koreas-cultural-diplomacy/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:40:50

• Online kidnapping scams on the rise in Vietnam, targeting people living far from home ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/online-kidnapping-scams-on-the-rise-in-vietnam-targeting-people-living-far-from-home    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:41:16

• Young adults majority of new HIV cases in Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/young-adults-majority-of-new-hiv-cases-in-malaysia    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:41:34

• Malaysia plans barrierless toll system modelled after Singapore’s ERP ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-plans-barrierless-toll-system-modelled-after-singapores-erp    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:42:02

• Tourists in Malaysia urged to wear seat belts on buses following change in law ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/tourists-in-malaysia-urged-to-wear-seat-belts-on-buses-following-change-in-law    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:42:17

• Humanoid robot enrolls in doctoral drama programme in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/humanoid-robot-enrolls-in-doctoral-drama-programme-in-china    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:43:03

• How the Nuclear Attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Changed Japan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/world/asia/hiroshima-nagasaki-nuclear-explainer.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:43:24

• India, Once America’s Counterweight to China, Is Now Facing Convicted Felon’s Wrath ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/india-china-trump-tariffs.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:43:45

• Monsoon peaks in south China, unleashing landslides, disease ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/monsoon-peaks-in-south-china-unleashing-landslides-and-a-surge-in-virus-cases    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:44:54

• US says it has started seabed mineral talks with Cook Islands ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-says-it-has-started-seabed-mineral-talks-with-the-cook-islands    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:45:21

• Flash floods kill 6 in Myanmar-China border town ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/flash-floods-kill-6-in-myanmar-china-border-town    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:45:45

• Hit by US tariffs, Indonesia plans to sell shrimp to China instead ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/hit-by-us-tariffs-indonesia-plans-to-sell-shrimp-to-china-instead    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:46:03

• India’s Modi to visit China for first time in 7 years, says source, as tensions with US rise ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/indias-modi-to-visit-china-for-first-time-in-7-years-as-tensions-with-us-rise    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:46:20

• China’s leaders take aim at ‘pointless’ meetings and ‘bureaucratism’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-leaders-take-aim-at-pointless-meetings-and-bureaucratism    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:46:57

• China extends probe on imported beef in respite for global suppliers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-extends-probe-on-imported-beef-in-respite-for-global-suppliers    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:47:16

• Two Chinese nationals arrested in the U.S. over GPU smuggling worth 'tens of millions of dollars' — over 20 shipments of Hey Hi (AI) chips and numerous illicit payments tracked ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/two-chinese-nationals-arrested-in-the-u-s-over-gpu-smuggling-worth-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-over-20-shipments-of-ai-chips-and-numerous-illicit-payments-tracked    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:47:45

• The U.S. and China are engaged in a race over chip development — both countries are racing to build infrastructure ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/the-u-s-and-china-are-engaged-in-a-race-over-chip-development-both-countries-are-racing-to-build-infrastructure    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:47:55

• Casual reminder, there is no such thing as "ai chip", those are same old GPUs just sold with different marketing pitch    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:48:37

• China semiconductor 'megamerger' strategy reportedly stalling — new report says high-level merger plans to strengthen domestic chip industry face multiple headwinds ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/china-semiconductor-megamerger-strategy-reportedly-stalling-new-report-says-high-level-merger-plans-to-strengthen-domestic-chip-industry-face-multiple-headwinds    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:48:51

• Canada air-drops 21,600 pounds of humanitarian aid in Gaza ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/canada-air-drops-21600-pounds-of-humanitarian-aid-in-gaza/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:49:25

• In securing the Indian Ocean, Australia and France are stronger together ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/in-securing-the-indian-ocean-australia-and-france-are-stronger-together/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:49:51

• "another nearly four-year sentence" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/06/jailed-mother-of-chechen-opposition-activists-gets-another-nearly-four-year-sentence | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:50:15

• "A Portable 12 VDC Water Chiller For The Chemistry Lab" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/06/a-portable-12-vdc-water-chiller-for-the-chemistry-lab/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:54:56

• "Square Waves The Way You Want ‘Em" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/06/2025-one-hertz-challenge-square-waves-the-way-you-want-em/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:55:19

• These Symptoms Could Be Early Warning Signs of MS, a Decade Before Diagnosis ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/these-symptoms-could-be-early-warning-signs-of-ms-a-decade-before-diagnosis    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:56:42

• A Disease That Makes You Allergic to Meat And Dairy Is Spreading Around The World ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-disease-that-makes-you-allergic-to-meat-and-dairy-is-spreading-around-the-world    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:56:53

• Ancient Tools Suggest Indonesian 'Hobbits' Had a Mysterious Neighbor ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-tools-suggest-indonesian-hobbits-had-a-mysterious-neighbor    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:58:49

• "An Animated Ferrofluid Display" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/06/2025-one-hertz-challenge-an-animated-ferrofluid-display/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:59:22

• "twenty trash cans which can automatically catch and remove rubbish." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/06/automated-rubbish-removal-system/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 13:59:44

• Evidence of World-Changing Comet Explosion 12,800 Years Ago Found in The Ocean ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/evidence-of-world-changing-comet-explosion-12800-years-ago-found-in-the-ocean    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:00:04

• Giant Stick Insect Found Hiding in Rainforest May Be Australia's Heaviest ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-stick-insect-found-hiding-in-rainforest-may-be-australias-heaviest    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:00:29

• What Is Chikungunya? A Guide to The Virus Spreading in China ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/what-is-chikungunya-a-guide-to-the-virus-spreading-in-china    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:00:46

• Tuba v0.10.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1032736/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:03:20

• The Internet Wants to Check Your I.D. ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-internet-wants-to-check-your-id    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:04:34

• siliconangle is a Mafia-like Ponzi scheme promoter for Hey Hi (AI), and it's not even good at hiding it    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:05:37

• Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Giants Is Dismissed ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/climate/charleston-climate-lawsuit-oil-companies.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:06:13

• "A truly Nelsonian decision. The CoA sees only jurisdictional issues but is blind to the applicable law issues that flow from them. The crucial question is not whether the UPC has jurisdiction for a case filed after entry into force of the UPC Agreement. Instead, it is whether, by asserting jurisdiction for such a case, the UPC is retroactively changing the laws" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-upc-court-of-appeal-finds-no.html?showComment=1754495736669#c3438915121652865113    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:07:01

• "A truly Nelsonian decision. The CoA sees only jurisdictional issues but is blind to the applicable law issues that flow from them. The crucial question is not whether the UPC has jurisdiction for a case filed after entry into force of the UPC Agreement." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-upc-court-of-appeal-finds-no.html?showComment=1754495736669#c3438915121652865113    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:07:33

• "Instead, it is whether, by asserting jurisdiction for such a case, the UPC is retroactively changing the laws" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-upc-court-of-appeal-finds-no.html?showComment=1754495736669#c3438915121652865113 UPC is white-collar crime in EPO and EU. They became Kremlin.    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:07:39

• American Oversight Challenges IRS’s “Ridiculous” Attempt to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Its Targeting of Harvard University ☞ https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-challenges-irss-ridiculous-attempt-to-dismiss-lawsuit-over-its-targeting-of-harvard-university/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:08:16

• Dihydroxyacetone Man's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order: What Happens Next ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/trumps-birthright-citizenship-executive-order-what-happens-next    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:08:45

• Stanford chemist sues University for alleged anti-Semitic discrimination ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/08/06/stanford-chemist-sues-university-for-alleged-anti-semitic-discrimination/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:09:35

• OpenSSF promoting mindless hype ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/08/06/openssf-at-def-con-33-ai-cyber-challenge-aixcc-mlsecops-and-securing-critical-infrastructure/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:13:20

• MalCare Plugin for WordPress: A Security Implementation Guide for Developers and Site Owners ☞ https://anto.online/malcare-wordpress-security-guide/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:13:45

• Despite Opposition, Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet to Discuss Gaza Military Push ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-occupation-netanyahu.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:14:04

• Nvidia defiant over backdoors and kill switches in GPUs as U.S. mulls tracking requirements — calls them 'permanent flaws' that are 'a gift to hackers' ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-defiant-over-backdoors-and-kill-switches-in-gpus-as-u-s-mulls-tracking-requirements-calls-them-permanent-flaws-that-are-a-gift-to-hackers    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:14:54

• U.S. Senator probes defective chip maker Intel board over CEO Lip-Bu Tan's former China links —raises national security concerns amid Cadence scandal ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-senator-probes-intel-board-over-ceo-lip-bu-tans-former-china-links-raises-national-security-concerns-amid-cadence-scandal    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:15:24

• Lithuania’s Social Democrats nominate former trade unionist Ruginienė for prime minister ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2635315/lithuania-s-social-democrats-nominate-former-trade-unionist-ruginiene-for-prime-minister    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:16:12

• Hong Kong escalates pressure on overseas activists with passport cancellations, financial bans ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/hong-kong-escalates-pressure-on-overseas-activists-with-passport-cancellations-financial-bans/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:16:52

• Father of activist wanted under nat. sec law pleads not guilty to attempting to handle daughter’s insurance funds ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/06/father-of-activist-wanted-under-nat-sec-law-pleads-not-guilty-to-attempting-to-handle-daughters-insurance-funds/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:17:24

• Hong Kong security chief defends tightened prison rules, citing need to safeguard nat. security ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/07/hong-kong-security-chief-defends-tightened-prison-rules-citing-need-to-safeguard-nat-security/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:17:57

• Ghana’s defence, environment ministers among 8 killed in helicopter crash ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250806-ghana-s-defence-environment-ministers-among-8-killed-in-helicopter-crash    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:18:18

• SAPS National Commissioner meets Basotho counterpart ☞ https://www.protectionweb.co.za/civil-security/saps-national-commissioner-meets-basotho-counterpart/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:20:00

• Kenya boosts armoured vehicle fleet with Springbuck and M1117 APCs ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/kenya-boosts-armoured-vehicle-fleet-with-springbuck-and-m1117-apcs/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:20:47

• Europe’s play to keep Convicted Felon happy cannot come at the expense of a longer-term strategy ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/europes-play-to-keep-trump-happy-cannot-come-at-the-expense-of-a-longer-term-strategy/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:21:27

• Mexico adds record 1.26 million formal jobs in July as gig workers gain benefits ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-gig-work-reform-record-formal-job-growth/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:27:19

• If a rise in "gig jobs" comes at the expense of real job, then it is a negative, not a positive    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:28:03

• Flaws Expose 100 Dell Laptop Models to Implants, backdoored Windows Login Bypass ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/flaws-expose-100-dell-laptop-models-to-implants-windows-login-bypass/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:28:35

• Over 1 Million Impacted by DaVita Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/over-1-million-impacted-by-davita-data-breach/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:28:55

• Trend Micro Patches Apex One Vulnerabilities Exploited in Wild ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/trend-micro-patches-apex-one-vulnerabilities-exploited-in-wild/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:29:27

• When garbage "security products" only worsen things ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/enterprise-secrets-exposed-by-cyberark-conjur-vulnerabilities/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:31:52

• The Pentagon’s supply chain has a blind spot and it could be a national security risk ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-industry/2025/08/the-pentagons-supply-chain-has-a-blind-spot-and-it-could-be-a-national-security-risk/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:32:28

• "Compute Module 5" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/06/a-robot-controller-with-the-compute-module-5/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:33:14

• LWN helps promote worse stuff than DRM. Then again, LWN is funded by LF, which is a GAFAM front. "Don't fear the TPM" means listen to fake security preachers. Now paywalled.    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:34:32

• Microsoft staff pays LWN http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Microsoft_Microsofters_and_Secure_Boot_Shills_Already_Storming_.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:35:06

• Censorship in Eklektix's Linux Weekly News (LWN) http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/23/Censorship_in_Eklektix_s_Linux_Weekly_News_LWN.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:35:33

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

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:36:06

• The Cyber Resilience Act: A Five Alarm Fire ☞ https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2025/08/06/cra-five-alarm-fire/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/13/RedMonk_September_the_Month_of_the_Mouth_of_Redmond_Still.shtml http://techrights.org/o/2022/03/30/microsoft-osi-and-redmonk/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:53:54

• A new bill looks to enhance whistleblower protections for FBI employees ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/08/a-new-bill-looks-to-enhance-whistleblower-protections-for-fbi-employees/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:54:23

• Prompt injection engineering for attackers: Exploiting Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Copilot ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/06/prompt-injection-engineering-for-attackers-exploiting-github-copilot/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:55:08

• Federal Court (E.D. Va.) Reverses TTAB Decision: Apple's REALITY COMPOSER and REALITY CONVERTER Not Merely Descriptive of Developer Software ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/08/federal-court-ed-va-reverses-ttab.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:55:55

• Nordic PGDay 2026 is returning to Finland for a day of Postgres ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/nordic-pgday-2026-is-returning-to-finland-for-a-day-of-postgres-3112/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:56:49

• Good press will CHECK is Apple keeps promises. Bad press will say "APPLE SAYS". WORST press will turn what APPLE SAYS into a FACT. As if it'll just magically happen because Apple SEZ SO.    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:58:43

• Apple has 100 billion dollars in debt, NOT to "invest in MAGA".    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:59:05

• Nuvoton MG51 8-bit 8051 MCU family features with up to 64KB flash, 4KB SRAM ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/06/nuvoton-mg51-8-bit-8051-mcu-family-features-with-up-to-64kb-flash-4kb-sram/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 14:59:47

• Like "Tesla", the NVIDIA hype profiteers now exploit "Feynman" posthumously https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/nvidia-enterprise-roadmap-rubin-rubin-ultra-feynman-and-silicon-photonics see http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/04/NVidia_is_a_Bubble.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:01:04

• TSMC employees reportedly stole 2nm trade secrets to share with Rapidus — accused are said to have shared 'hundreds of process integration technical photos' ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/tsmc-employees-reportedly-stole-2nm-trade-secrets-to-share-with-rapidus-accused-are-said-to-have-shared-hundreds-of-process-integration-technical-photos    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:01:43

• Do sextortion scams still work in 2025?, (Wed, Aug 6th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32178    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:02:34

• Jumping the sharp with "cutting-edge Hey Hi (AI)" ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2025/08/portland-are-you-ready-the-wcus-2025-schedule-has-arrived/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:03:43

• 50 years after its inception, desktop PCs are less popular than ever — a rise in PC gaming interest means it's in no danger of disappearing ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/50-years-after-its-inception-desktop-pcs-are-less-popular-than-ever-but-heres-why-theyll-never-go-away    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:04:21

• 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 7' will require TPM 2.0, backdoored Windows Secure Boot — Activision testing Ricochet anti-cheat update in upcoming season ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/call-of-duty-black-ops-7-will-require-tpm-2-0-windows-secure-boot-for-black-ops-7-activision-testing-ricochet-anti-cheat-update-in-upcoming-season    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:04:43

• Mozilla Thunderbird: Engage Your Inbox with ‘Getting Things Done’ ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/maximize-your-day-getting-things-done-with-thunderbird/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:05:34

• Musk v Modi: Inside the battle over India's internet censorship ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/musk-v-modi-inside-the-battle-over-indias-internet-censorship    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:05:54

• Stanford student newspaper sues Convicted Felon administration over attempt to deport pro-Palestine students ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/stanford-student-newspaper-sues-trump-administration-over-attempt-to-deport-pro-palestine-students/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:06:37

• Chinese leaders take aim at ‘pointless’ meetings and ‘bureaucratism’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/06/chinese-leaders-take-aim-at-pointless-meetings-and-bureaucratism/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:07:06

• Some Cola Formulas Aren't Secret, But the Barrier is the Branding ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Some_Cola_Formulas_Aren_t_Secret_But_the_Barrier_is_the_Brandin.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:11:59

• Microsoft is Apparently Sending Gag Orders or NDAs to Staff That Got Laid Off (“We were told not to post on LinkedIn. Not to say anything.”) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/Microsoft_is_Apparently_Sending_Gag_Orders_or_NDAs_to_Staff_Tha.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:12:09

• New "US Editor for The Register" is 80% Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and backdoored Windows ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/New_US_Editor_for_The_Register_is_80_Microsoft_and_Windows.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:12:20

• The Mainstream Media Talks About Spotify Share Price and Price Hikes, Not Its Debt Increasing by About 33% in Just 12 Months ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/The_Mainstream_Media_Talks_About_Spotify_Share_Price_and_Price_.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:12:32

• Apple's iOS Bigger Than Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows in Many Countries ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/Apple_s_iOS_Bigger_Than_Microsoft_Windows_in_Many_Countries.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:13:29

• Microsoft's Favourite Pay-to-Say 'Analyst' Firm Has Just Collapsed ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/Microsoft_s_Favourite_Pay_to_Say_Analyst_Firm_Has_Just_Collapse.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:13:42

• Reproducible Builds: Reproducible Builds in July 2025 ☞ https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2025-07/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:14:24

• "researched teleportatio" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/06/for-25-years-a-moscow-state-university-institute-researched-teleportation-then-the-media-took-notice-and-its-website-vanished | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:14:56

• India’s security chief in Moscow after US tariff threats: Media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indias-security-chief-in-moscow-after-us-tariff-threats-media    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:15:17

• Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 beta 5 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-beta-5/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:17:04

• The Battle for Control Over the US Copyright Office Continues: Register Fired by Convicted Felon Forces an Emergency Injunction Battle; Appeals Court Is Next ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/06/shira-perlmutter-lawsuit-injunction-update/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:17:48

• She was getting in the way of people who had bribed TACO Cheeto    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:18:13

• Planning for a Cover-Up in a House with Small Children and Other Stories of How Todd Blanche Is Helping a Sex Trafficker ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/06/planning-for-a-cover-up-in-a-house-with-small-children-and-other-stories-of-how-todd-blanche-is-helping-a-sex-trafficker/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:18:59

• Major Enterprise Hey Hi (AI) Assistants Can Be Abused for Data Theft, Manipulation ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/major-enterprise-ai-assistants-abused-for-data-theft-manipulation/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:19:38

• Congatec Board Controller support into the upstream Linux Kernel ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/congatec-board-controller-support-into-the-upstream-linux-kernel/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:36:07

• Simplify access management for Red Bait Insights for Red Bait Enterprise GNU/Linux with new system roles ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/06/simplify-user-access-rhel-red-hat-insights    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:36:49

• Mesa 25.2 Lands with Vulkan 1.4 on PanVK, Drops X11 DRI2 Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/mesa-25-2-lands-with-vulkan-1-4-on-panvk-drops-x11-dri2-support/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:37:23

• Native NVIDIA support for AlmaLinux OS 9 and 10 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1032753/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:38:17

• A kbuild and kconfig maintainer change ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1032722/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:39:02

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1032700/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:39:26

• Himmelblau 1.0 Released – Finally, Real Intune Policy Enforcement on GNU/Linux ☞ https://mytechinsights.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/himmelblau-1-0-released-finally-real-intune-policy-enforcement-on-linux/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:40:36

• Jon Chiappetta: Modifying OpenVPN Source Code to Allow for Bulk-Reads, Max-MTU, and Jumbo-TCP for Highly Improved Performance! ☞ https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/modifying-openvpn-source-code-to-allow-for-bulk-reads-max-mtu-and-jumbo-tcp-for-highly-improved-performance/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:42:23

• FPGA-based Modos Paper Dev Kit supports a wide range of E-Ink displays, up to 75 Hz refresh rate (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/06/fpga-modos-paper-dev-kit-supports-e-ink-displays-75-hz-refresh-rate/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:43:39

• Kevin Fenzi: flossy 2025 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/08/06/flossy-2025/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:44:34

• Qt Tools for Android Studio 4.1 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-tools-for-android-studio-4.1-released    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:46:10

• The Voting Rights Act at 60: A Legacy in Jeopardy, a Democracy at Risk ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/the-voting-rights-act-at-60-a-legacy-in-jeopardy-a-democracy-at-risk    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:50:47

• Google Discloses Data Breach via Salesfarce Hack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-discloses-salesforce-hack/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:52:10

• 🖼️ xkcd: Snake-in-the-Box Problem #3125 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3125.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 15:53:02

• Ask Surveillance Giant Google (Jeeves) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/Ask_Google_Jeeves.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:19:03

• Droidcam and network-manager-applet compiled in Easy Excalibur ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202508/droidcam-and-network-manager-applet-compiled-in-easy-exaclibur.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:19:52

• "Behind on Rent in Maine Public Housing? Received an Eviction Notice? What to Know" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/maine-eviction-safeguards-public-housing | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:20:40

• Rights groups sound alarm over torture and denial of healthcare in Myanmar prisons ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/rights-groups-sound-alarm-over-torture-and-denial-of-healthcare-in-myanmar-prisons/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:22:39

• Statue of French General Accused of Torture Divides His Hometown ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/world/europe/france-statue-toul.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:23:15

• "FreeDOS 1.4" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/06/jennys-daily-drivers-freedos-1-4/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:24:02

• How to Install Lazarus on FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/install-lazarus-funos/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:24:58

• Almeida: a brief introduction on how GPU drivers work ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1032744/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:25:36

• Writing a Rust GPU kernel driver: a brief introduction on how GPU drivers work ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2025/08/06/writing-a-rust-gpu-kernel-driver-a-brief-introduction-on-how-gpu-drivers-work/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:26:06

• Tesla's Debt More Than Doubled in 2 Years and the Company Will Operate in the Red (at a Loss) Quite Soon ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Tesla_s_Debt_More_Than_Doubled_in_2_Years_and_the_Company_Will_.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:26:21

• Munich court halts Innoscience’s GaN sales in Germany over Infineon patent monopoly ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/munich-court-halts-innoscience-gan-sales-germany-over-infineon-patent/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:27:01

• A Blow for Patent Ambitions of Bill Epsteingate ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/A_Blow_for_Patent_Ambitions_of_Bill_Epsteingate.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:27:17

• Red Hat Layoffs Expected in 5 Days (Monday) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/Red_Hat_Layoffs_Expected_in_5_Days_Monday.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:28:21

• They Want You To Talk About Convicted Felon or 'The Other Bill' in Relation to Trafficking of Underage Girls for Sexual Exploitation (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/They_Want_You_To_Talk_About_Dihydroxyacetone Man_or_The_Other_Bill_in_Relation.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:28:31

• How to Quadruple Your "Goodwill" Value and Grow Your (Wall) Street "Value" From $152B to $4000B Without Producing a Single Successful Product/Service (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/How_to_Quadruple_Your_Goodwill_Value_and_Grow_Your_Wall_Street_.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:28:43

• Staying Productive (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/Staying_Productive.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:29:14

• 66 Countries Where More People Use iPhones (or iPads) Than Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Windows, According to statCounter Data (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/66_Countries_Where_More_People_Use_iPhones_or_iPads_Than_Micros.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:29:29

• August Hits Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Hard: Dead Divisions, Dead Products, Layoffs Again (on Week 1) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/August_Hits_Microsoft_Hard_Dead_Divisions_Dead_Products_Layoffs.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:29:47

• Slopwatch: Slow Day for LLM Slop, Serial Sloppers Still at It in Their Slopfarms ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/Slopwatch_Slow_Day_for_LLM_Slop_Serial_Sloppers_Still_at_It_in_.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:30:06

• FOSSY 2025 Conference Safety ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/FOSSY_2025_Conference_Safety.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:31:30

• Cheeto Attacks on Law Firms Make It Harder to Challenge the Administration ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-firms-accountability-environment-police-lgbtq | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:40:31

• CFPB ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/cfpb-budget-cuts-gop-darrell-issa-john-cornyn | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:40:54

• CECOT ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelans-cecot-el-salvador-trump-families-video | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:49:24

• GNUnet News: Update for NGI Zero Entrust: GNS to DNS Migration and Zone Management ☞ https://gnunet.org/en/news/2025-08-NGI-Entrust-GNS-TLDs-Update.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:51:06

• gprofng-gui @ Savannah: gprofng-gui 2.1 released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10801    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:53:26

• TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 15 Gen10 GNU/Linux Ultrabook Unveiled with Ryzen Hey Hi (AI) 300 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-infinitybook-pro-15-gen10-linux-ultrabook-unveiled-with-ryzen-ai-300    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:54:38

• 4MLinux 49.0 Distro Adds Support for Bcachefs Installations, New Apps, and More ☞ https://9to5linux.com/4mlinux-49-0-distro-adds-support-for-bcachefs-installations-new-apps-and-more    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:54:49

• Darktable 5.2.1 Adds Support for Nikon D200, Nikon D5300, and Pentax K-r Cameras ☞ https://9to5linux.com/darktable-5-2-1-adds-support-for-nikon-d200-nikon-d5300-and-pentax-k-r-cameras    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:56:19

• Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.2 Distro Is Out with GNU/Linux Kernel 6.16 and GNOME 48.3 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/slackware-based-porteux-2-2-distro-is-out-with-linux-kernel-6-16-and-gnome-48-3    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:57:44

• KDE Plasma 6.4.4 Desktop Environment Improves Notifications, Flatpak Support ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-4-4-desktop-environment-improves-notifications-flatpak-support    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:57:56

• NVIDIA 580 GNU/Linux Graphics Driver Enters Public Beta with Better Wayland Support ☞ https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-580-linux-graphics-driver-enters-public-beta-with-better-wayland-support    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:58:58

• NetworkManager 1.54 Brings Support for Configuring Per-Device IPv4 Forwarding ☞ https://9to5linux.com/networkmanager-1-54-brings-support-for-configuring-per-device-ipv4-forwarding    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:59:12

• Audacity 3.7.5 Audio Editor Introduces 32-Bit PCM Support to the FLAC Importer ☞ https://9to5linux.com/audacity-3-7-5-audio-editor-introduces-32-bit-pcm-support-to-the-flac-importer    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:59:23

• Independent Distro KaOS GNU/Linux 2025.07 Is Out with KDE Plasma 6.4 and GNU/Linux 6.15 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/independent-distro-kaos-linux-2025-07-is-out-with-kde-plasma-6-4-and-linux-6-15    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:59:37

• Mesa 25.2 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, This Is What’s New ☞ https://9to5linux.com/mesa-25-2-open-source-graphics-stack-officially-released-this-is-whats-new    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 18:59:55

• Chrome Plans to Play Nicer with Wayland on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/chrome-140-wayland-auto-detection-linux    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:01:12

• Proxmox 4.0 "Backup Server" is out ☞ https://www.proxmox.com/en/products/proxmox-backup-server/overview https://distrowatch.com/proxmox    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:37:12

• MODICIA 6.12.38 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/modicia    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:38:19

• Software books I wish I could read ☞ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/software-books-i-wish-i-could-read/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:41:21

• Jim Cramer Befuddled By Spotify’s Lackluster Q2 Performance—”I Don’t Get It” ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/06/jim-cramer-on-spotify-q2-performance/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/The_Mainstream_Media_Talks_About_Spotify_Share_Price_and_Price_.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:42:18

• Intro to Redis and PostgreSQL in Red Bait SAP environments ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/06/intro-redis-and-postgresql-red-hat-sap-environments    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:43:16

• Writing: Blog Posts and Songs ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/writing-blog-posts-and-songs/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:44:18

• [Podcast] Robert Kisteleki on RIPE Atlas ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/07/podcast-robert-kisteleki-on-ripe-atlas/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:45:41

• Inside Proton’s New Two-Factor Authenticator App ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/08/inside-protons-new-two-factor-authenticator-app/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:46:30

• Bottles App for Running GNU/Linux Finds Funding ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/08/bottles-app-for-running-linux-finds-funding/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:47:00

• Army sergeant shot 5 soldiers before he was tackled and arrested at Fort Stewart, officials say ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/army/2025/08/army-base-in-georgia-is-on-lockdown-after-report-of-an-active-shooter-spokesperson-tells-ap/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:47:40

• US Health Secretary to cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250806-us-health-secretary-to-cancel-500-million-in-vaccine-development-projects    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:47:56

• Ozzy Osbourne Suffered a Heart Attack, Death Certificate Reveals ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/05/ozzy-osbourne-death-certificate/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:48:18

• MSI MS-C926 ultra-slim, fanless industrial box PC is just 19mm thick ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/06/msi-ms-c926-ultra-slim-fanless-industrial-box-pc-is-just-19mm-thick/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:49:11

• Dihydroxyacetone Man praises progress with Russia following Witkoff meeting with Putin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250807-trump-praises-progress-with-russia-following-witkoff-meeting-with-putin    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:49:27

• US envoy Witkoff meets Putin as Convicted Felon's sanctions deadline nears ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250806-us-envoy-witkoff-meets-putin-as-trump-s-sanctions-deadline-nears    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:49:42

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says 'Good Chance' He Will Meet Putin Soon After Envoy's Latest Visit To Kremlin ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-envoy-moscow-witkoff-deadline-putin-cease-fire/33495350.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:49:56

• How Chuck Grassley’s Politicized Redactions Gave Putin Leverage over Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/06/how-chuck-grassleys-politicized-redactions-gave-putin-leverage-over-trump/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:50:12

• Putin meeting over Ukraine war likely to happen 'very soon', says Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250807-trump-says-putin-meeting-over-ukraine-war-likely-to-happen-very-soon    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:50:22

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Directed His Wrath at India ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/briefing/trump-india-tariffs-china-ai-information-warfare.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:50:39

• With Sanctions Looming, Convicted Felon’s Envoy to Russia Meets With Putin ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/world/europe/russia-trump-witkoff-putin-ukraine.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:50:51

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Tells European Leaders He Intends to Meet With Putin and Zelensky ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/politics/trump-meeting-putin-zelensky.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:51:04

• Oreshnik ☛ https://meduza.io/en/cards/russia-has-abandoned-its-intermediate-range-missile-moratorium-just-as-putin-says-oreshnik-production-is-ramping-up | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:51:27

• "in-person" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/06/trump-plans-in-person-meeting-with-putin-followed-by-trilateral-meeting-with-zelensky-nyt | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:51:47

• Latvia and Lithuania make symbolic gesture to Ukraine at Expo in Japan ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/06.08.2025-latvia-and-lithuania-make-symbolic-gesture-to-ukraine-at-expo-in-japan.a609414/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:52:04

• Latvian who died fighting for Ukraine buried in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/06.08.2025-latvian-who-died-fighting-for-ukraine-buried-in-latvia.a609418/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:52:16

• Dihydroxyacetone Man increases India tariffs to 50% for buying Russian oil ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250807-trump-increases-india-tariffs-to-50-for-buying-russian-oil    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:52:33

• Dihydroxyacetone Man hikes India’s tariffs by 25% for buying Russian oil, bringing total to 50% ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250806-trump-slaps-additional-25-tariff-on-indian-goods-amid-russia-oil-dispute    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:52:51

• Lithuanian ministers expect US to keep its promise of new sanctions on Russia ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2635217/lithuanian-ministers-expect-us-to-keep-its-promise-of-new-sanctions-on-russia    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:53:09

• Two Dead In Russian Missile Strike Targeting Key Ukrainian Railway Hub ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-railway-strike-lozova-kharkiv/33494833.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:53:24

• The Semiconductor Industry and Regulatory Compliance ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/its-time-for-the-semiconductor-industry-to-step-up.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:53:48

• For Some Wounded in Ukraine War, Surgery Helps Rebuild a Sense of Self ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/world/europe/ukraine-war-facial-reconstruction.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:54:01

• This Month's DVD http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025/298/This-Month-s-DVD "CachyOS Desktop Edition and NixOS 25.05"    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:56:07

• NVIDIA 580.65.06 Beta Released with Better Wayland Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/nvidia-580-65-06-beta-released-with-better-wayland-support/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:56:20

• SmartOS 20250806 is release this week ☞ https://distrowatch.com/smartos    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:56:48

• Calculate 20250806 is also release this week ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calculate    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:57:00

• isort – Python utility and library to sort imports ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/isort-python-utility-library-sort-imports/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:58:16

• Firefly AIBOX-3588S Running Linux: Access Remote File Systems Over SSH with SSHFS ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/firefly-aibox-3588s-running-linux-sshfs/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:58:26

• 17 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Logfile Viewers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/logfileviewers/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:58:38

• Telegraph – Morse translator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/telegraph-morse-translator/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 19:58:54

• Teleprompter – read scrolling text from your screen ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/teleprompter-scrolling-text/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:00:21

• Wildcard – test your regular expressions ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wildcard-test-your-regular-expressions/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:00:36

• autopep8 – formats Python code ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/autopep8-formats-python-code/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:00:47

• "killing himself and three others" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/06/off-duty-russian-soldier-detonates-grenade-he-brought-back-from-the-front-killing-himself-and-three-others | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:01:34

• India annoys him more than Putin! ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/06/trump-raises-u-s-tariffs-on-india-to-50-percent-to-address-unusual-and-extraordinary-threat-from-russia | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:02:05

• Yale ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/07/russian-universities-and-yale-scrub-records-of-cooperation-following-undesirable-status-t-invariant | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:02:27

• "more inclined" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/07/zelensky-says-russia-appears-more-inclined-to-ceasefire-after-trump-envoy-s-moscow-visit | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:02:44

• "applying poison to his car" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/07/two-teens-in-siberia-accused-of-trying-to-kill-russian-soldier-by-applying-poison-to-his-car | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:03:35

• India Digs In After Convicted Felon Doubles Tariffs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/world/asia/india-tariffs-russian-oil.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:03:50

• Zaporizhzhia ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/06/russian-airstrike-hits-resort-in-ukraine-s-zaporizhzhia-region-killing-at-least-two | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:04:16

• "What was difficult was to remain silent" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/06/what-was-difficult-was-to-remain-silent | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:09:29

• "It’s not just theft — it’s robbery" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/06/it-s-not-just-theft-it-s-robbery | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:09:49

• "hunger strike" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/06/deported-ukrainians-held-in-windowless-basement-at-georgia-border-declare-hunger-strike | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:10:08

• "Azerbaijani gas transit to Europe" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/06/russian-drone-strike-hits-ukrainian-compressor-station-that-handles-azerbaijani-gas-transit-to-europe | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:10:25

• Our Reporter Speaks to a Ukrainian Sniper About His Recovery ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000010265680/ukraine-facial-reconstruction.html    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:10:49

• "There are several Linux distributions that are designed to mimic the look, feel, and even the workflow of macOS. So, here are three such distros that let you enjoy the Apple aesthetic on your Linux computer." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-distros-that-feel-like-macos/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:11:49

• "it's almost always in relation to desktop PCs or laptops. There's not much talk about Linux on tablet PCs, which left me curious" https://www.xda-developers.com/replaced-windows-linux-on-tablet-cant-recommend-it/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:12:50

• 5 Linux distros I recommend to help businesses cut costs and boost security https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-linux-distros-i-recommend-to-help-businesses-cut-costs-and-boost-security/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:13:43

• "Debian 13 "Trixie" is scheduled for launch on August 9. Trixie will have the latest LTS release of the kernel, version 6.12, and will offer KDE Plasma 6.3.5 and GNOME 48." https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/debian_13_mx_25/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:15:28

• "In the announcement from the Bottles team they note it will go towards work on Bottles Next, as they're rebuilding the software to improve all parts of it. Back in early July, the Bottles developers put out a call for more support, so it's nice to see it answered." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/bottles-app-for-running-windows-apps-games-on-linux-gets-ngi-zero-commons-funding/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:15:58

• "However, considering that the results were pulled from a pool of approximately 18.5 million devices (14 million consumer devices and 3.5 million business machines), the change is more than just a rounding error." https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/lansweeper_finds_linux_growth_on/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:16:24

• Yes, you can edit video like a pro on Linux - here are my 4 go-to apps https://www.zdnet.com/article/yes-you-can-edit-video-like-a-pro-on-linux-here-are-my-4-go-to-apps/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:17:32

• "Here we go again though, we get a one-liner vague changelog. Are you ready for this?" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/nvidia-driver-570-181-released-for-linux-as-the-latest-recommended-stable-driver/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:18:15

• 5 command line backup tools every Linux user should use for desktops and servers https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-command-line-backup-tools-every-linux-user-should-use-for-desktops-and-servers/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:18:46

• GAFAM imperialism https://news.itsfoss.com/open-source-summit-india-2025/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:19:58

• "Curious why so many Linux power users swear by KDE Plasma? Are you already using Plasma and wondering which specific features to try out? Well, I’ve got you covered—here are 10 awesome Plasma features I use all the time for peak productivity!" https://www.howtogeek.com/kde-plasma-features-i-use-for-peak-productivity/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:20:20

• "They've had a Native Linux build for a long time, but it became quite problematic and they weren't able to solve the issues players kept encountering. So instead, they're going to ensure it works with Proton where the issues didn't happen." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/portal-revolution-drops-native-linux-support-to-focus-on-proton/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:20:48

• GNOME's new AI assistant can even run Linux commands for you - here's how https://www.zdnet.com/article/gnomes-new-ai-assistant-can-even-run-linux-commands-for-you-heres-how/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:21:26

• Spiceworks Community Digest: Is it time to switch to Linux? https://www.spiceworks.com/it-life/spiceworks-community-digest-is-it-time-to-switch-to-linux/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:22:32

• Nvidia proprietary https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/worrying-nvidia-triton-bugs-let-hackers-run-malware-on-windows-and-linux-systems    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:23:16

• Microsoft mole in The Register ASSUMES everyone runs WINDOWS, then promotes Microsoft slop. 85% of his articles... are Microsoft https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/run_openai_gpt_oss_locally/    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:38:48

• The Register MS goes downhill fast    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:39:04

• And even when this dude covers "Linux" it is WSL, i.e. WINDOWS    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:39:26

• "I started using it as a wiki, which is why the SiteMap still uses "camel case". I ended up foregoing the wiki page approach because my opinion and experience with a topic would keep changing and I didn’t want to keep rewriting my own pages." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-08-06-site-structure    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:40:20

• Microsoft cull/layoffs: "Just another way to thin the herd. Sneaky. Or not." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k20bjyxs https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/07/Microsoft_Already_Borrowing_3_Billion_Dollars_a_Month_is_Trying.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:41:41

• "64 is probably too high, as all the important stuff is in a script, Makefile, or documentation somewhere. That's the inclusive 'or', English being somewhat lacking in this distinction." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/08/07/briefer-history.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:42:30

• [AU] Bring Her Back (Danny and Michael Philippou) gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~cage/archive/AU-bring-back-to-her.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:42:58

• When Microsoft BRIBES your officials: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/uk_microsoft_spending/ see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/01/It_s_Cheaper_to_Pay_Bribes_and_Produce_Press_Releases_Than_to_P.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:44:33

• Don't worry, Microsoft will serve the public https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Microsofts-ICC-email-block-reignites-European-data-sovereignty-concerns    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:45:16

• And it'll send violent criminals to attack reporters in another continent (and their spouses too!) if they talk critically about Microsoft http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Microsoft_s_Serial_Strangler_and_Matthew_J_Garrett_Join_Forces_.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:46:34

• compelling change gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/compelling_change    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:47:26

• Is Intel collapsing under CEO Lip-Bu Tan? What went wrong with one of Silicon Valley's most iconic companies https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/is-intel-collapsing-under-ceo-lip-bu-tan-what-went-wrong-with-one-of-silicon-valleys-most-iconic-companies/amp_articleshow/123168584.cms    

posted Thursday, August 07, 2025 at 20:49:17

• What's Missing from "Retro" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2679    

posted Friday, August 08, 2025 at 01:38:56