Roy Schestowitz

• Predictions for the new year https://lwn.net/Articles/1052269/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:02:58

• Lessons from creating a gaming-oriented scheduler https://lwn.net/Articles/1051430/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:04:06

• The difficulty of safe path traversal https://lwn.net/Articles/1050887/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:04:51

• Questions for the Technical Advisory Board https://lwn.net/Articles/1051768/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:05:22

• "Graphite is an effort to unify illustration, raster editing, desktop publishing, and animation in one browser-based application. The project has been in development since 2021 and announced its first alpha release in 2022." https://lwn.net/Articles/1051242/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:06:10

• 2025 Linux and free software timeline https://lwn.net/Articles/1051808/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:06:49

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-15.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:08:11

• "I signed up for a pubnix account on envs.net on Mon, 12 Jan 2026. Thanks to ~creme for squeezing me in between moving the servers to different locations! It's my first membership in a pubnix ever." gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2026-01-15-My_Signup_on_the_envs.net_Pubnix.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:08:52

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1886.jpg    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:10:41

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1536.jpg    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:10:47

• "Unfortunately geminiprotocol.net has been unexpectedly down for the past several days. Thank you to everyone who wrote to let me know about the situation. The outage was due once again to network problems on the VPS provider's end." gemini://geminiprotocol.net/news/2026_01_14.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:11:37

• "Home automation and Internet of Things (IoT) specialist SONOFF has announced official support for the Matter vendor-neutral interoperability standard — providing you self-host a copy of eWeLink's CUBE OS, that is." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202601/20260114-sonoff.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:12:25

• "So starting off a new year with something new, a /proper/ gemlog. Never really felt it was necessary but honestly, I am hoping to spend more time here!" gemini://tilde.club/~pemt/gemlog/2026-01-14.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:13:07

• Why Europe is rediscovering the virtues of cash https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/01/08/why-europe-is-rediscovering-the-virtues-of-cash    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:30:41

• Layoffs and NOT blaming "HEY HI" https://www.uploadvr.com/meta-closes-twisted-pixel-armature-sanzaru-games/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:32:12

• On IBM layoffs: "they are being opposite of mediocre identifying low performers every six months to a year one out of six in each group and put them on PIP even if everyone is mediocre" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kewqfc9k    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:33:39

• MSN has just resurrected "LinkedIn follows Microsoft and lays off 281 employees, most are software engineers" https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/linkedin-follows-microsoft-and-lays-off-281-employees-most-are-software-engineers/ar-AA1FRCg5?cvid=13b1cf59f3e44e1f8df4ebd954ce5fc9&ocid=mc12dt    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:34:17

• Bobby Kotick: Embracer Group Tried to Disrupt the Deal Between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard https://wnhub.io/news/other/item-49795    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:35:03

• Google Seeks Dismissal of Publisher Lawsuit Over AI Search Summaries https://decrypt.co/354532/google-seeks-dismissal-of-publisher-lawsuit-over-ai-search-summaries    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 05:36:05

• "Jobs are shifting to India, but the around 50% of posters on Blind are Indians either in India or on H1B/L1 visas in the US. Blind isn't a scientific survey source." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1keyemb8z    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 07:21:26

• iophk: Has the federal government taken the opportunity to bail out microsoft yet again, too? https://jacobin.com/2026/01/federal-reserve-wall-street-bail-out/ ("The Fed Is Quietly Bailing Out Wall Street") http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/14/What_Will_Happen_to_GAFAM_After_the_US_Defaults_Rather_Than_Bai.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 07:57:47

• iophk: observe also the practice of the finlandlizatin of ICT; no countries have been allowed sovereign computing https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/the-right-finnish-ukraines-deal-will-decide-who-writes-the-rules-of-the-21st-century/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:45:08

• Protecting social control media? "The EU Fired Their Censor. Ours Kept His Job" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/13/the-eu-fired-their-censor-ours-kept-his-job/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:45:36

• "University of Michigan regents unanimously approve Syracuse chancellor as school’s next president • Michigan Advance" https://michiganadvance.com/2026/01/12/university-of-michigan-regents-unanimously-approve-syracuse-chancellor-as-schools-next-president/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:46:00

• "Please Advise! Do MAGA Movie Fans Cheer for the Villains? | The Tyee" https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/01/13/Please-Advise-MAGA-Movie-Fans-Cheer-Villains/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:46:10

• Election Year: The Death of Good Conversation | "Valår: Det goda samtalets död" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/01/13/valar-det-goda-samtalets-dod/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:46:40

• "Tech Bloggers Switching From Windows to Linux" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/12/1844243    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:46:51

• "Betty Boop, Nancy Drew and the Maltese Falcon: Welcome to the Public Domain – Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2026/01/14/betty-boop-nancy-drew-and-the-maltese-falcon-welcome-to-the-public-domain/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:47:04

• "Pashinyan says Armenia ‘unequivocally’ wants to join EU" https://oc-media.org/pashinyan-says-armenia-unequivocally-wants-to-join-eu/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:47:15

• meh https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/how-do-you-use-toms-hardware-take-our-survey-and-be-entered-to-win-a-usd250-prize    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:47:28

• "Saudi’s sovereign wealth fund preps for a wave of IPOs" https://www.semafor.com/article/01/14/2026/saudis-sovereign-wealth-fund-preps-for-a-wave-of-ipos    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:47:38

• "Germany, France To Send Troops To Greenland, Coveted By Trump" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/europe/germany-france-to-send-troops-to-greenland-coveted-by-trump-1930574    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:47:50

• "Donald Trump, Would-Be Price Controller - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-trump-would-be-price-controller    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:48:01

• "This Is Not A Constitutional Moment" https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/13/this-is-not-a-constitutional-moment/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:48:12

• "The Ugly American - by Jay Nordlinger - The Next Move" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/the-ugly-american    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 09:48:24

• Valve tweak Steam Community Awards to deal with point farming and "attention-grabbing content" | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-tweak-steam-community-awards-to-deal-with-point-farming-and-attention-grabbing-content/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 13:33:25

• Nexus Mods retire their in-development cross-platform app to focus back on Vortex | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nexus-mods-retire-their-in-development-cross-platform-app-to-focus-back-on-vortex/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nexus-mods-retire-their-in-development-cross-platform-app-to-focus-back-on-vortex/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 13:33:44

• GOG plan to look a bit closer at Linux through 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-plan-to-look-a-bit-closer-at-linux-through-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-plan-to-look-a-bit-closer-at-linux-through-2026/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 13:35:03

• Check out the great enhancement patch for the original Splinter Cell | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/check-out-the-great-enhancement-patch-for-the-original-splinter-cell/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 13:35:32

• Espteingate Foundation Pedo Operation has 500 layoffs now. Good. Let's hope it dies, as does its pervy founder.    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 13:38:29

• Check out the demo for CiniCross if you enjoy roguelikes and nonogram styled puzzles | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/check-out-the-demo-for-cinicross-if-you-enjoy-roguelikes-and-nonogram-styled-puzzles/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 13:39:24

• Cygames announced an AI studio, and then put up an apology over it | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/cygames-announced-an-ai-studio-and-then-put-up-an-apology-over-it/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 13:40:10

• "Red Hat and Cisco have teamed to provide a comprehensive computing platform for virtualization. While the focus of this article is virtualization, this platform can also support other types of computing." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/improving-virtops-manage-migrate-or-modernize-red-hat-and-cisco | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 13:51:27

• "Every year we bring together thousands of customers, partners, open source community members and technology industry leaders from around the world for a high-energy week of innovation, education" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/registration-now-open-red-hat-summit-2026 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 13:52:10

• "Get in touch or start a 30-day Ubuntu Pro free trial" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/build-dora-ready-infrastructure-with-verifiable-provenance | Source: Ubuntu | Canonical is upselling Debian https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/14/Canonical_Make_Ubuntu_Bloated_Debian_With_Snaps_Then_Sell_the_D.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 13:59:12

• Mozilla pushing Ponzi scheme in "AI" clothing: "At Mozilla, we’ve long believed that technology can be built differently — not only more openly, but more responsibly, more inclusively, and more in service of the people who rely on it." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-2025-portfolio-convening/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:00:26

• "For decades, that participatory experience was a key part of one of the longest-running video games still in operation: Everquest." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/13/online-gamings-final-boss-the-copyright-bully/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:01:07

• "“‘FYI, under the U.S. Copyright law, a termination of transfer notice only terminates a transfer for the United States,’” counsel for the defendant wrote in 2023." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/13/vetter-v-resnik-appeals-court-determination/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:01:25

• "The company controls an impressive library of more than 40,000 registered copyrighted works. When this content appears on third-party sites, it doesn’t hesitate to take legal action." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/court-orders-porkbun-and-other-registrars-to-hand-over-pornxp-domains-to-aylo/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:02:04

• "Groupon, the global marketplace that aims to offer users some of the best online deals, recently featured an offer that was too good to be true." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/groupon-redeems-itself-with-rapid-takedown-of-pirate-iptv-deal/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:02:32

• "The scale of human labour that goes into Wikipedia is easy to take for granted, given its disarming simplicity of presentation." ☛ https://theconversation.com/wikipedia-at-25-can-its-original-ideals-survive-in-the-age-of-ai-273473 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:02:50

• "As part of the week, Gráinne McNamara hosted a panel discussion to continue the conversation around AI (artificial intelligence) use: policies and reality — with a range of perspectives shared by Jeremy Ng, Elizabeth Moylan, Coco Nijhoff, and Lauren Flintoft." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/13/guest-post-ai-use-from-policies-to-reality/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:03:14

• "The push for green inventions comes from car companies, with Honda and auto component-maker Toshiba dominating those grant filings." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/01/14/2026/us-patent-data-shows-where-tech-growth-lies | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:03:51

• "Trump’s remarks came 5 1/2 months before the commencement of the formal review of the USMCA, which superseded the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, on July 1, 2020." ☛ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/trump-doesnt-care-usmca-sheinbaum-us-business/ | Source: Mexico News Daily    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:04:01

• "issue impacting wireless voice and data services for some customers." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2026-01-14/verizon-outage-disrupts-calling-and-data-services-for-phone-customers-across-the-us | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:04:54

• "It’s back on its old bullshit, continuing to pretend it’s not legally obligated to allow members of Congress to tour its detention facilities." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/12/following-murder-of-renee-good-by-ice-officers-ice-blocks-congressional-reps-from-its-detention-facility/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:17:48

• "categorically outside immigration jurisdiction" ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/immigration-enforcement-tribal-members/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:17:59

• "More than 18,100 people have been detained, the group said." ☛ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/14/world/iran-protests/ | Source: Boston Globe    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:18:21

• "A doctor inside Iran has told RFE/RL's Radio Farda that security forces have stormed hospitals and executed wounded protesters amid a brutal state crackdown on nationwide antiestablishment protests." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protest-hospital/33647042.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:18:39

• "Tipping and tipflation signal a growing shift in responsibility for workers’ pay from employers to customers, with significant consequences like income volatility and workplace inequity." ☛ https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/01/14/Is-It-Time-Ban-Tipping/ | Source: The Tyee    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:18:56

• "Banned Tactics, No Punishment: There is a federal ban on chokeholds and similar tactics. But there is no sign of punishment for officers who’ve used them." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/videos-ice-dhs-immigration-agents-using-chokeholds-citizens | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:19:18

• "Ross shot Good as she attempted to leave, which we know because we can see in his own footage that she was dramatically cranking the wheel away from him." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/01/ice-minneapolis-good-paramilitary-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:19:34

• "And as bad as these numbers are, the details are even worse. Just look at the crosstabs: [...]" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/01/renee-good-ice-public-opinion/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:19:47

• "We reviewed footage with a panel of eight former police officers and law enforcement experts." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/14/we-found-more-than-40-cases-of-immigration-agents-using-banned-chokeholds-and-other-moves-that-can-cut-off-breathing/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:20:07

• "Tim Walz on Wednesday called on Minnesotans to peacefully resist" ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2026/01/14/gov-tim-walz-to-give-7-p-m-address-on-immigration-enforcement-in-minnesota/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:27:41

• "What’s happening in Minnesota right now defies belief." ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2026/01/14/remarks-of-gov-tim-walzs-address-on-ice-actions-in-minnesota/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:28:02

• "lack necessary lights" ☛ https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2026/01/dozens-of-ice-vehicles-in-minnesota-lack-necessary-lights-and-sirens/ | Source: MinnPost    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:28:34

• "They are coordinating themselves from the bottom up, grassroots, using phone chat apps." ☛ https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2026/01/the-ice-occupation-unlike-the-aftermath-of-george-floyds-murder-is-an-intentional-disruption/ | Source: MinnPost    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:28:56

• "We are going to leverage our economic power, our labor, our prayer for one another" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/now-is-the-time-minnesota-calls-for-general-strike-to-drive-ice-out/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:29:30

• "One of these civilians was tenth grader Arnoldo Bazan, who was getting McDonald’s with his father, Arnulfo Bazan Carrillo, when they were pulled over by masked agents." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/ice-phone-teenager | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:29:54

• "The share of income going to the top 1 percent is nearly double the OECD average. American CEOs earn, on average, 354 times as much as their workers." ☛ https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-looks-permanent-until-it |    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:30:16

• "Once again, I’ve teamed up with my friends at Smashing Magazine 😻 to share with you everything I know about web accessibility testing!" ☛ https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2026/workshop-deep-dive-on-accessibility-testing | Source: Manuel Matuzović    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:30:37

• "began lying about it despite multiple video angles showing exactly what happened. We wrote about how the media called documented murder a “dispute.”" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/14/prosecutors-flee-doj-after-being-told-to-investigate-the-murdered-woman-not-the-murderer/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:31:34

• "Luna’s comments on social media have made clear that she lacked a legitimate legislative purpose for proposing the subpoena." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/coalition-demands-that-congress-withdraw-journalist-subpoena/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:31:47

• "Natanson has spent the past year closely covering the Trump administration’s campaign to fire large numbers of federal workers and reshape the civil service to more directly serve the president’s agenda." ☛ https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/fbi-seizes-washington-post-journalists-devices-in-search-of-home-in-leak-probe/ | Source: Mediaite    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:32:15

• "The reporter’s home and devices were searched, and her Garmin watch, phone, and two laptop computers, one belonging to her employer, were seized, the newspaper said." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/fbi-raid-washington-post-hannah-natanson | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:32:36

• "Searching a journalist's home is an extraordinary step. Even past administrations that aggressively pursued leak investigations — and the Obama administration was notably aggressive — stopped short of raiding reporters' homes." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/14/fbi-raids-washington-post-reporters-home.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:32:58

• ""Searches of newsrooms and journalists are hallmarks of illiberal regimes, and we must ensure that these practices are not normalized here," said Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute."    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:33:16

• "The commissioner wants police to stop using “exclusion zones” to bar the media from areas where officers are undertaking enforcement activities" ☛ https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/01/14/Stop-Blocking-Media-Reporting-Police-Activity/ | Source: The Tyee    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:33:36

• "Data from media audience measurement firm Nielsen shows that the show lost nearly a quarter of its viewership in the first five days of Dokoupil taking over the program" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/cbs-evening-news-has-lost-over-a-million-viewers-since-bari-weiss-takeover/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:33:54

• If you missed it, Trump-allied billionaire Larry Ellison and his nepobaby son David hired an unqualified troll named Bari Weiss to “run” CBS News."" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/14/bari-weiss-is-sad-that-people-arent-enjoying-her-clumsy-destruction-of-cbs-news/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:34:11

• "Post reporter Hannah Natanson, whose reporting focuses extensively on the consequences of President Donald Trump’s attempts to fire workers and dismantle entire government agencies, was at her home when federal investigators arrived." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/free-press-advocates-decry-fbi-search-of-washington-post-reporters-home/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:34:39

• "The Washington-Baltimore News Guild unequivocally condemns the reported search of a Washington Post reporter’s home and the seizure of her electronic devices by federal agents." ☛ https://wbng.org/2026/01/14/wbng-condemns-fbi-search-of-washington-post-guild-members-home/ | Source: Washingon-Baltimore News Guild    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:35:00

• "But there’s no single — or simple — solution to ensure the survival of America’s 5,400 or so remaining newspapers." ☛ https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/01/14/oregon-local-news-saved/index.html | Source: Northwestern University    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:35:16

• "Some international phone calls were also being blocked said the journalists." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/uganda-crackdown-internet-blackout-ahead-of-vote/a-75495205 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:35:43

• "The 81-year-old leader, who once said African rulers should not overstay their time in office, is widely expected to win a seventh term on Thursday due to his total control over state and security bodies." ☛ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/01/13/uganda-cuts-internet-access-ahead-of-elections_6749386_4.html | Source: Le Monde    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:36:01

• "Earlier this month, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) described reports of an [Internet] blackout as "mere rumours", saying the commission's role was to guarantee uninterrupted connectivity nationwide." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevn0ejynj7o | Source: BBC    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:36:23

• "Nearly half (47 per cent) of students believe universities are becoming less tolerant of diverse viewpoints, a figure that has almost doubled since 2016." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/reform-farage-universities-free-speech-b2900828.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:36:34

• "Chagutah called the fact that no end date has been given for when the blackout will lift “ominous.”" ☛ https://therecord.media/uganda-internet-shutdown-elections | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:43:33

• "US disinformation watchdog NewsGuard said it identified seven AI-generated videos depicting the Iranian protests -- created by both pro- and anti-government actors" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/ai-created-iran-protest-videos-gain-traction-1779918290 | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:44:04

• "through soft power" ☛ https://oc-media.org/russias-soft-power-project-focused-on-armenia-funded-through-presidential-grant/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:44:26

• "The game works like this: Someone takes a factual but largely unremarkable story, gives it a slight spin, and passes it along." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/13/elon-musk-plays-disinfo-telephone-how-oregons-mundane-voter-roll-cleanup-is-turned-into-false-claim-of-fake-voters/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:45:04

• "DHS estimates a formal request for offers will go live next week." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/dhs-tsa-it-help-desk-contract-forecast/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:45:55

• "I’m concerned we’re putting the cart before the horse, when we have not had a hearing on why the [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security] Agency has lost one-third of its workforce in the last year" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/us-offensive-cyber-operations-defense-cisa-workforce-house-homeland-security-committee/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:46:26

• "the central bank is besieged by potentially market-rattling turmoil" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/01/federal-reserve-wall-street-bail-out/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:49:57

• "No more than $10 million of that IT pie should be spent for security and continuity of operations improvements." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/white-house-tech-budget-doge-ai-it-cloud/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:50:33

• "Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-pentagon-hegseth-war | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:50:44

• "There are two groups who use these tools: those without scruples, and those who feel compelled to." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/i-can-t-recommend-keepassxc-anymore/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:51:26

• GNU Taler news: Critical analysis of digital euro published ☛ https://www.taler.net/en/news/2026-02.html | Source: GNU Taler    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:51:59

• "In June, U.S. District Judge Tana Lin granted the states’ motion for a preliminary injunction requiring the Federal Highway Administration to restore funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula (NEVI) Program" ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/states-clash-with-trump-admin-over-electric-vehicle-infrastructure/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:54:25

• "In fact, Defendants concede that Plaintiffs’ seven terminated grants are “comparable” to awards to grantees in Red States that were not terminated." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/us-federal-court-deems-trumps-clean-energy-grant-cancellation-illegal/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:54:36

• "A new report published by Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) and its Peruvian partner organization, Conservación Amazónica, found that 140,000 hectares of land in the Peruvian Amazon have been cleared for illegal gold mining." ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/illegal-gold-rush-strips-peruvian-amazon/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:54:53

• "only about 1 percent of files have been added to an online database for viewing, missing by far a mid-December deadline." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/ford-plant-suspends-worker-after-trump-flips-him-off/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:56:51

• "In a 2,000-word play-by-play, the Post (1/3/26) called it a “surprise strike” in a headline, and a “secretive operation” in the article." ☛ https://fair.org/home/action-alert-why-didnt-nyt-wapo-report-what-they-knew-about-venezuelan-invasion/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:57:21

• "In my opinion, the Epstein scandal is a tool. It undercuts Trump’s ability to grab and redirect attention." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/13/where-we-go-from-here-2/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:57:51

• "The state of Maine." ☛ https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-maine-lewiston-portland-somali-americans | Source: Marisa Kabas    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:58:58

• "What a rage-filled heart, an exhausted heart, a terrified heart, and a grieving heart have in common" ☛ https://thewhitepages.net/p/what-a-rage-filled-heart-an-exhausted |    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 14:59:43

• "A federal judge in San Diego sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months" ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/01/13/former-us-sailor-sentenced-to-16-years-for-selling-ship-intel-to-china/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:00:26

• "In fiery statements Wednesday, the lawmakers accused the Trump administration of seeking to silence its enemies and politicize the Justice Department." ☛ https://www.notus.org/democrats/democrats-elissa-slotkin-jason-crow-doj-illegal-orders-military-video | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:03:47

• "None of this means that we’re home safe." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/what-happens-when-the-people-refuse-to-be-afraid/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:04:26

• "Get the fuck out" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/further/one-people-realm-leader-but-don-t-call-them-nazis | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:05:05

• "The report notes that air temperature over global land areas was second warmest" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/fossil-fuel-phaseout-urgent-as-1-50c-target-likely-to-be-passed-by-2030 | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:05:22

• "The report comes as the relationship between China and Taiwan suffered setbacks in the past year." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/taiwan-sees-greater-cyber-pressure-from-china | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:05:56

• "You’re a fucking idiot" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/14/renee-good-shooting-dissent-fatal-trump-america | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:06:58

• "Speaking at the mobility-focused summit on Wednesday, Orpo said he supports banning social media use for those under 15" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20204220 | Source: YLE    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:08:06

• "In a video shared on X, Zibi said the government would be “stupid” to allow Starlink to operate due to Musk’s open disdain for South Africa." ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/it-would-be-stupid-to-have-elon-musks-starlink-in-south-africa-parliament-committee-chairperson/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:08:29

• "The suit is the latest escalation in the fight between the senator and the secretary after Hegseth moved to censure Kelly and start a process to reduce his rank last week." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/kelly-hegseth-lawsuit-speech/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:09:36

• "The plan entails several independent company-sized units that will be required to be mobile and modular to mix and match different weapons" ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2026/01/12/swedish-military-to-pump-forces-money-into-mobile-drone-defense-units/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:09:51

• "After fighting bravely against the Soviet invasion in 1939–40, Finland ceded 10% of its territory. But territorial loss was only the beginning." ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/the-right-finnish-ukraines-deal-will-decide-who-writes-the-rules-of-the-21st-century/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:10:17

• "I’m glad they are pushing Noem et al. on this, but the accuracy (or the lack thereof) of the tool is beside the point." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/2026-01-13-congress-pushes-dhs | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:11:47

• "There are many different agencies under U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that deal with immigration" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/14/ice-is-going-on-a-surveillance-shopping-spree/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:11:54

• "This was first pitched by the DHS back in November, as “Papers Please” reports." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/14/dhs-wants-to-harvest-biometric-data-from-anyone-helping-a-foreigner-stay-in-this-country-legally/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:12:16

• "The U.S. is demanding automated access to biometric police and asylum data in EU states." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2026/01/14/access-to-biometric-police-data-eu-commission-wants-to-negotiate-secretly-with-the-u-s/ | Source: Site36    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:12:30

• "UK communication regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation, and the UK is bringing a law into force this week that makes creating nonconsensual intimate deepfake images a criminal offense." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/862372/x-grok-ai-policy-update-deepfake-bikini-poses | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:13:35

• "The American Federation ‌of ​Teachers says it is leaving X, ‌citing the social media site's creation and dissemination of "sickening" images of ​children in various states of undress." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-13/teachers-union-says-its-leaving-x-calling-ai-images-of-children-the-last-straw | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:14:01

• "If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/elon-musk-cannot-get-away-with-this/685606/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:14:20

• "misinformation, disinformation, electoral fraud and related risks" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/uganda-shuts-down-internet-ahead-of-pivotal-election/276219/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:15:16

• "this compliance did not create genuine legal accountability." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/social-media-platforms-turn-to-censorship-to-protect-commercial-interests-315552 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:15:29

• "Techzim is aware of fake Facebook accounts pretending to be Leonard Sengere and Techzim following our recent coverage of EcoCash-related scams." ☛ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2026/01/techzim-impersonation-scam-warning/ | Source: Zimbabwe    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:16:08

• "In many parts of the world outside the US, the “big boss” of those who decide to get rid of Meta is WhatsApp. And how could it not be?" ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/living-without-whatsapp/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:16:25

• "With President Museveni looking to extend his 40-year-rule in the upcoming election, Ugandans are voting on Thursday amid expected police crackdowns and an [Internet] blackout." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/uganda-votes-under-internet-blackout-and-police-crackdown-1432823038 | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:17:00

• "Of course, one could point to 2022 and say ‘look, it’s because of AI,’ and yes, AI certainly accelerated the decline, but this is the result of consistently punishing users for trying to participate in your community" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-has-basically-killed-stack-overflow | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:17:55

• "And while debate swirls about whether AI is actually replacing jobs in any serious numbers, many tech startups are trying to make it a reality." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mercor-unemployed-teach-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:18:20

• "many of Sienna Rose’s albums and songs are detected and flagged as AI on Deezer." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sienna-rose-ai-artist-real-1235499068/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:18:43

• "LLM inference usually takes 10s of seconds to complete. Streaming responses help compensate, but it's slow." ☛ https://tidepool.leaflet.pub/3mcbegnuf2k2i |    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:19:20

• "AI companies make tools for hurting people and we don’t want to support that." ☛ https://yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-dont-use-ai/ |    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:19:46

• "X said it will “geoblock the ability” of all Grok and X users to create images of people in “bikinis, underwear, and similar attire” in those jurisdictions where such actions are deemed illegal." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/california-begins-probe-of-musks-grok-over-sexualized-ai-images-2108697929 | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:20:19

• "What’s really problematic about the rise of services based on generative AI is not that they are using huge amounts of copyright material – those will probably be licensed in one way or another" ☛ https://walledculture.org/walled-culture-the-book-three-years-on/ | Source: Walled Culture    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:20:53

• Hinton ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-corporations-labor-jobs | Source: Futurism http://techrights.org/n/2024/02/02/The_Great_LLM_Delusion_Part_VI_Hype_Agent_Geoff_Hinton_Would_Ne.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:21:45

• "on the Verge of Running Out of Money" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/financial-expert-openai-running-out-of-money | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:22:06

• Opposition to MElon’s Hey Hi (AI) Stripping Clothing Off Children Is Nearly Universal, Polling Shows ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/opposition-grok-stripping-children    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:22:50

• "12 months later and it's as if a completely separate entity runs the website having only been given a vague description of what it was before." ☛ https://rknight.me/blog/bullet-journal-is-a-system-for-selling-more-bullet-journal/ | Source: Rob Knight    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:23:38

• Proprietary: "While malware operators have traditionally focused on Windows-based systems, VoidLink's cloud-first focus is significant." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/14/voidlink_linux_malware/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:24:14

• "The update was malformed, and CrowdStrike's internal validation system, designed to ensure updates didn't cause serious snafus, failed to catch the issue, as the company later explained in a post-mortem." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/14/crowdstrike_shareholders_lawsuit_dismiss/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:24:36

• "Gmail Ending Support for Gmailify and POP Fetching" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/13/gmail-ending-support-for-gmailify-and-pop/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:25:05

• "The widespread presence of smaller microplastics raises concerns about potential health risks from inhalation, regardless of whether people live in a city or a rural village." ☛ https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/5914/microplastics-detected-in-rural-woodland |    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:25:33

• "The same study points to another easy measure that can improve the health of millions of people" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/health/2026-01-14/inactive-people-can-reduce-risk-of-death-by-30-with-five-minutes-of-exercise-a-day.html | Source: El País    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:25:56

• "coming up with a ruggedised scanner that has a Raspberry Pi Zero W at its heart and which automates much of the record collection process." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/flokk-herd-management-with-raspberry-pi-zero-w/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:26:24

• "The best medicine isn't found in a pill bottle or an operating theatre – it's movement." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-best-medicine-for-joint-pain-isnt-what-you-think-says-expert | Source: Science Alert    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:26:55

• "Spot the issue? The entire stand rests on four tiny rubber feet mounted to the aluminium frame and… that’s it." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/the-bookarc-and-bolt-laptop-stands/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:27:45

• "The material is called “glass cloth” and it is an important component in a particular type of substrate (essentially a little pad that the chip is mounted on to attach it to the circuit board)." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3032880/an-obscure-material-used-in-every-apple-device-is-suddenly-in-very-short-supply.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:28:26

• "The firm, based in the Netherlands but whose parent company is China's Wingtech, has been the subject of a standoff between Beijing and the West that threatened to cripple car manufacturers that rely on its chips." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/battle-over-chinese-owned-chipmaker-nexperia-rages-in-dutch-court/articleshow/126531005.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:28:40

• "The laws of physics in China are the same." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/chinas-breakthrough-in-chips | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:29:00

• "But weeks later, things aren’t looking much better." ☛ https://futurism.com/space/nasa-bad-news-mars-spacecraft | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:33:35

• "Of particular concern is the campus’ main library, which was unceremoniously shut down last month, as the New York Times reported on December 31." ☛ https://futurism.com/space/nasa-union-isaacman | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:33:46

• "Launched in August, Cardman, Fincke, Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russia’s Oleg Platonov were due to remain on the space station until late February." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/space/nasa-astronauts-sick-evacuation-iss-b2900846.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:34:04

• "In what, exactly? This is another thing I’ve tried to explore in 2025 and I’m still on it at the moment. I’ve looked into Linux a bit more." ☛ https://morrick.me/archives/10219 | Source: Riccardo Mori    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:35:11

• "So despite all those PCs, it [productivity growth] was a lot lower." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/forrester_ai_jobs_impact/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:35:25

• "In conclusion, is it still worth serving content via RSS? Yes. Is the web overrun by bots?" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/how-you-read-my-content | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:35:47

• Reminder: ALL the attacks on Techrights were from the US, a country that Roy has not set a foot in since 2006    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:38:28

• "The most notable change is the addition of TOTP-based two-factor authentication" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/nginx-proxy-manager-2-13-6-released-with-built-in-2fa/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:39:08

• "There is an IETF draft that aims to standardize RateLimit header fields for HTTP." ☛ https://dotat.at/@/2026-01-13-http-ratelimit.html | Source: Tony Finch    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:39:19

• "I found an existing stackable Raspberry Pi holder on printables.com which can also hold compatible boards, and added a few variations: [...]" ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/2026-01-14-3d-print-sbc-stack/ | Source: Frank Delporte    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:42:53

• "Did I remember that Linus stopped posting his canary sometime a few years back?" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/12/1844243#1430044    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:47:54

• Linus never had a "canary"; probably made up    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:48:26

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 634 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/01/14/this-week-in-rust-634/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:52:26

• BCMR – Better Copy Move Remove ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bcmr-better-copy-move-remove/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:53:11

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: What does it take to ship Rust in safety-critical? ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/01/14/what-does-it-take-to-ship-rust-in-safety-critical/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 15:53:44

• "Unfortunately, Go’s library doesn’t get updated every time Unicode does." ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/01/14/Unicode-Properties | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:07:19

• "Anthropic, best known as the AI research company behind Claude, a LLM used by millions of people worldwide," ☛ https://linuxiac.com/python-software-foundation-receives-1-5-million-from-anthropic/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:07:52

• we hold epo aces this year http://techrights.org/wiki/EPO/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:08:18

• "Make the UI and UX as simple as possible. Drop the transparency and animations." ☛ https://www.deobald.ca/essays/2026-01-13-artificial-stupidintelligence-and-airport-sinks/ | Source: Steven Deobald    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:08:37

• "Surprisingly, the root cause of bad software has less to do with specific engineering choices, and more to do with how development projects are managed. The worst software projects often proceed in a very particular way: [...]" ☛ https://knowledge.csc.gov.sg/ethos-issue-21/how-to-build-good-software/ |    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:08:50

• "Today, we’ll shift gears a bit: what if the clock you need… doesn’t exist?" ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/01/14/clocks-part-7-custom-clocks | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:09:09

• "Just as human history is often divided into the eras B.C. and A.D., it's not unreasonable to imagine the Internet's story split between B.W. and A.W. — the "W" denoting Wikipedia." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/wikipedia-at-25-of-collective-knowledge-and-its-fault-lines/a-75480616 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:09:27

• "Many of the technical requirements in the policy can only be achieved or evidenced through metadata such as licensing information, persistent identifiers for items and contributors, links to funding grants" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/14/open-access-policies-the-devils-in-the-details/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:09:40

• "Proponents of generative AI are parroting that the whole-scale theft the plagiarism machines perform are entirely legal" ☛ https://chronicles.mad-scientist.club/tales/on-floss-and-training-llms/ | Source: Gergely Nagy    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:11:27

• "Three more days: that's how long we have before our deadline to reach our goal of welcoming 100 new FSF associate members. We can do this: we need just 38 more people to join us to help further software freedom for all." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-help-secure-the-future-of-a-free-society | Source: FSF    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:14:30

• "Those of you familiar with Postgres on FreeBSD may know the issue, but it came to me over some Mexican food for lunch." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/postgres-wouldnt-take-my-pg-hba-conf-changes/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:15:07

• PGConf.BE 2026: Call for Papers & Sponsors ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgconfbe-2026-call-for-papers-sponsors-3211/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:16:21

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1054167/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:16:42

• "The rkpi-client project has made a new release, rkpi-client 9-7, available with important new features and bug fixes." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260114104154 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:17:16

• "It shows how Predator is not merely spyware, but a self-diagnostic tool, returning information to the developers on why an individual attack may have failed" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/predator-spywares-granular-anti-analysis-features-exposed/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:17:41

• "Researchers have demonstrated remotely controlling a wheelchair over Bluetooth. CISA has issued an advisory. [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/hacking-wheelchairs-over-bluetooth.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:18:18

• "DietPi, a lightweight, performance-focused Debian-based Linux distro for SBCs (such as Raspberry Pi) and server systems (with an option to install desktop environments), has opened public testing for its upcoming 10.0 release." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/dietpi-10-0-enters-open-beta-with-platform-and-software-changes/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:19:11

• "What is the role of tape backup in 2026? Should ZFS be used on tape?" ☛ https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/475 | Source: The Ask Noah Show    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:20:06

• "Risky Business returns for 2026! Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau talk through the week’s cybersecurity news, including: [...]" ☛ https://risky.biz/RB820/ | Source: RiskyBiz    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:20:26

• "By walking the entire pool, verifying every block against its checksum, and repairing minor corruption early" ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/understanding-zfs-scrubs-and-data-integrity/ | Source: Klara    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:21:49

• "The Wine Project, a compatibility layer that enables Linux and macOS users to run Windows applications, has officially released version 11.0." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/wine-11-0-brings-fully-supported-wow64-mode/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:21:58

• "The headline change is the completion of the new WoW64 architecture, which is now fully supported and considered feature-complete."    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:22:07

• "And then, not much happened - you could use a glass console on these systems with the tcx frame buffers, and run X11, but they were handled as dumb frame buffers (i.e. a large memory area, with a programmable colormap.)" ☛ http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/tcx.html | Source: Miod Vallat    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:22:39

• "Among the updated modules, GNOME Control Center addresses several long-standing issues, including fixes for Wi-Fi handling when managing a single device, a small memory leak in the Color panel, improvements to timezone searching, and more consistent locale variable handling." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/gnome-48-8-released-with-bug-fixes-and-security-updates/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:23:23

• "Unraid, a popular Linux-based self-hosted NAS platform, has outlined its development priorities for 2026, with a central technical change being internal boot support. This would allow Unraid to boot from non-USB flash storage, addressing a long-standing limitation of the platform." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/unraid-plans-internal-boot-support-and-multiple-arrays-for-2026/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:25:58

• "Excellent. Keep the pressure on the EPO and the mainstream media for their lack of coverage of the EPO." -Anon    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:26:23

• "what does it actually save?" ☞ https://tarekziade.github.io/2026/01/14/the-economics-of-ai-coding/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:27:34

• Fancy Concept, Marla Sofia Parreaux & cryptocurrency scandals https://juristgate.com/en/marla-sofia-parreaux-fancy-concept-share-address-mathieu-elias-parreaux/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:31:17

• Protest, lawbreaking, or terrorism? ICE opponents face ‘extremist’ label. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0114/terrorism-ice-protests-trump-noem    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:32:00

• Australia’s hate speech and gun law reforms face free speech concerns ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australias-hate-speech-gun-law-reforms-face-free-speech-concerns    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:32:14

• How Iran jammed Starlink (and how Iranians are trying to get around it) ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/iran-jammed-starlink-get-around-it    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:32:42

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: gunsales 0.1.3 on CRAN: Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/01/14#gunsales_0.1.3    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:33:05

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppSimdJson 0.1.15 on CRAN: New Upstream, Some Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/01/14#rcppsimdjson_0.1.15    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:33:12

• Chrome 144, Firefox 147 Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-144-firefox-147-patch-high-severity-vulnerabilities/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:35:14

• Steam Machine to have fewer 'Verified' badge constraints — Valve says Verified on Steam Deck titles expected to run smoothly on upcoming PC console ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/steam-machine-to-have-fewer-verified-badge-constraints-valve-says-verified-on-steam-deck-titles-expected-to-run-smoothly-on-upcoming-pc-console    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:35:34

• REST API Development with Qt 6 ☞ https://steveire.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/rest-api-development-with-qt-6/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:36:01

• My Gripes with Prolog ☞ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/my-gripes-with-prolog/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:37:03

• Milenium Crypto, Atreide Ventures SAS, Badra Fettache linked to Mathieu Elias Parreaux https://juristgate.com/en/milenium-crypto-atreide-ventures-badra-fettache-mathieu-parreaux/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:37:41

• "The Swiss financial regulator knew about his activities for five years before they shut him down. The French authorities have published a warning about his business but they did not shut the business down. The business is still trading and publishing videos every few days."    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:38:48

• UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake https://www.theverge.com/news/861668/uk-police-microsoft-copilot-error-mistake    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:41:44

• British Columbia Ends Program That Aimed to Curb Arrests of Drug Users ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/world/canada/british-columbia-drug-decriminalization.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:42:31

• Is Whole Milk Healthier for Kids? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/well/eat/health-effects-whole-milk-kids.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:43:51

• H.H.S. Reverses Decision to Cut $2 Billion for Mental Health and Addiction Services ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/health/samhsa-funding-cuts.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:44:02

• Bangkok wakes up to toxic air choking central business districts ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bangkok-wakes-to-toxic-air-choking-central-business-districts    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:44:13

• 40,000 fewer Michiganders seek Affordable Care Act health insurance ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/40000-fewer-michiganders-seek-affordable-care-act-health-insurance/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:44:35

• Israel Has Systematically Undermined Women’s and Newborn Health in Gaza: Two Reports ☞ https://phr.org/news/israel-has-systematically-undermined-womens-and-newborn-health-in-gaza-two-reports/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:45:01

• NASA Begins Astronaut Space Station Medical Evacuation: What to Know ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/science/nasa-astronauts-iss-return.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:45:18

• Watch the Leaders of Japan and South Korea Jam to K-pop on the Drums ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/world/asia/japan-south-korea-kpop-drum-diplomacy.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:45:50

• The duo tapping a new Japanese-Korean beat ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2026/0114/The-duo-tapping-a-new-Japanese-Korean-beat    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:46:03

• South Korea vows legal action over drone incursion into North ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-vows-legal-action-over-drone-incursion-into-north    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:46:14

• Mixed views in South Korea over death sentence request for Yoon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/mixed-views-in-south-korea-over-death-sentence-request-for-yoon    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:46:26

• More than 1 in 7 newborns in South Korea conceived through infertility treatment ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/more-than-1-in-7-newborns-in-south-korea-conceived-through-infertility-treatment    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:46:49

• South Korea prosecutors seek death sentence for former president Yoon Suk Yeol ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/south-korea-prosecutors-seek-death-sentence-for-former-president-yoon-suk-yeol/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:47:27

• China Announces Record Trade Surplus as Its Exports Flood World Markets ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/business/china-trade-surplus-exports.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:48:22

• China’s Coal Ban Improved Air Quality, but Villagers Are Paying the Price ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/world/asia/china-coal-ban-air-pollution-heating.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:48:43

• A New Video Game Traps Players in an Online Scam Center ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/world/asia/blood-money-video-game-scams.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:48:59

• Flathub Blog: What's new in Vorarbeiter ☞ https://docs.flathub.org/blog/vorarbeiter-2026    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:49:36

• The State of OpenSSL for pyca/cryptography ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1054258/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:50:18

• reComputer Industrial R2135-12 review – A Raspberry Pi CM5-powered fanless Edge Hey Hi (AI) PC with Hailo-8 Hey Hi (AI) accelerator ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/15/recomputer-industrial-r2135-12-review-a-raspberry-pi-cm5-powered-fanless-edge-ai-pc-with-hailo-8-ai-accelerator/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:50:42

• Debian SBuild for FreeBSD People ☞ https://euroquis.nl/freebsd/2026/01/14/debian.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:57:30

• MSI PRO DP10 A14MG Features 14th-Gen defective chip maker Intel CPUs in a Compact Chassis ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/msi-pro-dp10-a14mg-features-14th-gen-intel-cpus-in-a-compact-chassis/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:58:31

• Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is Officially Available Now! Introduces Two New Apps ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-mint-22-3-release/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:59:28

• Wireshark 4.6.3 Released with Updated Protocol and Capture File Support ☞ https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-6-3-released-with-updated-protocol-and-capture-file-support    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:59:40

• GRUB 2.14 Released with EROFS, Argon2 KDF, and Shim Loader Protocol Support ☞ https://9to5linux.com/grub-2-14-released-with-erofs-argon2-kdf-and-shim-loader-protocol-support    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 16:59:49

• OBS Studio 32.1 Promises New Audio Mixer & WebRTC Simulcast Support, Beta Out Now ☞ https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-32-1-promises-new-audio-mixer-and-webrtc-simulcast-support-beta-out-now    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:00:00

• Mark Carney Heads to Beijing to Discuss Canada-China Relations as U.S. Outlook Darkens ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/world/canada/carney-trip-china-relations-trump.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:12:54

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Imposes Limited Tariffs on Foreign Semiconductors ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/business/economy/trump-chips-tariffs.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:13:09

• At least 32 killed after crane falls on train in Thailand’s north-east ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/at-least-25-killed-after-crane-falls-on-train-in-thailands-north-east-police-say    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:13:43

• Beijing won its war for blue skies but villagers are paying the price ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/beijing-won-its-war-for-blue-skies-but-villagers-are-paying-the-price    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:14:02

• China probes largest online travel agency Trip.com over suspected monopoly ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/update-1-china-probes-largest-online-travel-agency-trip-com-over-suspected-monopoly    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:14:23

• Japan PM Takaichi readies snap election and sources say she’s considering Feb 8 ballot ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-pm-plans-snap-election-party-official-says    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:14:58

• Dihydroxyacetone Man administration accused of 'slow-walking' help to Pacific island veterans ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/trump-administration-accused-of-slow-walking-help-to-pacific-island-veterans    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:15:17

• China’s Pooh-tin welcomes stream of leaders shaken by Convicted Felon’s new world order ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-welcomes-stream-of-leaders-shaken-by-trumps-new-world-order    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:15:31

• China, Canada move to reset ties as Carney visits ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-canada-move-to-reset-ties-as-carney-visits    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:15:44

• Chinese customs told to block H200 imports, report claims — directive would effectively ban the Nvidia Hey Hi (AI) chip from China ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/chinese-customs-told-to-block-h200-imports-report-claims-directive-would-effectively-ban-the-nvidia-ai-chip-from-china    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:15:59

• ‘Are You Dead?’: Chinese check-in app for solo dwellers goes viral ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/14/are-you-dead-chinese-check-in-app-for-solo-dwellers-goes-viral/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:16:31

• Over 20 killed in train accident at China-backed project in Thailand ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/14/over-20-killed-in-train-accident-at-china-backed-project-in-thailand/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:17:02

• Tai Po fire: Over 1,100 survivors petition Beijing, Hong Kong legislature for on-site redevelopment ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/14/tai-po-fire-over-1100-survivors-petition-beijing-hong-kong-legislature-for-on-site-redevelopment/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:17:14

• Facing China, Southeast Asia needs to boost coast-guard cooperation ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/facing-china-asean-coast-guard-forums-institutionalisation-would-bolster-regional-capability/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:17:42

• Canada mustn’t forget political prisoners in its China reset ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/canada-mustnt-forget-political-prisoners-in-its-china-reset/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:18:01

• Toby Kiers, World Champion of Mycorrhizal Fungus ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/science/toby-kiers-fungus-tyler-prize.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:19:32

• CPR on TV Shows Can Save Real Lives – if They Do It Right ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cpr-on-tv-shows-can-save-real-lives-if-they-do-it-right    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:19:43

• Spiral Galaxy Caught Spraying Huge Jets of Super-Hot Gas Like a Sprinkler ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/spiral-galaxy-caught-spraying-huge-jets-of-super-hot-gas-like-a-sprinkler    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:20:06

• Just One Gene May Be Responsible For Over 90% of Alzheimer's Cases ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/just-one-gene-may-be-responsible-for-over-90-of-alzheimers-cases    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:20:30

• An Ancient Wolf Cub's Last Meal Just Rewrote The Woolly Rhino Extinction Story ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/an-ancient-wolf-cubs-last-meal-just-rewrote-the-woolly-rhino-extinction-story    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:20:43

• WATCH: NASA Conducts First-Ever Medical Evacuation From The ISS ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-nasa-conducts-first-ever-medical-evacuation-from-the-iss    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:20:59

• Exercise Is Emerging as a Powerful Treatment For Depression ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/exercise-is-emerging-as-a-powerful-treatment-for-depression    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:21:11

• Scientists Are Finally Closing In on a Treatment For Huntington's Disease ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-are-finally-closing-in-on-a-treatment-for-huntingtons-disease    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:22:04

• A Ketamine-Related Health Problem Is Surging in Young People, Doctors Warn ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-ketamine-related-health-problem-is-surging-in-young-people-doctors-warn    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:22:14

• Mosquitoes Are Feeding on Us More Often – And Scientists Say We're to Blame ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mosquitoes-are-feeding-on-us-more-often-and-scientists-say-were-to-blame    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:22:25

• What Voters Told Democrats About ICE, Rising Costs and Party Perceptions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/politics/ice-immigration-inflation-democrats-voter-feedback.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:22:47

• Live Blog: Rights Group Says More Than 2,400 Protesters Killed In Iran Unrest ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:23:07

• Radicle 1.6.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1054171/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:23:58

• Lightmap Baking and Other Improvements in Qt Quick 3D ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/lightmap-baking-improvements-in-qt-quick-3d    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:24:30

• Starlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofits Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/technology/iran-starlink-elon-musk.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:24:48

• Iran Remains In Digital Darkness As Convicted Felon Mulls US Action Over Deadly Crackdown On Protesters ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-internet-trump-crackdown-protesters/33647882.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:25:03

• Communication on the Barricades: How 50,000 people gathered without the Internet ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/history/14.01.2026-communication-on-the-barricades-how-50000-people-gathered-without-the-internet.a629878/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:25:20

• Beijing reportedly limiting H200 purchases to those with ‘special circumstances’ ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/beijing-reportedly-limiting-h200-purchases-to-those-with-special-circumstances-sources-suggest-only-university-r-and-d-labs-can-acquire-nvidia-gpus-in-china    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:25:44

• Bandcamp Takes a Stand and Bans AI-Generated Music ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/14/bandcamp-takes-a-stand-and-bans-ai-generated-music/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:26:15

• California AG launches investigation into X’s sexualized deepfakes ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/california-ag-investigates-xai-grok-nonconsensual-deepfakes-defiance-act/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:26:30

• NYT publisher and chairman warns against ‘anti-press push’, talks Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/01/14/nyt-publisher-and-chairman-talks-ai-warns-against-anti-press-push/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/Like_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Donald_Trump_is_Out_of.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:27:10

• Grok Is Getting Access to Classified Military Networks ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-pentagon-hegseth-war    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:28:37

• Boeing Knew About Flaws in UPS Plane That Crashed in Louisville, N.T.S.B. Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/louisville-crash-report.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:29:10

• Hong Kong to propose greater gov’t oversight of building maintenance work after fatal Tai Po fire ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/15/hong-kong-to-propose-greater-govt-oversight-of-building-maintenance-works-after-tai-po-fire/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:29:36

• Judge Tosses Chris Brown’s $500 Million Defamation Lawsuit Over ‘A History of Violence’ Documentary ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/14/chris-brown-defamation-lawsuit-dismissed/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:29:58

• American Oversight Expands Lawsuit to Uncover Records on DOJ’s “Chief Enforcer” Ed Martin ☞ https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-expands-lawsuit-to-uncover-records-on-dojs-chief-enforcer-ed-martin/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:30:21

• How stagnant is CPU technology? ☞ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/14/how-stagnant-is-cpu-technology/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:32:43

• What are Convicted Felon’s Options in Iran? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010640541/what-are-trumps-options-in-iran.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:33:01

• Iran’s Leaders May Survive Protests. But Anger Will Likely Persist. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/world/middleeast/iran-protests-government.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:33:19

• Does the US need to own Greenland to be secure? History suggests not. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2026/0114/greenland-trump-rubio-denmark-national-security    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:33:34

• Jamming to the same beat: Japan, S. Korea leaders signal unity amid shared challenges ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/jamming-to-the-same-beat-japan-s-korea-leaders-signal-unity-amid-shared-challenges    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:33:55

• Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US and Israeli cybersecurity software, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/beijing-tells-chinese-firms-to-stop-using-us-and-israeli-cybersecurity-software-sources-say    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:34:20

• Japan, Philippines sign new security pacts as regional tensions rise ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/japan-philippines-sign-new-security-pacts-as-regional-tensions-rise    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:34:49

• US Government Weighs Response To Iran's Harsh Crackdown On Nationwide Protests ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-deaths-pressure-tehran-unrest/33645323.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:35:17

• Ghana dispatch: Former Finance Minister detained by US immigration authorities pending extradition review ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/ghana-dispatch-former-finance-minister-detained-by-us-immigration-authorities-pending-extradition-review/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:35:43

• Ex-legislator Eddie Chu released from prison after serving 4.5-year jail term over national security offence ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/15/ex-legislator-eddie-chu-released-from-prison-after-serving-4-5-year-jail-term-over-national-security-offence/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:36:13

• Japan & So. Korea K-pop diplomacy ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260114-japan-so-korea-k-pop-diplomacy-1    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:36:34

• France to send troops for European security mission to Greenland amid Convicted Felon threats ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260114-france-to-send-troops-for-european-security-mission-to-greenland-amid-trump-threats    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:36:55

• Some museum entrance fees go up for non-EU tourists in France ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20260114-some-museum-entrance-fees-go-up-for-non-eu-tourists-in-france    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:37:14

• Live: UN Security Council to meet for 'a briefing on the situation in Iran' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260115-live-un-security-council-to-meet-for-a-briefing-on-the-situation-in-iran    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:37:33

• Deaths related to militant Islamist groups in the Sahel doubled over last five years ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/deaths-related-to-militant-islamist-groups-in-the-sahel-doubled-over-last-five-years/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:37:55

• Sources: DHS finalizing replacement for disbanded critical infrastructure security council ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/dhs-anchor-cipac-replacement-critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity-liability-protections/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:38:21

• Fortinet Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in FortiFone, FortiSIEM ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-patches-critical-vulnerabilities-in-fortifone-fortisiem/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:39:40

• Robo-Advisor Betterment Discloses Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/robo-advisor-betterment-discloses-data-breach/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:39:53

• Majority of frontline Social Security employees earn less than a living wage, study finds ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/01/majority-of-frontline-social-security-employees-earn-less-than-a-living-wage-study-finds/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:40:53

• FBI searches a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of a classified documents investigation ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/01/fbi-searches-home-of-washington-post-reporter-in-classified-documents-probe-newspaper-says/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:43:08

• Warning: Scammers Are Pretending To Be Us On Social Media ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2026/01/techzim-impersonation-scam-warning/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:43:44

• Microsoft/Windows TCO spun as Microsoft being a saviour ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-seizes-disrupts-redvds-cybercrime-marketplace/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:44:44

• Duffer Brothers Accused of Using Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot for Final Season of “Stranger Things” ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/duffer-brothers-chatgpt-ai-stranger-things    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:45:14

• Will Manila pave the way for the Myanmar junta to return to ASEAN? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/will-manila-pave-the-way-for-the-myanmar-junta-to-return-to-asean    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:46:07

• Microsoft/Windows TCO spun as Microsoft being a saviour ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/redvds-cybercrime-service-disrupted-by-microsoft-and-law-enforcement/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:46:47

• US military does not pass "digital sovereignty requirements"... this is an IBM-bribed publisher relaying IBM's marketing lies https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/15/ibm-launches-cloud-platform-tuned-digital-sovereignty-requirements/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:58:20

• Hong Kong gov’t to propose blanket smoking ban at construction sites after deadly Tai Po fire ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/14/hong-kong-govt-to-propose-blanket-smoking-ban-at-construction-sites-after-deadly-tai-po-fire/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:58:54

• Rebuilding fire-hit Wang Fuk Court ‘huge challenge’ due to ownership, legal issues, Hong Kong official says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/14/rebuilding-fire-hit-wang-fuk-court-huge-challenge-due-to-ownership-legal-issues-hong-kong-official-says/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:59:16

• Iran protests: Hey Hi (AI) and dated photos mislead about pro-regime rallies ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260114-iran-protests-ai-and-dated-photos-mislead-about-pro-regime-rallies    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 17:59:44

• Transmitting Everything You Say ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1114/transmitting-everything-you-say    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:00:14

• Mike Blumenkrantz: 2026 Status ☞ https://www.supergoodcode.com/2026-status/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:00:41

• Indie Developer Deleting Entire Game From Steam Due to Shame From Having Used Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/indie-developer-deleting-entire-game-ai    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:01:13

• ESP-SensairShuttle ESP32-C5 kit supports Bosch Sensortec’s BME690, BMI270, BMM350 environmental and motion sensors ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/14/esp-sensairshuttle-esp32-c5-kit-supports-bosch-sensortec-bme690-bmi270-bmm350-environmental-and-motion-sensors/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:01:43

• KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta Released! New Login Manager & Custom Global Theme ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/kde-plasma-6-6-new-login-manager-custom-global-theme/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:02:45

• Wine stable release 11.0.0 is now available for GNU/Linux FreeBSD and macOS ☞ https://www.wine-reviews.net/2026/01/wine-stable-release-1100-is-now.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:03:41

• BigEdit – streaming TUI editor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bigedit-streaming-tui-editor/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:04:36

• huey – task queue for Python ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/huey-task-queue-python/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:04:47

• CentOS 10-20260113 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/centos    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:05:59

• Mabox 26.01 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/mabox    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:06:10

• fotocx – image editing and collection management ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fotocx-image-editing-collection-management/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:08:13

• arcorrust – terminal-based virtual instrument playground ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/arcorrust-terminal-based-virtual-instrument-playground/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:08:34

• Manjaro 26.0.1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:08:45

• Slimbook OS 24-r113 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/slimbookos    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:08:55

• goradion – command line radio player ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/goradion-command-line-radio-player/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:09:13

• 11 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Internet Forum Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-internet-forum-software/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:09:40

• TROMjaro 2026.01.13 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/tromjaro    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:09:50

• Orion Browser Releases Its First GNU/Linux Alpha ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/orion-browser-for-linux-alpha    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:10:15

• Ubuntu 26.04 Mass Rebuild Touches All Archive Packages ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/ubuntu-2604-resolute-archive-rebuild    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:10:26

• Linux Mint 22.3 Zena is Officially Available Now! Introduces Two New Apps ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-mint-22-3-release/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:10:51

• hyprsnap – script-based screenshot utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hyprsnap-script-based-screenshot-utility/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:11:26

• 5 Best Free and Open Source Python-Based Content Management Systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/webcms/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:11:35

• Ladybug – embedded graph database ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ladybug-embedded-graph-database/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:11:48

• sif – pentesting (recon/exploitation) suite ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sif-pentesting-recon-exploitation-suite/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:12:23

• Nexus – terminal-based HTTP client for API testing ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nexus-terminal-based-http-client-api-testing/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:12:42

• VirtualBox & kernel driver not installed error ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/virtualbox-kernel-driver-not-installed.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:13:17

• SUSE Security Team Spotlight Autumn 2025 ☞ https://security.opensuse.org/2026/01/14/autumn-spotlight.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:13:37

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:14:01

• Wine 11 finally fixes one of the biggest problems with running old backdoored Windows apps ☞ https://betanews.com/article/wine-11-finally-fixes-one-of-the-biggest-problems-with-running-old-windows-apps/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:14:08

• Linux Mint 22.3 is built for users who value stability over surprises ☞ https://betanews.com/article/linux-mint-22-3-is-built-for-users-who-value-stability-over-surprises/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:15:58

• Taiwan issues arrest warrant for CEO of OnePlus over China hires ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-issues-arrest-warrant-for-ceo-of-oneplus-over-china-hires    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:18:34

• Kimwolf botnet’s swift rise to 2M infected devices agitates security researchers ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/kimwolf-aisuru-botnet-lumen-technologies/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:18:51

• Predator spyware demonstrates troubleshooting, researcher-dodging capabilities ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/predator-spyware-demonstrates-troubleshooting-researcher-dodging-capabilities/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:19:06

• Cuba has wielded global soft power for decades. Why that matters now. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2026/0114/cuba-venezuela-strike-rubio    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:19:44

• Seoul bus strike ends after two-day walkout; service resumes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/seoul-bus-strike-ends-after-two-day-walkout-service-resumes    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:20:05

• The Innovation Engine • Government-funded Academic Research "https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3747176    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:20:36

• AI-driven vulnerability management with Red Bait Lightspeed MCP ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/14/ai-driven-vulnerability-management-red-hat-lightspeed-mcp    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:21:04

• How To Install Jupyter Notebook on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-jupyter-notebook-almalinux-10/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:21:58

• How To Install Anaconda on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-anaconda-fedora-43/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:22:08

• Why Ditching VirtualBox for KVM and Virt‑Manager Makes Sense ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/01/why-ditching-virtualbox-for-kvm-and-virt%e2%80%91manager-makes-sense/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:23:07

• Asman Malika: Think About Your Audience ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/malika/2026/01/14/think-about-your-audience/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:24:15

• Bootlin at FOSDEM 2026 ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/bootlin-at-fosdem-2026/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:24:35

• Diagnose Java applications using Cryostat 4.1 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/14/diagnose-java-applications-using-cryostat-41    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:25:29

• An open letter to future APNIC Fellows from a 2025 Fellow ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/14/an-open-letter-to-future-apnic-fellows-from-a-2025-fellow/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:25:46

• Secure and scalable rerouting in LEO satellite networks ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/15/secure-and-scalable-rerouting-in-leo-satellite-networks/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:25:55

• UN expert urges judicial reconsideration of protection sentences in England and Wales ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/un-expert-urges-judicial-reconsideration-of-protection-sentences-in-england-and-wales/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:26:16

• WeAct CAN485 – A low-cost ESP32 board with CAN Bus and RS485 interfaces ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/14/weact-can485-a-low-cost-esp32-board-with-can-bus-and-rs485-interfaces/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:26:36

• VVC Patent Challenges on the Horizon ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/1/14/vvc-patent-challenges-on-the-horizon    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:27:01

• IBM Adds Sovereign Core Platform Based on Red Bait OpenShift ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/ibm-adds-sovereign-core-platform-based-on-red-hat-openshift/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:28:15

• Indonesia asked to buy US-made drones for surveillance in waters near South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-asked-to-buy-us-made-drones-for-surveillance-in-waters-near-south-china-sea    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:28:49

• Google IP [sic] boss: We shouldn’t pay for Hey Hi (AI) training on ‘freely available’ content ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-ai-training-pay-opt-out-publishers/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:29:20

• Ad disguised as 'journalism' by Team UPC firm that pays this publisher; this is rogue ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/plasseraud-strengthens-litigation-team-with-former-simmons-simmons-partner/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:30:31

• Software Patents: Primos Storage cloud services patents campaign - invalidity charts coming soon ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/1/14/primos-storage-cloud-services-patents-campaign-invalidity-charts-coming-soon    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:31:03

• The Top Ten TTAB Decisions of 2025 (Part Two) ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-top-ten-ttab-decisions-of-2025-part_14.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:33:11

• Michigan nears school cellphone ban. What to know ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-nears-school-cellphone-ban-what-to-know/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:34:06

• Pluralistic: It's not normal (14 Jan 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:34:39

• Commission presents a financial support package for Ukraine for 2026–2027 ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_90    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:40:43

• Statement by President von der Leyen with Commissioners Dombrovskis and Kos on the loan to support Ukraine's financial needs for 2026 and 2027 ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_26_88    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:41:01

• EU Approves 90 Billion-Euro Loan To Support Ukraine's Budget And Military Needs ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-90-billion-loan-ukraine-2026-2027/33647986.html    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:41:19

• IMF chief Georgieva arrives in Kyiv for first visit since 2023 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/imf-chief-georgieva-arrives-in-kyiv-for-first-visit-since-2023    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:41:31

• Remarks by Commissioners Dombrovskis and Kos on the loan to support Ukraine's financial needs for 2026 and 2027 ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_26_91    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:42:04

• Russian language radio should be left to wither away in Latvia, says senior official ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/media/14.01.2026-russian-language-radio-should-be-left-to-wither-away-in-latvia-says-senior-official.a629973/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:42:23

• US suspends immigrant visa processing for 75 countries ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260114-us-suspends-immigrant-visa-processing-for-75-countries    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:42:48

• Russia claims ‘Antichrist’ is targeting Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2806076/russia-claims-antichrist-is-targeting-lithuania    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:43:08

• Latvia says it has evidence Belarus is aiding illegal migration into EU ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/14.01.2026-latvia-says-it-has-evidence-belarus-is-aiding-illegal-migration-into-eu.a629999/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:43:28

• Lithuanian lorries remain stranded in Belarus – even as others continue working there ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2805240/lithuanian-lorries-remain-stranded-in-belarus-even-as-others-continue-working-there    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:44:54

• Patch Tuesday, January 2026 Edition ☞ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/patch-tuesday-january-2026-edition/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:45:13

• Australia Preps 38% Rate Hike for Commercial Radio Recordings — PPCA Says It ‘Will Continue to Engage With Government, Parliament, and Industry Stakeholders on the Policy Settings’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/14/australia-radio-royalties/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:46:01

• Cher Demands $1 Million in Legal Fees From Mary Bono After Resounding Copyright Win ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/13/cher-mary-bono-legal-fees/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:46:30

• Release candidate: Godot 4.6 RC 1 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/release-candidate-godot-4-6-rc-1/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:49:04

• How To Install Podman Desktop on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-podman-desktop-debian-13/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:50:15

• How To Install Syncthing on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-syncthing-fedora-43/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:50:30

• How To Install Nginx Proxy Manager on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nginx-proxy-manager-linux-mint-22/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:50:40

• How to Install Fail2ban on Rocky GNU/Linux (10, 9, 8) ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-fail2ban-on-rocky-linux/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:53:12

• How to Disable SELinux on Rocky GNU/Linux (10, 9, 8) ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-disable-selinux-on-rocky-linux/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 18:53:27

• How to Install Podman on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-podman-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:15:16

• How to Install Docker on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-docker-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:15:26

• Wine 11.0 Released! How to Install in Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 & Higher ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/wine-11-0-released-how-to-install/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:15:49

• Google Aggressively Moves to Dismiss Billboard Parent Penske Media’s Hey Hi (AI) Antitrust Suit: ‘It Remains Legally Defective in Every Way’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/14/penske-media-google-lawsuit-dismissal-push/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:17:01

• eWeLink CUBE OS enables all SONOFF WiFi and Zigbee devices to connect to Matter ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/14/ewelink-cube-os-enables-all-sonoff-wifi-and-zigbee-devices-to-connect-to-matter/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:17:22

• Linux   

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:20:56

• Flatpak converted me to Linux: I am not looking back to Windows https://cybernews.com/tech/ditching-windows-flatpak-fixed-linux-experience/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:21:09

• "Certain Linux commands are no longer maintained for a number of reasons - including security vulnerabilities. Here's the list." https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-commands-deprecated-why-do-not-use/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:21:57

• But how do those get on the system? https://www.techzine.eu/news/security/137935/new-linux-malware-framework-targets-cloud-and-containers/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:23:29

• With 2 million downloads in 3 months and 1.5 million Windows users "defecting", a niche Linux system has been forced by Microsoft to become a "phenomenal hit". https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3639195569229192    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:24:25

• This may be a slopfarm https://www.technology.org/2026/01/14/linux-systems-face-a-new-predator-inside-voidlinks-sophisticated-attack-arsenal/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:25:38

• Experts warn this new Chinese Linux malware could be preparing something seriously worrying https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/experts-warn-this-new-chinese-linux-malware-could-be-preparing-something-seriously-worrying    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:26:15

• I've been using these 8 core Linux commands wrong for years https://www.howtogeek.com/ive-been-using-these-core-linux-commands-wrong/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:27:42

• GOG's new owner brands Windows as poor quality while he ponders Linux support — "I'm not surprised that people gravitate outside of the Windows ecosystem." https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/gog-new-owner-brands-windows-as-poor-quality    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:28:09

• "A fresh menu, troubleshooting tools, and other improvements arrive in this point release." https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-mint-22-3-release/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:28:45

• Microsoft Stock Slips as GOG Eyes Linux Release to Escape Windows’ ‘Poor-Quality Software and Product’ https://www.tipranks.com/news/microsoft-stock-slips-as-gog-eyes-linux-release-to-escape-windows-poor-quality-software-and-product    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:29:09

• 5 popular Linux terminal-based file managers—ranked https://www.howtogeek.com/popular-linux-terminal-based-file-managers-ranked/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:29:38

• This seems to be Linux FUD by LLM slop again https://cxotoday.com/press-release/voidlink-the-cloud-native-malware-framework-weaponizing-linux-infrastructure/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:31:14

• How To Check RHEL Version in Linux https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/how-to-check-rhel-version-in-linux/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:31:41

• Linux distro designed to look like Windows hits 2 million downloads since the end of Windows 10 support https://www.pcguide.com/news/linux-distro-designed-to-look-like-windows-hits-2-million-downloads-since-the-end-of-windows-10-support/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:32:12

• Definitely seems like LLM slop https://www.varindia.com/news/new-linux-voidlink-malware-targets-cloud-and-container-environments#    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:35:06

• Wine 11.0 Enhances Windows Games and Apps Performance on Linux https://www.filmogaz.com/100206    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:35:33

• An absolute madman has recreated the Windows 8 UI—for Linux https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/an-absolute-madman-has-recreated-the-windows-8-ui-for-linux/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:37:07

• "Each year a new main release is made, so that developers and users have something stable to work with. After that, it splits off again into development releases towards the next major version. So in a few weeks we'll see the first Wine 11.1 build, which will be work towards Wine 12 around this time next year." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/windows-compatibility-layer-wine-11-arrives-bringing-masses-of-improvements-to-linux/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:37:29

• Panther Robotics and WICS host Intro to Linux workshop for FIU students https://panthernow.com/2026/01/13/panther-robotics-and-wics-host-intro-to-linux-workshop-for-fiu-students/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:38:06

• GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software… I can't believe it!' https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/gogs-new-owner-cant-stand-windows-either-its-such-poor-quality-software-i-cant-believe-it/    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 19:38:58

• [japan] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-01-15.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 20:06:37

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