Roy Schestowitz

• On IBM: "Do not assume things. There are legitimate people with less than 6 years and worked in the same project and client during the US tenure.. No one violated the law" "To tell you the fact.. HCAM employees with lower salaries were kicked out inspite of the fact that they were skilled than the left overs" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1keeqnjw3    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 01:03:56

• "ARM is commodity silicon designs owned 90% by Japanese software company SoftBank. Like buying salt or flour at the supermarket. This is the IBM "strategy" of "throwing things at the wall to see what sticks (and stinks)."" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn73vh31    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 01:05:25

• "IBM cabal of thieves (executives) are running like headless chicken. They are a bunch a useless incompetent id--ts led by the Indian id--t at the top." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn73vh31    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 01:05:33

• Destiny 2 Lost 91% Of Its Players And It Makes Sense https://www.svg.com/2138924/destiny-2-players-count-loss-explained/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 01:08:18

• "So this is a post I have been wanting to write for a while now. Those of you that have been following me for some time know that I have been vocal about the state of hacking education." gemini://rek2.hispagatos.org/learn2hacktoday_and_a_new_CTF_platform/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 01:11:37

• draw that picture gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/draw_that_picture    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 01:12:25

• "This technique required three actions for three numbers, i.e., one action per number, rather than two actions per number with the previous technique." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260402-0.gmi    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 01:13:58

• "I received an email from Christopher Williams about a word for an unplanned unfortunate discovery [1], and he stated that the word I was looking for was “zemblanity.” I have never heard this word before, so I decided to try looking it up in the The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary [2]." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/04/02.1    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 01:14:53

• https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/essex-firm-shut-down-for-suspected-dishonesty/5126394.article   

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 01:54:17

• Essex firm shut down for suspected dishonesty https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/essex-firm-shut-down-for-suspected-dishonesty/5126394.article    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 01:54:27

• "For the past year, I've been enjoying the Picture Pages [1], a site on Gemini [2] that presents five random pictures. It was always enjoyable and sometimes surprising when it linked to some picture from my blog without context. And today, it's no more [3]." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/04/02.2    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 01:56:07

• "What Digital Isolation and Censorship Evasion Look Like In Wartime Iran | TechPolicy.Press" https://www.techpolicy.press/what-digital-isolation-and-censorship-evasion-look-like-in-wartime-iran/ iophk: GIT is mentioned in a very good light, yet again    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 05:37:11

• iophk: However, based on what David Pogue wrote, that may have been 100% on Steve Wozniak and once he scrambled his brains in that unnecessary plane crash he was out of the picture and Steve Jobs would have 100% influence over the design.    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 06:16:57

• "I don't know HOW they suckered the ENTIRE WORLD into believing this shite, AND even DETRACTORS still call it A.I. which it clearly is NOT. Dumb-founded, really I am." https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2026/03/31/red_hat_ai_dev/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 07:13:42

• "You only have to look at the example Microsoft is setting now, emitting vast quantities of borken AI slop, to know that isn't way to go."    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 07:14:33

• Misses the point that vastly fewer openings exist, so how can they compare? https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-google-amazon-microsoft-h-1b-visa-applications-decline-2026-4    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 07:33:16

• TSA agents quit https://www.dw.com/en/us-hundreds-of-tsa-agents-quit-ice-agents-patrol-airports/a-7655249    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:08:48

• reparations https://www.dw.com/en/un-resolution-fuels-global-slavery-reparations-debate/a-76548380    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:09:09

• UN https://www.dw.com/en/un-recognizes-slave-trade-as-gravest-crime-against-humanity/a-76535180    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:09:40

• Lufthansa https://www.dw.com/en/lufthansa-and-the-role-of-big-business-in-the-holocaust/a-75276212    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:10:40

• Building sector warns of spiralling costs https://www.dw.com/en/​germany-building-sector-warns-of-spiralling-costs/a-76541631    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:17:46

• DNB expects more inflation, less growth from Iran war; "Wise" to wait on energy measures https://nltimes.nl/2026/03/24/dnb-expects-inflation-less-growth-iran-war-wise-wait-energy-measures    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:19:42

• energy crisis https://www.dw.com/en/how-countries-are-tackling-the-global-energy-crisis/a-76523669    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:20:03

• Iran Earns Nearly Double From Oil During War As Strikes Fail To Halt Energy Exports And Global Prices Rise https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/irans-oil-revenue-surges-amidst-us-israel-conflict-1789308    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:20:53

• Solar is winning the energy race https://www.dw.com/en/solar-is-winning-the-energy-race/a-76517556    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:21:08

• full capacity https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-tmx-trans-mountain-oil-pipeline-full-ceraweek-9.7142587    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:21:33

• Speeding The Transition to Renewable Energy https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/26/oil-wars-speeding-the-transition-to-renewable-energy/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:22:12

• Iran War Exposes the Energy Dominance Lie https://www.truthdig.com/articles/iran-war-exposes-the-energy-dominance-lie/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:22:49

• Growing pressure on Dutch gov't to provide energy bill, fuel price relief https://nltimes.nl/2026/03/25/growing-pressure-dutch-govt-provide-energy-bill-fuel-price-relief    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:23:09

• Canada is pitching its energy ambitions in Texas — can the oil and gas industry be convinced? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-ceraweek-hodgson-9.7140979    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:23:25

• Climate Inflicting a Heavy Mental Health Toll in Afghanistan https://www.truthdig.com/articles/u-s-sanctions-war-and-climate-inflicting-a-heavy-mental-health-toll-in-afghanistan/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:25:36

• Climate Reparations https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/24/the-case-for-global-climate-reparations/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:25:52

• Record-breaking heat dome growing to cover nearly the entire U.S. https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/record-heat-dome-9.7139906    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:26:25

• Germany's big climate move — bold step or bare minimum? https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-big-climate-move-bold-step-or-bare-minimum/a-76529540    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:26:47

• The USPTO’s Climate Change Mitigation Pilot: End of a green fast-track and what it means http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/guestpost-usptos-climate-change.html greenwashing of monopolies    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:27:49

• Millions of birds are being killed by outdoor cats https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-cats-birds-9.7141192    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:28:14

• Protect People Displaced by Climate Change https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/30/african-court-should-protect-people-displaced-by-climate-change    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:29:02

• Patents on life/nature http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/patenting-stem-cell-therapies-in-us.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:32:14

• Fossil dissents https://patentdocs.org/2026/03/30/judicial-conduct-and-disability-committee-has-its-say-denies-judge-newmans-latest-request-for-review/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:32:37

• Australia's extension of time provisions for patents have their limits (and may soon have more) http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/australias-extension-of-time-provisions.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:33:02

• Slop is not reliable and not accountable either https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2023/06/i-asked-chatgpt-to-write-pfconf-to-spec.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 08:34:38

• "Elon Musk’s X is moving for a total dismissal of the high-profile copyright lawsuit filed by major music publishers" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/x-asks-court-to-dismiss-music-piracy-lawsuit-after-supreme-courts-cox-ruling/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:09:25

• "From the outset, DMCA 512 was the go-to tool for corporate censorship, the best way to cover up misdeeds." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/02/limited-monopoly/#petardism | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:09:37

• "Russia Gets Apple to Turn Off App Store Payments" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/04/02/russia-gets-apple-to-turn-off-app-store-payments/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:10:07

• "Current purchases will remain available, as will access to subscription services that have been paid, but subscriptions made through Apple’s billing will not renew." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3106031/iphone-users-in-russia-can-no-longer-buy-anything-apple-sells.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:10:25

• "Payment by mobile phone is temporarily unavailable, please try again later." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/01/russians-lose-access-to-apple-id-mobile-payments-a92396 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:10:38

• "the eu parliament is about to hear about your right to actually own the games you buy" ☛ https://alexandmanu.com/blog/stop-killing-games-just-got-real/ | Source: Alex & Manu    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:12:12

• Oddly, despite it being Good Friday, the radio channel is playing pop music and not somber classical. [...] gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/03/Easter_Moon_Mission_and_Its_Reminder_of_IBM_s_Demise.gmi ^ correction, Easter is not until Sunday ...    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:12:51

• "We can raise the alarm about the demise of the open web all we want, but you can’t sell or promote a technology based on ideology alone." ☛ https://werd.io/the-open-web-isnt-dying-were-killing-it/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:13:21

• "NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched on Wednesday afternoon, and among the high-tech devices the Orion astronauts took with them are iPhone 17 Pros." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3105867/iphones-are-floating-in-outer-space-as-you-read-this.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:13:39

• "Starting from a healthy but suboptimal baseline of approximately 67% IPv6, a data-driven analysis using NetFlow monitoring was conducted to identify and remediate major sources of residual IPv4 traffic." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/04/03/project-ipv6-first-a-case-study-in-achieving-an-80-native-ipv6-soho-network/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:13:53

• "EU lawmakers tore into the European Commission on Wednesday over its plans to open a “dialogue” with Washington on tech rules" ☛ https://www.politico.eu/article/fatal-decision-eu-slammed-for-caving-to-us-pressure-on-digital-rules/ | Source: Politico    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:17:47

• "We, the undersigned civil society organisations call on the EU Commission, in the strongest possible terms, to halt any plans to create a new “dialogue” with the US government that could compromise the enforcement of Europe’s tech laws." ☛ https://peoplevsbig.tech/no-privileged-us-access-to-europes-tech-law-oversight-civil-society-statement/ | Source: People vs Big Tech    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:18:02

• "Accessibility overlays (sometimes called ‘accessibility plugins’ or ‘accessibility widgets’) are tools placed on websites that claim to improve accessibility." ☛ https://vale.rocks/posts/accessibility-overlays | Source: Declan Chidlow    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:25:00

• "A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/border-patrol-bortac-borstar-use-of-force-midway-blitz/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:26:31

• "EU laws like the Digital Services Act (DSA), Digital Markets Act (DMA), AI Act, and GDPR were put in place to protect people, safeguard democratic debate, and curb the excessive power of dominant tech companies" ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/europes-digital-laws-are-not-bargaining-chips/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:26:45

• "Artificial intelligence company Nota — whose clients include organizations like The Boston Globe and the Institute for Nonprofit News — is scrapping its network of local news sites after learning that they contained dozens of instances of plagiarism." ☛ https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2026/nota-news-local-outlets-ai-plagiarism/?ref=werd.io | Source: Poynter Institute    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:27:11

• "This was inevitably going to plagiarize existing journalism, because what other source could it possibly use?" ☛ https://werd.io/an-ai-company-set-out-to-fix-news-deserts-instead-it-copied-local-journalists-work/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:27:35

• "Levine has fought the FAA before on this issue and won." ☛ https://www.404media.co/journalist-sues-faa-over-drone-no-fly-zone-designed-to-prevent-filming-ice/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:29:26

• "After this false information about me was spread, a wave of insults and messages aimed at damaging my reputation began" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/04/moldovan-journalist-viorica-tataru-targeted-by-smear-campaign/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:29:46

• "Tuan, who regularly posts commentary on Vietnamese politics, human rights, and international affairs, was convicted under Article 117 of the penal code." ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/04/vietnam-sentences-journalist-huynh-ngoc-tuan-to-8%c2%bd-years-for-anti-state-propaganda/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:35:19

• "Abdiqani’s arrest followed the publication of a video interview with former presidential adviser Abdirisak Mohamed Warsame who accused the president of being ineffective and failing to pay regional security forces." ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/04/somalias-new-northeastern-state-detains-journalist-for-report-criticizing-president/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:35:33

• "Wired will not put out a print magazine in the UK in 2026 as it focuses on global digital subscriber growth." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/wired-ends-uk-print-magazine-amid-shake-up-of-london-staff-katie-drummond-interview/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:35:51

• "The guide includes tools, checklists, and field insights, offering a blueprint for CSO-media partnerships that respect independence, credibility and the voices of affected communities." ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/a-practical-guide-to-joint-investigations-lessons-learned-from-one-year-of-the-civic-journalism-coalition/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:36:09

• "News media in the democratic world today is a bewildering paradox. Never have we had so much access to information and sources of news, yet our trust in news media, journalism, and the authenticity of the profession itself have never been lower." ☛ https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/04/02/Save-News-Change-Who-Owns-Journalism/ | Source: The Tyee    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:36:27

• "The International Organization Development Association (IODA), a Georgia Institute of Technology initiative that measures [Internet] outages globally" ☛ https://www.techpolicy.press/what-digital-isolation-and-censorship-evasion-look-like-in-wartime-iran/ | Source: Tech Policy Press    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:37:21

• "I wrote that piece somewhat speculatively, but the reception to it in journalistic circles took me by surprise." ☛ https://werd.io/what-digital-isolation-and-censorship-evasion-look-like-in-wartime-iran/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:39:45

• "These techniques are clearly inaccurate, but that’s not the point: it’s enough to cause havoc and make people second guess publishing books on certain topics." ☛ https://werd.io/the-right-is-using-ai-content-scanners-to-try-to-supercharge-book-banning/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:41:43

• "Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, enacted in 1996 in order to promote the growth of [Internet] companies" ☛ https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/does-product-liability-offer-a-route-around-section-230 | Source: The Lawfare Institute    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:43:27

• "This war is unfolding in almost total darkness" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/04/how-middle-east-journalists-report-during-internet-blackouts/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:43:55

• "For years" ☛ https://english.anf-news.com/features/workers-no-longer-believe-anti-kurdish-propaganda-84670 | Source: ANF News    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:44:51

• "Mustafa Suleyman will no longer be running AI at Microsoft — that job goes to Jacob Andreou, who came to Microsoft from Snapchat last year. Suleyman will solely head up the Microsoft Superintelligence initiative." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/02/microsoft-ai-reshuffle-mustafa-suleyman-goes-ai-doomsday-crank/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:48:31

• "MP 164: Will you keep using uv? I sure will, until there's a more specific reason not to." ☛ https://www.mostlypython.com/so-openai-is-acquiring-astral/ | Source: Eric Matthes    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:48:46

• "We have a great opportunity in our movements to learn how to be opponents without being enemies" ☛ https://organizingmythoughts.org/rupture-and-repair-under-fascist-conditions/ | Source: Kelly Hayes    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:49:01

• "After months of attacks by right-wing media, Guido Arnold speaks about the power of Big Tech and its ideological orientation. The physicist warns of further authoritarian developments and has ideas for resistance." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2026/04/01/interview-with-physicist-guido-arnold-portrayed-by-right-wing-media-as-key-source-for-militant-anti-tech-movement/ | Source: Site36    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:49:15

• "The 2026 US “Cyber Strategy for America” document is mostly the same thing we’ve seen out of the White House for over a decade, but with a more aggressive tone." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/is-hackback-official-us-cybersecurity-strategy.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:49:42

• "The fresh investment round was led by Insight Partners, with additional support from existing investors Cyberstarts and Index Ventures" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/linx-security-raises-50-million-for-identity-security-and-governance/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:49:58

• "This week, Iran-linked [attackers] claimed responsibility for breaching the personal email account of FBI Director Kash Patel, publishing private photographs and emails in what appears to be a calculated [breach]-and-leak operation." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/what-kash-patel-email-hack-is-really-about/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:50:22

• "In recent years the original range of brook trout has been threatened by competition from other fish species, climate change, and habitat degradation. Yet a wild, heritage strain remains a timeless link to the state’s original fauna." ☛ https://apwctu.org/projects/ |    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:51:02

• "The solution is to use external underwater flashes. For this photo, I used a total of five flashes – three external and two on the case." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/underwater-photography/the-cave-was-pitch-black-so-to-create-this-magical-underwater-shot-the-photographer-had-to-use-all-his-camera-expertise | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:51:22

• "Scientists have noted, for example, how the return of once-endangered American bison to national parks like Yellowstone are helping to restore ecosystems." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/drill-baby-drill-trump-opens-wilderness-to-big-energy/a-76411423 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:51:39

• "Gelman Sciences was a medical filter manufacturing company that operated from 1966 to 1986." ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/ann-arbor/epa-to-take-over-cleanup-of-longstanding-ann-arbor-underground-chemical-plume/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:53:20

• "But the plans for this campus, he alleges, illustrate how even big tech companies with stated climate goals and a public commitment to renewable energy are exploring fossil fuel investments as the AI race heats up." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-google-funded-data-center-will-be-powered-by-a-massive-gas-plant/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:54:42

• "In the new study, Yale University researchers examined the rates of all cancers over the past 20 years in Texas, California and Iowa counties along with the density of CAFOs in the counties." ☛ https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/04/cafos-cancer-pollution/ | Source: The New Lede    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:54:57

• "Flash forward to the present, however, and the data centers that are popping up everywhere are amid the AI boom are most decidedly not being built in the ocean." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/blinking-warning-sign-space-data-centers | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:55:16

• "Across Canada and around the world, enormous data centres are popping up in the midst of suburban developments and rural topography alike." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/data-centres-are-on-track-to-wreck-the-planet/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:55:34

• "In a quote from a CP24 story" ☛ https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/04/03/When-Police-Kill-Civilian-Voices-Sidelined-News/ | Source: The Tyee    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:56:14

• "Of this number, 102,000 had been born in Finland — a figure that has doubled since 2014." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20218720 | Source: YLE    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:56:50

• "Early signs suggest the error is already reshaping how many of the disenfranchised voters engage with elections — pushing some away from absentee voting and, in some cases, out of the electorate altogether." ☛ https://www.votebeat.org/wisconsin/2026/04/01/disenfranchised-madison-voters-react-to-lawsuit-voting-trends/ | Source: Votebeat    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:57:26

• "The order, which would create a national list of voting-age American citizens and directs the U.S. Postal Service to place limits on mail-in ballots" ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/04/01/repub/democrats-voting-groups-prep-lawsuits-against-trumps-unconstitutional-mail-ballot-order/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:57:54

• "Is this order going to go anywhere? Very likely not, for a number of reasons." ☛ https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/484647/donald-trump-mail-in-voting-executive-order-midterm-elections | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:58:15

• "Dan Point is the president of the AFM’s Local 802, based in Manhattan, while Marc Sazer is the president of Local 47, in Los Angeles. Springsteen is a union member of Locals 47 and 399 (in Asbury Park, NJ)." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/musicians-union-bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-1235541175/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:58:56

• "France banned a gathering of Muslims that was planned in the Paris area for the coming days, due to it representing a security risk, the country's top police officer said on Thursday." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/france-bans-planned-gathering-of-muslims-in-paris-citing-security-risk-11304852 | Source: NDTV    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 13:59:27

• "The new result follows a paper posted on arXiv.org in February" ☛ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/quantum-bits-crack-internet-encryption | Source: Science News    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:01:24

• "This page documents exactly how the system works, with line references and code excerpts from LinkedIn’s production JavaScript bundle." ☛ https://browsergate.eu/how-it-works/ |    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:02:26

• "LinkedIn is using invasive techniques to fingerprint your browser. Together with its understanding of your identity and professional history, it has the ingredients for an incredibly detailed profile." ☛ https://werd.io/linkedin-is-illegally-searching-your-computer/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:02:41

• "Those who rely on artificial intelligence to summarize official material may get a misleadingly narrow or incomplete version of it, a senior designer for the UK government has warned." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/ai_search_is_atomising_content/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:03:02

• "Tomorrow, April 3, EU Regulation 2021/1232 will expire." ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/the-end-of-chat-control-is-an-opportunity-5-point-action-plan-for-genuine-child-protection/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:03:30

• "In response to a letter from the lawmakers inquiring about Paragon’s use, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons wrote that he had authorized the use of “cutting-edge technological tools” to help the Homeland Security Investigations division fight fentanyl" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/ice-using-paragon-spyware-house-democrats-letter/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:03:51

• "At the end of February 2026, after a series of lengthy hearings, the case against Intellexa came to a close." ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/predatorgate-breaking-the-chain-of-impunity-of-the-spyware-underworld/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:04:10

• "attackers hijacked a maintainer's account" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/axios_npm_backdoor_rat/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:04:46

• Windows TCO: "Across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), district heating is the primary way cities stay warm. Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and the Baltics all depend on centralized systems built in the Soviet era." ☛ https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-built-a-heating-resilience-model-under-fire-europe-has-to-absorb-it-fast/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:07:02

• Windows TCO: "Ransomware doesn't always cripple hospitals, but partial attacks happen frequently, Izzo explained. Either way, a rapid response is necessary when serving a vulnerable population." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/ransomware-hospitals-preparation-key-defense | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:07:18

• Windows TCO: "For Elkins, the phenomenon of Brazilian banking Trojans is a mystery." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/bank-trojan-casbaneiro-worms-latin-america | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:08:11

• Windows TCO: "A primary example can be found in the efficiency of Akira’s infection cycle, which has reduced incident response times to hours." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/akira-ransomware-initial-access-to-encryption-in-hours/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:08:34

• "My Globe and Mail op-ed notes that the instinct behind the decision is understandable." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/why-the-social-media-verdict-on-defective-design-gets-the-instinct-right-but-the-law-wrong/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:09:05

• [Old] "This year at SIGGRAPH Asia we will be presenting Control Operators for Interactive Character Animation." ☛ https://theorangeduck.com/page/control-operators-interactive-character-animation | Source: Daniel Holden    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:09:57

• "Anthropic included a source map — a debugging file — in the Claude Code NPM package. This can turn the minified code in the package back into the original source code." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/01/claude-code-codebase-is-leaked/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:10:11

• "I was invited by Janna Anderson and Lee Rainie, of the Imagining the Digital Future Center at Elon University, to contribute my thoughts to their latest study" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/04/02/toward-a-human-future-for-ai/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:11:24

• "The first wave of agentic development brought us clones and ports." ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/04/01/the-2nd-phase-of-agentic-development.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:11:42

• "I’ve seen /ai pages popping up here and there on other people’s blogs. The idea for these pages is, and I quote, «promote trust and transparency»." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/slash-ai | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:12:31

• "It’s too damn true. I’m sure there’s a multitude of factors — the economy, the growth of other galleries, etc. — but I wouldn’t be shocked if Those Two Awful Letters had something to do with this." ☛ https://blast-o-rama.com/2026/04/01/gallery-1988-is-ending-operations-and-its-not-an-april-fools-joke/ | Source: Marty Day    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:12:54

• "Drew DeVault’s post, A eulogy for Vim, brought to my attention the fact that my text editor of choice — NeoVim — uses, or at least accepts, contributions written with the help of Large Language Model (LLM) programming tools." ☛ https://darthmall.net/2026/neovim-is-dead-question-mark/ | Source: W Evan Sheehan    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:13:39

• "The whole world is on the streets, delirious with joy, as today one of the world’s largest companies turns 50 years old." ☛ https://brucelawson.co.uk/2026/apple-at-50-my-top-five-apple-moments/ | Source: Bruce Lawson    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:14:36

• "Apple was founded on April 1, 1976. That makes today its 50th birthday." ☛ https://pogueman.substack.com/p/apple-and-me-the-first-50-years |    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:14:54

• "A month later, watching the Super Bowl on the basement Zenith, we would see a commercial for a new computer, the Macintosh." ☛ https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a70886045/apple-50th-anniversary/ | Source: Esquire    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:15:13

• "Pogue was my guest on The Talk Show a few weeks ago to talk about his new book, Apple: The First 50 Years, and the show was a lot of fun" ☛ https://daringfireball.net/2026/04/pogue_apple_first_50_years | Source: John Gruber    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:15:42

• "Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world?" ☛ https://heydingus.net/blog/2026/4/apple-at-50-a-dent-in-the-universe | Source: Jarrod Blundy    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:16:05

• "Hey! I could write this stuff!" ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/missed-connections-me-and-apple/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:16:42

• "Apple has turned 50, and this week I realized that I’ve been writing professionally about the company for two-thirds of its existence." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3103792 | Source: Macworld    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:17:21

• "There are thematic ties, too. I wasn’t the only Mac fan amongst my friend group, but in the 1990s we were engaged in pitched battle with the behemoth that was Windows." ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/apple-at-50-apple-from-rebel-to-empire/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:17:42

• "This period transformed Apple from a Mac and iPod company into a global technology powerhouse with an integrated ecosystem spanning smartphones, tablets, and wearables." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3097240/a-decade-of-hits-most-important-apple-products-from-2006-2015.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:18:04

• "The issue has led to hefty fines, and multiple manufacturers are currently facing class-action claims." ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/02/fiat-parent-company-sued-alleged-dieselgate-software-campers | Source: NL Times    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:18:25

• "The BBC Master was a development of the BBC Micro - both made by Acorn and both based around a 6502 processor." ☛ https://thejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-2026-04-02/ | Source: Jonathan Pallant    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:19:02

• "I use all of the resources, articles, and stats from the 12 months before to assess each genre (for adults and teens), look at the trends, assess what books were the most popular" ☛ https://raforall.blogspot.com/2026/04/beckys-genre-programs-just-got-its-2026.html | Source: Becky Spratford    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:19:37

• "Mr. Espinosa, 64, is one among an increasingly rare breed in today’s economy: people who have spent all of their lives working for one company." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/technology/apple-employee-50-years.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X1A.QEzX.u6cPCOjBE3mT | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:19:56

• "I'm stepping back from my current commitments (Coiled, Dask, Python OSS generally) to make some space for myself. This post details concrete implications of that choice, and then explores some of my thinking." ☛ https://matthewrocklin.com/stepping-back/ | Source: Matthew Rocklin    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:20:12

• "We’ve learnt about ESBL and CRE. Let’s explore AmpC mechanics." ☛ https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/ampc/ | Source: Ken Koon Wong    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:20:42

• "Another instance of "graduation" that comes to mind is the change from being a reader to being a commenter" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/04/02/more-graduation-examples | Source: James G    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:21:17

• "Here are some of the best techniques for keeping email addresses hidden from spammers—along with the statistics on how likely they are to be broken." ☛ https://spencermortensen.com/articles/email-obfuscation/ |    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:22:24

• "This has me thinking about my site archives as a place that is alive, a place where there are ideas upon which I can build, or at the very least use for reference." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/04/02/the-archive | Source: James G    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:22:39

• "It is simply untrue, but the ease with which Ryo goes back and forth from talking about "software" to talking about "products" gives away the game." ☛ https://www.jmduke.com/posts/software-never-had-a-soul.html | Source: Justin Duke    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:22:56

• "Today, Gallery 1988 announced that it’s officially closing its doors. And no, it’s not an April Fool’s joke." ☛ https://gizmodo.com/gallery-1988-closing-pop-culture-posters-2000740450 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:34:46

• "Soon, I’m going to issue a challenge. The “Don’t Buy Shit” Challenge. I’ll write more about that tomorrow, but for now you need to understand what has prompted that challenge." ☛ https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/pens/the-pen-problem-continues/ | Source: Matthew Weber    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:34:58

• "I’d always been way more interested in the engineers working in the trenches than the big bosses who got all the credit. They’re the folks actually building the stuff we use, after all." ☛ https://crazystupidtech.com/2026/04/01/remembering-the-iphone/ | Source: Crazy Stupid Tech    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:35:09

• Microsoft Outlook failing the mission already www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cpqxn8zx8ydo    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:48:28

• "Amateurs are reminded to exercise care when programming non-amateur frequencies into their VHF/UHF radios, and to ensure that transmitting on those frequencies is disabled." ☛ https://www.arrl.org/news/view/fcc-warns-licensee-on-out-of-band-transmissions | Source: ARRL    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:50:12

• "Turns out that while JavaFX is really neat, and does some things (especially animation) very well, it's also very much half-baked." ☛ https://blog.dhsdevelopments.com/new-gui-for-kap?pk_campaign=rss-feed | Source: Elias Mårtenson    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:50:38

• "An archive of useful Linux commands shared in Self-Host Weekly" ☛ https://selfh.st/command-line-corner/ |    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:52:51

• "For reasons well outside the scope of this entry, the other day I looked at the --help output from one of my old Python programs." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/ArgparseOptionGroupsPraise | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:53:28

• "I'm working on an album. Each track is a Python script. You run it, it renders a WAV file. That's the whole workflow." ☛ https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-04-01-interpretations_an_album_written_in_python | Source: Kenneth Reitz    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:53:44

• "I love my OP-XY. It's one of the most elegant pieces of hardware I've ever used — Teenage Engineering at their best. Opinionated, beautiful, immediately playable. You turn it on and you're making music in seconds." ☛ https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-04-01-free_op_xy_presets_from_python | Source: Kenneth Reitz    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:54:33

• "I've been trying to find a good workflow for highlighting interesting parts of PDFs, and then getting that into my notes as images and text in Emacs. I think I've finally figured out something that works well for me that feels natural (marking things." ☛ https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/04/demo-extract-pdf-highlights-into-an-org-file-with-python/ | Source: Sacha Chua    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:54:53

• "No, the audience was excited about the improved developer experience for R that this file unlocked. R tooling around Tree-sitter is how you get [...]" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/a-better-r-programming-experience-thanks-to-tree-sitter/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:55:35

• "So, please think twice, or thrice, before adding a new dependency to your project." ☛ https://benhoyt.com/writings/dependencies/ | Source: Ben Hoyt    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:55:58

• "Writing good commit messages is not so easy, but clumsy commit messages can come bite you up in the future." ☛ https://agateau.com/2026/on-commit-messages/ | Source: Aurélien Gâteau    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:56:14

• "Rubber Ducking" ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1135/rubber-ducking | Source: David Revoy    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:56:37

• "Diamond Open Access (Diamond OA) has received much attention in recent years as a possible answer to some of the toughest questions in scholarly publishing." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/04/02/guest-post-diamond-open-access-a-lifeline-for-the-monograph/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 14:57:03

• "Eighteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of March 31, 2026): [...]" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-march-gnu-spotlight | Source: FSF    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:01:25

• "It’s another silly April Fools’ book except, as usual, it’s completely serious. Can’t stand Windows? Don’t want to learn a thing about it? Don’t want it tainting your pristine open source eyeballs? This is for you." ☛ https://mwl.io/archives/24614 | Source: MWL    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:02:04

• "RSAC 2026 Conference offered a platform to explore the shifting landscape of cybersecurity — where geopolitics, artificial intelligence (AI), and private-sector innovation converged to address emerging threats." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/geopolitics-ai-cybersecurity-insights-rsac-2026 | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:02:32

• "The complete set of Experience CS units is now available." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/experience-cs-the-complete-set-of-units-is-live/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:02:55

• "When forming the styling structure for a Hugo-based website, you have a variety of options. CSS itself has gained many additional features over the years, and browsers have improved to handle them." ☛ https://www.brycewray.com/posts/2026/04/hugos-new-css-powers/ | Source: Bryce Wray    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:03:53

• "Since then, I have been using the Command + Shift + E shortcut almost daily to edit pages on my website." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/04/02/using-my-edit-button-shortcut | Source: James G    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:04:11

• "Rather than fix what was broken, I completely revamped site using Eleventy. I've made passes at it like this before, but this time I started from scratch and, with a bit of robot help, made it about as simple as I could." ☛ https://baty.net/posts/2026/04/eleventy/ | Source: Jack Baty    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:04:25

• "The company today announced that it's making an open source content management system, named EmDash, designed to be totally compatible with WordPress plug-ins and themes, but yet with security built-in from the start." ☛ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/cloudflare-announces-secure-open-source-wordpress-compatible-cms-emdash.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:04:40

• "In contrast to the one week claimed for recreating Next.js using agentic AI, Cloudflare's product manager Matt Taylor and software engineer Matt Kane said that it took all of two months to create EmDash." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/cloudflare_previews_emdash_an_aidriven/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:05:03

• "it looks like WordPress in every public-facing way." ☛ https://tedium.co/2026/04/02/emdash-cloudflare-wordpress-competitor/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:05:20

• "This is the third chapter of my SQLAlchemy 2 in Practice book. If you'd like to support my work, I encourage you to buy this book, either directly from my store or on Amazon. Thank you!" ☛ https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/sqlalchemy-2-in-practice---chapter-3---one-to-many-relationships | Source: Miguel Grinberg    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:07:07

• "GreptimeDB has been adapting the Postgres protocol since its early versions. In 2025, with the acquisitions of Neon and CrunchyData, PostgreSQL has once again become a hot topic." ☛ https://greptime.com/blogs/2026-04-01-greptimedb-postgresql-compatibility |    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:07:25

• "This release contains some relatively minor security fixes as well as a number of feature improvements and general bugfixes" ☛ https://www.openssh.org/txt/release-10.3 |    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:07:58

• "OpenSSH is a 100% complete SSH protocol 2.0 implementation and includes sftp client and server support." ☛ https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-announce/2026-April/000166.html | Source: OpenSSH    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:08:15

• "Hardwood is a new parser for Apache Parquet, optimized for minimal dependencies and great performance." ☛ https://www.morling.dev/blog/hardwood-reaches-beta-s3-predicate-push-down-cli/ | Source: Gunnar Morling    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:08:29

• "This is not an exhaustive list, but represents some of my higher-level thinking detached from specific design considerations that make a piece of software feel good." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/04/01/how-software-feels | Source: James G    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:08:47

• "Last week, Google revealed that over the course of 2025, it discovered that a sophisticated iPhone-hacking toolkit had been used in a series of global attacks" ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/us-military-contractor-likely-built-iphone-hacking-tools-used-by-russian-spies-in-ukraine/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:09:31

• "A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/coruna-iphone-hacking-toolkit-us-government/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:09:45

• "It’s always super interesting to see what malware looks like when it’s created through a professional software development process. And the TechCrunch article has some speculation as to how the US lost control of it." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/possible-us-government-iphone-hacking-tool-leaked.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:10:00

• "You likely won’t have the precision or work ethic of a robot, but you’ll be able to place SMD components on your board without resorting to sticky, staticky, pinchy tweezers." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/04/02/pick-and-place-without-the-cnc/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:11:11

• "Although easily dismissed by some as another cruel April Fools joke, Raspberry Pi’s announcement of a new 3 GB model of the Raspberry Pi 4 along with (more) price increases for other models was no joke." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/02/the-raspberry-pi-4-with-3-gb-ram-is-no-joke/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:11:26

• "Over the years there have been many designs for pan-and-tilt camera mounts suitable for single board computer cameras." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/02/pan-and-tilt-the-weatherproof-way-with-bowden-cables/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:11:43

• "For this question we tapped in the great people over at Glub Glub Labs who did all the hard tech bits: We’re using an Arduino Nano microcontroller to manage the inputs and outputs for the compass." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/905977/five-questions-for-the-guys-who-made-a-compass-that-points-to-the-times-square-olive-garden | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:13:18

• "The DRAM shortage continues to cause chaos in the computing market and is driving up the price of of various Raspberry Pi units yet again." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-launches-3gb-model-to-fight-increasing-dram-prices-flagship-500-model-now-costs-almost-as-much-as-a-mac-mini | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:13:37

• "As many of you are aware, the price of memory continues to rise, with a seven-fold increase over the last year in the price of the LPDDR4 DRAM used on Raspberry Pi 4 and 5." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-3gb-raspberry-pi-4-for-83-75-and-more-memory-driven-price-increases/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:13:54

• "If you’re an American and you use the Internet at home, it seems probable that routers are going to be in short supply." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/02/anything-can-be-a-router-if-you-try-hard-enough/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:15:05

• "This is for new routers; you don’t have to throw away your existing ones: [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/us-bans-all-foreign-made-consumer-routers.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:16:38

• "It puts routers - which are used widely in homes and businesses to connect computers, phones, TVs and other devices to the internet - on a par with foreign-made drones" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74787w149zo | Source: BBC    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:16:51

• "The release notes for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS show that Canonical has quietly raised the minimum RAM requirement for its popular Linux-based operating system by 50%." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/ubunto-linux-raises-minimum-system-requirements-to-6gb-of-ram-it-was-previously-raised-from-1gb-to-4gb-in-2018 | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:17:44

• "The Artix development team has announced the release of a new version of Artix Linux, a set of Arch-based" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12782 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:18:51

• "It’s taken a lot of time, but we have finally made the big step to upgrade our Gentoo Forums to phpBB3. You will notice a few differences between phpBB2 and today: [...]" ☛ https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/04/02/forums-upgrade.html | Source: Gentoo    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:20:12

• "Traditionally, the FreeBSD base system was managed through freebsd-update (also), which I would call primarily a patch-based system" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/FreeBSDPkgManagementNice | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:20:45

• "Slowly but surely, Linux is gaining a foothold in PC gaming. According to the March 2026 Steam hardware survey, 5.3 percent of users are on some flavor of Linux" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3105810/linux-users-surge-on-steam-doubling-in-a-year.html | Source: PC World    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:21:35

• "The key for me, however, will be…" ☛ https://blast-o-rama.com/2026/04/02/do-you-love-indie-games-consider-indie-pass/ | Source: Marty Day    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:21:53

• "After rubbing away the sleep from my eyes in disbelief, Valve have updated the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for March 2026 showing explosive Linux growth" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-smashes-past-5-percent-on-the-steam-survey-for-the-first-time/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:22:46

• Steam store home page gets a refresh in Beta, plus another Linux SteamRT3 Beta fix | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/steam-store-home-page-gets-a-refresh-in-beta-plus-another-linux-steamrt3-beta-fix/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:24:34

• Mesa 26.0.4 open source graphics drivers released for Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/mesa-26-0-4-open-source-graphics-drivers-released-for-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/mesa-26-0-4-open-source-graphics-drivers-released-for-linux/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:24:58

• Breath of Fire IV plus classic Resident Evil 1-3 from GOG arrive on Steam - but with DRM | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/breath-of-fire-iv-plus-classic-resident-evil-1-3-from-gog-arrive-on-steam-but-with-drm/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:25:28

• "Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5750814    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:26:18

• "Bill payment defaults near record high in Finland" https://yle.fi/a/74-20218748    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:26:33

• "This is what unprepared war looks like: not strategy, but relocation. The US is shifting risk from hardened bases to places that were never meant to absorb it and endangering civilians." https://boingboing.net/2026/04/01/u-s-hiding-troops-in-hotels-to-dodge-missiles-may-be-a-war-crime.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:27:28

• iophk: m$ trying to gain attention for stating the obvious https://thenewstack.io/agentic-ai-junior-developer-crisis/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:27:55

• 1 Apr :) https://blog.avas.space/blogmaxxing-april-fools/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:28:11

• "Critics warn it still has many issues — its portico is too big, its stairs lead nowhere, its columns will block views from inside the ballroom." iophk: And that’s just the portico. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/29/upshot/white-house-ballroom.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:28:45

• "Trump Fires Bondi for Failing to Cover Up Allegations He Raped a Teenager" https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/02/trump-fires-bondi-for-failing-to-cover-up-allegations-he-raped-a-teenager/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:29:01

• "But then spoke of Hormuz in absolutely batshit language." https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/02/trumps-cliff-notes/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:29:19

• "Why The New York Times Gets America Wrong" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/why-the-new-york-times-gets-america    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:29:33

• [ blocked by gratuitous javascript ] "Big Tech verdict gets the instinct right but the law wrong - The Globe and Mail" https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-big-tech-verdict-gets-the-instinct-right-but-the-law-wrong/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:30:12

• "It’s hard to imagine somebody who’s less of a mensch than Donald Trump, except maybe for some of the members of his cabinet. It’s incredible that they’re so lacking in the basics of character." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-doesnt-even-have-the-courage    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:30:30

• "$4 Gasoline is Less Than Half the Story - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/4-gasoline-is-less-than-half-the    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:30:44

• "But Trump didn’t fire her because she turned the Justice Department into a cesspool of corruption. Just the opposite. He fired her because she didn’t hide the corruption well enough."    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:31:26

• "She failed to achieve all the corrupt goals he set for her: She didn’t make the Epstein files go away, didn’t fully prosecute his enemies, and wasn’t convincing enough in congressional hearings and on television in advocating for Trump." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bye-bye-bondi    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:31:39

• 20 years of Seblog | "20 jaar Seblog | Seblog" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&u=https://seblog.nl/2026/04/01/1/20-jaar-seblog    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:33:42

• "„Copilot is for entertainment purposes only“ – eay.cc" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://eay.cc/2026/copilot-is-for-entertainment-purposes-only/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:33:59

• "But it’s important to remember that Apple probably wouldn’t have survived the latter decade without Microsoft’s $150 million investment (and its commitment to keep developing Office for the Mac) in 1997, and it was Gates who made that call. This felt like a Faustian bargain, but unusually for those types of stories, everything worked out OK in the end." https://www.macworld.com/article/3096532/top-50-people-who-built-shaped-apple-ranked.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:35:26

• paywall: "Artemis II Astronauts Have ‘Two Microsoft Outlooks’ and Neither Work" https://www.404media.co/artemis-2-astronauts-microsoft-outlook-livestream/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:35:44

• systemd tco, snaps, etc https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/ubunto-linux-raises-minimum-system-requirements-to-6gb-of-ram-it-was-previously-raised-from-1gb-to-4gb-in-2018    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:36:03

• "Trump's White House Ballroom Gets Final Approval Despite Court Order" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/trumps-white-house-ballroom-gets-final-approval-despite-court-order-11304709#publisher=newsstand    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:36:28

• "Pam Bondi's loyalty to Trump wasn't enough to keep her job. Here's why" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/why-trump-fired-pam-bondi-attorney-general-9.7152508    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:36:47

• "Därför föll Chat Control 1" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/04/02/darfor-foll-chat-control-1/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:37:06

• +1 for mentioning Calligra https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/nu-kommer-euro-office    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:38:06

• iophk: misuses social control media in place of official channels https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/randy-george-pete-hegseth-us-army    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:38:27

• "I’m all aboard the CSS subgrid train. Now I’m seeing subgrid everywhere. Seriously, what was I doing before subgrid? I feel like I was bashing rocks together." ☛ https://dbushell.com/2026/04/02/css-subgrid-is-super-good/ | Source: David Bushell    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:39:28

• "Hjalmar writes music in Emacs using a setup that involves Org, the Org Babel system, and the LilyPond music notation. Hjalmar describes in further detail how this process works" ☛ https://protesilaos.com/prot-asks/2026-04-02-hjalmar-emacs-music-joy-art-internet-sociability/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:40:49

• The US Patent Office have rejected a Nintendo Pokemon patent for summoning subcharacters | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-us-patent-office-have-rejected-a-nintendo-pokemon-patent-for-summoning-subcharacters/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:44:47

• Software Patent    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:45:07

• A future Wine release could use Zink to run OpenGL via Vulkan | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/a-future-wine-release-could-use-zink-to-run-opengl-via-vulkan/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/a-future-wine-release-could-use-zink-to-run-opengl-via-vulkan/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:45:49

• Counter-Strike 2 gets a Beta with a fancy new animation system | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/counter-strike-2-gets-a-beta-with-a-fancy-new-animation-system/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/counter-strike-2-gets-a-beta-with-a-fancy-new-animation-system/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:47:16

• Death Stranding 2 gets a performance patch, including improvements for Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/death-stranding-2-gets-a-performance-patch-including-improvements-for-steam-deck/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:49:33

• "Tumbleweed saw three Plasma 6.6 updates bringing progressive bugfixes to KWin, the system tray, Spectacle, and the Kicker launcher." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/04/02/tw-monthly-update-march/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:56:33

• "The momentum we've seen this past quarter highlights that Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is the standard trusted execution layer for this transformation." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/automating-modern-network-q1-network-automation-recap | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:57:29

• "This premium offering builds upon the solid foundation of the RHEL Premium subscription, extending maintenance beyond the traditional ten year timeline." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ensuring-long-term-stability-introducing-red-hat-enterprise-linux-extended-life-cycle-premium-rhel-extended-life-cycle | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:57:47

• Boosting Ponzi schemes at IBM ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-and-nvidia-setting-standards-high-performance-ai-inference | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:58:17

• Slop, chatbots, plagiarism and misinformation peddled by IBM Red Hat ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/running-llms-dynamically-production-limited-resources-hard-we-think-theres-room-another-approach | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:58:58

• Selling Windows and Microsoft ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/take-your-automation-next-level-ansible-content-collections-windows-splunk-aiops-mcp-and-more | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 15:59:31

• "The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced a new 3GB variant of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, priced at $83.75, alongside a set of price increases affecting multiple products across its lineup." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-introduces-3gb-pi-4-amid-price-increases/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:01:19

• "A compact carrier board referred to as the Raspberry Pi CM5 TV Stick Lite adapts the Compute Module 5 into a plug-in HDMI form factor." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-tv-stick-lite-adapts-compute-module-5-for-hdmi-dongle-use/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:01:27

• iophk: Tomorrow's batch has a 6-part blog post mentioning that Microsoft Azure is an incurable threat to national security Though that is not the main point of those posts.    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:06:06

• Ubuntu GNU/Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/ubunto-linux-raises-minimum-system-requirements-to-6gb-of-ram-it-was-previously-raised-from-1gb-to-4gb-in-2018    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:07:32

• Raspberry Pi flagship 500+ model now costs almost as much as a Mac Mini — firm Pi launches 3GB model to fight increasing DRAM prices ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-launches-3gb-model-to-fight-increasing-dram-prices-flagship-500-model-now-costs-almost-as-much-as-a-mac-mini    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:08:41

• Pick and place without the CNC ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/04/02/pick-and-place-without-the-cnc/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:09:04

• Possible US Government iPhone Hacking Tool Leaked ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/possible-us-government-iphone-hacking-tool-leaked.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:09:26

• Windows TCO: Medtech giant Stryker says it’s back up after Iranian cyberattack ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/medtech-giant-stryker-says-its-back-up-after-iranian-cyberattack/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:11:26

• A Better R Programming Experience Thanks to Tree-sitter ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/a-better-r-programming-experience-thanks-to-tree-sitter/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:12:29

• House Dems decry confirmed ICE usage of Paragon spyware ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/ice-using-paragon-spyware-house-democrats-letter/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:16:15

• There’s a Blinking Warning Sign for the Data Centers in Space Industry ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/blinking-warning-sign-space-data-centers    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:17:16

• A practical guide to joint investigations: lessons learned from one year of the Civic Journalism Coalition ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/a-practical-guide-to-joint-investigations-lessons-learned-from-one-year-of-the-civic-journalism-coalition/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:20:19

• Wired pulls plug on UK print edition as it focuses on global subscriber growth ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/wired-ends-uk-print-magazine-amid-shake-up-of-london-staff-katie-drummond-interview/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:20:40

• Europe’s digital laws are not bargaining chips ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/europes-digital-laws-are-not-bargaining-chips/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:21:10

• Project IPv6-first: A case study in achieving an 80% native IPv6 SOHO network ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/04/03/project-ipv6-first-a-case-study-in-achieving-an-80-native-ipv6-soho-network/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:21:45

• Pluralistic: It's extremely good that Claude's source-code leaked (02 Apr 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/02/limited-monopoly/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:22:09

• zipline – next generation ShareX / File upload server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zipline-next-generation-sharex-file-upload-server/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:30:58

• ProjectSend – self-hosted file sharing software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/projectsend-self-hosted-file-sharing-software/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:31:24

• Glate – Surveillance Giant Google Translator and Text To Speech Service on GNU/Linux Desktop ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/glate-google-translator-text-speech-service-linux/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:31:50

• Switchfin – third-party native Jellyfin client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/switchfin-third-party-native-jellyfin-client/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:32:03

• hyprquickshot – screenshot utility for Hyprland built with Quickshell ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hyprquickshot-screenshot-utility-hyprland-quickshell/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:32:22

• wak – compact implementation of the awk programming language ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wak-compact-implementation-awk-programming-language/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:34:06

• 13 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based Bookmark Managers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-web-based-bookmark-managers/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:34:30

• LLM slop promoting BACK DOORS! https://www.linuxteck.com/uefi-secure-boot-linux/ https://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:35:03

• "Note IBM is not a kind of company who will employ illegals. They strictly follow the H1B rules. Dont make up things that did not work for you" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1keeqnjw3#replies    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:37:02

• TDF ejects its core developers ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-04-02-tdf-ejects-core-devs.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:56:31

• Document formats: a mystery to many ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/02/document-formats-a-mystery-to-many/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:58:28

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

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:59:03

• How To Install Komodo Edit on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-komodo-edit-debian-13/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:59:25

• "dangers attached" ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ai-tools-for-journalists-and-how-to-avoid-brain-death/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 16:59:49

• ‘Don’t tell others how to do their jobs’: Inaction, disregard for safety led to HK’s deadly fire ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/dont-tell-others-how-to-do-their-jobs-inaction-disregard-for-safety-led-to-hks-deadly-fire    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:01:23

• Samuel Henrique: Bringing HTTP/3 to curl on Amazon GNU/Linux ☞ https://samueloph.dev/blog/bringing-http3-to-curl-on-amazon-linux/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:06:50

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1066084/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:07:11

• What the FCC router ban means for FOSS ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/apr/02/fcc-router-ban/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:08:12

• Artist Interview: Can Inkscape-made artwork compete in an international film festival? ☞ https://inkscape.org/news/2026/04/02/artist-interview-meet-jorge-who-made-a-short-film/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:10:09

• Modders use jumper wires and a custom BIOS to save a damaged RTX 4090 from the trash — resurrected Nvidia gaming GPU loses 4GB of VRAM to overcome terminal PCB sagging ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/modders-use-jumper-wires-and-a-custom-bios-to-save-a-damaged-rtx-4090-from-the-trash-resurrected-nvidia-gaming-gpu-loses-4gb-of-vram-to-overcome-terminal-pcb-sagging    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:10:27

• IBM Red Hat trying to impose mindless and harmful slop on Red Hat users ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/02/how-plan-your-rhel-lifecycle-ai    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:14:58

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: docs.rs: building fewer targets by default ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/04/04/docsrs-only-default-targets/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:17:08

• Lithuanian sentenced to 15 years in Belarus prison, officials perceive pressure tactics ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2886121/lithuanian-sentenced-to-15-years-in-belarus-prison-officials-perceive-pressure-tactics    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:17:30

• Russia Is Sending a Second Oil Tanker to Fuel-Starved Cuba ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/world/americas/cuba-russia-oil-tanker.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:17:45

• Rights group demands Russia restore full internet access ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/rights-group-demands-russia-restore-full-internet-access/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:18:06

• The Best Lightweight GNU/Linux Distros to Revive Your Old Hardware ☞ https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/lightweight-linux-distro-guide/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:18:48

• Grain imports ban from Russia, Belarus to Latvia extended ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/02.04.2026-grain-imports-ban-from-russia-belarus-to-latvia-extended.a641487/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:19:18

• Latvian security service outs Russian and Belarusian spies ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/02.04.2026-latvian-security-service-outs-russian-and-belarusian-spies.a641549/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:19:34

• In a Muzzled Russia, He Still Speaks His Mind ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/world/europe/dimitri-muratov-russia-ukraine-war-nobel.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:19:57

• Russia's military campaign in Ukraine stalls for first time in more than two years ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260402-russia-military-campaign-in-ukraine-stalls-for-first-time-in-more-than-two-years    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:20:13

• Lithuanian sports community urges ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2886250/lithuanian-sports-community-urges-ban-on-russian-and-belarusian-athletes    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:20:25

• The Blandness of Systematic Rules vs. The Delight of Localized Sensitivity ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/systemic-vs-localized/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:23:19

• Artix 20260402 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/artix    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:25:13

• CloudNativePG 1.29.0 Released! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/cloudnativepg-1290-released-3266/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:25:47

• Mekotronics R57-5S – Rockchip RK3576 mini PC and digital player integrates inclined 5-inch touchscreen display ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/02/mekotronics-r57-5s-rockchip-rk3576-mini-pc-and-digital-player-integrates-inclined-5-inch-touchscreen-display/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:26:27

• collabora slop ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/springing-into-ai-pytorch-conference-europe-and-iclr-2026.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:26:57

• 'Linux' Foundation promoting some more slop for its GAFAM sponsors that fear this bubble's implosion ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2026/04/02/from-aixcc-to-openssf-welcoming-oss-crs-to-advance-ai-driven-open-source-security/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:28:56

• Marketing spam disguised as "news" while still ignoring major news like cocaine and massive strikes at EPO ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/hgf-boosts-london-chemistry-and-pharma-practice-with-d-young-partner/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:30:27

• UPC is illegal and this is marketing gossip; JUVE ignores all the real news. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/next-us-firm-enters-london-patent-market-after-cms-hire/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:31:16

• De Koffiejongens averts PI filed by Ox Barrier in the Netherlands ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/de-koffiejongens-averts-pi-filed-by-ox-barrier-in-the-netherlands/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:31:34

• Mimzi Stay Based in Part on Unified’s Reexam Granted in EDTX ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/4/2/edtx-grants-stay-pending-resolution-of-unifieds-reexam-challenging-mimzi    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:31:58

• OptimNet cloud patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/3/30/optimnet-cloud-patent-challenged    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:32:16

• DynaIP entity, WirelessWerx IP, geotracking patent monopoly found invalid ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/3/30/dynaip-entity-wirelesswerx-ip-geotracking-patent-found-invalid    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:32:41

• Words That Stick: Prosecution Disclaimer Survives the Examiner’s Rejection ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/04/words-that-stick-prosecution-disclaimer-survives-the-examiners-rejection.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:33:11

• Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 316 released ☞ https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-316-released/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:34:07

• New stable kernels for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065984/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:34:48

• Springsteen’s popularity will SOAR after this https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/02/trump-springsteen-comments/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:35:41

• pgAdmin 4 v9.14 Released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgadmin-4-v914-released-3267/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:36:49

• Nothing but slop promotion coming out of IBM Red Hat these days ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/02/run-gemma-4-red-hat-ai-day-0-step-step-guide    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:38:12

• FOSS Weekly #26.14: Open Source Office Drama, Ubuntu MATE Troubles, Conky With Ease, Session Management in Wayland and More GNU/Linux Stuff ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-14/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:39:03

• Hideout – Stupid Simple App to Encrypt Individual Files in GNU/Linux ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/04/hideout-stupid-simple-app-to-encrypt-individual-files-in-linux/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:39:36

• Ubuntu added Official NVIDIA 595 Driver for 26.04 [How to Install] ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/04/nvidia-595-driver-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:40:13

• Install minimal Recoll on FreeBSD 15 ☞ https://box.matto.nl/install-minimal-recoll-on-freebsd-15.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:40:55

• Ubuntu 26.04’s sudo adds password feedback hide toggle ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/sudo-rs-password-feedback-toggle    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:41:51

• SmartOS 20260402 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/smartos    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:42:10

• GNOME OS 1026083 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/gnomeos    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:42:23

• Denuvo has been broken, company promises countermeasures against new DRM bypasses ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/denuvo-has-been-broken-company-promises-countermeasures-against-new-drm-bypasses-zero-day-game-releases-become-norm-as-security-concerns-mount-over-hypervisor-based-bypass    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:42:52

• Apple Rolls Out DarkSword Exploit Protection to More Devices ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-rolls-out-darksword-exploit-protection-to-more-devices/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:43:34

• Flora 20260402 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/flora    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:43:58

• Xray_OS 2026.04.02 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/xray    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:44:11

• Sophisticated CrystalX RAT Emerges ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/sophisticated-crystalx-rat-emerges/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:44:50

• Dihydroxyacetone Man signs order threatening up to 100% tariffs on pharmaceuticals ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260402-trump-signs-order-threatening-up-to-100-tariffs-on-pharmaceuticals    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:45:12

• HRW condemns ongoing US strikes on vessels in Caribbean ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/rights-group-condemns-us-strike-on-boats-in-caribbean/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:46:53

• Arcris 2026.04.02 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/arcris    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:47:59

• d77void 20260402 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/d77void    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:48:13

• Red Hat build of Perses with the cluster observability operator ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/02/red-hat-build-perses-cluster-observability-operator    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:49:58

• KDE GNU/Linux 20260402 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kdelinux    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:52:24

• CalamaroOS 20260402 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calamaroos    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:52:36

• The Surveillance Giant Google Search Remedies Are Already Failing: How Weak Antitrust Relief Handed Surveillance Giant Google an Hey Hi (AI) Advantage ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/the-google-search-remedies-are-already-failing-how-weak-antitrust-relief-handed-google-an-ai-advantage/ failing to disclose Microsoft is in their Board https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:54:31

• ShrikeLinux 2026.04.02 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/shrikelinux    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:54:58

• Synex 13-u7 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/synex    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:55:11

• It Seems Like Surveillance Giant Google News Cracked Down on (Omitted, Delisted) a Lot of Slopfarms ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/It_Seems_Like_Google_News_Cracked_Down_on_Omitted_Delisted_a_Lo.shtml    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:55:28

• Hardly Seeing Slopfarms Today, Even in Surveillance Giant Google News ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Hardly_Seeing_Slopfarms_Today_Even_in_Google_News.shtml    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:55:47

• Slop in kernel.org, one step at a time ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065971/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:57:20

• DoD still failing to properly mark CUI data years after initial audit ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-news/2026/04/dod-still-failing-to-properly-mark-cui-data-years-after-initial-audit/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:58:27

• Chemical Signature Hidden in Lunar Rocks Hints at Oxygen in The Ancient Moon ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/chemical-signature-hidden-in-lunar-rocks-hints-at-oxygen-in-the-ancient-moon    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:59:27

• Doctors Treated a Deadly Heart Rhythm With Help From a Digital Twin ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/doctors-treated-a-deadly-heart-rhythm-with-help-from-a-digital-twin    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 17:59:40

• Mysterious Structure Found Buried Beneath an Ancient Egyptian City ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-structure-found-buried-beneath-an-ancient-egyptian-city    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:01:21

• Scientists Think Vagus Nerve Stimulation Could Help Protect Your Memory ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-think-vagus-nerve-stimulation-could-help-protect-your-memory    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:02:34

• Physicists Found Something That Can Move Faster Than Light: The Darkness Inside It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-found-something-that-can-move-faster-than-light-the-darkness-inside-it    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:02:47

• LibreOffice Drama: TDF Removes Collabora Developers in One Sweep ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/document-foundation-collabora-feud/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:03:22

• Chinese University Announces 30-Story “Artificial Island” for Marine Research Purposes ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/china-ocean-research-ship    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:04:04

• Europe Pushes for a Gentler Internet for Children ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/world/europe/european-union-social-media-internet-regulation-children.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:10:23

• Clownflare debuts EmDash to challenge aging WordPress with AI-native CMS ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/02/cloudflare-debuts-emdash-challenge-aging-wordpress-ai-native-cms/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:10:52

• Sea turtle egg poachers caught on video at Oaxaca sanctuary, prompting federal investigation ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/sea-turtle-egg-theft-poaching-oaxaca-sanctuary/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:11:24

• Global Energy Shock: Iran Turns Hormuz Into A Toll Gate Challenging Petrodollar ☞ https://www.mintpressnews.com/toll-booths-in-hormuz-irans-move-to-bypass-the-petrodollar-with-chinas-yuan/290793/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:11:49

• Chinese airlines to hike fuel surcharges on domestic flights ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/02/chinese-airlines-to-hike-fuel-surcharges-on-domestic-flights/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:12:11

• China's homegrown silicon suppliers gain traction as Nvidia struggles to get its chips into the market — Huawei, Cambricon and more step up to fill crucial market gap ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/chinas-homegrown-silicon-suppliers-gain-traction-as-nvidia-struggles-to-get-its-chips-into-the-market-huawei-cambricon-and-more-step-up-to-fill-crucial-market-gap    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:12:46

• Robotaxi outage highlights pitfalls but unlikely to derail China’s push: Analysts ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/robotaxi-outage-highlights-pitfalls-but-unlikely-to-derail-chinas-push-analysts    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:13:21

• Intel buys back 49% stake in Ireland Fab Joint Venture — takes full control over Fab 34 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/intel-buys-back-49-percent-stake-in-ireland-fab-jv-gains-full-control-over-fab-34    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:14:07

• Taiwan to strengthen Pratas islands’ defences as China steps up pressure ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-to-strengthen-pratas-islands-defences-as-china-steps-up-pressure    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:14:46

• Pakistan says onus on Afghanistan to end hostilities ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/pakistan-says-onus-on-afghanistan-to-end-hostilities    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:15:02

• Pakistan, Afghanistan hold talks in China to end months of conflict ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/pakistan-says-it-is-in-talks-with-afghanistan-to-end-conflict    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:15:18

• From international outcast to mediator in Iran war, Pakistan’s remarkable makeover ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/from-international-outcast-to-mediator-in-iran-war-pakistans-remarkable-makeover    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:15:33

• OpenSSH 10.3 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065991/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:16:49

• Mercor Hit by LiteLLM Supply Chain Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/mercor-hit-by-litellm-supply-chain-attack/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:19:12

• 250,000 Affected by Data Breach at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/250000-affected-by-data-breach-at-nacogdoches-memorial-hospital/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:19:23

• Cisco Patches Critical and High-Severity Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-critical-and-high-severity-vulnerabilities/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:19:35

• Indonesia issues fresh summons for Google, Meta over teen social control media ban ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-issues-fresh-summons-for-google-meta-over-teen-social-media-ban    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:20:14

• IBM rotting; "there's probably 100 RAs worth of cr-p in these places. such a waste of money." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn9yqq2x#replies    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:22:03

• Biruté Galdikas, 79, Who Worked to Save Wild Orangutans in Borneo, Dies ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/science/earth/birute-galdikas-dead.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:25:35

• JONATHAN THE 193-YEAR-OLD TORTOISE IS STILL ALIVE, REPEAT HE HAS NOT DIED ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/jonathan-tortoise-still-alive    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:25:57

• Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/data-centers-construction-supply    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:26:42

• US appeals court denies push to reallocate homelessness funds ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/us-appeals-court-denies-push-to-reallocate-homelessness-funds/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:27:04

• Do You Cry More or Less Than the Average Person? ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/new-research-average-men-women-cry-month    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:28:15

• Save ‘every drop of fuel’, South Korea urges as Iran crisis hits ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/save-every-drop-of-fuel-south-korea-urges-as-iran-crisis-hits    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:28:51

• From luggage-friendly buses to airport links, South Korea smooths travel beyond Seoul ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/from-luggage-friendly-buses-to-airport-links-south-korea-smooths-travel-beyond-seoul    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:29:28

• Malaysian government warns against profiteering as cost pressures mount ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-government-warns-against-profiteering-as-cost-pressures-mount    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:29:57

• Malaysia to raise air-con temperatures in government offices to cut energy costs amid Iran war ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-to-raise-air-con-temperatures-in-government-offices-to-cut-energy-costs-amid-iran-war    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:30:33

• They use their 4x4 trucks to help flood victims. Rising diesel costs in Malaysia may end this ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/they-use-their-4x4-to-help-flood-victims-rising-diesel-prices-in-malaysia-could-put-a-stop-to-it    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:31:01

• With rising energy costs, is it worth switching to an EV in Malaysia right now – and how? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/with-rising-energy-costs-is-it-worth-switching-to-an-ev-in-malaysia-right-now-and-how    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:31:26

• Malaysia clarifies WFH policy only for civil servants living more than 8km from office ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/only-those-travelling-more-than-8km-allowed-to-wfh-malaysias-public-service-department    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:31:42

• NSYNC Choreographer Darrin Henson Sues Sony Music Over ‘Bye Bye Bye’ Dance Appearance in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/02/nsync-sony-music-deadpool-wolverine-lawsuit/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:33:03

• EPA move on microplastics, pharmaceuticals draws mixed response in Michigan ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/epa-move-on-microplastics-pharmaceuticals-draws-mixed-response-in-michigan/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:33:32

• UN human rights chief warns deepening repression of civic freedoms across Middle East ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/un-human-rights-chief-warns-deepening-repression-of-civic-freedoms-across-middle-east/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:34:25

• Qt 6.10.3 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.10.3-released    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:36:26

• Hong Kong applies to seize Jimmy Lai’s ‘offence-related’ properties on national security grounds ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/02/hong-kong-applies-to-seize-jimmy-lais-offence-related-properties-on-national-security-grounds/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:37:24

• Europe, NATO under pressure over Iran war: 'Dihydroxyacetone Man strong with the weak and weak with the strong' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260402-europe-nato-under-pressure-over-iran-war-trump-strong-with-the-weak-and-weak-with-the-strong    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:38:15

• Lawmakers renew push for Labor Department-backed cyber apprenticeship grants ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/labor-department-cybersecurity-workforce-apprenticeships/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:39:04

• Hyprland WM’s Eye Candy and Efficiency Ship With a Learning Curve ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/04/hyprland-wms-eye-candy-and-efficiency-ship-with-a-learning-curve/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:40:28

• Must Be April Fools’ Day. Gentoo Says It’s Moving to Hurd ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/04/must-be-april-fools-day-gentoo-says-its-moving-to-hurd/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:40:57

• Proudly Canadian Maple GNU/Linux 1.4: Who Knew Tux Could Be So Polite? ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/04/proudly-canadian-maple-linux-1-4-who-knew-tux-could-be-so-polite/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:41:25

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:41:41

• FOSS Force’s Top Ten for March ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/04/foss-forces-top-ten-for-march/ Contribute to Our Fundraiser! ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/04/contribute-to-our-fundraiser/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:41:54

• Fedora Community Blog: Fedora Code of Conduct Report 2024 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-code-of-conduct-report-2024/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:43:08

• Sandogasa, now for EPEL and CentOS SIG workflows too! ☞ https://michel-slm.name/posts/2026-04-02-sandogasa-for-epel-and-centos-sigs/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:44:18

• Slop or slopware going to CentOS    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:45:28

• GNU/Linux https://str.llnl.gov/str-januaryfebruary-2026/supercomputing-sync    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:48:22

• "Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced an expanded collaboration with Google Cloud to help organizations accelerate application modernization and cloud migrations." https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-and-google-cloud-expand-collaboration-accelerate-application-modernization-and-cloud-migration-red-hat-openshift    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 18:49:15

• Proposal to Centralize Per-User Environment Variables Under Systemd in Fedora Rejected ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-per-user-environment-variables-proposal/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:02:23

• Cambodia casinos operate with impunity despite human rights abuses, rights group warns ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/cambodia-casinos-operate-with-impunity-despite-human-rights-abuses-rights-group-warns/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:02:54

• Under global spotlight, Australia plays hardball on social control media ban ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/under-global-spotlight-australia-plays-hardball-on-social-media-ban    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:03:38

• Quick Update on the Package Version Tracking Feature in OBS ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2026/04/02/package-version-tracking-updates//    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:04:25

• Firefox Tooling Announcements: MozPhab 2.11.1 Released ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozphab-2-11-1-released/147821    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:05:01

• Nuvoton NuMicro M3331 Cortex-M33 MCU features built-in ARGB LED controller, optional USB 2.0 OTG interface ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/02/nuvoton-numicro-m3331-cortex-m33-mcu-features-built-in-argb-led-controller-optional-usb-2-0-otg-interface/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:05:30

• From Hey Hi (AI) to Open Source at WordCamp Asia 2026 ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2026/04/wcasia-2026-sessions/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:05:57

• Hugging buzzwords, hype, and plagiarism    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:06:30

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Media-Bashing Is Coming Back to Bite Him in Court ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/business/media/trump-media-courts.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:06:54

• After Sting Operation, Cousin of Bashar al-Assad Convicted in Arms for Drugs Deal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/world/middleeast/drugs-arms-syria-antoine-kassis.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:07:15

• Attempts to Exploit Exposed "Vite" Installs (CVE-2025-30208), (Thu, Apr 2nd) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32860    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:07:47

• Renovation workers still smoked despite estate management’s complaints to contractor, Tai Po fire inquiry hears ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/02/renovation-workers-still-smoked-despite-estate-managements-complaints-to-contractor-tai-po-fire-inquiry-hears/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:09:12

• Oh the Irony: Anthropic Goes Scorched Earth Against Infringers After Leaking Its Source Code ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/01/anthropic-leaked-code-scorched-earth/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:10:40

• Artemis II astronaut finds two Outlook instances running on computers, calls on Houston to fix Abusive Monopolist Microsoft anomaly ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/artemis-ii-astronaut-finds-two-outlook-instances-running-on-computers-call-on-houston-to-fix-microsoft-anomaly-puzzled-caller-describes-two-outlooks-and-neither-one-of-those-are-working    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:11:05

• The Great Majority: Body Snatching and Burial Reform in 19th-Century Britain ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-great-majority    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:11:54

• Critical Vulnerability in Claude Code Emerges Days After Source Leak ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerability-in-claude-code-emerges-days-after-source-leak/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:13:52

• "I was a guest on Lenny Rachitsky’s podcast, in a new episode titled An AI state of the union: [...]" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/2/lennys-podcast/ | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:27:36

• "The Real Cost of Technology Dependence, FreeBSD 15 Linuxator with CUDA, Bidirectional OPNsense/pfSense, Netbase, a SYN attack, and more..." ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/657 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:27:45

• Marknadshyror gemini://idiomdrottning.org/marknadshyror    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:31:14

• Samla oppositionen inför valet 2026 gemini://idiomdrottning.org/oppositionspartierna    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:31:43

• Aplicaciones chachis libres y multiplataforma gemini://aperalesf.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-04-02-aplicaciones-chachis-libres-y-multiplataforma.gmi    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:32:12

• La première Madame Pipi de l’espace profond gemini://ploum.net/2026-04-03-madame-pipi-espace.gmi    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:32:43

• "The default seed in Brogue is derived from the unix epoch. This is a small information leak. That is, assuming you play games with the default seed, people who obtain the game recording or otherwise learn the seed can know when the game was started." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/04/03/brogue-seed.gmi    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:36:29

• "For a while, I've been self-hosting a wiki for a little Minecraft server I run called Warlords. However this has been kind of a pain and I'm honestly not that great of a sysadmin." gemini://zipsegv.net/blog/moving-to-miraheze.gmi    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:37:10

• "The open source office space has turned unusually dramatic this week, with multiple conflicts unfolding at the same time." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-14/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:45:56

• Canonical Bumps Ubuntu 26.04 LTS's System Requirements, Now Asks for 6GB of RAM https://www.hackster.io/news/canonical-bumps-ubuntu-26-04-lts-s-system-requirements-now-asks-for-6gb-of-ram-1ccc21e4a370 Canonical: Make Ubuntu Bloated (Debian With Snaps), Then Sell the 'Debloated' Version for a Fee http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/14/Canonical_Make_Ubuntu_Bloated_Debian_With_Snaps_Then_Sell_the_D.shtml    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:47:11

• "Includes all the updated packages released in March 2026 on the official Arch Linux repositories." https://9to5linux.com/arch-linuxs-april-2026-iso-is-out-now-with-linux-kernel-6-19-and-archinstall-4-1    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:48:20

• The Best Lightweight Linux Distros to Revive Your Old Hardware https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/lightweight-linux-distro-guide/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:48:46

• "This release ships with the KDE Plasma 6.3.6 desktop environment, which is accompanied KDE Gear 25.04.3 and KDE Frameworks 6.13." https://9to5linux.com/netrunner-26-released-with-xlibre-xserver-based-on-debian-13-trixie    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:49:14

• "Linux Mint isn't perfect, but it has some clear advantages over Windows 11. Here's what stood out after I made the move." https://uk.pcmag.com/linux/164203/i-gave-up-on-windows-11-linux-mint-is-simply-better-in-7-big-ways    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:49:39

• Bloatware https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/ubunto-linux-raises-minimum-system-requirements-to-6gb-of-ram-it-was-previously-raised-from-1gb-to-4gb-in-2018    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:50:23

• Linux use hits an all-time-high on Steam, passing 5% user share https://overclock3d.net/news/software/linux-use-hits-an-all-time-high-on-steam-passing-5-user-share/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 19:50:46

• I Gave Up on Windows 11. Linux Mint Is Simply Better in 7 Big Ways https://uk.pcmag.com/linux/164203/i-gave-up-on-windows-11-linux-mint-is-simply-better-in-7-big-ways    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:00:16

• Steam Survey: Linux climbs to 5.33%, more than double macOS https://videocardz.com/newz/steam-on-linux-reaches-5-33-in-march-steam-survey-highest-share-on-record    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:00:39

• Steam on Linux Surpasses 5% Market Share: What It Means https://www.gameshub.com/news/article/steam-linux-5-percent-market-share-milestone-2863640/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:01:15

• Linux installs jump to over 5% of gamers on the latest Steam Hardware Survey while the RTX 5070 reverts to the norm https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/linux-installs-jump-to-over-5-percent-of-gamers-on-the-latest-steam-hardware-survey-while-the-rtx-5070-reverts-to-the-norm/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:01:38

• Steam survey shows Linux hitting an all-time high with gamers https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/steam-survey-shows-linux-hitting-an-all-time-high-with-gamers/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:02:57

• And other handy tools that could save your data in a crisis https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/systemrescue_13/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:03:31

• Wine has been translating Windows games to Linux since 1993, but Proton is what made it effortless https://www.xda-developers.com/wine-translating-windows-games-linux-proton-effortless/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:04:15

• Linux updates were painfully slow until I switched one setting https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-updates-were-painfully-slow-until-i-switched-one-setting/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:04:51

• Netrunner 26 lands with XLibre X11 and improved security https://www.notebookcheck.net/Netrunner-26-lands-with-XLibre-X11-and-improved-security.1265134.0.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:06:17

• Red Hat Announces Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Life Cycle Premium https://www.marketscreener.com/news/red-hat-announces-red-hat-enterprise-linux-extended-life-cycle-premium-ce7e51ddd88df22d    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:30:17

• LF as a front for vicious, malicious company https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/linux-foundation-is-launching-the-x402-foundation-and-welcoming-the-contribution-of-the-x402-protocol-302732803.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:31:29

• Coinbase’s AI payments system joins Linux Foundation, gathers support from Google, Stripe, AWS and others ⚓ https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/04/02/coinbase-s-ai-payments-system-joins-linux-foundation-gathers-support-from-google-stripe-aws-and-others ䷉ Source: Coin Desk |    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:33:05

• New CachyOS vs Windows 11 gaming benchmarks reveal impressive results for Linux, from Space Marine 2 to Resident Evil Requiem https://www.pcguide.com/news/new-cachyos-vs-windows-11-gaming-benchmarks-reveal-impressive-results-for-linux-from-space-marine-2-to-resident-evil-requiem/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:33:42

• Promoting yet another scam in exchange for money https://coincentral.com/linux-foundation-launches-x402-to-power-ai-driven-payments/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:34:47

• Linux Installations Rise to 5% in Latest Steam Hardware Survey, RTX 5070 Falls Back https://www.eteknix.com/linux-installations-rise-to-5-in-latest-steam-hardware-survey-rtx-5070-falls-back/    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:35:11

• March Steam survey: Intel Arc finally breaks into the charts as AMD and Linux reach record shares https://www.techspot.com/news/111923-march-steam-survey-intel-arc-finally-breaks-charts.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:36:12

• Linux gaming levels up as CachyOS beats Windows 11 in head-to-head tests ttps://www.techspot.com/news/111908-linux-gaming-levels-up-cachyos-beats-windows-11.html    

posted Friday, April 03, 2026 at 20:37:41