Roy Schestowitz

• Rakudo Weekly 2025.35 Sensitive Data ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/09/01/2025-35-sensitive-data/    

posted Tuesday, September 02, 2025 at 23:09:46

• PwrTool 500 – An open-source battery & DC power monitor for Home Assistant (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/01/pwrtool-500-open-source-battery-dc-power-monitor-for-home-assistant/    

posted Tuesday, September 02, 2025 at 23:10:20

• Intel files patent monopoly for 'Software Defined Supercore' — increases single-thread performance and IPC by mimicking ultra-wide execution using multiple cores ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-patents-software-defined-supercore-mimicking-ultra-wide-execution-using-multiple-cores    

posted Tuesday, September 02, 2025 at 23:11:11

• Sponsors of JUVE get puff pieces/marketing ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/carpmaels-next-uk-firm-to-expand-in-germany/    

posted Tuesday, September 02, 2025 at 23:11:22

• Gaming consoles are becoming more expensive as they age for the first time in history — gamers blame tariffs for PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch price increases ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/gaming-consoles-are-becoming-more-expensive-as-they-age-for-the-first-time-in-history-gamers-blame-tariffs-for-playstation-xbox-and-switch-price-increases    

posted Tuesday, September 02, 2025 at 23:11:45

• Migrate your OpenShift logging stack from Elasticsearch to Loki ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/09/01/migrate-your-openshift-logging-stack-elasticsearch-loki    

posted Tuesday, September 02, 2025 at 23:12:08

• Openwashing ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/01/tencent-open-sources-hunyuan-mt-translation-model-series/    

posted Tuesday, September 02, 2025 at 23:12:56

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posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 01:44:22

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posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 01:44:41

• Microsoft engineer found dead at Silicon Valley campus — sparks renewed debate over tech burnout https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-engineer-found-dead-at-silicon-valley-campus-sparks-renewed-debate-over-tech-burnout    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 01:46:33

• Latest layoffs at Oracle impact 101 employees in Washington state https://www.geekwire.com/2025/oracle-layoffs-impact-101-employees-in-washington-state/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 01:47:08

• "All companies should have separate CEO and Chairman. We're just so used to corruption we accept obvious conflicts like this as normal now." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3xj85re    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:24:04

• "The big question for me is why IBM did not include TLS, at the time TSS, with the part of the business that got spun off to create Kyndryl. I am based in consulting services but in my role I have worked with teams across IBM, and hands down the most toxic of those was Strategic Outsourcing so I was one happy camper when I saw them spun off into Kyndryl." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k42qxkr7    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:25:04

• "Meanwhile TLS former TSS had exactly the horrible leader-worshiping a-s-kissng culture that I hated about SO. Will definitely be good riddance when they finally go - can't be soon enough for me." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k42qxkr7    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:25:12

• "I've been at IBM for a decades and it's always the same - way too much work and the only way to make it manageable and not give up all your free time is to regularly say "no" when more is asked then can fit into a regular work week." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k42fk961    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:26:03

• "Of course this is unpleasant and you would hope the message gets through and they would stop asking but it doesn't. It is what it is - I am glad that I will only be putting up with this sh-t for another year or two and then I'm done" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k42fk961    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:26:11

• Frostbyte10 bugs put thousands of refrigerators at major grocery chains at risk https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/02/frostbyte10_copeland_controller_bugs/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:29:54

• A Label Printer Gets A New Brain ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/01/a-label-printer-gets-a-new-brain/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:42:43

• RIMU modular IoT controller features 4.3-inch touchscreen display, stackable design for expansion (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/02/rimu-modular-iot-controller-features-4-3-inch-touchscreen-display-stackable-design-for-expansion/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:43:07

• New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar and Whisper of the House - 2025-08-30 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2025-08-30-edition/index.html   

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:43:30

• Searching the Rubble After Afghanistan’s Deadly Earthquake ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/world/asia/afghanistan-earthquake-photos.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:45:33

• Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts accused of ‘cancelling’ playwright in anniversary campaign ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/02/hong-kong-academy-for-performing-arts-accused-of-cancelling-playwright-in-anniversary-campaign/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:45:52

• GIMP 3.1.4: Second Development Release towards GIMP 3.2 ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/09/01/gimp-3-1-4-released/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:46:27

• Ambiq Apollo510B ultra-low-power Cortex-M55 Edge Hey Hi (AI) MCU adds Bluetooth LE 5.4 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/01/ambiq-apollo510b-ultra-low-power-cortex-m55-edge-ai-mcu-adds-bluetooth-le-5-4/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:46:59

• Silence as strategy: Southeast Asia and China’s persistent cyber campaigns ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/silence-as-strategy-southeast-asia-and-chinas-persistent-cyber-campaigns/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:47:52

• Robotic Canoe Puts Robot Arms To Work ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/01/robotic-canoe-puts-robot-arms-to-work/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:49:20

• Old Projects? Memorialize Them Into Functional Art ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/01/old-projects-memorialize-them-into-functional-art/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:49:33

• Tiny Datasette Uses USB For The Modern Day ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/01/tiny-datasette-uses-usb-for-the-modern-day/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 05:49:45

• "First Richard Stallman, and now Sean Barrett! Can anybody please stop this madness!" https://x.com/tsoding/status/1962947291918086424    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 06:50:18

• Twitter (Musk) is stirring up hatred in the UK right now. Some particular areas are "ethnic" and particular stores can be like that (very "ethnic"). They are like the "ghettos", so it's wrong to generalise. But that's what MElon is doing. Twitter.com became part-time hate site.    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 07:34:07

• "Valve have now released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for August 2025, showing the overall Linux share has dropped." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/steam-survey-for-august-2025-is-out-and-heres-the-linux-steamos-details/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 08:51:18

• "Crusader Kings III has now been out for 5 years and Paradox have done a mini-celebration, showing off some fresh stats from players. There sure are a lot of divorces going on and even more deaths." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/crusader-kings-iii-celebrates-5-years-with-some-interesting-stats/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 08:51:50

• "Partner Content" = PAID SPAM. https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/02/build_cloud_infrastructure_secure/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 08:54:20

• And the "PARTNERS" are usually HEY HI hype (SPAM) https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/apac_ai_paradox_unlocking/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/crossing_agentic_chasm_sovereign/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 08:55:18

• "Sometimes, you really do just need to run a Windows app on Linux and perhaps WinBoat might make this easier with its promise of "seamless integration"" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/winboat-is-a-new-linux-app-to-run-windows-apps-with-seamless-integration/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 08:55:31

• Covered in http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/03/Techrights_Has_Been_Subjected_to_Calls_of_Violence_and_Death_Th.shtml is how "social media" promotes racism.    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 08:56:40

• "While it has a rather boring name, Sword Hero looks anything but boring in the new trailer and the combat demo you can try out right now." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/sword-hero-is-an-impressive-looking-upcoming-open-world-fantasy-rpg/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 08:56:53

• "Giving Blackjack and Roulette a little Balatro treatment? Perhaps just a little, with it putting a literal spin on the classics here." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/blackjack-roulette-puts-a-literal-spin-on-a-classic-card-game/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 08:57:47

• "NVIDIA have released driver version 580.82.07 as the latest Recommended Driver for Linux gamers, with a few useful changes." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/nvidia-580-82-07-driver-released-for-linux-the-new-recommended-driver/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 09:05:06

• "GOG just announced an expansion of their popular one-click mod program with a bunch of new big mods available including S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/gog-expand-one-click-mod-offerings-with-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-anomaly-realrtcw-belzebub-diablo-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 09:06:41

• "Seriously, this is one you do not want to miss, and there's a demo available to play on Steam right now." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/monsters-are-coming-rock-road-is-easily-going-to-be-my-next-complete-obsession/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 09:07:25

• "Here's the latest data from Valve on what the most played games on Steam Deck were for August 2025, and perhaps unsurprisingly Hollow Knight is top." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/heres-the-top-50-most-played-games-on-steam-deck-for-august-2025-with-hollow-knight-the-champion/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 09:13:59

• "Below the Crown has now been officially revealed from Misfits Attic, developers of the award-winning Duskers. It's a thoroughly unique blend of games inspired by chess, roguelikes, and dungeon crawlers." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/duskers-developers-reveal-below-the-crown-a-love-letter-to-chess-roguelikes-and-dungeon-crawlers/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 09:14:11

• "Paintings of Dante’s Inferno: 6 Money and anger – The Eclectic Light Company" https://eclecticlight.co/2025/09/01/paintings-of-dantes-inferno-6-money-and-anger/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:07:58

• "Kristi Noem's Non-Stop Slander Invites Congress to Ask Melania about Her Close Ties to Jeffrey Epstein" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/02/kristi-noems-non-stop-slander-invites-congress-to-ask-melania-about-her-close-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:08:13

• "Trump's Attempt to Repackage His Capitulation in Ukraine" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/01/trumps-attempt-to-repackage-his-capitulation-in-ukraine/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:08:27

• "The Bonfire of Trump’s Vanities - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-bonfire-of-trumps-vanities    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:08:42

• "No, Trump Can’t Legally Federalize US Elections" https://www.wired.com/story/trump-federalize-election-unconstitutional/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:08:55

• "Russia accused of jamming EU leader’s plane over Bulgaria" https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0901/russia-von-der-leyen-gps-jamming-bulgaria    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:09:10

• "Fake Emergencies—Real-World Power" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/emergency-authority-power-trump-democracy/684053/   

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:09:24

• "Chat Control med Patrick Breyer (Pp)" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/09/02/chat-control-med-patrick-breyer-pp/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:09:38

• "Patrick Breyer on Proposed EU Surveillance of Private Messaging" https://youtu.be/L933xDcSS3o https://yewtu.be/watch?v=L933xDcSS3o    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:09:56

• "Cheeto vs. Workers: Mass layoffs, elimination of protections, and barriers to unionization" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-02/trump-vs-workers-mass-layoffs-elimination-of-protections-and-barriers-to-unionization.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:10:14

• "Gary Kildall - The Man That Should Have Been Bill Gates - Part I" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=59D1L7xj8eM    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:10:34

• "Gary Kildall - The Man That Should Have Been Bill Gates - Part II" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=mOqWcfDJ34o    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:10:45

• "Gary Kildall - The Man That Should Have Been Bill Gates - Part III" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=DALx-NuGprU    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:10:57

• WRONG solution, wrong approach to a real problem https://againstallflags.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/update-on-regresshion/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:11:23

• Site bribed by Linux Foundation does puff piece for Linux Foundation, hyping up the Ponzi scheme that Linux Foundation now profits from https://thenewstack.io/the-linux-foundation-in-the-age-of-ai/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:11:57

• And another bailout for Microsoft https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/02/microsoft_rewarded_for_security_failures/ see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/01/It_s_Cheaper_to_Pay_Bribes_and_Produce_Press_Releases_Than_to_P.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:12:49

• "Trump admin cancels $679 million for offshore wind projects as attacks on reeling industry continue" https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/offshore/trump-admin-cancels-679-million-for-offshore-wind-projects-as-attacks-on-reeling-industry-continue/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:13:03

• "Are America’s four main adversaries really in cahoots?" https://www.vox.com/world-politics/397741/axis-upheaval-crinks-china-russia-iran-north-korea    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:13:18

• "Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America!" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/america-free-trial-services/684072/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:13:32

• "General Staff: Russia has lost 1,084,570 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022" https://kyivindependent.com/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-084-570-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb-24-2022/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:13:57

• Keep an eye on the Riksdag | "Håll ett öga på riksdagen" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/09/02/hall-ett-oga-pa-riksdagen/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:14:25

• Wildlife ☛ https://therevelator.org/wildlife-trade-livelihoods/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:15:08

• "I obviously have no answers here, only two observations. The first is that it shows a limitation of offloading legal processes to corporations." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/automated-dmca-requests-google/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:19:45

• [Old] "But Tim Paterson always denies it. He told the authors of Hard Drive, "At the time, I told [Kildall] I didn't copy anything." ☛ https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/135023/the-rise-of-dos-how-microsoft-got-the-ibm-pc-os-contract | Source: PC Mag    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:20:35

• Software Patents ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-patents-software-defined-supercore-mimicking-ultra-wide-execution-using-multiple-cores | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:20:59

• "my answer to Brunetti would simply be that all he’s done is point out that there are other simple" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/02/u-s-appeals-court-uspto-must-reconsider-if-fucks-are-for-everyone/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:21:30

• "discounted price" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/microsoft-onegov-deal-copilot-azure-artificial-intelligence/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:23:22

• "Plaintiffs overreached in seeking forced divestiture of these key assets, which Google did not use to effect any illegal restraints." ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/google-antitrust-search-ruling.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:23:37

• "Google will not have to sell off Chrome" ☛ https://512pixels.net/2025/09/google-wins-lawsuit/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:23:58

• "In his 230-page ruling Mehta, who last August ruled that Google broke US competition law, decided the search behemoth will not have to divest its Chrome browser or Android operating systems" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/google_doj_antitrust_ruling/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:27:08

• "The ruling is seen as a significant win for Google, which avoided the most severe potential penalty that could have been imposed on it during the trial’s remedies phase." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/02/google-gets-keep-chrome-android-faces-lesser-penalties-major-antitrust-ruling/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:27:19

• "Judge Mehta's decision represents one of the most significant rulings against corporate monopoly practices in two decades and could fundamentally reshape the tech giant's future." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2333288.html | Source: RTL    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:27:32

• India is Back to backdoored Windows 8 (Market Share Down to 8%) as Android Soars to a New Record High ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/India_is_Back_to_Windows_8_Market_Share_Down_to_8_as_Android_So.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:29:56

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2025/09/02/country-music-no-longer-owns-the-troops-and-thats-a-good-thing/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:33:20

• "I really oppose market capitalism and it’s up to its defenders to patch the bugs, for example by acquiescing to environmental regulation (like an ETS) and labor laws." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/ptb | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:33:52

• "More than 55 million Americans live in news deserts, with little to no local journalism." ☛ https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/09/02/americans-distrust-journalists-local-news-crisis/index.html | Source: Northwestern University    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:56:20

• "Graham Linehan was arrested by armed police officers at Heathrow airport for writing gender-critical posts on social media." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/02/graham-linehan-claims-he-was-arrested-for-tweets-heathrow/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:57:07

• "Linehan, 57, shared further details of the arrest on his blog, which he said occurred as he was returning from Arizona. He claimed to have “been flagged” and “arrested at an airport like a terrorist”." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/graham-linehan-arrested-twitter-tweets-heathrow-b2818446.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:57:18

• "Linehan said he has been bailed until October and ordered not to post on social media platform X as part of his conditions." ☛ https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/father-ted-creator-says-arrested-32396170?service=responsive | Source: Wales UK    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:57:30

• "Discussion updates also voiced concerns around least-privilege access, flaw-remediation testing, customer agreements and notification, and coordinating updates." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/nist-enhances-security-controls-for-improved-patching | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:58:55

• "It’s the same way in software companies. It’s almost a truism among software engineers that a single engineer can be more efficient alone than they can by working as part of a team." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/seeing-like-a-software-company/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:59:08

• "The General Services Administration (GSA) announced its new deal with Microsoft on Tuesday, describing it as a "strategic partnership" that could save the federal government as much as $3.1 billion over the next year." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/02/microsoft_rewarded_for_security_failures/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:59:23

• "Speaking ahead of Labor Day – celebrated in the US to recognize the nation's labor movement – Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff said the company had slashed 4,000 customer support roles through the application of AI agents." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/02/salesforce_4000_jobs_ai/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 11:59:40

• "The plan was to file a Hail Mary lawsuit to force the Department of Justice to release any documents in its possession that tie Epstein, a convicted child sex offender, to Trump." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/09/trump-legal-resistance-lawsuits-norm-eisen/684071/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:00:28

• "A stricter limit on blood alcohol content and a ban on use by under-15s have only had a slight impact, officials say, but in Helsinki the number of accidents has doubled since July 2024." ☛ https://ynbsp;  

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:00:43

• "Whereas nuclear power is barely growing, and is shrinking as a proportion of global power output" ☛ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-03/energy-power-solar-leave-nuclear-in-the-shade/104049276?ref=birchtree.me | Source: ABC    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:01:01

• "Because Bitcoin is useless for anything except speculation, most of the time the demand for transactions is low, meaning transaction fees are low and miners' income depends upon the block reward." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2025/09/luke-157.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:01:20

• "When the mountain came down, he responded instinctively — filming, reporting, bearing witness." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/is-it-too-late-to-save-the-swiss-alps/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:01:55

• "More than 33,000 pages of records related to Epstein were uploaded to a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform website" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250902-trump-epstein-us | Source: France24    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:02:26

• "Rutte said the jamming was part of a complex campaign by Russia of “hybrid threats” like cutting of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea" ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2025/09/02/nato-takes-aim-at-russias-gps-hacking-after-eu-leaders-plane-jammed/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:03:35

• "The volume turned out to be a logbook from the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/she-found-a-tattered-logbook-in-the-trash-it-turned-out-to-be-a-rare-record-from-the-1941-pearl-harbor-attack-180987259/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:03:47

• "Official estimates suggest £1.9 billion will be spent every year under the existing agreement with Microsoft." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/02/reg_poll_microsoft_uk/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:04:21

• "The silence is deafening. And revealing." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-freedom-fraud-how-the-right-weaponized | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:04:37

• "Today, a new Axis is coming together in plain sight." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/is-world-war-iii-already-underway | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:05:21

• "Federal financial privacy laws often leave consumers’ sensitive financial information vulnerable, especially with the effective shuttering of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau." ☛ https://epic.org/epic-nclc-and-45-other-organizations-call-on-congress-to-strengthen-financial-privacy/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:07:50

• "There are plenty of questions about how liability should be handled with generative AI tools" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/02/openais-answer-to-chatgpt-related-suicide-lawsuit-spy-on-users-report-to-cops/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:08:06

• "Declan would never have found out his therapist was using ChatGPT had it not been for a technical mishap. The connection was patchy during one of their online sessions, so Declan suggested they turn off their video feeds." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/02/1122871/therapists-using-chatgpt-secretly/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:08:22

• "Made for Kids" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/02/disney-agrees-pay-ftc-10-million-youtube-videos-children/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:08:41

• "Not Made for Kids" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/769771/disney-ftc-coppa-settlement-kids-data | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:09:21

• "One potential source of problems here is the attestation system." ☛ https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/9/2/passkeys/ | Source: Armin Ronacher    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:09:44

• "It seems fairly clear that, as far as product lifecycle goes, GitHub is in its “Azure metered billing” stage" ☛ https://jmduke.com/posts/post/github-next/ | Source: Justin Duke    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:25:55

• "Artists&Clients, a website for connecting artists with gigs, is down after a group called LunaLock threatened to feed their data to AI datasets." ☛ https://www.404media.co/hackers-threaten-to-submit-artists-data-to-ai-models-if-art-site-doesnt-pay-up/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:26:23

• "But in recent years, people have begun fabricating weather stories using photo editing software to modify images, creating photos and videos using AI (artificial intelligence) and even lying about the date and time a photo was taken." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/weather-extreme-ai-photo-manipulation-1.7620169 | Source: CBC    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:27:22

• "But otherwise, chats remain end-to-end encrypted." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/what-whatsapps-advanced-chat-privacy-really-does | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:27:48

• "Chinese officials claim the law is designed to help combat AI misinformation and fraud, and is applicable to all the major social media firms." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-social-media-firms-comply-with-strict-ai-labelling-law-making-it-clear-to-users-and-bots-whats-real-and-whats-not | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:28:08

• "launched new features to abide by Monday’s roll-out of a new law that mandates labelling of all artificial intelligence-generated content online." ☛ https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3323959/chinas-social-media-platforms-rush-abide-ai-generated-content-labelling-law | Source: SCMP    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:28:46

• "This is the height of deceptive design. And no matter how many guardrails and systems you put around an LLM, it is impossible to curb this behavior." ☛ https://bentsai.org/posts/its-a-trap | Source: Ben Tsai    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:28:58

• "inherently destructive to productivity, reliability, and quality." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/the-melancholy-of-history-rhyming/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:29:29

• "That’s a rundown on how vibe coding startups have huge numbers of users! But they don’t make a profit or have a path to making a profit, and all they do is set money on fire as fast as they can." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/02/vibe-coding-is-getting-too-rancid-even-for-venture-capital/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:29:53

• "This is less surprising for Business Insider (which increasingly traffics in clickbait and recently fired 25% of its staff) and more surprising for Wired, which has been doing a lot of great journalism during the second Trump term." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/02/wired-business-insider-editors-duped-by-completely-bogus-ai-using-journalist-who-made-up-towns-people-that-dont-exist/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:30:09

• "Sam Altman is not the first to warn about the risks of an AI bubble. But his words carry more weight." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/even-sam-altman-fears-an-ai-bubble | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:30:38

• "Children bore the brunt of this calamity. Infant mortality rates were horrifically high and even higher if you were poor, Black or Native American." ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/09/02/nostalgia-for-the-1850s-why-do-alabama-leaders-want-our-kids-to-be-sick/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:32:21

• "When pharmacists are afraid of losing their jobs for doing their jobs, our public health is in deep trouble." ☛ https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-kennedy-a-menace-to-public-health-must-go/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:32:38

• "Women are banned from being treated by male doctors, and a shortage of female medical staff has left many without adequate care, worsening their vulnerability." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-women-bear-brunt-earthquake-taliban-restrictions/33519956.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:32:48

• "But one savvy, skeptical Android Police reporter pushed back ever so slightly" ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/pixel-10-ufs-4-comparison-unexpected-results/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:34:32

• "We can use purposeful friction to make dumb things more difficult, to make familiar but shitty defaults less convenient." ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/encourage-purposeful-friction | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:35:03

• "This is the prevailing "Silicon Valley" attitude to products today which are designed with deception in mind." ☛ https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cubes/ | Source: The Cyber Show    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:36:25

• "They fear Amazon’s deliveries will disrupt local hobbyists." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/09/02/model-aircraft-club-goes-to-war-with-amazon-drones/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:38:03

• "Mechanical tills, which evolved into electronic tills, offer a receptacle for storing and ordering cash money, a ledger, receipt printer, typewriter keyboard of sorts with shortcuts for common items or operations." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cubes/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:48:59

• "Sometimes there are peripherals like scanners, scales, staff keys, card readers, PIN keypads, security-tag deactivation… all part of solutionist over-complication of the simple timeless act of buying and selling." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cubes/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:49:08

• "Our drinks "experience" was clearly being gamified already. And we were losing." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cubes/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:57:10

• "In my hand I held 50 pound note, still rare enough in Britain to be considered a grenade thrown into the works of a delicate technological machine. I felt a little guilty and expected to be sent away to get "something smaller" or told "card only"." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cubes/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 12:59:52

• "What the "younger generation" allegedly want is not have to make eye-contact or small-talk, a subject I'll leave Jonathan Haidt to detail in his rather good Anxious Generation." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cubes/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:01:35

• "Given that paper is renewable, recyclable and rapidly improving its industrial process - whereas digital is still growing exponentially in energy cost and use of non-renewables, the unexamined claims of "paperless" zealots must be treated with suspicion." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cubes/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:03:31

• "Cory Doctorow calls this strategic treachery "enshitification". It affects everyone on the planet because we're not just overproducing at the cost of the environment, we're producing things of no value, or of negative value."    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:05:05

• "The supposed need for growth creates "solutionism"; the gratuitous creation of unnecessary products to fix problems caused by other non-functional products. This creates a seemingly limitless market in accordance with a Broken Window Fallacy, where causing problems and harm seems to become a generator of "wealth"."    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:06:29

• "Business owners beware, if you can't make it work with a pad and pencil, some loyal and properly trained staff, and cash money, it probably isn't going to work anyway. No amount of POS tech will change that, and it may well upset your core customers in the process."    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:09:32

• "And it has worked. Internet standards have facilitated interoperability that has blunted lock-in, outsized pricing power, and monopolistic abuses." ☛ https://infrequently.org/2025/09/apples-crimes-against-the-internet-community/ | Source: Alex Russell    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:17:49

• "Does coding style matter? We teach students how to write code and about algorithms." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2025/09/guest-post-on-why-coding-style-is.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:19:03

• "Feature engineering is one of the fundamental part of the modeling pipeline that is often overlooked to great dismay." ☛ https://r-posts.com/effective-and-useful-feature-engineering-workshop/ |    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:25:55

• "One thing that struck me though, is the very fun touches that MWL adds - I don't think I've laughed when reading any other tech book." ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/jokes-in-michael-w-lucas-tech-books.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:26:29

• [Old] "It is important to recognize the two roles involved here: Publisher and Subscriber." ☛ https://blog.feld.me/posts/2025/01/postgres-logical-replication-made-easy/ | Source: Feld    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:27:17

• "Emacs has several fantastic functions that offer you superpowers when it comes to text editing." ☛ https://box.matto.nl/quickly-transpose-sentences-and-paragraphs-using-key-bindings-in-emacs.html | Source: MJ Fransen    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:29:05

• "That’s exactly the opposite of how things happen by default in Emacs (and a few other editors), so it really didn’t sit well with me." ☛ https://batsov.com/articles/2025/08/27/how-to-vim-take-control-of-split-positioning/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:29:31

• "CrowdSec, a self-hosted open-source IDS/IPS security solution that protects servers, services, containers, and applications from malicious traffic, has just rolled out version 1.7. " ☛ https://linuxiac.com/crowdsec-1-7-intrusion-detection-and-prevention-system-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:30:17

• 14 Best Free and Open Source GUI ebook Readers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-gui-ebook-readers/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:36:31

• Cecil – simple and powerful content-driven static site generator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cecil-simple-powerful-content-driven-static-site-generator/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:36:43

• Blade OS – Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/blade-os-debian-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:36:58

• Gyroflow – video stabilization using gyroscope data ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gyroflow-video-stabilization-gyroscope-data/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:37:36

• OnTheSpot – GUI music downloader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/onthespot-gui-music-downloader/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:39:17

• "Nearly a third of IT leaders say lack of expertise is the biggest obstacle they face in managing their open source environments." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/dedicated-linux-support | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:42:02

• "Zara tracks Ubuntu 24.04 LTS under the hood and pulls in the latest Hardware Enablement (HWE) stack" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-22-2-zara-now-available-for-download/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:42:39

• "Suppose, not hypothetically, that a single IP address with a single User-Agent has made 557 requests" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/WebRequestTotalsToRequestRates | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:46:44

• "The usual solution is to use tee with sudo. The tee command reads from stdin and writes to both stdout and one or more files" ☛ https://anagogistis.com/notes/sudo-tee/ | Source: Andreas    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:47:09

• "Our is Patrick Breyer. He is a self-described freedom fighter and a former member of the European Parliament." ☛ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=L933xDcSS3o | Source: Video    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:47:47

• "Benefits of zipping files: [...]" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/install-zip-and-unzip-in-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:48:27

• "Major updates included glibc 2.42 with support for new C standards" ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/09/02/tw-monthly-update-august/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 13:58:46

• "In this blog, I’ll cover Canonical’s proven path to setting up an OpenStack PoC. I will demonstrate how using the right set of tools is critical to the overall success of your project." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/openstack-poc | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:00:41

• "This will be a one-day event organized by the OpenInfra User Group Kenya, with support from its parent foundation, the OpenInfra Foundation." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/join-canonical-at-the-first-ever-african-openinfra-days | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:00:59

• "This blog explores the successful integration of Huawei OceanStor hybrid flash storage systems with Canonical Kubernetes, demonstrating how enterprises can unlock resilient, enterprise-grade storage in cloud-native environments" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/huawei-oceanstor-canonical-kubernetes-integration-report | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:01:17

• "cloud" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/emeas-cloud-sovereignty-puzzle-takes-shape | Source: Red Hat Official http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Clown_Computing.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:02:48

• "Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization enables organizations to do just that. It's an included feature of Red Hat OpenShift that allows you to run and manage VMs and containers on the same Kubernetes-based platform." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/protect-and-unify-commvault-and-red-hat-openshift-modern-approach-disaster-recovery-vms-and-containers | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:03:15

• "In some ways, metadata is like the classification system librarians use to place books on shelves so that visitors can find them." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-metadata-assistant-improving-content-findability | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:04:12

• "Red Hat OpenShift AI now brings a set of updates to data science pipelines, making it easier than ever to control and optimize your ML processes." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-data-science-pipelines-red-hat-openshift-ai | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:05:13

• "Digital sovereignty, whether cloud, data, or total sovereignty, refers to control over digital assets, so data, hardware, people, and software remain within a specific jurisdiction." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-defence-organisations-need-resilience-beyond-sovereignty | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:05:27

• Kubernetes v1.34: Introducing CPU Manager Static Policy Option for Uncore Cache Alignment ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/09/02/kubernetes-v1-34-prefer-align-by-uncore-cache-cpumanager-static-policy-optimization/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:07:39

• Kubernetes v1.34: DRA has graduated to GA ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/09/01/kubernetes-v1-34-dra-updates/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:09:56

• Writing and Coding Isn't Always Enough ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/01/Writing_and_Coding_Isn_t_Always_Enough.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:10:55

• "That definition, and Richard Stallman himself, completely agree with me. A BSD license also guarantees "that the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software". Here is Stallman spelling it out explicitly" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45099759    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:12:25

• "The BSD license does not offer the same software freedom guarantees as copyleft licenses though, since downstreams can elect to not release the source code. You are right otherwise though."    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:13:00

• "At the end of the day, pressure needs to be put of AK and his Pipmunks that they cannot play with the "IBM India Friends and Family" plan on the sinking IBM Titanic when it comes to Quantum Computing." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k456tdcz    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:15:40

• "They cannot pass on confidential information and trade secrets to the Indian Government or it's agents as they have to do when selling other products. Providing such information is the same thing as giving away state secrets, patents and copyrights to competitors." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k456tdcz    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:16:10

• "There are stiff penalties associated with those actions. Alvind might be CEO and Chairman but even he should know better than to break the law." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k456tdcz    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:16:51

• "It seems more like a smoke and mirrors effort to pry funds from some company (IBM) to say that they are started on Quantum Research. Startup AI companies are a dime a dozen. Looks like the same thing is happening with Quantum computing." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k456tdcz    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:17:47

• "KEYWORD: LAGS... "SECOND COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS LAGS IN APPLICATION RESEARCH" BUT HOPES IBM WILL MAKE THEM GET THERE. (Second community of learners, whatever that is...)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k456tdcz    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:19:40

• "That's what's happening, they are transferring IP, confidential information and trade secrets to a "community of 'learners'", there are R&D centers outside of the US, but in places where the human capital is extremely intelligent and with high IQ and they do work that goes back to benefit the company." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k456tdcz    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:20:35

• "While US-based Red Hat jobs go away, "India is brimming with opportunity" and ‘We have a real opportunity to position Red Hat as a critical player..." https://www.communicationstoday.co.in/red-hat-appoints-navtez-singh-bal-as-vp-gm-for-india-and-south-asia/ " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k462yt4j    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:24:25

• "Number don't add up, logic doesn't add up, but everything AK does is leading in the very same direction. That is, an entire US iconic company will be dismantled in the US and transferred to "somewhere else". Slowly, but surely."    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 14:25:05

• "Randomly chosen images from Geminispace" gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-09-03.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:05:26

• "As the millennium turned, cyberspace sat abandoned, leaving behind only bots, ads, and the few who dared venture into the ruins. In Kitten Burst, you play as Hapi, a flying race cat with an awful losing streak. A hacker offers to help you get a win, but in exchange, you need to fly through abandoned sites to help her harvest their energy." gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/gamelog_kitten_burst.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:06:52

• "2023-09-02: I compose a post on my phone while getting rained on pretty close to the top of a mountain. I assume I committed the post on the phone too, but uploading it must’ve happened from an internet-accessible gap somewhere along the trail, or maybe I just waited until I got home (and indoors) before pushing and uploading." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/roophloch/history/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:07:50

• Hiring two people is newsworthy or just more spam/marketing? ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/hgf-reinforces-teams-in-paris-and-munich/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:33:26

• Dominion Harbor entity, Arlington Technologies, Wi-Fi patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/8/29/dominion-harbor-entity-arlington-technologies-wi-fi-patent-challenge-instituted http://techrights.org/wiki/Dominion_Harbor/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:34:12

• Two Wilus Wi-Fi patents challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/8/29/two-wilus-wi-fi-patents-challenged    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:34:34

• What the New USPTO Memo on 101 Means for Patent Eligibility Rejections ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/09/02/patent-eligibility-rejections-new-uspto-memo/id=191789/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:35:03

• "Mr Thomas, you have grossly misrepresented my position. However, that happens so frequently that it would almost certainly be a waste of my time pointing out the crucial points where my views diverge from how you have presented them." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/no-claim-interpretation-summersaults.html?showComment=1756826125540#c5215259644704448765    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:35:30

• "I will therefore keep my comment to one, brief point: there is no such thing in patent monopoly law as a "claimed definition"."    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:35:55

• "If this trend continues, it will inevitably lead to patents being revoked by the EPO that would be (or have been) confirmed as valid by national courts and/or the UPC." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/no-claim-interpretation-summersaults.html?showComment=1756804680181#c4545596925603275408    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:36:32

• Remedial Restraint and the Rule of Law: When Courts Find Violations But Limit Relief ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/09/remedial-restraint-violations.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:38:32

• From Blackbird to Burford: Push for Funder Ownership of Law Firm is Cause for Concern ☞ https://patentprogress.org/2025/09/from-blackbird-to-burford-push-for-funder-ownership-of-law-firm-is-cause-for-concern/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:38:48

• Confirmed in French Media: Mass Layoffs (10% Culled) in Abusive Monopolist Microsoft France (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/Confirmed_in_French_Media_Mass_Layoffs_10_Culled_in_Microsoft_F.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:39:18

• Microsoft in Freefall in Finland (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/Microsoft_in_Freefall_in_Finland.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:41:08

• Google's Chrome Passes 70% and Web Standards Are Dying (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/Google_e_Chrome_Passes_70_and_Web_Standards_Are_Dying.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:41:21

• The Register MS Says "AI Web Crawlers Are Destroying Websites", So Why Does The Register MS Help 'AI' Companies? (Spoiler: Money) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/The_Register_MS_Says_AI_Web_Crawlers_Are_Destroying_Websites_So.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:41:32

• Slopfarms Already Peaked, They Will Die When Slop Companies Run Out of Money to Borrow (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/01/Slopfarms_Already_Peaked_They_Will_Die_When_Slop_Companies_Run_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:41:43

• Why We Publish Information About the SLAPPs (But Not About the Legal Process), an Abuse of Process by Americans Trying to Silence Critics of Their Employer, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/Why_We_Publish_Information_About_the_SLAPPs_But_Not_About_the_L.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:43:21

• Autumn Has Come ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/01/Autumn_Has_Come.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:43:45

• Christian Hergert: Integrating Libdex and GAsyncResult ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2025/09/02/integrating-libdex-and-gasyncresult/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:44:23

• What Animal Rights Activism Teaches Us About Sympathy and Focus ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/What_Animal_Rights_Activism_Teaches_Us_About_Sympathy_and_Focus.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:45:34

• Why We Stopped Publishing Videos (for Now) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/Why_We_Stopped_Publishing_Videos_for_Now.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:45:48

• Admission That a Third Party (or Parties) Funds the SLAPPs Against Techrights ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/Admission_That_a_Third_Party_or_Parties_Funds_the_SLAPPs_Agains.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:46:01

• Microsoft Trying to Force People to Resign (Amid Mass Layoffs) a Strategy That Takes Its Toll ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/Microsoft_Trying_to_Force_People_to_Resign_Amid_Mass_Layoffs_a_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:46:25

• There's No Obligation to Speak to Anybody ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/There_s_No_Obligation_to_Speak_to_Anybody.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:46:41

• President Pooh-tin says China ‘unstoppable’ in opening speech at lavish military parade ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-to-hold-lavish-military-parade-in-defiance-of-west    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:48:24

• The UEFI 9/11 - Part V - This is Not a Drill (Disable "SecureBoot" Now) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/The_UEFI_9_11_Part_V_This_is_Not_a_Drill_Disable_SecureBoot_Now.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:48:50

• Internet Relay Chat Didn't Fall Off a Cliff ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/Internet_Relay_Chat_Didn_t_Fall_Off_a_Cliff.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:49:00

• Telecompaper Reports Abusive Monopolist Microsoft to Reduce the Workforce by Another 10% (in France) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/Telecompaper_Reports_Microsoft_to_Reduce_the_Workforce_by_Anoth.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:49:13

• "Internal Changes at Red Bait / IBM" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/Internal_Changes_at_Red_Hat_IBM.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:49:55

• The hidden vulnerabilities of open source (FastCode) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1036373/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:50:44

• Pop Quiz! Can You Identify the Real Examples of Censorship? ☞ https://americanoversight.org/pop-quiz-can-you-identify-the-real-examples-of-censorship/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:51:26

• Kristi Noem’s Non-Stop Slander Invites Congress to Ask Melania about Her Close Ties to Jeffrey Epstein ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/02/kristi-noems-non-stop-slander-invites-congress-to-ask-melania-about-her-close-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein/ "her unsubstantiated claims about him by creating a false censorship attack on CBS."    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:52:00

• Arch GNU/Linux Installer’s LVM (Logical Volume Manager) Support Is Out of Beta ☞ https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-installers-lvm-logical-volume-manager-support-is-out-of-beta    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:56:15

• NVIDIA 580.82.07 Supports NVIDIA Smooth Motion on GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs ☞ https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-580-82-07-supports-nvidia-smooth-motion-on-geforce-rtx-40-series-gpus    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:56:27

• FSF Blogs: August GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring eleven new GNU releases: Emacs, Mes, and more! ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2025-august-gnu-spotlight    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:56:59

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, September 5, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-09-05-irc    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:57:17

• Announcing Incus 6.16 ☞ https://stgraber.org/2025/09/01/announcing-incus-6-16/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 15:58:48

• Scientists Denounce Convicted Felon Administration’s Climate Report ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/climate/climate-science-report-energy-department.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:00:34

• Why Don’t We Take Nuclear Weapons Seriously? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/why-dont-we-take-nuclear-weapons-seriously    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:00:52

• Jair Bolsonaro, Charged With Plotting a Coup, Is Not at His Trial ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/world/americas/bolsonaro-trial-brazil.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:05:26

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Responds to Rumors About His Health During Oval Office Press Conference ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/us/politics/trump-health-bruise-conspiracies.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:06:32

• Hospital Authority’s ‘conservative’ reporting approach to blame for patient data leak, patients’ rights advocate says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/02/hospital-authoritys-conservative-reporting-approach-to-blame-for-patient-data-leak-patients-rights-advocate-says/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:07:57

• Opinion | Ending wrongful denials of mental health care ☞ https://bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-ending-wrongful-denials-of-mental-health-care/   

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:08:22

• Latvian company suspects unfounded sick leave among employees ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/employment/02.09.2025-latvian-company-suspects-unfounded-sick-leave-among-employees.a612671/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:08:52

• Maybe Microsoft wants to hire him for GitHub ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-man-arrested-for-alleged-murder-of-girlfriend-in-tokyo http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Why_I_am_Suing_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Alex_Balabha.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:10:23

• South Korea, US held ‘acrimonious’ talks over fund ahead of summit, Korean official says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-us-held-acrimonious-talks-over-fund-ahead-of-summit-korean-official-says    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:10:33

• Sharp rise in cases of South Koreans kidnapped in Cambodia: Report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/sharp-rise-in-cases-of-south-koreans-kidnapped-in-cambodia-report    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:11:03

• Dual-income households in South Korea at record high; more men in caregiving, more women at work ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/dual-income-households-in-south-korea-at-record-high-more-men-in-caregiving-more-women-at-work    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:12:26

• South Korean Prosecutors Seek 15-Year Prison Sentence for Kakao Founder in SM Entertainment Takeover Case ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/02/south-korea-kakao-founder-facing-prison/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:12:49

• Indonesia’s Prabowo pushes through with China visit despite deadly protests ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesias-prabowo-u-turns-on-china-visit-despite-deadly-protests    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:13:25

• 'Front runner' to be North Korea's next supreme leader makes international debut in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/front-runner-to-be-north-koreas-next-supreme-leader-makes-international-debut-in-china    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:13:40

• Train used by North Korea's Kim Jong Un seen in Beijing, witnesses say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/train-used-by-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-seen-in-beijing-witnesses-say    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:13:59

• Ahead of China’s war parade, Taiwan’s President Lai says aggression will fail ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/ahead-of-chinas-war-parade-taiwan-president-says-aggression-will-fail    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:14:50

• Singapore, Shenzhen can work together as gateways to S-E Asia and China’s Greater Bay Area: DPM Gan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/singapore-shenzhen-can-work-together-as-gateways-to-se-asia-and-chinas-greater-bay-area-dpm-gan    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:15:13

• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to line up with the ‘big boys’ at China military parade ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-to-line-up-with-the-big-boys-at-china-military-parade    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:15:38

• Indonesia’s Prabowo U-turns on China visit despite deadly protests ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesias-prabowo-u-turns-on-china-visit-despite-deadly-protests    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:15:59

• U.S. gov't revokes TSMC's authorization to ship tools to its fabs in China — special export license to be pulled by end of 2025 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/u-s-govt-revokes-tsmcs-authorization-to-ship-tools-to-its-fabs-in-china-special-export-license-to-be-pulled-by-end-of-2025    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:16:23

• How China’s XXL military parade puts its military and territorial ambitions on show ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250902-how-china-xxl-military-parade-puts-military-territorial-ambitions-on-show    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:17:47

• For the Quad, turbulence doesn’t mean collapse ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/for-the-quad-turbulence-doesnt-mean-collapse/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:18:13

• "urgent appeal from the Meduza team" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/02/we-need-your-help | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:18:59

• "Reports of GPS jamming" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/03/ursula-s-paper-trail | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:19:32

• "If You’re Prepared To Use Self-Tappers" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/02/no-need-for-inserts-if-youre-prepared-to-use-self-tappers/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:22:54

• "[BPS.space] takes model rocketry seriously, and their rockets tend to get bigger and bigger. If there’s one thing that comes with the territory in DIY rocketry, it’s the constant need to solve new problems." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/02/applying-thermal-lining-to-rocket-tubes-requires-a-monstrous-diy-spin-caster/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:23:50

• Phonenstien Flips Broken Samsung Into QWERTY Slider ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/02/phonenstien-flips-broken-samsung-into-qwerty-slider/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:24:56

• An Amiga Demo With No CPU Involved ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/02/an-amiga-demo-with-no-cpu-involved/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 16:25:38

• IBM layoffs again. "See you in a month for the RA’s. So pathetically predictable. Debanding next. Then five days in office. Garbage human beings." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k47ygq7s    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:38:45

• "New Laptop Re-fresh: Dell laptops - I am not sure how it is in your region, but we are disappointed that first time ever, we are receiving DELL laptops as a part of the refresh cycle instead of Lenovo. Maybe some in this forum folks have insights into what may be the reason." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k48fyyq4    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:46:57

• Android Broadcast Receivers 101 ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/android-broadcast-receivers-101/   

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:48:36

• US federal judge rules Surveillance Giant Google must unwind exclusive contracts in ongoing antitrust suit ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/us-federal-judge-rules-google-must-unwind-exclusive-contracts-in-ongoing-antitrust-suit/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:48:56

• WhatsApp Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks Targeting Fashion Company Apple Users ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/whatsapp-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks-targeting-apple-users/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:49:52

• Finally got overlay filesystem to work ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202509/finally-got-overlay-filesystem-to-work.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:50:45

• "Jim Crow Juries" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/lloyd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:51:13

• Apache Cloudberry (Incubating) 2.0.0 Released - MPP Database for Analytics & Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/apache-cloudberry-incubating-200-released-mpp-database-for-analytics-ai-3127/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:51:45

• US strike kills 11 'narcoterrorists' on boat from Venezuela, Convicted Felon says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250903-trump-us-strike-drug-boat-venezuela    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:52:09

• US kills 11 'narcoterrorists' in strike on boat from Venezuela, Convicted Felon says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250903-trump-us-strike-drug-boat-venezuela    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:52:22

• Assad and Aides Are Wanted in France for Deadly Strike on Journalists ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/world/middleeast/assad-warrant-marie-colvin.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:52:37

• Autonomous Drone Patrols Start to Become a Thing ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/drone-patrols    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:53:15

• "The more I learn about Unix tools, the more I realise we are reinventing everyday Rube Goldberg’s wheels and that Unix tools are, often, elegantly enough. Months ago, I discovered calendar.txt. A simple file with all your dates which was so simple and stupid that I wondered 1) why I didn’t think about it myself and, 2) how it could be useful." gemini://ploum.net/2025-09-03-calendar-txt.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:55:01

• "I once lost a carved wooden box made by my mother. That was unpleasant. I have a wooden train made by my great grandfather that I'd be sad to lose. Everything else is replaceable." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-09-03_Christina_s_Questions_for_August.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:55:56

• "I just walked 3km into the woods, according to the GPS tracker on my Android phone. First of all, the hardest part of this challenge is finding a somewhat secluded spot. The last thing I want to do is talk to people. :-) I'm typing this on my Samsung NC10 Plus netbook, which runs OpenBSD. Let's try to take a photo (with a smartphone)." gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2025/2025-09/2025-09-03--roophloch.txt    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:56:45

• "Alhena 5.3.1 is out with the following enhancements:" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Alhena/32238    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:58:00

• self-portrait gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/self-portrait    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 20:59:11

• Some GNU mailing lists floored by DDoS again. Maybe other services also.    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:19:27

• That fails to disclose Microsoft is inside their Board ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-denounces-u-s-v-google-search-remedies-decision-avoiding-breakup/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:22:56

• Clownflare Blocks Record-Breaking 11.5 Tbps DDoS Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cloudflare-blocks-record-11-5-tbps-ddos-attack/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:23:19

• Bradley M. Kuhn: Anthropomorphization Cedes Ground to Artificial Intelligence & LLM Ballyhoo ☞ http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/09/02/ai-llm-hallucination-ballyhoo.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:24:37

• Qubes Canary 044 ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/09/02/canary-044/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:25:22

• GNU Guix: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability ☞ https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-2025-2//    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:26:11

• AAEON UP Rolls Out Linux-Ready defective chip maker Intel Development Kits for Edge Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/aaeon-up-brand-rolls-out-linux-ready-intel-development-kits-for-edge-ai/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:26:33

• Amin Bandali: Free software activities in August 2025 ☞ https://kelar.org/~bandali/2025/08/31/activities.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:27:06

• Compile FFmpeg 8.0 in Ubuntu with NVIDIA GPU Acceleration ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/09/compile-ffmpeg-8-0-in-ubuntu-with-nvidia-gpu-acceleration/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:27:57

• Google Can Keep Paying for Firefox Search Deal, Judge Rules ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/google-antitrust-ruling-firefox-search-deal    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:28:29

• Ubuntu is now run by the Army, which strives to have BACK DOORS in everything https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu--Now-Default-sudo-rs   

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:29:00

• GIMP 3.1.4 Dev Release Adds Link Layers, Vector Support ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/gimp-adds-link-layers-photoshop-smart-objects    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:29:32

• Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in August 2025 ☞ https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2025/09/03/foss-activity-in-august-2025.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:30:48

• Your LLM is too large: How I generate production-ready failure analysis on a toaster ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/09/02/your-llm-too-large-how-i-generate-production-ready-failure-analysis-toaster    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:31:46

• "Former Navalny aide Ivan Zhdanov on breaking with the Anti-Corruption Foundation" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/02/it-wasn-t-my-decision | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:32:25

• Debian Outreach Team: Spaarsh Gsoc Report ☞ https://outreach-team.pages.debian.net/2025/09/01/Spaarsh-GSoC-Report.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:39:30

• Putin’s failed summer offensive shatters the myth of inevitable Russian victory ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-failed-summer-offensive-shatters-the-myth-of-inevitable-russian-victory/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:40:48

• It’s time for Convicted Felon to put maximum pressure on Putin ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inflection-points/its-time-for-trump-to-put-maximum-pressure-on-putin/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:41:03

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Again Says ‘Very Disappointed’ In Putin, Vows To Do ‘Something’ Soon ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-putin-zelenskyy-russia-china-sanctions/33519952.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:41:18

• China, Russia Sign Deal To Build New Siberian Gas Pipeline But Pricing Details Unclear ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-xi-mongolia-power-siberia-china-gas-energy/33519697.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:41:37

• Train presumed carrying North Korea leader Kim arrives in Beijing ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/02/train-presumed-carrying-north-korea-leader-kim-arrives-in-beijing/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:42:07

• China’s Xi, flanked by Putin and Kim, hosts lavish military parade in defiance of West ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-to-hold-lavish-military-parade-in-defiance-of-west    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:42:29

• Xi to flaunt China’s vision of new global order at military parade ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-to-flaunt-chinas-vision-of-new-global-order-at-military-parade    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:42:46

• Xi Holds Parade to Signal That China Won’t Be Bullied Again ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/world/asia/xi-putin-kim-parade.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:43:03

• Putin and Pooh-tin Invoke Wartime Unity as They Hail Ties in Beijing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/world/asia/china-putin-xi.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:43:17

• Putin’s Propaganda War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/briefing/putin-propaganda-war-china-military-parade.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:43:34

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s L.A. Deployment Ruled Illegal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/briefing/la-google-putin.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:43:54

• Xi’s Parade to Showcase China’s Military Might and Circle of Autocrats ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/world/asia/china-parade-putin-kim.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:44:17

• These Leaders Once Snubbed Putin. Now They’re Glad-Handing Him. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/world/europe/russia-ukraine-putin-diplomacy.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:44:32

• Kim and Putin flanked Pooh-tin Jinping at massive military parade in Beijing ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250903-kim-putin-xi-china-military-parade    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:44:48

• "The Case For Pascal" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/02/the-case-for-pascal-55-years-on/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:45:12

• An Earthquake Killed Hundreds in Afghanistan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/briefing/afghanistant-earthquake-bolsonaro-modi-putin-xi.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:45:32

• Large-scale deportations of Russians and courtroom chaos? It hasn't panned out like that in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/02.09.2025-large-scale-deportations-of-russians-and-courtroom-chaos-it-hasnt-panned-out-like-that-in-latvia.a612712/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:46:24

• Last two days to donate on public media campaign for Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/02.09.2025-last-two-days-to-donate-on-public-media-campaign-for-ukraine.a612655/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:46:39

• Hungary has alternative energy options but chooses to rely on Russia ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/hungary-has-alternative-energy-options-but-chooses-to-rely-on-russia/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:48:36

• Lithuania ready to join Finland’s Shelter Coalition for Ukraine – president ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2662668/lithuania-ready-to-join-finland-s-shelter-coalition-for-ukraine-president    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:49:06

• Ukrainians Pay Final Respects To Slain Politician As Alleged Killer Appears In Court ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/33519616.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:49:29

• Russia expects ongoing Ukraine talks, tied to territorial changes, Lavrov says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russia-expects-ongoing-ukraine-talks-tied-to-territorial-changes-lavrov-says    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:49:44

• Why The OSCE Minsk Group Is Ending -- And What Comes Next ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/osce-minsk-group-legacy-end-future-implications/33519655.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:50:01

• Sidelining Convicted Felon, China’s Pooh-tin rolls out carpet for Ukraine war aggressors ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/sidelining-trump-chinas-xi-rolls-out-carpet-for-ukraine-war-aggressors    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:50:34

• "Important Conversations for Preschoolers" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/02/important-conversations-for-preschoolers | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:51:15

• "Murder suspect in former Ukrainian parliamentary speaker’s killing says he acted out of revenge" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/murder-suspect-in-former-ukrainian-parliamentary-speaker-s-killing-says-he-acted-out-of-revenge | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:51:30

• "Russian soldier accused of war crimes in Ukraine appointed government minister in Russia’s Dagestan" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/russian-soldier-accused-of-war-crimes-in-ukraine-appointed-government-minister-in-russia-s-dagestan | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:52:19

• Ukraine Pursues a Weapons Buildup More Potent Than Any Security Guarantee ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/world/europe/ukraine-weapons-security.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:52:51

• Latvian-Russian border construction set to be completed in 2027 ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/02.09.2025-latvian-russian-border-construction-set-to-be-completed-in-2027.a612735/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:53:09

• Amazon Disrupts Russian Hacking Campaign Targeting Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Users ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/amazon-disrupts-russian-hacking-campaign-targeting-microsoft-users/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:59:07

• Prolific Russian ransomware operator living in California enjoys rare leniency awaiting trial ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/ianis-antropenko-zeppelin-ransomware-russian-cybercrime/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 21:59:29

• China, Russia sign new gas pipe deal as Beijing seeks to present new world order ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250902-china-russia-sign-new-gas-pipe-deal-as-beijing-seeks-to-present-new-world-order    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:00:00

• French government again set to fall: Unpopular leaders or institutional crisis? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20250902-french-government-again-set-to-fall-unpopular-leaders-or-institutional-crisis    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:02:37

• Lithuania kicks off 17,000-strong military drills ahead of Zapad ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2662305/lithuania-kicks-off-17-000-strong-military-drills-ahead-of-zapad    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:03:50

• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un arrives in Beijing for military parade ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/09/02/kim-jong-un-beijing-parade/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:04:49

• About 2,000 North Korean troops killed in Russia deployment: Seoul spy agency ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/about-2000-north-korean-troops-killed-in-russia-deployment-seoul-spy-agency    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:05:34

• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un crossed border into China via train, state media says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-crossed-border-into-china-via-train-state-media-says    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:06:01

• Harsher sentences handed in kidnap-murder case in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/02.09.2025-harsher-sentences-handed-in-kidnap-murder-case-in-latvia.a612688/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:06:44

• "political party for her birthday" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/02/russian-pro-war-singer-shaman-says-he-gifted-censorship-activist-ekaterina-mizulina-political-party-for-her-birthday | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:08:36

• "trial policy" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/02/china-to-offer-visa-free-travel-to-russians-in-new-trial-policy | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:10:24

• Siberia ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/02/a-gas-breakthrough-if-it-s-not-all-hot-air | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:10:48

• Effective and useful feature engineering workshop ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/09/effective-and-useful-feature-engineering-workshop/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:11:33

• "Be grateful that you're not dealing with the cr-ppy Toshiba laptops that the pathetic IBM CIO under the Krabanaugh distributed around to various divisions in IBM a few years ago. And cr-ppy is an understatement. With Windows 8, the performance was sluggish at best." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k48fyyq4    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:16:21

• "IBM is not known for making the best decisions when it comes to selecting employees systems. They are cheap and the IBM India Helpdesk is anything but cheerful. You would be better off using a remote cloud system. That was promised but never delivered." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k48fyyq4    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:16:48

• "English Translation : Lenovo is a Chinese manufacturer. Dell is a US manufacturer. America first is now the motto. It's incomprehensible why IBM sold its PC division to the Chinese. I think that was also a mistake on IBM's part."    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:18:00

• Report: Crystal Dynamics layoffs came after developers scrambled to save Perfect Dark https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/report-crystal-dynamics-layoffs-came-after-developers-scrambled-to-save-perfect-dark    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:21:11

• Cloud computing giant Oracle lays off more Seattle workers https://www.seattletimes.com/business/cloud-computing-giant-oracle-lays-off-more-seattle-workers/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:22:24

• Perfect Dark was almost saved by Take Two but Microsoft wouldn’t give up IP https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/perfect-dark-was-almost-saved-by-take-two-but-microsoft-wouldnt-give-up-ip/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:23:24

• "All performance based is flawed if they use force ranking. if let go due to that any severance package?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3heg2he    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:25:15

• "Microsoft Is Cutting Jobs Again." https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-cutting-jobs-again-better-off-after-being-laid-off-2025-8    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:27:38

• Microsoft: quit NOW or suffer MOAR https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-considering-remote-working-crackdown-workers-could-be-ordered-back-to-the-office-soon    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:28:47

• Soon: After at Least Two Rounds of Mass Layoffs in August Microsoft Said to Have "September Layoff Confirmed - Performance Based" https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/After_at_Least_Two_Rounds_of_Mass_Layoffs_in_August_Microsoft_S.shtml also see (Sept.) http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/02/Confirmed_in_French_Media_Mass_Layoffs_10_Culled_in_Microsoft_F.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:29:41

• Do Weighted Blankets Really Work For Stress And Anxiety? Here's What The Science Says. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/do-weighted-blankets-really-work-for-stress-and-anxiety-heres-what-the-science-says    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:31:54

• "acquihire" = FRAUD. There is NO money involved here. This "ai" company FAILED. Now they merely hire a person, sign some papers to PRETEND to be billionaires. https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/02/openai-buys-software-testing-startup-statsig-1-1b-creates-new-role-ceo/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:33:16

• A LOT of the so-called "HEY HI" market space is 99% fraud    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:33:38

• Who owns Byline Times? ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/who-owns-byline-times/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:34:18

• US limits TSMC’s ability to send chipmaking equipment to its fabs in China ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/02/us-limits-tsmcs-ability-send-chipmaking-equipment-fabs-china/bsp; 

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:35:27

• A Surprising Mathematical Pattern Was Found Hiding in Earth's History ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-surprising-mathematical-pattern-was-found-hiding-in-earths-history    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:36:25

• Misery Is Spiking in One Age Group, Overshadowing The Mid-Life Crisis ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/misery-is-spiking-in-one-age-group-overshadowing-the-mid-life-crisis    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:36:49

• Common Pesticide Linked to Widespread Brain Abnormalities in Children ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/common-pesticide-linked-to-widespread-brain-abnormalities-in-children    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:37:06

• We Know Shockingly Little About Microplastic Impact on Fetuses ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/we-know-shockingly-little-about-microplastic-impact-on-fetuses    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:37:22

• How To Install Fastfetch on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-fastfetch-debian-13/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:38:08

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

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:38:24

• How To Install CUPS Print Server on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-cups-print-server-debian-13/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:38:55

• Cksum Command in GNU/Linux with Examples ☞ https://idroot.us/cksum-command-linux/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:40:31

• How To Install OpenRGB on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-openrgb-debian-13/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:41:13

• RMS "told us that he had a port implemented into his chest. He didn't seem emotionally affected by it and enjoyed the day and was always very happy." https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmemes/comments/16ts15z/stallman_is_growing_older_pics_from_gnu_40_event/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:42:54

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

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:45:08

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

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:45:35

• Microsoft Mono an issue here; use GIMP, Krita etc. instead. ☞ https://idroot.us/install-pinta-almalinux-10/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:46:26

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

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:46:43

• How To Install Rocket.Chat on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-rocket-chat-debian-13/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:47:10

• 303 Error: What Is It and How to Fix It? ☞ https://www.linuxcloudvps.com/blog/303-error-what-is-it-and-how-to-fix-it/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:47:30

• Google Dodges All Remedies in Search Engine Monopoly Case ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/google-dodges-all-remedies-in-search    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:48:03

• How to List Running Services in GNU/Linux (systemctl Examples) ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/list-all-running-services-under-systemd-in-linux/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:48:55

• Godot XR update - August 2025 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/godot-xr-update-aug-2025/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:49:29

• Chemists Have Replicated a Critical Moment in The Creation of Life ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/chemists-have-recreated-a-critical-moment-in-the-creation-of-life    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:51:21

• Common Drug Better Than Aspirin For Repeat Heart Attacks, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/common-drug-better-than-aspirin-for-repeat-heart-attacks-study-finds    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:52:51

• Earth's Rotation Is Slowing, And It Might Explain Why We Have Oxygen ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-rotation-is-slowing-and-it-might-explain-why-we-have-oxygen    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:53:37

• AI Chugs a Bottle of Water Every Time You Chat With It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-chugs-a-bottle-of-water-every-time-you-chat-with-it    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:54:26

• Microbe Recipe Could Be The Secret to Perfect Chocolate ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/microbe-recipe-could-be-the-secret-to-perfect-chocolate    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:55:13

• Switching Off One Crucial Protein Appears to Reverse Brain Aging in Mice ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/switching-off-one-crucial-protein-appears-to-reverse-brain-aging-in-mice    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:55:28

• "The picture on a TV set used to be the combined product of multiple analog systems, and since TVs had no internal diagnostics, the only way to know things were adjusted properly was to see for yourself." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/02/checking-out-a-tv-pattern-generator-from-1981/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:56:07

• Community Snapshot—August ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/09/community-snapshot-august/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:56:34

• Charging up the pyramid scheme one last time? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/technology/anthropic-funding-ai.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:57:08

• FAKE "value"; it CANNOT EVEN MAKE MONEY!! https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/02/anthropic-triples-valuation-183b-new-13b-funding-round/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:57:34

• A post-shooting light on prayer as action ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0902/A-post-shooting-light-on-prayer-as-action    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:58:30

• Expert fees running into millions create steep economic barriers to environmental justice in Turkey ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/expert-fees-running-into-millions-create-steep-economic-barriers-to-environmental-justice-in-turkey-311059    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 22:59:33

• Jonathan Dowland: Luminal and Lateral ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/luminal_lateral/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:01:55

• Junichi Uekawa: September. ☞ http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2025-Sep-2.html.en#2025-Sep-2-09:30:40 "September. Kids Summer Vacation is over and things are starting to come back to the usual rhythm."    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:02:30

• Like Panama? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/climate/amazon-brazil-drought-rain-deforestation.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:03:32

• Charles: Making KGB less noisy ☞ https://www.charlz.net/2025-09-01-kgb-tips/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:04:50

• PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2025 Schedule Published ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-conference-europe-2025-schedule-published-3128/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:06:18

• Microsoft propaganda outlet that keeps openwashing Microsoft stuff (for money) ☞ https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2025/09/02/documentdb/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/13/RedMonk_September_the_Month_of_the_Mouth_of_Redmond_Still.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:07:17

• Gen Z and millennials debate the overuse of ‘LOL’ in texting: ‘It’s to soften delivery’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/09/02/lifestyle/why-millennials-end-every-text-with-lol-explained/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:09:04

• Attempts to deflect or change narrative _after_ causing suicides https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/02/openai-previews-new-safety-features-chatgpt/ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/technology/personaltech/chatgpt-parental-controls-openai.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:10:35

• This is a form of FRAUD https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/02/1122871/therapists-using-chatgpt-secretly/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:11:04

• People pay for expertise, not veiled chatbots    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:11:23

• What the Fixes for Google’s Search Monopoly Mean for You: It’s a ‘Nothingburger’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/technology/personaltech/what-the-fixes-for-googles-search-monopoly-mean-for-you-its-a-nothingburger.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:11:51

• X enabled online abuse against LGBTQ+ community in Poland, report finds ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/x-enabled-online-abuse-against-lgbtq-community-in-poland-report-finds/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:14:12

• Breach of Salesloft Drift integration exposes data at Clownflare, Zscaler and Palo Alto Networks ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/02/breach-salesloft-drift-integration-exposes-data-cloudflare-zscaler-palo-alto-networks/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:16:54

• Think you know terrorism when you see it? A new inquiry says think again ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/think-you-know-terrorism-when-you-see-it-a-new-inquiry-says-think-again/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:17:52

• WPS can be a competitive edge for Defence ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wps-can-be-a-competitive-edge-for-defence/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:18:09

• CISA taps Nicholas Andersen for executive assistant director of cybersecurity ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-nicholas-andersen-executive-assistant-director-of-cybersecurity/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:18:45

• Brazil must urgently combat contemporary forms of slavery, UN expert says ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/brazil-should-urgently-combat-contemporary-forms-of-slavery-says-un/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:19:47

• Indonesia police fire tear gas, rubber bullets at student protesters ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-police-use-tear-gas-near-campuses-rights-groups-criticise-security-response-to-protests    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:20:04

• Netanyahu Faces High-Level Opposition to His Stance on Gaza Truce ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/world/middleeast/netanyahu-israel-gaza-war-ceasefire.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:20:42

• Rubio Flies to Mexico for Security Talks Amid Convicted Felon Pressure Campaign ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/us/politics/rubio-sheinbaum-cartels-mexico.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:21:17

• Cardi B Is Found Not Liable for Assault in Civil Trial ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/arts/music/cardi-b-verdict-assault-trial.html   

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:21:57

• Kim Jong-un Heads to Beijing by Train ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/world/asia/kim-north-korea-train.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:22:49

• Sangoma Patches Critical Zero-Day Exploited to Hack FreePBX Servers ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/sangoma-patches-critical-zero-day-exploited-to-hack-freepbx-servers/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:27:16

• September 2025 PeeringDB Product Update ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/09/02/september-2025-peeringdb-product-update/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:28:13

• Governance of the DNS root zone ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/09/02/governance-of-the-dns-root-zone/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:28:36

• Discovering the Discovery of Designated Resolvers ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/09/02/discovering-the-discovery-of-designated-resolvers/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:28:56

• France issues arrest warrant for Syria's Assad over 2012 bombing that killed two journalists ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250902-france-issues-arrest-warrant-for-syria-assad-2012-bombing-killed-two-journalists    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:29:54

• Displacement as a weapon of war: targeting Africa’s most vulnerable ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/displacement-as-a-weapon-of-war-targeting-africas-most-vulnerable/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:30:14

• A quick look at sextortion at scale: 1,900 messages and 205 Bitcoin addresses spanning four years, (Tue, Sep 2nd) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32252    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:30:38

• Hong Kong police officer tricked into scam farm in Cambodia ‘safe’ – reports ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/02/hong-kong-police-officer-tricked-into-scam-farm-in-cambodia-safe-reports/    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:36:44

• Who are the North Korean officials accompanying Kim Jong Un to China? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/who-are-the-north-korean-officials-accompanying-kim-jong-un-to-china    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:37:26

• "It's done to save costs. I have now been offered a new laptop three times in a row. The first time I took my chances and they sent me a Dell, so I sent it back. The next two times I told them only send it if you can guarantee it till Lenovo and they could not so I said keep it and they did." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k48fyyq4   

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:53:35

• "Fingers crossed that my lenovo lasts a little bit longer, has there is no way I'm going to take a laptop without a trackpoint device. If enough people take a principled stand like this they might realize they have made a serious mistake and correct it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k48fyyq4    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:53:47

• 1965 Cryptanalysis Training Workbook Released by the NSA ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/1965-cryptanalysis-training-workbook-released-by-the-nsa.html    

posted Wednesday, September 03, 2025 at 23:54:31

•  &n le.fi/a/74-20180671 | Source: YLE &