𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Saturday, June 17, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Sun 18 Jun 02:40:37 BST 2023 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/17/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmZvsFGYejJBRSfHJCJnfiQSAYT7vSYedcFM42LEMExSWJ Qmb9Xu74tUcPjn3QGo5Fa3AwL3ztbkpEBnKFQZLo52iezG QmfRee4g2eUJ1bSuzF43wq39KNtfrFY8yoMStiZawbg6Yy QmSuhsieojQeGih3gkSZPmVjZEEXjEMkAfqPeayF5neUu4 Qmd7SnTCKdRk6z5fGiMR5m9PSXaMAqxaggGeXGRG7qpq2Z QmXgYbZi532xVNhDLj3CwBGXcgr7iwcqm9khzt2M5sKvZ9 QmUk6CTCzRFbbBrbBmQf52Utx7xRQyCr1Gw3bZdCzrwd3c QmeZtWf5QtxG29S1aPZtAVad8jYYKbyZyf1n5x1H3fatT2 QmVTV8EttepakgPQZr5g2pDVKEkHunL5aXJXVq1gvqueRD QmV8xUuDoNYH8QVuX741oRW2EBCXavnMq6CM952N8PvDxU Qmeen883ygmQMHbp93hmHemdGxVyMFxA4S53EVjPiTWthi QmVNZn5iUAX3aPAv7HkWkFu62pfUrdMpir2azRzEovePS6 QmPFUHRdtmHpE4Xv4jkqvqQNM1a6no5H9G1YEt2Gvzxec8 Qmant3zp3heMe62vMAH53HjdZtBRr2cAjjgfp9qmFcwtHa QmUTVkvVBnRMgRNw5nHQhBMThzzVCc47dwA4SrqQuc982D QmcZbfP8dvpkTpUyJUVYKdHL6swtNo7WWN85RqPGaMHwhQ QmWBGQqZ4Jz95dLe9RNobqwN83vwgnBVTt3FLZ16PhtwBd QmRNgfMHUPhvtoQxtPkY9N9mUiqenbwM6Qn6jGnr9DxsqW QmULKvdAgewdAzGe22EQPmsD3uf44ifZk587Suzux2M78x QmbU6uy7eb2ejuEjVCuS75qW5mk5yiMguUF1wcaQYbVFBo QmXaJW6QMqJq3d2sPWiF1w3VNSxL4CXLTUjhspExEcWiJD ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ The Cost of Oversellling and Falsely Marketing a Chatbot (Also: Billions in Losses or Budget Deficit at ’Open’ HEY HI) | Techrights ⦿ When We Don’t Have Independent Media COVID-19, Nord Stream Etc. Become the ’Next JFK’ (a Mishmash of Theories, No Definitive Answers) | Techrights ⦿ Facebook/Fakebook in the Mass Layoffs Era: Fakes, Misinformation, and Global Outages | Techrights ⦿ Free Speech Rejected by Opponents of Free Software | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Their Power is Your Wasted Time | Techrights ⦿ Many Fake Patents Are Still Being Squashed and Patent-Centric ’Media’ in Europe is Mostly Sockpuppets of the EPO | Techrights ⦿ Reddit is the Next Twitter, Going Down the Drain | Techrights ⦿ SpyHome: Enemy of Your Freedom | Techrights ⦿ Techrights Statement on State of the News Industry Online | Techrights ⦿ TikTok is a Chinese Weapon Controlled by a Dangerous Company (ByteDance) and We Must Treat It Like a Chinese Weapon for Our Own Sake | Techrights ⦿ Twitter is Still Very Deep in Debt, the Interest Payments on the Debt Are Massive ($300,000,000), and It’s Still Losing Money After Discarding Most Staff | Techrights ⦿ Judges of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Are Resigning Before It Even Starts and Team UPC Sprinkles Candy on This Illegal and Unconstitutional ’Court’ (Rigged Kangaroo Court Designed to Authorise the EPO’s Abuses Against the EPC) | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/budget-deficit/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/covid-19-blackout/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/facebook-global-outages/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/free-speech-rejected-by-freesw-haters/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/go-self-host/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/many-fake-patents-and-the-epo/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/reddit-going-down-the-drain/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/smarthomes-an-enemy-of-your-freedom/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/the-dying-news-industry-online/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/tiktok-dangerous/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/twitter-is-not-viable/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/upc-crisis/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/sparkylinux-7-0-is-out/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 80 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/budget-deficit/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/17/budget-deficit/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ The_Cost_of_Oversellling_and_Falsely_Marketing_a_Chatbot_(Also:_Billions_in Losses_or_Budget_Deficit_at_‘Open’_HEY_HI)⠀✐ Posted in Microsoft at 8:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Summary: Microsoft is in trouble, but Microsoft-funded media won’t say it like that THE XBox problems [1] (many layoffs there, even an_existential_crisis!) have been mentioned in Daily Links already, as was the conflict between Microsoft and its de facto subsidiary, ‘Open’ HEY HI. ‘Open’ HEY HI now says something to the effect of, our chatbot actually sucks, don’t trust Microsoft-bribed media [2-3]. For those who don’t know, ‘Open’ HEY HI is actually losing billions of dollars (this information is out there; it’s not a secret, only a little suppressed!). Then there are the antitrust obstacles [4], which are covered in the mainstream media [5-6]. So there are growing tensions with ‘Open’ HEY HI [7] and with the US government [8] which may have just doomed the ambitions of resurrecting the gaming business [9-12] by buying another company. Tough year for Microsoft, layoffs aside. █ Related/contextual items from the news: 1. ⚓ 2023-06-15_[Older]_Microsoft_is_no_longer_making_new_games_for_the_Xbox One⠀⇛ 2. ⚓ 2023-06-15_[Older]_Microsoft_ignored_OpenAI’s_warning_about_launching unfinished_Bing_Chat_service:_report⠀⇛ 3. ⚓ 2023-06-14_[Older]_Microsoft_and_OpenAI’s_Bromance_Is_Off_to_a_Rocky Start⠀⇛ 4. ⚓ 2023-06-13_[Older]_FTC_Files_Injunction_to_Block_Microsoft’s_Activision Deal:_What_to_Know_–_CNET⠀⇛ 5. ⚓ 2023-06-13_[Older]_US_regulator_keen_to_halt_Microsoft_takeover_of Activision⠀⇛ 6. ⚓ 2023-06-13_[Older]_FTC_Reportedly_Plans_to_File_an_Injunction Microsoft’s_Acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard⠀⇛ 7. ⚓ 2023-06-13_[Older]_OpenAI_reportedly_warned_Microsoft_about_rushing GPT-4_integration_into_Bing⠀⇛ 8. ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_FTC_Reportedly_Plans_to_File_an_Injunction Microsoft’s_Acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard⠀⇛ 9. ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_FTC_files_injunction_to_block_Microsoft’s_purchase of_Activision_Blizzard⠀⇛ 10. ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_FTC_Sues_to_Block_Microsoft’s_Takeover_of_Video_Game Maker_Activision_Blizzard⠀⇛ 11. ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_US_FTC_Asks_Court_to_Block_Microsoft_From_Closing Activision_Deal⠀⇛ 12. ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_The_US_government_wants_to_stop_the_biggest_deal_in video_game_history⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 174 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/covid-19-blackout/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/17/covid-19-blackout/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ When_We_Don’t_Have_Independent_Media_COVID-19,_Nord_Stream_Etc._Become_the ‘Next_JFK’_(a_Mishmash_of_Theories,_No_Definitive_Answers)⠀✐ Posted in Deception at 11:46 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Week_22_deaths⦈_ Total deaths in England and Wales, by week. Source: UK government (ONS). Summary: A lack of proper, independent investigation means that loads_of_people die_needlessly and our governments don’t even wish to acknowledge that this is happening (instead they censor doctors in Social Control Media such as YouTube, exercising_social_control_over_people_and_suppressing_factual_speech, under the guise of protecting us from “racism” or “misinformation”) YESTERDAY we saw “COVID-19′s ‘Patients Zero’ May Have Been Wuhan Lab Scientists, Report Finds” [1] and a BSD geek from Sydney, who got infected with COVID-19 some months ago (he’s about my age and took it very hard), wrote about “coffee smells” [2]. It’s widely known that COVID-19 impacts the senses of small and taste, which are very closely connected. COVID-19 is generally not a a subject we approach from a medical point of view (my Ph.D. is in Medical Biophysics, albeit COVID-19 has nothing to do with it), but it seems interesting that ‘free’ press is too timid to explore the origin and true impact of this virus. Only an hour ago we mention Free Speech (lack of it) in China and minutes ago we said TikTok is effectively a weapon. COVID-19 has had a massive impact on tech workers — including EPO examiners — and earlier today some independent media in Hong Kong (China?) said [3] that “the Hong Kong government lifted our Covid-19 state of emergency” (despite COVID-19 still spreading rapidly, especially in China this summer, based on press reports). My wife and I have managed to avoid this virus so far. We’ve been COVID-free and hope to stay this way until “it’s over” (we exercise great care/ precautions), but given the general attitude of people it might not be feasible for another 4 years. I planned to resign from my job in 2019, but then COVID-19 happened and I stayed until 2022. I now do Techrights from home and I’ve not attempted to find another job. We need Free Speech. We need answers. We need a freedom-respecting Internet. █ Related/contextual items from the news: 1. ⚓ COVID-19′s_‘Patients_Zero’_May_Have_Been_Wuhan_Lab_Scientists,_Report Finds⠀⇛ Plus: Grand jury indicts Jack Teixeira, Congress pursues A.I. regulation, and more… 2. ⚓ Coffee_smells_and_lockdowns⠀⇛ I noticed something when I was making coffee yesterday in our kitchen. I ran the beans through the electric grinder, took the lid off, and the smell transported me back to 2020. At the height of Covid, before we had vaccines and we were confined to home for weeks at a time, I substituted my morning coffee shop run with brewing it at home. In a world that was somehow uncertain yet tedious, I liked that I at least had control over this one part of my life. I’d brew the coffee, take it out to the balcony, set up the laptop, and repeat the same day I’d had for weeks. 3. ⚓ Improving_Hong_Kong’s_pandemic_response_and_mental_healthcare_will_take independent_reviews_–_and_action⠀⇛ Last month, the Hong Kong government lifted our Covid-19 state of emergency. A few weeks earlier, the World Health Organization had declared the pandemic over as Covid becomes endemic. 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Facebook/ Fakebook is no exception. We recently wrote about YouTube, Reddit, and Twitter. Yesterday we wrote about Microsoft's_LinkedIn_shutting_down_entire_offices (same as GitHub, which is proprietary social control media for code). We didn’t forget Facebook/Fakebook. There’s also some clobbering at Facebook/Fakebook. Don’t believe fake “valuations” (market cap) at Wall Street. Market capitalisation of Spotify Technology, for instance, is said to be 30.94 billion at the moment, but Spotify Technology is losing about a billion dollars per year. Total debt on the balance sheet as of March 2023: $1.85_billion. Many people “don’t think so” simply because they don’t know that and never bothered checking. So they’re in debt, they’re losing a lot of money, and somehow they’re “worth” over 30 billion dollars? Like Twitter was “worth” 44 billion dollars despite having about 13 billion dollars in debt while operating at a loss? 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Spotify_|_SPOT_-_Debt⦈_ “It’s hard to tell for sure that there will even be a thing called “Facebook” 5 years from now.”What also matters is inertia or trends. The Web was abuzz some days ago with “Facebook fading” [1] and “Facebook Papers” [2]. Facebook is now dishing out some cash to entice people not to leave [3] and there are attempts to get children “hooked” [4] (yes, Facebook is like a drug dealer). A lot of Facebook staff left in recent years, not just because of the layoffs. Many people resigned. Outages were reported a couple of days ago [5] (brain drain always leads to this) and it’s starting to look like a Twitter-type collapse. Just like Twitter, Facebook is a prime source of misinformation (see “Pitt Cheung was scrolling through Facebook one Friday evening when he saw a post by a local media outlet” [6]; it was false). There are also fakes being spread in Facebook, as noted this past Thursday [7]. Facebook/Fakebook has no viable plan. VR headsets aren’t it. They just cost the company a fortune and it went nowhere. 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Ryan Farmer wrote about Matthew Garrett [1], berating him for attacking the American First Amendment after he had become a naturalised US citizen. Mr. Farmer had accused him in IRC some days ago of moreover committing perjury by doing so. While we don’t want to go into all the gory details (it’s a rather long post that cites Techrights IRC a lot), we thought it would be a suitable time to bring up Free Speech and cite some examples from the past week. Techrights not only believes in Free Speech (yes, capitalised!) but relies on it. We criticise many powerful companies and if we were based in Russia or China, we’d probably have been raided by now based on some false pretext (like some drugs planted in the home or something related to taxes, “insulting the leader”, “discrediting the state” etc.). In this post I don’t want to berate Matthew Garrett (arrogant person, terrible person by the way!) or interpret what his sick mind compels him to say. Instead I’ll focus on new examples of what happens in countries that lack Free Speech. Daniel Ellsberg has just died. It was expected because of a cancer diagnosis, but I found out about his death only minutes after I said in IRC that he could die any day, even “tomorrow” (I then checked what he was up to and found out he had in fact died hours earlier!). Project Censored paid a tribute to him (we’ll included many more in the next batch of Daily Links), citing [2] “part on an interview with Project Censored’s Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips on KPFA, Pacifica Free Speech Radio, The Project Censored Show, April 3, 2013.” Ellsberg used Free Speech to stop a war. The general consensus in the US is that he did the right thing, the moral thing, the necessary thing. “Ellsberg used freedom of the press more than individual Free Speech,” an associate has noten, “there was even a major court case as the result.” Now fast-forward about half a century. Axios reported yesterday [3] that “Department of Justice probe finds pattern of racist policing, excessive force in Minneapolis”, stating: “Violated free speech rights of protestors and members of the press, including by physically retaliating against people engaging in protected speech.” You see where this is going? So Matthew Garrett, who pretends to be against police violence, is in fact enabling it. He’s attacking Free Speech. He regrets Free Speech. He wants to take it away (see examples in Mr. Farmer’s post). Yesterday there was also a new article [4] in the Journal of Free Speech Law. There were many of those recently. Try to overcome the left/right wing barrier and focus on the core issues. Many people are too infantile to do this. Even voting machines’ integrity seems to have become a ‘wing’ thing [1, 2]. That same journal published “Noisy Speech Externalities,” by Prof. Gus Hurwitz, just 3 days ago [5]. These aren’t a bunch of cranks but rather a professor or many professors with a grasp of history and why Free Speech matters, even if it can sometimes be misused as a shield by rather terrible people to say rather terrible things. █ Related/contextual items from the news: 1. ⚓ Matthew_Garrett_Says_San_Francisco_People_“Get_it.”_With_the_City_in Court_Attacking_Homeless_Americans._Also_Blasts_US_Constitution.⠀⇛ Matthew Garrett, Says San Francisco People “Get it.” With the City in Court Attacking Homeless Americans. Also Blasts US Constitution. Matthew Garrett told me the other day on TechRights IRC that it’s unfortunate that American citizens can’t be arrested for talking about things he doesn’t agree with. 2. ⚓ On_Civil_Courage_and_Its_Punishments_–_Censored_Notebook⠀⇛ Editor’s Note: The late Daniel Ellsberg’s article, “On Civil Courage and its Punishments,” was originally published in Censored 2014: Fearless Speech in Fateful Times, edited by Mickey Huff, Andy Lee Roth, and Project Censored (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2013), 208-13. The article was based in part on an interview with Project Censored’s Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips on KPFA, Pacifica Free Speech Radio, The Project Censored Show, April 3, 2013. 3. ⚓ Department_of_Justice_probe_finds_pattern_of_racist_policing,_excessive force_in_Minneapolis⠀⇛ Violated free speech rights of protestors and members of the press, including by physically retaliating against people engaging in protected speech. 4. ⚓ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_My_“The_Reverse_Spider-Man_Principle:_With Great_Responsibility_Comes_Great_Power”⠀⇛ Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin “Gus” Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt. 5. ⚓ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“Noisy_Speech_Externalities,”_by_Prof._Gus Hurwitz⠀⇛ Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin “Gus” Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 600 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/go-self-host/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/17/go-self-host/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Their_Power_is_Your_Wasted_Time⠀✐ Posted in Deception at 7:39 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Walk away. Your power is in walking away from them. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Social_control_media_(Reddit,_YouTube,_Twitter_etc.)_vs Users⦈_ Summary: Social control media platforms are exploitative monsters. 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Obviousness is law and fact, not either or… The CCIA’s patent reformers meanwhile speak [3] of “non-practicing entity (NPE)”, i.e. trolls, and Unified Patent continues squashing US patents, most of them covering software [4-6]. There are financial rewards for those who help do this [5] ($2,000). Unified Patent also has some good news [7] about a truly monstrous troll, InterDigital, which we used to write a lot about. A propaganda apparatus of the EPO dictators (Benoît_Battistelli, António Campinos and their cronies), as well as a sponsored promoter of illegal agenda (the Unified Patent Court, no connection to Unified Patent), has meanwhile announced [8] that there’s “FRAND negotiation in Germany”. Like IAM (right now at the top of the front page), they’re promoting monopolies under the false guise of being “fair, “reasonable”, and anything but discriminatory. European software_patents are often disguised under this blanket (or “thicket”) of “FRAND. We certainly hope that EPO staff recognises JUVE for what_it_truly became_in_recent_years — it’s just a ‘German IAM’, i.e. a mouthpiece of the EPO with German connections. █ Related/contextual items from the news: 1. ⚓ Proposing_Locations_for_Southeast_Regional_Office⠀⇛ The USPTO began establishing satellite offices a decade ago to expand beyond the traditional Alexandria (Washington DC) headquarters.  We now have offices in Detroit, Dallas, Denver, and San Jose. Last year, Congress voted to further expand the decentralization by at least one more. The Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022 (UAIA) mandates creation of a Southeast Regional Office (SERO).  The USPTO is now seeking comments on where the office should be located — and the methodology it should use in selecting a location.  [Fed Reg]. The statute requires that it be located in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, or Arkansas.  I would automatically rule-out Virginia and North Carolina as too close to the PTO HQ; and also rule-out Arkansas as too close to the Dallas Office.  In my mind, I quickly narrowed things down to four potential cities: Atlanta, Jacksonville, Miami, and Nashville. 2. ⚓ En_Banc:_Is_Obviousness_Law_or_Fact?⠀⇛ Roku’s recently filed en banc petition begins with an intriguing statement: “What should have been a garden-variety substantial-evidence appeal has produced a dangerous obviousness precedent—one as far-reaching as it is misguided.”  [Roku, Inc. v. Universal Electronics, Inc., Docket No. 22-01058 (Fed. Cir.) (en banc petition)] An every day part of patent practice is arguing about whether a cited prior art reference teaches a particular claim limitation.  That analysis is not always an easy task because prior art is often quite cryptic as are the patent claims being evaluated.  One way to look at the process is an interpreting of the prior art to see if it teaches the claim.  In that form, the process is seen a question of fact that must be based upon substantial evidence and reviewed with deference on appeal.  3. ⚓ New_Patent_Office_Proposals_Will_Backfire_on_Small_Businesses⠀⇛ When my business was sued for patent infringement, I was caught off guard. In my case, we happened to be the target of a baseless lawsuit from a larger competitor, but for many businesses in a similar situation, the lawsuit comes from a non-practicing entity (NPE). 4. ⚓ Fortress_IP_entity_Entropic_Communications_packet_transmission_patent reexam_granted⠀⇛ On June 16, 2023, less than three weeks after Unified filed_an ex_parte_reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claim of U.S._Patent_8,228,910, owned by Entropic Communications, LLC, an NPE and a Fortress_IP entity. 5. ⚓ $2,000_for_Jeffrey_M._Gross_entity_Context_Directions_detection_patent prior_art⠀⇛ A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 3 of U.S._Patent_9,807,564, owned by Context Directions LLC, a Jeffrey M. Gross entity. The ‘564 patent generally relates to a method for detecting context of a mobile device, and to a mobile device having a context detection module, especially to detect that the mobile device is located in a moving vehicle. 6. ⚓ InterDigital_patent_in_SISVEL_AV1_pool_appears_not_essential⠀⇛ As part of an ongoing series examining the patent holders and pools erroneously designating patents as essential, we highlight U.S._Patent_9,277,243 titled “Methods and apparatus for in-loop de-artifact filtering.” This patent is owned by InterDigital_VC_Holdings,_Inc. InterDigital has designated the ’243 patent as essential to the AV1 standard as a part of SISVEL’s_AV1_Patent_Pool. SeeAV1 Patent List, AV1 Family AV1- 056, available at https://www.sisvel.com/images/documents/ Video-Coding-Platform/PatentList_AV1.pdf. 7. ⚓ InterDigital_video_codec_patent_reexam_granted⠀⇛ On June 14, 2023, less than a month after Unified filed_an_ex parte_reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S._Patent 8,085,845, owned by InterDigital_VC_Holdings. 8. ⚓ IP_Bridge_and_TCL_settlement_pre-empts_FRAND_negotiation_in_Germany⠀⇛ As reported by Chinese and US magazines, the state-funded Japanese patent pool IP Bridge and Chinese electronics company TCL have concluded a global licensing agreement. This ends all current lawsuits around cellular, wireless communication and HEVC technology. IP Bridge and TCL face off In Europe, the two companies faced each other primarily in Germany. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 836 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/reddit-going-down-the-drain/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/17/reddit-going-down-the-drain/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Reddit_is_the_Next_Twitter,_Going_Down_the_Drain⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 10:36 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Summary: It is becoming increasingly safe to predict the irreversible demise of Reddit; give it a few weeks and watch how regulars of Reddit — not just longtime moderators — become Web refugees, looking for a new place. Maybe a few of them will explore self-hosting and even Gemini. OVER the years we wrote a lot about bad sides of Reddit, seeing since 2006 or since 2007 (Reddit was full of Novell shills) that it was dominated by malicious corporations, moderated by liars, recklessly lying about its own history, and even hiding sponsors like Microsoft. Reddit is a censorship site, controlled by sponsors via volunteers, pretending to be a community. No wonder Microsoft chatbots are trained on Reddit data; the “truth” there is already curated by Microsoft and it omits Microsoft critics, among many other critics. For those who’ve been living under a rock somewhere, Reddit is having a crisis because its arrogant CEO refuses to acknowledge a mistake [1], he’s now spamming countless journalists via NPR (yes, NPR spammed me by using their Microsoft E-mail system!), and locking moderators out [2]. Even the mainstream media covered this yesterday [3]. It’s no longer a one-day strike but something vastly bigger. In Gemini, people_debate_alternatives_to_Reddit_(including Gemini). The latest episode from Jupiter Broadcasting (Self-Hosted) covers it [4]. It’s spinning out of control. Even 3 days ago it was already called “Reddit Blackout” [5] and users, not just moderators, were impacted. There were downtimes too. Two days ago we saw reports that the “company won’t budge” [6] (they seem to lack an understanding of who’s truly in control, not over the computer systems but the fake community) and Jupiter Broadcasting’s Coder Radio said [7] three days ago that “the ridiculous situation Reddit has created for itself and the weak position of app developers.” Ervin, a Free software developer, said [8]: “Another centralized tool for communication going down the drain. I wonder what the IPO will look like in this case.” Yes, another. It seems like a trend. █ Related/contextual items from the news: 1. ⚓ Reddit_CEO_Triples_Down,_Insults_Protesters,_Whines_About_Not_Making Enough_Money_From_Reddit_Users⠀⇛ Steve Huffman, the CEO of Reddit, has decided to just keep on talking. After his disastrous AMA helped inspire more subreddits to join a 48 hour blackout, and his dismissal of the protesting subreddits as something not worth paying attention to resulted in many subreddits extending their protests indefinitely, Huffman apparently thought it would make sense to go do a bunch of interviews and insult the protesting mods some more. We’ll start with the interview he did with NPR which is just dripping with entitlement. 2. ⚓ Reddit’s_users_and_moderators_are_revolting_against_its_CEO_–_The Verge⠀⇛ 3. ⚓ Reddit_Revolts,_MrBeast’s_YouTube_Empire_and_Peak_Trust_and_Safety?⠀⇛ Social platforms are entering a strange and uncertain future. 4. ⚓ Lemmy_at_em!_|_Self-Hosted_99⠀⇛ We dive into Lemmy, a self-hosted Reddit alternative. Plus, a couple of easy-to-deploy tools that make life better. 5. ⚓ Reddit_Blackout:_What,_Why_and_How_It_is_Impacting_Users⠀⇛ Almost 8,000 subreddit forums calls for a Reddit Blackout to protest against the latest pricing policy that will charge third-party developers for accessing APIs [...] 6. ⚓ Reddit:_users_boycott_to_force_platform_to_scrap_plans_to_charge_for access,_company_won’t_budge⠀⇛ Nobody cleans a house as quickly and as thoroughly as a gentleman who has a ladyfriend coming over. Or something like that, goes the saying. As the man cleans the house, he is acknowledging that the state it was in was not acceptable and yet he was okay with it. 7. ⚓ Reddit_Goes_Dark_|_Coder_Radio_522⠀⇛ We chew on the ridiculous situation Reddit has created for itself and the weak position of app developers. 8. ⚓ Web_Review,_Week_2023-24⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 962 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/smarthomes-an-enemy-of-your-freedom/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/17/smarthomes-an-enemy-of-your-freedom/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ SpyHome:_Enemy_of_Your_Freedom⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software, Hardware at 1:21 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 28f4f9d8fd0de8422327b6c0485a9a14 Smart People vs SpyHome Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/renting-the-home-you-own.webm Summary: There’s a renewed discussion or debate about so-called “smarthomes” (SpyHomes) because some gullible Microsofter put ‘smart’ things all over his own home and his own devices stopped working due to alleged racism THE concept of a “smarthome” (SpyHome) was rarely covered here before, except perhaps in passing. Due to this_story, however, the downsides were mentioned a lot over the past few days. People now realise they don’t really control their own homes if they are “smart”, i.e. remotely controlled by companies and governments. To quote The Register (two days ago): “This wasn’t just a simple inconvenience, though,” he wrote. “I have a smart home, and my primary means of interfacing with all the devices and automations is through Amazon Echo devices via Alexa. This incident left me with a house full of unresponsive devices, a silent Alexa, and a lot of questions.” Jackson’s smart home wasn’t entirely non-functional during this period. Most of his smart home gear, he said, is self-hosted locally, via Apple HomeKit, and not tied to an Amazon cloud service. He could still interact with some devices through Apple’s Siri assistant software. Jackson attributes the suspension of his Amazon account – which controls his Echo hardware and Alexa software – to an Amazon driver misinterpreting an automated Eufy doorbell audio message. “It is an object lesson in ownership,” an associate has told us about this, “and if you don’t control the code you don’t control the machine. And, as RMS has pointed out for decades, if you don’t control the machine, it controls you. It’s a very important article in that way. Rossmann did a video about it, but writing is 1000% more useful in documenting the problem and identifying the solution (software freedom).” So I’ve decided to do a video response to his video, followed by some text. “I’d recommend listening to Rossmann’s pro-software freedom arguments in that video,” the associate insists. The video above is over half an hour long, but the gist of it is that companies can take over all “smart” things in your home. Heck, not only “GAFAM” can do this; the ISP can also sabotage your home, e.g. ahead of a home raid. Last year we saw alarming stories about energy suppliers taking over (remotely) people’s appliances and controlling thermostats. As the video above points out, some “old” or “dumb” things give a lot more control and freedom to the person who lives inside the home. Let’s make it a trend to hold onto “traditional” appliances. Newer is not always better, except perhaps to powerful people who want us to rent, not own, everything in our lives. While mainstream media makes a lot of noise this year about buzzwords as an existential crisis it seems to be missing or ignoring more immediate, not hypothetical, threats. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1053 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/the-dying-news-industry-online/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/17/the-dying-news-industry-online/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Techrights_Statement_on_State_of_the_News_Industry_Online⠀✐ Posted in Site_News at 2:56 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz We need some more Free software to help find the news which matters (or pages that matter, e.g. release pages) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇R.R.R.R.R.⦈_ R.R.R.R.R., one tool used for curation, developed earlier this year Summary: Finding important and meaningful news on the World Wide Web (or even Gemini) is hard and very time-consuming an activity; we need better tools for the task and we’ve been developing some (even with graphical user interfaces) Techrights put on pause some of its news curation activity this past Tuesday. The reason? The signal-to-noise (s/n) ratio in the news (the rate of adequate journalism rather than “filler”) is too low. In some cases, for some domains, for every real news story there would be 5-10 SPAM items, either some sponsored fodder or sales disguised as an ‘article’. Yet worse, a lot of deliberate misinformation, i.e. disinformation, is being published. This can harm people’s mental health and embolden extremist worldviews. The extent of this problem is unprecedented. We’ve seen domains that, instead of going offline with some dignity, simply became spamfarms (for money). Even some former “LINUX” sites have become exclusively spam. A few of them actively promote the opposite of Linux. The situation is barely tenable as it seems to be further aggravated each week in every way. The deterioration is continuous and any prospects of amelioration require a lot of manual work, such as filtering and curation. It’s a lot of work. It’s more and more work each month if not every week. It’ll get worse over time. “It might take only 30 minutes per day to trot through every worthy coverage of GNU/Linux issues on the World Wide Web.”This sentiment is shared among several of us. Three months ago we_focused_on_developing_some_tools_for_curation, but even those tools are now challenged by a really awful s/n ratio. Since the site OpenSource.com was shut down (IBM made some face-saving excuses two months later because we had chastised them for it), several more “LINUX” sites became SPAM (or worse), and even finding an adequate number/quality of news about GNU/ Linux is no longer easy. It might take only 30 minutes per day to trot through every worthy coverage of GNU/Linux issues on the World Wide Web. Gemini is growing, but it’s still nowhere near the magnitude of the Web. We must thus carefully reconsider how we curate and bring you Daily Links. The Daily Links turned_15_not_too_long_ago (this past February) and we have no intention of stopping them (we_recently_expanded_them_to_Gemini/Gopher). The question is, how can we do this more effectively? Please feel free to contact us via E-mail or IRC. Any suggestions can help us help you (with Daily Links). We may spend the next few days focusing some more on deep thinking and coding. █ ⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢉⠹⡿⡏⠩⡿⡏⠩⡿⡏⠉⡿⡏⠉⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣷⣷⣷⣷⣷⣷⣷⣷⣷⣷⣷⣷⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⢻⣻⡛⡛⣿⣿⣟⢿⢛⠛⠛⡟⡿⣻⢻⡟⠟⠛⡟⡟⣿⡛⠻⢛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣷⡖⠲⣶⠲⠶⠶⠶⡖⠲⠶⠶⠖⠒⠲⠶⢶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⣿ ⣟⣓⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⡓⣿ ⣿⣇⣬⣿⣹⣭⣽⣽⣤⣭⣭⣉⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿ ⣧⣤⣄⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⣤⡄⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣤⣥⣄⣠⣤⣤⣬⣤⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣷⣖⠲⣶⠖⠶⡖⢶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣟⣓⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⡳⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⡿⠗⠯⠿⠉⠉⠅⠉⠈⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣟⡿⣿⠟⠿⠟⠟⢿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣯⣥⣭⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣤⣤⣤⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⡥⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⡿⠇⠩⠿⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠹⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣧⣤⡤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⣤⡄⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠉⠉⠙⠉⠙⠉⠏⠍⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠏⠋⠋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠏⠉⠍⠉⠉⠉⠉⠋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠹⠋⠉⠉⠹⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⡇⣿⡇⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⢀⠀⢀⠀⡀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢀⠀⡀⢀⠀⡀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢀⡀⢀⢀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣸⣿⣿⡇⣿⡇⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡖⠒⠒⡒⠖⢒⠗⡖⢒⡒⠒⠖⡒⠗⠒⡗⠓⠓⠒⠒⠖⠲⠂⠚⠖⢳⠂⠀⠒⡒⠒⠒⠒⠚⠒⠒⠒⠒⣶⣶⣶⣾⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⡇⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⡇⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣷⡶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡖⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣟⣋⣐⣛⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣚⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣃⣿⡇⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1150 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/tiktok-dangerous/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/17/tiktok-dangerous/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ TikTok_is_a_Chinese_Weapon_Controlled_by_a_Dangerous_Company_(ByteDance)_and We_Must_Treat_It_Like_a_Chinese_Weapon_for_Our_Own_Sake⠀✐ Posted in Asia, Deception at 11:20 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Fentanylware:_Who's_there?⦈_ Summary: Many people believe — or get paid to say — that TikTok is no worse than social control media made by the West and controlled by the West; those people clearly have no clue about TikTok (where_the_stated_aim_is_harm, it is not merely a side effect) TikTok is, bluntly speaking, a Chinese weapon disguised as an “app” or “site”. Consider some recent examples such as [1] (some idiot “arrives at his own funeral in helicopter after faking his death”). As we noted some days ago in the series about YouTube, this imperils emergency services, can cause a suicide, etc. What healthy-minded person does this? And what for? To teach one’s family a “lesson”? See “Paramedics turn on premier in TikTok tirade” [2], “The Battle for Control” [3] (yes, it’s about TikTok), and then witness disturbing trends [4]. Even German media [5] has had its say. For those who do not know what ByteDance is, Wikipedia says this: “ByteDance Ltd. (Chinese: 字节跳动; pinyin: Zìjié Tiàodòng) is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands.” Well, “internet technology” is a typo (should be capitalised i, but Wikipedia is no longer known for quality) and calling it “internet technology” is a gross understatement. It’s a surveillance giant that farms behaviour. It’s like a Chinese “profiling” or “scoring” system for the entire world, operated by youths for the most part but aimed at adults. Yesterday the New York Times wrote [6]: “On the short-form video app, long- established facts about the 1912 disaster at sea are being newly litigated as musty rumors merge with fresh misinformation and manipulated content.” Yes, “misinformation and manipulated content” is very common there because it is actively being encouraged and promoted (selected to go viral, by hostile forces). It harms people’s safety, feelings, self-image, and education. Techrights has been consistently_and_unapologetically_against_TikTok, more so than any other social control media. 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We’ve urged people to quit the platform and not take anything found on that platform seriously (it was a leading source of misinformation). There’s some real news about Twitter these days. Below is a sample from the past week. Twitter is not a social network, nor is it a community. It’s an ego/vanity project of Elon Musk, according to its CEO [1]. “Twitter’s Lawyers Admit They’re Overwhelmed As Nearly 2000 Laid Off Employees File Arbitration Claims [2] says a new article and now they need to worry about a lawsuit over “copyright infringement to the tune of $250 million” [3]. The Twitter platform of the present has a severe problem with fakes (changing what “verified” means did not help) [4], which may lead to defamation lawsuits and accountability lawsuits some down the line, and the founder of Twitter is trying to take advantage of the chaos [5]. Musk seems to be thinking Twitter will become another TikTok [6], but he’s late to the game and what’s left of Twitter is being evicted for failing to pay bills [7-8]. Maybe soon the Web site and “app” will go offline for failing to pay server bills [9]. No kidding here, this can actually happen soon. So what has Musk got in mind? Bringing in racists [10] and truly pissing off LGBTQ users [11-12]? You just know this won’t end up very well. Openly endorsing homophobic politicians in Twitter livestreams probably pisses off the lion’s share of what’s left of the users in it, not to mention most US politicians. “Jack Dorsey Says Indian Officials Raided Twitter Employees’ Homes,” said a recent article [13] and maybe some time soon it’ll be US officials doing the same. We’re not too sure what Twitter will look like by Christmas. Given all those lawsuits and unpaid bills, the platform might as well be offline. As noted in the title, the company still costs a huge amount of money to run. The only way to put an end to these losses is to declare bankruptcy. █ Related/contextual items from the news: 1. ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_Twitter’s_New_CEO_Makes_It_Clear:_This_Is_Elon’s Ship,_She’s_Just_Running_It⠀⇛ 2. ⚓ Twitter’s_Lawyers_Admit_They’re_Overwhelmed_As_Nearly_2000_Laid_Off Employees_File_Arbitration_Claims⠀⇛ Back in college, I took an arbitration class, and it was one of my favorite classes. The professor (James Gross, who just retired last year after teaching for an astounding 56 years) was amazing, and I became a little obsessed with the entire idea and process of arbitration as an alternative to the costly and much more time intensive court process. However, lots of big businesses became obsessed with the concept as well, and, as we’ve covered over the years, that’s resulted in them spending much of the early 2000s turning the system to their advantage. 3. ⚓ Music_Publishers_Face_Recalcitrant_Elon_Musk_In_Copyright_Lawsuit_vs. Twitter⠀⇛ A group of music publishers is suing Elon Musk’s Twitter for copyright infringement to the tune of $250 million. But the group faces a recalcitrant Musk who isn’t paying rent—why would he pay royalties? 4. ⚓ The_Twitter_accounts_that_impersonate_Chinese_celebrities_for_clout_and cash⠀⇛ China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. A growing number of Twitter accounts have been impersonating outspoken Chinese intellectuals or celebrities. Their posts, which frequently criticize the Chinese government, often draw hundreds of thousands of followers before the deception is publicly exposed.… 5. ⚓ 2023-06-16_[Older]_How_Bluesky_Is_Seizing_the_Opportunity_of_Twitter’s Decline_With_Custom_Algorithms⠀⇛ 6. ⚓ 2023-06-16_[Older]_Exclusive-Twitter_to_Focus_on_Video,_Commerce_in Business_Revamp_–_Investor_Presentation⠀⇛ 7. ⚓ 2023-06-15_[Older]_Twitter_Is_Reportedly_Getting_Kicked_Out_of_One_of Its_Colorado_Offices⠀⇛ 8. ⚓ 2023-06-14_[Older]_Twitter_is_getting_a_from_its_Colorado_office_over unpaid_rent⠀⇛ 9. ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Twitter_has_reportedly_refused_to_pay_its_Google Cloud_contract⠀⇛ 10. ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_Fox_News_Demands_Tucker_Carlson_Shut_Down_Unhinged Twitter_Show⠀⇛ 11. ⚓ 2023-06-15_[Older]_Most_Social_Sites_Suck_at_Protecting_LGBTQ_Users, But_Twitter_Is_the_Worst⠀⇛ 12. ⚓ 2023-06-15_[Older]_Twitter_the_worst_of_major_social_media_when_it comes_to_protecting_LGBTQ_users_from_hate:_GLAAD⠀⇛ 13. ⚓ 2023-06-13_[Older]_Jack_Dorsey_Says_Indian_Officials_Raided_Twitter Employees’_Homes⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1436 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/upc-crisis/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/17/upc-crisis/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Judges_of_the_Unified_Patent_Court_(UPC)_Are_Resigning_Before_It_Even_Starts and_Team_UPC_Sprinkles_Candy_on_This_Illegal_and_Unconstitutional_‘Court’_ (Rigged_Kangaroo_Court_Designed_to_Authorise_the_EPO’s_Abuses_Against_the EPC)⠀✐ Posted in Courtroom, Deception, Europe, Patents at 1:28 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Summary: The sordid ploy to construct a bunch of unlawful kangaroo courts for patents (even in unauthorised sites, contrary to the Unified Patent Court Agreement) will not only destroy the European Union’s (EU) credibility on “law and order” or “the rule of law” (they’ve had the audacity to lecture Poland on that; Poland seems like the only country which bothered doing an economic study on the matter, resulting in rejection of the Unified Patent Court); it discredits the patent system as a whole and no amount of bribed “publishers” can correct this THIS won’t end well. We’ve said it for years already. There are reportedly many “unitary effect” opt-outs, perhaps because many parties expect it to be some temporary charade. Some time earlier this month a bribed mouthpiece of Team UPC did some hilarious reputation laundering article for ‘judge’ Grabinski. They fell all over themselves to say he had no biases. What a joke! He months earlier he did photo ops with the EPO‘s António_Campinos, a friend of Benoît_Battistelli, and when I shared those photo in this site core people of the “conspiracy” (Team UPC) contacted me and threatened me with litigation. These are gangsters, not judges. They’re like a mafia pushing European_software_patents for the sake of money. Follow the money… even JUVE cannot deny where the money came from, not too long before those Grabinski puff pieces. If the EU (and EC) cannot rectify the matter, this corruption will spread so deeply to the EU (and EUIPO) that they too will collapse, with staff exodus or staff revolting, even engaging in long strikes. “If the EU (and EC) cannot rectify the matter, this corruption will spread so deeply to the EU (and EUIPO) that they too will collapse, with staff exodus or staff revolting, even engaging in long strikes.”“Three technically qualified judges (TQJ) have resigned prior to the start of operations of the Unified Patent Court,” Team UPC now admits [1] while Team UPC is just parroting the propaganda from gangsters at the EPO [2]. What on Earth is going on here? “Law” firms openly promote illegal things, citing actual criminals who operate with impunity! How on Earth will that help the EU? In better news, Unified Patent (no connected to the UPC) awards money to disarm a patent troll which attacked GNU/Linux some years ago (Leigh M. Rothschild) [3] and it challenges some other ludicrous patents as well [4]. Well, occasionally it targets European Patents, seeing that at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) inter partes reviews (IPRs) may get harder to initiate due to the Microsoft mole who currently acts as Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). We hope that Unified Patent will expand in Europe and do a lot more to tackle the injustice here, especially the fake patents’ pandemic. “It won’t shock us if more UPC judges do the right thing and resign.”In other patent news/noise, the patent maximalists are again conflating patents with “Innovation” [5]. Florian Müller is back_to_lobbying_for_Microsoft and other nefarious entities [6-7], and Patent Docs seems to have devolved into a marketing ‘spam’ site [8-11], with the occasional real ‘article’ [12], pushing their usual agenda. As Techrights put it this morning in IRC: “Wow! A lot of PATENT ‘news’ sites are LITERALLY dying. Completely. Some barely publish anything. This is a graveyard.” The EPO’s mouthpiece, JUVE, keeps lobbying on FRAND [13] (hardly journalism, it is sponsored agenda-pushing) and Müller is almost certainly (I’d say definitely) back on Microsoft’s payroll again, based on his latest junk [13-15]. News about patents has never been this pathetic and misleading. JUVE has become a judge’s reputation laundering agency. It won’t shock us if more UPC judges do the right thing and resign. Have some self respect and dignity. █ Related/contextual items from the news: 1. ⚓ 3_TQJ_resignations_at_the_UPC,_9_cases,_800_requests_for_Unitary Patents⠀⇛ Three technically qualified judges (TQJ) have resigned prior to the start of operations of the Unified Patent Court. According to a UPC announcement, Roman Maksymiw (DE), Grégoire Desrousseaux (FR) en Kirsikka Etuaho (FI) handed in their resignations received prior to 31 May 2023. The reason is not mentioned [...] 2. ⚓ EPO_publishes_data_on_unitary_patents⠀⇛ 3. ⚓ $2,000_for_Leigh_M._Rothschild_entity_Symbology_Innovations_patent prior_art⠀⇛ A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S._Patent_8,651,369, owned by Symbology Innovations, a Leigh M. Rothschild entity. The ‘369 patent generally relates to enabling a portable electronic device to retrieve information about an object when the object’s symbology, e.g., a barcode, is detected. The patent has been asserted over 100 times but most recently against BrandsMart, Keurig_Dr._Pepper, and ADT. The contest will expire on July 31, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest. 4. ⚓ HyperX_zero-touch_networking_patent_challenged⠀⇛ On June 13, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S._Patent_11,522,756, owned and asserted by HyperX Networks, LLC. The ‘756 patent relates to zero-touch provisioning systems and methods, and had been asserted against Ciena. View district_court_litigations_by_HyperX. Unified is represented by Raghav_Bajaj at Haynes_Boone, and by in-house counsel, Michelle_Aspen and Roshan_Mansinghani. 5. ⚓ Guest_post_by_Prof._Robinson:_How_We_Can_Bridge_the_Innovation_Gap⠀⇛ The patent system is a foundational part of the United States’ innovation ecosystem. The country created a national patent system in 1789. While the patent system has evolved over 200 years, it has remained stagnant in one glaring way. The number of inventors and patent professionals that are women or belong to underrepresented racial and ethnic groups is alarmingly low as compared to white men. While this disparity raises concerns about inclusivity, it also raises the possibility that there are untapped reservoirs of creativity and innovation within our borders. 6. ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_IP_Europe’s_call_for_do-over_of_EU_SEP_Regulation proposal_is_supported_by_absence_of_evidence_and_growing_chorus_of_voices that_matter⠀⇛ 7. ⚓ 2023-06-16_[Older]_OPPO_effectively_defends_5G_standard-essential patent_against_Nokia’s_opposition:_EPO_upholds_claims_based_on_minor clarification;_Mannheim_trial_scheduled_for_6/27⠀⇛ 8. ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_Conference_&_CLE_Calendar⠀⇛ 9. ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_USPTO_Program_on_Relationship_between_IP_and_Climate Change_Innovation⠀⇛ 10. ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_USPTO_WE_Event_on_Addressing_Global_Challenges⠀⇛ 11. ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Webinar_on_Attracting_and_Winning_New_Clients⠀⇛ 12. ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_Vanda_Pharmaceuticals_Inc._v._Teva_Pharmaceuticals USA,_Inc._(Fed._Cir._2023)⠀⇛ 13. ⚓ UK_court_takes_commercial_approach_to_Apple_vs._Optis_global_FRAND rate⠀⇛ The UK High Court has handed down its sixth judgment in the dispute between Apple and Optis concerning standard essential patents, in doing so cementing the terms of a FRAND licence between the two companies. \ 14. ⚓ 2023-06-14_[Older]_UPDATED_TIMELINE:_U.S._court_to_hear_FTC_request_for preliminary_injunction_against_Microsoft-ActivisionBlizzard_next_week, merger_technically_can’t_close_in_June_but_on_track_for_July⠀⇛ 15. ⚓ 2023-06-13_[Older]_FTC_wants_federal_court_to_enjoin_Microsoft- ActivisionBlizzard_over_theory_rejected_by_regulators_in_charge_of_40 countries;_UK_appeal_progressing_fast⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1643 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 06.17.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_17/06/2023:_Daniel_Ellsberg_Dies,_SparkyLinux_7.0_is_Out⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 1:38 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # 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In this article, we’ll explore ten essential command-line operators in Linux and explain their functions. With a clear understanding of these operators, you’ll be better equipped to handle and manipulate your Linux environment. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Understanding_and_using_the_‘source’_command_in Linux⠀⇛ The ‘source’ command, an integral part of Linux and Unix-like systems, is a shell built-in that reads and executes commands from a file in the current shell environment. While it may seem a trivial part of your command-line experience, ‘source’ is instrumental in various critical tasks such as setting environment variables, reloading shell profiles, or running scripts. In this guide, we will delve into the practical applications of the ‘source’ command, demonstrating its role in enhancing your Linux shell interactions. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Upgrade_to_Linux_Mint_21.2 Victoria⠀⇛ Welcoming a significant milestone in the Linux distribution realm is the release of Linux Mint 21.2, endearingly known as “Victoria”. This latest update underscores the steady progression of Linux Mint, striking a balance between enhanced user experiences and impeccable stability. # ⚓ Gary_Benson:_Use_stdbuf_to_tee_without_buffering⠀⇛ Do you want to tee the output of a command to a file, but see it in your terminal too, without buffering? The stdbuf command can do this for you: $ sudo stdbuf --output=L tcpdump -i any -tttt - n 'udp port 5353' | tee -a tcpdump-mdns ... # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_add_VirtualBox_VMs_from_a_previous installation⠀⇛ If you’ve re-installed your operating system (or moved to a new machine) and you have a collection of VirtualBox virtual machines on a secondary drive, you can easily add them one at a time. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Upgrade_the_Linux_Kernel_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Upgrading the Linux kernel lets you experience some of the latest cutting-edge technology on your PC. No matter which Linux distro you use, chances are you need to switch between or upgrade kernel versions to gain the maximum possible benefits from the OS. If you are an avid Ubuntu user and want to upgrade your kernel to the latest available version, here’s how to manually achieve this simple yet valuable task. # ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Switch_Users_in_Linux_Terminal⠀⇛ To secure the Linux kernel from unauthorized access, the operating system provides the option of creating different users with different privileges. You can easily switch users in Linux using commands. In this article, we will explore some different methods on how to switch users right from your Linux terminal, regardless of if you want to perform administrative tasks or simply need to execute commands as a super user. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Removing_non-Steam_apps_now_cleans_up_on Steam_Deck_and_Linux_desktop⠀⇛ A change that Valve missed in the big recent upgrade of the Steam client, is that on Linux systems either desktop or Steam Deck, removing non- Steam apps should now be cleaner. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Factorio_adds_controller_support_in experimental_update⠀⇛ Good news for Steam Deck and gamepad fans, as official controller support is coming to Factorio and you can try it out right now. Released in experimental v1.1.83 they note you just need to change over the input method in the settings - > controls menu. Then you will get proper gamepad controls and glyphs telling you what to do. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Soulstone_Survivors_a_great_Vampire Survivor-like_has_a_huge_skill_tree_upgrade⠀⇛ Soulstone Survivors is one of my favourite games in the spirit of Vampire Survivors, and it just got a lot bigger with the new Path of Ascension upgrade. While similar to VS in basic gameplay mechanics and the loop, it expanded on the idea in a few ways with more skill-based gameplay. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Get_PAYDAY_2_and_lots_of_DLC_in_this_Humble Bundle⠀⇛ Here’s an easy chance to get PAYDAY 2 and a whole bunch of DLC super cheap thanks to the latest Humble Bundle so here’s the details. While they recently removed the Native Linux version, they have given a statement on their plans to support it in Proton. In my own testing – it did work perfectly with Proton! # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ New_Beta_for_Valheim_adds_in_world modifiers_letting_you_customize_your_game⠀⇛ It’s here in Beta! A big upgrade for Valheim to let you change how you can play it, so here’s a run over what’s new and improved. This was teased recently and comes after a stable update that improved performance. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_UI_scaling_should_work_even_better_in the_latest_Beta⠀⇛ Having Steam UI scaling issues? You may want to have a look at the Steam Client Beta that was released June 15th and see how you get on. Valve are constantly updating the Beta, and they only just launched a major update with the new Steam Overlay but they’re right back to it on the Beta with fresh upgrades and fixes. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ This_week_in_KDE:_nicer_digital_signing in_Okular⠀⇛ There’s some of interesting Plasma 6 news, but I’m saving it for another post in a day or two, so it doesn’t distract from all the great work that KDE contributors landed on other things this week! So let’s dig into that… Okular’s digital signature workflow has been improved, and now offers you the opportunity to add various pieces of metadata such as “reason” and “location” to the signature, and also to optionally add a background image behind it… * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Celebrating_30_Years_of_FreeBSD_–_FreeBSD_Journal Special_Edition⠀⇛ We’re so excited to announce that the online version of the FreeBSD 30th Anniversary special edition of the FreeBSD Journal will be available on Monday, Jun 19, 2023 … Just in time to celebrate FreeBSD’s 30th Anniversary! The content for the issue is exceptional. The editorial board definitely outdid themselves. # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Celebrating_30_years_of_FreeBSD_–_FreeBSD Timeline⠀⇛ This week, we’re celebrating 30 years of FreeBSD! The Foundation took a look back through the Project’s history and, with the collaboration of the FreeBSD Journal team, created a new FreeBSD timeline. # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Celebrating_30_years_of_FreeBSD_–_30th Anniversary_Merchandise⠀⇛ Want to celebrate 30 years of FreeBSD in style? Check out some of the anniversary merchandise on our brand new Shopify store. We unveiled our 30th Anniversary design at the recent BSDCan 2023, but if you weren’t able to make it, you can now order them online. # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ June_2023_Fundraising_Update⠀⇛ It’s June and for many of us in North America, we’re starting to see a glimmer of summer peaking around the corner. I cherish all the seasons, even the cold of winter, but summer is by far my favorite season of the year. # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ FreeBSD_Day_–_Celebrating_30_Years_of_FreeBSD⠀⇛ 30 Years! Can you believe it? June 19, 2023 marks 30 years since the FreeBSD operating system got its name. As you may know, the anniversary of FreeBSD has been named FreeBSD Day. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_use_Ansible_to_create_a_VM_on_Azure_via workflow [Ed: Instead of competing against Microsoft Red Hat now helps Microsoft promote proprietary spyware]⠀⇛ o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ CrunchBang++_12.0_Released,_Based_on_Debian_12 (Still_Supports_32-bit)⠀⇛ CrunchBang++ 12.0 sees the Linux distro rebase atop the recent Debian 12 release. This sees the distro inherit all of the underlying benefits that the release brings, including, notably, Linux kernel 6.1 LTS, newer graphics drivers, and an updated package set. # ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Demoted_in_Death:_Debian_cabal’s_final insult_to_Frans_Pop⠀⇛ Yet when Frans Pop died in August 2010, the now infamous Debian Day Volunteer Suicide, they only dedicated one component of the release to him, the Debian installer, but only the beta version. He is missing from the full release announcement. He is missing from the subsequent announcements about the Installer. This feels like a snub. People actively discussed it on the debian-private leaked gossip emails. Some of their emails are copied below as evidence. Nonetheless, when everybody else was getting a system upgrade, Frans Pop received a downgrade. # ⚓ Sparky GNU/Linux ☛ Sparky_7.0_Orion_Belt⠀⇛ # ⚓ Beta News ☛ Download_Debian_12_Bookworm-based_Sparky_7.0 ‘Orion_Belt’_Linux_distro_now⠀⇛ If you are a fan of the Sparky Linux distribution, I have some exciting news– version 7.0 is finally available for download. This release is based on — and fully compatible with — the Debian 12 “Bookworm” operating system. For users with ancient hardware, Sparky 7.0 still provides support for x86 (32-bit) machines. But seriously, folks, just buy a 64-bit PC already… By leveraging the stability and reliability of Debian, Sparky 7.0 inherits a rock-solid base that ensures a smooth and secure user experience. This compatibility allows users to seamlessly access the extensive Debian software repositories, opening up a world of possibilities for software installations and updates. Keeping up with the latest developments in the Linux ecosystem, Sparky 7.0 incorporates updated packages from both the Debian “Bookworm” and Sparky “Orion Belt” repositories as of June 15, 2023. This commitment to package updates guarantees that users have access to the most recent software versions, bug fixes, and security patches, providing a secure and up-to-date computing environment. Sparky 7.0 comes equipped with the Linux kernel 6.1.27 LTS as the default option, ensuring compatibility with a wide range of hardware configurations. For users seeking bleeding-edge features, kernel versions 6.3.8 and 5.15.117 LTS are available in the Sparky unstable repositories. This flexibility allows users to choose the kernel that best suits their specific needs. # ⚓ Thomas_Lange:_20.000_customized_images_created_by_the FAI.me_build_service⠀⇛ The counter of the FAI.me_build_service has reached 20.000. This counter was added shortly after the service was started in November 2017. Since then, this service has built more than 21.000 installation images and more than 1300 cloud disk images. In the last few month we had averaged 100 requests per week. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Security_maintenance_vs_support:_what’s_the difference?⠀⇛ One of the most frequent questions we get during conversations with our customers is “What’s the difference between security maintenance and support?” The word “support” has a wide range of meanings and can be interpreted in different ways depending on where it is used. Especially in the open source landscape, the terms “security maintenance” and “support” are often used interchangeably, even if they represent distinct aspects of protecting an organisation’s assets. In this blog post, we will delve into the differences and the synergy between security maintenance and support, highlighting their unique roles and importance in safeguarding our digital environments. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_Snapcraft_8.0_and_the_respectable_end of_core18⠀⇛ ‘E’s not pinin’! ‘E’s passed on! This base is no more! He has ceased to be! ‘E’s expired and gone to meet ‘is maker! ‘E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, ‘e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed ‘im to the perch ‘e’d be pushing up the daisies! ‘Is software processes are now ‘istory! ‘E’s off the twig! ‘E’s kicked the bucket (not S3), ‘e’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-BASE!! Every few years, five to be more precise, an LTS release of Ubuntu goes out of the main support and into the extended support. Effectively, what this means for developers using Snapcraft is that snaps built using an older base may now be in a delicate state. Core18 is a base aligned to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, which has just recently met its Parrot Sketch demise. In this blog post, we’d like to tell more about what happens now. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Simplifying_software-defined_vehicles_(SDVs)_with EB_corbos_Linux_–_built_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Carmakers are facing numerous challenges on the path towards software-defined vehicles (SDVs), such as legacy vendor dependence, which is leading to a lack of scalability, and high maintenance costs. Adopting a software-centric approach should reduce complexity and costs, accelerate time to market, improve product quality, increase flexibility, and provide more robust cybersecurity. Carmakers need to fundamentally transform their processes and organisational structures, focusing on software development and services. Collaboration between different departments, as well as external entities, will be key in delivering exceptional products and experiences to customers. This is what highly competitive brands should be aiming for. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ i-Pi_SMARC_1200_(MediaTek_Genio_1200)_devkit tested_with_a_Yocto_Linux_image⠀⇛ Last weekend I received ADLINK’s i-Pi SMARC 1200 development kit powered by MediaTek Genio 1200 Octa-core Cortex-A78/A55 AIoT processor, checked out the hardware and wanted to install the Yocto Linux image but stopped in my tracks because it looked like I had to install Ubuntu 18.04 first in a Virtual Machine or another computer. But finally, the documentation has been updated to clarify “Ubuntu 18.04 or greater” is required, and I had no problem flashing the image from a Ubuntu 22.04 laptop after installing dependencies and tools as follows That’s it for the tools. Eventually, the development kit will support three images: Yocto Linux, Android 13 (July 2023), and Ubuntu 20.04 (Q3 2023). So that means only the Yocto Linux image is available from the download page at this time, and that’s what I’ll be using today. We’ll need to connect the micro USB to USB cable between the host and the board, as well as the 12V power supply, before running the command to flash the image # ⚓ Embedded.com ☛ RTOS_with_standard_POSIX_pthreads_API:_a complement_to_embedded_Linux⠀⇛ PX5 RTOS with a native implementation of the industry standard POSIX pthreads aims at developers working on demanding embedded applications. What makes this new RTOS so attractive – and why is test driven development still the best approach to create high-quality code? # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ ESP32_module_comes_with_Fisheye_camera⠀⇛ The ESP32CAM-PSRAM is a portable development board featuring an ESP32 microcontroller and a 2 Megapixel camera. The new embedded device from M5Stack is capable of supporting image transmission via Wi-Fi and it can be debugged using a USB Type- C port. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Station_P2S_mini-PC_offers_support_for_PoE and_4G_LTE⠀⇛ The Station P2S, a compact and versatile mini PC that runs on the 64-bit RK3568 SoC. Moreover, the new mini PC offers flexible storage options and it supports dual GbE LAN, dual-band Wi-Fi, and 4G LTE network compatibility. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Raspberry_Pi_in_the_natural_world⠀⇛ Because Raspberry Pi is small, affordable, and hackable, we find ourselves popping up in the wildest corners of the planet, monitoring the natural world around us. We’re everywhere from the rainforests of Borneo to the Antarctic home of Adelie penguins. We’ve even been attached to the backs of turtles. Yes, really. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Build_your_own_human_horse_race_arcade_game_using Arduino_and_Strava⠀⇛ The game concept is similar to the horse race arcade game, except players run to influence the success of their respective racers. Those racers are little 2D people figures instead of horses. Everyone can run on their own schedule. Then, once everyone completes their run, the game shows the results by moving the figures across the track. This links to Strava, which is an app for tracking runs using popular devices like smartphones and smartwatches. Each player just has to complete a run as part of the group that Underwood set up for this purpose. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Join_us_at_Sensors_Converge_in_Santa_Clara⠀⇛ At Arduino’s booth #1346, our experts will be on hand to showcase the Pro line of products with a few notable demonstrations. Our own Guneet Bedi to keynote on the innovation open environments offer to businesses, in addition to two other talks on agtech and the CHIPS Act. We look forward to sharing our business solutions for digital transformation with Arduino’s ease of use and open- source philosophy. We invite you to stop by the booth during the show or join us for one of our networking receptions. # ⚓ Olimex ☛ OpenBLT_Bootloader_allow_OLIMEXINO-STM32F3_to update_the_firmware_via_UART,_USB,_CAN_and_SD-card⠀⇛ Once the bootloader is programmed on OLIMEXINO- STM32F3 it allows firmware updates via UART, USB, CAN and SD-CARD # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Jim_Keller_on_How_Risc-V_Will_Change_the World⠀⇛ Jim Keller is an American microprocessor engineer who is best known for his work at AMD and Apple. He is credited with designing some of the most important microprocessors in recent history, including the Athlon K7, AMD K8, AMD K12, the revolutionary AMD Zen architecture, the Apple A4, and Apple A5 used in best-in-class mobile devices at the time. He is also the co-author of the x86-64 instruction set and the HyperTransport interconnect. Currently, he is working as the president at TensTorrent, a company focused on bringing innovative hardware solutions for AI workloads – which most of it based on RISC- V architecture. He was recently interviewed by EE Times and he gave many insightful comments that I decided to break down the key quotes into smaller video chunks for convenience. If you can afford to watch the whole interview, it’s even better, but if you want the TLDR, this article will probably cover most of it. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Registration_for_LPC_2023_is_open⠀⇛ The registration for this year’s Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) is now open. It will be held November 13-15 in Richmond, Virginia in the US. The attend page has all of the details. Meanwhile, some of the calls for proposals are still open, though the microconferences CFP is closed; this year’s proposed microconference topics are listed here. Those who want to attend should note: “”As usual we expect to sell our rather quickly so don’t delay your registration for too long!”” # ⚓ Business Wire ☛ Xen_Project_to_Host_Xen_Project_Developer and_Design_Summit_2023⠀⇛ For those attending the Embedded Open Source Summit, Xen Summit registration will be available as an add-on, allowing participants to extend their experience and dive deeper into the latest Xen Project developments. Attendees can expect a range of activities and opportunities to engage with the very active Xen community. This includes face-to- face interactions where developers share updates, discuss architectural designs and tackle community development issues. The event serves as a platform for networking, knowledge sharing and receiving valuable feedback on proposed changes for Xen. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ CGIs_combine_well_with_Apache location-based_access_control⠀⇛ One of the things that we do every so often is put together some little ‘web application’ that has to be under some sort of access control or access restrictions. Even today, CGI scripts remain the easiest way to write and deploy a simple web application; you write a script in the language of your choice and (with the right Apache configuration) put it in an appropriate place with an appropriate filename extension, and you’re done. That leaves the access control. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Earthly ☛ Using_CMake_and_GCC_to_Cross-Compile_Binaries⠀⇛ Cross-compilation is the process of compiling your program on a different host than the target system. This enables developers to build binaries for different architectures without using those specific architectures themselves. For example, with cross-compilation, you can compile a binary for ARM-based devices like a Raspberry Pi on your standard x86-64 development machine. When cross-compiling your software, CMake and the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) can be helpful. CMake is a robust build system generator that uses configuration files to create cross-compiled binaries, and GCC is a toolchain that includes compilers for various programming languages, including C, C++, Objective C, and Fortran. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a simple C++ program and then cross-compile it for AArch64 or ARM64-based devices using CMake and GCC. # ⚓ Sam_Thursfield:_Status_update,_16/06/2023⠀⇛ This blog is about what’s on my mind, and recently I’ve been thinking about aeroplane flights, and limiting how many I take every year. I’m not trying to make anyone feel impressed or ashamed here, or create rules that I insist everyone needs to live by. And I am no expert in climate science, but we need to start talking about this stuff more – as you probably spotted, the climate is uncomfortably hot now, caused mainly by all the “greenhouse gases” that we keep producing in our industrious human civilization. # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-16_[Older]_Profiling_Perl_under Apache⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-14_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_221: Arithmetic_Subsequence⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-14_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_221: Good_Strings⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-13_[Older]_“Let_Maintainers_Be Maintainers”⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-12_[Older]_TWC_220:_Squared Shoulders⠀⇛ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_#220 –_I’ve_Seen_These_Characters_‘Round_These_Parts⠀⇛ # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ The_faster-cpython_plan_for_3.13⠀⇛ The developers working on improving the speed of the CPython interpreter have posted a plan describing their objectives for the Python 3.13 release. The biggest piece appears to be the tier-2 optimizer, which will optimize larger chunks of Python code # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ SusamPal ☛ Control,_Escape,_and_Meta_Tricks⠀⇛ Open a Unix or Linux terminal emulator. If you are using Terminal.app on macOS, ensure that the “Use Option as Meta Key” option is enabled in its “Preferences” section. Now type foo bar baz followed by meta+b (alt+b or option+b on modern keyboards). In a modern shell like Bash, Zsh, etc., the cursor should move backward by one word. Now type esc b. The cursor should move back again by one word. Finally type ctrl+[ b and the same thing should happen again. How are we able to perform the same operation in three different ways? # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ InfoWorld ☛ Rust_most_admired_language,_Stack Overflow_survey_says⠀⇛ Stack Overflow 2023 Developer Survey finds that JavaScript and Python are the most used and most desired languages, but they fall far short of Rust in satisfying their users. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Chris Coyier ☛ Getting_Communicated_At⠀⇛ The time comes when I need to communicate back. Ask a question. Schedule an appointment. Request assistance. Offer feedback. In that situation, the quality of communication fell way off. A question goes unanswered, or the answer is lackluster, or you feel shooed away. They communicate to you in 5 different mediums but only accept communication in 1 (and it’s something horrible like the phone). You can tell they aren’t ready and willing to meet you where you are and help you directly however you need to be helped. Maybe they aren’t staffed for it. They didn’t plan for it. They don’t empower people well enough. Whatever the reason, it ends up being a turn-off. It makes those great incoming communication efforts feel like a barb. o ⚓ Futurism ☛ Man_Solves_Rubik’s_Cube_in_Three_Seconds⠀⇛ In a YouTube video, “speedcuber” Max Park proudly displayed his win at the Pride at Long Beach 2023 World Cube Association Competition last weekend, finishing the puzzle in a lightning-fast 3.13 seconds. Park’s hands move almost too fast to follow in the video. It’s over almost immediately, with an elated Pak slamming his palms on the table to stop the clock. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Sumana Harihareswara ☛ My_Current_Approach_To_Reducing_My COVID_Risk⠀⇛ In this post, I detail those principles as well as my specific protocols (masking, ventilation, self- testing, and so on), including links to examples and product vendors. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ A_reported_57%_of_school girls_experienced_‘persistent_feelings_of_sadness_or hopelessness’⠀⇛ The most recent survey carried out by the Centres for Disease Control (CDC) found that nearly one in three teenage girls considered suicide in 2021. The report also showed that a staggering 13 per cent of teenage girls had attempted suicide one or more times in 2021. The number of adolescent girls that had contemplated suicide in 2021 had increased by 60 per cent since 2011. The CDC’s report, which was released in 2023, stated that 57 per cent of high school girls reported experiencing “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness in the past year”. # ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Forest_Bathing⠀⇛ When you do have the opportunity to get in touch with nature, there is a relatively new take on an established concept call Forest Bathing that can literally take you a step further by not taking steps. A Japanese tradition called shinrin-yoku, which means “forest bath”, is not about a destination nor miles afoot on the trail. And even though it implies one needs to be in the forest, all that is required is a step outside your door. One critical ingredient to Forest Bathing, however, is a tree. And the more, the merrier. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-12_[Older]_Minecraft_YouTuber_Dream_Says He’s_Going_Back_to_Wearing_a_Mask_Because_of_Online_Hate⠀⇛ o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ What_Reddit_Got_Wrong⠀⇛ After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill, Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus of its most important users. It’s the latest example of a social media site making a critical mistake: users aren’t there for the services, they’re there for the community. Building barriers to access is a war of attrition. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Reddit_CEO_Flies_Into_a_Rage,_Threatens Protesting_Moderators⠀⇛ As moderators take their subreddits dark in protest of the social network’s plan to charge for access to its API, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has gone on a media blitz in an apparent effort to save face before the company’s upcoming IPO — and, it seems, send a warning to those who’ve dared defy him. In one such interview with NBC News, Huffman bizarrely compared mods to, uh, “landed gentry” before threatening their power. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Gannett_tiptoes_into_generative_AI,_giving humans_the_last_word⠀⇛ Publisher Gannett plans to include generative artificial intelligence in the system it uses to publish stories as it and other news organizations begin to roll out the popular technology that may help save money and improve efficiency. But the largest U.S. newspaper publisher with over 200 daily outlets said it will include humans in the process so that the technology can’t be deployed automatically, without oversight. Generative AI is a way to create efficiencies and eliminate some tedious tasks for journalists, Renn Turiano, senior vice president and head of product at Gannett said in a recent interview with Reuters. # ⚓ Fortune ☛ Why_we_can’t_open-source_a_solution_to_A.I.’s ethical_issues⠀⇛ Licenses are increasingly heralded as a solution to this problem. However, not only does restricting the use of open-source code with additional licenses contradict the core principle of the open- source community that code should be accessible to everyone, but it could also damage the collaborative environment that’s been fundamental to the open-source community’s ability to speed up technological development. There’s also a lot of doubt as to whether ethical licenses will actually reduce the risk of code being used for nefarious purposes. Many countries already have human rights laws, and individuals or organizations violating those laws should be prosecuted accordingly, regardless of the method or technology used to perpetrate the abuse. If such laws do not deter these violators, then it’s unlikely that a licensing agreement would have any impact on the course of their actions. # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_Domains_shutting_down,_assets_sold_and being_migrated_to_Squarespace⠀⇛ Google cited “efforts to sharpen our focus” in selling the Google Domains registrar business, which launched in 2014 as a big proponent of HTTPS and top-level domains (TLDs) as of late. The service exited beta in 2022. # ⚓ I Cringely ☛ Apple’s_Vision_Pro_headset_is_a_hobby._Why won’t_Tim_Cook_say_that?⠀⇛ I’ve been following the press and social media coverage of Apple’s pricey new Vision Pro Augmented Reality headset, which now totals hundreds of stories and thousands of comments and I’ve noticed one idea missing from all of them: what would Steve (Jobs) say? Steve would call the Vision Pro a “hobby,” just as he did with the original Apple TV. You know I’m correct about this. # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ Lindy_Cameron:_“You_can’t_retrofit_security into_AI_–_it_needs_to_be_built_in_at_the_start”⠀⇛ Better preparation for cyberattacks might include limiting employees’ access to certain devices, apps or software that are deemed risky. For instance, the government recently banned TikTok – the Chinese-owned social media app – from all government devices over concerns around the sharing of sensitive information. It is still permitted for use on personal devices, although the app is blocked if used on parliament wi-fi on any device. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Two_Energy_Department_entities breached_as_part_of_massive_MOVEit_compromise⠀⇛ The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said it’s working with “several federal agencies” affected by a flaw in the file transfer software. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Chinese_hackers_‘breached_hundreds_of public,_private_networks’_globally⠀⇛ Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers used a security hole in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organisations globally, nearly a third of them government agencies including foreign ministries, the cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Thursday. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Cyber_spying_campaign_linked to_China_targeting_agencies_in_Hong_Kong_and_Taiwan, report_finds⠀⇛ Online attackers with clear links to China are behind a vast cyber espionage campaign targeting government agencies of interest to Beijing, Google subsidiary Mandiant said on Thursday. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Cl0p_gang_claimed_to_have_hit_many_US agencies_through_MOVEit_flaw⠀⇛ As iTWire reported on 6 June, the Cl0p ransomware group was claimed to have been carrying out attacks, using this vulnerability to gain access, from 27 May onwards. The vulnerability was announced by the company that makes the software, Progress Software Corporation, on 31 May, according to a post from the Google-owned Mandiant security firm. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Russian_National_Arrested,_Charged_in US_Over_Role_in_LockBit_Ransomware_Attacks⠀⇛ The man, Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 20, of Chechen Republic, Russia, who was arrested in Arizona, allegedly owned, controlled, and used multiple IP addresses, email addresses, and other online accounts to deploy the LockBit ransomware and communicate with victims. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ LockBit_suspect’s_arrest_sheds_more light_on_‘trustworthy’_gang⠀⇛ FBI agents have arrested a Russian man suspected of being part of the Lockbit ransomware gang. An unsealed complaint alleges the 20-year-old was an Apple fanboy, an online gambler, and scored 80 percent of at least one ransom payment given to the criminals. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (chromium, openjdk-17, and wireshark), Fedora (iniparser, mariadb, mingw-glib2, perl-HTML- StripScripts, php, python3.7, and syncthing), Oracle (.NET 6.0, c-ares, kernel, nodejs, and python3.9), Slackware (libX11), SUSE (amazon-ssm- agent and chromium), and Ubuntu (gsasl, libx11, and sssd). # ⚓ SEC_Delays_Cybersecurity_Rules⠀⇛ Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published an update to its rulemaking agenda indicating that it does not plan to approve two proposed cyber rules until at least October 2023 (the agenda’s timeframe is an estimate). The proposed rules in question address disclosure requirements regarding cybersecurity governance and cybersecurity incidents at publicly traded companies and registered investment advisers and funds. # ⚓ Becker’s Hospital Review ☛ Rural_hospital_cybersecurity protection_bill_moves_forward⠀⇛ The Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act made it out of committee and will now head to the Senate floor. The bipartisan legislation sponsored by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley and Democratic Sens. Josh Ossof and Gary Peters would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency to develop workforce recruitment and cybersecurity training materials for rural hospitals. # ⚓ Global News CA ☛ PRHC_reaches_$988K_proposed_settlement_for patient_privacy_breaches_in_2011-2012_–_Peterborough_| Globalnews.ca⠀⇛ A proposed settlement of $988,550 has been reached in a class-action lawsuit relating to patient health records being wrongfully accessed by former employees at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre more than a decade ago. On Thursday the hospital announced the proposed settlement, noting a court hearing is scheduled on Aug. 30 at 8:30 a.m. to determine whether the settlement will be approved. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Detained_for_DDoS_attacks_as_part_of_the next_edition_of_the_international_“Power_Off”_operation⠀⇛ # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Oregon_DMV,_Louisiana_OMV_warn_residents_of MOVEit_data_breach⠀⇛ Under Oregon law, some driver information is actually a public record — like an Oregonian’s name, address, phone number, and driver’s record. And under Oregon law, the state can, and actually does, sell that information to certain types of entities. So could criminals set up a fake private investigation service to buy data from the state that could be used in conjunction with the data that has been hacked? Yes, and hopefully the states will be extra diligent about checking the credentials of any entities that apply to purchase public records data, but even without that data, this is a breach where data may be misused. # ⚓ A_Russian_ransomware_gang_breaches_the_Energy_Department and_other_federal_agencies⠀⇛ The Department of Energy and several other federal agencies were compromised in a Russian cyber- extortion gang’s global hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations and governments, but the impact was not expected to be great, Homeland Security officials said Thursday. But for others among what could be hundreds of victims from industry to higher education — including patrons of at least two state motor vehicle agencies — the hack was beginning to show some serious impacts. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told reporters that unlike the meticulous, stealthy SolarWinds hacking campaign attributed to state-backed Russian intelligence agents that was months in the making, this campaign was short, relatively superficial and caught quickly. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Senior_Iranian_Official_Says_President Approves_Adding_More_Surveillance_Cameras⠀⇛ The authorities have intensified efforts to enforce the Islamic dress code as more women flout the law. They have been emboldened by nationwide antiestablishment protests that erupted in September 2022 following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini soon after she was arrested by the morality police for allegedly violating the hijab law. During the demonstrations, women and girls have removed and burned their head scarves, while students, who have also been at the forefront of the demonstrations, have flouted the law on campuses, sparking a crackdown by school security. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ No-no_cop:_Illinois_bans_drones from_using_facial_recognition_or_weapons⠀⇛ Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Friday signed HB 3902, which allows the US state’s law enforcement agencies to use drones at some public events – but prohibits equipping them with facial recognition software or weaponry, with some exceptions. The new state law, dubbed the Drones as First Responders Act, takes effect immediately. Pitched as a public safety measure, it has the support of the Illinois Association of Police Chiefs and other state public safety officials. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ If_You_Googled_Anything_During_the_Years “30_Rock”_Was_on_TV,_You_Can_Get_Free_Money_Right_Now⠀⇛ The lawsuit, filed just over a decade ago, accused Google of “storing and intentionally, systematically and repeatedly divulging” users’ search results and histories to third parties, a violation of privacy laws. These queries contained sensitive data, the lawsuit argued, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and even social security numbers, something that “increases the risk of identity theft.” # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Are_federal_agencies’_post-quantum cryptography_preparations_on_track?⠀⇛ Put simply, quantum computers — with the ability to factor extremely large prime numbers — could one day break into these algorithms, helping adversaries access all sorts of critical information, including personal data about U.S. citizens and critical scientific and military secrets. “If we can build large-scale quantum computers that run exactly as physics predicts that they should,” explains Ryan O’Donnell, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, “then they will be able to break most of the cryptography that was in use up until now.” o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Al Jazeera ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg,_Pentagon_Papers_whistleblower dies_at_92⠀⇛ Daniel Ellsberg, a whistleblower famed for exposing government deception over the United States’s war in Vietnam and an outspoken opponent of nuclear weapons, has died at the age of 92 from pancreatic cancer. The Washington Post was the first to report that Ellsberg died on Friday, citing a statement from his family. # ⚓ No_green_light_to_Sweden’s_NATO_membership_from_Erdoğan⠀⇛ The Permanent Joint Mechanism between Finland, Sweden, Turkey, and NATO established after the NATO bids of the two Nordic countries in 2022 met again in Ankara. # ⚓ NBC ☛ Chinese_spy_balloon_gathered_intelligence_from sensitive_U.S._military_sites,_despite_U.S._efforts_to_block it⠀⇛ China was able to control the balloon so it could make multiple passes over some of the sites (at times flying figure-eight formations) and transmit the information it collected back to Beijing in real time, the three officials said. The intelligence China collected was mostly from electronic signals, which can be picked up from weapons systems or include communications from base personnel, rather than images, the officials said. The three officials said China could have gathered much more intelligence from sensitive sites if not for the administration’s efforts to move around potential targets and obscure the balloon’s ability to pick up their electronic signals by stopping them from broadcasting or emitting signals. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Test_Flying_Academy_of_SA_disappointed by_US_sanctions⠀⇛ The Test Flying Academy of South Africa (TFASA) has said it is disappointed that the United States has, without consultation, put it on a sanctions list for “activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States” as the TFASA trains Chinese fighter pilots. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ ‘Pentagon_Papers’_whistleblower_Daniel Ellsberg_dies_aged_92⠀⇛ Ellsberg angered the Nixon White House in 1971 when he handed over documents from a top-secret report about US involvement in Vietnam, from 1945 to 1967, to the press. He had worked on the report after being sent to Saigon for the State Department. His Harvard education as well as serving in the Marine Corps and working at the Pentagon made him a top candidate for the job. But he had also become disillusioned by the war and realized that the US could not win. He began copying pages from the 7,000-page report and eventually leaked it to The New York Times, which published a first installment in 1971. This unleashed the fury of the Nixon administration which tried to block further publication. This eventually resulted in a freedom-of-the-press showdown at the Supreme Court that Nixon lost, marking a turning point for the role of the media in US life and politics. # ⚓ El País ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg,_who_leaked_Pentagon_Papers exposing_Vietnam_War_secrets,_dies_at_92⠀⇛ The Pentagon Papers had been commissioned in 1967 by then-Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, a leading public advocate of the war who wanted to leave behind a comprehensive history of the U.S. and Vietnam and to help his successors avoid the kinds of mistakes he would only admit to long after. The papers covered more than 20 years, from France’s failed efforts at colonization in the 1940s and 1950s to the growing involvement of the U.S., including the bombing raids and deployment of hundreds of thousands of ground troops during Lyndon Johnson’s administration. Ellsberg was among those asked to work on the study, focusing on 1961, when the newly-elected President John F. Kennedy began adding advisers and support units. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg,_Pentagon_Papers_whistleblower who_exposed_Vietnam_War_secrets,_dies_at_92⠀⇛ Long before Edward Snowden and Wikileaks were revealing government secrets in the name of transparency, Ellsberg let Americans know that their government was capable of misleading and even lying to them. In his later years Ellsberg would become an advocate for whistleblowers and leakers and his “Pentagon Papers” leak was portrayed in the 2017 movie “The Post.” Ellsberg secretly went to the media in 1971 in hopes of expediting the end of the Vietnam War. It made him the target of a smear campaign by the Nixon White House. Henry Kissinger, who was then the president’s national security adviser, referred to him as “the most dangerous man in America who must be stopped at all costs.” When he went to Saigon for the State Department in the mid-1960s, Ellsberg had an impressive resume. He had earned three degrees from Harvard, served in the Marine Corps and worked at the Pentagon and the RAND Corporation, the influential policy research think tank. # ⚓ BBC ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg:_Pentagon_Papers_whistleblower_dies aged_92⠀⇛ But espionage charges against Ellsberg were ultimately dismissed. “Daniel was a seeker of truth and a patriotic truth-teller, an anti-war activist, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great- grandfather, a dear friend to many, and an inspiration to countless more. He will be dearly missed by all of us,” Ellsberg’s family said in a statement obtained by NPR. For decades, Ellsberg was a tireless critic of government overreach and military interventions. # ⚓ NDTV ☛ Who_Was_Daniel_Ellsberg,_The_“Most_Dangerous_Man_In America”⠀⇛ Here are five facts about Daniel Ellsberg: [...] # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg,_American_Hero⠀⇛ Few people can say their actions helped to strengthen press freedom, end a war, and bring down a presidency. Daniel Ellsberg, who died today at the age of ninety-two, did just that. Ellsberg came to public prominence in 1971 when he photocopied a secret history of US involvement in the Vietnam War, what became known as the “Pentagon Papers,” and gave a copy to the New York Times. The New York Times’ decision to publish the papers set off a landmark press freedom battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court. Ellsberg became the first whistleblower indicted under the Espionage Act. In addition to seeking an indictment, Richard Nixon also set up a “White House Plumbers” unit to gather dirt on Ellsberg. This unit would later be at the heart of the Watergate scandal that resulted in Nixon’s downfall. # ⚓ Reason ☛ RIP_Daniel_Ellsberg,_Who_Told_the_World_the_Truth About_the_Vietnam_War⠀⇛ “The only thing that I could personally hope to achieve by my own efforts was to make these documents available to the American public for them to read and to learn from,” Ellsberg told Reason. But he had a “very important secondary objective”: halting what he saw as a dangerous trend of “executive secrecy” that had allowed successive presidents to “steal away so much power from the Congress and the public and to free itself from the kinds of checks and balances that were intended in the Constitution.” By giving those 7,000 pages to The New York Times two years earlier, Ellsberg changed the course of a war and shifted the American public’s view of the presidency. He may not have succeeded in the larger project of containing executive power, but he earned a place in the whistleblower hall of fame: one of a select few who, when entrusted with damning secrets, recognized that his patriotic duty was to tell the American people a difficult truth their leaders would rather have kept hidden. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Activist_Video_Archive:_Daniel_Ellsberg⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Remembering_The_Legend:_Indispensable_Truth Seeker_Daniel_Ellsberg⠀⇛ It is with great sadness that ScheerPost has learned of the death of legendary American figure Daniel Ellsberg. His work as a whistleblower, activist and advocate for government transparency is irreplaceable and without him, the country would be missing a crucial part of its history. His courage, conviction and commitment to challenging government secrecy and ensuring accountability ushered in a lasting dialogue in American politics that led to the revelations of people like Julian Assange and Edward Snowden. We send our condolences and best wishes to Daniel’s family and friends. # ⚓ [Old] Scheerpost ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg:_Confessions_of_a Nuclear_War_Planner⠀⇛ The former military analyst talks about why he leaked the Pentagon Papers and why there aren’t more whistleblowers today. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg’s_Heroism_Began_With_Listening to_the_Anti-War_Left⠀⇛ It’s tempting to view Ellsberg’s life, now that he has passed away, as a glide path to the actions he took. But the power of his memoir lies in its recognition of how contingent his decisions were. Ellsberg easily could have let others sacrifice to end the war, convincing himself that he was more valuable as an internal wrench in the war machine. Enjoying continued respectability, bureaucratic power, and technocratic prestige, Ellsberg could have reconciled his opposition to Vietnam with the broader thrust of US foreign policy, making it his mission to temper the excesses of the Cold War. After the Cold War, he might have made his peace with American primacy, as did so many liberals of Ellsberg’s generation, and reaped the luxuries that go with graybeard status. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg,_Who_Leaked_the_Pentagon Papers,_Is_Dead_at_92⠀⇛ The disclosure of the Pentagon Papers — 7,000 government pages of damning revelations about deceptions by successive presidents who exceeded their authority, bypassed Congress and misled the American people — plunged a nation that was already wounded and divided by the war deeper into angry controversy. It led to illegal countermeasures by the White House to discredit Mr. Ellsberg, halt leaks of government information and attack perceived political enemies, forming a constellation of crimes known as the Watergate scandal that led to the disgrace and resignation of President Richard M. Nixon. And it set up a First Amendment confrontation between the Nixon administration and The New York Times, whose publication of the papers was denounced by the government as an act of espionage that jeopardized national security. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the freedom of the press. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Like_Daniel_Ellsberg,_Others_Who Leaked_US_Government_Secrets_Have_Been_Seen_as_Traitors_and Heroes⠀⇛ That’s been true of others who released top-secret information that they felt was evidence of official wrongdoing. While Ellsberg, who died Friday, will be remembered in a largely positive light, the reputations of more recent figures are still contested. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_World_Bank_has_spent_$37_billion_since_2020_on “climate_mitigation”_projects._Most_have_little_to_do_with climate⠀⇛ Climate change is arguably the most pressing issue of our time, so it is probably good practice to look at how some of the most important things in life relate to it. How will health, education, or food change because of climate issues, or how should they change to make things better? # ⚓ France24 ☛ UN_climate_talks_in_Bonn_stymied_by_standoff over_carbon_cuts,_climate_financing⠀⇛ Pressure to speed cuts in carbon pollution took a back seat at UN climate talks that ended late Thursday night, as emerging economies, including China, demanded that rich ones vastly scale up climate financing. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Quest_to_Save_Chili_Peppers_from_Climate Change⠀⇛ A seed bank in Taiwan is home to more chili varieties than anywhere else on earth. In a warming world, we’re going to need them. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ NY_Attorney_General_James_Recovers $1.7_Million_from_Cryptocurrency_Platform_for_Operating Illegally⠀⇛ New York Attorney General Letitia James today recovered more than $1.7 million from COINEX (CoinEx) for failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and for falsely representing itself as a crypto exchange. Today’s agreement resolves Attorney General James’ lawsuit against CoinEx and requires the company to refund thousands of New York investors more than $1.1 million and pay more than $600,000 in penalties to the state. As part of today’s consent order, CoinEx is banned from offering, selling, or purchasing securities and commodities in New York and is prohibited from making its platform available in the state. In response to Attorney General James’ lawsuit, CoinEx publicly announced that it would withdraw its platform and services from the United States. Attorney General James has worked to increase oversight and regulation of cryptocurrency companies to protect New York investors, and has recovered more than $500 million from the cryptocurrency industry. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Canada_Highway_Crash:_At_Least_15 Killed_in_Manitoba_Collision⠀⇛ A bus and a semitruck collided on a rural stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway in Manitoba on Thursday, the police said. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Beyond_vanilla:_Mexico_home_to 1,200_species_of_orchids⠀⇛ Mexico has an enormously diverse number of orchid species — although many of these are now under threat from poaching and habitat loss. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Pollinator_protectors:_How_a_Mexico_City group_is_saving_its_bees⠀⇛ Hundreds of hives – and thousands of bees – are in danger in the heart of bustling Mexico City. But a group formed in 2018 called Abeja Negra SOS is relocating hives out of the city to ensure bees continue to pollinate ecosystems. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Collective_consistency_is_the_answer_to Beijing’s_trade_coercion⠀⇛ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s empowerment of his foreign and defence ministers, and the balancing of constructive diplomacy with military deterrence policy, have helped the government deliver a highly effective first year in international security [...] # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_threat_spectrum⠀⇛ Planet A Bangladesh has secured US$500 million from the World Bank to strengthen climate-resilient agricultural practices and enhance food security. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Canada_freezes_ties_with_China_development_bank⠀⇛ Communication chief accuses Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank of being run by Communist Party ‘hacks’. # ⚓ HT Digital Streams Ltd ☛ Remittances_to_India_fall_in_2023 on_US_tech_layoffs⠀⇛ The ramifications of the tech sector layoffs extend to remittance flows, considering that 36% of India’s remittances can be attributed to highly skilled migrants primarily in three high-income destinations: the US, UK, and Singapore # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Tech_vendors_have_been_hiking_prices_by up_to_24%_amid_inflation⠀⇛ Research from The ITAM Review – an independent global community for worldwide IT asset management, software asset management, and licensing professionals – has found the ongoing effects of COVID-19, rising inflation, soaring energy costs, and geopolitical instability have fueled price increases from software publishers across on- premises and SaaS product lines during the 2022/ 2023 financial year. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Why_It_Matters_Who_Caused_Inflation⠀⇛ Trying to understand the factors that fueled inflation is important, because whom we blame for inflation also shapes what we do about it. If inflation is caused primarily by overheated consumer demand, then it makes sense for the Fed to quell spending by hiking interest rates. But if corporations, rather than consumers, are driving inflation by raising their prices, then other tools may make more sense. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Asian_Infrastructure_Investment_Bank serves_China’s_Communist_Party,_says_Canadian_ex-exec._as bank_says_claims_‘baseless’⠀⇛ China’s ruling Communist Party dominates the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and uses it to further its interests, a former executive has alleged in claims that prompted Canada to suspend participation in the institution. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Boris_Johnson_joins_Daily_Mail_as_weekly columnist⠀⇛ The Mail says there is no evidence Boris Johnson lied to parliament. # ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Bill_C-11_Fallout_Continues:_Disney+ Pauses_Original_Commissions_in_Canada⠀⇛ The fallout from Bill C-11 has been the subject of several posts this week, including the demands from a wide range of services for exceptions to the law and warnings from streaming services such as PBS and AMC that they may block the Canadian market due to the regulatory burden imposed by the law. While those stories focus on the availability of services and content in Canada, a new Variety report points to another negative impact from the bill: less film and television production in Canada, at least in the short term. Throughout the Bill C-11 debate, there were concerns that the large streamers might pause their productions in Canada given the uncertainty over whether they would “count” for the purposes of new CRTC imposed contribution requirements. In other words, the bill could initially lead to less investment in Canada. # ⚓ Computer World ☛ EU_Parliament_approves_AI_Act,_moving_it closer_to_becoming_law⠀⇛ The European Parliament has approved a draft of the EU’s AI Act, taking a major step toward what could be the first comprehensive set of regulations for AI in the West. However, the legislation did not pass unanimously, with the final vote at 499 in favor, 28 against, and 93 abstentions. While today’s vote marks a huge step forward in the regulation of AI technology, the draft legislation is still subject to change, with each EU country needing to agree on the bill before it becomes law. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Elon_Musk_is_starting_to_face_the_consequences_of not_paying_Twitter’s_bills⠀⇛ Ever since Elon Musk took over last October, the company has been skipping various payments, from real estate rents to vendor bills. It now looks like the company is starting to face the consequences of its unfulfilled obligation. # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Conservatives_are_fringe_outliers_–_and leftists_could_learn_from_them⠀⇛ There’s an important lesson there for Dems, whose establishment is volubly proud of its independence from its voters. The Biden administration is a weirdly perfect illustration of this “independence.” The Biden admin is a kind of referee, doling out policies and appointments to its competing wings, without any coherence or consistency. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_world’s_regulatory_superpower_is taking_on_a_regulatory_nightmare:_artificial_intelligence⠀⇛ The humans are still in charge—for now. The European Parliament, the legislative branch of the European Union (EU), passed a draft law on Wednesday intended to restrict and add transparency requirements to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the twenty-seven-member bloc. In the AI Act, lawmakers zeroed in on concerns about biometric surveillance and disclosures for generative AI such as ChatGPT. The legislation is not final. But it could have far-reaching implications since the EU’s large size and single market can affect business decisions for companies based elsewhere—a phenomenon known as “the Brussels effect.” Below, Atlantic Council experts share their genuine intelligence by answering the pressing questions about what’s in the legislation and what’s next. [...] # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Google_hosts,_profits_from_fake_abortion clinic_ads:_report⠀⇛ The report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that aims to counter online misinformation, found that Google earned an estimated $10.2 million from ads for fake abortion clinics in the past two years. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ John_Durham’s_Disinformation Problem⠀⇛ The only person whose ties to the creator of the dossier that led the FBI to adopt false claims against Trump aides that Durham didn’t pursue was the guy, on whose behalf, Trump’s campaign regularly sent out internal polling data starting in May 2016, the guy, on whose behalf, Trump’s campaign manager briefed Russian agent Konstantin Kilimnik on the campaign’s plan to win swing states. The 2021 Treasury filing that stated, as fact, that Kilimnik is a, “known Russian Intelligence Services agent implementing influence operations on their behalf,” also stated, as fact, that in 2016, “Kilimnik provided the Russian Intelligence Services with sensitive information on polling and campaign strategy,” the very same polling data and campaign strategy he obtained from Trump’s campaign manager on Oleg Deripaska’s behalf. As I’ve laid out, John Durham never mentioned Kilimnik in his report, not once, to say nothing of how Kilimnik obtained internal polling data and a campaign strategy briefing and delivered it to Russian spies. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Spotify_Has_Stopped_Even_Sort_of Trying_to_Stem_Joe_Rogan’s_Vaccine_Misinformation⠀⇛ A broad swath of the anti-vaccine universe celebrated Thursday, when Joe Rogan, the biggest podcaster in the country, hosted a three-hour conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vax luminary turned presidential candidate. The conversation was an orgy of unchecked vaccine misinformation, some conspiracy-mongering about 5G technology and wifi, and, of course, Rogan once again praising ivermectin, an ineffective faux COVID treatment. As RFK began his campaign by downplaying his anti-vaccine activism, the conversation represented a bit of a return to form. But the episode also conclusively demonstrates that Spotify, the platform that reportedly paid more than $200 million to host Rogan’s show, has completely given up on addressing his relentless torrent of medical misinformation, except in the most pallid and surface-level ways. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Matthew_Garrett_Says_San_Francisco People_“Get_it.”_With_the_City_in_Court_Attacking_Homeless Americans._Also_Blasts_US_Constitution.⠀⇛ Matthew Garrett told me the other day on TechRights IRC that it’s unfortunate that American citizens can’t be arrested for talking about things he doesn’t agree with. [...] The United States can’t do much about people who blast the Freedom of Speech because they have the right to Freedom of Speech here. And yes, that is the same Freedom of Speech that allowed the Nazis to march in Skokie, but 40+ years later the Nazis are not well liked and don’t have a single member in the State or local governments in Illinois, even though they won their court case and were able to march in Skokie. Letting them march is the lesser evil. It reminds people that they’re there and they need to be vigilant to make sure they don’t come to power. Of course there are repercussions in the United States for being a Nazi, even though there is no law against it. If you openly admit it, you’re going to have a very hard time professionally. Nobody is going to elect you to anything. In Germany, where there’s no strong freedom of speech, they outlawed Nazi symbols, and parties, and ideologies, outlawed it, and there are Nazis in their legislature that just don’t wear swastikas and call themselves that. So big difference. They’re in the legislature introducing bills and voting on things, where they can actually do a lot of harm, as long as they don’t use symbols. This is my opinion of Matt, but I can’t figure out what else to call it when you say you support the Constitution and then go down the line saying that foundational pieces of it shouldn’t exist. If you didn’t agree to live under it, then I don’t believe for a minute that you should have filed an N-400. # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Spidey_stuck_in_censorship_web._Here’s why_‘Spider-Man:_Across_the_Spider-Verse’_is_blocked_from release_in_the_UAE⠀⇛ Scheduled to debut on June 22, just in time for the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday, the film’s release has been thwarted due to its failure to comply with the country’s strict censorship guidelines. One of the reasons cited for the ban is a blink-and-you- miss-it poster in the background of one frame, highlighting the importance of protecting trans lives. It seems this brief depiction clashed with the “local customs and values” that content in the region must adhere to, especially when targeted at younger audiences, as most animated films are. # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Bangladeshi_journalist_Golam_Rabbani_Nadim_beaten_to death_after_reporting_on_local_politician⠀⇛ Nadim’s family believes he was targeted in retaliation for his May 2023 series of reports for Banglanews24 about Mahmudul Alam Babu, chair of a local government unit and member of the ruling Awami League party, according to those reports. Babu denied any involvement in the attack. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ GitHub_Takes_Down_Cloudstream_APK_Code_Repo Following_MPA_Complaint⠀⇛ The Motion Picture Association sees the open-source Android app Cloudstream as a gateway to pirated streams. This week, the anti-piracy group successfully removed two ‘infringing’ code repositories from GitHub but a stripped-down version of the application remains unscathed. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Pakistani_journalists_abroad_face_terrorism investigations_at_home⠀⇛ The allegations were brought against the accused in relation to unspecified social media posts and videos by the journalists, according to copies of the first information reports, which cite sections of the penal code including criminal conspiracy and abetting mutiny, and the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, which carries a maximum punishment of death or life imprisonment. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ EU_Urges_Release_of_Jailed_Hong_Kong_Newspaper Founder_Lai⠀⇛ Hong Kong authorities have targeted the pro- democracy advocate and China critic since 2020 — partially in retaliation for the newspaper’s criticism of the Chinese government. Lai, 75, has been detained in a maximum-security prison since December 2020. His son Sebastien Lai said the resolution “sends a powerful message to Hong Kong that the targeting and imprisonment of my father and other prominent pro-democracy figures, in an attempt to silence them, is not going unnoticed by the international community.” # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Iranian_Journalist_Says_Newspaper_Fired_Her After_She_Alleged_Special_Forces_Officer_Misconduct⠀⇛ An Iranian journalist who was jailed last year for conducting an interview with Mahsa Amini’s father said Thursday that she has been “terminated” from her position at the newspaper where she had just started working. Nazila Maroufian said the move came days after she shared on her public Twitter account allegations that a Special Forces officer made derogatory comments about her when she refused to comply with the mandatory hijab requirement. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Joe_Lauria:_Assange’s_Most_Critical_Moment⠀⇛ A London High Court judge rejected Wikileaks editor Julian Assange’s appeal against his extradition to the United States. He now faces up to 175 years in prison — despite public opinion around the world and in his home country, Australia. The UN has declared his detention “arbitrary,” which usually results in the release of the detainee, but not so far. The fate of the man who revealed so many of the hidden crimes of the US empire hangs in the balance. Brian Becker is joined by Joe Lauria, editor in chief of Consortium News. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Woman_accused_by_Hong_Kong_national security_police of_perverting_justice_denied_bail⠀⇛ A 64-year old woman accused by Hong Kong national security police of perverting the course of justice has appeared in court and been denied bail. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ One_Tech_Subcontractor’s_Road_to Unionization⠀⇛ But from the first day on the job, Gwin began to realize that he had made a mistake. HCL falls under Google’s Temp, Vendor, Contractor (TVC) umbrella; TVCs make up more than half of Google’s workforce, and the arrangement means that the tech giant is not legally responsible for either Gwin’s compensation or his working conditions. Nancy, the operations manager and team lead of Catalogs, the team Gwin was joining, rattles off a list of rules. Don’t tell anyone you work for Google — you work for HCL. Don’t eat the dinner offered to workers too often, and if you do, don’t eat too much. Aside from four hours of annual online training, you can’t work from home under any circumstances. Don’t ask your Google program manager for anything. Don’t ever talk to your Google supervisors. Don’t talk to Google employees. Don’t walk too fast past Googlers. Don’t talk too loud near Googlers. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Computer World ☛ US_judge_temporarily_blocks_Microsoft’s Activision_deal_at_request_of_FTC⠀⇛ An evidentiary hearing will be held on June 22 for the judge to hear oral arguments about whether the injunction should remain in force until the FTC’s antitrust case is resolved. The ruling on the FTC’s request for an injunction comes six months after the FTC filed its initial antitrust case against the acquisition, arguing that if the deal were to go ahead, Microsoft would have an “increased incentive to withhold or degrade Activision’s content in ways that substantially lessen competition — including competition on product quality, price, and innovation.” # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Justservice_cloud_patent_affirmed invalid_by_Federal_Circuit⠀⇛ On June 14, 2023, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Office’s final decision, in a summary Rule 36 affirmance, confirming that claims of U.S._Patent_10,476,868 was unpatentable. Owned by JustService Net LLC,the ’868 patent is related to cloud and data-storage technology and was asserted against Dropbox. # ⚓ Federal_Circuit_Affirms_PTAB_Finding_that_Claims_for Blood_Pressure_Treatment_are_Obvious⠀⇛ The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled in a precedential decision Wednesday that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) was correct to affirm a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) examiner’s finding that the claims of U.S. Patent Application 15/131,442 were obvious in view of the prior art. # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Checking_Essentiality_within SISVEL’s_AV1_Pool_–_InterDigital’s_U.S._9,227,243⠀⇛ As part of an ongoing series examining the patent holders and pools erroneously designating patents as essential, we highlight U.S._Patent_9,277,243 titled “Methods and apparatus for in-loop de- artifact filtering.” This patent is owned by InterDigital_VC_Holdings,_Inc. InterDigital has designated the ’243 patent as essential to the AV1 standard as a part of SISVEL’s_AV1 Patent_Pool. SeeAV1 Patent List, AV1 Family AV1-056, available at https://www.sisvel.com/ images/documents/Video-Coding-Platform/ PatentList_AV1.pdf. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ AEG_Officially_Rebrands_LA Live’s_‘Microsoft_Theater’_to_‘Peacock_Theater’⠀⇛ AEG officially rebrands LA Live’s ‘Microsoft Theater’ to ‘Peacock Theater’ in a multi-year agreement that sees Peacock becoming the exclusive streaming partner of the downtown LA sports and entertainment district. / blockquote> # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-15_[Older]_Music_Labels_Sue_Twitter for_$250_Million_as_Its_Reputation_Circles_the_Drain⠀⇛ # ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ Digital_business_models_are changing:_what_are_artists’_thoughts,_hopes_and_fears in_this_new_world?⠀⇛ Against that background, it’s disappointing that the report doesn’t make the crucial connection between many of the problems and challenges that it identifies for future development, and the outdated and harmful nature of copyright in a digital world. Although the word “copyright” is mentioned eight times, it seems throughout to be accepted as an inevitable part of the future artistic landscape. As readers of Walled Culture the book well know, that’s certainly not the case. Not only is creativity possible without copyright, but it is able to flourish far better without the legal and economic constraints born of copyright’s forlorn obsession with controlling digital copies. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Grammys_bans_AI-only_music,_allows ‘only_human_creators’⠀⇛ AI-only work is banned, but some music created with AI help may qualify in certain categories, the academy’s updated rulebook reads. “A work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any categories.” Music creators must now contribute to at least 20% of an album to earn a nomination. In the past, any producer, songwriter, engineer or featured artist on an album could earn a nomination for album of the year, even if the person had a small input. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ IBCAP/DISH_Prevail_in_Jadoo_TV_Piracy Lawsuit,_CEO_Held_Personally_Liable⠀⇛ The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy and member DISH Network have emerged victorious in a long-running lawsuit against pirate set-top box distributor Jadoo TV. This week a California court granted summary judgment, finding Jadoo TV and CEO Sajid Sohail liable for direct, contributory, and vicarious infringement. Personal liability for Sohail is significant given Jadoo TV’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AYELQUB_Wordo:_BEDIM⠀⇛ o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Re:_degrowth_and_its_discontents⠀⇛ Gemini is similar to the way the web was, around 1993. Gemini feels to him as though it is “devoid of human contact”. In this connection he mentions measures such as IndieAuth, feed aggregators and ActivityPub, which complement the basic web stack, and which afford some means of connection with other users. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 4469 ➮ Generation completed at 02:42, i.e. 105 seconds to (re)generate ⟲