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Now, months later, the hype is gone and the bubble_is_imploding (ChatGPT is losing users at a rapid rate). ChatGPT was never impressive; it was just marketed as “impressive” by media that got paid to say it was impressive, causing a sort of “fear of missing out” (FOMO). ChatGPT will probably never even get much of a mention next year. What about other glorified “brands” from Microsoft/’Open’AI? Well, try to name one. Which one other than ChatGPT? In terms of usage, it’s going down and down every month. Right now it’s in the red again: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇SimilarWeb_OpenAI⦈_ Way past its peak As it turns out, based on research from Purdue, there’s_not_only_a disinformation_issue_when_it_comes_to_text but also code. To quote: The Purdue team analyzed ChatGPT’s answers to 517 Stack Overflow questions to assess the correctness, consistency, comprehensiveness, and conciseness of ChatGPT’s answers. The US academics also conducted linguistic and sentiment analysis of the answers, and questioned a dozen volunteer participants on the results generated by the model. “Our analysis shows that 52 percent of ChatGPT answers are incorrect and 77 percent are verbose,” the team’s paper concluded. “Nonetheless, ChatGPT answers are still preferred 39.34 percent of the time due to their comprehensiveness and well-articulated language style.” Among the set of preferred ChatGPT answers, 77 percent were wrong. Well, that simple observation, and combined with the fact that it is plagiarism as a service, should remind people not to bother with ChatGPT, both for practical and legal reasons. 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We estimated that back then in 2020 Microsoft had killed far more than COVID-19 had killed and nothing has improved since then. “Microsoft prioritises back doors rather than security.”Our News Roundup (or Daily Links) contained a lot of news about a wave of hospitals becoming subjected to Windows breaches. In addition, Microsoft’s “clown computing” turned out to be a circus, with crackers going in and out without even being noticed. Microsoft refuses to talk about this (until the US government forces it to, for the government too becomes a casualty), so the video above discusses what happened, alluding also to Bruce_Schneier’s_latest_post_about_it. So even a Microsoft apologist isn’t too impressed. There are a lot of layers to this and it reminds us that Microsoft kills, even if not so directly. Microsoft prioritises_back_doors_rather_than_security. Do_we_want_our_GNU/Linux_and_BSD_booting_to_rely_on_such_a_company? Of course not. We need protection from cybercriminals rather than reliance on criminals like Matthew_J_Garrett, the Coke_Fly who’s doing bios. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 419 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.09.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_09/08/2023:_New_NVIDIA_Driver_and_GNU/Linux_Market_Growth⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:25 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Graphics_Stack o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Education o Licensing_/_Legal o Programming/Development # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Linux_Foundation o Security # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Software_Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ NVIDIA_driver_535.98_now_available_for Linux⠀⇛ NVIDIA GPU owners may want to go and grab some updates as driver 535.98 is out now. This is a pretty small release for their Production Branch, which is suitable for everyone to install and use containing a bunch of needed bug fixes. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Pi My Life Up ☛ Running_your_Raspberry_Pi_as_a_Wake-on-LAN Server⠀⇛ While the Raspberry Pi does not support receiving Wake-on-LAN packets, it is more than capable of sending them. There are various ways you can utilize this functionality. In our network, we have a Raspberry Pi set up to power back on a NAS after a power outage has occurred. While both are plugged into a UPS, it allows the more power-hungry NAS to safely shut down and be powered back on when everything is safe. # ⚓ SusamPal ☛ Sorting_Lines_in_Emacs⠀⇛ In this post, we will look at some hands-on experiments that demonstrate the various Emacs commands that can be used to sort lines in different ways. The Emacs documentation about sorting text is available at GNU Emacs Manual: Sorting Text. From within Emacs, this documentation can be reached by typing M-: (info “(emacs) Sorting”) RET. This post here is going to focus on a subset of the commands documented there along with examples that illustrate the behaviour of these commands. After following the 12 experiments presented below, you should get a fairly concrete idea about how the various sorting commands function. # ⚓ Anton Zhiyanov ☛ Writing_a_package_manager⠀⇛ Needless to say, building a package manager is not an easy task. In fact, Sam Boyer has written a great article about the problems involved. So I won’t going to dwell on it. This article explains the design choices and implementation details that allowed me to actually build a working package manager in a couple of weeks (mostly evenings and nights, to be honest). I tried to leave out most of the SQLite specifics, so hopefully you can apply this approach to any package manager should you decide to build one. # ⚓ Mat Duggan ☛ Adventures_in_IPv6_Part_2⠀⇛ As I discussed in Part 1 I’ve converted this site over to pure IPv6. Well at least as pure as I could get away with. I still have some problems though, chief among them that I cannot send emails with the Ghost CMS. I’ve switched from Mailgun to Scaleway which does have IPv6 for their SMTP service. # ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ Install_FreeCAD_on_Ubuntu_–_An_Excellent Software_for_Architects,_Manufacturers_and_Hobbyists⠀⇛ FreeCAD is a 2D and 3D computer aided design software for architectural, mechanical and technical drawings. Today, FreeCAD is used by architects to draw house/building, manufacturers to produce parts with CNC machines, as well as hobbyists to create things with 3D printers. It is licensed under GNU LGPL license and available gratis on Ubuntu. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Linux_overtakes_Mac_as_Steam’s_second-most used_OS,_and_it’s_all_thanks_to_the_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ Linux has surpassed macOS as the second-most used operating system on Steam according to the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey from July. While Linux remains a distant second place to top dog Windows, it’s still seen a rapid increase in adoption among Steam users almost entirely attributable to the Linux-based Steam Deck. As Ars Technica points out, the Deck’s SteamOS version of Linux accounts for a whopping 42% of reported Linux users on Steam, with Arch Linux lagging far behind in second place at 7.94% adoption. Windows still absolutely dominates the overall field at 96.21% of users, with all versions of Linux at 1.96% and macOS hanging out down at 1.84%. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Building_a_Retro_Linux_Gaming_Computer_Part 31:_The_Fear_of_Loss⠀⇛ Return to Part 1: Dumpster Diving # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Celebrate_the_end_of_Summer_with_this Capcom_Steam_Sale⠀⇛ The summer season is coming to an end; students are heading back to school and tech deals are popping up from left to right. Capcom has seen fit to get in on the season with the Capcom End of Summer Steam Sale. With platforming legends like Mega Man and entire Arcade Collections receiving deep discounts. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Looks_like_Valve_will_sell_refurbished Steam_Decks⠀⇛ UPDATE 18:15 UTC: this is now official see the latest article. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ One_of_my_favourite_roguelikes_Jupiter_Hell adds_modding_support⠀⇛ Oh hell! Time for another few runs then I think. Jupiter Hell, one of my favourite roguelikes with seriously slick movement design now has modding support. ChaosForge team, the developer of Jupiter Hell, gained recognition for creating Doom, the Roguelike (known also as DRL.) They built the Jupiter Hell as a spiritual successor to DRL. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ 83_of_the_top_100_most_played_Steam_games work_on_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ Taking a look at the most-played games on Steam by player-count, here’s how many of them should be playable on Steam Deck and desktop Linux. Checking via the Steam Deck Verified rating (either Verified or Playable), and then the ProtonDB / Linux Native rating for desktop Linux. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Now_official:_you_can_buy_a_refurbished Steam_Deck_from_Valve⠀⇛ After it was leaked a bit too early, Valve have now confirmed and put up all three Steam Deck models to buy refurbished direct from the Steam store. On the official main Steam Deck website, if you scroll down a bit there’s a new link leading to the Valve Certified Refurbished Steam Deck page where you can order one. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Introducing_KRdp:_New_RDP_Library_for Plasma_Wayland_Session⠀⇛ In an era where remote work has become the norm and the need for seamless remote computer control has intensified, the KDE development team has devised a solution for modern desktops and display server Wayland. Enter KRdp, the cutting-edge RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) library designed to revolutionize remote control of Plasma Wayland sessions. With an innovative approach leveraging existing technologies and focusing on performance, KRdp is poised to reshape how we interact with our remote computers. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Debian_13_Will_Officially_Support_64-Bit_RISC- V⠀⇛ I totally missed news that Debian has made RISC-V a supported architecture – and somewhat selfishly I’m hoping some of you missed it to so this post isn’t so late it’s moot! Debian 13 “Trixie” will be the first version of the Linux distro to officially support 64-bit RISC- V hardware. That “officially” is an important qualifier; while it’s already possible to run Debian on RISC-V hardware those efforts have hitherto been “ports”. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Rolling-Release_Ubuntu-based_Rhino_Linux_Has Landed⠀⇛ You might remember us covering last year that Rhino Linux would be the successor of the now-defunct ‘Rolling Rhino Remix’. After much waiting, its first stable release is here! Let’s dig in and see what Rhino Linux has to offer. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ What_is_virtualization?_A_beginners’_guide.⠀⇛ o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Stephan van Rooij ☛ I_disconnected_our_smart_oven, and_maybe_you_should_as_well⠀⇛ I really don’t like the fact that my oven connects to China and Russia just to check if it has an internet connection. If that is the only thing it’s doing. The support department isn’t very helpful as well, they have no clue what I’m talking about and refuse any help. Probably because there isn’t a hardware malfunction. # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ How_to_take_the_first_step_toward_smart energy_management⠀⇛ But for the average consumer, replacing an electrical system is a lot more daunting than swapping out a thermostat. So how should the average person think about making their energy infrastructure smart? # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Mixtile_opens_pre-orders_for_Core_3588E starting_at_$109.00⠀⇛ Mixtile recently announced that their Core 3588E SO-DIMM Rockchip-based modules are available to preorder with an 18% discount for a limited time. This embedded device can be configured with up to 16GB RAM + 128GB eMMC and it’s compatible with the NVIDIA Jetson TX2 NX carrier boards. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Esar ☛ SIEG_SC4_Electronic_Lead_Screw⠀⇛ For anyone unfamiliar, a lathe usually has a chain of gears linking the spindle/chuck to the lead screw that drives the carriage backwards and forwards along the bed. The gears can be changed to alter how far the carriage moves for each rotation of the spindle. For example, to cut the thread on an M6 screw, the gears would be setup so that the carriage moves 1mm for each rotation. # ⚓ Frederico Bittencourt ☛ Playing_a_single_note_with_SDL2⠀⇛ I have successfully avoided sound programming for all my programming life. Even when I tried making games, sound was always an afterthought. However, recently I got a new pair of headphones, and wondered: “what makes sound good?”, or “how much of the quality can be improved by hardware?”, and even “what is the structure of a sound file?”. If you’re looking for answers to all these questions — sorry, you are in the wrong place. I don’t have them (yet). But I can offer something equally fun: make your computer play a note by writing less than 100 lines of C code. # ⚓ Pi My Life Up ☛ Monitoring_a_UPS_with_NUT_on_the_Raspberry Pi⠀⇛ NUT stands for Network UPS Tool and allows a device like your Raspberry Pi to communicate with a UPS and monitor it. Best of all, NUT lets you broadcast UPS information to other NUT clients. This server functionality allows other systems to access your UPS information and react accordingly. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Nigerian_primary_school_students_built_a music_player_from_discarded_parts⠀⇛ Zakariya dedicated nearly a full term (three months) of extracurricular activity time to achieving this remarkable success. Countless hours were spent searching through bins and thrift stores for discarded items. The team’s determination and keen eye meant that they could identify speakers that were still in working condition, despite being discarded by others. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Easyeda2KiCad:_Never_Draw_A_Footprint_Again⠀⇛ What if I told you that you might never need to draw a new footprint again? Such is my friend’s impression of the tool that she’s shown me and I’m about to show you in turn, having used this tool for a few projects, I can’t really disagree! o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ New_Android_14_Security_Feature:_IT_Admins Can_Now_Disable_2G_Networks⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google’s_out_to_make_a_few_converts_with new_Switch_to_Android_video_series⠀⇛ # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Google_Is_Turning_on_RCS_for_Most_Android Phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ 6_Best_Fixes_for_Audio_Messages_Not_Working_in_Messages_App on_Android_–_Guiding_Tech⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_details_how_Android_14_protects_against cellular_attacks⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_14_could_stop_your_one-time passwords_from_leaking⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ Mastering_the_curl_command_line⠀⇛ For the firs time ever, I am going to present a single, very long, video class with the title shown above. This session will be streamed and recorded live on August 31, starting at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST, 09:00 PDT) and is expected to take about two and a half hours. Due to many uncertainties, the stream might of course be longer even if the end recording might get edited down a little. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Thunderbird_115.1_Released_with_Bug Fixes_&_UI_Buffs⠀⇛ To keep things ticking over nicely a scheduled update to the open source email client is rolling out. The update brings a bunch of bug fixes to bear, plus a couple of minor UI tweaks. Thunderbird 115.1 hides the Quick Filter bar by default. I think this gives the e-mail client (in whatever layout you’re using) a sleeker presentation. Still it’s only hidden by default not removed; the Quick Filter bar is still included and you can show/hide it with a mouse click or a key press. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Hackers_prepare_to_take_on_a_satellite at_DEF_CON⠀⇛ Flying somewhere high above the earth is a small satellite that, for the next week, will be target #1 for five teams of hackers at this year’s DEF CON conference. The annual Hack-A-Sat capture the flag (CTF) competition held at Aerospace Village at the annual DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas is the first time an on-orbit satellite will test contestants mettle while bringing together hackers who don’t typically work on space systems. o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ eSecurity Planet ☛ SandboxAQ_Open_Sources_Cryptography Management_Tool_for_Post-Quantum_Era⠀⇛ The AI and quantum spin-out from Alphabet uses the Sandwich framework for the Cryptoservice module in its SandboxAQ Security Suite, currently used by several U.S. government agencies, global banks, telcos, and tech companies. The framework is designed to simplify cryptography management and give developers greater observability and control. “Modern cryptography management and cryptographic agility are becoming increasingly more essential for businesses of all sizes; however, there has been a distinct lack of open-source tools for developers to support these features,” Graham Steel, head of product for the company’s Quantum Security Group, said in a statement. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Orb_Web_Desktop⠀⇛ [Hugo Leisink] is a programmer who contributes to Open Source projects. In their spare time, they have been developing a web-browser-based operating system called Orb. It is available for the princely sum of zero cheeseburgers and doesn’t need a high- spec machine to run smoothly. The project is built using PHP and Javascript, which allows it to run efficiently on most desktop devices. There are a number of apps included, which are again written in a combination of PHP and js, together with a few written using webasm. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Julia Evans ☛ What_helps_people_get_comfortable_on the_command_line?⠀⇛ I think there are two parts to getting comfortable: motivation and resources. I’ll start with a couple of motivations and then list some resources. a “killer app” A few people mentioned a “killer command line app” that motivated them to start spending more time on the command line. For example: [...] * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Alex Ewerlöf ☛ SLI:_Valid_vs_Total⠀⇛ Service level indicator guides the optimization. Valid scopes that optimization. o ⚓ El País ☛ Two_consecutive_solar_flares_send_potential_geomagnetic storm_toward_Earth⠀⇛ In both cases, the flare emerged from the same sunspot, cataloged as region 3386. Although sunspots are not the same as flares, there is a relationship between the two solar phenomena. More sunspots mean “more activity and a higher probability of flares,” Consuelo Cid Tortuero, a senior scientist at the Spanish National Service of Space Meteorology, recently explained. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hacking_Fake_Food⠀⇛ Ever seen a restaurant where they display fake models of the food on the menu? We never thought much about how shokuhin sampuru — the Japanese name — were made until we watched [Process X]’s video showing a 71-year- old artist creating food models. We aren’t sure what we — or you — would do with this information, but it is a striking process, and there must be something you could do with it. We suggest turning on the English captions, but you’d probably enjoy watching the unusual craftsmanship even with no words. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Ancient_Skull_Found_in_China_Is_Unlike_Any Human_Seen_Before⠀⇛ An unexpected hybrid we never knew about. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Connected_Old_Mice_to_Young Mice,_And_It_Rejuvenated_Them⠀⇛ But the knife cuts both ways. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_employers_request_incentives_for_workers’ education⠀⇛ On August 7, the Latvian Employers’ Confederation (LDDK) sent an invitation to the Ministry of Education and Science (IZM) to encourage changes related to tax incentives available to the employer to cover the higher education costs of the employee. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Blazing_Fireball_Over_Australia_Was Probably_Space_Junk,_Expert_Says⠀⇛ We didn’t see this one coming. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Regrow_Retinal_Cells_in_The_Lab Using_Nanotechnology⠀⇛ One day, this could help millions. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Our_Galaxy_Is_Home_to_Trillions_of_Worlds Gone_Rogue⠀⇛ Astronomers have found that free-floating planets far outnumber those bound to a host star. # ⚓ Axios ☛ U.S._scientists_achieve_another_milestone_in nuclear_fusion_energy⠀⇛ U.S. scientists at the federal Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced Sunday that they achieved net energy gain in a nuclear fusion_reaction for a second time — this time a higher energy yield. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ How_Diamonds_Make_Their_Way_to_The Surface⠀⇛ And where to find them. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ An_800-Year-Old_Math_Trick_Could_Be_The_Key to_Navigating_The_Moon⠀⇛ The Moon isn’t as round as you think. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Ministry_encourages_financial_aid_to_Latvia’s eastern_border_schools⠀⇛ The Ministry of Education and Science (IZM) proposes to create a separate financial program, along with the reform of the school network, to support local governments and schools located at the external borders of the European Union, the IZM said in a statement on August 4. # ⚓ Daniel Miessler ☛ High-Entropy_Writing⠀⇛ That pinged my brain super hard because I read a full biography on Claude Shannon a couple of years ago, and it went deep into his invention of information theory. Here’s the basic idea. # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ More_students_using_smartphones_for entertainment_than_study:_survey⠀⇛ The survey revealed that 49.3% of students in rural India have access to smartphones. However, among the parents whose children have access to gadgets, 76.7% stated that their children primarily use mobile phones to play video games. Of the students with access to gadgets, 56.6% used the devices for downloading and watching movies, while 47.3% used them to download and listen to music, the survey said. Only 34% use the gadgets for study downloads, and 18% accessed online learning via tutorials. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ The Drone Girl ☛ America_has_never_seen_a_drone_this_big⠀⇛ It’s 1,125 pounds. It’s been spraying pesticides and other chemicals over farms in Central and South America. And now, it’s coming to the U.S. That’s the Pyka Pelican Spray craft — and it just became the largest-ever, automated electric aircraft in the U.S. to receive Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorization for commercial operation. # ⚓ The Drone Girl ☛ Serena_Williams’_gender_reveal_party_might be_the_most_epic_drone_light_show_yet⠀⇛ The cost of a drone light show certainly varies particularly based on the number of drones involved. At one point Intel sold drone light shows starting at $99,000, but easily topping $300,000 for shows involving more than 500 drones. Some smaller, independent companies charge less though. For example, Texas-based Verge Aero says its drone shows usually cost between $50,000 to $200,000 for a customized, outdoor drone light show. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ No_Need_To_Buy_A_Woodchipper_–_Build_One!⠀⇛ Polish YouTuber WorkshopFromScratch finally got fed up with tripping over piles of garden detritus and decided to have a go at building a woodchipper (Video, embedded below). Since they had a ‘small’ 1.5kW gearmotor just lying idle (as you do) it was an obvious fit for a machine that needs torque rather than supersonic speed. The video is a fabulous 20-minute journey through the workshop showing just about every conceivable metalworking tool being used at some point. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ STM32_Oscilloscope_Uses_All_The_Features⠀⇛ [jgpeiro] is no slouch when it comes to building small, affordable oscilloscopes out of common microcontrollers. His most recent, based on an RP2040 with two channels that ran at 100 MSps, put it on the order of plenty of commercially-available oscilloscopes at this sample rate but at a fraction of the price. He wanted to improve on the design though, making a smaller unit with a greatly reduced bill-of-materials and with a more streamlined design, so he came up with this STM32- based oscilloscope. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Inside_The_PET_Keyboard⠀⇛ These days, you have a certain expectation for computer keys on a keyboard. Of course, there are variations and proponents of different mechanisms and noise levels. However, back in the late part of the 20th century, it was a different world. Computers came with a bewildering and sometimes befuddling array of keyboards. Since the IBM Selectric was the king of typewriters, we assumed the IBM PC keyboard would be spectacular, but it wasn’t. The PC Jr was even worse! Atari experimented with flat keyboards to save costs, and many computers had keys more reminiscent of calculator keys than you would imagine. The market voted. In general, a keyboard that wasn’t really a keyboard was the kiss of death for a computer. Case in point: the Commodore PET with its infamous chicklet keyboard, which gets a detailed examination in a recent post from [Norbert Landsteiner]. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Private_Equity_Takeover_of_Hospice_Care⠀⇛ Laure Fuerstenberg promised her husband, Leo, that he wouldn’t die in pain. But when his organs started failing, his hospice care providers were nowhere to be found. The on-duty nurse had muted her phone and missed 16 of Laure’s calls. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Reveal_The_2_Best_Exercises_to Lower_Blood_Pressure⠀⇛ It’s easy to get started at home. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ How_We_Used_Machine_Learning_to_Look_Where Ebola_May_Strike⠀⇛ The bright spots on the map struck us like a lightning bolt. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Inside_ProPublica’s_Machine_Learning_Model for_Future_Ebola_Outbreaks⠀⇛ # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ Michigan_‘river_walker’_program_warns anglers_on_eating_contaminated_fish⠀⇛ He is part of a small army of volunteer “river walkers,” who spend their days on the banks of Michigan’s most polluted rivers, warning anglers of the risks that come from eating contaminated fish and advising them on how to fish safely. “I believe that one of the things we can do is to educate people about things in the environment that can help protect their health,” Bridgforth said. In a state where industrial pollution has tainted the tissue of fish in waterways from metro Detroit to the Upper Peninsula, they have their work cut out for them. # ⚓ Vox ☛ How_airplane_legroom_got_so_tight⠀⇛ Legroom is a precious commodity, and airlines are aware of this. After all, there is a finite amount of space on planes. In order to get the maximum number of people on board, you have to either innovate — for instance, by designing slimmer seats — or you have to shrink the seat pitch. Airlines have done both. Plus, they now give you the option to spend some more money to upgrade for more legroom, allowing you (and your wallet) to choose how comfortable you want to be. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ I_need_to_delete_Twitter⠀⇛ At some point, I got fed up with Instagram. I couldn’t bring myself to care about any of it — about the filtered lives of celebrities or people I barely knew in high school. It’s a little amusing, but I thought I was doing the very smart, very adult thing by cutting down my screen time and moving on. Now I know that what I really wanted was just distance from my old self, the one that existed within the borders of those three-by-three- inch squares. She looked happy and healthy, blissfully ignorant of what was to come. And I couldn’t really remember what that felt like anymore. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Google,_you’re_not_unleashing_‘unproven’ AI_medical_bots_on_hospital_patients,_yeah?⠀⇛ Med-PaLM 2 is based on Google’s large language model PaLM 2, and is fine-tuned on medical information. The system can generate written answers in response to medical queries, summarize documents, and retrieve data. Google introduced the model in April, and said a select group of Google Cloud customers were testing the software. One of those testers is VHC Health, a hospital in Virginia affiliated with the Mayo Clinic, according to Senator Warner. In a letter to Google chief Sundar Pichai, Warner said he was concerned that generative AI raises “complex new questions and risks” particularly when applied in the healthcare industry.Google, you’re not unleashing ‘unproven’ AI medical bots on hospital patients, yeah? # ⚓ ACLU ☛ Idaho_Wants_to_Jail_Professors_for_Teaching_About Abortion⠀⇛ At Idaho’s public universities, professors who teach, discuss, or write about abortion may now face up to 14 years of imprisonment under Idaho’s abortion censorship law, the No Public Funds for Abortion Act (NPFAA). The law, which prohibits the use of any public funds to “promote” or “counsel in favor of abortion,” has shut down academic inquiry about abortion — one of today’s most urgent social, moral, and political issues — across university classrooms and campuses in the state. Idaho’s abortion censorship law works in tandem with anti- abortion officials’ aggressive enforcement of the state’s abortion laws — among the harshest in the country — to silence speech advocating for abortion access. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ How_Social_Media_Apps_Could_Be_Fueling Homicides_Among_Young_Americans⠀⇛ Violence prevention workers described feuds that started on Instagram, Snapchat and other platforms and erupted into real life with terrifying speed. “When I was young and I would get into an argument with somebody at school, the only people who knew about it were me and the people at school,” said James Timpson, a violence prevention worker in Baltimore. “Not right now. Five hundred people know about it before you even leave school. And then you got this big war going on.” o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ The_Pope_Doubles_Down_on_AI_Concerns⠀⇛ Just weeks after the release of the Vatican’s official guide to AI ethics — a surprising project developed in collaboration with the very secular folks over at Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics — Pope Francis is making his AI concerns clear once again, using this year’s World Peace Day to issue a call for AI responsibility and caution. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Revenge_of_the_Writers:_AI_Fiction_Analysis_Site Toppled_by_Revolt⠀⇛ A new site, Prosecraft.io offered to lend a helping hand to struggling writers, using AI algorithims to analyze the text of thousands of books from their favorite authors. On Monday, it was abruptly shutdown by its creator. It turns out — not surprisingly — that those authors never got a say in letting their copyrighted text get scraped wholesale, just to be graded on meaningless criteria like “vividness” and the use of passive voice. # ⚓ Third Door Media LLC ☛ GPTBot:_OpenAI_releases_new_web crawler⠀⇛ Robots.txt. You can use robots.txt to block GPTBot from accessing your website, or parts of it. To disallow GPTBot to access your site you can add GPTBot to your site’s robots.txt: [...] # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Meet_the_Brains_Behind_the_Malware- Friendly_AI_Chat_Service_‘WormGPT’⠀⇛ WormGPT, a private new chatbot service advertised as a way to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to write malicious software without all the pesky prohibitions on such activity enforced by the likes of ChatGPT and Google Bard, has started adding restrictions of its own on how the service can be used. Faced with customers trying to use WormGPT to create ransomware and phishing scams, the 23-year- old Portuguese programmer who created the project now says his service is slowly morphing into “a more controlled environment.” # ⚓ [Repeat] Digital Music News ☛ Threads_Userbase_Shrinks Dramatically_Following_Strong_Initial_Numbers_—_As_Top Artists_Decide_Against_Signing_Up⠀⇛ After attracting a massive number of users out of the gate, Meta’s Threads has reportedly experienced a material community-size falloff. Meanwhile, more than a few commercially prominent artists have thus far decided against using the Twitter alternative. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_Fear_Of_AI_Just_Killed_A_Very_Useful_Tool⠀⇛ I do understand why so many people, especially creative folks, are worried about AI and how it’s used. The future is quite unknown, and things are changing very rapidly, at a pace that can feel out of control. However, when concern and worry about new technologies and how they may impact things morphs into mob-inspiring fear, dumb things happen. I would much rather that when we look at new things, we take a more realistic approach to them, and look at ways we can keep the good parts of what they provide, while looking for ways to mitigate the downsides. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Microsoft_Patch_Tuesday,_August 2023_Edition [Ed: Microsoft, where back doors -- not security -- are the goals]⠀⇛ Microsoft Corp. today issued software updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related products, including multiple zero-day vulnerabilities currently being exploited in the wild. o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ HPC Wire ☛ Flash_Memory_Summit_Highlights_SEF,_Linux Foundation’s_Latest_Leap_in_Cloud_Storage_Tech⠀⇛ The Linux Foundation is excited to announce that Software-Enabled Flash (SEF), an open source project, will be showcased at the Flash Memory Summit (FMS) in San Jose, California. This marks a significant milestone in the evolution of flash cloud storage, offering hyperscalers unprecedented control over their flash-based storage capabilities. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ It’s_Summer_Security_Week_at_EFF⠀⇛ EFF’s activists, technologists, and lawyers fight so you can use technology on your own terms. Wrongheaded tech policies endanger your rights to communicate privately and securely, and to express yourself creatively on the web. But you’ll help protect these rights for everyone when you become an EFF supporter. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Another_round_of_speculative-execution vulnerabilities⠀⇛ A series of patches has landed in the mainline kernel, including one for gather data sampling mitigation and one to disable the AVX extension on CPUs where microcode mitigation is not available. “”This is a *big* hammer. It is known to break buggy userspace that uses incomplete, buggy AVX enumeration.”” Not to be left out, AMD processors suffer from a return-stack overflow vulnerability, again exploitable via speculative execution; this patch, also just merged, describes the problem and its mitigation. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ ‘Downfall’_vulnerability_leaves_billions of_Intel_CPUs_at_risk⠀⇛ “When you have a vulnerability like this, essentially this software-hardware contract is broken, and the software can access physical memory inside the hardware that was supposed to be abstracted away from the user program,” Moghimi told CyberScoop in an interview. “It violates a lot of assumptions we make in general about operating system security.” The implications of the flaw are huge. Intel has likely sold billions of processors that include the vulnerability, which has existed since at least 2014. The flaw affects both personal and cloud computers, and the vulnerability can likely be used to break the isolation that ought to exist between data belonging to users on a cloud computing device. # ⚓ Downfall_Attacks⠀⇛ Downfall attacks targets a critical weakness found in billions of modern processors used in personal and cloud computers. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-40982, enables a user to access and steal data from other users who share the same computer. For instance, a malicious app obtained from an app store could use the Downfall attack to steal sensitive information like passwords, encryption keys, and private data such as banking details, personal emails, and messages. Similarly, in cloud computing environments, a malicious customer could exploit the Downfall vulnerability to steal data and credentials from other customers who share the same cloud computer. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (libhtmlcleaner-java and thunderbird), Red Hat (dbus, kernel, kernel-rt, kpatch-patch, and thunderbird), Scientific Linux (thunderbird), SUSE (chromium, gstreamer-plugins-bad, gstreamer- plugins-base, gstreamer-plugins-good, gstreamer- plugins-ugly, kernel-firmware, libqt5-qtbase, libqt5-qtsvg, librsvg, pcre2, perl-Net-Netmask, qt6-base, and thunderbird), and Ubuntu (firefox). # ⚓ CyberRisk Alliance LLC ☛ Researchers_find_active_campaigns exploiting_two_Kubernetes_misconfigurations⠀⇛ Aqua Security on Tuesday reported that at least 60% of the Kubernetes clusters they researched were breached and had an active campaign with deployed malware and backdoors. In a release Aug. 8, Aqua Nautilus researchers explained that the exposures were caused by two misconfigurations, which emphasized how known and unknown misconfigurations are actively exploited in the wild and can have harmful consequences to corporate networks. # ⚓ Outrage_at_massive_police_data_breach_that_saw_the_personal details_of_more_than_10,000_PSNI_officers_and_staff accidentally_published_online⠀⇛ Police in Northern Ireland have been involved in a data breach ‘of monumental proportions’ affecting thousands of officers and civilian staff. The major breach reportedly involves names, ranks and other personal data from employees of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), but does not involve the officers’ and civilians’ private addresses, it is understood. Containing the surnames of more than 10,000 staff, the data was mistakenly divulged in response to a Freedom of Information request and appears to cover everyone within the service, from chief constable Simon Byrne down. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Oregon_Sports_Medicine_allegedly_hit_by 8Base_threat_actors⠀⇛ The listing indicates that the data were downloaded today and will be published on August 13 (presumably if there is no payment by then). DataBreaches sent an inquiry to Oregon Sports Medicine seeking confirmation or denial of the claims and additional information but no reply was received. SOCRadar has a recent article on 8Base, a group that has been around since 2022 but has seemingly become more publicly active in recent months. The Hacker News also provides coverage that includes links to a number of articles about the group. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_PaperCut_Vulnerability_Allows_Remote Code_Execution⠀⇛ A new vulnerability in the PaperCut MF/NG print management software can be exploited for unauthenticated, remote code execution. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ CISA_Unveils_Cybersecurity_Strategic_Plan for_Next_3_Years⠀⇛ CISA has unveiled its Cybersecurity Strategic Plan for the next 3 years, focusing on addressing immediate threats, hardening the terrain, and driving security. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Colorado_Department_of_Higher_Education Discloses_Ransomware_Attack,_Data_Breach⠀⇛ Colorado Department of Higher Education targeted in a ransomware attack that resulted in a data breach impacting many students and teachers. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ CISA:_Beware_of_the_malicious_boot_loader⠀⇛ The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued a call to action to beef up security of a little-known but important piece of software that can be found in every computer. # ⚓ BBC ☛ PSNI:_Major_data_breach_identifies_thousands_of officers_and_civilian_staff_–_BBC_News⠀⇛ A top officer apologises for the breach affecting police and employees in Northern Ireland. # ⚓ A_new_campaign_targets_Redis_servers,_this_time_the_malware employed_in_the_attacks_is_a_new_variant_of_the_SkidMap malware. [Ed: Patched a long time ago]⠀⇛ Skidmap is a piece of crypto-miner detected by Trend Micro in September 2019 while it was targeting Linux machines. The malicious code used kernel-mode rootkits to evade detection, it differs from similar miners because of the way it loads malicious kernel modules. Trustwave researchers spotted a new, improved, and dangerous Skidmap variant, which was designed to target a wide range of Linux distributions, including Alibaba, Anolis, openEuler, EulerOS, Steam, CentOS, RedHat, and Rock. # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ New_SkidMap_Linux_Malware_Variant_Targeting Vulnerable_Redis_Servers [Ed: The issue here is long- unpatched Redis, not "Linux"]⠀⇛ “The malicious nature of this malware is to adapt to the system on which it is executed,” Trustwave security researcher Radoslaw Zdonczyk said in an analysis published last week. # ⚓ New_InstallAware_X16:_Build_16_Times_Faster,_macOS/Linux Targets⠀⇛ InstallAware X16 launching on Friday this week builds packages 16 (sixteen) times faster using its new Parallel Build Engine, recompiles Windows setups for macOS and Linux. # ⚓ TechSpot ☛ Mozilla_VPN_client_security_on_Linux_is_broken with_no_patch_in_sight⠀⇛ Mozilla VPN is a service offering security, reliability, and speed on every device, “everywhere you go.” However, if you use SUSE Linux, wherever you go there’s a dangerous security flaw in the service’s client putting everything at risk. For the past few months, the Linux version of the Mozilla VPN client has been affected by a dangerous security issue within the software’s authentication process. The bug could easily be exploited to do very nasty things with the system and users’ accounts, but Mozilla still has to provide a proper fix. The maximum embargo period of 90 days is over, so the developers have now disclosed the full details about the vulnerability. # ⚓ JNS ☛ Cyberattack_shuts_down_Bnei_Brak_hospital’s computers⠀⇛ Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak was hit by a cyberattack on Monday night, Israel’s Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning. The hospital’s administrative computers were shut down in what was described as a ransomware attack. The ultra-Orthodox hospital, located east of Tel Aviv, said medical equipment was not affected by the attack and that patients are being treated. But the ministry instructed that the center’s outpatient clinics and imaging centers not accept patients and that the public not go to its emergency room until further notice. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_drafts_rules_for_using facial_recognition_data⠀⇛ Among other things, processing facial data would require an individual’s consent. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘User_X_with_driver_Y_traveled_from_point_A to_point_B’_Yandex_is_set_to_start_sharing_Yango_taxi ride_data_with_the_FSB._Users_in_Israel,_Europe,_and elsewhere_may_find_their_privacy_rights_compromised_by Russia’s_new_surveillance_law._—_Meduza⠀⇛ Starting on September 1, 2023, the FSB will gain round-the-clock access to user data collected by Yango, a Yandex-owned ride- hailing and delivery app also operating under the brand name Yandex Go. The order that will give Russia’s secret police extraordinary new powers of surveillance has already been signed by the country’s prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin. It won’t be just the residents of Russia who come within the scope of surveillance, since Yango’s services are also available in Israel, Europe, and a number of other countries. Together with the Finnish journalist Jussi Konttinen, Meduza’s correspondents Svetlana Reiter and Denis Dmitriev investigated how Yandex plans to circumvent international data protection laws, and who will be affected most by its deepening cooperation with Russia’s system of mass surveillance. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Google_fails_to_end_$5_billion_consumer privacy_lawsuit⠀⇛ A U.S. judge rejected Google’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people by secretly tracking their internet use. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday said she could not find that users consented to letting Google collect information about what they viewed online because the Alphabet unit never explicitly told them it would. # ⚓ BBC ☛ PSNI:_Major_data_breach_identifies_thousands_of officers_and_civilian_staff⠀⇛ In response to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request, the PSNI had shared names of all police and civilian personnel, where they were based and their roles. The details were then published online, before being removed. Apologising to officers, Assistant Chief Constable Chris Todd said the error was “unacceptable”. # ⚓ The Independent UK ☛ Fears_for_police_officers’ safety_after_catastrophic_data_breach_in_Northern Ireland⠀⇛ This source data included the “surname, initial, the rank or grade, the location and the departments for each of our current employees across the police service”, he added, noting that every serving police officer and member of police staff’s data has been compromised. The details were accidentally published on the FoI directory, What Do They Know, for a period of time before being taken down. # ⚓ Belfast Telegraph ☛ PSNI_apologises_to_officers_and civilian_staff_after_major_security_breach⠀⇛ The spreadsheet in question contained standard statistical information on the strength of the PSNI, with details of how many officers it has at each rank. However, a second tab in the spreadsheet contained multiple entries in relation to more than 10,000 individuals. For each individual, there are 32 pieces of data meaning that in total, there are about 345,000 pieces of data in the file. The spreadsheet, which has been seen by the Belfast Telegraph after we were alerted to it by a relative of a serving officer, includes each officer’s service number, their status, their gender, their contract type, their last name and initials, details of how much of the week they work, and their rank. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_suspends_transfer_of_Yango_taxi_data_to Russia⠀⇛ Finland’s Data Protection Ombudsman has ordered taxi service Yango, owned by Russian tech giant Yandex, to stop the transfer to and processing of personal customer data in Russia. The temporary order will enter into force on 1 September and will remain in force until the end of November, according to a release issued by the Ombudsman’s office on Tuesday. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Zoom_wants_to_train_its_AI_on_user_calls⠀⇛ But Zoom is now facing new backlash over this policy, which surfaced over the past few days on social media. In response, Smita Hashim, Zoom’s chief product officer, wrote in a blog post on Aug. 7 that while the company retains the ability to manage its data and make changes to its systems “without questions of usage rights,” it won’t do so without user permission. Zoom promised to be transparent about how it trains its models on “service generated data,” but still insisted that it retains the rights to use the data any way it wishes. The company has also been unclear about what kind of user generated data it exerts these rights over. Zoom wants to have it both ways—reassuring users that they are in control while maintaining its rights in the fine print. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ U.K._election_admin_agency_breach exposed_personal_information_of_tens_of_millions voters⠀⇛ The [intruders] accessed copies of voter registries which included the names and addresses of any U.K. voters registered between 2014 and 2022. The information accessed by the hackers also included email addresses among other information, potentially putting information associated with tens of millions people at risk. The agency noted that “much” of the data is already in the public domain, but that it “is possible however that this data could be combined with other data in the public domain, such as that which individuals choose to share themselves, to infer patterns of [behavior] or to identify and profile individuals.” # ⚓ EDRI ☛ Meta_pledges_to_ask_EU_users_for_consent before_showing_behavioural_ads⠀⇛ When scrolling through Facebook or Instagram, users are automatically shown ads that the platforms’ algorithms think they’ll be interested in. This system only works thanks to the processing of huge amounts of personal data, which is supposed to increase the number of clicks on an ad. The problem is that, until now, users haven’t been asked for their consent. That could change. In a surprise announcement last Tuesday, Meta made the long overdue promise to finally ask its users for their consent before showing them behavioral ads – at least if they live in the European Union, EEA or Switzerland. According to Meta, the change is due to a new interpretation of the GDPR by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). Not only does this statement leave open what this supposed new interpretation is all about. It also fails to mention that Meta has been involved in a number of legal disputes over its advertising business in the past five years – resulting in multiple changes to the legal basis for its use of personal in the space of a year. # ⚓ India Times ☛ WhatsApp_introduces_screen-sharing_on video_calls⠀⇛ Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new feature through a Facebook post and on his Instagram channel. It will allow users to share documents, photos, and even their shopping cart with contacts on video calls. # ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_Launches_the_Tor_University_Challenge⠀⇛ Universities answering this call to defend private access to an uncensored web will receive prizes while helping millions of people around the world and providing students and faculty a vital learning experience.  “Journalists, political and social activists, attorneys, businesspeople, and other users all over the world rely on Tor for unfettered, unmonitored access to knowledge and communications,” EFF Senior Staff Technologist Cooper Quintin said. “Anonymous speech always has been a pillar of democratic society, letting us discuss anything without fear of retribution. And facilitating this discussion can be a great educational opportunity for students and faculty alike.”  Made up of volunteer-run relays, the Tor network allows human rights defenders and organizations, at-risk communities, and people experiencing online censorship or government surveillance to browse the unrestricted internet with as much privacy and anonymity as possible. A Tor relay is a computer that’s a part of the anonymization process; a Tor bridge is a relay that’s not publicly listed, in order to circumvent censorship in countries that block IP addresses of known relays.       # ⚓ EFF ☛ Announcing_the_Tor_University_Challenge⠀⇛ In 2011, we launched our first Tor Challenge, which resulted in 549 new relays. By 2014, after we launched our second Tor Challenge, we had counted 1,635 new relays. This time around, we’re focusing on getting more Tor relays onto college campuses. Universities are especially well-suited for Tor relays because they often offer fast internet, have lots of technical expertise available (including professors, students, and IT teams), and value freedom of expression. Setting up a Tor relay on your college campus will help make Tor faster and better, because the more relays that exist, the better the experience of using Tor gets for everyone.  Tor is a network and software package that consists of two parts: a web browser you can download to browse the internet, and a volunteer network of computers that make the Tor software work. Using Tor is as simple as downloading the Tor Browser (give it a try yourself, if you haven’t used Tor before, it’s available for Windows, Mac, and Linux). Browsing the web is a little slower than you might be used to with Tor, but otherwise works exactly like any other web browser. The Tor Browser also gives you access to Tor onion sites—hidden websites that provide end- to-end encryption and anonymity—that help circumvent censorship. EFF, along with Certbot and our Surveillance Self-Defense guides, are all available as Tor onions. The second part is the volunteer-run network of computers that anonymizes web traffic. Tor protects your identity by hiding the source and destination of your internet traffic, which helps prevent anyone from knowing who you are or what you’re looking at. Tor does this by routing your web traffic through “relays,” which, like the name implies, receive the traffic and pass it along to the next relay. Anyone can run a Tor relay on just about any computer, but because relays need a lot of bandwidth, it’s not always easy (or possible) to do so. Universities often don’t have the sorts of bandwidth limitations the rest of us may contend with, so they’re a good fit for relays. # ⚓ EFF ☛ California’s_DELETE_Act_Protects_Us_From_Data Brokers⠀⇛ Potential misuse of health data could lead to real harms in harassment, discrimination, and legal consequences for those seeking health services in California, including reproductive and gender affirming healthcare data. And if information is sold to local, state, or federal agencies, that puts our Fourth Amendment rights at risk. That’s why EFF is a proud supporter of S.B. 362, authored by California State Senator Josh Becker. It allows people to easily and efficiently make one request to delete their personal information held by all data brokers registered in California. It is also known as the California Delete Act and is sponsored by Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and Californians for Consumer Privacy. It will improve everyone’s privacy rights and make California’s consumer privacy laws more user- friendly. Californians have a right to request that companies delete information collected about them. But, logistically speaking, this is difficult. Because California’s privacy laws require people to file requests with each individual company that may have their information, it can be an incredibly time- consuming and tedious process. Furthermore, because data brokers buy, sell, and exchange information with so many companies (and each other), it’s very hard for anyone to know if a particular company has their information and how to make a deletion request. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] eSecurity Planet ☛ The_U.S._Is_Falling_Behind on_Encryption_Standards_–_And_That’s_a_Global_Problem⠀⇛ Today we are almost three years into FIPS 140-3 submissions, and while we had a Covid shutdown during some of that time, it doesn’t explain why there have only been seven FIPS 140-3 validations as of last week, the last one nearly six months ago (chart below), and another 189 (and growing) in the validation process. I doubt the vendor community is so incompetent that they couldn’t comply with the minor changes required to get products validated. Add to this that both hardware and software FIPS 140-2 products are likely gone, as the last submission to FIPS 140-2 was March 2022 and those products likely reached end-of-life some time ago. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ You_Can’t_Rush_Post-Quantum- Computing_Cryptography_Standards⠀⇛ Yes, the process will take several years, and you really don’t want to rush it. I wrote this last year: [...] o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ Is_Donald_Trump_a_Fascist?⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Letters_From_the_August_21/28,_2023,_Issue⠀⇛ P.E. Moskowitz’s article “America’s Suburbs Are Breeding Grounds for Fascism” [June 26/July 3] is an insightful, if still disheartening, addition to the loudening discussions surrounding urban planning in the United States, especially concerning the suburbs.2 # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ State_of_Montana_vs._TikTok_Escalates as_Tech_Giants_Apple,_Amazon,_Google_Weigh_In⠀⇛ The two tech groups contain many of the same corporate partners, including Amazon, Apple, Google, Airbnb, StubHub, Lyft, and Meta. Chamber of Progress also includes corporate partners like Chime, Circle, DoorDash, Grubhub, Instacart, and Uber. NetChoice contains association members like AOL, Etsy, Hotels.com, Nextdoor, Paypal, Snap, X (formerly Twitter), Yahoo, and TikTok. After Montana sought to ban the short-form video platform, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, TikTok filed a lawsuit in May in an effort to block the first-of-its-kind state ban under the pretense that it violates the First Amendment rights of the company and its users. A hearing on TikTok’s request for a preliminary injunction is set for October 12. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Russia’s_Grain_Warfare_‘a_Stab_in_the_Back’_to Africa⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky charged Russian President Vladimir Putin with trying to “weaponize hunger.” African leaders pushed back against Putin more forcefully than ever before. “The decision by Russia to exit the Black Sea Grain Initiative is a stab in the back at global food security prices and disproportionately impacts countries in the Horn of Africa already impacted by drought,” Abraham Korir Sing’Oei, a senior foreign ministry official from Kenya, tweeted on July 17. # ⚓ NPR ☛ He_was_a_top_church_official_who_criticized_Trump._He says_Christianity_is_in_crisis⠀⇛ Moore believes part of the problem is that “almost every part of American life is tribalized and factionalized,” and that has extended to the church. “I think if we’re going to get past the blood and soil sorts of nationalism or all of the other kinds of totalizing cultural identities, it’s going to require rethinking what the church is,” he told NPR. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ EU_Commission_gifts_Egypt_patrol_boats_to_become_a gatekeeper_for_migration,_following_Tunisian_model⠀⇛ The EU Commission wants to conclude a migration defense agreement with Egypt and is upgrading the country’s land and sea borders. However, hardly any refugee boats leave from Egyptian shores for Europe. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Corruption_reigns_supreme_in_Iran—and it’s_getting_worse⠀⇛ Corruption has been a long-standing challenge in Iran. Iranians have generally blamed foreign powers as the source of corruption in their society. During the nineteenth and early twentieth-century Qajar period, they saw corruption as a byproduct of the Great Game rivalry between the British and Russians to exact favors from the royal court, famously described in Morgan Shuster’s Strangling of Persia. Russophiles and Anglophiles in high places are said to have competed to advance the interest of their patrons and were rewarded for their service. Thereafter and until the 1979 revolution, the culprits became the United States and capitalist imperialism. Putting an end to foreign interests—as reflected in the slogan of esteghlal or “independence”—and creating a moral society were advocated as the primary motivations of the 1979 revolution. However, despite the dwindling foreign presence in the nascent Islamic Republic post-1979, which preached a more ethically centered society, corruption has reached new heights and has been ubiquitous from the first days of the regime. The ever-increasing amounts of money and elaborate schemes that routinely involve the closest regime insiders dwarf any pre-1979 reports of corruption. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Islamic_State_Group_in_Mozambique,_DRC_Increasing Links⠀⇛ Two reports shed light on the growing connection between Islamic State group affiliates in Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). For the first time, the United Nations Group of Experts on the DRC highlighted organizational links between the insurgents in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province and the Allied Democratic Forces terror group based in the eastern DRC. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 109-year-old_Tulsa_Massacre_Survivor_Becomes Oldest_Woman_in_the_World_to_Release_a_Memoir⠀⇛ In “Don’t Let Them Bury My Story,” Viola Fletcher recalls the horrific night in 1921 when America’s “Black Wall Street” was burned to the ground. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Philippines_summons_Chinese_ambassador_over water-cannoned_boats_in_South_China_Sea⠀⇛ Manila summoned Beijing’s envoy Monday after the China Coast Guard blocked and water cannoned Philippine vessels in the disputed South China Sea, President Ferdinand Marcos said. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Video_Shows_China_Blasting_Water_Cannon_at Philippines_Coast_Guard_Boat⠀⇛ The clash, in which a Chinese ship blocked 2 Philippine vessels, is the latest in a hotly contested region of the South China Sea. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China-Philippines_dispute_over_grounded warship_continues⠀⇛ The two countries have been in a long-running dispute over the Second Thomas Shoal. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Tokyo_downplays_US_report_of_Chinese_military_hack_on Japan⠀⇛ Hacking spree described as ‘deep’ and ‘persistent,’ compromising East Asian ally that harbors US military bases. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Think-tank:_Indonesia’s_next_president_must_navigate complicated_ties_with_China⠀⇛ Two of the three hopefuls for the top office in ASEAN’s biggest country are pro-Beijing. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Philippines_summons_Chinese_envoy_over_water-cannon incident_in_disputed_waters⠀⇛ Beijing, meanwhile, calls on Manila to stop using a rusted out WWII era ship as a military outpost. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Xi_Remade_China’s_Military._Now_a_Purge Threatens_its_Image.⠀⇛ Xi Jinping, China’s leader, set out to clean up the military a decade ago. But now his crown jewel, the missile force, is under a shadow. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 78_Years_Ago_in_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki:_What Oppenheimer_Wrought⠀⇛ The official U.S. bombing survey on what happened in Hiroshima 78 years ago today. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US/France_Threaten_Intervention_in_Resource- Rich_Niger:_Fears_of_War_in_West_Africa⠀⇛ The US and France have threatened intervention to re-install a pro-Western regime in Niger, which produces uranium needed for nuclear energy, has untapped oil reserves… # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Drone_hits_monastery_grounds_in_Russia’s_Kursk region,_injuring_one_child_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Kursk regional governor Roman Starovoyt reported that a kamikaze drone crashed on the grounds of the Saint Nicholas Monastery in the village of Gornal in the Sudzhansky district. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Head_of_self-proclaimed_‘DNR’_says_three_killed during_heavy_shelling_in_Donetsk_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Three people were killed in Donetsk as a result of heavy shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reported the Russian-appointed head of the self- proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DNR) Denis Pushilin. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pakistan_Suspends_Anti-Polio_Drive_In_Two_Tribal Districts⠀⇛ Pakistani authorities have suspended an anti-polio drive in two volatile tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province after several police officers refused to provide security to medical teams during the door-to-door vaccination campaign. # § War in Ukraine and Russia⠀➾ # ⚓ LRT ☛ After_Orthodox_pro-war_controversy,_Lithuania moves_to_allow_deregistering_of_religious_groups⠀⇛ A group of Lithuanian MPs have registered draft amendments allowing the courts to deregister or liquidate a religious organisation for national security reasons. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Putin_realized_there_wouldn’t_be_any consequences’_What_Russia’s_elites_learned_from_the 2008_invasion_of_Georgia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ 15 years ago, in August 2008, the Russian military entered into open conflict with Georgia. Moscow launched an offensive deep into the country before securing a favorable peace treaty and avoiding international isolation. Meduza’s special correspondent Andrey Pertsev spoke with officials who were part of Moscow’s “power vertical” at the time to learn how that invasion differed, in Russian elites’ view, from the invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Oppenheimer_Opened_a_Door._We_Can_Close It.⠀⇛ I wake up every day thinking about nuclear weapons. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Siberian_village_re-dedicates_monument_to soldiers_killed_in_Afghanistan_and_Chechnya_to ‘warriors_killed_in_local_wars_and_special_operation’_— Meduza⠀⇛ The original plaque commemorating locals who were killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Chechnya has been removed from a monument located in Kuytun, a village outside of the Siberian city of Irkutsk. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Unknown_country_buys_50_decommissioned Leopard_1_tanks_from_Belgium_for_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The first Leopard 1 tanks purchased from Belgium by an unknown country have been sent to Ukraine, reports Belgian publication Business AM. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Zone_of_Fear’_A_Meduza_photo_report_on_the territory_bordering_South_Ossetia_and_Abkhazia, Georgia’s_Russian-occupied_regions_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Exactly 15 years ago, in August 2008, Russia invaded Georgia — Russian troops took the side of the “self-proclaimed republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia,” which were not completely under Tbilisi’s de facto control. The conflict only lasted five days — the Russian army drove Georgian troops out of the republics, achieved a favorable truce, and avoided international isolation. Since then, there has been a so-called “Zone of Fear” on the border between Georgian-controlled territory and the territory of occupied South Ossetia and Abkhazia, where there are around 70 villages and ten thousand residents. At Meduza’s request, photographer Vitaly Malyshev traveled to the “Zone of Fear” with volunteers from the Georgian project Lifeline.ge to see what marks the 2008 war has left on the area. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Italy_stops_issuing_‘golden_visas’_to Russian,_Belarusian_nationals_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The authorities in Italy have stopped the Investor Visa for Italy program for Russian and Belarusian nationals. The program provides residence permits in Italy in exchange for investments in the country, writes Italian publication Alreconomia. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Soldier_Who_Called_Out_Torture_in_Iraq_Is Laid_to_Rest_at_Arlington_Cemetery⠀⇛ They came to pay respects to a paratrooper and Special Forces officer who dared to challenge the Army on its soldiers’ sustained abuse of Iraqi and Afghan men in their custody. The ceremony also offered a morning for his family and supporters to reflect on what they regard as his unnecessary death while awaiting care from the Department of Veterans Affairs. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Overpopulation ☛ Walk_the_talk:_the_world_needs_more_Gretas and_fewer_Leonardos⠀⇛ This is an overpopulation blog, but its authors have made it clear that overconsumption is a problem too, and that the two are, as it is often said, “two sides of the same coin”. Revisiting the helpful geometric metaphor: just as it doesn’t make sense to discuss whether height or width contributes more to the area of a rectangle, so it needs to be acknowledged that both per capita consumption and human numbers are important in determining total environmental impact. We can debate whether it would be preferrable to have a planet with more humans and a more modest average lifestyle, or the reverse; I have myself made on this blog the argument that countries can (and perhaps should) choose to strive for a lower long- term human population in order to enjoy a larger share of resources per capita. Other species need their fair share too, of course. Right now, however, the situation is so dire that we cannot afford to choose just one: both overall population and overall consumption need to go down – as quickly as possible – if humanity and the biosphere are to stand a chance at all. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Illegal_mining_of_rare_earth_metals_surges_in northern_Myanmar⠀⇛ An increase in the illegal mining of rare earth metals in northern Myanmar is being driven by demand from neighboring China for terbium and dysprosium – elements that are used in the production of electric vehicles, area residents and environmental activists said. The practice is rampant in Kachin state, where successive governments have failed to regulate mining for gold, jade and other rare metals for generations. The number of unsanctioned operations ballooned after the military’s Feb. 1, 2021, takeover amid conflict between junta troops and armed resistance forces in the region. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Amazon_nations_fail_to_agree_on_shared_goal_to end_deforestation_at_summit_in_Brazil⠀⇛ Instead, the joint declaration issued on Tuesday in the Brazilian city of Belem created an alliance for combating forest destruction, with countries left to pursue their own individual deforestation goals. The failure of the eight Amazon countries to agree on a pact to protect their own forests points to the larger, global difficulties at forging an agreement to combat climate change. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Paris_Olympics_swim_event_called_off_over pollution_fears⠀⇛ Two other swimming events — a training session Friday and Saturday’s women’s race — had already been postponed due to water quality issues. The World Aquatics statement referenced plans by Paris Olympics organizers to improve water quality in the Seine in the leadup to next year’s Games. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Policy_memo:_How_the_US_and_EU_can advance_the_green_transition_along_with_energy_and resource_security⠀⇛ The US-EU Trade & Technology Council must work to align climate efforts with geoeconomic goals and leverage new technologies to drive the green transition. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_World_Is_Losing_Forests,_But_Some Are_Actually_Growing_Larger⠀⇛ Forest fragmentation is a big problem. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ This_Massive_Viper_Has_The_Longest Fangs_of_Any_Venomous_Snake_on_Earth⠀⇛ Once it bites, it won’t let go until its meal is dead. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_naturally_occurring_bacteria_can_stop_the malaria_parasite_right_in_a_mosquito’s_gut⠀⇛ The biggest hurdle in eradicating malaria is that the parasite is highly_adaptable_and resistant, and nascent_vaccines are only partially_effective. Genetically-engineered bacteria have long been touted as potential malaria-enders but they’re complex to develop. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ MWL ☛ Patreon_update:_I_got_paid,_mostly⠀⇛ Blaze Ward’s latest Milestone Publishing Newsletter talks about the importance of owning your platform, as greatly as possible. I mostly agree with it, except for the part about moving to Shopify. They’re an external vendor, they will enshittify. I can do everything with Woocommerce and Bookfunnel that Shopify can do, and Woo’s open code makes it enshittification-resistant. I can replace Bookfunnel if need be. # ⚓ France24 ☛ More_than_100_arrests_in_West_African_[Internet] scam_investigation,_says_Interpol⠀⇛ Between 15 and 29 May, 2.15 million euros were frozen or seized, 103 people were arrested, 1,110 suspects were identified and 208 bank accounts were blocked. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ellen_Brown:_War_By_Other_Means:_Short_Selling JPMorgan_Chase⠀⇛ When the FDIC put Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank… # ⚓ BBC ☛ Warning_UK_set_for_five_years_of_lost_economic_growth –_BBC_News⠀⇛ The economy has been hit by Brexit, Covid and the Ukraine war, a think tank says. # ⚓ NBC ☛ Al’s_Formal_Wear_was_created_in_Fort_Worth;_Founder’s daughter_‘shocked’_about_the_sudden_closures⠀⇛ Like many people, the news of Al’s Formal Wear shutting its doors unexpectedly was shocking, especially for the family whose father created the brand in Fort Worth. “I am very, very sad that the company is closing,” said Rebecca Sankary Bodzy, whose father Al Sankary started the business. Her father, who was born and raised in Fort Worth, started Al’s Formal Wear in 1952 on 311 Main St. in downtown Fort Worth. # ⚓ Al’s_Formal_Wear_Stores_Close_Abruptly,_Employees_Laid Off⠀⇛ Employees of Al’s Formal Wear were left shocked and jobless after an emergency Microsoft Teams meeting on Saturday. During the meeting, they were informed that all stores would be closed immediately. Managers were instructed to notify customers to pick up any ready orders, and employees were told to remove their personal belongings from the stores. On Monday, the parent company of Al’s Formal Wear, Dapper & Dashing, sent an email confirming the layoffs and the permanent closure of the stores. Employees reported being locked out of the company email and computer system. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Byju’s_term_loan_gets_more_expensive;_MPL lays_off_350_post_GST_hit⠀⇛ Settling the ongoing dispute over its $1.2 billion term loan B (TLB) may prove to be more expensive for Byju’s. The distressed edtech major may have to cough up an additional $50-60 million to service the increased interest rate it has offered to finalise the new terms of the disputed TLB, sources who have apparently calculated the additional interest payout told ETtech. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ China_Pathfinder:_Will_sluggish_growth trigger_green_shoots_of_reform?⠀⇛ While slow growth has caused the rhetoric around Chinese economic reform to turn more practical throughout Q2 2023, concrete actions have been insufficient. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_China’s_Youth_Unemployment_Soars, Pressure_on_Colleges_Grows⠀⇛ Under pressure from Beijing, Chinese schools have been told to do more to secure jobs for students, who are facing bleak prospects. # ⚓ Forbes ☛ 2023_Layoff_Tracker:_Tyson_Foods,_Emergent BioSolutions_Cut_Hundreds_Of_Jobs⠀⇛ Emergent BioSolutions, the producer of the opioid overdose-combating nasal spray NARCAN, will cut 400 positions, the company announced Tuesday, while Tyson Foods announced plans to close four facilities, eliminating thousands of jobs—as employers continue to reduce their headcounts well into 2023 amid lingering recession fears (see Forbes’ layoff tracker from the first quarter here). # ⚓ Dell_Technologies_says_‘some’_employees_leaving_company⠀⇛ # ⚓ Dell_laying_off_sales_staff,_adopting_partner-driven_market strategy⠀⇛ Dell Technologies (Dell) is reducing the size of its core sales teams as the tech giant adopts a new partner-driven go-to market model. According to news outlets, including CRN, the new model will allow the company to pay its employees “more to sell storage products through the channel.” “We don’t make these decisions lightly, and we’ll support those impacted as they transition to their next opportunity,” a Dell spokesperson told CRN. # ⚓ Dell_Layoffs:_Dell_Technologies_to_Lay_Off_Employees_in Sales_Teams_Amid_Partner-Driven_Market_Strategy⠀⇛ San Francisco, August 8: Dell Technologies will lay off some members from its sales teams as part of a new partner-driven market strategy. The company, however, did not confirm if these layoffs are part of or in addition to the 6,650 job cuts it announced earlier this year. Dell, however, confirmed that it “will cut jobs among its core sales teams as it adopts a new partner-led model that pays its direct sales force more to sell storage products through the channel,” reports CRN. “Some members of our sales team will leave the company. We don’t make these decisions lightly, and we’ll support those impacted as they transition to their next opportunity,” a Dell spokesperson was quoted as saying. “We’re always assessing our business to remain competitive and ensure we’re set up to deliver the best innovation, value and service to our customers and partners,” the spokesperson added. Microsoft Layoffs: Tech Giant Reportedly Lays Off 1,000 Employees, Mostly in Sales and Customer Service Teams in Fresh Round of Job Cuts. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ National_World_launches_video_news_TV channel_‘Shots!’_on_Freeview⠀⇛ The new channel draws together video shot by the company’s reporters around the UK. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Western_Australia_to_overturn_2021 Aboriginal_heritage_protection_laws⠀⇛ August 08, 2023 1:40 PM The state govt will restore and amend 1972 legislation to ensure protection of important sites. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ India’s_high_court_draws_a_line_for_equality⠀⇛ Ethnic violence in the state of Manipur stirs new demands for the safety and appreciation of women and girls. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Following_Public_Outrage,_Bulgaria_Makes_Changes_In Domestic_Violence_Legislation⠀⇛ The Bulgarian National Assembly on August 7 approved changes in the Criminal Code and the law on protection from domestic violence following a shocking case of abuse against an 18-year-old woman that sparked mass protests. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Sweden_Quran_burnings:_How_the_Kremlin benefits⠀⇛ El Gomati is very concerned by how effectively the Kremlin — along with Islamist and radical right- wing extremists — is instrumentalizing Quran burnings to stir up anger and even violence against Sweden both in the Muslim world, and, he fears, perhaps among Muslims in Europe. “They feed on these events and they use them,” he warned. “If these events [are] not happening they don’t have material to tell people to go and bomb yourself in the middle of of Europe.” # ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Donald_Trump_&_FSFE_Matthias_Kirschner election_denial⠀⇛ Last week’s decision to prosecute Donald Trump for trying to overturn the result of the 2020 US election reminded me of the dirty tricks in the FSFE election process. In 2017, the FSFE Fellows elected me as the Fellowship representative. The German candidate, Florian Snow, came third out of seven candidates. A few months later, Matthias Kirschner used his position as president to appoint Florian Snow as an unelected member of the General Assembly. In other words, Kirchner gave Snow all the same rights and powers as the person who had earned those rights at the ballot box. # ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Media_Publishers_File_Flawed_Competition Act_Application_Over_Meta_Blocking_News_Links_Due_to_Bill_C- 18⠀⇛ As the fallout from Bill C-18 continues, a coalition of Canadian media outlets – News Media Canada, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, and the CBC – have filed an application with the Competition Bureau seeking an inquiry into Meta’s decision to block news links in response to the bill’s mandated payments for links approach. There is unquestionably a need for greater competition work with respect to Internet platforms, but a case grounded in refusal to link is not the place to start. Indeed, this complaint is exceptionally weak as it misstates Bill C-18, implausibly claims that Meta has substantial control over the news industry in Canada, contradicts the government on the choices presented by its legislation, and risks creating a mandated requirement to link that could result in other sectors forcing platforms to display more contentious content. # ⚓ [Repeat] DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Today’s_Democrats_Are Yesterday’s_Republicans._Bonus:_“Work,_Catholics,_and Pensions.”⠀⇛ As a person who has an immigrant spouse (who entered the United States legally and has always been here legally), I have insights into the US Immigration System and what the Democrat and Republican position on the issue is. # ⚓ Progressive Farmer DTN ☛ Ag_Equip_Repairs_Not_Limited_by Law⠀⇛ Nothing in the Clean Air Act forbids farmers and independent repair shops from making emissions and other repairs to agriculture equipment, EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in a letter to the National Farmers Union on Aug. 4. Equipment manufacturers often say the Clean Air Act doesn’t allow farmers and independent repair shops to repair emissions equipment, raising concerns about liability for improper or even potentially dangerous repairs. Regan went a step further in telling the group the Clean Air Act actually encourages such repairs. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ What_Might_Eugene_Debs_and_Donald_Trump Share?⠀⇛ Donald J. Trump has been trampling presidential precedents right and left as he slouches toward Washington. Among them: the first indicted candidate ever. Also: the first candidate who wants to be president so he can pardon himself.   # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Let_Trump_Run⠀⇛ As Donald Trump continues to rack up criminal charges, there is ongoing interest in addressing the threat he poses to American democracy by seeking to keep him off the ballot. One possible means to this end that the prosecutorial choices of special counsel Jack Smith have seemingly foreclosed is to convict him of plotting an insurrection, which would trigger the 14th Amendment’s ban on letting those who “engage in insurrection or rebellion” hold public office. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Lies,_Damn_Lies,_and_Generative Artificial_Intelligence:_How_GAI_Automates Disinformation_and_What_We_Should_Do_About_It⠀⇛ The recent explosion of generative AI brings many potential benefits to society, but along with these come just as many risks. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ New_History_Textbook_For_Russian_High_Schools Includes_Propaganda_On_War_In_Ukraine⠀⇛ [...] The textbook contains a completely rewritten history from 1970 to 2000, reducing the general history section and expanding parts about Asia, Africa, and Latin America. [...] o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Two_Procedural_Orders_from_the_Trump_Media_& Technology_Group_Libel_Lawsuit_Against_the_Washington_Post⠀⇛ The factual backstory (just a snippet), as summarized in the Post’s notice of removal to federal court: In its Complaint, Plaintiff asserts a claim for defamation and a claim for conspiracy to defame against the Post. Compl. at ¶¶ 21-32. Plaintiff operates a social media platform called “Truth Social.” # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_federal_judge_dismisses_Trump_counter- defamation_lawsuit_against_E._Jean_Carroll⠀⇛ US District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed former President Donald Trump’s counter-defamation suit against author E. Jean Carroll on Monday. Carroll has accused Trump of sexual assault, with a jury finding that Trump did sexually assault Carroll and defamed Carroll by accusing her of lying. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Experts_say_Kremlin’s_censors_testing_new restrictions_as_Russian_Internet_users_report_VPN_failures_— Meduza⠀⇛ Since August 7, numerous Russian Internet users have reported experiencing technical problems with VPN services. The issues have affected customers of mobile operators like MTS, MegaFon, Beeline, Tele2, Yota, and Tinkoff Mobile, while VPNs on fixed line providers like Rostelecom seem to be operating fine, according to the site SecurityLab. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Judge_Dumps_Trump’s_Retaliatory_Defamation_Suit Against_The_Winner_Of_A_Sexual_Abuse_Lawsuit_Against_Him⠀⇛ While I can comprehend the fact that Donald Trump has access to money (even if it’s unlikely he’s playing with house money at this point), I cannot understand how he hasn’t been reduced to a pro se litigant at this point. This man has a headful of bad legal ideas and somehow — despite his regular refusal to pay them for their services — still finds lawyers willing to advocate on his behalf. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Federal_judge_throws_out_Trump’s_countersuit against_writer_E._Jean_Carroll⠀⇛ A federal judge on Monday threw out a counter defamation lawsuit former_President_Trump filed against writer E. Jean Carroll after she won her sexual_abuse_suit against him earlier this year. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_government_reboots_injunction_bid_over banned_anthem_‘Glory_to_Hong_Kong’⠀⇛ An injunction could mean the song is removed from online platforms to prevent the city’s residents from seeing it. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Anwar_govt_takes_flak_as_another website_gets_blocked_ahead_of_state_polls⠀⇛ The UtusanTV site could not be accessed by users in Malaysia since Monday morning. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Chinese_authorities_release_Tibetan_writer_following four-year_prison_sentence⠀⇛ A Tibetan writer who wrote a book that criticized Chinese rule in Tibet has been released from prison after serving a four-year sentence for “creating disorder among the public,” a Tibetan source told Radio Free Asia. # ⚓ The Scotsman ☛ In_Iran,_climate_change_is_becoming_a_matter of_life_and_death_but_the_tyrannical_mullahs_respond_to protests_with_deadly_force_–_Struan_Stevenson⠀⇛ The mullahs’ maladministration over four decades has left Iran struggling with deforestation, desertification, water scarcity and countless other examples of environmental degradation. Climate change is exacerbating these environmental issues and turning them into a matter of life and death for the Iranian population, now 85 million strong. # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Media_Freedom_Matters:_Exposing International_News_Neglect,_Censorship,_and_Agenda_Cutting Across_the_Globe_–_The_Project_Censored_Show⠀⇛ o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Scores_Of_Media_Workers_Detained_In_Iran_In_Latest Protests_Honored_On_Journalists’_Day⠀⇛ “Investigations indicate that over the past year more than 100 journalists have been arrested. Nevertheless, the flow of information continues uninhibited, always finding its way, much like water,” Montajabi said. “This dark era persists, with the system’s main agenda being the arrest, elimination, expulsion, and now the recent trend of exiling journalists,” Montajabi said. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ High_Court_to_review_bulk_collection_of journalists’_data_by_UK_law_enforcement⠀⇛ Liberty’s legal action also succeeded in arguing that the act’s regime for sharing bulk personal datasets with other states was unlawful under the European Convention on Human Rights, which the UK still follows despite Brexit. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_Independent_Journalism_as_It Was⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Critics_Rip_Private_Equity_Firm’s_Deal_to_Buy Simon_&_Schuster_as_‘Dark_Day_for_Publishing’⠀⇛ “I guess all of corporate book publishing is beholden to investors above all else but this really makes it blatant,” said one literary podcaster. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Parents_of_wanted_overseas_Hong_Kong activist_Anna_Kwok_questioned_by_national_security_police_– reports⠀⇛ Hong Kong national security police have taken the parents of a wanted activist for questioning, marking the latest move in authorities’ investigation of eight overseas pro-democracy figures issued with arrest warrants and HK$1 million bounties. The parents of US-based Anna Kwok were taken to a police station on Tuesday morning, local media outlets reported. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Young_workers_in_Asia_shun_factory_jobs⠀⇛ Young people in Asiadon’t want to work in factories anymore, and that has implications for global consumers. Driving the news:The Wall_Street_Journal_reports that Asia is having a big problem staffing its factories with younger workers. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_47:_Online_declaration meant_to_show_‘will_for_resistance,’_activist_tells_national security_trial⠀⇛ The purpose of an online declaration that called on candidates to endorse the five demands advocated in the 2019 extradition bill protests was to show “will for resistance,” a Hong Kong activist has said at a high-profile national security trial relating to 47 pro-democracy figures. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Activist_or_terrorist?_How_Filipino authorities_blur_the_line.⠀⇛ Who’s considered a terrorist in the Philippines? The designation of activists and Indigenous leaders as “terrorist individuals” has sparked calls to revisit the country’s approach to domestic security. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_issue_warning_over_phone scammers_tricking_citizens_into_burning_down_enlistment offices_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office and the Interior Ministry have issued official warnings about a new form of telephone fraud in which Russians are pressured or tricked into setting fire to military enlistment offices. # ⚓ Zoom_Orders_Workers_Back_To_The_Office:_Is_This_The_End_Of Work_From_Home?⠀⇛ In a significant departure from its previous stance on remote work, Zoom, the trailblazing video communications company, has directed its workforce to return to the office. Once hailed for championing remote work during the pandemic, Zoom’s latest move raises questions about the sustainability of remote work and echoes a broader industry trend towards re-establishing in-person work environments. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ My_Distaste_For_Your_Solution_Does_Not_Mean Disregard_For_The_Problem⠀⇛ This keeps coming up in different contexts, so I thought I might write a short (ha, as if I can write short things!) blog post that I can point to on various occasions. I spend a lot of time here on Techdirt highlighting why your favorite solution to (*waves hands*) some big societal problem won’t work, and will probably make things worse. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ University_of_Michigan_Threatens Jobs_of_Striking_Graduate_Instructors⠀⇛ Union spokesman Amir Fleishmann called it an “underhanded” tactic. “We feel confident that it is not going to work,” he told The Detroit News. “Our members are not going to be scared by these threats the university continues to make.” # ⚓ Gannett ☛ University_of_Michigan_threatens_jobs_of_striking graduate_instructors⠀⇛ It is the latest salvo in a labor dispute that’s been ongoing since a strike by the Graduate Employees’ Organization began in March, near the end of spring term. The union negotiates on behalf of more than 2,000 members, though not all walked off the job. Fall classes begin Aug. 28. # ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ UM_threatens_to_replace_graduate student_employees_who_strike_during_fall_semester⠀⇛ The University of Michigan is threatening to replace 2,300 graduate student instructors and staff assistants who continue to strike when the fall semester begins later this month. In an email sent Monday to graduate student instructors and graduate student staff assistants, Provost Laurie McCauley wrote that student employees who participate in the work stoppage will be subject to losing their post for the entire fall semester. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Grindr_Tells_Unionizing_Workers:_Move Across_The_Country_or_Be_Fired⠀⇛ Workers told Motherboard that the policy was first announced on Thursday, during a previously scheduled all-hands meeting, and that it was the first time they had heard from management since the unionization was announced. “We announced our union on July 20 and then we heard literally nothing from Grindr management until Thursday, when they announced that we all had two weeks to decide whether we were going to move across the country or get fired,” said Quinn McGee, a trust and safety product manager and organizer at Grindr United CWA. “As soon as George [Arison, Grindr’s CEO] stopped talking, one of my colleagues began to ask a question about all of us suddenly having to uproot our lives—and they cut the call.” # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Salesforce_to_face_court_over_claims_it knowingly_assisted_sex_trafficking_website⠀⇛ In May last year, a trial court had barred [PDF] the claim that the SaaS provider benefited from Backpage.com’s venture that it knew, or should have known, was engaged in illegal sex trafficking. # ⚓ Society for Scholarly Publshing ☛ Thoreau_and_the_Office Cubicle⠀⇛ Over the course of the past 12-18 months, mainstream media has been reporting a tension between employers and paid workers over appropriate attitudes. Employers insists there must be in- office time spent with colleagues to ensure productivity and robust teams. The response from workers has run a spectrum between the Great Resistance and what the Huffington Post christened the Great Regret. The BBC suggests that flexible remote-work arrangements are a key job benefit to the workforce. Most recently in June, a new book from Princeton University Press refocused attention on Thoreau’s consideration of earning one’s livelihood and what makes the effort worthwhile. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Zoom,_which_thrived_on_the_remote_work revolution,_wants_workers_back_in_the_office_part-time⠀⇛ Zoom, the video conferencing pioneer, is asking employees who live within a 50-mile radius of its offices to work onsite two days a week, a company spokesperson confirmed in an email. The statement said the company has decided that “a structured hybrid approach – meaning employees that live near an office need to be onsite two days a week to interact with their teams – is most effective for Zoom.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ I_Scream⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Despite_Promises_of_Reform,_Private_Prison Companies_Still_Thriving_Under_Biden:_ACLU⠀⇛ “Three years into the Biden administration, the number of people held in ICE detention continues to grow, and private prison companies hold an increasingly tight grip on the mass immigration … # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Post-‘Roe,’_It’s_More_Important_Than_Ever_We Still_Fight_for_Procedural_Abortion⠀⇛ Procedural abortion is basic reproductive health care that is safe, immediate and viable even past the first trimester. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Healthy_Regard_for_Workers’_Rights:_Fellows at_the_NIH_Launch_a_Union_Drive⠀⇛ Matt Manion recalls the countless “closed-door meetings” conducted with the door wide open so the whole lab could hear their boss berate her workers, tell them that they’re not good enough, that her word alone can dictate their entire career. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Tennessee_Teen_Sues_School_For_Suspending_Him After_He_Posted_Memes_Mocking_His_Principal⠀⇛ Students rights are limited on school grounds. But they don’t cease to exist. And what they do off- campus is subject to even fewer limitations. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Will_Abu_Ghraib_Torture_Victims_Finally_Get Their_Day_in_Court?_CACI_Lawsuit_Will_Proceed_to_Trial⠀⇛ A federal lawsuit brought by Iraqi torture survivors appears finally headed to trial after a federal judge refused to dismiss the case last week. The Iraqis are suing the U.S. military contractor CACI, which provided interrogators at Abu Ghraib, the notorious Iraqi prison where the men were tortured by U.S. guards. The lawsuit, which alleges CACI was complicit in that torture, was first filed in 2008. Since then, CACI has attempted 18 times to have the case dismissed. Baher Azmy, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, which is representing the torture survivors in the case, says the men suffered a range of abuse including sexual humiliation, beatings and more. “They’re all suffering the aftereffects, psychological and physical, of their time at Abu Ghraib,” he says. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Broken_System”:_NYC_Says_It_Has_No_More Room_for_Asylum_Seekers_as_Advocates_Demand_Long-Term Shelter⠀⇛ New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a plan to house as many as 2,000 asylum seekers at a tent complex on Randalls Island in the East River. Tens of thousands of asylum seekers have been sent to New York since last year and must wait 150 days to file for a work permit, leaving them no options to make a stable living. As the Adams administration claims the city has surpassed its ability to shelter new arrivals, migrants have been stuck in the city’s shelter system for months or repeatedly been forced to sleep in the streets, including last week when dozens waited outside Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel for days, sleeping shoulder to shoulder on the sidewalk, in hopes for a bed and shelter. We speak with Murad Awawdeh, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition and NYIC Action, who calls for an investment in public resources and to support people as they move out of the shelter system into permanent housing. “We want to flip this on its head and actually support people to get out as quickly as possible.” # ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_at_Las_Vegas_Hacker_Summer_Camp⠀⇛ As in past years, EFF staff attorneys will be present to help support speakers and attendees. If you have legal concerns regarding an upcoming talk or sensitive infosec research that you are conducting at any time, please email info@eff.org. Outline the basic issues and we will do our best to connect you with the resources you need. Read more about EFF’s work defending, offering legal counsel, and publicly advocating for technologists on our Coders’ Rights Project page. EFF staff members will be on hand in the expo areas of all three conferences. You may encounter us in the wild elsewhere, but we hope you stop by the EFF tables talk to us about the latest in online rights, get on our action alert list, or donate to become an EFF member. We’ll also have our limited- edition DEF CON 31 shirts available! These shirts have a puzzle incorporated into the design. Try your hand at cracking it! # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Will_Biden_Stop_Texas_from_Separating Asylum-Seeking_Families_at_Border_Under_Operation_Lone Star?⠀⇛ We get an update from the Texas border, where human rights advocates are condemning Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” for its human rights abuses. Texas troopers have reportedly separated over two dozen migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border in a major change of policy. This comes amid a deadly heat wave and after the first deaths linked to floating barrels wrapped in razor wire that Abbott put in the Rio Grande to block asylum seekers from crossing. “We’re calling for an end to the use of all of these detractions that are getting in the way of people being able to seek protection,” says Marisa Limón Garza, executive director of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, which is based in El Paso, Texas. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Is_Biden_Risking_War_with_Iran_as_U.S. Deploys_Marines_to_Guard_Commercial_Ships_in_the_Persian Gulf?⠀⇛ In an escalation of tensions, the Biden administration has deployed thousands of U.S. Marines and sailors to the Middle East in order to deter Iran from seizing oil tankers and other commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz. The move comes after the Navy said Iran tried to seize two commercial oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last month, after seizing dozens more since 2019. Iran responded by equipping its Navy with drones and missiles. “It’s really baffling to see why we’re taking such immense risks that could bring the U.S. into war for achieving things that are of little value when it comes to peace and stability in the region or U.S. interests in the region,” says Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, who says the Biden administration is risking a new war for stronger relations with Saudi Arabia. He argues the Biden administration has made critical mistakes in its relations with Iran by continuing Trump administration-era maximum-pressure sanctions. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Baptist_pastor_charged_with_spreading ‘disinformation’_about_Russian_army_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian Baptist pastor Yury Spiko, the former vice president of the Baptist World Alliance, has been charged with spreading “disinformation” about the Russian military, the Moscow branch of the Russian Investigative Committee reported on Tuesday. # ⚓ ACLU ☛ Don’t_Let_the_Math_Distract_You:_Together,_We_Can Fight_Algorithmic_Injustice⠀⇛ Around the country, automated systems are being used to inform crucial decisions about people’s lives. These systems, often referred to as “risk assessment tools,” are used to decide_whether defendants_will_be_released_pretrial, whether to investigate_allegations_of_child_neglect, to predict which students_might_drop_out_of_high school, and more. The developers of these tools and government agencies that use them often claim that risk assessments will improve human decisions by using data. But risk assessment tools (and the data used to build them) are not just technical systems that exist in isolation — they are inherently intertwined with the policies and politics of the systems in which they operate, and they can reproduce the biasesof those systems. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FCC_Hits_Robocall_Scammers_With_$300_Million Fine_That_Still_Somehow_Means_Nothing⠀⇛ Every six months or so the FCC announces it has taken some major new step to thwart annoying robocalls. Yet Americans still receive more than 4.5 billion such calls every month, the vast majority of FCC fines are never collected, scammers elude meaningful accountability, and the problem persists. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Amazon_to_Meet_Regulators_as_U.S. Considers_Possible_Antitrust_Suit⠀⇛ Amazon’s meetings with the Federal Trade Commission, known as “last rites” meetings, are typically a final step before the agency votes on filing a lawsuit. # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Private_equity_plunderers_want_to_buy_Simon &_Schuster⠀⇛ When I was a baby writer, there were dozens of large NY publishers. Today, there are five – and it was almost four. A publishing sector with five giant companies is bad news for writers (as Stephen King said at the trial, the idea that PRH and S&S would bid against each other for books was as absurd as the idea that he and his wife would bid against each other for their next family home). But it’s also bad news for publishing workers, a historically exploited and undervalued workforce whose labor conditions have only declined as the number of employers in the sector dwindled, leading to mass resignations: [...] # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Mailing list ARChives ☛ OpenBSD_Misc:_Re:_Recognition Of_Linux_LVMs⠀⇛ > [...] (and I wonder, parenthetically, why FreeBSD and NetBSD are willing to support ZFS, but OpenBSD is not). Stuart already told you this: “Not likely to happen. Even if there was an implementation written, patents are involved (use is granted via the CDDL but that’s not an acceptable license for OpenBSD).” # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Correction:_Our_National_Taco_Tuesday Nightmare_Is_Over,_Except_In_New_Jersey⠀⇛ It appears I slightly exaggerated the state of the Taco Tuesday trademark saga in my last post. After decades of ridiculous bullying coming from Taco John’s concerning the trademark it somehow was granted on “Taco Tuesday” — a term that is generic on its face, became more generic over time, and is also at least partially descriptive — Taco Bell’s war on the trademark finally caused Taco John’s to relinquish the trademark entirely. And, in that post, I declared the whole saga over. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_state_news_agency_applies_to trademark_name_and_logo_of_Echo_of_Moscow_radio station,_which_closed_under_government_pressure_last year_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian state media group Rossiya Segodnya (“Russia Today,” not to be confused with the network RT) has applied to trademark the brand Echo of Moscow, according to the state news agency TASS. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Warning:_TorrentFreak’s_Twitter_/_X Account_Has_Been_Hijacked⠀⇛ Earlier today someone managed to hijack our Twitter / X account. The original @torrentfreak handle was deleted and the new account now appears as @ethereumfdn with all of our followers still attached. Obviously it can’t be trusted. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Lead_YouTube_Content-ID_Scammer Requests_Reduced_Prison_Sentence⠀⇛ By masquerading as legitimate music rightsholders, two men managed to extract over $23 million in revenue from YouTube’s Content ID system. Both were arrested and pleaded guilty. The first defendant was previously sentenced to 70 months in prison. The second defendant, who reportedly initiated the scheme, now requests a lower 46-month term, promising to stay out of trouble. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Judge_Gives_MindGeek_‘Pirate’_Domains After_Porn_Pirate_Violates_Injunction⠀⇛ In 2022, MindGeek subsidiary MG Premium prevailed in its legal battle against the operator of Daftsex and several other pirate sites. MG was awarded $32m in damages and permission to seize domain names but to date, nothing has been paid, and the sites are still in business. Mindful that his injunction is being ignored, a U.S. judge has just held the persistent pirate in contempt of court and declared MG Premium the new owner of his pirate domains. # ⚓ Stack Diary ☛ The_shady_world_of_Brave_selling copyrighted_data_for_AI_training⠀⇛ As you may have noticed, I used the word copyrighted for the title of this story. And it’s not without reason. I think this story could have been fairly decent even without the copyright part, so before we get to the nitty gritty stuff – I can 100% confirm that Brave lets you ingest copyrighted material through their Brave Search API,to which they also assign you “rights”. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ How_to_identify_OpenAI’s_crawler bot_to_stop_it_slurping_websites_for_training_data⠀⇛ OpenAI, the maker of machine learning models trained on public web data, has published the specifications for its web crawler so that publishers and site owners can opt out of having their content scraped. The newly released technical document describes how to identify OpenAI’s web crawler GPTBot through its user agent token and string, which get emitted by the company’s software in the HTTP request header sent to ask a server for a web page. # ⚓ Society for Scholarly Publshing ☛ Will_Building_LLMs Become_the_New_Revenue_Driver_for_Academic Publishing?⠀⇛ Amid all of the excitement and trepidation surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), there is one big question for our industry that seems to rise above the rest: Are scholarly publishers primed to become the critical content suppliers for the big Generative AI companies such as OpenAI, AI21 Labs, NIVIDIA, and Anthropic? # ⚓ India Times ☛ Disney_creates_task_force_to_explore_AI and_cut_costs⠀⇛ As evidence of its interest, Disney has 11 current job openings seeking candidates with expertise in artificial intelligence or machine learning. The positions touch virtually every corner of the company – from Walt Disney Studios to the company’s theme parks and engineering group, Walt Disney Imagineering, to Disney-branded television and the advertising team, which is looking to build a “next-generation” AI- powered ad system, according to the job ad descriptions. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ NYC_Symposium:_Generative_AI_&_the Creativity_Cycle⠀⇛ Join Creative Commons in NYC on 13 September 2023 for a full-day symposium focused on the intersection of generative artificial intelligence, cultural heritage, and contemporary creativity. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Surveying_the_Open_Climate_Data Landscape⠀⇛ We started this project by asking a fundamental question: “What climate data exists, and what can I do with it?” To reach an answer, we conducted a landscape analysis to better understand the permissible uses of existing large climate data sets. We surveyed a range of organizations that provide climate data on behalf of national, intergovernmental and/or global populations and are both publishers and sources of climate data. This approach enabled us to assess the current status of major sources of climate data and propose practical ways in which it can be shared more effectively. We hope this initial analysis provides clarity to researchers, policymakers, educators, civil society organizations and advocates. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ A_Special_Episode_of_the_Open Culture_Voices_Series,_Part_2⠀⇛ In this Special Episode of the Open Culture Voices series, CC hosts a conversation among five open culture experts from around the world: ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3944 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.09.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_09/08/2023:_Joy_of_Creative_Effort⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:35 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Anarchists_on_the_Front_Line_Against_Russia’s_War⠀⇛ The St-lmier Congress marked the beginning of an organized anarchist movement. The comrades who gathered in St-lmier in 1872 drew up a strategy on how to achieve federalism. Their plan was to conduct an economic struggle outside the institutions to take over the means of production and collectivize them. 150 years later, many of us share the aim of a society organized horizontally and from the bottom- up, a direct or radical democracy made up of federated collectives. The kind of strategy we need to achieve these goals needs to be discussed. In a world that is changing faster and faster and propulsating us from a crisis to the next is making it difficult for us to draw a plan according to each new situation. Not having a plan in turn makes it difficult to see the horizon of the society we want to build and creates hopelessness and fatigue. But violent crisis are creating breaches in the system and opportunities for those who are prepared to take them. # ⚓ The_joy_of_creative_effort⠀⇛ Tonight’s performance was a complete and total blast. The place was packed, and we were on our game. There was much mouthing of lyrics, and a fair amount of dancing. My vocal chords were poised for productivity due to a three hour outing followed by several days of rest, which has historically led to above average prowess. The fact our bass player and his sound guy did the majority of the sound system setup and maintenance was glorious. They were happy to help out given they were guests at what was originally my and my wife’s gig. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ABTFKOC_Wordo:_MIDGE⠀⇛ o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Authenticate_the_SSH_servers_are_you_connecting_to⠀⇛ It’s common knowledge that SSH connections are secure; however, they always had a flaw: when you connect to a remote host for the first time, how can you be sure it’s the right one and not a tampered system? SSH uses what we call TOFU (Trust On First Use), when you connect to a remote server for the first time, you have a key fingerprint displayed, and you are asked if you want to trust it or not. Without any other information, you can either blindly trust it or deny it and not connect. If you trust it, the key’s fingerprint is stored locally in the file `known_hosts`, and if the remote server offers you a different key later, you will be warned and the connection will be forbidden because the server may have been replaced by a malicious one. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ makew0rld’s_“Bye,_Gemini”⠀⇛ I came to Gemini later than a lot of people, emailing RTC’s admin to request an account last November. It was part of my first (of many) attempts to leave Twitter, my social media drug of choice. I’d known about Gemini for a while; left_adjoint told me about the slow web, and Gemini, and the recent resurgence of pubnixes. I didn’t act immediately but I’m grateful for the conversation. It was one of those things that stuck with me, so that when I was thinking about how everything was sort of going to shit, I thought, okay, why not try something _really_ different? =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4077 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.09.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_09/08/2023:_Risk_of_Proprietary_Web_Apps⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:22 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ No_pedal_or_to_the_metal⠀⇛ Nice looking day on tap out the front with. Occasional vehicles passing. Somehow odd to see them in the school parking lot across the street. I wish I could have found a way to stick with the middle-school teaching stint I attempting a couple years ago. My wife had the same kids for different subjects, and I love when either of us is suddenly remembering a specific student, their quirks, wondering how they’re doing a couple years later, what directions they’ll head post school. # ⚓ Re:_On_a_Modern_Mental_Illness_(Prince_Trippy)⠀⇛ The Prince[1] recently wrote about the “modern mental illness” of being overly-concerned (neurotic) about online privacy. Maybe the same extends to privacy in general, I don’t know… but I think it mostly exhibits in the digital world. I enjoyed the realization he came to: that it is “an endless game,” full of players in various strata, and that the pursuit of a cure is more- than-usually vanity. # ⚓ A_First_Step_into_Gardening⠀⇛ Our house has a fence running around most of the property with a small open section left behind. One corner of the fence has several vines and shrubs that grow thick and tall. These were fairly well- shaped when we moved in, but thanks to intense sunlight and bountiful rain this summer, the shrubs are growing rapidly. I know nothing about gardening and plant care, but I’m trying to learn as best I can. I can’t identify the plants in the corner of the fence, but I can see plainly that they’re overgrown and about to consume the small space next to our shed. # ⚓ Hello_world!⠀⇛ Right when I heard about geminispace I thought I am going to write here about the things I do not want anyone to read. Yes, it sounds kind of weird or stupid (I do not know) but I am kind of “scared” or “ashamed” to write things that my parents or relatives can read. # ⚓ Defending_a_village_against_raiders⠀⇛ There’s actually a pretty interesting example on that page where the party splits. Some characters are “resting”, presumably because their players can’t make it to the next session. That session, some other characters go and investigate a dungeon, return and rest for a few days, go again, fight a big monster and loot it. The session ends after the big monster fight and the loot. The next session, the players who didn’t participate are back and decide to go to the same dungeon! At this point in time, the big monster and all the loot is still there. Now what? You can bend reality and say the monster and loot just cannot be found because the other group will have found it in the future, or you can do what I do: force-extend their rest so that whenever there’s a session, it is “now”. Once the big monster is slain, there’s no adventuring in the same dungeon at some point in the past. The players have the choice to explain what else they were doing in the days until “now”. # ⚓ Calzonia⠀⇛ There is little point to letting a sourdough starter pizza or calzone dough rise, especially if the starter is short on yeast and long on lactic acid bacteria, or the natural yeast somehow is not the crazy mutant bread type. Also the dough is too soft to use if you rotate the starter in the morning and then want to cook the dough for dinner. One might instead rotate the starter around dinner time, let the dough “rise” for a bit, then shape it and let it dry out overnight, but that’s not when I rotate the starter. Instead, rotate the starter, use all the excess with a suitable amount of flour and some oil (or clarified butter) and salt for a pretty dry dough, shape that out, and let it sit somewhere maybe on a cutting board to dry out. This makes it much easier to manipulate without tearing or sticking to the cutting board when you want to move it into the oven. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Can_You_Purchase_A_House_Without_Javascript_Or_Proprietary Web_Apps?⠀⇛ I’m a free software advocate who tries to compromise as little as possible with my principles, by blocking JavaScript in my Web browser, and by not using non-free Web apps, which in most practical cases amounts to the same thing. I also recently have been trying to purchase a house. So, I have been in a position to test how much of the process can be done without violating these principles, and how difficult it is. If you have no idea what I am talking about, please read this [...] # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Open_Offer:_I_Will_Host_Your_Domain⠀⇛ When you set up a domain, it will be hosted on _both_ HTTP(s) and Gemini. So you can interleave both html and gmi files in your git repo, and it will all work out. Or you can just leave off one or the other, if you don’t care about one protocol. Now for the offer: if you’re reading this, just shoot me an email and I will give you the passphrase which allows you to use the instance. If you have always wanted to have a personal website or gemini capsule on your own domain, but hadn’t wanted to go through the effort of setting up hosting, this is your chance! =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4270 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.09.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_09/08/2023:_Indian_Defense_Services_Moving_to_GNU/Linux,_WordPress_6.3 “Lionel”_Released⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Chromium # Mozilla o Content_Management_Systems_(CMS) o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Linux_Foundation o Security * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ No_More_Windows!_Indian_Defense_Services_are Switching_to_Linux⠀⇛ In the past, we have seen governments trying to switch to Linux for their administration needs. But, that usually comes with its own set of challenges, ranging from interoperability, all the way to training the end-users. And as it turns out, the Indian government is all set to take up that challenge once again by implementing an internally developed Linux distro. Allow me to take you through this endeavor. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Cloud_or_Local_Data?_Which_is_Right_for_Your_Cloud-Native App?⠀⇛ Selecting where to store your cloud-native application data—backend or frontend—is a critical step in creating your overall data architecture. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Destination_Linux_334:_Trying_To_Make_Open Source_Illegal?!⠀⇛ On this episode of Destination Linux (334), we discuss some trying to make make open source illegal. No, we’re not making this up, there are people who are pushing for this. Then we’re going to give you some upbeat news about Zorin OS to make up for the first topic. # ⚓ 334:_Trying_To_Make_Open_Source_Illegal?!⠀⇛ FULL SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/ destination-linux/dl-334/ # ⚓ Ubuntu_Podcast_from_the_UK_LoCo:_Big_Backup_Bonanza⠀⇛ Discussion of the various tools we use to backup our important stuff. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ NetworkManager_1.44_Is_Out_with_a_New_“link” Setting_and_New_Bond_Options⠀⇛ Highlights of the NetworkManager 1.44 release include a new “link” setting that holds properties related to the kernel link, such as tx-queue- length, gso-max-size, gso-max-segments, and gro- max-size, support for sending a DHCPv6 prefix delegation hint through the ipv6.dhcp-pd-hint connection property, and new bond options including arp_missed_max, lacp_active, and ns_ip6_target. Also new is a [keyfile].rename option in NetworkManager.conf to allow you to force rename profiles on disk when their name changes, the initial-eps-bearer-configure and initial-eps- bearer-apn properties in the GSM settings, as well as a version-id argument in the Update2() D-Bus call to protect against concurrent modifications of profiles. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 8_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Astrology Software⠀⇛ This article highlights the best astrology software that runs natively under Linux. There’s not a wide selection of software available in this genre. Nevertheless, there are some great astrology applications listed below for anyone who wants to try to improve his or her understanding of themselves or others. To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 8 top quality open source astrology applications. Hopefully, there will be something of interest for anyone interested in intuitive perception. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 6_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_LDAP_Solutions⠀⇛ The main benefit of using an LDAP server is that information for an entire organization can be consolidated into a central repository. LDAP supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS), so that sensitive data can be protected. LDAP servers are used for a variety of tasks including, but not limited to, user authentication, machine authentication, user/system groups, asset tracking, organization representation, and application configuration stores. The chart below offers our recommendations. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion. # ⚓ Víctor_Jáquez:_DMABuf_modifier_negotiation_in_GStreamer⠀⇛ It took almost a year of design and implementation but finally the DMABuf modifier negotiation in GStreamer is merged. Big kudos to all the people involved but mostly to He_Junyan, who did the vast majority of the code. What’s a DMAbuf modifier? DMABuf are the Linux kernel mechanism to share buffers among different drivers or subsystems. A particular case of DMABuf are the DRM PRIME buffers which are buffers shared by the Display_Rendering Manager_(DRM)_subsystem. They allowed sharing video frames between devices with zero copy. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 6_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_FTP Servers⠀⇛ File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a time-honored method of transferring files to and from a remote network site. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ 24_Apps_and_Scripts_to_Download_YouTube_Videos For_Free⠀⇛ There are many reasons why someone might want to download YouTube videos. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ How_to_Annotate_PDFs_in_Linux_[Beginner's Guide]⠀⇛ You don’t need a dedicated PDF editor to add comments and highlight text. Here’s how you can use GNOME’s Document Viewer to annotate PDFs in Linux. # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PL/R_8.4.6_released⠀⇛ The PL/R team is proud to announce the release of version 8.4.6 This release is mainly to fix some issues building the code with version 16 of PostgreSQL and releasing windows builds with R version 4.1.3 and 4.2.3 PL/R is a procedural language which allows you to write PostgreSQL functions in R. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_LibreOffice_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install LibreOffice on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t know, LibreOffice offers a wide array of productivity tools, including word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Kali_Linux_on_a_USB_Drive⠀⇛ Have you ever wished you could carry your favorite hacking toolkit with you wherever you go or travel? # ⚓ How_to_Find_Files_Larger_or_Smaller_Than_a_Specific_Size_in Linux⠀⇛ Being a Linux user, managing files and directories efficiently is crucial, especially when dealing with a large number of files. # ⚓ How_to_Install_LAMP_(Apache,_MariaDB,_PHP)_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ Hello Debian users, are you looking to install the widely used LAMP Stack on your system? # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_TeamViewer_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install TeamViewer on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t know, TeamViewer stands as a powerful remote access and support software, enabling seamless collaboration and efficient troubleshooting across multiple devices and platforms. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_OBS_Studio_on_Debian_13/12/ 11/10⠀⇛ OBS Studio, a leading open-source software, has emerged as an indispensable tool for professionals engaged in video recording and live streaming. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Kdenlive_on_Debian_13/12/11/ 10⠀⇛ Kdenlive, an acronym for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor, stands as one of the most robust and versatile open-source video editing software available today. Originating from the KDE community, it offers a comprehensive suite of editing tools suitable for both beginners and professionals. # ⚓ How_to_Get_Started_With_HuggingFace_and_AI_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ With the current AI craze and it’s impact we want to use the opportunity to explore how to get started with playing around with some AI. / blockquote> # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_and_use_Gnome_Screenshot_on Linux_Mint⠀⇛ Gnome screenshot is an screenshot app that allows you to take screenshots of your desktop. Gnome screenshot is the default screenshot application on Gnome. However, you can use Gnome screenshot on other desktop environments too. # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_Magento_on_Rocky_Linux⠀⇛ Magento is a free and one of the most widely used PHP-based open-source eCommerce platforms that allows you to quickly and easily set up eCommerce websites and online shops. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Etherpad_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ Etherpad is a collaborative and real-time text editor for your team. It’s accessible from anywhere, anytime, because Etherpad is a web-based text editor. # ⚓ Linux Journal ☛ How_to_Count_Files_in_a_Directory_in Linux?⠀⇛ File counting in a directory is a common task that many users might need to perform. It could be for administrative purposes, understanding disk usage, or organizing files in a systematic manner. Linux, an open-source operating system known for its powerful command-line interface, offers multiple ways to accomplish this task. In this article, we’ll explore various techniques to count files in a directory, catering to both command-line enthusiasts and those who prefer graphical interfaces. # ⚓ LinuxTuto ☛ How_to_Install_Strapi_with_Nginx_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ Strapi is a most advanced open source content management system (CMS) designed to help developers to build powerful API. # ⚓ How_to_Reset_a_Forgotten_MySQL_Password_on_Linux⠀⇛ If you’re encountering the following error due to a forgotten password for your MySQL database, rest assured, you’ve come to the perfect destination for assistance. Follow along with the article to learn how to reset a forgotten MySQL password on Linux. # ⚓ Understanding_Ext4_Disk_Layout,_Part_2⠀⇛ The second blog in a series of blogs tak Click to Read More at Oracle Linux Kernel Development o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Refurbished_Steam_Decks_Available_Starting at_$319⠀⇛ Valve is selling certified refurbished Steam Decks on Steam, starting at $319. GameStop also has some in stores exclusively for its Pro members. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Qt ☛ KDE_+_Qt_Meetup_Berlin:_Aug_10th⠀⇛ # ⚓ GSoC’23_July_Report|_Further_Progress_on_the Moderation_Tools_#5⠀⇛ I have summarized the entirety of July’s work in a single blog post, as I got quite busy with university in the last few weeks 😢. ✐ Progress made on the Report Moderation Tool⠀✐ I started with the Report Moderation Tool’s further implementation and managed to implement almost all of the features smoothly. However, I encountered a problem with the self-assigning and un-assigning of reports, which caused the application to crash with a segmentation fault. After dedicating hours to using gdb for debugging, I eventually concluded that the unexpected behavior was likely due to my use of smart pointers. It appeared that the memory was being de-allocated automatically when the object was set to null, and while accessing null when assigning the reports we accessed a null address leading to Tokodon crashing. I reached out to the maintainers for their help and review on how to fix this issue. I was suggested to try switching to using raw (normal) pointers to address the problem. I tried refactoring the code in a similar way to resolve the issue. However, the transition from smart pointers to raw pointers proved to be more challenging than I had initially anticipated. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Ubuntu_23.10_Adds_Option_to_Hide Number_Badges_from_Left_Dock⠀⇛ Don’t like the green number badges on the left (or bottom) dock app icons? Ubuntu 23.10 now has hidden option to show/hide it. The next Ubuntu 23.10 has now introduced some visible changes, such as enhanced tiling window support, remove ‘minimal installation’ and drop some pre-installed applications. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ IPFire Official Blog ☛ IPFire_Location:_Improving_Precision_Using Geofeeds⠀⇛ Geofeeds are new feature described in RFC 8805 which allows to self-publish Geo location information in a machine readable format for people who own their own IP address space on the Internet. From now, we are parsing this data for IPFire Location to further improve the accuracy of our database – especially for large distributed companies like cloud providers. Although the standard is already a couple of years old, it has not gained much adoption, yet. Maybe it doesn’t need that, because not every Autonomous System on the Internet has a complicated layout. Some are simply just one rack in one data center and maybe have a mirror in a different building in the same city. Some other networks are larger and span across many countries. They also change fast as they are growing and for geo location algorithms to “learn” about those changes will take some time. o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Sparkling_fresh_updates_to_Ubuntu,_Mint_and Zorin_on_way⠀⇛ It seems to be kernel update season out there. The current Ubuntu LTS gets a new kernel, Zorin OS 17 gets a new point release – and Mint announces two updated editions, coming really soon now. It is very nearly one year since Ubuntu 22.04.1 was released, and as long term support versions get semiannual updates, release 22.04.3 is expected any day. Once the next Ubuntu interim release appears, it’s normal for the following minor–point-release of the LTS to get a new kernel. So, six months after 22.04.1 and four months after 22.10 “Kinetic Kudu”, the next point-version of Jammy, Ubuntu 22.04.2, duly delivered kernel 5.19. So, with 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” out for four months and proving fairly stable on The Reg FOSS Desk’s kit, we were expecting 22.04.3 any day now, including a second Hardware Enablement update, including the kernel from Lunar. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Yeah!_Today_is_18_Years_of_openSUSE⠀⇛ Happy 18th Birthday to openSUSE! It’s that time of the year once again where we will raise our virtual glasses and celebrate the remarkable journey of open-source innovation. On August 9th, 2005, an announcement was made during the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, giving birth to what we now know as the openSUSE Project. The now defunct company known as Novell unveiled openSUSE to the technology world with excitement. Riding on the heels of the success of Red Hat’s announcement of Fedora, it was natural for Novell to embrace the open-source movement and introduce its own community-driven Linux distribution. The journey of openSUSE officially began with the release of beta versions of SUSE Linux 10.0 under the banner of openSUSE.org. The first official release under the openSUSE name was 10.2. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Linux_Flatpak_cool_apps_to_try_for August⠀⇛ This article introduces projects available in Flathub with installation instructions. Flathub is the place to get and distribute apps for all of Linux. It is powered by Flatpak, allowing Flathub apps to run on almost any Linux distribution. Please read “Getting started with Flatpak“. In order to enable flathub as your flatpak provider, use the instructions on the flatpak site. # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Matrix_to libera.chat_(IRC)_bridge_unavailable⠀⇛ The Fedora project has been moving to Matrix for our interactive chat needs for a while, but we wanted to make any such transition smooth and not leave behind users that preferred IRC for whatever reasons. When we setup Matrix rooms we also setup a portal using the Matrix<->libera.chat IRC bridge. This allows Matrix and IRC users to see the same content and interact with each other. There have of course been issues from time to time of dropped messages, or clashes between the Matrix and IRC cultures, but overall it’s been a great help to keeping our community from fragmenting. Unfortunately, issues with the bridge have reached a point that libera.chat folks have asked for the bridge to be taken down until it can be fixed up. This happened at 2023-08-06 14UTC. # ⚓ Madeline_Peck:_EDA_and_the_Three_Dwarves⠀⇛ What a long journey this coloring book has gone on! This blog post has been sitting in my drafts for over a year and I thought it was finally time to publish it. If you’re not aware of theprevious_coloring_books, they have been a series of projects started by Máirín Duffy and Dan Walsh to increase awareness and convey a better understanding of different technology. For example, ‘The_Container_Coloring_Book:_Who’s Afraid_of_the_Big_Bad_Wolf?’ is a coloring book where the three little pigs teach you how to keep the big bad wolf from blowing your container-based applications down. The book covers security, management, resource control, namespaces, and much more that people should keep in mind when creating their own applications with containers. All of the past (and hopefully future coloring books too!) are kept here at www.red.ht/coloring # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ CentOS_Alternatives:_Migrating Workloads_From_CentOS_To_OpenSUSE_Leap_–_Automating_With Ansible_Part_2⠀⇛ In this blog posts, we’ll dive into adapting your Ansible code made for CentOS to openSUSE Leap, ensuring seamless compatibility. In this first part, we provided advice and a general introduction to ease your way into the process. In this second part, we’ll delve into practical examples of troubleshooting and adapting existing roles. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ The_State_of_Edge_Security_Report⠀⇛ Edge computing has grown from being a niche use case in a handful of industries to offering a major opportunity for enterprises across industries to spread compute power around the world (or universe, as in the case of workloads in space). Edge computing slashes latency times by processing data where the data is being collected, or when it might otherwise be impossible to process because a workload or piece of hardware is disconnected from the network. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Hardening_SSH_connections_to_managed hosts_with_Red_Hat_Ansible_Automation_Platform⠀⇛ Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a platform for implementing enterprise-wide automation, which makes it an ideal tool for your security audits. Security has many layers, but this article focuses on mitigating SSH attacks on managed hosts. While you can’t eliminate all security risks, you can harden managed hosts to minimize some of them (especially brute force attacks), and mitigate others (by allowing SSH connections only from authorized hosts, enforcing sudo, and so on). # ⚓ Axios ☛ IBM_researchers_trick_AI_chatbots_into_helping_with hacks⠀⇛ Tricking generative AI to help conduct scams and cyberattacks doesn’t require much coding expertise, new research shared exclusively with Axios warns. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ The_process_of_migrating_Java_applications⠀⇛ The migration process is cumbersome, to say the least. The root cause for this can be associated with the ambiguity about the differences that may exist between two vantage points (i.e., origin and destination). Hence in the absence of a knowledgeable, tried, and tested roadmap, one simply cannot identify the gaps that are to be bridged while moving from origin to the destination. Same goes for software migration. A software migration process must factor in the changes it expects to undergo while migrating (i.e., downgrading, upgrading, or switching between two different and/or compatible/incompatible versions of the same or different brands). The key to success for such a venture lies in knowing the unknowns alongside their respective impact to its surroundings. Only then can an effective list of changes be identified and implemented. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Andrew Hutchings ☛ Amiga_4000_Restoration_x2:_Part_4⠀⇛ The Amiga 4000 #2 motherboard has been repaired enough to almost boot correctly, but there is still a problem. There appears to be a stuck bit on the custom chips bus. Let’s continue with the diagnosis. Finding The Problem We know that the data line 6 to Paula is not working. # ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ tested_on_–_official_way_–_alternative_way_– busybox_way_–_argument_list_too_long⠀⇛ Debian runs well even on systems with as little as 512 MBytes of RAM. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ How_to_block_YouTube_Ads_on_Android_TV forever?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_Watch_6_review:_Android smartwatch_perfection_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Wallpaper_Wednesday:_Android_wallpapers 2023-08-02_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ Android_Zero_Trust_security_helps_protect your_business_–_Geeky_Gadgets⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Chromium⠀➾ # ⚓ Google ☛ Smoothing_out_the_scrolling_experience_in Chrome_on_Android⠀⇛ Big performance wins can be found by taking a step back and tweaking what you already have. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Hacks.Mozilla.Org:_Autogenerating_Rust-JS bindings_with_UniFFI⠀⇛ I work on the Firefox sync team at Mozilla. Four years ago, we wrote a blog_post describing_our_strategy_to_ship_cross- platform_Rust_components for syncing and storage on all our platforms. The vision was to consolidate the separate implementations of features like history, logins, and syncing that existed on Firefox Desktop, Android, and iOS. We would replace those implementations with a core written in Rust and a set of hand- written foreign language wrappers for each platform: JavaScript for Desktop, Kotlin for Android, and Swift for iOS. Since then, we’ve learned some lessons and had to modify our strategy. It turns out that creating hand-written wrappers in multiple languages is a huge time-sink. The wrappers required a significant amount of time to write, but more importantly, they were responsible for many serious bugs. o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾ # ⚓ WordPress ☛ WordPress_6.3_“Lionel”⠀⇛ WordPress 6.3 “Lionel” is here! Named after Lionel Hampton, the prolific jazz musician and bandleader, this release was made possible by over 650 contributors. Download WordPress 6.3 Lionel today. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ WordPress_6.3_“Lionel”_Released:_Here’s What_New⠀⇛ WordPress, the world’s leading content management system, has once again made waves in the digital realm with its latest release – WordPress 6.3 “Lionel”. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Submit_Your_Packages_in_SCM/CI_Workflows⠀⇛ Over the past weeks we worked hard to make it possible for you to create Submit Requests from within an SCM/CI Workflow. Now you can automate this step, making it easier to work with OBS in a more SCM-centric way. # ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_dtts_0.1.1_on_CRAN: Enhancements⠀⇛ Leonardo and I are happy to announce the release of a first follow-up release 0.1.1 of our dtts package which got to [CRAN][cran] in its initial upload last year. dtts builds upon our nanotime package as well as the beloved data.table to bring high-performance and high-resolution indexing at the nanosecond level to data frames. dtts aims to bring the time- series indexing versatility of xts (and zoo) to the immense power of data.table while supporting highest nanosecond resolution. This release fixes a bug flagged by valgrind and brings several internal enhancements. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Try,_Except,_Finally:_Mastering_Exception_Handling_in Python⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_File_truncate()_Method⠀⇛ In Python, the “truncate()” method is used to truncate or reduce the file size by taking the specified bytes numbers as an argument. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Pandas_Weighted_Average⠀⇛ The “np.average()” method, the “User Defined” function, and the “groupby” method are used to determine the weighted average of the Pandas DataFrame. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Pandas_Groupby_Average⠀⇛ In Python, the “groupby()” method is used along with the “mean()” method to determine the mean of single or multiple columns for each group data. # ⚓ Raise_the_Alarm:_Understanding_and_Using_‘Raise’_in Python_Exceptions⠀⇛ # ⚓ Raise_Exception_from_Cause_in_Python:_A_Developer’s Guide⠀⇛ Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language that has gained popularity in recent years. It was initially developed by Guido van Rossum in the late 1980s and was released to the public in 1991. # ⚓ Creating_Custom_Exceptions_in_Python:_A_Step-by-Step Tutorial⠀⇛ # ⚓ Python_Unveiled:_An_In-Depth_Examination_of References⠀⇛ # ⚓ Garbage_Collection_in_Python:_A_Comprehensive_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Dynamic_Typing_in_Python:_Flexibility_and_Efficiency Combined⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mutable_&_Immutable_Objects_in_Python:_An_Essential Distinction⠀⇛ # ⚓ Understanding_Python’s_‘is’_Operator:_Beyond Equality⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Significance_of_‘None’_in_Python_Programming⠀⇛ * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Chris ☛ Fun_With_Watercolours⠀⇛ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Tiny_mini_PC_with_four_2.5Gbps_Ethernet ports_ships_with_Intel_Processor_N100/N200_or_Core_i3-N305 CPU⠀⇛ The “M1 Pocket Mini Soft Router” is a tiny Intel Alder Lake-N OEM mini PC with four 2.5Gbps Ethernet ports that is powered by a Processor N100, Processor N200, or Core i3-N305 CPU and sold by various brands such as Kingnovy or Tuofudun Topton. The pocket-sized computer comes with up to 16GB DDR5 memory, up to 1TB NVMe SSD, and features HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort USB-C video outputs, two USB 3.0 ports, as well as a microSD card slot and a 3.5mm audio jack. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ DIN-Rail_mountable_industrial_4G_LTE_router takes_9V_to_36V_DC_power_input⠀⇛ Waveshare WS-431E is an industrial-grade 4G LTE router with three Ethernet ports, WiFi 4, wall and DIN-Rail mounting options, and support for a wide power input range between 9V and 36V DC. The router is said to be based on two Qualcomm chips without further details provided, support various VPN protocols, and be suitable for networked medical equipment, Smart Agriculture, Smart Cities, robots, and security monitoring applications. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ ACLU ☛ Idaho_Wants_to_Jail_Professors_for_Teaching_About Abortion⠀⇛ At Idaho’s public universities, professors who teach, discuss, or write about abortion may now face up to 14 years of imprisonment under Idaho’s abortion censorship law, the No Public Funds for Abortion Act (NPFAA). The law, which prohibits the use of any public funds to “promote” or “counsel in favor of abortion,” has shut down academic inquiry about abortion — one of today’s most urgent social, moral, and political issues — across university classrooms and campuses in the state. Idaho’s abortion censorship law works in tandem with anti- abortion_officials’_aggressive_enforcement_of_the state’s_abortion_laws — among the harshest in the country — to silence speech advocating for abortion access. To avoid jail time as well as ruinous fines and other penalties, professors across academic disciplines have been forced to strip abortion- related content from their curricula, instruction, and scholarship or risk their livelihoods. A philosophy professor at the University of Idaho removed a module on human reproduction, which introduced difficult ethical questions about abortion, from a bioethics course. A political science professor at the same university no longer lectures on abortion public policy. And a social work professor at Boise State University has stopped assigning their own scholarship to their students on how international ethics principles for social workers undergird arguments made by abortion rights advocates. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Abortion_rights_groups_claim_victory_in_Ohio special_election⠀⇛ Ohio voters decisively rejected Issue_1, Tuesday’s sole ballot item that sought to make it tougher to amend_the_state_constitution, per AP. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Study_claims_Aust_tech_industry_largely_dependent on_US_firms [Ed: Microsoft propaganda dressed up as a "study"]⠀⇛ Commissioned by Microsoft and LinkedIn (which is owned by Microsoft), the study was prepared by consultancy firm Accenture. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ “I_care_about_authors”:_Fiction_analytics_platform Prosecraft_folds_after_AI_backlash⠀⇛ British author Hari Kunzru posted a link to prosecraft.io on X (formerly Twitter), alleging that the website appears “to have stolen a lot of books, trained an AI, and are now offering a service based on that data.” /blockquote> o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ Nephio_Community_Gains_Momentum_with_Release_1_to_Simplify Cloud_Native_Network_Automation⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ 3D_Graphics_and_Virtual World_Industry_Welcomes_Alliance_for_OpenUSD_(AOUSD)⠀⇛ The exciting world of 3D graphics and virtual world-building is witnessing a transformative shift driven by the escalating demand for immersive digital experiences. A trailblazing collaboration was born in response to this burgeoning landscape – the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD). Founded by Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, NVIDIA, and several general members, AOUSD embodies a remarkable instance of industry leaders uniting under an ethos of open source collaboration to establish, develop, and widen the reach of Pixar’s Universal Scene Description technology (USD). o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ New_SkidMap_Malware_Attacking_Wide_Range_of_Linux Distributions [Ed: Very misleading headline. This is not a Linux issue, it's a Redis issue.]⠀⇛ According to recent reports, there have been instances of threat actors using malware called ”SkidMap” to exploit vulnerable Redis systems. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ ICS_Patch_Tuesday:_Siemens_Fixes_7 Vulnerabilities_in_Ruggedcom_Products⠀⇛ ICS Patch Tuesday: Siemens releases a dozen advisories covering over 30 vulnerabilities, but Schneider Electric has only published one advisory. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Patch_Tuesday:_Adobe_Patches_30_Acrobat, Reader_Vulns⠀⇛ Adobe rolls out a big batch of security updates to fix at least 30 Acrobat and Reader vulnerabilities affecting Windows and macOS users. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Rapid7_Announces_Layoffs,_Office_Closings Under_Restructuring_Plan⠀⇛ Restructuring plan will result in an 18% reduction in employee headcount and closing of some Rapid7 office locations. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Rapid7_to_lay_off_18%_of_staff_amid_new takeover_reports⠀⇛ Cybersecurity solutions provider Rapid7 Inc. announced alongside its quarterly earnings report today that it’s laying off staff amid reports that it has received a takeover bid from a private equity firm. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Rapid7 said it’s laying off about 18% of its workforce… # ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Secure_Your_Software_Supply_Chain_Through Backstage [Ed: Linux Foundation-sponsored Linux Foundation spam, written by Linux Foundation staff to promote fake security and promote Microsoft talking points]⠀⇛ An internal developer portal can help you consolidate and evolve your security strategy. # ⚓ QSB-092:_Buffer_overrun_in_Linux_netback_driver_(XSA-432)⠀⇛ We have published Qubes_Security_Bulletin_092: Buffer_overrun_in_Linux_netback_driver_(XSA-432). The text of this QSB and its accompanying cryptographic signatures are reproduced below. For an explanation of this announcement and instructions for authenticating this QSB, please see the end of this announcement. # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Code_flaw_lets extensions_steal_passwords⠀⇛ Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code) code editor and development environment contains a flaw that allows malicious extensions to retrieve authentication tokens stored in Windows, Linux, and macOS credential managers. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Microsoft_August_Patch_Tuesday_sees_less_fixes_in the_pipeline⠀⇛ Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at security firm Tenable, said fixes for 73 CVEs were included in this month’s release, plus two advisories: six rated critical, 67 rated important, and two rated moderate. “For August, Microsoft addressed one vulnerability that was exploited in the wild as well as issued a defence-in-depth update for a vulnerability disclosed in the July 2023 Patch Tuesday,” he said. “CVE-2023-38180, a denial of service vulnerability in .NET and Visual Studio, was exploited in the wild as a zero-day. Microsoft did not share specific details about its exploitation.” * ⚓ IT Jungle ☛ A_Decade_of_Data_Breaches:_Some_Things_Never_Change⠀⇛ Why did Willie Sutton rob banks? “Because that’s where the money is,” he told a reporter. Fast forward to 2023, and data is the new currency, so it’s not surprising that bad guys are doing their best to steal it. While some techniques have changed, many aspects of data theft have remained the same over the years, according to the Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report. * ⚓ SANS ☛ Microsoft_August_2023_Patch_Tuesday,_(Tue,_Aug_8th)⠀⇛ This month we got patches for 88 vulnerabilities. Of these, 6 are critical, and 2 are already being exploited, according to Microsoft. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Patch_Tuesday:_Microsoft_(Finally)_Patches_Exploited Office_Zero-Days⠀⇛ Patch Tuesday: A month after confirming active exploitation of Office code execution flaws, Microsoft has shipped patches for multiple affected products. * ⚓ IT Wire ☛ No_sign_of_fix_for_critical_Azure_flaw_on_Patch_Tuesday⠀⇛ Microsoft has made no mention of a critical security flaw in its Azure cloud platform in its monthly issues of patches on Tuesday, though the company claimed earlier this month that it had completely fixed the issue. * ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_Office_update_breaks_actively_exploited RCE_attack_chain⠀⇛ Microsoft released a defense-in-depth update for Microsoft Office that prevents exploitation of a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-36884 that threat actors have already leveraged in attacks. * ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_August_2023_Patch_Tuesday_warns_of_2 zero-days,_87_flaws⠀⇛ Today is Microsoft’s August 2023 Patch Tuesday, with security updates for 87 flaws, including two actively exploited and twenty-three remote code execution vulnerabilities. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Downfall:_New_Intel_CPU_Attack_Exposing_Sensitive Information⠀⇛ Google researcher discloses the details of an Intel CPU attack method named Downfall that may be remotely exploitable. * ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel_‘Downfall’_Bug_Steals_Encryption_Keys,_Data_From Years_of_CPUs⠀⇛ A Google researcher has found a speculative execution vulnerability in several generations of Intel processors. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ White_House_Holds_First-Ever_Summit_on_the_Ransomware Crisis_Plaguing_the_Nation’s_Public_Schools⠀⇛ CISA will step up training for the K-12 sector and technology providers, including Amazon Web Services and Cloudflare, will offer grants and free software. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ UK_Think_Tank_Proposes_Greater_Ransomware_Reporting From_Cyberinsurance_to_Government⠀⇛ The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) examined the relationship between cyberinsurance and ransomware, and proposes greater reporting from victims to government, enforced through insurance policies. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Horizon3_AI_Raises_$40_Million_to_Expand_Automated Pentesting_Platform⠀⇛ Horizon3.ai, a provider of autonomous security testing solutions, raised $40 million through a Series C funding round. * ⚓ IT Wire ☛ UK_Electoral_Commission_discloses_network_breach_after_10 months⠀⇛ In a_statement, the agency, an independent body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK, said the attackers appeared to have first gained access to its systems in August 2021. The attackers were able to gain access to the electoral registers and to enable permissibility checks on political donations, the agency said. The details in the system at the time of the attack includes names and addresses of those registered to vote between 2014 and 2022, as also names of registered overseas voters. {loadposition sam08}Details of those registered anonymously were not at risk, but the Commission’s email system was accessible to the attackers. * ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ Vulnerability_disclosure_in_aviation⠀⇛ We joined Boeing and United Airlines on a panel recently at the RSA Conference to talk about vulnerability disclosure in the aviation world. * § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ o ⚓ Axios ☛ D.C._on_pace_for_most_homicides_in_two_decades⠀⇛ Data: MPD; Chart: Axios Visuals Washington, D.C., is on pace to have the deadliest year in two decades after starting the month of August with 16 homicides. Driving the news: The violence led council member Trayon White, who represents one of the most crime-ravaged parts of town, to suggest “it may be time to call the National Guard to protect the children and innocent people.” =============================================================================== * The District’s 161 homicides to date is a 28% increase over the same period last year. That eclipses the number killed in all of 2018 and follows back-to-back years of more than 200 homicides. ⚓ Quartz ☛ India_is_removing_all_Chinese_parts_from_its_military_drones⠀⇛ India is barring domestic manufacturers of military drones from using Chinese-made parts over concerns about security vulnerabilities, Reuters_reported_today (Aug. 8). ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_to_Restrict_Investments_in_China,_Citing_National Security_Threats⠀⇛ The measure to clamp down on investments in certain industries deemed to pose security risks, set to be issued Wednesday, appears likely to open a new front in the U.S.-China economic conflict. ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Australia_needs_an_overarching_maritime_security_strategy⠀⇛ Maritime security is a term that can mean almost anything. ⚓ France24 ☛ ECOWAS_chairman_says_diplomacy_is_the_‘best_way_forward’_on_Niger crisis⠀⇛ Nigerian President and current ECOWAS chair Bola Tinubu said on Tuesday that diplomacy is the ‘best way forward’ to resolve the crisis in coup-hit Niger. The statement came after the junta in Niamey said it could not host a mission from the West African bloc for security reasons. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken earlier told FRANCE 24’s sister radio station RFI that diplomacy is the ‘preferred way’ to resolve the situation. ⚓ RFA ☛ Burmese_mark_anniversary_of_8888_uprising_with_protests_against military_junta⠀⇛ The ruling regime tightened security and posted plainclothes officers in cities and towns. ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ US_vows_to_keep_Syria’s_chemical_weapons_program_in_UN spotlight_over_Russian_and_Chinese_opposition⠀⇛ The United States and its allies are vowing to keep Syria’s failure to account for its chemical weapons program in the spotlight at the U.N. Security Council every month despite opposition from Russia and China. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the council Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government “has repeatedly lied to the international community” and to investigators from the international chemical weapons watchdog, which has confirmed that it used these banned weapons on at least nine occasions. She said the Biden administration will continue to demand a full accounting from Syria. For the first time, Russia and China refused to speak at the monthly meeting on the Syria chemical weapons issue, saying they are repetitive. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Signs_Decree_Suspending_Double-Taxation_Treaties_With ‘Unfriendly’_Countries⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree suspending double-taxation treaties with more than 30 countries that Russia has deemed “unfriendly.” ⚓ RFERL ☛ Blinken_Wary_Of_Russia’s_Wagner_Taking_Advantage_Of_Instability_In Niger⠀⇛ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned against Russia’s Wagner mercenaries taking advantage of instability in Niger. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Joins_Iran_In_Criticizing_Western_Pressure_Over_Nuclear_Deal⠀⇛ Moscow has aligned itself with Tehran in rejecting sanctions on Iran that remain in place despite the collapse of a deal intended to restrain its nuclear program. § War in Ukraine⠀➾ * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Prosecutors_Seek_Seven_Years_In_Prison_For_Russian_Anti-War Activist⠀⇛ Prosecutors in Russia’s second-largest city, St. Petersburg, asked a court on August 8 to convict and sentence anti-war activist Olga Smirnova to seven years in prison on charge of spreading fake news about the armed forces. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Coup_in_Niger_Is_About_Power._Russia_Will_Exploit It.⠀⇛ The most exciting explanations for Niger’s upheaval are globe- sweeping and probably wrong. * ⚓ ADF ☛ Drones,_Wagner_Missiles_Help_RSF_Match_Sudanese_Army’s_Might⠀⇛ ADF STAFF Portable surface-to-air missiles from Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group and weaponized drones are helping Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) level the field in its conflict against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). At the outset of the conflict, both sides were closely matched in personnel. But the SAF, armed with planes and heavy weaponry, was […] The post Drones,_Wagner_Missiles_Help_RSF_Match_Sudanese_Army’s Might appeared first on Africa_Defense_Forum. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Russian_drone_comes_to_Latvian_War_museum⠀⇛ The Latvian War Museum has received a testimony of the Russian war in Ukraine – a Russian army’s unmanned aircraft “Orlan-10”, which was neutralized by Ukrainian defenders. This drone is the first exhibit that describes the era of drone wars in Latvian museums, Latvian Television reported on August 8. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ New_expert_to_be_sent_by_Latvia_to_EU_Ukraine_mission⠀⇛ At its meeting August 8, the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers adopted a draft order on the participation of civilian expert Arsenijs Mihejevs in the European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) for Civilian Security Sector Reform in Ukraine starting from 1 September this year. * ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Ukraine,_NATO,_and_the_Polish_Problem⠀⇛ Poland has been one of the most assertive proponents of Ukraine’s entry into NATO and of NATO’s escalating involvement in the war, from providing tanks to providing fighter jets. * ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Clearing_the_Fog_of_‘Unprovoked’_War⠀⇛ For the record: I was born in Ukraine, studied in Russia, and worked in America as a laser fusion researcher and Professor of Mathematics and Physics. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Odesa_urgently_needs_an_air_defense_upgrade_as Russia_escalates_airstrikes⠀⇛ Ukrainian Black Sea port Odesa has recently been hit by a series of Russian air attacks that have caused devastation in the city’s UNESCO-listed historic center and highlighted the need for improved air defenses, writes Michael Bociurkiw. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Klain_in_Kyiv_Independent_:_How_to_open_NATO’s_door for_Ukraine⠀⇛ * ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Russia_shoots_down_two_Ukrainian_drones_headed_for Moscow,_mayor_says⠀⇛ Russian forces downed two combat drones headed for Moscow, the city’s mayor said Wednesday, the latest in a surge of drone attacks targeting the capital. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine_counteroffensive:_FRANCE_24_reports_on_an_artillery brigade_on_the_front_line⠀⇛ As the Ukrainian army continues its counteroffensive, it’s using weaponry provided by Western allies – but also old Soviet equipment. FRANCE 24’s Emmanuelle Chaze reports from the Donetsk region with the 59th artillery brigade. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_to_help_Ukraine_and_ICC_investigate_Russia_war_crimes⠀⇛ US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will begin to help Ukraine with its ongoing Russian war crime investigations and assist the International Criminal Court (ICC). * ⚓ LRT ☛ The_Georgian_fighters_who_went_to_Ukraine_to_finish_their_own war⠀⇛ Davit Ratiani glanced up as the Russian military aircraft buzzed across the skies of Georgia, clenching his fist in such anger that his nails tore into his skin. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Cites_More_Russian_Shelling_Of_Cities,_Russia_Says ‘Thwarts’_Drone_Attack_On_Moscow⠀⇛ Ukrainian military officials on August 9 cited more than 30 frontline clashes amid counteroffensive operations in the past 24 hours, while Russia blamed Kyiv for what it said was a twin drone attack targeting Moscow that it “thwarted” with no casualties or damage to the capital. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Deal_Struck_To_Send_German-Made_Leopard_1_Tanks_From_Belgium_To Ukraine⠀⇛ Dozens of secondhand Leopard 1 tanks that once belonged to Belgium have been bought by another European country for Ukrainian forces fighting Russia’s invasion, the arms trader who did the deal said on August 8. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 18_Months_of_War_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Images from recent weeks, showing a region reshaped by a year and a half of war * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Self-Exiled_Chechen_Activist_Says_His_Relatives_Forced_To_Go_To War_In_Ukraine⠀⇛ Self-exiled Chechen opposition activist Abubakar Yangulbayev said on Telegram on August 7 that four of his relatives were forcefully sent by Chechen authorities to serve in the Russian armed forces in the war in Ukraine. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Missile_Strikes_in_Pokrovsk,_Ukraine,_Kill_9 and_Wound_Dozens_More⠀⇛ Ukrainians say the explosions 37 minutes apart in Pokrovsk, which killed at least nine people and injured 82 others, were a “double tap” intended to kill rescuers responding to the first strike. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ UK_Expands_Sanctions_List_to_Target_Russia’s_Weapons Suppliers⠀⇛ New measures announced Tuesday will affect businesses in Turkey, Dubai and Iran, as well as individuals that Britain says have supplied weaponry or components needed to sustain Russia’s war in Ukraine. * ⚓ ADF ☛ Russia’s_Grain_Warfare_‘a_Stab_in_the_Back’_to_Africa⠀⇛ Dark clouds of fear gathered in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, after Russia’s recent decision to end its Black Sea grain deal. Bakers, traders and hungry customers prepared for another surge of pain as Russia’s war on Ukraine continues to affect Africa. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Explosion_Caused_By_Gas_Leak_Kills_Two_In_Residential_Building In_Russia⠀⇛ Two people were killed and four others injured after an explosion caused by a gas leak hit a five-story apartment block in Russia’s southwestern city of Astrakhan, local emergency officials said. * § Environment⠀➾ o ⚓ Axios ☛ COVID,_climate_law_may_create_a_path_to_green_housing⠀⇛ The new climate law,combined with an urban real_estate market_reshaped_by_COVID, brings an opportunity to boost housing supply and cut emissions at the same time. o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_on-ramp_for_hydrogen:_The_natural gas_network⠀⇛ This Global Energy Center report examines how blending hydrogen into US gas pipelines can quickly support demand growth for this key technology for US decarbonization objectives. The report provides recommendations for how policymakers can create a favorable regulatory environment to overcome technical obstacles to scaling up hydrogen deployment. o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Tedium ☛ Hot_Dive_Summer⠀⇛ In praise of Dave the Diver, the video game that made me realize that harpooning sharks in the middle of the ocean, then turning them into sushi, is extremely fun. * § Finance⠀➾ o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Italy_Halts_Program_Offering_Russians,_Belarusians Residency_For_Investment⠀⇛ Authorities in Italy have halted an investment program for Russian and Belarusian citizens that offered residency permits in exchange for large investments. o ⚓ Axios ☛ Credit_card_debt_hits_$1_trillion⠀⇛ Data: Federal Reserve via FRED; Chart: Axios Visuals U.S. credit_card_debthit $1 trillion for the first time toward the end of July, but its share of U.S. gross domestic product is still lower than it was in 2010, or at the onset of the pandemic. ⚓ Online_tutor_service_Paper_Education_cuts_20%_of_corporate_staff⠀⇛ Paper Education (Paper) has reportedly scaled back its staffing levels for the second time this year. According to The Globe and Mail, the Montreal-based online tutor service recently laid off 20 per cent of its corporate workforce. Approximately 105 employees are affected by the reduction. CEO Philip Cutler told The Globe in an interview that buying patterns “are different than they were a year or two ago.” ⚓ Doximity_lays_off_10%_of_workforce,_stock_slides_as_company_downgrades revenue_guidance⠀⇛ Doximity, a digital platform for medical professionals, cut its workforce by 10%, or 100 employee positions, and downgraded its revenue guidance as it faces economic pressures and slowing sales among its pharmaceutical customers. The company’s latest financial results in the quarter ending June 30 beat Wall Street expectations as it continued its streak of strong revenue growth. Doximity also marked a major product milestone as it continues to innovate with generative AI tools for providers. But the good news was overshadowed by a major reduction in guidance as management reduced its fiscal 2024 revenue target by $43 million at the midpoint. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_47:_Activist_considered_quitting primary_poll_over_‘broad_scope’_of_national_security_law,_court_hears⠀⇛ Hong Kong activist Owen Chow, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, has said he had considered quitting an unofficial primary election due to national security concerns but decided to press on because he could not “abandon the crowd.” * ⚓ [Repeat] Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Parents_of_wanted_overseas_Hong_Kong activist_Anna_Kwok_questioned_by_national_security_police_–_reports⠀⇛ Hong Kong national security police have taken the parents of a wanted activist for questioning, marking the latest move in authorities’ investigation of eight overseas pro-democracy figures issued with arrest warrants and HK$1 million bounties. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Court_In_Russia’s_Bashkortostan_Extends_Pretrial_Arrests_Of_Two ‘Neo-Communists’⠀⇛ The Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan on August 7 extended until November 10 the pretrial arrests of Yury Yefimov and Aleksei Dmitriyev, two members of a neo- communist group known as the Marxist Circle. * ⚓ Reason ☛ A_Ham-Handed_Bill_Attacks_the_First_Amendment_in_the_Name_of Protecting_Minors_From_Online_Harm⠀⇛ The Kids Online Safety Act imposes an amorphous “duty of care” that would compromise anonymous speech and restrict access to constitutionally protected content. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_federal_judge_upholds_Ohio_school_district’s_gender- inclusive_bathroom_policy⠀⇛ A US federal judge rejected a lawsuit on Monday brought by parents and students of an Ohio school district that challenged the school district’s bathroom policy. US District Judge Michael Newman found that the Bethel Local School District’s decision to establish a gender-inclusive bathroom policy did not violate the parents’ and students’ US Constitutional rights. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Generics_companies_score_a_win_against_Novartis_in_battle over_fingolimod [Ed: JUVE, which promoted illegal things like UPC for the giants (JUVE took bribes to do this), on patents that exist just to increase prices]⠀⇛ For over a year, a fierce battle has raged across many European countries over Novartis’ EP 2 959 894. The second medical use patent covers a 0.5mg per day dosage of active ingredient fingolimod, which forms the basis of Novartis’ drug Gilenya. The product is used to treat relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 6089 ➮ Generation completed at 02:43, i.e. 63 seconds to (re)generate ⟲