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Links 13/08/2024: More Microsoft Shutdowns, Microsoft Azure Layoffs Linked to Outages
Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 13, 2024,
updated Aug 13, 2024
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Leftovers
International Business Times ☛ 2024-08-11 [Older] Ex-YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki And 19-Year-Old Son Die Six Months Apart: What Happened To Them?
The Age AU ☛ 2024-08-11 [Older] Tech titan and former YouTube chief dies at 56
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO and Longtime Google Executive, Has Died at 56
2024-08-10 [Older] Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO and Longtime Google Executive, Dies From Cancer at 56
Science
The Conversation ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] Why we get less narcissistic with age
The Conversation ☛ 2024-08-06 [Older] Would you trust an ant to amputate your limb? Science is showing they are skilled surgeons
The Conversation ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] It’s almost impossible to become an Olympic athlete without overtraining — here’s why
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-03 [Older] Meteorite that exploded over Germany 4.5 billion years old
Hardware
Hackaday ☛ A Tiny Knob Keeps You In Control
There are many forms of human interface device beyond the ubiquitous keyboard and mouse, but when it comes to fine-tuning a linear setting such as a volume control there’s nothing quite like a knob. When it comes to peripherals it’s not the size that matters, as proven by [Stefan Wagner] with the Tiny Knob. It’s a very small PCB with a rotary encoder and knob, an ATtiny85, a USB port, and not much else.
Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
Science Alert ☛ Virus Behind COVID-19 Now Rampant in Wild Animals, Study Finds
Even more chances to mutate.
Vox ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] How the most powerful environmental groups help greenwash Big Meat’s climate impact
Vox ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] Ditching factory farming can help prevent another pandemic
Vox ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] How Factory Farming Ends
Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Microsoft’s Paint 3D Might be Shutting Down Soon
Remember Microsoft 3D Paint? Several years ago, Microsoft’s launch of its new-at-the-time 3D modelling app put 3D Paint as its major replacement for the older Paint app, with a focus on giving users a more in-depth tool to work on their visual creations. However, recent reports claim that Microsoft might soon discontinue the app, based on some info online.
Digital Journal ☛ Was the Microsoft Azure outage linked to recent layoffs?
Microsoft faced a major outage affecting its Azure infrastructure and Microsoft 365 services. This outage significantly disrupted services for users globally, impacting businesses and individual users reliant on Microsoft’s cloud services.
The outage began at approximately 11:45 UTC and was reportedly resolved by 19:43 UTC, lasting almost eight hours.
While there have been other such outages over recent years, a specific report by Business Insider draws a potential causality relationship between two key events.
On June 3, 2024 Business Insider reports that Microsoft was laying off hundreds of employees from its Azure cloud unit. This decision was part of a broader restructuring effort aimed at improving operational efficiency and focusing on core business areas amid a challenging economic environment.
Gizmodo ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] Apple Is Sending Out $395 Checks for Butterfly Keyboard Settlement [Ed: Admits guilt]
Defence/Aggression
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Will Montenegro turn its back on the West?
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-11 [Older] Airstrike Kills Five Pro-Iran Fighters in Eastern Syria, Security Sources Say
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-06 [Older] UN Appeals for Security Council Help to Combat Famine in Sudan
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] Maduro Security Forces Round up Venezuelans Involved in Protests in 'Operation Knock-Knock'
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] Rockets Fired at Iraq's Ain Al-Asad Airbase Housing US Forces, Security Sources Say
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] France and Italy Urge Citizens to Leave Lebanon Due to Security Risks
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] UK: Starmer to chair emergency meeting over far-right riots
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] UK: Far-right rioters storm hotel housing migrants
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Red triangle symbol: Germany debating a ban
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Nigeria: President Tinubu calls for end to deadly protests
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Germany, Philippines commit to defense deal by end of year
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] TikTok Says Court Should Reject DOJ Secret Filings in Divestiture Suit
International Business Times ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] TikTok Teacher Advises Against Sharing This Back-To-School Photo Of Your Child For Safety Reasons
International Business Times ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] US TikToker Slammed For Telling Tourists That 20% Tip Is The 'Kind, Right Thing To Do' When Eating Out
International Business Times ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] 'Americans Are So Broke And They Don't Even Realize It': TikToker Explains Why Mexicans Are Better Off Than Their US Counterparts
Gizmodo ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] TikTok Is About to Get More Promotional (and Annoying)
Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-11 [Older] Ukraine updates: Kursk governor calls for quicker evacuation
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Belarus Boosts Troops at Border, Summons Diplomat After Accusing Ukraine of Airspace Violation
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Belarus Demands Ukraine Act Against New Airspace Violations
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Convict in Kremlin Critic Murder Released From Jail to Fight in Ukraine - Agencies
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Suggests Moves Towards Banning Orthodox Church With Moscow Ties
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Ukraine Uses Olympic Spotlight to Capture Global Attention and Fight War Fatigue
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] Olympics: Ukrainian MP Beleniuk wins bronze, then retires
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] Ukraine updates: Putin orders reinforcements to Kursk
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] US Announces $125 Million Military Aid Package for Ukraine
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] US to Send Stinger Missiles, Ammunition to Ukraine in New $125 Million Package
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] Putin Says Ukrainian Attack on Kursk Is a Major Provocation
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-06 [Older] EU Governments Give Green Light to 4.2 Billion Euros Payout to Ukraine
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-06 [Older] Ukraine Diverts More Funding Towards Missile Programme, Zelenskiy Says
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] Mali breaks diplomatic ties with Ukraine
The Local DK ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] Zelensky thanks Denmark after Ukraine receives first F-16 jets
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] High Jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Other Medal-Winning Ukrainians Put Attention on War
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] Ukraine Says Mali's Decision to Cut Ties Over Attack Was Hasty, Short-Sighted
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Ukraine updates: Kuleba heads to Africa to drum up support
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Ukraine: Zelenskyy says F-16 combat jets already in use
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Mali Says Cutting Ties With Ukraine Over Alleged Involvement in Rebel Attack
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Ukraine Finally Deploying US-Made F-16 Fighter Jets, Zelenskiy Says
France24 ☛ Fire at cooling tower of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Kyiv and Moscow traded blame on Sunday after a fire broke out at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, under the control of Russian forces.
New York Times ☛ Ukraine’s Summer Camps Are Altered by War
As the once carefree summers of Ukrainian childhood and young adulthood are forever altered by war, traditional camps have taken on a more patriotic tone.
RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy Urges West To Lift Restrictions On Weapons Use As Kursk Offensive Continues
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned Moscow's latest deadly attack on civilian areas of Kyiv and urged his Western allies to lift restrictions on the use of weapons deep inside of Russia.
RFERL ☛ Fire Hits Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant, But Officials Say Safety Not Compromised
A fire has broken out on August 11 at a cooling tower at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine following what Russian officials say was Ukrainian shelling, which authorities in Kyiv denied.
LRT ☛ ‘Deafeating Russia is best thing we could do for Russia‘ – interview with Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder, a professor of History at Yale University and the author of books including Bloodlands and The Road To Unfreedom, spoke to Sashko Shevchenko of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service about possible scenarios for ending Russia’s war against Ukraine, what the collapse of Russia as an empire could look like, the current mobilisation efforts in Ukraine, and other matters related to the war.
France24 ☛ Ukraine says two killed in Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv region
A four-year-old boy and his 35-year-old father died when debris from a downed Russian weapon fell on their home near the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Sunday. A 13-year-old child was also injured in the attack, Ukraine's emergency services said on the Telegram messaging app.
France24 ☛ 'Thousands' of troops part of incursion aiming to 'destabilise' Russia, says top Ukrainian official
Thousands of Ukrainian troops are participating in an incursion into Russia that entered its sixth day on Sunday, a top Ukrainian official told AFP. The official said that Ukrainian troops would respect international humanitarian law while on Russian territory and that there were no plans to annex areas they currently hold.
RFERL ☛ Investigative Journalist Urges West To Withdraw Reporters From Russia To Prevent Arrests
Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev urged Western news organizations to withdraw any correspondents working in Russia, saying the value of having reporters there is outweighed by the risk of having them seized and used by the Kremlin as an asset in future prisoner swaps.
Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] Branches of Foreign Banks to Operate in Russia
CPJ ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] CPJ: Russia’s YouTube slow down another blow to independent reporting
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] 25 years of Vladimir Putin at Russia's helm
CBC ☛ 2024-08-11 [Older] Zelenskyy says surprise Ukrainian attack in Russia puts 'necessary pressure on the aggressor'
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-11 [Older] Downed Ukraine-Launched Missile Injures 13 in Russia's Kursk, Regional Officials Say
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-11 [Older] Ukraine's President Indirectly Acknowledges Daring Military Incursion Onto Russian Soil
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Ukraine updates: Russia says 76,000 evacuated from Kursk
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Ukraine Volunteers Evacuate Residents Near Russia's Embattled Kursk Region
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Russia Evacuates Over 76,000 in Kursk Region Amid Ukraine Incursion, TASS Cites Emergency Ministry
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Russia Fighting Intense Battles Against Major Ukrainian Incursion
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Father, 4-Year-Old Son Killed in Russian Air Strike on Kyiv Region
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Russia Tightens Security in Kursk Region, as Fight Continues Against Ukraine's Surprise Incursion
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Ukraine Says It Hit an Offshore Gas Platform Used by Russian Forces
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Ukraine’s Foray Into Russia’s Border Region Embarrasses Putin. How Will It Affect the Course of War?
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-10 [Older] Zelenskiy Acknowledges Military Operation in Russia's Kursk Region
The Age AU ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] Russian chess player arrested after attempting to poison younger rival
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] Russia Blocks Signal Messaging App as Authorities Tighten Control Over Information
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] What's behind Ukraine's Kursk operation in Russia?
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] US Coast Guard Patrol Spots Russian Military Ship off Alaska Islands
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] Exclusive-Iran to Deliver Hundreds of Ballistic Missiles to Russia Soon, Intel Sources Say
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] For Freed Russian Opposition Activist Ilya Yashin, Resuming Work Against Putin Is His Priority
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] Russia Imposes Anti-Terrorism Measures in Three Border Regions, Agencies Say, Quoting Officials
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] Russian in Prisoner Swap Ends US Hack-And-Trade Conviction Appeal
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] Russian Man Held Without Bail on Charges He Procured US Electronics for Russian Military Use
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] Ukraine Raids Russian Forces on Occupied Kinburn Spit, Kyiv Says
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] Video on Ukrainian Media Shows Soldiers in Control of Gas Facility in Russia's Kursk Region
CPJ ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] How Russia silences critical coverage of its war in Ukraine
Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] Power Play in Africa: Risch Charts U.S.-Europe Course to Counter China, Russia
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] Ukraine updates: Russia scrambles against Kursk incursion
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] Vladimir Putin: At Russia's helm for a quarter of a century
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] IAEA Is Monitoring Situation Around Russia's Kursk Nuclear Plant - RIA
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] Mexico Rejects Ukraine's Request to Arrest Russia's Putin During Visit
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] Ukrainian Official Dismisses Notion of New Peace Summit as Start of Russia Talks
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-06 [Older] Nigeria Detains Tailors Who Made Russian Flags for Anti-Government Protests
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] Nigeria Arrests Seven Polish Nationals for Raising Russian Flags at Protests
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] Russian Shelling Kills Four in Ukraine's Donetsk Region
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] Ukraine Says It Raided Russian-Controlled Spit in Black Sea
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] U.S.-Russian Citizen Ksenia Karelina Pleads Guilty to Treason, State Media Says
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-06 [Older] Russia claims it is repelling Ukrainian border attack
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-06 [Older] Russia Warns Ukraine: Peace Terms Will Only Get Worse
Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] A Failed Attempt of Peace Communique Between Russia-Ukraine
Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] Learning from the Conflicts: Taiwan’s Stance on Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine Conflicts
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] Russia says fight against Ukrainian border incursion ongoing
HRW ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] Russia: Repressive Laws Used to Crush Civic Freedoms
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] Putin Accuses Ukraine of a ‘Large-Scale Provocation’ With Its Raid in Southwestern Russia
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] Freed Russian Prisoner Orlov Says There Is Talk of More Swaps
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] Anti-War Russian Pianist Dies in Prison After Hunger Strike
NL Times ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] Ukraine already using Dutch F-16s against Russian missile attacks
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] Bear Kills Man in Russia's Far East, RIA Agency Reports
Scheerpost ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Prisoner Swap with Russia “Offers a Possible Pathway” to Peace in Ukraine, Says Katrina vanden Heuvel
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Montenegro's political shift: A turn toward Serbia and Russia?
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Russians Pay Homage to Wagner Fighters Killed in Mali
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Russia's Putin Offers Disaster Aid to North Korea to Help It Cope With Recent Flooding Damage
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Two Russian Ex-Prisoners From East-West Swap Want to Return Home
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Ukraine Foreign Minister Heads to Africa to Win Support in War Against Russia
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Ukraine Intensifies Its Long-Range Strikes, Sinking a Russian Submarine and Striking an Airfield
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskyy Displays Newly Arrived F-16 Fighter Jets to Combat Russia in the Air
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-04 [Older] Ukrainian Attacks Injure 14 in Kherson Region Town, Russia-Appointed Official Says
Environment
CBC ☛ 2024-08-11 [Older] Reframing the heat: Why 'global warming' misses the mark in climate talk
↺ HTTPS: 2024-08-11 [Older] Reframing the heat: Why 'global warming' misses the mark in climate talk
Scheerpost ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] Outrage as NYPD Arrests Cello-Playing Grandfather at Citibank Climate Protest
Vox ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] What happens when a so-called climate solution risks your community’s safety?
Vox ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] The Summer Olympics can’t keep up with rising temperatures
Gizmodo ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] Could Tim Walz Be the ‘Climate Vice President’ We Need?
The Age AU ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] Last summer was so hot on the Great Barrier Reef, even the scientist didn’t believe it
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] Nevada Governor Releases Revised Climate Plan After Lengthy Delay
Vox ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] The slow, wet, meandering destruction of Tropical Storm Debby
Wildlife/Nature
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-07 [Older] In Lula's Brazil, Amazon Deforestation Rises for First Time in 15 Months
↺ HTTPS: 2024-08-07 [Older] In Lula's Brazil, Amazon Deforestation Rises for First Time in 15 Months
Overpopulation
Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-08-06 [Older] Projected Water Security of Pakistan
Finance
Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-08-11 [Older] Economic Overlords Are Destroying Democracy — and Our Lives
AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
Gizmodo ☛ 2024-08-08 [Older] Man Destroyed a 6,000-Year-Old Cave Painting for a Facebook Photo
BIA Net ☛ 2024-08-05 [Older] ‘Instagram ban could cost Turkey $57 million daily’
The Conversation ☛ 2024-08-09 [Older] How the altruistic response to far right riots reveals the innate goodness in human beings
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-06 [Older] Amazon India Head Manish Tiwary to Leave Company
Censorship/Free Speech
JURIST ☛ Russia communications agency blocks access to messaging app Signal
Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor told local media outlet RBK on Friday that access to the encrypted messaging app Signal had been blocked due to legislative violations. The regulator stated that the blocking will prevent terrorism and extremism. Signal is notable for its security strength and encryption capabilities.
JURIST ☛ US appeals court greenlights defamation suit against former Special Counsel Robert Mueller
A US appeals court ruled on Friday that Georgian-American businessman Giorgi Rtskhiladze can proceed with a defamation lawsuit against former Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller was appointed in 2017 to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential Election.