IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, December 18, 2024

beginning of new day, December 18

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2 AM, December 18

02:40 TR News; Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-171224.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-171224.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-171224.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-171224.txt

02:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, December 17, 2024

02:41 TR News; Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-171224.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-171224.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-171224.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-171224.txt

02:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, December 17, 2024

02:42 TR News; Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-171224.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-171224.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-171224.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-171224.txt

02:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, December 17, 2024

02:43 TR News; Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-171224.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-171224.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-171224.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-171224.txt

02:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, December 17, 2024

02:50 TR News; Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2024-12-17.txt

4 AM, December 18

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5 AM, December 18

05:59 TR News; FSF fund raising at 196k now!

6 AM, December 18

06:03 TR News; Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 17, 2024 https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_December_17_2024.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_December_17_2024.gmi

06:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 17, 2024

06:05 TR News; (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Today_in_Techrights.gmi

06:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights

06:05 TR News; Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi

06:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines...

06:06 TR News; "Hmm, or are they clever and sleazy enough to remove competition and reduce salary costs for an immediate share price bump. It sounds like they should be able to justify their large salary by solving some difficult math, computer science, or physics problems. All of us can't wait to see their solutions." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vRu45dP

06:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vRu45dP )

06:07 TR News; "When Gerstner took over IBM in 1993, it was losing roughly $8 billion per year. When he stepped down in 2002, the company was making over $7 billion per year. That's a $15 billion swing in 9 years" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl

06:38 TR News; Techrights IBM (and Red Hat) is a Patent Troll, Still Leveraging Software Patents to Extract Money Out of Other Companies by Suing Them https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/IBM_and_Red_Hat_is_a_Patent_Troll_Still_Leveraging_Software_Pat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/IBM_and_Red_Hat_is_a_Patent_Troll_Still_Leveraging_Software_Pat.gmi

06:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM (and Red Hat) is a Patent Troll, Still Leveraging Software Patents to Extract Money Out of Other Companies by Suing Them

06:50 TR News; Techrights Brian Fagioli's Latest "Linux" Article Appears to be Fake https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Brian_Fagioli_s_Latest_Linux_Article_Appears_to_be_Fake.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Brian_Fagioli_s_Latest_Linux_Article_Appears_to_be_Fake.gmi

06:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Brian Fagioli's Latest "Linux" Article Appears to be Fake

06:53 TR News; Fedora Asahi Remix 41 brings Fedora Linux to Apple Silicon Macs with Vulkan 1.4 and x86 emulation https://betanews.com/2024/12/17/fedora-asahi-remix-41-fedora-linux-apple-mac/

06:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-betanews.com | Fedora Asahi Remix 41 brings Fedora Linux to Apple Silicon Macs with Vulkan 1.4 and x86 emulation

7 AM, December 18

07:23 TR News; Techrights Other Editors Who Agree "Hey Hi" (AI) is Just Hype But Won't Say So Publicly as It Might Upset Key Sponsors https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Other_Editors_Who_Agree_Hey_Hi_AI_is_Just_Hype_But_Won_t_Say_So.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Other_Editors_Who_Agree_Hey_Hi_AI_is_Just_Hype_But_Won_t_Say_So.gmi

07:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Other Editors Who Agree "Hey Hi" (AI) is Just Hype But Won't Say So Publicly as It Might Upset Key Sponsors

07:25 schestowitz[TR2]; IBM has financial problems and layoffs. It uses R.T.O. to make some of those layoffs less visible.

07:57 TR News; Techrights IBM and Canonical Leave Money on the Table Because Microsoft Pays Them Not to Compete and Instead Market Windows, WSL, Microsoft 'Clown Computing', and TPMs https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/IBM_and_Canonical_Leave_Money_on_the_Table_Because_Microsoft_Pa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/IBM_and_Canonical_Leave_Money_on_the_Table_Because_Microsoft_Pa.gmi

07:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM and Canonical Leave Money on the Table Because Microsoft Pays Them Not to Compete and Instead Market Windows, WSL, Microsoft 'Clown Computing', and TPMs

8 AM, December 18

08:27 TR News; Techrights Keeping Productive This Christmas https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Keeping_Productive_This_Christmas.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Keeping_Productive_This_Christmas.gmi

08:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Keeping Productive This Christmas

08:35 TR News; (NEW): Cheers to 5 Years of openSUSE Bar https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Cheers_to_5_Years_of_openSUSE_Bar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Cheers_to_5_Years_of_openSUSE_Bar.gmi

08:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Cheers to 5 Years of openSUSE Bar

08:37 TR News; (NEW): The 3 most Windows-like Linux distros you can try because change is hard https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/The_3_most_Windows_like_Linux_distros_you_can_try_because_chang.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/The_3_most_Windows_like_Linux_distros_you_can_try_because_chang.gmi

08:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The 3 most Windows-like Linux distros you can try because change is hard

08:38 TR News; (NEW): I'm a Linux power user, and I recommend this distro to newbies and experts alike https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/I_m_a_Linux_power_user_and_I_recommend_this_distro_to_newbies_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/I_m_a_Linux_power_user_and_I_recommend_this_distro_to_newbies_a.gmi

08:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I'm a Linux power user, and I recommend this distro to newbies and experts alike

08:52 TR News; Techrights In Many Places Around the World, Perhaps as Expected, Yandex is Nearly Bigger Than Microsoft (Like in Several African Countries) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/In_Many_Places_Around_the_World_Perhaps_as_Expected_Yandex_is_N.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/In_Many_Places_Around_the_World_Perhaps_as_Expected_Yandex_is_N.gmi

08:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In Many Places Around the World, Perhaps as Expected, Yandex is Nearly Bigger Than Microsoft (Like in Several African Countries)

08:52 TR News; (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Photos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Microsoft_Photos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Microsoft_Photos.gmi

08:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Photos

08:54 TR News; (NEW): Leaving Windows 10 for Linux? 5 security differences to consider first https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Leaving_Windows_10_for_Linux_5_security_differences_to_consider.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Leaving_Windows_10_for_Linux_5_security_differences_to_consider.gmi

08:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Leaving Windows 10 for Linux? 5 security differences to consider first

9 AM, December 18

09:00 TR News; Techrights Microsoft Boasts That Its (Microsoft-Sponsored) "Open Source AI" Propaganda Got Cited in Media (That's Just What the Money Did) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Microsoft_Boasts_That_Its_Microsoft_Sponsored_Open_Source_AI_Pr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Microsoft_Boasts_That_Its_Microsoft_Sponsored_Open_Source_AI_Pr.gmi

09:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Boasts That Its (Microsoft-Sponsored) "Open Source AI" Propaganda Got Cited in Media (That's Just What the Money Did)

09:00 TR News; (NEW): 6 ways modern Linux distros are less infuriating https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/6_ways_modern_Linux_distros_are_less_infuriating.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/6_ways_modern_Linux_distros_are_less_infuriating.gmi

09:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 6 ways modern Linux distros are less infuriating

09:09 TR News; (NEW): Alpine Linux 3.21: Lean, mean, and LoongArch-ready https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Alpine_Linux_3_21_Lean_mean_and_LoongArch_ready.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Alpine_Linux_3_21_Lean_mean_and_LoongArch_ready.gmi

09:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Alpine Linux 3.21: Lean, mean, and LoongArch-ready

09:10 TR News; Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) is the Voice of Bill Gates and Satya Nadella https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_is_the_Voice_of_Bill_Gates_and_Satya.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_is_the_Voice_of_Bill_Gates_and_Satya.gmi

09:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) is the Voice of Bill Gates and Satya Nadella

09:12 TR News; Chrome now 81% in Botswana https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/botswana/#monthly-200902-202412

09:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Browser Market Share Botswana | Statcounter Global Stats

09:22 TR News; (NEW): PeerTube 7 Brings a Complete Makeover https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/PeerTube_7_Brings_a_Complete_Makeover.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/PeerTube_7_Brings_a_Complete_Makeover.gmi

09:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines PeerTube 7 Brings a Complete Makeover

09:25 TR News; (NEW): Fresh off the digital Gutenberg: The fall 2024 Bulletin is now online https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Fresh_off_the_digital_Gutenberg_The_fall_2024_Bulletin_is_now_o.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Fresh_off_the_digital_Gutenberg_The_fall_2024_Bulletin_is_now_o.gmi

09:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fresh off the digital Gutenberg: The fall 2024 Bulletin is now online

09:32 TR News; (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Android_Leftovers.gmi

09:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers

09:34 TR News; Techrights In South Africa, a Very Large Nation, Web Developers Can Already Ignore Microsoft Browsers (Edge Measured Below 3% in 55 Nations) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/In_South_Africa_a_Very_Large_Nation_Web_Developers_Can_Already_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/In_South_Africa_a_Very_Large_Nation_Web_Developers_Can_Already_.gmi

09:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In South Africa, a Very Large Nation, Web Developers Can Already Ignore Microsoft Browsers (Edge Measured Below 3% in 55 Nations)

09:40 TR News; Techrights [Meme] Microsoft's Latest Marketing Pitch https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Meme_Microsoft_s_Latest_Marketing_Pitch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Meme_Microsoft_s_Latest_Marketing_Pitch.gmi

09:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Meme] Microsoft's Latest Marketing Pitch

10 AM, December 18

10:17 TR News; FSF money raised: now 197k https://my.fsf.org/join

10:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-my.fsf.org | Join the FSF | Free Software Foundation

10:19 TR News; Understaffed http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/katcall-openings-for-guestkat-and.html

10:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Katcall: Openings for GuestKats and InternKats! - The IPKat

10:23 TR News; "Stoneshard is a very challenging open-world RPG currently in Early Access and the latest major release is a really big one. Stoneshard has Native Linux support and is rated Steam Deck Playable." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/stoneshard-major-upgrade-brings-an-upgradable-fast-travel-caravan-system-cooking-new-locations-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

10:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Stoneshard major upgrade brings an upgradable fast-travel caravan system, cooking, new locations and more | GamingOnLinux

10:23 TR News; "Wayward is an Early Access wilderness survival roguelike that's highly rated by players, and it just had a massive update launch with "Runekeeper"." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/wilderness-survival-roguelike-wayward-adds-creature-territories-deities-item-stacking-and-lots-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

10:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wilderness survival roguelike Wayward adds creature territories, deities, item stacking and lots more | GamingOnLinux

10:23 TR News; "I still think Volcanoids has one of the absolutely coolest ideas for a survival game, with your base being a big moving drill that burrows through the earth and it just keeps on getting better." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/drill-ship-survival-game-volcanoids-adds-big-mech-spiders-and-tanks-that-drill-up-through-the-ground-to-say-hi/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

10:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Drill-ship survival game Volcanoids adds big mech spiders and tanks that drill up through the ground to say hi | GamingOnLinux

10:24 TR News; "A Game About Digging A Hole sounds like it might actually be somewhat amusing. As the name suggests, it's all about digging down deep where you might find some secrets." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/a-game-about-digging-a-hole-has-you-dig-the-stupidest-biggest-hole-possible-to-find-potential-secrets/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

10:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Game About Digging A Hole has you dig the stupidest biggest hole possible to find potential secrets | GamingOnLinux

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10:28 TR News; "I quite enjoyed the first initial demo of Tempest Rising, a classic RTS like Westwood used to make (Red Alert, Command & Conquer) only a lot shinier and now it has a release date along with a new trailer." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/tempest-rising-looks-awesome-and-this-rts-is-launching-in-april-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

10:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tempest Rising looks awesome and this RTS is launching in April 2025 | GamingOnLinux

10:30 TR News; "Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is out now bringing the most polished version of Linux for Apple Silicon Macs, along with support for AAA gaming." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/fedora-asahi-remix-41-brings-aaa-gaming-to-apple-silicon-with-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

10:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fedora Asahi Remix 41 brings AAA gaming to Apple Silicon with Linux | GamingOnLinux

10:31 TR News; "Tabla loses its rhythm" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/tabla-loses-its-rhythm-1847372

10:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.deccanchronicle.com | Tabla loses its rhythm

10:32 TR News; "Suspected Russian spy linked to Italian right-wingers and mysterious Latvian 'Financier' / Article" https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/16.12.2024-suspected-russian-spy-linked-to-italian-right-wingers-and-mysterious-latvian-financier.a580454/

10:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Suspected Russian spy linked to Italian right-wingers and mysterious Latvian 'Financier' / Article

10:32 TR News; "Suspected Russia spy expelled from Lithuanias conservative party" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2440077/suspected-russia-spy-expelled-from-lithuania-s-conservative-party

10:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Suspected Russia spy expelled from Lithuanias conservative party - LRT

10:33 TR News; "Xfce 4.20 llega muchos pequeos cambios y soporte de Wayland" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2024/12/16/xfce-4-20/

10:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www-muylinux-com.translate.goog | Xfce 4.20 llega muchos pequeos cambios y soporte de Wayland

10:33 TR News; "Judge denies Trump petition to dismiss hush-money case over immunity claims" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/16/trump-hush-money-case-immunity-denied

10:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Judge denies Trump petition to dismiss hush-money case over immunity claims | Donald Trump | The Guardian

10:33 TR News; "Trump mocked for geography snafu during press conference: You wouldnt believe how many countries there are" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-geography-press-conference-b2665371.html

10:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | Trump mocked for geography snafu during press conference: You wouldnt believe how many countries there are | The Independent

10:34 TR News; ""Everybody wants to be my friend," Trump brags after tech CEOs seek audiences" https://www.axios.com/2024/12/16/trump-eric-adams-pardon-bezos-tim-cook-drones-postal-service

10:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/16/trump-eric-adams-pardon-bezos-tim-cook-drones-postal-service )

10:35 TR News; Yes, GAFAM is LEGITIMISING corruption and fascism. ANYTHING for money. Like IBM and literal Hitler.

10:35 TR News; "Witch-tech? That's a new one. Crescent County has a really fun idea and some lovely visuals too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/crescent-county-is-an-open-world-witch-tech-delivery-life-sim-where-you-travel-around-on-a-motorised-broom/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

10:35 TR News; "Here's your chance to get four absolutely brilliant games that are all Steam Deck Verified, have Native Linux support and at a discount too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/the-steam-deck-stars-bundle-on-steam-has-some-top-deck-verified-games-for-cheap/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

10:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Crescent County is an open-world "witch-tech" delivery life-sim where you travel around on a motorised broom | GamingOnLinux

10:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Steam Deck Stars Bundle on Steam has some top Deck Verified games for cheap | GamingOnLinux

10:35 TR News; "This is a big one!" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/nexus-mods-new-cross-platform-app-v0-7-1-released-finally-supporting-upgrades-better-modding-for-linux-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

10:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Nexus Mods new cross-platform app v0.7.1 released finally supporting upgrades - better modding for Linux / Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux

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10:37 TR News; (NEW): Games: Steam Deck Stars Bundle, Crescent County, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Games_Steam_Deck_Stars_Bundle_Crescent_County_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Games_Steam_Deck_Stars_Bundle_Crescent_County_and_More.gmi

10:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Steam Deck Stars Bundle, Crescent County, and More

10:37 TR News; "Latin America Is About to Gain More U.S. Attention Than It Has Received in Three Decades... Is That Good?" https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/12/17/latin-america-is-about-to-gain-more-u-s-attention-than-it-has-received-in-three-decades-is-that-good/

10:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-moderndiplomacy.eu | Latin America Is About to Gain More U.S. Attention Than It Has Received in Three Decades... Is That Good? - Modern Diplomacy

10:38 TR News; "Ukrainian PM Says Deal To Transit Russian Gas Won't Be Extended In 2025" https://www.rferl.org/a/kraine-russian-gas-transit-deal-ending-alternatives/33242146.html

10:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Ukrainian PM Says Deal To Transit Russian Gas Won't Be Extended In 2025

10:38 TR News; "Judge rejects Trump bid to dismiss felony conviction over immunity ruling" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-12-16/judge-rejects-trumps-bid-to-dismiss-hush-money-conviction-because-of-supreme-court-immunity-ruling

10:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Judge rejects Trump bid to dismiss felony conviction over immunity ruling - Los Angeles Times

10:38 TR News; "US Marines start partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2024/12/16/us-marines-start-partial-transfer-from-okinawa-to-guam/

10:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.marinecorpstimes.com | US Marines start partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam

10:38 TR News; iophk: They fail to mention OpenZFS and push instead unfit-for-purpose proprietary formats https://www.pcworld.com/article/2550308/why-choosing-the-right-format-for-usb-flash-drives-matters.html ("Choosing the right format for USB flash drives matters. Here's why")

10:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Choosing the right format for USB flash drives matters. Here's why | PCWorld

10:39 TR News; "Trump Assad Takeover: Trump terms Assads fall in Syria unfriendly takeover by Turkey" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/trump-terms-assads-fall-in-syria-unfriendly-takeover-by-turkey/articleshow/116376470.cms

10:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Trump Assad Takeover: Trump terms Assads fall in Syria unfriendly takeover by Turkey - Times of India

10:39 TR News; "Nordic-Baltic Security Coalition Meets Amid Heightened European Security Concerns" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/16/nordic-baltic-security-coalition-meets-amid-heightened-european-security-concerns-a87351

10:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.themoscowtimes.com | Nordic-Baltic Security Coalition Meets Amid Heightened European Security Concerns - The Moscow Times

10:40 TR News; "While Moldova is making progress, Georgia is falling back" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2024/12/16/while-moldova-is-making-progress-georgia-is-falling-back/

10:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neweasterneurope.eu | While Moldova is making progress, Georgia is falling back - New Eastern Europe

10:40 TR News; "The Military Under Trump Will Be a Disaster" https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-military-civilians/

10:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | The Military Under Trump Will Be a Disaster | The Nation

10:40 TR News; "Move over, Vikings. Swedens new seafaring heroes are knitting grannies." https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Music/2024/1216/christmas-swedish-knitting-choir-gotland

10:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Move over, Vikings. Swedens new seafaring heroes are knitting grannies. - CSMonitor.com

10:40 TR News; "Chat Control 2 frslaget som vgrar d" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2024/12/17/chat-control-2-forslaget-som-vagrar-do/

10:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Chat Control 2 frslaget som vgrar d

10:41 TR News; "Islamist technocracy: How HTS, the group leading change in Syria, became a force capable of defeating Assad" https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-17/islamist-technocracy-how-hts-the-group-leading-change-in-syria-became-a-force-capable-of-defeating-assad.html

10:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Islamist technocracy: How HTS, the group leading change in Syria, became a force capable of defeating Assad | International | EL PAS English

10:41 TR News; "Ukraine Says It Assassinated Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow Bombing" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/russian-general-bombing-moscow.html

10:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Ukraine Says It Assassinated Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow Bombing - The New York Times

10:41 TR News; "Trumps many conflicts of interest: Truth Social, a crypto venture, and more | Vox" https://www.vox.com/politics/391338/trump-business-truth-social-crypto-liv-hotel-conflicts

10:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trumps many conflicts of interest: Truth Social, a crypto venture, and more | Vox

10:41 TR News; ""Battered With Force Again And Again": Murdered Pak Girl's Parents Jailed" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/father-stepmother-of-murdered-pak-girl-jailed-for-life-by-uk-court-7272123

10:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ndtv.com | "Battered With Force Again And Again": Murdered Pak Girl's Parents Jailed

10:42 TR News; "Sara Sharif murder: British-Pak girl's father, stepmother get jail for life; Court lists shocking injuries" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/sara-sharif-murder-british-pak-girls-father-stepmother-get-jail-for-life-court-lists-shocking-injuries-101734488735121.html

10:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hindustantimes.com | Sara Sharif murder: British-Pak girl's father, stepmother get jail for life; Court lists shocking injuries | World News - Hindustan Times

10:42 TR News; ""Not An Ordinary Killing": UnitedHealthcare CEO's Murder Suspect Charged" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/killing-intended-to-evoke-terror-us-ceos-murder-suspect-charged-7273634

10:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ndtv.com | "Not An Ordinary Killing": UnitedHealthcare CEO's Murder Suspect Charged

10:43 TR News; "Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as act of terrorism" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-12-17/suspect-charged-with-killing-unitedhealthcares-ceo-as-an-act-of-terrorism

10:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as act of terrorism - Los Angeles Times

10:43 TR News; "Trump to Russias Rescue" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/12/trump-to-russias-rescue/681037/

10:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Trump to Russias Rescue - The Atlantic

10:43 TR News; "Muslim residents raze own homes near Sambhals ancient temple" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/residents-raze-own-homes-near-sambhals-ancient-temple/articleshow/116408071.cms

10:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Muslim residents raze own homes near Sambhals ancient temple | Bareilly News - Times of India

10:43 TR News; "Russians burning faces of dead North Koreans to keep them secret: Zelenskyy Radio Free Asia" https://www.rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/17/north-korean-soldier-video-russia-12172024/

10:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/17/north-korean-soldier-video-russia-12172024/ )

11 AM, December 18

11:32 TR News; Now over 198k https://my.fsf.org/join

11:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-my.fsf.org | Join the FSF | Free Software Foundation

11:33 TR News; "Discover the top 5 reasons to join the Astro Pi Challenge and see how it inspires young people to code and build STEM skills." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/five-reasons-to-join-the-astro-pi-challenge/ | Source: Raspberry Pi

11:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.raspberrypi.org | Five reasons to join the Astro Pi Challenge, backed by our impact report - Raspberry Pi Foundation

11:34 TR News; 280+ Environmental Books Published in 2024 https://therevelator.org/environmental-books-2024/ | Source: The Revelator

11:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therevelator.org | Revelator Reads Bonus: 280+ Environmental Books Published in 2024 The Revelator

11:36 TR News; "Suing people for consuming content illegally can be a risky endeavor for companies with brands to protect. Nevertheless, sports rightsholders now seem prepared to put brand integrity on the line in their fight against IPTV pirates." https://torrentfreak.com/laliga-isnt-fining-iptv-pirates-for-viewing-streams-but-for-providing-them-241217/ | Source: Torrent Freak

11:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LaLiga Isn't 'Fining' IPTV Pirates For Viewing Streams, But For Providing Them * TorrentFreak

11:36 TR News; "The Federal Court of Canada has issued a new site blocking order requiring major ISPs to block access to Soap2Day domains." https://torrentfreak.com/netflix-and-hollywood-obtain-canadian-site-blocking-order-against-pirate-brand-soap2day-241217/ | Source: Torrent Freak

11:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Netflix and Hollywood Obtain Canadian Site Blocking Order Against Pirate 'Brand' Soap2Day * TorrentFreak

11:36 TR News; "Italians who simply view pirate IPTV via illicit subscriptions have been warned for months that their activities could be reported to the judicial authorities for potential prosecution." https://torrentfreak.com/judges-acquit-23-pirate-iptv-subscribers-personal-use-is-not-a-crime-241218/ | Source: Torrent Freak

11:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Judges Acquit a Total of 23 Pirate IPTV Subscribers: Personal Use is Not a Crime * TorrentFreak

11:37 TR News; "In the wake of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the arrest of alleged shooter Luigi Mangione" https://fair.org/home/nyt-panics-over-outrage-at-insurance-companies/ | Source: FAIR

11:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fair.org | NYT Panics Over Outrage at Insurance Companies FAIR

11:37 TR News; "How Opioid Giant Endo Escaped a $7 Billion Federal Penalty" https://www.propublica.org/article/endo-settlement-opioids-justice-department | Source: Pro Publica

11:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.propublica.org | How Opioid Giant Endo Escaped a $7 Billion Federal Penalty ProPublica

11:44 TR News; "All The Music" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/has-ai-already-gone-through-all-the-music/ | Source: Digital Music News

11:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/has-ai-already-gone-through-all-the-music/ )

11:44 TR News; "Balaji left OpenAI earlier this year and raised concerns publicly that the company had allegedly violated U.S. copyright law while developing its popular ChatGPT chatbot." https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/13/former-openai-researcher-and-whistleblower-found-dead-at-age-26.html | Source: CNBC http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Reminder_The_Microsoft_Person_Who_Used_OpenAI_for_En_Masse_GPL_.shtml

11:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnbc.com | Former OpenAI researcher and whistleblower found dead at age 26

11:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Reminder: The Microsoft Person Who Used OpenAI for En Masse GPL Violations Told the Whistleblower to Kill Herself

11:45 TR News; "Soon after blowing the whistle on OpenAI's alleged use of copyrighted material in its training data, one of its former researchers was found dead of an apparent suicide." https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-devastated-whistleblower-died | Source: Futurism http://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/

11:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | OpenAI Says Its Devastated That a Whistleblower Against It Has Been Found Dead

11:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XXVII The Future of OpenAI May Depend on the Fate of GitHub's Copilot in Court ($9 Billion in Damages)

11:45 TR News; "Popeye and Tintin's early versions enter the US public domain in 2025, allowing their use without copyright restrictions." https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/popeye-tintin-in-public-domain-from-2025-but-minus-spinach-red-hair/articleshow/116415357.cms | Source: India Times

11:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Popeye, Tintin in public domain from 2025... but minus spinach & red hair - Times of India

11:45 TR News; "In 1998, Congress passed the Sonny Bono Copyright Act, AKA the Mickey Mouse Preservation Act, AKA the Copyright Term Extension Act." https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/17/dastar-dly-deeds/#roast-in-piss-sonny-bono | Source: CoryDoctorow

11:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Happy Public Domain Day 2025 to all who celebrate (17 Dec 2024) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

11:46 TR News; "Next year, actors and athletes from the NBA and NFL will have access to technology that will identify AI-generated content on YouTube that features their digital likeness" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-12-17/youtube-partners-with-caa-on-helping-celebrities-manage-digital-likeness | Source: Los Angeles Times

11:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | YouTube, CAA to help celebrities manage digital likeness in AI content - Los Angeles Times

11:48 TR News; "The dispute began after Qualcomm acquired Nuvia for $1.4 billion in 2021 and proceeded with the development of its custom Armv8.2-based cores that are now used inside the Snapdragon X processors." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/arm-vs-qualcomm-trial-begins-arm-demands-that-the-patent-infringing-nuvia-designs-be-destroyed | Source: Tom's Hardware

11:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Arm vs. Qualcomm trial begins Arm demands that the patent-infringing Nuvia designs be destroyed | Tom's Hardware

11:48 TR News; "The crux of the litigation is a clash over Qualcomm's license agreement for the use of Arm's intellectual property following Qualcomm's $1.4 billion acquisition of chip startup Nuvia in 2021." https://www.reuters.com/legal/arm-qualcomm-trial-set-begin-over-chip-contract-dispute-2024-12-16/ | Source: Reuters

11:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/legal/arm-qualcomm-trial-set-begin-over-chip-contract-dispute-2024-12-16/ )

11:48 TR News; "The crux of the litigation is a clash over Qualcomm's license agreement for the use of Arm's intellectual [sic] property [sic] following Qualcomm's $1.4 billion acquisition of chip startup Nuvia in 2021." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/arm-ceo-downplays-ambitions-to-make-its-own-chip-in-qualcomm-case/articleshow/116384060.cms | Source: India Times

11:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Arm CEO downplays ambitions to make its own chip in Qualcomm case - The Economic Times

11:49 TR News; "The Supreme Court on Monday, while hearing the Competition Commission of India (CCI) request to transfer 24 pleas related to alleged anti-competitive practices by e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/all-cases-should-be-transferred-to-karnataka-hc-says-sc-on-flipkart-amazon-antitrust-cases/articleshow/116373005.cms | Source: India Times

11:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | All cases should be transferred to Karnataka HC, says SC on Flipkart, Amazon antitrust cases - The Economic Times

11:50 TR News; "But this mindless deregulatory mindset also harms public safety, national security, and consumer privacy." https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/17/att-verizon-fail-to-inform-customers-about-major-salt-typhoon-hack/ | Source: Techdirt

11:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AT&T, Verizon Fail To Inform Customers About Major Salt Typhoon Hack | Techdirt

11:50 TR News; "NTCAThe Rural Broadband Association, ACA Connects, CTIA, New York State Telecommunications Association" https://insidetowers.com/broadband-groups-rejected-by-scotus-on-new-york-rate-caps/ | Source: Inside Towers

11:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insidetowers.com | Broadband Groups Rejected by SCOTUS on New York Rate Caps - Inside Towers

11:54 TR News; "Renters in the U.S. spent an extra $3.8 billion last year because of pricing algorithms used by landlords, according to an analysis from the White House Council of Economic Advisers first shared with Axios." https://www.axios.com/2024/12/17/realpage-rent-landlords-white-house | Source: Axios

11:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/17/realpage-rent-landlords-white-house )

11:55 TR News; "Klarna's CEO, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, has fully embraced artificial intelligence as a transformative force within the fintech company" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/we-stopped-hiring-fintech-ceo-reveals-how-ai-replaced-hundreds-employees-year-1729557 | Source: International Business Times

11:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 'We Stopped Hiring!': FinTech CEO Reveals How AI Replaced Hundreds of Employees in a Year | IBTimes UK

11:55 TR News; "Last year 185 content moderators sued Meta and two contractors, saying they had lost their jobs with Sama, a Kenya-based firm contracted to moderate Facebook content, for trying to organise a union." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-contractor-dismissed-threats-to-moderators-by-ethiopia-rebels-court-documents/articleshow/116341385.cms | Source: India Times

11:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Meta: Meta contractor dismissed threats to moderators by Ethiopia rebels: court documents - The Economic Times

11:56 TR News; "If the answer "no" seems obvious, it took Kirstin Lobato decades to prove it." https://boingboing.net/2024/12/16/las-vegas-must-pay-34m-to-woman-jailed-16-years-on-evidence-fabricated-by-police.html | Source: BoingBoing

11:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2024/12/16/las-vegas-must-pay-34m-to-woman-jailed-16-years-on-evidence-fabricated-by-police.html )

11:57 TR News; "Under the new law, repeat offenders and anyone who mocked the rules would face heavier fines and longer prison sentences of up to 15 years in jail." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mv83m4z7vo | Source: BBC

11:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Iran pauses controversial new dress code law - BBC News

11:57 TR News; "The hijab controversy has been ongoing since 2022, triggered by the death of Mahsa "Zhina" Amini, who died in police custody after violating the dress code." https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/iran-holds-back-hijab-law-after-widespread-condemnation-7271950 | Source: NDTV

11:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ndtv.com | Iran Holds Back Hijab Law After Widespread Condemnation

11:58 TR News; "The concern that we have is that the conservatives will prevail and it'll become impossible for women to even have the rights they have today, which are a fraction of what they had before" https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte/20241217-it-s-not-acceptable-when-half-the-population-is-silenced-ceo-of-afghan-media-group-moby | Source: France24

11:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte/20241217-it-s-not-acceptable-when-half-the-population-is-silenced-ceo-of-afghan-media-group-moby )

11:58 TR News; "In Turkey, the Red Umbrella (Krmz emsiye) Sexual Health and Human Rights Association issued a statement to mark the day, highlighting the challenges sex workers continue to face despite legal regulations." https://bianet.org/haber/sex-workers-in-turkey-denied-access-to-professional-rights-302769 | Source: BIA Net

11:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | 'Sex workers in Turkey denied access to professional rights'

11:59 TR News; "So, it happened again. And the way it happened is so utterly insane, its impossible to encapsulate in the 10-12 words that lend themselves to eye-grabbing headlines." https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/17/4th-circuit-strips-immunity-from-cops-who-engaged-in-an-insane-amount-of-unconstitutional-fuckery/ | Source: Techdirt

11:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-4th Circuit Strips Immunity From Cops Who Engaged In An Insane Amount Of Unconstitutional Fuckery | Techdirt

11:59 TR News; "Salesforce has closed more than 1,000 paid deals for "Agentforce," its platform for creating virtual representatives powered by artificial intelligence, its CEO Marc Benioff said on Tuesday." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/salesforce-closes-1000-paid-agentforce-deals-looks-to-robot-future/articleshow/116417651.cms | Source: India Times

11:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Salesforce closes 1,000 paid 'Agentforce' deals, looks to robot future - The Economic Times

noon, December 18

12:00 TR News; "trying to get the government to uphold treaties made in the 1700s. And younger generations arent giving up." https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-personal-toll-of-canadas-broken-fishing-promises/ | Source: Hakai Magazine

12:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hakaimagazine.com | The Personal Toll of Canadas Broken Fishing Promises | Hakai Magazine

12:00 TR News; "The precise employment relationship was often concealed in official documents." https://phys.org/news/2024-12-household-slavery-overlooked-method-enslaving.html | Source: Omicron Limited

12:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2024-12-household-slavery-overlooked-method-enslaving.html )

12:03 TR News; "Starbucks and the union have spent hundreds of hours bargaining, and both sides have produced tentative agreements over the year." https://thehill.com/business/5045698-starbucks-union-votes-to-authorize-strike-ahead-of-bargaining/ | Source: The Hill

12:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/business/5045698-starbucks-union-votes-to-authorize-strike-ahead-of-bargaining/ )

12:04 TR News; "charges of spreading false information and causing trouble on social media" https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2024/12/17/tibet-activist-detailed-and-released/ | Source: RFA

12:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2024/12/17/tibet-activist-detailed-and-released/ )

12:05 TR News; "I didn't feel like quizzing the innocent barkeep8 so I did the next best thing. I immediately9 sent a Freedom of Information request to the House of Lords. About beer" https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/12/it-is-ok-to-use-foi-for-silly-things-sometimes/ | Source: Terence Eden

12:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-shkspr.mobi | It is OK to use FoI for silly things sometimes Terence Edens Blog

12:06 TR News; "The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who has been detained in Syria for more than 12 years, reiterated her call Monday for the Israeli military to pause strikes in a part of Syria where her son may be held." https://www.voanews.com/a/tice-s-mother-asks-netanyahu-to-pause-syria-strikes-to-locate-journalist-/7903606.html | Source: VOA News

12:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | Tice's mother asks Netanyahu to pause Syria strikes to locate journalist

12:06 TR News; "anchor George Stephanopoulos inaccurate on-air assertion" https://fair.org/home/abc-settles-with-trump-in-a-case-it-could-have-won/ | Source: FAIR

12:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fair.org | ABC Settles With Trump in a Case It Could Have Won FAIR

12:07 TR News; "Theres almost no legal justification for the agreement. Under New York law, Carrolls claim that Trump had digitally penetrated her by force fell short of the full definition of rape" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-abc-settlement/ | Source: The Nation

12:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Trumps Attack on the Free Press Is Just Getting Started | The Nation

12:07 TR News; "The FIAs Cyber Crime Reporting Center in the capital Islamabad has also registered a first information report, which opens an investigation" https://cpj.org/2024/12/pakistani-authorities-summon-journalist-harmeet-singh-over-alleged-anti-state-rhetoric/ | Source: CPJ

12:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Pakistani authorities summon journalist Harmeet Singh over alleged anti-state rhetoric - Committee to Protect Journalists

12:08 TR News; "The trial of RFE/RLs Farid Mehralizada and six members of Azerbaijans most prominent anti-corruption investigative outlet" https://cpj.org/2024/12/7-azerbaijani-journalists-with-anti-corruption-outlet-rfe-rl-go-on-trial/ | Source: CPJ

12:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | 7 Azerbaijani journalists with anti-corruption outlet, RFE/RL go on trial - Committee to Protect Journalists

12:09 TR News; "If youve ever wondered how the right-wing media ecosystem operates and why its effective, try viewing it as a form of improvisational theater or improv." https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/16/how-maga-media-is-like-improv-theater/ | Source: Techdirt

12:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How MAGA Media Is Like Improv Theater | Techdirt

12:09 TR News; "Jailed pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai testified Tuesday that the Hong Kong government became "very strict" after Beijing's national security law came into effect in 2020." https://www.voanews.com/a/press-freedom-continues-to-deteriorate-in-hong-kong/7904843.html | Source: VOA News

12:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | Press freedom continues to deteriorate in Hong Kong

12:09 TR News; "The FCCs Fairness Doctrine (1949) required radio and television broadcasters to present fair and balanced coverage of controversial issues" https://washingtonspectator.org/trickster-improvisation-and-the-crisis-of-trust/ | Source: The Washington Spectator

12:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-washingtonspectator.org | Trickster, Improvisation and the Crisis of Trust | Washington Spectator

12:10 TR News; "The outgoing Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Jessica Rosenworcel condemned President-elect Trumps threat to punish broadcast networks that he says are not fair to him." https://thehill.com/media/5042649-fcc-broadcast-licenses-commissioner-jessica-rosenworcel/ | Source: The Hill

12:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/media/5042649-fcc-broadcast-licenses-commissioner-jessica-rosenworcel/ )

12:10 TR News; "A Northern Irish man, Craig Ballentine, faces the possibility of spending Christmas in a United Arab Emirates jail after posting a negative online review about his former employer" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/irish-man-jailed-uae-leaving-negative-work-review-could-spend-christmas-prison-1729568 | Source: International Business Times

12:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Irish Man Jailed in UAE for Leaving Negative Work Review, Could Spend Christmas in Prison | IBTimes UK

12:10 TR News; "How are historical myths constructed and imposed? By silencing and concealing facts, even by destroying documents and testimonies. Occasionally, even by pulping books." https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1256484/pulping-books-and-rewriting-history/ | Source: Greece

12:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pulping books and rewriting history | eKathimerini.com

12:11 TR News; "The reports recommendations were a mix of unworkable and nonsensical ideas, betraying the authors lack of true expertise on the complex issues and, more importantly, the tradeoffs around online disinformation." https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/17/katie-couric-is-wrong-repealing-section-230-wont-stop-online-misinformation/ | Source: Techdirt

12:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Katie Couric Is Wrong: Repealing Section 230 Wont Stop Online Misinformation | Techdirt

12:12 TR News; "Five generations of Algerians have felt ignored, marginalized, and dominated by European powers" https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2024/1217/boualem-sansal-algeria-france-relations | Source: CS Monitor

12:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Boualem Sansal detention in Algeria shows limits of French protection - CSMonitor.com

12:12 TR News; "Ddait wore the T-shirt in response to Russian athletes being allowed to compete at the World Championships under a neutral flag." https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2439758/lithuanian-athlete-banned-from-competition-for-wearing-small-russia-t-shirt | Source: LRT

12:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian athlete banned from competition for wearing small Russia T-shirt - LRT

12:13 TR News; [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1147.jpg

12:13 TR News; [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1497.jpg

12:16 TR News; "I cannot comment on Doha as a city -- or Qatar as a nation -- from 9 hours and 45 minutes spent in their international hub airport. But I've spent a bit of time in quite a number of international airports and I can thusly draw some comparisons." gemini://villastraylight.online/gemlog/20241125-1.gmi

12:17 TR News; "they have videos on repeat on the many, many, many screens here, proclaiming that they are vigilantly and diligently working to detect and stomp on any instance of human trafficing). All staff here are clearly living their best lives..." gemini://villastraylight.online/gemlog/20241125-1.gmi

12:18 TR News; "From Kirk Israel [1] comes this less problematic version of [2] of Baby It's Cold Outside [3]. It's a fun take on the song." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/12/17.1

12:19 TR News; "So I check my Gmail account and guess what? No only is there yet another Sean Conner out there, but he lost the password to his account. How do I know this? Because my account was set as his backup account!" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/12/17.2

12:21 TR News; "If you do not know your Bloat Comfort Zone (BCZ) you probably should determine that; try out ed, try out something with all the bells and whistles, and probably also the stuff in between. And maybe retry things over timewho knows, you might enjoy the CPU fan noise as the IDE does the whatever." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/12/18/BCZ.gmi

12:23 TR News; "You can do part 1 with a simple breadth-first search. I solved it with Dijsktras algorithm, which is more general, because I still had it in mind from day 16." gemini://dkalak.de/aoc/18.gmi

12:24 TR News; SpellBinding: DEGSOPH Wordo: SLEWS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-12-18.gmi

12:29 TR News; "A while back I read a post (which I'm pretty sure was on Gemini) about a person who created a wallet-sized calendar. The card functioned similarly to a perpetual calendar: it had 31 numbered days on the top half, and the bottom half indicated which days of the week lined up with the numbers based on month." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/jsreed5/22910

12:34 *zxrom (~zxrom@nte46aef49cm4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social

12:36 TR News; Techrights Links 18/12/2024: Doha/Qatar Trafficking, Bloat Comfort Zone, and Advent of Code 2024 https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Links_18_12_2024_Doha_Qatar_Trafficking_Bloat_Comfort_Zone_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Links_18_12_2024_Doha_Qatar_Trafficking_Bloat_Comfort_Zone_and_.gmi

12:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 18/12/2024: Doha/Qatar Trafficking, Bloat Comfort Zone, and Advent of Code 2024

12:36 TR News; "super majority" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/new-law-will-ban-sex-toys-from-walmart-target-texas-reps-clampdown-on-sexually-oriented-businesses-101734486958686.html | Source: Hindustan Times

12:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hindustantimes.com | New law will ban sex toys from Walmart, Target: Texas rep's clampdown on sexually-oriented businesses - Hindustan Times

12:37 TR News; "A bunch of losers and bullies with a lot of money are mad that money cant buy coolness so theyre fucking the rest of us over to demonstrate the might of money over knowledge" https://tracydurnell.com/2024/12/15/cultural-power-vs-economic-power/ | Source: Tracy Durnell

12:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tracydurnell.com | Cultural power vs. economic power Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden

12:37 TR News; "The revamped National Cyber Incident Response Plan an effort from CISA, the agencys Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative and the Office of the National Cyber Director" https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-national-cyber-incident-response-plan-comments/ | Source: Scoop News Group

12:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CISA pitches updated cyber incident response plan as an agile, actionable framework | CyberScoop

12:38 TR News; "Arctic Wolf is integrating Cylances AI-powered endpoint security technology into its platform to broaden its security solutions" https://cyberscoop.com/arctic-wolf-cylance-blackberry-acquisition/ | Source: Scoop News Group

12:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Arctic Wolf acquires Cylance from BlackBerry for $160 million | CyberScoop

12:40 TR News; US gov: OMG, China found our back doors and now uses these!!! This is a catastrophe. Should we attack China or remove back doors?

12:41 TR News; "SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son will announce a $100 billion investment in the US" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/softbank-ceo-to-announce-100-bln-investment-in-us-during-visit-to-trump-cnbc-reports/articleshow/116370609.cms | Source: India Times

12:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | SoftBank CEO to announce $100 bln investment in US during visit to Trump, CNBC reports - The Economic Times

12:42 TR News; Social control for oppression. "It is known for creating data fusion interfaces like the Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) and Palantir Foundry to improve big data analytics for diverse industries." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/palantir-joins-nasdaq-100-index-stock-price-surges-over-340-this-year-1729611 | Source: International Business Times

12:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Palantir Joins the Nasdaq 100 Index as Stock Price Surges by Over 340% This Year | IBTimes UK

12:43 TR News; "Early last year, OpenAI raised $10 billion. Just 18 months later, the company had burned through most of that money." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/technology/openai-chatgpt-funding.html | Source: New York Times http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml

12:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Why OpenAI Needs So Much Money - The New York Times

12:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt

12:43 TR News; "OpenAI's accelerating expenses are the main reason the corporate structure of the company" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/why-does-openai-need-so-much-money/articleshow/116418585.cms | Source: India Times

12:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Why does OpenAI need so much money? - The Economic Times

12:45 TR News; BitCoin: we burn all the energy (like a large nation) to produce nothing. Microsoft 'Open'HEY HI: we burn all the energy (like a small nation) to produce fakes and disinformation. Which is worse?

12:45 TR News; "Ever since then, Mr. Altman has been trying to wrest control of the company away from the nonprofit." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/technology/openai-nonprofit-control.html | Source: New York Times

12:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | How OpenAI Plans to Move From Being a Nonprofit - The New York Times

12:46 TR News; "decisions and activities that the US government will use to coordinate response to cyber incidents and is meant to promote national unity of effort in detection and response." https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-seeking-public-comment-on-updated-national-cyber-incident-response-plan/ | Source: Security Week

12:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-seeking-public-comment-on-updated-national-cyber-incident-response-plan/ )

12:47 TR News; " federal governments adoption of AI" [sic]... BS artists going mainstream and entering official roles. https://fedscoop.com/house-ai-task-force-final-report-trump-administration/ | Source: Scoop News Group

12:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-House AI task force releases final report, eyes future work with Trump administration | FedScoop

12:47 TR News; "Chung is visiting the Mar-a-Lago resort Tuesday and Wednesday (U.S. time) to meet with Donald Trump Jr., according to the Korean conglomerate" https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/12/419_388694.html | Source: The Korea Times

12:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-koreatimes.co.kr | Korean retail conglomerate Shinsegae chairman meets Trump Jr. at Mar-a-Lago - The Korea Times

12:48 TR News; "But what does the tech industry expect to gain out of their renewed relationships with Trump?" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/what-does-big-tech-hope-to-gain-from-warming-up-to-trump/articleshow/116417755.cms | Source: India Times https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

12:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump? - The Economic Times

12:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.wikipedia.org | IBM and the Holocaust - Wikipedia

12:50 TR News; "The American defense community is balancing a robust yet aging defense industrial base with an emerging $130 billion-dollar defense tech ecosystem." https://www.c4isrnet.com/opinion/2024/12/16/the-next-defense-reform-must-fully-bring-the-us-tech-sector-on-board/ | Source: C4ISRNET

12:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.c4isrnet.com | The next defense reform must fully bring the US tech sector on board

12:52 TR News; "We have addressed over 180 individual issues, our bug tracker has the full list." https://taler.net/en/news/2024-25.html | Source: Taler

12:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-taler.net | GNU Taler

12:52 TR News; short

12:52 TR News; "Recently, I read a blog post about doing software project estimates." https://ntietz.com/blog/estimating-projects-short-sale/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky

12:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ntietz.com | Estimating projects sells them short (and that's okay) | nicole@web

12:53 TR News; "In an interview with VOA Ukrainian's Oksana Bedratenko, Pyatt said Europe should use the Dec. 31" https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-interview-us-urges-europe-to-end-energy-dependency-on-russia/7904825.html | Source: VOA News

12:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | VOA interview: US urges Europe to end energy dependency on Russia

12:54 TR News; "Data centres are expected to account for 8% of the power generated in the US by 2030" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-deal-signals-booming-demand-from-data-centres-to-power-ai/articleshow/116402890.cms | Source: India Times

12:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Microsoft deal data centers: Microsoft deal signals booming demand from data centres to power AI - The Economic Times

12:56 TR News; "Data center development in Northern Virginia, particularly in Loudoun County" https://insidetowers.com/military-history-buffs-are-fighting-va-data-centers/ | Source: Inside Towers

12:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insidetowers.com | Military History Buffs are Fighting VA Data Centers - Inside Towers

12:57 TR News; "An elephant walk is basically a tight grouping of planes on a runway" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/c-130s-guam-elephant-walk/ | Source: Task And Purpose

12:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-taskandpurpose.com | C-130s from around the world gather for an 'elephant walk' - Task & Purpose

12:58 TR News; "they "unfortunately" had not been able to determine" https://www.thelocal.se/20241216/swedish-police-rule-out-foul-play-in-mystery-deaths-of-three-northvolt-workers | Source: The Local SE

12:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelocal.se/20241216/swedish-police-rule-out-foul-play-in-mystery-deaths-of-three-northvolt-workers )

12:59 TR News; "cryptocurrency" https://www.axios.com/2024/12/17/crypto-appointments-trump-treasury | Source: Axios https://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/

12:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/17/crypto-appointments-trump-treasury )

12:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | There is No Such Thing as 'Cryptocurrency' and Please Stop Referring to It as Cryptocurrency

1 PM, December 18

13:00 TR News; "In Colombia, climate change, coupled with deforestation in the Amazon and El Nio weather patterns that have become more intense, has caused a punishing and prolonged drought." https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/12/bogota-drought-water-rationing-routine/681023/ | Source: The Atlantic

13:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Drought Will Make Water Rationing Routine - The Atlantic

13:00 TR News; ""Mirror bacteria" could evade people's immune systems, they suggest, causing deadly infections." https://phys.org/news/2024-12-scientists-careless-experimentation-mirror-life.html | Source: Omicron Limited

13:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2024-12-scientists-careless-experimentation-mirror-life.html )

13:00 TR News; "Some molecules exist as mirror images of themselves, known as enantiomers, that cant be superimposed on one another." https://theconversation.com/mirror-life-forms-may-sound-like-science-fiction-but-scientists-warn-they-could-be-deadly-to-humans-and-destroy-the-environment-246013 | Source: The Conversation

13:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Mirror life forms may sound like science fiction, but scientists warn they could be deadly to humans and destroy the environment

13:02 TR News; "Its tempting to lurk in the shadows, conceal the truth and race to the bottom." https://seths.blog/2024/12/if-they-know-they-should-tell-us/ | Source: Seth Godin

13:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | If they know, they should tell us | Seth's Blog

13:02 TR News; "Greenes nearly decade-long collaboration with Morgan was arguably the most important relationship of her life outside her family" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/23/belle-da-costa-greene-art-review-morgan-library | Source: New Yorker

13:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | The Hidden Story of J. P. Morgans Librarian | The New Yorker

13:03 TR News; "The explosive was uncovered in the Slz district of the west German city" https://www.dw.com/en/cologne-world-war-ii-bomb-prompts-mass-evacuation/a-71088435 | Source: Deutsche Welle

13:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cologne: World War II bomb prompts mass evacuation DW 12/18/2024

13:04 TR News; "filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France" https://www.voanews.com/a/congo-files-criminal-complaints-against-apple-in-europe-over-conflict-minerals-/7905254.html | Source: VOA News

13:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | Congo files criminal complaints against Apple in Europe over conflict minerals

13:04 TR News; "Trump was convicted of falsifying business records to hide a hush-money payment" https://www.semafor.com/article/12/17/2024/judge-rejects-trump-presidential-immunity-claim-in-hush-money-case | Source: Semafor Inc

13:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Judge rejects Trump presidential immunity claim in hush money case | Semafor

13:05 TR News; "Irans Axis of Resistance, an informal coalition of anti-Western and anti-Israeli militias" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/12/end-iran-axis-resistance/681024/ | Source: The Atlantic

13:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | RIP to the Axis of Resistance - The Atlantic

13:06 TR News; "It found that users browsing mundane topics would be recommended extreme content" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgrvw29x4jo | Source: BBC

13:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Telegram app recommends extremist content to users, study finds - BBC News

13:06 TR News; "Among those targeted was Unit 29155 of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/16/eu-sanctions-russian-military-intelligence-over-hybrid-attacks-a87356 | Source: The Moscow Times

13:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.themoscowtimes.com | EU Sanctions Russian Military Intelligence Over Hybrid Attacks - The Moscow Times

13:07 TR News; "This is the third investigation the Commission has launched against TikTok." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-opens-investigation-into-tiktok-over-election-interference/articleshow/116400460.cms | Source: India Times

13:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | EU investigation TikTok: EU opens investigation into TikTok over election interference - The Economic Times

13:08 TR News; "following Romania's National Security Council's declassification of documents" https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-launches-probe-into-tiktok-over-suspected-romanian-election-interference/33243043.html | Source: RFERL

13:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | EU Launches Probe Into TikTok Over Suspected Romanian Election Interference

13:08 TR News; "investigation into TikTok" https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/17/eu-opens-probe-tiktok-possible-russian-interference-romanian-election/ | Source: Silicon Angle

13:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EU opens probe into TikTok over possible Russian interference in Romanian election - SiliconANGLE

13:09 TR News; "The European Commission is escalating its scrutiny of the popular video-sharing platform after Romania" https://www.voanews.com/a/eu-investigates-tiktok-over-romanian-presidential-election/7904485.html | Source: VOA News

13:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | EU investigates TikTok over Romanian presidential election

13:10 TR News; "Her activities during her time with the terrorist group remain a subject of intense debate." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/will-isis-bride-shamima-begum-allowed-return-britain-border-security-minister-speaks-out-1729621 | Source: International Business Times

13:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Will ISIS Bride Shamima Begum Be Allowed To Return To Britain? Border Security Minister Speaks Out | IBTimes UK

13:11 TR News; "Adding to the cold, Millers unit eschewed going into combat with their hatches down." https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/12/16/colder-than-hell-two-vets-recall-battle-of-the-bulge-fears-mayhem/ | Source: Sightline Media Group

13:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.armytimes.com | Colder than hell: Two vets recall Battle of the Bulge fears, mayhem

13:11 TR News; "The events are among the last major commemorations for the fighting to retake much of western Europe" https://taskandpurpose.com/history/battle-of-the-bulge-80th-anniversary/ | Source: Task And Purpose

13:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-taskandpurpose.com | Soldiers, reenactors, mark 80 years since the Battle of the Bulge - Task & Purpose

13:13 TR News; "It was at least the third time Acker has been targeted since the start of the Israel-Hamas war" https://michiganadvance.com/2024/12/16/fired-u-of-m-administrator-denies-making-antisemitic-statements/ | Source: Michigan Advance

13:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-michiganadvance.com | Fired U of M administrator denies making antisemitic statements Michigan Advance

13:13 TR News; "The meeting comes as Chews TikTok faces an uncertain path in the United States." https://thehill.com/homenews/5043098-tiktok-ceo-meets-with-trump-at-mar-a-lago/ | Source: The Hill

13:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/homenews/5043098-tiktok-ceo-meets-with-trump-at-mar-a-lago/ )

13:14 TR News; "Though Trump initially led the ban on TikTok over claims about national security concerns" https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/16/24322852/tiktok-ceo-trump-meeting-ban | Source: The Verge

13:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | TikTok CEO meets with Trump as the platform tries to avoid a ban - The Verge

13:14 TR News; "Lawyers for the company and ByteDance urged the justices to step in before the law's Jan. 19 deadline." https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-1.7411997 | Source: CBC

13:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | TikTok asks U.S. Supreme Court for emergency order to block upcoming ban | CBC News

13:16 TR News; "TikTok petitioned the US Supreme Court on Monday to halt a law mandating its Chinese parent, ByteDance" https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241217-tiktok-supreme-court-block-us-ban | Source: France24

13:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241217-tiktok-supreme-court-block-us-ban )

13:16 TR News; "President-elect Donald Trump today met with TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi at Trumps Mar-a-Lago club" https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/16/tiktok-ceo-meets-trump-company-hopes-supreme-court-will-block-upcoming-ban/ | Source: Silicon Angle

13:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-TikTok CEO meets with Trump as company hopes Supreme Court will block upcoming ban - SiliconANGLE

13:16 TR News; "TikTok and China-based parent ByteDance filed an emergency request to Supreme Court justices on Monday" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/trump-tiktok-ceo-to-meet-on-monday-reports/articleshow/116384008.cms | Source: India Times

13:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Trump, TikTok CEO to meet on Monday: reports - The Economic Times

13:17 TR News; "When asked if he would work to stop the ban from going into effect when he takes office" https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5042241-president-elect-trump-warm-spot-tiktok/ | Source: The Hill

13:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5042241-president-elect-trump-warm-spot-tiktok/ )

13:18 TR News; "would block TikTok from US app stores and web hosting" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-asks-supreme-court-to-temporarily-block-looming-us-ban/articleshow/116383896.cms | Source: India Times

13:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | TikTok asks Supreme Court to temporarily block looming US ban - The Economic Times

13:18 TR News; "force its parent company ByteDance" https://www.semafor.com/article/12/16/2024/tiktok-asks-the-us-supreme-court-to-temporarily-block-ban | Source: Semafor Inc

13:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-TikTok asks the US Supreme Court to temporarily block ban | Semafor

13:19 TR News; "President Biden signed the law this spring after it was enacted with wide bipartisan support." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/politics/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-first-amendment.html | Source: New York Times

13:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | TikTok Asks Supreme Court to Block Law Banning Its U.S. Operations - The New York Times

13:19 TR News; "court ruling that clears the way" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/16/supreme-court-tiktok-ban-china-trump/ | Source: The Washington Post

13:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/16/supreme-court-tiktok-ban-china-trump/ )

13:21 TR News; "The petition challenges the constitutionality of legislation signed in April requiring TikTok" https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/tiktok-seeks-supreme-court-intervention-to-block-us-ban/ | Source: JURIST

13:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | TikTok seeks Supreme Court intervention to block US ban - JURIST - News

13:21 TR News; "Notably, Trump repeatedly dodged TikTok-related questions while on the campaign trail." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/trump-tiktok-warm-spot-ban/ | Source: Digital Music News

13:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/trump-tiktok-warm-spot-ban/ )

13:21 TR News; "That set off four years of back-and-forth between TikTok and the U.S. government." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-16/tiktok-supreme-court-temporarily-halt-ban | Source: Los Angeles Times

13:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | TikTok asks Supreme Court for temporary injunction against U.S. ban - Los Angeles Times

13:22 TR News; "TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, asked the U.S. Supreme Court, on Monday" https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-ban-us-google-apple-app-store-b2665091.html | Source: The Independent UK

13:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | TikTok asks Supreme Court to block potential ban | The Independent

13:23 TR News; "TikTok's last resort as the request follows a denial by a U.S. Appeals Court" https://www.axios.com/2024/12/16/tiktok-us-ban-supreme-court-appeal | Source: Axios

13:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/16/tiktok-us-ban-supreme-court-appeal )

13:23 TR News; "ByteDance urged the justices to step in before the law's Jan. 19" https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-12-16/tiktok-asks-the-supreme-court-for-an-emergency-order-to-block-a-us-ban-unless-its-sold | Source: US News And World Report

13:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-12-16/tiktok-asks-the-supreme-court-for-an-emergency-order-to-block-a-us-ban-unless-its-sold )

13:23 TR News; "Jan. 19 divest-or-ban deadline" https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5042750-tiktok-supreme-court-delay-divest-ban-law/ | Source: The Hill

13:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5042750-tiktok-supreme-court-delay-divest-ban-law/ )

13:24 TR News; FSF now at 199,000 https://my.fsf.org/join

13:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-my.fsf.org | Join the FSF | Free Software Foundation

13:24 TR News; "conservative criticism of Meta for allegedly suppressing right-wing content" https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/2260065.html | Source: RTL

13:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Trump's 'warm spot' for TikTok: TikTok asks Supreme Court to temporarily block looming US ban

13:25 TR News; "The obeisance from the tech oligarchs, however, terrifies me in a different way." https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/12/16/the-terrifying-complexity-of-tech-oligarchs-obeisance-to-trump/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler

13:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | The Terrifying Complexity of Tech Oligarchs' Obeisance to Trump - emptywheel

13:28 TR News; "52 vessels" https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1256448/eu-adopts-new-russia-sanctions-targeting-china-shadow-fleet/ | Source: Greece

13:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EU adopts new Russia sanctions targeting China, shadow fleet | eKathimerini.com

13:29 TR News; "Russian troops were loading a truck at the entrance to the port they control in the Syrian city of Tartus" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/16/syrias-islamists-say-under-orders-to-stay-away-from-russian-forces-a87360 | Source: The Moscow Times

13:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.themoscowtimes.com | Syrias Islamists Say Under Orders to Stay Away From Russian Forces - The Moscow Times

13:30 TR News; "At stake here is more than the fate of Ukraine." https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/weapons-production-munitions-shortfall-ukraine-democracy/680867/ | Source: The Atlantic

13:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Crumbling Foundation of Americas Military - The Atlantic

13:30 TR News; "The rapid rise of UAS, used for surveillance, targeting and attacks" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2024/12/17/this-marine-unit-now-has-its-own-tool-to-blast-drones-out-of-the-sky/ | Source: USMC

13:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.marinecorpstimes.com | This Marine unit now has its own tool to blast drones out of the sky

13:31 TR News; "Let's Encrypt is going to start offering 6-day TLS cer" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/LetsEncryptRatelimitsAndUs | Source: University of Toronto

13:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | Chris's Wiki :: blog/sysadmin/LetsEncryptRatelimitsAndUs

13:31 TR News; "The Sequoia PGP team is happy to announce the release of version 1.0 of sq." https://sequoia-pgp.org/blog/2024/12/16/202412-sq-1.0/ | Source: SequoiaPGP

13:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sequoia-pgp.org | Blog - Sequoia PGP: A Sapling Matures: Meet sq 1.0

13:34 TR News; "Amnesty International uncovered forensic evidence showing how Serbian authorities used Cellebrite products to enable NoviSpy spyware infections of activists' phones" https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-spy-journalists-activists-phones/33241638.html | Source: RFERL

13:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Serbian Government Using Top Tech To Spy On Journalists, Amnesty Says

13:34 TR News; "The Commissioner had alleged that personal information of some users were being disclosed to Facebook's personality quiz app, This is Your Digital Life, as part of the broader Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-to-pay-32-million-as-it-settles-facebook-quiz-apps-privacy-breach/articleshow/116386400.cms | Source: India Times

13:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Meta to pay $32 million as it settles Facebook quiz app's privacy breach - The Economic Times

13:35 TR News; "Meta Platforms has agreed to a A$50 million settlement ($31.85 million)" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/facebook-parent-meta-settles-with-australias-privacy-watchdog-over-cambridge-analytica-lawsuit/articleshow/116386674.cms | Source: India Times

13:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Facebook-parent Meta settles with Australia's privacy watchdog over Cambridge Analytica lawsuit - The Economic Times

13:36 TR News; "The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released the latest version of its artificial intelligence use case inventory" https://fedscoop.com/department-of-homeland-security-reveals-nearly-160-ways-its-using-ai/ | Source: Scoop News Group

13:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Department of Homeland Security reveals nearly 160 ways its using AI | FedScoop

13:37 TR News; "European Union privacy watchdogs hit Facebook owner Meta with fines totaling 251 million euros on Monday after an investigation into a 2018 data breach on the social media platform that exposed millions of accounts." https://www.securityweek.com/facebook-owner-hit-with-251-million-euros-in-fines-for-2018-data-breach/ | Source: Security Week

13:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/facebook-owner-hit-with-251-million-euros-in-fines-for-2018-data-breach/ )

13:43 TR News; "European Union privacy watchdogs hit Facebook owner Meta with fines totalling 251 million euros on Monday after an investigation into a 2018 data breach on the social media platform that exposed millions of accounts" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/facebook-owner-hit-with-251-million-euros-in-fines-for-2018-data-breach/articleshow/116403474.cms | Source: India Times

13:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Meta fines: Facebook owner hit with 251 million euros in fines for 2018 data breach - The Economic Times

13:43 TR News; "Even after a revamp, Microsoft's AI-powered "Recall" tool, which quietly takes snapshots of your screen every few seconds, is still capturing your sensitive information." https://futurism.com/the-byte/microsoft-ai-recall-security | Source: Futurism

13:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Microsoft's AI "Recall" Feature Caught Screenshotting Your Social Security Number

13:43 TR News; "On December 17th, EPIC filed comments with the Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, regarding use of and prohibitions on emotion recognition surveillance." https://epic.org/epic-urges-dutch-data-protection-authority-to-protect-students-and-employees-from-the-harms-of-emotion-recognition/ | Source: EPIC

13:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://epic.org/epic-urges-dutch-data-protection-authority-to-protect-students-and-employees-from-the-harms-of-emotion-recognition/ )

13:44 TR News; "the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it is proposing to eliminate copayments for all VA telehealth services and establish a grant program" https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-proposes-to-eliminate-copays-for-telehealth-expand-access-to-telehealth-for-rural-veterans/ |

13:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.va.gov | VA proposes to eliminate copays for telehealth, expand access to telehealth for rural VeteransVA proposes to eliminate copays for telehealth, expand access to telehealth for rural Veterans - VA News

13:47 TR News; "So I check my Gmail account and guess what?" https://boston.conman.org/2024/12/17.2 | Source: Sean Conner

13:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boston.conman.org | I think I'm resigned to always get email from other Sean Conners because I seem to be the only Sean Conner who cares about their email address - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm

13:48 TR News; "Rogans incredulity about this claim was probably shared by most of his audience" https://jacobin.com/2024/12/us-post-office-privatization-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine

13:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Privatizing the Post Office Would Be a Disaster

13:49 TR News; Windows TCO: "According to a new fact sheet (PDF) from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)" https://www.securityweek.com/us-water-facilities-urged-to-secure-access-to-internet-exposed-hmis/ | Source: Security Week

13:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/us-water-facilities-urged-to-secure-access-to-internet-exposed-hmis/ )

13:49 TR News; Windows TCO: "Interlock is not the only ransomware group to claim an attack on Texas Tech University." https://www.securityweek.com/texas-tech-university-data-breach-impacts-1-4-million-people/ | Source: Security Week

13:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/texas-tech-university-data-breach-impacts-1-4-million-people/ )

13:51 TR News; Windows TCO: "Clop has claimed responsibility for attacks tied to vulnerabilities in software made by Cleo" https://cyberscoop.com/clop-cleo-file-transfer-software-breach-fin11/ | Source: Scoop News Group

13:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Clop is back to wreak havoc via vulnerable file-transfer software | CyberScoop

13:53 TR News; Windows TCO: "Once the ransom deadline passed, hundreds of sensitive customer records" https://thecyberexpress.com/telecom-namibia-cyberattack/ | Source: Cyble Inc

13:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Telecom Namibia Cyberattack: 400,000 Files Leaked

13:54 TR News; Windows TCO: "Brain Cipher, a ransomware group that surfaced in June 2024" https://www.enterprisesecuritytech.com/post/rhode-island-s-public-assistance-system-breached-by-brain-cipher-ransomware-attack |

13:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.enterprisesecuritytech.com | Rhode Islands Public Assistance System Breached by Brain Cipher Ransomware Attack

13:54 TR News; Windows TCO: "At the time, Deloitte quickly told news outlets that its own internal systems hadnt been breached" https://www.wpri.com/target-12/ransomware-group-brain-cipher-behind-ri-cyberattack-claims-1-tb-of-data-stolen/ |

13:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.wpri.com/target-12/ransomware-group-brain-cipher-behind-ri-cyberattack-claims-1-tb-of-data-stolen/ )

13:54 TR News; Windows TCO: "RIBridges is the online portal through which Rhode Islanders" https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/deloitte_rhode_island_attack/ | Source: The Register UK

13:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Deloitte handling 'major' cyberattack on Rhode Island system The Register

13:55 TR News; ""It's peak AI bubble," DataBricks' CEO Ali Ghodsi told Dan Primack at Axios' AI+ Summit in San Francisco." https://www.axios.com/2024/12/18/ai-summit-databricks-ali-ghodsi-bubble | Source: Axios https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/

13:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/18/ai-summit-databricks-ali-ghodsi-bubble )

13:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-locusmag.com | Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI? Locus Online

13:55 TR News; "students say theyre getting mixed messages" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12/16/college-students-cautiously-curious-about-ai/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner

13:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nebraskaexaminer.com | College students cautiously curious about AI Nebraska Examiner

13:57 TR News; "Ever since the rise of AIspecifically its use for artistic purposes" https://matanabudy.com/ai-art-will-only-make-us-love-artists-more/ | Source: Matan Abudy

13:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-matanabudy.com | AI Art Will Only Make Us Love Artists More | Matan Abudy

2 PM, December 18

14:00 TR News; "So I logged into my Netlify account to see what might be going on. I found this graph for my bandwidth usage. The graph below shows the dramatic spike in usage over the last few weeks." https://www.bobmonsour.com/posts/migrating-this-site-to-cloudflare/ | Source: Bob Monsour

14:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bobmonsour.com | Migrating this site to Cloudflare

14:07 TR News; "The services and platforms that delighted us and reshaped our lives when they began appearing a few decades ago have now reached total saturation and maturation." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/magazine/bluesky-social-media.html | Source: New York Times

14:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Another New Twitter? Good Luck With That. - The New York Times

14:07 TR News; "Supply chain integration vendor Cleo has urged its customers to upgrade three of its products after an October security update was circumvented, leading to widespread ransomware attacks that Russia-linked gang Cl0p has claimed are its evil work." https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/ransomware_attacks_exploit_cleo_bug/ | Source: The Register UK

14:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Ransomware attacks exploit Cleo bug as Cl0p claims it The Register

14:07 TR News; "Stop Hiring Humans" https://futurism.com/the-byte/stop-hiring-humans-ad | Source: Futurism

14:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Humans Alarmed at AI Company's "Stop Hiring Humans" Billboards

14:09 TR News; suicide

14:10 TR News; "As the BBC reports, the Apple AI feature incorrectly summarized the BBC's reporting to make it sound like the suspect had attempted suicide in an alert sent to iPhone users." https://futurism.com/the-byte/apple-ai-luigi-mangione-false | Source: Futurism

14:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Apple AI Tells Users Luigi Mangione Has Shot Himself

14:10 TR News; The same BillBC that takes bribes from Bill "well, he's dead" Gates

14:11 TR News; "Apple Intelligence generated a headline of a BBC news story that popped up on iPhones late last week, claiming that Luigi Mangione, a man arrested over the murder of healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thomson, had shot himself." https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/17/apple_intelligence_bbc_complaint/ | Source: The Register UK

14:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Apple Intelligence summary botches BBC News headline The Register

14:11 TR News; "standard operating procedure" https://futurism.com/the-byte/unitedhealth-claims-ai-chatbot | Source: Futurism

14:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | UnitedHealth Accidentally Makes Claims-Judging AI Public for Anyone to Use

14:12 TR News; "Outlook has been experiencing problems on Windows 10 and Windows 11 computers for days now, probably starting as early as December 2nd." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2559806/windows-outlook-app-is-having-login-troubles-throws-up-an-error-code.html | Source: PC World

14:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Windows Outlook app is having login troubles, throws up an error code | PCWorld

14:12 TR News; "Star Flash" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-kicks-off-homegrown-bluetooth-alternative-star-flash-is-set-to-take-over-consumer-electronics-in-the-country | Source: Tom's Hardware

14:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | China kicks off homegrown Bluetooth alternative Star Flash is set to take over consumer electronics in the country | Tom's Hardware

14:15 TR News; "In the realm of audio transmission, StarFlash technology stands out for its high speed and low latency, enabling high-quality, multi-channel, lossless audio transmission." https://qogrisys.medium.com/starflash-the-future-star-of-wireless-communication-4fa0f90cd79b |

14:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-qogrisys.medium.com | StarFlash: The Future Star of Wireless Communication | by WIFI 7 Module manufacturer | Medium

14:15 TR News; "The standard requires remote controls to allow voice control, and to use one of three means of wireless comms: Bluetooth, infrared, and Star Flash more on that later." https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/china_starflash_universal_remotes_standard/ | Source: The Register UK

14:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Chinas homebrew Bluetooth alternative is on the march The Register

14:16 TR News; "Lets get back to the data article though. The Limits of Data covers lots of ground." https://troypatterson.me/2024/12/17/a-few-articles-of-interest/ | Source: Troy Patterson

14:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-troypatterson.me | A Few Articles of Interest Troy Patterson

14:19 TR News; "On one hand, many AI researchers would argue that these sources of funding have made little difference to the work that they have been able to carry out since the 1950s" https://criticaledtech.com/2024/12/18/acknowledging-the-military-origins-of-ai-in-education/ | Source: Neil Selwyn

14:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-criticaledtech.com | Acknowledging the military origins of AI in education Critical Studies of EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

14:19 TR News; "Im unable to produce a response" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/12/chatgpt-wont-say-my-name/681028/ | Source: The Atlantic

14:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Words That Stop ChatGPT in Its Tracks - The Atlantic

14:20 TR News; "We have decided to keep as-is part of that decision is that more and more folks are using AI chat to access guidance and tables dont always translate well in that context." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/17/microsoft-refuses-a-documentation-fix-because-ai-might-not-understand-text-in-tables/ | Source: Pivot to AI

14:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Microsoft refuses a documentation fix because AI might not understand text in tables Pivot to AI

14:23 TR News; "The shame grinds at you." https://kansasreflector.com/2024/12/16/an-insurance-ceo-was-gunned-down-broken-health-care-system-in-kansas-u-s-explains-the-reaction/ | Source: Kansas Reflector

14:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kansasreflector.com | An insurance CEO was gunned down. Malignant health care system in Kansas, U.S., explains reaction. Kansas Reflector

14:23 TR News; "Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is capable of detecting precancerous lesions in the pancreas" https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-12-17/could-mri-spot-pre-cancer-lesions-of-the-pancreas | Source: US News And World Report

14:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-12-17/could-mri-spot-pre-cancer-lesions-of-the-pancreas )

14:23 TR News; "Skertsos cited studies indicating that prolonged social media use can lead to depression" https://www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/society-in-depth/1256549/government-to-discuss-introducing-a-social-media-age-limit-of-15-years/ | Source: Greece

14:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Government to discuss parental controls on internet for children under 15 | eKathimerini.com

14:25 zxrom; Hello from Belarus!

14:28 TR News; "Additionally, the harm caused by tobacco perpetuates cycles of poverty" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-well-being/addiction-is-a-disease-not-a-habit-a-call-for-compassion-and-solutions-1847520 | Source: Deccan Chronicle

14:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.deccanchronicle.com | Addiction is a Disease, not a Habit: A Call for Compassion and Solutions

14:31 schestowitz[TR2]; zxrom: hi

14:31 TR News; "The correlations are there in the data! But theyre not useful." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/16/do-knee-x-rays-show-if-you-drink-beer-medical-ai-versus-algorithmic-shortcutting/ | Source: Pivot to AI

14:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Do knee X-rays show if you drink beer? Medical AI versus algorithmic shortcutting Pivot to AI

14:31 TR News; "System76, a well-regarded name in the Linux computing scene, has just unveiled its latest generation Pangolin laptopan AMD-powered device that has received a comprehensive premium upgrade." https://linuxiac.com/system76-pangolin-linux-laptop/ | Source: Linuxiac

14:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | System76s Pangolin Refreshed, Starting at $1299

14:31 TR News; "Now I know these are getting more common but the first time I have run into one and by that I mean almost literally." https://austinwhite.org/posts/welcome-our-robot-helpers | Source: Austin White

14:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-austinwhite.org | Welcome our Robot Helpers - White Noise

14:32 TR News; "The level or 'band' of SystemReady SR used by modern Ampere-based arm64 workstations and servers means you can install any out-of-the-box Linux distributions, as long as they provide an arm64-compatible installer." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/getting-beyond-processexecutionerrors-when-installing-ubuntu-on-arm64 | Source: Jeff Geerling

14:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeffgeerling.com | Getting beyond ProcessExecutionErrors when installing Ubuntu on arm64 | Jeff Geerling

14:51 TR News; "At about 100 pages, the idea must be substantial, but not substantiated to death." https://tracydurnell.com/2024/12/17/in-praise-of-the-hundred-page-idea/ | Source: Tracy Durnell

14:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tracydurnell.com | In praise of the hundred page idea Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden

14:51 TR News; "UK salaries are becoming an absolute joke especially for contractual staff." https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/uk-salaries-are-a-joke-warwick-professor-says-government-university-in-india-pays-more-101734488064925.html | Source: Hindustan Times

14:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hindustantimes.com | UK salaries are a joke: Warwick professor says government university in India pays more | Trending - Hindustan Times

14:53 TR News; "Computers work with bits that know only two states: 1 for "on" and 0 for "off"." https://www.dw.com/en/googles-willow-chip-aimed-at-leap-in-quantum-computing/a-71068302 | Source: Deutsche Welle

14:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Googles 'Willow' chip aimed at leap in quantum computing DW 12/16/2024

14:53 TR News; "Well perform the same exercise together to learn how it all works!" https://entropicthoughts.com/chi-square-from-fundamentals | Source: Chris

14:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-entropicthoughts.com | Chi-Squared From Fundamentals

14:54 TR News; "Stars, including our sun, regularly emit solar flares, or strong bursts of electromagnetic radiation." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/superflares-erupt-from-sun-like-stars-roughly-every-100-years-a-new-study-finds-is-our-sun-overdue-for-a-massive-blast-180985673/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine

14:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.smithsonianmag.com | Superflares Erupt From Sun-Like Stars Roughly Every 100 Years, a New Study Finds. Is Our Sun Overdue for a Massive Blast? | Smithsonian

14:56 TR News; "I have a theory that this world is an open prison." https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/open-prison-theory | Source: Alex Ewerlf

14:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.alexewerlof.com | Open prison theory - Alex Ewerlf Notes

14:56 TR News; "The worlds only film festival dedicated to mushrooms and fungi is coming to North Texas" https://www.lonestarlive.com/life/2024/12/worlds-only-mushroom-focused-fungi-film-fest-is-screening-in-north-texas.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC

14:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-World's only mushroom-focused Fungi Film Fest is screening in North Texas - lonestarlive.com

14:57 TR News; "Having closely examined the technical data and tips from concerned citizens" https://futurism.com/the-byte/americans-mistaking-stars-planes-drones | Source: Futurism

14:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Dimwit Americans Are Looking at the Night Sky and Mistaking Stars and Airplanes for "Drones"

14:57 TR News; "The first time in my adult life I couldnt pay my bills." https://anniemueller.com/posts/retrospective-financial | Source: Annie Mueller

14:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-anniemueller.com | Retrospective, financial - annie's blog

14:57 TR News; "The U.S. did finish first for global traffic to the website, followed by France, Philippines, Mexico" https://nltimes.nl/2024/12/17/dutch-pornhub-audience-misses-1st-place-time-adult-site-losing-mexico | Source: NL Times

14:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Dutch PornHub audience misses 1st place for most time on adult site, losing to Mexico | NL Times

14:58 TR News; "lazy thinkers who preferred simplistic" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12/16/a-word-and-a-warning/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner

14:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nebraskaexaminer.com | A word and a warning Nebraska Examiner

3 PM, December 18

15:00 TR News; Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released: GNU/Linux On Your Fashion Company Apple Silicon Mac https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2024/12/17/fedora-asahi-remix-41-released-linux-on-your-apple-silicon-mac/

15:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.forbes.com | Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released: Linux On Your Apple Silicon Mac

15:03 TR News; The Mozilla Blog: Mozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/firefox-ecosia-partnership/

15:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Mozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web

15:05 TR News; "Open-source technology isnt just about building software its about creating solutions collaboratively, making them freely available for anyone to use and adapt." https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/how-to-get-started-open-source-development/ | Source: Mozilla

15:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | How to get started on open-source development

15:06 TR News; Mozilla Lawsuit from Former Executive Gets Jury Trial Date https://lunduke.substack.com/p/mozilla-lawsuit-from-former-executive

15:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | Mozilla Lawsuit from Former Executive Gets Jury Trial Date

15:08 TR News; Improvements to Mozillas Searchfox Code Browser https://www.kdab.com/searchfox-improvements/

15:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Improvements to Mozilla's Searchfox Code Browser - KDAB

15:13 TR News; "The WOPR is the supercomputer from the 1983 movie WarGames" https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/we-made-our-own-wopr-for-pi-towers/ | Source: Raspberry Pi

15:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/we-made-our-own-wopr-for-pi-towers/ )

15:14 TR News; "According to Reckless_commenter, the idea began simply as an opportunity to 3D print a unit for decoration." https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-powers-sentry-turret-straight-out-of-the-portal-franchise | Source: Tom's Hardware

15:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Raspberry Pi powers sentry turret straight out of the 'Portal' franchise | Tom's Hardware

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15:14 TR News; "Framework Intel 12th gen laptop last year" https://boilingsteam.com/framework-13-amd-review-on-linux/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam

15:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | Framework 13 AMD Review on Linux: Almost Perfect

15:15 TR News; "The launch of Raspberry Pi 5 represented a significant change from previous models." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/piolib-a-userspace-library-for-pio-control/ | Source: Raspberry Pi

15:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/piolib-a-userspace-library-for-pio-control/ )

15:17 TR News; Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1002496/

15:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Tuesday [LWN.net]

15:18 TR News; (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Framework, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Framework_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Framework_and_More.gmi

15:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Framework, and More

15:20 TR News; (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Security_Leftovers.gmi

15:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers

15:20 TR News; Mozilla: Firefox in Haiku, Ecosia Partnership, Improvements to Mozillas Searchfox Code Browser, Lawsuit from Former Executive http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Mozilla_Firefox_in_Haiku_Ecosia_Partnership_Improvements_to_Moz.shtml

15:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mozilla: Firefox in Haiku, Ecosia Partnership, Improvements to Mozillas Searchfox Code Browser, Lawsuit from Former Executive

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15:22 TR News; Techrights Links 18/12/2024: EU Launches Probe Into TikTok (At Last!) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Links_18_12_2024_EU_Launches_Probe_Into_TikTok_At_Last.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Links_18_12_2024_EU_Launches_Probe_Into_TikTok_At_Last.gmi

15:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 18/12/2024: EU Launches Probe Into TikTok (At Last!)

15:23 TR News; "The internet rests on a foundation of core infrastructure components that make global communication possible." https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=923 | Source: Unmitigated Risk

15:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-unmitigatedrisk.com | Safeguarding Internet Trust: From Reactive to Continuous | UNMITIGATED RISK

15:23 TR News; "The news provides more context around use of SS7, the exploited network and protocol" https://www.404media.co/dhs-says-china-russia-iran-and-israel-are-spying-on-people-in-us-with-ss7/ | Source: 404 Media

15:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | DHS Says China, Russia, Iran, and Israel Are Spying on People in US with SS7

15:24 *zxrom (~zxrom@ekawrj9ewamjc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social

15:25 TR News; Cheers to 5 Years of openSUSE Bar https://news.opensuse.org/2024/12/17/five-years-of-os-bar/

15:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | Cheers to 5 Years of openSUSE Bar - openSUSE News

15:26 TR News; "After seven years of steady evolution, PeerTube" https://linuxiac.com/peertube-7-video-platform-brings-a-complete-makeover/ | Source: Linuxiac

15:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | PeerTube 7 Brings a Complete Makeover

15:27 TR News; FSF Blogs: Fresh off the digital Gutenberg: The fall 2024 Bulletin is now online http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/bulletin-issue-45

15:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Fresh off the digital Gutenberg: The fall 2024 Bulletin is now online Free Software Foundation Working together for free software

15:29 TR News; "NVIDIA has introduced the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit" https://linuxgizmos.com/nvidia-launches-jetson-orin-nano-super-developer-kit-with-67-tops-ai-performance/ | Source: Linux Gizmos

15:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/nvidia-launches-jetson-orin-nano-super-developer-kit-with-67-tops-ai-performance/ )

15:30 TR News; TuneIn tunes away from podcasting amid mass layoffs https://podnews.net/article/tunein-layoffs-outdated-information

15:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-podnews.net | TuneIn tunes away from podcasting amid mass layoffs

15:31 TR News; US Army now giving AWARDS and HONOURS to people who merely wore military CONSUMES! Incredible!

15:33 TR News; "Apple is a titan today and IBM is all but forgotten, a place where obscure Indian-born researchers are able to unscrupulously drain the lifeblood of the company for their own personal benefit." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl

15:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl )

15:47 TR News; Techrights IBM - Like Microsoft - Lies About the Number of People It's Laying Off (Several Tens of Thousands, Not Counting R.T.O. "Silent" Layoffs and Contractors/Perma-Temps) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/IBM_Like_Microsoft_Lies_About_the_Number_of_People_It_s_Laying_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/IBM_Like_Microsoft_Lies_About_the_Number_of_People_It_s_Laying_.gmi

15:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM - Like Microsoft - Lies About the Number of People It's Laying Off (Several Tens of Thousands, Not Counting R.T.O. "Silent" Layoffs and Contractors/Perma-Temps)

4 PM, December 18

16:01 TR News; Techrights FSF Has Made It Halfway to Its Target (Funding Goal) a Week Before Christmas Day https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/FSF_Has_Made_It_Halfway_to_Its_Target_Funding_Goal_a_Week_Befor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/FSF_Has_Made_It_Halfway_to_Its_Target_Funding_Goal_a_Week_Befor.gmi

16:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights FSF Has Made It Halfway to Its Target (Funding Goal) a Week Before Christmas Day

16:03 TR News; "the greatest tabla player of his generation" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-12-16/zakir-hussain-dead-indian-tabla-player-composer | Source: Los Angeles Times

16:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Zakir Hussain, Indian tabla player and composer, dies at 73 - Los Angeles Times

16:03 TR News; "Setting up SSH access to a new VM usually follows the same routine: generate a key pair, copy it to the VM, tweak some configs, confirm the hosts identity" https://rednafi.com/misc/ssh_saga/ | Source: Redowan Delowar

16:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rednafi.com | SSH saga | Redowan's Reflections

16:03 TR News; "SVG2 added a feature in 2016 specifically to solve the problem of rotated text: vector-effect: non-rotation. Caniuse shows it being supported" https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2024-12-16-hexagon-page-animations/ | Source: Amit Patel

16:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redblobgames.com | Hexagon page animations

16:06 TR News; "Operators are symbols or keywords that perform operations on variables and values." https://www.tecmint.com/types-of-operators-in-python/ | Source: TecMint

16:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | Types of Operators in Python: A Beginner-Friendly Guide

16:07 TR News; "In this article, we will learn how to write and run effective unit tests in Python using PyTest" https://www.tecmint.com/unit-testing-python-code-with-pytest/ | Source: TecMint

16:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | How to Write and Run Unit Tests in Python Using PyTest

16:07 TR News; "This tutorial will guide you through setting up a development environment for three widely-used programming languages" https://www.tecmint.com/fedora-development-setup/ | Source: TecMint

16:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | Fedora Development Setup: Python, Node.js, and Java

16:08 TR News; "It provides a comprehensive set of features and options that help database administrators (DBAs)" https://www.tecmint.com/install-innotop-to-monitor-mysql-server-performance/ | Source: TecMint

16:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | Innotop - A CLI Based top-like Monitor Tool for MySQL

16:09 TR News; How To Install Cockpit on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-cockpit-linux-mint-22/

16:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Cockpit on Linux Mint 22 - idroot

16:09 TR News; IP Address Information using Python https://idroot.us/ip-address-information-using-python/

16:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | IP Address Information using Python - idroot

16:10 TR News; How To Install VMware Workstation on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-vmware-workstation-linux-mint-22/

16:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install VMware Workstation on Linux Mint 22 - idroot

16:10 TR News; How To Install Java on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-java-centos-stream-10/

16:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Java on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot

16:21 TR News; Techrights Slop Spaghetti From the Chef, Second Time Today https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Slop_Spaghetti_From_the_Chef_Second_Time_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Slop_Spaghetti_From_the_Chef_Second_Time_Today.gmi

16:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slop Spaghetti From the Chef, Second Time Today

16:22 TR News; How To Install Zabbix on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-zabbix-opensuse/

16:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Zabbix on openSUSE - idroot

16:22 TR News; How To Install FreeRADIUS on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-freeradius-debian-12/

16:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install FreeRADIUS on Debian 12 - idroot

16:22 TR News; How To Install Zabbix on AlmaLinux 9 https://idroot.us/install-zabbix-almalinux-9/

16:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Zabbix on AlmaLinux 9 - idroot

16:22 TR News; How To Install Anbox on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-anbox-ubuntu-24-04/

16:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Anbox on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot

16:23 TR News; openSUSE Unable to Find Board Candidates After Banning Conservatives https://lunduke.substack.com/p/opensuse-unable-to-find-board-candidates

16:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | openSUSE Unable to Find Board Candidates After Banning Conservatives

16:23 TR News; Wordpress Contributors Must Now Agree That "Pineapple is Delicious on Pizza' https://lunduke.substack.com/p/wordpress-contributors-must-now-agree

16:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | Wordpress Contributors Must Now Agree That "Pineapple is Delicious on Pizza'

16:26 TR News; Kubernetes 1.32: Moving Volume Group Snapshots to Beta https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/12/18/kubernetes-1-32-volume-group-snapshot-beta/

16:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kubernetes.io | Kubernetes 1.32: Moving Volume Group Snapshots to Beta | Kubernetes

16:26 TR News; (NEW): Release of Kubernetes 1.32 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/12/Release_of_Kubernetes_1_32.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/12/Release_of_Kubernetes_1_32.gmi

16:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Release of Kubernetes 1.32

16:28 TR News; How to run Docker inside Incus containers https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-run-docker-inside-incus-containers/

16:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-run-docker-inside-incus-containers/ )

16:30 TR News; How to Install Vim on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky GNU/Linux https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-vim-on-almalinux-9-or-rocky-linux/

16:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linux.how2shout.com | How to Install Vim on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky Linux - LinuxShout

16:30 TR News; How to Install Tar on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky GNU/Linux to Extract Tarball Files https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-tar-on-almalinux-9-or-rocky-linux-to-extract-tarball-files/

16:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linux.how2shout.com | How to Install Tar on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky Linux to Extract Tarball Files

16:31 TR News; How to Install TeamSpeak on Ubuntu 24.04 https://www.linuxcloudvps.com/blog/how-to-install-teamspeak-on-ubuntu-24-04/

16:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install TeamSpeak on Ubuntu 24.04 | LinuxCloudVPS Blog

16:31 TR News; How to Check SSD Health in GNU/Linux https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-check-ssd-health-in-linux/

16:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.techrepublic.com | Is Your SSD Failing? Learn to Check Its Health on Linux

16:31 TR News; Four common charity scams and how to avoid them https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/four-common-charity-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them-akSDe7q9Bk29

16:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.which.co.uk | Four common charity scams and how to avoid them - Which? News

16:32 TR News; Playbook advises federal grant managers how to build cybersecurity into their programs https://cyberscoop.com/playbook-advises-federal-grant-managers-how-to-build-cybersecurity-into-their-programs/

16:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Playbook advises federal grant managers how to build cybersecurity into their programs | CyberScoop

16:33 TR News; (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/today_s_howtos.gmi

16:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos

16:33 TR News; "closed interfaces" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoClosedInterfacesNotes | Source: University of Toronto

16:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | Chris's Wiki :: blog/programming/GoClosedInterfacesNotes

16:34 TR News; "So why does YSH have objects? This post explains seven use cases: [...]" https://www.oilshell.org/blog/2024/12/objects.html | Source: Oil Shell

16:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.oilshell.org | Why Should a Unix Shell Have Objects?

16:34 TR News; 24 more videos from the LibreOffice Conference 2024! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/12/17/24-more-videos-from-the-libreoffice-conference-2024/

16:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.documentfoundation.org | 24 more videos from the LibreOffice Conference 2024! - The Document Foundation Blog

16:35 TR News; "Id love to see a Django version of Google Forms that we can all use." https://micro.webology.dev/2024/12/17/why-do-the.html | Source: Jeff Triplett

16:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-micro.webology.dev | Why do the Django and Python communities use so many Google Forms? - Jeff Triplett's Micro.blog

16:36 TR News; "Missing values are a common challenge in data analysis." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/how-to-use-na-omit-in-r-a-comprehensive-guide-to-handling-missing-values/ | Source: Rlang

16:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Use na.omit in R: A Comprehensive Guide to Handling Missing Values | R-bloggers

16:36 TR News; "A bot must never harm stateful data or allow stateful data to come to harm." https://www.chrisfarris.com/post/three-laws/ | Source: Chris Ferris

16:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.chrisfarris.com | Farris's Three Laws of Auto Remediation - Chris Farris

16:38 TR News; Microsoft site: Windows scrambles to secure Recall. You mean, Microsoft... right? Windows is not Microsoft. And had Microsoft given a crap about security, this feature [sic] would never be conceived.

16:38 TR News; Boeing has restarted production of more jets as it comes back online following its punishing strike

16:39 TR News; "I have a mini PC that I bought back in May. It's an OK machine for the price. It's a little more OK of a machine for me since I got it for about $100. At the moment it runs FreeBSD 14.2 and acts as a home NAS [...]" https://briancallahan.net/blog/20241216.html | Source: Brian Callahan

16:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-briancallahan.net | Let's cross compile from FreeBSD/amd64 to macOS/aarch64 - Dr. Brian Robert Callahan

16:39 TR News; "While I usually leave these events motivated and energized, something this year was different marked by a noticeable absence." https://leebriggs.co.uk/blog/2024/12/10/the-death-of-devrel |

16:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-leebriggs.co.uk | The Death of Developer Relations | lbr.

16:40 TR News; "and how many jobs have been lost during Alvind's tenure as CEO ? can't say or won't say ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl

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16:42 TR News; IBM keeps buying companies using its income. That helps darken information about total headcount and adds up revenues of other (new) companies. Of course this strategy has an horrific effect on IBM's total debt, now over 60 billion dollars with high interest on the loans.

16:45 TR News; Trolling with "tolerance" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2024/12/18/TELEMMGLPICT000405670285_17344853896100_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jpeg?imwidth=

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16:46 TR News; Good examples of what "trolling with tolerance" looks like https://techrights.org/o/2021/05/07/trolling-the-real-community/

16:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The Biggest Troll is the Linux Foundation, Still Looking to Provoke and Defame Free Software Communities in Order to Help a Monopolistic Takeover and to Shoehorn Tyrants Into Leadership Positions

16:46 TR News; "A diff shows the difference between two states of a document." https://jamesg.blog/2024/12/17/diffs/ | Source: James G

16:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | Advent of Patterns: Diffs | James' Coffee Blog

16:46 TR News; "Although Swift Testing supports structs, you can also use classes as suites of tests. So I can still use a common base class that provides standard functionality for all my tests." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/12/17/issues-adopting-swift-testing/ | Source: Michael Tsai

16:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mjtsai.com | Michael Tsai - Blog - Issues Adopting Swift Testing

16:48 TR News; "The na.rm parameter is one of Rs most essential features for managing NA values in your data." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/a-complete-guide-to-using-na-rm-in-r-vector-and-data-frame-examples/ | Source: Rlang

16:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Complete Guide to Using na.rm in R: Vector and Data Frame Examples | R-bloggers

16:48 TR News; "Fredrik talks to Dejan Milicic about software development - understanding, methods, and stories." https://kodsnack.se/international/620/ | Source: Kodsnack

16:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kodsnack.se | Kodsnack 620 - Encapsulation of knowledge, with Dejan Milicic

16:48 TR News; How to Install Zabbix Server on Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) https://linuxtldr.com/install-zabbix-server-on-ubuntu/

16:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxtldr.com | How to Install Zabbix Server on Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat)

16:49 TR News; Dungeon Clawler: Review on GNU/Linux https://boilingsteam.com/dungeon-clawler-review/index.html

16:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | Dungeon Clawler: Review on Linux

16:50 TR News; """There are two reasons why we were defeated, he said. First, salaries were so poor. No one wants to fight for $30 [24] a month. Secondly, no orders came. What were we supposed to do?""" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/17/syria-assad-army-rebels-hts-sdf-sednaya-prison-iran-russia/

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16:53 TR News; (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Programming_Leftovers.gmi

16:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers

16:55 TR News; Ukrainian pupils deal with Latvian language and bullying issues https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/17.12.2024-ukrainian-pupils-deal-with-latvian-language-and-bullying-issues.a580610/

16:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Ukrainian pupils deal with Latvian language and bullying issues / Article

16:56 TR News; Russian general assassination 'fits a pattern', more to come from Ukraine's SBU, analyst says https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-russian-general-assassination-fits-a-pattern-more-to-come-from-ukraine-s-sbu-analyst-says

16:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-russian-general-assassination-fits-a-pattern-more-to-come-from-ukraine-s-sbu-analyst-says )

16:56 TR News; Ukraine security service says it killed Russian chemical weapons chief https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-ukraine-security-service-says-it-killed-russian-chemical-weapons-chief-igor-kirillov-in-moscow

16:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-ukraine-security-service-says-it-killed-russian-chemical-weapons-chief-igor-kirillov-in-moscow )

16:56 TR News; Ukraine says Russia used North Korean troops for intensive offensive in Kursk region https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241217-ukraine-says-russia-used-north-korean-troops-for-intensive-offensive-in-kursk-region

16:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241217-ukraine-says-russia-used-north-korean-troops-for-intensive-offensive-in-kursk-region )

16:57 TR News; Funding push for first UK national journalists memorial launched https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/funding-push-for-first-uk-national-journalists-memorial-launched/

16:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Funding push for first UK national journalists' memorial launched - Press Gazette

16:57 TR News; Kyiv Says It Broke Up Russian Spy Network Targeting F-16 Fighter Data https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-major-russian-spy-network-ukraine-military-jets-espionage/33243273.html

16:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Kyiv Says It Broke Up Russian Spy Network Targeting F-16 Fighter Data

16:57 TR News; Russian State Duma Pushes Bill To Block 'Foreign Agents' From Revenues https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-duma-foreign-agents-revenues/33243018.html

16:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russian State Duma Pushes Bill To Block 'Foreign Agents' From Revenues

16:58 TR News; Bolstered By North Korean Troops, Russia Presses Attacks in Kursk Region https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bolstered-by-north-korean-troops-presses-attacks-in-kursk-region/33243288.html

16:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Bolstered By North Korean Troops, Russia Presses Attacks in Kursk Region

5 PM, December 18

17:02 TR News; Windows down to 8% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/zambia/#monthly-200902-202412 similar to prior months http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/02/GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_Rising_in_Zambia_Android_Rises_Above_72_.shtml

17:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Zambia | Statcounter Global Stats

17:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux and ChromeOS Rising in Zambia, Android Rises Above 72%, and Windows Down to Only 7%

17:04 TR News; GNU/Linux 5% in Serbia? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/serbia/#monthly-200902-202412

17:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Serbia | Statcounter Global Stats

17:04 TR News; Russian Attack Drones Hunt Down Individual Civilians In Ukraine https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-drone-russia-civilian-stalking-individual-kherson-mine-sapper/33243034.html

17:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russian Attack Drones Hunt Down Individual Civilians In Ukraine

17:12 TR News; Russian General Charged With Chemical Weapons Use In Ukraine Killed In Blast Claimed By Kyiv https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-general-igor-kirillov-killed-moscow-bomb/33242614.html

17:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russian General Charged With Chemical Weapons Use In Ukraine Killed In Blast Claimed By Kyiv

17:12 TR News; "An interesting detail: the same sign was registered in Ukraine by the State Border Guard Service in cl. 13, 16 and 35 (https://sis.nipo.gov.ua/en/search/detail/1689021/)!" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/general-court-russian-warship-go-fk.html?showComment=1734430564274#c8197151289097955783

17:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sis.nipo.gov.ua | Object details

17:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | General Court: Russian Warship, GO F**K YOURSELF non-distinctive - The IPKat

17:13 TR News; A Russian general was killed by a bomb in Moscow. Ukraine claims responsibility. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2024/1217/russia-ukraine-war-kirillov-chemical-weapons

17:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ukraine targets Russian Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov for chemical warfare - CSMonitor.com

17:13 TR News; Biden Administration Running Out of Time to Send Allocated Aid to Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/us/politics/ukraine-aid-biden-trump.html

17:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Biden Administration Running Out of Time to Send Allocated Aid to Ukraine - The New York Times

17:13 TR News; Ukraine Says It Assassinated Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow Bombing https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/russian-general-bombing-moscow.html

17:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Ukraine Says It Assassinated Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow Bombing - The New York Times

17:13 TR News; U.S. Cites Indications North Korean Soldiers Died Fighting for Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/russia-ukraine-north-korea-war.html

17:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | U.S. Cites Indications North Korean Soldiers Died Fighting for Russia - The New York Times

17:14 TR News; What North Korea Gains By Sending Troops to Fight For Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/asia/north-korea-russia-military-deal.html

17:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | What North Korea Gains By Sending Troops to Fight For Russia - The New York Times

17:14 TR News; Who Was Igor Kirillov, the Russian General Killed in a Moscow Bomb Blast? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/igor-kirillov-russian-general.html

17:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Who Was Igor Kirillov, the Russian General Killed in a Moscow Bomb Blast? - The New York Times

17:15 TR News; Monday Briefing: Ukraine says it killed a Russian General https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/briefing/ukraine-russia-syria-gaza.html

17:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Monday Briefing: Ukraine says it killed a Russian General - The New York Times

17:15 TR News; Experts: African Gold Helps Fund Russias War With Ukraine https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/experts-african-gold-helps-fund-russias-war-with-ukraine/

17:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adf-magazine.com | Experts: African Gold Helps Fund Russias War With Ukraine - Africa Defense Forum

17:29 TR News; Techrights GAFAM Kissing the Ring of the Mafia Don https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.gmi

17:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GAFAM Kissing the Ring of the Mafia Don

17:30 TR News; "Surface waters such as rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs are an important source of freshwater and economic activity." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/satellite-mapping-of-surface-waters-in-r/ | Source: Rlang

17:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Satellite mapping of surface waters in R | R-bloggers

17:31 TR News; "Join our workshop on Latent Growth Curve Models using the Lavaan Package in R, which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series!" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/latent-growth-curve-models-using-the-lavaan-package-in-r-workshop/ | Source: Rlang

17:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Latent Growth Curve Models using the Lavaan Package in R workshop | R-bloggers

17:31 TR News; "We are attending the stand with our partner CreativeHut again this year" https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/12/17/arduino-education-at-bett-2025-shaping-the-future-of-k-12-and-he/ | Source: Arduino

17:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | Arduino Education at Bett 2025: Shaping the future of K-12 and higher education | Arduino Blog

17:31 TR News; "This year, I was invited to speak at P99 Conf." https://laplab.me/posts/p99-conf-2024/ | Source: Nikita Lapkov

17:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-laplab.me | P99 Conf 2024 | Nikita Lapkov

17:31 TR News; "I had the pleasure to speak at EuroRust this year! This was my third and final talk about elfo, an actor system written in Rust." https://laplab.me/posts/eurorust-2024/ | Source: Nikita Lapkov

17:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-laplab.me | EuroRust 2024 | Nikita Lapkov

17:32 TR News; Raspberry Pi 500 keyboard PC has been modded with an NVMe M.2 slot leveraging the device's conspicuously empty PCB header https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-500-keyboard-pc-has-been-modded-with-an-nvme-m-2-slot-leveraging-the-devices-conspicuously-empty-pcb-header

17:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Raspberry Pi 500 keyboard PC has been modded with an NVMe M.2 slot leveraging the device's conspicuously empty PCB header | Tom's Hardware

17:33 TR News; EDATec CM5 Active Cooler Review: A Cool Deal https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/edatec-cm5-active-cooler-review

17:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | EDATec CM5 Active Cooler Review: A Cool Deal | Tom's Hardware

17:34 TR News; "WordPress hosting firm Automattic and its CEO Matthew Mullenweg have been ordered to stop interfering with the business of rival WP Engine." https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/11/wp_engine_wins_injunction_against/ | Source: The Register UK

17:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | WP Engine wins injunction against Automattic The Register

17:35 TR News; "YottaDB r2.02 includes a number of features and enhancements that make YottaDB easier to use" https://yottadb.com/yottadb-r2-02-released/ | Source: YottaDB

17:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-YottaDB r2.02 Released - YottaDB

17:36 TR News; "EPA is now looking at logging and monitoring" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2024/12/epa-fosters-it-resilience-through-cloud-integrated-teams-automation-tools/ | Source: Federal News Network

17:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | EPA fosters IT resilience through cloud, integrated teams, automation tools

17:36 TR News; "I don't think people really appreciate what kind of mayhem some of their software gets up to." https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2024/12/17/packets/ | Source: Rachel

17:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rachelbythebay.com | Feed readers which don't take "no" for an answer

17:37 TR News; "Applications that don't use Struts' File Upload Interceptor component which was deprecated in version 6.4.0 and removed entirely in 7.0.0 are safe." https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/17/critical_rce_apache_struts/ | Source: The Register UK

17:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Critical Apache Struts bug under active exploit The Register

17:37 TR News; "This is release 4.9.3 of the Authoritative Server. It contains a collection of small fixes. A detailed list of changes can be found in the changelog." https://blog.powerdns.com/2024/12/17/authoritative-server-4-9-3 | Source: PowerDNS

17:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.powerdns.com | PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.3

17:38 TR News; "Please see the DNSdist website for the changelog and the current documentation." https://blog.powerdns.com/2024/12/17/powerdns-dnsdist-1.9.8-released | Source: PowerDNS

17:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.powerdns.com | PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.8 released

17:39 TR News; "In 20 years, I won't care what color my phone was, or what model. I'll probably forget which number the iPhone was even on this year." https://devondundee.com/blog/what-is-a-memory-worth | Source: Devon Dundee

17:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-devondundee.com | What Is a Memory Worth? | Devon Dundee

17:39 TR News; "Soon, nostalgics will be able to peruse Nokias visual history online." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/if-youre-nostalgic-for-nokia-see-the-devices-that-defined-90s-cellphone-design-in-a-new-online-archive-180985667/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine

17:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.smithsonianmag.com | If You're Nostalgic for Nokia, See the Devices That Defined 90s Cellphone Design in a New Online Archive | Smithsonian

17:44 TR News; "Each component you add to your Arduino project increases its complexity and the opportunity for mistakes. But most projects require some auxiliary hardware components that you use to interact with the Arduino or to help it do the job youre asking of it." https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/12/17/turn-your-old-android-smartphone-into-an-arduino-screen-with-the-remotexy-app/ | Source: Arduino

17:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | Turn your old Android smartphone into an Arduino screen with the RemoteXY app | Arduino Blog

17:45 TR News; "So after 2 weeks running the Pixel 8 as my primary phone" https://kevquirk.com/blog/im-back-on-ios | Source: Kev Quirk

17:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevquirk.com | I'm Back on iOS | Kev Quirk

17:46 TR News; Qt for Android Automotive 6.5.8 is released https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-android-automotive-6.5.8-is-released

17:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Qt for Android Automotive 6.5.8 is released

17:47 TR News; Qt 6.9 - Android Updates https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.9-android-updates

17:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Qt 6.9 - Android Updates

17:49 TR News; Donnie Berkholz: The lazy technologists guide to staying healthy https://dberkholz.com/2024/12/17/the-lazy-technologists-guide-to-staying-healthy/

17:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dberkholz.com | The lazy technologists guide to staying healthy Striving for greatness

17:50 TR News; Instead of Promoting GNU/Linux (or Ubuntu) Ahead of Vista 10's EoL Canonical is Marketing Microsoft's Proprietary Software https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Instead_of_Promoting_GNU_Linux_or_Ubuntu_Ahead_of_Vista_10_s_Eo.shtml

17:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Instead of Promoting GNU/Linux (or Ubuntu) Ahead of Vista 10's EoL Canonical is Marketing Microsoft's Proprietary Software

17:50 TR News; The 'Linux' Foundation's Certificate Authority (CA) Significantly and Suspiciously Raises the Number of Certificates It Issues (Quantity Increase/Inflation) by Lessening Their Lifetime in the Name of 'Security' (That Barely Makes Sense!) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/The_Linux_Foundation_s_Certificate_Authority_CA_Significantly_a.shtml

17:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Linux Foundation's Certificate Authority (CA) Significantly and Suspiciously Raises the Number of Certificates It Issues (Quantity Increase/Inflation) by Lessening Their Lifetime in the Name of 'Security' (That Barely Makes Sense!)

17:50 TR News; In Some Countries, Such as Greece, Almost 80% of backdoored Windows Users Are on Vista 10 and About 85% Need to Move to GNU/Linux for Security Patches https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/In_Some_Countries_Such_as_Greece_Almost_80_of_Windows_Users_Are.shtml

17:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In Some Countries, Such as Greece, Almost 80% of Windows Users Are on Vista 10 and About 85% Need to Move to GNU/Linux for Security Patches

17:52 TR News; "The hardware in question is the Elbrus programmable logic controller (PLC), which is based on the MCST Elbrus-2S3 developed by Roselectronics." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/russia-certifies-homegrown-raspberry-pi-like-computers-for-critical-applications-elbrus-es3-already-used-in-nuclear-facilities | Source: Tom's Hardware

17:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Russia using homegrown Raspberry Pi-like computers in nuclear facilities Elbrus ES3 certified for use in critical applications | Tom's Hardware

17:52 TR News; "from an aircraft carrier suddenly having hundreds of megabits of bandwidth available" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-insights/2024/12/dod-edges-toward-goal-of-ubiquitous-connectivity-connect-anything-provide-access-anywhere/ | Source: Federal News Network

17:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | DoD edges toward goal of ubiquitous connectivity connect anything, provide access anywhere

17:53 TR News; "Kali Linux 2024.4, a Debian-based distribution aimed at advanced penetration testing and security auditing, is now available for download, marking the distributions fourth major update of the year." https://linuxiac.com/kali-linux-2024-4-released-bids-farewell-to-32-bit-systems/ | Source: Linuxiac

17:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Kali Linux 2024.4 Released, Bids Farewell to 32-Bit Systems

6 PM, December 18

18:02 TR News; "A war criminal and a legitimate target" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/17/a-war-criminal-and-a-legitimate-target | Source: Meduza

18:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | A war criminal and a legitimate target Russian general assassinated in Moscow accused Kyiv and the West of secret biolabs, drone-delivered mosquitoes, and engineered pandemics Meduza

18:02 TR News; Gun Violence Around Schools Has Risen Since the Pandemic https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/us/gun-violence-school-shootings-pandemic.html

18:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Gun Violence Around Schools Has Risen Since the Pandemic - The New York Times

18:02 TR News; Minnesota sees big spike in cases of pertussis/whooping cough https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/17/minnesota-sees-big-spike-in-cases-of-pertussis-whooping-cough/

18:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.twincities.com | Minnesota sees big spike in cases of pertussis/whooping cough Twin Cities

18:04 TR News; Openwashing nonsense? Spacemans 2025 Spacewalk to Be Guided By Hey Hi (AI) https://fossforce.com/2024/12/spacemans-2025-spacewalk-to-be-guided-by-ai/

18:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | Spaceman's 2025 Spacewalk to Be Guided By AI - FOSS Force

18:04 TR News; Riga Security Forum podcast: 'Russian disinformation on both sides of the Atlantic' https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/video/17.12.2024-riga-security-forum-podcast-russian-disinformation-on-both-sides-of-the-atlantic.a580446/

18:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Riga Security Forum podcast: 'Russian disinformation on both sides of the Atlantic' / Article

18:04 TR News; The reluctant consensus: War and Russias public opinion https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/russia-tomorrow/reluctant-consensus-war-and-russias-public-opinion/

18:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | The reluctant consensus: War and Russias public opinion - Atlantic Council

18:05 TR News; Putins quiet Syrian surrender reveals the weakness behind his intimidation tactics https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-quiet-syrian-surrender-reveals-the-weakness-behind-his-intimidation-tactics/

18:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Putins quiet Syrian surrender reveals the weakness behind his intimidation tactics - Atlantic Council

18:06 TR News; Gunnar Wolf: The science of detecting LLM-generated text https://gwolf.org/2024/12/the-science-of-detecting-llm-generated-text.html

18:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gwolf.org | Gunnar Wolf The science of detecting LLM-generated text

18:07 TR News; Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released for Fashion Company Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.2 https://9to5linux.com/fedora-asahi-remix-41-released-for-apple-silicon-macs-with-kde-plasma-6-2

18:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.2 - 9to5Linux

18:07 TR News; System76 Refreshes Their AMD-Powered Pangolin GNU/Linux Laptop with 2K Display https://9to5linux.com/system76-refreshes-their-amd-powered-pangolin-linux-laptop-with-2k-display

18:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-System76 Refreshes Their AMD-Powered Pangolin Linux Laptop with 2K Display - 9to5Linux

18:08 TR News; Brian Fagioli's Latest "Linux" Article Appears to be Fake https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Brian_Fagioli_s_Latest_Linux_Article_Appears_to_be_Fake.shtml

18:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Brian Fagioli's Latest "Linux" Article Appears to be Fake

18:09 TR News; Bryan Ravioli has a history of shilling Microsoft https://betanews.com/2014/08/25/microsoft-helps-royal-caribbean-become-the-ultimate-cruise-line-for-nerds/

18:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-betanews.com | Microsoft helps Royal Caribbean become the ultimate cruise line for nerds

18:14 TR News; canonical: pay us to use debian packages https://canonical.com//blog/valkey-ubuntu-pro

18:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-canonical.com | Get Valkey security patching and support with Ubuntu Pro

18:15 TR News; Also Canonical: we work for Microsoft https://canonical.com//blog/ubuntu-azure-cobalt-100-vms see http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Instead_of_Promoting_GNU_Linux_or_Ubuntu_Ahead_of_Vista_10_s_Eo.shtml

18:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-canonical.com | Ubuntu brings comprehensive support to Azure Cobalt 100 VMs

18:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Instead of Promoting GNU/Linux (or Ubuntu) Ahead of Vista 10's EoL Canonical is Marketing Microsoft's Proprietary Software

18:16 TR News; "In close collaboration with the Asahi Linux team, the Fedora Project announced the general availability of Fedora Asahi Remix 41" https://linuxiac.com/fedora-asahi-remix-41-released-for-apple-silicon-devices/ | Source: Linuxiac

18:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released for Apple Silicon Devices

18:17 TR News; "This compact printer has various communication options: a USB plug, an Ethernet port and a Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n module." https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/printing-on-hp-color-laser-150nw-from-openbsd/ | Source: TuMFatig

18:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tumfatig.net | TuM'Fatig - Printing on HP Color Laser 150nw from OpenBSD

18:18 TR News; "As you already know, choosing the right technology stack is critical to building secure, reliable, and future-proof products." https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/why-freebsd-should-be-the-foundation-for-your-security-product/ | Source: FreeBSD

18:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-freebsdfoundation.org | Why FreeBSD Should Be the Foundation for Your Security Product | FreeBSD Foundation

18:18 TR News; "I evaluated a bunch of contemporary operating systems, including different variants of BSD and Linux." https://luke8086.dev/netbsd-on-thinkpad-380z.html |

18:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-luke8086.dev | Running NetBSD on IBM ThinkPad 380Z

18:22 TR News; "My take on these questions is that to me there are two fundamental differences: [...]" https://hisham.hm/2024/12/16/there-are-two-very-different-things-called-package-managers/ | Source: Hisham

18:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-There are two very different things called "package managers" hisham.hm

18:22 TR News; "The first official Ubuntu release was 4.10." https://ploum.net/2024-12-16-linux_desktop2.html | Source: Lionel Dricot

18:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ploum.net | 20 years of Linux on the Desktop (part 2)

18:22 TR News; "A fresh release of the minimalist and very lightweight Alpine Linux is here, with support for Chinese LoongArch64 CPUs." https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/17/alpine_linux_321/ | Source: The Register UK

18:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Alpine Linux 3.21: Lean, mean, and LoongArch-ready The Register

18:24 TR News; A beginner’s tutorial for your first Machine Learning project using Charmed Kubeflow https://ubuntu.com//blog/a-beginners-tutorial-for-your-first-machine-learning-project-using-charmed-kubeflow

18:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A beginners tutorial for your first Machine Learning project using Charmed Kubeflow | Ubuntu

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18:44 TR News; Techrights Being a Geek Need Not Mean Being Sedentary https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Being_a_Geek_Need_Not_Mean_Being_Sedentary.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Being_a_Geek_Need_Not_Mean_Being_Sedentary.gmi

18:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Being a Geek Need Not Mean Being Sedentary

7 PM, December 18

19:01 TR News; Techrights Arvind Krishna, IBM's CEO, Will Eventually Suck Up to Donald Trump Like His Predecessor Did or the Watson Family Did With Adolf Hitler https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Arvind_Krishna_IBM_s_CEO_Will_Eventually_Suck_Up_to_Donald_Trum.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Arvind_Krishna_IBM_s_CEO_Will_Eventually_Suck_Up_to_Donald_Trum.gmi

19:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Arvind Krishna, IBM's CEO, Will Eventually Suck Up to Donald Trump Like His Predecessor Did or the Watson Family Did With Adolf Hitler

19:07 TR News; OpenShift and buzz https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/streamline-lifecycle-management-5g-core-cnfs-red-hat-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official

19:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Streamline lifecycle management of 5G Core CNFs on Red Hat OpenShift

19:07 TR News; OpenStack Services on OpenShift https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openstack-services-openshift-rethinking-storage-design-pod-based-architectures | Source: Red Hat Official

19:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift: Rethinking storage design in pod-based architectures

19:09 TR News; A Grisly Discovery at a Bronze Age Mass Grave: The Victims Were Eaten, Too https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/science/bronze-age-skeleton-cannibals.html

19:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | A Grisly Discovery at a Bronze Age Mass Grave: The Victims Were Eaten, Too - The New York Times

19:10 TR News; DHS Science and Technology Directorate looks to the evolution of first responder communications https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2024/12/dhs-science-and-technology-directorate-looks-to-the-evolution-of-first-responder-communications/

19:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | DHS Science and Technology Directorate looks to the evolution of first responder communications

19:10 TR News; Luigi Mangione Charged With Murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/nyregion/mangione-first-degree-murder-terrorism.html

19:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Luigi Mangione Charged With Murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing - The New York Times

19:10 TR News; US woman sees second chance at life after pig kidney transplant https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241217-blessed-us-woman-sees-second-chance-in-life-after-pig-kidney-transplant

19:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241217-blessed-us-woman-sees-second-chance-in-life-after-pig-kidney-transplant )

19:10 TR News; Luigi Mangione charged with murder as act of terrorism in US CEO slaying https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241217-luigi-mangione-charged-with-murder-act-of-terrorism-us-ceo-slaying

19:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241217-luigi-mangione-charged-with-murder-act-of-terrorism-us-ceo-slaying )

19:10 TR News; Congress passes massive VA reform bill with pay flexibility for health care workers https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2024/12/congress-passes-massive-va-reform-bill-with-pay-flexibility-for-health-care-workers/

19:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Congress passes massive VA reform bill with pay flexibility for health care workers

19:11 TR News; Ukrainians make a significant contribution to Latvia's budget, data suggest https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/17.12.2024-ukrainians-make-a-significant-contribution-to-latvias-budget-data-suggest.a580669/

19:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Ukrainians make a significant contribution to Latvia's budget, data suggest / Article

19:11 TR News; "No schemes involving a freeze of the conflict will suit Russia" https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/17/no-schemes-involving-a-freeze-of-the-conflict-will-suit-russia-russian-ambassador-to-the-u-n-on-prospects-for-peace-talks-with-ukraine | Source: Meduza

19:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | No schemes involving a freeze of the conflict will suit Russia Russian ambassador to the U.N. on prospects for peace talks with Ukraine Meduza

19:11 TR News; "American YouTuber visits Russia searching for nations hidden majesty and learns firsthand that you go to jail for calling the Ukraine war an invasion" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/17/american-youtuber-visits-russia-searching-for-nation-s-hidden-majesty-and-learns-firsthand-that-you-go-to-jail-for-calling-the-ukraine-war-an-invasion | Source: Meduza

19:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | American YouTuber visits Russia searching for nations hidden majesty and learns firsthand that you go to jail for calling the Ukraine war an invasion Meduza

19:12 TR News; Basketball star Timma reported dead in Moscow https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/sport/17.12.2024-basketball-star-timma-reported-dead-in-moscow.a580575/ "just a few weeks after he took a controversial decision to play professionally in Russia."

19:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Basketball star Timma reported dead in Moscow / Article

19:12 TR News; Latvia's Brae supports 15th Russia sanctions package, calls for 16th to follow https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/17.12.2024-latvias-braze-supports-15th-russia-sanctions-package-calls-for-16th-to-follow.a580573/

19:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Latvia's Brae supports 15th Russia sanctions package, calls for 16th to follow / Article

19:13 TR News; Russians burning faces of dead North Koreans to keep them secret: Zelenskyy https://rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/17/north-korean-soldier-video-russia-12172024/

19:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/17/north-korean-soldier-video-russia-12172024/ )

19:13 TR News; 'This is the best moment for a comprehensive peace effort' in the Middle East: expert https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-this-is-the-best-moment-for-a-comprehensive-peace-effort-in-the-middle-east-expert-says

19:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-this-is-the-best-moment-for-a-comprehensive-peace-effort-in-the-middle-east-expert-says )

19:13 TR News; Russian Uranium Stake In Kazakhstan Sold To China Amid Western Sanctions Risk https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-uranium-stake-kazakhstan-china/33243378.html

19:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russian Uranium Stake In Kazakhstan Sold To China Amid Western Sanctions Risk

19:13 TR News; Russian Lawyer Fined For Talking To RFE/RL https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-court-fines-lawyer-levenberg-speaking-rferl-ovd-info/33242964.html

19:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russian Lawyer Fined For Talking To RFE/RL

19:14 TR News; Oil Covers Dozens Of Kilometers Of Russia's Coastal Area After Tankers Sink https://www.rferl.org/a/oil-environment-coastal-area-krasnodar-tankers-spill-mazut/33242938.html

19:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Oil Covers Dozens Of Kilometers Of Russia's Coastal Area After Tankers Sink

19:14 TR News; Video Captures Blast That Killed Russian General Igor Kirillov https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/russian-general-assassination-igor-kirillov-video.html

19:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Video Captures Blast That Killed Russian General Igor Kirillov - The New York Times

19:15 TR News; There's blood on the snow https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/12/17/multimedia/17russia-general-video-2/17russia-general-01-wjpf-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp

19:16 TR News; Warning sign to Putin?

19:19 TR News; Russian Disinformation Machine in CAR Exposed https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/russian-disinformation-machine-in-car-exposed/

19:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adf-magazine.com | Russian Disinformation Machine in CAR Exposed - Africa Defense Forum

19:20 TR News; "get in the C.A.R., we're making Russia Great Again"

19:20 TR News; Kremlin Opens Russian Houses as Soft Power Tool https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/kremlin-opens-russian-houses-as-soft-power-tool/

19:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adf-magazine.com | Kremlin Opens Russian Houses as Soft Power Tool - Africa Defense Forum

19:21 TR News; Turkey Adds Mercenaries to Sahels Violent Mix https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/turkey-adds-mercenaries-to-sahels-violent-mix/

19:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adf-magazine.com | NO TITLE

19:21 TR News; "North Korean soldiers" https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/18/hundreds-of-north-korean-soldiers-killed-or-wounded-in-russia-s-kursk-region-ap | Source: Meduza

19:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Hundreds of North Korean soldiers killed or wounded in Russias Kursk region AP Meduza

19:22 TR News; Kyiv visited by Putin's friend https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/18/trump-s-ukraine-russia-envoy-keith-kellogg-will-reportedly-visit-kyiv-in-january | Source: Meduza

19:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Trumps Ukraine-Russia envoy, Keith Kellogg, will reportedly visit Kyiv in January Meduza

19:22 TR News; "leaked documents" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/18/the-year-in-leaks | Source: Meduza

19:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | The year in leaks What leaked documents revealed about the Kremlins activities in Russia and abroad in 2024 Meduza

19:22 TR News; "killed by bomb" https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/17/head-of-russia-s-radiation-chemical-and-biological-protection-force-killed-by-bomb-in-moscow | Source: Meduza

19:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Head of Russias radioactive, chemical and biological defense forces killed by bomb in Moscow Meduza

19:23 TR News; Belarus website https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/amd-strix-halo-powered-laptop-appears-at-retailer-asus-rog-flow-z13-2-in-1-laptop-listed-on-belarus-website

19:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | AMD Strix Halo-powered laptop appears at retailer Asus ROG Flow Z13 2-in-1 laptop listed on Belarus website | Tom's Hardware

19:27 TR News; The way forward in Syria https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-way-forward-in-syria/

19:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | The way forward in Syria | The Strategist

19:27 TR News; Recognition

19:28 TR News; Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events and Beyond https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/face-recognition-threatens-to-replace-tickets-id-at-sports-events-and-beyond

19:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aclu.org | Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events and Beyond | ACLU

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19:32 TR News; Police surveillance operation to unmask journalistic source ruled unlawful https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/police-surveillance-operation-to-unmask-journalistic-source-ruled-unlawful/

19:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Police surveillance operation to unmask journalistic source ruled unlawful - Press Gazette

19:32 TR News; Former Bangladeshi leader orchestrated mass disappearances, inquiry finds https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/ex-bangladeshi-leader-orchestrated-mass-disappearances-inquiry-finds

19:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Former Bangladeshi leader orchestrated mass disappearances, inquiry finds | The Straits Times

19:35 TR News; Test syslog-ng on EPEL 10! https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-testing-on-epel-10/

19:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-peter.czanik.hu | Test syslog-ng on EPEL 10! | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik

19:36 TR News; Amita: GNOME Asia 2024 https://whatamithinks.wordpress.com/2024/12/17/gnome-asia-2024/

19:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-whatamithinks.wordpress.com | GNOME Asia 2024 | ami

19:37 TR News; APNIC and NIRs take action on preliminary delegation audit results https://blog.apnic.net/2024/12/17/apnic-and-nirs-take-action-on-preliminary-delegation-audit-results/

19:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | APNIC and NIRs take action on preliminary delegation audit results | APNIC Blog

19:37 TR News; Swapping Cow's Milk For Plant-Based Could Cost Vital Nutrients https://www.sciencealert.com/swapping-cows-milk-for-plant-based-could-cost-vital-nutrients

19:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Swapping Cow's Milk For Plant-Based Could Cost Vital Nutrients : ScienceAlert

19:37 TR News; Human Minibrains Launched Into Space Thrived in an Unexpected Way https://www.sciencealert.com/human-minibrains-launched-into-space-thrived-in-an-unexpected-way

19:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Human Minibrains Launched Into Space Thrived in an Unexpected Way : ScienceAlert

19:37 TR News; Pig Kidney Transplant Gives Hope to US Woman Who Donated Own to Her Mother https://www.sciencealert.com/pig-kidney-transplant-gives-hope-to-us-woman-who-donated-own-to-her-mother

19:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pig Kidney Transplant Gives Hope to US Woman Who Donated Own to Her Mother : ScienceAlert

19:38 TR News; First of Its Kind Study Lists Health Benefits of Drinking More Water Each Day https://www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its-kind-study-lists-health-benefits-of-drinking-more-water-each-day

19:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-First of Its Kind Study Lists Health Benefits of Drinking More Water Each Day : ScienceAlert

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19:43 TR News; There's A Simple Method to Reduce Alcohol Intake, Scientists Say, And It Works https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-simple-method-to-reduce-alcohol-intake-scientists-say-and-it-works

19:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-There's A Simple Method to Reduce Alcohol Intake, Scientists Say, And It Works : ScienceAlert

19:43 TR News; Flu Viruses in Refrigerated Raw Milk Can Remain Infectious For Days https://www.sciencealert.com/flu-viruses-in-refrigerated-raw-milk-can-remain-infectious-for-days

19:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Flu Viruses in Refrigerated Raw Milk Can Remain Infectious For Days : ScienceAlert

19:43 TR News; These 2 Jobs Have The Lowest Alzheimer's Death Rates. But What Does It Mean? https://www.sciencealert.com/these-2-jobs-have-the-fewest-deaths-from-alzheimers-but-what-does-it-mean

19:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-These 2 Jobs Have The Lowest Alzheimer's Death Rates. But What Does It Mean? : ScienceAlert

19:44 TR News; An Occasional Treat Could Be Better For Your Heart Than No Added Sugar at All https://www.sciencealert.com/an-occasional-treat-could-be-better-for-your-heart-than-no-added-sugar-at-all

19:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-An Occasional Treat Could Be Better For Your Heart Than No Added Sugar at All : ScienceAlert

19:44 TR News; Unexpected Delay Means Stranded Astronauts Won't Leave ISS as Planned https://www.sciencealert.com/unexpected-delay-means-stranded-astronauts-wont-leave-iss-as-planned

19:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Unexpected Delay Means Stranded Astronauts Won't Leave ISS as Planned : ScienceAlert

19:45 TR News; World First: Star 'Twins' Discovered Orbiting Milky Way's Black Hole https://www.sciencealert.com/world-first-star-twins-discovered-orbiting-milky-ways-black-hole

19:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-World First: Star 'Twins' Discovered Orbiting Milky Way's Black Hole : ScienceAlert

19:46 TR News; Pink News bosses say false BillBC allegations caused them serious harm https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/pink-news-allegations-bbc/

19:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Pink News allegations: Cohen and James say BBC report 'malicious'

19:46 TR News; Tom Gatti named acting editor of the New Statesman https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/tom-gatti-named-acting-editor-of-the-new-statesman/

19:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Tom Gatti named acting editor of the New Statesman - Press Gazette

19:47 TR News; Tunisia Upgrades Air Fleet with C-130 https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/tunisia-upgrades-air-fleet-with-c-130/

19:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adf-magazine.com | Tunisia Upgrades Air Fleet with C-130 - Africa Defense Forum

19:47 TR News; Sudan War Destabilizes Eastern Chad https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/sudan-war-destabilizes-eastern-chad/

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8 PM, December 18

20:01 TR News; Techrights Windows (or Microsoft) Has Become the "One Percent" (Market Share) in Chad https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Windows_or_Microsoft_Has_Become_the_One_Percent_Market_Share_in.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Windows_or_Microsoft_Has_Become_the_One_Percent_Market_Share_in.gmi

20:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Windows (or Microsoft) Has Become the "One Percent" (Market Share) in Chad

20:05 TR News; Microsoft Announcing systemd v257 https://0pointer.net/blog/announcing-systemd-v257.html

20:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-0pointer.net | Announcing systemd v257

20:07 TR News; Sonar acquires open-source security specialist Tidelift https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/17/sonar-acquires-open-source-security-specialist-tidelift/ openwasher http://techrights.org/o/2022/04/19/tidelift-concern-troll/

20:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Sonar acquires open-source security specialist Tidelift - SiliconANGLE

20:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Tidelift is Connected to Microsoft and It Does Not Spread a Positive Message for the Free/Open Source Community

20:07 TR News; (NEW): Nextcloud Takes on Microsoft, Microsoft Systemd 257 Released in Microsoft GitHub (Proprietary) by Microsoft Staff https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/11/Nextcloud_Takes_on_Microsoft_Microsoft_Systemd_257_Released_in_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/11/Nextcloud_Takes_on_Microsoft_Microsoft_Systemd_257_Released_in_.gmi

20:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Nextcloud Takes on Microsoft, Microsoft Systemd 257 Released in Microsoft GitHub (Proprietary) by Microsoft Staff

20:07 TR News; Axelera brings its low-powered RISC-V chips to Arduinos miniature computers to run Hey Hi (AI) at the edge https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/17/axelera-brings-low-powered-risc-v-chips-arduinos-miniature-computers-run-ai-edge/

20:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Axelera brings its low-powered RISC-V chips to Arduino's miniature computers to run AI at the edge - SiliconANGLE

20:16 TR News; Banks size 49% stake in controversial Bosphorus waterfront project https://bianet.org/haber/banks-size-49-stake-in-controversial-bosphorus-waterfront-project-302779

20:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Banks size 49% stake in controversial Bosphorus waterfront project

20:16 TR News; Commerzbank opens representative office in Vilnius https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2441202/commerzbank-opens-representative-office-in-vilnius

20:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Commerzbank opens representative office in Vilnius - LRT

20:16 TR News; Indonesian anti-graft body raids central bank headquarters in probe of improper CSR donations https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-anti-graft-body-raids-central-banks-headquarters-in-csr-probe

20:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Indonesian anti-graft body raids central bank headquarters in probe of improper CSR donations | The Straits Times

20:17 TR News; Lab Technology location tracking patent monopoly prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/12/17/lab-technology-location-tracking-patent-prior-art-found

20:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | Lab Technology location tracking patent prior art found Unified Patents

20:17 TR News; $2,000 awarded for Incent crypto patent monopoly prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/12/17/2000-awarded-for-incent-crypto-patent-prior-art

20:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | $2,000 awarded for Incent crypto patent prior art Unified Patents

20:18 TR News; The patent extremists try to hail an illegal and fake court that must not exist and was made possible by EPO corruption and EU playing along with it https://ipwatchdog.com/2024/12/17/upc-2024-statistics-trends-substantive-law/id=183996/

20:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipwatchdog.com | The UPC in 2024: Statistics, Trends and Substantive Law

20:18 TR News; One extra day of SPC term in Sweden https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/17/one-extra-day-of-spc-term-in-sweden/

20:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentblog.kluweriplaw.com | One extra day of SPC term in Sweden - Kluwer Patent Blog

20:19 TR News; UPC is illegal; stop celebrating illegal things https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/17/upc-christmas-quiz-the-result/

20:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentblog.kluweriplaw.com | UPC Christmas Quiz the Result - Kluwer Patent Blog

20:20 TR News; Patent extremists and Dennis Crouch (who profit from litigation mess) complain about fake patents being dismantled (as they should) https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/12/assembling-obviousness-piecemeal.html

20:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Assembling the Obviousness Puzzle: Why Piecemeal Prior Art Analysis Falls Short | Patently-O

20:21 TR News; IBM (and Red Hat) is a Patent Troll, Still Leveraging Software Patents to Extract Money Out of Other Companies by Suing Them https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/IBM_and_Red_Hat_is_a_Patent_Troll_Still_Leveraging_Software_Pat.shtml

20:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM (and Red Hat) is a Patent Troll, Still Leveraging Software Patents to Extract Money Out of Other Companies by Suing Them

20:23 TR News; Systemd Fixes Bug While Facing New Challenger in GNU Shepherd http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Systemd-Fixes-Bug-While-Facing-New-Challenger-in-GNU-Shepherd

20:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linux-magazine.com | Systemd Fixes Bug While Facing New Challenger i... Linux Magazine

20:23 TR News; Install XFCE 4.20 in (X)Ubuntu 24.04 & 24.10 [For Testing Only] https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/12/install-xfce-4-20-ubuntu/

20:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Install XFCE 4.20 in (X)Ubuntu 24.04 & 24.10 [For Testing Only] | UbuntuHandbook

20:24 TR News; (NEW): The Shepherd 1.0.0 released! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/10/The_Shepherd_1_0_0_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/10/The_Shepherd_1_0_0_released.gmi

20:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The Shepherd 1.0.0 released!

20:24 TR News; YottaDB r2.02 Released https://yottadb.com/yottadb-r2-02-released/

20:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-YottaDB r2.02 Released - YottaDB

20:24 TR News; Printing on HP Color Laser 150nw from OpenBSD https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/printing-on-hp-color-laser-150nw-from-openbsd/

20:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tumfatig.net | TuM'Fatig - Printing on HP Color Laser 150nw from OpenBSD

20:25 TR News; [Meme] When the People Who Falsely Accuse You of Pedophilia Turn Out to be Projecting (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Meme_When_the_People_Who_Falsely_Accuse_You_of_Pedophilia_Turn_.shtml

20:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Meme] When the People Who Falsely Accuse You of Pedophilia Turn Out to be Projecting

20:25 TR News; Why I Continue to Believe That at the End Software Freedom Will Win (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Why_I_Continue_to_Believe_That_at_the_End_Software_Freedom_Will.shtml

20:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Why I Continue to Believe That at the End Software Freedom Will Win

20:25 TR News; Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part X (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Technology_rights_or_responsibilities_Part_X.shtml

20:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part X

20:25 TR News; Saving What's Left of Decent and Independent Journalism on the Web https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Saving_What_s_Left_of_Decent_and_Independent_Journalism_on_the_.shtml

20:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Saving What's Left of Decent and Independent Journalism on the Web

20:25 TR News; [Meme] They Don't Want the Public to Know What "Responsible Encryption" Really Means https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Meme_They_Don_t_Want_the_Public_to_Know_What_Responsible_Encryp.shtml

20:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Meme] They Don't Want the Public to Know What "Responsible Encryption" Really Means

20:25 TR News; There's Not Much Time Left for President Biden to Pardon Julian Assange and Signal to Journalists That Exposing States' Crimes or Rich People's Misbehaviour is Lawful https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/There_s_Not_Much_Time_Left_for_President_Biden_to_Pardon_Julian.shtml

20:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights There's Not Much Time Left for President Biden to Pardon Julian Assange and Signal to Journalists That Exposing States' Crimes or Rich People's Misbehaviour is Lawful

20:27 TR News; Wikileaks' and Stella's posts (Assange, the wife) make one wonder if they'll abandon the #freeAssange campaign and run #freeAssad campaign instead

20:31 TR News; Karate Love gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/karateLove

20:32 TR News; "I'm having a hard time articulating things right now, so please bear with me. I'm recovering from being triggered earlier today when I heard Trump claim that pesticides are responsible for the "rise" in autism cases." gemini://hyperreal.coffee/gemlog/2024-12-18-my-disillusionment-and-aspirations.gmi

20:32 TR News; "If The Empire Strikes Back had been written by the same hacks that took over writing Yoda later on, some of his most evocative lines wouldve been completely garbled. Try, there is not, These things, a Jedi craves not, One great make, war does not." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/yoda

20:33 TR News; Lurking memories in a cemetery gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2419

20:35 TR News; Automatic certificate issuing with IdM and cert-manager operator for OpenShift https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/17/automatic-certificate-issuing-idm-and-cert-manager-operator-openshift

20:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-developers.redhat.com | Automatic certificate issuing with IdM and cert-manager operator for OpenShift | Red Hat Developer

20:38 TR News; Red Hat entertaining buzzword and hype far too often https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/17/our-top-ai-articles-2024

20:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-developers.redhat.com | Our top AI articles of 2024 | Red Hat Developer

20:39 TR News; Outsourcing to Microsoft's proprietary prison is bad optics at the very least

20:40 TR News; Outsourcing to Microsoft's proprietary prison is bad optics at the very least https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/17/example-cnf-automating-deployment-dpdk-based-network-functions-openshift-fault

20:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-developers.redhat.com | Example-CNF: Automating the deployment of DPDK-based network functions on OpenShift with fault tolerance | Red Hat Developer

20:42 TR News; effector https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/10-resources-protecting-your-digital-security-effector-3615 | Source: EFF

20:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | 10 Resources for Protecting Your Digital Security | EFFector 36.15 | Electronic Frontier Foundation

20:42 TR News; (NEW): EPEL and Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/EPEL_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/EPEL_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi

20:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines EPEL and Red Hat Leftovers

20:43 TR News; Qt 6.9 Beta 1 Released https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.9-beta-1-released

20:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Qt 6.9 Beta 1 Released

20:44 TR News; 2024 End-of-Year Review: Open Source Hey Hi (AI) Definition v1.0 https://opensource.org/blog/2024-end-of-year-review-open-source-ai-definition-v1-0 see http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Microsoft_Boasts_That_Its_Microsoft_Sponsored_Open_Source_AI_Pr.shtml

20:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-opensource.org | 2024 End-of-Year Review: Open Source AI Definition v1.0 Open Source Initiative

20:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Boasts That Its (Microsoft-Sponsored) "Open Source AI" Propaganda Got Cited in Media (That's Just What the Money Did)

20:45 TR News; (NEW): Openwashing Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Openwashing_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Openwashing_Leftovers.gmi

20:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Openwashing Leftovers

20:47 TR News; (NEW): Education, Devices, and Modded Hardware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Education_Devices_and_Modded_Hardware.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Education_Devices_and_Modded_Hardware.gmi

20:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Education, Devices, and Modded Hardware

20:48 TR News; Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #22 Sovereign Tech Agencys Tara Tarakiyee and Funding Important Open Source Projects https://openssf.org/podcast/2024/12/17/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-22-sovereign-tech-agencys-tara-tarakiyee-and-funding-important-open-source-projects/

20:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openssf.org | Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #22 Sovereign Tech Agencys Tara Tarakiyee and Funding Important Open Source Projects Open Source Security Foundation

20:49 TR News; (NEW): BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/BSD_Leftovers.gmi

20:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines BSD Leftovers

20:49 TR News; Microsoft: Windows ceased to be a cash cow, it's dying https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news-updates/google-makes-more-money-on-windows-than-microsoft-says-satya-nadella/

20:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-analyticsindiamag.com | Google Makes More Money on Windows Than Microsoft, says Satya Nadella

20:51 TR News; mintCast 451.5 Serves You Right https://mintcast.org/451-5-serves-you-right/

20:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mintcast.org | 451.5 Serves You Right mintCast

20:54 TR News; (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/today_s_howtos.1.gmi

20:54 TR News; (NEW): Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: LibreOffice, mintCast, LF, openSUSE, and Wordpress https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Videos_Audiocasts_Shows_LibreOffice_mintCast_LF_openSUSE_and_Wo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Videos_Audiocasts_Shows_LibreOffice_mintCast_LF_openSUSE_and_Wo.gmi

20:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos

20:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: LibreOffice, mintCast, LF, openSUSE, and Wordpress

20:55 TR News; (NEW): 20 years of Linux on the Desktop (part 2) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/20_years_of_Linux_on_the_Desktop_part_2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/20_years_of_Linux_on_the_Desktop_part_2.gmi

20:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 20 years of Linux on the Desktop (part 2)

20:57 TR News; "I used Dijkstras algorithm. In part 2, I extended it to track predecessors and computed the transitive closure of the end configurations under the predecessors." gemini://dkalak.de/aoc/16.gmi

20:57 TR News; (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi

20:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

20:59 TR News; Techrights Links 18/12/2024: Karate Love and Advent of Code https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Links_18_12_2024_Karate_Love_and_Advent_of_Code.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Links_18_12_2024_Karate_Love_and_Advent_of_Code.gmi

9 PM, December 18

21:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 18/12/2024: Karate Love and Advent of Code

21:03 TR News; Techrights Links 18/12/2024: Zakir Hussain Dies, TuneIn Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Links_18_12_2024_Zakir_Hussain_Dies_TuneIn_Layoffs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Links_18_12_2024_Zakir_Hussain_Dies_TuneIn_Layoffs.gmi

21:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 18/12/2024: Zakir Hussain Dies, TuneIn Layoffs

21:24 TR News; South Korea Constitutional court orders Yoon to submit Cabinet meeting minutes https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-constitutional-court-orders-yoon-to-submit-cabinet-meeting-minutes

21:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea constitutional court orders Yoon to submit Cabinet meeting minutes | The Straits Times

21:24 TR News; South Korean operator of infamous K-drama, webtoon pirate sites charged, luxury cars seized https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/operator-of-infamous-k-drama-webtoon-pirate-sites-indicted

21:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean operator of infamous K-drama, webtoon pirate sites charged, luxury cars seized | The Straits Times

21:24 TR News; South Koreas Yoon given until Dec 21 to appear for questioning: Report https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-yoon-given-until-saturday-to-appear-for-questioning-report

21:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Koreas Yoon given until Dec 21 to appear for questioning: Report | The Straits Times

21:24 TR News; South Korean parties clash over justice appointments for Yoon trial https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/parties-clash-over-justice-appointments-for-yoon-suk-yeol-trial

21:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean parties clash over justice appointments for Yoon trial | The Straits Times

21:25 TR News; US targets North Korean money laundering network with sanctions https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-targets-north-korean-money-laundering-network-with-sanctions

21:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | US targets North Korean money laundering network with sanctions | The Straits Times

21:25 TR News; North Koreas Kim visits family tomb to pay tribute to his father https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-visits-family-tomb-to-pay-tribute-to-his-father

21:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Koreas Kim visits family tomb to pay tribute to his father | The Straits Times

21:25 TR News; South Koreas hurry hurry culture helps bring down a president https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-hurry-hurry-culture-helps-bring-down-a-president

21:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Koreas hurry hurry culture helps bring down a president | The Straits Times

21:26 TR News; In North Korea, divorce could land you in labour camp: Report https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/in-north-korea-divorce-could-land-you-in-labour-camp-report

21:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | In North Korea, divorce could land you in labour camp: Report | The Straits Times

21:26 TR News; South Koreas Yoon skips questioning, adding to risk of arrest https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-yoon-skips-questioning-adding-to-risk-of-arrest

21:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Koreas Yoon skips questioning, adding to risk of arrest | The Straits Times

21:26 TR News; Martial law attempt undercut political momentum with Trump, says South Korea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-says-martial-law-attempt-undercut-political-momentum-with-trump

21:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Martial law attempt undercut political momentum with Trump, says South Korea | The Straits Times

21:26 TR News; South Korea military brought live ammunition to Parliament during martial law: Reports https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-military-brought-live-ammunition-to-parliament-during-martial-law-report

21:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea military brought live ammunition to Parliament during martial law: Reports | The Straits Times

21:26 TR News; The global ripple effects of South Koreas political turmoil https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-global-ripple-effects-of-south-koreas-political-turmoil/

21:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | The global ripple effects of South Koreas political turmoil - Atlantic Council

21:27 TR News; China Lengthens Visa-Free Stays for Tourists https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/asia/china-visa-free-transit-policy.html

21:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | China Lengthens Visa-Free Stays for Tourists - The New York Times

21:27 TR News; Tracing fentanyls path into the US starts at this port. It doesnt end there. https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2024/1217/fentanyl-trump-us-mexico-china

21:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Halting fentanyl is a Trump priority. Heres how it crosses the US border. - CSMonitor.com

21:28 TR News; China, US can achieve great things together, says Wang Yi https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-us-can-achieve-great-things-says-chinese-foreign-minister-wang-yi

21:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China, US can achieve great things together, says Wang Yi | The Straits Times

21:28 TR News; China ready to enhance mutual trust with India at border talks, Chinese foreign ministry says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-ready-to-enhance-mutual-trust-with-india-at-border-talks-foreign-ministry-says

21:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China ready to enhance mutual trust with India at border talks, Chinese foreign ministry says | The Straits Times

21:28 TR News; Philippines sends provisions to military personnel in South China Sea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-sends-provisions-to-military-personnel-in-south-china-sea

21:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines sends provisions to military personnel in South China Sea | The Straits Times

21:29 TR News; Ex-Taiwan leader Ma says China visit to foster cross-strait peace https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/ex-taiwan-leader-ma-says-china-visit-to-foster-cross-strait-peace

21:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Ex-Taiwan leader Ma says China visit to foster cross-strait peace | The Straits Times

21:29 TR News; Taiwan-Shanghai forum opens after military tensions https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/china-taipei-shanghai-forum/

21:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/china-taipei-shanghai-forum/ )

21:29 TR News; Scammers lure jobseeking Hong Kongers to Myanmar from Japan, Taiwan https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/china-hong-kong-kk-park-myanmar-scammers/

21:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/china-hong-kong-kk-park-myanmar-scammers/ )

21:30 TR News; California man jailed for Chinese birth tourism business https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/china-birthright-citizenship-business/

21:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/china-birthright-citizenship-business/ )

21:30 TR News; US sanctions 2 Chinese nationals over money laundering to support North Korea https://rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/18/china-us-sanction-north-korea/

21:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/18/china-us-sanction-north-korea/ )

21:30 TR News; China calls claims businessman with links to UKs Prince Andrew was spying for Beijing preposterous https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/17/china-calls-claims-businessman-with-links-to-uks-prince-andrew-was-spying-for-beijing-preposterous/

21:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China calls UK's espionage claims 'preposterous'

21:31 TR News; Nigeria: 792 arrested over crypto-romance scam https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20241217-nigeria-792-arrested-over-crypto-romance-scam

21:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20241217-nigeria-792-arrested-over-crypto-romance-scam )

21:34 TR News; Clownflare is a monstrous surveillance and discrimination network; don't use it https://itsfoss.com/cloudflare-tunnels/

21:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Use Cloudflare Tunnels to Access Homelab Outside Local Network

21:34 TR News; Pi https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/why-nasa-only-needs-pi-to-so-many-decimal-places/ | Source: Hackaday

21:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why NASA Only Needs Pi To So Many Decimal Places | Hackaday

21:35 TR News; PCB https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pcb-motor-holds-fast-even-after-1-6-billion-spins/ | Source: Hackaday

21:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-PCB Motor Holds Fast, Even After 1.6 Billion Spins | Hackaday

21:35 TR News; Turkeys finance minister signals above-inflation raise for minimum wage https://bianet.org/haber/turkeys-finance-minister-signals-above-inflation-raise-for-minimum-wage-302764

21:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Turkeys finance minister signals above-inflation raise for minimum wage

21:36 TR News; The World Morse Code Championship https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/the-world-morse-code-championship/ | Source: Hackaday

21:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The World Morse Code Championship | Hackaday

21:36 TR News; Brennan Torpedo https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pulling-backward-to-go-forward-the-brennan-torpedo-explained/ | Source: Hackaday

21:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pulling Backward To Go Forward: The Brennan Torpedo Explained | Hackaday

21:37 TR News; "just that when he got his hands on a Flume water monitor." https://hackaday.com/2024/12/18/learning-about-the-flume-water-monitor/ | Source: Hackaday

21:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Learning About The Flume Water Monitor | Hackaday

21:37 TR News; Lawyer denies improperly restricting tax expert Dan Neidle revealing Nadhim Zahawi legal letter https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/dan-neidle-nadhim-zahawi-legal-communications/

21:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Lawyer denies wrongly restricting Dan Neidle over Zahawi 'threat'

21:38 TR News; Report: Internet Freedom in Africa Improves, but Problem Areas Remain https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/report-internet-freedom-in-africa-improves-but-problem-areas-remain/

21:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adf-magazine.com | Report: Internet Freedom in Africa Improves, but Problem Areas Remain - Africa Defense Forum

21:38 TR News; Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Hits Vanuatu, Triggering Internet Outages https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/asia/vanuatu-earthquake-tsunami.html

21:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Hits Vanuatu, Triggering Internet Outages - The New York Times

21:39 TR News; "I find it very hard to see how IP professionals can use/support the use of Hey Hi (AI) when it relies to an enormous extent on intellectual property theft." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/guest-post-newsflash-uks-new.html?showComment=1734445055042#c2329130048780419633

21:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | [Guest post] NEWSFLASH - The UKs New Consultation on AI and Copyright: Purr-suing Balance? - The IPKat

21:39 TR News; Qualcomm fires back at Intel's claims of high laptop return rates the company says Snapdragon X PCs are within 'industry norm' for returns https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/qualcomm-fires-back-at-intels-claims-of-high-return-rates-the-company-says-snapdragon-x-pcs-are-within-industry-norm-for-returns

21:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Qualcomm fires back at Intel's claims of high laptop return rates the company says Snapdragon X PCs are within 'industry norm' for returns | Tom's Hardware

21:41 TR News; Peter Czanik: Test syslog-ng on EPEL 10! https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/test-syslog-ng-on-epel-10

21:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Test syslog-ng on EPEL 10! - Blog - syslog-ng Community - syslog-ng Community

10 PM, December 18

22:26 TR News; How to Backup Configuration Files on Remote GNU/Linux System https://www.2daygeek.com/linux-bash-script-backup-configuration-files-remote-linux-system-server/

22:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Backup Configuration Files on a Remote System Using the Bash Script | 2DayGeek

22:27 TR News; Fedora Community Blog: Fedora Operations Architect Report https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-operations-architect-report-2/

22:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-communityblog.fedoraproject.org | Fedora Operations Architect Report Fedora Community Blog

22:27 TR News; Why FreeBSD Should Be the Foundation for Your Security Product https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/why-freebsd-should-be-the-foundation-for-your-security-product/

22:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-freebsdfoundation.org | Why FreeBSD Should Be the Foundation for Your Security Product | FreeBSD Foundation

22:29 TR News; Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Photos https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-microsoft-photos/

22:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Photos - LinuxLinks

22:30 TR News; 14 Best Free and Open Source CLI Tools to Find and Delete Duplicate Files https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-cli-tools-find-delete-duplicate-files/

22:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-14 Best Free and Open Source CLI Tools to Find and Delete Duplicate Files - LinuxLinks

22:30 TR News; Automate Your Workflow: 15 Open-Source Cron Job Manager Apps https://medevel.com/cronjob-apps-1500/

22:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-medevel.com | Automate Your Workflow: 15 Open-Source Cron Job Manager Apps

22:30 TR News; yachalk terminal string styling done right https://www.linuxlinks.com/yachalk-terminal-string-styling-done-right/

22:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yachalk - terminal string styling done right - LinuxLinks

22:41 TR News; https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/10/The_Shepherd_1_0_0_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/10/The_Shepherd_1_0_0_released.gmi

22:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/10/The_Shepherd_1_0_0_released.shtml )

22:42 TR News; https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/11/Nextcloud_Takes_on_Microsoft_Microsoft_Systemd_257_Released_in_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/11/Nextcloud_Takes_on_Microsoft_Microsoft_Systemd_257_Released_in_.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/11/Nextcloud_Takes_on_Microsoft_Microsoft_Systemd_257_Released_in_.shtml )

22:42 TR News; https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/12/Release_of_Kubernetes_1_32.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/12/Release_of_Kubernetes_1_32.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/12/Release_of_Kubernetes_1_32.shtml )

22:42 TR News; https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Applications_Release_of_GNU_Taler_0_14_some_software_recommenda.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Applications_Release_of_GNU_Taler_0_14_some_software_recommenda.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Applications_Release_of_GNU_Taler_0_14_some_software_recommenda.shtml )

22:42 TR News; https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_Destination_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_Destination_Linux.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_Destination_Linux.shtml )

22:42 TR News; https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Fedora_Asahi_Remix_41_Released_for_Apple_Silicon_Macs_with_KDE_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Fedora_Asahi_Remix_41_Released_for_Apple_Silicon_Macs_with_KDE_.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Fedora_Asahi_Remix_41_Released_for_Apple_Silicon_Macs_with_KDE_.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): I'm a Linux power user, and I recommend this distro to newbies and experts alike | ZDNET https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/I_m_a_Linux_power_user_and_I_recommend_this_distro_to_newbies_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/I_m_a_Linux_power_user_and_I_recommend_this_distro_to_newbies_a.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/I_m_a_Linux_power_user_and_I_recommend_this_distro_to_newbies_a.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): Kali Linux 2024.4 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11, GNOME 47, and New Hacking Tools https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Kali_Linux_2024_4_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_11_GNOME_47_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Kali_Linux_2024_4_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_11_GNOME_47_and_.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Kali_Linux_2024_4_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_11_GNOME_47_and_.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, Arduino, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_Arduino_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_Arduino_and_More.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_Arduino_and_More.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): System76 Refreshes Their AMD-Powered Pangolin Linux Laptop with 2K Display https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/System76_Refreshes_Their_AMD_Powered_Pangolin_Linux_Laptop_with.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/System76_Refreshes_Their_AMD_Powered_Pangolin_Linux_Laptop_with.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/System76_Refreshes_Their_AMD_Powered_Pangolin_Linux_Laptop_with.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_howtos.2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_howtos.2.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_howtos.2.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_leftovers.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_leftovers.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): 20 years of Linux on the Desktop (part 2) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/20_years_of_Linux_on_the_Desktop_part_2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/20_years_of_Linux_on_the_Desktop_part_2.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/20_years_of_Linux_on_the_Desktop_part_2.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): 6 ways modern Linux distros are less infuriating https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/6_ways_modern_Linux_distros_are_less_infuriating.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/6_ways_modern_Linux_distros_are_less_infuriating.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/6_ways_modern_Linux_distros_are_less_infuriating.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): Alpine Linux 3.21: Lean, mean, and LoongArch-ready https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Alpine_Linux_3_21_Lean_mean_and_LoongArch_ready.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Alpine_Linux_3_21_Lean_mean_and_LoongArch_ready.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Alpine_Linux_3_21_Lean_mean_and_LoongArch_ready.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Android_Leftovers.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Android_Leftovers.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Photos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Microsoft_Photos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Microsoft_Photos.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Microsoft_Photos.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/BSD_Leftovers.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/BSD_Leftovers.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): Cheers to 5 Years of openSUSE Bar https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Cheers_to_5_Years_of_openSUSE_Bar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Cheers_to_5_Years_of_openSUSE_Bar.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Cheers_to_5_Years_of_openSUSE_Bar.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): Education, Devices, and Modded Hardware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Education_Devices_and_Modded_Hardware.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Education_Devices_and_Modded_Hardware.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Education_Devices_and_Modded_Hardware.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): EPEL and Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/EPEL_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/EPEL_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/EPEL_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): Fresh off the digital Gutenberg: The fall 2024 Bulletin is now online https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Fresh_off_the_digital_Gutenberg_The_fall_2024_Bulletin_is_now_o.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Fresh_off_the_digital_Gutenberg_The_fall_2024_Bulletin_is_now_o.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Fresh_off_the_digital_Gutenberg_The_fall_2024_Bulletin_is_now_o.shtml )

22:42 TR News; (NEW): Games: Steam Deck Stars Bundle, Crescent County, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Games_Steam_Deck_Stars_Bundle_Crescent_County_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Games_Steam_Deck_Stars_Bundle_Crescent_County_and_More.gmi

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Games_Steam_Deck_Stars_Bundle_Crescent_County_and_More.shtml )

22:43 TR News; (NEW): I'm a Linux power user, and I recommend this distro to newbies and experts alike https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/I_m_a_Linux_power_user_and_I_recommend_this_distro_to_newbies_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/I_m_a_Linux_power_user_and_I_recommend_this_distro_to_newbies_a.gmi

22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/I_m_a_Linux_power_user_and_I_recommend_this_distro_to_newbies_a.shtml )

22:43 TR News; (NEW): Leaving Windows 10 for Linux? 5 security differences to consider first https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Leaving_Windows_10_for_Linux_5_security_differences_to_consider.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Leaving_Windows_10_for_Linux_5_security_differences_to_consider.gmi

22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Leaving_Windows_10_for_Linux_5_security_differences_to_consider.shtml )

22:43 TR News; (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Framework, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Framework_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Framework_and_More.gmi

22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Framework_and_More.shtml )

22:43 TR News; (NEW): Openwashing Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Openwashing_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Openwashing_Leftovers.gmi

22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Openwashing_Leftovers.shtml )

22:43 TR News; (NEW): PeerTube 7 Brings a Complete Makeover https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/PeerTube_7_Brings_a_Complete_Makeover.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/PeerTube_7_Brings_a_Complete_Makeover.gmi

22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/PeerTube_7_Brings_a_Complete_Makeover.shtml )

22:43 TR News; (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Programming_Leftovers.gmi

22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Programming_Leftovers.shtml )

22:43 TR News; (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Security_Leftovers.gmi

22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Security_Leftovers.shtml )

22:43 TR News; (NEW): The 3 most Windows-like Linux distros you can try because change is hard https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/The_3_most_Windows_like_Linux_distros_you_can_try_because_chang.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/The_3_most_Windows_like_Linux_distros_you_can_try_because_chang.gmi

22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/The_3_most_Windows_like_Linux_distros_you_can_try_because_chang.shtml )

22:43 TR News; (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Today_in_Techrights.gmi

22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Today_in_Techrights.shtml )

22:43 TR News; (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/today_s_howtos.1.gmi

22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/today_s_howtos.1.shtml )

22:43 TR News; (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/today_s_howtos.gmi

22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/today_s_howtos.shtml )

22:43 TR News; (NEW): Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: LibreOffice, mintCast, LF, openSUSE, and Wordpress https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Videos_Audiocasts_Shows_LibreOffice_mintCast_LF_openSUSE_and_Wo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Videos_Audiocasts_Shows_LibreOffice_mintCast_LF_openSUSE_and_Wo.gmi

22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Videos_Audiocasts_Shows_LibreOffice_mintCast_LF_openSUSE_and_Wo.shtml )

22:55 TR News; Spamnil's TFiR: Still Pretending Press Releases Are 'Articles' (TFiR 'Originals' as Plagiarism or Fluff) http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Spamnil_s_TFiR_Still_Pretending_Press_Releases_Are_Articles_TFi.shtml

22:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Spamnil's TFiR: Still Pretending Press Releases Are 'Articles' (TFiR 'Originals' as Plagiarism or Fluff)

22:57 TR News; "Good evening barkeep, could I please have a grog? It is cold out there. Thanks letting me in." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2420

22:58 TR News; "Something I have wanted to write but never got around to it, QOA (Quite Ok Audio) is a very simple, lossy audio codec by the same person who brought you QOI, the Quite Ok Image format. There is no real reason to use QOA. Until I found one and I find no one implemented it yet. So I did." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2024/12-15-announcing-turboqoa-streaming-qoa-codec.gmi

22:59 TR News; Kali GNU/Linux 2024.4 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1002498/

22:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Kali Linux 2024.4 released [LWN.net]

11 PM, December 18

23:00 TR News; Using Arrays in YAML https://linuxhandbook.com/yaml-array/

23:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxhandbook.com | Using Arrays in YAML: Practical Examples

23:09 TR News; Techrights [Meme] The Master Churnalist https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Meme_The_Master_Churnalist.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Meme_The_Master_Churnalist.gmi

23:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Meme] The Master Churnalist

23:14 TR News; Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released for Fashion Company Apple Silicon Devices https://linuxiac.com/fedora-asahi-remix-41-released-for-apple-silicon-devices/

23:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released for Apple Silicon Devices

23:14 TR News; System76s Pangolin Refreshed, Starting at $1299 https://linuxiac.com/system76-pangolin-linux-laptop/

23:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | System76s Pangolin Refreshed, Starting at $1299

23:18 TR News; (NEW): Hyprland 0.46: Nvidia Hardware Cursors, Better Colors, and Festive Surprises https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Hyprland_0_46_Nvidia_Hardware_Cursors_Better_Colors_and_Festive.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Hyprland_0_46_Nvidia_Hardware_Cursors_Better_Colors_and_Festive.gmi

23:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Hyprland 0.46: Nvidia Hardware Cursors, Better Colors, and Festive Surprises

23:19 TR News; Partly slop/spam, as usual https://linuxsecurity.com/news/hackscracks/securing-wordpress

23:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxsecurity.com | Securing WordPress: Combating a Surge in Supply-Chain Backdoor Attacks

23:19 TR News; Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is now available https://lwn.net/Articles/1002546/

23:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is now available [LWN.net]

23:20 TR News; Dirk Eddelbuettel: BH 1.87.0-1 on CRAN: New Upstream http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2024/12/17#bh_1.87.0-1

23:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box

23:21 TR News; Acknowledging the military origins of Hey Hi (AI) in education https://criticaledtech.com/2024/12/18/acknowledging-the-military-origins-of-ai-in-education/

23:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-criticaledtech.com | Acknowledging the military origins of AI in education Critical Studies of EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

23:21 TR News; Congress is really close to final repeal of Social Security limitations on government retirees https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2024/12/congress-is-really-close-to-final-repeal-of-social-security-limitations-on-government-retirees/

23:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Congress is really close to final repeal of Social Security limitations on government retirees

23:22 TR News; DoD edges toward goal of ubiquitous connectivity connect anything, provide access anywhere https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-insights/2024/12/dod-edges-toward-goal-of-ubiquitous-connectivity-connect-anything-provide-access-anywhere/

23:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | DoD edges toward goal of ubiquitous connectivity connect anything, provide access anywhere

23:23 TR News; UK court dismisses claim against intel agency by alleged Chinese spy https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/british-spy-mi5-chinese-lawyer-christine-lee/

23:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/british-spy-mi5-chinese-lawyer-christine-lee/ )

23:24 TR News; Nvidia launches Jetson Orin Nano Super, a powerful Hey Hi (AI) brain for robotics and edge https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/17/nvidia-launches-jetson-orin-nano-super-powerful-ai-brain-robotics-edge/ GNU/Linux by default?

23:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Nvidia launches Jetson Orin Nano Super, a powerful AI brain for robotics and edge - SiliconANGLE

23:25 TR News; New Zealand announces payouts for children and teens abused in care https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/new-zealand-announces-payouts-for-children-and-teens-abused-in-care

23:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | New Zealand announces payouts for children and teens abused in care | The Straits Times

23:25 TR News; Syrian mass graves expose "machinery of death" under Assad, top prosecutor says https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-syrian-mass-graves-expose-machinery-of-death-under-assad-top-prosecutor-says

23:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-syrian-mass-graves-expose-machinery-of-death-under-assad-top-prosecutor-says )

23:27 TR News; Stupidest Drama Ever https://tedium.co/2024/12/17/bluesky-impersonation-risks/ "An apparent extortion scheme involving famous writers and entrepreneurs lit up Bluesky the other night. It raises some important questions about whether Bluesky is up to the task of moderation."

23:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tedium.co | So, Bluesky Has An Extortion Problem

23:28 TR News; DUA BILL: ORG STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT AND RATIONALE https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/dua-bill-org-statements-of-support-and-rationale/

23:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | DUA BILL: ORG STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT AND RATIONALE | Open Rights Group

23:28 TR News; Civil society calls on the Polish Presidency to lead the EU in combating spyware abuse https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/civil-society-calls-on-the-polish-presidency-to-lead-the-eu-in-combating-spyware-abuse/

23:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cdt.org | Civil Society Calls on the Polish Presidency to Lead the EU in Combating Spyware Abuse - Center for Democracy and Technology

23:29 TR News; One more striped wallpaper https://cukic.co/2024/12/17/new-stripes

23:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cukic.co | One more striped wallpaper | Ivan uki

23:29 TR News; Support for Istio 1.22 ends on January 21st, 2025 https://istio.io/latest//news/support/announcing-1.22-eol/

23:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-istio.io | Istio / Support for Istio 1.22 ends on January 21st, 2025

23:31 TR News; Web becoming more proprietary https://blog.chromium.org/2024/12/making-chrome-quicer.html

23:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.chromium.org | Chromium Blog: Making Chrome QUICer

23:32 TR News; INTA Files Proposed Amicus Brief in Peju's Appeal: SDNY Erred in Applying Issue Preclusion Based on TTAB Decision http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/12/inta-files-proposed-amicus-brief-in.html

23:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thettablog.blogspot.com | The TTABlog: INTA Files Proposed Amicus Brief in Peju's Appeal: SDNY Erred in Applying Issue Preclusion Based on TTAB Decision

23:33 TR News; Jussi Pakkanen: Meson build definitions merged into Git's git repo https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2024/12/meson-build-definitions-merged-into.html

23:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nibblestew.blogspot.com | Nibble Stew: Meson build definitions merged into Git's git repo

23:33 TR News; Idlib Residents Describe Life Under Syrias Rebels https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/middleeast/idlib-syria-life-rebel-rule.html

23:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Idlib Residents Describe Life Under Syrias Rebels - The New York Times

23:34 TR News; As Trump lawsuits unravel, hush money conviction is an exception https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2024/1217/trump-hush-money-appeal

23:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump lawsuits fade except for his hush money conviction - CSMonitor.com

23:34 TR News; "Table Saw Safety" https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/tech-in-plain-sight-table-saw-safety/ | Source: Hackaday

23:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tech In Plain Sight: Table Saw Safety | Hackaday

23:35 TR News; Chinese duo powers Bangladeshs rickshaws with battery start-up https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/chinese-duo-powers-bangladeshs-rickshaws-with-battery-startup

23:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinese duo powers Bangladeshs rickshaws with battery start-up | The Straits Times

23:35 TR News; Dead womans family files federal lawsuit against ex-trooper charged in Rochester collision https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/17/dead-womans-family-files-federal-lawsuit-against-ex-trooper-charged-in-rochester-collision/

23:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.twincities.com | Dead womans family files federal lawsuit against ex-trooper charged in Rochester collision Twin Cities

23:35 TR News; UMich fires DEI official over alleged antisemitic comments https://www.michigandaily.com/news/news-briefs/umich-fires-dei-official-over-alleged-antisemitic-comments/

23:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | UMich fires DEI official over alleged antisemitic comments

23:36 TR News; Swizz Beatz Battling Accusations of Stealing Millions In Malaysian Fraud Case Attorneys Move to Dismiss the Case https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/legal-action-targets-swizz-beatz-for-millions-stolen-in-1mdb-fraud/

23:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/legal-action-targets-swizz-beatz-for-millions-stolen-in-1mdb-fraud/ )

23:36 TR News; The Electoral College: Why Are States Just Voting Now? | ACLU https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/election-day-is-over-why-is-the-electoral-college-voting-now

23:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aclu.org | The Electoral College: Why Are States Just Voting Now? | ACLU

23:37 TR News; CRA Expert Group Composition https://openssf.org/policy/cra/2024/12/17/cra-expert-group-composition/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/10/Yes_Of_Course_the_Linux_Foundation_s_OpenSSF_Rejects_Open_Sourc.shtml

23:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openssf.org | CRA Expert Group Composition Open Source Security Foundation

23:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Yes, Of Course the Linux Foundation's OpenSSF Rejects Open Source and GNU/Linux (New Report)

23:38 TR News; Iran's Revolutionary Guards extend control over Tehran's oil exports, sources say https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/irans-revolutionary-guards-extend-control-over-tehrans-oil-exports-sources-say

23:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Iran's Revolutionary Guards extend control over Tehran's oil exports, sources say | The Straits Times

23:38 TR News; Woman accused of political interference in UK loses lawsuit against MI5 over China spy claims https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/18/woman-accused-of-political-interference-in-uk-loses-lawsuit-against-mi5-over-china-spy-claims/

23:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Woman accused of 'political interference' in UK loses lawsuit against MI5

23:39 TR News; MINUSCA Prepares for Critical Year as Mandate Is Extended https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/minusca-prepares-for-critical-year-as-mandate-is-extended/

23:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adf-magazine.com | NO TITLE

23:40 TR News; Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/technology/elon-musk-spacex-national-security-reporting.html

23:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules - The New York Times

23:41 TR News; Chinas Shanghai and Hangzhou warn of heavy air pollution https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-shanghai-and-hangzhou-warn-of-heavy-air-pollution-ahead

23:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinas Shanghai and Hangzhou warn of heavy air pollution | The Straits Times

23:41 TR News; US national security adviser confident Trump will like Aukus deal as it is burden sharing https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/us-national-security-adviser-sullivan-says-trump-should-like-burden-sharing-aukus-deal

23:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | US national security adviser confident Trump will like Aukus deal as it is burden sharing | The Straits Times

23:41 TR News; Live: UN calls for 'inclusive' political process in Syria https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241218-live-un-calls-for-inclusive-political-process-in-syria

23:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241218-live-un-calls-for-inclusive-political-process-in-syria )

23:42 TR News; Only 47 000 out of 1.2 million rounds of looted ammunition recovered since July 2021 unrest https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/only-47-000-out-of-1-2-million-rounds-of-looted-ammunition-recovered-since-july-2021-unrest/

23:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.defenceweb.co.za | Only 47 000 out of 1.2 million rounds of looted ammunition recovered since July 2021 unrest - defenceWeb

23:42 TR News; Cattle rustling: a lifeline for Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/cattle-rustling-a-lifeline-for-boko-haram-in-the-lake-chad-basin/

23:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.defenceweb.co.za | Cattle rustling: a lifeline for Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin - defenceWeb

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10:32 TR News; "Suspected Russian spy linked to Italian right-wingers and mysterious Latvian 'Financier' / Article" https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/16.12.2024-suspected-russian-spy-linked-to-italian-right-wingers-and-mysterious-latvian-financier.a580454/

10:32 -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Suspected Russian spy linked to Italian right-wingers and mysterious Latvian 'Financier' / Article

10:32 TR News; "Suspected Russia spy expelled from Lithuanias conservative party" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2440077/suspected-russia-spy-expelled-from-lithuania-s-conservative-party

10:32 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Suspected Russia spy expelled from Lithuanias conservative party - LRT

10:33 TR News; "Judge denies Trump petition to dismiss hush-money case over immunity claims" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/16/trump-hush-money-case-immunity-denied

10:33 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | Judge denies Trump petition to dismiss hush-money case over immunity claims | Donald Trump | The Guardian

10:33 TR News; "Trump mocked for geography snafu during press conference: You wouldnt believe how many countries there are" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-geography-press-conference-b2665371.html

10:34 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.independent.co.uk | Trump mocked for geography snafu during press conference: You wouldnt believe how many countries there are | The Independent

10:38 TR News; "Ukrainian PM Says Deal To Transit Russian Gas Won't Be Extended In 2025" https://www.rferl.org/a/kraine-russian-gas-transit-deal-ending-alternatives/33242146.html

10:38 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Ukrainian PM Says Deal To Transit Russian Gas Won't Be Extended In 2025

10:38 TR News; "Judge rejects Trump bid to dismiss felony conviction over immunity ruling" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-12-16/judge-rejects-trumps-bid-to-dismiss-hush-money-conviction-because-of-supreme-court-immunity-ruling

10:38 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.latimes.com | Judge rejects Trump bid to dismiss felony conviction over immunity ruling - Los Angeles Times

10:38 TR News; "US Marines start partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2024/12/16/us-marines-start-partial-transfer-from-okinawa-to-guam/

10:38 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.marinecorpstimes.com | US Marines start partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam

10:39 TR News; "Trump Assad Takeover: Trump terms Assads fall in Syria unfriendly takeover by Turkey" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/trump-terms-assads-fall-in-syria-unfriendly-takeover-by-turkey/articleshow/116376470.cms

10:39 -TechPolBot/#techpol-timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Trump Assad Takeover: Trump terms Assads fall in Syria unfriendly takeover by Turkey - Times of India

10:39 TR News; "Nordic-Baltic Security Coalition Meets Amid Heightened European Security Concerns" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/16/nordic-baltic-security-coalition-meets-amid-heightened-european-security-concerns-a87351

10:39 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.themoscowtimes.com | Nordic-Baltic Security Coalition Meets Amid Heightened European Security Concerns - The Moscow Times

10:40 TR News; "While Moldova is making progress, Georgia is falling back" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2024/12/16/while-moldova-is-making-progress-georgia-is-falling-back/

10:40 -TechPolBot/#techpol-neweasterneurope.eu | While Moldova is making progress, Georgia is falling back - New Eastern Europe

10:40 TR News; "The Military Under Trump Will Be a Disaster" https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-military-civilians/

10:40 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | The Military Under Trump Will Be a Disaster | The Nation

10:41 TR News; "Islamist technocracy: How HTS, the group leading change in Syria, became a force capable of defeating Assad" https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-17/islamist-technocracy-how-hts-the-group-leading-change-in-syria-became-a-force-capable-of-defeating-assad.html

10:41 -TechPolBot/#techpol-english.elpais.com | Islamist technocracy: How HTS, the group leading change in Syria, became a force capable of defeating Assad | International | EL PAS English

10:41 TR News; "Ukraine Says It Assassinated Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow Bombing" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/russian-general-bombing-moscow.html

10:41 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Ukraine Says It Assassinated Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow Bombing - The New York Times

10:41 TR News; ""Battered With Force Again And Again": Murdered Pak Girl's Parents Jailed" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/father-stepmother-of-murdered-pak-girl-jailed-for-life-by-uk-court-7272123

10:41 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ndtv.com | "Battered With Force Again And Again": Murdered Pak Girl's Parents Jailed

10:42 TR News; "Sara Sharif murder: British-Pak girl's father, stepmother get jail for life; Court lists shocking injuries" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/sara-sharif-murder-british-pak-girls-father-stepmother-get-jail-for-life-court-lists-shocking-injuries-101734488735121.html

10:42 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.hindustantimes.com | Sara Sharif murder: British-Pak girl's father, stepmother get jail for life; Court lists shocking injuries | World News - Hindustan Times

10:42 TR News; ""Not An Ordinary Killing": UnitedHealthcare CEO's Murder Suspect Charged" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/killing-intended-to-evoke-terror-us-ceos-murder-suspect-charged-7273634

10:42 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ndtv.com | "Not An Ordinary Killing": UnitedHealthcare CEO's Murder Suspect Charged

10:43 TR News; "Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as act of terrorism" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-12-17/suspect-charged-with-killing-unitedhealthcares-ceo-as-an-act-of-terrorism

10:43 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.latimes.com | Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as act of terrorism - Los Angeles Times

10:43 TR News; "Trump to Russias Rescue" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/12/trump-to-russias-rescue/681037/

10:43 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theatlantic.com | Trump to Russias Rescue - The Atlantic

10:43 TR News; "Muslim residents raze own homes near Sambhals ancient temple" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/residents-raze-own-homes-near-sambhals-ancient-temple/articleshow/116408071.cms

10:43 -TechPolBot/#techpol-timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Muslim residents raze own homes near Sambhals ancient temple | Bareilly News - Times of India

10:43 TR News; "Russians burning faces of dead North Koreans to keep them secret: Zelenskyy Radio Free Asia" https://www.rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/17/north-korean-soldier-video-russia-12172024/

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12:57 TR News; "An elephant walk is basically a tight grouping of planes on a runway" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/c-130s-guam-elephant-walk/ | Source: Task And Purpose

12:57 -TechPolBot/#techpol-taskandpurpose.com | C-130s from around the world gather for an 'elephant walk' - Task & Purpose

12:58 TR News; "they "unfortunately" had not been able to determine" https://www.thelocal.se/20241216/swedish-police-rule-out-foul-play-in-mystery-deaths-of-three-northvolt-workers | Source: The Local SE

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13:03 TR News; "The explosive was uncovered in the Slz district of the west German city" https://www.dw.com/en/cologne-world-war-ii-bomb-prompts-mass-evacuation/a-71088435 | Source: Deutsche Welle

13:03 -TechPolBot/#techpol-Cologne: World War II bomb prompts mass evacuation DW 12/18/2024

13:11 TR News; "Adding to the cold, Millers unit eschewed going into combat with their hatches down." https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/12/16/colder-than-hell-two-vets-recall-battle-of-the-bulge-fears-mayhem/ | Source: Sightline Media Group

13:11 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.armytimes.com | Colder than hell: Two vets recall Battle of the Bulge fears, mayhem

13:13 TR News; "It was at least the third time Acker has been targeted since the start of the Israel-Hamas war" https://michiganadvance.com/2024/12/16/fired-u-of-m-administrator-denies-making-antisemitic-statements/ | Source: Michigan Advance

13:13 -TechPolBot/#techpol-michiganadvance.com | Fired U of M administrator denies making antisemitic statements Michigan Advance

13:28 TR News; "52 vessels" https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1256448/eu-adopts-new-russia-sanctions-targeting-china-shadow-fleet/ | Source: Greece

13:28 -TechPolBot/#techpol-EU adopts new Russia sanctions targeting China, shadow fleet | eKathimerini.com

13:29 TR News; "Russian troops were loading a truck at the entrance to the port they control in the Syrian city of Tartus" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/16/syrias-islamists-say-under-orders-to-stay-away-from-russian-forces-a87360 | Source: The Moscow Times

13:29 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.themoscowtimes.com | Syrias Islamists Say Under Orders to Stay Away From Russian Forces - The Moscow Times

13:30 TR News; "At stake here is more than the fate of Ukraine." https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/weapons-production-munitions-shortfall-ukraine-democracy/680867/ | Source: The Atlantic

13:30 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theatlantic.com | The Crumbling Foundation of Americas Military - The Atlantic

13:30 TR News; "The rapid rise of UAS, used for surveillance, targeting and attacks" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2024/12/17/this-marine-unit-now-has-its-own-tool-to-blast-drones-out-of-the-sky/ | Source: USMC

13:30 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.marinecorpstimes.com | This Marine unit now has its own tool to blast drones out of the sky

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16:50 TR News; """There are two reasons why we were defeated, he said. First, salaries were so poor. No one wants to fight for $30 [24] a month. Secondly, no orders came. What were we supposed to do?""" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/17/syria-assad-army-rebels-hts-sdf-sednaya-prison-iran-russia/

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16:55 TR News; Ukrainian pupils deal with Latvian language and bullying issues https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/17.12.2024-ukrainian-pupils-deal-with-latvian-language-and-bullying-issues.a580610/

16:55 -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Ukrainian pupils deal with Latvian language and bullying issues / Article

16:56 TR News; Russian general assassination 'fits a pattern', more to come from Ukraine's SBU, analyst says https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-russian-general-assassination-fits-a-pattern-more-to-come-from-ukraine-s-sbu-analyst-says

16:56 -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-russian-general-assassination-fits-a-pattern-more-to-come-from-ukraine-s-sbu-analyst-says )

16:56 TR News; Ukraine security service says it killed Russian chemical weapons chief https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-ukraine-security-service-says-it-killed-russian-chemical-weapons-chief-igor-kirillov-in-moscow

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16:56 TR News; Ukraine says Russia used North Korean troops for intensive offensive in Kursk region https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241217-ukraine-says-russia-used-north-korean-troops-for-intensive-offensive-in-kursk-region

16:56 -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241217-ukraine-says-russia-used-north-korean-troops-for-intensive-offensive-in-kursk-region )

16:57 TR News; Kyiv Says It Broke Up Russian Spy Network Targeting F-16 Fighter Data https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-major-russian-spy-network-ukraine-military-jets-espionage/33243273.html

16:57 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Kyiv Says It Broke Up Russian Spy Network Targeting F-16 Fighter Data

16:57 TR News; Russian State Duma Pushes Bill To Block 'Foreign Agents' From Revenues https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-duma-foreign-agents-revenues/33243018.html

16:57 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russian State Duma Pushes Bill To Block 'Foreign Agents' From Revenues

16:58 TR News; Bolstered By North Korean Troops, Russia Presses Attacks in Kursk Region https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bolstered-by-north-korean-troops-presses-attacks-in-kursk-region/33243288.html

16:58 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Bolstered By North Korean Troops, Russia Presses Attacks in Kursk Region

5 PM, December 18

17:04 TR News; Russian Attack Drones Hunt Down Individual Civilians In Ukraine https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-drone-russia-civilian-stalking-individual-kherson-mine-sapper/33243034.html

17:04 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russian Attack Drones Hunt Down Individual Civilians In Ukraine

17:12 TR News; Russian General Charged With Chemical Weapons Use In Ukraine Killed In Blast Claimed By Kyiv https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-general-igor-kirillov-killed-moscow-bomb/33242614.html

17:12 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russian General Charged With Chemical Weapons Use In Ukraine Killed In Blast Claimed By Kyiv

17:13 TR News; A Russian general was killed by a bomb in Moscow. Ukraine claims responsibility. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2024/1217/russia-ukraine-war-kirillov-chemical-weapons

17:13 -TechPolBot/#techpol-Ukraine targets Russian Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov for chemical warfare - CSMonitor.com

17:13 TR News; Biden Administration Running Out of Time to Send Allocated Aid to Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/us/politics/ukraine-aid-biden-trump.html

17:13 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Biden Administration Running Out of Time to Send Allocated Aid to Ukraine - The New York Times

17:13 TR News; Ukraine Says It Assassinated Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow Bombing https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/russian-general-bombing-moscow.html

17:13 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Ukraine Says It Assassinated Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow Bombing - The New York Times

17:13 TR News; U.S. Cites Indications North Korean Soldiers Died Fighting for Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/russia-ukraine-north-korea-war.html

17:13 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | U.S. Cites Indications North Korean Soldiers Died Fighting for Russia - The New York Times

17:14 TR News; What North Korea Gains By Sending Troops to Fight For Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/asia/north-korea-russia-military-deal.html

17:14 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | What North Korea Gains By Sending Troops to Fight For Russia - The New York Times

17:14 TR News; Who Was Igor Kirillov, the Russian General Killed in a Moscow Bomb Blast? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/igor-kirillov-russian-general.html

17:14 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Who Was Igor Kirillov, the Russian General Killed in a Moscow Bomb Blast? - The New York Times

17:15 TR News; Monday Briefing: Ukraine says it killed a Russian General https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/briefing/ukraine-russia-syria-gaza.html

17:15 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Monday Briefing: Ukraine says it killed a Russian General - The New York Times

17:15 TR News; Experts: African Gold Helps Fund Russias War With Ukraine https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/experts-african-gold-helps-fund-russias-war-with-ukraine/

17:15 -TechPolBot/#techpol-adf-magazine.com | NO TITLE

6 PM, December 18

18:02 TR News; "A war criminal and a legitimate target" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/17/a-war-criminal-and-a-legitimate-target | Source: Meduza

18:02 -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | A war criminal and a legitimate target Russian general assassinated in Moscow accused Kyiv and the West of secret biolabs, drone-delivered mosquitoes, and engineered pandemics Meduza

18:02 TR News; Gun Violence Around Schools Has Risen Since the Pandemic https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/us/gun-violence-school-shootings-pandemic.html

18:02 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Gun Violence Around Schools Has Risen Since the Pandemic - The New York Times

18:04 TR News; The reluctant consensus: War and Russias public opinion https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/russia-tomorrow/reluctant-consensus-war-and-russias-public-opinion/

18:04 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | The reluctant consensus: War and Russias public opinion - Atlantic Council

18:05 TR News; Putins quiet Syrian surrender reveals the weakness behind his intimidation tactics https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-quiet-syrian-surrender-reveals-the-weakness-behind-his-intimidation-tactics/

18:05 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Putins quiet Syrian surrender reveals the weakness behind his intimidation tactics - Atlantic Council

7 PM, December 18

19:10 TR News; Luigi Mangione Charged With Murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/nyregion/mangione-first-degree-murder-terrorism.html

19:10 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Luigi Mangione Charged With Murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing - The New York Times

19:10 TR News; Luigi Mangione charged with murder as act of terrorism in US CEO slaying https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241217-luigi-mangione-charged-with-murder-act-of-terrorism-us-ceo-slaying

19:10 -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241217-luigi-mangione-charged-with-murder-act-of-terrorism-us-ceo-slaying )

19:11 TR News; Ukrainians make a significant contribution to Latvia's budget, data suggest https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/17.12.2024-ukrainians-make-a-significant-contribution-to-latvias-budget-data-suggest.a580669/

19:11 -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Ukrainians make a significant contribution to Latvia's budget, data suggest / Article

19:11 TR News; "No schemes involving a freeze of the conflict will suit Russia" https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/17/no-schemes-involving-a-freeze-of-the-conflict-will-suit-russia-russian-ambassador-to-the-u-n-on-prospects-for-peace-talks-with-ukraine | Source: Meduza

19:11 -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | No schemes involving a freeze of the conflict will suit Russia Russian ambassador to the U.N. on prospects for peace talks with Ukraine Meduza

19:12 TR News; Latvia's Brae supports 15th Russia sanctions package, calls for 16th to follow https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/17.12.2024-latvias-braze-supports-15th-russia-sanctions-package-calls-for-16th-to-follow.a580573/

19:12 -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Latvia's Brae supports 15th Russia sanctions package, calls for 16th to follow / Article

19:13 TR News; 'This is the best moment for a comprehensive peace effort' in the Middle East: expert https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-this-is-the-best-moment-for-a-comprehensive-peace-effort-in-the-middle-east-expert-says

19:13 -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-this-is-the-best-moment-for-a-comprehensive-peace-effort-in-the-middle-east-expert-says )

19:13 TR News; Russian Uranium Stake In Kazakhstan Sold To China Amid Western Sanctions Risk https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-uranium-stake-kazakhstan-china/33243378.html

19:13 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russian Uranium Stake In Kazakhstan Sold To China Amid Western Sanctions Risk

19:14 TR News; Oil Covers Dozens Of Kilometers Of Russia's Coastal Area After Tankers Sink https://www.rferl.org/a/oil-environment-coastal-area-krasnodar-tankers-spill-mazut/33242938.html

19:14 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Oil Covers Dozens Of Kilometers Of Russia's Coastal Area After Tankers Sink

19:14 TR News; Video Captures Blast That Killed Russian General Igor Kirillov https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/russian-general-assassination-igor-kirillov-video.html

19:14 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Video Captures Blast That Killed Russian General Igor Kirillov - The New York Times

19:20 TR News; Kremlin Opens Russian Houses as Soft Power Tool https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/kremlin-opens-russian-houses-as-soft-power-tool/

19:20 -TechPolBot/#techpol-adf-magazine.com | NO TITLE

19:21 TR News; Turkey Adds Mercenaries to Sahels Violent Mix https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/turkey-adds-mercenaries-to-sahels-violent-mix/

19:21 -TechPolBot/#techpol-adf-magazine.com | NO TITLE

19:21 TR News; "North Korean soldiers" https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/18/hundreds-of-north-korean-soldiers-killed-or-wounded-in-russia-s-kursk-region-ap | Source: Meduza

19:21 -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Hundreds of North Korean soldiers killed or wounded in Russias Kursk region AP Meduza

19:22 TR News; Kyiv visited by Putin's friend https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/18/trump-s-ukraine-russia-envoy-keith-kellogg-will-reportedly-visit-kyiv-in-january | Source: Meduza

19:22 -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Trumps Ukraine-Russia envoy, Keith Kellogg, will reportedly visit Kyiv in January Meduza

19:22 TR News; "killed by bomb" https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/17/head-of-russia-s-radiation-chemical-and-biological-protection-force-killed-by-bomb-in-moscow | Source: Meduza

19:22 -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Head of Russias radioactive, chemical and biological defense forces killed by bomb in Moscow Meduza

19:27 TR News; The way forward in Syria https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-way-forward-in-syria/

19:27 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | The way forward in Syria | The Strategist

19:27 TR News; Recognition

19:47 TR News; Tunisia Upgrades Air Fleet with C-130 https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/tunisia-upgrades-air-fleet-with-c-130/

19:47 -TechPolBot/#techpol-adf-magazine.com | Tunisia Upgrades Air Fleet with C-130 - Africa Defense Forum

19:47 TR News; Sudan War Destabilizes Eastern Chad https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/sudan-war-destabilizes-eastern-chad/

19:47 -TechPolBot/#techpol-adf-magazine.com | NO TITLE

9 PM, December 18

21:24 TR News; South Korea Constitutional court orders Yoon to submit Cabinet meeting minutes https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-constitutional-court-orders-yoon-to-submit-cabinet-meeting-minutes

21:24 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea constitutional court orders Yoon to submit Cabinet meeting minutes | The Straits Times

21:24 TR News; South Koreas Yoon given until Dec 21 to appear for questioning: Report https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-yoon-given-until-saturday-to-appear-for-questioning-report

21:24 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Koreas Yoon given until Dec 21 to appear for questioning: Report | The Straits Times

21:24 TR News; South Korean parties clash over justice appointments for Yoon trial https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/parties-clash-over-justice-appointments-for-yoon-suk-yeol-trial

21:24 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean parties clash over justice appointments for Yoon trial | The Straits Times

21:25 TR News; North Koreas Kim visits family tomb to pay tribute to his father https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-visits-family-tomb-to-pay-tribute-to-his-father

21:25 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | North Koreas Kim visits family tomb to pay tribute to his father | The Straits Times

21:25 TR News; South Koreas hurry hurry culture helps bring down a president https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-hurry-hurry-culture-helps-bring-down-a-president

21:25 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Koreas hurry hurry culture helps bring down a president | The Straits Times

21:26 TR News; South Koreas Yoon skips questioning, adding to risk of arrest https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-yoon-skips-questioning-adding-to-risk-of-arrest

21:26 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Koreas Yoon skips questioning, adding to risk of arrest | The Straits Times

21:26 TR News; Martial law attempt undercut political momentum with Trump, says South Korea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-says-martial-law-attempt-undercut-political-momentum-with-trump

21:26 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Martial law attempt undercut political momentum with Trump, says South Korea | The Straits Times

21:26 TR News; South Korea military brought live ammunition to Parliament during martial law: Reports https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-military-brought-live-ammunition-to-parliament-during-martial-law-report

21:26 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea military brought live ammunition to Parliament during martial law: Reports | The Straits Times

21:26 TR News; The global ripple effects of South Koreas political turmoil https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-global-ripple-effects-of-south-koreas-political-turmoil/

21:26 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | The global ripple effects of South Koreas political turmoil - Atlantic Council

21:27 TR News; China Lengthens Visa-Free Stays for Tourists https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/asia/china-visa-free-transit-policy.html

21:27 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | China Lengthens Visa-Free Stays for Tourists - The New York Times

21:28 TR News; China, US can achieve great things together, says Wang Yi https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-us-can-achieve-great-things-says-chinese-foreign-minister-wang-yi

21:28 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China, US can achieve great things together, says Wang Yi | The Straits Times

21:28 TR News; China ready to enhance mutual trust with India at border talks, Chinese foreign ministry says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-ready-to-enhance-mutual-trust-with-india-at-border-talks-foreign-ministry-says

21:28 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China ready to enhance mutual trust with India at border talks, Chinese foreign ministry says | The Straits Times

21:28 TR News; Philippines sends provisions to military personnel in South China Sea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-sends-provisions-to-military-personnel-in-south-china-sea

21:28 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines sends provisions to military personnel in South China Sea | The Straits Times

21:29 TR News; Ex-Taiwan leader Ma says China visit to foster cross-strait peace https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/ex-taiwan-leader-ma-says-china-visit-to-foster-cross-strait-peace

21:29 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Ex-Taiwan leader Ma says China visit to foster cross-strait peace | The Straits Times

21:29 TR News; Taiwan-Shanghai forum opens after military tensions https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/china-taipei-shanghai-forum/

21:29 -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/china-taipei-shanghai-forum/ )

21:30 TR News; China calls claims businessman with links to UKs Prince Andrew was spying for Beijing preposterous https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/17/china-calls-claims-businessman-with-links-to-uks-prince-andrew-was-spying-for-beijing-preposterous/

21:30 -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | China calls UK's espionage claims 'preposterous'

11 PM, December 18

23:23 TR News; UK court dismisses claim against intel agency by alleged Chinese spy https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/british-spy-mi5-chinese-lawyer-christine-lee/

23:23 -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/british-spy-mi5-chinese-lawyer-christine-lee/ )

23:25 TR News; Syrian mass graves expose "machinery of death" under Assad, top prosecutor says https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-syrian-mass-graves-expose-machinery-of-death-under-assad-top-prosecutor-says

23:25 -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-syrian-mass-graves-expose-machinery-of-death-under-assad-top-prosecutor-says )

23:33 TR News; Idlib Residents Describe Life Under Syrias Rebels https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/middleeast/idlib-syria-life-rebel-rule.html

23:33 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Idlib Residents Describe Life Under Syrias Rebels - The New York Times

23:34 TR News; As Trump lawsuits unravel, hush money conviction is an exception https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2024/1217/trump-hush-money-appeal

23:34 -TechPolBot/#techpol-Trump lawsuits fade except for his hush money conviction - CSMonitor.com

23:36 TR News; Swizz Beatz Battling Accusations of Stealing Millions In Malaysian Fraud Case Attorneys Move to Dismiss the Case https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/legal-action-targets-swizz-beatz-for-millions-stolen-in-1mdb-fraud/

23:36 -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/legal-action-targets-swizz-beatz-for-millions-stolen-in-1mdb-fraud/ )

23:36 TR News; The Electoral College: Why Are States Just Voting Now? | ACLU https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/election-day-is-over-why-is-the-electoral-college-voting-now

23:36 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aclu.org | The Electoral College: Why Are States Just Voting Now? | ACLU

23:38 TR News; Woman accused of political interference in UK loses lawsuit against MI5 over China spy claims https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/18/woman-accused-of-political-interference-in-uk-loses-lawsuit-against-mi5-over-china-spy-claims/

23:38 -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | Woman accused of 'political interference' in UK loses lawsuit against MI5

23:39 TR News; MINUSCA Prepares for Critical Year as Mandate Is Extended https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/minusca-prepares-for-critical-year-as-mandate-is-extended/

23:39 -TechPolBot/#techpol-adf-magazine.com | NO TITLE

23:41 TR News; US national security adviser confident Trump will like Aukus deal as it is burden sharing https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/us-national-security-adviser-sullivan-says-trump-should-like-burden-sharing-aukus-deal

23:41 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | US national security adviser confident Trump will like Aukus deal as it is burden sharing | The Straits Times

23:41 TR News; Live: UN calls for 'inclusive' political process in Syria https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241218-live-un-calls-for-inclusive-political-process-in-syria

23:41 -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241218-live-un-calls-for-inclusive-political-process-in-syria )

23:42 TR News; Only 47 000 out of 1.2 million rounds of looted ammunition recovered since July 2021 unrest https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/only-47-000-out-of-1-2-million-rounds-of-looted-ammunition-recovered-since-july-2021-unrest/

23:42 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.defenceweb.co.za | Only 47 000 out of 1.2 million rounds of looted ammunition recovered since July 2021 unrest - defenceWeb

23:42 TR News; Cattle rustling: a lifeline for Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/cattle-rustling-a-lifeline-for-boko-haram-in-the-lake-chad-basin/

23:42 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.defenceweb.co.za | Cattle rustling: a lifeline for Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin - defenceWeb

IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, December 18, 2024