02.19.23
Posted in Microsoft at 10:59 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Microsoft’s overhyped and proprietary, password-stealing copycat of Chrome is losing market share (down about 5% this month) while its developers are being laid off (the media has helped distract from that with loads of puff pieces); in an effort to entice people to try the password-stealing malware it is limiting access to its vapourware (you must download Edge to use it, see below)
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Posted in News Roundup at 9:38 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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GNU/Linux
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Server
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However, its growth has not been without controversies. Its content neutrality policy has been criticised, with it providing service to cybercriminals and sites containing hate speech and far-right content. In 2017 a buffer overflow in Cloudflare’s code caused private information from a small percentage of requests, such as authentication tokens, to be leaked.
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Audiocasts/Shows
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The conversation that was wrapped around immutable operating systems and Wayland went a lot deeper than I thought it would.
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Kernel Space
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More than two months in the works, Linux kernel 6.2 (codename ) is here to introduce protective load balancing (PLB) for the IPv6 stack, support for the Intel “asynchronous exit notification” mechanism, a new FineIBT control-flow integrity mechanism for x86, and further improvements to the new Rust infrastructure.
Linux 6.2 also comes with a new tool called RV (Runtime Verification) that can control the operation of the runtime verification subsystem, a new framework to handle compute-acceleration devices, support for user-defined BPF objects, as well as a new sysctl knob for controlling the way the split lock detector works when in “warn” mode on x86.
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Get ready, as the Linux 6.2 merge window is about to be unveiled! This will mark the official commencement of a two-week period in which all new features and changes for Linux 6.3 are incorporated into one release.
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Takashi Iwai, the maintainer of the Linux sound subsystem, submitted the latest audio driver updates ahead of time for the upcoming Linux 6.3 cycle, which will start today with its official release of the Linux 6.2 stable kernel.
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Get ready for a brand new Linux experience with the forthcoming launch of Linux 6.3! As the Linux dev team prepares to debut the stable version of Linux 6.2 today, we can also look forward to all the exciting Intel changes set to be revealed in this next major release.
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Applications
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Xfce’s Parole media player announced the 4.18.0 released a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10 and their based systems.
Parole is a modern simple video player based on the GStreamer. It’s an free opensource app fit well in the lightweight XFCE desktop, though also works in other Linux desktops.
The new version 4.18.0 was released last night. It’s been more than 2 years since the last release, there’s however NO big changes but only bug-fixes, minor improvements, and translation updates.
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I’m traveling this week, so this is a very short recap. Week highlights: major changes in Krita, new releases of KiCad, Glaxnimate, CAD Sketcher for Blender, Ardour, and Yoshimi.
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Instructionals/Technical
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Vim is a popular text editor that is known for its powerful and efficient editing features. One of the most common tasks that you will perform when editing text is deleting lines. In Vim, there are several ways to delete lines, from deleting a single line to deleting all the lines in a file. I
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In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Nvidia Drivers on Fedora 37.
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This guide shows you two ways to install the latest Firefox on Debian 11, so you can enjoy all the latest features and improvements.
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Have you ever worked in a Linux or Unix-based environment and used the command line interface to interact with your system? If so, then you’ve likely used Bash, a powerful shell environment that allows you to run programs and scripts, manage files and directories, and perform a wide range of other tasks.
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In this article, we will discuss how to configure Iptables for IPv6 networks, including the basics of IPv6 addressing, the structure of IPv6 firewall rules, and some practical examples.
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The Secure Shell (SSH) protocol allows for encrypted remote system management and file transfers across untrusted networks. SSH protects the connection between a server and a client by employing several encryption techniques, protecting the users’ instructions, authentication, and output from unwanted access and assaults. SSH is widely utilized in data centers and by nearly every organization operating on UNIX variations.
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LibreWolf is a privacy-focused, free, open-source web browser built from the Firefox source code. It is designed to prioritize user privacy and security by disabling features that may compromise them, such as telemetry and data collection.
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Darktable is a free and open-source photography workflow software designed to help photographers manage and edit their digital images. With a wide range of features, Darktable provides a comprehensive solution for organizing, processing, and enhancing photos. Some benefits of using Darktable include non-destructive editing, which means that your original photo remains untouched.
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Synaptic Package Manager is a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing software packages on Linux systems, particularly those that use the Debian package management system, such as Ubuntu. It provides an easy-to-use visual interface for searching, installing, updating, and removing software packages, making it a popular tool for system administrators and everyday Linux users.
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Games
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This is a huge milestone, following the last piece of news in Q4 2022 when better compatibility was achieved.
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We are back with our usual monthly update! Boiling Steam looks at the latest data dumps from ProtonDB to give you a quick list of new games that work (pretty much? see ratings) perfectly with Proton since they were released
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Between 2023-02-12 and 2023-02-19 there were 110 new games validated for the Steam Deck. H
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In the latest Client Beta available for Desktop Steam and Steam Deck, Valve put in a new feature to help you transferring games.
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Even more options to upgrade your Steam Deck SSD! The folks at iFixit have begun offering SSDs and upgrade kits.
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When I first started to make games back in the middle ages, there was very little in the way of academic discussion regarding how to do it.
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Desktop Environments/WMs
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K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt
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Have been adding music to my Plex server this weekend. Part of that is cleaning up metadata before adding to Plex. Curating my music collection is one of those things that’s relaxing but also frustrating.Relaxing because I get a weird enjoyment out of using Picard and Kid3 to clean up tags before putting things into Plex. Frustrating because there’s lots of corner cases and things that Plex and other music players aren’t well designed to handle. For example, I’d like to be able to make mixtapes (playlists) more easily and have them be portable. (e.g., I’d like to make mixtapes that I can load onto my phone and Plex.)
Found myself going down the proverbial rabbit hole on reading about other peoples’ complaints around music tagging: [...]
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GNOME Desktop/GTK
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It has been a while since my last post, so I figured I just picked up a topic that has been around my mind lately.
After I ported the RSVG Pixbuf Loader to Rust (although I gave up the meson-fu to Federico and Bilal) I decided that maybe I should give a try at porting the WebP Pixbuf Loader.
webp-pixbuf-loader is probably the only FOSS project I have started on my own that I have managed to maintain in the long run without orphaning or giving it up to someone else. I wrote it out of curiosity and it turns out plenty of people find it rather useful as webp is pretty popular for storing comic book backups and other media.
The WebP Pixbuf Loader is relatively small although ever since animation support was contributed it grew quite a bit. I’ve been handling a couple of issues ranging from endianness to memory leaks, I thought it was probably worth the while to give it some Rusty love.
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Distributions and Operating Systems
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Debian Family
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With only three or four months left until the Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” hits the streets, the development team is hard at work preparing the Debian Installer with new features and improvements. The biggest changes so far are the inclusion of non-free firmware by default and the move to Linux kernel 6.1 LTS in the official images.
That right there is very good news for fans of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system who aim to install the Bookworkm series this summer. Both the inclusion of non-free firmware packages and the long-term supported Linux 6.1 LTS kernel, which will receive updates until December 2026, will definitely boost hardware support for new installations.
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Canonical/Ubuntu Family
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Cloud computing security coverage for the operating system and the entire collection of software packages for 10 years with Ubuntu.
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Set up secure air gapped network and automate hardening, patch management and standards like CIS, DISA-STIG and FIPS 140-2 certifications on Ubuntu.
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Open Hardware/Modding
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Building a Raspberry PI Pico car is a great project for people wishing to create their own robot and is a funny way to get
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Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
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GNU Projects
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GDB is a powerful and free source-level debugger that can be used for debugging programs written in Ada, C, C++, Fortran, Go Rust, and other languages. Not only can you debug your code on dozen different processor architectures with GDB, but it also has the capability to run on most of the popular GNU/Linux, Unix as well as Microsoft Windows systems.
Today marks the exciting release of GDB 13.1, the latest version of GNU Debugger, an open-source code debugging solution designed to help you find and resolve errors quickly and easily.
The latest GNU Debugger (13.1) builds upon its already powerful suite, adding LoongArch and C-SKY processor architecture support for GDB and GDB Server running on Linux machines – now with floating point capabilities!
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Leftovers
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Turkey on Sunday said rescue efforts following last week’s devastating earthquake had ended in all but two provinces as visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $100 million in fresh humanitarian aid.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta breaks down how some people are able to survive for many days under the rubble, and why some international rescue teams adhere to “the rules of fours.”
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Science
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Hardware
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The ‘Malacca dilemma’ is generally considered to top China’s list of strategic concerns. The narrow strait linking the Indian and Pacific oceans serves as the conduit for around 60% of China’s oil imports.
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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US Sen. Sherrod Brown echoed officials’ beliefs Sunday that the water and air are safe in East Palestine, Ohio, after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed there earlier this month, but he acknowledged that residents are “right to be skeptical.”
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“We think the water is safe, but when you return to your home, you should be tested again for your water and your soil and your air.”
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning the CEO of Norfolk Southern that the freight rail company must “demonstrate unequivocal support for the people” of East Palestine, Ohio, and surrounding areas
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Here’s the bottom line on the East Palestine, Ohio horror so far: The White House doesn’t care about what happens to average Americans.
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They’re on the move.
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Bread with benefits.
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Proprietary
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Meta Platforms Inc. plans to offer a new paid subscription program that will allow users of Meta’s services to verify their accounts and obtain other services, in what appears to be the company’s response to Twitter Inc.’s Twitter Blue.
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Meta is testing a subscription service which will allow Instagram and Facebook users to pay to get verified, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Instagram Sunday.
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Security
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Reventics LLC is a business associate in Colorado offering revenue cycle management, clinical documentation, and quality improvement services. On or about December 15, 2022, Reventics detected some anomalies in its systems and discovered an intrusion and encryption of its files. Some of those files contained protected health information (PHI) of patients. On December 27, an investigation by external consultants confirmed that PHI had been accessed and exfiltrated.
The information that may have been compromised potentially included first and last name, date of birth, healthcare provider’s name and address, health plan name, the numeric codes used to identify services and procedures patients received, and descriptions of these codes.
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In today’s increasingly digital world, cybersecurity is becoming an essential skill for citizens. With the rise of cyber threats, it is crucial for citizens to be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to protect themselves and their personal information. To address this need, Finland has launched the Cyber Citizen Project, in collaboration with Aalto University and the Ministry of Transport and Communications, to create a common model for teaching cybersecurity skills to citizens in the EU Member States.
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On February 3, Rise notified HHS of a hacking incident. In a notification sent to the California Attorney General’s Office on Edgepark’s behalf, Edgepark wrote that Rise detected an incident on November 14, and on December 2, its investigation determined that a file containing Edgepark data was involved in the breach. Rise notified Edgepark on December 5.
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Sometimes I download a Windows executable and when I run it, I get an error message “Unsupported 16-bit Application”:
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An undated notice about a “vendor incident” on mscript’s website states mscripts recently learned of an incident involving potential unauthorized access to a cloud storage asset, but the notice does not name any vendor as being responsible for the security of the asset.
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Defence/Aggression
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North Korea said Sunday it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to Washington and Seoul, saying the successful “surprise” drill demonstrated Pyongyang’s capacity to launch a “fatal nuclear counterattack”.
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Monday’s missile launch is the North’s third major weapons test this year.
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US military intelligence indicates China is considering supporting the Kremlin’s war effort in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
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Conroy brushed aside criticism regarding the embassy and said Ukrainians were interested in Australia’s defence assistance, not its diplomatic footprint, after meeting with Ukraine’s deputy defence minister.
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Most opposition parties said that Finland need not necessarily wait for Sweden’s accession to be approved.
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Local leaders of the National Coalition Party said they were surprised to hear that a local NCP councillor is advocating an armed uprising in his native Nigeria.
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A Canadian media report said Beijing had interfered in the 2021 federal elections.
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As the anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine approaches, a Russian warship armed with one of Moscow’s most powerful weapons pulled into a port on South Africa’s east coast this weekend.
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South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the sea
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North Korea fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile into the waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Monday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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The Latvian Basketball Association (LBS), as well as the basketball organizations of eight other countries – Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Finland and Sweden – have withdrawn their members from participation in the FIBA Wilead program, whose members have just included representatives from Russia and Belarus, the LETa newswire reported.
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Checking up on the progress of the construction works for Rail Baltica during a visit last week, the German Transport Minister signaled his country`s strong support for the project – not least because Russia´s war in Ukraine has given the train connection clear geostrategic importance.
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Finnish President Sauli Niinisto spoke with FRANCE 24’s Marc Perelman during the Munich Security Conference. The president discussed Finland’s plans to join NATO, whether Western leaders misjudged Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and whether there is a risk that Russian military action will expand further into Europe.
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The Dutch government said Saturday that around 10 Russian diplomats will have to leave the Netherlands due to their repeated attempts to employ intelligence officers in diplomatic missions. The Netherlands is accusing Moscow of using diplomatic cover for espionage.
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The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine dominated this year’s Munich Security Conference, which concluded on February 19 with vows of additional support for Kyiv and pleas for even more aid highlighting the activity.
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to Kyiv on February 20 to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a political source said.
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Several thousand people protested in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, against President Maia Sandu and the country’s pro-Western government on February 19, with many in the crowd linked to the Russia-friendly Shor Party.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 19 said Iran was responsible for a reported attack on an oil tanker last week.
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Recent statistics show that despite the extreme propaganda promoted by the EU and its member states, 39% of Europeans still doubt Ukraine’s victory in its war against Russia. The Eupinions survey, conducted across the European Union, revealed that and average of 61% of respondents believe in a Ukrainian victory, while 39% are sceptical about it.
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Environment
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Wildlife/Nature
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Good news for the cows of the sea. A Florida coalition of government agencies, wildlife rehabilitation groups and conservation organizations has released an “unprecedented” 12 manatees into the wild in a single day, according to a news release from the Save the Manatee Club.
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Twelve cheetahs have arrived in India as part of efforts to revive the species after decades of extinction.
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Finance
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The Sydney public hospital now controlled in the Cayman Islands is not subject to penalties for healthcare failures. Michael West reports on calls for a public inquiry into the privatisation and performance of Northern Beaches Hospital.
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Analysts say the government will face challenge reviving investor confidence and get people spending again
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Representatives of port operators and workers’ groups resumed talks at the National Conciliator’s office on Sunday as an ongoing strike hampers exports and postal deliveries.
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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In recent years, the inflation rate in Pakistan has been on the rise, making it difficult for people to maintain a decent standard of living. As a result, many Pakistanis are considering the option of moving abroad to escape the impact of inflation on their finances.
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President Azali Assoumani of the Union of Comoros has taken over the rotating Chairperson of the African Union (AU) for 2023 during the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union held February 18 at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Last year, while Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced at length the West’s historical depredations in India, China, and other parts of Asia and Africa, and cast Russia as the leader of a global anti-colonial alliance against a “racist” and “neo-colonial” West, recognizes Pankaj Mishra, a Bloomberg opinion columnist.
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Reporter Seymour Hersh (photo) on Democracy Now. An emission “How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline” with his big revelations: – I’m just writing about inside baseball stuff. It’s the normal things you do. They set up in (White House) a committee to think of options. Russia was clearly going to go.
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After China officially announced its Belt and Road initiative, the Israeli side worked from the outset to be an essential and genuine part of it.
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The African Union insisted on Sunday it had “zero tolerance” for undemocratic changes of power and vowed to push through a continent-wide free trade deal as it wrapped up a two-day summit.
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In Brazil, Rio de Janeiro’s famous carnival is back in full swing and a little different this year. Following the failed January 8 coup attempt in Brasilia, Rio City Council has decided to inject a political element into the festivities by distributing banners celebrating democracy. The famous street brass bands known as “blocos” have also decided to take part in denouncing the recent anti-democratic stunt. FRANCE 24′s correspondants Perrine Juan, Louise Raulais and Jan Onoszko attended the festivities in Brazil.
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Censorship/Free Speech
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Russia on Sunday blocked access to The Bell, a news outlet founded by one of Russia’s top journalists…
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Ron DeSantis should be careful of the company he keeps.
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Author Salman Rushdie weighed in this weekend on the decision to edit the popular children’s books by Roald Dahl to make them more inclusive, calling the move “absurd censorship.”
Driving the news: The Telegraph reported Friday that Dahl’s publisher and the Roald Dahl Story Company made hundreds of changes to the children’s books to allow them to “be enjoyed by all children today,” the Washington Post reports.
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Recent changes in Dahl’s children’s books were a joint effort by the publisher and the Roald Dahl Story Company, which manages the works’ copyright and trademarks.
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Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press
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An Afghan journalist was released from detention on February 19 after spending five days in custody in the country’s southern province of Kandahar.
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Civil Rights/Policing
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“With emotive delivery of powerful lines, BLACKstage’s rendition of Dominique Morisseau’s play “Pipeline” stunned the crowd on Saturday,” writes Linda Liu.
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Gemini* and Gopher
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Personal
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Recently a friend of mine who plays Magic: The Gathering wanted to give the Yu-Gi-Oh card game a try. I took a break from Yu-Gi-Oh for a while and wanted a refresher too. The options for getting started have improved a lot since I last looked.
Master Duel is so much better that Duel Links. It’s the complete game, with tutorials that teach you how to play. I don’t think the tutorials are amazing, but they’re enough to get you started.
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Err, what does economic growth mean? I mean, sure, if a number has been pulled from their car-seat interface, certainly that number could be imagined to go up forever, especially if there are political reasons for it to do so. Someone at an internet retailer once advised me that the graph should always go “up and to the right” when presenting to the powers that be. Not sure why; clearly any rational consumer of information should be able to digest news about reality and not lash out at the messenger. Right?
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Technical
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This weekend I helped my brother build and setup his new PC.
Well, I say “helped” but I really mean I just went over to his place and stood around and chatted. So moral support, I guess? Had a good time hanging out and talking tech. It didn’t take too long to get everything together and Windows 10 installed.
Sidenote: I’m surprised Microsoft is still charging home users for Windows. The only people buying their own licenses are power users, and those are also the people most willing to give another OS a try. You’d think it would make more sense for them to make the OS free, then make their money by promoting services like they’ve been doing.
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Programming
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This is a new version of the fanciest define of all time a.k.a. match-generics.
* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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Posted in Courtroom, Deception, Europe, Patents at 9:27 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: The Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) was ratified in Germany, but noboby expected Germany not to ratify (in fact it happened very late after several delays) and the signature of the UK is still required, but since the UK is no longer in the EU it is unable to do so, which means that any efforts to start the Unified Patent Court (UPC) would be illegal and would be legally challenged in high courts while the EPO has several of its own crises, including a collapse in patent numbers and patent quality
Some people have asked us in IRC — and even over E-mail — about the EPO‘s statement as well as cheerleading from Team UPC (already in Daily Links).
They basically pretend that a German ratification means that the UPC is about to start, but nothing could be further from the truth. The original expectation was German ratification last year, but this did not happen. And the German ratification is a bit of a red herring, though one that’s wildly spun by the lying lobbyists, including António Campinos and Benoît Battistelli‘s cronies.
We’ll say a lot more about it in the coming days as European software patents are at stake. █
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Posted in Deception at 9:20 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Owing to truly misguided and self-harming moves, Twitter is circling down the drain; in 2023 it seems safe to assume many people will leave Twitter (not enough will join; it’s perceived to be undesirable and “uncool”) and some will delete their accounts too
GNU/Linux usage is growing and expanding in scope (the economic downturn hurts Windows), the Web is shrinking (many people give up on their Web sites), and this past weekend was spent tidying up RSS feeds — there are over 1,000 of them which we relied on!
We feel bad for people who relied mostly on their Twitter account!
Twitter is not (and never was) a substitute for RSS feeds.
One thing the mainstream media doesn’t fail to mention is the demise of Twitter. A lot of blame gets thrown/pushed Elon Musk’s way — not that he does not deserve it! The demise of the company will be accelerated further, as size erosion and losses will increase. The latest in this melodrama is, several more offices of Twitter are being shut down, an API may soon cease to exist (that means fewer users), Musk is turning the site into his personal firehose (boosting everything he says at other people’s expense), 2FA is phased out unless one pays, and there are all sorts of other scandals/blunders.
It seems likely that by the end of this year Twitter will be a mere shadow of its former self. Remember Yahoo? A lot of what we said about Twitter a year ago turned out to be true, so the feeling of vindication seems justified. █
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Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 8:52 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
The data below as OpenDocument Format: StatCounter 202202 202302
Summary: Based on these latest StatCounter statistics for this month, GNU/Linux market share for desktops/laptops is now over 5.5% (highest ever), with Windows down to 72%
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Posted in Protocol, Servers at 8:38 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: According to this latest “Web Server Survey” by Netcraft, Microsoft is down sharply on the Web, but the Web as a whole keeps getting smaller as many sites go offline; we need to react to that trend
THE number of sites which become unreachable is growing; we assume economic factors play a role (people become hesitant to pay for domains and hosting bills). Hours ago an associate sent us a list of “sites missing or replaced by cybersquatters” — mostly sites covering GNU/Linux*. The EPO‘s blog (blog.epo.org) has gone offline too! The EPO is not interested in that anymore.
“This past weekend we spent a great deal of time tackling this problem, which had become a sort of ‘technical debt’ (for years already).”The World Wide Web is rotting away. Many sites go offline, some get hijacked by cybersquatters, and our lists of RSS feeds (we have over 1,000 that we follow) are going out of date. This past weekend we spent a great deal of time tackling this problem, which had become a sort of ‘technical debt’ (for years already).
So what’s in store?
Well, we expect our Daily Links to be far more extensive in years to come. The scope and frequency of blogging will remain the same, but we de-prioritised that in recent days because of much-needed housekeeping with feeds. We might have a lot more to say about this in days to come, but the shape of the Web generally isn’t good. Not promising, not encouraging. The only way is down. With Twitter and Facebook now openly admitting they want their users to pay monthly subscription fees (more on that shortly, in the next batch Daily Links), it’s not hard to see where this is going. █
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* To name just some of them, by their RSS feeds:
"https://linuxacademy.com/blog/feed",
"https://linuxdady.com/feed/",
"https://linuxhint.staging.wpengine.com/feed/",
"https://linuxscoop.com/feed/rss",
"https://marcozehe.de/feed/",
"https://mrpogson.com/feed/",
"https://niklasanderson.com/feed/",
"https://pinguyos.com/?feed=rss2",
"https://techreflect.net/feed/",
"https://theclc.co.uk/feed/",
"https://tux-techie.com/feed/",
"https://webleit.info/feed/",
"https://www.askmetutorials.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss",
"https://www.cloudsavvyit.com/rss",
"https://www.farsightsecurity.com/Blog/index.rss",
"https://www.kmotoko.com/feed.xml",
"https://www.linuxnix.com/feed/",
"https://www.linux.org/articles/index.rss",
"https://www.linuxsecrets.com/rss/articles-unsorted-catgories",
"https://www.stockholmdirekt.se/feed.xml",
"http://www.jollausers.com/feed/",
"http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/feed/",
"http://www.linuxplanet.com/rss",
"http://www.polydesmida.info/BASHing/BASHing_data.xml",
"http://www.simplicitylinux.org/feed/",
"http://www.techthrob.com/feed.rss",
"http://www.theperlfisher.com/index.php/feed/",
"http://www.unixshadow.com/feed",
"http://www.womeninlinux.com/index.php/feed/",
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Posted in News Roundup at 10:54 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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GNU/Linux
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We cover events and user groups that are running in the US state of Nebraska. This article forms part of our Linux Around The World series.
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Applications
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If you’re a Linux user, chances are you’ve used the Bash shell before. Bash is a powerful command-line interface that provides an efficient way to interact with the Linux operating system. While many people use Bash only for basic tasks, such as navigating the file system or running simple commands, the shell provides a wealth of utilities and tools that can help you work more efficiently and automate repetitive tasks.
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There is a wide variety of free astronomy software available for Linux that offer real benefits to astronomy enthusiasts. This category of software lets you map the night sky, plan detailed observations, control telescopes, present star charts, offer observing logs, and much more.
This article focuses on selecting the best free astronomy software available for Linux. Hopefully, there will be something of interest here for anyone who wants to study the sky. Here’s our verdict.
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Instructionals/Technical
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Rsync is a powerful file synchronization tool that can efficiently transfer files between different systems. It offers a wide range of options that allow users to customize the transfer specifications based on their specific requirements. One of the key benefits of using Rsync is its support for incremental backups.
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Backing up and restoring a MySQL database is a critical task that ensures the safety and security of your data. Whether a small business owner or an IT professional, understanding how to back up and restore your MySQL database is essential.
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Tiny11 offers a learner Windows 11 for low power machines, and the new Arm64 version brings the low power operating system to the Raspberry Pi 4. Here we show you how to get the best performance for your Raspberry Pi 4.
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In this post, we will cover how to attach free subscription to RHEL 9 system. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a popular and reliable operating system for enterprise-level computing.
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Disk backup and cloning are essential tasks for system administrators and power users. The dd command in Linux is a powerful tool for backing up and cloning disk partitions. In this article, we will discuss how to backup and clone disk partitions of different sizes using the dd command in Linux.
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In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Squid Proxy on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
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I wanted a way to automate the git add, commit & push commands.
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Guide on the method to install the Vim plugins in Linux to add a functionality to the text editor using the plugin manager by implementing practical examples.
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Practical tutorial on how to install and use the Docker on Arch Linux to execute the containerized apps outside of the host system in a user-specified domain.
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Practical guide on how to add a Debian repository to a Linux system using the apt-add-repository command or the sources.list file through the nano instruction.
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Finding the total size of all files in a directory in Ubuntu can be done in several ways. Here are 6 methods, ranging from simple to more advanced. Use the du command: This is the simplest method, and the one most people are familiar with.
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WINE or Emulation
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Wine is the perfect solution for Linux and Unix-like operating systems, providing seamless compatibility with Windows applications without needing a virtual machine or emulation. This remarkable compatibility layer achieves this by translating Windows API calls into their appropriate system calls on those platforms, enabling you to run your favorite software natively.
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Distributions and Operating Systems
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New Releases
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Fedora Family / IBM
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Once, IBM was the world leader in AI, trotting out robots to face off against chess grand masters and Jeopardy! champions in televised media stunts. Now AI is back in the limelight, but IBM is nowhere near the front of the pack.
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Devices/Embedded
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URVE Board Pi is a single board computer (SBC) powered by a Rockchip RK3566 quad-core Cortex-A53 processor, 2GB RAM, 8GB eMMC flash, plus the same interfaces as the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B as well as an RTC with a coin-cell battery and an M.2 SSD socket.
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The nanoCH32V003 is a tiny development board featuring a general-purpose 32-bit RISC-V core. Some of the peripherals found on this low-power embedded device include up to 18GPIOs, 1x USART, 1x I2C, 1x SPI and it can be powered via USB-Type-C.
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Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications
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Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
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Programming/Development
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Python
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To create a list which contains only zeros, the “*” operator, “for” loop, the “itertools.repeat()” library function and the “np.zeros()” methods can be used.
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To remove the commas from the string in Python, the iterative function “for” loop, the “re.sub()” method and the “replace()” method can be used.
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To remove the first character from the string in Python, the “slicing()”, “Istrip()”, “join()”, “split()”, “re.sub()” and “replace()” method are used.
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To find the index of the single minimum element of the list in Python, the iterative function “for” loop, “numpy” module, and “min()” method can be used.
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“sin()” method is used by importing the “math” module to provide the functionality of finding the sine values of the parameter passed to it in radian form.
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Tutorial on the ways to use the Python API of the YUM package by running the Yum command from Python and utilizing the YUM package to configure YUM in CentOS.
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To split the Python string in half, iterative function “for” loop, the “slice()” method, the “split()” method, and the “String Slicing” technique can be used.
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Leftovers
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For now, the Turkish government is relying on short-term solutions to house an estimated one million who are crowding into gyms, hotels and dormitories. A cruise ship is set to arrive to house thousands.
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Mr. Atsu, a Ghanaian national who played for the Turkish club Hatayspor, had been among the thousands of people missing. He was 31.
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I had a locksmith make a duplicate key of my mailbox lock, and it didn’t work (didn’t open the lock). The cutting looked good, I saw no difference with the original key. Until I noticed this notch: Turns out this notch accepts this tiny “bump” on the cylinder: This notch was missing on the duplicate. […]
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From 40 to 50% of historic sites in Turkey’s Hatay province are currently estimated by UNESCO to have been destroyed by the earthquakes, but it is feared that the actual losses in terms of heritage could be higher. The most significant losses in Turkey are in the Diyarbakir region, such as at Diyarbakir Castle, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Damage at these sites is currently being assessed in view of eventual restoration, for some. FRANCE 24′s Thameen al Kheetan reports from Gaziantep.
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In recent years, some residents of the old apartment blocks in Vilnius had to deal with falling balconies or collapsing walls. Experts stressed repeatedly that Soviet-era houses are nearing their expiry date. But if properly maintained, they could last up to 100 years, some believe.
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Seven people have been arrested in Bulgaria a day after the bodies of 18 Afghan migrants were found in an abandoned truck near the village of Lokorsko outside capital, Sofia, authorities said on February 18.
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Xe’s Blog ☛ Hands
As a computer scientist, one of the most vital tools that I have is my
hands. I have been taking horrible care of them. Your hands are one of
the most valuable tools you have. Do not squander them. I am writing
this post with dictation, please forgive that this will feel slightly
ranty.
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The plane had departed for Manila from Bicol International Airport.
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When I see a piano that is unplayed, I feel jarred. An instrument from which you can make music, quiet. I wonder: there could be music here, but there isn’t. There’s nobody there to play. At the same time, I feel like the sound of music may cheer people up; surprise them, make them think, give them a little moment of joy. That, and my love of playing piano, is why I like to play music in public, at pianos that you will often find in train stations and airports.
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Bryan Lunduke ☛ The “All Sorts of Suck” Mega Event! [Ed: And somehow Lunduke, who used to worm for Microsoft, cannot explain why Windows sucks? Only its competition sucks?]
Listen now (26 min) | Linux Sucks. macOS Sucks. Star Trek Sucks. It all sucks.
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A declaration Alina Habba submitted in May 2022 in the Tish James investigation of Trump Organization has been taken as declaration covering all the locations where Trump had classified documents. But there are gaps.
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Two examples of egalitarian societies in Mesoamerica, and a discussion of the rise of religion.
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Science
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This makes a lot of sense.
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The evidence so far.
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When neutron stars collide, they produce a powerful explosion. The first collision that astronomers have clearly observed has shown that, contrary to expectations, the explosion was perfectly spherical. The formation of the spherical shape is still a mystery to researchers, but the discovery could open new doors in fundamental physics and the determination of the age of the universe.
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The cold truth.
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The price of admission.
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This is exciting.
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A growing body of research suggests that the unnatural lives of laboratory animals can undermine science.
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Education
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Alarmed by an online personality’s popularity among their students, educators are mobilizing to combat the sexism he promotes.
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Hardware
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I just got a E5-2696 v3 CPU for my ML110 Gen9 home workstation, this has a Passmark score of 23326 which is almost 3 times faster than the E5-2620 v4 which rated 9224. Previously it took over 40 minutes real time to compile a 6.10 kernel that was based on the Debian kernel configuration, now it takes 14 minutes of real time, 202 minutes of user time, and 37 minutes of system CPU time. That’s a definite benefit of having a faster CPU, I don’t often compile kernels but when I do I don’t want to wait 40+ minutes for a result. I also expanded the system from 96G of RAM to 128G, most of the time I don’t need so much RAM but it’s better to have too much than too little, particularly as my friend got me a good deal on RAM. The extra RAM might have helped improve performance too, going from 6/8 DIMM slots full to 8/8 might help the CPU balance access.
That series of HP machines has a plastic mounting bracket for the CPU, see this video about the HP Proliant Smart Socket for details [1]. I was working on this with a friend who has the same model of HP server as I do, after buying myself a system I was so happy with it that I bought another the same when I saw it going for a good price and then sold it to my friend when I realised that I had too many tower servers at home. It turns out that getting the same model of computer as a friend is a really good strategy so then you can work together to solve problems with it. My friend’s first idea was to try and buy new clips for the new CPUs (which would have delayed things and cost more money), but Reddit and some blog posts suggested that you can just skip the smart-socket guide clip and when the chip was resting in the socket it felt secure as the protrusions on the sides of the socket fit firmly enough into the notches in the CPU to prevent it moving far enough to short a connection. Testing on 2 systems showed that you don’t need the clip. As an aside it would be nice if Intel made every CPU that fits a particular socket have the same physical dimensions so clips and heatsinks can work well on all CPUs.
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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The industry estimates that there could be 63,000 jobs in weed across the state by 2025, many of them in retail and hospitality.
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Social media has added to a sense of isolation.
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A new way to kick the habit.
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Just one glass of wine a week.
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A new study conducted in Finland has discovered a new medication that could offer a new treatment option for patients with advanced melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. The medication, relatlimab, has been found to affect the immune system in a different way compared to other therapies that activate the immune system.
Typically, therapies have been designed to activate T cells to attack cancer cells.
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Doctors and medical experts are leading a rapid cultural shift around obesity, viewing it as a disease rather than a lifestyle choice.
Why it matters: That shift is opening new treatments and better care — but also new controversies over who can access those treatments and how best to use them.
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Finnish restaurateur Doron Karavani has announced the launch of a new restaurant model in Finland that combines digitalization and coaching to create a platform for aspiring restaurateurs to bring their culinary visions to life. The innovative concept, named Urban Gourmet (UG), is set to open its first restaurant complex in Helsinki in early 2024. The six new entrepreneurs who will be selected for the first UG restaurant will receive top-level training and support from Finland’s best restaurant experts, including Teresa Välimäki, Risto Mikkola, Lotten Lindborg-Suhonen, and Mika “Pikkis” Tuomonen.
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For the first time in nearly three years, Brazil registered zero pandemic-related deaths in a day
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PepsiCo voluntarily recalled the beverages after glass was found in some of the bottles, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.
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There’s a lot happening here.
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Commissioner Paul Rouleau of the Public Order Emergency Commission Friday released a report determining that the Trudeau government’s usage of unprecedented emergency powers under the Emergency Powers Act in 2022 was justified. The report, however, states that the emergency powers could have been avoided if not for poor policing and federalism.
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The regulator considered how the ads might be viewed in the context of the cost of living crisis
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People living in and near East Palestine, Ohio have been suffering with more than two weeks of uncertainty after a train derailed there, releasing toxic chemicals including vinyl chloride.
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In the two weeks since a 150-car train carrying toxic materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, officials are still working to determine the risk to nearby residents and the local environment.
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A group made up of 24-Republican led states has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a rule that decides which bodies of water receive federal protection. The lawsuit was filed in a federal court in North Dakota this Thursday.
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Proprietary
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Twitter Blue subscribers will be the platform’s only users able to use text messages as a two-factor authentication method, Twitter announced Friday.
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India is down to one Twitter office after CEO Elon Musk surprised employees in two of the three offices when he told them to work from home.
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Twitter has given users an ultimatum. If they don’t subscribe to a new premium service, they’ll lose a popular account security feature. As of March 19, users won’t be able to secure their accounts via text message two-factor authentication unless they pay $8 a month to subscribe to Twitter Blue. Users who don’t subscribe will be locked out of their accounts until they remove the security feature. Alternate options for securing your account include authenticator apps or security keys. New owner Elon Musk has been trying to find ways to maximize profits at the company and Twitter Blue is one of them.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just forced Tesla to recall some 362,000 vehicles in the U.S. due to a software problem with its “Full Self Driving” feature. Regulators say the feature could lead to crashes.
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Security
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Malwarebytes warns of a remote code execution vulnerability impacting Arris G2482A, TG2492, and SBG10 routers, which have reached end-of-life (EOL).
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The Frebniis malware abuses a Microsoft IIS feature to deploy a backdoor and monitor all HTTP traffic to the system.
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SolarWinds advisories describe multiple high-severity vulnerabilities that a Platform update will patch by the end of February.
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A group of hackers has leaked Atlassian employee records and floorplans, information that was obtained from third-party workplace platform Envoy.
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The FBI has reportedly been dealing with a malicious hacking attempt on its systems.
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Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
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There have been numerous reports of Econet’s Data services missing in action in a majority of the parts of the country. Econet has not issued a statement yet but its subscribers are already calling them out on social media.
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Privacy/Surveillance
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A police force in England said the woman struggled with alcohol abuse, which it tied to menopause, raising questions about privacy, sexism and whether the public disclosure served any purpose.
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It’s perfect for embarrassing Google searches, stupid questions, and job hunting on the work computer.
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Defence/Aggression
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Author and anti-war activist David Swanson discusses the prospects of peace and the specter of world war three as Russia, China and Iran continue to rise.
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In Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion has met setback after setback. But its effect at home has been very different.
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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki sat down with FRANCE 24’s Marc Perelman to talk about the war in Ukraine and US President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to Poland to mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion.
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Diplomacy has a chance only if Moscow accepts it can’t bring Kyiv to its knees, and the U.S. doesn’t waver.
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Yes, there are risks of escalation. But there are greater risks of letting this awful war drag on.
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The meeting resumed diplomatic contact between Washington and Beijing that had been frozen after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon.
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MUNICH, Germany – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech on Friday that Ukraine still hasn’t received the “David’s Sling” from Israel to use “against Goliath,” but he believes it’s just a matter of time before the Israeli government sends it.
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When Russia invaded, recruiting officers asked no questions of the Ukrainian teacher. They handed her a rifle and 120 bullets, and assigned her to a unit expecting to fight in urban combat if the Russian Army broke into Kyiv.
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Every credible analyst of the invasion of Ukraine has been stunned by the scale of the Russian President’s folly—and his failure extends well beyond the battlefield.
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The historian Stephen Kotkin and the Ukrainian journalist Sevgil Musaieva on a year of disaster, and the hopes for an end. Plus, Angela Bassett on playing the queen of Wakanda.
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BEIJING – China warned the United States on Sunday it would “bear all the consequences” if it escalated the controversy over a Chinese balloon that the US military shot down this month.
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The USS Albacore (SS-218) was only in service for just over two years when the vessel disappeared off one of Japan’s northernmost islands.
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An Israeli rocket strike early on Sunday hit a building in central Damascus’s Kafr Sousa neighborhood near a large, heavily guarded security complex close to Iranian installations, killing five people, witnesses and officials said.
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North Korea said on Sunday it had fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the day before in a “sudden launching drill” that confirmed its readiness for “mobile and mighty counterattack” against hostile forces. North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off Japan’s west coast on Saturday afternoon after warning of a strong response…
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Meanwhile, the government seems to getting closer to a decision regarding donating warplanes to the Ukrainians
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Pyongyang said on Sunday it had test-fired an ICBM as a warning to Washington and Seoul.
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According to Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green), Turkey has said that Finland has met the terms of last summer’s three-way agreement.
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The Foreign Affairs Committee chair joined other voices in recent days suggesting that Finland might join Nato before Sweden.
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CNN– Beijing is ready to present its peace proposition for Ukraine, its top diplomat announced Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, in a rare remark that referred to the Ukraine conflict as a war. “This warfare can not continue to rage on,” said Wang Yi, top foreign policy adviser to Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has a significant cyber dimension. The two countries have engaged in various cyber operations and attacks against each other in an attempt to gain strategic advantage.
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The West view of Taiwan issue is inaccurate , even generalizing, as the West does not possess intimate knowledge of Taiwan —— or just play dumb —— since the United Nations transferred the “sole legal representative of China” from Taipei to Beijing.
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Pakistan is the world’s fifth most populated country. It has made a significant impact on a regional and global scale. Pakistan is the second-largest Muslim country in the world, and it plays a crucial and prominent role in the Muslim community. A country with 220 million people started its journey in 1947.
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PETALING JAYA – Terengganu police are investigating a controversial parade by PAS Youth to determine if there are any offences committed.
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Some 700 assets in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Crimea have been nationalized by the Moscow-installed authorities.
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Though they are being fought in the confusion of one catastrophic conflict, there are four closely related, but distinct, wars being fought in Ukraine. The first is the war within Ukraine. The second is the war between Russia and Ukraine. The third is the proxy war between NATO and Russia.
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53 people were killed when Daesh terrorists “attacked them with machine guns for a long time.”
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Critics of the west have a general tendency to project the United States as the root cause of most international issues and disputes.
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MUNICH, Germany — The Biden administration has formally determined that Russia has committed crimes against humanity during the war in Ukraine, Vice President Kamala Harris said in her speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
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The vice president was among a number of Western officials projecting unity behind Kyiv at the annual Munich Security Conference before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February was a major historical event.
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The United States will continue to contribute unconditionally to the security of the Baltics, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said on Thursday while visiting Tallinn, Estonia.
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February 19th is the Rage Against the War Machine rally in DC.
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A seaside resort with a rich multicultural past, Odesa was one of the early targets of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, 2022. But the port city mounted its defenses and the mayor, who once had a reputation for being pro-Russian, transformed himself into an uncompromising Ukrainian patriot. With its vital port again functioning – albeit in slow motion – the city keeps up its resistance as it awaits better days.
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European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a speech on Sunday, the last day of the Munich Security Conference, that the West must provide more military aid to Ukraine and speed up its deliveries. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments.
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An Israeli air strike in Syria killed 15 people early Sunday and badly damaged a building in a Damascus district that is home to several state security agencies, a war monitoring group said.
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Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, US Vice President Kamala Harris Saturday said that the US has formally determined that Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine. Joining annual forum for academics, governments, and diplomats to debate pressing challenges to international security, Harris reaffirmed US support for Ukraine.
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has categorically ruled out any territorial losses for his country, following the announcement of a Chinese peace plan.
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba defended his country’s call for cluster munitions, saying he realizes the ammunition is controversial but added Ukraine is not a party to the convention prohibiting them and thus could legally use them.
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European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on February 18 she was confident the EU’s joint interest in getting more ammunition to Ukraine will trump individual national interests when it comes to common European defense procurement programs.
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Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia says the reinstatement of an envoy in Kyiv would help boost the relationship between the two nations as the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion approaches.
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French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview released on February 18 that he wanted Russia to be defeated in its war with Ukraine but not be “crushed.”
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pledged that “every Russian attack on…every corner of our state will have concrete legal consequences for the terrorist state,” even as the Ukrainian military said Russia continues to conduct operations in areas of the Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions.
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Several leading Russian political opposition figures have discussed possible scenarios for Russia’s future at the Munich Security Conference.
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Environment
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The climate and nature tend to change over many years. But global warming means that these changes are happening much faster than they should. How is Lithuanian nature changing, and how will it look a few decades from now?
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Energy/Transportation
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Qatari Shiekh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani has officially made a bid for English Premier League club Manchester United, Al Thani confirmed in a statement Friday.
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NBA Hall of Famer Paul “The Truth” Pierce agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission over a cryptocurrency he promoted on Twitter.
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Do Kwon, the erstwhile CEO of Terraform Labs and its infamously unstable stablecoin Terra, now has another reason to remain on the lam.
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Want a hot shower? A cooked meal? A clothes dryer? In Mexico, all of those needs are taken care of by propane gas. Here’s how to find it.
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Wildlife/Nature
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Central Park Zoo officials say they are dropping efforts to capture Flaco, a majestic Eurasian eagle-owl that escaped captivity two weeks ago. When he escaped, people wondered whether Flaco would go hungry because he hadn’t developed an ability to hunt while in captivity. With a collective sigh of relief, the answer was a resounding no: It appears Flaco has regained his killer instincts and is becoming an old hand at swooping down from his lofty perch to feed on the park’s bounty of rats. Zoo officials say they will resume efforts to capture the bird if he shows signs of distress or failing health.
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With surgical precision.
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TOKYO – Thousands of Japanese fans on Sunday bade farewell to four beloved pandas, which will be returned to China this week, with some visitors shedding tears.
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Finance
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At least half of eligible borrowers in every congressional district applied for or were automatically approved for President Biden’s student debt relief plan before it was blocked due to legal challenges.
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In 2021, the share of housing costs in disposable income was on average 19% in the EU, while specifically for people at-risk-of poverty that share stood at 38%, according to Eurostat data published February 16.
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There’s a deeper problem here.
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Fresh wage data will shed some light on how the competitive labour market is impacting on pay packets. The wage price index for the December quarter, due on Wednesday, will reveal the strength of wage growth across the economy.
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Malaysia’s anti-graft body is probing a Covid-19 financial aid programme.
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Cheaper land and reasonably-priced utilities among key factors drawing investors.
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In August 2022, SpaceX violated a Federal Aviation Administration safety rule that’s meant to prevent collisions in low Earth orbit, but the proposed fine of $175,000 will hardly serve as a deterrent for a company owned by one of the richest people on Earth.
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The earthquake’s staggering reconstruction bill will join other economic woes as the country’s autocratic leader faces re-election.
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The US and its allies quickly slapped Russia with comprehensive sanctions following its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. These sanctions pushed a fair share of skeptics to question the potential efficacy of a punitive strategy like this against Moscow. But recent analysis has highlighted that sanctions are starting to cripple Russia’s economy.
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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Amid political change in Scotland, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak went to Belfast to work on a trade agreement with the European Union.
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The most prominent stars and highest-ranking executives at Fox News privately ridiculed claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, despite the right-wing channel allowing lies about the presidential contest to be promoted on its air, damning messages contained in a court filing revealed. CNN’s Sunlen Serfaty reports.
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has entered hospice care to “spend his remaining time at home with his family” after a series of short hospital stays, the Carter Center announced on Feb. 18. The statement did not specify what ailments Carter is currently facing.
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ormer US President Jimmy Carter will begin receiving hospice care, according to a statement from The Carter Center on Saturday. “After a series of short hospital stays, former US President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention.
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Former President Jimmy Carter will begin receiving hospice care, the Carter Center announced Saturday.
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Jimmy Carter, the 98-year-old former US president who led the nation from 1977 to 1981, is receiving hospice care at home, where he will spend his “remaining time,” his nonprofit foundation said Saturday.
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Tunisian President Kais Saied ordered the expulsion Saturday of Europe’s top trade union official over a speech his office called “blatant interference” in the country’s internal affairs.
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The second week of a landmark national security trial relating to 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures saw a former legislator testifying against his co-defendants. Meanwhile, three handpicked judges heard that democrats were divided over candidate selection methods in the unofficial primary polls.
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Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said he brought together all five former presidents of his Central Asian nation in an unprecedented move as a show of unity that was supported by the former leaders, some of whom had been convicted of crimes and were living in exile.
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The Dutch government on February 18 said it would close its consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, and that it would limit the number of Russian diplomats allowed at the Russian Embassy in The Hague.
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Ukraine hopes to receive an offer of NATO membership as early as this summer, according to parliamentary speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk.
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The leaders of bitter enemies Azerbaijan and Armenia said some progress had been made toward peace between the two Caucasus nations during trilateral talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, but they made clear that much work still needed to be done.
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Indonesia has taken over the Chairmanship of ASEAN last year and it must work towards outlining few aspects of ASEAN Community building processes, reinvigorating regional economic integration, and work towards the finalisation of Code of Conduct on South China Sea through multilateral negotiations.
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Long-standing historical, cultural, political, and economic ties between India and Central Asia have evolved into a solid, experienced, and transformative connection over time. In light of the COVID-19 epidemic and the shifting global order,
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Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda
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Fox News needs to present a specific face to its audience. It’s one of grievance and hurt, of a changing world that is changing too damn fast.
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My title comes from a 19th century author whose name does not matter nor would it mean much if I mentioned him. It’s an old truth that has not changed a bit over the centuries.
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Censorship/Free Speech
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Network data confirm the restriction of social media and messaging platforms Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger in Suriname from Friday evening 17 February 2023 local time.
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Tesla workers at the company’s Buffalo Gigafactory have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) accusing Twitter of “shadowbanning” their newly made union account, according to Vice News. The group announced their intention to unionize on February 14th — they even posted a public statement on Twitter about “seeking a voice on the job.” However, the group’s tweets stopped appearing in search results by the next day, indicating that their account had been shadowbanned.
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Recently, Canadian government officials with strong ties to Israel summoned Twitter executives to Washington D.C., where they demanded Palestinian-Canadian Laith Marouf be removed from the platform. With the precedent set, Marouf is unlikely to be the last to fall foul of this group.
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The Russian government on February 19 blocked access to the popular independent news site The Bell.
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Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press
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Christo Grozev, a key figure in the documentary film, “Navalny,” said he was told his presence at the BAFTA awards on Sunday would pose a security risk.
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In Ukraine, the sound of shelling has become background noise. People hear relentless explosions in the distance, but no one flinches. Next Friday marks the first anniversary of the Russian invasion which triggered the full-scale war. Some Hong Kong journalists, who had covered the city’s protests in 2019, have been reporting the conflict ever since.
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Civil Rights/Policing
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Don’t just look at what technology can do, look at what it helps people do to each other.
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Under court order, the FBI has released a trove of photos, videos, maps and other documents involving its secretive search for Civil War-era gold. The FBI excavated a remote site in Dents Run, Pennsylvania, in 2018 after sophisticated testing suggested tons of gold might be buried there. The government says the dig came up empty, but a treasure hunter believes otherwise. Dennis Parada fought for the release of FBI records on the dig. He’s now gone to federal court to accuse the FBI of distorting key evidence and improperly withholding records. The FBI defends its handling of the records.
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The 11 female foreign ministers attending the Munich Security Council have issued a joint statement condemning the efforts of Afghanistan’s Taliban to “exclude women from all public life.”
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Verdict: Misleading
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Internet Policy/Net Neutrality
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CNN— Congress, the White House and now the US Supreme Court are all focusing their attention on a federal law that’s long served as a legal shield for online platforms.
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Monopolies
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Work from home flexibility is coming to an end for Amazon employees. Though most of the company’s ~1.5 million full and part-time workers labor in warehouses or as delivery drivers—the e-commerce giant also employs hundreds of thousands of corporate and tech staff.
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Meta may be gearing up for yet another round of layoffs as employees report receiving lower-than-average performance reviews this week.
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Patents
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I’m finally getting to Pascal Attali’s wonderful 2022 book titled Once Upon a Time: The Patent. The book’s 300 pages is divided into 50+ short chapters written as vignettes on the global patent system. Every vignette typically begins with a fictionalized historical narrative and then a more detailed explanation of the historical context and its importance. Attali is a European patent attorney and so the focus is more European and global stories. That has been wonderful for me since I already know lots of U.S. stories.
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Gemini* and Gopher
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Personal
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Technical
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I’vm a heavy VRChat player. I’ve friends on there. I can talk about supporting CVR and the entire EAC debacle, but I’m not here to talk about that – I use Linux as my daily OS. It respects my privacy, I can do full customization, I just got VRChat and SteamVR to work at a usable state on my Arch installation. So I decide to write a guide for others who want to do the same. (and increase the VRChat Linux playerbase)
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TrustPid (a nice misleading euphemism) is the next big leap to track my internet activity – this time by the telcos themselves. They routed my IP packets into the internet without touching them in the past. At least as far as I know (keyword: data preservation). This should change now. Now the EU has given its go-ahead to this undertaking.
There is little information on how TrustPid is technically implemented but I believe it’s like some kind of Man-In-The-Middle-Attack by the ISPs. Traffic coming from my smartphone or later my home network will be tagged with a token as soon as it leaves my device / local network, which is then shared with participating websites to create profiles for advertising and marketing purposes.
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Science
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I loved HowStuffWorks as a kid, and I love “how-to” guides, especially when they explain the rationale behind design decisions.
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Internet/Gemini
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Starting with a bit of background, Eva is a Gemini browser that I’ve been working on off and on for some time now, written in Rust with the Gtk4 toolkit. Right from the beginning it was designed around a custom browser widget which was packaged separately called GemView, which has grown over time to support not just Gemini but many of the other protocols that are generally grouped together as the “smallweb”. That list includes gopher, finger, and spartan. The widget also supports file:// and data:// urls. GemView is a huge part of what makes Eva useful, and the rest is just an interface built around it.
I like modular code within reason, and things which can be reused and repurposed in ways other than originally intended. This also tends to work to one of the ways that Rust’s notorious compilation times can be mitigated, as splitting large crates into smaller crates allows them to be compiled in parallel.
* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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