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| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): COSMIC 1.0.10 Desktop Environment Brings Small Tweaks and Bug Fixes β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/COSMIC_1_0_10_Desktop_Environment_Brings_Small_Tweaks_and_Bug_F.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/COSMIC_1_0_10_Desktop_Environment_Brings_Small_Tweaks_and_Bug_F.gmi β | Apr 15 08:04 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β COSMIC 1.0.10 Desktop Environment Brings Small Tweaks and Bug Fixes | Apr 15 08:04 | |
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| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): GNOME 50.1 Released with Basic Zoom Support for the Captive Portal β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/GNOME_50_1_Released_with_Basic_Zoom_Support_for_the_Captive_Por.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/GNOME_50_1_Released_with_Basic_Zoom_Support_for_the_Captive_Por.gmi β | Apr 15 11:01 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β GNOME 50.1 Released with Basic Zoom Support for the Captive Portal | Apr 15 11:01 | |
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| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): Zorin OS 18.1 Boosts Windows App Support by 40%, Improves Window Tiling β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Zorin_OS_18_1_Boosts_Windows_App_Support_by_40_Improves_Window_.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Zorin_OS_18_1_Boosts_Windows_App_Support_by_40_Improves_Window_.gmi β | Apr 15 18:00 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β Zorin OS 18.1 Boosts Windows App Support by 40%, Improves Window Tiling | Apr 15 18:00 | |
| techrights-news | βEconomic Civil Warβ: States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From Accountability https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-change-alec-leonard-leo-lawsuits-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-immunity | Apr 15 20:16 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.propublica.org | GOP Lawmakers Passing Bills to Shield Oil Companies From Climate Lawsuits β ProPublica | Apr 15 20:16 | |
| techrights-news | how the planetβs climate has changed since the photo that inspired the environmental movement https://theconversation.com/earthrise-to-earthset-how-the-planets-climate-has-changed-since-the-photo-that-inspired-the-environmental-movement-279818 | Apr 15 20:17 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Earthrise to Earthset: how the planetβs climate has changed since the photo that inspired the environmental movement | Apr 15 20:17 | |
| techrights-news | timber https://www.vox.com/climate/484972/trump-logging-forests-timber | Apr 15 20:18 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Trump administrationβs logging push and its impact, explained | Vox | Apr 15 20:18 | |
| techrights-news | climate https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/04/09/senegal-a-decade-of-unresolved-climate-displacement | Apr 15 20:21 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hrw.org | Senegal: A Decade of Unresolved Climate Displacement | Human Rights Watch | Apr 15 20:21 | |
| techrights-news | The real reason your monthly gas bill keeps going up https://www.vox.com/climate/485398/gas-utility-bill-price-increase-pipe-infrastructure | Apr 15 20:21 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The real reason your monthly gas utility bill keeps going up | Vox | Apr 15 20:21 | |
| techrights-news | Study finds hidden lake network beneath Arctic glaciers as climate change accelerates https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/glaciers-climate-change-arctic-9.7159584 | Apr 15 20:22 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Study finds hidden lake network beneath Arctic glaciers as climate change accelerates | CBC News | Apr 15 20:22 | |
| techrights-news | Jones Day confirms limited breach after phishing attack by Silent Ransom Group https://databreaches.net/2026/04/06/jones-day-confirms-limited-breach-after-phishing-attack-by-silent-ransom-group/ | Apr 15 20:25 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2026/04/06/jones-day-confirms-limited-breach-after-phishing-attack-by-silent-ransom-group/ ) | Apr 15 20:25 | |
| techrights-news | "When CC was founded, the [Internet] was at an inflection point: sharing and remixing were easier than ever, but we were stuck between the black-and-white choice of copyrightβs default to βall rights reservedβ and βno rights reservedβ." β https://creativecommons.org/2026/04/14/celebrating-25-years-of-choosing-to-share/ | Source: Creative Commons | Apr 15 20:26 |
| techrights-news | "A new EU policy report published by the independent think tank CEPS points out that site-blocking efforts in several EU countries are seriously flawed." β https://torrentfreak.com/eu-pirate-site-blocking-is-broken-report-calls-for-ip-blocking-ban-and-rightsholder-liability/ | Source: Torrent Freak | Apr 15 20:26 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-creativecommons.org | Celebrating 25 Years of Choosing to Share - Creative Commons | Apr 15 20:26 | |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EU Pirate Site-Blocking Is Broken: Report Calls for IP Blocking Ban and Rightsholder Liability * TorrentFreak | Apr 15 20:26 | |
| techrights-news | "Therein, 501 respondents described music as their full-time career, 633 disclosed plans βto make music their full-time career in the future,β and 74 said itβd previously been their full-time career." β https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/14/music-streaming-royalties-paradox-study/ | Source: Digital Music News | Apr 15 20:27 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/14/music-streaming-royalties-paradox-study/ ) | Apr 15 20:27 | |
| techrights-news | "John Deere executives have repeatedly promised to do better, then just ignored those promises." β https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/14/john-deere-pays-99-million-to-settle-right-to-repair-class-action/ | Source: Techdirt | Apr 15 20:28 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-John Deere Pays $99 Million To Settle βRight To Repairβ Class Action | Techdirt | Apr 15 20:28 | |
| techrights-news | "The bill in question is AB 2047, the scope of which, on paper, appears strict." β https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/14/eff_california_3dprinted_firearms/ | Source: The Register UK | Apr 15 20:28 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | EFF: California 3D printer bill threatens digital freedoms β’ The Register | Apr 15 20:28 | |
| techrights-news | [Old] "I have one of the oldest websites on the inter- net,1 dating back to at least AD 1996." β https://tom7.org/httpv/httpv.pdf | Source: Tom Murphy VII | Apr 15 20:29 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenSSL/3.0.19: error:0A000152:SSL routines::unsafe legacy renegotiation disabled ( status 0 @ https://tom7.org/httpv/httpv.pdf ) | Apr 15 20:29 | |
| techrights-news | "Despite Estonia's signature digital drive, nearly 120,000 households still lack high-speed fiber [Internet], pushing many to rely on wireless or satellite connectivity." β https://news.err.ee/1609994296/many-estonian-homes-still-lack-high-speed-internet-turn-to-alternatives | Source: Eesti RahvusringhÀÀling | Apr 15 20:29 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.err.ee | Many Estonian homes still lack high-speed internet, turn to alternatives | News | ERR | Apr 15 20:29 | |
| techrights-news | "ConnectME, Maineβs Authority on facilitating universal broadband to all state residents and businesses, has launched a re-designed website focused on informing communities and businesses about broadband services and access in their area." β https://insidetowers.com/maine-launches-revised-website-to-promote-broadband-access/ | Source: Inside Towers | Apr 15 20:29 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insidetowers.com | Maine Launches Revised Website to Promote Broadband Access - Inside Towers | Apr 15 20:29 | |
| techrights-news | "It is worth asking who will buy goods and services if unemployment increases substantially." β https://blog.apnic.net/2026/04/14/why-are-we-building-all-these-data-centres-again/ | Source: APNIC | Apr 15 20:30 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Why are 'we' building all these data centres again? | APNIC Blog | Apr 15 20:30 | |
| techrights-news | "According to the report, Mullen told officers his plan was to let students assault him so they could be arrested." β https://www.azfamily.com/2026/04/09/armed-masked-man-hamilton-high-protest-identified-phoenix-police-sergeant/ | Source: Gray Local Media | Apr 15 20:30 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.azfamily.com | Armed masked man at Hamilton High protest identified as Phoenix police sergeant | Apr 15 20:30 | |
| techrights-news | "If you haven't been on YouTube you may not have seen all the hype. Angine de Poitrine is a anonymous French Canadian duo creating looped microtonal music. It's not something I'd casually listen to in the car but I'm impressed with the musicianship. The look is something else." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/bluesman/41588 | Apr 15 20:32 |
| techrights-news | "Finally managed to raise a kid to the age where this becomes an enjoyable watch, so we watched it last night. It was my first time since seeing it on a recorded-off-TV VHS copy, and boy does the Director's Cut look great in 4K! Notes follow: [...]" gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/04/15/startrekii/ | Apr 15 20:32 |
| techrights-news | "Keeping a clean and maintainable shell setup matters more than most people think. Over time, a messy .bashrc can turn into a dumping ground for aliases, functions, environment variables, and random experiments. I prefer a modular approach: split everything into focused files and import them." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/how-i-organize-my-bashrc-with-imports/ | Apr 15 20:33 |
| techrights-news | "After a few weeks poking around the gemiverse, learning the layout and the vibes and the lingo, I've finally got my very own capsule up and running. What should your very first glog (objectively funnier than calling it gemlog) be about? Why, your glog stack of course!" gemini://frooplet.com/glog/2026-04-15-liftoff.gmi | Apr 15 20:34 |
| techrights-news | open water gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/open_water | Apr 15 20:34 |
| techrights-news | "The End of Eleventy by Brennan Kenneth Brown (@brennan@social.lol) is a blog outlining the surge in static site generator popularity. Static sites are web sites consisting of HTML and CSS files that are served by a web server. There is no server-side component to them. This makes them very fast for readers." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-04-14-ssg | Apr 15 20:35 |
| techrights-news | "i picked both of these for their "Pow!" aries sort of feeling, to welcome in the spring and the new astrological year. but it quickly turned out i see them more as magical tools than just plain old tarot decks. the effect was twofold:" gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/marchdecks | Apr 15 20:36 |
| techrights-news | molly's ever growing list of stuff she is way too excited to do | Apr 15 20:37 |
| techrights-news | "On Monday, I sent an email to the local amateur radio club, asking about their classes. That evening, I get a response: "Your timing is impeccable. The next class starts tomorrow evening."" gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-04-15 | Apr 15 20:38 |
| techrights-news | 2026-04-15 gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/20260415 | Apr 15 20:39 |
| techrights-news | "They approach the decrepit church to the Godshell, the largest of them dragging a lump bound in hessian. A monk squats on the doorstep, his filthy robes flapping in tatters as the freezing wind howls through the holes in the church walls, sending wafts of stale incense and spoiled wine to the party." gemini://frooplet.com/glog/2026-04-16-return.gmi | Apr 15 20:39 |
| techrights-news | "When high school kids in Phoenix staged an anti-ICE walkout in January, a masked man with a handgun approached the students and refused to leave." β https://boingboing.net/2026/04/13/masked-gunman-who-menaced-students-at-anti-ice-school-protest-was-a-cop.html | Source: BoingBoing | Apr 15 20:40 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/13/masked-gunman-who-menaced-students-at-anti-ice-school-protest-was-a-cop.html ) | Apr 15 20:40 | |
| techrights-news | "DoorDash Edition" β https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/garbage-in-garbage-out-doordash-edition | Source: Mike Brock | Apr 15 20:41 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | Garbage In, Garbage Out: DoorDash Edition - by Mike Brock | Apr 15 20:41 | |
| techrights-news | "Zohran Mamdani spoke, and Bernie Sanders spoke, and they were both very good, but in reality, the headliners were there in order to fill up the place so that everyone could listen to the workers speak." β https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/two-visions | Source: Hamilton Nolan | Apr 15 20:41 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hamiltonnolan.com | Two Visions - by Hamilton Nolan - How Things Work | Apr 15 20:41 | |
| techrights-news | "When he transferred to a factory in South Carolina in the late 1970s, he and his wife planned to buy a house in Bishopville, but they soon ran into trouble." β https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/born-to-a-family-of-sharecroppers-this-topiary-artist-overcame-discrimination-to-become-the-picasso-of-plants-180988544/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine | Apr 15 20:41 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/born-to-a-family-of-sharecroppers-this-topiary-artist-overcame-discrimination-to-become-the-picasso-of-plants-180988544/ ) | Apr 15 20:41 | |
| techrights-news | "ChongLy Thao was arrested and dragged out of his home in his underwear in the middle of winter during the large-scale immigration raid launched by the White House in Minneapolis and St. Paul" β https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-04-14/minnesota-is-investigating-ice-agents-for-the-possible-kidnapping-of-a-us-citizen-during-a-raid.html | Source: El PaΓs | Apr 15 20:42 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-04-14/minnesota-is-investigating-ice-agents-for-the-possible-kidnapping-of-a-us-citizen-during-a-raid.html ) | Apr 15 20:42 | |
| techrights-news | "The government says the amendments, which are open for public consultation until April 29, are necessary to combat misinformation and deep fakes." β https://cpj.org/2026/04/proposed-indian-it-rules-grant-government-powers-to-censor-independent-journalists/ | Source: CPJ | Apr 15 20:42 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Proposed Indian IT Rules grant government powers to censor independent journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists | Apr 15 20:42 | |
| techrights-news | "Roldugin was detained on April 9. That same day, investigators searched the Novaya Gazeta newsroom for more than 13 hours." β https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/14/russian-journalist-charged-with-unauthorized-access-to-computer-data-as-part-of-a-group | Source: Meduza | Apr 15 20:43 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russian journalist charged with unauthorized access to computer data as part of a group β Meduza | Apr 15 20:43 | |
| techrights-news | Snap Inc lays off 1,000 workers | Apr 15 20:43 |
| techrights-news | "The [Internet] known within China is a very different [Internet] to the one known by the world at large." β https://vale.rocks/posts/chinas-web | Source: Declan Chidlow | Apr 15 20:46 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Chinaβs Parallel Web Behind the Wall | Vale.Rocks | Apr 15 20:46 | |
| techrights-news | "Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal how a conservative legal group with a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carrβs office built the case against Jimmy Kimmel and his employees." β https://www.wired.com/story/the-fcc-has-a-fast-lane-for-complaints-about-trumps-media-critics/ | Source: Wired | Apr 15 20:46 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The FCC Has a Fast Lane for Complaints About Trumpβs Media Critics | WIRED | Apr 15 20:46 | |
| techrights-news | "For nearly two decades, I helped Thomson Reuters build the legal resources that lawyers and law enforcement trust." β https://www.404media.co/thomson-reuters-fired-worker-for-speaking-out-about-ice-former-employee-says/ | Source: 404 Media | Apr 15 20:47 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Thomson Reuters Fired Worker For Speaking Out About ICE, Former Employee Says | Apr 15 20:47 | |
| techrights-news | "Balaji didnβt live long enough to tell his full story." β https://www.thenation.com/article/society/open-ai-suchir-balaji-whistleblowers/ | Source: The Nation | Apr 15 20:47 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | The Death of an AI Whistleblower | The Nation | Apr 15 20:47 | |
| techrights-news | "The government-sanctioned National Information Network, consisting of whitelisted sites such as banking applications and domestic messaging platforms" β https://www.semafor.com/article/04/14/2026/iran-internet-blackout-enters-46th-day-straining-economy | Source: Semafor Inc | Apr 15 20:51 |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Today_in_Techrights.gmi β | Apr 15 20:51 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Iran internet blackout enters 46th day, straining economy | Semafor | Apr 15 20:51 | |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β Today in Techrights | Apr 15 20:51 | |
| techrights-news | Techrights β Welcome to the New Techrights β¨ https://techrights.org/ | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ β | Apr 15 20:51 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights β Welcome to the New Techrights | Apr 15 20:51 | |
| techrights-news | Techrights β IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 β¨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/15/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_April_14_2026.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/15/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_April_14_2026.gmi β | Apr 15 20:51 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights β IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | Apr 15 20:51 | |
| techrights-news | "The government-sanctioned National Information Network, consisting of whitelisted sites such as banking applications and domestic messaging platforms" β https://www.semafor.com/article/04/14/2026/iran-internet-blackout-enters-46th-day-straining-economy | Source: Semafor Inc | Apr 15 20:51 |
| techrights-news | "But to the Chinese government, ethnic unity is also a global matter." β https://dominotheory.com/beijing-codifies-repression-of-overseas-activists/ | Source: Domino Theory | Apr 15 20:52 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 429 @ https://dominotheory.com/beijing-codifies-repression-of-overseas-activists/ ) | Apr 15 20:52 | |
| techrights-news | Techrights β Over at Tux Machines... β¨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi β | Apr 15 20:53 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights β Over at Tux Machines... | Apr 15 20:53 | |
| techrights-news | "She added that at the same time the St. Petersburg cinemas were declining to participate, it emerged that Nikita Mikhalkov had invited Sokurov to the 48th Moscow International Film Festival" β https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/15/st-petersburg-cinemas-refuse-to-screen-director-alexander-sokurov-s-films-as-film-festival-prepares-to-honor-him | Source: Meduza | Apr 15 20:53 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | St. Petersburg cinemas refuse to screen director Alexander Sokurovβs films as film festival prepares to honor him β Meduza | Apr 15 20:53 | |
| techrights-news | "Russians are also accepting of the messaging app restrictions, Peskov said, once again attributing them to the appsβ failure to comply with Russian law." β https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/14/kremlin-says-russia-s-internet-restrictions-will-be-lifted-once-the-need-for-them-disappears | Source: Meduza | Apr 15 20:53 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Kremlin says Russiaβs internet restrictions will be lifted once the need for them disappears β Meduza | Apr 15 20:53 | |
| techrights-news | "Andrei Akuzin, 53, was arrested on April 2 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Khabarovsk Krai, said Tatyana Frolova, a theater director living in France." β https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/15/russian-artist-dies-by-suicide-in-jail-after-arrest-over-online-comment-acquaintances-say | Source: Meduza | Apr 15 20:53 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russian artist dies by suicide in jail after arrest over online comment, acquaintances say β Meduza | Apr 15 20:53 | |
| techrights-news | "Boltan is the former co-chair of the Free Journalists Association (ΓGC) and former head of the Dicle FΔ±rat Journalists Association (DFG), both active in the Kurdish-populated regions." β https://bianet.org/haber/journalist-sentenced-for-insulting-the-president-over-2016-statement-318701 | Source: BIA Net | Apr 15 20:54 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Journalist sentenced for 'insulting the president' over 2016 statement | Apr 15 20:54 | |
| techrights-news | "All museum objects from the previous exhibition have already been removed from the building, the source told the outlet, and part of the collection" β https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/13/report-nearly-all-staff-at-moscow-s-gulag-history-museum-resign-after-authorities-order-conversion-into-memorial-to-the-genocide-of-the-soviet-people | Source: Meduza | Apr 15 20:55 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Report: Nearly all staff at Moscowβs Gulag History Museum resign after authorities order conversion into memorial to the βgenocide of the Soviet peopleβ β Meduza | Apr 15 20:55 | |
| techrights-news | "Itβs his most aggressive and direct attack yet on the Vicar of Christ, who has been uncharacteristically vocal this year in his criticism of militaristic foreign policy" β https://www.vox.com/politics/485563/trump-pope-ai-blasphemy-art-christ-evangelical-religious-right | Source: Vox | Apr 15 20:56 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump used AI to turn himself into Jesus. Will the religious right forgive him? | Vox | Apr 15 20:56 | |
| techrights-news | "This deal had been recently rumored. Amazon acquiring Globalstar gives it a leg up in its attempt to take on Starlink, which is the biggest player in this space." β https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/04/amazon-acquires-apples-satellite-partner/ | Source: Six Colors | Apr 15 20:57 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 429 @ https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/04/amazon-acquires-apples-satellite-partner/ ) | Apr 15 20:57 | |
| techrights-news | "For the past twenty years, Google has dominated the online advertising market after displacing Yahoo." β https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/meta-about-to-overtake-google | Source: JΓ©rΓ΄me Marin | Apr 15 20:57 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cafetechinenglish.substack.com | Meta about to overtake Google - by JΓ©rΓ΄me Marin - CafΓ©tech | Apr 15 20:57 | |
| techrights-news | "No one was injured in the early morning fire, but Justice wants to make a point: Chamel Abdulkarimβs target was the system of capitalism itself." β https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigi-inspired-arsonist-threatened | Source: Ken Klippenstein | Apr 15 20:57 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kenklippenstein.com | Luigi-Inspired Arsonist Threatened βOur Way of Life,β Feds Say | Apr 15 20:57 | |
| techrights-news | "I am watching a phase transition in American society. And I am not sure the people responsible for producing the conditions that are driving it understand what they are looking at." β https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-boiling-point | Source: Mike Brock | Apr 15 20:58 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Boiling Point - by Mike Brock - Notes from the Circus | Apr 15 20:58 | |
| techrights-news | "A story that asks whether Altman can be trusted seems self-evident to me. Maybe the more generalist New Yorker audience actually believed OpenAIβs pitch about how it is different. I never did." β https://crazystupidtech.com/2026/04/13/what-ive-been-reading/ | Source: Crazy Stupid Tech | Apr 15 20:58 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 429 @ https://crazystupidtech.com/2026/04/13/what-ive-been-reading/ ) | Apr 15 20:58 | |
| techrights-news | "The company said in an announcement that it is committing to an initial deployment of 1 gigawattβs worth of its Meta Training and Inference Accelerators, a custom-designed chip for AI workloads that Meta runs in its own data centers." β https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/14/meta-doubles-partnership-broadcom-custom-ai-processors/ | Source: Silicon Angle | Apr 15 20:59 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Meta doubles down on partnership with Broadcom on custom AI processors - SiliconANGLE | Apr 15 20:59 | |
| techrights-news | "the collapse of Europeβs two-track approach to Russia" β https://nris.journal.fi/article/view/178392 | Source: Nordic Review of International Studies | Apr 15 20:59 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nris.journal.fi | Whither dialogue? Nordic leadership and the collapse of Europeβs two-track approach to Russia | Nordic Review of International Studies | Apr 15 20:59 | |
| techrights-news | People's trees are kicking off and I am here for it. | Apr 15 21:03 |
| techrights-news | "People's trees are kicking off and I am here for it." β https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/spring-stuff | Source: Jasper Tandy | Apr 15 21:03 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jasper.tandy.is | Jasper is blogging: Spring stuff | Apr 15 21:03 | |
| techrights-news | "Charlie and I have been keeping an eye on the patches of Trout Lilies in our local woods, and today they were in full bloom." β https://cagrimmett.com/2026/04/13/woodland-spring-flowers/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett | Apr 15 21:04 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 429 @ https://cagrimmett.com/2026/04/13/woodland-spring-flowers/ ) | Apr 15 21:04 | |
| techrights-news | "The most impressive part of this build, however, is the battery" β https://hackaday.com/2026/04/13/electric-truck-sets-racing-record/ | Source: Hackaday | Apr 15 21:06 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Electric Truck Sets Racing Record | Hackaday | Apr 15 21:06 | |
| techrights-news | "Despite knowing the risks, nearly one in five drivers in Estonia have found themselves in a dangerous situation due to being distracted by a smartphone or navigation device, Delfi reported." β https://news.err.ee/1609995331/survey-65-percent-use-smartphones-while-driving-despite-knowing-risks | Source: Eesti RahvusringhÀÀling | Apr 15 21:07 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.err.ee | Survey: 65 percent use smartphones while driving despite knowing risks | News | ERR | Apr 15 21:07 | |
| techrights-news | "France and Spain, which mostly generate electricity from non-fossil sources (including nuclear power in France)" β https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/chinese-electrotech-is-the-big-winner | Source: Paul Krugman | Apr 15 21:07 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Chinese Electrotech is the Big Winner in the Iran War | Apr 15 21:07 | |
| techrights-news | "The Cuban government implemented a strategy known as βOpciΓ³n Ceroβ (βOption Zeroβ in English)" β https://www.theenergymix.com/china-moving-in-with-solar-as-cuban-fuel-crisis-deepens/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc | Apr 15 21:07 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/china-moving-in-with-solar-as-cuban-fuel-crisis-deepens/ ) | Apr 15 21:07 | |
| techrights-news | "In that same reporting context, EBN highlights that it invested well over 400 million euros in 2025 in energy security and the energy transition, reflecting a significant scaling-up of its role in recent years" β https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/14/dutch-state-energy-firm-seeks-billions-energy-transition-projects | Source: NL Times | Apr 15 21:08 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Dutch State energy firm seeks billions for energy transition projects | NL Times | Apr 15 21:08 | |
| techrights-news | "Researchers have identified common leafy vegetables as potential tools for extracting toxic metals from contaminated soil, using a process known as phytomining." β https://interestingengineering.com/energy/kale-cabbage-phytomining-metal-recovery | Source: Interesting Engineering | Apr 15 21:09 |
| techrights-news | "portfolio review." β https://www.theenergymix.com/microsoft-pauses-new-carbon-removal-agreements-amid-shifting-environmental-targets/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc | Apr 15 21:09 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-interestingengineering.com | Leafy vegetables could extract toxic thallium from polluted soil | Apr 15 21:09 | |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/microsoft-pauses-new-carbon-removal-agreements-amid-shifting-environmental-targets/ ) | Apr 15 21:09 | |
| techrights-news | "This dual nature of data centres requires the intervention of cities to ensure their development is beneficial to the public, not just tech companies." β https://www.theenergymix.com/cities-face-resilience-challenges-in-data-centre-investment-boom/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc | Apr 15 21:10 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/cities-face-resilience-challenges-in-data-centre-investment-boom/ ) | Apr 15 21:10 | |
| techrights-news | "The measurements showed that concentrations of radioactive cesium in mushrooms have declined as expected. Fewer than ten percent of samples exceeded the recommended food safety limit of 600 becquerels per kilo for wild products." β https://yle.fi/a/74-20220549 | Source: YLE | Apr 15 21:11 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Mushrooms still carry traces of Chernobyl disaster | Yle News | Yle | Apr 15 21:11 | |
| techrights-news | "The rout of half the Festus City Council was fueled by a surge in voter turnout and widespread frustration with the data center approval process." β https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/13/missouri-city-council-data-center-00867259 | Source: Politico LLC | Apr 15 21:11 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/13/missouri-city-council-data-center-00867259 ) | Apr 15 21:11 | |
| techrights-news | RMS talk in Texas about to begin | Apr 15 21:12 |
| techrights-news | "Datacenter Dynamics reported last year that Google was seeking to buy 195 acres of land at the Ozans Business Park, south east of ChΓ’teauroux. The site was set to cost about $68 million." β https://insidetowers.com/google-plans-its-first-data-center-in-france/ | Source: Inside Towers | Apr 15 21:12 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insidetowers.com | Google Plans its First Data Center in France - Inside Towers | Apr 15 21:12 | |
| techrights-news | "Rice is a staple food for over one billion people in Asia." β https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-03108-0 | Source: Nature | Apr 15 21:13 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nature.com | Projected warming will exceed the long-term thermal limits of rice cultivation | Communications Earth & Environment | Apr 15 21:13 | |
| techrights-news | "staggering valuation that will shape how much the company contributes in property taxes and how local officials frame its economic impact" β https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/04/14/in-memphis-investors-benefit-from-ai-boom-while-the-public-bears-its-cost/ | Source: Tennessee Lookout | Apr 15 21:13 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/04/14/in-memphis-investors-benefit-from-ai-boom-while-the-public-bears-its-cost/ ) | Apr 15 21:13 | |
| techrights-news | "Legally, Trump canβt just undo the Biden-era rules on a whim. Instead, his EPA has started work on a convoluted workaround, which includes state-level enforcement delays and revisions to the original regulations." β https://futurism.com/science-energy/coal-waste-trump | Source: Futurism | Apr 15 21:14 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Trump Moves to Let Coal Companies Pollute Waterways With Their Toxic Slag | Apr 15 21:14 | |
| techrights-news | "Thousands of jobs were immediately slashed by Elon Muskβs para-governmental Department [sic] of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and political appointees took over posts previously held by career civil servants" β https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usaid-abortions-barney-nicholas-enrich-into-the-wood-chipper-book-exclusive | Source: Marisa Kabas | Apr 15 21:15 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thehandbasket.co | Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book | Apr 15 21:15 | |
| techrights-news | "βEPSTEIN introduced MELANIA TRUMP to DONALD TRUMP,β the FBI summary document reads, written by an FBI special agent whose name was redacted in the document." β https://www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2676710003/ | Source: Raw Story | Apr 15 21:15 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rawstory.com | Unearthed FBI doc undercuts White House denial about Epstein's connection to Melania Trump - Raw Story | Apr 15 21:15 | |
| techrights-news | "Weird how the official story needs defending, but the document just exists. Coincidence is doing a lot of heavy lifting, unless it is a nickname for Ghislaine Maxwell." β https://boingboing.net/2026/04/14/fbi-doc-says-epstein-introduced-melania-to-trump-but-ok-lets-go-with-chance-meeting.html | Source: BoingBoing | Apr 15 21:16 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/14/fbi-doc-says-epstein-introduced-melania-to-trump-but-ok-lets-go-with-chance-meeting.html ) | Apr 15 21:16 | |
| techrights-news | "I think talented journalists like Ronan Farrow had a chance to do some new reporting on where AI is now, what impact it will have on the economy and society, and they instead wrote an article about personality quirks and office drama." β https://www.manton.org/2026/04/14/sam-altman-profile-misses-the.html | Source: Manton Reece | Apr 15 21:16 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.manton.org | Manton Reece - Sam Altman profile misses the mark | Apr 15 21:16 | |
| techrights-news | "Going forward, Harmon-Jones says more work is needed to separate the findings on cognitive dissonance from the Trump-themed line of questioning." β https://futurism.com/health-medicine/psychology-research-trump-supporters | Source: Futurism | Apr 15 21:17 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Psychological Research Finds Trump Supporters Are Not Doing Well | Apr 15 21:17 | |
| techrights-news | "There is no lack of good ideas, from economic models that center wellbeing and rethink growth to radical ecological democracy." β https://overpopulation-project.com/the-most-appropriate-response-to-falling-birthrates-embrace-them/ | Source: Overpopulation | Apr 15 21:18 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-overpopulation-project.com | The Most Appropriate Response to Falling Birthrates? Embrace Them - The Overpopulation Project | Apr 15 21:18 | |
| techrights-news | "Among other things, the unlamented former autocrat Viktor Orban was one of the leading proponents of pro-natalist policies" β https://crookedtimber.org/2026/04/14/how-many-babies-do-we-want-how-many-will-we-have/ | Source: Crooked Timber | Apr 15 21:18 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crookedtimber.org | How many babies do we want? How many will we have? β Crooked Timber | Apr 15 21:18 | |
| techrights-news | "While the measure enjoys 80% public approval, critics point to recent data from Australia, where a similar ban implemented in late 2025 saw nearly 70% of minors bypass restrictions via VPNs" β https://www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/society-in-depth/1300636/social-media-ban-raises-effectiveness-rights-concerns/ | Source: Greece | Apr 15 21:20 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Social media ban raises effectiveness, rights concerns | eKathimerini.com | Apr 15 21:20 | |
| techrights-news | "a direct strike against our secular democracy and all voters." β https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-resist-trumps-move-to-destroy-elections/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation | Apr 15 21:20 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-resist-trumps-move-to-destroy-elections/ ) | Apr 15 21:20 | |
| techrights-news | "Protecting vulnerable members of our communities from him and his agents." β https://robertreich.substack.com/p/an-apology | Source: Robert Reich | Apr 15 21:20 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | An Apology - Robert Reich | Apr 15 21:20 | |
| techrights-news | "Estonia and Belgium are the only two EU member states to have declined the Jutland Declaration, an October 2025 pan-European commitment to restrict childrenβs access to social media." β https://thenextweb.com/news/estonia-eu-child-social-media-ban-opposition | Source: The Next Web | Apr 15 21:21 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenextweb.com | Estonia is the rare EU country opposing bans on childrenβs social media use | Apr 15 21:21 | |
| techrights-news | "kids will find very quickly the ways to go around and to still use social media." β https://www.engadget.com/social-media/estonia-is-the-rare-eu-country-opposing-child-social-media-bans-194620916.html | Source: Engadget | Apr 15 21:22 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.engadget.com | Estonia is the rare EU country opposing child social media bans | Apr 15 21:22 | |
| techrights-news | <li> | Apr 15 21:22 |
| techrights-news | "The gerrymandered map that was supposed to make OrbΓ‘n permanent didnβt just fail. It was overrun." β https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-first-domino | Source: Mike Brock | Apr 15 21:22 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The First Domino - by Mike Brock - Notes from the Circus | Apr 15 21:22 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): Why Zorin OS 18.1 is simply the best Linux distro - for anyone β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Why_Zorin_OS_18_1_is_simply_the_best_Linux_distro_for_anyone.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Why_Zorin_OS_18_1_is_simply_the_best_Linux_distro_for_anyone.gmi β | Apr 15 21:22 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β Why Zorin OS 18.1 is simply the best Linux distro - for anyone | Apr 15 21:22 | |
| techrights-news | "Hey evangelical Christians?" β https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jack-white-donald-trump-christian-support-jesus-pope-1235546491/ | Source: Rolling Stone | Apr 15 21:23 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Jack White Questions How Christians Can Support Donald Trump | Apr 15 21:23 | |
| techrights-news | "Until recently I thought impeaching Trump and convicting him in the Senate was a pipe dream." β https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-impeach-the-bastard-for-real | Source: Robert Reich | Apr 15 21:23 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | How to Impeach the Bastard, for Real - Robert Reich | Apr 15 21:23 | |
| techrights-news | " more than 60% of children aged 12β15 who previously used social media still have access to at least one account. Overall, this represents 54% of all children in that age group." β https://thecyberexpress.com/australia-social-media-ban-faces-question/ | Source: Cyble Inc | Apr 15 21:24 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Australia Social Media Ban Fails To Stop Under-16 Access | Apr 15 21:24 | |
| techrights-news | "Will the kind of influence peddling now ubiquitous in politics become unprosecutable simply because it has become so commonplace?" β https://jacobin.com/2026/04/political-corruption-criminalization-supreme-court/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine | Apr 15 21:24 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Political Corruption Is Being Normalized | Apr 15 21:24 | |
| techrights-news | "Months after confusion about its possible demise, the U.S. DOGE [sic] Service is reemerging and adding to its ranks." β https://fedscoop.com/us-doge-service-alive-growing-organization-official-says/ | Source: Scoop News Group | Apr 15 21:25 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-US DOGE Service is alive and growing, organization official says | FedScoop | Apr 15 21:25 | |
| techrights-news | "An AIPAC-specific resolution didnβt make it through the partyβs meeting. But Iβve never seen such an open debate about the role of pro-Israel money before." β https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/dnc-aipac-dark-money-meeting/ | Source: The Nation | Apr 15 21:25 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | A Major Taboo Was Broken at the DNC Last Weekend | The Nation | Apr 15 21:25 | |
| techrights-news | "Earlier this year, Queensland passed legislation banning the phrases "from the river to the sea" and "globalise the intifada", categorising them as hate speech against Jewish people." β https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/brisbane-river-to-sea-accused-pleads-insanity/8ace9w4j4 | Source: SBS | Apr 15 21:26 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.sbs.com.au | Man charged with using newly banned phrases in Queensland tries to argue law 'insane' | SBS News | Apr 15 21:26 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): Duane OβBrien Takes OSIβs Hot Seat β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Duane_O_Brien_Takes_OSI_s_Hot_Seat.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Duane_O_Brien_Takes_OSI_s_Hot_Seat.gmi β | Apr 15 21:26 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β Duane OβBrien Takes OSIβs Hot Seat | Apr 15 21:26 | |
| techrights-news | "The operation was carried out without infantry and without losses on our side" β https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/14/zelensky-says-kyiv-seized-a-russian-position-with-drones-and-robots-is-this-a-game-changer-a92497 | Source: The Moscow Times | Apr 15 21:26 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.themoscowtimes.com | Zelensky Says Kyiv Seized a Russian Position With Drones and Robots. Is This a Game Changer? - The Moscow Times | Apr 15 21:26 | |
| techrights-news | "Literally the only way to get a photo with geolocation intact is to plug in a USB cable, copy the photo to your computer, and then upload it via a desktop web browser?" β https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/android-now-stops-you-sharing-your-location-in-photos/ | Source: Terence Eden | Apr 15 21:27 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-shkspr.mobi | Android now stops you sharing your location in photos β Terence Edenβs Blog | Apr 15 21:27 | |
| techrights-news | "Except the browser doesnβt care whose URLs match those patterns." β https://www.jonoalderson.com/performance/speculation-rules-for-evil/ | Source: Jono Alderson | Apr 15 21:27 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jonoalderson.com | Speculation rules for evil - Jono Alderson | Apr 15 21:27 | |
| techrights-news | "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking the attorneys general of California and New York to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices" β https://www.theverge.com/news/911789/eff-google-giving-data-ice-california-new-york | Source: The Verge | Apr 15 21:27 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Privacy advocates want Google to stop handing consumer data over to ICE | The Verge | Apr 15 21:27 | |
| techrights-news | "Compromised information includes names, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and bank account details." β https://www.securityweek.com/europes-largest-gym-chain-says-data-breach-impacts-1-million-members/ | Source: Security Week | Apr 15 21:28 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/europes-largest-gym-chain-says-data-breach-impacts-1-million-members/ ) | Apr 15 21:28 | |
| techrights-news | "ignore legally defined, globally standard, opt-out signals endorsed by regulators" β https://therecord.media/big-tech-fails-to-opt-out-users-requesting-not-to-be-tracked | Source: The Record | Apr 15 21:28 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Big tech fails to opt-out users requesting not to be tracked much of the time, new research says | The Record from Recorded Future News | Apr 15 21:28 | |
| techrights-news | "In early March, 438 security and privacy researchers from 32 countries signed a massive open letter warning that age verification mandates for the internet are technically impossible to get right, easy to circumvent" β https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/14/438-experts-said-age-verification-is-dangerous-legislators-are-moving-forward-with-it-anyway/ | Source: Techdirt | Apr 15 21:29 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-438 Experts Said Age Verification Is Dangerous. Legislators Are Moving Forward With It Anyway. | Techdirt | Apr 15 21:29 | |
| techrights-news | "In September 2024, Amandla Thomas-Johnson was a Ph.D. candidate studying in the U.S. on a student visa when he briefly attended a pro-Palestinian protest." β https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/google-broke-its-promise-me-now-ice-has-my-data | Source: EFF https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/31/Google_Bribes_EFF_EFF_Promotes_LLM_Slop_as_Fair_Use_To_GAFAM_It.shtml | Apr 15 21:30 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data. | Electronic Frontier Foundation | Apr 15 21:30 | |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights β Google Bribes EFF. EFF Promotes LLM Slop as 'Fair Use'. To GAFAM It's a Low-Cost Lobby Hedge. | Apr 15 21:30 | |
| techrights-news | "back button hijacking" β https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/04/back-button-hijacking | Source: Google | Apr 15 21:30 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-developers.google.com | Introducing a new spam policy for "back button hijacking" Β |Β Google Search Central Blog Β |Β Google for Developers | Apr 15 21:30 | |
| techrights-news | Privatisation/Privateering: "Water charges could increase significantly in the coming years as utility companies invest in improving ageing pipeline networks." β https://yle.fi/a/74-20220597 | Source: YLE | Apr 15 21:30 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Ministry: Water in Finland is too cheap, bills set to rise | Yle News | Yle | Apr 15 21:30 | |
| techrights-news | Windows TCO β https://thecyberexpress.com/chipsoft-ransomware-incident/ | Source: Cyble Inc | Apr 15 21:33 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | ChipSoft Ransomware Incident Hits Dutch Healthcare Systems | Apr 15 21:33 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): You cannot use the GNU (A)GPL to take software freedom away β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/You_cannot_use_the_GNU_A_GPL_to_take_software_freedom_away.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/You_cannot_use_the_GNU_A_GPL_to_take_software_freedom_away.gmi β | Apr 15 21:36 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β You cannot use the GNU (A)GPL to take software freedom away | Apr 15 21:36 | |
| techrights-news | "She explained that social media, as a tool or channel, has changed recruitment methods." β https://news.err.ee/1609994248/estonia-caught-a-record-number-of-russian-collaborators-in-2025 | Source: Eesti RahvusringhÀÀling | Apr 15 21:36 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.err.ee | Estonia caught a record number of Russian collaborators in 2025 | News | ERR | Apr 15 21:36 | |
| techrights-news | "Itβs a bit difficult to even talk about βthe [Internet]β as a single concept. Maybe I have an outdated idea, but I donβt really consider βthe [Internet]β to be any connected service." β https://catskull.net/the-internet-is-a-vast-place.html | Source: Dave DeGraw | Apr 15 21:37 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-catskull.net | The Internet is a vast place. | Apr 15 21:37 | |
| techrights-news | "Enhancing User Experience for Remote Social Interactions in ActivityPub Applications" β https://www.timothychambers.net/2026/04/14/proposal-for-fediverse-remote-content.html | Source: Timothy Chambers | Apr 15 21:37 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.timothychambers.net | **Proposal for Fediverse Remote Content Engagement** Updated April 14, 2026 - Tim Chambers | Apr 15 21:37 | |
| techrights-news | "Earlier this year, the regulator moved against services including Telegram and WhatsApp, arguing that the platforms had failed to comply with local legislation." β https://therecord.media/russia-cracks-down-bluesky-internet | Source: The Record | Apr 15 21:37 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Russia appears to block social media platform Bluesky amid wider internet restrictions | The Record from Recorded Future News | Apr 15 21:37 | |
| techrights-news | "The exec told THR after the session that YouTube already streamed the song contest last year, but that was not widely known yet." β https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/eurovision-song-contest-2026-youtube-us-free-stream-boycott-1236563550/ | Source: Hollywood Reporter | Apr 15 21:38 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hollywoodreporter.com | Eurovision Song Contest 2026 to Stream in US on YouTube, Plus Peacock | Apr 15 21:38 | |
| techrights-news | "The article was not the reason for the attack. The alleged attacker was Daniel Moreno-Gama, age 20 β a devoted believer in the AI doomsday, and a huge fan of Eliezer Yudkowsky, founder of the Rationality subculture." β https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/13/ai-doomsday-cultist-throws-molotov-at-sam-altmans-house/ | Source: Pivot to AI | Apr 15 21:38 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Bernard. "One day the dribble. | Apr 15 21:38 | |
| techrights-news | "In the previous post I managed to steer RWKVv7's behavior to some degree and showed that the recurrent state after layer 0 cannot be effectively used as a method to detect dangerous prompts by any linear, non-linear or ML methods" β https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/04-12-rwkv-refusal-steering-to-memory-modification-editing-rwkvv7-stored-memories.gmi | Source: Martin Chang | Apr 15 21:39 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-clehaxze.tw | From refusal steering to memory modification - editing RWKVv7 working memories - Martin's website/blog thingy | Apr 15 21:39 | |
| techrights-news | "A federal case against OpenAI over claims the company designed its AI to delude a mentally unwell son to violent behavior will run concurrently to a state court case." β https://www.courthousenews.com/openai-cant-duck-federal-claims-over-murder-suicide-tied-to-chatgpt/ | Source: Court House News | Apr 15 21:39 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/openai-cant-duck-federal-claims-over-murder-suicide-tied-to-chatgpt/ ) | Apr 15 21:39 | |
| techrights-news | "We are a small group of engineers with extensive open source maintenance and information security experience, and we forked KeePassΟ from KeePassXC 2.7.10, the last release before the advent of the LLM policy linked above." β https://codeberg.org/keepasschi | Source: Codeberg | Apr 15 21:40 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-KeePassChi - Codeberg.org | Apr 15 21:40 | |
| techrights-news | "Coding agents can write code. That capability is real. Point Claude Code or Copilot at a well-scoped issue and you get a working pull request most of the time. Now try running five of them unattended." β https://blog.serghei.pl/posts/what-breaks-when-you-run-coding-agents-unsupervised/ | Source: Serghei Iakovlev | Apr 15 21:41 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.serghei.pl | What Breaks When You Run Coding Agents Unsupervised | Serghei's Blog | Apr 15 21:41 | |
| techrights-news | "What are those possibilities?" β https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/14/neural-computing-your-boss-thinks-the-ai-will-become-a-pc/ | Source: Pivot to AI | Apr 15 21:41 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Drugs should be. | Apr 15 21:41 | |
| techrights-news | "Given all that I don't think we'll suddenly be happy with last year's code replicated a million times." β https://www.elliotcsmith.com/im-long-on-software-engineering/ | Source: Elliot C Smith | Apr 15 21:41 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.elliotcsmith.com | I'm long on software engineering | Apr 15 21:41 | |
| techrights-news | "Software development may become (at least in some aspects) more like witchcraft than engineering." β https://aphyr.com/posts/418-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-work | Source: Kyle Kingsbury | Apr 15 21:42 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 451 @ https://aphyr.com/posts/418-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-work ) | Apr 15 21:42 | |
| techrights-news | "As a former AI researcher myself (before modern ML exploded), I find this aspect of the Mythos write-up quite interesting" β https://neilmadden.blog/2026/04/14/mythos-and-its-impact-on-security/ | Source: Niel Madden | Apr 15 21:42 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neilmadden.blog | Mythos and its impact on security β Neil Madden | Apr 15 21:42 | |
| techrights-news | "The UKβs AI Security Institute has published the first independent evaluation of Claude Mythosβs cyber capabilities." β https://blog.robbowley.net/2026/04/14/ai-watershed-moment-or-expensive-pen-tester-the-aisi-mythos-data/ | Source: Rob Bowley | Apr 15 21:42 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.robbowley.net | AI βWatershed Momentβ or expensive pen tester? The AISI Mythos Data | Rob Bowley | Apr 15 21:42 | |
| techrights-news | "The upshot of the use of such Large Language Models (LLM) tools is that any commit that uses generated code has to be signed off by a human developer" β https://hackaday.com/2026/04/14/new-linux-kernel-rules-put-the-onus-on-humans-for-ai-tool-usage/ | Source: Hackaday | Apr 15 21:43 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New Linux Kernel Rules Put The Onus On Humans For AI Tool Usage | Hackaday | Apr 15 21:43 | |
| techrights-news | "RAM and storage are expensive now. You know that. Theyβve been going crazy for months, and though some data points indicate that the prices may have peaked, others show just the opposite." β https://www.pcworld.com/article/3113797/investigation-even-usb-flash-drives-and-sd-cards-are-becoming-unaffordable.html | Source: PC World | Apr 15 21:43 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3113797/investigation-even-usb-flash-drives-and-sd-cards-are-becoming-unaffordable.html ) | Apr 15 21:43 | |
| techrights-news | "We find that AI assistance improves immediate performance, but it comes at a heavy cognitive cost," β https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-boiling-frog-human-cognition-study | Source: Futurism | Apr 15 21:44 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns | Apr 15 21:44 | |
| techrights-news | "Thanks to a passcode debacle, I had to reset my iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch β so I used the moment to start fresh rather than restore from backups." β https://matt.routleynet.org/2026/04/13/having-to-reset-all-of.html | Source: Matt Routley | Apr 15 21:50 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-matt.routleynet.org | Having to reset all of my devices allowed for a helpful reset of my systems | Various Contrivances | Apr 15 21:50 | |
| techrights-news | "After that date, Outlook Lite will stop fetching new emails, and its core features will be disabled. Microsoft notes that your Outlook account will not be affected by this shutdown, and all data on it will remain untouched." β https://www.androidpolice.com/microsoft-is-done-with-outlook-lite-on-android/ | Source: Android Police | Apr 15 21:51 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | Microsoft is done with Outlook Lite on Android | Apr 15 21:51 | |
| techrights-news | "Itβs been a long time coming but Iβve finally given up on Meetup.com as an organizer. Iβve been a member since 2013 and Iβve met some great people and learned a lot from the various groups Iβve been a part of. Meetup.com has been falling apart for years." β https://mattcool.tech/posts/goodbye-meetupcom-migrating-to-discord--website-and-other-alternative-platforms/ | Source: Matt Cool | Apr 15 21:51 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mattcool.tech | Goodbye Meetup.com: Migrating to Discord + Website and Other Alternative Platforms | Apr 15 21:51 | |
| techrights-news | "Guess what, they completely failed at their one job. The orders would actually show up in the POS about one time in four, and they could not fix it." β https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/04/14.html | Source: DNA Lounge | Apr 15 21:52 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/04/14.html ) | Apr 15 21:52 | |
| techrights-news | "This is huge for us Linux people. This means we potentially have a real alternative to Lightroom that also happens to be free. It's not yet in the CachyOS repo, but this will be an insta-install." β https://overkill.wtf/notes/davinci-resolve-photo | Source: Kevin Wammer | Apr 15 21:52 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-overkill.wtf | Davinci Resolve Photo is Lightroom for Linux people | Apr 15 21:52 | |
| techrights-news | "An Ultralight MacBook and Other Apple Silicon Roads Not Taken" β https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/04/14/an-ultralight-macbook-and-other-apple-silicon-roads-not-taken/ | Source: Michael Tsai | Apr 15 21:52 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mjtsai.com | Michael Tsai - Blog - An Ultralight MacBook and Other Apple Silicon Roads Not Taken | Apr 15 21:52 | |
| techrights-news | "Neither the FCCβs announcement nor Netgearβs announcement explain why Netgear was granted the temporary exemption." β https://www.theverge.com/tech/911888/netgear-router-ban-conditional-approval | Source: The Verge | Apr 15 21:52 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason | The Verge | Apr 15 21:52 | |
| techrights-news | "Qatar produces about a third of the world's helium, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz β a consequence of Trump's Iran war β has disrupted those shipments." β https://boingboing.net/2026/04/13/thanks-trump-heres-what-happens-when-the-world-runs-low-on-helium.html | Source: BoingBoing | Apr 15 21:53 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/13/thanks-trump-heres-what-happens-when-the-world-runs-low-on-helium.html ) | Apr 15 21:53 | |
| techrights-news | "A recent survey by two agricultural groups, SLC and MTK, asked farmers about their plans for the season, given the current situation." β https://yle.fi/a/74-20220507 | Source: YLE | Apr 15 21:54 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Rising oil prices already prompting some Finnish farms to downsize crop plans | Yle News | Yle | Apr 15 21:54 | |
| techrights-news | "His prescription: read a few dozen pages of a book daily and leave your phone in the kitchen at night." β https://boingboing.net/2026/04/13/our-attention-spans-are-one-third-what-they-were-in-2004.html | Source: BoingBoing | Apr 15 21:54 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/13/our-attention-spans-are-one-third-what-they-were-in-2004.html ) | Apr 15 21:54 | |
| techrights-news | "That moment did not just feel like it changed me. It did change me. Research in neuroplasticity has established that chronic stress and depression cause structural changes in the brain." β https://blainsmith.com/essays/wired-for-fairness/ | Source: Blain Smith | Apr 15 21:54 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blainsmith.com | Wired for Fairness - Blain Smith | Apr 15 21:54 | |
| techrights-news | "April is Stress Awareness Month, and I think that is a good excuse for those of us in cybersecurity and IT to be honest about something our industry still handles poorly." β https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/stress-awareness-month-helping-cybersecurity-and-it-go-from-burnout-to-balance/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch | Apr 15 21:55 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kylereddoch.me | Stress Awareness Month: Helping Cybersecurity and IT Go From Burnout to Balance - CybersecKyle | Apr 15 21:55 | |
| techrights-news | "Iβve been allergic to low-profile keyboards in the past, for whatever reason. There arenβt as many of them on the market, and they all seem to have a compromise Iβm not willing to deal with." β https://thenewsprint.co/2026/04/13/a-review-of-the-nuphy-node-100-low-profile-mechanical-keyboard/ | Source: The Newsprint | Apr 15 21:55 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewsprint.co | A Review of the Nuphy Node 100 Low-Profile Mechanical Keyboard - The Newsprint | Apr 15 21:55 | |
| techrights-news | "Iβve been using an Elgato Stream Deck to control my lights in my office for the past several years." β https://cassidoo.co/post/logitech-elgato-holding-hands/ | Source: Cassidy Williams | Apr 15 21:56 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cassidoo.co | Connecting the Logitech MX Creative Console to Elgato Lights | Apr 15 21:56 | |
| techrights-news | "manner designed to violate her sexual integrity i.e. lying next to her and pressing his naked, erect penis to her body." https://info.publicintelligence.net/UK-AssangeJudgment.pdf | Apr 15 22:00 |
| techrights-news | "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Frank Meeuwsen, whose blog can be found at blog.frankmeeuwsen.com." β https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/frank-meeuwsen | Source: Manuel Moreale | Apr 15 22:03 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manuelmoreale.com | Frank Meeuwsen β Manu | Apr 15 22:03 | |
| techrights-news | "With this statement Einstein makes a clear case for the benefits of cognitive offloading in the sense that rote memorization does not enhance oneβs cognition." β https://hackaday.com/2026/04/13/the-use-of-llm-chatbots-and-human-cognitive-surrender/ | Source: Hackaday | Apr 15 22:03 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Reverse-Engineering Human Cognition And Decision Making In A Modern Age | Hackaday | Apr 15 22:03 | |
| techrights-news | "At the end of last year, people with student loan debt owed an average of almost 12,700 euros, some 600 more than the previous year." β https://yle.fi/a/74-20220441 | Source: YLE | Apr 15 22:04 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | More students taking out loans | Yle News | Yle | Apr 15 22:04 | |
| techrights-news | "I think this is important to remember: we arenβt faced with an absence of imagination. Weβre faced with the constraints of a system that does not have our best interests at heart." β https://everythingchanges.us/blog/ways-of-moving/ | Source: Mandy Brown | Apr 15 22:04 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-everythingchanges.us | Ways of moving | everything changes | Apr 15 22:04 | |
| techrights-news | "As far as I can tell the company published 15 books β 12 non-fiction, 3 fiction β with at least 11 more in the pipeline before it closed down, all listed below." β https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2026/04/14/hardwired-wired-books/ | Source: Phil Gyford | Apr 15 22:04 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HardWired / Wired Books (Phil Gyfordβs website) | Apr 15 22:04 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): Planet GNOME: Announcing the upcoming Graphs 2.0 β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Planet_GNOME_Announcing_the_upcoming_Graphs_2_0.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Planet_GNOME_Announcing_the_upcoming_Graphs_2_0.gmi β | Apr 15 22:04 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β Planet GNOME: Announcing the upcoming Graphs 2.0 | Apr 15 22:04 | |
| techrights-news | "On 30 September 2025, policymakers, activists, human rights defenders and academics from Europe and beyond gathered in Brussels and online for Privacy Camp 2025." β https://edri.org/our-work/privacycamp25-event-summary/ | Source: EDRI | Apr 15 22:04 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edri.org | #PrivacyCamp25: Event summary - European Digital Rights (EDRi) | Apr 15 22:04 | |
| techrights-news | "For a blissful 10 days, the biggest stories in my feeds were not politics or natural disasters, but iconic photographs of the Earth, craters named Carroll, and broken toilets 252,756 miles from the nearest plumber." β https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/the-artemis-ii-mission-isnt-just-science-viral-photos-and-videos-from-the-moon-mission-are-proof-of-the-power-of-a-photograph | Source: Digital Camera World | Apr 15 22:05 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | The Artemis II mission isnβt just science. Viral photos and videos from the Moon mission are proof of the power of a photograph | Digital Camera World | Apr 15 22:05 | |
| techrights-news | "In practice, critics say, the phrase has become shorthand for science in which preferred outcomes outweigh inconvenient evidence." β https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-04-14/trump-administration-gold-standard-science | Source: Los Angeles Times | Apr 15 22:05 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Trump touts 'gold standard science.' What does that actually mean? - Los Angeles Times | Apr 15 22:05 | |
| techrights-news | "Whether or not we affix science to a name is immaterial." β https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3806209 | Source: ACM | Apr 15 22:06 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3806209 ) | Apr 15 22:06 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): Archinstall 4.2 Arch Linux Installer Brings Granular KDE Plasma Configuration β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Archinstall_4_2_Arch_Linux_Installer_Brings_Granular_KDE_Plasma.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Archinstall_4_2_Arch_Linux_Installer_Brings_Granular_KDE_Plasma.gmi β | Apr 15 22:06 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β Archinstall 4.2 Arch Linux Installer Brings Granular KDE Plasma Configuration | Apr 15 22:06 | |
| techrights-news | was | Apr 15 22:06 |
| techrights-news | "The phrase 'funding is a continuing headache' was written in 1995, under Clinton." β https://mirawelner.com/posts/junior.html | Source: Mira Welner | Apr 15 22:06 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mirawelner.com | Being a Junior Scientist in the Current Administration | Apr 15 22:06 | |
| techrights-news | "Guest post from Peter Brass, Former NSF Theory director (though not affiliated with the NSF now) on the White House NSF budget for FY 2027." β https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/04/guest-post-from-peter-brass-former-nsf.html | Source: Computational Complexity | Apr 15 22:07 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.computationalcomplexity.org | Computational Complexity: Guest Post from Peter Brass, Former NSF Theory Director, on the NSF budget. | Apr 15 22:07 | |
| techrights-news | "Why would tech billionaires attack a system that made them enormously wealthy at virtually no personal cost? The most obvious explanation is that much of that newly freed-up funding can be redirected to the tech industry." β https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ai-silicon-valley-andreesen-thiel-stem/ | Source: The Nation | Apr 15 22:07 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists Into Exploited Gig Workers | The Nation | Apr 15 22:07 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): End of 10 Handout β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/End_of_10_Handout.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/End_of_10_Handout.gmi β | Apr 15 22:08 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β End of 10 Handout | Apr 15 22:08 | |
| techrights-news | "Let's get this out of the way right at the start: inventories are hard." β https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/InventoriesAreNontrivial | Source: University of Toronto | Apr 15 22:08 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser | Apr 15 22:08 | |
| techrights-news | "Apparently NT membership is growing amongst the younger generations and it's easy to see why." β https://www.jamesleighton.com/a-year-of-national-trust-visits/ | Source: James Leighton | Apr 15 22:10 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jamesleighton.com | A year of National Trust Visits | James Leighton | Apr 15 22:10 | |
| techrights-news | "A couple of weeks ago, I announced my plan to merge my two websites, overkill.wtf and cliophate.wtf." β https://overkill.wtf/posts/new-old-overkill | Source: Kevin Wammer | Apr 15 22:11 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Welcome to the new (old) overkill - overkill.wtf | Apr 15 22:11 | |
| techrights-news | "On the contrary, itβs only the beginning of my adventure. I certainly hope so." β https://blog.danieljanus.pl/singing/ | Source: Daniel Janus | Apr 15 22:11 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.danieljanus.pl | How can I keep from singing? | Apr 15 22:11 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): A PHP Dev Just Solved a 20+ Year-Old KDE Plasma Problem No One Else Would β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/A_PHP_Dev_Just_Solved_a_20_Year_Old_KDE_Plasma_Problem_No_One_E.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/A_PHP_Dev_Just_Solved_a_20_Year_Old_KDE_Plasma_Problem_No_One_E.gmi β | Apr 15 22:11 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β A PHP Dev Just Solved a 20+ Year-Old KDE Plasma Problem No One Else Would | Apr 15 22:11 | |
| techrights-news | "There has been a near-total news vacuum. This may be deliberate or it may be a consequence of cost-cutting that has replaced many journalists with artificial intelligence. The few human journalists who remain in the profession may have already gone to bed when the fire started." https://danielpocock.com/en/terrorism-or-accident-geelong-corio-refinery-fire-drone-attack-rumours-news-vacuum/ | Apr 15 22:13 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danielpocock.com | Terrorism or accident? Geelong Corio refinery fire, drone attack rumours in news vacuum | Apr 15 22:13 | |
| techrights-news | "Right now, I'm slowly rebuilding my archives, mainly posts from the past year." β https://brandons-journal.com/post/blog-update-and-rss-feed-options | Source: Brandon | Apr 15 22:13 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-brandons-journal.com | Blog Update and RSS Feed Options | Brandon's Journal | Apr 15 22:13 | |
| techrights-news | "I also viewed the National Theatre's 2017 production on the National Theatre at Home streaming service" β https://blog.dshr.org/2026/04/angels-in-america.html | Source: David Rosenthal | Apr 15 22:13 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.dshr.org | DSHR's Blog: Angels in America | Apr 15 22:13 | |
| techrights-news | "I've decided to go on a content hiatus. This will be my last dispatch for a while. I don't know how long I'll be gone." β https://justin.searls.co/mails/2026-03/ | Source: Justin Searls | Apr 15 22:14 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-justin.searls.co | Content Hiatus | justinβ€searlsβ€co | Apr 15 22:14 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): CIQ (Rocky Linux) Trying to Ride "Hey Hi" Hype Wave With x86 β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/27/CIQ_Rocky_Linux_Trying_to_Ride_Hey_Hi_Hype_Wave_With_x86.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/27/CIQ_Rocky_Linux_Trying_to_Ride_Hey_Hi_Hype_Wave_With_x86.gmi β | Apr 15 22:16 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β CIQ (Rocky Linux) Trying to Ride "Hey Hi" Hype Wave With x86 | Apr 15 22:16 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): KDE: Wayland, Falkon Connect, digiKam Splashscreen, and Updates on Oxygen and Air β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/KDE_Wayland_Falkon_Connect_digiKam_Splashscreen_and_Updates_on_.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/KDE_Wayland_Falkon_Connect_digiKam_Splashscreen_and_Updates_on_.gmi β | Apr 15 22:18 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β KDE: Wayland, Falkon Connect, digiKam Splashscreen, and Updates on Oxygen and Air | Apr 15 22:18 | |
| techrights-news | Techrights β Gemini Links 15/04/2026: Organiding .bashrc with Imports, OddΞΌ as SSG β¨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/15/Gemini_Links_15_04_2026_Organiding_bashrc_with_Imports_Odd%CE%BC_as_.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/15/Gemini_Links_15_04_2026_Organiding_bashrc_with_Imports_Odd%CE%BC_as_.gmi β | Apr 15 22:18 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights β Gemini Links 15/04/2026: Organiding .bashrc with Imports, OddΞΌ as SSG | Apr 15 22:18 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): Glacia OS β Ubuntu-based Linux distribution β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Glacia_OS_Ubuntu_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Glacia_OS_Ubuntu_based_Linux_distribution.gmi β | Apr 15 22:19 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β Glacia OS β Ubuntu-based Linux distribution | Apr 15 22:19 | |
| techrights-news | "When you start a new project, it feels nice that everything lives in a single main.go file." β https://pawelgrzybek.com/repository-pattern-in-go-service/ | Source: PaweΕ Grzybek | Apr 15 22:20 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Repository pattern in Go service | pawelgrzybek.com | Apr 15 22:20 | |
| techrights-news | Techrights β Links 15/04/2026: Geelong Corio Refinery Fire, Journalist Sentenced for "Insulting the President" β¨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/15/Links_15_04_2026_Geelong_Corio_Refinery_Fire_Journalist_Sentenc.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/15/Links_15_04_2026_Geelong_Corio_Refinery_Fire_Journalist_Sentenc.gmi β | Apr 15 22:21 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights β Links 15/04/2026: Geelong Corio Refinery Fire, Journalist Sentenced for "Insulting the President" | Apr 15 22:21 | |
| techrights-news | "GIT TAB COMPLETION in zsh suddenly stopped listing my aliases." β https://monzool.net/blog/2026/03/19/homebrew-breaking-git-tab-completion-in-zsh/ | Source: Jan Skriver SΓΈrensen | Apr 15 22:22 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-monzool.net | Homebrew breaking git tab completion in zsh - Monzool's Personal Publishing | Apr 15 22:22 | |
| techrights-news | "The easy fix is to put unset GREP_OPTIONS at the top of the script." β https://www.readwriterachel.com/things-i-learned/2026/04/06/grep-colors.html | Source: Rachel Kaufman | Apr 15 22:22 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.readwriterachel.com | Behind a glass. | Apr 15 22:22 | |
| techrights-news | "In the last post, we saw that positive splitting (otherwise known as slowing down) is inevitable." β https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/marathon-man-ii-how-to-pace-a-marathon/ | Source: Rlang | Apr 15 22:23 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Marathon Man II: how to pace a marathon | R-bloggers | Apr 15 22:23 | |
| techrights-news | "The bottleneck isnβt Rust or Ruby, itβs the absence of a stable declarative package schema. Until that exists, every fast client is fast because Homebrew already did the slow work." β https://nesbitt.io/2026/04/14/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-homebrew.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt | Apr 15 22:23 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesbitt.io | Standing on the shoulders of Homebrew | Andrew Nesbitt | Apr 15 22:23 | |
| techrights-news | "The essence is, our laziness is the reason we engineer simple systems." β https://alperenkeles.com/posts/on-the-simplicity-of-humanness/ | Source: Alperen Keles | Apr 15 22:24 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-alperenkeles.com | On The Simplicity of Humanness | Apr 15 22:24 | |
| techrights-news | "Ada is incredibly well designed. One way this shows is that it takes the big, monolithic features of other languages and breaks them down into their constituent parts, so we can choose which portions of those features we want." β https://entropicthoughts.com/object-oriented-programming-in-ada | Source: Chris | Apr 15 22:26 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-entropicthoughts.com | Object Oriented Programming in Ada | Apr 15 22:26 | |
| techrights-news | "This release features 8 months of work: changes from 244 different contributors, spread among 1183 commits." β https://ziglang.org/download/0.16.0/release-notes.html | Source: Zig | Apr 15 22:27 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ziglang.org | 0.16.0 Release Notes β‘ The Zig Programming Language | Apr 15 22:27 | |
| techrights-news | "As shown in the image below, LLVM requires about ~8% more cycles than GCC for that specific benchmark on the SiFive P550 CPU." β https://blog.kaving.me/blog/tracking-down-a-25-regression-on-llvm-risc-v/ | Source: Kavin Gnanapandithan | Apr 15 22:27 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.kaving.me | Tracking down a 25% Regression on LLVM RISC-V β KG's Blog | Apr 15 22:27 | |
| techrights-news | "Frankly, dependency cooldowns work by free-riding on the pain and suffering of others." β https://calpaterson.com/deps.html | Source: Cal Paterson | Apr 15 22:27 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-calpaterson.com | Dependency cooldowns turn you into a free-rider | Apr 15 22:27 | |
| techrights-news | "Many countries have multiple languages. Wales has English and Welsh." β https://lindbakk.com/blog/introducing-brunost | Source: John Mikael Lindbakk | Apr 15 22:29 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-John M. Lindbakk | Apr 15 22:29 | |
| techrights-news | The Secrets update for Necesse includes collabs with Palworld, Rimworld, Core Keeper and Valheim | GamingOnLinux β https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-secrets-update-for-necesse-includes-collabs-with-palworld-rimworld-core-keeper-and-valheim/ δ· Source: GamingOnLinux | Apr 15 22:30 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Secrets update for Necesse includes collabs with Palworld, Rimworld, Core Keeper and Valheim | GamingOnLinux | Apr 15 22:30 | |
| techrights-news | X.Org X server and Xwayland security advisory released for multiple issues | GamingOnLinux β https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/x-org-x-server-and-xwayland-security-advisory-released-for-multiple-issues/ δ· Source: GamingOnLinux | Apr 15 22:31 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-X.Org X server and Xwayland security advisory released for multiple issues | GamingOnLinux | Apr 15 22:31 | |
| techrights-news | Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged is up on Kickstarter | GamingOnLinux β https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/broken-sword-the-smoking-mirror-reforged-is-up-on-kickstarter/ δ· Source: GamingOnLinux | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/broken-sword-the-smoking-mirror-reforged-is-up-on-kickstarter/ | Apr 15 22:32 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged is up on Kickstarter | GamingOnLinux | Apr 15 22:32 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi β | Apr 15 22:33 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations | Apr 15 22:33 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): I was avoiding Arch Linux for one reason, and this tool fixed it β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/I_was_avoiding_Arch_Linux_for_one_reason_and_this_tool_fixed_it.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/I_was_avoiding_Arch_Linux_for_one_reason_and_this_tool_fixed_it.gmi β | Apr 15 22:38 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β I was avoiding Arch Linux for one reason, and this tool fixed it | Apr 15 22:38 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): Linux smashes past 5% on the Steam Survey for the first time β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/03/Linux_smashes_past_5_on_the_Steam_Survey_for_the_first_time.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/03/Linux_smashes_past_5_on_the_Steam_Survey_for_the_first_time.gmi β | Apr 15 22:41 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β Linux smashes past 5% on the Steam Survey for the first time | Apr 15 22:41 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): I installed Zorin OS on an old laptop, and now I get the hype β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/I_installed_Zorin_OS_on_an_old_laptop_and_now_I_get_the_hype.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/I_installed_Zorin_OS_on_an_old_laptop_and_now_I_get_the_hype.gmi β | Apr 15 22:48 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β I installed Zorin OS on an old laptop, and now I get the hype | Apr 15 22:48 | |
| techrights-news | β² πΏππ πΈπππππππ ⨦ (NEW): How the latest Netrunner distro delivers a Linux productivity powerhouse β¨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/How_the_latest_Netrunner_distro_delivers_a_Linux_productivity_p.shtml | βΎ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/How_the_latest_Netrunner_distro_delivers_a_Linux_productivity_p.gmi β | Apr 15 22:53 |
| -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines β How the latest Netrunner distro delivers a Linux productivity powerhouse | Apr 15 22:53 | |
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| techrights-news | "ChongLy Thao was arrested and dragged out of his home in his underwear in the middle of winter during the large-scale immigration raid launched by the White House in Minneapolis and St. Paul" β https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-04-14/minnesota-is-investigating-ice-agents-for-the-possible-kidnapping-of-a-us-citizen-during-a-raid.html | Source: El PaΓs | Apr 15 20:42 |
| -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-04-14/minnesota-is-investigating-ice-agents-for-the-possible-kidnapping-of-a-us-citizen-during-a-raid.html ) | Apr 15 20:42 | |
| techrights-news | "the collapse of Europeβs two-track approach to Russia" β https://nris.journal.fi/article/view/178392 | Source: Nordic Review of International Studies | Apr 15 20:59 |
| -TechPolBot/#techpol-nris.journal.fi | Whither dialogue? Nordic leadership and the collapse of Europeβs two-track approach to Russia | Nordic Review of International Studies | Apr 15 20:59 | |
| techrights-news | "Among other things, the unlamented former autocrat Viktor Orban was one of the leading proponents of pro-natalist policies" β https://crookedtimber.org/2026/04/14/how-many-babies-do-we-want-how-many-will-we-have/ | Source: Crooked Timber | Apr 15 21:18 |
| -TechPolBot/#techpol-crookedtimber.org | How many babies do we want? How many will we have? β Crooked Timber | Apr 15 21:18 | |
| techrights-news | "Hey evangelical Christians?" β https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jack-white-donald-trump-christian-support-jesus-pope-1235546491/ | Source: Rolling Stone | Apr 15 21:23 |
| -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rollingstone.com | Jack White Questions How Christians Can Support Donald Trump | Apr 15 21:23 | |
| techrights-news | "Until recently I thought impeaching Trump and convicting him in the Senate was a pipe dream." β https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-impeach-the-bastard-for-real | Source: Robert Reich | Apr 15 21:23 |
| -TechPolBot/#techpol-robertreich.substack.com | How to Impeach the Bastard, for Real - Robert Reich | Apr 15 21:23 | |
| techrights-news | "An AIPAC-specific resolution didnβt make it through the partyβs meeting. But Iβve never seen such an open debate about the role of pro-Israel money before." β https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/dnc-aipac-dark-money-meeting/ | Source: The Nation | Apr 15 21:25 |
| -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | A Major Taboo Was Broken at the DNC Last Weekend | The Nation | Apr 15 21:25 | |
| techrights-news | "manner designed to violate her sexual integrity i.e. lying next to her and pressing his naked, erect penis to her body." https://info.publicintelligence.net/UK-AssangeJudgment.pdf | Apr 15 22:00 |
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| admfubar | https://www.alternet.org/john-eastman-attoreny/ | Apr 15 23:24 |
| -TechPolBot/#techpol-'Denied': Trump lawyer and J6 architect disbarred for good - Alternet.org | Apr 15 23:24 | |
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