●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, January 16, 2026 ●● ● Jan 16 [00:12] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 16 [01:33] TR News (NEW): GNOME 50 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing as a Wayland-Only Release https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/GNOME_50_Alpha_Is_Now_Available_for_Public_Testing_as_a_Wayland.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/GNOME_50_Alpha_Is_Now_Available_for_Public_Testing_as_a_Wayland.gmi [01:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNOME 50 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing as a Wayland-Only Release [01:37] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [01:41] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:45] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jan 16 [02:23] TR News SpellBinding UDEHNQC Wordo: REDON gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-15.gmi [02:24] TR News In which my Gemserver stopped working... again gemini://ieve.me/chalice/1.gmi [02:25] TR News xkcd 16-Part Epoxy #3194 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3194.gmi [02:25] TR News Rationality gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/rationality/ [02:27] TR News "This story should start during the summer of 2025 when it became clear that my living area was getting connected to the fibre network. However, I should start a little earlier." gemini://iam.jeroened.be/gemlog/summer-of-upgrades-part4-network.gmi [02:28] TR News In which ieve runs 5 thousand meters gemini://ieve.me/squall/10.gmi [02:29] TR News "Several things worked in our favor. I usually store devices, cables and other equipment in labeled zipper bags. Those items were protected from the deluge. We were home and awake, and we were able to catch the spill in less than an hour. Some of my family volunteered to come over and bring fans, towels and dehumidifiers. We even own a shop vac" gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202601/20260115-house-flood.gmi [02:30] TR News "However, it seems this had the effect of killing everything once considered nerdy from the inside. Now, those of us who resist the normie-ification and who still hang around outside the fringes have again found ourselves with difficulties in tribefinding." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2769 [02:31] TR News "It's not every day you get to see rain and sparks dancing high above together. Today was one of those, except the sky was paint and the rain was kvass." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2770 [02:32] TR News "During the lunch break, I setup the Lorenz Attractor circuit, one of the example circuits in the THAT manual. I find that the easiest way to setup these example circuits is not to duplicate the patch panel diagram" gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260115-0.gmi [02:33] TR News "In the uproar over the recent Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding, which rolls back almost all of Canada's emissions regulations and clears the way for a new bitumen pipeline, one of the more overlooked aspects was the language around AI data centres." gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/posts/sand-castles.gmi [02:34] TR News "Please update your bookmarks! The old server will be shut down in February 2026." gemini://spell.mywire.org:1966/yesterday.gmi [02:35] TR News "I'm back to reading books. This is the year I will make time to read books. Between 2004 and 2019, I've read consistently 12 books a year, most recommended by friends and internet people I trusted." gemini://thousand.naps.day/days/2026-01-16.gmi [02:36] TR News Jos Agustn gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/resenas/rockdelacarcel.gmi [02:36] TR News De amor y desamorcon el alcohol gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/diariodebicicleta/consumodealcohol.gmi [02:37] TR News "Pre-heating the milk to boiling or near boiling, allowing it to cool, adding the cultures, incubating 24 hours, chilling for 12, and not stirring until after chilling results in the firmest and most consistent outcome." gemini://thatit.be/2026-01-01-09-10-40.gmi [02:39] TR News "Wavelet Lab, best known for its compact uSDR software-defined radio module, is preparing to launch two new open source SDRs built around Lime Microsystems' LMS7002M field-programmable radio-frequency chip: the xSDR and sSDR." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202601/20260115-wavelet.gmi [02:39] TR News January 15: Teaching my four-year-old to read gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2026-01-15-read.txt [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-150126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-150126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-150126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-150126.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, January 15, 2026 [02:40] TR News "The Raspberry PI AI HAT+ 2 is built around the Hailo-10H coprocessor, delivering a claimed 40 tera-operations per second (TOPS) of compute at a reduced INT4 precision." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202601/20260115-aihat2.gmi [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-150126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-150126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-150126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-150126.txt [02:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, January 15, 2026 [02:41] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1537.jpg [02:41] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1887.jpg [02:42] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-150126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-150126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-150126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-150126.txt [02:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, January 15, 2026 [02:42] TR News Pragmatic Retrocomputing Dogfooding gopher://jonsharp.net:70/0/gl2/01-14-2026-Pragmatic-retrocomputing-dogfooding.md [02:43] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-150126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-150126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-150126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-150126.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, January 15, 2026 [02:44] TR News T H R E E - D E E (cont., 2ofx) gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/ [02:45] TR News "So I found some tips about the conversion on the surface webz and decided to test it out." gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260115_3d3 [02:46] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-16.gmi [02:50] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 16/01/2026: House Flood and Pragmatic Retrocomputing Dogfooding https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Gemini_Links_16_01_2026_House_Flood_and_Pragmatic_Retrocomputin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Gemini_Links_16_01_2026_House_Flood_and_Pragmatic_Retrocomputin.gmi [02:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 16/01/2026: House Flood and Pragmatic Retrocomputing Dogfooding [02:51] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-01-15.txt [02:55] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, January 15, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_January_15_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_January_15_2026.gmi [02:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, January 15, 2026 [02:55] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [02:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [02:56] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [02:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... ● Jan 16 [03:20] TR News Techrights Stack(ed) Rankings and Ongoing Layoffs at Red Hat and IBM (Failure to Keep Staff Acquired by IBM) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Stack_ed_Rankings_and_Ongoing_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat_and_IBM_Failur.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Stack_ed_Rankings_and_Ongoing_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat_and_IBM_Failur.gmi [03:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Stack(ed) Rankings and Ongoing Layoffs at Red Hat and IBM (Failure to Keep Staff Acquired by IBM) [03:38] TR News Techrights Free Software Foundation (FSF) Back to Advertising the Talks of Richard Stallman https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Back_to_Advertising_the_Talks_of_R.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Back_to_Advertising_the_Talks_of_R.gmi [03:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Free Software Foundation (FSF) Back to Advertising the Talks of Richard Stallman [03:48] TR News Techrights Microsoft Shuts Down Campus Library, Resorts to Storytelling About "AI" to Spin the Seriousness of It https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Microsoft_Shuts_Down_Campus_Library_Resorts_to_Storytelling_Abo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Microsoft_Shuts_Down_Campus_Library_Resorts_to_Storytelling_Abo.gmi [03:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Shuts Down Campus Library, Resorts to Storytelling About "AI" to Spin the Seriousness of It [03:58] TR News Techrights Pedophilia-Enabling Microsoft Co-founder Cuts Staff https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Pedophilia_Enabling_Microsoft_Co_founder_Cuts_Staff.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Pedophilia_Enabling_Microsoft_Co_founder_Cuts_Staff.gmi [03:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Pedophilia-Enabling Microsoft Co-founder Cuts Staff ● Jan 16 [04:10] TR News Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part I - An Introduction to the Mafia Governing the EPO https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_I_An_Introduction_to_the_Mafia_Governin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_I_An_Introduction_to_the_Mafia_Governin.gmi [04:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part I - An Introduction to the Mafia Governing the EPO [04:43] TR News Techrights Team Campinos Talks About SAP Days Before EPO Industrial Actions and a Day Before the "Alicante Mafia" Series (About Team Campinos Doing Cocaine) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Team_Campinos_Talks_About_SAP_Days_Before_EPO_Industrial_Action.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Team_Campinos_Talks_About_SAP_Days_Before_EPO_Industrial_Action.gmi [04:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Team Campinos Talks About SAP Days Before EPO Industrial Actions and a Day Before the "Alicante Mafia" Series (About Team Campinos Doing Cocaine) [04:49] TR News MSN today: "Xbox Isn't Just Increasing Game Pass' Price, But Also Removing A Perk" [04:49] TR News Older: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/407533/microsoft-exits-movie-business.html [04:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mediapost.com | Microsoft Exits Movie Business 07/21/2025 ● Jan 16 [05:05] TR News Techrights More Signs of Financial Troubles at Microsoft, Europe Puts Microsoft Under Investigation https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/More_Signs_of_Financial_Troubles_at_Microsoft_Europe_Puts_Micro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/More_Signs_of_Financial_Troubles_at_Microsoft_Europe_Puts_Micro.gmi [05:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights More Signs of Financial Troubles at Microsoft, Europe Puts Microsoft Under Investigation [05:21] TR News (NEW): Taking the Slop Train to Nowhere, Linuxiac Reverts Back to Slopfarm Mode https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Taking_the_Slop_Train_to_Nowhere_Linuxiac_Reverts_Back_to_Slopf.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Taking_the_Slop_Train_to_Nowhere_Linuxiac_Reverts_Back_to_Slopf.gmi [05:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Taking the Slop Train to Nowhere, Linuxiac Reverts Back to Slopfarm Mode [05:27] TR News Techrights LLM Slop on the Web is Waning, But Linuxiac Has Become a Slopfarm https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/LLM_Slop_on_the_Web_is_Waning_But_Linuxiac_Has_Become_a_Slopfar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/LLM_Slop_on_the_Web_is_Waning_But_Linuxiac_Has_Become_a_Slopfar.gmi [05:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights LLM Slop on the Web is Waning, But Linuxiac Has Become a Slopfarm [05:33] TR News "Tech Bloggers Switching From Windows to Linux" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/12/1844243 [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Tech Bloggers Switching From Windows to Linux - SoylentNews [05:33] TR News "Windows 11 QEMU/KVM Installation Guide in Linux Including TPM and Secure Boot" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/kvm2026:7 http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/ [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Windows 11 QEMU/KVM Installation Guide in Linux Including TPM and Secure Boot [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | UEFI [05:34] TR News "Finished reading: Moby-Dick by Herman Melville " https://doug.pub/2026/01/14/finished-reading-mobydick-by-herman.html [05:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-doug.pub | Finished reading: Moby-Dick by Herman Melville [05:34] TR News iophk: this disinformation spam is turning up everywhere https://insidetowers.com/microsoft-steps-up-to-handle-data-center-power-and-water-usage-costs/ http://techrights.org/o/2021/09/24/spamnil-zdnet-lf-greenwashing-microsoft/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/09/02/linux-foundation-greenwashing-and-openwashing-for-microsoft/ [05:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insidetowers.com | Microsoft Steps Up to Handle Data Center Power and Water Usage Costs - Inside Towers [05:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | [Meme] 'Linux' Foundation is Greenwashing Microsoft Again, Misusing the Linux Brand Like Nobody's Business [05:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Linux Foundation Works for Microsoft [05:34] TR News "Trump Threatens to Use Insurrection Act Against Demonstrators in Minnesota | Truthout" https://truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-to-use-insurrection-act-against-demonstrators-in-minnesota/ [05:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Trump Threatens to Use Insurrection Act Against Demonstrators in Minnesota | Truthout [05:35] TR News "Donald Trumps Nuclear Delusions" https://www.thenation.com/article/world/donald-trump-nuclear-testing/ [05:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Donald Trumps Nuclear Delusions | The Nation [05:35] TR News "Could Trump make good on threat to use the Insurrection Act again?" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-01-15/trump-threatens-insurrection-act-to-end-protests-in-minneapolis [05:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Could Trump make good on threat to use the Insurrection Act again? - Los Angeles Times [05:35] TR News "Trump Suggests Canceling Midterms, Threatens Insurrection Act" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-suggests-canceling-midterms-1235500336/ [05:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Trump Suggests Canceling Midterms, Threatens Insurrection Act [05:35] TR News Sweden has now banned blasphemy | "Nu har Sverige ftt ett hdelsefrbud" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/01/15/nu-har-sverige-fatt-ett-hadelseforbud/ [05:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Nu har Sverige ftt ett hdelsefrbud [05:39] TR News Valve reveal all the Steam events scheduled for 2026 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-reveal-all-the-steam-events-scheduled-for-2026/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-reveal-all-the-steam-events-scheduled-for-2026/ [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve reveal all the Steam events scheduled for 2026 | GamingOnLinux [05:40] TR News OBS Studio 32.1 Beta is out with a new Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast support and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/obs-studio-32-1-beta-is-out-with-a-new-audio-mixer-webrtc-simulcast-support-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OBS Studio 32.1 Beta is out with a new Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast support and more | GamingOnLinux [05:42] TR News (NEW): OBS Studio 32.1 Promises New Audio Mixer and WebRTC Simulcast Support, Beta Out Now https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/15/OBS_Studio_32_1_Promises_New_Audio_Mixer_and_WebRTC_Simulcast_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/15/OBS_Studio_32_1_Promises_New_Audio_Mixer_and_WebRTC_Simulcast_S.gmi [05:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines OBS Studio 32.1 Promises New Audio Mixer and WebRTC Simulcast Support, Beta Out Now [05:58] TR News Valve's documentation highlights the different ways standalone games run on Steam Frame | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valves-documentation-highlights-the-different-ways-standalone-games-run-on-steam-frame/ Source: GamingOnLinux [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve's documentation highlights the different ways standalone games run on Steam Frame | GamingOnLinux ● Jan 16 [06:10] TR News Less Miserables is an upcoming point-and-click parody of Les Miserables | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/less-miserables-is-an-upcoming-point-and-click-parody-of-les-miserables/ Source: GamingOnLinux [06:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Less Miserables is an upcoming point-and-click parody of Les Misrables | GamingOnLinux [06:10] TR News Multiple years later Terraria 1.4.5 has a release date for January 27th | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/multiple-years-later-terraria-1-4-5-has-a-release-date-for-january-27th/ Source: GamingOnLinux [06:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Multiple years later Terraria 1.4.5 has a release date for January 27th | GamingOnLinux [06:11] TR News Steam Machine verification will have "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck - but text sizing worries me | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/steam-machine-verification-will-have-fewer-constraints-than-steam-deck-but-text-sizing-worries-me/ Source: GamingOnLinux [06:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Machine verification will have "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck - but text sizing worries me | GamingOnLinux [06:13] TR News "Collabora has shared a new project demonstrating how the OpenWrt One can be repurposed from a traditional networking appliance into a compact, general-purpose Linux system." https://linuxgizmos.com/collabora-shows-how-to-run-debian-on-the-openwrt-one-using-nvme-storage/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [06:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/collabora-shows-how-to-run-debian-on-the-openwrt-one-using-nvme-storage/ ) [06:14] TR News "The PRO DP10 A14MG series supports 14th-generation Intel desktop processors, ranging from the Intel Core i7-14700 to Core i5-14400, Core i3-14100, and Pentium Gold G7400 models." https://linuxgizmos.com/msi-pro-dp10-a14mg-features-14th-gen-intel-cpus-in-a-compact-chassis/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [06:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/msi-pro-dp10-a14mg-features-14th-gen-intel-cpus-in-a-compact-chassis/ ) [06:14] TR News "Renesas notes that ForgeFPGA is positioned as an alternative to traditional low-end FPGAs, emphasizing simplified development, low power consumption, and compact packaging." https://linuxgizmos.com/renesas-expands-forgefpga-line-with-new-2k-lut-ultra-low-power-devices/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [06:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/renesas-expands-forgefpga-line-with-new-2k-lut-ultra-low-power-devices/ ) [06:15] TR News "The ThinkNode M3 is built around the Nordic nRF52840 microcontroller, which handles Bluetooth Low Energy communication and overall system control." https://linuxgizmos.com/thinknode-m3-uses-lr1110-and-nrf52840-for-meshtastic-tracking/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/thinknode-m3-uses-lr1110-and-nrf52840-for-meshtastic-tracking/ ) [06:19] TR News AWS or GAFAM is American espionage; a shame that Canonical paints that as anything but; "This enables customers to meet stringent operational autonomy and data residency requirements within the European Union (EU)" https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-aws-european-sovereign-cloud | Source: Ubuntu [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Canonical Ubuntu and Ubuntu Pro now available on AWS European Sovereign Cloud | Ubuntu [06:20] TR News IBB and Ford, two companies that worked for Hitler https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/revolutionizing-learning-how-fords-kubernetes-community-sparks-technological-innovation | Source: Red Hat Official [06:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Revolutionizing learning: How Ford's Kubernetes community sparks technological innovation [06:20] TR News "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 redefines your daily workflow instead of just adding features. Weve taken the capabilities you rely on and made them easier to use so you can stop hunting and start solving." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/new-efficiency-upgrades-red-hat-advanced-cluster-management-kubernetes-215 | Source: Red Hat Official [06:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | New efficiency upgrades in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 [06:20] TR News IBM promotes slop https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/feature-store-front-end-all-your-ai-data-pipelines | Source: Red Hat Official [06:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Feature store: The front-end for all of your AI data pipelines [06:22] TR News "A new order from the Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris requires several popular VPNs to block access to live sports streaming sites." https://torrentfreak.com/french-court-orders-popular-vpns-to-block-more-pirate-sites-despite-opposition/ | Source: Torrent Freak [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-French Court Orders Popular VPNs to Block More Pirate Sites, Despite Opposition * TorrentFreak [06:22] TR News "St. Clair is one of the many people over the past couple weeks who have found themselves undressed without permission by Xs AI chatbot, Grok." https://www.theverge.com/news/863097/ashley-st-clair-elon-musk-grok-undressing-lawsuit | Source: The Verge [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Grok undressed the mother of one of Elon Musks kids and now shes suing | The Verge [06:23] TR News "With that going nowhere, Ellison has clearly turned to right wing propaganda to help portray the Netflix acquisition as somehow woke and dangerous: [...]" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/15/trump-ellison-wage-war-on-woke-netflix-in-effort-to-scuttle-warner-brothers-deal-dominate-u-s-media/ | Source: Techdirt [06:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump, Ellison Wage War On Woke Netflix In Effort To Scuttle Warner Brothers Deal, Dominate U.S. Media | Techdirt ● Jan 16 [07:35] TR News "Its worth noting that music streaming prices arent soaring at the same rate as those of video streamers like Netflix, Disney+, and HBO Max." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3033859/spotify-just-hiked-prices-again-there-are-cheaper-options.html | Source: PC World [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3033859/spotify-just-hiked-prices-again-there-are-cheaper-options.html ) [07:35] TR News "6 years, 5 months and 22 days after Fox aired "Bart's Friend Falls in Love," Bill Clinton signed a new bill into law: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA)." https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/#world-turned-upside-down | Source: CoryDoctorow [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Its not normal (14 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [07:37] TR News (NEW): Make it, Don't Fake It https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/15/Make_it_Don_t_Fake_It.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/15/Make_it_Don_t_Fake_It.gmi [07:38] TR News (NEW): EDATEC CM0 NANO Combines Raspberry Pi CM0 with Full I/O in a Small SBC https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/EDATEC_CM0_NANO_Combines_Raspberry_Pi_CM0_with_Full_I_O_in_a_Sm.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/EDATEC_CM0_NANO_Combines_Raspberry_Pi_CM0_with_Full_I_O_in_a_Sm.gmi [07:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: news.tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/15/Make_it_Don_t_Fake_It.shtml ) [07:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: news.tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/EDATEC_CM0_NANO_Combines_Raspberry_Pi_CM0_with_Full_I_O_in_a_Sm.shtml ) [07:44] TR News Techrights More People Nowadays Say "GNU/Linux" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/More_People_Nowadays_Say_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/More_People_Nowadays_Say_GNU_Linux.gmi [07:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights More People Nowadays Say "GNU/Linux" [07:46] TR News "The decision at issue is Case v. Montana where a unanimous Court agreed that the Fourth Amendment did not actually apply." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/15/justice-gorsuch-reminds-the-fourth-amendment-isnt-dead-yet/ | Source: Techdirt [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Justice Gorsuch Reminds: The Fourth Amendment Isnt Dead Yet | Techdirt [07:47] TR News "A woman in Minnesota is dead and there is video of her killing at the hands of an ICE agent." https://www.vox.com/podcasts/475341/ice-shooting-minneapolis-minnesota-renee-good-prosecuted-charged | Source: Vox [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Can Renee Goods ICE shooter be prosecuted? | Vox [07:48] TR News "And in at least a dozen cases, I uncovered evidence suggesting that the shooting victims were unarmed." https://www.wired.com/story/why-ice-can-kill-with-impunity/ | Source: Wired [07:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why ICE Can Kill With Impunity | WIRED [07:48] TR News "Aren't masks amazing? When it comes to disease, their use is an imminent threat to an officer's health and safety, but when it comes to accountability, their absence is an imminent threat" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/01/schrdingers-mask/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [07:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/01/schrdingers-mask/ ) [07:49] TR News "Generally, DHS has permitted encouraged, seemingly DHS officers to use their own personal phones and to use Signal." https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/15/doj-continues-to-let-dhs-pick-and-choose-screen-shots-pertaining-to-their-assaults/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | DOJ Continues to Let DHS Pick and Choose Screen Shots Pertaining to Their Assaults - emptywheel [07:50] TR News "Thats fine, dude. Im not mad at you" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/minneapolis-ice-protest-doj-renee-good/ | Source: The Nation [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | The Defiance Is Steadily Building, in Increasingly Unlikely Places | The Nation [07:50] TR News "It apparently looks a lot like Google Maps, but designed to show the richness of an area for targets, populated in part by density of immigrants. And then you can dig in: [...]" https://werd.io/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | ELITE: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid [07:50] TR News "Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/report-ice-using-palantir-tool-feeds-medicaid-data | Source: EFF [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Report: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid Data | Electronic Frontier Foundation [07:51] TR News "Ignores Own Rules" https://www.wired.com/story/gofundme-ice-jonathan-ross-renee-good-fundraiser/ | Source: Wired [07:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good | WIRED [07:52] TR News "According to CPJ research, Mexico consistently ranks among the 10 countries with the highest number of journalist murders, with such crimes frequently not leading to convictions." https://cpj.org/2026/01/mexican-reporters-death-continues-pattern-of-impunity-after-6-journalists-killed-last-year/ | Source: CPJ [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Mexican reporters death continues pattern of impunity after 6 journalists killed last year - Committee to Protect Journalists [07:53] TR News "The end result is that pop is not popular anymore. It may never be again. The center was a moment in time, but the edges are now everywhere." https://seths.blog/2026/01/mad-magazine-autostereogram-cutecore/ | Source: Seth Godin [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | Mad magazine autostereogram, cutecore | Seth's Blog [07:53] TR News "Here are some highlights of what the Pilot Institute survey (which you can read in full here) found: [...]" https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/01/14/fcc-ban-on-foreign-drones/ | Source: The Drone Girl [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/01/14/fcc-ban-on-foreign-drones/ ) [07:54] TR News "The planned layoffs mark another major shift for one of the largest and most influential foundations" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/gates-foundation-unveils-9-billion-budget-and-plans-to-cut-staff-10761356#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Pedophilia_Enabling_Microsoft_Co_founder_Cuts_Staff.shtml [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/gates-foundation-unveils-9-billion-budget-and-plans-to-cut-staff-10761356#publisher=newsstand ) [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Pedophilia-Enabling Microsoft Co-founder Cuts Staff [07:54] TR News "none of them are really surprising but reaching that conclusion took a good deal of research." https://blog.dshr.org/2026/01/good-questions.html | Source: David Rosenthal [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.dshr.org | DSHR's Blog: Good Questions [07:55] TR News "By the seventeenth century they were used for grinding grain into flour, processing wool and fabrics, sharpening tools, forging and metalcraft, manufacturing paper, sawing timber, and sundry other purposes." https://eclecticlight.co/2026/01/15/the-dutch-golden-age-mills/ | Source: Howard Oakley [07:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eclecticlight.co | The Dutch Golden Age: Mills The Eclectic Light Company [07:58] TR News "At no point did he mention personal computers, and he certainly didn't express any desire to move all customer data to his cloud." https://birchtree.me/blog/this-post-was-almost-angry-now-its-just-confused/ | Source: Matt Birchler [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-birchtree.me | This post was almost angry, now it's just confused [07:58] TR News "Theres a lot happening right now in U.S. energy and policy and its easy to lose track of the larger picture." https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/utility-scale/talking-about-energy-dominance-solar-would-like-to-have-a-word/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/utility-scale/talking-about-energy-dominance-solar-would-like-to-have-a-word/ ) [07:58] TR News "unprecedented attacks by Russia and extreme cold across the country." https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-energy-crisis-extremely-serious-as-sbu-presents-evidence-of-crime-against-humanity/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kyivindependent.com | Kyiv energy crisis 'extremely serious,' as SBU presents evidence of Russian 'crimes against humanity' ● Jan 16 [08:12] TR News "Bill and Hillary Clinton wrote a lengthy letter to Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee, refusing to testify in Congress." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/13/us/clinton-letter.html | Source: New York Times [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Read the Clintons Personal Letter to Comer - The New York Times [08:12] TR News "Now, plenty of outlets cite anonymous sources. But those sources must be used judiciously. Heres what the Associated Press has to say about the practice: [...]" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/free-press-state-media | Source: The Next Move [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenextmove.org | Free Press, State Media - by Garry Kasparov - The Next Move [08:15] TR News iophk: "it seems the US has turned its military over to palantir whose owners aspire to re-implement the social structures of former rhodesia and south africa" [08:16] TR News (NEW): Kdenlive 25.12.1 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Kdenlive_25_12_1_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Kdenlive_25_12_1_released.gmi [08:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Kdenlive 25.12.1 released [08:23] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [08:24] TR News "Billionaire Mark Zuckerbergs Meta said last week it had removed 331,000 underage accounts from Instagram" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/social-media-sites-block-4-7-million-underage-accounts-in-australia-1297088655 | Source: RTL [08:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | World's first ban: Social media sites block 4.7 million underage accounts in Australia - RTL Today [08:24] TR News "The eSafety Commissioner said platforms had so far removed about 4.7 million accounts held by under-16s to comply with a law that went live on Dec. 10." https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/australia-social-media-youth-accounts-deactivated-9.7047750 | Source: CBC [08:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | 4.7M social media accounts deactivated since Australia's youth ban | CBC News [08:26] TR News "The U.S. Navy is moving swiftly to integrate and deploy unmanned surface vessels" https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/01/15/us-navy-to-deploy-unmanned-systems-with-surface-forces-this-year/ | Source: US Navy Times [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.navytimes.com | US Navy to deploy unmanned systems with surface forces this year [08:27] TR News "self-defense." https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/minneapolis-ice-renee-good/ | Source: The Nation [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Lets Make Renee Good the Last Person That ICE Kills | The Nation [08:27] TR News "What is happening in Minneapolis is a fascist shit show" https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/minneapolis-resistance-trump-ice/ | Source: The Nation [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | A Minneapolis Teacher Wants the Whole Country in the Streets | The Nation [08:28] TR News "How To Mobilize America Against Fascism" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/mobilizing-america | Source: Robert Reich https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/Threats_Against_Techrights_Always_Come_From_Outside_Britain.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/Like_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Donald_Trump_is_Out_of.shtml [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | How To Mobilize America Against Fascism - Robert Reich [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Threats Against Techrights Always Come From Outside Britain [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Like the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Donald Trump is Out of Time and Has Jurisdiction Issues in the UK [08:28] TR News "For a gradual destruction of democracy would have been hard to resist. After all, who wants to rock the boat when theres money to be made, jobs to keep" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-minneapolis-crucible | Source: Paul Krugman [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | The Minneapolis Crucible - Paul Krugman [08:31] TR News (NEW): FSF Scheduled Activities https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/FSF_Scheduled_Activities.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/FSF_Scheduled_Activities.gmi [08:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines FSF Scheduled Activities [08:37] TR News "Email is not safe. It never was and it never will be. This doesn't mean we have to give up." https://aethrvmn.gr/theses/technological/self-sufficiency/email/ | Source: Aethrvmn [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-aethrvmn.gr | email | aethrvmn [08:38] TR News "That sounds draconian, but most common uses are subject to exemptions, as a result of which the Local Network section in Privacy & Security settings remains empty." https://eclecticlight.co/2026/01/14/how-local-network-privacy-could-affect-you/ | Source: Howard Oakley [08:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eclecticlight.co | How local network privacy could affect you The Eclectic Light Company [08:38] TR News "The anti-analysis features also suggest Intellexa, the commercial spyware company that owns Predator, has far more visibility and control over deployments than previously thought." https://www.darkreading.com/mobile-security/predator-spyware-sample-vendor-controlled-c2 | Source: Dark Reading [08:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/mobile-security/predator-spyware-sample-vendor-controlled-c2 ) [08:41] TR News "AI agents can make a difference, Box says. Box Extract, which was announced in September" https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/15/box-unlocks-agentic-data-extraction-help-companies-dig-insights-faster/ | Source: Silicon Angle [08:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Box unlocks agentic data extraction to help companies dig up insights faster - SiliconANGLE [08:41] TR News "implications for privacy." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/technology/personaltech/gmail-gemini-ai-email-inbox.html | Source: New York Times [08:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/technology/personaltech/gmail-gemini-ai-email-inbox.html ) [08:41] TR News "At some point, you may have been faced with the decision yourself: should I continue to use this service if I have to verify my age?" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/so-youve-hit-age-gate-what-now | Source: EFF [08:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | So, Youve Hit an Age Gate. What Now? | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:42] TR News Running Techrights is Fun, Rewarding, and Gratifying https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/15/Running_Techrights_is_Fun_Rewarding_and_Gratifying.shtml [08:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Running Techrights is Fun, Rewarding, and Gratifying [08:43] TR News (NEW): The best Arch Linux distro for beginners just got even easier to set up https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/The_best_Arch_Linux_distro_for_beginners_just_got_even_easier_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/The_best_Arch_Linux_distro_for_beginners_just_got_even_easier_t.gmi [08:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The best Arch Linux distro for beginners just got even easier to set up [08:45] TR News Social Control Media "taking meaningful action to remove underage users, Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/social-media-sites-block-4-7-million-underage-accounts-in-australia/articleshow/126556197.cms | Source: India Times [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Social media sites block 4.7 million underage accounts in Australia - The Economic Times [08:45] TR News "Eventually I realized the simplest things you can do to have a nice Mastodon experience is to pick some reasonably popular instance" https://batsov.com/articles/2026/01/15/tips-on-using-mastodon/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-batsov.com | Tips on Using Mastodon - (think) [08:46] TR News "Today the W3C standards organization announced a new working group to advance the ActivityPub and Activity Streams standards." https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/01/15/new-social-web-working-group-at-w3c/ | [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-socialwebfoundation.org | New Social Web Working Group at W3C | Social Web Foundation [08:47] TR News "But the fixation on tariffs and inflation obscures a different shift revolutionizing pricing: algorithms." https://thewalrus.ca/everything-costs-more-because-the-algorithm-says-so/ | Source: The Walrus [08:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thewalrus.ca | Everything Costs More Because the Algorithm Says So | The Walrus [08:47] TR News "As headlines teem with stories of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers beating protestors" https://futurism.com/future-society/ice-ai-recruitment | Source: Futurism [08:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | ICE's AI Tool Has Been a Complete Disaster [08:47] TR News "If you encounter music or audio that appears to be made entirely or with heavy reliance on generative AI" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/14/bandcamp-takes-a-stand-and-bans-ai-generated-music/ | Source: Digital Music News [08:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/14/bandcamp-takes-a-stand-and-bans-ai-generated-music/ ) [08:48] TR News "Some subjects have been very hard to convince that Eliza (with its present script) is not human" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-the-computer-scientist-behind-the-worlds-first-chatbot-dedicated-his-life-to-publicizing-the-threat-posed-by-ai-180987971/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [08:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-the-computer-scientist-behind-the-worlds-first-chatbot-dedicated-his-life-to-publicizing-the-threat-posed-by-ai-180987971/ ) [08:48] TR News "The study shows that modifications to LLMs in a specific area can lead to unexpected misalignment across unrelated tasks." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/llm_fine_tuning_misalignment/ | Source: The Register UK [08:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Researchers find fine-tuning can misalign LLMs The Register [08:49] TR News "The company said it had stopped Grok from undressing people on the X platform. Groks stand-alone app still does it." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/15/grok-ai-image-generator-sexualized/ | Source: The Washington Post [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/15/grok-ai-image-generator-sexualized/ ) [08:49] TR News "We can still generate photorealistic nudity on Grok.com" https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-grok-undressing-problem-isnt-fixed/ | Source: Wired [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Elon Musks Grok Undressing Problem Isnt Fixed | WIRED [08:49] TR News "In this note Ill show why the rate limit algorithms GCRA, leaky bucket, and token bucket behave the same." https://dotat.at/@/2026-01-15-gcra.html | Source: Tony Finch [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dotat.at | GCRA vs leaky / token buckets Tony Finch [08:50] TR News "You still can't upgrade the RAM on the Pi, but at least this way if you do have a need for an AI coprocessor, you don't have to eat up the Pi's memory to run things on it." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/raspberry-pi-ai-hat-2/ | Source: Jeff Geerling [08:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeffgeerling.com | Raspberry Pi's new AI HAT adds 8GB of RAM for local LLMs - Jeff Geerling [08:50] TR News "the AI HAT+ provides best-in-class acceleration for vision-based neural network model" https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-ai-hat-plus-2-generative-ai-on-raspberry-pi-5/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [08:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-ai-hat-plus-2-generative-ai-on-raspberry-pi-5/ ) [08:51] TR News "AI agents prefer clean, structured content over HTML. Markdown is ideal - its readable, semantic, and free of navigation chrome." https://code.dblock.org/2026/01/15/serving-markdown-for-ai-agents.html | Source: Daniel Doubrovkine [08:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Serving Markdown for AI Agents code.dblock.org | tech blog [08:51] TR News "I dont think you need LLMs to learn programming." https://agentultra.com/blog/how-i-learned-everything-i-know/index.html | Source: J Kenneth King [08:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Agentultra - How I Learned Everything I Know About Programming [08:52] TR News "Now, you might think: hold on, OpenAIs job is to burn money. They claimed $10 billion annualised revenue as of June last year." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/15/bondholders-sue-oracle-over-openai-debt-deals/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/15/bondholders-sue-oracle-over-openai-debt-deals/ ) [08:53] TR News "Wheres OpenAI going to get $60 billion a year to pay Oracle from? Well, Scam Altmans confident hell work something out. Everyone in the world will buy enough ChatGPT to pay the bill! You just watch." [08:53] TR News "Putting Oracle this close to the OpenAI money bonfire is not working out so well for Oracle. They just got sued by bondholders today." [08:54] TR News " Microsoft swears its seeing strong adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot. But it also needs to pay people to not just despise this exciting new technology." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/14/microsoft-now-paying-customers-to-train-in-copilot-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/14/microsoft-now-paying-customers-to-train-in-copilot-ai/ ) [08:54] TR News "Solar farms are expanding rapidly across the UK, but keeping track of where they are, and when they appeared, isn't straightforward." https://toao.com/blog/earth-observation-budget-solar-farms-tiny-model | [08:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-toao.com | Earth Observation on a Budget: Finding Solar Farms with a 42k-Parameter Model - Sadiq Jaffer [08:54] TR News [Old] "In a language model, temperature is used to define how creative text generations are." https://cavendishlabs.org/blog/negative-temperature/ | [08:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cavendishlabs.org | Sampling at negative temperature [08:55] TR News "Reconsider the positions you did not open. Or the writers you let go." https://passo.uno/letter-those-who-fired-tech-writers-ai/ | [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-To those who fired or didn't hire tech writers because of AI - passo.uno [08:56] TR News "Thankfully Apple is finally picking a lane. They're officially outsourcing Siri's AI to a major competitor, which suggests they're behind on AI and aren't interested in catching up themselves" https://gregmorris.co.uk/apple-hands-siri-to-google/ | Source: Greg Morris [08:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gregmorris.co.uk | Apple Hands Siri to Google [08:56] TR News "Previous to Apple offering features like iCloud Keychain and Password Autofill, I relied on 1Password to store a lot of this information, but in recent years Ive transitioned in large part to Passwords" https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/wish-list-ssh-keys-in-passwords/ | Source: Six Colors [08:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sixcolors.com | Wish List: SSH keys in Passwords Six Colors [08:57] TR News "Beyond routine measures like notifying the government of major updates and storing security audit logs" https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/12/apple-opposes-india-plan-access-ios-source-code/ | Source: MacRumors [08:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Apple Opposes India's Plan to Access iOS Source Code - MacRumors [08:57] TR News "India proposes requiring smartphone makers to share source code with the government and make several software changes as part of a raft of security measures" https://www.reuters.com/world/china/india-proposes-forcing-smartphone-makers-give-source-code-security-overhaul-2026-01-11/ | Source: Reuters [08:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/india-proposes-forcing-smartphone-makers-give-source-code-security-overhaul-2026-01-11/ ) [08:57] TR News "India May Want iOSs Source Code" https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/14/india-may-want-ioss-source-code/ | Source: Michael Tsai [08:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mjtsai.com | Michael Tsai - Blog - India May Want iOSs Source Code [08:58] TR News "There are tons of cool blog posts out there about mbsync, mu, and mu4e configurationthis ones mine." https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/01/customizing-the-emacs-email-experience-with-mu4e/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [08:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/01/customizing-the-emacs-email-experience-with-mu4e/ ) [08:58] TR News "Mandiant is publicly releasing a comprehensive dataset of Net-NTLMv1 rainbow tables to underscore the urgency of migrating away from this outdated protocol." https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/net-ntlmv1-deprecation-rainbow-tables/ | Source: Google [08:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cloud.google.com | Releasing Rainbow Tables to Accelerate Protocol Deprecation | Google Cloud Blog [08:59] TR News Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/even-more-amd-ray-tracing-performance-improvements-heading-to-mesa-on-linux/ Source: GamingOnLinux [08:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux | GamingOnLinux [08:59] TR News D7VK version 1.2 brings more Direct3D 6 improvements and a little Direct3D 5 too | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/d7vk-version-1-2-brings-more-direct3d-6-improvements-and-a-little-direct3d-5-too/ Source: GamingOnLinux [08:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-D7VK version 1.2 brings more Direct3D 6 improvements and a little Direct3D 5 too | GamingOnLinux ● Jan 16 [09:06] TR News (NEW): Using a modern fork of this 90s Linux desktop was a nostalgic nightmare https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/e_Using_a_modern_fork_of_this_90s_Linux_desktop_was_a_nostalgic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/e_Using_a_modern_fork_of_this_90s_Linux_desktop_was_a_nostalgic.gmi [09:06] TR News (NEW): Games: Valve, Less Miserables, Terraria, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Games_Valve_Less_Miserables_Terraria_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Games_Valve_Less_Miserables_Terraria_and_More.gmi [09:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Using a modern fork of this 90s Linux desktop was a nostalgic nightmare [09:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Valve, Less Miserables, Terraria, and More [09:09] TR News (NEW): I boosted my old laptops battery life by switching to this power-efficient Linux distro https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/I_boosted_my_old_laptop_s_battery_life_by_switching_to_this_pow.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/I_boosted_my_old_laptop_s_battery_life_by_switching_to_this_pow.gmi [09:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I boosted my old laptops battery life by switching to this power-efficient Linux distro [09:10] TR News "The decision affects regulations on fine particulate matter (PM.) and ground-level ozone" https://english.elpais.com/health/2026-01-15/the-epa-will-no-longer-calculate-the-lives-saved-thanks-to-air-pollution-restrictions.html | Source: El Pas [09:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | The EPA will no longer calculate the lives saved thanks to air pollution restrictions | Health | EL PAS English [09:10] TR News "Happiness is self-explanatory and fleeting. Even in the worst of times, there are moments of happiness a delicious meal with friends, a beautiful sunrise" https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/15/how-the-light-gets-in/#theories-of-change | Source: CoryDoctorow [09:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: How the Light Gets In (15 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [09:18] TR News "At the start of the new year, I decided to install openSUSE and its been great." https://claytonerrington.com/blog/resetting-tpm-for-an-encrypted-boot-drive/ | Source: Clayton Errington [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-claytonerrington.com | Resetting TPM for an Encrypted Boot Drive [09:18] TR News "With my topology now clear I moved on to testing, slowing spanning outwards from the mac mini that was my listening end of iperf." https://canion.blog/2026/01/14/home-ethernet.html | Source: Canion dot Blog [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-canion.blog | Home Ethernet | Canion dot Blog [09:23] TR News "In large companies, speaking up about what you see as a bad project is a good thing." https://lalitm.com/post/why-senior-engineers-let-bad-projects-fail/ | [09:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lalitm.com | Why Senior Engineers Let Bad Projects Fail - Lalit Maganti [09:24] TR News "Thats what some jobs are like after a while. Why youve stayed there might be due to lack of options, loyalty, or comfort (the evil you know, and so on!)." https://blog.avas.space/bore-out/ | Source: Ava [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.avas.space | beware of the bore-out | ava's blog [09:24] TR News "In past posts, weve shared the mantra Youre not writing enough (Bryan Cantrill quoting Pat Helland quoting Jim Gray). Simon, who blogged every day for an entire year, sets a high bar for whats possible here." https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/simon-willison-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-writethatblog.substack.com | Simon Willison on Technical Blogging - by Cynthia Dunlop [09:28] TR News "With every page I turned, there was something new to make me think. Indeed, if the book Walden was itself a pond, it would both reflect the world back and, in so doing, make me see the world in a new light." https://jamesg.blog/2026/01/15/walden | Source: James G [09:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | Walden | James' Coffee Blog [09:28] TR News "This is the conversation me and Zach have been having between August 2025 and now on the topic of literature and books, by iterating with posing questions and answering them by email." https://sarajaksa.eu/2026/conversation-about-literature-with-zachary-kai-and-sara-jaksa/ | Source: Sara Jaka [09:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sarajaksa.eu | Conversation about Literature with Zachary Kai and Sara Jaka | Blog of Sara Jaka [09:28] TR News "I teach middle schoolers now, who are starting to hit some of the big questions around life and meaning - or at least starting to understand that adults don't get it and are probably wrong a lot of the time" https://smallcypress.bearblog.dev/the-meaning-of-life-indieweb-carnival-january-2026/ | Source: Small Cypress [09:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-smallcypress.bearblog.dev | the meaning of life: indieweb carnival january 2026 | small cypress [09:29] TR News "Everything that has to do with being self-sufficient in the modern world implies [Internet] access" https://aethrvmn.gr/theses/technological/self-sufficiency/domain/ | Source: Aethrvmn [09:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-aethrvmn.gr | domain | aethrvmn [09:29] TR News "With greater frequency, this is how system compromises happen. Attackers have adapted as infrastructure became more observable. Maintaining visible, normal behavior has become the dominant strategy." https://thenewstack.io/the-new-threats-attackers-dont-just-break-in-they-blend-in/ | Source: The New Stack [09:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | The New Threats: Attackers Don't Just Break In, They Blend In - The New Stack [09:32] TR News "Im starting to worry that my attempt to systemise my life is slowly becoming my life. I want to write about living, not about the meta aspects of how I organise my life." https://www.amitgawande.com/blog/2026/writing-about-the-same-thing/ | Source: Amit Gawande [09:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.amitgawande.com | I keep writing about the same thing [09:33] TR News "But not all of these methods inherently create a conversation or dialogue." https://brandonrozek.com/blog/blogging-as-dialogue-invitation/ | Source: Brandon Rozek [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-brandonrozek.com | Blogging as an Invitation for Dialogue | Brandon Rozek [09:33] TR News "Here are three ways to get unstuck, depending on the kind of stuckness youre experiencing: [...]" https://nesslabs.com/somatic-regulation | Source: Ness Labs [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesslabs.com | How to Get Unstuck: Simple Somatic Regulation Practices - Ness Labs [09:35] TR News "As mentioned in my Fediverse post, Netplan tells you nothing. One direct consequence of this is that in any context where you're writing down your own network interface names" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/NetworkInterfaceNameLenthLimit | Source: University of Toronto [09:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [09:36] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: ThinkNode M3, ForgeFPGA, Raspberry Pi Latches Onto the Slop Cargo Cult https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Open_Hardware_Modding_ThinkNode_M3_ForgeFPGA_Raspberry_Pi_Latch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Open_Hardware_Modding_ThinkNode_M3_ForgeFPGA_Raspberry_Pi_Latch.gmi [09:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: ThinkNode M3, ForgeFPGA, Raspberry Pi Latches Onto the Slop Cargo Cult [09:38] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [09:38] TR News A deep dive into OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 performance https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/15/deep-dive-openshift-container-platform-420-performance [09:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/15/deep-dive-openshift-container-platform-420-performance ) [09:39] TR News Introducing the Dynamic Plug-ins Factory for Developer Hub https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/15/introducing-dynamic-plug-ins-factory-developer-hub [09:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/15/introducing-dynamic-plug-ins-factory-developer-hub ) [09:39] TR News Red Hat (IBM) is Driving Away Remaining Fedora Users https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/15/Red_Hat_IBM_is_Driving_Away_Remaining_Fedora_Users.shtml [09:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Red Hat (IBM) is Driving Away Remaining Fedora Users [09:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [09:42] TR News Red Hat boosts slop garbage in a site about slop garbage https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/ai-in-2026-experimental-ai-concludes-autonomous-systems-rise/ then links to it: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-january-16-2026 [09:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/ai-in-2026-experimental-ai-concludes-autonomous-systems-rise/ ) [09:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Friday Five January 16, 2026 [09:43] TR News Clown https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/kruk-achieves-it-consistency-across-europe-and-66-faster-processing-red-hat-technologies [09:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | KRUK Achieves IT Consistency Across Europe and 66% Faster Processing with Red Hat Technologies [09:44] TR News IBM Red Hat riding the slop bubble https://futurumgroup.com/insights/can-red-hat-and-nvidia-remove-the-friction-slowing-ai-deployments/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/28/Circular_Financing_in_NVidia_NVidia_Pays_Its_Clients_to_Buy_Fro.shtml [09:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurumgroup.com | Red Hat and NVIDIA AI Platform Strategy for AI Deployment - Futurum [09:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Circular Financing in NVidia (NVidia Pays Its Clients to Buy From NVidia) and "Lessons From the Dotcom Crash" [09:45] TR News More boosting of slop by Red Hat, hype instead of substance https://www.redhat.com/en/compiler-podcast/ai-product-security [09:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | AI Is Changing The Threat Landscape | Compiler [09:45] TR News Red Hat CEO dressing up in ALL BLUE says a lot, doesn't it? https://www.redhat.com/en/summit [09:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Red Hat Summit 2026 Homepage [09:55] TR News (NEW): Red Hat's Latest and Hype Frenzy Around Slop (So-called 'Hey Hi') https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Red_Hat_s_Latest_and_Hype_Frenzy_Around_Slop_So_called_Hey_Hi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Red_Hat_s_Latest_and_Hype_Frenzy_Around_Slop_So_called_Hey_Hi.gmi [09:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Red Hat's Latest and Hype Frenzy Around Slop (So-called 'Hey Hi') [09:59] TR News Techrights Links 16/01/2026: Social Control Media Curbs in Australia Underway, MElon Still Profiting by Sexualising Kids 'as a Service' https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Links_16_01_2026_Social_Control_Media_Curbs_in_Australia_Underw.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Links_16_01_2026_Social_Control_Media_Curbs_in_Australia_Underw.gmi [09:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 16/01/2026: Social Control Media Curbs in Australia Underway, MElon Still Profiting by Sexualising Kids 'as a Service' [09:59] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jan 16 [10:04] TR News "I am an HTML extremist. Theres this argument I often hear: But HTML is cumbersome to write! Wrong, as many other myths about HTML." https://aartaka.me/pidgin.html | Source: Artyom Bologov [10:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-aartaka.me | Pidgin Markup For Writing, or How Much Can HTML Sustain? [10:04] TR News "In the USA, all you have to do is..." https://blog.zgp.org/how-to-bounce-postal-mail/ | Source: Don Marti [10:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.zgp.org | how to bounce postal mail [10:05] TR News "When querying Spamhaus DNS blocklists, either their public mirrors or through a DQS account, the DNS blocklists can potentially return error codes in 127.255.255.0/24 (also)." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/EximSafeSpamhausQueries | Source: University of Toronto [10:15] TR News "However, theyre not a panacea, and an audit status should not be viewed as a simple binary YES / NO matter." https://soatok.blog/2026/01/15/software-assurance-that-warm-and-fuzzy-feeling/ | Source: Dhole Moments [10:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soatok.blog | Software Assurance & That Warm and Fuzzy Feeling - Dhole Moments [10:15] TR News "People who built, maintain, or research package managers. Tool creators, registry operators, resolver authors, and the academics studying how it all works." https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/14/package-manager-people.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [10:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesbitt.io | Package Manager People | Andrew Nesbitt [10:16] TR News "When Wikipedia launched 25 years ago today, I heard about it almost immediately, because the Internet was small back then, and I thought Well good luck to those guys." https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipedia-at-25/ | Source: Anil Dash [10:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.anildash.com | Wikipedia at 25: What the web can be - Anil Dash [10:17] TR News [Old] "The source code was maintained and developed in a CVS repository on Sourceforge.net. Gabriel Wicke, a developer and later Principal Software Engineer at the WMF" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2021-01-31/Technology_report | [10:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2021-01-31/Technology report - Wikipedia [10:29] TR News Techrights Recent Layoffs at Red Hat (2026 the Year of Ultimate Bluewashing) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Recent_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat_2026_the_Year_of_Ultimate_Bluewashing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Recent_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat_2026_the_Year_of_Ultimate_Bluewashing.gmi [10:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Recent Layoffs at Red Hat (2026 the Year of Ultimate Bluewashing) [10:40] TR News "Keynote with Cindy Cohn" https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/speaker/cindy-cohn | Source: SoCal Linux Expo [10:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.socallinuxexpo.org | Cindy Cohn | SCALE [10:41] TR News "For those who might need a reminder of how the hacking workshop works" https://rhaas.blogspot.com/2026/01/hacking-workshop-for-february-2026.html | Source: Robert Haas [10:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rhaas.blogspot.com | Robert Haas: Hacking Workshop for February 2026 [10:51] TR News (NEW): Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 Improves Handling for Files Larger Than 4GB https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Raspberry_Pi_Imager_2_0_4_Improves_Handling_for_Files_Larger_Th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Raspberry_Pi_Imager_2_0_4_Improves_Handling_for_Files_Larger_Th.gmi [10:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 Improves Handling for Files Larger Than 4GB [10:52] TR News Techrights Sites That Expose Corruption Under Attack, Journalism Not Tolerated Anymore (the Super-Rich Abuse Their Wealth and Political Power) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Sites_That_Expose_Corruption_Under_Attack_Journalism_Not_Tolera.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Sites_That_Expose_Corruption_Under_Attack_Journalism_Not_Tolera.gmi [10:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Sites That Expose Corruption Under Attack, Journalism Not Tolerated Anymore (the Super-Rich Abuse Their Wealth and Political Power) ● Jan 16 [11:09] TR News Techrights Sanitised Plagiarism as "AI" (How Oligarchy Plots to Use Slop to Hide or Distract From Its Abuses, or Cause People Not to Trust Anything They See/Read Online) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Sanitised_Plagiarism_as_AI_How_Oligarchy_Plots_to_Use_Slop_to_H.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Sanitised_Plagiarism_as_AI_How_Oligarchy_Plots_to_Use_Slop_to_H.gmi [11:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Sanitised Plagiarism as "AI" (How Oligarchy Plots to Use Slop to Hide or Distract From Its Abuses, or Cause People Not to Trust Anything They See/Read Online) [11:29] TR News Techrights Countries Take Action Against Social Control Media and 'Smart' 'Phones', Not Slop (Plagiarised Information Synthesis Systems or P.I.S.S.) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Countries_Take_Action_Against_Social_Control_Media_and_Smart_Ph.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Countries_Take_Action_Against_Social_Control_Media_and_Smart_Ph.gmi [11:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Countries Take Action Against Social Control Media and 'Smart' 'Phones', Not Slop (Plagiarised Information Synthesis Systems or P.I.S.S.) [11:44] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [11:46] TR News Techrights Slopfarms Push Fake News About Microsoft Shutdown, 30,000+ Microsoft Layoffs Last Year Spun as Only "15,000" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Slopfarms_Push_Fake_News_About_Microsoft_Shutdown_30_000_Micros.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Slopfarms_Push_Fake_News_About_Microsoft_Shutdown_30_000_Micros.gmi [11:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slopfarms Push Fake News About Microsoft Shutdown, 30,000+ Microsoft Layoffs Last Year Spun as Only "15,000" [11:57] TR News (NEW): PipeWire 1.4.10 Backports Filter-Graph Channel Support and Fixes More Bugs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/PipeWire_1_4_10_Backports_Filter_Graph_Channel_Support_and_Fixe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/PipeWire_1_4_10_Backports_Filter_Graph_Channel_Support_and_Fixe.gmi [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines PipeWire 1.4.10 Backports Filter-Graph Channel Support and Fixes More Bugs ● Jan 16 [12:01] TR News Techrights The Bluewashing is Making Red Hat Extinct (They All Become "IBM", Little by Little) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/The_Bluewashing_is_Making_Red_Hat_Extinct_They_All_Become_IBM_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/The_Bluewashing_is_Making_Red_Hat_Extinct_They_All_Become_IBM_L.gmi [12:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Bluewashing is Making Red Hat Extinct (They All Become "IBM", Little by Little) [12:11] TR News Techrights IBM Was Never the Good Guy https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/IBM_Was_Never_the_Good_Guy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/IBM_Was_Never_the_Good_Guy.gmi [12:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Was Never the Good Guy [12:19] TR News Techrights IBM's 'Scientific-Sounding' Tech-Porn Won't Help IBM Survive (or Be Bailed Out) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/IBM_s_Scientific_Sounding_Tech_Porn_Won_t_Help_IBM_Survive_or_B.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/IBM_s_Scientific_Sounding_Tech_Porn_Won_t_Help_IBM_Survive_or_B.gmi [12:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM's 'Scientific-Sounding' Tech-Porn Won't Help IBM Survive (or Be Bailed Out) [12:21] TR News "I really think these companies ought to check with the big man in Washington D.C. before making such moves. Surely, the stock prices will plummet once he finds out and starts taking CEOs out behind the woodshed." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1keyemb8z [12:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1keyemb8z ) [12:44] TR News Techrights Naming Culprits in Switzerland https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Naming_Culprits_in_Switzerland.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Naming_Culprits_in_Switzerland.gmi [12:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Naming Culprits in Switzerland [12:56] TR News Anon: I designed, printed, and delivered to an acquaintance some End of 10 posters and handouts. He was quite pleased and has an immediate use for them. :) [12:57] TR News "Booklore is a self-hosted web app that is designed to help you organize, manage, and read your eBook library." https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-booklore/ | Source: Pi My Life Up [12:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pimylifeup.com | Setting up Booklore on the Raspberry Pi - Pi My Life Up [12:58] TR News "His specialty? Code optimization. But Banks contributions to the open-source community go far beyond making software run faster." https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/01/15/meet-larry-bank-the-performance-whisperer-making-code-faster-and-open-source-better/ | Source: Arduino [12:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | Meet Larry Bank: the performance whisperer making code faster and open source better | Arduino Blog [12:58] TR News "XScreenSaver 6.14 is out now, including iOS (soon) and Android." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/01/xscreensaver-6-14/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [12:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/01/xscreensaver-6-14/ ) ● Jan 16 [13:08] TR News (NEW): statCounter Reckons 1 in 5 Desktops or Laptops in Finland Runs GNU and Linux (Not Counting Android) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/statCounter_Reckons_1_in_5_Desktops_or_Laptops_in_Finland_Runs_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/statCounter_Reckons_1_in_5_Desktops_or_Laptops_in_Finland_Runs_.gmi [13:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines statCounter Reckons 1 in 5 Desktops or Laptops in Finland Runs GNU and Linux (Not Counting Android) [13:12] TR News (NEW): Fedora Games Lab Spin to Switch from Xfce to KDE Plasma with Fedora Linux 44 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Fedora_Games_Lab_Spin_to_Switch_from_Xfce_to_KDE_Plasma_with_Fe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Fedora_Games_Lab_Spin_to_Switch_from_Xfce_to_KDE_Plasma_with_Fe.gmi [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fedora Games Lab Spin to Switch from Xfce to KDE Plasma with Fedora Linux 44 [13:15] TR News (NEW): Latest Article in Linuxiac Deemed 100% LLM Slop (or Most Certainly Slop) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Latest_Article_in_Linuxiac_Deemed_100_LLM_Slop_or_Most_Certainl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Latest_Article_in_Linuxiac_Deemed_100_LLM_Slop_or_Most_Certainl.gmi [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Latest Article in Linuxiac Deemed 100% LLM Slop (or Most Certainly Slop) [13:19] TR News "At the end of the day, it's easy to see why so many Windows users are checking out Linux distros like Zorin. When the choice is between spending a bunch of money to replace perfectly functional hardware, or simply moving to a new OS, many will opt for the latter." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/14/2313236 [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Over Half a Million Windows Users are Switching to Linux - SoylentNews [13:19] TR News "Over Half a Million Windows Users are Switching to Linux" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/14/2313236 "Now that Linux has finally caught up to the big boys in terms of drivers, games, and apps, there is little reason not to make the switch." [13:22] TR News "Metas Layoffs Leave Supernatural Fitness Users in Mourning" Zuckerberg called those "dumb f--ks... they trust me" [13:34] TR News Techrights The B in IBM is Brown-nosing and Buzzwords (or Both) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/The_B_in_IBM_is_Brown_nosing_and_Buzzwords_or_Both.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/The_B_in_IBM_is_Brown_nosing_and_Buzzwords_or_Both.gmi [13:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The B in IBM is Brown-nosing and Buzzwords (or Both) [13:37] TR News "This software is capable of doing this thanks to a very specifically designed Ai model called BirdNET" https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-birdnet/ | Source: Pi My Life Up [13:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pimylifeup.com | Classify Birds in Real Time on your Raspberry Pi with BirdNET-Pi - Pi My Life Up [13:37] TR News "You can now save your language, keyboard layout, and formats from the Welcome Screen to the USB stick. These settings will be applied automatically when restarting Tails." https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_4/ | Source: Tor [13:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.torproject.org | New Release: Tails 7.4 | The Tor Project [13:37] TR News "Bryan Poerwo has announced the release of EndeavourOS 2026.01.12, a minor "Neo" update of the project's Arch-based" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12703 | Source: Distro Watch [13:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12703 ) [13:38] TR News "With these two commits, Mike Larkin (mlarkin@) set the stage for, and next up, bumped the maximum number of processors supported on OpenBSD/amd64 from 64 to 255." https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260115135856 | Source: Undeadly [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-undeadly.org | MAXCPUS on OpenBSD/amd64-current is now 255 ● Jan 16 [14:15] TR News "Most systems support stereo audio via their default speaker output or 3.5mm analog connector. These devices are exposed as stereo devices to applications, and applications typically render stereo content to these devices." https://arunraghavan.net/2026/01/accessibility-update-enabling-mono-audio/ | Source: Arun Raghavan [14:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arunraghavan.net | Accessibility Update: Enabling Mono Audio Arun Raghavan [14:15] TR News "Some of my dumb experiments result in interesting findings and unexpected successes." https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2026/01/14/raid0/ | Source: Herman unapuu [14:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ounapuu.ee | Running cheap and crappy USB hard drives in RAID0 is indeed a very terrible idea :: ./techtipsy [14:15] TR News "Garage is an open source S3 compatible object store. What follows is a description of how I set up my simple single-node garage instance for my homelab." https://jan.wildeboer.net/2026/01/1-Local-S3-With-Garage/ | Source: Jan Wildeboer [14:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jan.wildeboer.net | S3 Storage At Home With Garage Part 1: Basic Install - Jan Wildeboers Blog [14:15] TR News "This will be at least a three part series. Maybe more. We will see." https://jan.wildeboer.net/2026/01/2-S3-Garage-Behind-Nginx/ | Source: Jan Wildeboer [14:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jan.wildeboer.net | S3 Storage At Home With Garage Part 2: Reverse Proxy - Jan Wildeboers Blog [14:16] TR News "TCP and UDP are more or less officially specified in various RFCs and are implicitly specified by what happens on the wire." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/TCPAndUDPPartiallyImplicit | Source: University of Toronto [14:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [14:45] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Jan 16 [15:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [15:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [15:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [15:30] TR News "Following a recent series of commits by Helg Bredow (helg@) and Stefan Fritsch (sf@), OpenBSD/arm64 now works as a guest operating system under the Apple Hypervisor." https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260115203619 | Source: Undeadly [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-undeadly.org | OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor [15:34] TR News Almost like the goal is to discourage education and lower it by lessening rewards for those who can do it right and well https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/report-michigan-churns-through-teachers-at-unsustainable-rate/ [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bridgemi.com | Report: Michigan churns through teachers at unsustainable rate - Bridge Michigan [15:40] TR News Anon: They refuse to pay teachers proper salaries, among other intentional problems. The only long-term strategy which the US has sustained has been the concerted effort to divest from both basic and higher education. That has gone on since the start of the Reagan administration. The harvest is being reaped now: three generations of general illiteracy compounding the effects of social control media. [15:41] TR News America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/education-decline-low-expectations/684526/ [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy - The Atlantic [15:42] TR News U.S. Cuts Health Aid and Ties It to Funding Pledges by African Governments https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/health/health-agreements-us-africa.html [15:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/health/health-agreements-us-africa.html ) [15:42] TR News A Healthy Brain https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/brain-health-challenge-trump-iran.html [15:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/brain-health-challenge-trump-iran.html ) [15:43] TR News Nick Reiner Was in a Mental Health Conservatorship in 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/nick-reiner-conservatorship-schizophrenia.html [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/nick-reiner-conservatorship-schizophrenia.html ) [15:44] TR News Anon: Not sliding, rolling -- for three generations ... so far with no turn around in sight. The D and R halves of the uniparty have been united in their efforts to divest from basic and higher education over the decades. [15:45] TR News Tips for healthy bowel movements from a gastroenterologist https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/tips-for-healthy-bowel-movements-by-a-gastroenterologist-avLcR4c0CIJY [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.which.co.uk | Tips for healthy bowel movements: by a gastroenterologist - Which? [15:45] TR News RFK Jr Startled by Convicted Felons Ability to Remain Alive Despite Dumpster-Tier Diet https://futurism.com/future-society/rfk-trump-diet-health [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | RFK Jr Startled by Trump's Ability to Remain Alive Despite Dumpster-Tier Diet [15:45] TR News Veterinary medicines to get digitalised system in Latvia https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/15.01.2026-veterinary-medicines-to-get-digitalised-system-in-latvia.a630057/ [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Veterinary medicines to get digitalised system in Latvia / Article [15:46] TR News South Korea family accused of staging dozens of crashes with children in car https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-family-accused-of-staging-dozens-of-crashes-with-children-in-car [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea family accused of staging dozens of crashes with children in car | The Straits Times [15:46] TR News South Korea opens state scholarships exclusively for refugees https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-opens-state-scholarships-exclusively-for-refugees [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea opens state scholarships exclusively for refugees | The Straits Times [15:46] TR News Dubai chewy cookie frenzy sends pistachio prices in South Korea soaring https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/dubai-chewy-cookie-frenzy-sends-pistachio-prices-in-south-korea-soaring-threefold [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Dubai chewy cookie frenzy sends pistachio prices in South Korea soaring | The Straits Times [15:47] TR News South Koreas ex-president Yoon faces first court ruling over martial law https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-ex-president-yoon-faces-first-court-ruling-over-martial-law [15:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Koreas ex-president Yoon faces first court ruling over martial law | The Straits Times [15:48] TR News Can Others Explain My Work Without Me? https://www.olafalders.com/2026/01/15/can-others-explain-my-work-without-me/ [15:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Can Others Explain My Work Without Me? olafalders.com [15:50] TR News Saving time, risking lives: Government uses Hey Hi (AI) tools to inform asylum decisions https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/saving-time-risking-lives-government-uses-ai-tools-to-inform-asylum-decisions/ [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | Saving time, risking lives: Government uses AI tools to inform asylum decisions | Open Rights Group [15:50] TR News Automating the hostile environment: Hey Hi (AI) in the asylum decision making process https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/automating-the-hostile-environment-ai-in-the-asylum-decision-making-process/ [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | Automating the hostile environment: AI in the asylum decision making process | Open Rights Group [15:51] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [15:51] TR News Techno-Permacrisis https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/techno-permacrisis/ [15:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | Techno-Permacrisis | Open Rights Group [15:52] TR News Raspberry Pi Hey Hi (AI) HAT+ 2 Lets You Run LLMs Locally https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/raspberry-pi-ai-hat-2-runs-llms [15:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 Lets You Run LLMs Locally - OMG! Ubuntu ● Jan 16 [16:04] TR News Techrights Writing About Corruption https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Writing_About_Corruption.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Writing_About_Corruption.gmi [16:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Writing About Corruption [16:09] TR News (NEW): I dont pay for storage upgradesthis is what I do when Linux is running out of space https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/15/I_don_t_pay_for_storage_upgrades_this_is_what_I_do_when_Linux_i.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/15/I_don_t_pay_for_storage_upgrades_this_is_what_I_do_when_Linux_i.gmi [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I dont pay for storage upgradesthis is what I do when Linux is running out of space [16:09] TR News canonical and ubuntu take GAFAM (US) money to say GAFAM (US) means Europe is in control. Mark Shuttleworth (MS) is a dishonest businessman. https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-aws-european-sovereign-cloud https://canonical.com//blog/ubuntu-aws-european-sovereign-cloud [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Canonical Ubuntu and Ubuntu Pro now available on AWS European Sovereign Cloud | Ubuntu [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Canonical Ubuntu and Ubuntu Pro now available on AWS European Sovereign Cloud [16:16] TR News FSF Events: Meet up with FSF staff and Librephone developer at FOSDEM 2026 http://www.fsf.org/events/fosdem-2026 [16:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Meet up with FSF staff and Librephone developer at FOSDEM 2026 Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [16:17] TR News FSF Events: Free/libre software and our freedom: Our shield against many digital injustices. http://www.fsf.org/events/fsf-talk-2026-01-23 [16:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Free/libre software and our freedom: Our shield against many digital injustices. Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [16:18] TR News isVerified Emerges From Stealth With Voice Deepfake Detection Apps https://www.securityweek.com/isverified-emerges-from-stealth-with-voice-deepfake-detection-apps/ [16:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/isverified-emerges-from-stealth-with-voice-deepfake-detection-apps/ ) [16:18] TR News A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 9 (Project Zero) https://lwn.net/Articles/1054547/ [16:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 9 (Project Zero) [LWN.net] [16:18] TR News Mozilla GFX: Experimental High Dynamic Range video playback on backdoored Windows in Firefox Nightly 148 https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/experimental-high-dynamic-range-video-playback-on-windows-in-firefox-nightly-148/ [16:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mozillagfx.wordpress.com | Experimental High Dynamic Range video playback on Windows in Firefox Nightly 148 Mozilla Gfx Team Blog [16:20] TR News Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin Reached End of Life, Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10 https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-25-10 [16:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" Reached End of Life, Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10 - 9to5Linux [16:20] TR News Tails 7.4 Anonymous GNU/Linux OS Released with Persistent Language and Formats https://9to5linux.com/tails-7-4-anonymous-linux-os-released-with-persistent-language-and-formats [16:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tails 7.4 Anonymous Linux OS Released with Persistent Language and Formats - 9to5Linux [16:20] TR News You Can Now Run Debian GNU/Linux on the OpenWrt One Open-Source Router https://9to5linux.com/you-can-now-run-debian-gnu-linux-on-the-openwrt-one-open-source-router [16:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-You Can Now Run Debian GNU/Linux on the OpenWrt One Open-Source Router - 9to5Linux [16:21] TR News EndeavourOS Ganymede Neo Is Out with GNU/Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and KDE Plasma 6.5.4 https://9to5linux.com/endeavouros-ganymede-neo-rolls-out-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-and-kde-plasma-6-5-4 [16:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EndeavourOS Ganymede Neo Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and KDE Plasma 6.5.4 - 9to5Linux [16:22] TR News GNOME 49.3 Desktop Released with More Improvements and Bug Fixes https://9to5linux.com/gnome-49-3-desktop-released-with-more-improvements-and-bug-fixes [16:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GNOME 49.3 Desktop Released with More Improvements and Bug Fixes - 9to5Linux [16:22] TR News GNOME 50 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing as a Wayland-Only Release https://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-alpha-is-now-available-for-public-testing-as-a-wayland-only-release [16:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GNOME 50 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing as a Wayland-Only Release - 9to5Linux [16:23] TR News Ignacio Casal Quinteiro: Mecalin https://blogs.gnome.org/nacho/2026/01/15/mecalin/ [16:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.gnome.org | Mecalin | Nacho's Blog [16:24] TR News Opera GX Gaming Browser is Coming to GNU/Linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/opera-gx-linux-version-being-worked-on [16:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | It's Official: Opera GX Gaming Browser is Coming to Linux [16:26] TR News Death of Renee Good: How Hey Hi (AI) was used to falsely identify the ICE agent who shot her https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260115-death-of-renee-good-how-ai-falsely-identified-the-ice-agent-who-shot-her [16:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260115-death-of-renee-good-how-ai-falsely-identified-the-ice-agent-who-shot-her ) [16:27] TR News Software Assurance & That Warm and Fuzzy Feeling https://soatok.blog/2026/01/15/software-assurance-that-warm-and-fuzzy-feeling/ [16:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soatok.blog | Software Assurance & That Warm and Fuzzy Feeling - Dhole Moments [16:27] TR News Amnesty calls for global diplomatic action amid unprecedented mass killings to crush dissent https://www.france24.com/en/amnesty-calls-for-global-diplomatic-action-amid-unprecedented-mass-killings-to-crush-dissent [16:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/amnesty-calls-for-global-diplomatic-action-amid-unprecedented-mass-killings-to-crush-dissent ) [16:27] TR News Rights group urges Uganda to lift internet restrictions amid ongoing elections https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/rights-group-urges-uganda-to-lift-internet-restrictions-amid-ongoing-elections/ [16:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | HRW urges Uganda to lift internet restrictions amid ongoing elections - JURIST - News [16:27] TR News How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/technology/iran-online-starlink.html [16:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/technology/iran-online-starlink.html ) [16:28] TR News DOJ Continues to Let DHS Pick and Choose Screen Shots Pertaining to Their Assaults https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/15/doj-continues-to-let-dhs-pick-and-choose-screen-shots-pertaining-to-their-assaults/ [16:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | DOJ Continues to Let DHS Pick and Choose Screen Shots Pertaining to Their Assaults - emptywheel [16:31] TR News Music Fans Explode With Joy as Bandcamp Bans Hey Hi (AI) Music https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bandcamp-bans-ai-music [16:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Music Fans Explode With Joy as Bandcamp Bans AI Music [16:31] TR News A Man Bought Metas Hey Hi (AI) Glasses, and Ended Up Wandering the Desert in Search of Aliens https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-ai-glasses-desert-aliens [16:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | A Man Bought Meta's AI Glasses, and Ended Up Wandering the Desert in Search of Aliens [16:31] TR News Feedback period still open: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en [16:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ec.europa.eu | Have your say [16:32] TR News A note for MXroute users https://lwn.net/Articles/1054410/ [16:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A note for MXroute users [LWN.net] [16:33] TR News Hungarys elderly poverty rate nearly tripled since 2018, rights group says https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/hungarys-elderly-poverty-rate-nearly-tripled-since-2018-rights-group-says/ [16:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Hungary's elderly poverty rate nearly tripled since 2018, rights group says - JURIST - News [16:34] TR News Astronauts Return to Earth With Lasting Brain Changes https://www.sciencealert.com/astronauts-return-to-earth-with-lasting-brain-changes [16:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Astronauts Return to Earth With Lasting Brain Changes : ScienceAlert [16:34] TR News Scientists Discover 7 Rare Mummified Cheetahs in Arabian Desert https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-7-rare-mummified-cheetahs-in-arabian-desert [16:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Discover 7 Rare Mummified Cheetahs in Arabian Desert : ScienceAlert [16:34] TR News NASA Brings Astronauts Home Early After Unprecedented Medical Issue in Space https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-brings-astronauts-home-early-after-unprecedented-medical-issue-in-space [16:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NASA Brings Astronauts Home Early After Unprecedented Medical Issue in Space : ScienceAlert [16:35] TR News NASA Plans to Put a Nuclear Reactor on The Moon. Here's Why. https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-plans-to-put-a-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon-by-2030-heres-why [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NASA Plans to Put a Nuclear Reactor on The Moon. Here's Why. : ScienceAlert [16:35] TR News A Single Night's Sleep Could Predict Your Risk For More Than 100 Diseases https://www.sciencealert.com/a-single-nights-sleep-could-predict-your-risk-for-more-than-100-diseases [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Single Night's Sleep Could Predict Your Risk For More Than 100 Diseases : ScienceAlert [16:35] TR News We Were Wrong About Restrictive Diets, Decades of Research Says https://www.sciencealert.com/we-were-wrong-about-restrictive-diets-decades-of-research-says [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-We Were Wrong About Restrictive Diets, Decades of Research Says : ScienceAlert [16:38] TR News Survey reveals Britons value human journalism and worry about use of Hey Hi (AI) https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/survey-ai-journalism-humans-uk/ [16:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Survey reveals Britons value human journalism and worry about AI - Press Gazette [16:39] TR News After Being Pillaged By Hey Hi (AI) Companies, Wikipedia Signs Deal to Get Paid By Them https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/wikipedia-ai-deal [16:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | After Being Pillaged By AI Companies, Wikipedia Signs Deal With Them [16:42] TR News $3.6 million in assets seized in probe involving former Malaysian army chief https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/3-6-million-in-assets-seized-in-probe-involving-former-malaysian-army-chief [16:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | $3.6 million in assets seized in probe involving former Malaysian army chief | The Straits Times [16:42] TR News Philippines to ban MElons Grok Hey Hi (AI) on Jan 15 over sexualised deepfakes https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-to-ban-musks-grok-ai-on-jan-15-over-sexualised-deepfakes [16:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines to ban Grok AI over sexualised deepfakes | The Straits Times [16:42] TR News China says Carneys Beijing visit key to rebooting ties https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-canada-move-to-reset-ties-as-carney-visits [16:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China says Carneys Beijing visit key to rebooting ties | The Straits Times [16:43] TR News Chinas top diplomat calls Canada PM Mark Carney visit turning point in ties https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/15/chinas-top-diplomat-calls-canada-pm-mark-carney-visit-turning-point-in-ties/ [16:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China's top diplomat calls Canada PM Mark Carney visit 'turning point' in ties [16:43] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Lawsuit Seeking California Voter Data Is Dismissed https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/california-voter-roll-lawsuit-trump.html [16:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/california-voter-roll-lawsuit-trump.html ) [16:44] TR News Shareholders sue Oracle over misleading statements related to $300 billion Proprietary Chaffbot Company data center build-out https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/shareholders-sue-oracle-over-misleading-statements-related-to-usd300-billion-openai-data-center-build-out-disgruntled-plaintiffs-say-the-company-lied-about-how-much-money-it-needed-to-borrow [16:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Shareholders sue Oracle over misleading statements related to $300 billion OpenAI data center build-out disgruntled plaintiffs say the company lied about how much money it needed to borrow | Tom's Hardware [16:44] TR News US Supreme Court grants standing to congressman challenging Illinois election law https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/us-supreme-court-grants-standing-to-congressman-challenging-illinois-election-law/ [16:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | US Supreme Court grants standing to congressman challenging Illinois election law - JURIST - News [16:46] TR News Former Senator Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Affair With Member of Security Team https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/kyrsten-sinema-affair-lawsuit.html [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/kyrsten-sinema-affair-lawsuit.html ) [16:46] TR News Many Fiery Remarks, Little Clarity on Whats Next at Security Council Meeting on Iran https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/middleeast/iran-protests-security-council.html [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/middleeast/iran-protests-security-council.html ) [16:46] TR News What Are Convicted Felons Options in Iran? https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010640541/what-are-trumps-options-in-iran.html [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | What Are Trumps Options in Iran? - The New York Times [16:46] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man introduces 25% tariff on export of chips, including Nvidia H200, AMD MI325X figure could increase in the future https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/trump-introduces-25-percent-tariff-on-export-of-chips-including-nvidia-h200-amd-mi325x-figure-could-increase-in-the-future [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Trump introduces 25% tariff on export of chips, including Nvidia H200, AMD MI325X figure could increase in the future | Tom's Hardware [16:47] TR News Beijing blocks Chinese entities from using U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software VMWare and Fortinet among the affected vendors https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/beijing-blocks-chinese-entities-from-using-u-s-and-israeli-cybersecurity-software-vmware-and-fortinet-among-the-affected-vendors [16:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Beijing blocks Chinese entities from using U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software VMWare and Fortinet among the affected vendors | Tom's Hardware [16:47] TR News Live Blog: UN Security Council Held Emergency Meeting On Iran https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html [16:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Live Blog: Iranian Authorities 'Afraid Of Their Own People,' Says US Ambassador To UN [16:48] TR News Security and ethnic dimensions of Iran crisis spark warnings across the region https://www.france24.com/en/security-and-ethnic-dimensions-of-iran-crisis-spark-warnings-across-the-region [16:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/security-and-ethnic-dimensions-of-iran-crisis-spark-warnings-across-the-region ) [16:48] TR News Owning a gun in South Africa offers some safety, but risks run high for users and society expert https://defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/owning-a-gun-in-south-africa-offers-some-safety-but-risks-run-high-for-users-and-society-expert/ [16:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-defenceweb.co.za | Owning a gun in South Africa offers some safety, but risks run high for users and society expert - DefenceWeb [16:49] TR News Theres Something So Embarrassing About Homeland Securitys New Drone Video That Were Gonna Have to Sit Down for a Minute https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/homeland-security-drone-china "Safeguarding American aerospace... with Chinese tech." [16:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | There's Something So Embarrassing About Homeland Security's New Drone Video That We're Gonna Have to Sit Down for a Minute [16:50] TR News Traveler Information Stolen in Eurail Data Breach https://www.securityweek.com/traveler-information-stolen-in-eurail-data-breach/ [16:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/traveler-information-stolen-in-eurail-data-breach/ ) [16:50] TR News Central Maine Healthcare Data Breach Impacts 145,000 Individuals https://www.securityweek.com/central-maine-healthcare-data-breach-impacts-145000-individuals/ [16:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/central-maine-healthcare-data-breach-impacts-145000-individuals/ ) [16:50] TR News Depthfirst Raises $40 Million for Vulnerability Management https://www.securityweek.com/depthfirst-raises-40-million-for-vulnerability-management/ [16:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/depthfirst-raises-40-million-for-vulnerability-management/ ) [16:51] TR News "Confidential VMs" was always a scam, more like a giant back door https://www.securityweek.com/new-stackwarp-attack-threatens-confidential-vms-on-amd-processors/ [16:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/new-stackwarp-attack-threatens-confidential-vms-on-amd-processors/ ) [16:53] TR News Raspberry Pi Hey Hi (AI) HAT+ 2 Review: The brains and the brawn https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-ai-hat-plus-2-review [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 Review: The brains and the brawn | Tom's Hardware [16:54] TR News You Can Now Use ONLYOFFICE on Raspberry Pi-Like ARM Devices https://itsfoss.com/news/onlyoffice-desktop-editors-arm-support/ [16:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | You Can Now Use ONLYOFFICE on Raspberry Pi-Like ARM Devices [16:54] TR News Tails 7.4 is out https://distrowatch.com/tails [16:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/tails ) [16:56] TR News GAFAM destroys the planet for pyramid schemes like slop https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/amazon-buys-first-american-mined-copper-in-a-decade-arizona-mine-to-fuel-aws-ai-data-centers-in-seismic-two-year-deal [16:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Amazon buys first American-mined copper in a decade Arizona mine to fuel AWS AI data centers in seismic two-year deal | Tom's Hardware [16:57] TR News Elder Scrolls Online lead says Xbox's layoffs aren't the reason the MMO is switching over to smaller updates: "Seasons is not in any way a response to that" https://www.inkl.com/news/elder-scrolls-online-lead-says-xbox-s-layoffs-aren-t-the-reason-the-mmo-is-switching-over-to-smaller-updates-seasons-is-not-in-any-way-a-response-to-that [16:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.inkl.com | Elder Scrolls Online lead says Xbox's layoffs aren't [16:58] TR News also in https://www.gamesradar.com/games/the-elder-scrolls/elder-scrolls-online-lead-says-xboxs-layoffs-arent-the-reason-the-mmo-is-switching-over-to-smaller-updates-seasons-is-not-in-any-way-a-response-to-that/ [16:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Elder Scrolls Online lead says Xbox's layoffs aren't the reason the MMO is switching over to smaller updates: "Seasons is not in any way a response to that" | GamesRadar+ ● Jan 16 [17:04] TR News "Cringely strikes again with perfect insights and "the truth" about IBM ... as opposed to the Wall Street version. This needs much wider distribution. Perhaps to Pro Publica. Glad to be rid of this group of mo--ns." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf3f4pa0 [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf3f4pa0 ) [17:05] TR News New Reprompt Attack Silently Siphons Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Copilot Data https://www.securityweek.com/new-reprompt-attack-silently-siphons-microsoft-copilot-data/ [17:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/new-reprompt-attack-silently-siphons-microsoft-copilot-data/ ) [17:08] TR News The false metric of "engagement" https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/most-popular-news-apps-in-the-uk-times-and-daily-mail-lead-on-engagement/ [17:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Top news apps in UK: Exclusive ranking for 2026 [17:08] TR News Raspberry Pi Hey Hi (AI) HAT+ 2 targets generative Hey Hi (AI) (LLM/VLM) with Hailo-10H accelerator https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/15/raspberry-pi-ai-hat-2-targets-generative-ai-llm-vlm-with-hailo-10h-accelerator/ [17:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 targets generative AI (LLM/VLM) with Hailo-10H accelerator - CNX Software [17:10] TR News Geniatech introduces SMARC and OSM system-on-modules powered by NXP i.MX 95 SoC https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/15/geniatech-smarc-and-osm-system-on-modules-nxp-i-mx-95-soc/ [17:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Geniatech introduces SMARC and OSM system-on-modules powered by NXP i.MX 95 SoC - CNX Software [17:10] TR News New Vulnerability in n8n https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/new-vulnerability-in-n8n.html [17:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New Vulnerability in n8n - Schneier on Security [17:11] TR News ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Fixed by Siemens, Schneider, Aveva, Phoenix Contact https://www.securityweek.com/ics-patch-tuesday-vulnerabilities-fixed-by-siemens-schneider-aveva-phoenix-contact/ [17:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/ics-patch-tuesday-vulnerabilities-fixed-by-siemens-schneider-aveva-phoenix-contact/ ) [17:12] TR News Inside an ICE Confrontation in Minneapolis https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010643550/how-we-photographed-an-ice-confrontation-in-minneapolis.html [17:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Inside an ICE Confrontation in Minneapolis - The New York Times [17:12] TR News Mainland Chinese student involved in HK$2.8 million scam spree was recruited after being defrauded, police say https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/16/mainland-chinese-student-involved-in-hk2-8-million-scam-spree-was-recruited-after-being-defrauded-police-say/ [17:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Student involved in HK$2.8 million scam spree recruited after being defrauded: police [17:13] TR News A Landmark 'High Seas Treaty' Has Arrived. Here's Why It's a Big Deal. https://www.sciencealert.com/a-landmark-high-seas-treaty-has-arrived-heres-why-its-a-big-deal [17:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Landmark 'High Seas Treaty' Has Arrived. Here's Why It's a Big Deal. : ScienceAlert [17:14] TR News A bribe to promote the agenda of some cargo cult made around Hey Hi (AI) https://itsfoss.com/news/anthropic-funding-to-python/ [17:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | After Rejecting US Government's Aid Over DEI, Python Software Foundation Accepts $1.5 Million in Funding from Claude AI [17:16] TR News Syria: The man behind the mission to heal decade-old wounds in the Sunni majority https://www.france24.com/en/syria-the-man-behind-the-mission-to-heal-decade-old-wounds-in-the-sunni-majority [17:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/syria-the-man-behind-the-mission-to-heal-decade-old-wounds-in-the-sunni-majority ) [17:16] TR News WordPress Playground Brings Speed, Stability, and Momentum https://wordpress.org/news/2026/01/wordpress-playground-speed-stability-momentum/ [17:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wordpress.org | WordPress Playground Brings Speed, Stability, and Momentum WordPress News [17:16] TR News GlobalFoundries acquires ARC and RISC-V IP from Synopsys company gains critical CPU IP as it grows beyond being a mere chipmaker https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/globalfoundries-acquires-arc-and-risc-v-ip-from-synopsys-company-gains-critical-cpu-ip-as-it-grows-beyond-being-a-mere-chipmaker [17:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | GlobalFoundries acquires ARC and RISC-V IP from Synopsys company gains critical CPU IP as it grows beyond being a mere chipmaker | Tom's Hardware [17:17] TR News ESP32-S3 multi-radio Smart Home gateway features Ethernet, Zigbee, Thread, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, BLE, and optional 4G LTE connectivity https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/16/esp32-s3-multi-radio-smart-home-gateway-features-ethernet-zigbee-thread-z-wave-wi-fi-ble-and-optional-4g-lte-connectivity/ [17:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | ESP32-S3 multi-radio Smart Home gateway features Ethernet, Zigbee, Thread, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, BLE, and optional 4G LTE connectivity - CNX Software [17:19] TR News censorship: 4 movies disappear from Hong Kong Film Awards contenders list https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/15/4-movies-disappear-from-hong-kong-film-awards-contenders-list/ [17:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | 4 movies 'disappear' from Hong Kong Film Awards' contenders list [17:19] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppSpdlog 0.0.25 on CRAN: Microfix http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/01/15#rcppspdlog_0.0.25 [17:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box [17:20] TR News A Dogs Breakfast: The Doctrinal Mess Surrounding Configured To Claim Language https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/breakfast-surrounding-configured.html [17:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | A Dog's Breakfast: The Doctrinal Mess Surrounding "Configured To" Claim Language [17:21] TR News IP Kat taken over by the monopolists http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/g-125-description-amendments-amicus.html?showComment=1768488457162#c5594698327705545020 [17:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | G 1/25 (description amendments) amicus curiae: The battle lines are drawn - The IPKat [17:22] TR News Software Patents: NovaCloud networking patent monopoly prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/1/15/novacloud-networking-patent-prior-art-found [17:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | NovaCloud networking patents prior art found Unified Patents [17:22] TR News Software Patents: US judge orders Onesta to withdraw Munich lawsuits against BMW https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/us-judge-orders-onesta-to-withdraw-munich-lawsuits-against-bmw/ [17:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | US judge orders Onesta to withdraw Munich lawsuits against BMW [17:23] TR News Trying to profit by creating patent disputes https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/us-israeli-firm-pearl-cohen-arrives-in-germany/ [17:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | US-Israeli firm Pearl Cohen arrives in Germany [17:24] TR News PureOS Crimson Development Report: December 2025 https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-december-2025/ [17:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-puri.sm | PureOS Crimson Development Report: December 2025 Purism [17:25] TR News Totally irrelevant spam for a Ponzi scheme https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/16/the-end-of-the-ai-toy-era-youware-launches-youbase-to-deliver-production-ready-business-tools/ [17:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | The End of the "AI Toy" Era: YouWare Launches YouBase to Deliver Production-Ready Business Tools (Sponsored) - CNX Software [17:25] TR News Kdenlive 25.12.1 released https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.12.1/ [17:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kdenlive.org | Kdenlive 25.12.1 released - Kdenlive [17:26] TR News Advancing WebRTC: Firefox WebRTC 2025 https://blog.mozilla.org/webrtc/firefox-webrtc-2025/ [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Firefox WebRTC 2025 - Advancing WebRTC [17:27] TR News Vibe Coding Tested: Hey Hi (AI) Agents Nail SQLi but Fail Miserably on Security Controls https://www.securityweek.com/vibe-coding-tested-ai-agents-nail-sqli-but-fail-miserably-on-security-controls/ " generates a curates egg program: good in parts, but the bad parts affect the whole program." [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/vibe-coding-tested-ai-agents-nail-sqli-but-fail-miserably-on-security-controls/ ) [17:27] TR News Hearing on the Human Rights Policy of the German Government https://citizenlab.ca/hearing-on-the-human-rights-policy-of-the-german-government/ [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | Hearing on the Human Rights Policy of the German Government - The Citizen Lab [17:28] TR News OpenSSFs 2026 Themes: A Community Roadmap for Securing the Future of Open Source https://openssf.org/blog/2026/01/15/openssfs-2026-themes-a-community-roadmap-for-securing-the-future-of-open-source/ [17:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openssf.org | OpenSSFs 2026 Themes: A Community Roadmap for Securing the Future of Open Source Open Source Security Foundation [17:29] TR News From Instagram fame to political fall: Indonesias Internet governor in the spotlight https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/from-instagram-fame-to-political-fall-indonesias-internet-governor-in-the-spotlight [17:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | From Instagram fame to political fall: Indonesias Internet governor in the spotlight | The Straits Times [17:30] TR News Forgejo 14.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1054461/ "making Forgejo's web UI work without JavaScript" [17:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Forgejo 14.0 released [LWN.net] [17:30] TR News libvirt 12.0 Released [17:33] TR News Douglas Murray: Convicted Felon has a chance to end Khameneis reign of terror in Iran https://nypost.com/2026/01/15/opinion/trump-has-a-chance-to-end-khameneis-reign-of-terror-in-iran/ [17:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | Trump has a chance to end Khameneis reign of terror in Iran | New York Post [17:33] TR News From spoofing to tunnelling: New Red Team networking techniques for initial access and evasion https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/16/from-spoofing-to-tunnelling-new-red-team-networking-techniques-for-initial-access-and-evasion/ [17:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | From spoofing to tunnelling: New Red Team networking techniques for initial access and evasion | APNIC Blog [17:34] TR News Local division Dsseldorf dismisses Ona Patents infringement claim against Surveillance Giant Google https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/local-division-dusseldorf-dismisses-ona-patents-infringement-claim-against-google/ [17:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Local division Dsseldorf dismisses Ona Patents infringement claim against Google [17:34] TR News Google Now Stuffing Ads Into Its Hey Hi (AI) Products https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-ads [17:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Google Now Stuffing Ads Into Its AI Products [17:35] TR News Prince Harry legal team accused of dishonesty, fraud and misconduct https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/prince-harry-legal-team-accused-of-dishonesty-fraud-and-misconduct/ [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Prince Harry legal team accused of dishonesty, fraud and misconduct - Press Gazette [17:36] TR News They do cheat, lie, and corrupt the system a lot, they think it's 'fair play' https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Reported_to_the_Solicitors_Regulation_Authorit.shtml http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Has_Just_Again_Implicitly_Admitted_Breaching_C.shtml [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Brett Wilson LLP Reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Brett Wilson LLP Has Just Again (Implicitly) Admitted Breaching Civil Procedure Rules in Frivolous Case Against Tux Machines [17:36] TR News Hong Kong privacy watchdog contacts MElons xAI over sexualised Hey Hi (AI) images of women and minors https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/15/hong-kong-privacy-watchdog-contacts-elon-musks-xai-over-sexualised-ai-images-of-people-and-minors/ [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Privacy watchdog contacts xAI over sexualised AI images [17:38] TR News Cuba Receives Remains of 32 Citizens Killed in U.S. Strikes in Venezuela https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/americas/cuba-remains-venezuela-strikes-maduro.html [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/americas/cuba-remains-venezuela-strikes-maduro.html ) [17:38] TR News Taiwan Strikes Trade Deal with Convicted Felon, Vows More U.S. Chip Factories https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/business/taiwan-trade-deal.html [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/business/taiwan-trade-deal.html ) [17:39] TR News I saw even the mountains shake: Fear lingers in Cambodian town after Thai strikes on alleged scam sites https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/fear-suspicion-and-destroyed-scam-compounds-at-cambodian-border-town-weeks-after-thai-air-strikes [17:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | I saw even the mountains shake: Fear lingers in Cambodian town after Thai strikes on alleged scam sites | The Straits Times [17:39] TR News Gazans sceptical of phase 2 of truce as strikes continue https://www.france24.com/en/gazans-sceptical-of-phase-2-of-truce-as-strikes-continue [17:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/gazans-sceptical-of-phase-2-of-truce-as-strikes-continue ) [17:39] TR News 'US can't politically engineer a new status quo inside Iran, it must be self-sustaining' https://www.france24.com/en/us-can-t-politically-engineer-a-new-status-quo-inside-iran-it-must-be-self-sustaining [17:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/us-can-t-politically-engineer-a-new-status-quo-inside-iran-it-must-be-self-sustaining ) [17:39] TR News Will the US use cyberwarfare to help Iranian protesters? https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260115-will-the-us-use-cyberwarfare-help-iranian-protesters [17:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260115-will-the-us-use-cyberwarfare-help-iranian-protesters ) [17:40] TR News Why the change of heart? Convicted Felon dials down threats of strikes against Iran https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20260115-why-the-change-of-heart-trump-dials-down-threats-of-strikes-against-iran [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20260115-why-the-change-of-heart-trump-dials-down-threats-of-strikes-against-iran ) [17:40] TR News Workers at zmir factory mark over 400 days on strike over union rights https://bianet.org/haber/workers-at-izmir-factory-mark-over-400-days-on-strike-over-union-rights-315653 [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Workers at zmir factory mark over 400 days on strike over union rights [17:41] TR News EndeavourOS 2026.01.12 is out https://distrowatch.com/endeavour [17:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/endeavour ) [17:41] TR News Garuda 260115 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/garuda [17:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/garuda ) [17:41] TR News Security Onion 2.4.201 is out https://distrowatch.com/securityonion [17:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/securityonion ) [17:42] TR News Celebrating the Second Year of Linux Man-Pages Maintenance Sponsorship https://www.linux.com/news/celebrating-the-second-year-of-linux-man-pages-maintenance-sponsorship/ [17:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Celebrating the Second Year of Linux Man-Pages Maintenance Sponsorship - Linux.com [17:44] TR News Grub boot-loader 2.14 Released with Argon2 & TPM 2.0 Key Protector https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/grub-boot-loader-2-14-released-with-argon2-tpm-2-0-key-protector/ [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Grub boot-loader 2.14 Released with Argon2 & TPM 2.0 Key Protector | UbuntuHandbook [17:44] TR News (NEW): GRUB 2.14 Released with EROFS, Argon2 KDF, and Shim Loader Protocol Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/14/GRUB_2_14_Released_with_EROFS_Argon2_KDF_and_Shim_Loader_Protoc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/14/GRUB_2_14_Released_with_EROFS_Argon2_KDF_and_Shim_Loader_Protoc.gmi [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GRUB 2.14 Released with EROFS, Argon2 KDF, and Shim Loader Protocol Support [17:44] TR News Reminder That Red Bait Enterprise GNU/Linux (RHEL) Is Not Free, And It's Because of I.C.B.M. https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/14/Reminder_That_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_RHEL_Is_Not_Free_And_It_.shtml [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Reminder That Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Is Not Free, And It's Because of IBM [17:44] TR News Linuxiac May Have Reverted Back to LLM Slop (Updated Same Day) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/15/Linuxiac_May_Have_Reverted_Back_to_LLM_Slop.shtml [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linuxiac May Have Reverted Back to LLM Slop (Updated Same Day) [17:45] TR News Opera GX is finally making its to way to GNU/Linux https://www.neowin.net/news/opera-gx-is-finally-making-its-to-way-to-linux/ [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/opera-gx-is-finally-making-its-to-way-to-linux/ ) [17:45] TR News Kdenlive 25.12.1 released with bug fixes and improvements https://www.neowin.net/news/kdenlive-25121-released-with-bug-fixes-and-improvements/ [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/kdenlive-25121-released-with-bug-fixes-and-improvements/ ) [17:46] TR News DotState dotfile manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/dotstate-dotfile-manager/ [17:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DotState - dotfile manager - LinuxLinks [17:47] TR News yayfzf AUR package finder https://www.linuxlinks.com/yayfzf-aur-package-finder/ [17:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yayfzf - AUR package finder - LinuxLinks [17:47] TR News unmake makefile linter https://www.linuxlinks.com/unmake-makefile-linter/ [17:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-unmake - makefile linter - LinuxLinks [17:47] TR News StormOS Arch-based distro for intermediate to advanced users https://www.linuxlinks.com/stormos-arch-based-distribution/ [17:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-StormOS - Arch-based distro for intermediate to advanced users - LinuxLinks [17:47] TR News Moonbit modern system cleaner https://www.linuxlinks.com/moonbit-modern-system-cleaner/ [17:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Moonbit - modern system cleaner - LinuxLinks [17:48] TR News mnamer media renamer https://www.linuxlinks.com/mnamer-media-renamer/ [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mnamer - media renamer - LinuxLinks [17:48] TR News BOSGAME M6 HX370 Hey Hi (AI) PC running GNU/Linux Fan Noise https://www.linuxlinks.com/bosgame-m6-hx370-ai-pc-running-linux-fan-noise/ [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux - Fan Noise - LinuxLinks [17:48] TR News 6 Small Free and Open Source Console Menu Utilities https://www.linuxlinks.com/menuutilities/ [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-6 Small Free and Open Source Console Menu Utilities - LinuxLinks [17:49] TR News Brazilian cinema strikes gold, confronting harrowed past while captivating audiences worldwide https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260115-brazilian-cinema-strikes-gold-confronting-harrowed-past-while-captivating-audiences-worldwide-1 [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260115-brazilian-cinema-strikes-gold-confronting-harrowed-past-while-captivating-audiences-worldwide-1 ) [17:51] TR News 646: Unix v4 https://www.bsdnow.tv/646 [17:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bsdnow.tv | BSD Now 646: Unix v4 [17:52] TR News Prince Harry versus tabloids: The final showdown https://pressgazette.co.uk/podcast-future-of-media-explained/prince-harry-versus-tabloids-the-final-showdown/ [17:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Prince Harry versus tabloids: The final showdown - Press Gazette [17:52] TR News Daniel Kahn Gillmor: Hey Hi (AI) as a Compression Problem https://dkg.fifthhorseman.net/blog/2025-ai-and-compression.html [17:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dkg.fifthhorseman.net | dkg's blog - AI as a Compression Problem [17:53] TR News Plagiarism: Extracting books from production language models https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02671 [17:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arxiv.org | [2601.02671] Extracting books from production language models [17:54] TR News FOSS Weekly #26.03: Torvalds Using AI, Dash to Dock, GNU/Linux Kernel Bugs, Pacman's Rust Replacement and More https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-03/ Lazy churnalism https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/13/Not_Journalism_Almost_80_of_the_Articles_We_Saw_About_Torvalds_.shtml [17:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | FOSS Weekly #26.03: Torvalds Using AI, Dash to Dock, Linux Kernel Bugs, Pacman's Rust Replacement and More [17:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Not Journalism: Almost 80% of the 'Articles' We Saw About Torvalds and 'Vibe Coding' Are LLM Slop (Sometimes Slop Images) [17:55] TR News Number of Businesses in New York City Plunged Last Spring, Report Says https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/nyregion/business-closures-nyc-economy.html [17:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/nyregion/business-closures-nyc-economy.html ) [17:55] TR News EU Calls For Sanctions On Russian State TV Host, Famed Ballet Dancer https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-russia-sanctions-zarubin-polunin-ukraine/33649632.html [17:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | EU Calls For Sanctions On Russian State TV Host, Famed Ballet Dancer [17:56] TR News Report highlights how Russia lures young Africans to fight in Ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/report-highlights-how-russia-lures-young-africans-to-fight-in-ukraine [17:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/report-highlights-how-russia-lures-young-africans-to-fight-in-ukraine ) [17:56] TR News Former Ukraine prime minister charged with bribery https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/former-ukraine-prime-minister-charged-with-bribery/ [17:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Former Ukraine prime minister charged with bribery - 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[18:01] TR News How To Install Pixeluvo on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-pixeluvo-debian-13/ [18:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Pixeluvo on Debian 13 - idroot [18:01] TR News How To Install FileZilla on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-filezilla-fedora-43/ [18:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install FileZilla on Fedora 43 - idroot [18:02] TR News How To Install DBeaver on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-dbeaver-debian-13/ [18:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install DBeaver on Debian 13 - idroot [18:02] TR News How To Install NetBox on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-netbox-linux-mint-22/ [18:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install NetBox on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [18:02] TR News How to Install Audacious on Ubuntu (26.04, 24.04, 22.04) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-audacious-on-ubuntu-linux/ [18:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-audacious-on-ubuntu-linux/ ) [18:02] TR News How to Install Nomacs on Ubuntu (26.04, 24.04, 22.04) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-nomacs-on-ubuntu-linux/ [18:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-nomacs-on-ubuntu-linux/ ) [18:03] TR News How to Install Mainline Linux Kernel on Fedora https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mainline-linux-kernel-on-fedora-linux/ [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mainline-linux-kernel-on-fedora-linux/ ) [18:03] TR News How to install GitLab on Ubuntu 24.04 https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-gitlab-on-ubuntu-24-04/ [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to install GitLab on Ubuntu 24.04 | LinuxHostSupport [18:03] TR News The UK's most common vitamin deficiencies - and how to fix them https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/the-uks-most-common-vitamin-deficiencies-and-how-to-fix-them-axATG5L6MewZ [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.which.co.uk | The UK's most common vitamin deficiencies - and how to fix them - Which? [18:04] TR News How to Set Up OpenVPN Access Server on Ubuntu 24.04 (VM) & Connect Using OpenVPN Connect https://linuxhint.com/set-up-openvpn-access-server-ubuntu-24-04-vm/ [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxhint.com | How to Set Up OpenVPN Access Server on Ubuntu 24.04 (VM) & Connect Using OpenVPN Connect Linux Hint [18:07] TR News Google now prioritising Youtube and X over publishers on Discover https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-prioritising-youtube-and-x-over-publishers-on-discover/ [18:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Google now prioritising Youtube and X over publishers on Discover - Press Gazette [18:08] TR News Microsoft operative Nick Vidal still speaks for OSI and promotes slop instead of the OSI's original mission https://opensource.org/blog/carrying-open-collaboration-into-the-year-ahead [18:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-opensource.org | Carrying Open Collaboration into the Year Ahead Open Source Initiative [18:09] TR News admiral 1.4 release https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/admiral-1-4-release/ [18:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-admiral 1.4 release | R-bloggers [18:10] TR News VoidLink GNU/Linux Malware Framework Targets Cloud Environments https://www.securityweek.com/voidlink-linux-malware-framework-targets-cloud-environments/ [18:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/voidlink-linux-malware-framework-targets-cloud-environments/ ) [18:12] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1054408/ [18:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [18:13] TR News X-CMD command-line toolkit https://www.linuxlinks.com/x-cmd-command-line-toolkit/ [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-X-CMD - command-line toolkit - LinuxLinks [18:13] TR News Ianny prevent repetitive strain injuries https://www.linuxlinks.com/ianny-prevent-repetitive-strain-injuries/ [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ianny - prevent repetitive strain injuries - LinuxLinks [18:13] TR News rsenv hierarchical environment management https://www.linuxlinks.com/rsenv-hierarchical-environment-management/ [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rsenv - hierarchical environment management - LinuxLinks [18:13] TR News bestfetch system fetch https://www.linuxlinks.com/bestfetch-system-fetch/ [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bestfetch - system fetch - LinuxLinks [18:13] TR News zeP package and version manager for Zig https://www.linuxlinks.com/zep-package-version-manager-zig/ [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-zeP - package and version manager for Zig - LinuxLinks [18:15] TR News "Users are urged to upgrade thier installations to the Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka release as soon as possible." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-25-10 [18:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" Reached End of Life, Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10 - 9to5Linux [18:15] TR News "One year on Linux, two distros, a few tears, four desktop environments, and zero regrets about leaving Windows." https://www.theverge.com/features/861968/year-using-linux [18:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows | The Verge [18:17] TR News Looks like low-grade plagiarism, maybe base on Phoronix https://www.filmogaz.com/101856 [18:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ubuntu 26.04 on AMD EPYC Turin: Performance Boosts Over 24.04 LTS Reviewed - Filmogaz.com [18:20] TR News Wine 11 runs Windows apps in Linux and macOS better than ever https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/wine_11_arrives_faster_and/ [18:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Wine 11 runs Windows apps in Linux, macOS better than ever The Register [18:22] TR News (NEW): I dont pay for storage upgradesthis is what I do when Linux is running out of space https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/15/I_don_t_pay_for_storage_upgrades_this_is_what_I_do_when_Linux_i.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/15/I_don_t_pay_for_storage_upgrades_this_is_what_I_do_when_Linux_i.gmi [18:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I dont pay for storage upgradesthis is what I do when Linux is running out of space [18:23] TR News Gaming on Linux just got a bump with new Wine 11 improvements that'll make for a better Proton on SteamOS, too https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-on-linux-just-got-a-bump-with-new-wine-11-improvements-thatll-make-for-a-better-proton-on-steamos-too/ [18:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pcgamer.com | Gaming on Linux just got a bump with new Wine 11 improvements that'll make for a better Proton on SteamOS, too | PC Gamer [18:24] TR News "Developer Natalie Vock working for Valve has sent in even more impressive performance improvements for AMD GPUs on Linux with Mesa. This is additional work on top of what was merged recently, and that was already impressive." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/even-more-amd-ray-tracing-performance-improvements-heading-to-mesa-on-linux/ [18:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux | GamingOnLinux [18:25] TR News "Linux Mint 22.3 provides near-full access to the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS noble repos, but as the doesnt let users install snaps (support can be enabled manually) it ships with traditional Deb versions of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/linux-mint-22-3-released [18:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" Released, Based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS [18:25] TR News "If you're looking to finally test the waters of Linux, here's a distribution that has everything you need to get started, with everything you need and little complication." https://www.zdnet.com/article/q4os-debian-linux-distro/ [18:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This ideal distro for Linux newbies includes a bonus for Windows users | ZDNET [18:26] TR News The head of GOG wants to focus on Linux and slams Windows https://news.instant-gaming.com/en/articles/17200-the-head-of-gog-wants-to-focus-on-linux-and-slams-windows [18:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.instant-gaming.com | The head of GOG wants to focus on Linux and slams Windows - IG News [18:27] TR News Marcus Nestor says "GNU/Linux" https://9to5linux.com/you-can-now-run-debian-gnu-linux-on-the-openwrt-one-open-source-router [18:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-You Can Now Run Debian GNU/Linux on the OpenWrt One Open-Source Router - 9to5Linux [18:28] TR News "This release ships with Linux kernel 6.12.63 LTS from the Debian 13 Trixie repositories, Tor Browser 15.0.4, and Mozilla Thunderbird 140.6.0." https://9to5linux.com/tails-7-4-anonymous-linux-os-released-with-persistent-language-and-formats [18:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tails 7.4 Anonymous Linux OS Released with Persistent Language and Formats - 9to5Linux [18:28] TR News Stop swapping keyboards: This free app stitches your Linux and Windows PCs together https://www.howtogeek.com/deskflow-stitches-multiple-linux-pcs-into-one-desktop/ [18:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Stop swapping keyboards: This free app stitches your Linux and Windows PCs together [18:29] TR News Its such poor quality software: GOG owner criticises Windows, says it will support Linux better in the future https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/its-such-poor-quality-software-gog-owner-criticises-windows-says-it-will-support-linux-better-in-the-future/ [18:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.videogameschronicle.com | Its such poor quality software: GOG owner criticises Windows, says it will support Linux better in the future | VGC [18:30] TR News "Windows is bad software" GOG to increase its reliance on Linux https://www.notebookcheck.net/Windows-is-bad-software-GOG-to-increase-its-reliance-on-Linux.1204843.0.html [18:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-"Windows is bad software" GOG to increase its reliance on Linux - NotebookCheck.net News [18:32] TR News Owner of big gaming platform can't believe how bad Windows 11 is and hints are dropped about big things for Linux gamers this year https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/owner-of-big-gaming-platform-cant-believe-how-bad-windows-11-is-and-hints-are-dropped-about-big-things-for-linux-gamers-this-year [18:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Owner of big gaming platform can't believe how bad Windows 11 is and hints are dropped about big things for Linux gamers this year | TechRadar [18:33] TR News Now independent, GOG is thinking about publishing games and embracing Linux https://www.techspot.com/news/110929-now-independent-gog-thinking-about-publishing-games-embracing.html [18:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.techspot.com/news/110929-now-independent-gog-thinking-about-publishing-games-embracing.html ) [18:37] TR News I've used nearly every browser available and these are my top 4 (spoiler: Chrome is out) https://www.zdnet.com/article/my-top-4-browsers-chrome-not-included/ [18:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I've used nearly every browser available and these are my top 4 (spoiler: Chrome is out) | ZDNET [18:39] TR News "Not much has changed from the Beta that I previously reported on but here's a refresher." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/linux-mint-22-3-zena-is-out-now-and-supported-until-2029/ [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is out now and supported until 2029 | GamingOnLinux [18:39] TR News (NEW): Opera GX Gaming Browser is Coming to GNU/Linux and More Takes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Opera_GX_Gaming_Browser_is_Coming_to_GNU_Linux_and_More_Takes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Opera_GX_Gaming_Browser_is_Coming_to_GNU_Linux_and_More_Takes.gmi [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Opera GX Gaming Browser is Coming to GNU/Linux and More Takes [18:39] TR News Linux Demonstrates That Bugs Can Hide For 20 years! https://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/18592-linux-demonstrates-that-bugs-can-hide-for-20-years.html [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.i-programmer.info | Linux Demonstrates That Bugs Can Hide For 20 years! [18:42] TR News A popular browser is getting an official Linux version, and people aren't happy https://www.xda-developers.com/popular-browser-getting-official-linux-version/ [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | A popular browser is getting an official Linux version, and people aren't happy [18:42] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Security_Leftovers.gmi [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers [18:46] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/today_s_howtos.gmi [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [18:47] TR News (NEW): BSD Leftovers: Applications, Discussion, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/BSD_Leftovers_Applications_Discussion_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/BSD_Leftovers_Applications_Discussion_and_More.gmi [18:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines BSD Leftovers: Applications, Discussion, and More [18:49] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Firefox: WebRTC and GFX https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Mozilla_Firefox_WebRTC_and_GFX.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Mozilla_Firefox_WebRTC_and_GFX.gmi [18:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mozilla Firefox: WebRTC and GFX [18:49] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: PureOS, RISC-V, Raspberry Pi-Like ARM Devices https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Open_Hardware_Modding_PureOS_RISC_V_Raspberry_Pi_Like_ARM_Devic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Open_Hardware_Modding_PureOS_RISC_V_Raspberry_Pi_Like_ARM_Devic.gmi [18:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: PureOS, RISC-V, Raspberry Pi-Like ARM Devices [18:51] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Open Access Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Open_Access_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Open_Access_Leftovers.gmi [18:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Open Access Leftovers [18:51] TR News (NEW): Programming and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Programming_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Programming_and_Standards.gmi [18:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming and Standards [18:52] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [18:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [18:54] *techrights-news has quit (Received malformed line) ● Jan 16 [19:02] *techrights-news (~techrights-news@i8wm8zwjwfwd8.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [19:03] TR News Links 16/01/2026: UK Royal Family's "Legal Team Accused of Dishonesty, Fraud and Misconduct", OSI Still Controlled by Microsoft (the OSI's Spokesperson is on Microsoft's Payroll, Not Interim Executive Director, Deborah Bryant) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Links_16_01_2026_UK_Royal_Family_s_Legal_Team_Accused_of_Dishon.shtml [19:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 16/01/2026: UK Royal Family's "Legal Team Accused of Dishonesty, Fraud and Misconduct", OSI Still Controlled by Microsoft (the OSI's Spokesperson is on Microsoft's Payroll, Not Interim Executive Director, Deborah Bryant) [19:18] TR News Techrights Google News Poisons Its Own Index With More Slopfarms (Including "filmogaz") https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Google_News_Poisons_Its_Own_Index_With_More_Slopfarms_Including.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Google_News_Poisons_Its_Own_Index_With_More_Slopfarms_Including.gmi [19:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Google News Poisons Its Own Index With More Slopfarms (Including "filmogaz") [19:36] TR News Techrights IBM Stacked and Ranked Badly, Maladministration Dooms the Company https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/IBM_Stacked_and_Ranked_Badly_Maladministration_Dooms_the_Compan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/IBM_Stacked_and_Ranked_Badly_Maladministration_Dooms_the_Compan.gmi [19:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Stacked and Ranked Badly, Maladministration Dooms the Company [19:48] TR News (NEW): Birds, Server Speed, and GNU/Linux Gains https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Birds_Server_Speed_and_GNU_Linux_Gains.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Birds_Server_Speed_and_GNU_Linux_Gains.gmi [19:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Birds, Server Speed, and GNU/Linux Gains [19:49] TR News SpellBinding FIOPSXT Wordo: FERAL gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-16.gmi [19:50] TR News My ideal computer gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/ideal/computer/ [19:51] TR News "When this aired, Eddy Cue was Apples Senior Vice President (SVP) of Internet Software and Services." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/know-your-meme/take-it-to-craigs-house/ [19:51] TR News "since the last time i stepped into the pub, i have been working on some projects, between software, music, and homesteading stuff. each of these has been going well, i am happy to report. all of this while working on my 'digital garden' (aka my wiki) and porting my main website over to gemini." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2771 [19:52] TR News Math + CS = HPC Half way there gemini://emil-vatai.duckdns.org/blog/2026-01-11-half-way-there.gmi [19:53] TR News "Seeed Studio has launched another new entry in its growing XIAO family of tiny development boards and it's the first to boast dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, alongside Bluetooth 5 Low Energy (BLE) and IEEE 802.15.4 with Zigbee and Thread support, thanks to an Espressif ESP32-C5 at its heart." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202601/20260116-xiao.gmi [19:58] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 16/01/2026: "Porting My Main Website Over to Gemini" and Seeed Studio DevBoard https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Gemini_Links_16_01_2026_Porting_My_Main_Website_Over_to_Gemini_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Gemini_Links_16_01_2026_Porting_My_Main_Website_Over_to_Gemini_.gmi [19:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 16/01/2026: "Porting My Main Website Over to Gemini" and Seeed Studio DevBoard ● Jan 16 [20:15] TR News Techrights At Microsoft, "Firing People is a "Cheat Code" to Pump the Stock Short-term But They Are Literally Destroying the Company's Soul Long-term." https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/At_Microsoft_Firing_People_is_a_Cheat_Code_to_Pump_the_Stock_Sh.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/At_Microsoft_Firing_People_is_a_Cheat_Code_to_Pump_the_Stock_Sh.gmi [20:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights At Microsoft, "Firing People is a "Cheat Code" to Pump the Stock Short-term But They Are Literally Destroying the Company's Soul Long-term." [20:18] TR News On IBM: "Been gone just over 2 years. Could not be happier. It is truly a toxic place to work. If you are unhappy, leave. You'll be glad you did." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kewqfc9k [20:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kewqfc9k ) [20:37] TR News Big Tech to Offshore More Jobs to India in 2026 US Layoffs Push Workers to Brink https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/big-tech-offshore-more-jobs-india-2026-us-layoffs-push-workers-brink-1771284 [20:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Big Tech to Offshore More Jobs to India in 2026 US Layoffs Push Workers to Brink | IBTimes UK [20:38] TR News Guess who gets more severance in the era of endless layoffs https://qz.com/severance-inequality-men-women-layoffs-ai [20:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://qz.com/severance-inequality-men-women-layoffs-ai ) [20:38] TR News "A new analysis of severance packages finds that women continue to receive smaller payouts than men after layoffs, underscoring another dimension of workplace inequality as job cuts ripple through the economy." [20:51] TR News Techrights J.H.M. Ray Dassen & Debian, Red Hat, GNOME unexplained deaths https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/J_H_M_Ray_Dassen_Debian_Red_Hat_GNOME_unexplained_deaths.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/J_H_M_Ray_Dassen_Debian_Red_Hat_GNOME_unexplained_deaths.gmi [20:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights J.H.M. Ray Dassen & Debian, Red Hat, GNOME unexplained deaths ● Jan 16 [21:36] TR News Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part II - Breakout of Discontent This Winter in Europe's Second-Largest Organisation https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_II_Breakout_of_Discontent_This_Winter_i.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_II_Breakout_of_Discontent_This_Winter_i.gmi [21:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part II - Breakout of Discontent This Winter in Europe's Second-Largest Organisation [21:55] TR News Techrights Great Reset at IBM, the Company That Pulps Red Hat https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Great_Reset_at_IBM_the_Company_That_Pulps_Red_Hat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Great_Reset_at_IBM_the_Company_That_Pulps_Red_Hat.gmi [21:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Great Reset at IBM, the Company That Pulps Red Hat ● Jan 16 [05:34] TR News "Trump Threatens to Use Insurrection Act Against Demonstrators in Minnesota | Truthout" https://truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-to-use-insurrection-act-against-demonstrators-in-minnesota/ [05:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-truthout.org | Trump Threatens to Use Insurrection Act Against Demonstrators in Minnesota | Truthout [05:35] TR News "Donald Trumps Nuclear Delusions" https://www.thenation.com/article/world/donald-trump-nuclear-testing/ [05:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | Donald Trumps Nuclear Delusions | The Nation [05:35] TR News "Could Trump make good on threat to use the Insurrection Act again?" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-01-15/trump-threatens-insurrection-act-to-end-protests-in-minneapolis [05:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.latimes.com | Could Trump make good on threat to use the Insurrection Act again? - Los Angeles Times [05:35] TR News "Trump Suggests Canceling Midterms, Threatens Insurrection Act" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-suggests-canceling-midterms-1235500336/ [05:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rollingstone.com | Trump Suggests Canceling Midterms, Threatens Insurrection Act ● Jan 16 [07:47] TR News "A woman in Minnesota is dead and there is video of her killing at the hands of an ICE agent." https://www.vox.com/podcasts/475341/ice-shooting-minneapolis-minnesota-renee-good-prosecuted-charged | Source: Vox [07:47] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Can Renee Goods ICE shooter be prosecuted? | Vox [07:48] TR News "And in at least a dozen cases, I uncovered evidence suggesting that the shooting victims were unarmed." https://www.wired.com/story/why-ice-can-kill-with-impunity/ | Source: Wired [07:48] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Why ICE Can Kill With Impunity | WIRED [07:49] TR News "Generally, DHS has permitted encouraged, seemingly DHS officers to use their own personal phones and to use Signal." https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/15/doj-continues-to-let-dhs-pick-and-choose-screen-shots-pertaining-to-their-assaults/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [07:49] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.emptywheel.net | DOJ Continues to Let DHS Pick and Choose Screen Shots Pertaining to Their Assaults - emptywheel [07:50] TR News "Thats fine, dude. Im not mad at you" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/minneapolis-ice-protest-doj-renee-good/ | Source: The Nation [07:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | The Defiance Is Steadily Building, in Increasingly Unlikely Places | The Nation ● Jan 16 [08:15] TR News iophk: "it seems the US has turned its military over to palantir whose owners aspire to re-implement the social structures of former rhodesia and south africa" [08:26] TR News "The U.S. Navy is moving swiftly to integrate and deploy unmanned surface vessels" https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/01/15/us-navy-to-deploy-unmanned-systems-with-surface-forces-this-year/ | Source: US Navy Times [08:26] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.navytimes.com | US Navy to deploy unmanned systems with surface forces this year [08:27] TR News "self-defense." https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/minneapolis-ice-renee-good/ | Source: The Nation [08:27] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | Lets Make Renee Good the Last Person That ICE Kills | The Nation [08:27] TR News "What is happening in Minneapolis is a fascist shit show" https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/minneapolis-resistance-trump-ice/ | Source: The Nation [08:27] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | A Minneapolis Teacher Wants the Whole Country in the Streets | The Nation [08:28] TR News "For a gradual destruction of democracy would have been hard to resist. After all, who wants to rock the boat when theres money to be made, jobs to keep" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-minneapolis-crucible | Source: Paul Krugman [08:28] -TechPolBot/#techpol-paulkrugman.substack.com | The Minneapolis Crucible - Paul Krugman ● Jan 16 [09:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [09:59] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jan 16 [11:44] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jan 16 [14:45] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Jan 16 [15:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [15:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [15:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [15:47] TR News South Koreas ex-president Yoon faces first court ruling over martial law https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-ex-president-yoon-faces-first-court-ruling-over-martial-law [15:47] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Koreas ex-president Yoon faces first court ruling over martial law | The Straits Times [15:51] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jan 16 [16:27] TR News Rights group urges Uganda to lift internet restrictions amid ongoing elections https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/rights-group-urges-uganda-to-lift-internet-restrictions-amid-ongoing-elections/ [16:27] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | HRW urges Uganda to lift internet restrictions amid ongoing elections - JURIST - News [16:27] TR News How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/technology/iran-online-starlink.html [16:27] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/technology/iran-online-starlink.html ) [16:28] TR News DOJ Continues to Let DHS Pick and Choose Screen Shots Pertaining to Their Assaults https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/15/doj-continues-to-let-dhs-pick-and-choose-screen-shots-pertaining-to-their-assaults/ [16:42] TR News $3.6 million in assets seized in probe involving former Malaysian army chief https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/3-6-million-in-assets-seized-in-probe-involving-former-malaysian-army-chief [16:42] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | $3.6 million in assets seized in probe involving former Malaysian army chief | The Straits Times [16:42] TR News China says Carneys Beijing visit key to rebooting ties https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-canada-move-to-reset-ties-as-carney-visits [16:42] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China says Carneys Beijing visit key to rebooting ties | The Straits Times [16:43] TR News Chinas top diplomat calls Canada PM Mark Carney visit turning point in ties https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/15/chinas-top-diplomat-calls-canada-pm-mark-carney-visit-turning-point-in-ties/ [16:43] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | China's top diplomat calls Canada PM Mark Carney visit 'turning point' in ties [16:43] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Lawsuit Seeking California Voter Data Is Dismissed https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/california-voter-roll-lawsuit-trump.html [16:43] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/california-voter-roll-lawsuit-trump.html ) [16:44] TR News US Supreme Court grants standing to congressman challenging Illinois election law https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/us-supreme-court-grants-standing-to-congressman-challenging-illinois-election-law/ [16:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | US Supreme Court grants standing to congressman challenging Illinois election law - JURIST - News [16:46] TR News Many Fiery Remarks, Little Clarity on Whats Next at Security Council Meeting on Iran https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/middleeast/iran-protests-security-council.html [16:46] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/middleeast/iran-protests-security-council.html ) [16:46] TR News What Are Convicted Felons Options in Iran? https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010640541/what-are-trumps-options-in-iran.html [16:46] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | What Are Trumps Options in Iran? - The New York Times [16:47] TR News Live Blog: UN Security Council Held Emergency Meeting On Iran https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html [16:47] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Live Blog: Iranian Authorities 'Afraid Of Their Own People,' Says US Ambassador To UN [16:48] TR News Security and ethnic dimensions of Iran crisis spark warnings across the region https://www.france24.com/en/security-and-ethnic-dimensions-of-iran-crisis-spark-warnings-across-the-region [16:48] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/security-and-ethnic-dimensions-of-iran-crisis-spark-warnings-across-the-region ) [16:48] TR News Owning a gun in South Africa offers some safety, but risks run high for users and society expert https://defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/owning-a-gun-in-south-africa-offers-some-safety-but-risks-run-high-for-users-and-society-expert/ [16:48] -TechPolBot/#techpol-defenceweb.co.za | Owning a gun in South Africa offers some safety, but risks run high for users and society expert - DefenceWeb ● Jan 16 [17:12] TR News Inside an ICE Confrontation in Minneapolis https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010643550/how-we-photographed-an-ice-confrontation-in-minneapolis.html [17:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Inside an ICE Confrontation in Minneapolis - The New York Times [17:13] TR News A Landmark 'High Seas Treaty' Has Arrived. 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Here's Why It's a Big Deal. : ScienceAlert [17:16] TR News Syria: The man behind the mission to heal decade-old wounds in the Sunni majority https://www.france24.com/en/syria-the-man-behind-the-mission-to-heal-decade-old-wounds-in-the-sunni-majority [17:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/syria-the-man-behind-the-mission-to-heal-decade-old-wounds-in-the-sunni-majority ) [17:33] TR News Douglas Murray: Convicted Felon has a chance to end Khameneis reign of terror in Iran https://nypost.com/2026/01/15/opinion/trump-has-a-chance-to-end-khameneis-reign-of-terror-in-iran/ [17:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol-nypost.com | Trump has a chance to end Khameneis reign of terror in Iran | New York Post [17:38] TR News Cuba Receives Remains of 32 Citizens Killed in U.S. Strikes in Venezuela https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/americas/cuba-remains-venezuela-strikes-maduro.html [17:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/americas/cuba-remains-venezuela-strikes-maduro.html ) [17:39] TR News Gazans sceptical of phase 2 of truce as strikes continue https://www.france24.com/en/gazans-sceptical-of-phase-2-of-truce-as-strikes-continue [17:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/gazans-sceptical-of-phase-2-of-truce-as-strikes-continue ) [17:39] TR News 'US can't politically engineer a new status quo inside Iran, it must be self-sustaining' https://www.france24.com/en/us-can-t-politically-engineer-a-new-status-quo-inside-iran-it-must-be-self-sustaining [17:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/us-can-t-politically-engineer-a-new-status-quo-inside-iran-it-must-be-self-sustaining ) [17:40] TR News Why the change of heart? Convicted Felon dials down threats of strikes against Iran https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20260115-why-the-change-of-heart-trump-dials-down-threats-of-strikes-against-iran [17:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20260115-why-the-change-of-heart-trump-dials-down-threats-of-strikes-against-iran ) [17:56] TR News Report highlights how Russia lures young Africans to fight in Ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/report-highlights-how-russia-lures-young-africans-to-fight-in-ukraine [17:56] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/report-highlights-how-russia-lures-young-africans-to-fight-in-ukraine ) [17:56] TR News Former Ukraine prime minister charged with bribery https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/former-ukraine-prime-minister-charged-with-bribery/ [17:56] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Former Ukraine prime minister charged with bribery - JURIST - News [17:56] TR News Russia Knocks Out the Heat in Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/europe/ukraine-kyiv-winter-heating-power-outages.html [17:56] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/europe/ukraine-kyiv-winter-heating-power-outages.html ) [17:56] TR News Ukraine opens criminal case against Vilnius-based Russian opposition figure Leonid Volkov https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2807356/ukraine-opens-criminal-case-against-vilnius-based-russian-opposition-figure-leonid-volkov [17:56] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Ukraine opens criminal case against Vilnius-based Russian opposition figure Leonid Volkov - LRT [17:57] TR News We should not be playing war games with Iran, Russia and China https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/we-should-not-be-playing-war-games-with-iran-russia-and-china/ [17:57] -TechPolBot/#techpol-defenceweb.co.za | We should not be playing war games with Iran, Russia and China - DefenceWeb [17:57] TR News What will Europe actually do to defend Greenland? https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20260115-what-will-europe-actually-do-to-defend-greenland [17:57] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20260115-what-will-europe-actually-do-to-defend-greenland ) [17:57] TR News Russia-India win-win labour deal sparks concerns over migrant workers rights and safety https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/russia-india-win-win-labour-deal-sparks-concerns-over-migrant-workers-rights-and-safety [17:57] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Russia-India labour deal sparks migrant rights concerns | The Straits Times [17:58] TR News U.S. Forces Seize Sixth Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/oil-tanker-seized-venezuela.html [17:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/oil-tanker-seized-venezuela.html ) ● Jan 16 [18:54] *techrights-news has quit (Received malformed line) ● Jan 16 [19:02] *techrights-news (~techrights-news@i8wm8zwjwfwd8.irc) has joined #techpol