●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, October 17, 2025 ●● ● Oct 17 [00:41] TR News Attorney General James Secures $14.2 Million from Car Insurance Companies Over Data Breaches https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-secures-142-million-car-insurance-companies-over-data [00:41] TR Bot Attorney General James Secures $14.2 Million from Car Insurance Companies Over Data Breaches [00:41] TR News Discord blamed a vendor for its data breach now the vendor says it was not hacked https://www.theverge.com/news/799274/discord-security-breach-5ca-vendor-blamed-not-hacked [00:41] TR Bot Discord blamed a vendor for its data breach now the vendor says it was not hacked | The Verge [00:42] TR News LinuxHub 2025.10.06 and KDE Linux 20251007 are out [00:43] TR News Months After Being Notified, a Software Vendor is Still Exposing Confidential and Sealed Court Records https://databreaches.net/2025/10/13/months-after-being-notified-a-software-vendor-is-still-exposing-confidential-and-sealed-court-records/ [00:43] TR Bot After Being Notified, a Software Vendor is Still Exposing Confidential and Sealed Court Records DataBreaches.Net [00:44] TR News They were victims of a massive data breach in 2009. Interior Health denied it for a decade. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/interior-health-data-breach-investigation-9.6931436 [00:44] TR Bot They were victims of a massive data breach in 2009. Their employer denied it for a decade | CBC News [00:45] TR News Tunisia: Death Sentence for Facebook Posts https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/08/tunisia-death-sentence-for-facebook-posts [00:45] TR Bot Tunisia: Death Sentence for Facebook Posts | Human Rights Watch [00:45] TR News Egypt: Journalist Detained over Facebook Posts https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/08/egypt-journalist-detained-over-facebook-posts [00:45] TR Bot Egypt: Journalist Detained over Facebook Posts | Human Rights Watch [00:46] TR News Facebook Takes Down Page That Justice Department Says Was Used to Harass ICE Agents https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-14/facebook-takes-down-page-that-justice-department-says-was-used-to-harass-ice-agents [00:46] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-14/facebook-takes-down-page-that-justice-department-says-was-used-to-harass-ice-agents ) [00:47] TR News jailing of journalists https://cpj.org/2025/10/top-south-african-cop-calls-for-spy-probe-into-media-jailing-of-journalists/ [00:47] TR Bot Top South African cop calls for spy probe into media, jailing of journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists [00:49] TR News self censorship https://www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-life/glenn-loury-begins-open-inquiry-week-with-a-conversation-on-self-censorship/ [00:49] TR Bot Glenn Loury begins Open Inquiry Week [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights [00:57] TR News "I was, perhaps, a bit harsh with my criticisms of account deletion at Network Solutions [1]. I noticed that they had yet to remove the billing information, so I called back to get an update and this time I was able to talk to a billing specialist." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/10/16.1 [00:58] TR News "I useable tool waffle news from gemi.dev ,now i success get link my atom feed from my fediverse account tnx guys to helpful, now i can see list my post & my last post from host instance My Fediverse account." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2716 [00:58] TR News Steam Next Fest (October 2025) Day 3 gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/steam_next_fest_(october_2025)__day_3.gmi [00:59] TR News "I think this will always remain spaghetti bolognaise. I am a stickler for cooking and eating real meals, and trying to cut out processed food." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-10-16_christinas-five-questions.gmi [00:59] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Oct 17 [01:00] TR News "As yall know Ive hacked a lamp switch to start and stop music so I can do it screenlessly but the other day I added a new feature: stop after playing the current song completely. Instead of abruptly pausing. Its so calming compared to a jarring end. One would think subtle things like that wouldnt matter." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/music-switch [01:01] TR News [japan] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-10-16.gmi [01:01] TR News [japan] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-10-15.gmi [01:06] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [01:06] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [01:06] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 17/10/2025: Rant About Network Solutions, Strange Anomaly on Lagrange https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Gemini_Links_17_10_2025_Rant_About_Network_Solutions_Strange_An.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Gemini_Links_17_10_2025_Rant_About_Network_Solutions_Strange_An.gmi [01:06] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 17/10/2025: Rant About Network Solutions, Strange Anomaly on Lagrange [01:09] psydruid https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/china-trade-files-unreadable-microsoft-word-rare-earth-export-wps-125101300816_1.html [01:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/china-trade-files-unreadable-microsoft-word-rare-earth-export-wps-125101300816_1.html ) [01:11] TR News (NEW): Open Source, Not Vendor Lock-in: Why India Must Stand by FOSS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Open_Source_Not_Vendor_Lock_in_Why_India_Must_Stand_by_FOSS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Open_Source_Not_Vendor_Lock_in_Why_India_Must_Stand_by_FOSS.gmi [01:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Source, Not Vendor Lock-in: Why India Must Stand by FOSS [01:11] psydruid https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3328782/sending-message-beijing-issues-documents-without-word-format-amid-us-tensions [01:11] TR Bot Sending a message: Beijing issues documents without Word format amid US tensions | South China Morning Post [01:11] TR News "While A.mericans are being laid off.." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7mrvrcs [01:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7mrvrcs ) [01:13] TR News (US) "At Least 50 Local TV Meteorologists Across the Country Have Been Laid Off Here's Why" [01:20] TR News "Thanks to all the work that went into finding the problem, gaming on Linux with a newer Intel GPU should be a whole lot better." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/mesa-25-2-5-released-with-major-bug-fix-for-intel-graphics-on-linux/ [01:20] TR Bot 25.2.5 released with major bug fix for Intel graphics on Linux | GamingOnLinux [01:21] TR News "The upcoming release also promises a Dolby Surround and Dolby Pro Logic II example filter config, and support for Razer BlackShark v3." https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-promises-bluetooth-audio-streaming-for-hearing-aid-support [01:21] TR Bot 1.6 Promises Bluetooth Audio Streaming for Hearing Aid Support - 9to5Linux [01:22] TR News Botfarm https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/twitter_x_bot_show_user_info/ [01:22] TR Bot X to combat bot problem by showing more info about users The Register [01:34] TR News Techrights 'Help Net Security' (helpnetsecurity.com) May Have Become a Slopfarm as Well https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Help_Net_Security_helpnetsecurity_com_May_Have_Become_a_Slopfar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Help_Net_Security_helpnetsecurity_com_May_Have_Become_a_Slopfar.gmi [01:34] TR Bot Techrights 'Help Net Security' (helpnetsecurity.com) May Have Become a Slopfarm as Well [01:36] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: china has its own doc formats [01:36] schestowitz[TR2] since 20 years ago, almost... [01:36] schestowitz[TR2] i forgot what those were called [01:39] MinceR https://explosm.net/comics/harry-potter-scar#comic [01:39] TR Bot & Happiness (Explosm.net) [01:47] TR News Techrights Second or Third Wave of Microsoft Mass Layoffs in October 2025, This Time Portugal https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Second_or_Third_Wave_of_Microsoft_Mass_Layoffs_in_October_2025_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Second_or_Third_Wave_of_Microsoft_Mass_Layoffs_in_October_2025_.gmi [01:47] TR Bot Techrights Second or Third Wave of Microsoft Mass Layoffs in October 2025, This Time Portugal [01:50] TR News NordVPN open sources its Linux GUI client under GPLv3 https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/16/nordvpn_linux_gui/ [01:50] TR Bot NordVPN open sources its Linux GUI client under GPLv3 The Register ● Oct 17 [02:04] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [02:05] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [02:16] *FANTOM (~fantom@90.244.168.178) has joined #techrights [02:16] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-kd9.832.ifb87q.IP) has joined #techrights [02:19] TR News Techrights The EPO's Central Staff Committee Presents Evidence That Staff Compensation Lowered While the Office Increases Income by Illegally Granting Invalid Patents https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/The_EPO_s_Central_Staff_Committee_Presents_Evidence_That_Staff_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/The_EPO_s_Central_Staff_Committee_Presents_Evidence_That_Staff_.gmi [02:19] TR Bot Techrights The EPO's Central Staff Committee Presents Evidence That Staff Compensation Lowered While the Office Increases Income by Illegally Granting Invalid Patents [02:26] TR News The Biggest Consumer Goods Giant in the World Is Laying Off Thousands of Workers: The World Is Changing https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/nestle-layoffs-16000-jobs-to-be-eliminated/498446 [02:26] TR Bot ( status 406 @ https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/nestle-layoffs-16000-jobs-to-be-eliminated/498446 ) [02:27] TR News Media should quit parroting the lie that Amazon mass layoffs are "HEY HI" something rather than commercial failure https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:AMZN/explorer/total_debt/ 160 billion dollars in DEBT [02:27] TR Bot Complete Toolbox For Investors | finbox.com [02:28] TR News Why journalism is under attack https://www.dw.com/en/press-freedom-journalism-can-d%C3%BCndar-marcela-turati-cerise-castle/video-74311472 [02:28] TR Bot journalism is under attack DW 10/11/2025 [02:30] TR News "Pamela Anderson is known for drastic and dramatic looks including a new one that has been hit with mixed reviews, but some may be surprised to learn of her close friendship with Julian Assange, which once led to a frisky night together." https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/pamela-anderson-julian-assange-36053838 [02:30] TR Bot Pamela Anderson looks back fondly on frisky alcohol-fueled night with Julian Assange | Irish Star [02:31] TR News Snowden cannot speak freely. He lost his freedom... in Russia. [02:34] TR News Techrights International E-Waste Day Same Day as End of Vista 10 https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/International_E_Waste_Day_Same_Day_as_End_of_Vista_10.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/International_E_Waste_Day_Same_Day_as_End_of_Vista_10.gmi [02:34] TR Bot Techrights International E-Waste Day Same Day as End of Vista 10 [02:35] TR News "Without Stallman, there would be no Torvalds. After Stallman launched the GNU project, the emergence of GNU licensed kernel for x86 architecture was inevitable." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45589416 [02:35] TR Bot It sounds like Stallman had quite the impact on you. Is it really so foreign to ... | Hacker News [02:44] TR News Techrights Techrights Turns 19 in 3 Weeks https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Techrights_Turns_19_in_3_Weeks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Techrights_Turns_19_in_3_Weeks.gmi [02:44] TR Bot Techrights Techrights Turns 19 in 3 Weeks [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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[03:17] admfubar https://pirg.org/articles/your-starter-guide-to-reducing-pfas-in-your-home/ [03:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://pirg.org/articles/your-starter-guide-to-reducing-pfas-in-your-home/ ) [03:28] admfubar https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/16/0234244/grapheneos-finally-ready-to-break-free-from-pixels?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed [03:28] TR Bot GrapheneOS Finally Ready To Break Free From Pixels - Slashdot [03:29] admfubar possible cure for oldtimers... https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/16/0245204/new-alzheimers-treatment-clears-plaques-from-brains-of-mice-within-hours [03:29] TR Bot New Alzheimer's Treatment Clears Plaques From Brains of Mice Within Hours - Slashdot [03:31] TR News (NEW): Interest in GNU/Linux as Desktop/Laptop Platform Has Grown https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Interest_in_GNU_Linux_as_Desktop_Laptop_Platform_Has_Grown.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Interest_in_GNU_Linux_as_Desktop_Laptop_Platform_Has_Grown.gmi [03:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Interest in GNU/Linux as Desktop/Laptop Platform Has Grown [03:33] admfubar https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/15/1736225/reddit-cofounder-says-much-of-the-internet-is-now-dead [03:33] TR Bot Reddit Cofounder Says 'Much of the Internet is Now Dead' - Slashdot [03:34] admfubar https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/15/1713252/us-falls-out-of-top-10-on-list-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-passports [03:34] TR Bot US Falls Out of Top 10 on List of the World's Most Powerful Passports - Slashdot [03:36] TR News Techrights End of Vista 10 and Rise of GNU/Linux as Client Side Operating System https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/End_of_Vista_10_and_Rise_of_GNU_Linux_as_Client_Side_Operating_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/End_of_Vista_10_and_Rise_of_GNU_Linux_as_Client_Side_Operating_.gmi [03:36] TR Bot Techrights End of Vista 10 and Rise of GNU/Linux as Client Side Operating System [03:37] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/10/16/0112201 [03:37] TR Bot Drones Rain Fire on Crowd in Southern China - SoylentNews [03:40] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: maybe he spoke oif reddit [03:40] schestowitz[TR2] seems like it got scraped by LLMs [03:40] schestowitz[TR2] and it never had much value anyway [03:41] schestowitz[TR2] the Net is more than the Web, as well [03:44] TR News "Hate to say it but Stallman was right. Theres a reason Ballmer called GPL a cancer, they know how much they profit from unpaid contributors." https://x.com/nenepil_taco/status/1978994138365194544 [03:44] TR Bot NO TITLE [03:46] TR News "The ability to use regex the sign of a gentleman. The ability to use regex well is the sign of a wasted life." - Richard Stallman [03:46] TR News (unverified) [03:48] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [03:49] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [03:50] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/15/new-york-city-sues-instagram-rather-than-teach-kids-filters-arent-real/ [03:50] TR Bot York City Sues Instagram Rather Than Teach Kids Filters Arent Real | Techdirt ● Oct 17 [04:01] schestowitz[TR2] oh, here he goes again [04:01] schestowitz[TR2] techdirt loves boosting social control media [04:01] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [04:01] schestowitz[TR2] and even blast officials who highlight real problems [04:06] TR News Techrights Richard Stallman (RMS) is a Target of Defamation Campaigns Because of His Views on Software (But Politics Are the Excuse for Defaming Him) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Richard_Stallman_RMS_is_a_Target_of_Defamation_Campaigns_Becaus.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Richard_Stallman_RMS_is_a_Target_of_Defamation_Campaigns_Becaus.gmi [04:06] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman (RMS) is a Target of Defamation Campaigns Because of His Views on Software (But Politics Are the Excuse for Defaming Him) [04:14] *schestowitz[TR] has quit (Ping timeout: 268 seconds) [04:14] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). 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You Might Have Just Given Away That You're Losing the Argument [04:34] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [04:34] *Righty (~Username@k9kj6udjnunh8.irc) has joined #techrights [04:38] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [04:38] *Righty (~Username@cj9td547nvgy2.irc) has joined #techrights [04:41] TR News Techrights The Media Helps Microsoft, Amazon and Others (GAFAM and Beyond) Lie About Mass Layoffs Amid Valuation Bubble https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/The_Media_Helps_Microsoft_Amazon_and_Others_GAFAM_and_Beyond_Li.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/The_Media_Helps_Microsoft_Amazon_and_Others_GAFAM_and_Beyond_Li.gmi [04:41] TR Bot Techrights The Media Helps Microsoft, Amazon and Others (GAFAM and Beyond) Lie About Mass Layoffs Amid Valuation Bubble [04:44] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: in https://www.fsf.org/about/staff-and-board/ under "Voting members" Geoff is not listed [04:44] TR Bot Staff and Board Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [04:44] schestowitz[TR2] i think this is an important error [04:46] TR News "In Canada, immigration growth has been from India and Philippines. We now have a million of them each. They have surpassed Blacks and Chinese as visible minorities. IBM sc--wed me over twice. I will always hate IBM forever and I will never buy Lenovo because it was IBM's Thinkpad and IBM still has a % invested in Lenovo. Sorry, still bitter at how I was treated by IBM. Cruel and nasty." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7etgrra [04:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7etgrra ) [04:47] TR News "It means your group doesnt have enough work for everyone. When meeting numbers and duration increases and never decreases, its a huge sign. Get your resume ready and start looking. I was in your spot three years ago. But at 62 I just retired after the severance. YMMV" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k77r9dqd [04:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k77r9dqd ) [04:48] TR News "If you're a "lifer"... time to go. Stop kissing ass and start working somewhere outside of Microsoft." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7qzchtm [04:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7qzchtm ) [04:50] TR News Today marks THREE months since this Microsoft propaganda site last published anything https://devclass.com/ [04:50] TR Bot DEVCLASS [04:50] TR News 'plummeted' 85% https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/american-spirit-exports-canada-plummeted-second-quarter-2025-9.6933236 [04:50] TR Bot American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group | CBC News [04:51] TR News Canada Posts Strike Is a Salvo Against the Gig Economy https://jacobin.com/2025/10/canada-post-strike-gig-economy/ [04:51] TR Bot Canada Posts Strike Is a Salvo Against the Gig Economy [04:52] TR News Canada Post https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-post-strike-9.6935376" [04:52] TR Bot Canada Post workers will return to work, hoping Canadians take up their cause | CBC News [04:52] TR News Canada Post https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-post-cupw-moves-rotating-strike-9.6934289 [04:52] TR Bot Mail delivery to resume as Canada Post union moving to rotating strikes Saturday | CBC News [04:55] TR News "Asmi Linux 25.10 is now available based on Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka)." https://teejeetech.com/2025/10/10/asmi_25.10/ [04:55] TR Bot Asmi Linux 25.10 - [04:56] TR News Voyager 25.10 https://voyagerlive.org/voyager-25.10/ [04:56] TR Bot Voyager 25.10 [04:57] TR News (NEW): Asmi Linux Ubuntu-based distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/11/Asmi_Linux_Ubuntu_based_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/11/Asmi_Linux_Ubuntu_based_distribution.gmi [04:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Asmi Linux Ubuntu-based distribution [04:57] TR News Ubuntu Cinnamon 25.10 Questing Quokka Released! https://ubuntucinnamon.org/?p=1411 [04:57] TR Bot Ubuntu Cinnamon 25.10 "Questing Quokka" Released! | Ubuntu Cinnamon [04:59] *schestowitz[TR] has quit (Ping timeout: 268 seconds) [04:59] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). ● Oct 17 [05:00] *Now talking on #techrights [05:00] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +n #techrights [05:00] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +t #techrights [05:02] TR News AlmaLinux 9.7 Beta Now Available! https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-10-07-announcing-97-beta/ [05:02] TR Bot AlmaLinux OS - Forever-Free Enterprise-Grade Operating System [05:03] TR News (NEW): Red Hat: AlmaLinux Beta and Red Hat's Latest Slopfest https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/09/Red_Hat_AlmaLinux_Beta_and_Red_Hat_s_Latest_Slopfest.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/09/Red_Hat_AlmaLinux_Beta_and_Red_Hat_s_Latest_Slopfest.gmi [05:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat: AlmaLinux Beta and Red Hat's Latest Slopfest [05:06] TR News spirit OS 16.2 is out https://spirit-os.sourceforge.io/ [05:06] TR Bot spirit OS [05:06] TR News "A huge leap forward. Packed with improvements to make your computer more powerful, easy, and enjoyable to use." https://blog.zorin.com/2025/10/14/zorin-os-18-has-arrived/ [05:06] TR Bot Zorin OS 18 Has Arrived - Zorin [05:07] TR News (NEW): T2 25.10 "Never Obsolete" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/T2_25_10_Never_Obsolete.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/T2_25_10_Never_Obsolete.gmi [05:07] TR Bot Tux Machines T2 25.10 "Never Obsolete" [05:07] TR News "FunOS 25.10 is the latest release of the FunOS GNU/Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka. This release brings performance improvements, modern system components, and new Rust-based implementations of core system tools for improved security and stability all while maintaining the lightweight, fast, and elegant experience FunOS is known for." https://funos.org/funos-25-10/ [05:07] TR Bot FunOS 25.10 FunOS [05:08] TR News Peppermint OS (Trixie base) Released https://peppermintos.com/2025/10/peppermint-os-trixie-base-released/ [05:08] TR Bot Peppermint OS (Trixie base) Released Peppermint OS [05:10] *Isambard_Prince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:11] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@epgwe4quumrsc.irc) has joined #techrights [05:17] TR News (NEW): More Nature, Less Tech https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/More_Nature_Less_Tech.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/More_Nature_Less_Tech.gmi [05:17] TR Bot Tux Machines More Nature, Less Tech [05:27] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@4fqyq57tpudzs.irc) has joined #techrights [05:29] *schestowitz[TR] has quit (Ping timeout: 268 seconds) [05:29] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). 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Separate Opinions/Analysis From News https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Tux_Machines_Has_Helped_Separate_Opinions_Analysis_From_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Tux_Machines_Has_Helped_Separate_Opinions_Analysis_From_News.gmi [06:30] TR Bot Techrights Tux Machines Has Helped Separate Opinions/Analysis From News [06:32] TR News (NEW): Following the Now-Enhanced Tux Machines https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Following_the_Now_Enhanced_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Following_the_Now_Enhanced_Tux_Machines.gmi [06:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Following the Now-Enhanced Tux Machines [06:33] TR News (NEW): Gnoppix KDE 25.10 Launches with Debian Trixie Base https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/07/Gnoppix_KDE_25_10_Launches_with_Debian_Trixie_Base.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/07/Gnoppix_KDE_25_10_Launches_with_Debian_Trixie_Base.gmi [06:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Gnoppix KDE 25.10 Launches with Debian Trixie Base [06:35] TR News (NEW): Radxa Orion O6N Brings Cix P1 Performance to a Smaller Nano ITX Form Factor https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Radxa_Orion_O6N_Brings_Cix_P1_Performance_to_a_Smaller_Nano_ITX.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Radxa_Orion_O6N_Brings_Cix_P1_Performance_to_a_Smaller_Nano_ITX.gmi [06:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Radxa Orion O6N Brings Cix P1 Performance to a Smaller Nano ITX Form Factor [06:41] TR News Techrights Links 17/10/2025: Nestl Crisis, Canada Post Versus 'Gig Economy' [sic] and Vista 11 Breaks Itself https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Links_17_10_2025_Nestle_Crisis_Canada_Post_Versus_Gig_Economy_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Links_17_10_2025_Nestle_Crisis_Canada_Post_Versus_Gig_Economy_s.gmi [06:41] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/10/2025: Nestl Crisis, Canada Post Versus 'Gig Economy' [sic] and Vista 11 Breaks Itself [06:42] TR News Going to the "Pott" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/pott.txt [06:42] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-10-17.gmi [06:43] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1446.jpg [06:43] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1796.jpg [06:50] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [06:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [06:53] TR News Techrights Campaign of Defamation Against the People Who Built NixOS (and Are Now Pushed Out From Their Own Project) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Campaign_of_Defamation_Against_the_People_Who_Built_NixOS_and_A.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Campaign_of_Defamation_Against_the_People_Who_Built_NixOS_and_A.gmi [06:53] TR Bot Techrights Campaign of Defamation Against the People Who Built NixOS (and Are Now Pushed Out From Their Own Project) ● Oct 17 [07:00] TR News (NEW): Firefox 144 Is Now Available for Download, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/13/Firefox_144_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_This_Is_What_s_New.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/13/Firefox_144_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_This_Is_What_s_New.gmi [07:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Firefox 144 Is Now Available for Download, This Is Whats New [07:02] TR News (NEW): Why an immutable distro is the perfect starting point for new Linux users https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Why_an_immutable_distro_is_the_perfect_starting_point_for_new_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Why_an_immutable_distro_is_the_perfect_starting_point_for_new_L.gmi [07:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Why an immutable distro is the perfect starting point for new Linux users [07:05] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/16/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/16/Security_Leftovers.gmi [07:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [07:09] TR News (NEW): ClamAV 1.5 Antivirus Brings FIPS-Mode Signature Verification Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/08/ClamAV_1_5_Antivirus_Brings_FIPS_Mode_Signature_Verification_Su.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/08/ClamAV_1_5_Antivirus_Brings_FIPS_Mode_Signature_Verification_Su.gmi [07:09] TR Bot Tux Machines ClamAV 1.5 Antivirus Brings FIPS-Mode Signature Verification Support [07:10] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [07:11] TR News EA Workers Rally Against $55 Billion Saudi-Backed Acquisition https://www.operationsports.com/ea-workers-rally-against-55-billion-saudi-backed-acquisition/ [07:11] TR Bot EA Workers Rally Against $55 Billion Saudi-Backed Acquisition - Operation Sports [07:13] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [07:13] TR News Microsoft rebellion https://esportsinsider.com/2025/10/activision-blizzard-battle-net-workers-unionise [07:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://esportsinsider.com/2025/10/activision-blizzard-battle-net-workers-unionise ) [07:19] TR News iophk: EXT4 has pathetic group permission management unlike some other file systems [07:21] TR News The next financial bubble is hidden in the shadows. Is it about to pop? https://www.theage.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/the-next-financial-bubble-is-hidden-in-the-shadows-is-it-about-to-pop-20251012-p5n1w4.html in 1999 and in 2007 at least the economies still looked OK. Now, not so much. So an implosion would be very devastating. [07:21] TR Bot The next financial bubble is hidden in the shadows. Is it about to pop? [07:22] TR News Slop and software patents... as explained by a patent profiteer http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/guest-post-patentability-of-prohibited.html [07:22] TR Bot [Guest post] The patentability of prohibited practices in the field of AI - The IPKat [07:22] TR News Patents in most domains should be banned, but lobbyists write laws http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/patents-make-surprise-appearance-in-uk.html [07:22] TR Bot Patents make surprise appearance in UK consultation on precision breeding framework - The IPKat [07:23] TR News What do sex toys and patent law have in common http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/what-do-sex-toys-and-patent-law-have-in.html [07:23] TR Bot What do sex toys and patent law have in common? - The IPKat [07:23] TR News This should be considered a serious offence with lifelong bans http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/use-of-ai-in-patent-industry-spectre-of.html [07:23] TR Bot Use of AI in the patent industry: The spectre of hallucination - The IPKat [07:24] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [07:24] TR News In Spain, Farmworkers Are Dying in the Heat https://jacobin.com/2025/10/spain-farmworkers-heatstroke-climate-crisis/ [07:24] TR Bot In Spain, Farmworkers Are Dying in the Heat [07:24] TR News How Canadian steelmakers are 'greening' their steel amid tariffs, global challenges https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/green-steel-explainer-9.6933400 [07:24] TR Bot How Canadian steelmakers are 'greening' their steel amid tariffs, global challenges | CBC Climate Change News [07:25] TR News Youth Climate Leaders Test New Legal Strategy to Counter Fossil Fuel Expansion https://truthout.org/articles/youth-climate-leaders-test-new-legal-strategy-to-counter-fossil-fuel-expansion/ [07:25] TR Bot Youth Climate Leaders Test New Legal Strategy to Counter Fossil Fuel Expansion | Truthout [07:25] TR News Climate Tipping Points Are Being Crossed, Scientists Warn Ahead of COP30 https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-10-12/climate-tipping-points-are-being-crossed-scientists-warn-ahead-of-cop30 [07:25] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-10-12/climate-tipping-points-are-being-crossed-scientists-warn-ahead-of-cop30 ) [07:25] TR News Burning Planet https://jacobin.com/2025/10/military-industrial-complex-climate-working-class/ [07:25] TR Bot All Guns and No Butter on a Burning Planet [07:26] TR News A Japanese Pinot Noir Town Blessed by Climate Change Now Worries About the Weather https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-10-12/a-japanese-pinot-noir-town-blessed-by-climate-change-now-worries-about-the-weather [07:26] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ 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gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Go_Watch_Video_About_Librephone_Get_Microsoft_Ads.gmi [07:38] TR Bot Techrights Go Watch Video About Librephone, Get Microsoft Ads [07:40] TR News "By locking down the boot firmware, TiVo prevented users from modifying or copying the firmware, so you can see how Stallman got pissed over this" https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1o8jxnk/beloved_tivo_recording_device_taken_off_market_as/ [07:40] TR Bot - The heart of the internet [07:51] TR News 'major social conflict https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-union-group-warns-of-major-social-conflict/live-74318193 [07:51] TR Bot news: SPD criticizes migration reform plan DW 10/13/2025 [07:54] TR News Fake 'award' https://www.dw.com/en/nobel-economics-prize-awarded-for-innovation-growth-theory/a-74328580 http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/06/Nobel_Prize_in_Economics_Does_Not_Exist_It_s_Propaganda_From_Sv.shtml [07:54] TR Bot economics prize awarded for innovation-growth theory DW 10/13/2025 [07:54] TR Bot Techrights Nobel Prize in Economics Does Not Exist, It's Propaganda From Sveriges Riksbank [07:55] TR News Two arrested over cyber attack which stole thousands of nursery childrens data https://www.itv.com/news/2025-10-07/two-arrested-over-cyber-attack-which-stole-thousands-of-nursery-childrens-data [07:55] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.itv.com/news/2025-10-07/two-arrested-over-cyber-attack-which-stole-thousands-of-nursery-childrens-data ) [07:55] TR News Harris Health discloses insider-wrongdoing breach that went on for a decade https://databreaches.net/2025/10/07/harris-health-discloses-insider-wrongdoing-breach-that-went-on-for-a-decade/ [07:55] TR Bot Health discloses insider-wrongdoing breach that went on for a decade DataBreaches.Net [07:58] TR News California hospitals can escape fines if workers expose patient info https://www.legalnewsline.com/northern-california-record/ca-hospitals-can-escape-fines-if-workers-expose-patient-info/article_5de3ceed-7aa8-43af-91a7-47eb7c0132a5.html [07:58] TR Bot ( status 451 @ https://www.legalnewsline.com/northern-california-record/ca-hospitals-can-escape-fines-if-workers-expose-patient-info/article_5de3ceed-7aa8-43af-91a7-47eb7c0132a5.html ) [07:58] TR News Wingtech https://www.dw.com/en/china-decries-netherlands-takeover-of-wingtech-subsidiary/a-74347955 [07:58] TR Bot decries Netherlands takeover of Wingtech subsidiary DW 10/14/2025 [07:59] TR News EU delays 'chat control' law over privacy concerns https://www.dw.com/en/eu-delays-chat-control-law-over-privacy-concerns/a-74337044 [07:59] TR Bot delays 'chat control' law over privacy concerns DW 10/14/2025 ● Oct 17 [08:00] TR News Developing: Salesforce data leak site being seized? Looks like it. https://databreaches.net/2025/10/06/developing-salesforce-data-leak-site-being-seized-looks-like-it/ [08:00] TR Bot Salesforce data leak site being seized? Looks like it. DataBreaches.Net [08:00] TR News US law firm with major political clients hacked in spying spree linked to China https://www.wmur.com/article/chinese-hackers-breach-us-law-firm-williams-connolly/68897450 [08:00] TR Bot ( status 451 @ https://www.wmur.com/article/chinese-hackers-breach-us-law-firm-williams-connolly/68897450 ) [08:01] TR News price fixing https://www.dw.com/en/eu-fines-gucci-chloe-loewe-for-price-fixing/a-74350522 [08:01] TR Bot fines Gucci, Chloe, Loewe for price fixing DW 10/14/2025 [08:02] TR News huge drug safety gaps https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-cough-syrup-tragedy-shows-huge-drug-safety-gaps/a-74352862 [08:02] TR Bot cough syrup tragedy shows huge drug safety gaps DW 10/14/2025 [08:04] TR News Salesforce Tells Clients It Wont Pay Hackers for Extortion https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-07/salesforce-tells-clients-it-won-t-pay-hackers-for-data-extortion [08:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-07/salesforce-tells-clients-it-won-t-pay-hackers-for-data-extortion ) [08:05] TR News Qantas says legal protections in place as ScatteredLAPSUS$Hunters group threatens to release personal data https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-08/qantas-responds-to-cyber-hacker-threat-to-release-data/105866656 [08:05] TR Bot Qantas says 'legal protections in place' as cyber hacking group threatens to release personal data - ABC News [08:09] TR News DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin, a new triad aims to dominate the ransomware landscape https://securityaffairs.com/183119/cyber-crime/dragonforce-lockbit-and-qilin-a-new-triad-aims-to-dominate-the-ransomware-landscape.html [08:09] TR Bot DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin, a new triad aims to dominate the ransomware landscape [08:10] TR News Major hospitals hit by cyberattacks, patient data sold on hacker forums https://vietnamnet.vn/en/major-hospitals-hit-by-cyberattacks-patient-data-sold-on-hacker-forums-2449058.html [08:10] TR Bot Major hospitals hit by cyberattacks, patient data sold on hacker forums [08:12] TR News German businesses asked to repay COVID-19 emergency aid https://www.dw.com/en/german-businesses-asked-to-repay-covid-19-emergency-aid/a-74295702 [08:12] TR Bot businesses asked to repay COVID-19 emergency aid DW 10/13/2025 [08:15] TR News SonicWall Says All Firewall Backups Were Accessed by Hackers https://hackread.com/sonicwall-hackers-breached-all-firewall-backups/ [08:15] TR Bot SonicWall Says Hackers Breached All of Its Firewall Backups [08:15] TR News Missing Risk Analysis Cost NY CPA Firm $175KBut Not the Big Group Whose Data Was Breached in 2019 https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/missing-risk-analysis-cost-ny-cpa-firm-3029864/ [08:15] TR Bot Risk Analysis Cost NY CPA Firm $175KBut Not the Big Group Whose Data Was Breached in 2019 | Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) - JDSupra [08:17] TR News Californias New Delete Request Tool Impacts Data Brokers and Residents https://www.hunton.com/privacy-and-information-security-law/californias-new-delete-request-tool-impacts-data-brokers-and-residents [08:17] TR Bot Californias New Delete Request Tool Impacts Data Brokers and Residents [08:17] TR News California Sets 30 Day Deadline for Data Breach Notifications https://www.workplaceprivacyreport.com/2025/10/articles/data-breach-notification/california-sets-30-day-deadline-for-data-breach-notifications/ [08:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.workplaceprivacyreport.com/2025/10/articles/data-breach-notification/california-sets-30-day-deadline-for-data-breach-notifications/ ) [08:18] TR News BreachForums Seized Again! https://databreaches.net/2025/10/09/breachforums-seized-again/ [08:18] TR Bot Seized Again! DataBreaches.Net [08:18] TR News Policyholder Plot Twist: Cyber Insurer Sues Policyholders Cyber Pros https://www.hunton.com/hunton-insurance-recovery-blog/ [08:18] TR Bot Insurance Recovery Blog [08:19] TR News Watsonville Community Hospital had a data breach or two. It would be helpful to know which. https://databreaches.net/2025/10/10/watsonville-community-hospital-had-a-data-breach-or-two-it-would-be-helpful-to-know-which/ [08:19] TR Bot Community Hospital had a data breach or two. It would be helpful to know which. DataBreaches.Net [08:20] TR News Telstra Denies Scattered Spider Data Breach Claims Amid Ransom Threats https://www.itsecuritynews.info/telstra-denies-scattered-spider-data-breach-claims-amid-ransom-threats/ [08:20] TR Bot Telstra Denies Scattered Spider Data Breach Claims Amid Ransom Threats - IT Security News [08:20] TR News Dont breathe that sigh of relief just yet: BreachForums is gone, but the Salesforce leak site isnt https://databreaches.net/2025/10/10/dont-breathe-that-sigh-of-relief-just-yet-breachforums-is-gone-but-a-leak-site-isnt/ [08:20] TR Bot breathe that sigh of relief just yet: BreachForums is gone, but the Salesforce leak site isnt DataBreaches.Net [08:47] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [08:48] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [08:49] *FANTOM (~fantom@90.244.165.37) has joined #techrights [08:51] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-muk.gl1.ifb87q.IP) has joined #techrights [08:51] *a_fantom (~fantom@90.244.165.37) has joined #techrights [08:54] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) ● Oct 17 [10:06] *nosler (~nosler@185.252.wiz.or) has joined #techrights [10:11] *nosler has quit (Client Quit) [10:33] TR News DOOM: The Dark Ages gets a major performance upgrade for handhelds - now Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/doom-the-dark-ages-gets-a-major-performance-upgrade-for-handhelds-now-steam-deck-verified/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:33] TR Bot The Dark Ages gets a major performance upgrade for handhelds - now Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux [10:34] TR News Mesa 25.2.5 released with major bug fix for Intel graphics on Linux | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/mesa-25-2-5-released-with-major-bug-fix-for-intel-graphics-on-linux/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:34] TR Bot 25.2.5 released with major bug fix for Intel graphics on Linux | GamingOnLinux [10:34] TR News Hollow Knight: Silksong Patch 4 has a Beta up with a major controller input change | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/hollow-knight-silksong-patch-4-has-a-beta-up-with-a-major-controller-input-change/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:34] TR Bot Knight: Silksong Patch 4 has a Beta up with a major controller input change | GamingOnLinux [10:35] TR News The Outlast Trials is getting a brutal looking PvP invasion mode | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-outlast-trials-is-getting-a-brutal-looking-pvp-invasion-mode/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:35] TR Bot Outlast Trials is getting a brutal looking PvP invasion mode | GamingOnLinux [10:37] TR News Surviving Mars: Relaunched arrives November 10 with two expansions planned | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/surviving-mars-relaunched-arrives-november-10-with-two-expansions-planned/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/surviving-mars-relaunched-arrives-november-10-with-two-expansions-planned/ [10:37] TR Bot Mars: Relaunched arrives November 10 with two expansions planned | GamingOnLinux [10:40] TR News Open world exploration game Outbound looks super cosy and hit over 1 million Steam wishlists | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/open-world-exploration-game-outbound-looks-super-cosy-and-hit-over-1-million-steam-wishlists/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:40] TR Bot world exploration game Outbound looks super cosy and hit over 1 million Steam wishlists | GamingOnLinux [10:41] TR News "Croc Legend of the Gobbos remaster originally launched as an exclusive to GOG, but that's not going to last with a newer edition announced and a Steam release." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/croc-legend-of-the-gobbos-remaster-is-coming-to-steam-with-more-upgrades/ [10:41] TR Bot Legend of the Gobbos remaster is coming to Steam with more upgrades | GamingOnLinux [10:42] TR News SpellBinding: AHRSTYW Wordo: OVENS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-10-17.gmi [10:43] TR News "The exciting sounding Siege Update for Dwarf Fortress now has a release date, with it set to arrive on November 3rd and here's what's coming with it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-siege-update-for-dwarf-fortress-lands-november-3/ [10:43] TR Bot Siege Update for Dwarf Fortress lands November 3 | GamingOnLinux [10:44] TR News Black Myth: Wukong gets a big performance update out now | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/black-myth-wukong-gets-a-big-performance-update-out-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/black-myth-wukong-gets-a-big-performance-update-out-now/ [10:44] TR Bot Myth: Wukong gets a big performance update out now | GamingOnLinux [10:45] TR News "Nightdive Studios announced the definitive update for I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream has now landed on PC with Linux support. This brings over a bunch of enhancements done for the console release, making it better for everyone." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/nightdive-release-definitive-update-for-i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream/ [10:45] TR Bot release definitive PC update for I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream | GamingOnLinux [10:54] TR News "Can The FSF Really Make The Librephone?" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/can-the-fsf-really-make-the-librephone:5 [10:54] TR Bot Can The FSF Really Make The Librephone? [10:55] TR News "Western Executives Who Visit China are Coming Back Terrified" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/10/15/0422232 [10:55] TR Bot Western Executives Who Visit China are Coming Back Terrified - SoylentNews [10:55] TR News "Trump Sued Again For Illegally Destroying The Digital Equity Act (And A Bunch Of Useful Programs That Helped His Own Supporters)" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/16/trump-sued-again-for-illegally-destroying-the-digital-equity-act-and-a-bunch-of-useful-programs-that-helped-his-own-supporters/ [10:55] TR Bot Sued Again For Illegally Destroying The Digital Equity Act (And A Bunch Of Useful Programs That Helped His Own Supporters) | Techdirt [10:56] TR News iophk: sadly EFF's worldview is that of social control media only https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/no-one-should-be-forced-conform-views-state https://techrights.org/o/2023/04/19/framing-privacy-as-sex-issue/ [10:56] TR Bot No One Should Be Forced to Conform to the Views of the State | Electronic Frontier Foundation [10:56] TR Bot EFF Takes Money From US Nazis to Speak for Prostitutes and Frame Privacy (or Net Liability) as a Sex Issue [10:56] TR News (NEW): Games: Black Myth: Wukong, Croc Legend of the Gobbos, DOOM: The Dark Ages, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Games_Black_Myth_Wukong_Croc_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_DOOM_The_Dark.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Games_Black_Myth_Wukong_Croc_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_DOOM_The_Dark.gmi [10:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Black Myth: Wukong, Croc Legend of the Gobbos, DOOM: The Dark Ages, and More [10:56] TR News "ldersgrns fr sociala media rullas ut i EU" https://femtejuli.se/2025/10/16/aldersgrans-for-sociala-media-rullas-ut-i-eu/ [10:56] TR Bot ldersgrns fr sociala media rullas ut i EU [10:57] TR News "YaST, la veterana herramienta de administracin de SUSE" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2025/10/16/adios-yast-admin-suse/ [10:57] TR Bot YaST, la veterana herramienta de administracin de SUSE ● Oct 17 [11:02] TR News "Free Internet at Risk?" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/free-internet-at-risk:d well put [11:02] TR Bot Free Internet at Risk? [11:04] TR News "wants to stalk US resident" https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/10/16/uscis-still-wants-to-stalk-us-residents-and-visitors-on-social-media/ | Source: Papers Please [11:04] TR Bot USCIS still wants to stalk US residents and visitors on social media Papers, Please! [11:05] TR News "The European welfare state has to die. At least, thats what the Washington Post wants you to think." https://fair.org/home/wapo-says-hard-math-means-europe-must-lower-its-quality-of-life/ | Source: FAIR [11:05] TR Bot WaPo Says Hard Math Means Europe Must Lower Its Quality of Life FAIR [11:17] TR News (NEW): Bird Rescue https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Bird_Rescue.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Bird_Rescue.gmi [11:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Bird Rescue [11:18] TR News Game Dev Union Asks For More Scrutiny On Saudi-Led Buyout Of EA In Fear Of Mass Layoffs https://www.thegamer.com/ea-aquisition-games-devs-union-cwa-asks-for-more-scrutiny-fear-mass-layoffs/ [11:18] TR Bot EA Buyout Should Be Investigated Further To Avoid Job Losses, Says Video Game Developer Union [11:21] TR News "Last week, the European Commission asked the public to provide ideas about how to improve the EUs Digital Markets Act (DMA)." https://edri.org/our-work/the-dma-is-a-success-it-should-be-strengthened-and-expanded/ | Source: EDRI [11:21] TR Bot The DMA is a success, it should be strengthened and expanded - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [11:23] TR News "CNN has a checkered history when it comes to streaming subscriptions, to put it mildly." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2944204/cnn-is-trying-again-with-a-new-streaming-service.html | Source: PC World [11:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2944204/cnn-is-trying-again-with-a-new-streaming-service.html ) [11:23] TR News "Digital streaming continues to dominate: Doubling in value since FY20 and 51.3% share of overall revenue with Subscription Video on Demand showing significant growth in FY25" https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about-us/news-and-events/year-in-review-25 | [11:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about-us/news-and-events/year-in-review-25 ) [11:23] TR News "Local artists now account for less than 10% of all plays, according to the eye-opening data." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/15/local-artists-aus-nz-streaming-report/ | Source: Digital Music News [11:23] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/15/local-artists-aus-nz-streaming-report/ ) [11:24] TR News "It is not hard to picture the fallout." https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/why-i-am-summoning-internet-providers-to-shetland-after-latest-cable-breakdown-5363114 | Source: The Scotsman [11:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/why-i-am-summoning-internet-providers-to-shetland-after-latest-cable-breakdown-5363114 ) [11:24] TR News "We can only be brave together" https://organizingmythoughts.org/making-things-together-zines-strategy-and-survival/ | Source: Kelly Hayes [11:24] TR Bot Making Things Together: Zines, Strategy, and Survival [11:25] TR News "blood and soil" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/10/the-worst-person-you-know-just-made-a-great-point/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [11:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/10/the-worst-person-you-know-just-made-a-great-point/ ) [11:25] TR News "You want a movement? Brother, there are people who have been neck-deep in social and political movements for their whole lives, right here in America." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/shift-change-at-the-wheel-reinvention | Source: Hamilton Nolan [11:25] TR Bot Shift Change at the Wheel Reinvention Factory [11:25] TR News "Meta, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, was the latest tech giant to remove content in response to government pressure. Last week, Apple and Google removed apps used to track immigration agents from their app stores." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/technology/meta-removes-ice-facebook-page.html | Source: New York Times [11:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/technology/meta-removes-ice-facebook-page.html ) [11:26] TR News "For 44 days and counting, Stephen Millers goons have been trying to create a pretext to federalize law enforcement in Chicago." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/16/how-city-of-chicago-beat-back-stephen-millers-shoddy-propaganda-so-far/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [11:26] TR Bot How City of Chicago Beat Back Stephen Miller's Shoddy Propaganda ... So Far - emptywheel [11:26] TR News "Im starting my day at MIT at a conference on the quantitative analysis of news, hosted by the folks behind Media Cloud." https://ethanzuckerman.com/2025/10/16/tracking-ice-with-media-cloud-data/ | Source: Ethan Zuckerman [11:26] TR Bot Tracking ICE with Media Cloud data - Ethan Zuckerman [11:27] TR News "But the impact of our reporting cant always be captured in headlinesor in page views, time on site, and social shares." https://thewalrus.ca/you-cant-always-measure-the-impact-of-journalism-in-clicks/ | Source: The Walrus [11:27] TR Bot You Cant Always Measure the Impact of Journalism in Clicks | The Walrus [11:27] TR News "The group expressed concern that the assault may have been linked to the journalists work, though the reason for the shooting remains unclear." https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/press-group-urges-turkiye-to-investigate-motives-behind-journalist-shooting/ | Source: JURIST [11:27] TR Bot Press group urges Trkiye to investigate motives behind journalist shooting - JURIST - News [11:27] TR News "Dozens of journalists on Wednesday turned in their press access badges instead of complying with the Pentagons new reporting rules." https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/journalists-turn-in-press-badges-following-new-pentagon-reporting-requirements/ | Source: JURIST [11:27] TR Bot Journalists turn in press badges following new Pentagon reporting requirements - JURIST - News [11:28] TR News "Guevara was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as he was reporting on a No Kings protest on June 14 in the Atlanta area." https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2025-10-15/mario-guevara-deportation-journalist-el-salvador | Source: Los Angeles Times [11:28] TR Bot Mario Guevara discusses post-deportation life in El Salvador - Los Angeles Times [11:28] TR News "any substantive improvement in Hong Kongs press freedom landscape." https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/17/hong-kong-press-freedom-rebounds-slightly-from-historic-low-reflecting-resilience-journalists-union-says/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [11:28] TR Bot HK press freedom rebounds slightly from historic low, journalists' union says [11:33] TR News "It made us more insistent that we had to be there." https://www.latimes.com/politics/newsletter/2025-10-16/chabria-column-no-kings-trump-protest | Source: Los Angeles Times [11:33] TR Bot Dont let MAGA turn protest into a crime - Los Angeles Times [11:33] TR News "Swedish prosecutors on Thursday sought the arrest a young Syrian man for killing Salwan Momika" https://www.thelocal.se/20251016/swedish-prosecutors-suspect-syrian-man-of-murdering-quran-burner | Source: The Local SE [11:33] TR Bot Swedish prosecutors suspect Syrian man of murdering Quran burner [11:34] TR News "The study included forty-seven different topics, including health, technology, and politics, all drawn from real online content." https://phys.org/news/2025-10-social-media-comments-quick-misinformation.html | Source: Omicron Limited [11:34] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-social-media-comments-quick-misinformation.html ) [11:37] TR News "There are no people everything is robotic" https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/western-executives-shaken-visiting-china | Source: Futurism [11:37] TR Bot Western Executives Shaken After Visiting China [11:37] TR News "And youre walking alongside this conveyor, and after about 800, 900 metres, a truck drives out. There are no people everything is robotic." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/12/why-western-executives-visit-china-coming-back-terrified/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [11:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/12/why-western-executives-visit-china-coming-back-terrified/ ) [11:38] TR News "Thats why the Secure Hosting Alliance (SHA) is introducing the SHA Trust Seal. The seal sets a clear bar for providers by demanding transparency, accountability, and resilience." https://cyberscoop.com/secure-hosting-trust-seal-cybersecurity-standards-op-ed/ | Source: Scoop News Group [11:38] TR Bot the web-hosting industry needs a trust seal | CyberScoop [11:39] TR News "Evernote, Vimeo, Meetup These once household names of the early internet now share a common fate: theyve all been snapped up by Bending Spoons." https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/bending-spoons-insatiable-appetite | Source: Jrme Marin [11:39] TR Bot Bending Spoons insatiable appetite - by Jrme Marin [11:39] TR News "A September 4 White House dinner epitomised the awkward dance between tech and Trump." https://www.theage.com.au/technology/silicon-valley-s-trump-courtship-is-backfiring-spectacularly-20251014-p5n2a3.html | Source: The Age AU [11:39] TR Bot Silicon Valley AI boom: Donald Trumps policies create volatile environment for tech companies [11:40] TR News "One significant reason for this disparity is that American governments have typically prioritized building roads over rail lines" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/subway-safety/684566/ | Source: The Atlantic [11:40] TR Bot Why Safety on the Subway Matters - The Atlantic [11:41] TR News "Norway is an outlier, though: About one in five cars sold in Europe in 2024 was electric" https://www.semafor.com/article/10/16/2025/norway-declares-victory-in-move-away-from-gas-cars | Source: Semafor Inc [11:41] TR Bot declares victory in move away from gas cars | Semafor [11:41] TR News "Barium titanate, first discovered in 1941, is known for its powerful electro-optic properties in bulk, or three-dimensional, crystals." https://phys.org/news/2025-10-school-material-power-quantum-center.html | Source: Omicron Limited [11:41] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-school-material-power-quantum-center.html ) [11:42] TR News "As the Arctic heats up, scientists are worried about permafrost thaw for numerous reasons." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-resurrected-40000-year-old-microbes-from-alaskan-permafrost-180987509/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [11:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-resurrected-40000-year-old-microbes-from-alaskan-permafrost-180987509/ ) [11:42] TR News "The warning in the Global Tipping Points report by 160 researchers worldwide" https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/coral-tipping-points-9.6937594 | Source: CBC [11:42] TR Bot World's coral reefs in almost irreversible die-off, scientists say | CBC [11:42] TR News "CO2 impacts climate today and for many centuries" https://wmo.int/publication-series/wmo-greenhouse-gas-bulletin-no-21 | [11:43] TR Bot WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin - No. 21 [11:43] TR News "Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and "turbo-charging" the Earth's climate" https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/co2-climate-emissions-cop30-9.6939220 | Source: CBC [11:43] TR Bot CO2 in the atmosphere has reached highest level in 800,000 years: WMO report | CBC News [11:43] TR News "Even between 2011 and 2020, the average increase was a mere 2.4 parts per million per year." https://futurism.com/future-society/climate-news-bad-world-meteorological-organizati | Source: Futurism [11:43] TR Bot The Latest Climate News Is So Bad That You Should Probably Not Click This and Just Bury Your Head in the Sand [11:44] TR News "But mining them requires heavy chemical use that results in toxic waste and has caused several environmental disasters. Production costs are also high." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/17/rare-earths-critical-minerals-explained | Source: The Guardian UK [11:44] TR Bot What are rare earths and critical minerals explained in 30 seconds | Mining | The Guardian [11:44] TR News "68% of their traffic was bots. And they werent even trying to hide it once you knew what to look for." https://medium.com/@simulsarker007/i-analyzed-200-e-commerce-sites-and-73-of-their-traffic-was-fake-1d773c761a51 | Source: Medium [11:44] TR Bot Analyzed 200+ ECommerce Sites, and 73% of Their Traffic Was Fake | by Simul S. | Oct, 2025 | Medium [11:54] TR News "As more staff members at the DMV were called to help, Gardiner says she started to believe the rejected photos were being caused by her facial difference." https://www.wired.com/story/when-face-recognition-doesnt-know-your-face-is-a-face/ | Source: Wired [11:54] TR Bot Face Recognition Doesnt Know Your Face Is a Face | WIRED [11:55] TR News "No, Larry, not nearly cynical enough. A real cynic might be able to imagine what Oracle could do with all that customer data once it is mangled through a massive predictive machine." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/16/oracle_vectorizes_its_customers/ | Source: The Register UK [11:55] TR Bot Larry Ellison's latest craze: Vectorizing all the customers The Register [11:55] TR News "Bits of Freedom sued Meta for breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA), a key European legislation designed to give users more autonomy and control over the large online platforms." https://edri.org/our-work/judge-in-the-bits-of-freedom-vs-meta-lawsuit-meta-must-respect-users-choice/ | Source: EDRI [11:55] TR Bot Meta must respect users choice - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [11:55] TR News "Legal experts say that without answers from Google, its a puzzle as to why the feature has been withheld." https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/pixel-10-ask-photos-texas-illinois-21101011.php | Source: Houston Chronicle [11:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/pixel-10-ask-photos-texas-illinois-21101011.php ) [11:56] TR News "It's worth noting Ask Photos isn't enabled by default. It requires five different conditions to be met to become available. These are: [...]" https://www.androidpolice.com/ask-photos-isnt-available-in-texas-and-illinois-confirms-google/ | Source: Android Police [11:56] TR Bot Google confirms Ask Photos snub for Texas and Illinois users [11:56] TR News "Doubao offers users a little bit of everythingits like ChatGPT, Midjourney, Sora, Character.ai, TikTok, Perplexity, Copilot, and more in a single app." https://www.wired.com/story/bytedance-doubao-chatbot-popularity/ | Source: Wired [11:56] TR Bot ByteDance Made Chinas Most Popular AI Chatbot | WIRED [11:57] TR News "While voice-control is a boon for accessibility, we'd have to wonder if there are that many people out there who really want to interact with their PCs in this way." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/16/microsoft_copilot_updates/ | Source: The Register UK [11:57] TR Bot Microsoft adds always-listening, always-watching Copilot The Register [11:59] TR News "After a recent conversation on Twitter, I discovered that many people store their TOTP (Time-based OTPs) alongside their passwords in password managers." https://iamvishnu.com/posts/totp-inside-password-manager | Source: Vishnu Haridas [11:59] TR Bot On Storing TOTP in Password Managers Vishnu's Pages [11:59] TR News "Mayraz then put the command inside a comment in the pull request. Then its not visible to the user but Copilot Chat can read it just fine, and act on it." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/14/its-trivial-to-prompt-inject-githubs-ai-copilot-chat/ | Source: Pivot to AI [11:59] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/14/its-trivial-to-prompt-inject-githubs-ai-copilot-chat/ ) ● Oct 17 [12:02] TR News Windows TCO: "Capita has been handed a record ransomware fine of 14 million by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) after a 2023 cyberattack exposed the personal data of 6.6 million people." https://thecyberexpress.com/capita-ransomware-fine/ | Source: Cyble Inc [12:02] TR Bot Capita Ransomware Fine Marks UKs Largest Breach Penalty [12:02] TR News Windows TCO: "PowerSchool in May confirmed paying a ransom to prevent the data leak and ensure data erasure, but the attackers did not delete the stolen information and started extorting school districts in the US and Canada." https://www.securityweek.com/four-year-prison-sentence-for-powerschool-hacker/ | Source: Security Week [12:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/four-year-prison-sentence-for-powerschool-hacker/ ) [12:03] TR News Windows TCO: "Personal data, including Social Security numbers, special education status and medical conditions for more than 60 million students and 9 million teachers, were exposed in the hack, which became public in January." https://therecord.media/powerschool-hacker-sentenced-4-years | Source: The Record [12:03] TR Bot PowerSchool hacker sentenced to 4 years in prison | The Record from Recorded Future News [12:03] TR News Windows TCO: "The figure was cited in the ASDs just released Annual Cyber Threat Report for 2024-25." https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/attacks-on-australia%e2%80%99s-critical-infrastructure-double.html | Source: IT Wire [12:03] TR Bot - Attacks on Australias critical infrastructure double [12:04] TR News [Old] Windows TCO: "Ransomware is a type of cyber crime - more specifically, it is a type of malware deployed by cyber criminals to block access to a users computer systems" https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-experiences-and-impact-of-ransomware-attacks-on-victims/the-experiences-and-impacts-of-ransomware-attacks-on-individuals-and-organisations? | Source: The United Kingdom [12:04] TR Bot experiences and impacts of ransomware attacks on individuals and organisations - GOV.UK [12:04] TR News Windows TCO: "Consequently, I am endlessly academically fascinated at stress responses and how humans well human during moments of adversity." https://blog.talosintelligence.com/ransomware-attacks-and-how-victims-respond/ | Source: Threat Source [12:04] TR Bot Ransomware attacks and how victims respond [12:04] TR News Windows TCO: "They never got the chance. Just three weeks after the proposal was submitted, [crackers] struck." https://thewalrus.ca/the-cyberattack-that-showed-how-easily-we-can-be-duped/ | Source: The Walrus [12:04] TR Bot The Cyberattack That Stole 280,000 Identitiesand Showed How Easily We Can Be Duped | The Walrus [12:05] TR News "Everything is television." https://www.vox.com/culture/464861/instagram-teen-accounts-pg-13-tv | Source: Vox [12:05] TR Bot new PG-13 Teen Accounts take a page from TV history | Vox [12:05] TR News "That threat to free expression and dissent is happening now, but we wont let it stand." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/no-one-should-be-forced-conform-views-state | Source: EFF [12:05] TR Bot No One Should Be Forced to Conform to the Views of the State | Electronic Frontier Foundation [12:06] TR News "Firstly, nobody used AI very much 1% of student web-browsing was AI, 0.44% of the general public study. Secondly, the AI users were not very nice people: [...]" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/15/ai-is-not-popular-and-ai-users-are-unpleasant-asshats/ | Source: Pivot to AI [12:06] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/15/ai-is-not-popular-and-ai-users-are-unpleasant-asshats/ ) [12:06] TR News "Will porn save it?" https://boingboing.net/2025/10/16/openai-losing-3x-what-it-makes-will-porn-save-it.html | Source: BoingBoing http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [12:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/10/16/openai-losing-3x-what-it-makes-will-porn-save-it.html ) [12:06] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [12:07] TR News "Heres a hint: Generating code isnt the biggest barrier to developer productivity, and evaluating the quality of code that AI generates is a bigger factor than most expect." https://thenewstack.io/ai-code-generations-unexpected-costs-for-dev-teams/ | Source: The New Stack [12:07] TR Bot How Faster Coding Shifts the Bottleneck to Debugging - The New Stack [12:08] TR News "At $45b/year (an inflated number, remember!) it's going to take them a long time to recoup the hundreds of billions of dollars they've spent so far. But they don't have a long time: the massive GPUs that power AI's "foundation models" and cost six- or seven-figures each burn out remarkably quickly." https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/16/post-ai-ai/#productive-residue | Source: CoryDoctorow [12:08] TR Bot Pluralistic: The AI that well have after AI (16 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [12:08] TR News "I-generated Reddit Answers are giving bad advice in medical subreddits and moderators cant opt out." https://www.404media.co/reddit-answers-ai-suggests-users-try-heroin/ | Source: 404 Media [12:08] TR Bot Reddit's AI Suggests Users Try Heroin [12:09] TR News "The Wikimedia Foundation said that this poses a risk to the long term sustainability of Wikipedia" https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-says-ai-is-causing-a-dangerous-decline-in-human-visitors/ | Source: 404 Media [12:09] TR Bot Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors [12:09] TR News "the Army hopes the algorithms its developing can screen for soldiers who meet prerequisites for promotion, like certain schooling and job history, so time isnt wasted on a soldier who is not going to be eligible for promotion." https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-promotion-boards-ai/ | Source: Task And Purpose [12:09] TR Bot Army promotion boards will use AI to 'augment' selection process - Task & Purpose [12:09] TR News "No one knew what was going on. It was late September, just days before OpenAI rolled out a new social media app for its video generator, Sora, and whispers were swirling of changes that would undercut Hollywood." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sam-altman-openai-sora-agencies-talent-1236401618/ | Source: Hollywood Reporter [12:09] TR Bot How Sam Altman Played Hollywood With OpenAI's Sora 2 [12:10] TR News "According to THRs reporting, the company told some rightsholders that theyd have to opt out of having their work appearing on the app, while telling others the opposite." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hollywood-openai-messed-up-sora | Source: Futurism [12:10] TR Bot It Sounds Like OpenAI Really, Really Messed Up With Hollywood [12:10] TR News "Its a disappointing new low, infiltrating an already heavily slop-derived online hellscape." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sora-ai-mock-dead | Source: Futurism [12:10] TR Bot People Are Using OpenAI's Sora to Mock the Dead [12:11] TR News "Not all the jobs that were offered back were the same job that these people were made redundant from" https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/kathryn-lost-her-banking-job-to-a-chatbot-she-just-confronted-her-cba-bosses/cgx8kmymj | Source: SBS [12:11] TR Bot Kathryn lost her banking job to a chatbot. She just confronted her CBA bosses | SBS News [12:11] TR News "AI-generated slop is flooding the web. It looks human-made but isnt. From fake news sites to AI-written research papers, synthetic content is slowly replacing creativity, accuracy, and trust." https://python.plainenglish.io/the-death-of-the-internet-how-ai-slop-is-drowning-human-creativity-9da981c086f9?gi=600aa8f2901c | [12:11] TR Bot The Death of the Internet: How AI Slop Is Drowning Human Creativity | by Aaron | Oct, 2025 | Python in Plain English [12:12] TR News "at least one federal agency has already been breached as a result of this vulnerability." https://therecord.media/cisco-asa-vulnerabilities-sen-bill-cassidy-questions | Source: The Record [12:12] TR Bot Cisco must share more information about effects of severe bugs on businesses, senator says | The Record from Recorded Future News [12:12] TR News "namely CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362 that prompted the US government to issue an emergency patching directive for federal civilian agencies." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/16/cisco_senate_scrutiny/ | Source: The Register UK [12:12] TR Bot Cisco faces Senate scrutiny over firewall flaws The Register [12:12] TR News "A nation-state cyber threat actor poses an imminent risk, with the potential to exploit vulnerabilities in F5 products to gain unauthorized access to embedded credentials and Application Programming Interface (API) keys" https://therecord.media/cisa-directive-f5-nation-state-incident | Source: The Record [12:12] TR Bot CISA warns of significant threat to federal networks after nation-state hackers stole F5 source code, undisclosed bug info | The Record from Recorded Future News [12:13] TR News "Application security giant F5 disclosed a data breach this week in which a nation-state threat actor gained persistent" https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/f5-big-ip-environment-breached-nation-state-actor | Source: Dark Reading [12:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/f5-big-ip-environment-breached-nation-state-actor ) [12:13] TR News "F5, a Seattle-based maker of networking software, disclosed the breach on Wednesday. F5 said a sophisticated threat group working for an undisclosed nation-state government had surreptitiously and persistently dwelled in its network over a long term." https://www.wired.com/story/f5-hack-networking-software-big-ip/ | Source: Wired [12:13] TR Bot the F5 Hack Created an Imminent Threat for Thousands of Networks | WIRED [12:13] TR News "secrets leakage in the VSCode Marketplace" https://www.wiz.io/blog/supply-chain-risk-in-vscode-extension-marketplaces | Source: Wiz Inc [12:13] TR Bot Supply Chain Risk in VSCode Extension Marketplaces | Wiz Blog [12:14] TR News "Organizations have accidentally exposed secrets across Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) marketplaces, posing significant risks not just to the organizations themselves but also to the greater software supply chain." https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/leaks-microsoft-vs-code-marketplaces-supply-chain-risks | Source: Dark Reading [12:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/leaks-microsoft-vs-code-marketplaces-supply-chain-risks ) [12:14] TR News "When delicate diplomatic relationships like these become strained like, say, when the head of a major soy-producing country starts a trade war for no reason export-dependent industries suffer." https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/464898/trump-tariffs-china-trade-war-soybeans-exports | Source: Vox [12:14] TR Bot farmers are struggling to sell soybeans. Heres how to think about the trade war. | Vox [12:15] TR News "But these dietary supplements have an extraordinarily dirty secret." https://futurism.com/health-medicine/meal-replacement-protein-drink-lead | Source: Futurism [12:15] TR Bot Popular Meal Replacement Drink Contains So Much Lead That Doctors Are Aghast [12:15] TR News "Calls for healing and for reparation are the same call: to heal a wound is to account for the wounding. And anger is the appropriate response when that accountability is withheld." https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/we-were-angry | Source: Mandy Brown [12:15] TR Bot We were angry | A Working Library [12:15] TR News "Also, apparently the real bottleneck in writing to the actual flash is finding erased blocks or, if you're unlucky, having to wait for blocks to be erased" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/NVMeAndWriteFlushSpeeds | Source: University of Toronto [12:15] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:16] TR News "KnightCite now uses APA 7 and MLA 9." https://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/ | [12:16] TR Bot KnightCite Citation Service [12:16] TR News "University of Rochester, host of the recent Designing Libraries XII Conference, has made videos of 3 sessions available. They are: [...]" https://www.cni.org/news/designing-libraries-conference-selected-videos-available | Source: Coalition for Networked Information [12:16] TR Bot Designing Libraries Conference Selected Videos Available [12:17] TR News "CNI Executive Director Kate Zwaard will speak on how CNIs work fosters collaborations that are critical for navigating the challenges facing research, scholarship, and higher education" https://www.cni.org/news/cni-at-educause-annual-conference | Source: Coalition for Networked Information [12:17] TR Bot CNI at EDUCAUSE Annual Conference [12:17] TR News Geerling [12:17] TR News "Earlier this year, I inherited a bunch of old Macs and computer parts, including the PowerBook 520 pictured above." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/vcf-midwest-was-even-better-i-expected | Source: Jeff Geerling [12:17] TR Bot VCF Midwest was even better than I expected | Jeff Geerling [12:17] TR News "For most of its history, the university as an institution was a public good. But thanks in part to the good old boys in the UChicago economics department, it is now little more than a generator of real and human capital alike." https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/uchicago-debt-humanities-phd-rubenstein/ | Source: The Nation [12:17] TR Bot Why Did UChicago Destroy the Humanities? | The Nation [12:17] TR News "These 15 books are sure to help you dive into the autumn mood. From light hearted romance to dark vampiric love, these are the perfect books to light a candle and cozy up with. Please check trigger and content warnings before reading." https://sundial.csun.edu/198699/arts-entertainment/bewitching-books-to-read-this-october/ | Source: California State University Northridge [12:17] TR Bot Bewitching books to read this October Daily Sundial [12:18] TR News "After-school programs range from academic tutoring and STEM clubs to sports, arts and mentoring activities that give students a safe, structured place to spend time after the school day ends." https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/most-indiana-kids-who-need-after-school-programs-cant-access-them-new-report-finds/ | Source: The Indiana Capital Chronicle [12:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/most-indiana-kids-who-need-after-school-programs-cant-access-them-new-report-finds/ ) [12:18] TR News "Wilczek had called them time crystals, defining them by their lowest possible energy state, which perpetually repeats movements without external energy input." https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/time-crystal-quantum-computing-europe | Source: Interesting Engineering [12:18] TR Bot Worlds first linked time crystal could supercharge quantum computers [12:18] TR News "Perpetual motion is possible in the quantum realm so long as it is not disturbed by external energy input, such as by observing it. That is why a time crystal had never before been connected to any external system" https://phys.org/news/2025-10-crystals-power-future-quantum.html | Source: Omicron Limited [12:18] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-crystals-power-future-quantum.html ) [12:19] TR News "Even if we magically reversed all the destruction today, we still are going to have many, many, many years of impact down the road" https://fedscoop.com/ex-ostp-director-trump-funding-cuts-are-assault-on-public-research-investment/ | Source: Scoop News Group [12:19] TR Bot director: Trump funding cuts are assault on public research investment | FedScoop [12:19] TR News "Since I started the blog, I have tried to publish at least one post every month, and I have managed." https://destevez.net/2025/10/10-years-of-blogging/ | Source: Daniel Estvez [12:19] TR Bot 10 years of blogging Daniel Estvez [12:19] TR News "But I think we lost something when we parted ways with our www friend." https://rubenerd.com/putting-the-www-back-in-urls/ | Source: Ruben Schade [12:19] TR Bot Putting the www back in URLs [12:20] TR News "Blogging was a different medium - and there's still a need for it more than ever." https://werd.io/what-made-blogging-different/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [12:20] TR Bot What Made Blogging Different? [12:20] TR News "I started Gawker in 2002 and I left in late 2003 to go to New York Magazine, so I missed some of Gawkers greatest hits and biggest misses, but the early 00s were what I now think of as the heyday of blogging. (Talking Points Memo was started in 2000.)" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/what-made-blogging-different | [12:20] TR Bot What Made Blogging Different? - TPM Talking Points Memo [12:21] TR News "The reason why I almost always use made-up examples in my blog posts is because the example itself is not important." https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/on-concrete-examples | Source: Manuel Moreale [12:21] TR Bot On concrete examples Manu [12:21] TR News "So they move up from clown show to annoying to use." https://boston.conman.org/2025/10/16.1 | Source: Sean Conner [12:21] TR Bot So account deletion at Network Solutions is a bit more nuanced than I was led to believe - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [12:22] TR News "The rest of my domains have been transfered away from Network Solutions. The process wasn't hard. It wasn't even really tedious, it just took a bunch of waiting." https://boston.conman.org/2025/10/13.1 | Source: Sean Conner [12:22] TR Bot I don't think it's news to anyone out there that one should avoid Network Solutions for domain registration and probably for anything else as well - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [12:22] TR News "In early 1995 I was 23 and living in a terraced house in Bristol with four friends, about 18 months after leaving university." https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2025/10/15/1995-internet/ | [12:22] TR Bot first months in cyberspace (Phil Gyfords website) [12:22] TR News "Make air, not war" https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/17/experience-i-am-the-air-guitar-world-champion | Source: The Guardian UK [12:22] TR Bot Experience: I am the air guitar world champion | Life and style | The Guardian [12:27] TR News Techrights Links 17/10/2025: UKs Largest Breach Penalty and Windows TCO Examples https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Links_17_10_2025_UK_s_Largest_Breach_Penalty_and_Windows_TCO_Ex.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Links_17_10_2025_UK_s_Largest_Breach_Penalty_and_Windows_TCO_Ex.gmi [12:27] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/10/2025: UKs Largest Breach Penalty and Windows TCO Examples [12:29] TR News "In researching, I stumbled across Robb Knights Webmention Redux post where he discusses further issues with the setup." https://mattlangford.com/rethinking-webmentions/ | Source: Matt Langford [12:29] TR Bot Rethinking Webmentions | Matt Langford [12:29] TR News "A flow chart describing some steps and decisions done within curl when a HTTP URL is provided." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/10/16/chart-which-host-which-protocol/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [12:29] TR Bot which host, which protocol | daniel.haxx.se [12:30] TR News "I recently switched to using Zigbee2MQTT with the Deconz Conbee II I have, largely because everyone seems to recommend it and it supposedly has much better device support than the software deconz provides themselves." https://vegard.blog.engen.priv.no/?p=556 | Source: Vegard [12:30] TR Bot A tiny peek into the world of ZigBee. Vegards Blog [12:31] TR News "Today, we're releasing version 0.108.0 of Nu. This release adds an optional MCP server for AI agents" https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2025-10-15-nushell_v0_108_0.html | [12:31] TR Bot Nushell 0.108.0 | Nushell [12:31] TR News "Hyperflask is built on top of Flask, a popular Python web framework. It is easy to use and master." https://hyperflask.dev/ | [12:31] TR Bot Hyperflask [12:31] TR News "Python 3.14 was released on 7th October 2025. Here we summarise some of the more interesting changes and some trends in Python development and data-science over the past year." https://www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/whats-new-py314/ | Source: Jumping Rivers [12:31] TR Bot What's new for Python in 2025? [12:31] TR News "Django's ORM workings can be complex, but the concept behind the ticket is fairly simple. If you were to use bulk_update, like so: [...]" https://jmduke.com/posts/post/someone-built-it/ | Source: Justin Duke [12:32] TR Bot Someone built it; someone has to build it Applied Cartography [12:32] TR News "[...] we conduct an extensive simulation study to evaluate whether existing software works as intended and how well multilevel HMMs can be estimated in typical time series designs in psychology." https://jonashaslbeck.com//mlHMM_papers/ | [12:32] TR Bot Two New Preprints on Multilevel Hidden Markov Models Jonas Haslbeck Methodology & Statistics [12:32] TR News "I continue to title this speculations because, unlike arenas in C, I have not (yet?) put these C++ techniques into practice in real software" https://nullprogram.com/blog/2025/10/16/ | Source: Chris Wellons [12:32] TR Bot Speculations on arenas and non-trivial destructors [12:33] TR News "For next month, I'm scheduling 2 or 3 discussions of Matthias van de Meent's talk, Improving scalability; Reducing overhead in shared memory, given at 2025.pgconf.dev (talk description here). [...]" https://rhaas.blogspot.com/2025/10/hacking-workshop-for-november-2025.html | Source: Robert Haas [12:33] TR Bot Robert Haas: Hacking Workshop for November 2025 [12:33] TR News "This is a stub to start gathering some resources on Swift, which won several of my personal awards for most breakages between major releases and has therefore not been something Ive invested a lot of time on." https://taoofmac.com/space/dev/swift | Source: Rui Carmo [12:33] TR Bot Swift - Tao of Mac [12:33] TR News "Remember when software had an end, like a movie or a book?" https://dayvster.com/blog/i-miss-when-software-ended/ | Source: Dayvi Schuster [12:33] TR Bot I Miss when Software Ended [12:34] TR News "Its pretty clear that we need some kind of open content license that allows for Creative Commons-style re-use by other writers or artists" https://blog.zgp.org/notes-on-human-commons/ | Source: Don Marti [12:34] TR Bot notes on Humans Commons [12:34] TR News "Needless to say, the judge was not amused." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/lawyer-caught-using-ai-responds | Source: Futurism [12:34] TR Bot Lawyer Gets Caught Using AI in Court, Responds in the Worst Possible Way [12:36] TR News "Over the course of two days, network operators, ISPs, IXPs, policymakers and other stakeholders from across Central Asia and beyond assembled to discuss IPv6" https://labs.ripe.net/author/anastasiya-pak/capif-4-grounded-in-ipv6-looking-to-orbit/ | Source: RIPE [12:36] TR Bot CAPIF 4: Grounded in IPv6, Looking to Orbit | RIPE Labs [12:36] TR News "Each year, RightsCon convenes business leaders, policymakers, general counsels, government representatives, technologists, academics, journalists, and human rights advocates from around the world to tackle pressing issues at the intersection of human rights and technology." https://edri.org/take-action/events/rightscon-2026/ | Source: EDRI [12:36] TR Bot RightsCon 2026 - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [12:36] TR News "The session aims to provide you with hands-on experience specifying, fitting, and interpreting Bayesian models in Stan" https://r-posts.com/building-and-customising-statistical-models-with-stan-and-r-an-introduction-to-bayesian-inference-workshop/ | Source: Rlang [12:36] TR Bot and Customising Statistical Models with Stan and R: An Introduction to Bayesian Inference workshop R-posts.com [12:37] TR News "Once a month I will pull down the latest docker images for this server and update the site." https://matduggan.com/i-broke-and-fixed-my-ghost-blog/ | Source: Mat Duggan [12:37] TR Bot NO TITLE [12:37] TR News "If all goes as planned, this will be our last alpha release in the 15.0 series before it is promoted to stable in the last week of October." https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-150a4/ | Source: Tor [12:37] TR Bot New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 15.0a4 | The Tor Project [12:38] TR News "After posting about how I zeroed out my feed reader" https://lmika.org/2025/10/16/state-of-the-feed-reader.html | Source: Leon Mika [12:38] TR Bot State of the Feed Reader | Leon Mika [12:40] TR News "The ClamAV team has pushed out version 1.5.1, a quick patch following last weeks 1.5.0 release for this open-source antivirus software developed by Cisco Talos" https://linuxiac.com/clamav-1-5-1-open-source-antivirus-released/ | Source: Linuxiac [12:40] TR Bot ClamAV 1.5.1 Patch Update Addresses PE File and ZIP Archive Issues [12:40] TR News "One of the biggest changes is a complete refactor of the link negotiation code." https://linuxiac.com/pipewire-1-6-nears-stable-release-with-massive-internal-refactoring/ | Source: Linuxiac [12:40] TR Bot PipeWire 1.6 Nears Stable Release with Massive Internal Refactoring [12:40] TR News "This 4.9.11 version only contains a small new optional feature: the ability to not perform database updates of the freshness check timestamps on secondary servers" https://blog.powerdns.com/2025/10/15/powerdns-authoritative-server-4.9.11 | Source: PowerDNS [12:40] TR Bot PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.11 [12:41] TR News "A lot of work has been done in mobile phone freedom over the years that we'll be building on," said Zo Kooyman, executive director of the FSF, in a statement. "The FSF is now ready to do what is necessary to bring freedom to cell phone users. Given the complexity of the devices, this work will take time, but we're used to playing the long game." [12:41] TR News "The aim of the Librephone initiative is to reverse-engineer various proprietary blobs so FOSS versions of the code can be created and used in place of freedom-limiting bits." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/fsf_librphone_vs_proprietary_binary_blog/ | Source: The Register UK [12:41] TR Bot FSF Librephone battles the proprietary binary blob The Register [12:42] TR News "The number of phone scams in Hong Kong has tripled since a real-name SIM card registration system was implemented in 2022, despite the governments claim that it would help crack down on fraud." https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/16/hong-kong-phone-scams-triple-since-real-name-sim-card-registration-required/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [12:42] TR Bot HK phone scams triple since real-name SIM card registration required [12:43] TR News "As yall know Ive hacked a lamp switch to start and stop music so I can do it screenlessly but the other day I added a new feature" https://idiomdrottning.org/music-switch | Source: Idiomdrottning [12:43] TR Bot The musical lamp switch [12:44] TR News "The Arduino UNO Q is here and it is a very exciting product that combines a Qualcomm Dragonwing QRB2210 processor and STM32U585 microcontroller" https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/10/16/james-bruton-steers-homemade-car-with-his-face/ | Source: Arduino [12:44] TR Bot James Bruton steers homemade car with his face | Arduino Blog [12:44] TR News "A month after Debian 13.1's release, some of the more visible downstream forks, including Raspberry Pi OS" https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/raspberry_pi_os_lmde_debian_13/ | Source: The Register UK [12:44] TR Bot Raspberry Pi OS, LMDE, and Peppermint OS move to Debian 13 The Register [12:45] TR News "Regarding accessibility, Orca 49.3 introduces fixes for web content navigation, improves speech handling in GTK4 apps" https://linuxiac.com/gnome-49-1-lands-with-shell-and-mutter-fixes/ | Source: Linuxiac [12:45] TR Bot GNOME 49.1 Lands with Shell & Mutter Fixes, GTK 4.20.2 Backports [12:46] TR News "This week marks KDEs 29th birthday, which is pretty special." https://pointieststick.com/2025/10/16/happy-29th-birthday-to-kde/ | Source: Nate Graham [12:46] TR Bot Happy 29th birthday to KDE! Adventures in Linux and KDE [12:47] TR News "The direct experience I was having with tooltips was that being in a situation where Emacs might want to show a GUI tooltip would cause Emacs to stop responding to my keys" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsRemoteXAndMouseActions | Source: University of Toronto [12:47] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:47] TR News "I could stop the madness and sell the Steamdeck, but the hoarder in me says that eventually Ill be the gamer I always wanted to be, so I should probably keep it." https://mtwb.blog/posts/2025/the-steamdeck-wassnt-a-good-purchase/ | Source: Matthew Weber [12:47] TR Bot The Steamdeck Wasn't A Good Purchase :: Matt's Blog [12:48] TR News (NEW): Happy Birthday to KDE https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/16/Happy_Birthday_to_KDE.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/16/Happy_Birthday_to_KDE.gmi [12:48] TR News (NEW): PipeWire 1.6 Promises Bluetooth Audio Streaming for Hearing Aid Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/16/PipeWire_1_6_Promises_Bluetooth_Audio_Streaming_for_Hearing_Aid.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/16/PipeWire_1_6_Promises_Bluetooth_Audio_Streaming_for_Hearing_Aid.gmi [12:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Happy Birthday to KDE [12:48] TR Bot Tux Machines PipeWire 1.6 Promises Bluetooth Audio Streaming for Hearing Aid Support [12:48] TR News "Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijacking has long been one of the protocols most persistent security threats." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/10/16/understanding-stealthy-bgp-hijacking-risk-in-the-rov-era/ | Source: APNIC [12:48] TR Bot Understanding stealthy BGP hijacking risk in the ROV era | APNIC Blog [12:48] TR News "When using tview to monitor and control moteus controllers, there have been a fair number of limitations and gotchas." https://blog.mjbots.com/2025/10/16/device-fault-monitoring-in-tview/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC [12:48] TR Bot Device fault monitoring in tview - mjbots blog [12:49] TR News "VMwares Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing Open Source" https://www.bsdnow.tv/633 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast [12:49] TR Bot BSD Now 633: Magical Systems Thinking [12:50] TR News "With 150 projects showcased by 200 young people, the event highlighted the incredible creativity and problem-solving skills." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/celebrating-creativity-at-coolest-projects-sri-lanka-2025/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [12:50] TR Bot Celebrating creativity at Coolest Projects Sri Lanka 2025 - Raspberry Pi Foundation [12:50] TR News "Using Red Hat Insights, the process is simplified and more prescriptive: Define the software you want in your environment, instruct your Red Hat Insights-registered systems to pull updates from that set of software, and patch." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/simplified-patching-red-hat-enterprise-linux-and-red-hat-insights | Source: Red Hat Official [12:50] TR Bot Simplified patching with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Insights [12:52] TR News All about buzzwords https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-brings-distributed-ai-inference-production-ai-workloads-red-hat-ai-3 [12:52] TR Bot Red Hat Brings Distributed AI Inference to Production AI Workloads with Red Hat AI 3 [12:54] TR News "Firefox will continue to support Windows 10" and will not recommend GNU/Linux? https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/windows-10-updates-support/ | Source: Mozilla [12:54] TR Bot Windows 10 updates are ending. Heres what it means for Firefox users. [12:57] TR News Forgejo 13.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1042229/ [12:57] TR Bot 13.0 released [LWN.net] [12:58] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1042330/ [12:58] TR Bot updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [12:58] TR News Simon Ser: Status update, October 2025 https://emersion.fr/blog/2025/status-update-80/ [12:58] TR Bot Status update, October 2025 emersion [12:59] TR News The Rust Programming Language Blog: docs.rs: changed default targets https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/10/16/docsrs-changed-default-targets/ ● Oct 17 [13:00] TR Bot docs.rs: changed default targets | Rust Blog [13:00] TR News Cockpit Project: Cockpit 349 https://cockpit-project.org//blog/cockpit-349.html [13:00] TR Bot Cockpit 349 Cockpit Project [13:01] TR News Network performance in distributed training: Maximizing GPU utilization on OpenShift https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/16/network-performance-distributed-training-maximizing-gpu-utilization-openshift [13:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/16/network-performance-distributed-training-maximizing-gpu-utilization-openshift ) [13:01] TR News This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 621 https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/10/15/this-week-in-rust-621/ [13:02] TR Bot This Week in Rust 621 This Week in Rust [13:02] TR News Pluralistic: The Hey Hi (AI) that we'll have after Hey Hi (AI) (16 Oct 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/16/post-ai-ai/ [13:02] TR Bot Pluralistic: The AI that well have after AI (16 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [13:04] TR News rhel [13:05] TR News Profiling vLLM Inference Server with GPU acceleration on RHEL https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/16/profiling-vllm-inference-server-gpu-acceleration-rhel [13:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/16/profiling-vllm-inference-server-gpu-acceleration-rhel ) [13:05] TR News New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients - 2025-10-15 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-10-15-edition/index.html [13:05] TR Bot New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients - 2025-10-15 Edition [13:06] TR News Arch GNU/Linux Installation: Easy Step-by-Step Guide https://linuxconfig.org/arch-linux-installation-easy-step-by-step-guide [13:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/arch-linux-installation-easy-step-by-step-guide ) [13:06] TR News ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.1 Introduces Powerful PDF Redaction, New Annotations https://linuxiac.com/onlyoffice-docs-9-1-introduces-powerful-pdf-redaction/ [13:06] TR Bot ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.1 Introduces Powerful PDF Redaction, New Annotations [13:07] TR News Slopwatch: Guardian Digital (linuxsecurity.com), Slashdot, Surveillance Giant Google News, and More https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/16/Slopwatch_Guardian_Digital_linuxsecurity_com_Slashdot_Google_Ne.shtml [13:07] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Guardian Digital (linuxsecurity.com), Slashdot, Google News, and More [13:08] TR News Collabora + MediaTek: Pushing boundaries on the latest IoT boards and Chromebooks https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/collabora-mediatek-pushing-boundaries-on-the-latest-iot-boards-and-chromebooks.html [13:08] TR Bot + MediaTek: Pushing boundaries on the latest IoT boards and Chromebooks [13:08] TR News HakuNeko manga and anime downloader https://www.linuxlinks.com/hakuneko-manga-anime-downloader/ [13:08] TR Bot - manga and anime downloader - LinuxLinks [13:09] TR News Letters word processor for GNOME https://www.linuxlinks.com/letters-word-processor-gnome/ [13:09] TR Bot - word processor for GNOME - LinuxLinks [13:09] TR News MCA Selector manage Minecraft chunks https://www.linuxlinks.com/mca-selector-manage-minecraft-chunks/ [13:09] TR Bot Selector - manage Minecraft chunks - LinuxLinks [13:09] TR News Ymir Sega Saturn Emulator https://www.linuxlinks.com/ymir-sega-saturn-emulator/ [13:09] TR Bot - Sega Saturn Emulator - LinuxLinks [13:09] TR News BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC running Linux: Power Consumption https://www.linuxlinks.com/bosgame-m4-plus-mini-pc-running-linux-power-consumption/ [13:09] TR Bot M4 Plus Mini PC running Linux: Power Consumption - LinuxLinks [13:10] TR News Rate My OpenAPI improve the quality of your OpenAPI specifications https://www.linuxlinks.com/rate-my-openapi-improve-quality-openapi-specifications/ [13:10] TR Bot My OpenAPI - improve the quality of your OpenAPI specifications - LinuxLinks [13:10] TR News HackerOS Debian-based operating system https://www.linuxlinks.com/hackeros-debian-based-operating-system/ [13:10] TR Bot - Debian-based operating system - LinuxLinks [13:10] TR News 17 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Chess Apps https://www.linuxlinks.com/chess/ [13:10] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux Chess Apps - LinuxLinks [13:12] TR News Totally looks like LLM slop https://www.linux.com/topic/cloud/kubernetes-on-bare-metal-for-maximum-performance/ [13:12] TR Bot on Bare Metal for Maximum Performance - Linux.com [13:19] TR News Techrights The Linux Foundation Seems to Have Turned Linux.com Not Only Into a Spamfarm But Also LLM Slopfarm https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/The_Linux_Foundation_Seems_to_Have_Turned_Linux_com_Not_Only_In.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/The_Linux_Foundation_Seems_to_Have_Turned_Linux_com_Not_Only_In.gmi [13:19] TR Bot Techrights The Linux Foundation Seems to Have Turned Linux.com Not Only Into a Spamfarm But Also LLM Slopfarm [13:19] TR News How To Install Yarn on Fedora 4 https://idroot.us/install-yarn-fedora-42/ [13:19] TR Bot How To Install Yarn on Fedora 42 - idroot [13:19] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi [13:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Leftovers [13:20] TR News How To Install GStreamer on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-gstreamer-rocky-linux-10/ [13:20] TR Bot How To Install GStreamer on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [13:20] TR News How To Install Graylog on Manjaro https://idroot.us/install-graylog-manjaro/ [13:20] TR Bot How To Install Graylog on Manjaro - idroot [13:20] TR News How To Install SpiderFoot on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-spiderfoot-debian-13/ [13:20] TR Bot How To Install SpiderFoot on Debian 13 - idroot [13:20] TR News How To Install Chkrootkit on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-chkrootkit-rocky-linux-10/ [13:20] TR Bot How To Install Chkrootkit on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [13:23] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [13:23] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/today_s_howtos.gmi [13:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [13:23] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [13:24] TR News "Arguably, the golden age of browser gaming occurred in the 00s mostly revolving around Adobe Flash." https://hackaday.com/2025/10/17/a-new-golden-age-of-browser-games/ | Source: Hackaday [13:24] TR Bot New Golden Age Of Browser Games | Hackaday [13:24] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.gmi [13:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More [13:26] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [13:26] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [13:43] TR News (NEW): Games: Steamdeck, New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Games_Steamdeck_New_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Clients_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Games_Steamdeck_New_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Clients_a.gmi [13:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Steamdeck, New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, and More ● Oct 17 [14:00] TR News Corporate propaganda of the year https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251016-nobel-economics-prize-goes-to-3-researchers-for-explaining-innovation-driven-economic-growth http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/06/Nobel_Prize_in_Economics_Does_Not_Exist_It_s_Propaganda_From_Sv.shtml [14:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251016-nobel-economics-prize-goes-to-3-researchers-for-explaining-innovation-driven-economic-growth ) [14:00] TR Bot Techrights Nobel Prize in Economics Does Not Exist, It's Propaganda From Sveriges Riksbank [14:04] TR News "No SIM city Russias plan to stop drones has left tourists cut off from mobile Internet" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/16/no-sim-city | Source: Meduza [14:04] TR Bot No SIM city Russias plan to stop drones has left tourists cut off from mobile Internet Meduza [14:07] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [14:07] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [14:08] TR News Calls for Trkiye to investigate killing of freelance reporter https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/calls-mount-for-turkiye-to-investigate-killing-of-freelance-reporter/ [14:08] TR Bot Calls for Trkiye to investigate killing of freelance reporter - JURIST - News [14:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [14:19] TR News Free Software Foundation Is Serious About The Librephone Project [To Bring Mobile Freedom To The Masses] https://news.itsfoss.com/librephone-project-overview/ [14:19] TR Bot Free Software Foundation Is Serious About The Librephone Project [To Bring Mobile Freedom To The Masses] [14:20] TR News Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #42 S2E19 New Education Course: Secure AI/ML-Driven Software Development (LFEL1012) with David A. Wheeler https://openssf.org/podcast/2025/10/16/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-42-s2e19-new-education-course-secure-ai-ml-driven-software-development-lfel1012-with-david-a-wheeler/ [14:20] TR Bot Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #42 S2E19 New Education Course: Secure AI/ML-Driven Software Development (LFEL1012) with David A. Wheeler Open Source Security Foundation [14:21] TR News (NEW): FSF announces Librephone project https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/15/FSF_announces_Librephone_project.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/15/FSF_announces_Librephone_project.gmi [14:21] TR Bot Tux Machines FSF announces Librephone project [14:22] schestowitz[TR2] Never speak to Microsoft Lunduke. [14:22] schestowitz[TR2] I never did. [14:22] schestowitz[TR2] Not worth bothering. [14:22] schestowitz[TR2] He's a major A-hole. [14:22] schestowitz[TR2] some people try nonetheless [14:22] schestowitz[TR2] and then he attacks them more [14:22] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [14:22] TR News Gnoppix KDE 25.10 Mixes Innovative Excellence With Rough Edges https://fossforce.com/2025/10/gnoppix-kde-25-10-mixes-innovative-excellence-with-rough-edges/ [14:22] TR Bot Gnoppix KDE 25.10 Mixes Innovative Excellence With Rough Edges - FOSS Force [14:23] TR News Wisconsin Man Used Fentanylware (CheeTok) to Call for the Killing of ICE Agents, U.S. Says https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/wisconsin-man-tiktok-threats-ice.html [14:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/wisconsin-man-tiktok-threats-ice.html ) [14:23] TR News Did a cat really drop a mouse in its owner's mouth? How to spot new AI-generated videos https://www.france24.com/en/economy/20251016-cat-mouse-sport-ai-generated-videos [14:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/economy/20251016-cat-mouse-sport-ai-generated-videos ) [14:24] TR News TikTok USA Still Isnt In The BagBut Advertisers Are Getting Pushed Harder Than Ever to Make Commitments https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/15/tiktok-usa-advertising-push/ [14:24] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/15/tiktok-usa-advertising-push/ ) [14:24] TR News Japanese Government Makes Formal Request to OpenAIRefrain From Copyright Infringement https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/15/japan-government-openai-sora-2/ [14:24] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/15/japan-government-openai-sora-2/ ) [14:24] TR News 700+ Subreddits Were Banned Over Copyright Violations During the First Half of 2025, a Surge of 117% https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/15/reddit-bans-piracy-subreddits-2025/ [14:24] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/15/reddit-bans-piracy-subreddits-2025/ ) [14:26] TR News Coming up: LibreOffice event in Nepal https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/10/16/coming-up-libreoffice-event-in-nepal/ [14:26] TR Bot Coming up: LibreOffice event in Nepal - The Document Foundation Blog [14:30] TR News (NEW): Licensing, Free Software, and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Licensing_Free_Software_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Licensing_Free_Software_and_Standards.gmi [14:30] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers and Feed Reader https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Web_Browsers_and_Feed_Reader.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Web_Browsers_and_Feed_Reader.gmi [14:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Licensing, Free Software, and Standards [14:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Web Browsers and Feed Reader [14:31] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now, David A. Wheeler at 'Whats in the SOSS?' https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Audiocasts_Shows_BSD_Now_David_A_Wheeler_at_What_s_in_the_SOSS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Audiocasts_Shows_BSD_Now_David_A_Wheeler_at_What_s_in_the_SOSS.gmi [14:31] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [14:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now, David A. Wheeler at 'Whats in the SOSS?' [14:31] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [14:34] TR News Techrights Links 17/10/2025: Fentanylware (CheeTok) Causing Problems, Japanese Government Blasts Slop https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Links_17_10_2025_Fentanylware_CheeTok_Causing_Problems_Japanese.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Links_17_10_2025_Fentanylware_CheeTok_Causing_Problems_Japanese.gmi [14:34] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/10/2025: Fentanylware (CheeTok) Causing Problems, Japanese Government Blasts Slop [14:55] TR News Techrights Security is Desirable, But Not When the Term Security is Misused to Imply Centralisation of "Trust" (Whose?) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Security_is_Desirable_But_Not_When_the_Term_Security_is_Misused.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Security_is_Desirable_But_Not_When_the_Term_Security_is_Misused.gmi [14:55] TR Bot Techrights Security is Desirable, But Not When the Term Security is Misused to Imply Centralisation of "Trust" (Whose?) ● Oct 17 [15:07] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [15:09] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights [15:15] TR News (NEW): Almost 2026, a "Year of GNU/Linux" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Almost_2026_a_Year_of_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Almost_2026_a_Year_of_GNU_Linux.gmi [15:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Almost 2026, a "Year of GNU/Linux" [15:15] TR News happiness is poison to depressed people, who cannot stand the idea some other people are genuinely contented [15:20] TR News Cambodia to deport 59 South Koreans linked to scam centres: Police https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/cambodia-to-deport-59-south-koreans-linked-to-scam-centres-police [15:20] TR Bot Cambodia to deport 59 South Koreans linked to scam centres: Police | The Straits Times [15:21] TR News Malaysia to require social control media platforms to enforce age limit for users https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-to-require-social-media-platforms-to-enforce-age-limit-for-users [15:21] TR Bot Malaysia to require social media platforms to enforce age limit for users | The Straits Times [15:26] TR News When pressing the 'brakes' HARD means going VROOM VROOM VROOM!! https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-woman-rams-car-into-five-vehicles-after-mistaking-accelerator-for-brake-pedal [15:26] TR Bot Woman rams car into five vehicles in JB after mistaking accelerator for brake pedal | The Straits Times [15:26] TR News The Small Company in Europe Caught in the Big Trade War Between the U.S. and China https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/business/nexperia-netherlands-us-china.html [15:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/business/nexperia-netherlands-us-china.html ) [15:27] TR News Chinas Rare Earth Restrictions Aim to Beat U.S. at Its Own Game https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/business/economy/china-rare-earths-supply-chain.html [15:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/business/economy/china-rare-earths-supply-chain.html ) [15:27] TR News Xiaomi driver death adds to China push for new EV door designs https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xiaomi-driver-death-adds-to-china-push-for-new-ev-door-designs [15:27] TR Bot Xiaomi driver death adds to China push for new EV door designs | The Straits Times [15:27] TR News Chinese Customs seize 60,000 problematic maps https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-customs-seize-60000-problematic-maps [15:27] TR Bot Chinese Customs seize 60,000 problematic maps | The Straits Times [15:28] TR News China says jailed Swedish publisher is Chinese citizen https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/China-says-jailed-Swedish-publisher-is-Chinese-citizen [15:28] TR Bot China says jailed Swedish publisher is Chinese citizen | The Straits Times [15:29] TR News China's latest round of rare-earth export controls gives the country dominion over precious resources https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chinas-latest-round-of-rare-earth-export-controls-gives-the-country-dominion-over-precious-resources-regulations-have-far-reaching-implications-for-the-semiconductor-industry [15:29] TR Bot China's latest round of rare-earth export controls gives the country dominion over precious resources regulations have far-reaching implications for the semiconductor industry | Tom's Hardware [15:29] TR News Cambodias Prince Group, China-born businessman targeted by US-UK sanctions https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/16/cambodias-prince-group-china-born-businessman-targeted-by-us-uk-sanctions/ [15:29] TR Bot Cambodia's Prince Group, China-born tycoon targeted by US-UK sanctions [15:30] TR News ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.1 Arrives with PDF Redaction and Many Editor Upgrades https://news.itsfoss.com/onlyoffice-docs-9-1-release/ [15:30] TR Bot ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.1 Arrives with PDF Redaction and Many Editor Upgrades [15:30] TR News "skyrocketing gold prices" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/16/laughing-all-the-way-to-the-central-bank | Source: Meduza [15:30] TR Bot Laughing all the way to the Central Bank How skyrocketing gold prices support the Kremlins war machine Meduza [15:31] TR News JawnCon https://hackaday.com/2025/10/16/three-years-in-jawncon-continues-to-grow-and-impress/ | Source: Hackaday [15:31] TR Bot Years In, JawnCon Continues To Grow And Impress | Hackaday [15:35] TR News Please report to us all slop culprits. Name and shame is the most effective response: https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/The_Linux_Foundation_Seems_to_Have_Turned_Linux_com_Not_Only_In.shtml [15:35] TR Bot Techrights The Linux Foundation Seems to Have Turned Linux.com Not Only Into a Spamfarm But Also LLM Slopfarm ● Oct 17 [16:00] TR News Qt Creator 18 RC released https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-18-rc-released [16:00] TR Bot Qt Creator 18 RC released [16:05] TR News Surveillance https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-qr-code-clearance-for-motorcyclists-at-jb-checkpoints-hits-snag-on-first-day [16:05] TR Bot Malaysias QR code clearance for motorcyclists at JB checkpoints hits snag on first day | The Straits Times [16:06] TR News Our Voices Are Making a Difference in the Fight for Strong Encryption https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/10/our-voices-are-making-a-difference-in-the-fight-for-strong-encryption/ [16:06] TR Bot Our Voices Are Making a Difference in the Fight for Strong Encryption - Internet Society [16:07] TR News Ponzi scheme pricing https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/technology/san-francisco-rent-ai-boom.html [16:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/technology/san-francisco-rent-ai-boom.html ) [16:07] TR News Laos plans to pull plug on crypto miners by early 2026 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/laos-plans-to-pull-plug-on-crypto-miners-by-early-2026 [16:07] TR Bot Laos plans to pull plug on crypto miners by early 2026 | The Straits Times [16:08] TR News Study Finds GPT-5 Is Actually Worse Than GPT-4o, New Research Finds https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/study-gpt5-gpt4o [16:08] TR Bot Study Finds GPT-5 Is Actually Worse Than GPT-4o, New Research Finds [16:09] TR News It Sounds Like Proprietary Chaffbot Company Really, Really Messed Up With Hollywood https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hollywood-openai-messed-up-sora [16:09] TR Bot It Sounds Like OpenAI Really, Really Messed Up With Hollywood [16:09] TR News People Are Using OpenAIs Sora to Mock the Dead https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sora-ai-mock-dead [16:09] TR Bot People Are Using OpenAI's Sora to Mock the Dead [16:09] TR News Goldman Sachs Says Gen Z Is Pretty Much Permanently Screwed https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/goldman-sachs-genz-automation [16:09] TR Bot Goldman Sachs Says Gen Z Is Pretty Much Permanently Screwed [16:10] TR News Jeju Air crash victims families file lawsuit against Boeing https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/jeju-air-crash-victims-families-file-lawsuit-against-boeing [16:10] TR Bot Jeju Air crash victims families file lawsuit against Boeing | The Straits Times [16:10] TR News Father of pilot in Air India crash asks top court for independent probe https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/father-of-pilot-in-air-india-crash-asks-top-court-for-independent-probe [16:10] TR Bot Father of pilot in Air India crash asks top court for independent probe | The Straits Times [16:15] schestowitz[TR2] https://x.com/GMcHorseman/status/1979093576844771717 [16:15] schestowitz[TR2] "Why is it that, every time I ask "who benefits?" the only answer I can come back with is "Microsoft"?" [16:15] TR Bot NO TITLE [16:17] TR News "Squish-Proof Security<" https://hackaday.com/2025/10/16/chicken-squisher-3000-squish-proof-security/ | Source: Hackaday [16:17] TR Bot Squisher 3000: Squish-Proof Security | Hackaday [16:17] MinceR https://apina.biz/196182.jpg?mode=sfw [16:17] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/196182.jpg [16:19] TR News Hong Kong phone scams triple since real-name SIM card registration required https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/16/hong-kong-phone-scams-triple-since-real-name-sim-card-registration-required/ [16:19] TR Bot HK phone scams triple since real-name SIM card registration required [16:21] TR News Remote work has opened Australias cyber backdoor https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/remote-work-has-opened-australias-cyber-backdoor/ [16:21] TR Bot Remote work has opened Australias cyber backdoor | The Strategist [16:28] TR News F5 Hack: Attack Linked to China, BIG-IP Flaws Patched, Governments Issue Alerts https://www.securityweek.com/f5-hack-attack-linked-to-china-big-ip-flaws-patched-governments-issue-alerts/ [16:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/f5-hack-attack-linked-to-china-big-ip-flaws-patched-governments-issue-alerts/ ) [16:29] TR News US Charges Cambodian Executive in Massive Crypto Scam and Seizes More Than $14 Billion in Bitcoin https://www.securityweek.com/us-charges-cambodian-executive-in-massive-crypto-scam-and-seizes-more-than-14-billion-in-bitcoin/ [16:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/us-charges-cambodian-executive-in-massive-crypto-scam-and-seizes-more-than-14-billion-in-bitcoin/ ) [16:29] TR News Cisco Routers Hacked for Rootkit Deployment https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-routers-hacked-for-rootkit-deployment/ [16:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-routers-hacked-for-rootkit-deployment/ ) [16:30] TR News Fuji Electric HMI Configurator Flaws Expose Industrial Organizations to Hacking https://www.securityweek.com/fuji-electric-hmi-configurator-flaws-expose-industrial-organizations-to-hacking/ [16:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/fuji-electric-hmi-configurator-flaws-expose-industrial-organizations-to-hacking/ ) [16:30] TR News Organizations Warned of Exploited Adobe AEM Forms Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/organizations-warned-of-exploited-adobe-aem-forms-vulnerability/ [16:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/organizations-warned-of-exploited-adobe-aem-forms-vulnerability/ ) [16:31] TR News Fedora Community Blog: OSCAFEST25 & CHAOSS25 Lagos, Nigeria https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/oscafest25-chaoss25-lagos-nigeria/ [16:31] TR Bot OSCAFEST'25 & CHAOSS'25 Lagos, Nigeria Fedora Community Blog [16:33] TR News Googles open-source, RISC-V-based Coral NPU is integrated into Synaptics SL2610 Edge Hey Hi (AI) SoCs https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/17/google-open-source-coral-npu-synaptics-sl2610-edge-ai-socs/ [16:33] TR Bot Google's open-source, RISC-V-based Coral NPU is integrated into Synaptics SL2610 Edge AI SoCs - CNX Software [16:34] TR News Death of kidnapped South Korean student spurs talks with Cambodia to tackle online scams https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251016-death-of-kidnapped-south-korean-student-spurs-talks-with-cambodia-to-tackle-online-scams [16:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251016-death-of-kidnapped-south-korean-student-spurs-talks-with-cambodia-to-tackle-online-scams ) [16:34] TR News 104: Software RAID on backdoored Windows 3.1 https://mwl.io/archives/24443 [16:34] TR Bot 104: Software RAID on Windows 3.1 Michael W Lucas [16:36] TR News Raspberry Pi-like Allwinner A527/T527 industrial SBC features dual camera support and Hey Hi (AI) acceleration https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/16/raspberry-pi-allwinner-a527-t527-industrial-sbc-dual-camera-ai-acceleration/ [16:36] TR Bot Raspberry Pi-like Allwinner A527/T527 industrial SBC features dual camera support and AI acceleration - CNX Software [16:37] TR News pgAdmin 4 v9.9 Released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgadmin-4-v99-released-3157/ [16:37] TR Bot PostgreSQL: pgAdmin 4 v9.9 Released [16:39] TR News UPC is torally illegal and UK is not in the EU; EPO corruption is becoming widespread across the EU and beyond https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/german-upc-rulings-in-amazon-case-put-pressure-on-uk-proceedings/ [16:39] TR Bot German and UPC rulings in Amazon case put pressure on UK proceedings [16:41] TR News HRW condemns Morocco security forces violent response to youth-led protests https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/rights-group-condemn-morocco-security-forces-violent-response-to-youth-led-protests/ [16:41] TR Bot HRW condemns Morocco security forces' violent response to youth-led protests - JURIST - News [16:41] TR News Researchers find much Mexican satellite data is unencrypted and easily hacked https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexican-satellite-data-is-unencrypted/ [16:41] TR Bot Researchers find Mexican satellite data is unencrypted, hackable [16:41] TR News Lets talk about Fairphones work in the Congo. https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/10/15/lets-talk-about-fairphones-work-in-the-congo/ [16:41] TR Bot talk about Fairphone's work in the Congo. - Fairphone [16:41] TR News Repairing the Fairphone (Gen. 6) https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/10/16/repairing-the-fairphone-gen-6/ [16:41] TR Bot the Fairphone (Gen. 6) - Fairphone [16:42] TR News $2,000 for IP Investments Group entity, eComm Innovations, web layout patent monopoly prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/10/16/2000-for-ip-investments-group-entity-ecomm-innovations-web-layout-patent-prior-art [16:42] TR Bot $2,000 for IP Investments Group entity, eComm Innovations, web layout patent prior art Unified Patents [16:42] TR News But UPC is ILLEGAL!!! http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/upc-finds-that-it-has-jurisdiction-to.html?showComment=1760605280256#c5326549538534797508 [16:42] TR Bot UPC finds that it has jurisdiction to consider infringement in the UK (UPC_CFI_355/2023) - The IPKat [16:43] TR News "Also now see the recent UPC_CFI_936/2025 about a SEPs (standard essential patents) dispute. National courts need to consider a SEP matter globally, and will take measures which essentially have global impacts. The UK Courts for example have no problems doing this. Whilst the dispute is happening a party can apply for an interim licence from a Court to protect them from being sued for patent" [16:43] TR News IPR Fact Findings Dont Bind District Courts (What about IPR Legal Conclusions?) https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/10/findings-district-conclusions.html [16:43] TR Bot IPR Fact Findings Don't Bind District Courts (What about IPR Legal Conclusions?) [16:43] TR News How to Install Mullvad VPN on FunOS https://funos.org/install-mullvad-vpn-funos/ [16:43] TR Bot How to Install Mullvad VPN on FunOS FunOS [16:44] TR News How To Install OpenOffice on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-openoffice-fedora-42/ [16:44] TR Bot How To Install OpenOffice on Fedora 42 - idroot [16:44] TR News Wheel knuckle change ball to heim joints https://bkhome.org/news/202510/wheel-knuckle-change-ball-to-heim-joints.html [16:44] TR Bot Wheel knuckle change ball to heim joints [16:46] TR News Part2 of More data (> 150 files) on T. Moudikis situation: a riddle/puzzle (including R, Python, bash interfaces to the game but everyone can play) https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/part2-of-more-data-150-files-on-t-moudikis-situation-a-riddle-puzzle-including-r-python-bash-interfaces-to-the-game-but-everyone-can-play/ [16:46] TR Bot of More data (> 150 files) on T. Moudikis situation: a riddle/puzzle (including R, Python, bash interfaces to the game but everyone can play) | R-bloggers [16:46] TR News Tutorial Paper on Movement Tracking of Psychological Processes Using mousestrap https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/tutorial-paper-on-movement-tracking-of-psychological-processes-using-mousestrap/ [16:46] TR Bot Paper on Movement Tracking of Psychological Processes Using *mousestrap* | R-bloggers [16:46] TR News Two New Preprints on Multilevel Hidden Markov Models https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/two-new-preprints-on-multilevel-hidden-markov-models/ [16:46] TR Bot New Preprints on Multilevel Hidden Markov Models | R-bloggers [16:46] TR News PeasyDisc fix save path https://bkhome.org/news/202510/peasydisc-fix-save-path.html [16:46] TR Bot PeasyDisc fix save path [16:47] TR News Paramaribo and the Plantation: Gerrit Schoutens Dioramas of Suriname (181030) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/gerrit-schouten-suriname-dioramas [16:47] TR Bot Paramaribo and the Plantation: Gerrit Schoutens Dioramas of Suriname (181030) The Public Domain Review [16:49] TR News Precedential No. 9: Affirming GASPARILLA Section 2(d) Refusal, TTAB Rejects Flimsy Consent Agreement http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/10/precedential-no-9-affirming-gasparilla.html [16:49] TR Bot The TTABlog: Precedential No. 9: Affirming GASPARILLA Section 2(d) Refusal, TTAB Rejects Flimsy Consent Agreement [16:50] TR News Arduino Hey Hi (AI) Assistant vs. ChatGPT: Which one should you use for your projects? https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/10/16/arduino-ai-assistant-vs-chatgpt-which-one-should-you-use-for-your-projects/ [16:50] TR Bot Arduino AI Assistant vs. ChatGPT: Which one to use for your projects? | Arduino Blog [16:51] TR News If You Were Bankrolling OpenAI, the Percent of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Users Willing to Pay for It Might Make You Break Out in a Cold Sweat https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-percent-chatgpt-users-pay http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [16:51] TR Bot If You Were Bankrolling OpenAI, the Percent of ChatGPT Users Willing to Pay for It Might Make You Break Out in a Cold Sweat [16:51] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [16:51] TR News Windows TCO https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-revokes-over-200-certificates-to-disrupt-ransomware-campaign/ [16:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-revokes-over-200-certificates-to-disrupt-ransomware-campaign/ ) [16:52] TR News pg_qualstats 2.1.3 is out! https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_qualstats-213-is-out-3155/ [16:52] TR Bot PostgreSQL: pg_qualstats 2.1.3 is out! [16:54] TR News Cryptocurrency ATMs https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/cryptocurrency-atms.html [16:54] TR Bot ATMs - Schneier on Security [16:55] TR News "2025 Component Abuse Challenge: An LED As A Light Dependent Capacitor" https://hackaday.com/2025/10/16/2025-component-abuse-challenge-an-led-as-a-light-dependent-capacitor/ | Source: Hackaday [16:55] TR Bot Component Abuse Challenge: An LED As A Light Dependent Capacitor | Hackaday ● Oct 17 [17:11] TR News The media landscape of the Western Balkans and Turkey: Stuck in transition https://bianet.org/haber/the-media-landscape-of-the-western-balkans-and-turkey-stuck-in-transition-312611 [17:11] TR Bot The media landscape of the Western Balkans and Turkey: Stuck in transition [17:13] TR News Pete Zaitcev: podman versus dbus https://zaitcev.livejournal.com/268800.html [17:13] TR Bot podman versus dbus: zaitcev LiveJournal [17:13] TR News Pete Zaitcev: git submodule woe https://zaitcev.livejournal.com/269292.html [17:13] TR Bot git submodule woe: zaitcev LiveJournal [17:16] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [17:17] TR News Nobody even BUYS those "Surface" POS https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/microsoft-surface-and-data-center-production-to-be-moved-out-of-china-by-2026-claims-report-components-parts-and-assembly-of-laptops-and-servers-moving-to-counter-trade-war-uncertainty [17:17] TR Bot Microsoft Surface and data center production to be moved out of China by 2026, claims report components, parts, and assembly of laptops and servers moving to counter trade war uncertainty | Tom's Hardware [17:18] TR News North Korean operatives spotted using evasive techniques to steal data and cryptocurrency https://cyberscoop.com/north-korea-attackers-evasive-techniques-malware/ [17:18] TR Bot Korean operatives spotted using evasive techniques to steal data and cryptocurrency | CyberScoop [17:21] TR News "Our twelfth mortgage payment" and "buying our own apartment together" are contradictions; those cannot be yours until the mortgage is fully paid https://rubenerd.com/our-twelfth-mortgage-payment/ [17:21] TR Bot Our twelfth mortgage payment [17:22] TR News ONLYOFFICE 9.1 Released with PDF Redact Tools + More https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/onlyoffice-9-1-new-features [17:22] TR Bot ONLYOFFICE 9.1 Released with PDF Redact Tools + More - OMG! Ubuntu [17:22] TR News OnlyOffice Desktop Editors 9.1 Released with New PDF Editing Tools https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/10/onlyoffice-desktop-editors-9-1-released-with-new-pdf-editing-tools/ [17:22] TR Bot OnlyOffice Desktop Editors 9.1 Released with New PDF Editing Tools | UbuntuHandbook [17:22] TR News FSF News: FSF announces librephone project http://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project [17:22] TR Bot FSF announces librephone project Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [17:23] TR News MidnightBSD 3.2.4 is out https://distrowatch.com/midnightbsd [17:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/midnightbsd ) [17:23] TR News Adam Young: Self hosting and installing from pip repos https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/10/self-hosting-and-installing-from-pip-repos/ [17:23] TR Bot Self hosting and installing from pip repos | Adam Young's Web Log [17:23] TR News FOSS Weekly #25.42: Hyprland Controversy, German State with Open Source, New Flatpak App Center and a Lot More GNU/Linux Stuff https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-42/ [17:23] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #25.42: Hyprland Controversy, German State with Open Source, New Flatpak App Center and a Lot More Linux Stuff [17:24] TR News PipeWire 1.6 Promises Bluetooth Audio Streaming for Hearing Aid Support https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-promises-bluetooth-audio-streaming-for-hearing-aid-support [17:24] TR Bot 1.6 Promises Bluetooth Audio Streaming for Hearing Aid Support - 9to5Linux [17:24] TR News GNOME 49.1 Desktop Released with Various Improvements and Bug Fixes https://9to5linux.com/gnome-49-1-desktop-released-with-various-improvements-and-bug-fixes [17:24] TR Bot 49.1 Desktop Released with Various Improvements and Bug Fixes - 9to5Linux [17:24] TR News Archcraft 2025.10.16 is out https://distrowatch.com/archcraft [17:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/archcraft ) [17:24] TR News KDE neon 20251016 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/kdeneon [17:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/kdeneon ) [17:25] TR News Fedora 43 delayed [17:26] TR News SmartOS 20251016 is out https://distrowatch.com/smartos [17:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/smartos ) [17:30] TR News Hackers Deploy Linux Rootkits via Cisco SNMP Flaw in 'Zero Disco' Attacks https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/hackers-deploy-linux-rootkits-via-cisco.html [17:30] TR Bot Hackers Deploy Linux Rootkits via Cisco SNMP Flaw in 'Zero Disco' Attacks [17:32] TR News "According to Beckhoff, TwinCATs modular structure enables individual applications to be distributed across multiple containers for smarter deployment strategies" https://www.automationworld.com/control/news/55321082/beckhoff-automation-beckhoff-introduces-twincat-for-linux [17:32] TR Bot Beckhoff Introduces TwinCAT for Linux | Automation World [17:33] TR News Linux Kernel update points to next-gen Intel GPU inside Nova Lake https://www.dlcompare.com/gaming-news/next-gen-intel-graphics-confirmed-for-nova-lake-in-linux-kernel-update-63701 [17:33] TR Bot Next-gen Intel graphics confirmed for Nova Lake in Linux Kernel update [17:34] TR News Adaptiva Expands Cross-Platform Patch Management Leadership with Support for Latest Linux, Mac, and Windows Platforms https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/adaptiva-expands-cross-platform-patch-management-leadership-with-support-for-latest-linux-mac-and-windows-platforms-302585752.html [17:34] TR Bot Adaptiva Expands Cross-Platform Patch Management Leadership with Support for Latest Linux, Mac, and Windows Platforms [17:35] TR News "Ever wanted to send commands to your Raspberry Pi (or another SBC), but didn't have an available and convenient PC to SSH with? I did too, until I found the right software for my Android phone." https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-use-my-raspberry-pis-terminal-from-my-android-phone/ [17:35] TR Bot How I Use My Raspberry Pi's Terminal From My Android Phone [17:35] TR News (NEW): Intel's Upcoming GPUs on Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/16/Intel_s_Upcoming_GPUs_on_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/16/Intel_s_Upcoming_GPUs_on_Linux.gmi [17:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Intel's Upcoming GPUs on Linux [17:35] TR News "New versions of both Mozilla's browser and its subsidiary MZLA's messaging client are here with some bad news for users of older kit." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/16/firefox_and_tbird_144/ [17:35] TR Bot Firefox and Thunderbird 144 are here The Register [17:38] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [17:38] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [17:40] TR News (NEW): PostgreSQL Databases: pgAdmin 4 v9.9 and pg_qualstats 2.1.3 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/PostgreSQL_Databases_pgAdmin_4_v9_9_and_pg_qualstats_2_1_3_Rele.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/PostgreSQL_Databases_pgAdmin_4_v9_9_and_pg_qualstats_2_1_3_Rele.gmi [17:40] TR Bot Tux Machines PostgreSQL Databases: pgAdmin 4 v9.9 and pg_qualstats 2.1.3 Released [17:42] TR News (NEW): RISC-V, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Fairphone https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/RISC_V_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_Fairphone.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/RISC_V_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_Fairphone.gmi [17:42] TR Bot Tux Machines RISC-V, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Fairphone [17:45] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers and Windows TCO https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.gmi [17:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers and Windows TCO [17:47] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/17/GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software_Leftovers.gmi [17:47] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers [17:49] TR News Techrights Links 17/10/2025: Better Answers Sought After Air Crashes, "China Fans Patriotic Sentiment as Trade War With U.S. Heats Up" https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Links_17_10_2025_Better_Answers_Sought_After_Air_Crashes_China_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Links_17_10_2025_Better_Answers_Sought_After_Air_Crashes_China_.gmi [17:49] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/10/2025: Better Answers Sought After Air Crashes, "China Fans Patriotic Sentiment as Trade War With U.S. Heats Up" ● Oct 17 [18:14] TR News Techrights Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, Linux Journal (Slashdot Media), UbuntuPIT, and Google News (Noise) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Slopwatch_LinuxSecurity_Linux_Journal_Slashdot_Media_UbuntuPIT_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Slopwatch_LinuxSecurity_Linux_Journal_Slashdot_Media_UbuntuPIT_.gmi [18:14] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, Linux Journal (Slashdot Media), UbuntuPIT, and Google News (Noise) [18:18] TR News 6 million repaid to workers as Government cracks down on employers underpaying their staff https://www.gov.uk/government/news/6-million-repaid-to-workers-as-government-cracks-down-on-employers-underpaying-their-staff [18:18] TR Bot million repaid to workers as Government cracks down on employers underpaying their staff - GOV.UK [18:19] TR News Their client is among the culprits http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/11/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Spreads_Trumpism_to_the_United_Kingdom_Looking.shtml now he attacks publishers that point out the fact he underpaid workers [18:19] TR Bot Techrights Brett Wilson LLP Spreads Trumpism to the United Kingdom, Looking to Profit From 'Legal Colonialism' (Overriding Sovereignty) [18:20] TR News "Make me. Otherwise, I'm going to stay on, rack up those fat paychecks, and do very little work. Have a nice day." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7qzchtm [18:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7qzchtm ) [18:21] TR News Microsoft Portugal laying off staff https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2025-10-17/microsoft-portugal-laying-off-staff/903811 [18:21] TR Bot Microsoft Portugal laying off staff - The Portugal News [18:22] TR News Ex-Call Of Duty Lead Developer Doesn't Think Microsoft Will Be Good For The Series https://www.thegamer.com/call-of-duty-glen-schofield-microsoft-bad-for-series/ [18:22] TR Bot Former Call Of Duty Series Lead Very Worried About Microsoft Owning The Series [18:24] TR News "It's not been a heartening year for Xbox layoffs, studio closures, price increases and project cancellations" [18:27] TR News Techrights [Video] Dr. Richard Stallman at Technick Univerzit v Liberci https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Video_Dr_Richard_Stallman_at_Technicke_Univerzite_v_Liberci.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/Video_Dr_Richard_Stallman_at_Technicke_Univerzite_v_Liberci.gmi [18:27] TR Bot Techrights [Video] Dr. Richard Stallman at Technick Univerzit v Liberci ● Oct 17 [19:28] *schestowitz[TR] has quit (Ping timeout: 268 seconds) [19:28] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). 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