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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-300326.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-300326.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-300326.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-300326.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, March 30, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-03-30.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-03-30.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-03-30.txt ● Mar 31 [03:05] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [03:20] *Sompi_ (~sami@p2qiks4h3ee7s.irc) has joined #techrights [03:21] *Sompi has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:48] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/mar/30/epic-games-fortnite-ceo-apologizes-lay-off [03:48] TR Bot CEO of Epic Games apologizes after laying off employee with terminal brain cancer | Fortnite | The Guardian [03:54] admfubar i bet is wasnt extra firm after is sat there... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/30/spilled-tofu-accident-missouri-town [03:54] TR Bot Soy what? 40,000lbs of spilled tofu leads to unforgettable odor in Missouri town | Missouri | The Guardian [03:55] MinceR lol ● Mar 31 [04:11] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2026/03/30/researchers-come-up-with-foolproof-method-to-certify-real-photos/ [04:11] TR Bot Come Up With Foolproof Method to Certify Real Photos | PetaPixel [04:13] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2026/03/27/after-over-20-years-of-efforts-dng-is-now-the-official-raw-image-standard/ [04:13] TR Bot Over 20 Years of Efforts, DNG Is Now the Official RAW Image Standard | PetaPixel [04:14] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2026/03/30/dozens-of-british-tourists-arrested-for-taking-photos-in-uae/ [04:14] TR Bot of British Tourists Arrested for Taking Photos in UAE | PetaPixel [04:16] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2026/03/27/this-hilarious-youtube-video-is-a-brutal-take-down-of-photography/ [04:16] TR Bot Hilarious YouTube Video is a Brutal Take Down of Photography | PetaPixel [04:19] admfubar sounds like a "no mans land" of a conflict.... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Optimization-Zone [04:19] TR Bot Announces The "Optimization Zone" - Phoronix [04:25] admfubar https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/effs-cindy-cohn-daily-show-tonight-monday-march-30 [04:25] TR Bot EFF's Cindy Cohn on The Daily Show! Tonight Monday, March 30 | Electronic Frontier Foundation [04:40] TR News Re: Silly standards: fursona schema (and gemini i18n frustrations) gemini://rymden.no/tx/2026-03-30.gmi [04:42] TR News "They say naming things is one of the 17 hardest problems in computer science (along with cache invalidation, and off-by-14 errors), but sometimes someone makes it look easy: [...]" gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/03/30/cuneiforth/ [04:42] TR News "In the hardware implementation, the CPU boots at address 0x0 and in the emulator, it boots at address 0xE0000000 and the boot rom jumps to address 0x0." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2026-03-30-my-system-with-the-c16-cpu-and-gpu1.gmi [04:44] TR News "A strike may be viable, though will be resisted by strike-breakers and scabs. Consensus should be gained through negotiation so as to limit problems stemming from impulsive decisions. Strikes however may be difficult to sustain until a favorable regieme change, so ideally should have a more specific goal and should be done in a way that garners sympathy from undecided citizens." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/03/31/american-spring.gmi [04:45] TR News "This is the first blog post of the Distributed Systems Simulator series, written for the recent v1.1.0 release. It explores the Java-based Distributed Systems Simulator program I created as my diploma thesis at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences (August 2008)." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-03-31-distributed-systems-simulator-part-1.gmi [04:46] TR News "This is the second blog post of the Distributed Systems Simulator series. This part covers all 10 built-in protocols with examples." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-04-01-distributed-systems-simulator-part-2.gmi [04:46] TR News Distributed Systems Simulator - Part 3: Advanced Examples and Protocol API gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-04-02-distributed-systems-simulator-part-3.gmi [04:47] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-03-31.gmi [04:48] TR News "I made a decision a little over a month ago to cancel my music streaming service (Spotify) after another price increase. I've been a Spotify user since 2014, so I did not expect this to be an easy transition. I used to get all my music for free (ahem), and then Spotify came around, and I liked this idea of any music I could want available at any time in one place." gemini://xeylichen.smol.pub/1774921595 [04:49] TR News Calculus for Electronics gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260330-0.gmi [04:50] TR News "A law has been passed allowing the execution of Palestinian prisoners." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-03-30-israel [04:51] TR News priorities gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/priorities [04:52] TR News Sticky Notes gemini://beyond-mundanity.com/sticky_notes.gmi "This has turned into hundreds of sticky notes on my nightstand. What would otherwise be rather conservative decorations is juxtaposed with neon green sticky notes. But that doesn't matter. I'm no interior decorator." [04:55] TR News Canada's benchmark home price fell 4.8% in February compared to last year, says CREA https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/crea-numbers-february-2026-9.7130835 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/affordability-canada-provinces-factors-9.7126052 [04:55] TR Bot Canada's benchmark home price fell 4.8% in February compared to last year, says CREA | CBC News [04:55] TR Bot Thinking of moving to a more 'affordable' part of the country? Consider this | CBC News [04:56] TR News Hackers can raid iOS 18 with an infected link. Have you updated yet to iOS26? https://www.theverge.com/tech/896841/iphone-ios-18-attack-darksword [04:56] TR Bot PSA: Hackers can raid iOS 18 with an infected link | The Verge [04:56] MinceR s/iOS26/a real phone/ [04:57] TR News Personal information of 16,000 individuals leaked from Seoul National University Hospital https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-03-19/national/socialAffairs/Personal-information-of-16000-individuals-leaked-from-Seoul-National-University-Hospital/2548874 [04:57] TR Bot Personal information of 16,000 individuals leaked from Seoul National University Hospital [04:58] TR News Deaconess patients sensitive data stolen in vendor breach https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/local/2026/03/19/deaconess-health-data-breach-exposes-kentucky-patients-ssns-henderson-morganfield-news-hippa-credit/89196026007/ [04:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://eu.courierpress.com/story/news/local/2026/03/19/deaconess-health-data-breach-exposes-kentucky-patients-ssns-henderson-morganfield-news-hippa-credit/89196026007/ ) [04:59] TR News Cyberattack leaves drivers with required breathalyzer test systems in 46 states unable to start vehicles https://wgme.com/news/local/cyberattack-leaves-maine-drivers-with-breathalyzer-test-systems-unable-to-start-vehicles-oui-intoxalock [04:59] TR Bot Cyberattack leaves Maine drivers with breathalyzer test systems unable to start vehicles [04:59] TR News Chilling Effects: NZ GP stops uploading patient notes to MyIndici as a precaution https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/590064/gp-stops-uploading-patient-notes-to-myindici-as-a-precaution [04:59] TR Bot GP stops uploading patient notes to MyIndici as a precaution | RNZ News ● Mar 31 [05:00] TR News Weill Cornell Medicine discloses an insider data breach https://databreaches.net/2026/03/20/weill-cornell-medicine-discloses-an-insider-data-breach/ [05:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2026/03/20/weill-cornell-medicine-discloses-an-insider-data-breach/ ) [05:00] TR News University College of Dublin staff member due in court over accessing student data https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0320/1564337-ucd-student-data/ [05:00] TR Bot Assistant professor charged with accessing students' data [05:01] TR News Jaguar Land Rovers cyber bailout sets worrying precedent, watchdog warns https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/20/jlr_bailout_cmc/ [05:01] TR Bot JLR cyber bailout risks dangerous precedent, watchdog warns The Register [05:02] TR News Global cybercrime crackdown: over 373,000 dark web sites shut down https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/global-cybercrime-crackdown-over-373-000-dark-web-sites-shut-down [05:02] TR Bot Global cybercrime crackdown: over 373 000 dark web sites shut down Authorities from 23 countries participate in the operation | Europol [05:03] TR News Cyber OpSec Fail: Beast Gang Exposes Ransomware Server https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/opsec-beast-gang-exposes-ransomware-server [05:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/opsec-beast-gang-exposes-ransomware-server ) [05:03] TR News North Carolina tech worker found guilty of insider attack netting $2.5M ransom https://cyberscoop.com/cameron-curry-insider-attack-washington-tech-company/ [05:03] TR Bot Carolina tech worker found guilty of insider attack netting $2.5M ransom | CyberScoop [05:04] TR News GitHub is starting to have a real malware problem https://news.risky.biz/risky-bulletin-github-is-starting-to-have-a-real-malware-problem/ [05:04] TR Bot GitHub is starting to have a real malware problem [05:05] TR News Fairfield Council obtains injunction against unknown threat actors in ransomware incident https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/fairfield-council-goes-to-court-following-major-data-breach-20260320-p5r6pv.html [05:05] TR Bot Fairfield Council goes to court following major data breach [05:06] TR News 3.7 Million Telehealth Patients Allegedly Affected By Two Recent Breaches https://databreaches.net/2026/03/23/3-7-million-telehealth-patients-allegedly-affected-by-two-recent-breaches/ [05:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2026/03/23/3-7-million-telehealth-patients-allegedly-affected-by-two-recent-breaches/ ) [05:06] TR News Pro-Iran hackers claim Microsoft outage, vow to ramp up attacks on U.S. companies https://threatbeat.com/pro-iran-hackers-claim-microsoft-outage-vow-to-ramp-up-attacks-on-u-s-companies/ [05:06] TR Bot Pro-Iran hackers claim Microsoft outage, vow to ramp up attacks on U.S. companies - Threat Beat [05:12] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [05:12] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [05:12] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 31/03/2026: American Spring, Distributed Systems Simulator, and Calculus for Electronics https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Gemini_Links_31_03_2026_American_Spring_Distributed_Systems_Sim.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Gemini_Links_31_03_2026_American_Spring_Distributed_Systems_Sim.gmi [05:12] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 31/03/2026: American Spring, Distributed Systems Simulator, and Calculus for Electronics [05:16] TR News Techrights Links 31/03/2026: Rising Costs, Cyberattacks, Novo Patent Expiry https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Links_31_03_2026_Rising_Costs_Cyberattacks_Novo_Patent_Expiry.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Links_31_03_2026_Rising_Costs_Cyberattacks_Novo_Patent_Expiry.gmi [05:16] TR Bot Techrights Links 31/03/2026: Rising Costs, Cyberattacks, Novo Patent Expiry [05:17] *TMF (~TMF@ugtkf8gqfm7b2.irc) has joined #techrights [05:21] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 30, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_March_30_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_March_30_2026.gmi [05:21] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 30, 2026 [05:22] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:22] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [05:22] TR News (NEW): GNOME 51 A Corua Desktop Environment Scheduled for September 16th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/30/GNOME_51_A_Coruna_Desktop_Environment_Scheduled_for_September_1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/30/GNOME_51_A_Coruna_Desktop_Environment_Scheduled_for_September_1.gmi [05:22] TR Bot Tux Machines GNOME 51 A Corua Desktop Environment Scheduled for September 16th, 2026 [05:22] TR News (NEW): Protesting (Principled Stance) Pays Off https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/30/Protesting_Principled_Stance_Pays_Off.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/30/Protesting_Principled_Stance_Pays_Off.gmi [05:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Protesting (Principled Stance) Pays Off [05:22] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [05:29] TR News Deus Ex developer Eidos Montreal hit with more layoffs, this time affecting over 100 staff https://www.neowin.net/amp/deus-ex-developer-eidos-montreal-hit-with-more-layoffs-this-time-affecting-over-100-staff/ [05:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/amp/deus-ex-developer-eidos-montreal-hit-with-more-layoffs-this-time-affecting-over-100-staff/ ) [05:29] TR News Deus Ex dev Eidos-Montreal hit with new layoffs, studio head departs after 19 years with company https://www.tweaktown.com/news/110758/deus-ex-dev-eidos-montreal-hit-with-new-layoffs-studio-head-departs-after-19-years-with-company/index.html [05:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.tweaktown.com/news/110758/deus-ex-dev-eidos-montreal-hit-with-new-layoffs-studio-head-departs-after-19-years-with-company/index.html ) [05:31] TR News "Redhat's kernel update log now has the llm slop..." https://x.com/OctopusTakopi/status/1955126916635324450 [05:31] TR Bot NO TITLE [05:36] TR News "Your phone is more capable than Android lets on." https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-terminal-on-android-no-app-can-match/ [05:36] TR Bot 4 things you can do with a Linux terminal on Android that no regular app can match [05:42] TR News "This shouldnt work on a phone, but it works better than it should." https://www.makeuseof.com/full-linux-desktop-android-phone-buttery-smooth/ [05:42] TR Bot I installed a full Linux desktop on my Android phone and it's buttery smooth [05:43] TR News "The terminal is pretty optional if your're not a power user." https://www.makeuseof.com/i-forced-myself-to-use-linux-without-the-terminal-for-a-week/ [05:43] TR Bot I forced myself to use Linux without the terminal for a week [05:43] TR News "The tiny Linux frustrations I blamed on my system were Snap all along." https://www.makeuseof.com/i-stopped-using-flatpak-snap-packages-just-work-better/ [05:43] TR Bot I stopped using Snap Flatpak just works better [05:45] TR News "The firmware of the Flipper One is already publicly available, and there's a lot of interesting tech." https://www.xda-developers.com/dug-into-flipper-one-firmware-not-flipper-zero-sequel/ [05:45] TR Bot I dug into the Flipper One's firmware, and it's not a Flipper Zero sequel it's a pocket Linux PC [05:47] TR News "Linux and third-party anti-cheat clients are like water and oil" https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gaming-is-solved-until-anti-cheat-shows-up/ [05:47] TR Bot Linux gaming is "solved" until anti-cheat shows up [05:48] *TMF has quit (connection closed) [05:48] TR News I thought Proxmox would overcomplicate my home lab, but it did the opposite https://www.xda-developers.com/thought-proxmox-would-overcomplicate-my-home-lab-but-did-opposite/ [05:48] TR Bot I thought Proxmox would overcomplicate my home lab, but it did the opposite [05:48] MinceR "anti-cheat" is a curious name for a rootkit [05:48] schestowitz[TR3] anti-bad thing [05:53] TR News I tried openSUSE Tumbleweed, and it had me reconsidering my love for Fedora https://www.xda-developers.com/opensuse-tumbleweed-has-me-reconsidering-using-fedora/ [05:53] TR Bot I tried openSUSE Tumbleweed, and it had me reconsidering my love for Fedora [05:54] TR News SteamOS on a mini PC is the couch gaming setup I never knew I wanted https://www.xda-developers.com/steamos-mini-pc-couch-gaming-setup-never-knew-wanted/ Source: XDA | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/steamos-mini-pc-couch-gaming-setup-never-knew-wanted/ [05:54] TR Bot SteamOS on a mini PC is the couch gaming setup I never knew I wanted [05:58] TR News Proxmox containers made my home server faster, lighter, and easier to manage https://www.xda-developers.com/proxmox-containers-made-my-home-server-faster-lighter-and-easier-to-manage/ Source: XDA | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/proxmox-containers-made-my-home-server-faster-lighter-and-easier-to-manage/ [05:58] TR Bot Proxmox containers made my home server faster, lighter, and easier to manage [05:58] TR News "He understands if you're not a fan, though." https://www.xda-developers.com/opera-gx-finally-arrives-on-linux-director-says-it-felt-like-natural-next-step/ [05:58] TR Bot Opera GX finally arrives on Linux as its director says it "felt like a natural next step" [05:59] TR News Linux package managers are the main reason Ill never switch back to Windows, ever https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-package-managers-main-reason-never-switch-to-windows/ Source: XDA | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/linux-package-managers-main-reason-never-switch-to-windows/ [05:59] TR Bot Linux package managers are the main reason I'll never switch back to Windows, ever ● Mar 31 [06:01] TR News "Learn some of the most important Linux commands." https://www.howtogeek.com/mastering-the-linux-file-system-go-to-commands-and-tips/ [06:01] TR Bot Mastering the Linux file system: My go-to commands and tips [06:02] TR News "From VR to hot tea, these apps cover some of my more niche interests." https://www.howtogeek.com/4-obscure-linux-apps-i-use-all-the-time/ [06:02] TR Bot 4 obscure Linux apps I use all the time [06:02] TR News "Your Linux PC is only as secure as the settings you choose to enable (or disable)." https://www.howtogeek.com/settings-making-your-linux-pc-less-secure/ [06:02] TR Bot 5 settings making your Linux PC less secure [06:03] TR News "A decade with KDE Plasma and the desktop environment is still full of surprises." https://www.howtogeek.com/advanced-kde-plasma-features-nobody-talks-about/ [06:03] TR Bot 5 underrated KDE Plasma features only advanced users know about [06:03] TR News "For a brief time, it was the future of Linux storage. Then its creator did something unforgivable." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-filesystem-was-supposed-to-change-everything-heres-the-dark-reason-it- [06:03] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-filesystem-was-supposed-to-change-everything-heres-the-dark-reason-it-/ ) [06:04] TR News "For a brief time, it was the future of Linux storage. Then its creator did something unforgivable." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-filesystem-was-supposed-to-change-everything-heres-the-dark-reason-it-failed/ [06:04] TR Bot This Linux filesystem was supposed to change everythinghere's the dark reason it failed [06:04] TR News "The real reason you stayed on Linux has nothing to do with ideals but a strong functional foundation that we all take for granted." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-would-be-nothing-without-these-open-source-apps/ [06:04] TR Bot Linux would be nothing without these 6 open-source apps [06:05] TR News 5 uncomfortable truths about Proxmox every homelabber needs to hear https://www.howtogeek.com/uncomfortable-truths-about-proxmox-every-homelabber-needs-to-hear/ Source: HowTo Geek | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.howtogeek.com/uncomfortable-truths-about-proxmox-every-homelabber-needs-to-hear/ [06:05] TR Bot 5 uncomfortable truths about Proxmox every homelabber needs to hear [06:06] TR News "Why editing one hidden Linux file is the only way to fix Ugreen's biggest software oversight" https://www.howtogeek.com/how-a-single-linux-command-made-my-ugreen-nas-the-center-of-my-homelab/ [06:06] TR Bot How a single Linux command unlocked my Ugreen NAS to become the center of my homelab [06:07] TR News FFmpeg 8.1 upgrades the best open-source media converter with a splash of Vulkan https://www.howtogeek.com/ffmpeg-8-1-upgrades-the-best-open-source-media-converter-with-a-splash-of-vulkan/ Source: HowTo Geek | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.howtogeek.com/ffmpeg-8-1-upgrades-the-best-open-source-media-converter-with-a-splash-of-vulkan/ [06:07] TR Bot FFmpeg 8.1 upgrades the best open-source media converter with a splash of Vulkan [06:08] TR News "With a less flashy appearance than previous System76 systems, though." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-system76-thelio-mira-is-the-new-linux-desktop-workstation-to-beat/ [06:08] TR Bot The System76 Thelio Mira is the new Linux desktop workstation to beat [06:09] TR News "No more broken updates." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-phones-could-get-even-better-with-postmarketos-duranium/ [06:09] TR Bot Linux phones could get even better with postmarketOS Duranium [06:09] MinceR given the switch to cancerd, they'll instead get worse [06:09] schestowitz[TR3] alpine still? [06:10] MinceR i think so [06:11] TR News High availability is the homelabbing trick everyone should know about https://www.howtogeek.com/high-availability-is-the-homelabbing-trick-everyone-should-know-about/ Source: HowTo Geek | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.howtogeek.com/high-availability-is-the-homelabbing-trick-everyone-should-know-about/ [06:11] TR Bot High availability is the homelabbing trick everyone should know about [06:12] TR News Stop blaming your Linux distro for problems that arent actually distro problems https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-easier-stick-with-when-stop-treating-every-inconvenience-distro-problem/ Source: XDA | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/linux-easier-stick-with-when-stop-treating-every-inconvenience-distro-problem/ [06:12] TR Bot Stop blaming your Linux distro for problems that aren't actually distro problems [06:14] TR News IBM https://www.xda-developers.com/x11-on-gnome-is-finally-dead-as-its-newest-version-goes-all-in-on-wayland/ [06:14] TR Bot X11 on GNOME is finally dead as its newest version goes all in on Wayland [06:14] TR News "Sometimes, less is more." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-users-swear-by-simple-tools-and-now-i-finally-understand-why/ [06:15] TR Bot Linux users swear by simple tools, and now I finally understand why [06:15] TR News Forget bare metal: Why a hypervisor is the only way to run a professional homelab https://www.howtogeek.com/forget-bare-metal-why-a-hypervisor-is-the-only-way-to-run-a-professional-homelab/ Source: HowTo Geek | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.howtogeek.com/forget-bare-metal-why-a-hypervisor-is-the-only-way-to-run-a-professional-homelab/ [06:15] TR Bot Forget bare metal: Why a hypervisor is the only way to run a professional homelab [06:16] TR News "Why convenience features do not always translate to beginner friendliness." https://www.howtogeek.com/pop-os-is-not-the-best-beginner-linuxdistro/ [06:16] TR Bot You've heard wrong: Pop!_OS isn't the best beginner Linuxdistro [06:16] TR News "These beginner-friendly Linux distros offer different looks, features, and workflows." https://www.howtogeek.com/user-friendly-linux-distros-that-arent-mint/ [06:16] TR Bot 10 beginner-friendly Linux distros that arent Mint (and why you might prefer them) [06:18] TR News Windows is undeniably convenient, but Linux puts you in charge https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-is-convenient-but-linux-puts-you-in-charge/ Source: XDA | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/windows-is-convenient-but-linux-puts-you-in-charge/ [06:18] TR Bot Windows is undeniably convenient, but Linux puts you in charge [06:19] TR News Linux is the best way to run Android apps on your PC, and its not close https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-best-way-run-android-apps-on-pc-until-gaming/ Source: XDA | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/linux-best-way-run-android-apps-on-pc-until-gaming/ [06:19] TR Bot Linux is the best way to run Android apps on your PC, and it's not close [06:20] TR News "Move over Windows, Linux is now in the mainstream." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-hardware-devices-looking-forward-to-2026/ [06:20] TR Bot 4 Linux hardware devices Im looking forward to in 2026 [06:21] TR News "Don't settle for GNOME just because it's popular or the default choice." https://www.howtogeek.com/desktop-environents-that-solve-problems-gnome-will-not/ [06:21] TR Bot These 5 Linux desktop environments solve problems GNOME won't [06:22] TR News "The hardware support is still lacking, though." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-on-apple-silicon-mac-computers-gets-better-with-fedora-asahi-remix-43/ [06:22] TR Bot Linux on Apple Silicon Mac computers gets better with Fedora Asahi Remix 43 [06:23] TR News "Ending the SSH connection doesn't have to close out what you're working on." https://www.howtogeek.com/free-linux-tool-keeps-terminal-sessions-alive-forever/ [06:23] TR Bot The free Linux tool that keeps your terminal sessions alive forever [06:24] TR News "If your Linux system crashes and locks you out, you risk losing everythingfiles, data, time. If you have a bootable Linux USB recovery disk, tough, you'll be ready to restore, repair, and rescue your system before its too late." https://www.howtogeek.com/everyone-should-have-a-spare-bootable-linux-usb-disk/ [06:24] TR Bot Why everyone should have a spare bootable Linux USB disk [06:25] TR News "Time to stop treating it like a terminal illness." https://www.howtogeek.com/9-myths-about-the-linux-terminal-you-should-stop-believing/ [06:25] TR Bot 9 myths about the Linux terminal you should stop believing [06:25] TR News "Hopefully the final push that makes you go open source." https://www.howtogeek.com/4-reasons-linux-mint-is-the-best-windows-11-replacement/ [06:25] TR Bot 4 reasons Linux Mint is the best Windows 11 replacement [06:26] TR News "Make the system yours." https://www.howtogeek.com/7-linux-apps-i-install-on-every-new-pc/ [06:26] TR Bot 7 Linux apps I install on every new PC [06:27] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:28] TR News Linuxs obsession with the right way is why itll never replace Windows for most people https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-wants-you-do-things-right-way-biggest-problem/ Source: XDA | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/linux-wants-you-do-things-right-way-biggest-problem/ [06:28] TR Bot Linux's obsession with 'the right way' is why it'll never replace Windows for most people [06:28] TR News "But it still needs testing." https://www.xda-developers.com/phew-linus-torvalds-says-linux-70-is-finally-looking-normal-again/ [06:28] TR Bot Linus Torvalds says Linux 7.0 is finally looking normal again [06:29] TR News "I think they look great, personally." https://www.xda-developers.com/ubuntu-redesigned-folders/ [06:29] TR Bot Ubuntu's folder icons got redesigned twice in a week because users can't agree on how they look [06:30] TR News "Wine 11 is the biggest jump for Linux gaming in years." https://www.xda-developers.com/wine-11-rewrites-linux-runs-windows-games-speed-gains/ [06:30] TR Bot Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive [06:31] TR News Every gaming Linux distro is about to share the same foundation, and it could change everything https://www.xda-developers.com/every-gaming-linux-distro-share-the-same-foundation/ Source: XDA | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/every-gaming-linux-distro-share-the-same-foundation/ [06:31] TR Bot Every gaming Linux distro is about to share the same foundation, and it could change everything [06:32] TR News "Save 100% on a new PC... By not buying one and upgrading your current PC to Linux instead." https://www.howtogeek.com/moving-to-linux-saves-you-money-in-more-way-than-one/ [06:32] TR Bot Switching to Linux saves you money in more way than one [06:33] TR News "Little changes, big upgrades." https://www.howtogeek.com/7-settings-i-change-after-installing-ubuntu/ [06:33] TR Bot 7 settings I change after installing Ubuntu [06:33] TR News "If a distro won't run them, I'm not using it." https://www.howtogeek.com/here-are-5-apps-i-always-install-when-i-set-up-a-linux-desktop/ [06:33] TR Bot Here are 5 apps I always install when I set up a Linux desktop [06:35] TR News Afraid of breaking your Linux install? Heres How To resize partitions safely https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-resize-and-expand-linux-partitions-from-the-command-line/ Source: HowTo Geek | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.howtogeek.com/how-to-resize-and-expand-linux-partitions-from-the-command-line/ [06:35] TR Bot Afraid of breaking your Linux install? Heres how to resize partitions safely [06:36] TR News "It's awesomebut it, sadly, has some downfalls." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-forever-file-system-a-modern-guide-to-zfs-on-linux/ [06:36] TR Bot Backing up isnt enough: A modern guide to ZFS on Linux [06:36] TR News Why your DNS traffic is a privacy leak and how to fix it once and for all https://www.howtogeek.com/why-your-dns-traffic-is-a-privacy-leak-and-how-to-fix-it-once-and-for-all/ [06:36] TR Bot Why your DNS traffic is a privacy leak and how to fix it once and for all [06:37] TR News "It doesn't have to be hard. Keep on reading to know more." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-easiest-way-to-diagnose-whats-slowing-down-linux-without-guessing/ [06:37] TR Bot Stop guessing whats slowing down Linux. Do this instead [06:38] TR News TrueNAS just made sharing files from your NAS as easy as a Google Drive link https://www.xda-developers.com/truenas-just-made-file-sharing-files-nas-easy-google-drive-link/ [06:38] TR Bot TrueNAS just made sharing files from your NAS as easy as a Google Drive link [06:39] TR News These 3 Linux distros convinced me Windows wasn't worth keeping around anymore https://www.xda-developers.com/these-linux-distros-convinced-me-windows-wasnt-worth-keeping-around-anymore/ [06:39] TR Bot These 3 Linux distros convinced me Windows wasn't worth keeping around anymore [06:40] TR News I optimized Proxmoxs defaults and cut my home lab energy costs without sacrificing speed https://www.xda-developers.com/i-optimized-proxmoxs-defaults/ Source: XDA | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/i-optimized-proxmoxs-defaults/ [06:40] TR Bot I optimized Proxmox's defaults and cut my home lab energy costs without sacrificing speed [06:41] TR News "Gaming on Linux just got a little bit better." https://www.xda-developers.com/this-nvidia-linux-driver-update-finally-fixes-a-frustrating-wayland-display-problem/ [06:41] TR Bot This Nvidia Linux driver update finally fixes a frustrating Wayland display problem [06:42] TR News Your Proxmox 8 server stops getting security updates in August, and upgrading to PVE 9 isnt straightforward https://www.xda-developers.com/your-proxmox-8-server-stops-getting-security-updates-in-august/ Source: XDA | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/your-proxmox-8-server-stops-getting-security-updates-in-august/ [06:42] TR Bot Your Proxmox 8 server stops getting security updates in August, and upgrading to PVE 9 isn't straightforward [06:43] TR News "It's a pretty big issue, too." https://www.xda-developers.com/opera-gx-linux-flaw/ [06:43] TR Bot Opera GX on Linux gets a lot right, but there's one flaw gamers can't overlook [06:58] TR News Techrights IBM's 33 Years as a "Financial Engineering" (Accounting Tricks) Company https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/IBM_s_33_Years_as_a_Financial_Engineering_Accounting_Tricks_Com.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/IBM_s_33_Years_as_a_Financial_Engineering_Accounting_Tricks_Com.gmi [06:58] TR Bot Techrights IBM's 33 Years as a "Financial Engineering" (Accounting Tricks) Company ● Mar 31 [07:02] darwin are ACLU, EFF, FSF/GNU, SFLC, etc. no longer worth donating to, or does Tech Rights work with some/all? [07:02] darwin i know OSI isn't, even less than it was before the corporate takeover (always was capitalist-focused over freedom-focused) [07:03] schestowitz[TR3] FSF seemms to be in safe hands now [07:06] TR News (NEW): Recent Valnet Articles on Proxmox and Homelabs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Recent_Valnet_Articles_on_Proxmox_and_Homelabs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Recent_Valnet_Articles_on_Proxmox_and_Homelabs.gmi [07:06] TR Bot Tux Machines Recent Valnet Articles on Proxmox and Homelabs [07:08] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux puts you in charge and the "right way" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_puts_you_in_charge_and_the_right_way.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_puts_you_in_charge_and_the_right_way.gmi [07:08] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux puts you in charge and the "right way" [07:09] TR News (NEW): Applications: Waydroid, TrueNAS, FFmpeg, and GNU/Linux Package Management https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Applications_Waydroid_TrueNAS_FFmpeg_and_GNU_Linux_Package_Mana.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Applications_Waydroid_TrueNAS_FFmpeg_and_GNU_Linux_Package_Mana.gmi [07:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Applications: Waydroid, TrueNAS, FFmpeg, and GNU/Linux Package Management [07:11] TR News ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" out now supporting more retro games | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/scummvm-2026-2-0-railmonicon-out-now-supporting-more-retro-games/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:11] TR Bot 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" out now supporting more retro games | GamingOnLinux [07:11] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: Blame, Gaming, and Discarding Windows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Blame_Gaming_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Blame_Gaming_and_.gmi [07:11] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: Blame, Gaming, and Discarding Windows [07:11] TR News Plague Inc: Evolved is getting a big new Aliens - Anti-Vaxxers DLC and free update | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/plague-inc-evolved-is-getting-a-big-new-aliens-anti-vaxxers-dlc-and-free-update/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:11] TR Bot Inc: Evolved is getting a big new Aliens & Anti-Vaxxers DLC and free update | GamingOnLinux [07:14] TR News Facepunch signed a license with Valve to allow standalone releases from s-box | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/facepunch-signed-a-license-with-valve-to-allow-standalone-releases-from-sandbox/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:14] TR Bot signed a license with Valve to allow standalone releases from s&box | GamingOnLinux [07:14] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:15] TR News SteamOS 3.8.1 Preview should finally solve some WiFi performance issues | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/steamos-3-8-1-preview-should-finally-solve-some-wifi-performance-issues/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:15] TR Bot 3.8.1 Preview should finally solve some WiFi performance issues | GamingOnLinux [07:16] TR News Less Miserables, a point-and-click parody of Les Miserables gets a demo | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/less-miserables-a-point-and-click-parody-of-les-miserables-gets-a-demo/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:16] TR Bot Miserables, a point-and-click parody of Les Miserables gets a demo | GamingOnLinux [07:16] TR News (NEW): Mageias next General Assembly will be on April 22, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Mageia_s_next_General_Assembly_will_be_on_April_22_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Mageia_s_next_General_Assembly_will_be_on_April_22_2026.gmi [07:16] TR Bot Tux Machines Mageias next General Assembly will be on April 22, 2026 [07:17] TR News Techrights source has new revelations: "If you need more information, just ask please. We can also have a video chat. Best regards" [07:21] TR News (NEW): GNOME 50 dropped support for accessing Google Drive files https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNOME_50_dropped_support_for_accessing_Google_Drive_files.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNOME_50_dropped_support_for_accessing_Google_Drive_files.gmi [07:21] TR Bot Tux Machines GNOME 50 dropped support for accessing Google Drive files [07:24] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/30/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/30/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:26] TR News (NEW): I installed this Arch-based distro my way in under 5 minutes - so can you https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/I_installed_this_Arch_based_distro_my_way_in_under_5_minutes_so.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/I_installed_this_Arch_based_distro_my_way_in_under_5_minutes_so.gmi [07:26] TR Bot Tux Machines I installed this Arch-based distro my way in under 5 minutes - so can you [07:28] TR News (NEW): Archinstall 4.0 finally makes installing Arch Linux bearable for normal people https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Archinstall_4_0_finally_makes_installing_Arch_Linux_bearable_fo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Archinstall_4_0_finally_makes_installing_Arch_Linux_bearable_fo.gmi [07:28] TR Bot Tux Machines Archinstall 4.0 finally makes installing Arch Linux bearable for normal people [07:34] TR News Techrights EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part X - People Are Leaving https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/EPO_Cocaine_Communication_Manager_Part_X_People_Are_Leaving.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/EPO_Cocaine_Communication_Manager_Part_X_People_Are_Leaving.gmi [07:34] TR Bot Techrights EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part X - People Are Leaving [07:35] TR News OldUnreal release new preview update for the classic Unreal Tournament 2004 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/oldunreal-release-new-preview-update-for-the-classic-unreal-tournament-2004/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:35] TR Bot release new preview update for the classic Unreal Tournament 2004 | GamingOnLinux [07:38] *GNUmoon has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [07:41] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [07:43] TR News (NEW): Framework Becomes a KDE Patron https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Framework_Becomes_a_KDE_Patron.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Framework_Becomes_a_KDE_Patron.gmi [07:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Framework Becomes a KDE Patron [07:54] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Will Thrive as Long as It's Modular, Not Monolithic https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_Will_Thrive_as_Long_as_It_s_Modular_Not_Monolithic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_Will_Thrive_as_Long_as_It_s_Modular_Not_Monolithic.gmi [07:54] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Will Thrive as Long as It's Modular, Not Monolithic ● Mar 31 [08:03] TR News (NEW): Linuxiac is Still LLM Slop (Chatbots as 'Articles') https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Linuxiac_is_Still_LLM_Slop_Chatbots_as_Articles.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Linuxiac_is_Still_LLM_Slop_Chatbots_as_Articles.gmi [08:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Linuxiac is Still LLM Slop (Chatbots as 'Articles') [08:13] TR News (NEW): Tux Machines Seems to Have Only Angered Bad People https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Tux_Machines_Seems_to_Have_Only_Angered_Bad_People.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Tux_Machines_Seems_to_Have_Only_Angered_Bad_People.gmi [08:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Tux Machines Seems to Have Only Angered Bad People [08:13] TR News Framework becomes a KDE Patron helping to fund open source | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/framework-becomes-a-kde-patron-helping-to-fund-open-source/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/framework-becomes-a-kde-patron-helping-to-fund-open-source/ [08:13] TR Bot becomes a KDE Patron helping to fund open source | GamingOnLinux [08:13] TR News We'll finally get more info and footage for Gears of War: E-Day in June | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/well-finally-get-more-info-and-footage-for-gears-of-war-e-day-in-june/ Source: GamingOnLinux [08:13] TR Bot finally get more info and footage for Gears of War: E-Day in June | GamingOnLinux [08:19] TR News GeForce NOW 2.0.83 brings improved display scaling for Linux | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/geforce-now-2-0-83-brings-improved-display-scaling-for-linux/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/geforce-now-2-0-83-brings-improved-display-scaling-for-linux/ [08:19] TR Bot NOW 2.0.83 brings improved display scaling for Linux | GamingOnLinux [08:20] TR News Ubuntu MATE seeking maintainers as the creator looks to move on | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ubuntu-mate-seeking-maintainers-as-the-creator-looks-to-move-on/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ubuntu-mate-seeking-maintainers-as-the-creator-looks-to-move-on/ [08:20] TR Bot MATE seeking maintainers as the creator looks to move on | GamingOnLinux [08:20] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [08:25] TR News (NEW): Games: Rootkits ("Anti-cheat"), SteamOS, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Games_Rootkits_Anti_cheat_SteamOS_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Games_Rootkits_Anti_cheat_SteamOS_and_More.gmi [08:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Rootkits ("Anti-cheat"), SteamOS, and More [08:25] TR News Routing [08:26] TR News "In some cases, routers even duplicate looping packets, amplifying traffic and threatening Internet stability. We look at how this happens and how operators can prevent it." https://labs.ripe.net/author/mkoch/make-this-one-change-to-prevent-routing-loops-in-your-network/ | Source: RIPE [08:26] TR Bot Make This One Change to Prevent Routing Loops in Your Network | RIPE Labs [08:27] TR News "The court finds that Anthropics alleged violations go beyond merely copying Reddits content without permission." https://www.courthousenews.com/reddit-privacy-case-against-anthropic-kicked-back-to-state-court/ | Source: Court House News [08:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/reddit-privacy-case-against-anthropic-kicked-back-to-state-court/ ) [08:28] TR News "In an interview with the news magazine Der Spiegel last week, Collien Fernandes accused her former husband Christian Ulmen, a prominent TV presenter and producer" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/30/collien-fernandes-deepfake-porn-allegations-digital-violence-against-women | Source: The Guardian UK [08:28] TR Bot TV stars AI porn allegations spark national debate in Germany | Germany | The Guardian [08:29] TR News "Republicans spent three years suffering an embolism over Chinese influence over TikTok" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/30/dems-urge-probe-of-saudi-chinese-money-backing-the-ellisons-warner-bros-acquisition/ | Source: Techdirt [08:29] TR Bot Urge Probe Of Saudi, Chinese Money Backing The Ellisons Warner Bros Acquisition | Techdirt [08:29] TR News "The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says it has adopted rules that let telcos retire their aging copper line infrastructure" https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/fcc_copper_line_rules/ | Source: The Register UK [08:29] TR Bot FCC making it easier for US telcos to ditch legacy lines The Register [08:30] TR News "The transition from legacy TDM-based networks largely controlled by incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) to competitive all IP-based networks" https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-26-19A1.pdf | Source: US FCC [08:36] TR News "EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn will be on The Daily Show tonight, Monday March 30, at 11 pm ET and PT, speaking with host Jon Stewart." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/effs-cindy-cohn-daily-show-tonight-monday-march-30 | Source: EFF [08:36] TR Bot EFF's Cindy Cohn on The Daily Show! Tonight Monday, March 30 | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:37] TR News "The Union also pointed out that Australian banks and government agencies outsource IT work to DXC, meaning the strike action is potentially disruptive to the public." https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/asia_tech_news_roundup/ | Source: The Register UK [08:37] TR Bot DXC Australia staff to strike over long-running pay dispute The Register [08:37] TR News
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Journalism [08:53] TR News "The BBC has a new head honcho in waiting, the Director-General designate Matt Brittin." https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/bbc_opinion/ | Source: The Register UK [08:53] TR Bot Ex-Google exec Matt Brittin now runs the BBC The Register [08:54] TR News "Since the US and Israel first attacked Iran in late February, it has been easy to spot the stark difference between the New York Times distant coverage of Iran and its up-close and personal coverage of Israel." https://fair.org/home/nyt-covers-iran-war-with-no-reporters-in-iran/ | Source: FAIR [08:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://fair.org/home/nyt-covers-iran-war-with-no-reporters-in-iran/ ) [08:54] TR News "Witnesses said plain-clothed operatives grabbed him as he exited the radio station and forced him into a waiting vehicle before driving off. They were in a van outside the premises, on the road." https://www.independent.co.ug/digitaltalk-journalist-mukose-arrested-after-radio-talk-show/ | Source: The Independent UG [08:54] TR Bot NO TITLE [08:54] TR News "The brazen seizure of Mukose Arnold Anthony in broad daylight, outside a radio station, is an appalling abuse of human rights and media freedom" https://cpj.org/2026/03/ugandan-journalist-missing-forced-into-van-after-radio-show/ | Source: CPJ [08:54] TR Bot Ugandan journalist missing, forced into van after radio show - Committee to Protect Journalists [08:55] TR News "The Israel military admitted to the strikes, which have been condemned by journalists rights groups and Lebanons president" https://truthout.org/articles/israel-admits-it-used-faked-photo-to-say-slain-journalist-was-part-of-hezbollah/ | Source: TruthOut [08:55] TR Bot Israel Admits It Posted Photoshopped Photo of Slain Journalist as Evidence That He Was Part of Hezbollah | Truthout [08:56] TR News "I am very well aware of the consistent and persistent campaign against GnuPG. Is there a reason for this?" https://sixdemonbag.org/?p=94 | [08:56] TR Bot The Critics The Six Demon Bag [08:57] TR News "Before founding the platform, which is particularly well known in anti-colonial left circles, Doru had worked for the video format Redfish" https://digit.site36.net/2026/03/30/german-journalists-union-applauds-financial-repression-against-huseyin-dogru-customs-now-extends-them-to-his-family/ | Source: Site36 [08:57] TR Bot German journalists' union applauds financial repression against Hseyin Doru customs now extends them to his family | Matthias Monroy [08:57] TR News "The Ministry said the Russian information operation is part of a broader effort to discredit NATO, weaken public trust in state institutions, and reduce support for Ukraine across the region." https://thecyberexpress.com/russian-information-operation-baltic-tensions/ | Source: Cyble Inc [08:57] TR Bot Russian Information Operation Flags Baltic Tensions [08:57] TR News "Generally, war correspondents need the cooperation of the military they are covering to get to the front. For the U.S. press, that requires relationships and credibility at the Pentagon." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/30/pete-hegseths-war-on-truth/ | Source: Techdirt [08:57] TR Bot Hegseths War On Truth | Techdirt [08:58] TR News "The content was made by BBC StoryWorks, a studio that produces videos, podcasts, and articles paid for by commercial clients, which it publishes on BBC channels outside the UK." https://www.desmog.com/2026/03/30/bbc-under-fire-for-producing-paid-propaganda-for-saudi-arabia/ | Source: DeSmog [08:58] TR Bot Under Fire for Producing Paid Propaganda for Saudi Arabia - DeSmog [08:58] TR News "The BBC has been accused of making glossy propaganda films for Saudi Arabias sovereign wealth fund and taking money from a repressive regime." https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/30/bbc-accused-making-propaganda-films-saudi-arabia-sovereign-wealth-fund | Source: The Guardian UK [08:58] TR Bot BBC accused of making propaganda films for Saudi sovereign wealth fund | BBC | The Guardian [08:58] TR News "Since then, AI-generated and manipulated images have proliferated online, amplifying false narratives in the war." https://www.france24.com/en/fake-images-falsely-claim-iran-captured-us-marines-on-kharg-island | Source: France24 [08:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/fake-images-falsely-claim-iran-captured-us-marines-on-kharg-island ) ● Mar 31 [09:02] TR News "reassigning three cases against Musk and Tesla board members that are potentially worth billions of dollars after the defendants said she supported a post on LinkedIn celebrating a jury verdict against Musk in an unrelated securities fraud case." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/delaware-judge-accused-of-bias-reassigns-musk-cases/articleshow/129908571.cms | Source: India Times [09:02] TR Bot Delaware judge accused of bias reassigns Musk cases - The Economic Times [09:02] TR News "This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war, Pope Leo said. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them." https://truthout.org/articles/pope-leo-says-god-does-not-listen-to-the-prayers-of-those-who-wage-war/ | Source: TruthOut [09:02] TR Bot Pope Leo Says God Does Not Listen to the Prayers of Those Who Wage War | Truthout [09:02] TR News "Some US officials have used Christian rhetoric to defend the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran which began on February 28." https://www.dw.com/en/pope-leo-condemns-using-god-to-justify-war-in-palm-sunday-mass/a-76585338 | Source: Deutsche Welle [09:02] TR Bot Palm Sunday mass: Pope Leo condemns using God to justify war [09:03] TR News "Elon Musk sells us sovereignty through technology in an age of crisis. Muskism resembles past futurisms, but with an important difference: this time, the question of who owns the machines is paramount." https://jacobin.com/2026/03/muskism-futurism-fordism-sovereignty-technology/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [09:03] TR Bot Muskism Is the Specter Stalking Our Present [09:03] TR News "The Pentagon, in other words, wanted a culture war (on top of the actual war in Iran that began hours later)" https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/30/1134881/the-pentagons-culture-war-tactic-against-anthropic-has-backfired/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [09:03] TR Bot The Pentagons culture war tactic against Anthropic has backfired | MIT Technology Review [09:03] TR News "Theyve also exploded the debt and deficit." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/honestly-now-whos-better-at-the-economy | Source: Robert Reich [09:03] TR Bot Here's What Trump is Turning the U.S. Economy Into [09:04] TR News "only seven percent support such a scenario." https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-goes-commando | Source: Ken Klippenstein [09:04] TR Bot Trump Goes Commando - Ken Klippenstein [09:04] TR News "maximize their utility." https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/30/players-of-games/#know-when-to-fold-em | Source: CoryDoctorow [09:04] TR Bot Pluralistic: Market participation is exhausting (30 Mar 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [09:05] TR News "It was still perhaps surprising, though, when Airlie (the DRM maintainer) said that the subsystem is only ""about a year away"" from disallowing new drivers written in C and requiring the use of Rust." https://lwn.net/Articles/1050174/ | Source: LWN [09:05] TR Bot state of the kernel Rust experiment [LWN.net] [09:06] TR News "Ive always wanted to learn financial statement, what it means, what it tells us, what Warren Buffett sees in them." https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/financial-statement/ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/navigating-financial-statement-and-the-story-it-tells-us-a-note-to-myself/ | Source: Rlang [09:06] TR Bot Navigating Financial Statement And The Story It Tells Us - A Note To Myself | Everyday Is A School Day [09:06] TR Bot Financial Statement And The Story It Tells Us A Note To Myself | R-bloggers [09:08] TR News "Forty animal species have been placed under international protection under the UN's Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals." https://yle.fi/a/74-20218131?origin=rss | Source: YLE [09:08] TR Bot 'Harry Potter' owl gains global protected status | Yle News | Yle [09:08] TR News "With the conflict in Iran causing worldwide disruption to energy markets, I have both a work and personal interest in energy supply in Pacific islands" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/pacific-island-energy-supply-by-ellis2013nz/ | Source: Rlang [09:08] TR Bot island energy supply by @ellis2013nz | R-bloggers [09:14] TR News Perpetuates the total BS about slop causing these layoffs https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2026/03/30/when-firms-announce-redundancies-who-pays-for-the-loss-of-meaning/ [09:14] TR Bot When firms announce redundancies, who pays for the loss of meaning? - LSE Business Review [09:14] TR News "Participating scientists included experts affiliated with multiple US universities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute" https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/03/scientists-link-glyphosate-to-cancer/ | Source: The New Lede [09:14] TR Bot Scientists call for urgent action on glyphosate, citing strong links to cancer - The New Lede [09:15] TR News Whale https://truthout.org/articles/trump-convenes-god-squad-committee-in-move-that-could-annihilate-whale-species/ | Source: TruthOut [09:15] TR Bot Trump Convenes God Squad Committee in Move That Could Annihilate Whale Species | Truthout [09:15] TR News "Its very consistent with how things are going to unfold if we dont start to plan." https://truthout.org/articles/a-texas-city-faces-water-crisis-as-big-oil-and-gas-use-most-of-it/ | Source: TruthOut [09:15] TR Bot A Texas City Faces Water Crisis as Big Oil and Gas Use Most of It | Truthout [09:15] TR News "An Australian mining company has launched plans to dig for rare earth elements right next to California's Joshua Tree National Park, alarming environmentalists who fear it will damage the local ecosystem." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joshua-tree-mining-national-park-california-b2948725.html | Source: The Independent UK [09:15] TR Bot Activists outraged after mining company announces plans to dig for rare earth elements next to US National Park | The Independent [09:16] TR News "I brought the scoop to the Times and worked with them to develop it, although the published article obscures my involvement." https://thewalrus.ca/new-york-times-ai-generated-shy-girl-mia-ballard/ | Source: The Walrus [09:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thewalrus.ca/new-york-times-ai-generated-shy-girl-mia-ballard/ ) [09:17] TR News "Australia will not let the social media giants take us for mugs." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/australian-regulator-probes-facebook-youtube-over-teen-social-media-ban-397358505 | Source: RTL [09:17] TR Bot Following under-16 ban: Australia investigates tech giants over social media ban breaches - RTL Today [09:22] *cow_20012 has quit (Quit: Never again. ") [09:29] TR News "Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube are under investigation for potential non-compliance with Australias world-first social media ban for under-16s" https://www.theage.com.au/technology/five-social-media-giants-face-crackdown-over-under-16-ban-20260331-p5zk47.html | Source: The Age AU [09:29] TR Bot Social media ban: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube face investigation [09:30] TR News "Events have overtaken this social experiment, however, and the governments stalling on what to do about how kids use the internet may no longer be feasible." https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/a-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-is-long-overdue/ | Source: Spectator AU [09:30] TR Bot A social media ban for under-16s is long overdue | The Spectator Australia [09:30] TR News "In a study conducted by the government on 317 secondary schools, approximately 75% of schools reported an increase in students' concentration." https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/phone-ban-in-schools-increased-childrens-concentration-137569392.html | Source: Bhaskar English [09:30] TR Bot Netherlands School Phone & Smartwatch Ban Prep | Kids Concentration Boost [09:33] *cow_20012 (~username@wusiwah4aa7ye.irc) has joined #techrights [09:41] TR News "I still walk around with cash in my wallet. Not a lot of it, but enough to pay for at least a meal plus a drink." https://chenhuijing.com/blog/designing-a-who-pays-the-fees-interface/ | Source: Chen HuiJing [09:41] TR Bot Designing a who-pays-the-fee interface | Chen Hui Jing [09:41] TR News "A thoughtful review of Apples system to alert users that the camera is on. Its really well-designed, and important in a world where malware could surreptitiously start recording." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/apples-camera-indicator-lights.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [09:41] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/apples-camera-indicator-lights.html ) [09:41] TR News "more than 100 business systems and 700 methods" https://www.wired.com/story/documents-reveal-palantir-irs-contract-fraud-clean-energy-credits/ | Source: Wired [09:41] TR Bot IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir Could Help Decide Who Gets Flagged | WIRED [09:59] TR News Techrights The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to be Grilled in Two Weeks' Time by the British Government for "Recent Regulatory Failures" https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/The_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_to_be_Grilled_in_Two_We.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/The_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_to_be_Grilled_in_Two_We.gmi [09:59] TR Bot Techrights The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to be Grilled in Two Weeks' Time by the British Government for "Recent Regulatory Failures" ● Mar 31 [10:13] TR News Techrights Companies That Have Nothing Except Buzzwords and Promises Will Perish https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Companies_That_Have_Nothing_Except_Buzzwords_and_Promises_Will_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Companies_That_Have_Nothing_Except_Buzzwords_and_Promises_Will_.gmi [10:13] TR Bot Techrights Companies That Have Nothing Except Buzzwords and Promises Will Perish [10:51] TR News Techrights When Republics Turn From Democratic Governments Into Imperialistic Dictatorships https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/When_Republics_Turn_From_Democratic_Governments_Into_Imperialis.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/When_Republics_Turn_From_Democratic_Governments_Into_Imperialis.gmi [10:51] TR Bot Techrights When Republics Turn From Democratic Governments Into Imperialistic Dictatorships [10:54] TR News "Under new government certification rules, Chinese brands will not be allowed to sell internet-connected CCTV cameras and related surveillance devices in India unless they meet strict security requirements." https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/india-ban-chinese-cctv-april-1-digital-security-137570589.html | Source: Bhaskar English [10:54] TR Bot India Bans Chinese CCTV From April 1 | Digital Security Boost [10:55] TR News "The fixed cameras are designed to catch motorists driving through red lights, speeding, driving or parking in bus lanes, not wearing helmets or seat belts and driving while talking on the phone." https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1299642/first-ai-generated-traffic-fines-whack-athens-motorists-inboxes/ | Source: Greece [10:55] TR Bot AI-generated traffic fines whack Athens motorists inboxes | eKathimerini.com [10:55] TR News "It may be very difficult in places, but maybe there need to be delays for the EC to wake up. There is a disconnect between what the industry is seeing and what the EC is saying" https://www.travelweekly.co.uk/news/fears-of-ees-delays-spark-calls-to-use-contingency-plans | [10:55] TR Bot Fears of EES delays spark calls to use contingency plans - News [10:56] TR News "Developed with the help of Inverid (Signicat) and its face biometrics partner iProov, the platform allows travelers to enter their personal and travel details before arriving at the border." https://www.biometricupdate.com/202603/portugal-becomes-2nd-country-to-adopt-ees-app-as-deadline-for-full-rollout-approaches | Source: Biometric Update [10:56] TR Bot Portugal becomes 2nd country to adopt EES app as deadline for full rollout approaches | Biometric Update [10:56] TR News "Around six months after this, it is planned, the EU will launch ETIAS, an online permission to enter the Schengen area, similar to the UKs ETA scheme. If there are ongoing delays with full implementation of EES, this could also have knock-on the start of ETIAS." https://www.connexionfrance.com/news/france-set-to-miss-ees-deadline-for-registering-all-travellers/781270 | Source: The Connexion [10:56] TR Bot France to Miss EU EES Deadline Amid Technical Challenges [10:56] TR News "The two organisation said in a joint statement on Monday that since March 10th" https://www.thelocal.se/20260330/european-airports-record-longer-border-waiting-times-as-ees-deadline-looms | Source: The Local SE [10:56] TR Bot European airports record longer waits at borders as EES deadline looms [10:56] TR News "During the APNIC Routing Security Special Interest Group (SIG) session at APRICOT 2026 / APNIC 61" https://blog.apnic.net/2026/03/31/rpki-vs-social-engineering-a-case-study-in-route-hijacking/ | Source: APNIC [10:56] TR Bot RPKI vs social engineering: A case study in route hijacking | APNIC Blog [10:57] TR News "Australian developer Zach Manson noted on Monday that, after a coworker asked Copilot to correct a typo in one of his pull requests" https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/github_copilot_ads_pull_requests/ | Source: The Register UK [10:57] TR Bot GitHub backs down, kills Copilot PR tips after backlash The Register [10:58] TR News "Tools often target the opening week of an album to increase the chances of landing a Number One debut." https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bots-streaming-fraud-music-protection-1235537602/ | Source: Rolling Stone [10:58] TR Bot Inside the Rise of Bots and Streaming Fraud in Music [10:58] TR News "If they wont contribute to open source and maintain open source, they have no chance with this [AI] stuff" https://thenewstack.io/hightower-ai-open-source-kubecon/ | Source: The New Stack [10:58] TR Bot Kelsey Hightower at KubeCon 2026: "Everyone is a junior engineer when it comes to AI" - The New Stack [10:59] TR News "OpenAI is offering preferred equity in the venture. This just means the investors get paid first, before OpenAI. Its a sweetener you might put into a risky venture when you really want this deal to happen." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/30/openai-offers-17-5-on-venture-deal-how-can-it-do-that/ | Source: Pivot to AI [10:59] TR Bot Shown by documentary evidence. [10:59] TR News "After my last post, AI Safety Is a Category Error, I found myself sitting with a question I couldnt shake." https://www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/03/30/chatbots-unsafe-at-any-speed/ | Source: Jeffrey Snover ● Mar 31 [11:00] TR Bot Chatbots: Unsafe at Any Speed | Jeffrey Snover's blog [11:00] TR News "This was a fascinating and unsettling read." https://mattstein.com/books/empire-of-ai/ | Source: Matt Stein [11:00] TR Bot Empire of AI Matt Stein [11:00] TR News "Problem is that actual NSFW content is relatively rare, so using a representative sample is extremely expensive with how slow the qwen classifier is on consumer GPUs." https://www.marginalia.nu/log/a_134_nsfw/ | Source: Viktor Lfgren [11:00] TR Bot NSFW filter for Marginalia Search | marginalia.nu [11:02] TR News "LLMs can write complex Rego and Cedar code in seconds, but a single missing condition or hallucinated attribute can quietly dismantle your organizations least-privilege security model." https://www.securityweek.com/silent-drift-how-llms-are-quietly-breaking-organizational-access-control/ | Source: Security Week [11:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/silent-drift-how-llms-are-quietly-breaking-organizational-access-control/ ) [11:03] TR News "It takes about four minutes to enact and deploy a ransomware incident" https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/30/shadow-ai-needs-unified-security-approach-rsac26/ | Source: Silicon Angle [11:03] TR Bot AI solutions need a unified security approach - SiliconANGLE [11:03] TR News "It's not supposed to be that easy. OpenAI has implemented various safeguards around ChatGPT to limit data exfiltration by the various tools it can use." https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/openai_chatgpt_dns_data_snuggling_flaw/ | Source: The Register UK [11:03] TR Bot OpenAI ChatGPT fixes DNS data smuggling flaw The Register [11:04] TR News "In some cases, journalists have been fired and replaced with AI-powered writers. Some sites were removed from Googles search results as a result of Press Gazettes reporting, effectively killing the sites off." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/parasite-seo-clickout-media-google/ | Source: Press Gazette [11:04] TR Bot Expos of parasite SEO firm Clickout Media removed from Google [11:04] TR News "It is not a nuclear weapons facility and would not involve the storage or handling of nuclear materials" https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/03/university-of-michigans-los-alamos-project-poses-serious-security-risk-local-officials-say.html | Source: Michigan News [11:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/03/university-of-michigans-los-alamos-project-poses-serious-security-risk-local-officials-say.html ) [11:38] TR News Techrights 'Broligarchs' Don't Want Science, They Want Entertainers to Entertain Them (and Make Them Richer) https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Broligarchs_Don_t_Want_Science_They_Want_Entertainers_to_Entert.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Broligarchs_Don_t_Want_Science_They_Want_Entertainers_to_Entert.gmi [11:38] TR Bot Techrights 'Broligarchs' Don't Want Science, They Want Entertainers to Entertain Them (and Make Them Richer) [11:39] TR News "But that is no longer the case." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/the-ai-burn-out-how-and-why-is-brain-fry-entering-the-lexicon-of-ai-coders/articleshow/129907832.cms | Source: India Times [11:39] TR Bot The AI burn out: How and why is brain fry entering the lexicon of AI coders - The Economic Times [11:39] TR News Hype: "trigger an AI arms race." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/dissenting-voices-against-ai-are-getting-louder/articleshow/129907947.cms | Source: India Times http://techrights.org/n/2024/02/02/The_Great_LLM_Delusion_Part_VI_Hype_Agent_Geoff_Hinton_Would_Ne.shtml [11:39] TR Bot Dissenting voices against AI are getting louder - The Economic Times [11:39] TR Bot Techrights The Great LLM Delusion - Part VI: 'Hype Agent' Geoff Hinton Would Need to Disclose Conflict of Interest (Regarding LLMs) [11:41] TR News "Salt Typhoon is behind one of the broadest hacking campaigns in recent years, targeting some of the worlds largest phone and internet companies and stealing tens of millions of phone records about senior government officials." https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/09/salt-typhoon-china-who-has-been-hacked-global-telecom-giants/ | Source: TechCrunch [11:41] TR Bot Typhoon is hacking the world's phone and internet giants here's everywhere that's been hit | TechCrunch [11:41] TR News "Salt Typhoon has now infiltrated more than 200 targets across 80 countries, with confirmed breaches at AT&T, Verizon, Lumen, Charter Communications, and Windstream" https://www.spiceworks.com/it-networking/fcc-bans-all-new-foreign-made-wireless-routers-over-security-fears/ | Source: Ziff Davis [11:41] TR Bot bans all new foreign-made wireless routers over security fears - Spiceworks [11:41] TR News "Chinas counterintelligence capabilities today are even more formidable." https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/iran-offers-china-a-huge-espionage-opportunity-you-can-bet-theyre-using-it/ | Source: Euractive [11:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/iran-offers-china-a-huge-espionage-opportunity-you-can-bet-theyre-using-it/ ) [11:41] TR News "Apples Intel era was a boon for many, especially for software developers who were able to bring their software to the platform much more easily than in the PowerPC era." https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/recreating-one-of-the-first-hackintoshes/ | Source: Hackaday [11:41] TR Bot One Of The First Hackintoshes | Hackaday [11:41] TR News "While high in volume, most of the cyberattacks linked to the war have been relatively minor when it comes to damage to economic or military networks." https://www.securityweek.com/hacked-hospitals-hidden-spyware-iran-conflict-shows-how-digital-fight-is-ingrained-in-warfare/ | Source: Security Week [11:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/hacked-hospitals-hidden-spyware-iran-conflict-shows-how-digital-fight-is-ingrained-in-warfare/ ) [11:48] TR News "The ShinyHunters hacker group claimed to have stolen over 350GB of information from European Commission cloud systems." https://www.securityweek.com/european-commission-reports-cyber-intrusion-and-data-theft/ | Source: Security Week [11:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/european-commission-reports-cyber-intrusion-and-data-theft/ ) [11:48] TR News "The European Commission cyberattack disclosed on March 24 has exposed potential data risks after attackers targeted the cloud infrastructure hosting the Commissions Europa web platform." https://thecyberexpress.com/european-commission-cyberattack/ | Source: Cyble Inc [11:48] TR Bot European Commission Cyberattack Puts Website Data At Risk [11:48] TR News "The intrusion was spotted on March 24 and hit cloud systems hosting the Commission's Europa websites, the front door for everything from policy pages to public information." https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/european_commission_breach/ | Source: The Register UK [11:48] TR Bot European Commission admits breach of public web systems The Register [11:49] TR News "industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity" https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/professor_criticizes_fcc_router_ban/ | Source: The Register UK [11:49] TR Bot US router ban is industrial policy' not better infosec The Register [11:50] TR News "The subject of smartphones effect on the world is so vast, so complicated, and in some cases so uncertain that the remainder of this article is divided into two parts." https://www.derekthompson.org/p/is-the-smartphone-theory-of-everything | Source: Derek Thompson [11:50] TR Bot Is the Smartphone Theory of Everything Wrong? A Comprehensive Investigation [11:51] TR News "Although the engineering works were said to still have been functional in the 18th century" https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/medieval-alhambras-pulser-pump-and-other-aquatic-marvels/ | Source: Hackaday [11:51] TR Bot Alhambras Pulser Pump And Other Aquatic Marvels | Hackaday [11:52] TR News "Fifty years ago, Steve Wozniak knew he built a great personal computer, but the young engineer couldnt convince his employer, Hewlett-Packard, to buy into the big idea." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-03-30/apple-at-50-how-garage-startup-became-3-5-trillion-titan | Source: Los Angeles Times [11:52] TR Bot Apple at 50: How a garage startup became a $3.5-trillion titan - Los Angeles Times [11:52] TR News "This era saw three different computing platforms come from Applethats how uncertain the future was." https://www.macworld.com/article/3093972/from-apple-i-to-the-macintosh-1976-to-1985.html | Source: Macworld [11:52] TR Bot groundbreaking early years: 1976 to 1985 | Macworld [11:53] TR News "What do you wish librarians understood about publishing economics and workflows?" https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/30/guest-post-senior-librarians-as-publisher-change-agents-whats-the-business-case-part-2/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing [11:53] TR Bot Guest Post Senior Librarians as Publisher Change Agents: What's the Business Case? (Part 2) - The Scholarly Kitchen [11:54] TR News "The Seniority Paradox is real. The junior is no longer needed, the seniors will handle it." https://yordi.me/whos-teaching-the-juniors/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost [11:54] TR Bot Who's Teaching the Juniors? | Yordi - A Lifelong Journey of Growth [11:54] TR News "NISAR is a synthetic-aperture radar satellite jointly built by NASA and ISRO, and it completes a pass over the world every twelve days." https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/using-a-scientific-satellite-for-passive-radar/ | Source: Hackaday [11:54] TR Bot A Scientific Satellite For Passive Radar | Hackaday [11:54] TR News "The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) passed last Thursday looks to find ways to see spectrum resources put to more intensive use for the space economy." https://insidetowers.com/fcc-weird-space-stuff-needs-more-spectrum/ | Source: Inside Towers [11:54] TR Bot FCC: Weird Space Stuff Needs More Spectrum - Inside Towers [11:55] TR News [Old] "I am using the Zettelkasten methodology for personal knowledge management, with Org-roam to implement it." https://sha256.net/SingleFile.html | Source: Florian Obser [11:55] TR Bot SingleFile [11:55] TR News "Graceful is a term most often used to describe physical movement but can also describe ease, fluidity, and elegance in form or behavior." https://daniel.industries/2026/03/29/life-can-be-weird-weird-can-be-good/ | Source: Daniel Miller [11:55] TR Bot Life Can Be Weird. Weird Can Be Good. [11:56] TR News "One of the things it makes clear is that sheer professionalism was central to his success. John Cleese said of Peter Cook that it took him precisely 5 minutes to produce a hilarious 5 minute sketch or bit." https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/born-standing-up-a-comics-life-by-steve-martin/ | Source: Darren Goossens [11:56] TR Bot Born standing up: a comics life by Steve Martin DSPACE [11:57] TR News "But what if it didnt have to be?" https://jeroensangers.com/2026/03/30/can-you-have-a-real.html | Source: Jeroen Sangers [11:57] TR Bot Jeroen Sangers brain tags - Can you have a real conversation with your notes? [11:57] TR News "This is an essay from my journal. It is a commentary on the prevailing norms in my culture and, probably, that of other cultures around the world." https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-03-30-sacrifice-era-adultchild/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou [11:57] TR Bot in the era of the adultchild | Protesilaos Stavrou [11:57] TR News "As you might expect, these stations dont identify themselves, but the Enigma Control List names this one as V32. It broadcasts two two-hour blocks a day at 0200 UTC and a repeat at 1800 UTC." https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/spy-tech-conflicts-bring-a-new-number-station/ | Source: Hackaday [11:57] TR Bot Tech: Conflicts Bring A New Number Station | Hackaday ● Mar 31 [12:00] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [12:00] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [12:05] TR News Techrights Links 31/03/2026: More Social Control Media Bans, BBC Now Run by GAFAM (US) Executive https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Links_31_03_2026_More_Social_Control_Media_Bans_BBC_Now_Run_by_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Links_31_03_2026_More_Social_Control_Media_Bans_BBC_Now_Run_by_.gmi [12:05] TR Bot Techrights Links 31/03/2026: More Social Control Media Bans, BBC Now Run by GAFAM (US) Executive [12:06] TR News "Well answer that question in this article and explain why that answer matters to anyone who makes DNSDB Standard Search queries that return large numbers of results" https://www.domaintools.com/blog/how-are-the-results-from-a-dnsdb-standard-search-ordered | Source: DomainTools [12:06] TR Bot How DNSDB Search Results Are Ordered [12:06] TR News "If you are using a 32-bit signed integer platform, or running 32-bit legacy applications and using a seconds counter with an epoch of 1 January 1970" https://blog.apnic.net/2026/03/30/the-last-time/ | Source: APNIC [12:06] TR Bot The last time | APNIC Blog [12:07] TR News "Im currently on a quest to better know and understand treesitter-based tooling for R." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/better-git-diff-with-difftastic/ | Source: Rlang [12:07] TR Bot Git diff with difftastic | R-bloggers [12:07] TR News "When I added a diff driver to git-pkgs, most of the work was already done." https://nesbitt.io/2026/03/30/git-diff-drivers.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [12:07] TR Bot Git Diff Drivers | Andrew Nesbitt [12:07] TR News "Making software is a continuous cycle of these interconnected stages: designing, coding, testing, integrating, releasing." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/continuous-continuous-continuous/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [12:07] TR Bot Continuous, Continuous, Continuous - Jim Nielsens Blog [12:08] TR News [Old] "So one day when a lightbulb lit up in my head, I decided to create my own mutex example." https://nrecursions.blogspot.com/2014/08/mutex-tutorial-and-example.html | [12:08] TR Bot N Recursions: Mutex tutorial and example [12:09] TR News "The observed percentage of Nones peaked in the 2021 survey and has dropped in the last two cycles." https://www.allendowney.com/blog/2026/03/30/have-the-nones-hit-a-ceiling/ | Source: Allen Downey [12:09] TR Bot Have the Nones hit a ceiling? - Probably Overthinking It [12:09] TR News [Old] "When talking about Data Lakes and how people access them - we must address some of the misconceptions that made them popular in the first place." https://www.database-doctor.com/posts/joins-are-not-expensive | [12:09] TR Bot Joins are NOT Expensive! - Raw Reading [12:11] TR News "Fifteen years ago today, I posted a thread on the Overclock.net forums." https://www.waterfox.com/blog/15-years-of-forking/ | [12:11] TR Bot Years of Forking - Waterfox Blog [12:11] TR News "Last week's version 7.9 brought the auto-hide feature" https://fantinel.dev/blog/vivaldi-follower-tabs | Source: Matt Fantinel [12:11] TR Bot Give any website a two-pane layout with this new Vivaldi feature - Matt Fantinel [12:12] TR News "The recently released 6.3 version of Apples Swift programming language features the official release of the Swift SDK for Android" https://www.macworld.com/article/3102172/apples-swift-can-be-used-to-create-android-apps.html | Source: Macworld [12:12] TR Bot Swift can be used to create Android apps | Macworld [12:12] TR News "Providers here keep saying theyre adding more towers, improving coverage, investing in infrastructure." https://carlosbecker.com/posts/tem-sinal/ | Source: Carlos Becker [12:12] TR Bot Mapping Brazilian Cell Towers [12:13] MinceR re swift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oNgyUAEv0Q [12:13] TR Bot https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=_oNgyUAEv0Q [12:13] TR Bot invidious.nerdvpn.de | Gandalf [12:13] TR News "Spectrum is an on-demand spray paint-mixing machine worn like a backpack." https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/30/dial-any-spray-paint-color-on-demand/ | Source: Arduino [12:13] TR Bot Dial any spray paint color on demand with Spectrum | Arduino Blog [12:13] TR News "In 1976, the owner of an early computer store, the Byte Shop, surprised Steve Jobs by suggesting that Apple would sell more computers if they came preassembled." https://www.theverge.com/tech/900677/apple-ii-personal-computer | Source: The Verge [12:13] TR Bot How the Apple II created the core of personal computing | The Verge [12:14] TR News "I finally got the displays I wanted to use for this camera from Waveshare, the 5" inch ones that are not native-portrait orientation. With this I can now actually run the user interface full screen in the right orientation on the display." https://blog.brixit.nl/upgrading-the-foss-camera/ | Source: Martijn Braam [12:14] TR Bot Upgrading the FOSS Camera [12:14] TR News "The coreboot project is pleased to announce the release of coreboot 26.03." https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2026/03/30/coreboot-26-03-release/ | Source: Coreboot (Official) [12:14] TR Bot coreboot 26.03 release coreboot [12:14] TR News "Simple microcontrollers and cameras meant for Raspberry Pis are a dime a dozen these days." https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/retro-open-source-camera-straight-from-the-90s/ | Source: Hackaday [12:14] TR Bot Open Source Camera Straight From The 90s | Hackaday [12:15] TR News "Maker Nirvaan Tandons path to becoming a coder started early very early!" https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/pico-chess-timer/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [12:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/pico-chess-timer/ ) [12:15] TR News "Back in 2022, I wrote about how old our servers were at the time, partly because they're older than you might expect, and today I want to update that with our current situation." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/OurServerAges2026 | Source: University of Toronto [12:15] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:18] TR News Thibault Martin: Gear review: Garmin Forerunner 165 https://ergaster.org/gear/garmin-forerunner-165/ [12:18] TR Bot Garmin Forerunner 165 [12:20] TR News coreboot 26.03 release https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2026/03/30/coreboot-26-03-release/ [12:22] TR News "This makes it easier for administrators and operators to handle security-related information and remediation without having to switch between dashboards and contexts." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/announcing-red-hat-advanced-cluster-security-kubernetes-410 | Source: Red Hat Official [12:22] TR Bot Announcing Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4.10 [12:23] TR News Mindless promotion of slop https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/network-telemetry-operational-intelligence | Source: Red Hat Official [12:23] TR Bot From network telemetry to operational intelligence [12:23] TR News More slop promotion by Red Hat: "Our move toward AI didn't begin with a model." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/our-journey-ai-centricity-part-1-building-stable-foundation | Source: Red Hat Official [12:23] TR Bot Our journey to AI-centricity, part 1: Building on a stable foundation [12:24] TR News Red Hat as Microsoft reseller https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linux-now-supported-microsoft-sql-server-azure-vms-sql-iaas-agent-extension | Source: Red Hat Official [12:24] TR Bot Red Hat Enterprise Linux now supported for Microsoft SQL Server on Azure VMs with SQL IaaS Agent extension [12:24] TR News "The ENS is the rigorous cybersecurity framework mandatory not only for all Spanish public administrations but also for the extensive network of private companies that provide them with services." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/strengthening-spains-digital-sovereignty-red-hat-enterprise-linux-achieves-top-tier-ens-security-certification | Source: Red Hat Official [12:24] TR Bot Strengthening Spain's digital sovereignty: Red Hat Enterprise Linux achieves top-tier ENS security certification [12:38] TR News "Linux Desktops Matter" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/linux-desktops-matter:6 [12:38] TR Bot Linux Desktops Matter [12:38] TR News "What do LLMs mean for GnuPG?" https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2026-March/068187.html [12:38] TR Bot What do LLMs mean for GnuPG? [12:41] TR News "Stoppa Chat Control 2 skriv en rad" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/03/30/chat-control-2-skriv-en-rad/ [12:41] TR Bot Stoppa Chat Control 2 skriv en rad [12:43] TR News Public libraries in the UK: Elsewhere added is gone | "Folkebibliotek i UK: Annan kvar tilsett er vekk Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2026/03/29/folkebibliotek-i-uk-annan-kvar-tilsett-er-vekk/ [12:43] TR Bot Folkebibliotek i UK: Annan kvar tilsett er vekk Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase [12:45] TR News "30 years after its introduction, Secure Shell (SSH) remains the ubiquitous gateway for administration, making it a primary target for brute force attacks and lateral movement within enterprise environments." https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-to-harden-ubuntu-ssh-cloud | Source: Ubuntu [12:45] TR Bot to Harden Ubuntu SSH: From static keys to cloud identity | Ubuntu [12:46] TR News "Digital sovereignty of all kinds data sovereignty, operational sovereignty, and software sovereignty have begun to dominate the infrastructure discussion." https://ubuntu.com//blog/simplify-bare-metal-operations-for-sovereign-clouds | Source: Ubuntu [12:46] TR Bot bare metal operations for sovereign clouds | Ubuntu [12:49] TR News "When that happens, you need a reliable way to detect and fix those inconsistencies before they cause data loss or system instability." https://www.tecmint.com/fsck-repair-file-system-errors-in-linux/ | Source: TecMint [12:49] TR Bot How to Run fsck to Repair Linux Disk and Filesystem Errors [12:49] TR News "California-based Parallax Inc. has released Revision B of its FLiP Multicore Module, updating the design with USB-C connectivity, a wider input voltage range, and additional identification features." https://linuxgizmos.com/flip-multicore-module-rev-b-adds-usb-c-and-expanded-power-input/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [12:49] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/flip-multicore-module-rev-b-adds-usb-c-and-expanded-power-input/ ) [12:53] TR News Fix OpenVPN Immediate Connection Failure in Ubuntu 26.04 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/03/fix-openvpn-connection-fail-in-ubuntu-26-04/ [12:53] TR Bot Fix OpenVPN Immediate Connection Failure in Ubuntu 26.04 | UbuntuHandbook [12:55] TR News Why GNOME no longer supports accessing Surveillance Giant Google Drive files through the Nautilus sidebar https://www.neowin.net/news/here-is-why-gnome-no-longer-supports-accessing-google-drive-files-via-nautilus-sidebar/ [12:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/here-is-why-gnome-no-longer-supports-accessing-google-drive-files-via-nautilus-sidebar/ ) [12:56] TR News GNOME 50 dropped support for accessing Surveillance Giant Google Drive files https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/google-drive-not-working-nautilus-ubuntu-26-04 [12:56] TR Bot GNOME 50 dropped support for accessing Google Drive files - OMG! Ubuntu [12:58] TR News Ubuntu MATE lead Martin Wimpress steps down and seeks a successor after 12 years https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-mate-lead-martin-wimpress-steps-down-and-seeks-a-successor-after-12-years/ [12:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-mate-lead-martin-wimpress-steps-down-and-seeks-a-successor-after-12-years/ ) [12:58] TR News Martin Wimpress Wants Out at Ubuntu MATE https://fossforce.com/2026/03/martin-wimpress-wants-out-at-ubuntu-mate/ [12:59] TR Bot Martin Wimpress Wants Out at Ubuntu MATE - FOSS Force [12:59] TR News New LibreOffice Calc 26.2 User Guide Now Available https://fossforce.com/2026/03/new-libreoffice-calc-26-2-user-guide-now-available/ [12:59] TR Bot New LibreOffice Calc 26.2 User Guide Now Available - FOSS Force ● Mar 31 [13:02] TR News "Before I left for university, I scraped my friends' and my old Skype group chat for photos. Photos of ourselves, each other, the things we were doing, the places we went, and I compiled them into a massive, curated collection." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/record-of-a-few.gmi [13:04] TR News "I am newly arrived to your world. Your atmosphere tastes like storms and history. Your oceans hum with life and memories. Your cities glow like constellations that forgot the sky." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/visiting-earth-first-contact-with-subject-1x-sava/ [13:05] TR News AuraGem and AuraSearch Maintenance gemini://auragem.ddns.net/techlog/20260331.gmi [13:05] TR News "If your system has SQLite databases running, and you're making backups, chances are that you cannot just copy the files. If a change arrived while you made the copy, the file can be in an inconsistent state and you won't be able to open the copy." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-03-31-backup-and-sqlite [13:06] TR News xkcd: Home Solar #3226 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3226.gmi [13:07] TR News "I've been contacted by a whole lot of people showing interest in Antenna with questions or intention of hosting it in different ways in the future. Since I'm going through some health issues at the moment I've frankly been overwhelmed and incapable of answering. Overwhelmed in a good way!" gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2026-03-31-antenna-packed-up.gmi [13:18] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 31/03/2026: Antenna Packed Up, AuraGem and AuraSearch Maintenance https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Gemini_Links_31_03_2026_Antenna_Packed_Up_AuraGem_and_AuraSearc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Gemini_Links_31_03_2026_Antenna_Packed_Up_AuraGem_and_AuraSearc.gmi [13:18] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 31/03/2026: Antenna Packed Up, AuraGem and AuraSearch Maintenance [13:19] TR News Mageias next General Assembly will be on April 22, 2026 https://blog.mageia.org/en/2026/03/30/mageias-next-general-assembly-will-be-on-april-22-2026/ [13:19] TR Bot Mageias next General Assembly will be on April 22, 2026 | Mageia Blog (English) [13:19] TR News Uniplot lightweight terminal plotting library for Python https://www.linuxlinks.com/uniplot-lightweight-terminal-plotting-library/ [13:19] TR Bot - lightweight terminal plotting library for Python - LinuxLinks [13:20] TR News CrossMacro mouse and keyboard macro recorder and player https://www.linuxlinks.com/crossmacro-mouse-keyboard-macro-recorder-player/ [13:20] TR Bot - mouse and keyboard macro recorder and player - LinuxLinks [13:20] TR News Makie interactive data visualizations and plotting https://www.linuxlinks.com/makie-interactive-data-visualizations-plotting/ [13:20] TR Bot - interactive data visualizations and plotting - LinuxLinks [13:21] TR News Embroiderly cross-platform desktop application for designing cross-stitch patterns https://www.linuxlinks.com/embroiderly-cross-platform-desktop-application-designing-cross-stitch-patterns/ [13:21] TR Bot - cross-platform desktop application for designing cross-stitch patterns - LinuxLinks [13:21] TR News 13 Best Free and Open Source Sticky Note Applications https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-sticky-note-applications/ [13:21] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Sticky Note Applications - LinuxLinks [13:21] TR News Grocy ERP beyond your fridge https://www.linuxlinks.com/grocy-erp-beyond-fridge/ [13:21] TR Bot - ERP beyond your fridge - LinuxLinks [13:22] TR News Glyphr Studio web-based font editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/glyphr-studio-web-based-font-editor/ [13:22] TR Bot Studio - web-based font editor - LinuxLinks [13:22] TR News LinSticky modern sticky notes application https://www.linuxlinks.com/linsticky-modern-sticky-notes-application/ [13:22] TR Bot - modern sticky notes application - LinuxLinks [13:22] TR News PicSharp cross-platform image compression https://www.linuxlinks.com/picsharp-cross-platform-image-compression/ [13:22] TR Bot - cross-platform image compression - LinuxLinks [13:23] TR News Snippet Expander save and expand frequently used text snippets https://www.linuxlinks.com/snippet-expander-save-expand-frequently-used-text-snippets/ [13:23] TR Bot Expander - save and expand frequently used text snippets - LinuxLinks [13:27] TR News Dial any spray paint color on demand with Spectrum https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/30/dial-any-spray-paint-color-on-demand/ [13:27] TR Bot Dial any spray paint color on demand with Spectrum | Arduino Blog [13:30] TR News Continuous, Continuous, Continuous https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/continuous-continuous-continuous/ [13:30] TR Bot Continuous, Continuous, Continuous - Jim Nielsens Blog [13:30] TR News Better Git diff with difftastic https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/better-git-diff-with-difftastic/ [13:30] TR Bot Git diff with difftastic | R-bloggers [13:30] TR News The last time https://blog.apnic.net/2026/03/30/the-last-time/ [13:30] TR Bot The last time | APNIC Blog [13:31] TR News European Commission Reports Cyber Intrusion and Data Theft https://www.securityweek.com/european-commission-reports-cyber-intrusion-and-data-theft/ [13:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/european-commission-reports-cyber-intrusion-and-data-theft/ ) [13:32] TR News Hacked Hospitals, Hidden Spyware: Iran Conflict Shows How Digital Fight Is Ingrained in Warfare https://www.securityweek.com/hacked-hospitals-hidden-spyware-iran-conflict-shows-how-digital-fight-is-ingrained-in-warfare/ [13:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/hacked-hospitals-hidden-spyware-iran-conflict-shows-how-digital-fight-is-ingrained-in-warfare/ ) [13:32] TR News Press Gazette expos of parasite SEO firm removed from Surveillance Giant Google results https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/parasite-seo-clickout-media-google/ [13:32] TR Bot Expos of parasite SEO firm Clickout Media removed from Google [13:33] TR News Silent Drift: How LLMs Are Quietly Breaking Organizational Access Control https://www.securityweek.com/silent-drift-how-llms-are-quietly-breaking-organizational-access-control/ [13:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/silent-drift-how-llms-are-quietly-breaking-organizational-access-control/ ) [13:34] TR News RPKI vs social engineering: A case study in route hijacking https://blog.apnic.net/2026/03/31/rpki-vs-social-engineering-a-case-study-in-route-hijacking/ [13:34] TR Bot RPKI vs social engineering: A case study in route hijacking | APNIC Blog [13:34] TR News Apples Camera Indicator Lights https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/apples-camera-indicator-lights.html [13:34] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/apples-camera-indicator-lights.html ) [13:35] TR News How Speaker Mike Johnson Responded to a Potential Invasion of His District https://emptywheel.net/2026/03/30/how-speaker-mike-responded-to-a-potential-invasion-of-his-district/ [13:35] TR Bot How Speaker Mike Johnson Responded to a Potential Invasion of His District - emptywheel [13:35] TR News Pacific island energy supply by @ellis2013nz https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/pacific-island-energy-supply-by-ellis2013nz/ [13:35] TR Bot island energy supply by @ellis2013nz | R-bloggers [13:36] TR News Navigating Financial Statement And The Story It Tells Us A Note To Myself https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/navigating-financial-statement-and-the-story-it-tells-us-a-note-to-myself/ [13:36] TR Bot Financial Statement And The Story It Tells Us A Note To Myself | R-bloggers [13:36] TR News Pluralistic: Market participation is exhausting (30 Mar 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/30/players-of-games/ [13:36] TR Bot Pluralistic: Market participation is exhausting (30 Mar 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [13:37] TR News German journalists union applauds financial repression against Hseyin Doru customs now extends them to his family https://digit.site36.net/2026/03/30/german-journalists-union-applauds-financial-repression-against-huseyin-dogru-customs-now-extends-them-to-his-family/ [13:37] TR Bot German journalists' union applauds financial repression against Hseyin Doru customs now extends them to his family | Matthias Monroy ● Mar 31 [14:08] *jelly-hme is now known as jelly [14:15] TR News (NEW): GNOME 49.5 Is Out to Improve Accessibility of App Folders in GNOME Shell https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNOME_49_5_Is_Out_to_Improve_Accessibility_of_App_Folders_in_GN.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNOME_49_5_Is_Out_to_Improve_Accessibility_of_App_Folders_in_GN.gmi [14:15] TR Bot Tux Machines GNOME 49.5 Is Out to Improve Accessibility of App Folders in GNOME Shell [14:17] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [14:19] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #techrights [14:23] TR News Techrights Not April Fools But April First: Red Hat Staff Becoming "IBM" https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Not_April_Fools_But_April_First_Red_Hat_Staff_Becoming_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Not_April_Fools_But_April_First_Red_Hat_Staff_Becoming_IBM.gmi [14:23] TR Bot Techrights Not April Fools But April First: Red Hat Staff Becoming "IBM" [14:26] TR News Russian APT Star Blizzard Adopts DarkSword iOS Exploit Kit https://www.securityweek.com/russian-apt-star-blizzard-adopts-darksword-ios-exploit-kit/ [14:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-apt-star-blizzard-adopts-darksword-ios-exploit-kit/ ) [14:49] TR News Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #529 - Fun with magazine issues old and new https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/6kmNDjNkq8RlMvDl5qpDNQ [14:49] TR Bot Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #529 [14:51] TR News Selling slop https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/30/spending-transaction-monitor-agentic-ai-intelligent-financial-alerts [14:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/30/spending-transaction-monitor-agentic-ai-intelligent-financial-alerts ) [14:52] TR News mintCast 482 Noteworthy Stuff https://mintcast.org/482-noteworthy-stuff/ [14:52] TR Bot 482 Noteworthy Stuff mintCast [14:52] TR News Late Night Linux Episode 379 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-379/ [14:52] TR Bot Late Night Linux Episode 379 Late Night Linux [14:53] TR News Linux User Space Episode 6:11: Whole Vibe, No Cap https://www.linuxuserspace.show/611 [14:53] TR Bot Linux User Space: Episode 6:11: Whole Vibe, No Cap [14:55] TR News The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 263: The Lawful Access Act Roundtable With David Fraser and Robert Diab https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-263-the-lawful-access-act-roundtable-with-david-fraser-and-robert-diab/ [14:55] TR Bot The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 263: The Lawful Access Act Roundtable With David Fraser and Robert Diab - Michael Geist [14:55] TR News T-Display-P4 smartphone-like devkit features ESP32-P4 MCU, ESP32-C6 wireless SoC, and SX1262/LR2021 LoRa transceiver https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/31/t-display-p4-smartphone-like-devkit-features-esp32-p4-mcu-esp32-c6-wireless-soc-and-sx1262-lr2021-lora-transceiver/ [14:55] TR Bot T-Display-P4 smartphone-like devkit features ESP32-P4 MCU, ESP32-C6 wireless SoC, and SX1262/LR2021 LoRa transceiver - CNX Software [14:58] TR News Taylor Swift Slapped with Trademark Infringement Suit by Former Las Vegas Showgirl And This One Doesnt Look Frivolous https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/30/taylor-swift-vegas-showgirl-lawsuit/ [14:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/30/taylor-swift-vegas-showgirl-lawsuit/ ) [14:59] TR News Get the best of LibreOffice Calc with the Calc Guide 26.2 https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/30/get-the-best-of-libreoffice-calc-with-the-calc-guide-26-2/ [14:59] TR Bot Get the best of LibreOffice Calc with the Calc Guide 26.2 - TDF Community Blog ● Mar 31 [15:00] TR News How To Install OpenZL on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-openzl-linux-mint-22/ [15:00] TR Bot How To Install OpenZL on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [15:01] TR News How To Install WPS Office on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-wps-office-fedora-43/ [15:01] TR Bot How To Install WPS Office on Fedora 43 - idroot [15:01] TR News How To Configure DHCP Server on Manjaro https://idroot.us/configure-dhcp-server-manjaro/ [15:01] TR Bot How To Configure DHCP Server on Manjaro - idroot [15:02] TR News How To Install Rspamd on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-rspamd-ubuntu-24-04/ [15:02] TR Bot How To Install Rspamd on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [15:09] TR News Unaccredited international schools in S. Korea leave students without recognised diplomas https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/unaccredited-international-schools-in-s-korea-leave-students-without-recognised-diplomas [15:09] TR Bot Unaccredited international schools in S. Korea leave students without recognised diplomas | The Straits Times [15:12] TR News ASPIs Critical Technology Tracker: in ever more technologies, China is moving towards monopoly https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aspis-critical-technology-tracker-in-ever-more-technologies-chinas-research-is-moving-towards-monopoly/ [15:12] TR Bot ASPIs Critical Technology Tracker: in ever more technologies, China is moving towards monopoly | The Strategist [15:13] TR News Gao Zhen, a Chinese Artist Accused of Mocking Mao, Goes on Trial https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/world/asia/china-artist-gao-trial.html [15:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/world/asia/china-artist-gao-trial.html ) [15:20] TR News Dissident artist on trial in China for satirical Mao sculptures, says rights group https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/dissident-artist-on-trial-in-china-for-satirical-mao-sculptures-says-rights-group [15:20] TR Bot Dissident artist on trial in China for satirical Mao sculptures, says rights group | The Straits Times [15:23] TR News After 5 Years, PineTime Gets a Major Upgrade with AMOLED, GPS, and More https://itsfoss.com/news/pinetime-pro-early-look/ [15:23] TR Bot After 5 Years, PineTime Gets a Major Upgrade with AMOLED, GPS, and More [15:28] TR News Mary Jo Foley now writing for ANOTHER Microsoft-sponsored outlet, Microsoft propaghanda in news clothing https://www.geekwire.com/2026/mary-jo-foley-what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-microsoft-lately/ [15:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2026/mary-jo-foley-what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-microsoft-lately/ ) [15:45] TR News Red Hat pushing slop instead of code https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/30/vibes-specs-skills-agents-ai-coding [15:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/30/vibes-specs-skills-agents-ai-coding ) [15:46] MinceR well, it's not like their code was any good [15:46] TR News Introducing the Red Bait Universal Base Image https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-red-hat-universal-base-image [15:46] TR Bot (Re)Introducing the Red Hat Universal Base Image [15:46] schestowitz[TR3] not anymore [15:46] schestowitz[TR3] redhat.rs [15:51] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Leftovers, Mostly Slop and Microsoft (Not Linux) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Red_Hat_Leftovers_Mostly_Slop_and_Microsoft_Not_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Red_Hat_Leftovers_Mostly_Slop_and_Microsoft_Not_Linux.gmi [15:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Leftovers, Mostly Slop and Microsoft (Not Linux) [15:52] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/2026/02/28/examples-of-a-lazy-person-fails-pictures/ [15:52] TR Bot 47 People Who Got Called Out For Taking Laziness To Infuriating New Levels [15:55] TR News Techrights IBM-Spawned Lexmark Sold, Then Came Mass Layoffs, Now the CEO Who Did This is Leaving https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/IBM_Spawned_Lexmark_Sold_Then_Came_Mass_Layoffs_Now_the_CEO_Who.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/IBM_Spawned_Lexmark_Sold_Then_Came_Mass_Layoffs_Now_the_CEO_Who.gmi [15:55] TR Bot Techrights IBM-Spawned Lexmark Sold, Then Came Mass Layoffs, Now the CEO Who Did This is Leaving [15:55] TR News Sparky GNU/Linux 9 brings a rolling release to Debian https://thenewstack.io/sparky-linux-9-brings-a-rolling-release-to-debian/ [15:55] TR Bot Sparky Linux 9 brings a rolling release to Debian - The New Stack ● Mar 31 [16:01] TR News Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1065419/ [16:01] TR Bot updates for Monday [LWN.net] [16:01] TR News Australia investigates tech giants over social control media ban breaches https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-regulator-probes-facebook-youtube-over-teen-social-media-ban [16:01] TR Bot Australia investigates tech giants over social media ban breaches | The Straits Times [16:06] TR News How to install Docker Images on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26-04/ [16:06] TR Bot to install Docker Images on Ubuntu 26.04 | LinuxHostSupport [16:07] TR News Telnyx Targeted in Growing TeamPCP Supply Chain Attack https://www.securityweek.com/telnyx-targeted-in-growing-teampcp-supply-chain-attack/ [16:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/telnyx-targeted-in-growing-teampcp-supply-chain-attack/ ) [16:07] TR News Kubernetes v1.36 Sneak Peek https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/03/30/kubernetes-v1-36-sneak-peek/ [16:07] TR Bot Kubernetes v1.36 Sneak Peek | Kubernetes [16:08] TR News I Like This Fuzzy Search Finder Better Than Find Command in GNU/Linux https://linuxhandbook.com/blog/fzf-command/ [16:08] TR Bot Find Command Too Complicated? I Use fzf Instead on My Linux [16:09] TR News sed Delete Lines: Remove Lines by Number, Pattern, or Range https://linuxize.com/post/sed-delete-lines/ [16:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/post/sed-delete-lines/ ) [16:10] TR News SystemRescue 13.00 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1065480/ [16:10] TR Bot 13.00 released [LWN.net] [16:11] TR News Elive 3.8.50 Stable Retrowave is released! https://www.elivecd.org/releases/stable/elive-3-8-50-stable-retrowave-released/ [16:11] TR Bot Elive 3.8.50 Stable 'Retrowave' is released! - Elive Linux [16:11] TR News How to Install WinBoat on Ubuntu Run backdoored Windows Apps Like Native GNU/Linux Programs https://linux.how2shout.com/install-winboat-ubuntu-run-windows-apps/ [16:11] TR Bot How to Install WinBoat on Ubuntu Run Windows Apps Like Native Linux Programs - LinuxShout [16:13] TR News 13 Best Free and Open Source Text-Based Bookmark Managers https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-text-based-bookmark-managers/ [16:13] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Text-Based Bookmark Managers - LinuxLinks [16:13] TR News 21 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Earth Science Software https://www.linuxlinks.com/earthscience/ [16:13] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux Earth Science Software - LinuxLinks [16:25] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) [16:25] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@qnjnrbiaw9qfs.irc) has joined #techrights [16:27] *Goblin (~Goblin@g5mtr4e86tp7q.irc) has joined #techrights [16:37] TR News 8 Best Free and Open Source Text Expander Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-text-expander-tools/ [16:37] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Text Expander Tools - LinuxLinks [16:38] TR News OpenBosniana OS Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/openbosniana-os-debian-based-linux-distribution/ [16:38] TR Bot OS - Debian-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [16:40] TR News Linus Torvalds expresses concerns over unusually large Linux 7.0 RC6 patch count https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-expresses-concerns-over-unusually-large-linux-70-rc6-patch-count/ [16:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-expresses-concerns-over-unusually-large-linux-70-rc6-patch-count/ ) [16:41] TR News (NEW): Linux 7.0-rc6 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/30/Linux_7_0_rc6.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/30/Linux_7_0_rc6.gmi [16:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux 7.0-rc6 [16:42] TR News Elive 3.8.50 is out https://distrowatch.com/elive [16:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/elive ) [16:43] TR News CentOS 10-20260330 is released as well https://distrowatch.com/centos [16:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/centos ) [16:44] TR News "people are scraping the bottom of the barrel when they apply for a job at IBM" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmx05579#replies [16:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmx05579#replies ) [16:45] TR News "People in this thread acting like a B10 is some super senior executive only one or two steps down from Arvind. Come on." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmrejfgh#replies [16:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmrejfgh#replies ) [16:46] TR News recovery 2.5 is released https://distrowatch.com/recovery [16:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/recovery ) [16:46] TR News Calculate 20260330 is released is out https://distrowatch.com/calculate [16:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/calculate ) [16:47] TR News FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, April 3, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2026-04-03-irc [16:47] TR Bot Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, April 3, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [16:47] TR News FSF Events: LibreLocal meetup in Montreal, Quebec, Canada http://www.fsf.org/events/meetup-2026-05-05-montreal-quebec-canada [16:47] TR Bot LibreLocal meetup in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [16:48] TR News FSF Events: LibreLocal meetup in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain http://www.fsf.org/events/meetup-2026-05-30-santa-cruz-de-tenerife-canary-islands-spain [16:48] TR Bot LibreLocal meetup in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [16:48] TR News FSF Events: LibreLocal meetup in Milan, Italy http://www.fsf.org/events/meetup-2026-05-09-milan-italy [16:48] TR Bot LibreLocal meetup in Milan, Italy Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [16:48] TR News Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Requires More RAM Than backdoored Windows 11? https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-04-minimum-ram-requirement/ [16:48] TR Bot Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Requires More RAM Than Windows 11? [16:50] TR News The One Trick That Made Immutable GNU/Linux Easier For Me https://itsfoss.com/systemd-sysext/ [16:50] TR Bot The One Trick That Made Immutable Linux Easier For Me [16:50] TR News Seeed Studio reTerminal D1001 Targets HMI Systems with ESP32-P4 and Integrated Display https://linuxgizmos.com/seeed-studio-reterminal-d1001-targets-hmi-systems-with-esp32-p4-and-integrated-display/ [16:50] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/seeed-studio-reterminal-d1001-targets-hmi-systems-with-esp32-p4-and-integrated-display/ ) [16:51] TR News Q4OS 7.0-r4-testing is released https://distrowatch.com/q4os [16:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/q4os ) [16:51] TR News Kicksecure 18.1.6.4 is released as well https://distrowatch.com/kicksecure [16:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/kicksecure ) [16:52] TR News AWOL Vision Aetherion A 4K ultra short throw RGB laser projector with VRR and 3300 ISO lumens (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/30/awol-vision-aetherion-4k-ultra-short-throw-rgb-laser-projector-with-vrr-and-3300-iso-lumens/ [16:52] TR Bot AWOL Vision Aetherion - A 4K ultra short throw RGB laser projector with VRR and 3300 ISO lumens (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [16:52] TR News Whonix 18.1.6.4 is released https://distrowatch.com/whonix [16:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/whonix ) [16:52] TR News 4MLinux 51.0 is released as well https://distrowatch.com/4mlinux [16:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/4mlinux ) [16:58] TR News Athena 26.03 is out https://distrowatch.com/athena [16:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/athena ) ● Mar 31 [17:00] TR News Are IP addresses personal data? http://privacyinternational.org/explainer/5755/are-ip-addresses-personal-data [17:00] TR Bot Are IP addresses personal data? | Privacy International [17:01] TR News Indonesia summons Meta and Surveillance Giant Google over non-compliance with child social control media curbs, minister says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-summons-meta-and-google-over-non-compliance-with-child-social-media-curbs-minister-says [17:01] TR Bot Indonesia summons Meta and Google over non-compliance with under-16 social media curbs: Minister | The Straits Times [17:01] TR News Red Hat funded site covers Red Hat https://cloudnativenow.com/features/red-hat-and-google-cloud-align-on-unified-platform-strategy/ [17:01] TR Bot Red Hat and Google Cloud Align on Unified Platform Strategy - Cloud Native Now [17:02] TR News Fedora Badges System Shows the Demise of Fedora Under I.C.B.M. https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/30/Fedora_Badges_System_Shows_the_Demise_of_Fedora_Under_IBM.shtml [17:02] TR Bot Techrights Fedora Badges System Shows the Demise of Fedora Under IBM [17:03] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:05] *infecticide (quassel@A0D2877A.653BD565.72CA7C8.IP) has joined #techrights [17:06] *infecticide is now known as Guest45447 [17:07] *Guest45447 has quit (Quit: http://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. 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[17:35] TR News Universal Music Group Torches Drakes Defamation Appeal Over Kendricks Not Like Us As Another Dismissal Looms https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/27/umg-torches-drake-defamation-appeal/ [17:35] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/27/umg-torches-drake-defamation-appeal/ ) [17:36] TR News Rspamd version 4.0.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1065476/ [17:36] TR Bot version 4.0.0 released [LWN.net] [17:38] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [17:41] TR News Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/digital-operational-resilience-act-dora/ [17:41] TR Bot Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) | Pen Test Partners [17:42] TR News Beijing summons top US diplomat over alert on new Hong Kong law compelling nat. sec suspects to reveal passwords https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/30/beijing-summons-top-us-diplomat-over-alert-on-new-hong-kong-law-compelling-nat-sec-suspects-to-reveal-passwords/ [17:42] TR Bot Beijing summons top US diplomat over alert on new HK nat. sec rule [17:42] TR News Ex-Hong Kong journalist who witnessed Tiananmen crackdown testifies in vigil activists subversion trial https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/30/ex-hong-kong-journalist-who-witnessed-tiananmen-crackdown-testifies-in-vigil-activists-subversion-trial/ [17:42] TR Bot Tiananmen crackdown eyewitness testifies in vigil activist's subversion trial [17:43] TR News Red Hat funded site covers the sponsor https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/30/enterprise-platform-simplification-ai-expansion-kubeconeu/ [17:43] TR Bot platform simplification and AI expansion - SiliconANGLE [17:49] TR News F5 BIG-IP DoS Flaw Upgraded to Critical RCE, Now Exploited in the Wild https://www.securityweek.com/f5-big-ip-dos-flaw-upgraded-to-critical-rce-now-exploited-in-the-wild/ [17:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/f5-big-ip-dos-flaw-upgraded-to-critical-rce-now-exploited-in-the-wild/ ) [17:49] TR News FBI Confirms Kash Patel Email Hack as US Offers $10M Reward for Hackers https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-confirms-kash-patel-email-hack-as-us-offers-10m-reward-for-hackers/ [17:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-confirms-kash-patel-email-hack-as-us-offers-10m-reward-for-hackers/ ) [17:49] *whytek (~whytek@freenode-t0e.sgs.rnm0h7.IP) has joined #techrights [17:49] TR News Exploitation of Fresh Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Begins https://www.securityweek.com/exploitation-of-fresh-citrix-netscaler-vulnerability-begins/ [17:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/exploitation-of-fresh-citrix-netscaler-vulnerability-begins/ ) [17:50] TR News Healthcare IT Platform CareCloud Probing Potential Data Breach https://www.securityweek.com/healthcare-it-platform-carecloud-probing-potential-data-breach/ [17:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/healthcare-it-platform-carecloud-probing-potential-data-breach/ ) [17:51] TR News Murthy v. Missouri Settlement Does Nothing To Combat Illegal Jawboning https://publicknowledge.org/murthy-v-missouri-settlement-does-nothing-to-combat-illegal-jawboning/ [17:51] TR Bot Murthy v. Missouri Settlement Does Nothing To Combat Illegal Jawboning - Public Knowledge [17:51] TR News Latest backdoored Windows 11 update is broken, refuses to install Abusive Monopolist Microsoft pulls latest update over missing files error https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/latest-windows-11-update-is-broken-refuses-to-install-microsoft-pulls-latest-update-over-missing-files-error [17:51] TR Bot Latest Windows 11 update is broken, refuses to install Microsoft pulls latest update over missing files error | Tom's Hardware [17:52] TR News Paper Finds That Leading Hey Hi (AI) Chatbots Like Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot and Claude Remain Incredibly Sycophantic, Resulting in Twisted Effects on Users https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/paper-ai-chatbots-chatgpt-claude-sycophantic [17:52] TR Bot Paper Finds That Leading AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT and Claude Remain Incredibly Sycophantic, Resulting in Twisted Effects on Users [17:54] TR News Rockchip RK3506J-based Forlinx FCU1501 fanless industrial IoT gateway offers dual Ethernet, plenty of I/Os and serial interfaces https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/31/rockchip-rk3506j-based-forlinx-fcu1501-fanless-industrial-iot-gateway-offers-dual-ethernet-plenty-of-i-os-and-serial-interfaces/ [17:54] TR Bot Rockchip RK3506J-based Forlinx FCU1501 fanless industrial IoT gateway offers dual Ethernet, plenty of I/Os and serial interfaces - CNX Software [17:55] TR News Publishers warn reduced FOI cost limit would put public-interest information beyond scrutiny https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/foi-changes-cost-publishers-public-interest/ [17:55] TR Bot Publishers warn reduced FOI cost limit would put public-interest information 'beyond scrutiny' - Press Gazette [17:55] TR News The Matchbox Kingdom https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1134/the-matchbox-kingdom [17:55] TR Bot The Matchbox Kingdom - David Revoy [17:56] TR News (NEW): OpenVPN 2.7.1 Released with New Features, Improvements, and Bug Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/OpenVPN_2_7_1_Released_with_New_Features_Improvements_and_Bug_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/OpenVPN_2_7_1_Released_with_New_Features_Improvements_and_Bug_F.gmi [17:56] TR Bot Tux Machines OpenVPN 2.7.1 Released with New Features, Improvements, and Bug Fixes [17:56] *Goblin has quit (connection closed) [17:56] TR News IBM trolls using LLM slop. "ah the dreaded AI Em dash. You scoundrel!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmx05579#replies [17:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmx05579#replies ) ● Mar 31 [18:06] *Goblin (~Goblin@g5mtr4e86tp7q.irc) has joined #techrights [18:10] TR News Techrights Chaff, Slop and Spam Help Distract From Parallel Crises at IBM https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Chaff_Slop_and_Spam_Help_Distract_From_Parallel_Crises_at_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Chaff_Slop_and_Spam_Help_Distract_From_Parallel_Crises_at_IBM.gmi [18:11] TR Bot Techrights Chaff, Slop and Spam Help Distract From Parallel Crises at IBM [18:12] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptomining/iran-conflict-forces-bitcoin-mining-operators-to-pivot-to-ai-infrastructure-btc-network-sees-the-first-quarterly-hashrate-drop-since-2020 [18:12] TR Bot Bitcoin network has its first quarterly hashrate drop since 2020 Iran conflict spurs Bitcoin mining operators to accelerate pivot to AI infrastructure | Tom's Hardware [18:13] TR News Sahil Dhiman: MiniDebConf Kanpur 2026 https://blog.sahilister.in/2026/03/minidebconf-kanpur-2026/ [18:13] TR Bot MiniDebConf Kanpur 2026 [18:16] TR News TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 004 - Databricks Investigating Alleged Compromise, TeamPCP Runs Dual Ransomware Operations, and AstraZeneca Data Released, (Mon, Mar 30th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32846 [18:16] TR Bot TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 004 - Databricks Investigating Alleged Compromise, TeamPCP Runs Dual Ransomware Operations, and AstraZeneca Data Released [18:19] TR News Disclosed but Still Secret? The Federal Circuit Weighs Patent Publications Against Trade Secret Claims https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/03/disclosed-but-still-secret-the-federal-circuit-weighs-patent-publications-against-trade-secret-claims.html [18:19] TR Bot Disclosed but Still Secret? The Federal Circuit Weighs Patent Publications Against Trade Secret Claims | Patently-O [18:19] TR News Dominion Harbor entity, Bunker Hill, EV battery patent monopoly challenged https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/3/29/dominion-harbor-entity-bunker-hill-ev-battery-patent-challenged [18:19] TR Bot Dominion Harbor entity, Bunker Hill, EV battery patent challenged Unified Patents [18:20] TR News Athena Security firewall patent monopoly campaign - invalidity charts coming soon https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/3/30/athena-security-firewall-patent-campaign-invalidity-charts-coming-soon [18:20] TR Bot Athena Security firewall patent campaign - invalidity charts coming soon Unified Patents [18:20] TR News NUC and Preu Bohlig overturn slow juicer ruling on appeal https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/nuc-and-preu-bohlig-overturn-slow-juicer-ruling-on-appeal/ [18:20] TR Bot NUC and Preu Bohlig overturn slow juicer ruling on appeal - JUVE Patent [18:21] TR News All airline passengers limited to 2 power banks https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/31/all-airline-passengers-limited-to-2-power-banks/ [18:21] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/31/all-airline-passengers-limited-to-2-power-banks/ ) [18:21] TR News As usual, slop companies = DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/30/llm-developer-mistral-ai-raises-830m-debt-financing-add-data-center-capacity/ [18:21] TR Bot developer Mistral AI raises $830M in debt financing to add data center capacity - SiliconANGLE [18:22] TR News Revolut Bank ordered to hand over details of more than 300 Sky TV subscribers connected to piracy operation TV provider expected to pursue subscribers who paid for illicit 'IPTV is Easy' service in unprecedented move https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/tv-providers/sky-wins-irish-court-order-forcing-revolut-to-unmask-over-300-pirate-iptv-subscribers [18:22] TR Bot Revolut Bank ordered to hand over details of more than 300 Sky TV subscribers connected to piracy operation TV provider expected to pursue subscribers who paid for illicit 'IPTV is Easy' service in unprecedented move | Tom's Hardware [18:23] TR News OpenAI Codex vulnerability enabled Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub token theft via command injection, report finds https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/30/openai-codex-vulnerability-enabled-github-token-theft-via-command-injection-report-finds/ [18:23] TR Bot Codex vulnerability enabled GitHub token theft via command injection, report finds - SiliconANGLE [18:25] TR News HIBP Mega Update: Passkeys, k-Anonymity Searches, Massive Speed Enhancements and a Bulk Domain Verification API https://www.troyhunt.com/passkeys-k-anonymity-searches-massive-speed-enhancements-bulk-domain-verification-api/ [18:25] TR Bot Troy Hunt: HIBP Mega Update: Passkeys, k-Anonymity Searches, Massive Speed Enhancements and a Bulk Domain Verification API [18:29] TR News "it doesn't tell the real story." https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-04-minimum-ram-requirement/ [18:29] TR Bot Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Requires More RAM Than Windows 11? [18:30] schestowitz[TR3] https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptomining/iran-conflict-forces-bitcoin-mining-operators-to-pivot-to-ai-infrastructure-btc-network-sees-the-first-quarterly-hashrate-drop-since-2020 [18:30] schestowitz[TR3] what is this "hey hi" arch? [18:30] schestowitz[TR3] they talk in buzzwords, as usual [18:30] schestowitz[TR3] very 'cryptic' [18:30] admfubar corporate speak [18:30] TR News Slave of Microsoft Canonical? No more. https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-mate-lead-martin-wimpress-steps-down-and-seeks-a-successor-after-12-years/ [18:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-mate-lead-martin-wimpress-steps-down-and-seeks-a-successor-after-12-years/ ) [18:31] TR News Ubuntu was my first distrohere's why we went our separate ways https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-was-my-first-distroheres-why-we-went-our-separate-ways/ [18:31] TR Bot Ubuntu was my first distrohere's why we went our separate ways [18:31] schestowitz[TR3] admfubar: yes [18:31] schestowitz[TR3] as noted this morningh [18:31] schestowitz[TR3] in some article [18:31] schestowitz[TR3] "cloud" [18:31] schestowitz[TR3] seems to have become [18:31] schestowitz[TR3] "AI workloads" [18:31] schestowitz[TR3] "AI datacentres" [18:31] schestowitz[TR3] something "AI" [18:32] schestowitz[TR3] and then they neglect "cloud" [18:32] schestowitz[TR3] talk about growth in this new "thing" [18:32] admfubar gotta keep the investors pacified... [18:33] schestowitz[TR3] yes, i was just about to say something like that [18:33] schestowitz[TR3] "it's growing" [18:33] schestowitz[TR3] "keep pouring in money" [18:34] TR News GAFAM in the cross hairs, almost literally https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/microsoft-google-apple-and-other-us-companies-under-threat-iran-says-will-target-these-cos-in-region/articleshow/129930569.cms [18:34] TR Bot Microsoft, Google, Apple and other US companies under threat: Iran says will target these cos in region - The Economic Times [18:35] *newuser51 has quit (connection closed) [18:35] TR News SystemRescue 13 updates its kernel to Linux 6.18 LTS, adds new recovery tools - Help Net Security https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/30/systemrescue-13-released/ Source: Help Net Security | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/30/systemrescue-13-released/ [18:35] TR Bot SystemRescue 13 updates its kernel to Linux 6.18 LTS, adds new recovery tools - Help Net Security [18:35] *newuser51 (~newuser51@medxxsru8gb3s.irc) has joined #techrights [18:36] TR News This hidden Linux feature makes Windows look embarrassing for developers https://www.howtogeek.com/this-hidden-linux-feature-makes-windows-look-embarrassing-for-developers/ [18:36] TR Bot This hidden Linux feature makes Windows look embarrassing for developers [18:36] TR News (NEW): SystemRescue 13 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GParted 1.8.1, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/SystemRescue_13_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_18_LTS_GParted_1_8.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/SystemRescue_13_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_18_LTS_GParted_1_8.gmi [18:36] TR Bot Tux Machines SystemRescue 13 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GParted 1.8.1, and More [18:36] TR News Linus Torvalds says Linux 7.0's calm was a mirage as rc6 refuses to settle down https://www.xda-developers.com/linus-torvalds-says-linux-7-0-calm-was-a-mirage-as-rc6-refuses-to-settle-down/ [18:36] TR Bot Linus Torvalds says Linux 7.0's calm was a mirage as rc6 refuses to settle down [18:38] TR News The Patching Paradox Driving Most Breaches https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-patching-paradox-driving-most-breaches-177700.html [18:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-patching-paradox-driving-most-breaches-177700.html ) [18:38] TR News "The sixth release candidate for Linux 7.0 sees a spike in fixes, potentially driven by AI coding tools, leaving the final launch date uncertain." https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-expresses-concerns-over-unusually-large-linux-70-rc6-patch-count/ [18:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-expresses-concerns-over-unusually-large-linux-70-rc6-patch-count/ ) [18:39] TR News Proprietary https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260330208364/en/Tech-Soft-3D-Announces-Full-Launch-of-HOOPS-AI-Adding-Embeddings-Linux-Support [18:39] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260330208364/en/Tech-Soft-3D-Announces-Full-Launch-of-HOOPS-AI-Adding-Embeddings-Linux-Support ) [18:40] TR News Stop distro-hopping. It wont fix your Linux problems https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-distro-hopping-why-switching-linux-distributions-rarely-solves-anything/ [18:40] TR Bot Stop distro-hopping. It wont fix your Linux problems [18:40] TR News 5 Linux Mint desktop widgets that save me time and help me get more done https://www.howtogeek.com/must-have-linux-mint-desklets/ [18:40] TR Bot 5 must have Linux Mint desklets [18:41] TR News Slop about slop? https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3744583655145473 [18:41] TR Bot Claude 5.0 Emerges in Internal Testing, Shakes Anthropic by Cracking 20-Year-Old Linux Vulnerability in 90 Minutes [18:42] TR News Mullvad Browser's testers now get access to updates every four weeks, also on Linux ARM devices https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/mullvad-browsers-testers-now-get-access-to-updates-every-four-weeks-also-on-linux-arm-devices [18:42] TR Bot Browser's testers now get access to updates every four weeks, also on Linux ARM devices | TechRadar [18:44] TR News (NEW): Proprietary Software, Microsoft Slop, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Proprietary_Software_Microsoft_Slop_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Proprietary_Software_Microsoft_Slop_and_More.gmi [18:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Proprietary Software, Microsoft Slop, and More [18:45] TR News 5 Linux Mint extensions that finally made my desktop feel complete https://www.howtogeek.com/must-have-linux-mint-extensions/ [18:45] TR Bot 5 must have Linux Mint extensions [18:46] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/today_s_howtos.gmi [18:46] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [18:48] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Security_Leftovers.gmi [18:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [18:49] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [18:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [18:51] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Seeed Studio, Raspberry Pi, Coreboot 26.03, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Open_Hardware_Modding_Seeed_Studio_Raspberry_Pi_Coreboot_26_03_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Open_Hardware_Modding_Seeed_Studio_Raspberry_Pi_Coreboot_26_03_.gmi [18:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Seeed Studio, Raspberry Pi, Coreboot 26.03, and More [18:53] TR News (NEW): MiniDebConf and Canonical/Ubuntu News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/MiniDebConf_and_Canonical_Ubuntu_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/MiniDebConf_and_Canonical_Ubuntu_News.gmi [18:53] TR Bot Tux Machines MiniDebConf and Canonical/Ubuntu News [18:54] TR News (NEW): Free Software Directory Meeting and LibreLocal Meetups in Montreal, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and Milan https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Free_Software_Directory_Meeting_and_LibreLocal_Meetups_in_Montr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Free_Software_Directory_Meeting_and_LibreLocal_Meetups_in_Montr.gmi [18:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Free Software Directory Meeting and LibreLocal Meetups in Montreal, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and Milan [18:54] TR News (NEW): New Release: Elive 3.8.50 Stable Retrowave is released! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/New_Release_Elive_3_8_50_Stable_Retrowave_is_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/New_Release_Elive_3_8_50_Stable_Retrowave_is_released.gmi [18:54] TR Bot Tux Machines New Release: Elive 3.8.50 Stable Retrowave is released! [18:56] TR News (NEW): Web Browsing, Open Data, and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Web_Browsing_Open_Data_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Web_Browsing_Open_Data_and_Standards.gmi [18:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Web Browsing, Open Data, and Standards [18:58] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast, Late Night Linux, and Linux User Space https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Audiocasts_Shows_mintCast_Late_Night_Linux_and_Linux_User_Space.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Audiocasts_Shows_mintCast_Late_Night_Linux_and_Linux_User_Space.gmi [18:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast, Late Night Linux, and Linux User Space [18:58] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.1.gmi [18:58] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers ● Mar 31 [19:01] TR News iophk: Iran is threatening serious action against those companies tomorrow. Those that stayed on FOSS will soon have a pronounced advantage over fools who fell for the GAFAM lies. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/microsoft-google-apple-and-other-us-companies-under-threat-iran-says-will-target-these-cos-in-region/articleshow/129930569.cms [19:01] TR Bot Microsoft, Google, Apple and other US companies under threat: Iran says will target these cos in region - The Economic Times [19:02] TR News Techrights Links 31/03/2026: More Energy Shortages Noted, Taylor Swift Faces Trademark Infringement Suit https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Links_31_03_2026_More_Energy_Shortages_Noted_Taylor_Swift_Faces.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Links_31_03_2026_More_Energy_Shortages_Noted_Taylor_Swift_Faces.gmi [19:02] TR Bot Techrights Links 31/03/2026: More Energy Shortages Noted, Taylor Swift Faces Trademark Infringement Suit [19:19] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:31] admfubar https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/iran-pseudo-ransomware-pay2key-operations [19:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/iran-pseudo-ransomware-pay2key-operations ) [19:43] admfubar https://www.datagubbe.se/aipixels/ [19:43] TR Bot Curious Case of Retro Demo Scene Graphics | datagubbe.se [19:46] admfubar your robot needs a shave.... https://www.discovermagazine.com/seals-intricate-and-sensitive-whiskers-could-one-day-help-robotics-navigate-in-the-dark-48896 [19:46] TR Bot Seals' Intricate and Sensitive Whiskers Could One Day Help Robotics Navigate In the Dark | Discover Magazine [19:48] admfubar and if you think that is an issue... wait till it wears the wrong trousers... [19:49] TR News Techrights Slopfarms Persist, But Google Seems to Have Delisted Many https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Slopfarms_Persist_But_Google_Seems_to_Have_Delisted_Many.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Slopfarms_Persist_But_Google_Seems_to_Have_Delisted_Many.gmi [19:49] TR Bot Techrights Slopfarms Persist, But Google Seems to Have Delisted Many [19:51] TR News [cat] [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-03-31.gmi gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-03-30.gmi [19:51] admfubar https://forum.f-droid.org/t/the-arceuslandic-laws-and-their-affects-on-f-droid/33325 [19:51] TR Bot The ArceusLandic Laws and their affects on F-Droid - privacy - F-Droid Forum [19:52] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techrights [19:52] TR News "Rob's Gemini Capsule launched into orbit five years ago today." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202603/20260331-five-years-on-gemini.gmi [19:53] TR News "For literal decades, I have used Firefox as my daily web browser. Unfortunately, they have been pivoting hard into AI stuff lately, which I'm not a fan of. There aren't many options in the browser world, so I'm not sure that anything else will be any better, but I've been feeling an obligation recently to try something different." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/emptyhallway/gournal/20260331.gmi [19:53] admfubar "ai" will turn you into donald trump? https://www.firstpost.com/tech/ai-chatbots-may-be-making-users-more-self-centred-warns-stanford-study-on-sycophancy-risks-13994484.html [19:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/ai-chatbots-may-be-making-users-more-self-centred-warns-stanford-study-on-sycophancy-risks-13994484.html ) [19:53] TR News "I regret to inform you that my cat (Luna) has unionized. After extensive negotiations (and several bites), we've reached an agreement: I continue to provide food, warmth, and admiration, and in return, the cat continues to ... exist loudly. However, there is a new clause: coffee must be provided. Not for me. For the cat. Don't ask questions." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/the-cat-has-demands/ [19:54] TR News "I don't expect anyone else but me to actually use this - or more precisely to be able to use it. I didn't have time to package it any way, so the program is just launched by cloning the repo and saying python main.py. And it really requires understanding of my mental model of it, and understanding my mental state is often a challenge for myself, not to mention others." gemini://pv.smol.pub/offlfirsoch-2026-entry [19:59] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 31/03/2026: Five Years on Gemini (Rob's Gemini Capsule), OFFLIFIRSOCH 2026, and More https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Gemini_Links_31_03_2026_Five_Years_on_Gemini_Rob_s_Gemini_Capsu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Gemini_Links_31_03_2026_Five_Years_on_Gemini_Rob_s_Gemini_Capsu.gmi [19:59] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 31/03/2026: Five Years on Gemini (Rob's Gemini Capsule), OFFLIFIRSOCH 2026, and More ● Mar 31 [20:01] admfubar starlink, starbirght, first starlink i see explode tonight.... https://futurism.com/space/second-spacex-satellite-anomaly [20:01] TR Bot Second SpaceX Satellite Abruptly Explodes [20:02] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [20:02] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techrights [20:03] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/larry-ellison-yacht-protest [20:03] TR Bot Activists Plaster New Name on Larry Ellison's Superyacht [20:04] admfubar https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/hsbc-bank-warns-tesla-stock-collapse [20:04] TR Bot Bank Warns of Tesla Stock Collapse [20:09] admfubar https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/see-the-computers-that-powered-the-voyager-space-program/ [20:09] TR Bot The Computers That Powered The Voyager Space Program | Hackaday [20:14] admfubar https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/solar-balconies-take-europe-by-storm/ [20:14] TR Bot Balconies Take Europe By Storm | Hackaday [20:17] admfubar https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/31/cybersecurity-design-failures-not-human-error/ [20:17] TR Bot Why I'm done calling humans the weakest link - Help Net Security [20:36] *TMF (~TMF@ugtkf8gqfm7b2.irc) has joined #techrights [20:37] TR News "Oracle lays off up to 30,000 with 6 a.m. email" https://boingboing.net/2026/03/31/oracle-fired-up-to-30000-people-with-a-6-a-m-email-signed-oracle-leadership.html [20:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/03/31/oracle-fired-up-to-30000-people-with-a-6-a-m-email-signed-oracle-leadership.html ) [20:44] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 29 Out of 200: Violent Language Won't Go Away When You Use It in Your Site, Blog, and Social Control Media https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_29_Out_of_200_Violent_Language_Won_t_Go_A.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_29_Out_of_200_Violent_Language_Won_t_Go_A.gmi [20:44] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 29 Out of 200: Violent Language Won't Go Away When You Use It in Your Site, Blog, and Social Control Media [20:51] admfubar https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/31/open-letter-to-european-citizens/ [20:51] TR Bot Open Letter to European Citizens - TDF Community Blog [20:53] admfubar peek-a-boo.... https://thedebrief.org/in-a-landmark-physics-first-scientists-observe-atoms-existing-in-two-separate-places-at-the-same-time/ [20:53] TR Bot In a Landmark Physics First, Scientists Observe Atoms Existing in Two Separate Places at the Same Time - The Debrief ● Mar 31 [21:01] TR News Techrights In Time for April Fools (and Easter), 30,000 Oracle 'Pink Slips' While People Are Asleep https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/In_Time_for_April_Fools_and_Easter_30_000_Oracle_Pink_Slips_Whi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/In_Time_for_April_Fools_and_Easter_30_000_Oracle_Pink_Slips_Whi.gmi [21:01] TR Bot Techrights In Time for April Fools (and Easter), 30,000 Oracle 'Pink Slips' While People Are Asleep [21:25] TR News -- because if you look for the helpers, you'll know that there's hope. https://entertainment.time.com/2013/04/16/the-backstory-the-moving-mr-rogers-clip-everyone-is-talking-about/ "Fred Rogers 'Helpers' Clip | TIME.com" [21:25] TR Bot Fred Rogers 'Helpers' Clip | TIME.com [21:33] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-dubious-ai-detectors-pay-humanize.html [21:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-dubious-ai-detectors-pay-humanize.html ) [21:35] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-facade-solar-panels-walls-generate.html [21:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-facade-solar-panels-walls-generate.html ) [21:37] admfubar soon you can make a robot scream in pain.... https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-artificial-pain-closer-memristor-links.html [21:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-artificial-pain-closer-memristor-links.html ) [21:38] TR News (NEW): April Showers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/April_Showers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/April_Showers.gmi [21:38] TR Bot Tux Machines April Showers [21:42] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-simulations-reveal-power-grid.html [21:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-simulations-reveal-power-grid.html ) [21:46] admfubar https://blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app [21:46] TR Bot I Decompiled the White House's New App [21:52] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2026/03/27/sony-shuts-down-nearly-its-entire-memory-card-business-due-to-ssd-shortage/ [21:52] TR Bot Shuts Down Nearly Its Entire Memory Card Business Due to Flash Shortage | PetaPixel [21:56] admfubar https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/30/0219229/rivian-and-lucid-win-right-to-sell-their-evs-directly-to-buyers-in-washington-state [21:56] TR Bot Rivian and Lucid Win Right to Sell Their EVs Directly to Buyers in Washington State - Slashdot [21:58] admfubar https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260328043603.htm [21:58] TR Bot smallest QR code, smaller than bacteria, could store data for centuries | ScienceDaily ● Mar 31 [22:09] admfubar https://electrek.co/2026/03/29/this-friendly-robot-just-installed-100-mw-of-solar-power/ [22:09] TR Bot This friendly robot just installed 100 MW of solar power [22:14] admfubar https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/29/0249241/what-made-bell-labs-so-successful [22:14] TR Bot What Made Bell Labs So Successful? - Slashdot [22:40] admfubar i'm shutting down here, raining sideways here and tornado sires are going off [22:40] admfubar laters [22:40] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has left #techrights (Leaving) [22:53] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Mar 31 [23:22] *isak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:31] *isak (~andreas@m4ykdtahh5hq8.irc) has joined #techrights [23:41] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving...)