Leftovers

• Science

  • Science Alert ☛ Parkinson's Protein Could Help Explain Alzheimer's Gender Imbalance

    This could be crucial.

  • Science Alert ☛ One Daily Supplement Could Slow Your Biological Clock, Study Suggests

    Maybe not a racket after all.

  • Science Alert ☛ Elderly Poop Transplants Had a Surprising Effect on Young Mouse Ovaries

    So many questions.

  • Science Alert ☛ Brain 'Stretching' Is The Secret to Protecting Your Mind From Dementia

    “It’s not just one activity."

  • Science Alert ☛ Evolution Keeps Reinventing The Appendix. Here's Why It May Be Important.

    It's no spare part.

• Hardware

  • CNX Software ☛ SayoDevice O3C 3-Key Hall-effect keypad boasts 8,000Hz polling rate for playing rhythm games

    While searching for new products on AliExpress, I came across the SayoDevice OSU O3C, which looks very similar to other macro keyboards such as the 4xMacropad, the LILYGO TTGO T-Encoder, or the T-Keyboard-S3. However, like the TENSTAR T-Display, it sold over 10,000 pieces on Aliexpress. This warranted an investigation, and I found that it is actually a Hall-effect keypad mainly designed for rhythm and single-input games such as osu! and Geometry Dash. The keypad features OUTEMU magnetic Hall-effect switches with rapid trigger support and a customizable actuation point as low as 0.05 mm, for extremely fast and precise keystrokes.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Why AMD motherboards now come with bigger BIOS chips—and why it matters to you

    We take a quick look at the evolution of BIOS chip capacities on AMD motherboards over the years.

  • CNX Software ☛ Nordic Semi unveils nRF54LS05A and nRF54LS05B entry-level, ultra-low-power Bluetooth LE SoCs

    Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF54LS05A and nRF54LS05B are entry-level, ultra-low-power Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Arm Cortex-M33 microcontrollers designed to be used as the main wireless SoC in simple applications such as sensors, tags, beacons, remotes, and PC peripherals, or operate as a Bluetooth LE companion device in more advanced products. Both SoCs are clocked at 128 MHz, feature Nordic’s 4th-generation Bluetooth LE radio, analog/digital interfaces, and advanced security. They also come with 0.5 MB of Non-Volatile Memory (NVM), and the only difference is that the nRF54LS05A is equipped with 64 KB of RAM, while the nRF54LS05B offers 96 KB.

  • CNX Software ☛ Intel Arrow Lake-S ATX motherboard supports up to 256GB CU-DIMM DDR5 RAM, features W880 chipset

    Jetway ATX-ARS1-W880 is an ATX motherboard taking socketed defective chip maker Intel Arrow Lake-S SoCs with up to 24 cores, 36 TOPS of Hey Hi (AI) performance, and featuring four CU-DIMM (Clocked Unbuffered DIMM) sockets for up to 256GB DDR5 ECC memory, and a W880 chipset. Targeting Smart Factory applications, the industrial-grade motherboard also features four SATA III ports and two M.2 M-Key PCIe Gen5/4 sockets for storage, seven PCIe slots, three 2.5GbE ports, M.2 E-Key and B-Key sockets for WiFi, Bluetooth, and cellular (4G/5G) connectivity, sixteen USB interfaces (Type-A and headers), and a few serial interfaces.

• Proprietary

  • Neowin ☛ Windows 11 26H2, 27H2 could get this new AMD Zen 6 performance boost feature

    A recent Linux patch has revealed a new performance boosting feature on AMD's upcoming Zen 6 processors that could arrive on backdoored Windows 11 26H2 and 27H2.

• Defence/Aggression

  • The Strategist ☛ Cloud to ground: Iran puts foreign data centres on the front line

    When Iranian drones struck hyperscale cloud data-centre facilities in the United Arab Emirates and damaged infrastructure near Bahrain on 1 March, they did not just target military bases. They also targeted server farms.

  • The Strategist ☛ China’s air force has gone quiet around Taiwan. No one has a good explanation

    After the US-Israeli attack on Iran began, the Chinese air force stopped flying around Taiwan—and the reason isn’t at all clear. Observers have offered various possibilities, but none seems convincing.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Japan to deploy counter-strike missiles closer to China by end-March

    The country is bolstering its military capacity amid rising China naval activity.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Indonesia says it has entered agreement with India to procure BrahMos missiles

    BrahMos is a company co-owned by the Indian and Russian governments.

  • ADF ☛ Could Egypt Be Pulled Into the Sudanese Civil War?

    As Sudan’s civil war rages to its south, Egypt has boosted security along its southwestern border to prevent violence and terrorism from spreading into its own territory.

  • The Straits Times ☛ ‘Crazy’ Yangon property prices despite struggling economy, civil war in Myanmar

    Internal migration, foreign currency curbs and lack of trust in banks have fuelled demand for property as a safe asset.

  • The Strategist ☛ Social cohesion is crucial to security. But we mustn’t make it a national-security issue

    Australia’s response to antisemitism and other forms of prejudice is increasingly framed through the language of national security. That instinct is understandable.

  • New York Times ☛ Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been spare in his remarks following the attempted bombing at Gracie Mansion and arrests of two men who said they were motivated by ISIS.

  • ADF ☛ Terror Groups Pressure Sahel Capitals

    The terrorist attack on the airport serving Niger’s capital, Niamey, in January provided another example of how Sahelian extremists threaten the security of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and West Africa as a whole.

  • The Straits Times ☛ North Korea leader’s sister warns Seoul-Washington drills bring ‘terrible consequences’

    She said the drills come at a critical time when global security structure is collapsing rapidly.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • LRT ☛ Lifting sanctions on Russia would harm Lithuania and West, presidential adviser says

      Lifting sanctions on Russia would be detrimental to both Lithuania and the wider Western community, a senior foreign policy adviser to the president said Monday.

    • LRT ☛ GPS jamming incidents reported by pilots continue in Lithuania, regulator says

      Pilots have reported more than 300 cases of GPS signal interference in Lithuanian airspace since the beginning of the year, as authorities say satellite navigation jamming linked to Russia continues in the region.

    • LRT ☛ EU’s 20th Russia sanctions package stalled by electioneering in Hungary – Nausėda

      Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda on Monday said the European Union’s 20th package of sanctions against Russia has been delayed due to election campaigning in Hungary, but expressed confidence it will eventually be adopted.

    • Latvia ☛ Russian diplomat handed another protest note by Latvia

      The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it summoned the Russian chargé d'affaires on Monday, March 9th.

    • ADF ☛ Report Exposes Russian Plot to Lure Africans Into Its War

      A recent investigation has cast light on the shadowy web of operatives, recruiters, social control media influencers and travel agents who have ushered Africans into the ranks of Russia’s front-line fighters in Ukraine.

    • New York Times ☛ Ukraine Lends a Hand

      Countries targeted by Iranian drones are eager to tap into Ukrainian expertise to shoot them down.

    • New York Times ☛ Ukraine Helps U.S. Bases in the Mideast With Stopping Drones

      As the war in Iran spreads, Kyiv is eagerly offering its hard-won expertise and advanced technology to counter Iranian drones.

    • LRT ☛ Number of Ukrainian refugees in Lithuania rises by more than 10,000 in a year

      The number of Ukrainian refugees living in Lithuania has increased by more than 10,000 over the past year, according to statistics released Monday by the Migration Department.

    • France24 ☛ Oil prices surge amid Middle East conflict for first time since 2022

      The Iran crisis has sent oil prices surging, and the G7 finance ministers are meeting later today to discuss possibly releasing strategic oil reserves to stabilise oil prices. The Brent oil barrel has reached its highest price since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Solange Mougin has more on the factors that can make the price of the barrel fluctuate.

• Environment

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ Opinion: From rising seas to rising risks

    From Chihuahua to Chiapas, climate change threatens much of Mexico. A former U.S. climate security expert offers insight into how our changing world brings new challenges.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • New York Times ☛ Who Is Balendra Shah, The Rapper Set to Be Nepal’s Next Prime Minister?

    Balendra Shah’s party won a landslide in the election that followed Nepal’s Gen Z revolution. His style is pugnacious.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • Press Gazette ☛ Mail’s Katie Nicholl says ‘nonsense’ hacking claims damaged her career

    Prince Harry, Sadie Frost and others claim Nicholl hacked their phones.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Patents

  • JUVE ☛ Chinese prosthesis manufacturer prevails against Ivoclar with Graf von Westphalen

    Nowadays, dental prostheses are no longer elaborately modelled by dental technicians, but milled in one piece from special blanks. These usually consist of several layers of colour, for example to realistically highlight the gums and teeth.

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Too Late to Invent an Inventor: Forfeiture and § 256 in IPR Proceedings

    Federal Circuit applies forfeiture to § 256 inventorship correction, barring patent monopoly owner from raising new antedating theory after losing IPR.

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ The Expanding Patent Document: Fewer Claims, More Words, and a Trend That Predates Alice

    Study of 7.6M patent monopoly applications shows specs nearly doubled from 2005-2025 while claim counts fell 19%, reversing the trend documented in 2008.

• Copyrights

  • Digital Music News ☛ GEMA v. Suno Copyright Case Ramps Up in Germany — High-Stakes Ruling Officially Scheduled for June 12th

    As one high-profile music-world trial draws to an abrupt close, another case is ramping up: Over in Germany, proceedings are officially underway in GEMA’s copyright monopoly infringement action against Suno. We initially covered that action in early 2025, shortly after GEMA submitted the suit to the Munich Regional Court.

  • Digital Music News ☛ Indie Artist Coalition Files Major Lawsuit Against Surveillance Giant Google Over Hey Hi (AI) Copyright Theft—’Broadest, Most Comprehensive Attack’ Against Hey Hi (AI) Music Models

    A group of independent musicians is suing Surveillance Giant Google over the alleged widespread theft and distribution of copyrighted material. A coalition of independent musicians from across the United States has filed a lawsuit against tech giant Surveillance Giant Google over more than just allegations that the company’s Hey Hi (AI) models rely on stealing and copying original works.

  • Digital Music News ☛ Anna’s Archive Sued by Lengthy List of Publishers—Book Publishers, That Is

    A coalition of major book publishers files suit against Anna’s Archive over “staggering” levels of piracy, echoing the suit filed by Spotify and several major record labels in December. A group of 13 major book publishers, including HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, and Elsevier, has filed a lawsuit against the shadow library Anna’s Archive.

  • Digital Music News ☛ When It Rains, It Pours: Valve Faces PRS Lawsuit Over Allegedly Unlicensed Steam Music, Still Staring Down $880 Million+ UK Consumer-Harm Complaint

    Valve Corporation has for decades been operating Steam without the required UK public performance license – at least according to a new lawsuit from PRS for Music. PRS formally announced the complaint, technically filed closer to March’s beginning, today.