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by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 06, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Snowed_In_Path⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #techrights_log #boycottnovell_log 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #boycottnovell-social_log #techbytes_log Enter_the_IRC_channels_now ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⣿⠟⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣻⣿⣿⣿⡟⡽⠻⢿⢽⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣁⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡙⠯⠉⡝⢻⣿⡇⠁⠘⠀⠀⠈⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⠉⠉⢉⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠋⠠⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⢛⠻⠋⠦⢠⠐⠆⢿⣇⢠⣄⠄⠀⠀⠸⢸⠋⠁⠠⠤⠘⠀⢹⣾⣿⣿⣿⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢹⣋⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠉⣿⠛⠿⠿⢿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣤⣜⠿⡸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠠⡕⡄⠀⢐⡀⠂⠀⢈⣅⠰⣦⡦⣭⡧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢤⠀⠈⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⡫⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠙⠃⠀⠁⠀⠀⠁⣆⡀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠈⠋⣾⡧⢙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢁⠀⠀⢠⡏⠉⢀⡉⠈⣫⢠⠄⠀⠀⠀⠠⡄⠀⠐⠘⠢⣐⠐⠖⠂⠠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢠⡄⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠮⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠐⠀⠀⠀⢤⠏⣛⠀⠰⠃⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⢠⣾⡁⠀⣷⡾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⡿⠛⠛⠿⣿⣿ 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It was a weird program, a throwback to the pre-Apple Store days of Apple Mac support that was called AppleCare Dispatch. It still appears to exist (https://www.apple.com/support/products/ mac/) but I don't know of any AASPs still dispatching employees. It's possible that Apple has subcontracted it out to someone else. o ⚓ Manuel Moreale ☛ P&B:_Arun_Venkatesan⠀⇛ This is the 19th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Arun Venkatesan and his blog, arun.is o ⚓ Stephen Smith ☛ Welcome_to_2024,_Looking_Ahead⠀⇛ This article will look at some of the forces that are at work defining and driving the high-tech world. This includes various geo-political conflicts currently unfolding as well as following the money where all the venture capitalists are funneling all the money. These are in no particular order and as with any predictions they could be proven entirely wrong as early as tomorrow. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Troy Patterson ☛ 52_Frames⠀⇛ I’ve joined the 52 Frames Photo Challenge. The idea is to take a photo a week that fits the challenge. The first week is a selfie. So, I have my assignment for tonight (since this is a weekly challenge, the first submission is due by January 7th). # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Debate_That_Claudine_Gay_Is_Evading⠀⇛ I don’t doubt that some of Gay’s critics are cynical opportunists and others are racists who would reflexively distrust the competence of any Black woman hired to lead Harvard. Still others may be reprobates who, say, cheat orphans, steal penguin eggs, or stick chewed gum in airport charging outlets. But constructive academic elites don’t focus scarce public attention on their most easily discreditable critics––they engage the most formidable criticism they can find. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ Want_to_stress_less_in_2024?_A_new_book_offers_'5 resets'_to_tame_toxic_stress⠀⇛ "Studies have shown that on average, adults check their phone 2,617 times a day," says Nerurkar. Surveys also show that over 50% of people check their phones within five minutes of waking up, and some even before their second eye is open, she says. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Utah_Bills_Itself_as_“Family-Friendly”_Even as_Lawmakers_Neglect_Child_Care⠀⇛ For nearly a year, Melanie Call struggled to balance working from home full time with caring for her new baby. Her job as a project manager for a Salt Lake City health care staffing agency required spending hours in video meetings. If her son was awake, she would turn off her camera. When he woke from a nap while she was already occupied in a meeting, she would feel her guilt grow as she heard him cry through a baby monitor. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ NIST:_If_someone's_trying_to_sell_you some_secure_AI,_it's_snake_oil⠀⇛ Vassilev coautored a paper on the topic with Alina Oprea (Northeastern University), and Alie Fordyce and Hyrum Anderson from security shop Robust Intelligence, that attempts to categorize the security risks posed by AI systems. Overall, the results don't look good. # ⚓ NIST ☛ NIST_Identifies_Types_of_Cyberattacks_That Manipulate_Behavior_of_AI_Systems⠀⇛ Adversaries can deliberately confuse or even “poison” artificial intelligence (AI) systems to make them malfunction — and there’s no foolproof defense that their developers can employ. Computer scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators identify these and other vulnerabilities of AI and machine learning (ML) in a new publication. # ⚓ NIST ☛ Adversarial_Machine_Learning:_A_Taxonomy_and Terminology_of_Attacks_and_Mitigations [PDF]⠀⇛ This NIST Trustworthy and Responsible AI report develops a taxonomy of concepts and defnes terminology in the feld of adversarial machine learning (AML). The taxonomy is built on surveying the AML literature and is arranged in a conceptual hierarchy that includes key types of ML methods and lifecycle stages of attack, attacker goals and objectives, and attacker capabilities and knowledge of the learning process. The report also provides corresponding methods for mitigating and managing the onsequences of attacks and points out relevant open challenges to take into account in the lifecycle of AI systems. The terminology used in the report is consistent with the literature on AML and is complemented by a glossary that defnes key terms associated with the security of AI systems and is intended to assist non-expert readers. Taken together, the taxonomy and terminology are meant to inform other standards and future practice guides for assessing and managing the security of AI systems, by establishing a common language and understanding of the rapidly developing AML landscape. # ⚓ Explain Extended ☛ Happy_New_Year:_GPT_in_500_lines_of SQL⠀⇛ Large language models are used in text applications (chatbots, content generators, code assistants etc). These applications repeatedly call the model and select the word suggested by it (with some degree of randomness). The next suggested word is added to the prompt and the model is called again. This continues in a loop until enough words are generated. The accrued sequence of words will look like a text in a human language, complete with grammar, syntax and even what appears to be intelligence and reasoning. In this aspect, it is not unlike a Markov chain which works on the same principle. The internals of a large language model are wired up so that the next suggested word will be a natural continuation of the prompt, complete with its grammar, semantics and sentiment. Equipping a function with such a logic became possible through a series of scientific breakthroughs (and programming drudgery) that have resulted in the development of the family of algorithms known as GPT, or Generative Pre-trained Transformer. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ HRW_calls_for_international_treaty_to_ban_‘killer robots’⠀⇛ The UNGA Resolution 78/241 was adopted on December 22, 2023, with 152 votes in favor, four votes against and 11 votes of abstention. The resolution emphasized the application of international law, including the UN Charter and humanitarian and human rights laws, to autonomous weapons systems. It acknowledged the potential benefits of emerging technologies while also expressing concerns about their humanitarian, legal, security, technological and ethical challenges. The resolution voiced worries about negative global security impacts, commended ongoing efforts by the Group of Governmental Experts, and recognized contributions from various conferences. It highlighted the importance of seeking diverse perspectives on lethal autonomous weapons systems from member states, observers, international organizations, civil society and industry. # ⚓ Fernando Borretti ☛ Thoughts_on_LLM_Agents⠀⇛ One factor is that LLM agents are born of necessity. If you have the skills and resources ($$$) to pretrain an LLM, you’re not building agents, you’re building something like Yann LeCun’s differentiable neural architecture, where the model architecture is the agent, or, at the very least, you’re pretraining an LLM where the shape of the training data tells it is’s going to be a submodule of a larger mind. If you’re just a simple country programmer with an OpenAI API key, you can’t innovate at the model layer, you have to innovate at the API layer. So you build a cognitive architecture with the LLM as the central executive. The innovation is the architecture: the flow of information and the processes that build up the prompt, while the LLM itself remains a COTS black box. And so the people most qualified to build effective agents are working further up the value chain. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Energy_Department_has_cyber threats_to_infrastructure_in_mind_with_$70_million funding_offer⠀⇛ With awards of up to $5 million in funds, the DOE said it’s looking for universities, tribal nations, companies and others to provide solutions for technology meant to protect critical energy infrastructure from all threats, such as malicious cyber attacks and bad actors. # ⚓ Cyble Inc ☛ Alleged_Phoenix_Group_DDoS_Attack Disrupts_US_Congress_Website⠀⇛ The ICBC cyberattack believed to be orchestrated by the LockBit ransomware gang, poses a significant threat to the stability of international finance. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has alerted its members about the ransomware attack on ICBC Financial Services, forcing clients to alter their trade routes to mitigate potential risks. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Major_Us_Museums_Suffer_Cyberattack Fallout⠀⇛ Gallery Systems is said to have first become aware of the problem on December 28, when computers running its software became encrypted and no longer operable. # ⚓ Penske Media Corporation ☛ Major_US_Museums_Suffer Cyberattack_Fallout⠀⇛ The scale, nature, and duration of the attack on Gallery Systems are not yet known. Cyberattacks on cultural organizations, many carried out by ransomware groups seeking remuneration in exchange for retreat, have become more frequent, with London’s British Library, New York’s Metropolitan Opera, and the Philadelphia Orchestra having been recently targeted. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Museum_World_Hit_by_Cyberattack_on Widely_Used_Software⠀⇛ The service provider, Gallery Systems, said in a recent message to clients, which was obtained by The New York Times, that it had noticed a problem on Dec. 28, when computers running its software became encrypted and could no longer operate. “We immediately took steps to isolate those systems and implemented measures to prevent additional systems from being affected, including taking systems offline as a precaution,” the company said in the message. “We also launched an investigation and third-party cybersecurity experts were engaged to assist. In addition, we notified law enforcement.” # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Zeppelin_ransomware_source_code_sold for_$500_on_[cracking]_forum⠀⇛ A threat actor announced on a cybercrime forum that they sold the source code and a cracked version of the Zeppelin ransomware builder for just $500. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Merck_Settles_Coverage_Dispute_With Insurers_Over_War_Exclusion_in_NotPetya_Attack⠀⇛ The New Jersey Supreme Court in July 2023 agreed to hear the case after a state appeals court ruled months prior against eight insurers, finding that a hostile/warlike action exclusion in an all risks property insurance policy did not apply to a Russian- linked cyberattack known as “NotPetya” on the pharmaceutical firm. # ⚓ Insurance Journal ☛ Merck_Settles_Coverage_Dispute With_Insurers_Over_War_Exclusion_in_NotPetya_Attack⠀⇛ More than 30 insurers were involved in the case at the start, but many have since resolved their claims with Merck. Eight insurers that remained in the case included Ace American, Allianz, Liberty Mutual, QBE, XL and Lloyd’s syndicates. Merck’s property insurance program included the “all risks” property policies in a three-layer structure, with $1.75 billion in total limits above a $150 million deductible. The remaining eight insurers’ policies insured percentages of coverage in one, two or all three of the layers. In total, they disputed about $700 million in coverage or just under 40% of Merck’s total coverage for the policy period. # ⚓ Insurance Journal ☛ New_Jersey_High_Court_to_Hear Insurers’_Appeal_Over_War_Exclusion_in_NotPetya Attack⠀⇛ While insurers conceded the word “warlike” in the exclusion might not be applicable, they asserted the word “hostile” should be read in the broadest possible sense, as meaning “adverse,” “showing ill will or a desire to harm,” “antagonistic,” or “unfriendly.” They contended that any action that “reflects ill will or a desire to harm by the actor” falls within the hostile/warlike action exclusion, as long as the actor was a government or sovereign power, in this case the Russian Federation. The insurers maintained that the exclusion “is clear and unambiguous” and it plainly applies to the NotPetya attack because it was attributed to Russia and was meant to be deployed to disrupt and destabilize Ukraine. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ After_injecting_cancer_hospital with_ransomware,_crims_threaten_to_swat_patients⠀⇛ After intruders broke into Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center's IT network in November and stole medical records – everything from Social Security numbers to diagnoses and lab results – miscreants threatened to turn on the patients themselves directly. o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Google-owned_cybersecurity_firm Mandiant_targeted_in_X_account_takeover⠀⇛ The scammer who took control of the account on X, still generally known as Twitter, spread a cryptocurrency scam while pretending to be the Phanton crypto wallet, with a message claiming that a distribution of the $PHNTM cryptocurrency was underway. Not surprisingly, the link in the X post sent readers to a fake phishing site that asks users to enter their wallet details to claim their share of the distribution. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Telegram_Messenger_in_the_dark_as_to why_fines_in_Russia_were_dropped⠀⇛ Fines imposed by Russian courts on Alphabet's Google and YouTube, Meta, TikTok and Telegram appear to have been settled as the companies are no longer registered as debtors in the state bailiffs' database, online records showed this week. # ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ Chat_control:_EU_Ombudsman_launches investigation_into_Europol⠀⇛ Following a complaint by Patrick Breyer, Pirate Party MEP, the EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has announced that she has opened an investigation into the transfer of two former Europol officials to the chat control surveillance tech provider Thorn. Despite the obvious conflict of interest, the transfer of the officials, who had already been involved in child sexual abuse at Europol, was authorised by the authority. One of the officials was involved in a pilot project at Europol for the AI-based analysis of abuse reports, is now registered with the Bundestag as a lobbyist for Thorn and travelled to a Europol meeting with his former colleagues in his new role. O’Reilly is asking Europol to provide access to all documents relating to the transfer and its approval by 15 January. # ⚓ NYOB ☛ Creditors'_association_earns_millions_with_ (actually)_cost-free_GDPR_rights⠀⇛ Today, noyb filed a complaint and report against the creditors’ association KSV1870 with the Austrian data protection authority. Although Article 15 GDPR stipulates that the right of access must be free of charge, KSV is making huge profits from it. They use misleading website designs to urge people to purchase a high-priced "InfoPass" instead of getting a free copy of their data. The main target of this scheme appears to be foreigners. For example, the Department of Immigration (MA35) in Vienna requires KSV data as proof of solvency. The damage to unknowing victims is likely to run into the millions. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Expert_sounds_alarm_bells_over upcoming_NHS_data_platform⠀⇛ In late December, a month after the FDP was finally awarded to Palantir – the contract for which was heavily redacted – Helen Jones, senior safety investigator for the UK's Health Services Safety Investigations Body, pointed out the harms done by patient record systems in recent years. In April last year, a $10 billion Oracle Cerner project in the US ground to an indefinite halt following repeated problems with the rollout of electronic patient records (EPR), some of which caused physical harm to patients. # ⚓ 404 Media ☛ Google_Contractor_Pays_Parents_$50_to Scan_Their_Childrens'_Faces⠀⇛ Parents are asked to take 11 short videos of their children while wearing props such as face masks or hats, or no props at all, with each video lasting less than 40 seconds each. Overall participants can expect to spend 30 to 45 minutes on the task, the description reads. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Interview:_Russia_Bets_It_Can_'Outlast_The Attention_Span_Of_The_West'_To_Defeat_Ukraine⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting on a conflict that could drag on for years, Roberts says, and "outlast the attention span of the West." For Ukraine, whose fighters are more "adept," according to Roberts, much will depend on the country's ability to step up its own military production, with its Western partners playing a role. # ⚓ India Times ☛ A_group_representing_TikTok,_Meta_and_X_sues Ohio_over_new_law_limiting_kids'_use_of_social_media⠀⇛ The law was part of an $86.1 billion state budget bill that Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law in July. It's set to take effect Jan. 15. The administration pushed the measure as a way to protect children's mental health, with Republican Lt. Gov. Jon Husted saying at the time that social media was "intentionally addictive" and harmful to kids. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Can_TikTok_Shop_Take_on_Amazon?_That’s the_Plan_for_2024⠀⇛ Black Friday 2023 was a great introduction to the platform for many Americans, as Bloomberg reports more than five million new U.S. customers bought at least one item via TikTok Shop. The TikTok social media platform currently has around 150 million users in the United States, so there is plenty of room for the platform to grow. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Trump_accepted_millions_from_foreign_states_during presidency,_US_lawmakers_say⠀⇛ Through entities he owned or controlled, the report alleges, Trump accepted at least $7.8 million from at least 20 countries spanning the globe during his presidency, and in doing so, failed to seek Congressional approval, in violation of the US constitution. China was the largest contributor in terms of total payments made to Trump’s private business interests, the report alleges, which the authors assert is at odds with a president’’s responsibility to the public interest. # ⚓ US House Of Representatives ☛ White_House_for_Sale:_How Princes,_Prime_Ministers,_and_Premiers_Paid_Off_President Trump [PDF]⠀⇛ Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the Constitution forbids the President to accept money payments or gifts “of any kind whatever” from foreign governments and monarchs unless he obtains “the Consent of the Congress” to do so. Yet Donald Trump, while holding the office of president, used his business entities to pocket millions of dollars from foreign states and royalty and never once went to Congress to seek its consent. This report sets forth the records showing foreign government money—and all the spoils from royals we can find—pouring into hotels and buildings that the President continued to own during his presidency, all in direct violation of the Constitutional prohibition. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Welcome_to_2024,_the_Year_We_Stop_Trump’s Rolling_Insurrection⠀⇛ Publicly and privately, progressives I love spent the holidays confiding that they’ve never been so anxious about a coming year, especially a presidential election year. In The New Republic, editor Michael Tomasky tells us to “be prepared for 11 months of hell.” Oh, we are, Mike, we are. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Insurrection_Is_Far_From_Over⠀⇛ One key tell in all this unhinged mythmaking was that, for all the heavy-breathing invocations of deep-state choreographing of the insurrection, neither Trump nor any of the lead MAGA propagandists on the case have named a single alleged Lux Luthor figure knitting all the threads of conspiracy together. To be sure, the right-wing grievance-sphere abounds with drive-by insinuations lobbed at prominent public figures such as President Joe Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and FBI Director Chris Wray, but these are always blindingly vague and comically evidence- free. There’s a simple reason for this, beyond the imaginary character of the whole crusade: Affixing actual names and practices to the litany of stab- in-the-back allegations creates dire legal exposure for the accusers. That lesson’s been driven home in the sprawling industry of fallacious right-wing charges of election fraud that enabled the insurrection, in judgments that have so far cost Fox News $787 million and Trump attorney cum fascist carnival barker Rudy Giuliani $148 million. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Who’s_Afraid_of_Calling_Donald_Trump_an Insurrectionist?⠀⇛ There are many compelling political reasons not to disqualify Trump under the Fourteenth Amendment, among them the potential implications of removing the immense decision of who gets to be president from the electorate’s control. But to oppose his removal on legal, not political, grounds is to, in a circuitous way, make the same argument as Trump himself: that he is above the law—that the constraints of the Constitution apply to others but, for some reason, not to him. # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ When_young_people_seem_to_make_threats_on social_media,_do_they_mean_it?_A_web_app_could_offer clarity⠀⇛ The SAFELab team used this pseudo-dictionary created by the students to create online social media training for teachers, police, and journalists. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ If_Trump_Is_Not_an_Insurrectionist,_What Is_He?⠀⇛ The people decided. And Trump said, in so many words, that he didn’t care. What followed, according to the final report of the House select committee on Jan. 6, was an effort to overturn the result of the election. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Raskin:_Trump_has_fulfilled_‘worst_fears_and nightmares’_of_founders_with_foreign_spending_at_businesses⠀⇛ Oversight Committee Democrats found that the nearly $8 million in payments Trump took in could violate the constitutional prohibition on accepting funds from foreign governments. A majority of the payments, about $5.6 million, came from China and went to Trump’s hotels in Washington and Las Vegas and Trump Tower in New York, their report found. Raskin cautioned that the total number is likely larger because the report covered only two of Trump’s four years in office, related to only four of Trump’s more than 500 businesses and was able to examine only 20 countries. Still, it shows foreign governments and agents made payments directly to Trump-owned businesses while he was in the White House. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ This_Poll_Is_as_Important_as_a_Trump Trial⠀⇛ Trying and convicting Donald Trump for his January 6 crimes is necessary, but not sufficient, to reverse the tide of fascism in the United States. Just as important is defeating the Republicans who empowered Trump’s fascism, to punish them for doing his bidding for the last three years. Just as important is affirming the importance of democracy, is ensuring that Americans choose to protect democracy. A Trump trial should help convince swing voters; indeed, prosecutors plan to tie Trump directly to the violence that Republicans reject here. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Police_Union_Defends_Forfeiture_By_Saying_Anyone Carrying_A_Bunch_Of_Cash_Is_Probably_A_Criminal⠀⇛ I’m always heartened to see another local news team start digging into asset forfeiture. Especially the ones that don’t sugarcoat the findings with headlines that read like they were crafted by law enforcement officials. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ New_Year’s_under_shelling_How_residents_of Ukraine’s_Kharkiv_region_still_manage_to_celebrate, even_during_wartime_—_in_photos_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukraine_faces_$1_billion_claim_for nationalizing_Sense_Bank_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ 404 Media ☛ Download_the_Huge_New_Cache_of_Unsealed_Jeffrey Epstein_Documents_Here⠀⇛ We are publishing them here as a single ZIP file because PACER, the federal government's court records site is expensive, difficult to navigate, and buggy. We have downloaded some of them from the excellent RECAP service and some of them directly from PACER. The previous documents are available here. # ⚓ Emmanuel Maggiori ☛ Does_venture_capital_return_good_money to_investors?⠀⇛ VC firms are very secretive about their performance; they rarely disclose performance figures to the public and their LPs are contractually forbidden to do so. Sequoia Capital, the world’s largest VC firm, went as far as cutting its 22-year relationship with an LP for fear that a Freedom of Information Act request would force it to share performance figures publicly. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Explosive_Emails_Show_Prince Andrew_May_Have_Lied_About_Cutting_Ties_With_Jeffrey Epstein⠀⇛ However the emails, released as part of the U.S. Virgin Islands' civil case against JP Morgan, seemingly contradict his assurances. They suggest that the Duke of York had on a "number of occasions" contacted Epstein even before their 2010 meeting and in 2011, during which the duke said he had already cut ties with the offender. # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Jeffrey_Epstein_list:_Hillary_Clinton named_in_the_paedophile's_list⠀⇛ The third set of documents, which were made public on Friday, briefly mention Clinton along with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and several other people who were named as witnesses in a lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre against Ghislaine Maxwell, a close associate of Epstein. # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Jeffrey_Epstein_list:_Girls_would_get $200m,_Hillary_Clinton_named_and_other_10_big_revelations⠀⇛ Hillary Clinton was one of the "thirteen specific witnesses" mentioned by Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre sought copies of all communications between them and Epstein's ex- girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell as per The Messenger. # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Jeffrey_Epstein_list:_Third_set_of documents_connected_to_notorious_paedophile_released⠀⇛ These 100-page documents are in addition to the more than 1,375 pages that were revealed on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The first batch of documents caused such a huge online interest that the website that hosted them, Court Listener, crashed. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Finland's_Extreme_Cold_Freezes Even_Boiling_Water_Thrown_in_the_Air⠀⇛ He said he boiled water in his cabin, quickly brought it outside and threw it in an arc over his head - surviving the attempt without burns as the water immediately turned into an icy cloud that drifted away. The Nordic countries have seen extremely cold weather for the past few days, with the lowest temperature in 25 years at minus 44.3 C (-47.74°F) recorded on Friday in Enontekio, further north in the Arctic from Pyhatunturi where Untamo was staying. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Scientists_Drilling_Into_Magma_Chamber_for Potentially_Unlimited_Energy⠀⇛ Scientists in Iceland are steaming ahead with an ambitious project to drill straight down into a magma chamber that could provide not only the first direct look at the oceans of molten rock stewing miles beneath the Earth's surface, but a revolution in geothermal energy that could potentially see the technology be used anywhere on the globe with never before achieved efficiency. # ⚓ New Scientist ☛ World's_first_tunnel_to_a_magma chamber_could_unleash_unlimited_energy⠀⇛ Iceland is one of the most boring countries in the world. That is meant as a compliment, not an insult. The island nation is dotted with thousands of boreholes drilled deep into the rock to extract geothermal energy. They will soon be joined by another, which will be anything but boring. “We are going to drill into a magma chamber,” says Hjalti Páll Ingólfsson at the Geothermal Research Cluster (GEORG) in Reykjavík. “It’s the first journey to the centre of the Earth,” says his colleague Björn Þór Guðmundsson. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Study_finds_protected_areas_for elephants_work_best_if_they_are_connected⠀⇛ The team found that the most stable populations occur in large, core areas that are surrounded by buffer zones. The core areas are defined by their strong levels of environmental protection and minimal human impact, whereas the buffers allow some activities such as sustainable farming, forestry, or trophy hunting. Unlike the insular fortresses, core areas are connected to other parks, allowing herds to move naturally. # ⚓ AAAS ☛ Protecting_and_connecting_landscapes stabilizes_populations_of_the_Endangered_savannah elephant⠀⇛ The influence of protected areas on the growth of African savannah elephant populations is inadequately known. Across southern Africa, elephant numbers grew at 0.16% annually for the past quarter century. Locally, much depends on metapopulation dynamics—the size and connections of individual populations. Population numbers in large, connected, and strictly protected areas typically increased, were less variable from year to year, and suffered less from poaching. Conversely, populations in buffer areas that are less protected but still connected have more variation in growth from year to year. Buffer areas also differed more in their growth rates, likely due to more threats and dispersal opportunities in the face of such dangers. Isolated populations showed consistently high growth due to a lack of emigration. This suggests that “fortress” conservation generally maintains high growth, while anthropogenic-driven source-sink dynamics within connected conservation clusters drive stability in core areas and variability in buffers. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ MWL ☛ 2023_Income_Sources⠀⇛ My web site (TWP, or Tilted Windmill Press) is again this year’s star. The combination of direct sales, sponsors, and my homebrew Patreon is 34.71% of my income, a couple points over last year. It’s built on Woocommerce with a handful of commercial plugins that total about $600 a year. My business goal is to get folks to buy directly from me rather than retailers, so I’m content but not satisfied. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ OpenAI’s_Make_or_Break_Lawsuit_and_the Golden_Idol_of_AGI⠀⇛ The New York Times kicked off the holiday season by suing OpenAI and Microsoft. The paper of record believes that ChatGPT is violating various copyrights by using its articles as training data. It’s a landmark case that may end up before the Supreme Court and might change copyright law in America forever. This week on Cyber, Sharon Goldman of VentureBeat sits down with us to discuss the lawsuit, the coming presidential election, and all the other big AI stories she’s watching in 2024. # ⚓ Pete Brown ☛ We_should_stop_listening_to_people_who_tell_us that_obvious_solutions_to_problems_won’t_work.⠀⇛ Honestly, I shouldn’t use the passive-voice there. We haven’t “gotten ourselves” to that point. We have been pushed to the point where we don’t believe we can fix problems with the obvious solutions, because there are a bunch of people who are interested in not fixing those problems, and they fund media and politicians and pundits to push that agenda. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ California’s_Urban_“Doom_Loop”⠀⇛ But as bad as that urban “doom loop” might be in Manhattan, it’s worse in San Francisco, where more than a third of office space is now dormant, up from 25 percent in late 2022. That translates to 30 million square feet of unused space, and means that the city is experiencing the weakest post-pandemic recovery of any major urban area in the country. Once-thriving commercial areas have been largely abandoned, with homeless encampments ranged along the base of underused office towers. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ FTC_to_hold_virtual_AI_summit⠀⇛ The summit on Jan. 25 will include representatives from academia, industry, civil society organizations and government to discuss the state of AI and the real-world impacts of the technology. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Florida_Surgeon_General_Joseph_Ladapo_parrots_antivax disinformation [Ed: disinformation is now the go-to word when experimental, barely-tested vaccines are scrutinised]⠀⇛ It figures. Just when I didn’t have time to get a post out for tomorrow something big happened, starting off 2024 in a bad way. I’m referring to Wednesday’s press release from the Florida Department of Health, courtesy of its director, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo. In it, Dr. Ladapo calls for a halt in the use of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines based on, well…let me just quote the press release, because I have never in my life seen a government agency as important as the department of health for a large state issue a press release like this: [...] # ⚓ EFF ☛ AI_Watermarking_Won't_Curb_Disinformation⠀⇛ Unfortunately, watermarking schemes are unlikely to work. So far most have proven easy to remove, and it’s likely that future schemes will have similar problems. One kind of watermark is already common for digital images. Stock image sites often overlay text on an image that renders it mostly useless for publication. This kind of watermark is visible and is slightly challenging to remove since it requires some photo editing skills. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Critic_faces_charges_after_mocking_government_on Facebook⠀⇛ A government critic who was severely beaten by assailants on the streets of Phnom Penh in September was arrested Friday on charges of incitement and defamation after he made a Facebook comment that mocked the Ministry of Commerce. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Burkino_Faso's_youth_utilize_free-speech sanctuaries⠀⇛ The relegation of French as a working language has proven to be a divisive issue, with few daring to openly express their views. # ⚓ [Old] Government Executive ☛ How_VOA_Pressed_Ahead_to_Cover the_Tiananmen_Square_Anniversary⠀⇛ A second dispatch went out June 2 from Al Pessin, who was VOA’s Beijing correspondent in 1989 and is now in Kiev. He recalled how the pro-democracy movement expanded from a mostly student effort to include average people. “VOA was extremely popular on the square, with students holding up radios so crowds could hear our Mandarin-language newscasts,” he wrote. “Others transcribed our stories and posted them on electrical poles around the city. People asked me if I knew some of our famous Mandarin broadcasters. VOA pulled out one colleague from that service, Betty Tsu, who had come to report on the protests, fearing for her safety if there was a crackdown.” # ⚓ Reason ☛ Canadian_Immigration_Officials_Block_Citizenship Grant_for_Russian_Immigrant_Because_She_Was_Convicted_of_the "Crime"_of_Speaking_Out_Against_Russia's_War_of_Aggression Against_Ukraine⠀⇛ Kartasheva's blog posts condemning the invasion of Ukraine and atrocities committed by Russian forces ran afoul of new draconian Russian laws criminalizing dissent on the war. A Russian court convicted her in absentia, and sentenced her to an eight-year prison sentence. Ironically, the judge who sentenced Kartasheva is under sanctions by Canada, for her role in perpetrating human rights violations. Yet Canadian immigration authorities are relying on her decision in this case as a reason to deny citizenship. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Not_Bill_Clinton,_Jeffrey_Epstein_tried to_snap_the_nib_of_Vanity_Fair⠀⇛ In 2002, Jeffrey Epstein stormed into the office of Vanity Fair’s editor-in-chief, Graydon Carter, in an effort to stop the magazine from exposing his sexual crimes — which it ultimately did not. The magazine had been working on a profile of Epstein, the notorious paedophile financier with powerful connections, and had interviewed two of his accusers, sisters Annie and Maria Farmer, who had revealed his depraved behaviour. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Why_Assange_case_is_bigger_threat_to_press freedom_than_SLAPPs⠀⇛ The most significant is that of Julian Assange, whose final appeal to stay in the UK will be heard by a court in London at the end of February. So long has his incarceration dragged on, and so multitudinous are the issues that appear to surround his case, that he has faded from the public’s imagination. This is hardly surprising. His greatest revelation – the ‘collateral murder’ video – took place 17 years ago. He has not been at liberty for 12 years and has been in HMP Belmarsh for nearly five. # ⚓ Vox ☛ Eric_Levitz_and_Kyndall_Cunningham_Join_Vox⠀⇛ Vox editor-in-chief Swati Sharma and executive editor Elbert Ventura announced today that Eric Levitz has joined the brand as a senior correspondent on the politics team and Kyndall Cunningham as a staff reporter on the culture team. They began in their new roles this week. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 140_Journalists_Were_Killed_in_2023_Worldwide⠀⇛ By regions, the Middle East occupied the first place with 64 percent of the deaths recorded in 2023, followed by Latin America with 20 deaths; Asia, with 12; Africa, with 11; Europe, with four; and North America, with three. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ ‘Radio_Free_Everywhere’_defeats_the_purpose_of Voice_of_America⠀⇛ Now, scarce transmitting, newsgathering, talent and budget resources are split between the two stations. Administrative and management bureaucracies are doubled. Furthermore, Radio Free Asia and VOA duplicate one another extensively. See a story about Asia on one station’s website, and chances are you will see the same topic covered by the other station. It took me about 10 minutes to find stories about China’s new defense minister at VOA and RFA, both on Dec. 29. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Navajo_Nation_fights_sending_human_remains_to_the moon⠀⇛ "We're not trying to say, 'don't do exploration, don't go to the moon and don't do those types of scenarios.' All we're just saying is this is the one part that we feel like there should be some sacredness to it." # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Shop_Owner_Sentenced_To_Two_Years_For_Photo Without_Head_Scarf⠀⇛ A shop owner in Iran has been sentenced to two years in prison after publishing photos without a hijab, or head scarf, the U.S.-based human rights network HRANA said on January 5. [...] # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Taliban_arrests_women_for_‘bad_hijab’_in_first dress_code_crackdown_since_returning_to_power⠀⇛ Spokesperson Abdul Ghafar Farooq informed the AP that the ministry has received complaints about women not adhering to the correct hijab. After issuing recommendations and advice, female police officers were dispatched to arrest those who failed to comply. According to Farooq, these women are considered a minority, who violate Islamic values and promote improper hijab in society. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Body_found_near_where_Tibetan_Buddhist_monk_went missing⠀⇛ He served as an English language translator for the Dalai Lama and as a speaker and interpreter at many Buddhist conferences that delve into the intersection of Buddhism with modern science, psychology and Western philosophy. # ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_Urges_Pennsylvania_Supreme_Court_to_Find_Keyword Search_Warrant_Unconstitutional⠀⇛ Everyone deserves to search online without police looking over their shoulder, yet millions of innocent Americans’ privacy rights are at risk in Commonwealth v. Kurtz—only the second case of its kind to reach a state’s highest court. The brief filed by EFF, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), and the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (PACDL) challenges the constitutionality of a keyword search warrant issued by the police to Google. The case involves a massive invasion of Google users’ privacy, and unless the lower court’s ruling is overturned, it could be applied to any user using any search engine.  “Keyword search warrants are totally incompatible with constitutional protections for privacy and freedom of speech and expression,” said EFF Surveillance Litigation Director Andrew Crocker. “All keyword warrants—which target our speech when we seek information on a search engine—have the potential to implicate innocent people who just happen to be searching for something an officer believes is somehow linked to a crime. Dragnet warrants that target speech simply have no place in a democracy.”  Users have come to rely on search engines to routinely seek answers to sensitive or unflattering questions that they might never feel comfortable asking a human confidant. Google keeps detailed information on every search query it receives, however, resulting in a vast record of users’ most private and personal thoughts, opinions, and associations that police seek to access by merely demanding the identities of all users who searched for specific keywords.  o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ DomainTools ☛ Finding_New_ASNs⠀⇛ A surprisingly large number of ASNs get assigned by the Internet’s regional registries every month, see table 1. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ The Verge ☛ Apple_might_be_the_next_Big_Tech_company_facing antitrust_charges_in_the_US⠀⇛ The DOJ’s investigation is looking at how Apple blocks rivals from using iMessage as well as how the Apple Watch works better when used with the iPhone when compared to watches from other brands, the Times reports. Additionally, investigators are reportedly examining how Apple prevents other financial providers from using iPhone-specific payment services. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Moves_Closer_to_Filing_Sweeping_Antitrust Case_Against_Apple⠀⇛ The agency is focused on how Apple has used its control over its hardware and software to make it more difficult for consumers to ditch the company’s devices, as well as for rivals to compete, said the people, who spoke anonymously because the investigation was active. Specifically, investigators have examined how the Apple Watch works better with the iPhone than with other brands, as well as how Apple locks competitors out of its iMessage service. They have also scrutinized Apple’s payments system for the iPhone, which blocks other financial firms from offering similar services, these people said. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Justice_Department_could_file_broad_antitrust lawsuit_against_Apple⠀⇛ Three sources familiar with the matter told the paper that officials may file the lawsuit as soon as the first half of 2024. According to the report, the potential litigation is connected with an antitrust investigation that the Justice Department opened into Apple in 2019. The probe is said to be nearing completion. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Company_Threatens_To_Sue_Cyclist_For_Trademark Over_‘Near_Miss’_YouTube_Video⠀⇛ It’s no secret that there are mountains of examples of companies and individuals attempting to use intellectual property laws merely to silence critics and disappear information from the internet. While I’m sure this sort of thing must somtimes work, it’s also quite common for these would-be censorial folks to be introduced to the Streisand Effect instead, finding that the attempt to suppress negative information instead gains it far more attention than it would have had on its own. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ The_[Internet]_copyright_machine_wasn’t_made for_Mickey_Mouse⠀⇛ The Verge has reached out to YouTube and TeePublic for comment on their policies; YouTube has declined to comment on the record, and TeePublic hasn’t responded. But there are a few obvious possible explanations for the takedowns, since the examples above touch gray areas where restrictions could still apply. The first is that Steamboat Willie’s copyright status remains potentially messier outside the US, particularly in Europe, which is where YouTube appears to be restricting access. The second is that Disney still holds a trademark on Mickey, so — as explained by Duke School of Law professor Jennifer Jenkins with a handy mouse- shaped diagram — it can argue that certain merchandise might mislead people into believing it’s created or endorsed by Disney. The third is that Disney still holds a copyright on later iterations of the character, who appeared in Steamboat Willie without now-standard features like his white gloves or (since it’s a black-and-white film) bright red shorts. Both these features were included in Caine’s original shirt design and, notably, not a reworked version that remains online. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Report:_OpenAI_is_offering_news_publishers as_little_as_$1M_to_use_content_for_AI_training⠀⇛ This might seem like a paltry amount, given the rapid rise of the company’s flagship LLM, ChatGPT, but that might depend on the terms of those deals. The news comes from the website The Information, which said today it had spoken with two executives familiar with the matter. The report states that the company is currently negotiating with about a dozen media companies. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Copyright_Liability_On_LLMs_Should_Mostly_Fall On_The_Prompter,_Not_The_Service⠀⇛ The technological marvel of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, developed by AI engineers and experts, has posed a unique challenge in the realm of copyright law. These advanced AI systems, which undergo extensive training on diverse datasets, including copyrighted material, and provide output highly dependent on user “prompts,” have raised questions about the bounds of fair use and the responsibilities of both the AI developers and users. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Pro-Plex_News_Articles_on_Facebook_Deleted By_Markscan_On_Behalf_of_Plex⠀⇛ A South American news site reporting on developments in the streaming sector says its Facebook administrator account was limited after two of its news articles posted to the platform were flagged for copyright infringement. Published by Hollogram TV, the articles both featured positive news about Plex, based on information released to the media by Plex. The copyright complaints were filed at Facebook by anti-piracy outfit Markscan, acting on behalf of Plex. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Estonian_Government_Eyes_a_Pirate_Site Blocking_Regime⠀⇛ Estonia is the latest European country to consider implementing a pirate site blocking regime. The government has asked stakeholders for input on a copyright law amendment that would empower a local consumer protection watchdog to block copyright- infringing websites. Digital rights activists fear further normalization of Internet censorship. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1998 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 06/01/2024: Political Drone Strikes the 'New Norm', VideoAmp Lays Off 20% of Workforce⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 06, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights # Gemini*_and_Gopher # Personal/Opinions # Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ France24 ☛ US_teenager_becomes_first_human_to_beat_Tetris_with game-ending_glitch⠀⇛ A US teenager has beaten classic computer game Tetris, forcing it into a game-ending glitch in a feat previously achieved only by artificial intelligence. o ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Over_14,500_games_launched_on_Steam_in_2023, breaking_records_for_the_fourth_year_in_a_row⠀⇛ By launching an average of 36 games per day in 2023 according to SteamDB, Steam exceeded its previous "high score" in annual game releases. Steam's own Best of 2023 page also provides some insight on the most successful titles of the year. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Iggy_Azalea_Joins_the_‘Retirement_Train’ Following_Selena_Gomez,_Britney_Announcements⠀⇛ Following Selena Gomez and Britney Spears announcing they are focusing on other endeavors over their music careers—Iggy Azalea has done the same. The singer took to Ex-Twitter to announce that she hasn’t been “bullied away from music,” but rather that she finds design and creative direction more her speed. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ China_planning_1,600-core_chips_that_use an_entire_wafer_—_similar_to_American_company_Cerebras 'wafer-scale'_designs⠀⇛ Chinese Academy of Sciences builds 256-core Zhejiang 'Big Chip,' looking towards wafer-scale chips . # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Getting_an_ATI_9600_XT_AGP_card⠀⇛ I didn’t realise I had so many backdoored Windows 98-era gamers among you here, after I posted my recent_AGP_question. I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised! Based on overwhelming feedback, I managed to find an ATI_9600_XT_AGP_card. Based on the budget SKU RV360 processor, it had midrange performance but stood out for its energy efficiency. It was among the last cards that didn’t need an external power connector, which may prove necessary for the small (ish) PSU in my Dell Dimension 4100. It should also offer a nice bump from the Rage 128 Pro. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Telescope_Rides_On_3D_Printed_Equatorial_Table⠀⇛ In the realm of amateur astronomy, enthusiasts find themselves navigating a cosmos in perpetual motion. Planets revolve around stars, which, in turn, orbit within galaxies. But the axial rotation of the Earth and the fact that its axis is tilted is the thing that tends to get in the way of viewing celestial bodies for any appreciable amount of time. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Sandpaper_Alternatives_For_3D_Prints⠀⇛ A finished 3D print, especially plastic deposition types, often have imperfections in them from the process of laying down each layer of material and from the printer itself. For small batches or one- off parts, we might reach for a few pieces of sandpaper to smooth out these rough edges. While that might work for a small number of parts, it’s not always the best or lowest-effort option for refining these prints. There are a few alternative methods to try out if your fingers are getting sore, though. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Mobileye_shares_plunge_on_projected_50% drop_in_first-quarter_revenue⠀⇛ Shares of Mobileye Global Inc. plummeted more than 24% today after the chipmaker warned that its revenue will decline significantly this quarter.  The defective chip maker Intel Corp. unit posted the projection together with preliminary financial results for the previous quarter. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Xiaomi_Router_AX1500_WiFi_6_router_sells_for $25⠀⇛ Xiaomi Router AX1500 is an inexpensive WiFi 6 router with four antennas delivering up to 1201Mbps at 5 GHz and 300 Mbps at 2.4GHz and selling for just around $25 including shipping on Aliexpress. We had already cheap WiFi 6 solution with the Banana Pi BPI-WiFi 6 router based on Triductor Technology TR6560 dual-core Cortex-A9 router SoC and TR5220 WiFi 6 chipset going for $26, but that was the board only, and a complete system went for around $40. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ No_candy_for_old_kids_in_North_Korea⠀⇛ Government reduces annual candy gifts and gives them to fewer children ahead of Kim Jong Un’s birthday. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Doctor_Who_Christmas_Specials_Linked_to Lower_Death_Rates_in_The_UK⠀⇛ Science fiction or something more? # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Eating_Late_Can_Change_How_You_Burn Calories_And_Store_Fat,_Depressing_Study_Shows⠀⇛ It's not just what you eat. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Here's_Why_You_Should_Sing_Nursery_Rhymes to_Your_Newborn⠀⇛ It makes a big difference! # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Discover_An_Amazing_Practical Use_For_Leftover_Coffee_Grounds⠀⇛ # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ 154_workers,_five_of_them_child_workers,_killed on_the_job_in_December⠀⇛ Of those who died while working in December, five were child/young workers between the ages of 15-17. The Health and Safety Labor Watch listed the cases, stating, "This is the mission assigned to Turkey in the international division of labor. The children of poor families are employed as cheap labor." # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_7_Keys_to_Living_Longer_and Healthier⠀⇛ Ignore the hyperbaric chambers and infrared light: These are the evidence-backed secrets to aging well. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Renovated_hospital_building_in_Rēzekne_found_to have_major_defects⠀⇛ Water drips from the ceiling and leaks along the walls at a building in Rēzekne Hospital. This building had undergone reconstruction only last year, Latvian Television reported January 3. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ One_in_four_Latvians_commits_to_improving_their health_in_2024⠀⇛ Nearly a quarter, or 24% of the population, pledge to spend more time on their health - nutrition, sleep, rest, and other factors - in the new year, according to research company Kantar's survey conducted at the end of the year, LETA reports. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Authority_confirms_toxic_glycoalkaloids_likely_behind Musti_ja_Mirri's_pet_food_illnesses⠀⇛ The findings were similar to ones reached by the pet supply chain. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Use_These_Three_Mind_Hacks_to_Avoid Temptation_When_Eating_Healthily⠀⇛ It's all about the here and now. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China’s_latest_Hey_Hi_(AI)_restrictions target_scientific_research⠀⇛ The document is meant to guide researchers as well as research institutes, universities and medical institutions to carry out scientific research “responsibly”. o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Over_40,000_scam_suspects_in Myanmar_handed_over_to_China_in_2023:_State_media⠀⇛ Online fraud compounds thrive in its borderlands, staffed by trafficked victims from China and elsewhere. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Google_starts_tests_to_kill_third-party cookies_by_end_of_2024 [Ed: But is third-party something that includes Google?]⠀⇛ Google has started testing out the killing of third-party cookies which are used to track users from site to site and build profiles of them for the purpose of targeting advertising. # ⚓ NYOB ☛ Creditors'_association_earns_millions_with_ (actually)_cost-free_GDPR_rights⠀⇛ Creditors' association earns millions with (actually) cost-free GDPR rights KSV1870 uses misleading website designs to urge people to purchase a high-priced "InfoPass" instead of getting a free copy of their data o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Iraq_blames_US-led_coalition_for_‘aggression’ after_strike_kills_pro-Iran_military_commander⠀⇛ A "US strike" in Baghdad on Thursday killed a military commander of the Hashed al-Shaabi, an ex- paramilitary faction of the grouping said, with an Iraqi security official reporting two deaths in a drone attack. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Iraq_Condemns_U.S._After_Drone_Strike_in Baghdad⠀⇛ The attack, acknowledged by the Pentagon, killed a senior militant leader of an Iran-allied group with ties to the Iraqi government’s security apparatus. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Israel-Hamas_War:_Tensions_Escalate_on Israel-Lebanon_Border_as_Gaza_Reels_From_Deadly_Strikes⠀⇛ Growing attacks have forced thousands from their homes on both sides of the border between Lebanon and Israel, while Israeli forces continue to pummel the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ North_Korea_Fires_Artillery_Near_Border With_South_Korea⠀⇛ The South asked nearby islanders to seek shelter before it launched a military exercise in the disputed waters and chided the North for “threatening peace.” # ⚓ France24 ☛ Order_for_S._Korean_island_to_evacuate_as_N. Korea_fires_over_200_artillery_shells⠀⇛ North Korea fired more than 200 artillery shells near two South Korean islands on Friday, prompting evacuation orders for their residents, Seoul's defence ministry and local officials said. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ South_Korea_evacuates_islands_after_North_Korea fires_more_than_200_artillery_rounds_nearby⠀⇛ North Korea fired more than 200 artillery rounds into the sea on Friday near a tensely defended maritime border with South Korea, a military official said. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Kim_Jong-un’s_Daughter_Is_His_Likely Successor,_South_Korea_Says⠀⇛ Kim Ju-ae has long accompanied her dictator father to important state events, like long-range missile tests and military parades. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Kim_Jong_Un,_his_‘probable_successor’_tour_ICBM launcher_factory⠀⇛ The move shows Pyongyang’s stance on nuclear confrontation with the U.S. is a deeply serious commitment, says expert. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea’s_Kim_calls_for_boosting missile_launch_vehicle_production⠀⇛ Mr Kim called it an important task to prepare for a “military showdown” with the enemy. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Arresting_Malaysian_drug_lord_could solve_70%_of_Thailand’s_trafficking_cases:_Thai_police⠀⇛ Thai authorities had put up a 1 million baht (S$38,469) reward for his capture. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Friday_Briefing:_Islamic_State_Claims_the Iran_Bombing⠀⇛ Plus the seven keys to longevity. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_election_poses_early_2024_test of_US_aim_to_steady_China_ties⠀⇛ January 05, 2024 1:10 PM There is concern that a victory by the KMT's Hou Yu-ih could undermine US efforts to beef up Taiwan's military deterrence. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Taiwan_spots_Chinese_balloons_in_its_airspace⠀⇛ Alleged weather balloons from China were reported flying over Taiwan’s main island three days in a row. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan_presidential_frontrunner_Lai Ching-te_says_island_‘will_resist’_China’s_attempts_to influence_election⠀⇛ The Taiwanese people “will resist” China’s attempts to influence the island’s January 13 election, frontrunner presidential candidate Lai Ching-te told AFP on Wednesday as he hit the campaign trial 10 days before the pivotal poll. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Experts_See_a_Message_in_Chinese_Balloons Flying_Over_Taiwan⠀⇛ Some analysts see the objects as a calculatedly ambiguous reminder to voters that Beijing is watching. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ As_China,_US_warships_hold_drills_in disputed_South_China_Sea,_Beijing_slams_‘provocative’_moves⠀⇛ China on Thursday slammed what it called “provocative” moves by the United States and its ally the Philippines in the South China Sea, as both sides held drills in the disputed waters. Warships from China and the US conducted rival exercises in the sea this week amid heightened tensions involving US ally the Philippines. # ⚓ France24 ☛ China_and_US_hold_rival_military_drills_in disputed_South_China_Sea⠀⇛ China showcased on Thursday fighter jets firing missiles in the South China Sea, as it held rival military exercises with the United States in the hotly contested waters. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_Security_Council_calls_for_protection_of_global supply_chains_from_Houthi_attacks_in_Red_Sea⠀⇛ United Nations Security Council (UNSC) officials on Wednesday urged the safeguarding of global supply chains and the prevention of heightened regional tensions in response to Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Extremist_group_increases_attacks_in_western Uganda⠀⇛ Uganda claimed a significant victory over the Islamic State group (IS) in November when it captured a senior commander known as “Njovu” during a raid in which six members of his group were killed. The fighters belonged to the Allied Democratic Forces, which is based in neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Education_Dept._Official_Resigns_Over Biden’s_Policies_on_Israel_and_Gaza⠀⇛ Tariq Habash, who is Palestinian American, said the Biden administration “does not value all human life equally.” # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_Defence_Forces_buying_40_more_armoured vehicles_from_Patria⠀⇛ The Defence Forces are using an additional purchase option to order 40 more Patria 6x6 armoured vehicles. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Rail_fares_in_England_to_rise_by_4.9%_–_how to_save_on_transport_in_2024⠀⇛ Could you save money with a season ticket or railcard? # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ 3_dead_as_commuter_trains_collide in_Indonesia’s_West_Java⠀⇛ January 05, 2024 11:15 AM Some train carriages had derailed completely. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Indonesia_Train_Crash_Kills_at_Least 2,_Official_Says⠀⇛ Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from the crash near the city of Bandung. Rescuers were still trying to extract two people from one of the trains. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Cold_disrupts_Helsinki_bus_and_tram_traffic, some_trains_canceled_or_delayed⠀⇛ Delays and cancellations in public transport services in the capital region are expected to continue until at least mid-day. # ⚓ YLE ☛ VR_cancels_dozens_of_weekend_train_routes_due to_cold_weather⠀⇛ The trains taken out of service on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be sent for maintenance and to defrost, the company says. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Cold_and_colder_–_Enontekiö_sees_winter's record_low_of_-43.1_Celsius⠀⇛ This winter's national record cold reading, so far, was registered at Enontekiö in Finnish Lapland, where the temperature fell to -43.1 degrees at 2:30 pm Thursday. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Electricity_spot_price_to_hit_record_€2.35_per kWh_on_Friday⠀⇛ The price hike is largely being blamed on increased electricity demand due to the extreme cold but also problems at local power plants. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Aqueous_Battery_Solves_Lithium’s Problems⠀⇛ The demand for grid storage ramps up as more renewable energy sources comes online, but existing technology might not be up to the challenge. Lithium is the most popular option for battery storage right now, not just due to the physical properties of the batteries, but also because we’re manufacturing them at a massive scale already. Unfortunately they do have downsides, especially with performance in cold temperatures and a risk of fires, which has researchers looking for alternatives like aqueous batteries which mitigate these issues. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Wuhan_sculpture_spawns_two_more_kids,_sparking ridicule⠀⇛ Online comments take aim at the government's bid to boost falling birth rates and encourage bigger families. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ VideoAmp_Lays_Off_20_Percent_of_Staff⠀⇛ VideoAmp Lays Off Twenty Percent of Staff as CEO Steps Down US-based TV measurement business VideoAmp has announced it is laying off just under 20 percent of its workforce, as founder Ross McCray steps down as CEO. The company did not give much context for the layoffs, simply stating that “in an effort to focus on the business’ growth priorities and key client needs and services, VideoAmp has made the strategic decision to restructure the organisation”. McCray’s departure as CEO wasn’t linked to the layoffs. VideoAmp has announced a new executive team following McCray’s departure, with Peter Liguori, previously CEO of Tribune Media, taking the role of executive chairman, and Peter Bradbury, previously chief commercial officer at rival measurement company Nielsen, joining as chief commercial and growth officer. This new leadership team will be tasked with establishing VideoAmp’s metrics as a trading currency in US TV advertising. This has been a big focus for Nielsen’s competitors in recent years as agencies have explored multi-currency strategies. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Johor_state_govt_proposing_Iskandar Malaysia_be_designated_special_economic_zone_with_Singapore⠀⇛ It is not known if the proposal will be discussed between Malaysia and Singapore. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Startups_suffer_challenging_year_as_funding plummets_38%_in_2023⠀⇛ New reports released today by PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor and Crunchbase Inc. detail just how grim 2023 was for venture capital funding of startups, both in the U.S. and globally. The year saw global startup funding plummet to $285 billion, down 38% from 2022, according to Crunchbase. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Microchip_Technology_gets_$162M_in_U.S. government_funding_to_boost_domestic_chip_production [Ed: Another bailout from taxpayers]⠀⇛ Semiconductor firm Microchip Technology Inc. has been awarded $162 million in U.S. government grants as part of a plan to step up domestic production of computer chips and microcontroller units or MCUs that are key components in the consumer and defense industries. # ⚓ Breach Media ☛ 4_reasons_Canada_needs_part-time_work_for all⠀⇛ Universal part-time work would alleviate gender inequality, give parents more time with their kids, and teach men emotional intelligence o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korean_President_vetoes_bill_that wants_to_investigate_his_wife⠀⇛ The opposition wanted to investigate the first lady's alleged involvement in stock manipulation. # ⚓ RFA ☛ S_Korea_to_dissolve_Kaesong_foundation_amid_worsening inter-Korean_ties⠀⇛ The decision comes amid the firm stance of South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on implementing hardline policy towards Pyongyang. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ China_introduces_list_of_prohibited_actions_for officials_dealing_with_Beijing’s_entrepreneurs⠀⇛ The Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection of Beijing, China on Wednesday rolled out a list with 10 categories of wrongdoings to avoid for government officials who deal with entrepreneurs in the city to give a push to the private sector. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Trump_accepted_millions_from_foreign_states_during presidency,_US_lawmakers_say⠀⇛ During his presidency, Donald Trump accepted millions of dollars from foreign states including China, Saudi Arabia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a report released Thursday by Democratic lawmakers. Through entities he owned or controlled, the report alleges, o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_starts_detaining_petitioners_ahead_of_regional congresses⠀⇛ Some are forced to return home after pursuing grievances in Beijing, while others are held in detention. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Federal_Court_Says_First_Amendment_Protects Engineers_Who_Offer_Expert_Testimony_Without_A_License⠀⇛ Regulatory agencies can often be an essential part of day-to-day life, preventing people from engaging in activities they have no expertise in — something that could potentially endanger a lot of people. But they can also be overbearing brutes whose only concern is whether or not they’ve managed to extract as much money as possible from people who are experts in their field but have no desire to pay for the privilege of utilizing their skills. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Senegal's_supreme_court_rejects_Sonko's_appeal of_libel_conviction⠀⇛ Senegal's Supreme Court on Friday ruled against opposition politician Ousmane Sonko in his appeal of a libel conviction, dealing another blow to his hopes of competing in next month's presidential election, lawyers said. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Millions_Of_People_Are_Blocked_By_Pornhub Because_Of_Age_Verification_Laws⠀⇛ On January 1, 2024, the parent company of Pornhub.com geo-blocked adult users in the states of Montana and North Carolina. Aylo, the site’s corporate parent, said they did so in protest to laws these states adopted requiring adult platforms to verify their users’ ages through various age- check tools. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Chinese_Official_Fired_After_Backlash_Over Latest_Gaming_Industry_Regulatory_Plans⠀⇛ The war on China’s video game industry by the Chinese government continues, but it appears that its casualties aren’t only within the industry itself. Over the last couple of years, the Chinese government has put more and more restrictions on the gaming industry, primarily aimed at youths, that were designed for everything from restricting how long games can be played, to how much time they can spend watching video game streams, and so on. There was a bunch of talk early on about so-called “video game addiction”, except the government more recently declared victory over that addiction. Meanwhile, to date, all of those actions have resulted in thousands of businesses in or reliant on the gaming industry closing their doors and packing it all up. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_media_mogul_Jimmy_Lai_was ‘mastermind_and_sponsor’_of_foreign_lobbying_efforts,_court hears⠀⇛ Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was the “mastermind and sponsor” of a campaign to lobby for foreign sanctions on the city and on China, a government prosecutor argued in the pro-democracy activist’s high-profile national security trial. # ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Why_ad-funded_journalism-for-all_faces fight_for_survival_in_2024⠀⇛ Jim Edwards looks at the state of ad-funded online journalism after a disastrous 2023. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Strikes_shut_doors_at_world-renowned_French monuments⠀⇛ Tourists travelling to visit historic French landmarks the Eiffel Tower and Normandy's Mont Saint Michel have found their doors closed for part of the past two weeks, as striking workers complain of underinvestment and too many visitors. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_London’s_Tube_Is_Shutting_Down_Next Week⠀⇛ Large strikes by workers on the London Underground are expected to cripple the capital’s transportation network for several days. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ New_York_City_Sues_Bus_Companies_That Brought_Migrants_From_Texas⠀⇛ The lawsuit accuses 17 companies of carrying out a plan by the governor of Texas to send tens of thousands of migrants to New York. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Narco_Wi-Fi?_Authorities_seize_internet equipment_in_Michoacán⠀⇛ Residents of two Tierra Caliente towns were forced by a criminal gang to pay a monthly fee for its makeshift internet service. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ UnitedHealth_alleges_trade_secret_theft_by_ex-execs⠀⇛ Two former UnitedHealth Group executives allegedly took trade secrets with them on the way out the door and used the information to found a pair of diabetes management startups, the conglomerate claims in a federal lawsuit. UnitedHealth Group filed suit against Ken Ehlert, Mark Pollmann and other leaders of Lore Health and Sequelae in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on Dec. 28. According to the plaintiffs, the defendants used confidential information from 500,000 documents obtained during their employment at UnitedHealth Group about Level2, the company’s diabetes management platform, to establish a series of shell company competitors. o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Daugavpils_to_promote_authenticity_in international_project [Ed: Patent Office that was complicit in EPO crimes]⠀⇛ In December last year, the Patent Office, the Daugavpils University, and the city of Daugavpils signed a memorandum on cooperation in the network of cities of authenticity. This means that Daugavpils has become one of more than 10 cities in Europe ready to raise public awareness of the protection of intellectual property rights and improve the fight against counterfeiting and piracy at local level, Latvian Radio reported. # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Nokia_and_Honor_start_new_year_with_5G_patent monopoly_licence_agreement⠀⇛ Nokia and Honor are the latest telecommunication companies to sign a joint agreement which covers their 5G technological inventions, as well as other areas. According to the Nokia website, its patent monopoly portfolio is comprised of around 20,000 patent monopoly families, including over 6,000 patent monopoly families declared essential to 5G. # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ AiPi_affiliate_CTD_Networks' cybersecurity_patent_monopoly_found_invalid⠀⇛ On December 13, 2023, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of the challenged claims of U.S._Patent_9,438,614, owned by CTD Networks, LLC, an affiliate of AiPi Solutions,_LLC. The ‘614 patent monopoly relates to a network threat and response system and has been asserted against [...] Microsoft [...] # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ MemoryWeb_decision_reaffirms_Unified_as sole_RPI⠀⇛ On Friday, December 8, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued another final written decision holding that Unified Patents was the sole real party-in-interest (RPI). Samsung_Electronics_Co. Ltd._v._MemoryWeb,_LLC,_IPR2022-00222, Exhibit 2121 (public version, filed December 22, 2023). The decision is consistent with past decisions over the last_decade holding that Unified acts independently, without influence from its members in its challenges against non-practicing entities. Reversing a now-vacated ruling in an earlier case, the Board observed that Unified’s business was “designed to comply with RPI rules and to maintain its independence from its membership” and that its business model is “focused on deterrence rather than settlement of cases involving NPEs.” # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Federal_Circuit_Affirms Invalidity_of_Genus_Claims_to_Stevia_Production_Method Lacking_Written_Description_and_Narrower_Claims_as_Combining Natural_Phenomena_with_an_Abstract_Idea⠀⇛ In PureCircle USA Inc. v. SweeGen, Inc., No. 22- 1946 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 2, 2024) (non-precedential) [PureCircle Decision], the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court summary judgment siding against the patentee, PureCircle.  The court concluded that the stevia production method claims were all invalid, either for: (1) lack of written description for the genus claim or (2) lack of eligibility because the claims are directed to a natural phenomenon combined with an abstract idea.  Judge Dyk authored the opinion of the court that was joined by Judges Schall and Stark affirming the ruling of C.D.Cal Judge James Selna. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ The_TTAB_Issued_35_Precedential_Opinions_in 2023⠀⇛ The Board issued 34 precedential opinions in calendar 2023, a total slightly lower than in recent years. A number of trademark practitioners believe that the TTAB should be issuing more precedential decisions. The Board has made available a form for nominating a Board decision as precedential. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Books_Fatal_to_Their_Authors_ (1895)⠀⇛ This strange volume puts the lie to Ditchfield’s title: tyrants, not books, kill authors. o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Blunting_of_Life⠀⇛ A few days ago I saw an unsettling video about ultra-processed foods. A doctor in the UK who had a diet of about 20% ultra- processed foods switched to an 80% diet for one month and recorded the changes he experienced. One immediate change he noticed was that he had a desire to eat much more often. He practiced intuitive eating for the duration and would simply continue to eat when he felt he wanted food. At the end of the month, a study of his hormones confirmed that his body was making much more of the hormone ghrelin, which increases appetite, and less of the hormone peptide YY, which reduces appetite. Further, a scan of his brain after 30 days revealed that new neural paths were being created, specifically linking reward centers of his brain with simple, repetitive activities such as eating. # ⚓ Stargazing:_Gemini:_Fairbanks,_AK,_USA:_2024-01-05⠀⇛ I've been sick this last week, so I had to give up a number of stargazing opportunities during the recent clear weather. But this morning I woke up around 3am, a little earlier than normal, and I was feeling a little better, so I decided to rush off to the boat launch. After showering and several other chores, I made it to the boat launch about 4:15am. I considered bringing my PowerSeeker 127EQ, but decided instead to just bring my field guide and the Skymaster 12x60 binocs. # ⚓ Goals_for_2024⠀⇛ It seems like I blinked, and woke up in 2024! Where did 2023 go?? Well, I want to set some goals for the new year, and see how I do against them. The following list are what come to mind as I look forward to the next 12 months. # § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ CLI_Dev⠀⇛ There's a gap in your toolkit if you don't think to ever write a full-screen terminal program. This may depend on the definition; if you define it to be something chonky like vim or emacs then probably yes most programmers will not design one. If instead the definition is any program that takes over the terminal, then those are much easier to write and there are good reasons to write such programs for various needs. For example one might write a calculator (maybe an enhanced dc(1) that shows more context) or an XKCD comics metadata search program, or a wrapper around `grep -rl ...` that lets you review and fiddle with the list of files and invoke some other program with the results. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Fondly_remembering_when_Ban_was_merely_a_roll- on_deodorant⠀⇛ So much excitement under the gemini:/ / of late! Right and wrong! Left and right! Liberal and conservative! People blowing up people! Too bad ego will plumb all manner of separation-fostering blame to (n+1)^ (n+1) depths, but merely chuckle in haughty derision when confronted with the solution, i.e. its cessation. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3150 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 06/01/2024: Tensions in East Asia and ‘Your Freedom Is on the Ballot’⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 06, 2024, updated Jan 06, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Winter_Gnome_In_Snow_Art⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights # Gemini*_and_Gopher # Personal/Opinions # Politics_and_World_Events # Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Digital_Master_Tapes_Seek_Deck⠀⇛ As a nerdy kid in the 90s, I spent a fair bit of time watching the computer-themed cartoon Reboot. During the course of making a documentary about the show, [Jacob Weldon] and [Raquel Lin] have uncovered the original digital master tapes of the show. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printed_Cookies,_Sort_Of⠀⇛ Are there any cookies that taste better than the ones you make yourself? Well, maybe, but there’s a certain exquisite flavoring to effort. Just ask [jformulate], who created these custom chocolate-topped butter cookies using a mixture of 3D printing, silicone, and of course, baking and tempering. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Galaxies_in_the_Early_Universe_Were_Shaped Like_Bananas,_Study_Suggests⠀⇛ Images from the Webb telescope suggest that newborn galaxies look weirder than expected. Exactly how screwy was physics at the dawn of time? # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘The_best_science_is_international’:_UK,_EU restore_research_partnership⠀⇛ Britain is back in Europe! Well, in Horizon Europe, the European Union’s research and innovation program. The renewed cooperation between British and EU scientists is restoring opportunities that Brexit had stymied. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Our_Universe_Isn't_as_Clumpy_as_It_Used_to Be,_And_That's_a_Real_Problem⠀⇛ What are we missing? # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Our_Perception_of_Time_Can_Actually_Speed Up_Wound_Healing⠀⇛ Can we think our way to a faster recovery? # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Ten_Latvian_scientific_achievements_of_2023 highlighted⠀⇛ The Latvian Academy of Sciences (LZA) has compiled last year's greatest achievements in science in Latvia, highlighting a total of 10 studies on various topics, LETA reported January 5. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Studied_3,000_Viking_Teeth_And Discovered_Surprisingly_Advanced_Dentistry⠀⇛ We still prefer 21st-century treatments though. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Pablo_Iranzo_Gómez:_Advice_for_Telegram_usage_in education⠀⇛ Telegram is being used frequently at schools for allowing an easy communication flow using the ‘channels’, where teachers can send information to families without sharing their personal contact details so that they can’t be contacted outside of the official tools. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Nvidia_launches_another_sanctions- compliant_GPU_for_China_—_RTX_5880_Ada_debuts_with_14,080 CUDA_cores,_48GB_GDDR6⠀⇛ Nvidia releases the RTX 5880 Ada Generation graphics card for the Chinese market. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ High-Resolution_MIDI_Controller⠀⇛ For an older standard, MIDI has remarkable staying power in the music industry. It remains the de facto digital interface between computers and instruments thanks to its open nature, but its age does show a little bit. Sending control change (CC) messages, for example, was originally designed to fit within seven bits, which doesn’t give particularly fine resolution compared to more capable modern computers. To work around that, a fourteen-bit message is possible, doubling the resolution, and this MIDI interface uses this larger amount of data to send these high-resolution CC messages. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_ScottoKatana_Keyboard_Is_Cutting-Edge⠀⇛ The lovely thing about a hobby like keyboard building is that the melting pot of designs manages to never turn into a nasty porridge. Rather, it remains a tasty chili that keeps getting more flavorful with time. It’s a simple recipe, really; someone becomes dissatisfied enough with their peripherals to do something about it, often trying various designs until they either settle on one, or come up with yet another awesome variant that suits their needs — and possibly someone else’s down the line. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Biden_Administration_Quietly_Extended_the Unnecessary_COVID_Bailout_for_States_and_Local_Governments⠀⇛ Republican senators say the change is "mind-bending and deeply concerning." # ⚓ Meduza ☛ No_longer_withering_on_the_vine_More_than_30_years after_independence,_Armenia’s_winemakers_are_still_making_up for_lost_time_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ The_Perfidious_Unreality_of_the_“New Normal”⠀⇛ So, what’s with all the fake crying? Rachel Maddow pretended to cry about “kids in cages”. Matt Hancock pretended to cry about Covid vaccines. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Utah_Governor_Absolutely_Positive_That_Social Media_Harms_Kids_Despite_Study_After_Study_After_Study_After Study_After_Study_Saying_He’s_Wrong⠀⇛ Okay, look, at this point, we need to start calling out those in positions of power who insist that it’s unquestionable that social media is harmful to kids when the don’t present any evidence at all to back up those assertions. Because as we’ve been documenting, every single study that comes out these days seems to say the exact opposite. I know that I’ve posted this a few times lately, but I’m going to do so again, because it’s important to understand just how the research consensus is shaping up these days: # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Switching_to_a_Flip_Phone_Helped_Me_Cut Down_on_My_Smartphone_Addiction⠀⇛ Was it inconvenient? Yes. Did T9 texting drive me crazy? Definitely. Was it worth doing? Absolutely. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Crash_Diet_Could_Be_a_Seriously_Bad_Idea For_Weight_Loss⠀⇛ Here's what to do instead. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Reimbursable_blood_pressure_medicine_supply interrupted_in_Latvia⠀⇛ Many pharmacies in Latvia currently do not have the two cheapest reimbursable medicines to regulate blood pressure and heart rate, and they are also unavailable with wholesalers, the State Agency of Medicines (ZVA) told Latvian Television on January 4. # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Duluth’s_Essentia_Health, Wisconsin’s_Marshfield_Clinic_break_off_merger_talks⠀⇛ This is the second time since 2019 that Marshfield has been in failed merger talks. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ How_Hey_Hi_(AI)_helps_to_bridge_learning_gaps in_Indian_schools⠀⇛ In 2022, less than half of India’s schools had a computer and just over a third had Internet access. Hey Hi (AI) systems, such as Amazon’s Echo Dot speaker, are helping to bridge this gap. Hey Hi (AI) helps teach English, lesson plan, and identify at-risk students. o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ More_than_40,000_cyber_scam suspects_handed_over_from_Myanmar_to_China_in_2023⠀⇛ More than 40,000 people suspected of taking part in cyber scams in Myanmar were handed over to China last year, Beijing state media said Friday. Online fraud compounds have flourished in Myanmar’s borderlands, staffed by citizens from China and other countries who are often trafficked and forced to work swindling their compatriots. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Tax_officials_warn_of_renewed_online_scams⠀⇛ Fraudulent messages purportedly from Finland's Tax Administration are circulating again, aimed at stealing personal information. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Nigerian_Arrested,_Charged_in_$7.5 Million_BEC_Scheme_Targeting_US_Charities⠀⇛ A Nigerian national arrested in Ghana faces charges in the US for a BEC scheme involving two charitable organizations. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ Facebook_Link_History:_Privacy Nightmare_for_Users⠀⇛ Learn how Facebook (Farcebook) Link History, a new feature stores your browsing history across its platforms poses a serious threat to your online privacy and security. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ NYC_Mayor_Eric_Adams_files_lawsuit_against transporters_bussing_migrants_from_Texas⠀⇛ New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration filed a lawsuit against 17 bus companies on Thursday for transporting 33,000 migrants from Texas. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea's_Kim_Jong_Un_sends sympathy_messages_to_Iran,_Japan:_KCNA⠀⇛ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent messages of sympathy to the leaders of Iran and Japan on Saturday, state media said, after the countries were hit with deadly bombings and earthquake respectively this week. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_urges_‘calm_and_restraint’ from_all_sides_after_North_Korea_fires_artillery_near_South Korean_islands⠀⇛ China called Friday for “restraint” from all sides after Seoul said North Korea had fired an artillery barrage near two South Korean islands. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korean_minister_says_US_troops likely_to_stay_even_if_Trump_is_re-elected⠀⇛ It was earlier reported that Trump was considering letting North Korea keep its nuclear weapons. # ⚓ RFA ☛ North_Korea_fires_200_shells_into_sea_off_western coast⠀⇛ Move comes after Kim Jong Un and daughter tour ICBM launcher factory # ⚓ France24 ☛ S._Korea_issues_evacuation_orders_for_two_of_its islands_as_N._Korea_fires_more_than_200_shells⠀⇛ North Korea fired more than 200 artillery shells near two South Korean islands on Friday, prompting evacuation orders for their residents, Seoul's defence ministry and local officials said. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Homicide_Rates_Hit_Another_Historical_Low Despite_What_You_May_Have_Heard_Pretty_Much_Everywhere⠀⇛ The banal will never capture as much attention as the lurid. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Did_US_homicide_rate_rise_or_fall_in_2023?_The answer_might_surprise_you.⠀⇛ The U.S. homicide rate dropped by the most on record in 2023 – a welcome reversal after pandemic spikes in violence. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Historic_‘animosity’_between_IS_group_and_slain General_Soleimani_prompted_deadly_bombings_in_Iran⠀⇛ The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings that left at least 84 dead at a commemoration for slain Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on Wednesday. FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr explains the roots of the deep animosity between the Sunni Islamic State group and the late leader of the Shiite state’s Revolutionary Guards Corps. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Moves_To_Seal_Borders_With_Afghanistan_And Pakistan_After_Deadly_Blasts⠀⇛ Iran said it is shutting its vast borders with neighboring Afghanistan and Pakistan to increase security after the twin bombing that killed at least 89 people in the southeastern city of Kerman on January 3. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Says_Several_Suspects_Detained_Over_Suicide Bombings_As_Country_Mourns_Victims⠀⇛ Several suspects have been detained in Iran in connection with the Islamic State-claimed deadly suicide bombings this week that killed at least 84 people during commemorations for a former Iranian commander. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Ava_DuVernay_Wants_Her_Film_“Origin”_to Influence_the_2024_Election⠀⇛ The celebrated filmmaker is back with a challenging movie intended to provoke a political response. Plus, the subject of a January 6th conspiracy theory speaks out. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Neo-Nazi_Podcasters_Who_Called_for_Prince Harry’s_Death_Are_Sentenced⠀⇛ The men, who were described by the police as “homophobic, racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic and misogynistic,” received eight- and seven-year sentences. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ 2023_a_year_of_‘good’_mixed_with_‘bad’_and some_‘ugly’_for_the_SA_defence_industry⠀⇛ 2023 showed that the SA defence industry (SADI) is mainly on its own when looking for solutions and market opportunities. 2023 kicked off with a bang and the rolling story of the Lady R docking in Simons Town. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan_slams_China_balloons_as harassment_and_‘serious_threat’_to_aviation_safety⠀⇛ Taiwan’s defence ministry condemned Beijing on Saturday for sending balloons across the median line that separates the self-ruled island and China, saying they pose a “serious threat” to aviation routes and are a form of harassment. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_says_Chinese_balloons_threaten aviation_safety⠀⇛ Taiwan’s Defence Ministry accused China of threatening aviation safety and waging psychological warfare. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Taiwan_accuses_China_of_gray_zone_tactics_by_flying balloons⠀⇛ Taipei’s defense ministry said Chinese balloons spotted recently over Taiwan pose a serious threat to flight safety. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan_election_2024:_The_3 presidential_candidates_and_what_they_say_about_relations with_China⠀⇛ Taiwan’s presidential election on January 13 will shape the future of the self-ruled democratic island, from relations with China and the US to domestic issues that affect the livelihood of its 23 million people. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Philippines_hits_back_at_China,_says_joint_patrols with_US_not_‘provocative’⠀⇛ The activity, held within its territory, is its 'sovereign right,' Manila said. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Amnesty_International_welcomes_indictment_of_Chile commanders_over_response_to_2019_protests⠀⇛ Amnesty International welcomed Thursday the indictment of three senior commanders of Carabineros de Chile for their purported involvement in the disproportionate and unlawful repressive response to mass protests in Chile in late 2019. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Overstretched_and_undersupplied:_Can_the US_afford_its_global_security_blanket?⠀⇛ The hollowing out of the broader US manufacturing base has made defense companies dependent on supply chains originating in, of all places, China. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Commander_Challenges_'Enemy'_Naval_Presence In_Region⠀⇛ The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps vowed on January 6 to reach "the enemy" far and near as tensions soar on key shipping routes where Tehran’s allies have been attacking vessels. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Terrorism_in_Iran_Exposes_a_Vulnerability It_Doesn’t_Want_to_Admit⠀⇛ Even after the Islamic State took responsibility for deadly bombings, Iran’s government, facing public anger, blamed Israel. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Gaza_Losses_Mount_Under_Israeli Strikes,_Proper_Burials_Are_Another_Casualty⠀⇛ “The lucky are those who have someone to bury them when they die,” Dr. Mohammad Abu Moussa, a radiologist at one Gaza hospital, said of those killed by Israeli airstrikes. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Hezbollah’s_Leader_Says_It_Would_Not Negotiate_Peace_With_Israel_Until_War_in_Gaza_Ends⠀⇛ In a televised speech, Hassan Nasrallah addressed Israeli citizens directly, warning that they “will be the first to pay the price” unless the military action stops. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Two_Candidates_Approved_To_Run_Against_Putin In_Russian_Presidential_Election⠀⇛ Russia's Central Election Commission has registered two candidates to run against Vladimir Putin in a presidential election in March. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin_Aims_to_Strengthen_Russia’s Military_by_Easing_Citizenship_for_Foreigners⠀⇛ President Vladimir V. Putin is seeking to strengthen his military to fight in Ukraine while avoiding a potentially unpopular mobilization of Russians. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_sends_presents_to_Ukrainian children⠀⇛ The society “Your Friends” have created and sent Christmas gifts from donations from Latvian residents for 408 children from Ukraine, Latvian Television reported January 4. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Kurzeme_ready_to_take_on_more_Ukrainian refugees⠀⇛ According to the Ministry of Interior estimates, around 12,000 more refugees from Ukraine could arrive in Latvia this year. In western Latvia, Liepāja and Dienvidkurzeme municipalities are ready to accommodate around 150 to 200 Ukrainians in addition, while Ventspils says the capacity is almost exhausted, TV Kurzeme reports. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Russia_Hacked_Residential_Cameras_in Ukraine_to_Spy_on_Air_Defense,_Critical Infrastructure⠀⇛ Ukraine said Russia hacked two surveillance cameras and used them to spy on air defense systems and critical infrastructure in Kyiv.  # ⚓ Reason ☛ Canadian_Immigration_Officials_Block Citizenship_Grant_for_Russian_Immigrant_Because_She_Was Convicted_of_the_"Crime"_of_Speaking_Out_Against Russia's_War_of_Aggression_Against_Ukraine⠀⇛ If the absurd ruling stands, she could potentially be deported back to Russia, where she faces an 8-year prison sentence. # ⚓ France24 ☛ US_accuses_Russia_of_using_North_Korean missiles_against_Ukraine⠀⇛ Ukraine said Friday it was so far unable to confirm that Russia had used North Korean missiles to attack it after Washington accused Moscow of using weapons provided by Pyongyang. # ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘We_don’t_fit_on_the_island_anymore.’_Amid_war in_Ukraine,_Lithuanians_buy_property_in_Tenerife⠀⇛ Tenerife is a beloved destination for Lithuanians to spend holidays or the entire winter. After the war in Ukraine broke out, a number of Lithuanians also decided to acquire property on this Spanish island. “We don’t fit on the island anymore,” said a Lithuanian real estate agent in Tenerife. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_shops_will_not_remove_Vičiūnai products_after_its_designation_as_‘war_sponsor’⠀⇛ After Ukraine added the Lithuanian food manufacturer Vičiūnai Group to the list of international supporters of the war, due to it still operating in Russia, Lithuania’s major supermarket chains say they are not planning to remove the company’s products from their shelves. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Chechen_Leader_Offers_Ukrainian_Captives_In Exchange_For_Lifting_Sanctions_On_His_Family⠀⇛ The authoritarian ruler of Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has offered to release Ukrainian prisoners of war in exchange for the lifting of U.S. sanctions against his family members and horses, Russian media reported on January 5. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Troops_Shell_Ukraine's_Pokrovsk, Causing_'Casualties,'_Regional_Authorities_Say⠀⇛ Russian troops shelled the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in the eastern province of Donetsk late on January 5, causing “casualties,” the head of the regional military administration said. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Joins_U.S._In_Saying_Russia_Is_Using North_Korean_Missiles⠀⇛ Russia has hit Ukraine with missiles supplied by North Korea for the first time during its full-scale invasion, a senior Kyiv official said on January 5, a day after the United States said Moscow had used missiles obtained from Pyongyang in Russia's conflict with its western neighbor. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Nepal_Halts_Work_Permits_For_Russia,_Ukraine After_Soldiers_Killed⠀⇛ Nepal has stopped issuing permits to its citizens to work in Russia and Ukraine until further notice, an official said on January 5, after at least 10 Nepali soldiers were killed while serving in the Russian Army. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Citing_deaths_in_war,_Nepal_stops_issuing citizens_permits_to_work_in_Russia_and_Ukraine_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Attack_On_Kherson_Region_Kills_One_As_Ukraine Claims_Successful_Mission_in_Russian-Occupied_Crimea⠀⇛ In a rare admission of its military operations in Crimea, Ukraine has admitted it carried out attacks on a Russian military command post and a military unit in separate strikes on the Russia-occupied peninsula, saying it had inflicted "serious damage" to Russia's defense system. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine’s_Patriot_Defenses_at_Work: Shuddering_Booms_and_Bursts_of_Light⠀⇛ The American-provided air-defense systems have helped Ukraine defend itself against Russian assaults, but Washington has warned that it will not be able to keep them supplied for much longer. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Teardown_Of_Two_Russian_Missile_Sensors⠀⇛ Recently [Michel] received two packages from Ukraine containing some salvaged Russian electronics that once belonged to (presumably) a 9K38 Igla, Vympel R-27 or similar infrared homing missile, as well as a Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) from an unknown missile, though possibly from the Tornado family of MRLSes. The latter uses the Sagnac effect to detect the phase shift between two laser beams being injected into the same fiber when the fiber, and thus the device, are rotating. The advantage of such a gyroscope is that it is effectively solid- state, requiring only some optical components, amplifier stage and as shown here an Altera Cyclone II FPGA to integrate the results. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moscow_priest_who_spoke_out_against_war_in Ukraine_removed_from_post_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ramzan_Kadyrov_offers_to_release_Ukrainian prisoners_of_war_in_exchange_for_sanctions_relief_for his_family_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ LRT ☛ Russian_billionaire_Abramovich’s_son_received new_Lithuanian_passport_in_October⠀⇛ Arkadiy, the son of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, renewed his Lithuanian passport last autumn, a year and a half after his father was added to the EU sanctions list, the Siena Centre for Investigative Journalism reports. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania’s_education_minister_suggests_phasing out_Russian_schools⠀⇛ Lithuania’s Education Minister Gintautas Jakštas has said that the country should phase out secondary education in the Russian language, following an example of neighbouring Latvia and Estonia. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moldovan_Separatist_Leader_Denounces_New Trade_Duties⠀⇛ The leader of Moldova's separatist Transdniester enclave denounced Chisinau's introduction of import and export duties for his pro-Russian region, saying central authorities were violating fundamental rights and crushing business. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_likely_sending_its newest_missiles_to_Russia⠀⇛ The missiles are priced at about US$5 million (S$6.7 million) each. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘You_can_resist_much_more_than_it_seems’: St._Petersburg_librarians_on_Russia’s_book_bans_and_the ways_they_fight_back_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Authorities_in_Russia’s_Belgorod_region_to evacuate_city_residents_who_wish_to_leave_because_of shelling_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Belarus_president_enacts_stricter presidential_candidate_criteria_and_presidential immunity⠀⇛ The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko assented on Wednesday to comprehensive amendments to the law “On the President of the Republic of Belarus,” which tightened the requirements for a presidential candidate within the country. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarus_Recalls_Ambassador_To_Sweden_Over Naming_Of_Envoy_To_Belarus's_Democratic_Community⠀⇛ Minsk has recalled its ambassador to Sweden over the appointment of Sweden’s former ambassador to Belarus to serve as Stockholm’s representative to the Belarusian democratic community abroad. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Puts_Baku_On_Religious_Freedom_Watch List_As_Commission_Takes_Dim_View_Of_Belarus_Law⠀⇛ The United States has put Azerbaijan and three other countries on a watch list for engaging in or tolerating “severe violations of religious freedom” after Baku took over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ The_Law_Firm_Helping_Big_Oil_Weaponize_the_First Amendment⠀⇛ For years, the fossil fuel industry has maintained that the First Amendment protects its right to mislead the public about the climate crisis, but that criticism and protest of its operations violates the law. Now, one of the industry’s preferred law firms — which has long been recognized for its defense of the First Amendment — is arguing both sides of this issue in court.  Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher represents oil giant Chevron in lawsuits brought by dozens of state and local governments to hold the company accountable for deceiving consumers and the public about its products’ central role in climate change. (You may also recognize Gibson Dunn as the firm that accused U.S. attorney Steven Donziger and his Ecuadorian plaintiffs of racketeering after they defeated Chevron in Ecuador’s courts.) As the evidence of Big Oil’s long-standing campaigns of climate denial piles up, and the cases inch closer to trial, the firm is deploying a defense that seeks to protect its clients’ ability to mislead the public.  # ⚓ RFA ☛ Cold,_hot_and_wet:_China’s_year_of_climatic contrasts⠀⇛ The world’s largest polluter is facing extreme weather conditions. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Cold_and_colder_–_Enontekiö_sees_winter's_record_low of_-44.3_Celsius⠀⇛ This winter's national record cold reading, so far, has been registered at Enontekiö in Finnish Lapland, where the temperature fell to -44.3 degrees in the early hours of Friday. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_braces_for_deep_freeze_weekend_with temperatures_of_-40C⠀⇛ Although the weekend will remain bitterly cold, temperatures are expected to rise significantly across the country on Monday. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Sam_Thursfield:_Cross-border_rail_in_2023⠀⇛ A new discovery of mine for 2023 was the #CrossBorderRail_movement. It’s mainly a project of Jon_Worth who is investigating all current and former border crossings in the EU by train and bike. His motivation, aside from the fact that I guess he likes to explore, is to highlight obvious issues and improvements which are needed to get more people onto trains and off of short-haul flights. I have some experiences to share in that area myself. Back in June I made an unambitious commitment to take no more than 10 flights in 2023, which I didn’t actually meet having taken the 11th flight to get back to the UK for Christmas. (I think the climate crisis is built on people making unambitious targets and then failing to meet them anyway). Anyway, I decided to return by train to Santiago. I have plenty of experience taking unadvisably long overland trips. The apex of this being driving to Mongolia in 2016 and taking the train back from Ulan Ude, Russia to Manchester. By comparison, travelling from North Wales to Galicia seems pretty straightforwards. However due to a combination of factors, this trip in late 2023 had more issues than that much longer journey of 2016. Here’s how it went. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Record_high_electricity_spot_prices_set_to decrease⠀⇛ Extreme prices of more than 2€ per kWh on the electricity exchange will experience a sharp fall on Saturday, but remain well above normal levels. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Go_forth_and_multiply⠀⇛ Authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan pressed the creator of a riverside sculpture of a mother, father and single child to add two extra offspring under the Communist Party's campaign to encourage people to have more kids to boost flagging birth rates. Guo Xue was asked to give his work in Wuhan's Jiangtan Park, titled "A Better Future," a makeover, and added two extra children to reflect the government's current "three-child" policy, rather than the one-child policy of recent decades. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_cinemas_enjoy_bumper_year,_but_fall_short_of pre-pandemic_levels⠀⇛ Ticket sales were up 25 percent year-on-year, with domestic productions such as Aki Kaurismäki's 'Fallen Leaves' and international blockbuster 'Barbie' driving the increased footfall. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Eurozone_Price_Pressures_Edged_Higher_to End_the_Year⠀⇛ Inflation in the countries that use the euro rose to 2.9 percent in December, but the underlying rate continued a downward trend. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Higher_food_prices_drive_December_inflation⠀⇛ Preliminary data compiled by Statistics Finland found that food prices were up by more than 3 percent year-on-year last month. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Ecuador_President_Daniel_Noboa_announces_plan_for referendum_on_stricter_security_measures⠀⇛ Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced on Wednesday plans for a national referendum to implement stricter anti-crime legislation and tighten security measures in a bid to curb an upward trend of escalating crime rates and violence in the country. # ⚓ France24 ☛ US_Secretary_of_State Blinken_arrives_in_Turkey on_Mideast_tour_focused_on_Gaza⠀⇛ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey on Friday as part of a Middle East tour amid mounting fears the war in Gaza will become a larger regional conflict. Lebanon filed a complaint to the UN Security Council over Israel's suspected assassination of Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut, while Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the group must respond to Arouri's assassination on Lebanese soil. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ SADC_mission_deploys_to_DR_Congo⠀⇛ The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has deployed a mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the major aim of restoring peace and security in the eastern part of the sprawling central African country. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Bangladesh_holds_general_election_on Sunday⠀⇛ Bangladesh holds a general election on Sunday, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set to win a fourth straight term and the fifth overall for her Awami League-led alliance, despite an economy that required an international bailout last year. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ What_We_Lost_When_Ex-Twitter_Became_X⠀⇛ As a former Ex-Twitter employee, I watched Elon Musk undermine one of the Internet’s most paradoxical, special places. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Condemns_Trump_In_Re-Election Speech:_‘Your_Freedom_Is_on_the_Ballot’⠀⇛ The president framed the election as a choice between a candidate devoted to upholding American ideals and a chaos agent willing to discard them for his personal benefit. # ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ How_Corporate_Media_Whitewash_Israeli Crimes:_A_Personal_Narrative⠀⇛ This speech was delivered by MintPress founder Mnar Adley in Chicago at the Sirat Conference on December 25th, 2023. Adley was invited to give a keynote address to talk about corporate media’s complicity in Israeli war crimes and Israel’s attack on journalists. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Biden_cites_Trump_promises_of_‘revenge_and retribution’_in_first_campaign_speech⠀⇛ US President Joe Biden accused Donald Trump, his likely rival in the 2024 presidential contest, of placing concern for his own personal power over the service of democracy in a Pennsylvania speech on Friday intended to kickstart his campaign and mark the third anniversary of the January 6 attacks on the Capitol. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Magistrate_Judge/Zoologist_Recommends_Dismissal_of Drug_Company's_Libel_Claim_Against_Scientists⠀⇛ An excerpt from a long report and recommendation released Wednesday by Magistrate Judge Ona Wang (S.D.N.Y.) in Cassava Sciences, Inc. v. Bredt; [...] # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Hong_Kong_activist_pleads_guilty_to_sedition charges⠀⇛ Hong Kong activist Chu Kai-poon pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of sedition at Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts. Chu was previously arrested on November 27 by national security police at the Hong Kong International Airport for wearing a shirt with “seditious wording.” # ⚓ RFA ☛ Critic_faces_charges_after_mocking_government_on Facebook⠀⇛ Badly beaten in September, Ny Nak has been critical of government ministries for some time. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Review:_Banksy's_Iconic_Art_on_Display_in_London⠀⇛ The unauthorized "Art of Banksy" exhibit includes ads from the street artist's real-life Palestine hotel. # ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ Twitch_Implied_Nudity_Ban:_The_End_of_the Censor_Bar_Meta⠀⇛ Leran about the Twitch Implied Nudity Ban, a new update of Twitch in response to a recent trend, where streamers making an illusion of being naked. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ ‘Fat_Leonard’_seeks_new_attorneys ahead_of_sentencing_in_Navy_bribery_case,_causing_another delay⠀⇛ Convicted Malaysian defense contractor Leonard Francis who led a daring escape weeks before he was scheduled to be sentenced in 2022 is seeking new defense attorneys now that he is back in U.S. custody after the Venezuelan prisoner swap last month. # ⚓ Reason ☛ What_If_Your_Children's_Bickering_Never_Stops?⠀⇛ The case caption promises a mix of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle: The plaintiff styles himself "The Excellent the Excellent Patel, from all capacities" and the defendants are Patel and Kumar. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Lifting_a_hurdle_to_a_welcome_home⠀⇛ California rescinds housing laws that discriminate against people previously incarcerated as part of a broader shift binding rehabilitation to individual dignity. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Breaking:_Live_Nation_Moves_to_Dismiss Sexual_Orientation_Discrimination_Lawsuit_from_Ex- Contractor⠀⇛ Live Nation has moved to dismiss a lawsuit it’s facing for allegedly cutting ties with a contractor because of its owner’s sexual orientation. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Activist_priest_stages_25-day_sit-in at_gov’t_HQ_demanding_right_of_abode_for_Hongkongers’_China- born_children⠀⇛ An activist priest in Hong Kong has begun a 25-day silent sit-in outside Admiralty’s government headquarters, demanding authorities grant the right of abode to Hongkongers’ mainland-born children. Reverend Franco Mella, an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a veteran human rights activist in the city, led a group of elders on Friday to the demonstration. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Prepare_For_A_Ton_Of_Dumb,_Counterproductive Streaming_Video_Mergers⠀⇛ While Comcast’s streaming service Peacock has now reached 30 million subscribers, Comcast has been taking an absolute bath on the proposition. Comcast CEO Mike Cavanagh says the company lost nearly $3 billion dollars on the effort last year alone. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ CCIA ☛ Examining_State_Activity_in_the_Antitrust_and_Competition Space⠀⇛ The 2023 state legislative session saw seven state legislatures introduce competition-related legislation [...] o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Sharon_Israel,_PTO_New_Chief Policy_Officer⠀⇛ Congratulations to Sharon Israel on her new leadership role at the USPTO.  I was happy to learn that Director Vidal has appointed Sharon Israel as its new Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs. Ms. Israel has been a leader of the patent monopoly bar for many yeas and will bring tremendous expertise to this important role overseeing the USPTO’s policy and international programs.  For the past few years, she has been a partner at Shook Hardy focusing on patent monopoly litigation — primarily on the defense side. # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Federal_Funded_Innovation_and March-In_Rights⠀⇛ The Biden Administration is seeking comment on its proposed framework for how how agencies should evaluate exercising “march-in rights” over federally funded inventions. For those familiar with march-in rights, this guidance has been a long time coming. While these powers have technically existed for years under the Bayh-Dole Act, the lack of clear procedures around their use has rendered them largely theoretical. This proposal could change that. # ⚓ JUVE ☛ InterDigital_prevails_against_Oppo_and_OnePlus_over SEPs_in_Munich⠀⇛ For years, InterDigital has fought various mobile phone manufacturers in different countries over SEPs relevant for the 3G, 4G and 5G standards. # § Kangaroo Courts⠀➾ # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Top_ten_of_most_popular_articles of_2023 [Ed: These patent maximalists are shamelessly celebrating a high-level crime, an unconstitutional kangaroo court]⠀⇛ The Unified Patent Court, what else? For the patent monopoly community 2023 was a historical year. After two decades of hard work and debates, but also delays, court cases, Brexits and other disappointments, the new European patent monopoly court finally opened its doors and the Unitary Patent saw the light of day. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ The_Top_Ten_TTAB_Decisions_of_2023_(Part_I)⠀⇛ The TTABlogger has once again chosen the ten (10) TTAB (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) decisions that he considers to be the most important and/or interesting from the previous calendar year (2023). This is the first of two (2) posts; the first five (5) selections are set out below. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Breaking:_French_Montana_Beats_“Ain’t Worried_About_Nothin’”_Copyright_Lawsuit_Despite_‘Apparent Similarities’_With_Allegedly_Infringed_Work⠀⇛ French Montana has officially beat a copyright monopoly infringement lawsuit over “Ain’t Worried About Nothin.’” But in issuing its summary judgement, the court acknowledged similarities between the popular track and the plaintiff’s allegedly copied work. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Exclusive:_The_Rolling_Stones,_BMG, and_Universal_Music_Face_Appeal_in_‘Living_in_a_Ghost_Town’ Copyright_Suit⠀⇛ The plaintiff in a copyright monopoly infringement suit against Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and others is officially appealing the case’s dismissal. This filing party only recently submitted a notice of appeal, with a Louisiana federal judge having tossed the suit on jurisdictional grounds in October of 2023. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Why_Some_Academics_Are_Reluctant_to_Call Claudine_Gay_a_Plagiarist⠀⇛ A political-science professor wrestles with his role in the drama surrounding the former Harvard president. o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Sollemnitas_Magorum⠀⇛ As "Heilige Drei Könige" is a bank holiday in Bavaria, all the shops are closed today. We of course planned to do some shopping for food as we always do on Saturday mornings, but after waking up I realized that this is not going to happen today. So we went back to sleep. # ⚓ something_different⠀⇛ Normally, if a stranger talks to me on Messenger, it's always catfishing. I usually say that I don't know the person, or that they have the wrong phone number, and end the conversation. However, in this case, the person is often persistent and tries to continue the conversation. So today I tried something different: I simply said that I hadn't heard about the appointment today. To my surprise, the person stopped talking to me. I'm going to try this method for a while. :) # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ACJLOUR_Wordo:_SECTS⠀⇛ # ⚓ #Lore24_-_Day_6_-_Telepathic_Withdrawal⠀⇛ One of the removed chapters from Flight of the Scions[1] was a memory from Ruben's father of watching his wife going through telepathic withdrawal[2] after they were forced to leave the Isle of Vo. It was a rough scene, mainly because Tagon was struggling to contain his emotions but also because it established the idea that having an always-on connection to a massive collective for thirty years and then suddenly having it disconnected can be devastating. # ⚓ Welcome_to_polprog's_gophersite⠀⇛ For now, please check out this cool 8086 ascii art # § Politics and World Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Book_Report:_The_Consolation_of_Philosophy⠀⇛ I do a lot of reading on my own, but don't get to share the things I've read with others much. This year I'm going to try out a new exercise: write a book report for books I read on my own. My hope is that these reports will help me better retain what I've read, and act as a kind of TLDR I can reference back for myself in the future. If nothing else perhaps some others will find these summaries useful, if not interesting. # ⚓ dimkr:_Some_Opinions_on_the_Israeli-Palestinian Conflict⠀⇛ This is not the most fluent text I've ever written, mostly because it's a series of thoughts I collected in a text file over some time. I know this is a very sensitive topic and I apoligize I failed to remove all traces of bias and all opinions not clearly marked as opinions. I know many people smarter than me, and many people with better communication skills (especially in English), so please believe me that my intentions are good even if I made the mistake of choosing words that offend somebody. Here's some context, to allow critical reading: I grew up in Beer Sheva; I remember the fear to take a bus ride to school, the rockets and the events leading to Operation Cast Lead and the operations that came after it. My opinions are very different today compared to back then: I'm a 31 years old, Jewish man married to a Jewish woman (both of us originally from the south, with family there), we live in Rishon Lezion (big city in central Israel) and we're very luck to be alive, have each other and have our (old and crumbling) house. We hear explosions all day long, including intercepted rockets above Ashdod or Ashkelon, and sometimes we hear faint, bass-heavy explosions or see the window glass shaking, when the news says the air force is bombing tunnels in Gaza. [...] Without adding too much detail: some relatives of my wife were murdered or kidnapped by Hamas. [...] The political situation in Israel forces the formation of a coallition government, and the right wing parties achieve majority easily, if they subject themselves to the demands of nationalist or religious parties. # ⚓ Yretek⠀⇛ A recent trouble in Antenna shows the need for more than one platform for whatever: sharing posts, forums, engines... Because yes, the owner of a platform has every right to disallow content that she or he or hän doesn't want there. # ⚓ Happy_Theophany!⠀⇛ Hey Gemini! Happy feast! I woke up early today and went to church, and I'm gonna do it again tomorrow. Since we did the Blessing of Water after Liturgy today, I have some holy water from the church. I labeled it in a few languages, writing 'ἁγίασμα', 'apă sfințita', 'holy water', and 'haleġwæter'. Classes begin again on Monday, and I'm trying to enjoy the time off. Yesterday I walked all the way to Mt. Lykavēttós and saw the (unfortunately abandoned) amphitheater. It's a bit of a mess up there, but the views are amazing. I wanted to visit the church of St. George at the top, but I was 1 minute late and didn't make it in time. # § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Teaching_NixOS_about_OpenTofu⠀⇛ In my endless quest to come up with a completely data-driven and reproducible environment, I decided to take a stab at a new automation tool: OpenTofu[1]. I've already gotten a good NixOS[2] setup, but I wanted to also be able to check in the setup for my instances (and to a smaller degree, my bare metal servers in my home lab) to expand on the functionality. It didn't hurt that work had settled on Terraform. # ⚓ Testing_syncthing⠀⇛ I don't know why I haven't tried syncthing sooner. This tool is awesome. It is possibe to pair all the devices you want (many OS supported) and, on each device, you can choose folders you want to sync and with which device(s). many options are available. # ⚓ little_question_about_username_changes⠀⇛ I've been kinda thinking about changing mine - is it possible to do so? And how should I contact m15o or someone else about it? Also... wooo first post! I've been lurking and commenting since around April or May of last year, and it's a little funny that my post isn't some deeply philosophical prompt but a very ordinary, very meta post. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Gemini_reminds_me_why_I'm_tired_of_the_web⠀⇛ Discovering this network has been a breath of fresh air for me, and it's made me realize just how much the web has sucked the life out of me. There are the usual reasons: the Big Tech hegemony, the attention economy, social media, privacy, etc. But there's also all the small ways that the cognitive load of maintaining websites has been slowly poisoning my spirit. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Back_to_the_Rust_programming_language⠀⇛ I’ve decided to return to Rust as my default programming language. At this point I think that when I have an opinion, there is only one thing that will surely happen: At some point in future I’ll change my opinion… Since some time I’m working on a personal project of mine, which I always dreamed of. And this time I’m actually making progress, not a big one, but progress nonetheless. And I’m feeling great about it. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. 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