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Drop the "E"? SOME years ago, without any transparency whatsoever (back room deals, probably NDAa too), the EPO said it would outsource to Microsoft and in the wake of backlash António_Campinos appointed some friends and losers to pretend to be experts in privacy or - to use their own ludicrous buzzwords of choice - "data protection" (Microsoft_cannot_even_protect_its_own_data). Everything in the Office of Benoît_Battistelli, which had an actual Stasi (and agencies connected to the real Stasi), was rebranded "data protection" something. Simona Barbieri was appointed as a chief liar (Data Protection Office), covering_up_what_should_constitute_an_investigation_if_not_an_actual_arrest, and here we are after 3 years, with Microsoft (hence, NSA_too) basically controlling the EPO's systems and EPO data from all around the world. How is this even possible? Insane! Is the EPO some boutique shop that cannot hire (or afford to hire) a pair of skilled engineers? This reinforces the idea that multinational monopolists are in effect controlling Europe, and the EPO is just one of their de facto 'outposts'. EPO pours money into Microsoft's coffers while taking_money_away_from_staff. Are there kickbacks involved and, if so, who nets them? Microsoft is not just a criminal company; it keeps attacking Free software while lobbying for European_software_patents. It attacks rivals using patents and now it controls patent offices too (in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) they almost force people to use Microsoft's proprietary formats now, even as applicants). Let's remember that today's EPO, despite knowing that software patents are problematic and likely not legal (courts throw them out), is pressuring examiners to grant_them_anyway. To have a software patent (monopoly on maths) revoked in the EPO is very expensive - so expensive that few will bother. 2 days ago Unified Patents (no connection to the illegal UPC, just a similar name) said that it managed to squash a Dolby HEVC/AV1 patent from the EPO. Obviously it covers algorithms. Dolby_used_to_blackmail_GNU/Linux_and_probably_still_does_using_software patents, so EPO misconduct has a direct_effect on European developers of Free software and integrators of GNU/Linux distros. Some of them spoke directly to us. As per Unified_Patents: "On January 17, 2024, the European Patent Office announced the revocation of all claims of EP_3798988. The EP ‘988 patent is owned by Dolby_International_AB and is related to patents that have been declared essential to Access_Advance and SISVEL’s AV1 patent pools." Now that the EPO is controlled by Microsoft, at least at a technical level, the above granting policy is worth bearing in mind. Microsoft is illegally gaining access to all this confidential data. If that's not in violation of the tenets of the Office, what is? The following letter from last month* concerns Data Protection Regulations (DPR), mentioning directly "SharePoint, OpenText, OneDrive". We already explained, way back in 2021, why the "encryption" they claim to have in place is a hoax (the passphrases are sent through Microsoft for data that resides on Microsoft servers). European Patent Office 80298 Munich Germany Central Staff Committee Comité central du personnel Zentraler Personalausschuss centralSTCOM@epo.org Reference: sc23139cl Date: 07/12/2023 European Patent Office | 80298 MUNICH | GERMANY Ms Nellie Simon (Vice-President VP4) By email: vp4office@epo.org Copy to: Ms Simona Barbieri (Data Protection Office) By email: dpo@epo.org § OPEN LETTER⠀➾ § Data Protection Regulations (DPR) - Staff Committee Resources⠀➾ Dear Ms Simon, As you are probably aware, the adoption of the Data Protection Regulations (DPR) at the EPO, which entered into force in 2022, was an important step forward for the protection of personal data. Derived from it, different departments have issued data protection statements and records, in which the data protection operations are described and documented. The Central Staff Committee (CSC) and Local Staff Committee (LSCs) want to contribute to the success of this policy. We are currently active in drafting suitable Data Protection records, together with experts of the Data Protection Office (DPO). During this task, we have realized that an important part of the challenges to define and implement a data protection policy for the staff representation comes from the difficulties to administer our current documentation. The adoption of the DPR itself added new documentation constraints for the statutory Staff Committees (SCs) (e.g. by the creation of a separate framework for the settlement of disputes, the Data Protection Board). The Office has changed several times in the last years the archiving/ publishing systems offered for SCs (e.g. new Intranet, SharePoint, OpenText, OneDrive). An important part of our documentation is distributed, managed in different local repositories, a fact that makes difficult the enforcement of coherent policies across the different operational levels. In addition, the progressive introduction of ===================================================================== software solutions in different stages of the history has led to an incomplete transition from paper archives to digital ones. From this situation, an attempt to define, at this moment, a data protection statement which fairly reflects optimal data protection practices is doomed to fail. The CSC and LSCs have requested, along many years, the adscription of secretarial resources for assisting the respective committees in the management of the internal documentation, including the archives. The CSC and LSCs used to have assigned several full-time secretaries. However, in the last fifteen years, they were not replaced by the Office after retirement. As a result, the secretarial support has been completely removed. So far, and despite the number of repeated claims to reinstate such support, our demands have been disregarded. The Office has shown no willingness so far to progress on our requests. The matter is now for example the subject of the internal appeal RI/2022/010-xx. We can only continue the technical work with the Data Protection experts to define our internal data protection policies once we clearly know which are the resources we can count with. The recent discussions with the experts revealed that much more resources than originally requested should be allocated to CSC/LSCs: - secretarial support equivalent to 2,5 FTE for the CSC and LSCs, - specialized IT support, and - the necessary digital resources for structuring the documentation and archives, including storage, scanning, data management, encryption and anonymisation resources. We hope that you understand that such lack of resources is delaying unnecessarily the establishment of Data Protection Statements for SCs. In view of the urgency of the matter, we would like to suggest a meeting with your services to coordinate the selection of such resources. Once we have deployed the solutions, we will be in a better position to continue with the definition and implementation of solid data protection policy for the staff representation. We thank you for arranging such a meeting at your earliest convenience. With best regards, Yours sincerely, Derek Kelly Chairman of the Central Staff Committee and on behalf of the Local Staff Committees Some international lawyers contacted about this in the past. They wanted to press/explore legal action against the EPO and/or the regulatory agencies in Europe that let this be. This is corruption at the highest order and it does not help unify Europe, it merely discredits_the_EU, painting it as corrupt and incredulous. Brussels should be very deeply concerned about what the Mafia in Munich does to the EU's reputation. Just like_Munich's_municipality, it signs secret deals with Microsoft and there are bribes involved. When you ignore public pleas and complaints for too long - if not ad infinitum - people become increasingly 'radical'. The EPO is a force of destabilisation in Europe. █ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Travel poster featuring Bruges, Belgium⦈ ____ * The letter told the Office the stance of the representatives, who meanwhile told staff: "Dear colleagues, Staff Committees have requested, along many years, the adscription of secretarial resources for assisting the respective committees in the management of the internal documentation, including the archives. The adoption of the EPO Data Protection Rules (DPR) itself added new documentation constraints for the statutory Staff Committees (e.g. by the creation of a separate framework for the settlement of disputes, the Data Protection Board). Staff Committees are currently working with Data Protection Experts to define their internal data protection policies. However, this work can only be finalized, once Staff Committees clearly know which are the resources they can count with. In this open letter, we request a meeting to coordinate the selection of such resources. 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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 24, 2024, updated Jan 24, 2024 As a BSD-centric (or focused) company, Klara Systems is simple for outsiders to deem or classify as "biased" (trying to push people to BSD), but let's consider the more pertinent technical and legal details. They mostly argue in favour of user-hostile or used-subjugating Digital Restrictions Management (DRM), not in favour of BSD (permissive in the sense that it permits DRM pushers to take control away from users, even take their own data away at any_time - i.e. directly the opposite of users' security). 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Klara Systems DRM⦈ THIS is a relatively long rebuttal, but it could be a lot longer. Someone has sent us a link to this_new_article, arguing that is makes Klara Systems seem like Microsoft catspaws. In the past, Klara Systems did cover some GNU/Linux systems, but Klara Systems is a BSD company. The article "GPL 3: The Controversial Licensing Model and Potential Solutions" may seem like envy unraveled, but let's dissect the underlying arguments in it. Let's try to be fair. The summary: Discover the controversies surrounding GPL 3 and the growing trend of GPL to BSD migration in the open-source world. Our article provides in-depth insights into the differences between GPL and BSD licenses, and why more businesses and developers are opting for BSD's flexibility in their open-source strategies They speak of "growing trend of GPL to BSD migration in the open-source world." Sorry, I'm not seeing that. I've been in the area for over 2 decades and it seems like the "GPL ecosystem" (RMS dislikes such a framing) grows fast, whereas the BSDs perpetually lurk behind. Rarely have I seen a migration like the one they assert exists in significant numbers. Maybe I'm blind, maybe I'm ignorant, but I'm not quite seeing it. Some Microsoft proxies try to claim it, even if the data barely supports that. They then say they will cover "why more businesses and developers are opting for BSD's flexibility"; more than when? I'm not seeing that. I'm not a "newb" either; there is no link in this summary to support this assertion. Not even to Microsoft_proxies_such_as_Black_Duck. The top of the page then says: The GNU General Public License (GPL) has been a cornerstone in the open-source community, dictating (and we use that word intentionally…) how software can be freely used, modified, and distributed. GPL version 3, released in 2007, introduced significant changes from its predecessor, GPL 2, and sparked considerable debate among developers and corporations. This article delves into the controversies surrounding GPL 3, its differences from GPL 2, and compares it with other popular licenses like BSD and MIT, to understand how they coexist in the open-source ecosystem. The first sentence is highly problematic: "The GNU General Public License (GPL) has been a cornerstone in the open-source community." No, there is no such thing as "open-source community." Or movement. You're thinking of Free software and the use of dash is indicative of openwashing, which is not even Open Source "proper". They use the word "dictating" (they say "intentionally") as if to imply that Free software sticklers are dictators. Exercising control over the sharing (back) of one's own code is dictatorship? Really? In the land of objective sanity, keeping the source code secret is dictatorship. More so making it increasingly hostile and gradually worse (owing to remote updates). They then say GPLv3 came, as if all that much changed in it. Microsoft front groups like ACT tried to scandalise it and to make it sound like it was business-hostile (nothing could be further from the truth; if anything, it protected the businesses better). They say the new version "sparked considerable debate among developers and corporations." And Microsoft front groups, as we covered extensively at the time. They speak of "controversies surrounding GPL 3", so we'll explore those later. At the end they say "open- source ecosystem." This means they view it from the Apple perspective, i.e. how to make proprietary, locked down (with DRM) systems and then stick "open" on them (mislabeling, misleading, openwashing). Now they start with a graph: Let’s start with some interesting numbers: Permissive [sic] licenses stand out as the most popular choice in the open source community. The MIT license leads the pack, being the choice for over 812,000 projects. Following closely is the Apache 2.0 license, used in around 465,000 projects. The BSD-3 license, another permissive option, is applied to approximately 71,000 projects. Together, these three licenses – MIT, Apache 2.0, and BSD-3 – account for roughly 70% of the projects in the Libraries.io dataset. That's highly misleading. What is Libraries.io? That's_from_Tidelift, which is promoting Microsoft talking points and is partly funded by 'former' Microsoft as the General Manager, as we explained in 2022. They basically count a lot of Microsoft GitHub and Microsoft NPM. So Klara Systems bases its assertions on data that is controlled by Microsoft, limited to what Microsoft is controlling etc. The lion's share there is Microsoft prisoners rather than Free software developers. "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" --Benjamin Disraeli Not good, Klara Systems. Come on, do some better research. Check your sources. GNU- or GPL-centric projects typically aren't gullible enough to let Microsoft control them. There are many other factors, but the bottom line is, Klara Systems tries to make it seem like the GPL is dying, dead, or very minuscule. Moving on, they say: One might argue that with the changes being introduced in 2007, 2024 is hardly the year to get annoyed at the changes. However, the relevance of GPL 3’s implications is accentuated by the increasing integration of open-source software in enterprise environments and advancements in technology sectors like IoT and cloud computing. These developments bring GPL 3’s provisions on user rights and software distribution to the forefront. So-called "cloud computing" ("the clown", or SaaS at the time; the buzzwords changed) was affected by AGPL, it's not about the number at the end. For many companies the A (Affero) was valuable and important. It helped them compete fairly. They mention "IoT". Good luck defining that old, dying buzzword - usually some device with an Internet stack. They don't make a strong poiint here. Notice how they keep putting dashes in "open-source". It is not an accident. Then: Additionally, growing concerns about user privacy, digital rights, and the rise in software patent litigations make understanding GPL 3’s approach vital for legal compliance and strategic business planning. In this evolving landscape, comprehending GPL 3 and other licenses is crucial for leveraging the benefits of open-source while addressing its challenges. Again "open-source" with a dash. GPL is about freedom, it says nothing about "open-source" or Open Source. They insist on misframing what's at stake. The next section says "What’s Controversial About GPL 3" and let's focus on that weakly-argued block/wall of text by breaking it apart into the pertinent paragraphs. First paragraph: GPL 3 has been contentious for various reasons. One primary concern is its approach to “tivoization.” Tivoization refers to the practice of using GPL-licensed software on hardware that restricts modification of that software. GPL 3 prohibits this practice, ensuring that users have the freedom to modify GPL-licensed software running on their devices, a stance that some manufacturers and developers have opposed. OK, so Klara Systems is a DRM or lock-down proponent. Got it. Second paragraph: Another controversial aspect is the license’s stance on patent litigation. GPL 3 attempts to protect users against patent litigation arising from the use of GPL-licensed software, which has been met with resistance from companies heavily invested in software patents. Who is this "controversial" to? Microsoft??? Last paragraph: Additionally, GPL 3 addresses the issue of digital rights management (DRM). It explicitly forbids the use of GPL-licensed software in systems designed to enforce DRM restrictions, which has caused concern among content providers and software developers who implement DRM. Wait, that is an issue? OK, then... good luck pushing controversial DRM with your "open-source" "ecosystem", which you claim barely has anything with a GPL licence, pointing to Microsoft data. I never quite realised how hostile this company can be toward the "controversial" GPLv3, which based on the above section is only 'controversial" because it protects users and developers, rather than DRM pushers who are looking to hurt both. A friend told me that "on the topic of licensing and software freedom, Klara usually has good articles but today is spreading pro-DRM anti-FOSS FUD. The article is quite bad and make me wonder if the good articles were just bait on the hook." 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇CCTV_Camera⦈_ "Nominally one can see another approach in which FS and OSS are merely different tactics to the same goal. That's what Perens had aimed for. However, Klara seems to be channeling Microsoft today and moving away from software freedom in general. So without drawing attention to the specific garbage hatchet job perhaps a rebuttal of their approach is warranted." I was going to respond to all the text, but then Fair Use doctrine is at stake. So let's just leave it at that. The rest of the text presents weak arguments, fallacies etc. It's easy to respond to and rebut/debunk. An author (or authors) is not named in the article, so one can assume it's the company's stance/statement. "A key point is that Klara has deviated far from what the original OSS founders were aiming for and have instead now sided with Microsoft against OSS," my friend has concluded. █ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣶⣾⡇⠸⣷⣶⣤⡀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⡀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣀⣶⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⡿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⣠⣾⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣉⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠙⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 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⠀⠀⠈⠀⠍⠙⠋⠉⠉⠫⢩⠍⠻⡟⢒⠛⡿⠃⠸⡟⠛⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠘⣷⡆⠀⠀⠀⢠⠈⠀⢠⠀⠂⠂⠀⡂⢸⠀⡇⢸⠀⠆⢈⠀⡇⢨⠸⠗⣿⣿⠢⠌⣏⠱⠀⣇⣸⣄⣒⣺⣀⣿⠀⣼⣹⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⡄⠰⠄⠀⠀⡆⠨⠄⠥⠈⢠⡇⠠⠀⡇⢸⡀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠼⢀⣇⠈⢩⠄⠈⣀⣤⣼⣤⡦⣤⣤⣿⣯⢀⣤⡾⠦⣶⣾⣆⣔⣾⣶⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠐⠂⣑⢺⣿⡷⣾⠿⠓⢺⠃⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⡧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣒⡦⠶⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣍⠉⢿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣭⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 939 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/24/Meme_Working_for_EPO_University_of_Leuven_or_the_United_States.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/01/24/Meme_Working_for_EPO_University_of_Leuven_or_the_United_States.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ [Meme] Working for EPO, University of Leuven, or the United States?⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 24, 2024, updated Jan 24, 2024 Even EPO 'justice' has been outsourced_to_Microsoft_(US). Hans van Houtte and other 'Battistelli_judges' won't mind. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Hans van Houtte: EPO DATA in GAFAM, This is Okay⦈ Follow the money. He certainly_does. 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Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Gemini*_and_Gopher # Personal/Opinions # Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Our_FutureCast_Tool_Awarded_‘Ingenuity’_Award_By Association_Of_Professional_Futurists⠀⇛ Last year, I wrote here about FutureCast, a very adaptable “game” framework that was designed as a foresight tool, to help explore pathways to change. It was developed by myself and our partner in all things game related, Randy Lubin of Leveraged Play. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Switching_Regulators_For_Dummies⠀⇛ We often use linear regulators in our designs. They are cheap and simple – you put the regulator chip itself on the board, add two capacitors, and get a voltage. Linear regulators are imperfect, of course – they can’t help but waste the voltage difference as heat, for a start, which straight up excludes them for high-current purposes, or significant voltage difference conversions, unless you have a hefty heatsink handy. They also can’t boost voltage, which means you can only go from high to low – a bit of a disappointment. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ S_Korea,_UK_renegotiate_trade_deal_for_enhanced_chips cooperation⠀⇛ The move is expected to aid Washington’s new supply chain initiatives that require less of China. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Inside_A_Fake_LM358⠀⇛ [IMSAI Guy] got some fake LM358 op-amps. Uncharacteristically, these chips actually performed well even though they didn’t act like LM358s. [IMSAI Guy] did a video about the fake chips and someone who saw it offered to analyze the part compared to a real LM358 to see what was going on. You can see it too in the video below. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Read_QR_Codes_Without_A_Computer⠀⇛ Did you ever watch Star Wars and wondered how people understood what R2D2 was saying? Maybe [Luke Skywalker] would enjoy learning to decode QR Codes by hand, too. While it might not be very practical, it would be a good party trick — assuming, like us, you party with nerds. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ The_era_of_Nintendo_Switch_Flash_Carts_has arrived,_potentially_opening_a_new_door_for_piracy⠀⇛ The first Nintendo Switch flash cart from MIG- Switch has arrived, but brings with it concerns for legitimate gamers buying used Switch titles in the future. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ SAPPHIRE_EDGE_IPC-FP6_mini-ITX_motherboard supports_10GbE_networking⠀⇛ SAPPHIRE EDGE IPC-FP6 is a mini-ITX motherboard powered by an AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 SoC with support for 10GbE networking and designed for gaming machines, medical imaging equipment, digital signage, thin clients, or POS terminals. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ X-Ray_CT_Scanners_From_EBay,_Brought_Back_To Life⠀⇛ If you have ever wondered what goes into repairing and refurbishing an X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) scanner, then don’t miss [Ahron Wayne]’s comprehensive project page on doing exactly that. He has two small GE Explore Locus SP machines, and it’s a fantastic look into just what goes into these machines. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Health_institute_weighs_in_on_winter_swimming claims⠀⇛ Cold-water swimming has gained popularity in Finland in recent years, with aficionados saying that it helps with many ailments. Yle sought expert evaluation of these claims from the Institute of Occupational Health. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ‘AI’_Exposes_Google_News_Quality_Control_Issues, Making_Our_Clickbait,_Plagiarism,_And_Propaganda_Problem Worse⠀⇛ Journalists have long used Google News to track news cycles. But for years users have documented a steady decline in product quality parallel to similar complaints about the quality of Google’s broader search technology. Many stories and outlets are often no longer indexed, low quality clickbait and garbage are everywhere, and customization seems broken as Google shifted its priorities elsewhere. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ France_Fines_Yahoo_10_Mn_Euros_Over Cookie_Abuses⠀⇛ France's data protection watchdog fines Yahoo 10 million euros for not respecting users' refusals of internet-tracking "cookies"... o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnam_denounces_China’s_occupation_of_islands_in 1974⠀⇛ 50 years after the naval clash that killed 75 South Vietnamese soldiers, Hanoi condemned Beijing’s use of force. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Burkina_Faso_operating_Chinese_self-propelled guns_and_mortars⠀⇛ Burkina Faso’s military has acquired Norinco WMA301 fire support vehicles fitted with 105 mm guns from China, as well as Norinco 81 mm CS/SM1 self- propelled mortars. President Ibrahim Traore took delivery of the vehicles at a 12 January handover ceremony. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Lai’s_victory_isn’t_the_full_story._Here are_five_deeper_takeaways_from_Taiwan’s_election.⠀⇛ The January 13 election in Taiwan revealed which political parties hold the strongest hands, what’s next for the legislature, and how China might respond. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ New_appointments_in_China’s_PLA_highlight the_direction_of_Xi’s_military_reform⠀⇛ Last December, the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC)  appointed Dong Jun, former commander of the People’s Liberation Army navy (PLAN), as China’s new defence minister more than two months [...] # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Further_questions_about_visit_of_Latvian_MPs_to China⠀⇛ Latvian Television's De Facto investigative broadcast on January 21 posed further questions concerning the lengthy visit of a delegation of Latvian politicians and businesspeople to China. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Appeals_Court_Revives_Mexico’s_Lawsuit Against_Gunmakers⠀⇛ The decision, which is likely to be appealed, is one of the most significant setbacks for the gun industry since passage of a federal law that provided immunity from some lawsuits. # ⚓ France24 ☛ India:_After_Ram_temple_inauguration,_Hindu nationalist_groups_eye_other_mosque_sites⠀⇛ India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a temple to the Hindu deity Ram in a ceremony in the northern town of Ayodhya. The temple is controversial as it was built on grounds where a mosque stood for centuries, before it was torn down in 1992 by Hindu zealots incited by members of Modi's party, the BJP.  The mosque's destruction triggered the worst religious riots since India's independence, killing 2,000 people, most of them Muslims. Today, after winning a court battle over the Ram temple, Hindu nationalist groups are now filing lawsuits against other historic mosques and Muslim sites elsewhere in India. Our correspondents report. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ New_Zealand_to_send_defence_team_to support_Red_Sea_security⠀⇛ New Zealand will deploy a six-member defence team to the Middle East as part of an international coalition to uphold maritime security in the Red Sea, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Tuesday. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Blinken_starts_West_Africa_tour_to_boost democracies,_counter_Sahel_security_threat⠀⇛ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday opens a week-long tour of Africa's west coast as he seeks to bolster US-friendly democracies with security deteriorating in the Sahel. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Australia_and_China_have_very_different notions_of_stability⠀⇛ Last week’s Chinese embassy press conference was a further effort to corral Australia into compliance and compromise with Beijing’s views. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Twenty_spies_detained_in_Latvia_over_eight_years⠀⇛ Over the past eight years, the State Security Service (VDD) has publicly announced the detention of twenty persons for espionage or other activities threatening national security. It cannot be excluded that the number of detainees was higher because not all cases are reported to the public, Latvian Television reported on January 23. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Kites_Fill_Electricity_Generation_Gaps⠀⇛ Looking at a wind turbine from first principles, it’s essentially a set of wings that generate lift in much the same way an airplane wing does. Putting the wings on a rotor and calling them “blades” is not a huge step away from that. But there’s no reason the wing has to rotate, or for that matter be attached to a fixed platform, in order to generate electricity. Anything that generates lift can be used, and this company is demonstrating that with their kite-powered wind generators. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Prosecution:_NBI_traced_crypto_funds_to suspected_therapy_centre_blackmailer's_account⠀⇛ Aleksanteri Kivimäki is suspected of hacking a patient record database belonging to the psychotherapy centre Vastaamo, aiming to blackmail tens of thousands of victims. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Crypto_company_Terraform_Labs_files for_bankruptcy_amid_SEC_litigation⠀⇛ Cryptocurrency company Terraform Labs Pte Ltd., which is facing fraud charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has filed for bankruptcy in Delaware.  TechCrunch reported the move today, citing court documents submitted on Sunday. Terraform’s Chapter 11 paperwork specifies that the value of its assets and liabilities ranges from $100 million to $500 million. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Bankruptcies_led_to_15,000_job_losses_last_year⠀⇛ Many builders whose employers went bankrupt have since started their own small firms. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Report:_Alphabet’s_X_lab_letting_go_dozens of_employees_as_part_of_restructuring⠀⇛ Alphabet Inc.’s X research lab, which incubated Waymo and the Wing delivery drone venture, is reportedly letting go of dozens of employees. Bloomberg reported the job cuts today, citing people familiar with the matter and an internal memo. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_Sky_Is_Rising_2024_Edition:_Rather_Than Destroying_Culture,_The_Internet_Has_Saved_The_Content Industries⠀⇛ Over the years with support from CCIA, we released additional editions of the Sky is Rising report via our think tank The Copia Institute, but our last one was five years ago in 2019, before the COVID pandemic. Last year we set out to revisit not just the data, but the structure of the whole report. The process took almost the entire year, but we’re excited to release our latest edition of The Sky is Rising. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ New_Hampshire_Democrats_received_AI- generated_robocall_from_Joe_Biden_telling_them_not_to vote⠀⇛ Concerns over the weaponization of generative artificial intelligence are again at the fore after Democrats in New Hampshire over the weekend received faked robocalls from President Joe Biden telling them not to bother voting in Tuesday’s primary election, according to the state attorney general’s office. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ExTwitter_Accused_Of_Secretly_Boosting_Mr. Beast_Video_With_Undisclosed_Ad_Placements⠀⇛ It’s kind of pathetic how desperate Elon Musk is to convince people that ExTwitter is a good platform for posting their video content. I assume it’s a perfectly okay place to post videos, but it’s hardly where most people go to watch videos, and Elon may discover sooner or later just how difficult it is to change the overall perception. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ How_the_gov’t_thwarted_HKFP’s_effort to_‘tell_a_good_Hong_Kong_story,’_despite_repeated_calls_from top_officials⠀⇛ In 2013, newly-inaugurated leader Pooh-tin Jinping called on China’s external propaganda organs to “tell China’s story well,” as Beijing sought to better control the narrative globally. Over a decade on, top Hong Kong officials – including John Lee, Algernon Yau, Paul Chan and Frank Chan – have repeatedly urged the public and press to tell “good Hong Kong stories.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Navalny_sent_to_punitive_isolation_cell_for_25th time_since_imprisonment_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ YLE ☛ What's_still_taboo_in_Finland?⠀⇛ Taboos, or customs governing social relations, say a lot about what a society believes, according to a cultural researcher. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Digital_Kill_Switches:_How_Tyrannical Governments_Stifle_Political_Dissent⠀⇛ What’s to stop the U.S. government from throwing the kill switch and shutting down phone and internet communications [...]? # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_Bar_Association_calls_for ‘transparent’_legislation_of_city’s_own_national_security law⠀⇛ Legislation of Hong Kong’s own national security law must be “transparent and thorough” to refute claims that the government does not listen to the public, the chairperson of the Hong Kong Bar Association has said. # ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ Facebook_Marketplace_Gone?_Here’s_the_Reason Behind_its_Removal⠀⇛ Learn about Facebook (Farcebook) Marketplace Gone issue, which restricts users to access facebook marketpalce. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Oklahoma_Senator_Thinks_Journalists_Need Licenses,_Should_Be_Trained_By_PragerU⠀⇛ “They’re not sending their best.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Trump_Has_To_Pay_$392k_For_His_NY_Times_SLAPP Suit⠀⇛ I mean, there was no way not to see this coming. Last year we wrote about how Trump had lost his vexatious lawsuit against the NY Times regarding its interactions with his niece, Mary Trump. Mary had leaked some tax documents to the NY Times, and Trump sued the Times, arguing (laughably) that this constituted tortious interference. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Data_From_4.6_Million_Stops_Show_California_Law Enforcement_Routinely_Engages_In_Biased_Policing⠀⇛ Lots of tech is being thrown at cops with the intent of helping them work smarter. While this might sound like the early waves of a sea change, the end result — at least so far — is just more of the same stuff we’ve seen for decades. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Prosecutor_General_rejects_calls_to_overturn_Anneli Auer's_sex_abuse_convictions⠀⇛ Auer's children have since said that the abuse never happened. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_national_security_law expected_to_be_under_scrutiny_during_UN_review_of_China’s rights_record⠀⇛ A civil liberties crackdown, repression in Xinjiang and Hong Kong’s draconian national security law are among concerns expected to be raised during a UN review of China’s rights record on Tuesday. # ⚓ Chronicle Of Higher Education ☛ Emory_U._Is_Returning_3 Allegedly_Looted_Antiquities_to_Greece⠀⇛ The Michael C. Carlos Museum is repatriating two statues and a coffin following a Chronicle investigation that raised questions about the acquisitions. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Brickbat:_Don't_Touch⠀⇛ Police in Ontario have dropped charges against a reporter arrested while trying to ask Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland a question, saying "no credible security threat existed." Video showed Freeland was walking down a public sidewalk when David Menzies approached her with a microphone and began walking alongside her [...] o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Quick_Catch-Up—What’s_the_Beef_Between Spotify_and_Apple?⠀⇛ Spotify and Fashion Company Apple have been going at each other legally for more than four years now—what is happening and why? What’s the ‘Apple Tax’? Why does Spotify have complaints about Apple’s business practices? Here’s a quick catch-up on the last four years of legal trouble. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ I_dont_feel_comfort⠀⇛ This world is like spikes with nowhere to sit or rest. I wish I was somewhere else where my body isn't confined to how people perceive me, I would prefer if my body was a void instead or doll limbs stuck to my torso like I am Frankenstein's monster. # ⚓ "A_community_can_only_ever_be_as_good_as_its_worst member."⠀⇛ "A community can only ever be as good as its worst member." I've seen a quote of this kind applied to companies, but not as I've said it above. # ⚓ Taps⠀⇛ Oh wow, I share a birthday with RMS.... # § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Rising_Era_of_the_Multi-Clone⠀⇛ I'm defining a new word to describe a trending type of game I've been seeing in video game development. It's called a **multi-clone**. A multi-clone is a game where its gameplay is primarily cloned from multiple sources. These often become one big mega-sized mashup. Let's recall what a clone is in the context of video games. A clone is a game that imitates another game, trying to replicate its style of gameplay. There might be some differences, but they're usually pretty close to what their inspiration is. For example, Five Nights at Candy's is a clone of Five Nights at Freddy's. It copies the gameplay and style completely, but with legally distinct characters. It may add some minor new elements or have some other differences, but at it's core it copies the original to provide the same gameplay experience. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Guide_to_mostly_harmless_hacking⠀⇛ The first thing I encountered when I started browsing the Gopherspace was a scarce number of 'Guide to mostly harmless hacking' files. They were, and still are, a joy to read so I decided to host them in Geminispace as well. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1954 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 24/01/2024: Mass Layoffs art eBay, SIM-Swapping Enough to Hijack the SEC's Official Account⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 24, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Various_Sim_Cards⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇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 Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature 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 Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights # Gemini*_and_Gopher # Personal/Opinions # Technology_and_Free_Software # Programming * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Game_Boy_Advance_games_can_be_recreated_from_the sound_they_make_when_they_die,_modder_demonstrates⠀⇛ YouTuber TheZZAZZGlitch has proven that unique per-game GBA crash sounds contain all the data needed to create a bootable copy of the crashing game. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Gary_Graham,_‘Alien_Nation’_and_‘Star_Trek: Enterprise’_Actor,_Dies_at_73⠀⇛ In a 50-year acting career, Mr. Graham appeared in several shows, including “Starsky and Hutch” and “The Incredible Hulk.” But it was in science fiction where he made his biggest mark. o ⚓ Thomas Rigby ☛ Organising_feeds⠀⇛ I finally settled on a simple alphabetical folder structure. It's not too far to scroll to the end. I get my news in neat bite-sized chunks now. It's even helping with my "need to clear" because I get a little satisfaction from clearing one folder. o ⚓ Roy Tang ☛ Books:_Reaper_Man_by_Terry_Pratchett_(Discworld_#13)⠀⇛ Finished reading Reaper Man, Discworld book #11. This book focuses on Death, the omnipresent character in all Discworld books, as he faces down his own mortality. o ⚓ Lee Peterson ☛ Thinking_about_my_blog⠀⇛ I’ve been thinking a lot about my blog, it’s a passion project and has over the last six months really started to pick up some traction. I don’t check in with stats a lot but looking monthly there’s a steady uptick. This got me thinking about what I put on here. Then I realised that my blog is my blog, I write what comes to mind and I want to share – regardless of topic. o ⚓ 32-Bit Cafe ☛ Ideas_for_Your_Personal_Website⠀⇛ You've just made a website, but now you're unsure where to go from here. Here are some ideas for things to add and techniques to learn. If you need more inspiration, browse other folks' websites (start on Neocities!) and surf the 'net! You'll surely find something that you want to add to your own personal website. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Sunlight_May_Reignite_Japan’s_Struggling_'Lunar Sniper'_on_the_Moon⠀⇛ Shortly after its landing on Friday, January 19, JAXA reported issues with SLIM’s solar cells, which were not generating sufficient electricity. On Monday, JAXA revealed that it had shut down the system approximately three hours after landing to conserve its remaining power, as the space agency noted on X. The decision was made when SLIM’s battery level fell to 12 percent, as this low battery level threatened to cause issues for future recovery if mission controllers didn’t disconnect it in time. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Bird’s-Eye_View_of_a_Technicolor_World⠀⇛ Scientists have a devised a new video system that reveals how animals see color, and us. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ The_U.S._Geological_Survey_brings new_technology_to_an_old_mission⠀⇛ The U.S. Geological Survey has turned to quantum technology to help it with the next generation of challenges in geological science. It established a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with a quantum company called Q-CTRL. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Very_First_Cells_Could_Have_Bubbled_Out of_Hot_Springs_on_The_Ocean_Floor⠀⇛ Tiny envelopes of life. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ It's_Open!_Breathtaking_First_Look_at_The Contents_of_NASA's_Bennu_Asteroid_Sampler⠀⇛ A time capsule from the birth of the Solar System. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Stone_Age_Teenagers'_Chewing_Gum_Reveals Life_9,700_Years_Ago_in_Fascinating_Detail⠀⇛ A bad habit, or a valuable time capsule? # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Japan's_Moon_Lander_Could_Still_Be_Saved, And_Lots_of_Data_Has_Been_Received⠀⇛ There is hope! o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Q&A:_Even_among_immigrants,_English_is the_preferred_language_in_Miami⠀⇛ For example, maybe someone says, "I want to pass Spanish down to my kid." But the data shows that doesn't always happen. Instead, kids tend to choose English and not Spanish when they have a choice to speak either language. Sometimes this is a subtle preference for English and a subtle rejection of Spanish, and sometimes this is a very active preference for English and active rejection of Spanish. In either case, this means there are things in society working against that parent's wish to pass down Spanish. It's not that people don't try to implement it. It's more like they are trying to swim upstream. # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Lessons_learned_from_bringing_promotional sweets_to_a_conference⠀⇛ My question to you is this - what's the favourite swag you've ever given out? # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ AI_in_the_classroom:_Why_some_teachers_are embracing_it⠀⇛ School-based computer labs once seemed futuristic. Now the internet is everywhere and the next frontier – AI – is seeping into learning environments. ChatGPT’s debut more than a year ago brought ongoing concerns about cheating and the tool’s ability to mislead students. But some educators also see it as an opportunity for innovation. David Touretzky chairs the Artificial Intelligence for K-12 Initiative, which began in 2018 after he realized computer science standards had barely mentioned the burgeoning AI field. The group has been developing instructional guidelines, establishing what students should know about AI, and how they should be able to use it. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Modern_C64_boards_compared_to_original prices⠀⇛ A couple of weeks ago I posted about reproduction Commodore_64C_motherboards. Two things I didn’t mention were availability and price. I’m thankful we can get them at all, but these points were still glaring omissions with hindsight. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Is_This_The_World’s_Smallest_N-Scale_Train Layout?⠀⇛ There’s just something about miniature worlds — they’re just so relaxing to look at and ponder. Think you don’t have ample room for a model train layout at your place? You may not be thinking small enough. [Peter Waldraff] knows a thing or two about hiding train layouts inside of furniture (that’s one solution), but this time, he’s built a track in plain sight that’s meant to sit on the bookshelf. The whole thing is just 5.5″ x 12″. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ OPINION:_Exercise_is_crucial_for_the health_of_your_body_and_mind⠀⇛ Our bodies were designed to move.  Our extraordinarily complex muscular, nervous and circulatory systems collaborate to accomplish incredible feats including running, climbing, jumping and swimming. Even more fundamentally, they help us move and interact with our environment. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Healthcare_services_'nearly_halted'_in_prisons, says_report⠀⇛ "In addition to the general problems of the healthcare system, prisons faced hindrances and inadequacies, leading to a virtual halt in access to health and treatment opportunities," says the latest Human Rights Association report. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Even_Nicotine-Free_Vapes_Can_Damage_Lung Tissue:_One_Protein_Plays_a_Key_Role⠀⇛ Nicotine-free doesn't mean damage-free. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Labor_Dept._watchdog_offers_buyouts, early_retirement_to_cut_staffing_by_20%⠀⇛ The Labor Department's watchdog is not only losing staff, but racing against the clock to complete its ongoing work on pandemic-era fraud before time runs out. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Tibetan_monk_serving_3_years_in_prison_for_leading prayers_during_COVID_lockdown⠀⇛ Chinese authorities arrested Lobsang Tashi of Kirti Monastery in June 2021. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Measles_Cases_Soar_In_Europe,_WHO_Says,_Noting Highest_Numbers_In_Russia,_Kazakhstan⠀⇛ The number of measles cases soared in Europe in 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on January 23 as it called for urgent vaccination efforts to halt the spread. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ CIA_Tries_To_Recruit_Double_Agents_In_Russia_With New_Video⠀⇛ The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has released a Russian-language video to try to persuade Russian intelligence employees to switch sides and work as double agents for Washington. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Google_Insider_Says_Bosses_Have_No_Idea_What They're_Doing_With_AI⠀⇛ "Right now, all of these boring, glassy-eyed leaders are trying to point in a vague direction (AI) while at the same time killing their golden goose," she wrote. Theriault was responding to the latest round of layoffs, which affected hundreds of employees in the company's ad sales team. "Given that they have no real vision of their own, they really need their subordinates to come up with cool stuff for them," she added. # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ The_(theoretical)_risks_of_open_sourcing_ (imaginary)_Government_LLMs⠀⇛ What does it mean to open source an AI? Generally speaking, it means releasing some or all of the following. 01. The training data. 02. The weights assigned to the training data. 03. The final model. # ⚓ Tech Central (South Africa) ☛ The_Apple_Macintosh_turns 40⠀⇛ Jobs’s words were echoed – deliberately so – in the classic television advertisement for the Macintosh. The ad – watch it below – was directed by Ridley Scott and was set against a musty backdrop, the lone colourful figure of a vigorous female athlete amid a horde of inert, hypnotised automatons. She hurls a hammer that destroys the on-screen image of a commanding dictator, metaphorically shattering the status quo and freeing masses in the process. “On January 24th, Apple Computer will introduce the Macintosh. And you will see why 1984 won’t be like 1984,” a narrator says. And just like that, the Macintosh (shortened to just “Mac” after 1999) had arrived – and the computer industry would never be the same again. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Child_sexual_abuse_material_found_on popular_dataset_shows_risks_for_federal_AI_research⠀⇛ The National Science Foundation, a federal agency that provides funding to scientific researchers, pointed to the need for a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource in the aftermath of a major Stanford report that highlighted the presence of child sexual abuse material on LAION-5B — an open dataset created by the Large-scale Artificial Intelligence Open Network that’s popular among researchers and some generative AI systems. The report highlighted a major vulnerability with AI research, experts told FedScoop. (LAION doesn’t have a relationship with NSF, but a researcher affiliated with an NSF-funded AI research institute appears to have collaborated on a paper presenting the dataset.) # ⚓ Futurism ☛ OpenAI_Struggling_to_Destroy_Onslaught_of_AI Girlfriends⠀⇛ AI girlfriends are not, of course, peculiar to OpenAI. The Replika AI companion chatbot has been around since 2018, and last year gained headlines first for the AI's propensity for sexual harassment and later for being banned in Italy and subsequently suspending sexual conversations over the regulatory blow. The advent of the GPT Store, however, has opened up a Pandora's box of AI girlfriends — and there's no telling how hard it will be to get it closed now. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ AI_girlfriend_bots_are_already_flooding_OpenAI’s GPT_store⠀⇛ The proliferation of these apps comes as the US faces an epidemic of loneliness and isolation. Alarming studies show that one-in-two American adults have reported experiencing loneliness, with the US Surgeon General calling for the need to strengthen social connections. AI chatbots could be part of the solution if people are isolated from other human beings—or they could just be a way to cash in on human suffering. # ⚓ 404 Media ☛ These_Are_the_Notorious_NSA_Furby_Documents Showing_Spy_Agency_Freaking_Out_About_Embedded_AI_in Children's_Toy⠀⇛ The NSA’s interest in and concern with the spying capabilities of the Furby—the iconic furry robot toy—has been documented over the years by various news outlets, YouTube channels, and the Federal Aviation Administration (which banned Furby operation during takeoff and landing). But previous write-ups rely on a brief news story in the Washington Post from January 13, 1999 called “A TOY STORY OF HAIRY ESPIONAGE,” which noted that Furby had been banned from the NSA’s offices in Maryland in part because they were worried that NSA employees would discuss classified information to the Furby, which could learn from it and would possibly repeat what it’d heard at a later date. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Google_cancels_contract_with_an_AI_data_firm that’s_helped_train_Bard⠀⇛ Human workers at companies like Appen often handle many of the more distasteful parts of training AI and are often the lower-paid, often ignored backbone of the entire industry. At Appen, contractors help rate data quality and answers from AI models. Fast Company wrote last year that some Appen employees who are members of the Alphabet Workers Union had been petitioning Appen to increase wages from $10 an hour to $15. While the union won wage increases, the final number fell short of its goal. Many of these workers were then laid off, with Appen citing business conditions. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Riot_Games_cutting_11%_of_staff_(about_530 people)⠀⇛ Ouch. Yet another developer is getting rid of staff in a move to cut some costs and this time it's Riot Games, who will be waving goodbye to 11% of their people. That's 530 people who will lose their jobs and "the biggest impact to teams outside of core development". # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Was_The_NO_AI_FRAUD_Act_Written_By_A_Fraudulent AI?_Because_Whoever_Wrote_It_Is_Hallucinating⠀⇛ A couple of weeks ago, a friend sent me Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar’s and Rep. Madeleine Dean’s proposed NO AI FRAUD Act, which purports to “protect Americans’ individual right to their likeness and voice against AI-generated fakes and forgeries.” # ⚓ EuroGamer ☛ Video_game_developers_union_membership_in_UK increases_as_layoffs_continue_across_the_industry⠀⇛ Union membership numbers in the UK have risen significantly, following a tumultuous period in the video game industry (which still continues today). The Game Workers branch of the IWGB union - which aims to "end the institutionalised practice of excessive/unpaid overtime" among other goals - told The Observer it saw its membership numbers increase by almost 50 percent between December 2022 and the end of last year. In October 2023 specifically, the union saw membership rise by 12 percent. This was soon after Fortnite developer Epic announced a wave of job cuts. # ⚓ TikTok_adds_to_January_tech_layoffs_by_letting_go_of_60 employees⠀⇛ Add TikTok to the list of companies that are cutting jobs at the start of 2024. The ByteDance- owned app has laid off approximately 60 employees, most of whom worked in the sales and advertising divisions. NPR first reported on the layoffs on January 22. TikTok confirmed the cuts to CNBC on the following day. The affected employees included workers in Los Angeles, New York, and Austin. TikTok scheduled a town hall meeting on Tuesday to share the bad news. TikTok’s latest layoffs come less than two weeks after Twitch let go of about 500 employees, and only a few days after YouTube announced its own round of pink slips. Like YouTube, TikTok chalked up its cuts to reorganization. Both companies have invited terminated employees to pursue other roles at the company. A TikTok spokesperson told CNBC that laid-off workers “may apply to any open internal roles, of which there are over 120 similar roles posted currently.” # ⚓ Visual Capitalist ☛ Chart:_All_the_Major_Tech_Layoffs_in 2024_So_Far⠀⇛ Layoffs tend to pick up in January as companies look to restructure, reorganize, and re-prioritize based on their forecast for the new year. o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ Cyble Inc ☛ SEC_Confirms_Cyberattack_on_X_Account_via SIM-Swapping⠀⇛ More than 10 days after the breach, the SEC has released an official statement detailing the nature of the attack. The unauthorized party gained control of the SEC cell phone number associated with the SEC X account through a SIM swap attack, a technique used to transfer a person’s phone number to another device without authorization. The SEC clarified that the access to the phone number occurred via the telecom carrier, not through SEC systems. There is no evidence to suggest that the unauthorized party gained access to SEC systems, data, devices, or other social media accounts, according to SEC staff. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ PIRATES_call_for_an_end_to_voluntary chat_control_1.0_by_big_tech_companies⠀⇛ “Instead of taking up the EU Parliament’s new approach for more effective and court-proof child protection without chat control mass surveillance, EU Commissioner ‘Big Sister’ Johansson is incorrigibly insisting in the destruction of digital privacy of correspondence, playing for time and hoping to manipulate critical EU states into agreeing by running infamous campaigns and spreading misinformation. This approach has gotten us into deadlock politically, failing children and abuse victims alike. We should clearly reject this strategy and insist on finding better solutions than mass surveillance, as proposed by the European Parliament last year.” Breyer strongly criticises the instrument of voluntary chat control: “The voluntary mass surveillance of our private communication by US services such as Meta, Google or Microsoft does not make any significant contribution to saving abused children or convicting abusers, but conversely criminalises thousands of minors, overburdens law enforcement officers and opens the door to arbitrary private justice by internet companies. If, according to Johansson’s own statements, only one in four flagged conversations are relevant to the police at all, this means 75,000 leaked intimate beach photos and nude pictures for Germany every year, which are not safe with unknown moderators abroad and do not belong in their hands.” # ⚓ EPIC ☛ EPIC_Comments_to_the_DOJ/DHS_on_Law Enforcement’s_Use_of_FRT,_Biometric,_and_Predictive Algorithms⠀⇛ The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) submits these comments in response to the 2023 Guidance for Written Comments released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to inform a report to the President that assesses law enforcement agencies’ use of facial recognition technology, other technologies using biometric information, and predictive algorithms, as well as data storage and access regarding such technologies, and that safeguards privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties, as required by EO 14074. EPIC firmly believes that certain technology—such as facial recognition technology—should not be used at all for surveillance. EPIC also firmly believes that any use of these other technologies—such as DNA biometric technologies—must be based on a robust framework of safeguards that are present prior to any use and that are effectively enforced. As DOJ and DHS continue to review law enforcement use of these technologies, EPIC renews our call to protect privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Atomic_scientists_set_‘Doomsday_Clock’_at 90_seconds_to_midnight._What_it_means⠀⇛ Atomic scientists of Tuesday reset the symbolic 'Doomsday Clock' at 90 seconds to midnight, the theoretical point of annihilation, for the second consecutive year. The members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board set the clock based on "existential" risks to Earth and its people: the war in Ukraine, climate change and disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence and new biotechnology. # ⚓ Bulletin ☛ A_moment_of_historic_danger:_It_is_still_90 seconds_to_midnight⠀⇛ The members of the Science and Security Board have been deeply worried about the deteriorating state of the world. That is why we set the Doomsday Clock at two minutes to midnight in 2019 and at 100 seconds to midnight in 2022. Last year, we expressed our heightened concern by moving the Clock to 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been—in large part because of Russian threats to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine. Today, we once again set the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight because humanity continues to face an unprecedented level of danger. Our decision should not be taken as a sign that the international security situation has eased. Instead, leaders and citizens around the world should take this statement as a stark warning and respond urgently, as if today were the most dangerous moment in modern history. Because it may well be. But the world can be made safer. The Clock can move away from midnight. As we wrote last year, “In this time of unprecedented global danger, concerted action is required, and every second counts.” That is just as true today. # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ The_top_risks_from_technology_that_we’ll be_facing_by_the_year_2040⠀⇛ We consulted 12 expert “futurists” for a new research paper. These are people whose roles involves long-term forecasting on the effects of changes in computer technology by the year 2040. Using a technique called a Delphi study, we combined the futurists’ forecasts into a set of risks, along with their recommendations for addressing those risks. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ A_‘Donald_Trump_menace’_to_the_White House,_NATO_and_Kyiv⠀⇛ A congressional aide familiar with the discussions said that the longer negotiations over the supplemental drag on, the less likely it is to be approved. In the near term, Ukraine may be able to hang on, albeit in a stalemate, without US support, a Western intelligence source said. But that would still be a significant loss not only for Ukraine, but also for the US’ standing in the world, this person said. As Trump’s return looms, Europe shivers at prospect of facing Putin alone, notes POLITICO. # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ Drone-zapping_laser_weapons_now effective_(and_cheap)_reality⠀⇛ Compared to standard missiles, a high-power laser system has a range of strategic advantages. It is surprisingly cheap to operate. Running DragonFire for ten seconds costs the equivalent of using a heater for an hour (less than £10 per shot). # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Detergent_Pod_Poisoning_Threat to_Kids_Hasn't_Gone_Away⠀⇛ U.S. poison centers received 36,279 calls regarding liquid detergent pods during three recent years, according to data from the National Poison Data System. Most of the calls involved a child younger than 6 (87%), and nearly all happened in the home (99%). # ⚓ FamilyMinded ☛ 20_Most_Dangerous_Social_Media_Challenges_to Avoid⠀⇛ Humans are social animals with an innate desire for attention. Social media capitalizes on this need, which is why people love joining viral "challenges." Some of these challenges — like the mannequin challenge and the trashtag challenge — are admittedly awesome. Others are just plain silly. Worse, many social media trends have proven to be dangerous and even deadly. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Swatting_and_the_Dangerous_Rise_of Political_Violence⠀⇛ These hoaxes pose real dangers. Sending armed police officers to someone’s home on the ruse that violence is occurring there risks tragic outcomes, including fatalities, as we saw in Kansas in 2017, when swatting led to a police officer shooting an unarmed man. In addition, swatting diverts law enforcement resources from real emergencies. But more insidiously, these tactics are tools of intimidation, designed to silence voices in the political process. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Congressman:_DOJ_Investigation_of_Big_Oil_Is_Now “Even_More_Urgent”_Following_Shell_Revelations⠀⇛ After new evidence emerged last week showing that oil major Shell internally acknowledged the dangers of their fossil fuel products decades ago, a member of Congress is renewing his previous call for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether Shell and other Big Oil companies’ “alleged campaigns of climate deception” may have violated federal law. The company documents, first unearthed by Dutch researcher Vatan Hüzeir and reported last week by DeSmog and Follow the Money, reveal Shell executives and employees predicting “major adverse changes” to the climate from fossil fuel emissions — and admitting Shell’s role in causing the problem. “Global warming could challenge the very fabric of the world’s ecological and economic systems,” warned Shell executive Ged Davis in one newly uncovered document from 1989. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Martin_Sellner_faces_own_“remigration”:_Far-right influencer_may_be_banned_from_Germany⠀⇛ Martin Sellner is calling for the “remigration” of millions of people from Germany. As a right-wing “Gefährder”, the Austrian could soon be stopped at the German border himself. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Philippines_says_armed_forces_to_ensure ‘unimpeded_and_peaceful’_exploration_in_South_China_Sea⠀⇛ Manila is shifting its focus to external defence, said Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ China_warns_that_it_may_"react"_to "hegemonic"_treatment_by_the_U.S._in_'Chip_War'⠀⇛ China's ambassador in the Netherlands calls for enhanced dialogue between China and the European Union. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_unlikely_to_invade_Taiwan_in_next_5_years: survey⠀⇛ Experts polled by a U.S. think tank said the Chinese military was still capable of isolating the island. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ It’s_time_for_a_US-Taiwan_free_trade agreement⠀⇛ A free trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan would help protect the island democracy from China's economic coercion. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Little_time_to_review_China’s_rights_record_at_UN⠀⇛ Because 160 countries signed up, each only had 45 seconds to speak about China’s human rights record. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_tried,_but_failed,_to_prevent_UN_scrutiny_of its_human_rights_violations⠀⇛ The U.N. Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of China in Geneva will require serious follow-up by key players. # ⚓ RFA ☛ S_Korea_ramps_up_pressure_on_N_Korea,_China_in_EU,_UN diplomacy⠀⇛ Europe ties for countering Pyongyang, challenging Beijing on N Korean defector issues key to Seoul’s diplomacy. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ DOJ_Report_Calls_Botched_Uvalde_School_Shooting Response_A_Series_Of_‘Cascading_Failures’⠀⇛ Any school shooting is horrific. But the Uvalde school shooting went far beyond the usual nightmarish levels of something that happens so often in the United States, we can actually use the modifier “usual.” # ⚓ ADF ☛ Somalia_Recaptures_‘All_Important’_Town_from_al- Shabaab⠀⇛ The Somali National Army and local forces in late December recaptured Masagaway, a town in central Galmudug State, from al-Shabaab, marking a significant victory in the ongoing war. Masagaway is about 270 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu and is home to a military base. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Professionalism_a_Hallmark_of_Senegalese_Military⠀⇛ That Senegal has never had a coup or a civil war is both a source of great pride among its people and a rarity in Africa. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ DB_Cooper_Case_Could_Close_Soon_Thanks_To Particle_Evidence⠀⇛ It’s one of the strangest unsolved cases, and even though the FBI closed their investigation back in 2016, this may be the year it cracks wide open. On November 24, 1971, Dan Cooper, who would become known as DB Cooper due to a mistake by the media, skyjacked a Boeing 727 — Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 — headed from Portland to Seattle. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Attacks_Fuel_Fears_of_Return_of_Somali_Piracy,_But Analysts_Say_Surge_is_Unlikely⠀⇛ In early December, a Maltese-flagged merchant ship was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. It is believed to be the first successful attack on a merchant ship in the region since 2017. # ⚓ France24 ☛ From_1924_to_2024:_Spotlight_on_the_Paris Olympics,_then_and_now⠀⇛ Paris is preparing to hold the Olympics this summer, but did you know that the last time the French capital hosted the Games was exactly 100 years ago? Much has been forgotten about the 1924 Olympics, but records were broken, champions were made and more women athletes took part than ever before. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Turkish_parliament_approves_Sweden’s_NATO accession_bid_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ No_European_security_without Ukrainian_victory⠀⇛ As the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches the two-year mark, Western leaders increasingly acknowledge that there can be no European security without Ukrainian victory, writes Pavlo Zhovnirenko. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ 27_civilians_killed_at_Donetsk_market_amid Ukraine-Russia_war⠀⇛ At least 27 civilians were killed and 25 injured at a market in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk on Sunday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation released a statement that a market in the suburb of Tekstilshckik was shelled on Sunday, causing civilian fatalities and injuries. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ President_Zelensky_proposes_constitutional amendment_to_introduce_dual_citizenship⠀⇛ President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in a video posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, extended thanks to Ukrainians abroad for their support during Russia’s invasion and proposed constitutional amendments to allow dual citizenship. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Denies_Deporting_Ukrainian_Children But_Admits_Hundreds_Of_Thousands_Are_On_Its_Territory⠀⇛ Russia has flatly rejected allegations that it has deported Ukrainian children since its invasion but said that more than 700,000 have moved into its territory. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ 3_Arrested_In_Netherlands_On_Suspicion_Of Circumventing_Russia_Sanctions⠀⇛ Dutch fiscal crime authority FIOD said on January 23 that it had arrested three people suspected of circumventing sanctions on Russia related to the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Documentary_20_Days_In_Mariupol_Nominated_For Oscar⠀⇛ The film 20 Days in Mariupol about the horrors of the early days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been nominated for the best documentary Oscar. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia-Installed_Police_In_Crimea_Search_Home Of_Crimean_Tatar_Activist⠀⇛ Russia-imposed police in Ukraine's Moscow- annexed Crimea searched the home of Crimean Tatar activist Nazim Memetov and confiscated his mobile phone and laptop on January 23, saying the search was linked to a case involving illegal firearms. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Anti-War_Nadezhdin_Collects_Enough_Signatures To_Register_As_Russian_Presidential_Candidate⠀⇛ Russian politician Boris Nadezhdin, who has openly called for a halt to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, received the 100,000 signatures by January 23 that are needed to be registered as a candidate for the March 18 presidential election. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Turkey’s_Parliament,_After_Delay, Backs_Sweden’s_NATO_Bid⠀⇛ The vote in the Turkish Parliament puts the Nordic nation closer to joining the military alliance, easing months of friction that have impeded efforts by the West to isolate Russia over its war in Ukraine. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Is_NATO?⠀⇛ This Western mutual-defense alliance is central to the pushback against Russia, even though Ukraine is not a member. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Missiles_Hit_Ukrainian Cities_Amid_Fears_Over_Air_Defenses⠀⇛ The assault killed at least five people and wounded scores in Kyiv and Kharkiv. Ukraine is pushing for further American military aid, which has been stalled in Congress. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Russian_Diamond_Mining_Brings_Violence_and Environmental_Degradation_to_the_CAR⠀⇛ On the surface, Diamville SAU is a Central African company working in the diamond trade. But Diamville is more than that: It’s the front for a Russian operation selling diamonds from the Central African Republic to finance Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Rally_against_imports_from_Russia_in_Rīga⠀⇛ Outside the government building on Tuesday, January 23, the association the Rising Sun (Austošā Saule) protested against imports and transit of Russian goods. # ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘Kremlin_preparing_for_long-term_confrontation with_the_West’_–_Lithuanian_intelligence_chief⠀⇛ Russia may initiate various provocations on NATO’s borders, and Lithuania should expect aggressive rhetoric from the Kremlin, says Darius Jauniškis, head of the State Security Department (VSD). # ⚓ LRT ☛ Few_Lithuanian_schools_will_offer_Russian classes_in_10_years_–_minister⠀⇛ Gintautas Jakštas, Minister of Education, Science and Sport, says that fewer and fewer Lithuanian students are choosing Russian as a second foreign language, and only a few schools will offer Russian language classes in ten years. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ How_to_Use_Google’s_Fact_Check_Explorer_to_Verify Claims_on_the_Web⠀⇛ As the name suggests, Fact Check Explorer simply lets you explore all of these fact checks—the fact checks aren’t being carried out or verified by Google, but Google is doing the work of indexing them, and making them more easily accessible through the Fact Check Explorer interface that we’re covering here. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Snowless_winter_in_Himalayas_–_another_sign_of climate_change⠀⇛ Warmer-than-normal temperatures and little precipitation over the past month have resulted in what experts are calling a “historical snowless dry winter” for not just Kashmir but the sprawling Himalayan region, from northern Pakistan to Tibet and Bhutan. # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ Detroit’s_‘ghost’_streams_can_be_a_threat in_the_present⠀⇛ Since 1905, 85% of the city’s historic streams have been buried for urban development, leading to long- term ramifications for Detroit’s most vulnerable residents. These streams and wetlands are a little-examined flood risk, according to a new study published in City and Environment Interactions. Using historical maps to identify once-active waterways, researchers compared the streams to flood risk data and historic Home Owners’ Loan Corporation redlining maps, finding that flooding disproportionately impacts redlined neighborhoods. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Eight_People_Injured_In_Earthquake_Near_Almaty⠀⇛ Authorities in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, said on January 23 that eight people sustained injuries during an overnight earthquake that struck the nearby Kyrgyz-China border region. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_US_wants_to_end_its_reliance_on Chinese_lithium._Its_policies_are_doing_the_opposite.⠀⇛ US regulations are hurting demand for electric vehicles, the very products that will incentivize the development of lithium supply chains away from China. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ USPS_outlines_its_majority- electric_vehicle_future,_as_it_unveils_its_first charging_stations⠀⇛ USPS on Monday unveiled its first set of electric vehicle charging stations at the South Atlanta Sorting and Delivering Center (S&DC), which will support its majority- electric future fleet. S&DCs are large facilities that consolidate the operations of letter carriers and mail handlers under one roof. USPS plans to have 100 of them up and running by the end of this year, and over 400 S&DCs in the next three years. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ ‘They’re_Destroying_Our_Coastline’: Activists_at_the_Americas_Energy_Summit_Protest_Fossil Fuel_Expansion⠀⇛ On a frigid but sunny Tuesday afternoon outside New Orleans’ Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, a small but dedicated group of environmental activists affiliated with Sunrise Movement New Orleans protested the start of the 20th edition of the Americas Energy Summit & Exhibition.  The conference was originally scheduled for the end of October of 2023. But it was canceled without explanation by conference organizers several weeks before it was due to begin. The event aims to bring together policymakers and liquified natural gas (LNG), natural gas, and hydrogen players to explore new avenues for fossil fuel expansion. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Could_Solar-Powered_Airships_Offer_Cleaner Travel?⠀⇛ The blimp, the airship, the dirigible. Whatever you call them, you probably don’t find yourself thinking about them too often. They were an easy way to get airborne, predating the invention of the airplane by decades. And yet, they suffered—they were too slow, too cumbersome, and often too dangerous to compete once conventional planes hit the scene. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ For_Some_Reason,_Bigfoot_Sightings Keep_Showing_Up_Around_Bear_Hangouts⠀⇛ Wonder why that is...? o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ The_Silent_Revolution_in_American Economics⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ eBay_will_lay_off_1,000_employees_—_9_percent of_the_company⠀⇛ Despite reporting profit of $1.3 billion last quarter, which it described as “another quarter of solid results,” eBay today suggests that there is a “Need for Change.” Company president and CEO Jamie Iannone writes that “there is more we can do to ensure our success,” and argues that eBay should be a “more nimble” company that “makes decisions more quickly” to position itself for “long-term, sustainable growth.” # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Google_CEO_tells_employees_to_expect_more_job cuts_this_year⠀⇛ So far, those “tough choices” have included layoffs and reorganizations in Google’s hardware, ad sales, search, shopping, maps, policy, core engineering, and YouTube teams. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ China_warns_that_it_may_"react"_to "hegemonic"_treatment_by_the_U.S._in_'Chip_War'⠀⇛ Tan Jian, the Chinese ambassador to the Netherlands, addressed the escalating tensions between China and the United States over advanced chip fabrication technologies in a recent interview with NRC, a Dutch newspaper. He stated that China might react to the United States' attempts to cut the country off from advanced chipmaking tools, but hoped this would not affect China's relationship with the European Union. China is upset that the U.S. has managed to persuade the government of the Netherlands to curb shipments of advanced ASML lithography tools to China. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Google,_Amazon,_TikTok,_and_more:_2024_starts_with thousands_of_tech_layoffs⠀⇛ And TikTok this week laid off 60 employees. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ TikTok_workers_feel_tech's_troubles_as_the_company cuts_60_jobs⠀⇛ The social media video app, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is reportedly laying off 60 employees in Los Angeles, New York, and Austin, and in other countries. # ⚓ India Times ☛ AI_testing_firm_RagaAI_closes_$4.7_million funding_led_by_Pi_Ventures⠀⇛ The firm will use the funds raised for research and development of its technology, and to expand its team with a focus on the US and European markets, Agarwal said. With this funding, the company expects a runway of at least 18 months, which will be further augmented by the revenue it is generating. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Marianne_Williamson_on_Running_for President,_Challenging_Biden_&_Calling_for_a_Gaza_Ceasefire⠀⇛ It’s primary day in New Hampshire. As Donald Trump and Nikki Haley square off in the Republican race, we speak to 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson on her longshot campaign against President Biden. In an unusual twist, Williamson’s name is on today’s ballot, but Biden’s is not. Biden opted out of running in New Hampshire after the state refused to move its primary until after South Carolina’s. Williamson discusses why she’s running for president, her antiwar platform, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, immigration reform and the New Hampshire primary election. “Just like with health and sickness, you don’t just treat sickness, you learn to cultivate health,” she says. “We need to not just drop bombs and put people in prison when there is conflict. We need to learn to prevent conflict. We need to proactively create peace.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Nikki_Haley_Is_Hanging_On_In_Case_Trump Unravels⠀⇛ Just after the Iowa caucuses delivered a resounding win for Donald Trump, former GOP Rep. David Jolly, now a Democrat, stated the obvious on MSNBC. Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis “are running to be the last ones to drop out.” Noting that Jolly “stated the obvious” isn’t meant as an insult; sometimes pundits of both parties resist the truth to create narratives that are more interesting than the clear reality, and Jolly resisted that. We have seen too much resisting reality this year. # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Warnings:_the_Holocaust,_US_Global Relations,_and_our_Endangered_Democracy⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Solidarity._Black_Lives_Always_Matter.⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ST_Picks:_Anti-graft_probes_in_Malaysia raise_questions_over_potential_abuse⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Uzbek_President_Starts_3-Day_State_Visit_To_China⠀⇛ Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev left Tashkent for Beijing on January 23 to start a three-day state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese leader Pooh-tin Jinping. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Schools_should_teach_media literacy⠀⇛ More than three quarters of Generation Z relies on social media for news [sic]. Although X, formerly known as Twitter, is the most commonly used social media website by journalists, the general public decidedly prefers Facebook, YouTube and Instagram for their news. Younger generations increasingly rely on social media influencers rather than journalists to interpret and report the news. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Officials_Investigating_AI-Powered_Joe Biden_Calling_People_in_New_Hampshire⠀⇛ "Although the voice in the robocall sounds like the voice of President Biden, this message appears to be artificially generated based on initial indications," the statement indicated. "These messages appear to be an unlawful attempt to disrupt the New Hampshire Presidential Primary Election and to suppress New Hampshire voters." Sent out on January 21, the message with the fake Biden voice told residents of the state that their vote vote "makes a difference in November, not this Tuesday." # ⚓ NBC ☛ Fake_Joe_Biden_robocall_tells_New_Hampshire Democrats_not_to_vote_Tuesday⠀⇛ And Sullivan said that while it is not clear who is behind the robocall, “it’s obviously somebody who wants to hurt Joe Biden.” “I want them to be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible, because this is an attack on democracy,” said Sullivan, an attorney, who said she believes the call could violate several laws. “I’m not going to let it go. I want to know who’s paying for it. Who knew about it? Who benefits?” She said she also plans to engage with federal law enforcement. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Chinese_flag-wavers_call_in_London_cops_over YouTuber's_livestream⠀⇛ Pianist defends right to free speech despite being told by transport police to stop filming and not to post. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_expert_condemns_‘severe_crackdowns’_on environmental_protestors_in_UK⠀⇛ In his letter, Forst highlighted the use of the Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 to prosecute environmental defenders. Peaceful protestors have been convicted under this law for the crime of “public nuisance,” which can be punished with up to ten years imprisonment. Forst emphasises that prosecution of peaceful protests has been “almost unheard of since the 1930s” in the UK. He stated, “States have a duty to facilitate the right to protest, and private entities and broader society may be expected to accept some level of disruption as a result of the exercise of this right.” Another issue highlighted in the letter was the “harsh bail conditions” of those waiting for their criminal trial. Forst reported prohibitions on contact with others in the environmental movement, requirements to wear electronic ankle tags, enforcement of curfews, and GPS tracking. Forst “seriously question[ed] the necessity and proportionality of such conditions for persons engaging in peaceful protest.” # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Many_of_My_Shows_Have_Been_Canceled”: Chinese_Artist_Ai_Weiwei_on_Israel,_Gaza_&_Censorship⠀⇛ We speak with acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who recently had an exhibition in London canceled after he publicly criticized Israel’s assault on Gaza. “We are gradually losing the ground of democracy or personal freedom,” says Ai, whose show in London was indefinitely postponed after he posted a controversial tweet about Israel in November. He joins Democracy Now! to discuss his longtime support of Palestine and Western hypocrisy over human rights and free speech. Ai Weiwei also describes his new graphic novel Zodiac, about his experiences as a Chinese dissident. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ X_Corp._Fights_'Genshin_Impact'_Subpoena, Defends_Alleged_Leakers'_"Anonymous_Speech"⠀⇛ X Corp refuses to comply with a DMCA subpoena targeting X/Twitter users who allegedly leaked unreleased Genshin Impact content online. Publisher Cognosphere obtained the subpoena last November and views this is a straightforward matter. X Corp believes that the lack of judicial oversight built into the DMCA subpoena process poses a risk to the First Amendment rights of its users. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Freshman_State_Lawmaker_Wants_To_Ban_Porn_In Oklahoma⠀⇛ A far-right state lawmaker in the Oklahoma state legislature has started his first term on the civil liberties shortbus. Sen. Dusty Deevers, a Republican lawmaker and Southern Baptist pastor, introduced a complete ban on consensual pornography despite its First Amendment protections. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ There’s_No_Free_Press_Without_a_Free Assange⠀⇛ There is a gauntlet at the feet of the U.S. government—the truth versus more duplicity and doublespeak. Julian Assange and represents this conflict. As Maurizi recently observed, even 13 years later, the Wikileaks revelations continue to inform the public of some of the most serious crimes of the United States and those states in its global thrall. It is unclear whether any U.S. official will ever have to answer for those crimes. That seems less than likely. Successive military and intelligence leaders have perjured themselves in an attempt to cover this wrongdoing, doubling and tripling down on a distraction campaign focused on the very few people like Assange who have dared to tell the truth about the murder and destruction perpetrated on the world by the U.S. and its vassals. # ⚓ Consortium News ☛ John_Pilger:_Assange_Arrest_a_Warning From_History⠀⇛ Consortium News this month pays tribute to the life and work of John Pilger, an all-time great journalist who died Dec. 30. Today we republish his essay from April 2019 just after Julian Assange’s arrest. [...] Even if journalists who published WikiLeaks‘ leaks are not summoned by an American grand jury, the intimidation of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning will be enough. Real journalism is being criminalized by thugs in plain sight. Dissent has become an indulgence. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Julian_Assange_Excluded_From_Jailed_Journalist Index_Again⠀⇛ The 2023 census takes on greater significance given the Israeli government’s war on Gaza and the military attacks and crackdown on Palestinian journalists. Seventeen journalists were jailed by Israel, the “highest number of arrests” since CPJ began tracking arrests in 1992. It is the first time that Israel has “ranked among the top six offenders.” But at this moment, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his legal team are preparing for a major hearing on February 20 before the High Court of the Justice in the United Kingdom. They view the hearing as a final opportunity to save him from extradition to the United States, where he was charged with violating the Espionage Act in 2019. # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ The_Pitchfork_years⠀⇛ The gutting of Pitchfork is not just a loss for writers and editors, but all music fans. Spotify’s algorithm can introduce you to new music but it can’t contextualise it or tell its stories. Replacing media “gatekeepers” with AI ones has not enriched the culture. There are new formats for music journalism – the YouTuber Anthony Fantano is perhaps the world’s most influential music critic, while Cole Cuchna’s podcast Dissect is a masterclass in analysis – but like any art form, popular music deserves a thriving critical culture in the written word. While some music websites survive, notably the defiantly left-field digital magazine, the Quietus, it is striking that the alleged dinosaurs of print, led in the UK by Mojo and Uncut, have outlasted most of their supposed successors. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ From_Freezing_Cold_to_Housing_Insecurity, Migrants_Face_Crisis_in_NYC,_Chicago_&_Beyond⠀⇛ As nine Democratic governors join together to call on President Biden and Congress to address the humanitarian crisis faced by migrants, we look at conditions faced by tens of thousands of asylum seekers in New York City and Chicago. Many arrived over the last year on buses from Texas as part of Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s anti-immigrant efforts. We hear from a migrant staying in a tent shelter at a former airport site in New York City where they face below-freezing temperatures and a lack of medical services, and we speak with immigration rights activists. Murad Awawdeh, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, and Oscar Chacón, executive director of Alianza Americas, discuss how immigrants have been treated as scapegoats by leaders who have failed to provide services and reform the immigration system. “Migrants are simply making these failures in our society very visible,” says Chacón. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Oops!_Replacing_Workers_With_AI_Is_Actually_More Expensive,_MIT_Finds⠀⇛ As detailed in a new paper, the team examined the cost-effectiveness of 1,000 "visual inspection" tasks across 800 occupations, such as inspecting food to see whether it's gone bad. They discovered that just 23 percent of workers' total wages "would be attractive to automate," mainly because of the "large upfront costs of AI systems" — and that's if the automatable tasks could even "be separated from other parts" of the jobs. That said, they admit, those economics may well change over time. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Tibetan_monk_serving_3_years_in_prison_for_leading prayers_during_COVID_lockdown⠀⇛ Lobsang Tashi, 43, the former chant master of Kirti Monastery in Ngaba county in southwest China’s Sichuan province, was also sentenced for making offerings on behalf of those who died during the pandemic to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and the India-based abbot of his monastery, said the sources, who asked not to be named for safety reasons. Chinese authorities arrested Tashi on June 10, 2021 and detained him for a few months, during which a secret trial was held, the sources told RFA. One of the sources is from inside Tibet and the remaining two, who now live outside China, were formerly based in Ngaba. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Trade_unions_alarmed_by_EU’s_industrial collapse⠀⇛ Europe’s major trade union organisations have expressed deep concern about the scale of the EU’s industrial decline, as structurally high energy prices continue to lay waste to a crucial pillar of the bloc’s economy, notes ‘The Euractiv’. Fears were compounded after a Eurostat study published on Monday (15 January) found that month- on-month industrial production in the EU fell by 0.2% in November last year, the third consecutive monthly decrease. Year-on-year industrial output was also down 5.8% in November after declining by 5.4% in October. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Underage_Marriages_Rampant_In_Tajikistan_Despite Increased_Legal_Age_To_Wed⠀⇛ The government also warned religious figures not to conduct a "nikah" to anyone below 18. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ When_your_job_interviewer’s_initials_are_AI⠀⇛ Artificial intelligence is spreading into the hiring process despite widespread public skepticism. Innovations in automated interviewing are happening so quickly that governments are struggling to keep up with ground rules. Left unresolved are larger ethical questions, such as: Can we trust machines to judge human talent and potential? Will AI interviewers be less biased than human ones? Such questions haven't stopped companies from rushing to embrace the technology, at least for entry-level positions and internships, despite drawbacks of machine-based interviewing and previous problems with discrimination. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Amazon_fined_in_France_for_excessively monitoring_warehouse_employees⠀⇛ CNIL said workers were under pressure to perform, knowing surveillance systems were continually monitoring what they did. One such apparatus was “stow machine guns” that keep track of hand speeds when staff are scanning packages. The watchdog said there were also artificial intelligence systems that measure a worker’s “idle time.” # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ White_House_is_‘doubling_down’_on accessibility_when_it_comes_to_digital_experiences⠀⇛ Jonathan Finch, the White House’s acting director for digital experience, said during a webinar Tuesday that the General Services Administration’s Technology Modernization Fund is staying especially busy with requests of that kind, which are coming in the aftermath of OMB M-23-22, released last September, and a December digital accessibility memo building off that guidance and the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act of 2018. # ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_and_More_Than_100+_NGOS_Set_Non-Negotiable Redlines_Ahead_of_UN_Cybercrime_Treaty_Negotiations⠀⇛ The last draft published on November 6, 2023 does not adequately ensure adherence to human rights law and standards. Initially focused on cybercrime, the proposed Treaty has alarmingly evolved into an expansive surveillance tool. Katitza Rodriguez, EFF Policy Director for Global Privacy, asserts ahead of the upcoming concluding negotiations: Historically, cybercrime legislation has been exploited to target journalists and security researchers, suppress dissent and whistleblowers, endanger human rights defenders, limit free expression, and justify unnecessary and disproportionate state surveillance measures. We are concerned that the proposed Treaty, as it stands now, will exacerbate these problems. The proposed treaty concluding session will be held at the UN Headquarters in New York from January 29 to February 10th. EFF will be attending in person. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Streisand_Effect_Still_Applies_Even_If_You_Steal Every_Copy_Of_A_Newspaper_To_(You_Believe)_Protect_A ‘Victim’⠀⇛ I don’t think I’ve ever had so many people send me a “Streisand Effect” story as the one about a small town having nearly every copy of a newspaper stolen. Many people assumed that the culprit who stole the papers did so to try to perhaps protect the perpetrators of a sexual assault (or possibly one of the accused’s step-father, the local police chief). In reality, it turns out that it was actually someone who (incorrectly and naively) thought they were protecting the victim of the crime. But, the Streisand Effect still applies one way or the other — and the stolen newspapers brought way, way, way more attention to the whole thing. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ German_court_bans_Forbes_from_saying_billionaire Alisher_Usmanov_‘fronted’_for_Putin_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_city_council_votes_to_revoke_mandate_of lawmaker_who_condemned_war_and_called_Putin_a_monster_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Regional_Lawmaker's_Mandate_Annulled_After His_Open_Criticism_Of_Putin⠀⇛ Lawmakers on the Perm City Council on January 23 voted to cancel the mandate of their colleague, Sergei Medvedev, over his open criticism of Kremlin policies. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FCC_To_End_Broadband_Discounts_For_Poor_People After_Republicans_Undermine_Program⠀⇛ The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, currently provides 23 million low-income Americans a $30 broadband discount. While it didn’t get much hype, that’s a big deal in a country where broadband affordability is a massive obstacle due to muted competition. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Lee Peterson ☛ Trying_to_budget_for_one_TV_streaming service_at_a_time⠀⇛ I’ve been watching a lot of TV over the last year but decided to only budget for one at a time. I’ve been looking at what’s coming out and planning accordingly. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Fragging:_The_Subscription_Model_Comes_for_Gamers⠀⇛ The video game industry is undergoing the same concerning changes we’ve seen before with film and TV, and it underscores the need for meaningful digital ownership. Twenty years ago you owned DVDs. Ten years ago you probably had a Netflix subscription with a seemingly endless library. Now, you probably have two to three subscription services, and regularly hear about shows and movies you can no longer access, either because they’ve moved to yet another subscription service, or because platforms are delisting them all together. The video game industry is getting the same treatment. While it is still common for people to purchase physical or digital copies of games, albeit often from within walled gardens like Steam or Epic Games, game subscriptions are becoming more and more common. Like the early days of movie streaming, services like Microsoft Game Pass or PlayStation Plus seem to offer a good deal. For a flat monthly fee, you have access to seemingly unlimited game choices. That is, for now. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ HP_CEO_justifies_blocking_third-party_ink cartridges_by_claiming_they_can_inject_malware⠀⇛ HP CEO Enrique Lores gave an interview to CNBC where he was asked about the firmware bricking printers with third-party inks. The CEO said they're protecting their IP, but continued saying that third-party cartridges can inject viruses. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ India Times ☛ Apple_bids_to_throw_out_$1_billion_UK_lawsuit_over app_store_fees⠀⇛ The case, worth up to 785 million pounds ($998 million) and one of several faced by the tech giant in the United Kingdom, alleges Apple charged third-party developers unfair commissions of up to 30% on purchases of apps or other content. Sean Ennis, a competition law professor and a former economist at the OECD, is spearheading the case which was filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) last year. o ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Boeing,_Spirit_and_Jetblue,_a_monopoly_horror- story⠀⇛ Why, after all, have Spirit and Jetblue been so ardent in pursuing mergers? Jetblue has had two failed merger attempts with Virgin, and this is the third time they've failed in an attempt to merge with Spirit. Spirit, meanwhile, just lost a bid to merge with Frontier. Why are these two airlines so obsessed with combining with each other or any other airline that will have them? As Dayen explains, it's because US aviation has been consumed by monopoly, hollowed out to the point of near collapse, thanks to neoliberal policies at every part of the aviation supply-chain. For one thing, there's just not enough pilots, nor enough air-traffic controllers (recall that Reagan's first major act in office was to destroy the air traffic controller's union). But even more importantly, there are no more planes. Boeing's waitlist for airplane delivery stretches to 2029. And Boeing is about to deliver a lot fewer planes, thanks to its disastrous corner-cutting, which grounded a vast global fleet of 737 Max aircraft (again): [...] o ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ EU_antitrust_authority_probes_Lufthansa's_ITA stake_bid⠀⇛ The European Union's anti-trust authority has launched an investigation into German carrier Lufthansa's effort to acquire a 41% stake in Italy's ITA Airways. o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ INPADOC_Extended_Families_can_now_be searched_on_Unified's_Portal⠀⇛ These features are available in the Patent_Search portal, as well as OPAL’s IEEE, 3GPP, and Video Codec landscapes, to enable accurate top-down counting and analysis.  DOCDB simple families typically include a collection of patent monopoly applications covering the same technical content. # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Judge_Pauline_Newman:_Evaluate For_Yourself [Ed: A patent maximalist who caused problems for CAFC, insisting that monopolies were great; nothing says "moderate" like being in Substack, the nazi's go-to pub]⠀⇛ David Lat has a great new podcast with Judge Pauline Newman and asks listeners to “evaluate the 96-year-old jurist’s mental acuity for yourself by listening to this podcast. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Precedential_No._3:_TTAB_Rules_that_a Cancellation_Petition_Filed_During_Grace_Period_is_Mooted_If Section_8_Declaration_Is_Not_Filed⠀⇛ In a slight variation of the recent precedential ruling in Taylor v. Motor Trend [TTABlogged here], the Board ruled that a cancellation proceeding commenced during the Section 8 grace period for the target registration is mooted if the registrant does not timely file its Section 8 Declaration of Use. The_Men’s_Wearhouse,_LLC_v._WKND_NYC_LLC, 2024 USPQ2d 86 (TTAB 2024) [precedential]. # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ At_USPTO's_Request,_CAFC_Re-designates_as Precedential_Its_EVERYBODY_VS_RACISM_Failure-to-Function Affirmance⠀⇛ At the request of the USPTO under Fed. Cir. R. 32.1 (e), the CAFC has re-designated as precedential its opinion in In_re_GO_&_Associates,_LLC, Appeal No. 2022-1961 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 14, 2023, re-designated as precedential, January 22, 2024). o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Canadian_Copyright_in_the_Age_of_Generative AI:_My_Submission_to_the_Government’s_Copyright Consultation⠀⇛ The government’s consultation on copyright and generative AI closed last week. The submissions are not yet public, but I am pleased to post my submission, which focused on an exception for text and data mining, the inclusion of copyrighted works in large language models, and the copyright implications of outputs from generative AI systems. My submission noted that the consultation raises several questions related to generative AI and copyright. I focused on three: [...] # ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Clear_Shadows_(1867)⠀⇛ A compilation of silhouette portraits by the artist Ochiai Yoshiiku (1833–1904), which includes short biographies, picture riddles, and poems. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ TikTok_is_Eyeing_Another_Big_Music Move,_This_Time_in_Nashville [Ed: Nashville's music scene to be captured by a weapon controlled by CPC?]⠀⇛ TikTok is eyeing a big move into Nashville with a minimum 100,000-square-foot lease in Music Row’s Moore Building. Fentanylware (TikTok) is looking to expand its Music City footprint with a move into a larger and more permanent Nashville office. o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ABCDKRY_Wordo:_PILED⠀⇛ # § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ DNS_Guardrails_with_dnscrypt-proxy⠀⇛ Over the holidays we got our two younger children HP laptops for them to do their school work on and to have a proper computer. While the schools Google login effectively adds restrictions to Chrome, I still wanted to have some guardrails on their Internet access as well as ad-blocking. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ building_veilidchat⠀⇛ it was kind of straight forward. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4119 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 24/01/2024: Natural Disasters and COVID-19 Rebounds⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 24, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Ambulance_driving_in_a_winter⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Server 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 # Wildlife/Nature 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 Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Jamie Zawinski ☛ Scrolling_text_on_a_web_page:_still_rocket surgery⠀⇛ The big one, though, is the one in DNA Pizza that displays a parallax cascade of multiple flyers at once, and includes a ticker crawl at the bottom of our Patreon donors. It's a Pi 4, and the text scrolling is not smooth, because apparently this is just too much work for a god damned supercomputer. This is with Chromium 120 on a Pi 4b and Raspbian 11.7. Performance under Firefox 115 is even worse. o ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ E-Prime⠀⇛ E-Prime is a variant of English where you can’t use “is”, “am”, “are”, “was”, or “be”. The point isn’t to [filter out] certain words, the point is to ban absolute statements about other predicates. “E- Prime is good”, “E-Prime is boring”, “E-Prime is Orwellian newspeak that erodes the free thought”, “the sky is blue”. Contractions and synonyms for “is” are also banned, and forms like “I’m” or “isn’t” are also gone, or “would” and “will”, even “has” can be bad; the point again isn’t to filter out specific words, it’s to learn to think in a way that isn’t absolute about the properties of things. o ⚓ Chris Coyier ☛ Where_have_all_the_websites_gone?⠀⇛ I know I sound like an old man when I go on and on about RSS, but really, it’s sitting right there and is apparently what a lot of people miss. o ⚓ Internet Archive ☛ DISCMASTER_Rises_Again⠀⇛ In October of 2022, the DISCMASTER site arrived, providing amazing semantic search of thousands of shareware and compilation CD-ROMs at the Internet Archive. In the entry written on the blog back then, the advantages and features of this site were pretty well enumerated. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ My_line_about_SEO_being_a_red_herring⠀⇛ My view has long been that good pages rank well by virtue of being good pages. They’ll usually have most, if not all, of these attributes: [...] o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Writing_And_Running_Atari_2600_Games_In_Your_Browser⠀⇛ Here in 2024, writing new games for the venerable Atari 2600 game console is easier than ever, with plenty of emulators and toolchains to convert your code into ready- to-load ROMs. Yet what is easier than diving straight into 6502 assembly code without even having to download or set up a toolchain? That’s where [Henry Schmale]’s fully in-browser Atari IDE and associated emulator (using the Javatari project) comes into play. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ January_2024_Web_Server_Survey⠀⇛ In the January 2024 survey we received responses from 1,079,154,539 sites across 270,447,456 domains and 12,337,710 web-facing computers. This reflects a loss of 8.9 million sites, a gain of 1.2 million domains, and a loss of 17,900 web-facing computers. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Hillel Wayne ☛ An_RNG_that_runs_in_your_brain⠀⇛ Marsaglia is most famous for the diehard suite of RNG tests, so he knows his stuff. I’m curious why this works and why he chose 6. We’re going to use Raku, the language for gremlins.2 I’ll be explaining all the weird features I use in dropdowns in case you’re a bit of a gremlin, too. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Most_Animals_Have_a_24-Hour_Body_Clock. This_Beetle_Breaks_All_The_Rules.⠀⇛ In the large black chafer beetle (Holotrichia parallela), a species of scarab beetle, sex hormones seem to take the lead and create an internal rhythm that cycles over 48 hours instead of the typical 24-hour clock. Because this strange internal clock takes twice as long as a circadian cycle to start and finish, it is known as a 'circabidian' rhythm. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Do_We_Have_Quantum_Brains?_'Irrational' Behavior_Follows_Strange_Rules⠀⇛ It could explain a lot. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Even_Rats_Are_Taking_Selfies_Now_(and Enjoying_It)⠀⇛ A photographer trained two rats to take photographs of themselves. They didn’t want to stop. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Chemists_Have_Just_Tied_The_Tightest_Knot Ever,_Made_of_Just_54_Atoms⠀⇛ Just the thing for tiny sailors. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Semen_Microbiome_Is_a_Thing,_And_It Might_Be_Impacting_Fertility⠀⇛ Swimming with bacteria. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Massive_Tsunami_Could_Have_Wiped_Out Populations_in_Stone_Age_Britain⠀⇛ Don't think it couldn't happen again. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ Immeasurable_Impact⠀⇛ Given the world of social media — where every interaction is recorded, tallied, and put on display for public exhibition — I like Jerod’s reminder of the nature of deep influence, which often remains anonymous. # ⚓ DJ Adams ☛ Accuracy_and_precision_in_language⠀⇛ I was fortunate to be able to study until I was 21, before starting my real work life. At school, the 'A' level subjects I chose were Latin, Ancient Greek and Ancient History. I was very lucky to be able to continue on that curve at university, reading Classics ... predominantly Latin and Ancient Greek, with an emphasis on language rather than literature, plus a module in Sanskrit and one in Philology. A strong interest in all things grammar, syntax and language, combined with this opportunity to study this in depth, has left me with a passion for accuracy and precision in language, as well as a love of etymology and semantics. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ The Newsprint ☛ The_Mode_Envoy⠀⇛ I don’t think you can “review” a mechanical keyboard, per se. They’re too much a sum of their parts. They’re too customizable. There’s so much you can do to make a board great. Or terrible. A great board build could be ruined by bad switches or poor keycaps. A poor build could be covered up by great keycaps or a few neat Bluetooth features. Said another way, the Mode Envoy in my hands may be reviewed differently by other folks. # ⚓ Russell Coker ☛ Russell_Coker:_Storage_Trends_2024⠀⇛ It has been less_than_a_year_since_my_last_post about_storage_trends_[1] and enough has changed to make it worth writing again. My previous analysis was that for <2TB only SSD made sense, for 4TB SSD made sense for business use while hard drives were still a good option for home use, and for 8TB+ hard drives were clearly the best choice for most uses. I will start by looking at MSY prices, they aren't the cheapest (you can get cheaper online) but they are competitive and they make it easy to compare the different options. I'll also compare the cheapest options in each size, there are more expensive options but usually if you want to pay more then the performance benefits of SSD (both SATA and NVMe) are even more appealing. All prices are in Australian dollars and of parts that are readily available in Australia, but the relative prices of the parts are probably similar in most countries. The main issue here is when to use SSD and when to use hard disks, and then if SSD is chosen which variety to use. # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_S24_series_–_the_bar_has_been set,_albeit_in_a_recycled_design⠀⇛ The Samsung Galaxy S24 range of smartphones was announced and it looks like they are beasts. The S24 Ultra in particular seems to have tickled many people’s fancy. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ China's_chipmaking_tool_imports_climb_to $40_billion_as_the_country_chases_semiconductor_manufacturing self-sufficiency⠀⇛ China's semiconductor tool imports increased by 14% to $40 billion as the country tries to become its own chipmaker. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Researchers_demonstrate_liquid_metal_RAM, bringing_us_closer_to_flexible,_implantable_hardware_–_and_to our_Terminator_2_nightmares⠀⇛ Researchers from Tsinghua University in China have successfully introduced a fully-flexible liquid RAM, dubbed "FlexRAM". The future possibilities this raises include massive improvements in wearables, implants, and robotics. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Court_sentences_ex-vaccine_chief_to_community service⠀⇛ A leading Finnish vaccine researcher was found guilty of defrauding a university. # ⚓ COVID-19_vaccine_“shedding”_might_as_well_be_homeopathy⠀⇛ It’s been too short a time since I last wrote about the antivaccine myth of “shedding,” particularly in the context of COVID-19 vaccines. As you might recall, shedding is a real phenomenon, but only for vaccines made from live attenuated virus (LAV); i.e. vaccines that use a weakened version of the pathogenic virus in order to cause a harmless infection that can stimulate an immune response that protects against the fully pathogenic version of the virus causing the disease targeted. Examples of currently used LAV vaccines include vaccines against measles, mumps, rubella, rotavirus, varicella, and influenza (the intranasally administered vaccine). Because LAV vaccines contain live virus, people vaccinated with them can in some cases “shed” vaccine-strain virus for a period of time afterward. However, the “attenuated” in LAV means that this virus is attenuated, which means that infection caused by it is asymptomatic or very weakly symptomatic. In the age of the pandemic, I must admit that I was surprised when this particularly antivax myth reared its ugly head mere weeks after the mRNA-based vaccines were released, mainly because with these viruses there is no molecular or biological mechanism for “shedding” of mRNA, the spike protein it produces, or anything else to affect others. Yet the myth persists, What inspired me to write about it again after all this time was a post by an antivax quack who goes by the ‘nym A Midwestern Doctor (AMD) entitled What Is The Current Evidence for mRNA Vaccine Shedding? Even as AMD asks, “And how can you protect yourself from it?” I started to realize just how much his arguments remind me of those of homeopaths. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Billions_of_cicadas_will_buzz_this_spring_as_two broods_emerge_at_the_same_time⠀⇛ "It's like a graduating class that has a reunion every 17 or 13 years," says Gene Kritsky, professor emeritus of biology at Mount St. Joseph University and author of A Tale of Two Broods: The 2024 Emergence of Periodical Cicada Broods XIII and XIX. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Bird_Flu_Has_Made_a_Terrifying_Leap_That's Devastated_Argentina's_Seal_Populations⠀⇛ Heartbreaking. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ When_America_First_Dropped_Acid⠀⇛ Well before the hippies arrived, LSD and other hallucinogens were poised to enter the American mainstream. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Top_Cancer_Center_Seeks_to_Retract_or Correct_Dozens_of_Studies⠀⇛ A British biologist and blogger discovered faulty data in many studies conducted by top executives of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. # ⚓ Greg Morris ☛ A_Bit_Of_Internet_Silence⠀⇛ This isn’t me rage-quitting micro.blog after moaning about the lack of muting, but it’s not far off. I will continue to publish in both places until I decide on what to do. I need to reassess where I want to spend my time, and the effect that this election year could have on my life. It’s already creeping into my RSS and podcast feeds; I just don’t want to see it where I hang out. Anyway, that’s what I’ve been up to — enjoying the silence and learning new things. # ⚓ Greg Morris ☛ At_What_Point_Do_You_Give_Up?⠀⇛ Don’t get me wrong, I have learned a great deal of new skills and used some of it to pass modules in my qualification. However, while messing around with micropub endpoints this morning to try to get my new thing to do exactly what the old thing does well, at some point you just give up. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Too_much_cocaine_from_“hinterland”:_Berlin_wants security_partnership_“from_Peru_to_Germany”⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Preserving_Mexico’s_heritage_and_health with_organic_corn⠀⇛ Learn more about Mexico's food heritage and be inspired by a woman who is preserving an ancient type of agriculture. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Iran_to_execute_protester_with_mental health_condition_on_Tuesday,_says_lawyer⠀⇛ CNN — An Iranian protester with a mental health condition will be executed on Tuesday over the death of a local official during Iran’s 2022 mass demonstrations, his lawyer Amir Raesian said Monday. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ How_Patients_and_Doctors_Are_Navigating_the Fallout_of_the_Philips_Breathing_Machine_Recall⠀⇛ In 2021, Philips Respironics recalled its DreamStation breathing machines, along with other sleep apnea devices and ventilators, leaving millions of customers worldwide waiting for replacements. Foam inside the machines could crumble in heat and humidity, sending potentially carcinogenic materials into the lungs of patients. I spent eight months making a film about this, following sleep apnea patients through airports to doctor appointments. I recorded their home lives, their bedtime routines. I tried to capture the claustrophobic details of the mask that fits tightly over the nose and mouth. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Bacteria_Responsible_For_Acne_Were Genetically_Modified_to_Treat_It_Instead⠀⇛ Culprit turned comrade. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ New_Antidepressant_Could_Restore_The_Body's Ability_to_Fight_Cancer⠀⇛ Mental health is just the start. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ VHA_launches_‘access_sprints’_to offer_more_medical_appointments_to_veterans⠀⇛ The Veterans Health Administration is looking to raise  workforce productivity, after a record year of hiring, and increase the number of health care appointments available to patients. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Hospital_might_break_ties_with_builder_over_delays and_errors⠀⇛ Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital (PSKUS) could terminate the contract with LLC Velve to build the new A2 hospital building because the company delays construction work and has no evidence that they can finish it, PSKUS announced on January 22. # ⚓ In_England,_Over_a_Million_People_Admitted_to_Hospital_With COVID-19_and_Now_the_Government_Shuts_Down_the_Coronavirus_ (COVID-19)_Dashboard⠀⇛ I have only just noticed that a million English people with COVID-19 reached the hospital (probably more, but testing isn’t done much anymore) # ⚓ A_‘Pandemic’_or_Epidemic_of_Heart_Diseases_(After_Botched Response_to_COVID-19)⠀⇛ # ⚓ Government_Covering_Up_Excess_Deaths_(Mortality)_in_the_UK After_Poor_Response_to_COVID-19_and_Profiteering⠀⇛ I am glad some people talk about this. This is worrying. They changed it from Tuesdays to Wednesdays for updates and they try to hide just how badly the COVID-19 response was and still is. Loads of people are dying; answers are not being sought. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Peak_period_for_Covid-19_begins_in Hong_Kong,_pandemic_expert_urges_public_to_get_mRNA_vaccines [Ed: This seems more like proof that the vaccines did not work or barely worked; is the solution just more and more of them?]⠀⇛ A pandemic expert has urged the public to get mRNA vaccines as the city sees a rise in the prevalence of Covid-19, dominated by a new variant: jn.1. Ivan Hung, chair professor of infectious diseases at the Department of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong [...] # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Alcohol_Changes_How_Your_Brain's_Genes Work._Changing_Them_Back_May_Fight_Addiction.⠀⇛ It's not just alcohol, either. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Intermittent_Fasting_Does_Work_For_Weight Loss_–_But_Only_if_You_Follow_This_Rule⠀⇛ It's not a "free pass". o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ CNBC ☛ Tencent's_Riot_Games_division_cuts_11%_of_staff_to 'create_focus' [Ed: Collapses are "focus", spin from Microsoft's propagandist/media mole Jordan Novet]⠀⇛ Tencent’s Riot Games is cutting back headcount for the Legends of Runeterra game. # ⚓ TikTok_Lays_Off_Around_60_Employees_to_Cut_Costs⠀⇛ TikTok is one of the most popular apps today and is used by over 150 million people all over the world. This makes its parent company, ByteDance, among the most successful companies when it comes to social media. However, that does not save it from the turbulence in the tech sector. In order to cut costs, approximately 60 employees will be laid off by the social media giant. The divisions that were most affected were sales and advertising, according to NPR. The number of laid-off staff, while unfortunate, is small compared to the total number of employees that TikTok has. In the US alone, there are around 7,000 employees. Globally, TikTok employs over 150,000 people. # ⚓ Tracy Durnell ☛ Bottomless_graphics⠀⇛ It seems ironic that even as smart phones have made photography accessible to most people, allowing the average person to take more photos in a week than they might have in a year with film cameras, as well as access to huge free, attribution-licensed photo libraries from all those other photographers on Flickr, Pixabay, Wikimedia Commons, etc, people still “need” to generate AI graphics for their email newsletter or blog 🙄 Bottomless photos weren’t enough; now everything else must be bottomless too. # ⚓ NVISO Labs ☛ Is_the_Google_search_bar_enough_to_[breach] Belgian_companies?⠀⇛ In this blog post, we will go over a technique called Google Dorking and demonstrate how it can be utilized to uncover severe security vulnerabilities in web applications hosted right here in Belgium, where NVISO was founded. The inspiration for this security research arose from the observation that many large organizations have fallen victim to severe security breaches, with the perpetrators often being individuals under the age of 18. A recent incident involved an 18-year-old hacker who managed to infiltrate Rockstar Games using just a hotel TV, a cellphone, and an Amazon Fire Stick while under police protection. This can be caused by two possibilities: either these young cybercriminals possess exceptional talent and skills, which we are certain of, and/or the importance of cybersecurity is not being sufficiently prioritized yet by many organizations. # ⚓ El País ☛ Beware_of_ChatGPT’s_evil_twin_and_other generative_AI_dangers⠀⇛ The more convincing a scam, the higher the likelihood of success. Some use AI to synthesize audio. “The ‘pig butchering’ crypto scam may eventually transition from messages to calls, boosting its effectiveness,” said Anaya. This scam got its name because criminals “fatten up” the victims by gaining their trust, and then steal everything they have. While commonly associated with cryptocurrencies, the scam can also be applied to other financial transactions. # ⚓ [Repeat] The Register UK ☛ OpenAI_bans_long-shot presidential_candidate_bot_for_breaking_T&Cs⠀⇛ Dean.bot appeared online last week as the brainchild of a political action committee (PAC) with ties to Silicon Valley called "We Deserve Better" that reportedly formed in November of last year. The bot was created by Delphi, an AI startup focused on mimicking the opinions and speech of real people. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ OpenAI_Bans_Developer_Of_Bot That_Impersonated_US_Congressman_Dean_Phillips⠀⇛ The bot was backed by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Matt Krisiloff and Jed Somers. The duo started a super PAC called We Deserve Better to support Phillips ahead of the impending New Hampshire primary. The PAC had reportedly received $1 million (£0.79 million) from hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who was willing to invest in Elon Musk-led X through his SPARC (special purpose acquisition rights company) structure last year. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ AI_Customer_Service_Bot_Disabled_After_Trashing Company_Using_It⠀⇛ The UK-based package delivery service DPD has disabled parts of its AI chatbot service after the bot was caught swearing at customers and even insulting DPD, multiple outlets have reported. DPD's trouble began late last week when a musician named Ashley Beauchamp took to X-formerly-Twitter to share his bizarre experience with the AI-powered bot. As Beauchamp explained to The Guardian, he was trying to track down a lost package — but as the musician's screenshots of his conversation with the bot show, it seems that the AI was woefully ill- equipped to help with the basic customer service query. The AI explained that it had no way to access Beauchamp's order information, and then, after Beauchamp asked to speak to a human, it said it didn't have a way to reach anyone. # ⚓ Wired ☛ Apple_Shares_the_Secret_of_Why_the_40-Year-Old_Mac Still_Rules⠀⇛ That legacy has been long-lasting. For the first half of its existence, the Mac occupied only a slice of the market, even as it inspired so many rivals; now it’s a substantial chunk of PC sales. Even within the Apple juggernaut, $30 billion isn’t chicken feed! What’s more, when people think of PCs these days, many will envision a Macintosh. More often than not, the open laptops populating coffee shops and tech company workstations beam out glowing Apples from their covers. Apple claims that its Macbook Air is the world’s best-selling computer model. One 2019 survey reported that more than two-thirds of all college students prefer a Mac. And Apple has relentlessly improved the product, whether with the increasingly slim profile of the iMac or the 22-hour battery life of the Macbook Pro. Moreover, the Mac is still a thing. Chromebooks and Surface PCs come and go, but Apple’s creation remains the pinnacle of PC-dom. “It’s not a story of nostalgia, or history passing us by,” says Greg “Joz” Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, in a rare on-the-record interview with five Apple executives involved in its Macintosh operation. “The fact we did this for 40 years is unbelievable.” # ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ 40_years_ago,_Apple’s_original_Macintosh started_a_revolution⠀⇛ Back to the Macintosh story, Apple’s budget model challenged the IBM PC’s 8/16-bit Intel 8088 chip with a Motorola 68000 processor, a 16/32-bit chip that could handle twice as much data in a single instruction. The differences were stark at the surface as well. The Macintosh was tiny compared to an IBM PC and the computer’s motherboard and a floppy disk drive were built into the same case as its small, but sharp, black and white monitor, making for a small footprint on a desk. This was an important consideration at a time when desks weren’t designed for computers. The most important difference was the mouse and graphical user interface which made a computer much easier for anyone to learn to use. Apple didn’t invent this concept that was developed at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. The Macintosh was, however, the computer that took this idea out of the lab and demonstrated that this should be the way of the future. # ⚓ Smithsonian Magazine ☛ Forty_Years_Ago,_the_Mac_Triggered_a Revolution_in_User_Experience⠀⇛ It turns out that designing for usability, efficiency, accessibility, elegance and delight pays off. Apple’s market capitalization is now over $2.8 trillion, and its brand is every bit associated with the term “design” as the best New York or Milan fashion houses are. Apple turned technology into fashion, and it did it through user experience. It began with the Macintosh. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Fit_at_40:_the_revolutionary_Apple_Mac_in numbers⠀⇛ Jobs, playing the showman inventor to perfection in a black suit and silver bow tie, opened a zipper bag in an auditorium in Cupertino, California, on January 24, 1984, and lifted out a lightweight computer that not only operated at the click of a button but also, thrillingly, talked. Here is a look back at Apple's revolutionary machine in numbers. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ ‘Palworld’_Is_Tearing_the_Internet Apart⠀⇛ Palworld is made by a company called Pocketpair, not Nintendo, and it’s not an officially licensed Pokémon game. But that may be hard to tell because Palworld’s monsters are all thinly veiled reproductions of the beloved pocket monsters. That hasn’t mattered to players. The dream of putting a minigun in the hands of a creature that looks like Raichu—but isn’t quite Raichu—has been popular. Despite the game being sold in early access, meaning it's unfinished, players have flocked to it in droves and the game has been well reviewed across the internet. # ⚓ Hundreds_of_Layoffs_by_Google,_Amazon,_and_Meta_in_Just Weeks⠀⇛ With massive layoffs that devastated the tech sector, 2023 started badly. Google, Microsoft, Meta, and numerous other industry titans let thousands of employees go as part of their reorganisation and cost-cutting initiatives. The earthquakes were felt all year round and continued until 2024. January is only halfway through, and there have already been several layoffs. Employers such as Google, Meta, Amazon, Discord, and many more have announced new layoffs affecting hundreds of workers in various departments. The recent layoffs are not large-scale but noteworthy enough to raise concerns about potential future mass layoffs. # ⚓ Tencent’s_Riot_Games_Layoffs_11%_of_Staff_or_About_530 Jobs⠀⇛ The company said that the decision is not to “appease shareholders or to hit a quarterly earnings number”. “It’s a necessity. Over the past few years, as Riot more than doubled in headcount, we spread our efforts across more and more projects without sharp enough razors to decide what players needed most,” Riot Games said. “We’re changing some of the bets we’ve made and shifting how we work across the company to create focus and move us toward a more sustainable future,” Riot CEO Dylan Jadeja told employees in a letter published on the company’s blog. # ⚓ Riot_Games_layoff_wave_will_hit_530_people⠀⇛ In the wake of the Riot Games layoff announcement, the company is facing a critical juncture, as it eliminates approximately 11 percent of its global workforce, amounting to 530 positions. # ⚓ GeekWire ☛ Walmart_lays_off_62_people_in_Seattle_area_as part_of_innovation_unit_shutdown⠀⇛ Walmart is laying off 62 corporate workers in Washington state as part of the closure of Store No8, its innovation-related business unit. A new filing with the Washington state Employment Security Department posted Monday shows 62 workers being laid off Feb. 9 due to an office closure in Redmond, Wash. A Walmart spokesperson confirmed that the layoffs are related to the shutdown of Store No8. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ AI_Bots_on_X_(Twitter)⠀⇛ You can find them by searching for Proprietary Chaffbot Company chatbot warning messages, like: “I’m sorry, I cannot provide a response as it goes against OpenAI’s use case policy.” I hadn’t thought about this before: identifying bots by searching for distinctive bot phrases. o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ US_SEC_blames_'SIM_swapping'_for_its_X account_hack⠀⇛ SIM swapping is a technique in which attackers gain control of a telephone number by having it reassigned to a new device. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ SEC_blames_sim-swapping,_lack_of MFA_for_X_account_hijacking⠀⇛ Sim-swapping involves gaining control of a cellular phone number by convincing a mobile carrier to transfer a number to a sim card controlled by the attacker. Once the attacker controls the victim’s phone number, they can use that phone number to reset the password of accounts belonging to the victim. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Tech Central (South Africa) ☛ Passwords_are_on_the way_out_–_good_riddance_to_them⠀⇛ Biometrics such as facial recognition, fingerprint scans, iris scans and voice verification are leading the password-less revolution. But Dilenea research shows that multifactor authentication, one-time passwords, “magic links” and passkeys are also seeing increasing adoption rates among organisations. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Tools_to_Protect_Your_Privacy_Online_|_EFFector 36.1⠀⇛ EFFector 36.1 is out now—you can read the full newsletter here, or subscribe to get the next issue in your inbox automatically! You can also listen to the audio version of the newsletter below: # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Which?_Get_Answers_podcast:_are smartwatches_&_health_trackers_fit_for_purpose? [Ed: Surveillance 24/7 spun as fitness/health/safety]⠀⇛ We explore whether smart tech can help improve your fitness o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “American_Fascism”:_Historian_Rick Perlstein_on_Trump’s_Grip_on_the_GOP_&_Chances_of_a_Second Jan._6⠀⇛ We look at the state of the Republican Party after Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s announcement Sunday that he has suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed Donald Trump to be the Republican Party’s 2024 nominee, making it a two-person race between Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. With the pivotal New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, we speak with author Rick Perlstein, a historian of the modern conservative movement, who describes Trump’s iron grip on the Republican Party as “American fascism.” He says regardless of how many votes Trump gets, the real question is how his extremist supporters will respond. “The horse race doesn’t matter if the guys in the MAGA hats blow up the track,” says Perlstein. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Bali_Bombers_May_Return_to_Malaysia_After Sentencing⠀⇛ The two prisoners have admitted to conspiring with an affiliate of Al Qaeda that carried out a deadly bombing in Indonesia two decades ago. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Bali_bombers_may_return_to_Malaysia after_sentencing⠀⇛ It was through a secret agreement that was negotiated with a senior Trump-era official. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ TikTok_AutoScroll_Means_You_Don't_Even_Have_to Move_Your_Lazy_Fingers_Anymore⠀⇛ There’s no official word about the feature from TikTok, but the app dolled out AutoScroll to some users in early 2023, and reports on social media suggest it hit a larger batch of accounts over the past few weeks. TikTok didn’t answer Gizmodo’s questions about AutoScroll’s status. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ A_record_6_Chinese_balloons_detected around_Taiwan,_island’s_defence_ministry_says⠀⇛ The defence ministry, which releases daily data on China’s military presence around Taiwan, said the balloons were all spotted on Sunday at an altitude from 15,000 feet to 17,000 feet. # ⚓ India Times ☛ TikTok_lays_off_employees_to_reduce_costs: report⠀⇛ The job cuts happened mostly in the sales and advertising division, according to a company spokesperson. The affected employees worked in Los Angeles, New York, Austin and some at global locations, reports NPR, which said 60 employees were being asked to go. # ⚓ NPR ☛ TikTok_cuts_jobs_as_tech_layoffs_continue_to_mount⠀⇛ While TikTok's ties to ByteDance have for years kept the service in the crosshairs of officials in Washington over national security fears, its growth has been immense. The company says it has more than 150 million active users in the U.S. And at $225 billion, ByteDance is estimated to be the most valuable private company in the world. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Experts_Terrified_by_Mark_Zuckerberg's_Human- Tier_AI_Plans⠀⇛ Last week, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that he's going to purchase hundreds of thousands of expensive AI processing chips — and experts are mighty worried about what he plans to use them for. In the same Instagram post announcing his planned purchase of 350,000 Nvidia's H100 graphics chips, which average about $30,000 apiece and are considered the gold standard for powering AI models, Zuckerberg said that he wants to build an open-source artificial AGI, the industry term for the point at which AI reaches or even surpasses human-level intelligence. # ⚓ France24 ☛ US_and_UK_launch_new_round_of_strikes_against Houthi_sites_in_Yemen⠀⇛ The U.S. and British militaries bombed multiple targets in eight locations used by the Iranian- backed Houthis in Yemen on Monday night, the second time the two allies have conducted coordinated retaliatory strikes on an array of the rebels' missile-launching capabilities. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S.,_U.K._Launch_New_Strikes_On_Multiple_Huthi Sites_In_Yemen⠀⇛ The U.S. and British militaries bombed multiple targets in eight locations used by the Iranian- backed Huthis in Yemen on the night of January 22, the second time the two allies have conducted coordinated retaliatory strikes on an array of the rebels' missile-launching capabilities. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._and_U.K._Strike_Iran-backed_Houthi Sites_in_Yemen⠀⇛ The strikes against eight sites come as the Iran- backed militant group remains defiant and the region teeters on the edge of a wider war. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Protesters_In_Iraqi_Kurdistan_Condemn_Deadly Iranian_Strikes⠀⇛ Protesters in Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdistan have condemned last week’s strikes on Irbil by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Google_engineer_was_‘quiet_and_staring_blankly’_at dinner_before_allegedly_beating_wife_to_death:_report⠀⇛ The couple's friend told police that he was worried over the "noticeable change in Chen's demeanor" ahead of the murder. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Israel’s_Treatment_of_Gaza_Detainees Raises_Alarm⠀⇛ A U.N. office said Israel’s detention and treatment of detainees might amount to torture. It estimated thousands had been detained and held in “horrific” conditions. Some were freed wearing only diapers. # ⚓ RFA ☛ North_Korea_urges_mothers_to_snitch_on_their_kids_who watch_South_Korean_media⠀⇛ The government has offered forgiveness to teens whose mothers report on their ‘anti-socialist’ actions. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Seoul_doubts_North_Korea's_underwater_nuclear_test⠀⇛ Pyongyang claimed it had conducted the test last week # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Newsweek ☛ Putin's_Decree_Triggers_Ominous_Alaska Calls⠀⇛ The Institute for the Study of War noted that the "exact parameters of what constitutes current or historical Russian property are unclear." Newsweek has contacted the Kremlin by email to request comment. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Government_urges_businesses_to_stop_Russian LPG_imports⠀⇛ The Latvian government is urging companies to end Russian petroleum gas imports as soon as possible and to adapt in time to the expected sanctions, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (New Unity) said on Monday, January 22, after the ruling coalition party meeting. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia's_NATO_ambassador:_1%_war_chance_is enough_to_be_prepared⠀⇛ Public opinion is often heard that war with Russia is imminent in the future, but NATO's policy of deterrence is aimed directly at preventing a potential war. Even a 1% possibility of war is enough to prepare for its prevention, Latvian Ambassador to NATO Māris Riekstiņš said in an interview with Latvian Television on January 22. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ LTV's_De_Facto_looks_at_Latvia's_petroleum gas_imports_from_Russia⠀⇛ Although statistics for December are not yet available, it is clear that Latvian imports from Russia exceeded half a billion euros last year. The largest section is not much- discussed grains, which mostly do not remain in Latvia, but mineral products, especially liquefied petroleum gas, Latvian Television's De Facto reported on January 21. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Baltics_agree_on_common_defence_line_on_Russia, Belarus_borders⠀⇛ Baltic states on Friday signed an agreement to create a common defence line on their borders with Russia and Belarus, Lithuania’s Defence Ministry said. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Regulator_Says_Fashion_Company_Apple Paid_$13.6_Million_Fine⠀⇛ Apple paid a 1.2 billion-ruble ($13.6 million) fine to the Russian government over Moscow's claims that the U.S. tech giant abused its dominant position in the mobile app market, the country's competition watchdog said. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Lawmakers_To_Discuss_Bill_On Confiscating_Property_Of_Those_Convicted_Of Distributing_'False'_Information_About_Military⠀⇛ Russia's parliament began considering a draft bill on January 22 that would give the state the power to seize the property of people convicted for defaming the armed forces or for calling publicly for actions that undermine state security. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_lawmakers_introduce_bill_enabling asset_seizure_for_convictions_related_to_‘fake_news’ about_Russian_army_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kremlin-Friendly_Russian_Journalist_Banned From_Entering_Kazakhstan_Over_Online_Post⠀⇛ Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov said on January 22 that Kremlin- friendly Russian journalist Tina Kandelaki has been banned from entering the country over a post she made online, alleging that the Russian language was being discriminated against in the Central Asian nation. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Navalny_Back_In_Russian_Solitary_Confinement Again⠀⇛ Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny say the outspoken Kremlin critic was placed in punitive solitary confinement for 10 days for "failing to promptly introduce himself to a prison guard." # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australian_spy_agencies_say Russian_citizen_behind_cyber_attack⠀⇛ Australia has named the individual believed responsible: Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Trial_In_Absentia_Of_Former_Belarusian_Police Starts_In_Minsk⠀⇛ The trial in absentia of six former law enforcement officers who left Belarus after taking the side of protesters in 2020 challenging the official results of a presidential election that named authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka the winner began behind closed doors on January 22. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Contraband_cigarettes_seized_on_Belarus border⠀⇛ The Customs Administration of the State Revenue Service (VID) has found a total of 23,830 packs of cigarettes (476,600 cigarettes) hidden in wagons with loads of dry milk and corn grains on the border of Latvia with Belarus during recent days, VID confirmed January 23. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kazakhstan_to_ban_Russian_TV_executive_from country_in_response_to_Telegram_post_about_train station_name_changes⠀⇛ In a response to Kandelaki’s second post, former Kazakhstani lawmaker Bekbolat Tleuhan called her statements a “deliberate provocation” and said they were an insult to the Kazakh people. “Every country has the right to decide for itself what names to give its train stations, streets, and cities,” he added. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ To_End_the_War_in_Ukraine,_Expose_Its_Core Lie⠀⇛ The essential argument used to avoid negotiation and continue support for the war in Ukraine is based on a falsehood. That falsehood, repeated by President Joe Biden, is that when Vladimir Putin decided to invade, he intended to conquer all of Ukraine and “annihilate” it. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine’s_Black_Sea_success exposes_folly_of_West’s_“don’t_escalate”_mantra⠀⇛ Ukraine's remarkable success during 2023 in the Battle of the Black Sea can serve as a blueprint for victory over Putin's Russia, writes Peter Dickinson. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Russian_speakers_hold_dual_demonstrations_in Helsinki⠀⇛ The two events included an anti-Putin protest. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Navalny_supporters_hold_‘Russia_Without Putin’_demonstrations_around_world_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_low_expectations_of_Boris_Nadezhdin:_A Putin_challenger’s_anti-war_message_has_thousands_of Russians_lining_up_to_support_him._What’s_the_catch?_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_presidential_hopeful_Boris_Nadezhdin gathers_over_100,000_signatures_in_support_of candidacy,_says_many_‘imperfect’_and_could_be challenged_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Celebrities_Caught_‘Almost Naked’_Are_Now_Dressing_to_Appease⠀⇛ President Vladimir Putin derided those “jumping around without pants,” at a party, while some guests have tried to make amends through donations and adopting a cat. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Wounded_Latvian_soldier_to_be_brought_home from_Ukraine⠀⇛ A call for help recently went round social control media – a Latvian who's been injured while fighting for Ukraine needed help to get home. The society "Mūsu ligzda" ('Our Nest') has accumulated the resources and will go pick him up on Tuesday, Latvian Radio reports. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Small,_cheap_and_numerous:_a military_revolution_is_upon_us⠀⇛ Armed forces usually adapt slowly in peacetime, resisting change. Well, only the most hidebound will be ignoring the revolution in military affairs under way in Ukraine and the Red Sea. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Three_Seas_Initiative_leaders_on European_connectivity_and_Ukraine’s_reconstruction⠀⇛ Central and Eastern European leaders discussed the Initiative's efforts to attract investment, as well as Ukraine's potential membership. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_forces_launch_missiles_at_Kyiv_and Kharkiv,_reportedly_killing_three,_trapping_others under_rubble_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ How_Ukraine_can_rebuild_in partnership_with_the_Three_Seas_Initiative,_according to_leaders_at_Davos⠀⇛ Officials and business leaders discussed how the Three Seas Initiative can support Ukraine’s reconstruction. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Deadly_Russian_missile_strikes_hit_Kyiv and_Kharkiv⠀⇛ Russia unleashed a mass air strike on Ukraine on Tuesday, local officials said, killing at least four people and wounding more than 60 others. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ How_Ukraine_can_rebuild_in partnership_with_the_Three_Seas_Initiative,_according to_leaders_at_Davos⠀⇛ Officials and business leaders discussed how the Three Seas Initiative can support Ukraine’s reconstruction. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Deadly_Russian_missile_strikes_hit_Kyiv and_Kharkiv⠀⇛ Russia unleashed a mass air strike on Ukraine on Tuesday, local officials said, killing at least four people and wounding more than 60 others. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Schools_in_Ukraine's_Kharkiv_go underground_amid_Russian_bombardments⠀⇛ Since the start of the year, Russia has been increasing its strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city. After almost two years of war, the city's inhabitants have been adapting to their new way of life across all areas. School, for instance, has been held almost exclusively online as many buildings have been destroyed and are seen as potential targets, while in-person classes are now being held underground in the city's metro stations. # ⚓ France24 ☛ UN_panel_to_grill_Russia_on_fate_of thousands_of_‘evacuated’_Ukrainian_children⠀⇛ Moscow will be asked to explain at the UN on Monday what has happened to thousands of Ukrainian children believed to have been forcibly sent to Russia since its 2022 invasion. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ NATO_Signs_1.1_Billion-Euro_Contract_For Artillery_Ammunition⠀⇛ NATO has signed a 1.1 billion-euro ($1.2 billion) contract for 155 mm artillery ammunition, the alliance said, with part of the shells to be supplied to Ukraine after complaints a shortage of munitions was hampering its war efforts. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Several_Killed,_Wounded_In_Wave_Of_Russian Missile_Attacks_On_Ukrainian_Cities⠀⇛ A Russian missile strike on Ukraine's capital early on January 23 has wounded at least one person, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram, adding that three districts - - Pechersk, Svyatoshynsk, and Solomyansk - - were targeted. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ At_UN_Security_Council,_Russia_Rules_Out_Any Peace_Plan_Backed_By_Kyiv,_West⠀⇛ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on January 22 clashed with Ukraine's supporters at a UN meeting in which Moscow ruled out any peace plan backed by Kyiv and the West. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Poland_Preparing_New_Defense_Package_For Ukraine,_Zelenskiy_Says,_As_Warsaw,_Kyiv_Work_To 'Reset'_Relations⠀⇛ Poland is planning a new defense package for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on January 22 after a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in which they pledged to tackle political disputes that have caused bilateral friction amid Russia’s full-scale invasion. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Borrell_Says_EU_Needs_To_Do_'More_And_Faster' To_Support_Ukraine⠀⇛ EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said EU foreign ministers agreed during a meeting in Brussels on January 22 that now is not the time to reduce aid to Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Blames_Ukraine_For_Gas_Depot_Blaze⠀⇛ The Kremlin has blamed Ukraine for a blaze at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Russian Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga that broke out on January 21. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ukrainian_Shelling_of_Donetsk_Market_Is Terrorism:_Kremlin⠀⇛ "The Kiev regime continues to show its ferocious face," the Russian Presidency spokesman said. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ NATO_signs_1.1_billion_euro contract_for_155mm_artillery_ammunition⠀⇛ NATO has signed a 1.1 billion euro contract for 155mm artillery ammunition, the alliance said on Tuesday, with part of the shells to be supplied to Ukraine after complaints a shortage of munitions was hampering its war efforts. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Gratitude_as_a_global_change_agent⠀⇛ Ukraine’s leader has learned that being grateful for foreign aid helps bring more aid. On other global issues, appreciation of progress has opened windows. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tuesday_Briefing:_North_Korean Missiles_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Plus, a “revolutionary” way to feed the world. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ North_Korean_Missiles_in_Ukraine Prompt_New_Concerns⠀⇛ As the war approaches its second anniversary, the Russians are beginning to deploy North Korean arms, worsening Ukraine’s troubles while it still awaits new air defenses from the United States. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Kyiv_and_Kharkiv_bear_brunt_of_deadly Russian_air_strike_on_Ukraine⠀⇛ Russia unleashed a mass air strike on Ukraine on Tuesday, local officials said, killing at least four people and wounding more than 60 others. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ E.U._to_consider_creating_new_Ukraine military_fund_to_release_over_$20_billion_in_aid,_WSJ says_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ E.U._foreign_ministers_agree_to_use_revenues from_frozen_Russian_assets_to_help_Ukraine,_says_E.U. foreign_policy_chief_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_signs_decree_on_Russian_territories ‘historically_inhabited_by_Ukrainians,’_introduces_bill on_multiple_citizenship_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_art_of_resistance_A_Russian_theater director_on_trial_for_her_work_addressed_the_judge_in verse._Hear_her_fellow_artists’_haunting_rendition_of her_speech._—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Apple_pays_fine_of_over_$13_million_to Russia's_Federal_Antimonopoly_Service_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_report_220_attacks_on enlistment_offices_and_184_railway_sabotage_attempts since_full-scale_war_began_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Here’s_how_Russia_plans_to_seize_the property_of_anti-war_activists_and_other_supposed public_enemies_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Scientists_warn_missing_Russian_data causing_Arctic_climate_blind_spots⠀⇛ Russia represents almost half the landmass of the entire Arctic region, creating a massive information gap, said lead author Efren Lopez- Blanco, of Aarhus University, who led the study published in Nature Climate Change. Researchers sought to quantify just how much of an impact this has had on scientific understanding of the changes taking place in the Arctic. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Could_Champagne_soon_stop_producing_champagne?⠀⇛ "By 2050, we're looking at about 85% of the lands that we grow good wine grapes on, actually no longer producing suitable wine grapes" Jasmine Spiess, the company's head of wine and events, told NPR's Morning Edition. # ⚓ [Old] PNAS ☛ Diversity_buffers_winegrowing_regions_from climate_change_losses⠀⇛ Agrobiodiversity—the variation within agricultural plants, animals, and practices—is often suggested as a way to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on crops [S. A. Wood et al., Trends Ecol. Evol. 30, 531–539 (2015)]. Recently, increasing research and attention has focused on exploiting the intraspecific genetic variation within a crop [Hajjar et al., Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 123, 261–270 (2008)], despite few relevant tests of how this diversity modifies agricultural forecasts. Here, we quantify how intraspecific diversity, via cultivars, changes global projections of growing areas. We focus on a crop that spans diverse climates, has the necessary records, and is clearly impacted by climate change: winegrapes (predominantly Vitis vinifera subspecies vinifera). We draw on long-term French records to extrapolate globally for 11 cultivars (varieties) with high diversity in a key trait for climate change adaptation—phenology. We compared scenarios where growers shift to more climatically suitable cultivars as the climate warms or do not change cultivars. We find that cultivar diversity more than halved projected losses of current winegrowing areas under a 2 °C warming scenario, decreasing areas lost from 56 to 24%. These benefits are more muted at higher warming scenarios, reducing areas lost by a third at 4 °C (85% versus 58%). Our results support the potential of in situ shifting of cultivars to adapt agriculture to climate change—including in major winegrowing regions—as long as efforts to avoid higher warming scenarios are successful. # ⚓ [Old] Down to Earth ☛ Heritage_erased:_How_the_Kashmir Valley’s_ancient_mound_formations_are_being_levelled⠀⇛ Despite its agricultural and archaeological importance, karewas are now being excavated to be used in construction. Between 1995 and 2005, massive portions of karewas in Pulwama, Budgam and Baramulla districts were razed to the ground for clay for the 125-km-long Qazigund-Baramulla rail line. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Death_toll_in_China_landslide_rises_to 20_as_rescuers_continue_search_for_missing_people [Latest]⠀⇛ At least 47 people from 18 households were reported missing, of which 20 were confirmed dead. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Death_toll_in_China_landslide_rises_to 11,_rescuers_still_search_for_missing [Older]⠀⇛ The death toll from a landslide in China's Yunnan province rose to 11 on Tuesday as rescue workers battled freezing temperatures and snow to locate dozens of missing people. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Landslide_in_Southern_China_Buries_Dozens and_Sends_Hundreds_Fleeing⠀⇛ At least 11 people died, and several dozen were under the rubble, the state media reported. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Magnitude_6.7_earthquake_strikes_near_border_of Kyrgyzstan,_Kazakhstan,_and_China_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Strong_Earthquake_Centered_Near_China-Kyrgyzstan Border_Felt_Across_Central_Asia⠀⇛ A major earthquake followed by a series of aftershocks struck early on January 23 along the China-Kyrgyzstan border, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported, warning of potentially widespread damage. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Major_7.0-magnitude_earthquake_hits China-Kyrgyzstan_border⠀⇛ Local TV channels in the Indian capital New Delhi reported strong tremors in the city, about 1,400km away. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Marine_Animals_Are_Feeling_the_Heat From_Ocean_Warming⠀⇛ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Most_Animals_Have_a_24-Hour_Body Clock._This_Beetle_Breaks_All_The_Rules.⠀⇛ Dancing to a different tune. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Growing_Fruit_And_Veg_In_Urban_Farms Isn't_The_Green_Choice_We_Imagine⠀⇛ But it could be. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia_considers_legal_proceedings against_foreign_banks_linked_to_1MDB_graft⠀⇛ They did not conduct proper due diligence before facilitating fund transfers, Malaysia said. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Wife_of_Malaysia’s_former_finance minister_charged_with_failing_to_disclose_assets⠀⇛ If found guilty, she faces a maximum prison term of five years and a hefty fine. # ⚓ uni Emory ☛ A_New_Currency_for_a_New_Age:_The_Advent_of China’s_Digital_Yuan⠀⇛ China’s digital yuan, often referred to as the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), is poised to revolutionize the landscape of global finance. Unlike cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, the digital yuan is issued and controlled by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), making it the world’s first sovereign digital currency. # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Ronald_Bultje:_Taxes_and_section_174⠀⇛ 7 years since my last post (2017!), so many exciting things to talk about: the AV1 video codec was released, we at Two Orioles wrote an AV1 encoder (Eve) and decoder (dav1d). Covid happened. I became a US citizen. Happily married for 15 years. My two boys are now teenagers (and behaving like it). So, let’s talk about … taxes? o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Riot_Games_cuts_more_than_500_jobs⠀⇛ After last year saw over 9,000 layoffs in the video game industry, 2024 is continuing the trend, and League of Legends maker Riot Games is the latest example. On Monday night, the company announced that “we are refocusing on fewer, high-impact projects to move us toward a more sustainable future,” which means eliminating roles for 530 people globally, or about 11 percent of its total workforce. # ⚓ 404 Media ☛ Wikimedia's_Pornographers⠀⇛ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Pramila_Jayapal_on_Biden’s_Fragile_Coalition⠀⇛ The chair of the powerful Congressional Progressive Caucus looks at whether President Biden can put the Democratic Party back together again in time to achieve victory in the 2024 election. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Deepfake_Dirty_Tricks_Descend_on_New Hampshire_Ahead_of_Primary⠀⇛ White House Press Secretary Karine Jean- Pierre confirmed that the recording of the phone call is fake at a Monday briefing, but declined to comment in detail as an investigation is ongoing. Jean-Pierre noted the White House expects deepfakes to be an ongoing problem. “We have to be mindful. There are gonna be deep fakes,” Jean-Pierre said. “That’s why the president has taken this very seriously over the last couple of years here.” # ⚓ RFA ☛ Brainwashing_still_a_global_threat,_new_book_on China_says⠀⇛ Brainwashing the public through mass propaganda campaigns by the Chinese Communist Party and other authoritarian regimes is a global threat, according to political scholars who recently published a new book on the topic. The book, "Brainwashing in Mao's China and Beyond," takes an in-depth look, through the lenses of political science, sociology and international relations, at the kind of "cognitive warfare" waged by the Communist Party from the Mao era onwards, co-editor Xia Ming told RFA in an interview on Monday. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Up_to_300,000_Lithuanian_citizens_may_live_in Russian_disinformation_field_–_study⠀⇛ The Lithuanians are often praised for their support for Ukraine, but a significant share of the population holds different beliefs. The second Lithuanian Democracy Sustainability Barometer, published by the Eastern Europe Studies Centre (EESC), shows that up to 300,000 people in the country may live in the Russian disinformation field. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Have_We_Hit_Peak_TikTok?_Report Suggests_Slowing_Usage_Amid_Data_Concerns_and Regulatory_Scrutiny⠀⇛ Have we finally hit peak TikTok? After years of rapid growth – and billions of reported users – for the controversial app, consumption stats suggest that usage could be slowing. The underlying data, sourced from Sensor Tower, entered the media spotlight in a recent report from TechCrunch. According to the outlet’s analysis, o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ The_Project_Censored_Newsletter—January 2024⠀⇛ The yearbook’s editors, Andy Lee Roth and Mickey Huff, have been guests on several news and public affairs programs. Huff joined John Fugelsang on Tell Me Everything (at 46:30 of the episode) to discuss how to hold corporate news media accountable; Roth discussed some of the year’s most important but under-reported news stories with Michael Welch on The Global Research New Hour. Andrew Keen interviewed Roth for the Keen On podcast. And Kevin Gosztola hosted Huff and Roth on Unauthorized Disclosure. Truthout published an interview by Peter Handel with Roth and Huff discussing the new book and the Project’s longtime mission of fighting censorship and advocating for critical media literacy. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_woman_given_suspended sentence_over_reposting_call_to_boycott_‘patriots’_District Council_election⠀⇛ A 51-year-old woman has received a suspended sentence over reposting an ex-politician’s call to boycott the “patriots-only” District Council Election last December. Yeung Sze-wing on Monday pleaded guilty to breaching Hong Kong’s elections law before Magistrate Ivy Chui at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts, according to local media reports. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Research_warns_that_North_Korean_threat group_is_targeting_media_organizations⠀⇛ For its attack path, ScarCruft was found to use oversized Windows Shortcut (LNK) files that initiate multi-stage infection chains delivering RokRAT, a custom-written backdoor associated with a threat group of the same name. RokRAT is a backdoor equipped with capabilities that enable its operators to conduct effective surveillance on targeted entities. In an attempt to execute undetected, the infection chains involve multiple executable formats and evasion techniques. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_journalist_whose_home_address_was_posted online_by_lawmaker_says_she_has_left_country_‘until_better times_come’⠀⇛ Kazantseva said she’s relocated to Tbilisi in response to growing pressure and harassment from the Russian authorities and state-controlled media as well as the repeated cancellations of her public lectures, which she said will jeopardize her ability to earn a living if it continues. In the lead-up to Russia’s upcoming presidential election, she added, the Kremlin wants to “clear its information space of undesirable elements as much as possible.” # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Taliban_Enforcing_Restrictions_On_Single, Unaccompanied_Afghan_Women,_UN_Says⠀⇛ The Taliban is restricting Afghan women's access to work, travel, and health care if they are unmarried or don't have a male guardian, according to a UN report published on January 22. # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Taliban_detains_Ehsan_Akbari,_Afghan_journalist_with Japan’s_Kyodo_News⠀⇛ On January 17, the Taliban’s Government Media Information Center (GMIC) summoned Akbari, the assistant bureau chief of Japanese media outlet Kyodo News, to their office in the capital, Kabul, and officials from the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) agency detained the journalist and took him to an undisclosed location, according to news reports and a Kyodo News representative who spoke to CPJ on the condition of anonymity, as they did not have permission to speak publicly. # ⚓ Democracy for the Arab World Now ☛ U.S.:_Impose_Khashoggi Ban_Sanctions_on_Head_of_Saudi_Counterterrorism_Court_Awadh al-Ahmari⠀⇛ The organization presented details of how al-Ahmari helped conceal evidence from the Turkish authorities in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018, leading to the exoneration of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and other high-level Saudi officials. It also provided evidence of al-Ahmari's role as the Head of the SCC in targeting family members of peaceful dissidents abroad, such as Mohammed al- Ghamdi, brother of Saudi dissident cleric Dr. Saied al-Ghamdi in self-exile in the UK. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Jailed_Vietnamese_activist_beaten_until_he_‘coughed blood’⠀⇛ Vietnamese prisoner of conscience Nguyen Nhu Phuong has claimed he was beaten by detention center guards after getting in a row with the warden over a missing gift from his family, his mother told Radio Free Asia this week. # ⚓ EFF ☛ The_PRESS_Act_Will_Protect_Journalists_When_They_Need It_Most⠀⇛ To fix this, we need to change the law. Now, we’ve got our best chance in years. The House of Representatives has passed the Protect Reporters from Exploitive State Spying (PRESS) Act, H.R. 4250, and it’s one of the strongest federal shield bills for journalists we’ve seen.  o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ German_Railway_Workers_to_Strike_on_Wednesday⠀⇛ Deutsche Bahn expects massive disruptions during this strike as the planned emergency service only ensures a very limited train service. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Cal_State_Professors_Reach_Tentative_Deal to_End_Strike⠀⇛ Faculty members and other academic workers in the nation’s largest public university system walked out on Monday just as classes were scheduled to begin at many campuses. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ “The_Runaway_Princesses,”_Episode_1:_Sisters⠀⇛ Why the daughters of the ruler of Dubai decided to escape his control. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ “The_Runaway_Princesses,”_Episode_2:_Escape⠀⇛ After Princess Shamsa was caught trying to flee her father, Princess Latifa decided to make her own attempt. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ “The_Runaway_Princesses,”_Episode_3:_A_Nice Lunch⠀⇛ Aboard a yacht in the Arabian Sea, Latifa was briefly free. Then commandos stormed the boat. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ “The_Runaway_Princesses,”_Episode_4:_Hostage⠀⇛ Latifa was captured and returned to Dubai. Secret recordings shed light on her desperate fate. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ “The_Runaway_Princesses,”_a_New_Yorker Podcast,_Exposes_the_Plight_of_Dubai’s_Royal_Women⠀⇛ A four-episode narrative series, from In the Dark, examines why the daughters of the emirate’s ruler have risked their lives to run away. Subscribers get early, ad-free access. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Daycare_centres_in_Helsinki_region_to_close_for_two days_as_strikes_spread⠀⇛ The walkout will affect the operations of daycare centres in the capital area on 31 January and 1 February. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Cal_State_faculty_start_strike_at_largest_US public_university_system⠀⇛ University professors, counselors, librarians, lecturers and coaches at the system’s 23 campuses, members of the California Faculty Association union, staged a five-day walkout over demands for higher wages and benefits. The union has 29,000 Cal State members. # ⚓ California Faculty Association ☛ CFA_Members’_Historic Systemwide_Strike_Begins_Monday⠀⇛ “In recent news reports, CSU management has only addressed our conflict over salary; they have completely ignored the issues of workload, health and safety concerns, and parental leave. Management wouldn’t even consider our proposals for appropriate class sizes, proper lactation spaces for nursing parents, gender inclusive bathroom spaces, and a clear delineation of our rights when interacting with campus authorities,” said Chris Cox, CFA Vice President of Racial & Social Justice, North, and San José State Lecturer. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ MIT_study_shows_AI_is_still_too_costly_to replace_most_human_workers⠀⇛ At least, that was the takeaway from a new study authored by five Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers titled Beyond AI Exposure. The study took a deep dive into the practicalities of implementing AI systems to replace human labor in various industries, with a focus on tasks that require computer vision skills, such as those performed by property appraisers, teachers and bakers. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ It's_expensive_to_replace_humans_with_AI,_MIT says⠀⇛ Surprisingly, the authors found that only 23% of workers’ wages for such jobs could be cost- effectively replaced by AI. “Even with a 50% annual cost decrease, it will take until 2026 before half of the vision tasks have a machine economic advantage,” states the 45-page study seen by Quartz. “By 2042 there will still exist tasks that are exposed to computer vision, but where human labor has the advantage.” # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Law_designed_to_stop_AI_bias_in_hiring decisions_is_so_ineffective_it's_slowing_similar initiatives⠀⇛ New York City Local Law 144 (LL144) was passed in 2021, came into effect as on January 1 last year and has been enforced as of July 2023. The law requires employers using automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) to audit them annually for race and gender bias, publish those results on their websites, and include notice in job postings that they use such software to make employment decisions. The study from researchers at Cornell University, nonprofit reviews service Consumer Reports, and the nonprofit Data & Society Research Institute, is as yet to be published but was shared with The Register. It found that of 391 employers sampled, only 18 had published audit reports required under the law. Just 13 employers (11 of whom also published audit reports) included the necessary transparency notices. LL144 "grants near total discretion for employers to decide if their system is within the scope of the law," Jacob Metcalf, a researcher at Data & Society and one of the study's authors, told The Register. "And there are multiple ways for employers to escape that scope.” # ⚓ Lusaka ZM ☛ Illegal_to_marry_below_18_–_Zambia_passes_the landmark_Marriage_(Amendment)_Act,_2023⠀⇛ Research shows that robust laws prohibiting the practice have a positive influence on lowering rates of child marriage and adolescent pregnancy, and children’s general welfare improves. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Taliban_restricting_unmarried_women’s_access_to work_and_travel,_UN_report_says⠀⇛ The Taliban have barred women from most areas of public life and stopped girls from going to school beyond the sixth grade as part of harsh measures they imposed after taking power in 2021, despite initially promising [sic] more moderate rule. They have also shut down beauty parlors and started enforcing a dress code, arresting women who don't comply with their interpretation of hijab, or Islamic headscarf. In May 2022, the Taliban issued a decree calling for women to only show their eyes and recommending they wear the head-to-toe burqa, similar to restrictions during the Taliban’s previous rule between 1996 and 2001. # ⚓ CBC ☛ UN_says_Taliban_is_restricting_Afghan_women_from working,_seeking_health_care⠀⇛ The Taliban are restricting Afghan women's access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don't have a male guardian, according to a UN report published Monday. In one incident, officials from the Vice and Virtue Ministry advised a woman to get married if she wanted to keep her job at a health-care facility, saying it was inappropriate for an unwed woman to work, said the report from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Tiananmen_massacre_victim_Qi_Zhiyong_dies_of_illness in_Beijing⠀⇛ "His wife doesn't want any contact with the outside world, because then the police would come to their home and threaten them," Sun said. "According to my understanding, his family members are afraid, and want to keep things low-key." [...] Qi had spent most of his life as a double amputee after losing both legs due to gunshot injuries sustained during the 1989 Tiananmen massacre, in which the People's Liberation Army killed hundreds, possibly thousands of civilians, putting a bloody end to weeks of protests on Tiananmen Square. # ⚓ Vox ☛ Where_do_billionaires_come_from?_Mom_and_Dad.⠀⇛ Billionaires have been minted at a dizzying pace in the last few decades — in 1987 Forbes counted 140, while in 2023 the tally was 2,640 — and we’ve now returned to the point in the cycle where enormous piles of wealth are passed on to the next generation. “This is how wealth dynasties are formed,” says Chuck Collins, director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the left-leaning think tank Institute for Policy Studies. The only thing that’s new in 2024 is that the piles of money are bigger than ever. Not only are there more billionaires today, their average wealth keeps ticking up too, thanks to historic stock market returns. On top of that, heirs are receiving wealth transfers earlier in life, rather than waiting for the death or near death of a family member. All this underscores the truth that having money remains the best way to get more money. Perhaps there’s nowhere that’s truer than in the US, home to the most billionaires, despite the pervasive myth of hardscrabble, self- made entrepreneurs climbing to the top of the socioeconomic ladder. If you’re born poor, you’re likely to stay poor; if you’re born super rich, you’ll probably get even richer. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_undergoes_rare_scrutiny_of_rights record_at_UN_meeting⠀⇛ China underwent scrutiny of its human rights record at a key U.N. meeting on Tuesday, with Western countries calling for more protections for Xinjiang Uyghurs and greater freedom in Hong Kong while Beijing said it had made historic progress. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Beijing_hopes_UN_review_of_human_rights is_constructive,_non-politicised⠀⇛ China is one of 14 states to be reviewed between Jan 22 and Feb 2. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ G77+China_Summit_to_Deepen_South-South Cooperation:_Uganda⠀⇛ The meeting of the Group of 77 and China takes place under the theme "Leaving No One Behind". o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ APNIC ☛ The_IPv6_city_—_Xiong’an_China⠀⇛ Guest Post: China is building a city with IPv6-only from the ground up. # ⚓ BT:_Third_Time_Lucky?⠀⇛ Two months ago a BT advisor said I would not be charged 10 pounds (spurious fee). He assured me it would not happen and if it did happen, I should phone to rectify it. Weeks passed and they did charge me, contrary to what their staff had said. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ The_IPv6_city_—_Xiong’an_China⠀⇛ Xiong’an New Area (Xiong’an) is a new Chinese city established in 2017 as a ‘pilot city’, 100kms west of Beijing. The goal for Xiong’an is to create a model for future digital cities. A large part of that model is building in IPv6-only, from the ground up. # ⚓ RIPE ☛ Jim_Cowie:_The_Historical_Record_of_the_Internet⠀⇛ Understanding outages and shutdowns and how the Internet as a whole came to be vulnerable to - but also resilient against - these kinds of events requires more than a snapshot of things as they are today. In this episode, Jim Cowie talks about how historical measurement data can help us acquire a better understanding of the Internet. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Capcom's_Steam_Deck_Verified_Games_are being_made_unplayable_with_new_DRM_that_only_punishes_paying customers⠀⇛ Capcom has recently started patching certain titles in its catalog with "Enigma" DRM. Unfortunately, this is also rendering certain Steam Deck Verified Games unplayable, and sabotages the vibrant Capcom games modding scene. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Bardehle_Pagenberg_bolsters_Paris_office_with_Bird_& Bird_litigator [Ed: This is pure spam from JUVE, but it is being disguised as "news"; JUVE used to do journalism, not lies and propaganda, lobbying for crimes, and spam-farming]⠀⇛ Frédéric Portal (45) joined the Paris office of Bardehle Pagenberg at the beginning of 2024. Until now, the French team led by partner Julien Fréneaux was known primarily for its commercialisation actions for intellectual ventures in the French market. # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Hofstetter_Schurack_welcomes_back_biotech_partner_in Munich [Ed: More spam; pure marketing put forth as reporting, for firms that bribe JUVE to lie and drive illegal agenda for patent trolls and convicted criminals]⠀⇛ At the beginning of 2024, Vera Kühr rejoined Hofstetter Schurack & Partner after just under two years at patent monopoly attorney firm, Forresters. # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Acacia_entity,_Monarch,_network_routing patent_monopoly_challenge_instituted⠀⇛ On January 18, 2024, two months after Unified filed an_ex_parte_reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S._Patent_8,693,369, owned and asserted by Monarch Networking Solutions, LLC, an Acacia_Research_Corp. entity. The ‘369 patent monopoly relates to routing data packets with the same destination address using port masks. # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ En_Banc_Denied_in_In_re_Cellect: Double_Patenting_and_Patent_Term_Adjustment⠀⇛ The Federal Circuit has denied Cellect’s en banc petition on the interplay between obviousness-type- double-patenting and patent-term-adjustment.  The situation here is creating some strategic challenges for patentees with large patent monopoly families.  The vast majority of obviousness-type double- patenting rejections arise in family-member cases — continuation applications where the USPTO examiner identifies the claims in one application as obvious variants from a sister application.  The easiest way to overcome an OTDP rejection is via terminal disclaimer that links the two patents together so that they maintain the same owner and expire on the same day.  The terminal disclaimer filing often has no negative consequences because the patents are already set to expire on the same day and would likely already be maintained together as assets.  # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Patent_filings_and_divisionals_in Brazil:_The_challenge_to_obtain_IP_protection⠀⇛ Divisional filings are one of the most controversial topics in patent monopoly prosecution in Brazil. The Patent Office (BRPTO) severely limits the ability of patent monopoly applicants to file divisionals. For instance, the BRPTO rejects divisionals filed after receiving a notice of allowance, after receiving a denial or during the appeal stage. # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Anonymous_Media_ad_measurement patent_monopoly_challenged⠀⇛ On January 16, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S._Patent_8,510,768, owned by Anonymous Media Research Holdings, LLC. The ‘768 patent monopoly relates to media monitoring and measurement systems for automatic content recognition (ACR) to, for example, measure viewership on Smart TVs. # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Dolby_HEVC/AV1_patent_monopoly revoked_in_EPO [Ed: This was used to blackmail GNU/ Linux]⠀⇛ On January 17, 2024, the European Patent Office announced the revocation of all claims of EP_3798988. The EP ‘988 patent monopoly is owned by Dolby_International_AB and is related to patents that have been declared essential to Access_Advance and SISVEL’s AV1 patent monopoly pools. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ J._Michael_Keyes:_"TTAB_Goes_"Bamm-Bamm"_To Fruity_Pebbles'_Consumer_Surveys"⠀⇛ Mike_Keyes, a consumer survey expert and IP litigator at Dorsey & Whitney LLP, has given me permission to post this recent article from his newsletter, "Lanham Act Surveys for Lawyers" (subscribe here). TTAB_Goes_"Bamm-Bamm"_To_Fruity_Pebbles'_Consumer Surveys Post Foods' application to register its "Fruity Pebbles" color trademark recently got reduced to a bit of rubble. In_re_Post_Foods,_LLC, 2024 USPQ2d 25 (TTAB 2024). [TTABlogged here]. Why is that? Because the Board found Applicant's proffered evidence failed to meet some bedrock principles. We focus here on two consumer surveys that got stone- cold rejected by the Board. But first, just a bit of pre-historic background. Fruity Pebbles was released in the early days of the 1970s with none other than the Grand Poobah himself, Fred Flintstone, as the pitch man for the cereal. About half of a millennium later, Post Foods sought to register the color of Fruity Pebbles for "breakfast cereals." Here's the drawing submitted to the USPTO: [...] o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ It's_Copyright_Week_2024:_Join_Us_in_the_Fight_for Better_Copyright_Law_and_Policy⠀⇛ Copyright law affects so much of our daily lives, and new technologies have only helped make everyone more and more aware of it. For example, while 1998’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act helped spur the growth of platforms for creating and sharing art, music and literature, it also helped make the phrase “blocked due to a claim by the copyright holder” so ubiquitous. Copyright law helps shape the movies we watch, the books we read, and the music we listen to. But it also impacts everything from who can fix a tractor to what information is available to us to when we communicate online. Given that power, it’s crucial that copyright law and policy serve everyone. Unfortunately, that’s not the way it tends to work. Instead, copyright law is often treated as the exclusive domain of major media and entertainment industries. Individual artists don’t often find that copyright does what it is meant to do, i.e. “promote the progress of science and useful arts” by giving them a way to live off of the work they’ve done. The promise of the internet was to help eliminate barriers between creators and audiences, so that voices that traditional gatekeepers ignored could still find success. Through copyright, those gatekeepers have found ways to once again control what we see. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ACE_Shuts_Down_Huge_Football_Piracy_Ring, Total_Destruction_TBC⠀⇛ Right now, dozens of domains linked to live football piracy sites are redirecting to the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. Domains began displaying the ACE seizure banner on Saturday and the list has been growing ever since. Once complete, ACE will quite rightly celebrate a significant win but unless those behind the sites have been taken out too, confirming total destruction may never be possible. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Warner_Bros._Wants_Tumblr_to_Identify Beetlejuice_2_'Leaker'⠀⇛ The upcoming "Beetlejuice 2" film, starring Jenna Ortega and Winona Ryder, is scheduled to premiere in September. However, it appears that someone managed to get their hands on early footage, leaking an 'on set' photo on Tumblr. Warner Bros. is unhappy with this teaser and has obtained a DMCA subpoena, requiring Tumblr to identify the user in question. # ⚓ EFF ☛ The_Public_Domain_Benefits_Everyone_–_But_Sometimes Copyright_Holders_Won’t_Let_Go⠀⇛ Unlike copyright, trademark protection has no fixed expiration date. Instead, it works on a “use it or lose it” model. With some exceptions, the law will grant trademark protection for as long as you keep using that mark to identify your products. This actually makes sense when you understand the difference between copyright and trademark. The idea behind copyright protection is to give creators a financial incentive to make new works that will benefit the public; that incentive needn’t be eternal to be effective. Trademark law, on the other hand, is about consumer protection. The function of a trademark is essentially to tell you who a product came from, which helps you make informed decisions and incentivizes quality control. If everyone were allowed to use that same mark after some fixed period, it would stop serving that function. So, what’s the problem? Since trademarks don’t expire, we see former copyright holders of public domain works turn to trademark law as a way to keep exerting control. In one case we wrote about, a company claiming to own a trademark in the name of a public domain TV show called “You Asked For It” sent takedown demands targeting everything from episodes of the show, to remix videos using show footage, to totally unrelated uses of that common phrase. Other infamous examples include disputes over alleged trademarks in elements from Peter Rabbit and Tarzan. Now, with Steamboat Willie in the public domain, Disney seems poised to do the same. It’s already alluded to this in public statements, and in 2022, it registered a trademark for Walt Disney Animation Studios that incorporates a snippet from the cartoon. The news isn’t all bad: trademark protection is in some ways more limited than copyright—it only applies to uses that are likely to confuse consumers about the use’s connection to the mark owner. And importantly, the U.S. Supreme Court has made clear that trademark law cannot be used to control the distribution of creative works, lest it spawn “a species of mutant copyright law” that usurps the public’s right to copy and use works in the public domain. (Of course, that doesn’t mean companies won’t try it.) So go forth and make your Steamboat Willie art, but beware of trademark lawyers waiting in the wings. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 6851 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 24/01/2024: SAP Disguising 8,000 Likely Layoffs as "Hey Hi"⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 24, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Cute_sparrow_with_bread_crumbs_in_its_beak_checking_out_the photographer⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance 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 # Copyrights # Gemini*_and_Gopher # Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Chris ☛ Steady-State_Actor–Motivation_Forecasting⠀⇛ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Autofeeding_CNC_Lathe_Cranks_Out_Parts_All_By Itself⠀⇛ The trouble with building a business around selling low-margin widgets is that you have to find a way to make a lot of them to make it worth your while. And if the widget in question is labor-intensive to make, you’ve got to find ways to reduce your inputs. That sounds like a job for industrial automation, a solution that’s often out of reach of small shops, for all the obvious reasons. Not if you’re clever about things, though, as this fully automated CNC lathe work cell shows. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ 120_Gbps_Thunderbolt_5_and_more_PCIe_5.0 lanes_coming_to_Intel's_Arrow_Lake_desktop_CPUs,_Barlow_Ridge controller_debuts⠀⇛ A leak of internal defective chip maker Intel documents details that Arrow Lake-S desktop CPUs will support Thunderbolt 5. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Reverse_Engineering_The_Apple_Touch_Bar_Screen⠀⇛ The Apple Touch Bar was an oddity on a fairly small number of Apple laptops which replaced the function key row with a touch display. Yet what is special about this display other than its odd form factor when you consider it as a generic touch display? As [Wenting Zhang] describes in a recent reverse- engineering video, this 2,170 x 60 pixel display is somewhat limited in that it doesn’t support the MIPI DSI video mode, only command mode, along with a special instruction (0x3C) for automatic address offsets. The results of this project can be found on the GitLab account. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Emerald_2_Mini_PC_with_Triple_HDMI_and defective_chip_maker_Intel_Iris_Xe_Graphics⠀⇛ This month, Simply NUC, Inc unveiled their newest Mini PC, the Emerald 2 NUC. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ AI_in_the_classroom:_Why_some_teachers_are embracing_it [Ed: Conflating crap like chatbots and plagiarism with "intelligence" amounts to mindless, harmful propaganda that makes this publisher irresponsible]⠀⇛ Educators are trying to balance concerns about artificial intelligence with how to prepare students for using it in the future. What does teaching look like when Hey Hi (AI) is part of the curriculum? # ⚓ Reason ☛ Filterworld_Is_a_Confused_Critique_of_Algorithms⠀⇛ It's Super Size Me for internet intellectuals. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ What_SEC’s_new_guidelines_mean_for public_companies_in_2024⠀⇛ This legislation comes at an opportune time: Cybercriminals are getting smarter by the day, carrying out more sophisticated attacks at a higher volume than ever before. As technologies like artificial intelligence continue to proliferate, and organizations become increasingly digitized, the risk of breaches resulting in material impact grows. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Apple_reportedly_switches_to_less_ambitious development_roadmap_for_its_electric_car⠀⇛ Apple Inc.’s long-rumored electric car will launch later than originally planned and with a more limited feature set, Bloomberg reported today. Reports that the company is working on an electric vehicle first emerged in 2015. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ FTC_Orders_Intuit_to_Cease_“Deceptive” TurboTax_Ads⠀⇛ The Federal Trade Commission has ordered the maker of TurboTax to stop what it called years of widespread deceptive advertising for “free” tax- filing software. The order, released Monday, was accompanied by a 93-page opinion that harshly criticized Intuit, the Silicon Valley company behind TurboTax. Intuit’s “deceptive ad campaign has been sufficiently broad, enduring, and willful to support the need for a cease-and-desist order,” the commission’s opinion stated. o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_police_warn_of_speeding_fine_scam⠀⇛ The text messages appear to come from a police unit or department, and instruct the recipient to pay a fine via a link provided. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Papers Please ☛ IDs_and_mug_shots_now_required_from all_corporate_principals⠀⇛ This month the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) division of the Department of the Treasury began collecting copies of passports, drivers licenses, and other ID documents submitted by officers and owners of all sorts of companies. In  other words, you now have to have a government-issued ID and provide an image of it, probably including your photo, to the Federal government in order to establish, serve as an executive of, or hold a major interest in almost any type of corporation, LLC, partnership, trust, etc. (with some odd and irrational exceptions). # ⚓ France24 ☛ France_fines_Amazon_€32_million_over employee_surveillance⠀⇛ France's data protection agency said Tuesday that it had fined Amazon's French warehouses unit 32 million euros ($34.9 million) for an "excessively intrusive" surveillance system to keep track of staff performance. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ ADF ☛ Liberian_Peacekeepers_Return_Home_to_Honors⠀⇛ Liberia’s journey with United Nations peacekeeping forces has come full circle over the course of two decades. In need of support after 14 years of unrest and two civil wars, the West African country hosted a U.N. peacekeeping mission in 2003. # ⚓ YLE ☛ FM:_EU_united_in_addressing_civilian_suffering_in Gaza⠀⇛ Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen (NCP) says the EU is working to promote an independent Palestinian state as part of a peace process in the region. # ⚓ YLE ☛ 1,500_Finnish_women_volunteer_for_military_service⠀⇛ Women are excluded from Finland's conscription system but can still volunteer for military service. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico_wins_appeal_in_lawsuit_against US_gunmakers_filed_in_Boston⠀⇛ A U.S. appeals court overturned the 2022 dismissal of the lawsuit by a Boston district court on Monday. Mexico's government "welcomes the ruling." # ⚓ ADF ☛ Pause_in_ATMIS_Troop_Drawdown_Raises_New_Questions About_Somalia’s_Security⠀⇛ ADF STAFF A United Nations helicopter in mid- January was conducting a medical evacuation when a technical problem forced it to make an emergency landing in an area long controlled by al-Shabaab in central Somalia. # ⚓ ADF ☛ Mozambique_Takes_Aim_at_Terrorists_in_Last Stronghold⠀⇛ Having secured most of the Cabo Delgado region, the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces plan to sever supply lines for the few terrorists hiding in the Catupa Forest as they push to rid the country of the threat entirely. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_state_security_ministry_issues_lurid_‘honey trap’_warning⠀⇛ Officials fear ‘casual invitations’ to ‘pornographic entertainment’ could land state employees in trouble overseas. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Philippines_national_security_representative condemns_actions_of_China_Coast_Guard_against_local fishermen⠀⇛ Jonathan Malaya, a representative of the Philippines National Security Council, condemned the latest action by the China Coast Guard (CCG) against local Philippine fishermen in a televised interview on Monday night. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Africa_needs_a_stronger_voice_on_resolving the_Red_Sea_crisis⠀⇛ The Red Sea crisis is now a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) priority, with three meetings held this year already. Following several months of Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, a coalition of concerned countries launched military operations on 11 January to degrade Houthi maritime capabilities in Yemen. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Killer_mom_who_‘intentionally_and_systematically’ tortured_disabled_15-year-old_son_to_death_gets_life_in prison⠀⇛ "This wasn't punishment. You weren't trying to curb his behavior. You tortured him," Judge Matthew Kacel said. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Elderly_monk_dies_two_months_after_he_was_tortured_by Myanmar’s_junta⠀⇛ The military arrested him in November and he was found a week later with missing teeth and multiple stab wounds. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Did_Jimmy_Carter_admit_that_Taiwan_is_part_of_China in_his_1978_speech?⠀⇛ Verdict: Missing context # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Keynote_address_by_Commissioner Lenarčič_at_the_European_Parliament's_event_on_the_Protection of_Children_in_Armed_Conflicts⠀⇛ The issue of children in conflict has never been more urgent. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Strikes_3_Sites_in_Iraq_Linked_to Militias_Blamed_for_Base_Attack⠀⇛ The strikes were “in direct response” to a series of attacks by Iranian-sponsored militias against U.S. and coalition personnel in Iraq and Syria, the defense secretary said. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Strikes_2_More_Houthi_Targets_in Yemen⠀⇛ The attacks — the ninth in two weeks — hit anti- ship missiles that the Iran-backed militia could use against merchant and Navy ships in the region. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_Carries_Out_Major_Strikes_Against_Houthis_in Yemen⠀⇛ The U.S. named the strikes "Operation Poseidon Archer," suggesting that they might become more organized and last for a longer period of time. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Syria_Says_Jordanian_Airstrikes_'Unjustified'⠀⇛ Last month, Jordanian forces bombed an area of Al- Suwayda, leaving a dozen dead, including women and children. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Arakan_Army_fires_rockets_on_junta_naval_base_in Myanmar’s_Rakhine_state⠀⇛ An artillery strike in response to the attack forced more than 1,000 civilians to flee their homes. # ⚓ France24 ☛ US_carries_out_airstrikes_on_Iran-backed militias_in_Iraq⠀⇛ The US military struck three facilities in Iraq on Tuesday, targeting an Iranian-backed militia in retaliation for missile and drone attacks on American troops in Iraq and Syria over the past several days, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ US_carries_out_airstrikes_on_Iranian- backed_militias_in_Iraq⠀⇛ The US carried out airstrikes in Iraq targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militias in the country on Tuesday following repeated attacks on US forces, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in a statement. The strikes targeted three facilities used by Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah and other Tehran-affiliated groups in Iraq. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ 'Key_mission'_is_safeguarding_independence, Latvia's_ambassadors_told⠀⇛ On  January 23, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Krišjānis Kariņš, launched the annual meeting of the heads of diplomatic missions of Latvia, telling them that special attention and targeted efforts were necessary to strengthen transatlantic relations, and cooperation with like-minded countries in the security policy field. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Transdniester_Calls_Rally_To_Protest Moldova's_Trade_Duties⠀⇛ Moldova's breakaway Transdniester has announced a massive rally for January 24 to protest Chisinau's refusal to scrap newly introduced import and export duties for the Moscow-backed region. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Belarus_detains_dozens_of_former_political prisoners_and_relatives_of_those_currently_imprisoned_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Authorities_Detain_More_Than_70 People_In_One_Day,_Human_Rights_Center_Says⠀⇛ The Vyasna (Spring) human rights center said that Belarusian authorities detained more than 70 people on January 23 amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_hands_in_note_to_Belarus_over_border violation_by_three_armed_guards⠀⇛ Lithuania has handed in a diplomatic note to Belarus about border violation after three armed Belarusian border guards entered Lithuania, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyrgyz_Parliamentary_Committee_Approves Controversial_Bill_On_'Foreign_Representatives'_On Second_Reading⠀⇛ The Kyrgyz parliament's committee for constitutional laws on January 23 approved on second reading a controversial bill that would allow authorities to register organizations as "foreign representatives" in a style that critics say mirrors repressive Russian legislation on "foreign agents." # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kremlin-Backed_Leader_Of_Russia's Bashkortostan_Reportedly_Plans_'Anti-Extremism' Rallies⠀⇛ Local officials plan to organize rallies to support Radiy Khabirov, the Kremlin-backed leader of Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan, after the sentencing of an outspoken critic of his government to four years in prison sparked massive protests that led to violent clashes with police. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘God_forbid_he_get_injured’:_Convicted murderer_returns_home_to_Russia’s_Far_East_after serving_just_one_year_of_lengthy_prison_sentence_and three-month_army_stint_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_planning_to_make_it illegal_not_to_hire_ex-soldiers_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ CIA_releases_new_video_clip_urging_Russians to_collaborate_with_the_intelligence_agency_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ramzan_Kadyrov_proposes_ousting_lawmaker_who predicted_religious_clashes_in_Russia_and_called migrants_‘savages’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Capitalizing_on_nostalgia:_How_Russian authorities_have_used_the_debate_over_what_to_do_with Lenin’s_body_to_further_their_own_agendas_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ How_Chicago_Became_an_Unlikely_Leader_in Body-Camera_Transparency⠀⇛ A decade ago, the Chicago Police Department drew national outrage after an officer shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Officials had refused to disclose footage of the murder while officers worked to cover it up. But the fallout from the case has also led to a lesser-known and surprising outcome: The city is now a leader in using body- camera footage to deliver transparency. Notably, an independent accountability office — not the police department — decides what footage from police shootings and other serious incidents is released to the public. That seemingly straightforward setup, the product of the city’s policing reforms, appears to put Chicago in a league of its own. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Live_Map_Display_In_A_1960s_Airliner⠀⇛ We tend take GPS navigation for granted these days, so it’s easy to forget that it became only available in the last few decades. Aviation navigation used to be significantly more challenging, so how was the Hawker Siddeley Trident, a 1960s airliner, fitted with a live updating map display? In a fascinating dive into aviation history the British Airliner Collection has spun up an insightful article on the magic behind these moving map displays. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ German_Rail_Workers_Strike_Over_Pay and_Hours⠀⇛ The walkout, one of the most significant to hit the country’s train service in years, is expected to affect long-distance and commuter travel nationwide. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Fears_over_economy_grow_as_German_train strike_could_cost_up_to_a_billion_euros⠀⇛ German train drivers began on Wednesday their longest-ever strike, piling on travel misery for thousands of passengers in an escalating industrial dispute that economic experts warn could cost the economy up to a billion euros ($1.1 billion). # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Drivers_plan_national_strike_to protest_highway_insecurity⠀⇛ The government has responded by saying it will increase National Guard presence on the most frequently targeted highways. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Remnants_of_Sprawling_Ancient_Cities Are_Found_in_the_Amazon⠀⇛ Archaeologists, relying on laser technology and decades of research, mapped a cluster of ancient cities in eastern Ecuador. Their findings add to evidence of dense settlements in Amazonia. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ SAP_to_restructure_8,000_jobs_in_push_towards AI,_shares_hit_record [Ed: A new word for layoffs and way to pump-and-dump with buzzwords ("started experimenting with OpenAI's ChatGPT"); the HR people call it "voluntary redundancy programs."]⠀⇛ The company said it will spend 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) on the programme to either retrain employees with AI skills or to replace them through voluntary redundancy programs. # ⚓ SAP_Announces_Overhaul_With_8,000_Job_Cuts_Amid_AI-Driven Restructuring_Reflecting_Industry-Wide_Shift_towards Automation_Globally;_More_Job_Cuts_Likely [Ed: Sugar-coated mass layoffs, disguised as "Hey Hi" (buzzword); "8000-job- cuts" rewritten with flowery language like "restructure 8,000 jobs"]⠀⇛ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Kela:_Government's_welfare_cuts_will_hit_low-income young_people_hardest⠀⇛ Young people who rely on housing, unemployment and single parent benefits will be heavily affected by the government's plans, according to the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela). # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Yale,_Duke_and_Columbia_Among_Elite Schools_to_Settle_in_Price-Fixing_Case⠀⇛ Five universities have agreed to pay $104.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing them of violating an agreement to be “need-blind” when awarding financial aid. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Sale_of_Luminor_bank_possible⠀⇛ Blackstone, a US investment company, is planning to sell Luminor Bank, a bank operating in the Baltic States, the business news agency Bloomberg reports. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ HRW_calls_on_Meta_to_improve_LGBTQ+_protections [Ed: HRW also took bribes from KSA, which decapitates these groups; HRW has its head screwed all wrong sometimes; demanding more censorship; HRW or UN Human Rights ☛ United Nations_Human_Rights_Council? Which gets controlled by the UN Human Rights ☛ worst_culprits? UN is a lot cheaper to buy than football clubs.]⠀⇛ Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for Meta to improve their protection of LGBTQ+ people on Facebook (Farcebook) and Instagram on Tuesday. This new campaign follows an HRW report from 2023, which found that security forces in the Middle East and North Africa use social control media platforms to gather evidence to prosecute them. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Berlin_Stops_Blocking_Artists_From Criticizing_Israel_After_Massive_Boycott⠀⇛ A controversial rule restricting speech about Israel was dropped after artists abandoned festival lineups in Germany’s techno mecca. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Judge_Reminds_Deputies_They_Can’t_Arrest_Someone Just_Because_They_Don’t_Like_What_Is_Being_Said⠀⇛ It shouldn’t need to be said, but it bears repeating: the First Amendment definitely protects speech the listener doesn’t like. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_media_mogul_Jimmy_Lai ordered_Fashion_Company_Apple_Daily_petition_seeking_US sanctions_on_Beijing,_ex-publisher_says⠀⇛ Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai instructed his Apple Daily newspaper to launch a petition seeking US sanctions on Chinese officials ahead of Beijing’s imposition of the national security law, a former senior staff member has testified. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ WATCH:_Identifying_State_Crimes_Against Democracy_in_Real_Time⠀⇛ Kevin Ryan joins host Piers Robinson to discuss the definitions of  “Structual Deep Events” and “state crimes against democracy” (SCADs), the tell-tale signs common to incidents from 9/11 to Covid and the October 7th Hamas attack, as well as how to categorize different types of SCAD. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Setting_up_MMIX’s_second_IXP⠀⇛ Guest Post: Exploring the challenges and solutions, technical and otherwise, in setting up a second IXP in Myanmar. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Vale_Dave_Mills_—_Network_Time_Synchronization, Fuzzball_router,_network_community_leader⠀⇛ Emeritus Professor David Mills, University of Delaware, sadly passed away in January 2024. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Empire_IP_entity_Liberty_Access_door locks_patent_monopoly_found_invalid⠀⇛ On January 22, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of the challenged claims of U.S._Patent_11,373,474 owned by Liberty Access Technologies Licensing LLC, an NPE and Empire_IP_LLC entity. # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Court_of_Appeal_considers_unjustified threats_provisions_in_the_context_of_Amazon’s_IPR_policy⠀⇛ On 19 December 2023, the Court of Appeal handed down its decision in The NOCO Company v Shenzhen Carku Technology Co., Ltd  [2023] EWCA Civ 1502. The issue on appeal was whether communications between The NOCO Company (“NOCO”) and Amazon amounted to a “threat of infringement proceedings” [...] # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Guest_Post_by_Prof_Burstein: Sanctions_&_Schedule_A⠀⇛ Jiangsu Huari Webbing Leather Co., Ltd. v. Joes Identified in Schedule A, No. 1:23-cv-02605 (SDNY Jan. 2, 2024), ECF 76. The Schedule A litigation phenomenon continues apace in the Northern District of Illinois, a court that has become, in the words of Judge Seeger, “an assembly line for TROs.” But Schedule A litigation is not confined to Chicago. It has spread, perhaps most notably to the Southern District of Florida and the Southern District of New York. # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ USPTO_Granted_Remand_in Important_Antibody_Written_Description_Case⠀⇛ The Federal Circuit has remanded the Xencor appeal — allowing USPTO  leadership an opportunity to re- focus on the written description requirement for both Jepson claims and means-plus-function claims in the antibody art.  # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Vanda_Seeks_Supreme_Court_Review on_Lower_Standard_for_Obviousness⠀⇛ The main question now before the Supreme Court is whether obviousness requires a showing of “predictable” results, as suggested in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., or if a “reasonable expectation of success” is sufficient.  Although these two tests are close to one another, they have meaningful differences. Importantly, the court’s obvious-to-try approach would invalidate truly innovative and unpredictable results so long as the pathway to get there was reasonable.  The patentee here argues that the courts should not find any solutions solutions obvious unless those solutions were themselves  reasonably predictable from the prior art.  # § Kangaroo Courts⠀➾ # ⚓ JUVE ☛ SEPs,_medical_devices,_e-cigarettes:_Biggest UPC_battles_reveal_broad_court_remit [Ed: This is an illegal asnd unconstitutional fake court that JUVE, this publisher, was bribe to lie for and promote/ lobby]⠀⇛ The number of cases at the Unified Patent Court increased significantly again at the end of 2023. This is mainly due to defendants filing many counterclaims for revocation, following the filing of infringement lawsuits in the first two months of the UPC. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Anthropic_Fires_Back_Against_Music Publishers’_Injunction_Motion:_‘Using_Copyrighted_Content_As Training_Data_for_an_LLM_Is_a_Fair_Use’⠀⇛ Two months back, music publishers including Universal Music, Concord, and ABKCO demanded a preliminary injunction against Anthropic amid an infringement legal battle. Now, the generative Hey Hi (AI) company has officially fired back. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Writers,_Actors,_&_Musicians,_Oh My!—AMPTP_Must_Face_American_Federation_of_Musicians_Now⠀⇛ After the writers and actors strikes of 2023, the AMPTP now faces negotiations with the American Federation of Musicians—serving 70,000 musicians across the United States and Canada. o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Map_projections⠀⇛ I like the idea and certainly would like to see what she can come up with ;). Reading about map projections again immediately reminded me of the mandatory XKCD and another interesting website that I stumbled upon about a decade back. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Gemini_&_PHP⠀⇛ Is there a good way to integrate/use PHP with a Gemini server and what server should I choose for that? =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. 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