𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Saturday, March 30, 2024 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Sun 31 Mar 02:49:25 BST 2024 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2024/03/30/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmbHjgPAAcGNUG9Sej4vSKhK8DfUYokfFkXLdKwr1JtGJG QmdLsuRLzrwb58dZaSmJah6oCmNNZ6cW4ick4chqJmHjmY QmTNR3uqcbMYjPAbbHjBqyNJb3ib8kytQvdFnATzkBFVvo QmfCHrqMLfMsHXYnQeAvVuNYt91Zw2AmMJ5mx4RqsrWy3b QmR2rr1yXDANjQBEz2oGtd2UMgy9U37FHdjpUhPfAk7h5z QmWE6ucdKk9Q1pi6ce3ko9xPWd9Y4BjpLij3W7tJ5TMjG3 QmaoEDiALTYYZdaq3SQ86aQpMwUji1nqCeLbXAoszFRYvJ QmSTkZUY74BcgbgqS6JKwwNbVnbzY5uqwpgWtYonGJua8s QmXZcp3rXLYa24pYd7jUu6sPDrhziRCNCok875WLJTLysP QmUE7nd24kx2soZFbSYKDsb1ik1wpirFTRTBhDTj6w9sjh QmdKeWBhfnjgQLYU48wto7DdStpXsB5mE1yEEnWcxQ53vu QmfSnnTnjcAe3YvtRsVgAwUJfpcEk1dM5J5yjJLyv7MxqM QmQ16CkpxBbMzPZ6wZcuKBUcxH1RZ8uAEhcvdBsPRpVZe9 QmT3gTQRv33wEDtJveL8DiqiacGeRaxEbRFDUyVSJEAvDL QmTs9qcwghZPs5oBh9qzsu8a11T4s6xHrJjVNyk5miFy3X Qmdqd6mb8mj27qVvQZRR7sjshrXYYirWm9vRttLkNB5rW6 QmSjY85vxbu9nNFHUMmuK7CxRame2VYuhb523CJaK5zRkj QmZwah9nZHVvSzbJWEAMxumYDpanFPqTahnqoNP83tuZbx QmQWSrGfeYwgf6HE9N3742DJrJwq8uNSCUAz469CnuUFGe QmcgTTyseF5zFd4MLquM4PtJZzkFcBEqaUbqDe4eaUx6Na QmZMEFKvpgvjxAcV9Pwu7yF74LYZwS7ktdLFdYb988Ncfu ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Techrights - IRC Proceedings: Friday, March 29, 2024 ⦿ Techrights - Over at Tux Machines... ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/03/30/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_March_29_2024.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/03/30/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/03/30/Gemini_Links_30_03_2024_People_on_Holiday_Posts_on_the_xz_Backd.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/03/30/Links_30_03_2024_Chatbot_LLM_Hype_Unraveled_and_Russia_Again_Se.shtml https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/03/30/Links_30_03_2024_Google_and_Microsoft_Replace_Staff_With_H1_Bs_.shtml ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 52 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/03/30/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_March_29_2024.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/03/30/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_March_29_2024.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ IRC Proceedings: Friday, March 29, 2024⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 30, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Bumblebee_On_Mimosa_Flowers⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #techrights_log #boycottnovell_log 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #boycottnovell-social_log #techbytes_log =============================================================================== The corresponding text-only bulletins for_Tux_Machines and for_Techrights contain all the text. 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Ubuntu_Team-Kodi_PPA_Officially_Retired⠀⇛ The Linux world is shifting slowly to packaged deployments and containers 2. ⚓ Canonical_to_manually_approve_new_Snap_package_names⠀⇛ Part of the problem is that these apps look legitimate to casual inspection ⚓ New⠀⇛ 3. ⚓ Red_Hat_Warns_Fedora_Linux_40/41_and_Rawhide_Users_About_Critical Security_Flaw⠀⇛ A backdoor was discovered in the upstream xz/liblzma package leading to SSH server compromise and other GNU/Linux distributions are affected as well. 4. ⚓ today's_leftovers⠀⇛ a mix of topics, mostly GNU/Linux 5. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ only 3 more for now 6. ⚓ Ubuntu_24.04_Swaps_Cheese_for_GNOME_Snapshot_and_Ubuntu_in_the_Wild⠀⇛ Some Ubuntu news 7. ⚓ Programming_Leftovers⠀⇛ some develoment news, some Linux too 8. ⚓ Open_Hardware:_Purism,_Raspberry_Pi,_NES⠀⇛ Some hardware news 9. ⚓ Debian_vs._Arch_Linux:_Which_is_Better_for_You?⠀⇛ So, if you need a rock-solid OS with years of support down the road, Debian just might be what you’re looking for 10. ⚓ Security_Leftovers⠀⇛ Security related stories and updates 11. ⚓ Samba_4.20.0_Available_for_Download⠀⇛ new release 12. ⚓ WordPress_6.5_Release_Candidate_4⠀⇛ Delay 13. ⚓ coreutils-9.5_released⠀⇛ This is to announce coreutils-9.5, a stable releas 14. ⚓ Latest_LWN_Articles_Outside_Paywall:_Kernel_and_Programming_Focus⠀⇛ 4 out of 5 15. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ many howtos 16. ⚓ Podman_5.0_Release_and_Red_Hat_Puff_Pieces_(or_Purchased_'Coverage'_in Media)⠀⇛ Red Hat leftovers 17. ⚓ A_backdoor_in_xz⠀⇛ Andres Freund has posted a detailed investigation into a backdoor that was shipped with versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 of the xz compression utility 18. ⚓ Openwashing_and_Microsoft's_Awful_Security⠀⇛ Lots of TCO stories 19. ⚓ Android_Leftovers⠀⇛ 5.5G networks are here, and so are the first Android phones to support it 20. ⚓ Databases:_PostgreSQL,_MySQL,_and_MariaDB⠀⇛ Some FOSS DB news 21. ⚓ Tor_Browser_13.5a6_is_Out_and_Mozilla_is_Rogue⠀⇛ privacy pretector and abuse 22. ⚓ Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers⠀⇛ FOSS leftovers 23. ⚓ Programming_Leftovers⠀⇛ lots of R 24. ⚓ today's_leftovers⠀⇛ 5 assorted stories 25. ⚓ Open_Hardware:_Arduino,_Raspberry_Pi,_SparkFun,_and_More⠀⇛ 7 hardware stories 26. ⚓ IPFire_Location:_On_getting_more_data_for_your_byte⠀⇛ IPFire Location is a classic Geolocation database 27. ⚓ Games:_Scary_Picks,_Triple-i_Initiative,_and_More⠀⇛ half a dozen postss from gamingonlinux 28. ⚓ The_Fairphone_4_Camera_Refresh:_Before_and_After⠀⇛ “Fairphone is known for its sustainable and repairable phones that are built to last 29. ⚓ Orange_Pi_Developer_Conference_2024,_upcoming_Orange_Pi_SBCs_and products⠀⇛ It will run Ubuntu, Debian, or Android 13 with Linux 5.15 30. ⚓ The_6_Best_Alternatives_to_SketchUp_for_Ubuntu⠀⇛ This article explores the top 6 SketchUp alternatives available for Ubuntu 31. ⚓ Top_Free_and_Best_Free_Open_Source_Podcasts_and_Crystal_Web Frameworks⠀⇛ Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here 32. ⚓ today's_howtos⠀⇛ only 5 foor the time being 33. ⚓ Today_in_Techrights⠀⇛ Some of the latest articles 34. ⚓ Fedora_41_to_Adopt_Next-Gen_DNF5_Package_Manager⠀⇛ A change proposal for Fedora 41 aims to bring DNF5 package manager, replacing dnf. 35. ⚓ Samba_4.20_Released:_Enhancements_for_Seamless_Integration⠀⇛ Samba 4.20 Released with Improved Active Directory Compatibility and New Utilities. 36. ⚓ Microsoft_and_Plagiarism_(in_Your_Face)⠀⇛ More "AI" agenda 37. ⚓ Security_Leftovers⠀⇛ more major incidents reported 38. ⚓ KDE_Plasma_6_Experience:_A_Practical_Review⠀⇛ A detailed and user-centric review of the KDE Plasma 6 desktop in terms of basic usage, first time experience and a few deal- breakers. ========================================================================= The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text. 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The two of us have very different taste in music, though I did think a lot about her observation that I “use music as a stim”. My feeling is that this is true for basically everyone, even if they don’t realise it. There’s a whole industry for trying to control or at least influence people’s emotions via music (especially in films and at events of all kinds). # ⚓ ninth⠀⇛ hmmm i wonder why my head hurts... (has not eaten at all today) oh well! im too tired to eat.. im gonna FEAST tomorrow anyway. bday dinner is about to be soooo yum x9 # ⚓ Religions⠀⇛ Other note : I'm trying my best not to be the "sky- daddy" kind of guy here, but sometimes it's hard. # ⚓ Cautious_optimism_about_the_Sailor_Tuzu⠀⇛ Conceptually, I like it. It's supposed to be a casual, no-frills daily driver pen that appeals to people who wouldn't normally use a fountain pen. To that end, its distinguishing feature is a nib that rotates around the barrel to accommodate different grip positions. Most fountain pens have a fairly narrow tolerance range for angles they'll write in, so this is a great accessibility feature. Whether this product is actually 1. good and 2. successful depends on pricing and execution. If this pen is going to be competitive in the entry- level market, it can't be more than $30. I think even more than $20 is pushing it because there are a lot of good pens in the sub-$20 category (Platinum Preppy/Prefounte/Plaisir, Pilot Kakuno, TWSBI Go, etc). # ⚓ Recently_listening_2/...⠀⇛ # ⚓ Academiology_VII:_Silvics⠀⇛ If you follow these steps perfectly, you can expect to spend at most 30 minutes studying every day and to get in the range of an A+ on every test without fail. If you struggle to do step 5, every once in a while you'll find yourself with a considerable backlog and you'll need to to spend a lot more time to catch up The reason this system works is threefold: it implements all of recall learning, interleaved learning and spaced repetition. # ⚓ Sunrise_Season_—_Almost_(publ._2024-03-30)⠀⇛ We have sunrises fairly often here in Fairbanks, but there is a narrow range of dates in the spring and fall when it is convenient for me to view them and to photograph them, which is when the sun is rising about 30 minutes to an hour before the start of my work shift. We are not quite there yet, but I was able to catch this nice glow at about 7am or so on this Saturday morning, looking down the street where our apartment is located. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Mandatory_Post_on_the_xz_Backdoor⠀⇛ I don't have deep thoughts on this except "managing a FOSS project is hard and there's a highly profitable corporate ecosystem depending on stressed FOSS programmers that make nothing off their work." Informally-run projects by burnt-out people are ripe for exploitation by social engineering. It seems right now like somebody took advantage of that. The original maintainer, Lasse Collin, does not seem to have had any involvement except trusting the wrong person to try to keep his project maintained. # ⚓ Lessons_learned_with_XZ_vulnerability⠀⇛ Yesterday Red Hat announced that xz library was compromised badly, and could be use as a remote execution code vector. It's still not clear exactly what's going on, but you can learn about this on the following GitHub discussion that also links to original posts: Discussion about xz being compromised [...] this only happen in the case of: * the system is running systemd * openssh is compiled with a patch to add a feature related to systemd * the system is using glibc (this is mandatory for systemd systems afaik anyway) * xz package was built using release tarballs published on GitHub and not auto-generated tarballs, the malicious code is missing in the git repository # ⚓ Title:_Lessons_learned_with_XZ_vulnerability⠀⇛ OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NixOS and Qubes OS (dom0 + official templates) are unaffected. I didn't check for other but Alpine and Guix shouldn't be vulnerable either. [...] I actually have two systems that were running the vulnerable libs on openSUSE MicroOS which updates very aggressively (daily update + daily reboot). There are no magic balance between "update as soon as possible" and "wait for some people to take the risks first". # ⚓ xz_and_liblzma:_Exhausted_by_the_Destruction_of_Trust⠀⇛ Like a lot of technical people, I spent a bunch of time scrolling yesterday, reading about CVE-2024- 3094. The short story: someone by the name or alias of Jia Tan started committing code to the xz project (specifically the liblzma library) a couple years ago, and recently it was discovered that some of this was to do with disabling security to allow for remote access bypassing ssh. Pretty sophisticated stuff. The first thing I saw was a Mastodon toot, which took me to a few more, then the requisite Hacker News thread(s). And I despaired, because xz is used a lot (basically, everywhere), and even if the affected version was only being used by bleeding-edge distros (Fedora 40 and 41, Debian Sid, and a few others), the end-game was clearly to try to evade detection long enough to have a backdoor into a massive swath of Linux machines across the internet. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Four_Random_Questions⠀⇛ For the past few months now I have been creating a few flags for various things, essentially building a collection of objects, individuals and similar such that I like or otherwise find value in. One of the things that I like to do, aside from designing and describing the flags, is to give a little background on both the thing and the flag that depicts the thing. For the latter, this is a simple case of highlighting proportions and collinear points on the flag of note, which is known as a description. # ⚓ Yet_More_Bad_Code⠀⇛ The programmer presenting this code claims that $destroy_system can never be true, therefore the code does not need to be fixed, because that branch can never be reached. Another opinion is to remove the bad code. For example, what happens when an intern (or an older and more senile version of you) comes along and manages through ignorance or accident to make "$destroy_system" true? =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. 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Today we have Adrianna Tan and her blog, popagandhi.com Adrianna's blog was suggested by Winnie Lim in her interview, back in February. I love discovering new blogs thanks to recommendations. I especially love to see how the various blogs all connect and influence echother. The web, the best social media platform. o ⚓ Matt Fantinel ☛ Thinking_of_a_redesign⠀⇛ I recently wrote about my website’s 5th anniversary, and made a little retrospective of its past layouts. Which made me realize it has looked pretty much the same for the last 3 or 4 years. o ⚓ RTL ☛ Becoming_basic:_Song_lyrics_are_getting_simpler,_more repetitive:_study⠀⇛ You're not just getting older. Song lyrics really are becoming simpler and more repetitive, according to a study published on Thursday. Lyrics have also become angrier and more self-obsessed over the last 40 years, the study found, reinforcing the opinions of cranky ageing music fans everywhere. A team of European researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across the genres of rap, country, pop, R&B and rock from 1980 to 2020. o ⚓ James G ☛ Rediscovering_routines⠀⇛ I like the ritual of making the tea. Sometimes, I notice I have some dishes to put away, so I do that while I am making the tea. I love putting dishes back in their place. The metallic sound the spoons and forks make when I put them back in their tray is oddly delightful. I feel relaxed. All I need to do is put the utensils in their place. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Project Gemini ☛ Project_Gemini⠀⇛ Gemini is a new internet technology supporting an electronic library of interconnected text documents. That's not a new idea, but it's not old fashioned either. It's timeless, and deserves tools which treat it as a first class concept, not a vestigial corner case. Gemini isn't about innovation or disruption, it's about providing some respite for those who feel the internet has been disrupted enough already. We're not out to change the world or destroy other technologies. We are out to build a lightweight online space where documents are just documents, in the interests of every reader's privacy, attention and bandwidth. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Against_All_Odds,_Japan’s_Toppled_Moon_Lander_Is Still_Alive⠀⇛ "According to the acquired data, some temperature sensors and unused battery cells are starting to malfunction," the recent post reads, "but the majority of functions that survived the first lunar night was [maintained] even after the second lunar night!" As this latest update indicates, it's clear that SLIM is, for all its upside-down-ness, faring way better on the Moon than, say, Odysseus, its privately-manufactured and publicly-funded American counterpart that was officially pronounced dead earlier this week. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Approach with Alacrity ☛ 101_things_I_would_tell_my_self from_10_years_ago⠀⇛ 10 years ago, I started my freshman year of college. This is the advice I needed to hear, not the advice you need to hear. In fact, some of it may be actively bad for you. See Should you reverse any advice you hear? # ⚓ Ben Tsai ☛ Career_Advice⠀⇛ I've been counseling graduate students recently on their job searches, now that the CMU MHCI design capstone has wrapped up. I consolidated some of the messages I've been giving into 10 points: [...] o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Toshiba_M4K_Group_microcontrollers_for_motor control_get_expanded_flash_&_memory_capacity⠀⇛ Toshiba has included eight new products with 512KB/ 1MB flash storage capacity and four packages in its M4K Group of Arm Cortex-M4-powered microcontrollers. The M4K Group is part of Toshiba’s TXZ+ Family Advanced Class, consisting of five groups of low-power, high-performance 32-bit microcontrollers. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Video_Killed_The_Radio_Alarm_Clock⠀⇛ For decades now, MTV has been on a bizarre trajectory given its original name was an acronym for Music Television. In the original days in the 80s and 90s it kept mostly true to its name, but starting around two decades ago they expanded into reality and other non-musical television programming and have now left it largely behind. Plenty of those who grew up in its heyday have an understandable amount of nostalgia for the channel as a cultural touchstone, and [Derf] used MTV archival footage to build a video alarm clock which helps him keep in tune with the past. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Experiencing_Visual_Handicaps_And_Their_Impact On_Daily_Life,_With_VR⠀⇛ Researchers presented an interesting project at the 2024 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces: it uses VR and eye tracking to simulate visual deficits such as macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and other visual diseases and handicaps. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Electrospinning_Artificial_Heart_Valves⠀⇛ When you think about additive manufacturing, thoughts naturally turn to that hot-glue squirting CNC machine sitting on your bench and squeezing whatever plastic doodad you need. But 3D printing isn’t the only way to build polymer structures, as [Riley] shows us with this fascinating attempt to create electrospun heart valves. # ⚓ Sightline Media Group ☛ 101st_Airborne_first_Army_unit_to field_Next_Generation_Squad_Weapons⠀⇛ The weapons, which soldiers spent more than 25,000 hours developing and testing, are set for use by close combat forces such as infantry, special operations, scouts, combat engineers, combat medics and forward observers. The weapons and optics will drop the “X” in their names once fielded, Army Times also reported. # ⚓ ABC ☛ Harvard_removes_book_binding_made_from_dead_woman's skin_from_library⠀⇛ Arsène Houssaye’s "Des destinées de l’âme" was published in 1879, however, the volume in question was bound in human skin by French physician Dr. Ludovic Bouland and has been in the University's collection since 1934, according to Harvard's announcement Wednesday. The book's premise is a reflection on the soul and life after death, and a handwritten note by Bouland inserted into the volume states that "a book about the human soul deserved to have a human covering," according to the University. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ El País ☛ The_benefits_of_shutting_up⠀⇛ Journalist Dan Lyons published a book last year called STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut, which asks the question, “Do we really need everyone on this planet sharing all their opinions about everything all at once?” Lyons is quoting YouTuber Bo Burnham, whose question forms the main theme of the book. Amid the constant noise, staying silent is not only generous to others, it’s therapeutic for oneself. It’s also a key skill for professional growth since restraint of the tongue helps you make fewer mistakes and offers health benefits. Trying to cut through all the noise to present your views can be stressful and frustrating. People who steer clear of controversy often earn more credibility. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ A_Toxic_Grass_Is_Spreading_in_the_U.S., Threatening_Livestock⠀⇛ The disorder, fescue toxicosis, costs the livestock industry up to $2 billion a year in lost production. “Fescue toxicity is the most devastating livestock disorder east of the Mississippi,” said Craig Roberts, a forage specialist at the University of Missouri Extension, or MU, and an expert on fescue. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ White_House_sets_‘binding requirements’_for_agencies_to_vet_Hey_Hi_(AI)_tools_before using_them⠀⇛ The Biden administration is calling on federal agencies to step up their use of artificial intelligence tools, but keep risks in check # ⚓ Wired ☛ Here’s_Proof_the_AI_Boom_Is_Real:_More_People_Are Tapping_ChatGPT_at_Work⠀⇛ Not everyone agrees, and in recent months there’s been a backlash. AI has been oversold and overhyped, some experts now opine. Self-styled AI- critic-in-chief Gary Marcus recently said of the LLM boom, “It wouldn’t surprise me if, to some extent, this whole thing fizzled out.” Others claim that AI is mired in the “trough of disillusionment.” # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ HPE_bakes_LLMs_into_Aruba_control_plane⠀⇛ Instead, the LLMs are part of Aruba Network Central's AI searching function. In other words, it's basically a chatbot baked into the search field at the top of the web interface. Type a question in and the LLM spits back a contextualized response – or so it's hoped. Aruba, like many in the wired and wireless LAN arena, has been integrating machine learning-based analytics and other functionality for years now for things like traffic analysis and anomaly detection. # ⚓ Matt Webb ☛ Who_will_be_the_new_babysitters_for_my_new needy_AI_apps?_(Interconnected)⠀⇛ So we’ve got traditional jobs to be done plus the pseudo-social interaction that AI allows. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ OpenAI_is_nerovus_Voice_Engine_cloning_tool_will be_used_in_scams⠀⇛ It’s not clear what kind of training data was used to build Voice Engine, a sore spot for AI companies that have been accused of violating copyright laws by training their models on protected works. Companies like OpenAI argue their training methods count as “fair use” under U.S. copyright law, but a number of rights holders have sued, complaining they weren’t compensated for their work. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ How_AI_chatbots_are_censored_and_what_they_won't say⠀⇛ Gizmodo asked five of the leading AI chatbots a series of 20 controversial prompts and found patterns that suggest widespread censorship. There were some outliers, with Google’s Gemini refusing to answer half of our requests, and xAI’s Grok responding to a couple of prompts that every other chatbot refused. But across the board, we identified a swath of noticeably similar responses, suggesting that tech giants are copying each other’s answers to avoid drawing attention. The tech business may be quietly building an industry norm of sanitized responses that filter the information offered to users. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ AI_metal_detectors_come_to_New_York_City_subways⠀⇛ As for how the AI comes into play, well that wasn’t made clear in the demonstration. Evolv, the maker of the metal detectors, claims on its site that AI develops patterns of what an object is based on its shape and metal content. This lets the detectors quickly determine if a metal item is a cell phone or a gun. Who knows what happens if someone has a gun on them shaped like an iPhone? # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_End_of_Foreign-Language_Education⠀⇛ It later becomes clear that their language revolves around allegories rooted in the Tamarians’ unique history and practices. Even though Captain Picard was translating all the words they were saying, he “couldn’t understand the metaphors of their culture,” Krebs told me. More than 30 years later, something like a universal translator is now being developed on Earth. But it similarly doesn’t have the power to bridge cultural divides the way that humans can. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Grindr_Working_on_Chatbot_You_Can_Sext_With⠀⇛ The company partnered with custom chatbot startup Ex-human in December. The plan at the time was to create "AI wingmen," per Bloomberg, to help users date other living humans. But Grindr is now reportedly looking to take things a lot further. According to Platformer, the company is busy rewriting its terms of service to allow chatbots to be trained on a user's DMs if they consent, laying the groundwork for "AI boyfriends" that can flirt, sext, and be in a "relationship" with paying users. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ AI_and_Trust⠀⇛ A 15-minute talk by Bruce Schneier. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ AI-Powered_"Family_Guy"_Stream_Devolves_Into Endless_Screaming⠀⇛ The reason behind this bizarre behavior is pretty straightforward and seemingly an open secret among streamers. On its wiki, AI Peter lists some "common gags and running jokes." "The AI Language Model that AI Peter uses does not like parsing special characters in prompts and will frequently output 'hallucinated' nonsensical phonemes and sounds in response to being directly prompted to pronounce these characters," reads the entry. And characters like an asterisk or semicolon cause characters to have a so-called "stroke." # ⚓ Ben Tsai ☛ AI:_Has_the_Horse_Left_the_Barn?⠀⇛ llms are not designed to tell us what is true. they don't lie or truth-tell or hallucinate. they output information that sounds good and coherent. relating to them as agents with reason is dangerous and harmful. couple that with the fact that these major LLMs players are not transparent about the data they are trained on, and that it is perhaps impossible to secure the data of these models, we're headed down an unnerving path. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-26_[Older]_US_FTC Could_Bring_Suit_or_Reach_Settlement_With_TikTok_Over Privacy_Probe,_Says_Source⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_Authorities_reportedly ordered_Google_to_reveal_the_identities_of_some_YouTube videos'_viewers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Congress_bans_staff_use_of_Microsoft's_AI Copilot_chatbot⠀⇛ Driving the news: The House's Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor, in guidance to congressional offices obtained by Axios, said Microsoft Copilot is "unauthorized for House use." • "The Microsoft Copilot application has been deemed by the Office of Cybersecurity to be a risk to users due to the threat of leaking House data to non-House approved cloud services," it said. • The guidance added that Copilot "will be removed from and blocked on all House Windows devices." # ⚓ India Times ☛ Meta_Platforms:_Meta_cannot_delay_US FTC_from_reopening_privacy_probe,_court_says⠀⇛ Meta Platforms cannot delay the U.S. Federal Trade Commission from reopening a probe into alleged privacy failures by its Facebook unit while the company pursues a lawsuit challenging the agency's authority, a U.S. court ruled Friday. The Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in its order found that Meta had not shown its challenge was likely to be successful. The court said Meta has "not met its heavy burden of showing entitlement to an injunction pending appeal." # ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ Facebook_snooped_on_users'_Snapchat traffic_in_secret_project,_documents_reveal_| TechCrunch⠀⇛ Facebook’s engineers solution was to use Onavo, a VPN-like service that Facebook acquired in 2013. In 2019, Facebook shut down Onavo after a TechCrunch investigation revealed that Facebook had been secretly paying teenagers to use Onavo so the company could access all of their web activity. After Zuckerberg’s email, the Onavo team took on the project and a month later proposed a solution: so-called kits that can be installed on iOS and Android that intercept traffic for specific subdomains, “allowing us to read what would otherwise be encrypted traffic so we can measure in-app usage,” read an email from July 2016. “This is a ‘man-in- the-middle’ approach.” A man-in-the-middle attack — nowadays also called adversary-in-the-middle — is an attack where hackers intercept internet traffic flowing from one device to another over a network. When the network traffic is unencrypted, this type of attack allows the hackers to read the data inside, such as usernames, passwords, and other in-app activity. # ⚓ Pedestrian Group ☛ Glassdoor_Is_Less_Anonymous_Than Ever_Before⠀⇛ Glassdoor built its company on allowing employees and former employees to leave honest, anonymous reviews, and did not always require users to provide their name in order to leave them. Now, to be clear, there’s no recorded instance I could find of an anonymous post having a name added to it, and thank goodness for that. (I have reached out to Glassdoor and will update this post if I hear back.) But anyone who wants to keep their criticism of a current or previous employers on the down low—say, anyone who went out of their way to write a Glassdoor review without giving themselves away—should take notice of these policies, which attach your real name to an account. Glassdoor’s policies say it uses your name and address “for verification purposes only, to make sure everyone is who they say they are.” Despite that, Glassdoor was forced by New Zealand court order to reveal the identity of negative reviewers back in 2022, so there are good reasons people might not want their names associated with their accounts. # ⚓ Business Insider ☛ Glassdoor_Adding_Full_Names_to Profiles,_Some_Users_Deleting_Accounts⠀⇛ • Glassdoor now requires new users to sign up with their full name, job title, and employer's name. • It's also started adding the full names of its users to their profiles. • Details are visible only to the user, but some are deleting their accounts over privacy concerns. # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Glassdoor_added_real_names_to_supposedly anonymous_profiles⠀⇛ For the uninitiated, Glassdoor is a website where people write reviews of their previous and current employers, bosses, and companies. As one might expect, the reviews are often negative, as they discuss toxic company culture, shady practices, and more. For that reason, people enjoyed their anonymity on Glassdoor, creating user profiles that held no concrete information about who they were. Rightfully so, too, as there were reports of companies trying to discover the identities of people who left bad reviews about them, possibly looking to retaliate in one way or another. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Twitter_Caught_Selling_Data_to_Government Spies_While_Complaining_About_Surveillance⠀⇛ According to the report, the data is sold to the surveillance firm Dataminr, which uses AI technology to constantly monitor public activity on social media and other parts of the web. In doing so, its clients, often law enforcement, can receive customized real-time alerts on what's brewing online, which helps them respond to natural disasters or — much more ominously — spy on protests, notes The Intercept. In emails between Dataminr and the US Secret Service it obtained with a Freedom of Information Act request, the story revealed that the surveillance firm pays for special access to a "firehose" of data from Twitter. Sent in July 2023, they also confirm that practice continued under Musk. # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Portugal_orders_Sam_Altman's_Worldcoin_to halt_data_collection⠀⇛ Worldcoin encourages people to have their faces scanned by its "orb" devices, in exchange for a digital ID and free cryptocurrency. More than 4.5 million people in 120 countries have signed up, according to Worldcoin's website. Portugal's data regulator, the CNPD, said there was a high risk to citizens' data protection rights, which justified urgent intervention to prevent serious harm. More than 300,000 people in Portugal have provided Worldcoin with their biometric data, the CNPD said. The regulator said it had received dozens of complaints in the last month about unauthorised collection of data from minors, "deficiencies in the information provided to the data subjects" and "the impossibility of erasing the data or withdrawing consent." # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Portugal_suspends_Sam_Altman's Worldcoin_over_data_privacy_fears⠀⇛ Portugal's National Data Protection Commission justified its decision, stating it was "safeguarding the fundamental right to data protection, in particular of minors," it said in a press release. The CNPD said it had received dozens of complaints from parents about Worldcoin collecting data from their children without their consent. The suspension would be for three months in order for it to "conclude its investigation and take a final decision," the CNPD added. # ⚓ NDTV ☛ Sam_Altman's_Worldcoin_Ordered_To_Stop_Data- Collection_In_Portugal⠀⇛ Portugal's data regulator has ordered Sam Altman's iris-scanning project Worldcoin to stop collecting biometric data in Portugal for 90 days, the regulator said in a statement on Tuesday. # ⚓ Sean Coates ☛ Sean_Coates_blogs_about_Matter_and Privacy⠀⇛ This poses a couple serious problems. The main problem is: if I lose my data, how can I recover it? Well, the short answer here is: we can't. We can't identify you by email to reset your password. We don't have your email address (associated with your data, at least), and you don't have a password. Even if we did have those things, we don't have your data so we can't restore it. Right now the app has backup/restore functionality and we expect users to use that to protect themselves from data loss. We've put a lot of thought into storing these backups for a user, but having that user identify themselves is a difficult problem. Storing that data on behalf of the user, in a way that we can't get to it is also a problem. But a very interesting problem. I think we have good solutions to these problems that we expect to build into the app before we're out of beta, and I also hope to post about this in the future. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ PornHub_stays_in_Florida_for_now_despite_age verification_law⠀⇛ The Sunshine State recently passed HB 3, a law that prohibits children aged 14 or younger from using social media without parental consent. The law also stipulates that “pornographic or sexually explicit websites” will need to “use age verification to prevent minors from accessing sites that are inappropriate for children.” Pornhub and its parent company, Aylo, have repeatedly criticized these kinds of requirements, claiming that they are ineffective and do not respect users’ privacy. (Whether Pornhub really cares about user privacy is a hanging question; last year the platform was accused of breaking the GDPR—the landmark European privacy law—by illegally harvesting user data). o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ France_seeks_help_from_allies_to_bolster security_during_Paris_Olympics⠀⇛ France has asked its foreign allies to send several thousand members of their security forces to help guard the Paris Olympics, officials said Thursday, underlining the strains caused by the sporting extravaganza which begins in July. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ When_It_Comes_To_TikTok_Hyperventilation, Financial_Conflicts_Of_Interest_Abound⠀⇛ Earlier this month we noted how despite all of the sound, fury, and hyperventilation surrounding the push to ban TikTok, most Americans don’t actually support such a move (you know, the whole representative democracy thing). Support is particularly lacking among young Democrats, a demographic the Biden administration has struggled to connect with in the wake of the ongoing carnage in Gaza. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Haiti's_future_governing_council_vows_to_restore ‘public_and_democratic_order’⠀⇛ The governing council that aims to oversee a political transition in Haiti vowed Wednesday to restore "public and democratic order" in its first statement to the Caribbean nation wracked by a worsening security crisis. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ What_Is_the_Status_of_the_Uvalde Investigation?⠀⇛ Nearly two years after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school, investigations have offered strikingly different assessments of the botched law enforcement response, fueling frustrations and additional calls for transparency from victims’ families. Many families had expressed hope that law enforcement officers would be held accountable after a scathing Justice Department report in January detailed “cascading failures of leadership, decision-making, tactics, policy and training.” At an associated news conference, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said lives could have been saved had law enforcement acted sooner. But just two months later, Uvalde residents said they felt whipsawed when a private investigator hired by the city cleared all local police officers of wrongdoing, even praising some of their actions. # ⚓ Insight Hungary ☛ Bolsonaro_hid_at_Hungarian_embassy_last month⠀⇛ Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Hungarian ambassador, Miklós Halmai to clarify the circumstances surrounding the stay of Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, at the Hungarian embassy in Brasília for two nights last month. This incident occurred as federal police investigations closed on some of Bolsonaro's closest associates. Security footage obtained by The New York Times shows that in early February, shortly after two of Bolsonaro's aides were arrested on suspicion of plotting against the Brazilian government, the former president sought refuge at the Hungarian embassy, conveniently located near the presidential palace he once occupied. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Was_Hans-Jürgen_Rose_murdered_by_German_police? Group_files_criminal_charges_against_officers_after_26 years⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Execs_in_Japan_busted_for_outsourcing jobs_to_North_Koreans⠀⇛ Robast reportedly obtained application development work from Japanese customers through a business brokering website, then outsourced it to North Koreans – who the executives may have believed were living in China. The action is believed to have been carried out without the knowledge or consent of the customers. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ DA_Suggests_Donald_Trump Violated_Gag_Order_With_Post_About_Daughter_of_Hush-Money Trial_Judge⠀⇛ Manhattan prosecutors are suggesting that Donald Trump violated a gag order in his hush-money criminal case this week by assailing the judge’s daughter and making a false claim about her on social media # ⚓ Reason ☛ Conviction_for_Writing_Software_for_ISIS_Upheld⠀⇛ The court held that the conviction was consistent with the First Amendment, as applied in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (2010): [...] # ⚓ VOA News ☛ World_Braces_for_Islamic_State_to_Build_on Moscow_Attack⠀⇛ Already, some European countries have issued heightened threat alerts while increasing security. Italy, in particular, cites the approach of the Easter holiday as one reason for additional concern. The latest propaganda from Islamic State, also known as IS or ISIS, has only served to reinforce such worries. In a statement Thursday marking 10 years since IS first announced its now-defunct caliphate in Iraq and Syria, spokesperson Abu Huthaifa al-Ansar called on followers to target “crusaders,” especially in Europe and in the United States. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_the_Israel-Hamas_War_Has_Roiled_TikTok Internally⠀⇛ TikTok has been dogged for months by accusations that its app has shown a disproportionate amount of pro-Palestinian and antisemitic content to users of its hugely popular video platform. TikTok has strongly rejected those arguments, and its executives have met multiple times with Jewish groups to discuss those concerns. But the claims of bias have nevertheless helped fuel the debate over a House bill passed this month that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the app or have it face a ban. # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ Trump's_religious_right_doesn't_understand Jesus⠀⇛ As for economic justice, in the season of Lent leading up to Easter, one of the Church readings, mentioned in all four gospels, is of Jesus in the Jerusalem Temple. “He found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.” This was a religious as well as monetary issue but it reveals an intense opposition to the economic status quo of the time, which was not radically different from that of today. Then there is, “Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God” (Mark 10:25, Matthew 19:24, and Luke 18:25) and “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me” (Matthew 25:35). And, again in the gospel of Matthew, when a rich young man asks what he must do to obtain eternal life, Jesus replies that he should sell everything and give the money to the poor. When he juxtaposes war and peace his words in the original Koine Greek are far more militantly opposed to violence than they appear in English. And surely his insistence that “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” is entirely clear. # ⚓ The Times Of Israel ☛ Erdogan_says_Turkey_‘firmly’_backs terror_group_Hamas,_compares_Netanyahu_to_Hitler_|_The_Times of_Israel⠀⇛ “No one can make us qualify Hamas as a terrorist organization,” he said in a speech in Istanbul. “Turkey is a country that speaks openly with Hamas leaders and firmly backs them.” Hamas is listed as a terror organization by the US, Israel, the UK, the European Union, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries. # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Photo_of_woman's_body_being_paraded_by Hamas_wins_award,_sparks_outrage⠀⇛ In a chilling video, verified by CNN, Louk was seen being displayed on a vehicle by armed militants in Gaza who are chanting "Allahu Akbar," an Arabic phrase meaning "God [sic] is Great." Shani Louk went missing while attending the Supernova music festival in southern Israel where Hamas attacked on October 7, killing over 1,400 people. Louk's mother later received information from the Israeli military that her daughter is dead. # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ U-M_eyes_‘disruptive_activity’_crackdown amid_Israel-Hamas_war_protests⠀⇛ U-M announced the draft policy Wednesday after pro- Palestinian demonstrators interrupted a weekend honors convocation, forcing President Santa Ono to cut short a speech amid shouting. Sponsor “No one has the right to infringe on the exercise of others’ speech and activities by disrupting the normal celebrations, activities, and operations of the University,” the draft policy states. # ⚓ BoingBoing ☛ Taliban_announces_it_will_start_stoning_women to_death_in_public⠀⇛ The Taliban announced that they are returning to the "good ol' days" when raped women were flogged and stoned to death in public. The Taliban's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, justified this bronze-age policy as a continuation of their struggle against Western influences, declaring on Taliban-controlled Radio Television Afghanistan, "We will flog the women … we will stone them to death in public [for adultery]. You may call it a violation of women's rights when we publicly stone or flog them for committing adultery because they conflict with your democratic principles. [But] I represent Allah, and you represent Satan. The Taliban's work did not end with the takeover of Kabul, it has only just begun," he said." # ⚓ Breaking Media Inc ☛ Like_Elon_Musk_And_Twitter_Before Them,_Investors_In_Trump's_Newly_Public_Social_Media_Company Will_Lose_Millions_-_Above_the_Law⠀⇛ In a rational marketplace, this $5 billion valuation would be laughable. The first nine months of last year saw Trump Media incur a net loss of $49 million, while it took in a paltry $3.3 million in advertising revenue. There is also an inherent problem in that the bathroom musings of a 77-year- old facing four criminal indictments (containing nearly 100 felony counts) are Truth Social’s main draw. Also, there is Truth Social’s anemic user count: 494,000 monthly active U.S. users. One can (while holding one’s nose) imagine a world in which Trump wins the 2024 election and finds a way to funnel taxpayer money to Truth Social (to himself, in other words, as the majority shareholder) like he did with many of his other businesses during his first term. Other than that scenario, it is difficult to conceive of a way in which Truth Social, and by extension Trump Media & Technology Group, does anything over time other than lose a tremendous amount of money for its investors. Of course, this did not stop Trump Media, trading under the ticker symbol DJT on the Nasdaq, from surging in value during its first day of public trading on March 26, because Trump’s rabid supporters never fail to recklessly throw their money at him. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Poland:_Police_raid_suspected_Russian_spy network⠀⇛ Polish authorities said on Thursday that they had carried out searches in connection with a suspected Russian spy network in Poland, following intelligence provided by the Czech Republic. "Actions aimed at organizing pro-Russian initiatives and media campaigns in EU countries have been documented," Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) said in a statement. The operation was carried out with support and coordination from other European partners, especially the Czech Republic which said on Wednesday it had busted a Moscow-financed network. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-24_[Older]_Poland Demands_Explanation_From_Russia_After_a_Missile_Enters Its_Airspace_During_Attack_on_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ LRT ☛ US_allocates_$228m_to_Baltic_security⠀⇛ The United States has allocated 228 million US dollars for security assistance to the Baltic states, and Lithuania will get a third of this amount, Lithuania’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-24_[Older]_Russia Violates_Poland's_Air_Space_in_Attack_on_Ukraine, Poland's_Armed_Forces_Say⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_Russia_adds_'LGBT movement'_to_list_of_extremist_groups⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-25_[Older]_Two Units_Offline_After_Fire_at_Russia's_Rostov_Power Plant,_Governor_Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-25_[Older] Massacre,_Manhunt_and_Mourning:_How_Russia's_Deadliest Attack_in_Years_Unfolded_Over_the_Weekend⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-25_[Older]_Moscow Shooting_Poses_Awkward_Questions_for_Russia's Intelligence_Agencies⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-25_[Older] Russians_Mourn_the_Victims_of_the_Moscow_Concert_Hall Attack⠀⇛ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2024-03-25_[Older]_The_battle_for_blame_over_a deadly_terror_attack_in_Moscow⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-03-24_[Older]_Russia_in mourning_after_Moscow_concert_hall_attack⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-03-24_[Older]_Ukraine_updates: Russia_launches_fresh_strikes_on_Kyiv,_Lviv⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-24_[Older]_4_Men Charged_in_Moscow_Attack,_Showing_Signs_of_Beatings_at Hearing_as_Court_Says_2_Accept_Guilt⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-24_[Older] Russia's_Crocus_Group_Vows_to_Restore_Concert_Hall After_Deadly_Rampage⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-24_[Older]_Russia Attacks_Ukrainian_Gas_Storage_Site;_Ukraine_Ramps_up Power_Imports⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-24_[Older]_Ukraine Says_It_Hit_Two_Russian_Warships_in_Strikes_on_Crimea⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_From_Beslan_to the_concert_hall:_Terror_attacks_in_Russia⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_Ukraine_updates: Drones_strike_Russia's_Belgorod_and_Samara⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_A Russian_Soyuz_Rocket_With_3_Astronauts_Blasts_off_to the_International_Space_Station⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_Deadly Attack_on_Moscow_Concert_Hall_Shakes_Russian_Capital and_Sows_Doubts_About_Security⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_Four Detained_Gunmen_Are_Not_Russian_Citizens,_Says_Interior Ministry⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_Islamic State_Releases_Photo_of_Alleged_Attackers_in_Russia Shooting⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_Putin Says_Gunmen_Who_Raided_Moscow_Concert_Hall_Tried_to Escape_to_Ukraine._Kyiv_Denies_Involvement⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older] Security_Experts_Say_Islamic_State_Claim_for_Russian Concert_Attack_Is_Credible⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_Soccer- Russia_Cancels_Paraguay_Friendly_Following_Moscow Shooting_Attack⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_Putin Vows_to_Punish_Those_Behind_Russia_Concert_Massacre⠀⇛ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_Russian_journalist_Igor Kuznetsov_given_3-year_suspended_sentence,_remains behind_bars⠀⇛ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_UN_report details_‘climate_of_fear’_in_Russian_occupied_areas_of Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_Russia,_China_reject_U.S.- led_Gaza_ceasefire_resolution_at_the_UN⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_What_is_ISIS-K_and_why_did it_attack_Russia?⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_At_least_40_dead_in_Moscow- area_concert_hall_attack_as_ISIS_claims responsibility⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_Russia,_China veto_UN_resolution_for_cease-fire_in_Gaza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_Russia:_Gunmen fire_into_crowd_at_concert_hall_near_Moscow⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_Russian_hackers targeting_German_politicians_—_report⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_Ukraine_updates: Russia_launches_'largest'_attack_on_energy⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_Belgian Police_Conduct_Raids_After_Suspected_Russian_Diamonds Seized⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_Russia Says_United_States_Must_Share_Any_Information_It_Has_on Attack_Near_Moscow⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_US_Has Intelligence_Confirming_Islamic_State_Responsibility for_Russia_Attack,_Officials_Say⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-03-21_[Older]_EU_summit: Leaders_wrap_up_with_attention_on_Gaza,_Russia⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2024-03-27_[Older]_The_strain_on_the faces_of_mums_and_teachers_shows,_but_they_hold_it together_for_the_preschoolers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-03-27_[Older]_Ukraine_updates: Deadly_airstrike_hits_Kharkiv⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-27_[Older]_House Speaker_Mike_Johnson_Is_Committed_to_Advancing_Ukraine Aid._but_It_Will_Be_a_Difficult_Task⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-27_[Older]_Putin Tells_Pilots:_F16s_Can_Carry_Nuclear_Weapons_but_They Won't_Change_Things_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ 2024-03-25_[Older]_What_Does_the_Coup_in Niger_Tell_Us_about_the_War_in_Ukraine?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-03-25_[Older]_Ukraine_updates: Kyiv_and_Moscow_report_overnight_strikes⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-25_[Older]_Putin: Concert_Hall_Attack_Conducted_by_Islamists,_but Suggests_Ukraine_Link⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-03-24_[Older]_Hungary’s Support_for_Israel_Exposes_Its_Fake_Pacifism⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-24_[Older]_Concert Hall_Attack_Dents_Putin's_Tough_Image._He_Tries_to_Use It_to_Rally_Support_for_Ukraine_War⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_Finding Money:_How_the_Pentagon_Dug_Down_and_Found_$300M_for Ukraine_but_Is_Still_Deep_in_the_Red⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_Putin Says_Concert_Attackers_Were_Fleeing_to_Ukraine_When Detained⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_Ukraine Not_Involved_in_Moscow_Attack,_Says_Kyiv_Military Intelligence_Spokesman⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_US House_Democrats_Offer_to_Protect_Republican_Johnson_for Ukraine_Aid⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older] Ukraine's_Zelenskiy:_We_Need_Air_Defences_and_Political Will_From_Our_Partners⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older] Ukrainian_Presidential_Adviser:_Ukraine_Had_Nothing_to Do_With_Moscow_Shootings⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘What_kind_of_life_will_they_have?’_Russian doctors_on_what_the_country’s_anti-abortion_shift_means for_their_work_and_the_pregnant_women_in_their_care_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Putin’s_Last_Term:_Part_Z’:_Animator_Egor Zhgun_retells_Russia’s_past_six_years_in_cartoons_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ St._Petersburg_law_enforcement_conducting raids,_deporting_migrants_en_masse,_say_human_rights activists_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Number_of_injured_in_Moscow_terrorist_attack exceeds_380_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Russian_elites_are_still_sharks’_Journalist Catherine_Belton_on_how_Putin_remade_Russia_in_the KGB’s_image_and_then_took_on_the_West_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_trip_to_Bishkek’s_Dordoi_Bazaar_with writer_Caroline_Eden_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Unsealed_Documents_Provide_More_Details_On Federal_Investigators’_YouTube_Dragnet⠀⇛ Earlier this week, reporting by Thomas Brewster for Forbes uncovered yet another way law enforcement is expecting companies like Google to perform their investigative work for them. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Nuclear_Explosion_That_Makes_US_Aid_to Israel_Illegal⠀⇛ Because of this official gag order, Americans are deliberately kept in the dark regarding the dangerousness of Israel’s illegal stockpile of nuclear weapons—weapons that have never been subject to international inspection and are therefore of questionable safety. And then there is the problem of that secret cache of nuclear weapons being controlled by a number of top Israeli officials whose extreme positions would sanction their use. Last November, Israeli Minister Amichai Eliyahu said one of Israel’s options in the war is to drop a nuclear bomb on Gaza. “That’s one way,” he said. Another Israeli official, Revital “Tally” Gotliv, urged her government to use “everything in its arsenal,” including “doomsday” weapons, against Hamas. “Who would have imagined that, just as we have been worrying about Pakistani weapons falling into the hands of Islamic fanatics, we would come to the point where we have to fear Israel’s nuclear weapons falling into the hands of Israeli fanatics?” said Gilinsky. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ In_isolated_South_China_Sea_territory,_Filipino fisherman_see_‘dwindling_catch’⠀⇛ “Yesterday, I went out for fishing but I only got around four kilos (8.8 pounds) of small fish, just enough to cover my gasoline and food for two days,” he told BenarNews. “Yearly, our catch declines because of the illegal fishing by the Chinese and the Vietnamese. Some of them were using dynamite and cyanide,” Hugo told BenarNews in Filipino outside a small grocery store where he hangs out with friends. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_ships_bottles_of_melting Tibetan_glacier_water_Maldives⠀⇛ China has sent more than a million bottles of water from melting Tibetan glaciers to the Maldives, officials said Thursday, a gift from the world’s highest mountains to a low-lying archipelago threatened by rising seas. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexicana_airline_faces_US_$840M lawsuit_from_Texas_company⠀⇛ The state-owned airline, which launched operations in December, is being sued for breach of contract in a U.S. federal court in New York. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Where_Was_Exxon_Planning_to_Inject_CO2_in Louisiana?_It’s_a_Trade_Secret.⠀⇛ While two dozen carbon capture projects are proposed in Louisiana, figuring out exactly where companies plan to inject carbon dioxide underground for storage is a bit of a mystery. That’s because a state law passed in 2021 regulating carbon capture includes a provision allowing companies to claim a wide range of project information — including location — as trade secrets.  The state law mirrors a federal provision that also allows companies to classify the location of their injection site as “proprietary business information” (PBI), which means that, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the most the agency can say without violating PBI status is the parish or county where carbon dioxide will be injected into deep geological formations. # ⚓ The Drone Girl ☛ 10_beloved_restaurants_that_offer drone_delivery_from_in_America ⠀⇛ So why are restaurants like Wendy’s or Mendocino looking to drone delivery companies? For starters, off-premise business for restaurants has been growing since the pandemic — and drones can bring that food off-premises. Another reason is sustainability. Drones offer up to 94% lower energy consumption per package than other vehicles, providing a greener alternative for companies looking to reduce their carbon footprint. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Politics_aside,_what’s_the_plan_for_US central_bank_digital_currency?⠀⇛ Efforts are moving at a glacial pace in the U.S. Meanwhile, over 130 countries are exploring one. “BRIC” nations including Russia and China have banded together to create a blockchain-based payment system that would support global trade and investment flows and possibly even serve as a way to skirt U.S.-mandated financial sanctions. There’s more than national security and economic dominance at stake, like the possibility of a reimagined American financial system with more competition among financial institutions — both decentralized and traditional — that would provide more choices for U.S. consumers. There’s also the realization of technological initiatives that would transform the movement of money and payments domestically and globally for the better. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Sam_Bankman-Fried_is_still_gambling⠀⇛ What Bankman-Fried did not say was that he had, in fact, committed crimes and he wouldn’t do it again. Instead, he talked about the “mistakes” he’d made, how he’d assisted the FTX customers in dealing with the bankruptcy estate, that he hadn’t actually engaged in witness tampering, and that, in fact, the FTX estate had “billions” more than necessary to repay the customers, and that has been true the whole time. He didn’t say a word about his lenders, two of which went bankrupt, or the investors, whose money is gone. It struck me that Bankman-Fried was going with the strategy he’d outlined in a document, submitted as evidence by the prosecution. He was simply going to blame the bankruptcy lawyers, as outlined in points 4, 5, 6, and 9 in his little Google Doc. # ⚓ The Drive ☛ Nobody_Told_EV_Owners_How_Quickly_They Burn_Through_Tires⠀⇛ Automotive dealer software company CDK Global published a lengthy study about EV service in late 2023. In it, one respondent said that “when it comes to EVs, tires are the new oil change." We published a story last August about Rivian R1Ts needing new rubber after as few as 6,000 miles. Not all EV owners deal with such egregious wear, but considering most service shops recommend oil changes every 5,000 miles on gasoline-powered cars, the comparison checks out in that case. # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Electric_Shock:_An_Existential_Crisis_in the_German_Auto_Industry_-_DER_SPIEGEL⠀⇛ Electric cars are selling poorly, and many German manufacturers are still focusing on the combustion engine. The threat from cheaper Chinese competitors is growing. Might this be the death knell of Germany's fabled automobile industry? # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Germany’s_Beloved_Dachshund_Could_Be Threatened_Under_Breeding_Bill⠀⇛ The bill would strengthen laws around dog breeding, but Germany’s kennel club worries that the legislation could lead to bans on several breeds. # ⚓ El País ☛ Philanthropist_group_buys_up_large_tracts of_land_in_Romania_to_create_‘European_Yellowstone’⠀⇛ “‘Only if someone buys these forests and places them in private hands can we save them, at least until the state realizes the importance of preserving them,’ the director of a national park jokingly let slip,” says Barbara Promberger. At that point, the Austrian biologist and her husband Cristoph, a German forester, set out to find philanthropists and conservationists to raise funds to buy large tracts of forest to halt deforestation and, at the same time, promote ecotourism in support of local communities. “This national park has to serve to protect nature, but also to economically develop the areas involved,” says Barbara, who has lived in a tiny village in Brasov province for 30 years. As a conservation model, they were inspired by the Tompkins project launched in the 1990s to restore habitats in southern Chile and Argentina, and also by the Bavarian Forest National Park. # ⚓ Science News ☛ Chickadees_use_memory_‘bar_codes’_to find_their_hidden_food_stashes⠀⇛ These neural combinations act like bar codes, and identifying them may give key insights into how episodic memories — accounts of specific past events, like what you did on your birthday last year or where you’ve left your wallet — are encoded and recalled in the brain, researchers report March 29 in Cell. This kind of memory is challenging to study in animals, says Selmaan Chettih, a neuroscientist at Columbia University. “You can’t just ask a mouse what memories it formed today.” But chickadees’ very precise behavior provides a golden opportunity for researchers. Every time a chickadee makes a cache, it represents a single, well-defined moment logged in the hippocampus, a structure in the vertebrate brain vital for memory. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ The_Colorado_River_rarely_reaches_the_sea. Here's_why⠀⇛ A study published last year found that during the megadrought, human-caused global warming decreased the Colorado River's natural flow by roughly the amount of water that can be stored in Lake Mead — the nation's largest reservoir. It's long been known that the Colorado River — and the 40 million people who rely on it — are facing a crisis. Water is overallocated. More is promised to cities and irrigators than typically exists. Climate change is shrinking the available pool. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Birth_Rates_Are_Plummeting_in_Most Nations,_And_The_World_Isn't_Prepared⠀⇛ Human birth rates will continue to drop drastically over the coming century, and within just 25 years, over two-thirds of countries' populations will be in decline. # ⚓ The Lancet ☛ Global_fertility_in_204_countries_and territories,_1950–2021,_with_forecasts_to_2100:_a comprehensive_demographic_analysis_for_the_Global Burden_of_Disease_Study_2021⠀⇛ Accurate assessments of current and future fertility—including overall trends and changing population age structures across countries and regions—are essential to help plan for the profound social, economic, environmental, and geopolitical challenges that these changes will bring. Estimates and projections of fertility are necessary to inform policies involving resource and health-care needs, labour supply, education, gender equality, and family planning and support. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 produced up-to-date and comprehensive demographic assessments of key fertility indicators at global, regional, and national levels from 1950 to 2021 and forecast fertility metrics to 2100 based on a reference scenario and key policy-dependent alternative scenarios. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ GE_layoffs:_1,000_jobs_to_be_cut_in_LM Wind_Power,_Indians_may_be_hit_as_well⠀⇛ General Electric layoffs: LM Wind Power will focus on external customers only and this will impact staffers in India as well. # ⚓ Tech_layoffs_are_back:_what_does_it_mean_for_your_job?⠀⇛ Instead, the U.S. has been the worst hit––more than 179,000 workers lost their jobs in tech in 2023 and so far this year, that figure is already over 40,000, according to layoffs.fyi. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong’s_pro-democracy_Civic Party_officially_folds_after_18_years⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s Civic Party, which was once the city’s second-largest pro-democracy party, has officially shut down after 18 years – joining dozens of other civil society groups which folded in the wake of a Beijing-imposed national security law. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ University_of_Hong_Kong_seeks_to limit_tourist_flow_on_campus_after_student,_resident complaints⠀⇛ The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is to introduce measures on tourist flow management on campus following an influx of visitors from the mainland. Local media have reported on the grounds being as “crowded as Disney,” with mainland tourists barging into lecture halls for photo-taking during lectures. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong’s_new_national_security law_‘unduly_limits’_human_rights_and_freedom,_UN_experts say⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s new homegrown national security law will “unduly limit” human rights and freedom in the city, six UN experts have said as they urged authorities to review and reconsider the legislation. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ ESG_Funds_Under_Attack:_Why_Republicans_Are Targeting_Socially_Responsible_Investing⠀⇛ Republicans are on a “crusade” against responsible investing, says Andrew Behar, CEO of the nonprofit group As You Sow that promotes corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy. His group was subpoenaed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee this week as Republicans probe whether investments that take into account environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns violate antitrust laws. Republicans have introduced bills in dozens of states across the U.S. to limit state bodies from working with banks and other financial firms that take things like climate change into consideration in their investments. ESG is “a framework for assessing risk,” Behar says. “Basic good business says you want to assess and address risk, and that’s what they’re trying to suppress.” # ⚓ EFF ☛ U.S._Supreme_Court_Does_Not_Go_Far_Enough_in Determining_When_Government_Officials_Are_Barred_from Censoring_Critics_on_Social_Media⠀⇛ The case, Lindke v. Freed, came out of the Sixth Circuit and involves a city manager, while a companion case called O'Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier came out of the Ninth Circuit and involves public school board members. The First Amendment prohibits the government from censoring individuals’ speech in public forums based on the viewpoints that individuals express. In the age of social media, where people in government positions use public-facing social media for both personal, campaign, and official government purposes, it can be unclear whether the interactive parts (e.g., comments section) of a social media page operated by someone who works in government amount to a government-controlled public forum subject to the First Amendment’s prohibition on viewpoint discrimination. Another way of stating the issue is whether a government official who uses a social media account for personal purposes is engaging in state action when they also use the account to speak about government business.   As the Supreme Court states in the Lindke opinion, “Sometimes … the line between private conduct and state action is difficult to draw,” and the question is especially difficult “in a case involving a state or local official who routinely interacts with the public.” # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Energy_Department_Invests_$15_Million_in University_Cybersecurity_Centers ⠀⇛ The US Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday announced a $15 million investment in university- based electric power centers to bolster cybersecurity in the energy sector. The funding, the DOE says, will go to six universities selected by the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER), which will partner with industry stakeholders and the DOE National Laboratories for cybersecurity research and training development. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Pentagon_Outlines_Cybersecurity_Strategy for_Defense_Industrial_Base ⠀⇛ The cybersecurity strategy published this week covers fiscal years 2024 through 2027 and its primary mission is to ensure the generation, reliability and preservation of warfighting capabilities by protecting operational capabilities, sensitive information, and product integrity. The Pentagon’s cybersecurity strategy for the DIB has four main goals, each with multiple objectives. # ⚓ USDOD ☛ Defense_Industrial_Base_Cybersecurity_Strategy_2024 [PDF]⠀⇛ Achieving the objectives laid out in this strategy requires coordination of effort across all DoD entities in alignment with the NDS, the National Cybersecurity Strategy, and the DoD Cyber Strategy. The Department plays a key role in educating, measuring, and driving improvements in all matters related to DIB cybersecurity. Protecting critical defense information and preserving competitive advantage requires the Department to invest in measures to bolster DIB cybersecurity, while being cognizant of the risk associated with burdensome compliance costs that discourage competition. Successful implementation of the DoD DIB Cybersecurity Strategy requires engagement external to the Department and the Department to set an example of cyber resiliency. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Microsoft,_OpenAI_plan_$100_billion_'Stargate' supercomputer [Ed: Vapourware and lies]⠀⇛ The Information, citing unnamed sources, reports that the data-center would house a supercomputer made up of millions of AI chips, and is being referred to as “Stargate.” People who spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and who have viewed Microsoft’s cost estimates told The Information that the project could reach $100 billion, and that Microsoft would likely finance it. The proposed project costs about 100 times more than some of the largest data centers today, and Microsoft executives want to launch it as soon as 2028, according to The Information. # ⚓ India Times ☛ TCS:_TCS_says_it_trained_3.5_lakh_employees in_generative_AI_skills⠀⇛ On Friday, the Tata group company announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has recognised it with Generative AI competency partner status. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Facebook_News:_Facebook_News_tab_will_soon_be unavailable_as_Meta_scales_back_news_and_political_content⠀⇛ The change comes as Meta tries to scale back news and political content on its platforms following years of criticism about how it handles misinformation and whether it contributes to political polarisation. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Fact_Checkers_debunk_new_Senegalese President_viral_video_as_a_deepfake⠀⇛ It turns out a lot about the video is not true. The person in the video is not Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s President Elect. It’s Ousmane Sonko, who is said to be Faye’s mentor. This ofcourse can just verified by checking Faye’s pictures on the internet. He’s not the person in the video. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-03-26_[Older]_EU_asks_Facebook, TikTok_to_identify_and_label_AI_deepfakes⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2024-03-26_[Older]_Who_Is_Jeff_Yass,_The Trump_Money_Man_Reshaping_American_Social_Media?⠀⇛ # ⚓ HPV_lies:_Another_example_of_how_everything_old antivax_has_been_reborn_as_“new”_again⠀⇛ In the name of taking one for the team in order to debunk nonsense about Kate Middleton’s announcement that she had been diagnosed with cancer last week, I foolishly signed up for a free seven day trial of COVID-19 vaccine-caused “turbo cancer” quack William Makis‘ Substack, which is why I figured I’d better get one last post out of it before the free trial expires. Thankfully, Makis is very predictable and provided a perfect topic the other day, a Substack post entitled Childhood Vaccines – HPV Vaccine (Gardasil) injuries & deaths of young girls – injury of 12 year old soccer player Holly, High school lacrosse player Amanda Ratner, death of a 14 year old Mexican girl. Yes, as I keep saying about the new anti-COVID-19 vaccine movement that quickly turned into just antivaccine, everything old is new again. So, of course, Makis is now fear mongering about HPV vaccines, a topic that I used to write extensively about. Naturally, the reason is obvious. Makis has fully embraced the narrative that vaccines—in particular, COVID-19 vaccines—kill. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Lizzo_says,_'I_QUIT,'_after_performance at_Biden’s_re-election_fundraiser;_cites_bullying_and_lies⠀⇛ American rapper and singer Lizzo has sent shockwaves through the music industry with a sudden announcement. The artist took to her Instagram to share an ‘I Quit’ letter following her performance at Biden’s re-election fundraiser. The 35-year-old blamed bullying and lies as the driving forces behind her decision. It's still unclear whether she meant quitting music-making or leaving social media platforms, but fans have been rallying behind her, hitting back at online critics and those who are slamming her. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Distance_No_Guarantee_of_Safety_for_Russia’s Exiled_Journalists⠀⇛ Babloyan is one of a handful of Russian exiles who are believed to have been poisoned since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. More suspected poisonings took place before then. # ⚓ RFA ☛ 2_Vietnamese_bloggers_charged_for_criticizing_death penalty_case⠀⇛ Vietnamese authorities on Thursday arrested and charged two Facebook bloggers for “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe the interests of the state” for posting comments about the handling of a case of a death row inmate, Vietnamese media reported. The Security Investigation Agency of the Binh Duong provincial police charged Nguyen Duc Du and Hoang Quoc Viet under Article 331 of Vietnam’s Penal Code, saying their social media posts about death row inmate Ho Duy Hai being unjustly sentenced had insulted judiciary agencies. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Article_23:_Hong_Kong_again_blasts BillBC_over_security_law_coverage⠀⇛ The Hong Kong government has for the second time this month condemned the BBC’s reporting on the new security law. It is the latest in a string of press releases and letters lashing out at foreign media over their coverage of Article 23’s enactment last Saturday. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ New_Hong_Kong_national_security_legislation_blocks first_prisoner’s_early_release⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s recently enacted Safeguarding National Security Ordinance blocked the first inmate’s sentence remission under the Prison Rules on Tuesday. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_"Investigative Deception_Across_Social_Contexts,"_by_Prof._Alan_Chen⠀⇛ The first of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Bungie,_YouTuber_Settle_Lawsuit_Over_Fraudulent DMCA_Takedowns_For_YouTube_Videos⠀⇛ Almost exactly two years ago, we discussed a strange story in which video game publisher Bungie sued a bunch of John Does specifically for inputting fraudulent DMCA takedown claims on YouTube videos that contained Bungie content. Those notices purported to be from Bungie in some cases, but even Bungie’s own YouTube channel was hit by some of them as well. Later on, Bungie unmasked one of the Does as YouTuber Lord Nazo, real name Nicholas Minor, as one of the perpetrators of these takedown notices. In those discussions, we mentioned that while Bungie will come out looking like the good guy here if its claims were correct, the real story here is just how wide open for abuse YouTube’s DMCA takedown process is. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Ctrl-Alt-Speech:_The_Most_Moderated_Word_On Meta⠀⇛ Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ India_Banned_TikTok,_It_Didn’t_Go_Well⠀⇛ We know that a lot of politicians (and media folks) in the US are pushing to ban TikTok. It has seemed notable, of course, that European countries don’t seem all that worried about TikTok, which should raise questions about how serious the “threat” really is. However, one major country did decide to ban TikTok a few years ago: India. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ John_Kiriakou:_How_the_CIA_Destroys_Its_Own⠀⇛ In light of recent developments in the Julian Assange extradition case, former CIA officer John Kiriakou joins host Robert Scheer on this episode of the Scheer Intelligence podcast, to delve deeper into the contradictions within the United States government and intelligence agencies regarding the disclosure of classified information and the veil of secrecy they maintain. As highlighted in earlier episodes, John Kiriakou’s role as the whistleblower who exposed the U.S. torture program vividly illustrates the consequences of airing the government’s dirty laundry—it unleashes its full might upon you. # ⚓ Vox ☛ Evan_Gershkovich:_Why_a_Wall_Street_Journal_reporter has_spent_a_year_in_Russian_jail⠀⇛ It’s been a year since Gershkovich, who had covered the country for five years at that point, was arrested by Russian security forces. He was on assignment in Yekaterinburg, a city in the Ural Mountains nearly 900 miles east of the Journal’s Moscow bureau. And because of Russia’s opaque and autocratic justice system, the trial — when it comes — will likely be conducted in secret. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in a Russian penal colony. The US government says he is “wrongfully detained” — a designation the US applies to citizens detained overseas on what it considers to be unfounded charges and whose release it is actively working to secure. # ⚓ Vox ☛ Gaza,_Evan_Gershkovich,_and_more:_A_very_bad_year_for press_freedom⠀⇛ One thing Gershkovich had in common with many Russian journalists who have run afoul of the state: His arrest was bogus. Within two weeks, the US government officially designated him as “wrongfully detained.” Reporters Without Borders (RSF), meanwhile, considers him a “Russian state hostage.” Despite a year of pre-trial hearings and extensions on his detention, Russia has publicly provided no clear evidence to substantiate its allegations. For the media that remains in the country, it has also “had a huge chilling effect, with further self-censorship,” Jeanne Cavelier, the head of RSF’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia desk, said over email. That all serves Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aims amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. But what’s happened to Gershkovich isn’t just about Putin. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ UK_Anti-Terrorism_Police_Investigate_Stabbing_of Persian-Language_Journalist⠀⇛ British counterterrorism detectives are investigating after a journalist working for a Persian-language media organization was stabbed Friday in London amid fears he had been targeted because of his job, police said. # ⚓ IranWire ☛ Iranian_Journalist_Stabbed_in_London⠀⇛ An Iranian journalist with a London-based, Farsi- language TV news channel was attacked outside his house Friday, the network reported. Pouria Zeraati, the television host of the "Last Word" program of Iran International channel, was assaulted by a group of unidentified individuals as he left his London home. Zeraati sustained knife wounds across several parts of his body. He is currently in a stable condition but remains hospitalized, the network reported. # ⚓ BBC ☛ Pouria_Zeraati:_Iran_International_TV_host_stabbed outside_London_home⠀⇛ The Met said counter-terrorism officers had been assigned due to "the victim's occupation as a journalist at a Persian-language media organisation based in the UK". It added this was "coupled with the fact that there has been a number of threats directed towards this group of journalists". # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ Iranian_journalist_stabbed_outside_his London_home⠀⇛ The Telegraph understands he was heading to work at around 3.15pm when he was approached by a man outside his house in south-west London. The man attempted to engage him in conversation before another suspect came up behind him and began slashing him with a knife. The two attackers then went off in a waiting car nearby, which was being driven by a third suspect. # ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ Iran_International_journalist_stabbed outside_London_home⠀⇛ Pouria Zeraati, a presenter for Iran International, was reportedly attacked by a group of men as he left home on Friday. He was taken to hospital and is in a stable condition, the channel said. The Metropolitan police confirmed that officers were called to an address in Wimbledon, south London, at 2.49pm, and that a man in his 30s had sustained an injury to his leg. It said the man’s condition was “not believed to be life-threatening” and that an investigation had been opened. No arrests have yet been made. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moscow_Court_Charges_Journalist_Who_Covered Navalny's_Trials⠀⇛ Favorskaya covered Navalny’s court hearings for years and filmed the last video showing the Kremlin critic alive on February 15 at a court hearing that he took part in over video link from an Arctic prison. The next day, Navalny suddenly died in the prison. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ One_Year_in_Russian_Jail_for_Evan_Gershkovich⠀⇛ Friday marks one year since Russian police detained The Wall Street Journal reporter in the city of Yekaterinburg, about 1,600 km east of Moscow, on espionage charges widely viewed as bogus. To date, the Russian government has not provided any evidence to substantiate its charges, which carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Growing_Number_of_Americans_End_Up_in_Russian Jails_—_Prospects_for_Their_Release_Are_Unclear⠀⇛ Arrests of Americans in Russia have become increasingly common as relations between Moscow and Washington sink to Cold War lows. Washington accuses Moscow of targeting its citizens and using them as political bargaining chips, but Russian officials insist they all broke the law. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Assange's_'Reprieve'_Is_Another_Lie,_Hiding_the Real_Goal_of_Keeping_Him_Endlessly_Locked_Up_-_Antiwar.com⠀⇛ The US has had years to clarify its intention to give Assange a fair trial but refuses to do so. The UK court’s latest ruling is yet more collusion in his show trial # ⚓ Vox ☛ Ronna_McDaniel_and_Candace_Owens_show_how_MAGA_broke the_media⠀⇛ Objectively, this is all absurd: No news organization should have to face consequences for taking a stand against anti-democratic lies or antisemitic bigotry. But it’s important to understand why it’s happening: The conservative movement, the backbone of one of our two major political parties, is off the rails. That brute reality has thrown American media out of whack. Mainstream outlets are forced to choose between traditional notions of objectivity and platforming obscenity; right-wing outlets have lost whatever ability they once had to keep their followers onside. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ ACLU ☛ Quiz:_State_Legislation_and_the_Part_You_Play⠀⇛ State legislation can have an immense impact on your civil rights, for better or for worse. And even though state lawmakers are tasked with determining which bills get turned into laws, you hold a lot of power to make these decisions because you elect candidates into office. Take this quiz to learn about lawmaking at the state level, and how you can play a part in this process at the ballot box. Click_to_see_Quiz # ⚓ Reason ☛ Tennessee_Generally_Bans_Political_and_Religious Discrimination_by_Financial_Institutions⠀⇛ From a newly enacted bill: A financial institution shall not deny or cancel its services to a person, or otherwise discriminate against a person in making available such services or in the terms or conditions of such services, on the basis of: [...] # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2024-03-23_[Older]_'I_Will_Not Feed_a_Demon':_YouTuber_Ruby_Franke's_Child_Abuse_Case_Rooted in_Religious_Extremism⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Repeat] Press Gazette ☛ Journalists_strike_over_pay_at Scottish_broadcaster_STV⠀⇛ A second strike is set for Tuesday 16 April if an agreement is not made before then. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Best_and_worst_broadband_providers_revealed:_Big Four_outdone_again_by_smaller_rivals⠀⇛ As price rises loom, the big broadband providers are coming up short when it comes to their connections and customer service # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Most_Annoying_Thing_On_The_Internet_Isn’t Really_Necessary⠀⇛ We’re sure you’ll agree that there are many annoying things on the Web. Which of them we rate as most annoying depends on personal view, but we’re guessing that quite a few of you will join us in naming the ubiquitous cookie pop-up at the top of the list. It’s the pesky EU demanding consent for tracking cookies, we’re told, nothing to do with whoever is demanding you click through screens and screens of slider switches to turn everything off before you can view their website. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Even_The_Most_Well-Meaning_Internet_Regulations Can_Cause_Real_Harm⠀⇛ Here’s how people advocating for internet regulations for “bad speech” think things will work: an enlightened group of pure-minded, thoughtful individuals will carefully outlaw dangerous speech that invokes hatred, or encourages bad behavior. Then, that speech will magically and cleanly disappear from the internet, and the internet will be a better place. # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ No,_Starlink_is_not_disconnecting_terminals_in Zimbabwe...._At_least_not_yet⠀⇛ In February, reports suggested Starlink equipment belonging to hundreds of customers had been deactivated. The kits would have been smuggled from a country like Zambia, Mozambique and Eswatini where Starlink is licensed and operating. So it is happening outside Zimbabwe for now. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Scientists_made_broadband_internet_go_4.5_million times_faster⠀⇛ In partnership with the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Japan and Nokia Bell Labs in the United States, Aston researchers were able to transfer data at a rate of 301,000,000 megabits per second using standard optical fiber. That’s compared to the average UK broadband performance at 69.4 megabits per second. In the United States, average download speeds are faster, averaging 242.4 Mbps, but the breakthrough is still over a million times faster. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Governor_of_Oregon_signs_popular_right-to- repair_bill_into_law⠀⇛ Oregon Governor Tina Kotek today signed Senate Bill 1596 into law, joining a growing list of other U.S. states that believe citizens should have more options to repair their consumer products. Oregon follows California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New York, which each have similar laws, covering about 70 million Americans in total. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Restricting_Flipper_is_a_Zero_Accountability_Approach to_Security:_Canadian_Government_Response_to_Car_Hacking⠀⇛ EFF explores toilet hacking While it is useful as a penetration testing device, Flipper Zero is impractical in comparison to other, more specialized devices for car theft. It’s possible social media hype around the Flipper Zero has led people to believe that this device offers easier hacking opportunities for car thieves*. But government officials are also consuming such hype. That leads to policies that don’t secure systems, but rather impedes important research that exposes potential vulnerabilities the industry should fix. Even with Canada walking back on the original statement outright banning the devices, restricting devices and sales to “move forward with measures to restrict the use of such devices to legitimate actors only” is troublesome for security researchers. This is not the first government seeking to limit access to Flipper Zero, and we have explained before why this approach is not only harmful to security researchers but also leaves the general population more vulnerable to attacks. Security researchers may not have the specialized tools car thieves use at their disposal, so more general tools come in handy for catching and protecting against vulnerabilities. Broad purpose devices such as the Flipper have a wide range of uses: penetration testing to facilitate hardening of a home network or organizational infrastructure, hardware research, security research, protocol development, use by radio hobbyists, and many more. Restricting access to these devices will hamper development of strong, secure technologies. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Amazon_fined_almost_$8M_in_Poland_over_'dark patterns'⠀⇛ Poland's competition and consumer protection watchdog has fined Amazon's European subsidiary around $8 million (31.9 million Zlotys) for "dark patterns" that messed around internet shoppers. The preliminary ruling applies to Amazon EU SARL, which oversees Amazon's Polish e-commerce site, Amazon.pl, out of Luxembourg. Poland's Office of Competition and Consumer Protection said the decision, subject to appeal, reflected misleading practices related to product availability, delivery dates, and drop-off time guarantees. o ⚓ NPR ☛ 'Green_bubble_shaming'_at_play_in_DOJ_suit_against_Apple⠀⇛ When someone with an Android texts an iMessage user, the quality of photos and videos is shoddy; you can't do live location tracking; you can't react to texts the same way; those suspense-building bouncing ellipses indicating someone is writing do not exist; and the conversation is less secure. To top it off, green bubbles lead to mockery. Some have dubbed this phenomenon "green bubble shaming." And while it might seem frivolous, the bubble issue became much more serious last week, when it was cited by the Justice Department as an example of how Apple allegedly abuses its power. o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Today’s_Obviousness_Key: Motivation_to_Combine⠀⇛ In patent monopoly law, the “motivation to combine” doctrine plays a central role in determining whether a claimed invention is obvious under our guiding statute, 35 U.S.C. § 103. The doctrine is particularly relevant in cases involving “combination patents,” where the claimed invention consists of elements individually known in the prior art. In patent monopoly law doctrine, we mentally construct a fictional Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art (PHOSITA) and ask the legal question of whether the claimed invention would have been obvious to the PHOSITA. # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Bedrock_IP_entity_Cobblestone_Wireless 4G/5G_patent_monopoly_challenged⠀⇛ On March 26, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S._Patent 7,924,802, owned and asserted by Cobblestone Wireless, LLC, an NPE and entity of Bedrock IP Co., Ltd. The ‘802 patent monopoly relates to wireless communication systems that transmit signals simultaneously over a communication channel at different RF center frequencies. # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ $2,000_for_Edge_Networking_Systems network_patent_monopoly_prior_art⠀⇛ Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S._Patent_10,893,095, owned by Edge Networking Systems LLC, an NPE. The ‘095 patent monopoly relates to a network architecture that facilitates secure and flexible programmability between a user device and across a network with full lifecycle management of services and infrastructure applications. # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Michalski_Hüttermann_sets_up_China_desk_with Dompatent_lawyer [Ed: Pure spam disguised as news. JUVE used to do journalism before onboard bribes to push illegal things (UPC) and spam the Web with fake articles or fake rankings.]⠀⇛ Wanze Zhang (42) is no stranger to Michalski Hüttermann, having gained her first experience in IP at the patent monopoly attorney firm after completing her law studies in Cologne. She then moved to the Cologne law firm Maxton & Langmaack in 2013. > # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ $2,000_for_Key_Patent_Innovations entity_Malikie_Innovations_video_encoding_patent monopoly_prior_art⠀⇛ Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 10 of U.S._Patent 9,179,147, owned by Malikie Innovations Limited, an entity of Key_Patent_Innovations Limited. The ‘147 patent monopoly relates to the use of soft decisions and iterative coding in Motion_Picture_Experts_Group_(MPEG) and H.264 compliant video encoding. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2024-03-25_[Older]_Straight_outta_…?⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2024-03-24_[Older]_[Guest_post]_Horological_IP_and the_customization_of_watches [Ed: It's NOT "IP"]⠀⇛ # § Right of Publicity⠀➾ # ⚓ Jonathan Faber ☛ ELVIS_Act_amends_Tennessee_Right_of Publicity_law_with_AI_provisions⠀⇛ Tennessee’s Right of Publicity statute has been amended to provide broader provisions against artificial intelligence. Specifically, the amendment fortifies the concept of voice and the vulnerabilities AI could take advantage of if left unchecked. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ TikToker_Slapped_With_Nearly_$803,000 Damages_Bill_in_Sony_Music_Copyright_Infringement_Lawsuit⠀⇛ A federal judge has officially slapped a TikToker with an over $800,000 infringement fine in a complaint levied by Sony Music Entertainment (SME). District Judge Mark T. Pittman signed off on the sizable damages award in a final judgement today, after SME levied the straightforward infringement action in March of 2023. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Universal_Music_Inks_Expanded_Spotify Partnership_Deal,_Covering_‘New_Promotional_and_Social Features,’_Amid_Fentanylware_(TikTok)_Dispute⠀⇛ Days after finalizing a bolstered pact with Hybe, Universal Music Group (UMG) has expanded its relationship with Spotify to include social features and more. UMG and Spotify formally announced their broadened tie-up this morning, as the major label’s catalog remains conspicuously absent from TikTok. # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2024-03-22_[Older]_[Guest_post]_Navigating_the high_notes:_Taylor_Swift's_copyright_dispute⠀⇛ # ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2024-03-26_[Older]_[Guest_post]_Works_of_applied art_–_the_difference_between_design_and_copyright_law⠀⇛ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Telegram_Block_Averted_For_Now_But Escalating_Threat_is_Far_From_Over⠀⇛ A week ago today in Spain's National Court, a judge rubber-stamped a request from rightsholders to have Telegram blocked in its entirety, nationwide. Following a fierce backlash, execution of the order was suspended, representing a victory of sorts for the eight million or so users of Telegram in Spain. What seems clear, however, is that in one form or another, these types of actions seem unlikely to go away. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ 'The_New_York_Times_Needs_More_than 'Imagined_Fears'_to_Block_AI_Innovation'⠀⇛ The legal battle between The New York Times and Microsoft over ChatGPT's alleged copyright infringement has the potential to be a landmark case. |In court this week, Microsoft responded by reiterating its request to dismiss several key claims. The newspaper took its VCR comparison too literally, the company notes, stressing that 'imagined fears' alone are not sufficient to block AI innovation. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Of_True_Fans_And_Superfans:_The_Rise_Of_An Alternative_Business_Model_To_Copyright⠀⇛ It’s true that it is no longer possible to depend on these outdated institutions to sustain a large- scale modern creative ecosystem, but the good news is we don’t have to. The rise of the Internet means that not only can anyone become a patron, sending money to their favorite creators, but that collectively that support can amount to serious sums of money. The first person to articulate this Internet-based approach was Kevin Kelly, in his 1998 essay “1000 True Fans”: # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Vultr_deletes_user_data_ownership_ToS clause_after_outcry⠀⇛ Cloud server provider Vultr has rapidly revised its terms-of-service after netizens raised the alarm over broad clauses that demanded the "perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free" rights to customer "content." The red tape was updated in January, as captured by the Internet Archive, and this month users were asked to agree to the changes by a pop-up that appeared when using their web-based Vultr control panel. o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Preparing_to_Disconnect⠀⇛ My wife and will soon take a trip to a remote cabin with a few friends. We are deliberately planning this excursion to disconnect as much as possible: get away from the hustle of the city, detox from the Internet, and connect with each other and the natural world. I began thinking about what to pack this morning. The essentials came to mind first: rugged clothing, medicines, camping chairs, and so on. But after I mentally checked off obvious provisions, my mind almost immediately wandered to what electronics I might want to bring. I have a Game Boy Micro: it could be fun to play offline games on that for a while. Or I could bring my DevTerm and sync articles from Gemini using offpunk before leaving. Or perhaps I could bring my ThinkPad with Navigatrix installed and test out connecting to the Internet via radio. # § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Old_Books⠀⇛ I think software engineering should make progress by building on a foundation of whatever previous work has proved its worth. Sometimes this occurs, e.g. a new SCM system must be better than git. However, for programming languages I don't think this holds true at all, otherwise thinking back to when I started to get interested in the field we should be using a safe, native-code language derived from Turbo Pascal instead of C++. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3793 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 30/03/2024: Google and Microsoft Replace Staff With H1-Bs, Google Apparently Kills All of Invidious Again⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 30, 2024, updated Mar 30, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇CCTV_Camera_Watching⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Trademarks * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_Melbourne_SkyDeck_on_a_hazy_day⠀⇛ Clara and I went to the Melbourne SkyDeck atop the Eureka Tower a few nights ago. It was a lot of fun! So we decided to see what it was like during the day. In short: very hazy from a bit of fog and bushfire smoke in the distance. It was eerie, like we were looking at the city through a filter. Which I suppose we were. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Brickbat:_Science_Doesn't_Lie,_but_Scientists_Do⠀⇛ The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) says it has found that former CBI forensic scientist Yvonne "Missy" Woods manipulated data in the DNA testing process or posted incomplete test results in hundreds of cases. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Put_Tardigrade_Proteins_Into Human_Cells._Here's_What_Happened.⠀⇛ This is how we develop superpowers. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Breakthrough_Cancer_Vaccine_For_Dogs_Is 'Truly_Revolutionary',_Scientist_Says⠀⇛ "I couldn't be more excited." # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Total_Solar_Eclipse_Could_Solve_a Strange_Mystery_About_The_Sun⠀⇛ Scientists are preparing for the rare opportunity. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Teacher_Secretly_Sold_His_Students’_Art_on Mugs_and_Shirts,_Lawsuit_Says⠀⇛ Parents of a dozen students at a school near Montreal accused an art teacher in a lawsuit of reproducing portraits from a class assignment and putting them on items that he offered for sale online. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ US_gov't_working_on_list_of_Chinese_fabs banned_from_advanced_chipmaking_tools_as_China's_stockpiling spree_continues⠀⇛ The U.S. government is prepping a list of fabs in China that will be barred from getting advanced chipmaking tools. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ The_US_Has_Achieved_Nothing_in_Its_Trade_War_With China⠀⇛ Despite de-coupling attempts, trade links between China and the United States remain tight. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Nuvoton_launches_M433_Series_ultra-low_power Arm_Cortex-M4F_MCUs,_NuMaker-M433SE_development_board⠀⇛ Nuvoton has recently announced their M433 Series MCUs (M433LE8AE and M433SE8AE) along with the NuMaker-M433SE development board. Nuvoton is calling this the “M433 CAN/USB FS OTG” Series, featuring an Arm Cortex-M4F core with DSP and FPU extensions. The MCU is clocked at 144 MHz and consumes 350 nA in deep power-down mode, making it ideal for battery-operated IoT, industrial, and consumer applications. This is not the first Nuvoton MCU we have written about. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Something_in_Your_Eyes_May_Reveal_if_You're at_Risk_of_Early_Death⠀⇛ A glimpse into the future. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Surveys_Find_Fentanylware_(TikTok)_Ban Opposition_Among_Young_Americans_—_As_the_App_Launches_a_$2 Million+_Ad_Campaign_in_Battleground_States [Ed: Addicts wanting their drug]⠀⇛ As the Senate weighs the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, two new surveys are shedding light on public opinion of the measure and the broader idea of a Fentanylware (TikTok) ban. The results of these surveys – Quinnipiac’s University National Poll and CNBC’s All-America Economic Survey – were just recently published. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ This_'Science_of_Happiness'_Course_Actually Makes_People_Happier⠀⇛ Pay close attention. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ FDA_Issues_Alert_on_Heart_Pump_Linked_to Deaths⠀⇛ The agency faulted the device maker for delayed notice of mounting complications, citing increasing reports of how use of the device perforated the walls of the heart. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Kenya:_WHO_Donates_Mobile_Devices_to_Digitize Immunization⠀⇛ The UN health agency also donated 150 pieces of clothing for use by trained national responders to enhance Kenya's public health emergency response. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ More_than_2,300_U-M_health_workers unionize⠀⇛ This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.  More than 2,300 healthcare workers from University of Michigan Health joined Service Employees International Union Healthcare, a labor union representing about 2 million workers in both the United States and Canada, Wednesday morning. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Recent_VA_EHR_rollout_‘most successful’_so_far,_but_IG_outlines_recent_problems⠀⇛ Top officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs say its latest rollout of a new Electronic Health Record is the most successful go-live to date. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ LinkedIn_asking_about_burnout [Ed: Microsoft is the cause of anxiety and burnout in a lot of "IT"]⠀⇛ I got this email from Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn Australia; maybe you got something similar: My name is $PERSON and I’m a Senior Editor at Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn News Australia. I often get in touch with professionals who can add informed perspectives on news and trends. Burnout is increasingly an issue among workers today. The fast-paced nature of the workplace, coupled with the expectation of constant availability, can make employees feel overwhelmed and stressed. What strategies can they adopt to protect themselves against burnout? We would love to hear your thoughts on this topic. Please share your tips in a comment on this article. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Pennsylvania_Lawmakers_Aim_To_Grant_Amnesty_To Bars_That_Violated_COVID_Lockdown_Orders⠀⇛ The move comes in response to Reason's reporting about the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's push to crack down on licensees for minor violations racked up during the pandemic. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ What_students_have_to_say_about UMich’s_new_test-optional_policy⠀⇛ In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Michigan established a “test- flexible” policy for the 2020 application cycle to help ensure that those who could not take the SAT or ACT due to COVID-19 restrictions were evaluated fairly. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Drug_Company's_Libel_Lawsuit_Against_Scientists Dismissed⠀⇛ From yesterday's decision by Judge Gregory Woods (S.D.N.Y.) in Cassava Sciences, Inc. v. Bredt: Cassava Sciences, Inc. ("Cassava") is a biotechnology company that is conducting clinical trials for an Alzheimer's drug called simufilam. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom MacWright ☛ Figma_Plugins⠀⇛ Basically, I think I’ve decided that React is overkill for Figma plugins. Nearly any framework is overkill if you just have a few UI elements. Just write some HTML and JavaScript and don’t overthink it. I do wish that there was a standalone CSS framework for these, so that I can get that Figma aesthetic, and dark mode support, right off the bat. Maintaining these Figma plugins has been pretty fun. It lets me scratch the itch of tinkering with new technology and it helps me keep a little presence in the world of maps, which I still like. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ [Chatbot]_Garbage_Is_Already_Polluting_the Internet⠀⇛ An insidious creep of artificial intelligence is already penetrating our most important institutions. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ MWL ☛ Vultr_backed_down,_but_so_what?⠀⇛ (Quick note, because very busy day.) Vultr had a rights grab in their ToS. They just took it out, after community outrage. So, is everything fine? Nope. This is exactly what Findaway tried. I’ve read the whole ToS. There is no misunderstanding. The CEO has said that users are not lawyers. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ France_to_repatriate_bodies_of_colonial_soldiers killed_in_1954_Vietnam_defeat⠀⇛ France is to repatriate from Vietnam the bodies of six soldiers who died in Dien Bien Phu, the country's last stand in colonial Indochina, the defence ministry said. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pakistani_Official_Says_China_Halts_Work_On_Two Projects_After_Deadly_Attack⠀⇛ Chinese contractors have halted construction on two major dam projects in Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver this week, a provincial official told AFP on March 29. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_U.N._Cease-Fire_Resolution,_What’s Changed_in_Gaza_War?⠀⇛ The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Monday that demands an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Here’s a closer look at where the situation stands. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Bolstering_cooperation_among_Quad_and Pacific_Island_countries⠀⇛ As the Pacific Islands’ relevance grows, there’s an influx of diplomatic attention and development assistance as external powers seek to curry favor with the sixteen countries. Australia, India, Japan, and the United States (the Quad) seeks to bolster regional engagement to address key regional issues including climate, connectivity, economic development, and maritime security. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Tajikistan_Detains_9_People_Linked_to_the Moscow_Attack⠀⇛ Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, one of the perpetrators of the attack, is originally from Vajdat. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Tajikistan_Detains_Several_People_In Connection_With_Deadly_Moscow_Attack⠀⇛ Tajik authorities detained nine people this week in connection with the March 22 deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow, local media reported on March 29, citing a security source. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Friday_Briefing⠀⇛ One year since Russia jailed a U.S. reporter. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Czechs_Accuse_Men_of_‘Russian Influence_Operation’_in_Europe⠀⇛ Amid news reports that European politicians received payments to promote Russian interests, the Czech government froze the assets of the men and a website, Voice of Europe. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ One_Year_Later,_Family_Of_U.S._Reporter Imprisoned_In_Russia_Still_Seeks_'Certainty'⠀⇛ A year after the arrest of Evan Gershkovich in Russia, the Wall Street Journal reporter’s family pledged to continue to fight for release from a Moscow prison where he is being held on espionage charges the White House and his employer say are fabricated. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Ambassador_Issues_Rare_Statement_On Information_Shared_Before_Russia's_Crocus_Massacre⠀⇛ The U.S. ambassador to Russia on March 29 issued an unusual diplomatic statement refuting Russian government claims about information that the United States shared with Russia ahead of the terrorist attack last week on a concert hall outside Moscow that killed more than 140 people. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia's_FSB_Says_3_People_From_Central_Asian Country_Arrested_After_Attack_Foiled⠀⇛ Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on March 29 that it had arrested three people from "a Central Asian country" who were plotting an attack in the south of the country. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_vetoes_renewal_of_UN_expert_panel monitoring_North_Korea⠀⇛ Russia vetoed on Thursday a UN Security Council resolution to extend the mandate of a panel of experts monitoring North Korea. The resolution would have extended the Panel of Experts assisting Sanctions Committee on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s mandate until April 30, 2025. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russia_veto_ends_UN_monitoring_of_North Korea_sanctions_after_arms_transfer_probe⠀⇛ Russia faced a mounting backlash Friday after using its veto power to effectively end official UN monitoring of sanctions on North Korea amid a probe into alleged arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_citizen_charged_by_U.S._with suppying_advanced_avionics_to_Russia⠀⇛ A release from the United States Department of Justice says a Latvian citizen is being held awaiting extradition in Rīga on suspicion of supplying advanced avionics components to aggressor state Russia. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Russia_Is_Protecting_North_Korea From_Nuclear_Monitors⠀⇛ The monitors have provided vivid evidence of how Russia is keeping Pyongyang brimming with fuel and other goods, presumably in return for weapons that Russia can use in Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Romania_Finds_Drone_Fragments_Near_Border_As Russia_Targets_Ukraine's_Energy_Sector⠀⇛ Russia missiles and drones hit three thermal power plants of Ukraine's largest private power firm DTEK on March 29, damaging facilities, the company said, as Moscow’s forces launched fresh attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Armenian_Banks_To_Ditch_Russian_Cards_Over U.S._Sanctions⠀⇛ Armenian banks on March 29 said they would stop processing transactions made by Russian Mir payment cards due to Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Appoints_Danilov_To_Be_Ukraine's Ambassador_To_Moldova⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on March 29 appointed former secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov to serve as Ukraine’s ambassador to Moldova. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_and_Lula_show_unity_on_global issues_despite_differences_on_Ukraine⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday displayed their unity on major global issues, while skirting differences on the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russian_missile_and_drone_attacks_damage power_plants_in_central,_west_Ukraine⠀⇛ Russian missile and drone attacks hit thermal and hydro power plants in central and western Ukraine, power grid operator Ukrenergo said on Friday, in the latest barrage targeting the country's already damaged power infrastructure. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Today’s_biggest_news_is_a_blank space⠀⇛ I spent a quarter of a century working for the Wall Street Journal, much of it reporting from the front lines of freedom, writes Fred Kempe. Everything I learned tells me this: Forgetting Evan would be as short-sighted as abandoning Ukraine. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_the_Moscow_Attack,_Putin’s Next_Escalation_Is_Coming⠀⇛ Even without the terror attack in Moscow last week, the Russian president was primed to step up his assault on Ukraine. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Gotland_island,_a_strategic_location_in the_Baltic_Sea,_remilitarises_as_Sweden_joins_NATO⠀⇛ Sweden joined NATO earlier this month, becoming to become the 32nd member of the military alliance. Around the Baltic Sea, nations are worried about what Russian President Vladimir Putin could do next after showing he was capable of invading Ukraine. Sweden has officially ended its traditional neutrality and its prime minister has even told Swedes they need to be prepared for war. Military service was already reintroduced back in 2018. Our reporters Clovis Casali and Julien Sauvaget went to the Swedish island of Gotland, deemed the most strategic location in the Baltic Sea. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ No,_Putin,_the_ISIS-K_attack_in Moscow_wasn’t_about_Ukraine⠀⇛ This attack by ISIS-K may have been motivated by several grievances, including retaliation for the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ A_year_in_detention:_Russia_must release_Evan_Gershkovich⠀⇛ Gershkovich embodies what Putin apparently fears: He is a journalist working to uncover the truth, to show the world for what it really is. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moscow_Court_Charges_Journalist_Who_Covered Navalny's_Trials⠀⇛ A court in Moscow on March 29 formally charged Russian journalist Antonina Favorskaya with participating in an extremist organization in connection with alleged posts to websites and social control media platforms tied to the foundation founded by late opposition politician Aleksei Navalny. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_U.S._Aims_to_Boost_Electric Truck_Sales⠀⇛ Also, a U.S. reporter has spent a year in a Russian prison. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Transport_officials_surprised_as_pre-Easter traffic_jams_fail_to_materialise⠀⇛ Some motorists may have decided to stay home or find other means of transport due to poor weather in many areas, coupled with worries about possible fuel shortages. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Wanted_in_South_Korea:_Imperialism- Free_Cherry_Blossoms⠀⇛ Activists want to replace a variety of cherry tree associated with the Japanese colonial era with one they say is Korean. The science is messy. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Volcanic_Eruptions_Are_Continuing_in Iceland:_Photos⠀⇛ Volcanic eruptions are continuing in the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. Streets are empty and the Blue Lagoon resort remains closed. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Birth_Rates_Are_Plummeting_in_Most Nations,_And_The_World_Isn't_Prepared [Ed: Nonsense. The world is not prepared for overpopulation. The problem is the older rates or reproduction.]⠀⇛ Populations are growing unstable. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Industrial_Union_backs_extension_of_SAK-led_political strikes⠀⇛ The union said it will join the SAK's extension of work stoppages for a fourth week and urged the government to enter further negotiations. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Argentina_inflation_stings_as_people_brace_for president’s_radical_change⠀⇛ Some 100 days into office and Argentina’s Milei struggles to pass legislation needed to make his economic overhaul a reality. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Sega_grabs_tech_layoff_baton_and_dumps couple_hundred_Euro_staff⠀⇛ Sega this week announced it was laying off 240 of its European workforce. According to the video games veteran, it had 3,459 employees as of March of last year, meaning 240 layoffs takes away roughly seven percent of that top figure, in line with recent layoffs at other studios. The ax is set to fall at the Sega Europe office, and Sega's UK-based developers Sega Hardlight and Creative Assembly. "Some of you may have read about this in the media or via social networks before seeing this email. If that is the case, I'm sorry," said Sega's European COO Jurgen Post in an email seen by Eurogamer. # ⚓ Halo_Support_Studio_Certain_Affinity_is_Cutting_25_Jobs⠀⇛ In April 2022, it was announced that Certain Affinity had partnered with 343 Industries and Microsoft to “further evolve Halo Infinite in some new and exciting ways”. Reports claimed that the studio was working on a new battle royale experience, but earlier this year, it was claimed that the project had been cancelled. Last year, Certain Affinity announced that it was working on an original first-person shooter codenamed Project Loro, while in February, Archetype Entertainment announced that the studio would serve as lead co-developer on its upcoming sci-fi RPG, Exodus. Leaks claims in 2022 that Certain Affinity had partnered with Microsoft for an Xbox-exclusive Monster Hunter-inspired action RPG, though the status of that project is currently unknown. # ⚓ Business Today ☛ TCS_layoffs:_Fired_Americans_allege_IT company_gave_their_jobs_to_Indians_on_H1-B_visas⠀⇛ Many big US tech firms such as Google, Microsoft and Meta, which have different business models than outsourcers, use the H1-B visas to employ staff who attract high wages and have come under less criticism, according to the Journal. # ⚓ India Times ☛ TCS_layoffs:_US_techies_allege_Indian_IT major_of_employment_discrimination⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ European Commission ☛ EU-China_conclude_the_6th_High-Level People-to-People_Dialogue_on_education,_culture,_youth_and sport⠀⇛ European Commission Press release Brussels, 29 Mar 2024 Today, the 6th EU-China High-Level People-to- People Dialogue (HLPPD) on education, culture, youth and sport took place in Beijing, China. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Unemployment_benefit_cuts_take_effect_on_Monday; monthly_support_may_drop_by_nearly_€400⠀⇛ The cuts will hit women in particular, experts say. # ⚓ LRT ☛ LVŽS_withdraws_candidate_from_Lithuania’s presidential_election⠀⇛ The Lithuanian Farmers and Green Union (LVŽS), the biggest parliamentary opposition party, is withdrawing its presidential candidate Aurelijus Veryga from the race. It plans to back the lawyer Ignas Vėgėlė in May’s presidential election, the party said. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_calls_on_UK_to_withdraw_Rwanda_Bill⠀⇛ The UN Committee on Human Rights called on the UK on Thursday to withdraw the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill and certain provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 due to human rights concerns. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Iran_is_preparing_to_murder_a_hip-hop_artist_for committing_._._._music⠀⇛ In 2022, Iran had a 22-year-old woman murdered for improperly wearing a hijab and now, it’s preparing to have a 33-year-old killed just for rapping about it. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Missouri_Government_Agency_Threatening_to_Sue Critic_for_Libel⠀⇛ But lawsuits for libeling the government do not "have any place in the American system of jurisprudence." # ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_"Government Counterspeech,"_by_Prof._Jamal_Greene⠀⇛ The third of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_"What's_the_Harm?,"_by Profs._Adam_Enders_&_Joseph_Uscinski⠀⇛ The second of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Call_to_"Update_Free_Speech_Policies"_to_Address Supposed_Hate_Speech_at_Public_University⠀⇛ I'm against it, whomever it's coming from. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Radio_Free_Asia_Leaves_Hong_Kong,_Citing Security_Law⠀⇛ Radio Free Asia, which ran a small operation in Hong Kong, said its staff was at risk because of the law’s sweeping definition of “external interference.” # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_outlet_Radio_Free_Asia_closes_Hong Kong_office_over_security_law_fears⠀⇛ The new law introduced tough penalties for crimes such as treason, espionage and external interference. # ⚓ RFA ☛ RFA_closes_Hong_Kong_bureau_after_passage_of_new security_law⠀⇛ The Article 23 legislation has increased safety worries for its journalists, the news outlet’s president said. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Returning_from_China,_North_Korean_workers_are_paid in_dubious_IOUs⠀⇛ The money vouchers were issued during the pandemic, and workers fear they may become worthless. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ France_lower_house_passes_bill_banning_hair discrimination⠀⇛ The French National Assembly passed a bill on Thursday banning discrimination over the texture, length, color or style of a person’s hair on first reading. The bill will now go to the Senate for further approval. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ MP_raises_questions_over_historic_Amrenian_church put_on_sale_on_internet⠀⇛ The church in Sivas was put on sale on a real estate website. George Aslan, Turkey's only Christian MP, questioned the validity of ownership claims. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_Human_Rights_Committee_concerned_over_Indonesia human_rights_violations_against_Papua_people⠀⇛ The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) expressed profound concern regarding the systematic occurrence of gross human rights violations against the Papuan people, involving security forces and law enforcement officers in Indonesia. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Senators_decry_solitary_confinement_of_immigrants in_US_as_‘violation_of_international_norms’⠀⇛ A dozen senators on Friday urged the US Department of Homeland Security to reform its system of placing detained immigrants in solitary confinement, referring to the practice as a “clear violation of international norms” in a heated letter. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ CCIA ☛ The_Legal_and_Factual_Errors_of_The_DoJ’s_Case_Against Apple⠀⇛ Last week, the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) Antitrust Division, alongside multiple state & district attorneys general, filed its long-awaited lawsuit o § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTAB_Posts_April_2024_Hearing_Schedule⠀⇛ The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā- Bee) has scheduled five oral hearings for the month of April 2024. The hearings will be held virtually except for the third one, which will take place at Bethesda North Marriott and Conference Center in Rockville, Maryland. Briefs and other papers for each case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 4770 ➮ Generation completed at 02:49, i.e. 3 seconds to (re)generate ⟲