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GNU/Linux

=> ↺ System76’s All-New AMD-Powered Pangolin Linux Laptop Is Now Available to Order

• System76 has been working on a refreshed Pangolin laptop over the past few months and the new model doesn’t disappoint. It features the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor with up to 4.7 GHz clock speeds, 8 cores, 16 threads, and AMD Radeon 680M integrated graphics.

• The all-new Pangolin laptop features a 15.6-inch 144Hz Full HD (1920×1080) display with a matte finish, a sleek magnesium alloy chassis, and promises up to 10 hours of battery life with its 70 Wh Li-Ion battery. It also features a single-color backlit US QWERTY Keyboard and a multitouch clickpad.

=> ↺ List of Websites About GNU/Linux News, Reviews and Tutorials 2023

• This is a list of English websites you can read and subscribe to in 2023 whose topics are about news, reviews, buyer advices and tutorials of GNU/Linux and Free Libre Open Source Software (FOSS) and branded hardware devices around them. This list includes our beloved Ubuntu Buzz and of course along with many other similar and useful sources. You can subscribe to each news via web browser as well as news reader application such as Ubuntu built-in Thunderbird. Finally, we make this to help newcomers learn and old timers revisit again our community and we hope you will like it. Happy reading!

=> ↺ Linux for schools

• Linux is a popular operating system used by many schools due to its stability, security, and cost-effectiveness. Here are some of the reasons why Linux is a good choice for schools: In conclusion, Linux is a good choice for schools due to its cost-effectiveness, security, customizability, compatibility, and community support.

Audiocasts/Shows

=> ↺ Linux Action News 279

• We round up some news from FOSDEM 2023, update a 21-year-old project, and the Fedora fix that’s been a few releases in the making.

Kernel Space

=> ↺ Linux Kernel 6.1 is Now Approved as an LTS Version

• Linux Kernel 6.1 was due for approval for more than a month as the last LTS version of 2022. Now, that’s a green light!

=> ↺ Linux 6.1.11

• I’m announcing the release of the 6.1.11 kernel.

• All users of the 6.1 kernel series must upgrade.

• The updated 6.1.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.1.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:

• https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-s…

• thanks,

• greg k-h

=> ↺ Linux 5.15.93

Applications

=> ↺ Transmission 4.0 Is Here with BitTorrent v2 Protocol Support

• Transmission 4.0, the just-released version of this popular open-source BitTorrent client, has many improvements. Here’s what’s new.

=> ↺ 7 Best Free and Open Source Diary Software

• This article identifies flexible and useful diary tools for the Linux desktop. With features like tag support, encryption, multiple journals, and live searches, Linux diary software makes it easier to keep track of events as they occur.

• To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of high quality Linux diary / journal software. Hopefully, there will be something of interest for anyone who wishes to organize their daily life.

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ An Introduction to Apache MPM (Multi-Processing Modules)

• Apache is a popular open-source HTTP server that is widely used to host websites and applications on the Internet. The Apache HTTP server is highly customizable and configurable, and one of the key areas where administrators can make changes is with the Apache Multi-Processing Modules (MPMs).

=> ↺ How to integrate ONLYOFFICE Docs with Moodle 4

• ONLYOFFICE Docs is an open-source office suite that can be integrated with various cloud services and CMS systems. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to connect the ONLYOFFICE Docs and Moodle instances using an integration plugin.

=> ↺ How to Create a Python Virtual Environment on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04

• A virtual environment is an isolated, self-contained environment that holds all the dependencies and packages required for a specific project. It is a popular concept in the world of software development and is used to keep the dependencies and packages isolated from the system, ensuring the stability and reliability of projects.

=> ↺ How to Enable or Disable AppArmor on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04

• AppArmor, also known as Application Armor, is a Linux kernel security module that provides mandatory access control for applications running on the Ubuntu operating system. It is a flexible and powerful security tool that helps to prevent software vulnerabilities and malicious attacks by confining applications to a limited set of resources on the system.

=> ↺ This Tool Add System Menu Button to Prevent Screen Blank/Suspend

• Ubuntu has an indicator applet to quickly prevent screen goes blank, lock screen, and/or automatically suspend on system idle.

=> ↺ Monitor Docker Containers Metrics using Grafana

• How do I monitor Docker containers in Grafana? Well, in this tutorial, you will learn how to monitor Docker containers metrics using Grafana. Grafana is an open source analytics and interactive data visualization tool that can be used to visualize metrics, logs collected from various remote endpoints.

=> ↺ Comparing Linux Apache Prefork vs Worker MPMs

=> ↺ Mysql Selecting data

• If you’re looking to learn the basics of Mysql, one of the most important things to know is how to select data from a database. Mysql is a database management system that is used to store and organize data in a structured manner.

=> ↺ MySQL Sorting results

• MySQL provides the ability to sort data stored in a database. Sorting is the process of arranging data in a specific order, either in ascending or descending order. This can be done by using the ORDER BY clause in a SELECT statement.

=> ↺ MySQL Grouping results (aggregate functions)

• MySQL is a popular database management system used for storing and retrieving data. One of the most useful features of MySQL is the ability to group results using aggregate functions. Aggregate functions allow you to perform calculations on multiple rows of data and return a single result.

=> ↺ MySQL Creating users

• Introduction MySQL is a popular open-source relational database management system. It is widely used for storing, organizing and retrieving data in a structured manner. MySQL provides several methods to manage users, including creating new users, granting and revoking privileges, and changing user passwords.

=> ↺ Granting and Revoking Access to MySQL Users

• MySQL is an open-source relational database management system that is widely used for managing large amounts of data. One of the important aspects of database management is controlling access to the database, i.e., allowing or denying users from accessing certain parts of the database.

Desktop Environments/WMs

K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt

Kdenlive ☛ Kdenlive 22.12.2 releasedKdenlive 22.12.2 is out with the following fixes:Fix crash deleting a subtitle clip. Commit.Fix scene split job does not save sub clips. Commit.Fix monitor qml overlay painting corruption with Qt 5.15.8. Commit.See bug #464027Don’t unnecessarily double check track duration on clip move. Commit.

GNOME Desktop/GTK

=> ↺ Felipe Borges: FOSDEM with GNOME was a blast!

• This was my first time attending FOSDEM and I had a lot of fun! It truly lived up to my expectations of full corridors, lots of known faces, and Delirium.

• During the conference days I was around the GNOME booth where interactions were great! Lots of people passing by and sharing kind words of appreciation to our desktop. We had lots of interest in GUADEC and LAS, as well as many people curious about the state of GNOME on mobile. The t-shirt/hoodie sales were a huge success! We were pretty much sold out by Sunday morning.

• Special thanks to Kristi, Caroline, Rosanna, Sonny, David, Regina, Martin, Anisa, Rob, Zeeshan, and everyone that helped in the booth (I’m probably missing here people that were at the booth when I was elsewhere). Also, shoutout to the GNOME corridor gang!

Distributions and Operating Systems

BSD

=> ↺ History of FreeBSD

• FreeBSD is a free and open-source operating system based on Unix. It was created in 1993 by a group of computer science students at the University of California, Berkeley.

=> ↺ BSDNow 493: Dotfile Management

• Write Admin tools from Day One, Differentiating between Data Security and Data Integrity, 45 year-old Unix tool is finally getting an upgrade, OpenBSD 7.2 on an ODROID-HC4, Dotfiles Management, and more

Fedora Family / IBM

=> ↺ Fedora Community Blog: Community Blog monthly summary: January 2023

• This is the latest in ourmonthly seriessummarizing the past month on the Community Blog. Please leave a comment below to let us know what you think.

=> ↺ Test Ansible using policy as code with Conftest

• Test Ansible using policy as code with Conftest

=> ↺ 5 top workforce concerns for CIOs

Debian Family

=> ↺ Thorsten Alteholz: My Debian Activities in January 2023

• This month I accepted 419 and rejected 46 packages. The overall number of packages that got accepted was 429. Looking at these numbers and comparing them to the previous month, one can see: the freeze is near. Everybody wants to get some packages into the archive and I hope nobody is disappointed.

=> ↺ Stephan Lachnit: Installing Debian on F2FS rootfs with deboostrap and systemd-boot

• I recently got a new NVME drive. My plan was to create a fresh Debian install on anF2FSroot partition with compression for maximum performance. As it turns out, this is not entirely trivil to accomplish. For one, the Debian installer does not support F2FS (here is my attempt to add it from 2021). And even if it did,grub does not support F2FS with theextra_attrflagthat is required for compression support (at least as of grub 2.06).

• Luckily, we can install Debian anyway with all these these shiny new features when we go the manual road withdebootstrapand usingsystemd-bootas bootloader.

=> ↺ Antoine Beaupré: Major outage with Oricom uplink

• The server that normally serves this page, all my email, and many more services was unavailable for about 24 hours. This post explains how and why.

• Starting February 2nd, I started seeing intermittent packet loss on the network. Every hour or so, the link would go down for one or two minutes, then come back up.

• At first, I didn’t think much of it because I was away and could blame the crappy wifi or the uplink I using. But when I came in the office on Monday, the service was indeed seriously degraded. I could barely do videoconferencing calls as they would cut out after about half an hour.

Canonical/Ubuntu Family

=> ↺ New Ubuntu Linux Kernel Updates Fix 19 Vulnerabilities, Patch Now

• The new Ubuntu kernel updates are available only for long-term supported Ubuntu systems, including Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish), Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa), and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver).

• These Ubuntu kernel updates are here to patch up to 19 vulnerabilities, including CVE-2022-41849 and CVE-2022-41850, two race conditions discovered in the Roccat HID and SMSC UFX USB drivers that could lead to use-after-free vulnerabilities. These affect all Ubuntu LTS systems mentioned above and could allow local and physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code.

Devices/Embedded

=> ↺ 8 cents for an Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller. Meet Puya PY32 series MCUs

• Back in 2016, when I searched for the world’s cheapest MCU, I found Holtek HT48R002 8-bit microcontroller, and a few years later (2019), Padauk PMS150C “3 Cents” MCU came to my attention. However, both are 8-bit microcontrollers that come with OTG (One-Time Programming) ROM, meaning they can’t be easily used for development or updated.

Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

=> ↺ Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3.1 rolling out with February security patch

=> ↺ How Android 14 is a secret weapon to make Android tablets great | Digital Trends

=> ↺ Android 14 DP1 prepares dedicated settings for hearing devices, expanding accessibility

=> ↺ Android 14 developer preview 1 released – GSMArena.com news

=> ↺ Android’s upcoming “app cloning” feature will make multiple accounts easy | Ars Technica

=> ↺ Realme GT Neo5: The first up-to-240W Android smartphone comes with a 144Hz display and up to 1TB of internal storage – NotebookCheck.net News

=> ↺ People are just realizing there’s an Android setting that stops your phone dying so fast | The Sun

=> ↺ Android Camera Not Working? 6 Common Issues and Their Solutions

=> ↺ Sony launches Android-powered Walkman in India for Rs 25,990 – Times of India

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

=> ↺ Participation in the Fediverse

• Parts of the fediverse have been in something of an uproar recently over an experimental search service that was under development called (appropriately enough) Searchtodon. The project aimed to enable people to search their own home timeline and worked by being authorized by a user to access that user’s timeline via the ActivityPub API and downloading a copy of each post that is visible to that user. The service then indexed the posts and gave the user tools to search through the history of their own timeline.

Events

=> ↺ Samuel Iglesias: X.Org Developers Conference 2023 in A Coruña, Spain

• Some weeks ago,Igaliaannouncedpublicly that we will hostX.Org Developers Conference 2023 (XDC 2023)in A Coruña, Spain. If you remember, we also organizedXDC 2018in this beautiful city in the northwest of Spain (I hope you enjoyed it!)

Web Browsers/Web Servers

Mozilla

=> ↺ Firefox Nightly: Let’s Give You More Control(s) – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 132

SaaS/Back End/Databases

=> ↺ PostgreSQL 15.2, 14.7, 13.10, 12.14, and 11.19 Released!

• The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 15.2, 14.7, 13.10, 12.14, and 11.19. This release closes one security vulnerability and fixes over 60 bugs reported over the last several months.

• For the full list of changes, please review the release notes.

FSF

=> ↺ Governments ought to leave Twitter, but not for something worse

• Organizations are leaving Twitter, but will they make the wrong choice and choose something that requires nonfree software? Now’s the time to tell your government and other groups you are a part of to make the right move to a freedom-respecting platform.

Programming/Development

=> ↺ Mike Blumenkrantz: Separable

• A while ago, I blogged about how zink was leveragingVK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_libraryto avoid mid-frame shader compilation, AKA hitching. This was all good and accurate in that the code existed, it worked, and when the right paths were taken, there was no mid-frame shader compiling.

• The problem, of course, is that these paths were never taken. Who could have guessed: there were bugs.

• These bugs are now fixed, however, and so there should beno more mid-frame hitching ever with zink.

• Period.

=> ↺ QObjects, Ownership, propagate_const and C++ Evolution

• A very common implementation pattern for QObject subclasses is to declare its child QObjects as data members of type “pointer to child.”

=> ↺ The top programming languages for Ethical hacking in 2023 serves as the foundation for cyber security

• Ethical hacking is a proactive approach using the same techniques like the same programming languages as malicious hacking. Ethical hackers must stay current on IT security as well as the latest methods and programming languages used by attackers. Three of the best programming languages for Ethical Hacking are PHP, Python, and SQL.

• Programming languages are sets of instructions that instruct a computer to perform specific tasks. However, there are over 300 programming languages and many categories overlap. The C programming language is the most ancient of a group of languages that are distinct but overlap. Ethical hackers must have a thorough understanding of programming languages in order to analyse and modify code. Programming languages can also be used to automate time-consuming tasks and detect errors in software. Finally, the top programming languages for ethical hacking are determined by the computer systems and platforms under consideration.

• The programming languages used by cyber criminals are the best for ethical hacking. Here are ten hacking languages to learn, ranging from Bash to JavaScript and SQL.

Rust

=> ↺ This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 481

Leftovers

=> ↺ Burt Bacharach, legendary composer, dies at age 94

• The musician composed more than 500 songs during his career and was behind hits including “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” and “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”.

=> ↺ U.S. Composer Burt Bacharach Dies at Age 94

=> ↺ Burt Bacharach, writer of such classic pop hits as “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” dies at 94

• Burt Bacharach, the acclaimed composer and songwriter behind dozens of mellow pop hits from the 1950s to the 1980s, including “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “(They Long to Be) Close to You” and the theme from the movie “Arthur,” has died, a family member of Bacharach confirmed to CNN.

=> ↺ Burt Bacharach, Composer Who Added a High Gloss to the ’60s, Dies at 94

• His sophisticated collaborations with the lyricist Hal David — “The Look of Love,” “Walk On By,” “Alfie” and many more hits — evoked a sleek era of airy romance.

=> ↺ “50 Times Signs Were … Hilariously Translated”

• A funny Bored Panda item (Liucija Adomaite & Justinas Keturka); thanks to Prof. Victor Mair (Language Log), who also offers some excerpts, for the pointer.

=> ↺ ‘The Mirror’: Bypass, Part 2

• In the second half of “Bypass,” columnist Eric Liu explores feelings of solitude and insecurity as he encounters strange things in the darkness of the night.

=> ↺ Turkish, Syrian students call on Stanford community for support in wake of recent earthquake

• The Turkish government has declared a level four state of emergency after the initial quake, with over 7,700 deaths reported so far.

=> ↺ Validate Your Skill

=> ↺ Earthquake death toll in Turkey and Syria surpasses 20,000

=> ↺ Rescued alive 80 hours after the quake

• People were rescued alive 79 and 80 hours after the earthquake in Maraş, Hatay, and Malatya. Rescue efforts continue in eight cities.

=> ↺ Live: Death toll from Turkey, Syria quakes tops 19,000 as aid struggles to reach victims

• The death toll from the catastrophic earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria rose to more than 19,000 on Thursday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of collapsed homes in the stricken zone, Turkey’s disaster management agency said on Thursday.

=> ↺ In Turkish village flattened by quake, ‘no tents, no shelter, only cars to sleep in’

• More than 72 hours after the catastrophic quakes that ravaged southern Turkey, residents of Atalar, a mountainous village west of Gaziantep, are still waiting for aid to reach them, with only their cars to shelter them from the bitter cold.

=> ↺ Survivors of Turkey, Syria quake struggle to stay warm, fed

• While stories of miraculous rescues briefly buoyed spirits, the grim reality of the hardship facing tens of thousands who survived the disaster cast a pall.

Education

=> ↺ Is there more construction on campus than normal? The numbers say no.

• Since 2000, Stanford has initiated at least 2,334 construction projects, with 28 projects currently in progress.

Hardware

=> ↺ Arm-Based Laptops Gaining Share Despite PC Market Weakness: Report

• Arm SoCs to power 25% of laptops in five years, says Counterpoint Research.

=> ↺ India’s semiconductor sector heats up amid US support

• The two countries have discussed collaboration in resilient semiconductor supply chains and manufacturing.

=> ↺ Biden Plans to Curb Investment by U.S. Firms in Chinese Tech – NYT

=> ↺ Britain Says It Paid $2.8 Billion to EU to Settle Chinese Import Fraud Case

Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

=> ↺ When plants get sick, we do too

• Declining plant health could mean increased food prices for already constrained American consumers, experts tell Axios.

• Driving the news:It might not be obvious why the health of plants is a contributing factor to food shortages in developed countries. But there’s a direct connection — when they’re diseased, there’s less food to go around, and food prices rise accordingly.

Proprietary

=> ↺ Microsoft Teams change means free users can’t transfer data to new free option

=> ↺ ChatGPT Is a Bullshit Generator Waging Class War

• ChatGPT isn’t really new but simply an iteration of the class war that’s been waged since the start of the industrial revolution.

=> ↺ Twitter suffers downtime after launch of 4,000-character limit support for Blue subscribers

=> ↺ Twitter Glitches That Limited Tweets and Disappeared DMs Appear to Be Over – CNET

• Twitter appears to be fully functional after Wednesday’s weirdness, but the cause remains unclear.

=> ↺ Elon Musk Finally Broke Twitter

• Musk’s chaotic rule of the site finally brought it to its knees on Wednesday night in an outage that disabled tweeting, retweeting, and following.

Security

=> ↺ European cybersecurity is getting its own legs to stand on

• In February last year, as oil prices spiked following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, computers stopped working at the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp oil trading hub.

=> ↺ Second UK Computer Misuse Act consultation reflects ‘very little progress’

• Campaigner bemoans glacial progress of review and urges government to set clear timetable

=> ↺ CISA and FBI releases recovery script for VMware EXSi servers targeted by ransomware

• The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have released a free recovery script in response to a widespread ransomware campaign targeting unpatched installations of VMware Inc.’s ESXi.

=> ↺ OpenSSL Releases Security Advisory

• Original release date: February 9, 2023

• OpenSSL has released a security advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting OpenSSL versions 3.0.0, 2.2.2, and 1.0.2. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information.

=> ↺ US, UK sanctions members of ‘notorious cyber gang’ TrickBot

• The sanctions are just the latest in a string of U.S. government actions against ransomware operators around the world.

=> ↺ Thousands affected by Institute of Bankers data leak – RTHK

• The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said on Thursday that it has issued an enforcement notice to the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, following a data leak that affected more than 13,000 members and about 100,000 non-members.

• Speaking at a press conference, the watchdog said people’s personal information was leaked in December 2021, following a ransomware attack on six of the institute’s servers.

=> ↺ Insurers Say Cyberattack That Hit Merck Was Warlike Act, Not Covered

• The company lost $1.4 billion in 2017’s NotPetya attack, which has been linked to Russia, but insurers are fighting in court to avoid paying

Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

=> ↺ A Backdoor with Smart Screenshot Capability, (Thu, Feb 9th)

• Today, everything is “smart” or “intelligent”. We have smartphones, smart cars, smart doorbells, etc. Being “smart” means performing actions depending on the context, the environment, or user actions.

Privacy/Surveillance

=> ↺ Sneaky advertisement asterisks

• A billboard near our local train station was recently erected (bit rude, if you ask me) proudly proclaiming their disposable water bottles to be 100% recycled. I was impressed, if one were to ignore the pointless and wasteful nature of bottled water in the first place! But even a cursory look revealed the claim to be qualified by a large asterisk.

=> ↺ Open letter: EU must ensure European Media Freedom Act protects media independence and plurality

• A coalition of organisations calls on the EU to ensure that the European Media Freedom Act protects media independence and plurality.

=> ↺ EU negotiations on AI systems must #ProtectNotSurveil people on the move

• Access Now calls on the European Parliament to #ProtectNotSurveil people on the move in the Artificial Intelligence Act.

=> ↺ A year after outcry, IRS still doesn’t offer taxpayers alternative to ID.me

• The agency sparked controversy over its decision to deploy facial recognition technology from the company to vet taxpayers’ identity.

=> ↺ Australia to purge Chinese-made cameras from its defense department

• Australia’s defense ministry will remove Chinese-made cameras from its offices over spying concerns, the country’s Minister for Defence Richard Marles has said.

Defence/Aggression

=> ↺ Former Chechen commander wanted by Ukraine for alleged war crimes is leading Russian quake relief in Turkey

• A former Chechen commander wanted by Ukraine for alleged war crimes committed last year is leading the Russian earthquake relief effort in Turkey. Daniil Martynov was in several locations in Ukraine last year in the early weeks of the Russian invasion.

=> ↺ Afghanistan: Origins of the war

• As a multi-ethnic and landlocked country, Afghanistan has faced its fair share of foreign invaders. History has not been kind to the many emperors or invaders that have ambitiously entered this region to expand their empires hence Afghanistan infamously earned its title of being the “Graveyard of empires”.

=> ↺ In Syria, the earthquake ‘did what the Assad regime and Russians wanted to do to us all along’

• While aid increasingly flows into Turkey from around the world by air, land, and sea, areas on the other side of the border in Syria’s rebel-controlled areas are seeing none of that.

=> ↺ Researcher: Finland should voice readiness to split up Finnish and Swedish Nato bids

• THE REMARKS of Mika Aaltola, the director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, about splitting up the Finnish and Swedish bids to join Nato will be addressed in the next meeting of the advisory council responsible for monitoring the operations of the institute.

=> ↺ Economic pressures drive extremism – report

• A lack of job opportunities is the leading factor driving people to join fast-growing violent extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new report released by the UN Development Programme.

=> ↺ SA and Ugandan military police to benefit from joint programme

• An exchange programme between South African military police and their Ugandan counterparts will “enhance” defence specific policing functions in both countries. Rear Admiral (JG) Mokgadi Maphoto, SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Provost Marshal, was in the East African country to formalise the co-operation programme with Major General Don Nabasa, Ugandan Military Police Commandant.

=> ↺ ISS: An ocean of weapons – arms smuggling to Somalia

• On 6 January, United States (US) command forces intercepted a dhow in international waters between Iran to Yemen carrying over 2 000 AK-47 assault rifles. Shipments of thousands of illicit weapons from the Iran-Yemen arms trade are reportedly transported via maritime routes to Somalia.

=> ↺ Live: Ukraine is fighting ‘the most anti-European force’ in the world, Zelensky tells EU lawmakers

• President Volodymyr Zelensky told the European Parliament on Thursday that Ukrainian soldiers fighting Russian troops are battling “the most anti-European force” in the world as he reiterated requests for more EU military support.

=> ↺ Zelensky repeats demand for fighter jets on France, UK visits

• Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday made his first visits to Britain and France since the Russian invasion almost one year ago, pressing his allies for more weaponry and in particular fighter jets.

=> ↺ Russia not resuming New START inspections despite renewed US treaty violation claims

• Russia denied US allegations that it violated the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) Wednesday in a statement released by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

=> ↺ Lithuanian president calls for ‘crossing all red lines’ on weapon supplies to Ukraine

• Ukraine’s allies should supply Kyiv’s with fighter jets, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said ahead of the European Council meeting.

=> ↺ German AfD politician used Vilnius trip to cover up visit to Belarus – LRT investigation

• A German MP from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) may have used a visit to Lithuania as a cover to make a further trip to Belarus.

=> ↺ Defence minister’s promise on three-way submarines deal

• Nuclear submarines will remain under Australia’s complete discretion, despite their creation being a three-way partnership, Defence Minister Richard Marles says.

=> ↺ Junta shells kill 2 women in Sagaing region village

• The village is in a township placed under martial law this month.

=> ↺ Siberian Prosecutor Seeks 11 Months For Former RFE/RL Correspondent Over Ukraine War Reposts

• A prosecutor has asked a court in the Siberian region of Kemerovo to convict and sentence a former correspondent for RFE/RL’s Siberia.Realities project to 11 months of correctional work over social-media posts he made saying Russian forces attacked civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.

=> ↺ Russian Prison Warden, Associates Handed Prison Terms In Torture Case

• A court in the Siberian city of Irkutsk has sentenced a former prison warden and two of his associates to five years in prison each on an abuse-of-office charge in a high-profile torture case.

=> ↺ Britain Sanctions Seven Russians Over Cybercrime

• Britain said on February 9 that it has sanctioned seven Russians over cybercrime in a coordinated action with the United States, as the pair seek to crack down on those they blame for ransomware attacks which have paralyzed businesses, schools and hospitals.

=> ↺ Lithium Bonanza: China Battles West for Raw Material of the Future

• The Democratic Republic of the Congo is home to perhaps the largest lithium deposit in the world. China is eagerly trying to get its hands on the valuable resource, but the concession is controlled by an Australian company. Work-hungry locals are hoping the conflict will soon be resolved.

=> ↺ US says Chinese military behind vast aerial spy program

• China’s balloon that crossed the United States was equipped to collect intelligence signals and was part of a huge, military-linked aerial spy program that targeted more than 40 countries, the Biden administration said Thursday, outlining the scope and capabilities of the huge balloon that captivated the country’s attention before being shot down.

=> ↺ Putin Likely Approved Missile System Used to Down Flight MH17, Inquiry Says

• A Dutch-led team made the assessment, but said it had suspended its investigation because of insufficient evidence and rules that prevent new prosecutions.

Environment

=> ↺ Ann Arbor sees decade-high temperatures in January 2023

• Though 40-degree temperatures might still not be balmy enough to break out a beach towel, January 2023 was the warmest January on record for Ann Arbor over the past decade, and the seventh-warmest ever.

Energy/Transportation

=> ↺ Sam Bankman-Fried back in court after prosecutors raise witness-tampering questions

• Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in a New York federal court on Thursday, just over a week after the judge in the FTX founder’s fraud case tightened the bail conditions in response to allegations of witness tampering.

=> ↺ Building Trust in the Mission of World Energy Policy

• Gaining trust in improving a country’s energy quality means a government could seek, maintain, and develop alternative energy for energy scarcity. Every country, either one on the Asian continent or the other on the European continent, essentially wants to develop renewable energy as an interchange solution to fossil energy.

=> ↺ A Turbulent Journey of Cryptocurrency: From Increasing Popularity to Declining Desirability

• One of the most influential inventions in the past few decades is blockchain technology which led to the emersion of cryptocurrencies.

=> ↺ A Cambrian explosion of distributed energy in Texas

• Texans can now get paid for supporting the grid with their solar panels and batteries as part of a new virtual power plant pilot.

• What happens next could lead to the rapid deployment of resilient and clean distributed energy resources across the state.

=> ↺ DOE announces competition for the best net load forecasting tool

• The Net Load Forecasting Prize will be awarded to the team that can create the best probabilistic forecast that may later be used to create a tool for grid operators.

=> ↺ Windy weather prompts record high electricity generation levels

• Hourly electricity generation records were broken several times on Wednesday night.

=> ↺ Ann Arbor campus meets two sustainability goals early

• The university’s Ann Arbor campus achieved two of its 2025 sustainability goals in 2022, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25% and applying 40% less chemicals to campus landscapes.

Wildlife/Nature

=> ↺ The Overlooked Forests of the Sea

• Climate science and the media have tended to focus on terrestrial ecology to solve the climate crisis. They have ignored the significance of some of the smallest and most plentiful contributors to Earth’s climate and ecological balance.

Overpopulation

=> ↺ Can China Reverse Its Population Decline? Just Ask Sweden.

• Wealthy countries have been trying to boost their birthrates for decades. The results have been pretty similar.

Finance

=> ↺ China’s Consumption Recovers at Accelerated Pace

• The Chinese authorities are interested in promoting an early recovery of domestic consumption as the main economic driving force in 2023.

=> ↺ Supermarket chain Aldi to disappear from Danish streets

• Supermarket chain Aldi, has sold a large number of its stores in Denmark to other companies as it prepares to leave the Danish market.

=> ↺ Is it more expensive to shop at Tesco Express and Sainsbury’s Local convenience stores?

• Regularly shopping at local supermarket convenience stores could be costing you

• hundreds more each year

=> ↺ Six things Denmark could change to make getting work permits smoother

• Denmark’s government parties are currently negotiating on changes to the work permit system to make it easier for companies to bring in much-needed foreign labour. We asked Rikke Wolfsen, the country lead of EY’s local immigration practice, for some changes she’d like to see.

=> ↺ ANALYSIS: For good or ill, Sweden’s Riksbank seems set on beating inflation

• With his first interest rate decision, the Riksbank’s new governor has come out as more hawkish than anyone feared, raising the chances of a punishing recession, The Local’s Nordic editor Richard Orange argues.

=> ↺ Sweden’s Riksbank raises key interest rate to 3 percent

• Sweden’s central bank, the Riksbank, raised the key interest rate on Thursday by 0.5 percentage points to 3 percent, which marks the bank’s highest rate in 15 years.

=> ↺ WATCH: Opting Out of CBDCs

• In this presentation for the CBDC Opt Out Challenge, James Corbett explains what you need to know about the CBDC control grid and how we can begin our preparations to opt out of it. Download options, sources and show notes for this episode are available here.

=> ↺ Disney to cut 7,000 jobs as returned CEO Iger vows ‘transformation’

• The Walt Disney Co. will cut about 7,000 jobs as part of an ambitious companywide cost-savings plan and “strategic reorganization” announced Wednesday by CEO Bob Iger.

=> ↺ Australia government introduces legislation to close gender pay gap

• The Australian government introduced the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023 into Parliament Wednesday, attempting to close the country’ gender pay gap.

=> ↺ As housing prices stop growing, real estate in Lithuania remains overpriced

• Although housing prices have stopped growing, the Bank of Lithuania says real estate in the country remains overpriced.

=> ↺ Sky announces new broadband and TV price rises: are you affected?

• Broadband and pay TV customers will see their bills increase in April

=> ↺ Broadband and mobile price rises under review by Ofcom

• The telecoms regulator has expressed concern that inflation-linked price rises create too much uncertainty for customers

=> ↺ Consultancy: Investments in Finnish real estate fell 58% in Q4 of 2022

=> ↺ Finland sees uptick in real estate purchases by Russians

• Russians bought nearly 300 properties in Finland last year, an increase of 64 percent from 2021.

=> ↺ Danes still puffing away despite price hike

• Health organisations contend that cigarettes should cost 90 kroner per pack if Denmark is to reduce its number of smokers

=> ↺ From Pepsi to Ben & Jerry’s, Big Brands Keep Raising Prices and Stoking Inflation

• Consumers continue to absorb significant price increases by PepsiCo, Unilever and others. The companies say prices will remain high in the months to come.

=> ↺ What Recession? Some Economists See Chances of a Growth Rebound.

• The Federal Reserve has raised rates rapidly. But instead of cracking, some data point to an economy that’s thriving.

=> ↺ Narrower corporate profits could bring relief on inflation

=> ↺ Do you know how to find lost pensions? – Which? News

• When changing jobs, you won’t just be getting a new employer. You’re also likely to be enrolled into a new workplace pension – on top of the three or four you may already have from previous employers.

• In fact, that number of pensions could be on the low side, given that the average person will have 11 different jobs in their lifetime.

• If you’re not sure how many pension pots are in your name, you’re not alone. Around 2.8m pensions are considered ‘lost’ – an increase of 75% over the past four years, according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) and the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The average lost pot is worth £9,470, and finding one isn’t always straightforward.

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

=> ↺ How to Destroy (What’s Left of) the Mainstream Media’s Credibility

• Objectivity is a hard standard, but good journalism can’t do without it.

=> ↺ China slams Biden’s statement that Xi faces ‘enormous problems’

• Beijing condemned on Thursday US President Joe Biden’s comments that Xi Jinping faced “enormous problems”, saying the remarks were “extremely irresponsible”.

=> ↺ Two Hong Kong men jailed for 5 years under national security law for ‘conspiracy to incite subversion’

• Two Hong Kong members of the self-proclaimed revolutionary group Returning Valiant have been jailed for five years for conspiracy to incite subversion after a judge ruled that their offences under the national security law were of a “serious nature.

=> ↺ Hong Kong 47: Court warns against harassment ahead of witness testimony in democrats’ national security trial

• A Hong Kong judge has warned against any harassment of prosecution witnesses in the city’s largest national security trial involving 47 democracy advocates. The warning came ahead of testimony set to begin next week.

=> ↺ DC Thomson journalists ‘furious’ over plan to cut 300 jobs

• About half of the cuts will come from the Aceville magazine publisher, acquired in 2018.

=> ↺ DOJ Is Silent that Enrique Tarrio Is a “Friend of Stone”

• In the Proud Boy case, unlike the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial, DOJ has made no mention of Enrique Tarrio’s ties to Roger Stone.

=> ↺ On emptywheel’s Continued Obsession with Oligarch Real Estate Seizures

• One of the most interesting things about the Vladimir Voronchenko indictment, in which he was charged for conspiring to help Viktor Vekselberg dodge sanctions, is that he was charged alone.

=> ↺ Pence subpoenaed by special counsel investigating Trump

• Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating Donald Trump and his role in January 6, 2021, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

=> ↺ Pence Gets Subpoena From Special Counsel in Jan. 6 Investigation

• The move by Jack Smith, the special counsel, is one of the most aggressive in his investigation of Donald Trump’s efforts to stay in power and is likely to lead to a battle over executive privilege.

Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

=> ↺ Influence Networks in Russia Misled European Users, TikTok Says

• The covert and coordinated campaign was disclosed in a new report that also addressed misinformation, fake accounts and moderation struggles.

Censorship/Free Speech

=> ↺ Minsk Court Sentences Man To Two Years In Prison For Online Posts

• A court in Belarus has sentenced a man to two years in prison for making online comments about the country’s authoritarian ruler, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, and his regime.

=> ↺ GWU Law Student Gov’t Directs People to Stop Saying/Writing “Illegal,” “Alien,” and “Assimilation” re: Immigration

• It’s the “Immigration – Written and Oral Reform Declaration (I-WORD) Joint Resolution” from 2021.

=> ↺ In the aftermath of devastating earthquake, authorities in Turkey must #KeepItOn

• Authorities in Turkey must ensure unfettered access to the internet and digital communications platforms in the aftermath of the earthquake.

=> ↺ Global internet monitor reports Türkiye restricted Twitter following earthquake

• Global internet monitor Netblocks reported Wednesday that Turkey has restricted access to Twitter in the aftermath of a series of earthquakes that hit Turkey, Syria and the surrounding region. The powerful earthquakes and their aftershocks have caused 11,000 casualties and widespread destruction.

=> ↺ Swedish police block new Quran burning bid outside Turkish embassy

• Swedish police have banned a new burning of the Quran in Stockholm, citing the increased risk of terror attacks.

Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

=> ↺ UN concerned about safety of Cameroon journalists following murder of radio presenter

• The UN Tuesday expressed concern for the safety of journalists in Cameroon following the second murder of a journalist within two weeks. In a statement, UN Human Rights spokesperson Seif Magango said that the murder of radio presenter Jean-Jacques Ola Bebe last Thursday follows several concerning reports of violence against journalists in Cameroon.

Civil Rights/Policing

=> ↺ YouTube Music Workers Go On Strike After Being Told to Return to the Office

• YouTube Music workers go on strike after being told to return to the office.

=> ↺ Eritrea: Crackdown on Draft Evaders’ Families

=> ↺ US: Florida Judges Block Youth Abortion Access

Digital Restrictions (DRM)

=> ↺ Netflix clamps down on password sharing in four more countries

• Netflix has extended its crackdown on password sharing to Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain.

=> ↺ Podcasts lose their edge, with slowing advertising and fewer newcomers

• Podcasting has emerged out of years of rapid growth and a pandemic boom to face an identity crisis as its ecosystem contracts, advertisement slows and the medium eases into maturity.

Monopolies

=> ↺ Public Knowledge Urges Biden Administration, Congress To Take Action on Tech Agenda

• President Biden calls for both parties to work together to regulate the technology sector.

=> ↺ UK government says Microsoft Activision Blizzard acquisition could harm millions of gamers

• The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority said today that Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion acquisition of gaming behemoth Activision Blizzard Inc. could harm competition in the U.K. gaming market.

=> ↺ Microsoft – Activision deal could harm UK gamers

• A CMA investigation has provisionally concluded that Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision could result in higher prices, fewer choices, or less innovation for UK gamers.

=> ↺ Dealmakers are operating in a new normal for antitrust scrutiny

• President Biden’s antitrust regulators haven’t notched too many wins, but they’ve nonetheless forced a new normal for dealmakers.

Patents

=> ↺ Dir. Vidal on Privity and Real-Party-in-Interest in IPRs

• Samsung v. NetList, IPR2022-00615 (Dir. Rev. 2023)

• USPTO Director Vidal has ordered the PTAB to expand its approach to the privity and real-party-in-interest (RPI) analysis at the start ofinter partesreview (IPR) proceedings.  The question in the Samsung case is whether Google should be considered an RPI or privy in a way that would bar Samsung’s IPR petition.

• Back in October 2022, Samsung filed an IPR petition against Neglist’s US7619912; and the PTAB granted institution.  The patent covers a memory module, and Netlist previously sued Google for infringement back in 2009. That case is amazingly still pending in C.D.Cal.  The accused modules were supplied by Samsung, and Google at one point demanded indemnification from Samsung. Netlist agreed to stay the Google case in while awaiting the outcome of a parallel Samsung lawsuit that was filed more recently.

=> ↺ The Law is Moving Fast

• IP Attorneys, keep your eyes out for the #53 car on the NASCAR track this year. Driven by Joey Gase, and sponsored by the USPTO.

=> ↺ Still no sign of FRANDship between Nokia and Oppo, as Oppo is dealt a blow in the UK as part of their global SEP dispute

• Nokia v Oppo [2023] EWHC 23 (Pat) In a new development in the global dispute between Nokia and Oppo that spans seven jurisdictions across Europe and Asia, Mr Justice Meade of the English Patents Court has found that smartphone manufacturer Oppo infringes valid and standard essential Nokia 4G/5G patent EP2981103…

=> ↺ Pan-European Seal Young Professionals Programme expands network of partner universities

=> ↺ EPO is trying to replace patent examiners with scabs

• 110th network member joins, as 9th edition of programme launches.

=> ↺ UPC announces optimised CMS API opt-out process

Trademarks

=> ↺ TTABlog Test: Is AGI2 for Lighting Fixtures Confusable With AGI & Design for Architectural Signage Lighting?

• The USPTO refused to register the proposed markAGI2for “lighting fixtures,” finding confusion likely with the registered markAGI & Designfor lights, lighting assemblies, and light fixtures for architectural signage. Applicant argued that the goods travel in different channels of trade to different customers (consumers and contractors versus businesses), and further that the purchasers are sophisticated and careful. How do you think this came out?In re B-K Lighting, Inc., Serial No. 88769422 (January 27, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Thomas Shaw).

Copyrights

=> ↺ The Emancipatory Visions of a Sex Magician: Paschal Beverly Randolph’s Occult Politics

• Erotic magic, Black emancipation, gender fluidity, interplanetary spirit realms — these were but a few of the topics that preoccupied Paschal Beverly Randolph (b. 1825), an occult thinker who believed that his multiracial identity afforded him “peculiar mental power and marvelous versatility”. Lara Langer Cohen considers the neglected politics of Randolph’s esoteric writings alongside the repeated frustration of his activism: how dreams of other worlds, above and below our own, reflect the unfulfilled promises of Emancipation.

=> ↺ Getty Sues Stability AI for Copyright Infringement Over 12 Million Photos

• Getty Images has launched a lawsuit against Stability AI over the unauthorized use of its images to train its AI model.

=> ↺ Librarians Are Finding Thousands Of Books No Longer Protected By Copyright Law

• Up to 75 percent of books published before 1964 may now be in the public domain, according to researchers at the New York Public Library.

Gemini* and Gopher

Personal

=> ↺ Turn up, write on, and slop out

• …and yet another bloggo is put on the Internet. I started a Write.as blog called tLog (write.as/tLog), and it is something new (for me). Yea, a daily, regular blog, but not TMO and that blog is dead and gone – forever and ever.

• I went away Dec 22, 2022, as all the writing things had to stop. For a while. But then it comes to self-identity, community, friends, writer/ing admiration for others, et al that drew me back.

Technical

Internet/Gemini

=> ↺ Weird Terminal Things: SIGINFO

• The INFO signal exists to, uh, it’s a “status request from keyboard” according to the fine documentation in signal(3). A few tools actually implement support for SIGINFO, dd(1) for one,

Programming

=> ↺ Thumby goodness

• I was given a Thumby for Christmas. It’s a ridiculously small gameboy-style console. It’s so small that it’s hard to believe it works. It’s also hard to use because you have to press buttons with your thumbnails. There are pre-loaded games, more available on line, and a web-based IDE for writing your own in Python. I’ve started on a mine game based on one that I vaguely remember playing long ago as a coin-op. So far I can scroll around the mine (taking no notice of walls, floors, etc). It seems pretty straightforward to deal with the Thumby API. My issues have been with figuring how to implement the game concept and my lack of Python experience.

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