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GNU/Linux

Desktop/Laptop

=> ↺ PlanetPC XR1/XR2 Rockchip RK3568/RK3588 Mini PC comes with a touchscreen display for control (Crowdfunding)

• PlanetPC XR1/XR2 are Arm Linux mini PCs based on Rockchip RK3568 or RK3588 processor respectively with a unique design featuring an integrated touchscreen display for control.

• Planet Computers has designed several unique computing devices over the years such as the Cosmo Communicator 2-in-1 smartphone and computer or Astro Slide 5G transformer smartphone, and the British company has now come up with a mini PC preloaded with Ubuntu with a touchscreen screen interface, dual 4K/8K video output, dual Gigabit Ethernet and more.

=> ↺ This mini Linux-powered desktop PC has a built-in touchscreen for slick controls

• Desktop PC launches don’t turn many heads today (unless, of course, they’re fire-breathing, RGB-laden, insanely expensive gaming PCs), but every now and then we come across one that catches our eye. In this instance, its Planet Computers’ new XR — a range of ARM-powered Linux-running desktop PCs announced at MWC 2023.

• Pre-loaded with Ubuntu OS, it’s touted as the first out-of-the-box mini Linux desktop experience, with the aim of bringing the open-source benefits of Linux to the masses. With everything already pre-installed, it makes for a hassle-free introduction outside the world of Windows and macOS, on paper at least.

=> ↺ HP Dev One Linux laptop has been discontinued, but HP will offer support through January 2026 – Liliputing

• Less than a year after launching the HP Dev One thin, light, and powerful laptop aimed at developers, HP has discontinued the product. The company says it stopped selling the Dev One on January 30th, 2023 and currently has no plans for a new model.

• But HP tells Liliputing that it will continue to offer support to existing customers “through January 2026 or three years from purchase date.”

Applications

=> ↺ FFmpeg 6.0 releases with new Radiance HDR image and WBMP support

• The new version of FFmpeg 6.0, a popular open-source multimedia framework, is now available. This major release is now available for download and consumption in multimedia projects. Highlight changes include two new image format support, many codecs and other enhancements.

• Here’s what’s new.

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ Show User Name in Right corner of Top-bar in Ubuntu 22.04

• Want to display your username in the top panel?

=> ↺ How to Create an Email Server in Linux with Mail-In-A-Box

• Mail-in-a-Box is a small, yet effective program that aims to create an easy to deploy, all-in-one email server solution in your machine. This tutorial shows you how you can install Mail-In-A-Box on Ubuntu Linux.

=> ↺ How to Install WSJT-X on Linux Mint

• While many dream of setting up their own radio station to play their favorite tunes and become a popular radio disk jockey one day, others dream of being able to communicate across continents and find companions over the radio. For all amateur radio operators or people who want to learn about the various radio communication systems in general, Joe Taylor developed a free and open-source software known as WSJT-X in 2005. It implements amateur radio communication protocols to facilitate weak radio communications. In this article, we will show some easy steps on how to install WSJT-X on Linux Mint for weak signal communication.

=> ↺ Use Cockpit for Linux remote server administration

• The Linux command line is a fast and flexible tool for automation and scripting. However, sometimes, there is a benefit to using a GUI like the web-based administrative tool Cockpit instead.

• The GUI can be faster or more comfortable for admins who need to quickly look at several pieces of information. In those situations, consider the use of Cockpit.

=> ↺ How to Kill a Process in Linux

• We have all had those days when our computer runs exceptionally slow and stutters in performing even the basic tasks. In Windows, you only have the Windows Task Manager to inspect and kill processes that are not so important but consume enormous amounts of memory. However, in Linux, you have an entire arsenal of commands and GUI tools to manage these tasks. In this article, we will show some easy command line (CLI) methods as well as GUI methods for how to kill a process in Linux.

=> ↺ How to Install Jellyfin Media Server on Linux Mint 21 or 20

• Jellyfin is a free and open-source media server that allows users to stream their media files, such as movies, TV shows, music, and photos, from anywhere with an internet connection. It can be installed on various operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and macOS, making it accessible to a broad user base.

=> ↺ How to Install Nmon on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04

• Nmon, short for “Nigel’s Performance Monitor,” is a robust and powerful tool designed to monitor system performance on Linux-based systems. Developed by Nigel Griffiths, an IBM engineer, it has become a staple tool for system administrators and developers who need to monitor their systems.

=> ↺ How to Install Linux Kernel 6.2 on Linux Mint 21 or 20

• The latest version of the Linux kernel, version 6.2, has been released and includes many new and improved features. Here is a more detailed list of what’s new: To install Linux kernel 6.2 on Linux Mint 21 and Linux Mint 20 distributions, you can use the Tuxinvader PPA or the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer.

=> ↺ What’s The Difference Between Vim and NeoVim

• Why use Vim instead of NeoVim? Is NeoVim similar to Vim? Should I replace Vim with NeoVim? What’s the difference between Vim and NeoVim?

=> ↺ How To Install Yay AUR Helper In Arch Linux, EndeavourOS, Manjaro Linux

• This guide explains what is Yay, how to install Yay AUR helper in Arch Linux, EndeavourOS, and Manjaro Linux, and finally how to use Yay to install packages from AUR.

WINE or Emulation

=> ↺ WINE gets support for Wayland • The Register

• With WINE 8 out, the team is merging in the code changes to add support for the Wayland display server protocol.

• Although the process began last Friday, the introductory notes on the merge do say: “This is the first of (many) parts in the upstreaming of the Wayland driver for Wine.” WINE 8.0 came out just a month earlier so this functionality will take a while to make it into the mainstream. WINE 7.0 appeared about one year earlier so this will probably appear in WINE 9.0 at the start of 2024.

• Wayland is getting increasingly common: it’s the default display server for most GNOME-based distros now. Ubuntu made it the default in version 21.04, and Fedora way back in version 25. However, most still include the XWayland layer to support legacy X11 apps. So while WINE can run on Wayland-based distros right now, that only works via translation. The new code will make WINE talk directly to the new display server without going through this intermediary.

Distributions and Operating Systems

=> ↺ 6 Popular but Best Lightweight Linux desktop Environments

• Do you think Windows is heavy for your old laptop and want to replace it with Linux? But Linux with modern desktop environments could again not be your cup of tea.

=> ↺ 9 Best Arch Based Distros with GUI for 2023

• If you are already familiar with Linux working and want to brush up your skills further then try out Arch Linux.

PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family

=> ↺ Mageia 9 beta1 is already here

• We are proud to announce the first beta of Mageia 9. A lot of fixes and new updates have followed since the first alpha back in November 2022.

• Congratulations to all the teams that make up Mageia for the great work done in these months, to fix, test and validate all these new features, of which the following stand out…

SUSE/OpenSUSE

=> ↺ SUSE, Dell Technologies and Intel FlexRAN

• The telecommunications industry has experienced a complete digital transformation in recent years, with the emergence of microservices, Kubernetes as the dominant container orchestration technology, and platform engineering offering a containerized landscape.

Fedora Family / IBM

=> ↺ 7 Fedora 38 Features That Makes The Upgrade Exciting

• Fedora 38 is due for release next month.

• While Fedora 37 was a good release, some interesting things should make Fedora 38 an exciting upgrade.

• What are the features that you can expect from Fedora 38?

=> ↺ How to hold better IT retrospectives

• Retrospectives are an important way to evaluate and improve your team’s productivity and effectiveness. Try these best practices in your next retrospective.

=> ↺ 7 TED Talks to help IT leaders address DEI challenges

=> ↺ ChatGPT: 3 ways it will impact IT support

Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

=> ↺ Euroshop 2023: SUNMI is leading the move to Android for business – PR Newswire APAC

=> ↺ How to Find Your Wi-Fi Password on Android

=> ↺ People are just realizing Android trick gives you life-changing ‘upgrade loophole’ – but it only works in your home | The US Sun

=> ↺ Realme’s new Android phone charges to 100% faster than you can finish a coffee | TechRadar

=> ↺ Google 7 Pixel Review: Superb Android Phone at a Great Price

=> ↺ This $1099 Android tablet has a 12.4 inch glasses-free 3D display – Liliputing

=> ↺ Android 13 QPR2 Beta gets final feedback survey before launch

=> ↺ Android 11: Guides, News, Reviews, How-Tos, and More | Digital Trends

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

=> ↺ Linux Foundation Europe forms OpenWallet Foundation

=> ↺ ClearlyDefined gets a new community manager with a vision toward the future

=> ↺ OSI reminds us that it became merely a front group of Microsoft, promoting proprietary GitHub and also GPL violations. OSI has been defunct for years. Microsoft bribed it to fall on its sword.

• Nick Vidal has joined the project hosted by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) that helps Open Source projects thrive by putting essential licensing data at teams’ fingertips.

Content Management Systems (CMS)

=> ↺ People of WordPress: Hauwa Abashiya

• This month we feature Hauwa Abashiya, a project manager in Nigeria and the UK, whose passion for community support led her to an adventure in open source.

• The People of WordPress series features inspiring stories of how people’s lives can change for the better through WordPress and its global community of contributors.

• As we travel through life, sometimes we are drawn to a particular cause, one to which we can get behind and join in. This cause, in whatever field it may be, can help lift us beyond our everyday lives and can help us take stock. This is the journey that depicts Hauwa’s finding a global sense of place and providing a way to re-look at her life and plans.

• That change agent was discovering and becoming part of open source through WordPress.

Leftovers

=> ↺ 1.5 Million Quake-Risky Buildings to Be Replaced in Istanbul

• Defense Minister Akar also announced that nearly 42,000 Syrian refugees in Türkiye have voluntarily returned to their homeland so far.

=> ↺ It’s all downhill from here … but is that a good or a bad thing?

• Two different usages of the common idiom have sparked some heated debate.

=> ↺ Finland sends more material aid to Turkey, Syria

• The aid package includes tents, blankets, heaters and food supplies.

=> ↺ Nokia adopts six-pillar plan to reform strategy, unveils new logo

• NOKIA on Sunday unveiled a plan to accelerate its growth across six pillars and a “refreshed brand” as part of its long-term strategic transformation.

• The Finnish network equipment developer said it intends to pursue technological leadership to grow its market share, actively manage its portfolio to ensure a path to a leading position in all key segments, increase the share of corporate clients, seize new opportunities to monetise its intellectual property, implement new business models and develop environmental, social and corporate governance into a competitive advantage.

=> ↺ Shirish Agarwal: Cutting off body parts and Lenovo

Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

=> ↺ Almost one in ten in Denmark prescribed antidepressants

• New national data shows around 9 percent of people in Denmark made use of a medical prescription for antidepressant medicine in 2021.

=> ↺ These Are the Top 25 COVID Hot Spots in the U.S.

• These are the 25 counties with the highest recent averages for new COVID cases per capita.

=> ↺ THL: More than half of Finland has hybrid Covid immunity

• Three years have passed since Finland saw its first confirmed case of Covid-19.

Security

=> ↺ Side-Channel Attack against CRYSTALS-Kyber

• Researchers have just published a side-channel attack–using power consumption–against an implementation of the algorithm that was supposed to be resistant against that sort of attack.

=> ↺ Dish hit by multiday outage after reported cyberattack | TechCrunch

• U.S. satellite television provider Dish is experiencing a multiday outage after a reported cyberattack, with customers unable to access streams, services or their accounts.

=> ↺ Social engineering attack on Boston labor union results in $6.4 million loss

• A cyberattack on a Boston-based labor union’s health fund resulted in the loss of $6.4 million, but it does not appear that the personal information of members was stolen or compromised, union officials said.

• Federal and local law enforcement agencies were notified of the attack at Pipefitters Local 537 that was discovered Feb. 7 and the union retained a cyber security forensic investigator, union business manager/financial secretary-treasurer Daniel O’Brien said in a message to members.

=> ↺ LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken

• Already smarting from a breach that put partially encrypted login data into a threat actor’s hands, LastPass on Monday said that the same attacker hacked an employee’s home computer and obtained a decrypted vault available to only a handful of company developers.

• Although an initial intrusion into LastPass ended on August 12, officials with the leading password manager said the threat actor “was actively engaged in a new series of reconnaissance, enumeration, and exfiltration activity” from August 12 to August 26. In the process, the unknown threat actor was able to steal valid credentials from a senior DevOps engineer and access the contents of a LastPass data vault. Among other things, the vault gave access to a shared cloud-storage environment that contained the encryption keys for customer vault backups stored in Amazon S3 buckets.

=> ↺ Forget the spy balloon. China-linked hackers collect far more information, report says.

• Even as the Chinese spy balloon floated across the U.S., China-linked hackers were gathering far more information by breaking into computer networks in America and around the world, according to a new report by a leading cybersecurity firm.

• CrowdStrike says in its annual global threat report that it observed China-linked cyberespionage groups targeting 39 industries on nearly every continent. About a quarter of the hacking was aimed at North America, while most of it targeted China’s Asian neighbors, the report found. The techniques China used have become increasingly sophisticated as cybersecurity has improved, the report found.

• “They’re endemic at this point — they’re everywhere,” said Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike’s head of intelligence.

=> ↺ CrowdStrike: Threat actors shifting away from ransomware

• CrowdStrike’s ’2023 Global Threat Report’ showed a 20% increase in the number of threat actors using data theft and extortion tactics without deploying actual ransomware.

=> ↺ U.S. Marshals Service suffers ‘major’ security breach that compromises sensitive information, senior law enforcement officials say

• The U.S. Marshals Service suffered a security breach over a week ago that compromises sensitive information, multiple senior U.S. law enforcement officials said Monday.

• In a statement Monday, U.S. Marshals Service spokesperson Drew Wade acknowledged the breach, telling NBC News: “The affected system contains law enforcement sensitive information, including returns from legal process, administrative information, and personally identifiable information pertaining to subjects of USMS investigations, third parties, and certain USMS employees.”

• Wade said the incident occurred Feb. 17, when the Marshals Service “discovered a ransomware and data exfiltration event affecting a stand-alone USMS system.”

=> ↺ Another Texas school district with a data breach?

• There is no notice on WSISD’s website that DataBreaches could find about any incident or cyberattack, and it’s not known if any files were encrypted or if this was an attack in which data were just exfiltrated for ransom or extortion purposes. None of the files in the proof pack are demonstrably recent files, and a number of them have dates suggesting that they are from 2015 or earlier. One file, however, had an image of a passport issued in 2020.

=> ↺ LastPass Shouldn’t Be Trusted With Your Passwords

• The company published new details about a disastrous breach in which hackers stole customers’ vaults. It’s time to switch.

=> ↺ Aleksanteri Kivimäki remanded into custody over Vastaamo hack

• Kivimäki is suspected of aggravated extortion, aggravated data theft and aggravated distribution of information infringing privacy, among other offences.

Defence/Aggression

=> ↺ ISS: Organised crime is infecting African and global supply chains

• Transnational organised crime is usually associated with violent mafia-style groups that traffic drugs, people, arms and wildlife. Less dramatic but equally damaging is the effect of organised crime on global supply chains for legal goods.

=> ↺ US Republican lawmakers launch bill denouncing South Africa’s naval exercises with China and Russia

• On 21 February, a new piece of legislation was introduced in the United States Congress — in the House of Representatives — by Representative John James, a Congressman from the state of Michigan, which, if passed, would make the US mandated to take a stand against South Africa.

=> ↺ Live: Moscow says it foiled Ukraine drone attack on Russian territory

• The Kremlin said it foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on Russian territory overnight as Moscow’s forces pressed their offensive in eastern Ukraine, attempting to encircle the fiercely contested city of Bakhmut. The fighting came as Ukraine’s head of military intelligence dismissed fears that China was considering supplying arms to Moscow.

=> ↺ Biden ‘Asylum Ban’ Rule Would Send Thousands to Danger

=> ↺ Finland Starts Construction Of Russian Border Fence

• Finland says it has begun construction of a 200-kilometer fence on the Russian border as Helsinki fears Moscow could use migrant flows at the frontier for political purposes.

=> ↺ Kalmyk Activist Who Fled Russia Unable To Enter Mongolia Due To Expired Passport

• A leading Kalmyk activist who says he may face persecution if he is deported to Russia has not been allowed to enter Mongolia over his expired Russian passport.

=> ↺ Iran’s Former Crown Prince Says Fall Of Regime Would Have Global Effect

• Iran’s former crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, says the fall of the Islamic republic and the establishment of a democratic government would not only liberate Iranians from the tyranny of a “terrorist regime” but also benefit global peace and stability.

=> ↺ Another Group Of Iranian Pupils Falls Ill; Lawmaker Calls For Investigation

• An Iranian member of parliament has acknowledged reports of several groups of female students falling ill in at least 15 cities, with many being hospitalized in recent months.

=> ↺ Dubious Alliance: How Present Is the Far Right in Germany’s New Peace Movement?

• Putin’s war in Ukraine is unsettling many in Germany. A new peace movement is forming in the country, but it is stirring up the ghosts of German history – and has an open flank to the extreme right.

=> ↺ Russians tighten noose on Ukraine’s Bakhmut, as Putin warns of Western espionage

• Taking Bakhmut, the scene of some of the war’s bloodiest battles, would be Russia’s first major prize in more than six months.

=> ↺ Finnish soldiers: Ukraine needs better training to win

• Finnish soldiers say the Finnish Defence Forces’ training to combat a Russian attack is the best in the world.

=> ↺ Finnair pilot flies off course to show passengers Northern Lights

• Strong solar winds have offered opportunities to see the colourful display in places as far south as Helsinki this week.

=> ↺ Nato chief: Finland, Sweden in stronger position than before they applied to alliance

• Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said it would be impossible for alliance members not to intervene if Finland’s or Sweden’s security were to be threatened.

=> ↺ Trinidad and Tobago: Bring Home Nationals from Northeast Syria

• (Port of Spain, Trinidad) – Over 90 nationals of Trinidad and Tobago, including at least 56 children, are unlawfully detained in life-threatening conditions as Islamic State (ISIS) suspects and family members in northeast Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. The government of Trinidad and Tobago has taken almost no action to help them return, even as countries including the United States and Barbados repatriate their own nationals.

• Conditions in the camps and prisons holding Trinidadians and other ISIS-linked suspects and family members are increasingly dire. Turkish airstrikes in November 2022 hit a security post at one camp, killing eight guards, and came perilously close to striking one of the prisons. Health care, clean water, shelter, and education and recreation for children are grossly inadequate. Mothers interviewed by Human Rights Watch said they hide their children in their tents to protect them from sexual predators, abusive camp guards, and ISIS recruiters and fighters. Children have drowned in sewage pits, died in tent fires, and been hit and killed by water trucks, and hundreds have died from treatable illnesses.

=> ↺ 600 German troops with equipment come to Lithuania for training

• Around 600 troops from the German Army’s 41st Mechanised Infantry Brigade and about 240 pieces of military equipment have arrived in Lithuania by land, air and sea for training, the Lithuanian Armed Forces said.

=> ↺ Lithuanian president ‘not happy’ with latest Russia sanctions, to keep pressing to add Rosatom

• Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda pledges to keep pressing the EU to add Russia’s state nuclear giant Rosatom to its sanctions list.

=> ↺ Russian tank displayed in Vilnius helps to ‘see vatniks’ in Lithuania, president says

• Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda supports the display of a destroyed Russian tank in Vilnius despite recent pro-Russian provocations next to it.

=> ↺ ‘Russia is constantly planning for new offensives’ – interview with NATO chief Stoltenberg

• The Vilnius summit will deliver important decisions for NATO, says the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in an interview with LRT. He says he invited Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to come to the meeting.

Environment

Energy/Transportation

=> ↺ US and UK reaffirm hydrogen in clean energy drive

• Hydrogen was firmly on the agenda during US-US strategic energy dialogue discussions held today between US Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm and UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary of State, the…

=> ↺ Solar developers may benefit from a new stormwater calculator

• Stormwater management practices, permitting, and regulations at solar sites often do not account for the unique characteristics of large-scale solar installations, according to a new Department of Energy (DOE) funded study.

=> ↺ Ethereum moved to proof of stake. Why can’t Bitcoin?

• Tech Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more here. Last year, Ethereum went green. The second-most-popular crypto platform transitioned to proof of stake, an energy-efficient framework for adding new blocks of transactions, NFTs, and other information to the blockchain.…

Wildlife/Nature

=> ↺ NGO urges China to stop using pandas as diplomatic gifts

• An animal welfare NGO has urged China not to use animals such as pandas as political gifts. It comes after a 24-year-old male giant panda named Le Le died at Memphis Zoo in the US.

Finance

=> ↺ Home price slide loses momentum as new listings tighten

• The residential property market continues its downturn but the rate of decline has pulled back sharply.   The monthly home value index released by property data from CoreLogic declined 0.14 per cent over the month – the smallest monthly loss since the Reserve Bank first started hiking interest rates in May last year.

=> ↺ Sweden’s Q4 GDP Shrinks 0.9 Pct Ahead of Expected Recession

• In its latest economic forecast, the European Commission said that Swedish economy would be the worst performing in the EU in 2023.

=> ↺ Lower energy prices take air out of Danish inflation

• Inflation continued to fall in Denmark in January with lower energy prices a primary factor.

=> ↺ How much does having a baby cost? Here’s what you should know

• As inflation surges, having a baby might not look as financially comfortable as it did 18 months ago.

=> ↺ Digital mortgages have cut-price rates, but they don’t suit everyone

• Banks are pouring money into developing digital home loans. Are they good value for customers?

=> ↺ Five ways to secure gender pay parity from your workplace

• The gap between male and female wages in Australia remains vast, and women are getting short-changed when it comes to their pay packets.

=> ↺ Mississippi House Panel OKs Longer Medicaid After Births

• A Mississippi House committee has advanced a bill that would provide women with a full year of Medicaid coverage after giving birth

=> ↺ Talks fail, Finland’s bus driver strike starts on Wednesday

• The 10-day strike will affect most public bus services across the country and is due to start at 3 am on Wednesday.

=> ↺ ASX set to dip as Wall Street wavers

• Stocks are mixed as Wall Street closes out what’s been a tough February.

=> ↺ Italy’s Purchasing Power Halved Since Start of Ukrainian Crisis

• Around one Italian in seven earned less than they required to make ends meet, and a quarter of those surveyed said they spent all their money on essential purchases.

=> ↺ UK Household Energy Bills to Rise Despite Price Cap Drop

• Households in the UK are still expected to pay more for their energy consumption after April due to a cut in government support.

=> ↺ Booze price hikes and tax deadlines: What changes in Sweden in March?

• Alcohol is set to get more expensive and tax declaration season gets under way. Here’s more on that and everything else that changes in Sweden in March 2023.

=> ↺ How much will alcohol prices go up in Sweden in March?

• Despite inflation at over 10 percent in Sweden, prices of beer, wine and spirits at the country’s Systembolaget alcohol monopoly are only going up an average of less than 3 percent next month. Here are the pricing details for your daily tipple.

=> ↺ Recession looms as Sweden’s economy shrinks more than expected

• The Swedish economy shrank more than initially estimated in the last quarter of 2022, new statistics showed on Tuesday, with a recession looking increasingly inevitable.

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

=> ↺ Lithuania won’t ban TikTok from official devices

• After some countries have banned TikTok from official devices, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry says it sees no reason for such restrictions for the time being, but does not recommend using the Chinese-made video sharing app.

=> ↺ Denmark at ‘significant risk’ of missing 2030 emissions target: Climate Council

• Denmark’s climate council has warned of “a significant risk” of the country missing its 2030 emissions goal and has outlined six actions the government could take to put it on track.

=> ↺ ‘Fearing young person’s app’: US-China TikTok clash escalates

• China says the US is overstretching the concept of national security after the White House gave government agencies 30 days to remove Chinese-owned app TikTok.

=> ↺ Denmark’s parliament tells MPs to uninstall TikTok

• Denmark’s parliament announced Tuesday

• that it had asked MPs and all staff to remove the TikTok app from mobile devices because of the “risk of spying”, while businesses were also advised to delete it.

=> ↺ TikTok’s Landlord Influencers Want You To Stop Being Mad and Start Landlording

• Extremely online landlords are regularly told their jobs are “inherently corrupt” and that they, personally, are “greedy animals.” But they claim their mission is noble—and that they deserve some sympathy too.

=> ↺ White House Orders All Federal Agencies to Remove TikTok Within 30 Days

• About two months after the No TikTok On Government Devices Act became law, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has officially instructed all executive agencies to remove the highly controversial app within 30 days.

=> ↺ White House gives government agencies 30 days to enforce TikTok ban

• The White House on Monday gave government agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have Chinese-owned app TikTok on federal devices and systems.

=> ↺ UK and EU reach deal to amend Northern Ireland Protocol

• UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Monday reached a deal to resolve their disagreements surrounding the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol.

=> ↺ Hundreds of BBC journalists to strike on Spring Budget day over local radio cuts

• Some 83% of NUJ members who voted backed strike action, while 92% backed action short of a strike.

=> ↺ Press & Journal editor Frank O’Donnell departs DC Thomson amid newsroom ‘transformation’

• Frank O’Donnell left The Scotsman after 19 years to lead the Press & Journal in 2020.

=> ↺ Arron Banks wins Carole Cadwalladr libel appeal and set to receive damages

• Brexit donor Arron Banks is entitled to damages over Carole Cadwalladr’s Ted Talk, appeal judges have ruled.

=> ↺ Vice appoints longtime execs as co-CEOs to succeed Nancy Dubuc

• Longtime Vice executives Bruce Dixon and Hozefa Lokhandwala have been appointed co-CEOS.

=> ↺ Regional press ABCs: Print decline is funding digital future

• Birmingham Mail has dropped from 300,000 copies per day in the 1980s to 6,500 – but reaches 10 million online.

=> ↺ Reforms will mean more power for Communist Party leader Xi Jinping: analysts

• China’s reforms could create Soviet-style super-commission under party control.

=> ↺ Young Chinese feeling ‘political depression’ amid hopelessness about future

• ‘I have gone from being shocked and angry … to realizing I may not be able to change anything.’

Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

=> ↺ Police Board to probe officers’ photo ban at Lapland logging protest

• Police cut down the timber tripod structure with a chainsaw, but would not allow the act to be photographed or recorded.

=> ↺ Russian Journalist Fined For Calling Ukraine Conflict ‘War’ During Interview

• Russian journalist Yulia Starostina, who worked as a volunteer to help Ukrainian refugees, was fined 50,000 rubles ($660) on February 28 for “discrediting” Russia’s armed forces during Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

=> ↺ Belarusian Stroke Victim Jailed For Lukashenka Caricature

• Amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent, Belarusian blogger Mikalay Klimovich, who recently suffered a stroke and had heart surgery, was sentenced to one year in prison on February 28 for posting an online caricature of authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

Civil Rights/Policing

=> ↺ Cambodia’s Hun Sen ramps up efforts to bring political opponents to heel

• Facebook commentator, provincial party officials latest to be targeted in efforts to gain ruling party support.

=> ↺ Great Prayer Day abolished by Danish parliament

• The government’s bill to abolish the Great Prayer Day holiday was adopted following a vote in the Danish parliament on Tuesday.

=> ↺ Labour market organisations fail to reach deal on stevedores

• THE FINNISH Transport Workers’ Union (AKT) and Finnish Port Operators’ Association failed to reach an agreement on the terms and conditions of employment for stevedores on Sunday, according to the National Conciliator.

• National Conciliator Anu Sajavaara told YLE late on Sunday evening that some progress was nonetheless made in the negotiations.

=> ↺ Strike threatens to disrupt bus services in cities across Finland as of Wednesday

• BUS SERVICES in Finland’s largest cities are set to come to a grinding halt due to a driver strike taking place between 3am on Wednesday, 1 March, and Friday, 10 March.

• The Finnish Transport Workers’ Union (AKT) has indicated that the strike would have an impact particularly on commuter bus services but not so much on intercity coach services, even though it would also apply to Onnibus and Koiviston Auto.

=> ↺ Lawyers for Vietnamese Buddhist group investigated by authorities

• Police said that lawyers may have violated Vietnam’s penal code by providing legal assistance

Monopolies

Patents

=> ↺ Pinsent Masons hires renowned patent attorney to strengthen UPC offering

• Kristina Cornish (55) joined the London office of Pinsent Masons in mid-January 2023 as a partner in its life sciences team. W

=> ↺ UPC sunrise period starts 9.00 CET on 1 March

Software Patents

=> ↺ $2,000 for VideoLabs data transmission patent prior art

• A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,266,682, owned by VideoLabs, Inc. The ‘682 patent generally relates to data from a transmitter that is extended to include authentication data on the application level by an application protocol. The authentication data is used by the receiver to determine whether the transmitter is known by the receiver. If the transmitter is known by the receiver, the data is accepted. If not, the data is rejected.

=> ↺ $2,000 for IpIcontent voice recognition patent prior art

• A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 11,416,668, owned by IpIcontent, LLC. The ‘668 patent generally relates to voice recognition with a limited dictionary.

Trademarks

=> ↺ TTAB Posts March 2023 Hearing Schedule

• The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled eight oral hearings for the month of March 2023. Five of the hearings will be held via video conference; three will be held “in-person” in Alexandria, VA. Briefs and other papers for each case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided.

• March 7, 2023 – 10 AM [Virtual]: Alaskan Brewing & Bottling Co. v. Northern Hospitality Group, Inc. dba 49th State Brewing Company, Opposition No. 91264066 [Section 2(d) opposition to registration of ALASKA TRAILS PALE ALE. ALASKA 8 STAR LAGER, and ALASKA EIGHT STAR LAGER for “beer, ale and lager” [ALASKA, PALE ALE, and LAGER disclaimed], in view of the registered marks ALASKAN, ALASKAN WINTER ALE, ALASKAN AMBER ALT STYLE, ALASKAN ICY BAY, ALASKAN SUMMER KOLSCH STYLE ALE, ALASKAN HARD SELTZER, ALASKAN DISTILLING CO., and the word-and-design mark shown below, for beer and ale [WINTER ALE, ICY BAY and SUMMER KOLSCH STYLE ALE disclaimed; all but the first registration including a distinctiveness limitation "as to 'ALASKAN'"].

Gemini* and Gopher

Personal

=> ↺ Temporary Prescence

• This is a rather odd thing to converse about while I wait for my beer, but it has been egging me on lately because a possible (key: possible) new person has entered my life. However, I know since its online, its very easy to lose contact and I fear this will happen again due to my usual inaction or something out of my control. I get saddened by this fact, but alas this is normal, especially in online spaces. You really like talking to someone, and it goes really really well! But then all of a sudden, they don’t speak to you again. Proof that just because someone has a really good conversation with you doesn’t mean they’ll be your friend, and that’s is fine.

=> ↺ Spruce Twigs and Needles

• I have been doing some research lately into plant life in Alaska, and was most recently reading up on White Spruce. So, I got the idea to clip the end of a branch from off a spruce tree here in my yard (in Fairbanks) and take some photos with the coin microscope. I believe the tree is common White Spruce, but it was twilight and I didn’t get too good of a look at it before clipping off the branch.

=> ↺ Long socks

• Long socks are uncomfortable. I have a pair of short socks, but I couldn’t find them anywhere.

• Long socks — it takes time to take it off, it takes time to put it on. I don’t like to wear long socks.

=> ↺ DEAD WHALE HIVE WHALE

• Wrote this for a text game I never published. You play as a mote of consciousness rediscovering her body as she undergoes surgery to become the pilot (human liaison) for a mech (sentient ecosystem).

Technical

=> ↺ tldr in gemtext 🖥️📚

• For command line help, man pages are thorough. The information you want is probably in there somewhere. But I’d prefer a few examples to get me started. The tldr project does exactly that. So I translated their pages to gemtext, and put up a list of them.

=> ↺ Revamped my Gemini mirror of The Anarchist Library

• A while back I had set up a Gemini frontend for a mirror of The Anarchist Library. It lacked a few key features such as the ability to enter search queries. I lost the motivation to work on it for quite a while after I was disappointed with how it had turned out.

• Over the last week or so I’ve spent about two dozen hours rebuilding the thing from the ground up to be more performant and feature-rich. It’s written in C# using .NET 7, with MariaDB as the backing data store. The capsule now supports search queries that are evaluated against document metadata (title, notes, etc.), authors, and topics.

• Part of the rebuild was implementing a parser for the AmuseWiki file format that The Anarchist Library stores its documents in. This way I no longer have to rely on pandoc, which is a behemoth in terms of resource usage. Rendering un-cached documents should be much quicker now, and won’t crash the service on larger files.

• Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. Share in other sites/networks: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Permalink  Send this to a friend

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