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GNU/Linux

=> ↺ Quantum firms team up for hybrid computing under Linux …

Desktop/Laptop

=> ↺ ZDNet ☛ This official Ubuntu Spin might just be the perfect intro to Linux

Audiocasts/Shows

=> ↺ Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: Soaking Up the Cider

=> ↺ Tux Digital ☛ Destination Linux 323: Reviewing The Most Popular Linux Distro In The World

=> ↺ 323: Reviewing The Most Popular Linux Distro In The World

=> ↺ mintCast Podcast ☛ mintCast 412 – Coldpause

=> ↺ Luis Villa: Announcing the Upstream podcast [Ed: They are connected to rogue companies including Microsoft]

=> ↺ Luis Villa: Announcing the Upstream podcast [Ed: They are connected to rogue companies including Microsoft]

Kernel Space

=> ↺ LWN ☛ Linux 6.3.3

=> ↺ LWN ☛ Linux 6.2.16

=> ↺ LWN ☛ Linux 6.1.29

=> ↺ LWN ☛ Linux 5.15.112

=> ↺ LWN ☛ Linux 5.10.180

=> ↺ LWN ☛ Linux 5.4.243

=> ↺ LWN ☛ Linux 4.19.283

=> ↺ LWN ☛ Linux 4.14.315

=> ↺ 9to5Linux ☛ Linux Kernel 6.2 Reaches End of Life, Users Urged to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.3

Applications

=> ↺ Linux Links ☛ Excellent Linux Console Audio Grabbers

=> ↺ OMG! Linux ☛ Rhythmbox 3.4.7 Released – Party Mode Removed, Bugs Fixed

=> ↺ Net2 ☛ Best Project Management Software for Linux

=> ↺ Medevel ☛ 17 Top Open-source Free DICOM Viewers For Medical Professionals

=> ↺ PostgreSQL ☛ credcheck v1.2.0 released

=> ↺ PostgreSQL ☛ pg_track_settings 4.1.2 is out!

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ Setting up an SFTP Server on Ubuntu

=> ↺ RoseHosting ☛ VPS vs. VPN: Unraveling the Mystery Behind These Tech Buzzwords

=> ↺ ZDNet ☛ Linux security: What is sudo and why is it so important?

=> ↺ It’s FOSS ☛ Beginner’s Guide to System Updates in Linux Mint

Desktop Environments/WMs

K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt

=> ↺ Web Pro News ☛ Asahi Linux Chooses KDE Plasma, Citing ‘Configurability’

=> ↺ Plasma Sprint 2023 in Augsburg

=> ↺ KDE Official ☛ KDE & Google Summer of Code 2023

=> ↺ OMG! Linux ☛ KDE’s GSoC 2023 Projects Include New Digikam, Kalendar & Krita Features

=> ↺ Qt ☛ Qt as a Career – Mapping your own path into coding [Ed: But Qt is proprietary and only one company controls it]

GNOME Desktop/GTK

=> ↺ Sam Thursfield: Status update, 16/05/2023

Distributions and Operating Systems

=> ↺ Linux Links ☛ Distrobox – use Linux distributions in your terminal

=> ↺ The Register UK ☛ Alpine Linux 3.18 fixes DNS over TCP issue, now ready for all the internet’s problems

SUSE/OpenSUSE

=> ↺ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Innovation in uncertain times. Join SUSE at SAP Sapphire Barcelona Spain, May 24-25, 2023 [Ed: Even after the SAP salesperson left as CEO the company SUSE is beholden to proprietary software]

Fedora Family / IBM

=> ↺ Rocky Linux ☛ Rocky Linux 9.2 Available Now

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ AppArmor vs. SELinux: What’s The Difference?

=> ↺ Cockpit Project: Cockpit 292

=> ↺ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora Community Blog: Fedora at SCaLE 20x Community Linux Event

=> ↺ Packit Team: Packit’s pre-commit hooks

=> ↺ Red Hat ☛ The benefits of Fedora 38 long double transition in ppc64le

=> ↺ Barry Kauler ☛ EasySetup and Flapi fixes

Canonical/Ubuntu Family

=> ↺ It’s FOSS ☛ Ubuntu 23.10 To Bring Security Enhanced PPAs

Open Hardware/Modding

=> ↺ Arduino ☛ Ensure DC motor performance with anomaly detection based on energy monitoring

=> ↺ Arduino ☛ Stop snoring in its tracks with this helpful device

Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

=> ↺ HowTo Geek ☛ 10 Gboard Keyboard Features You Should Be Using on Android

=> ↺ Phone Arena ☛ One of the best Android phones — the Pixel 6 — is on sale with Amazon right now – PhoneArena

=> ↺ Android Authority ☛ What is Android System Intelligence? Is it safe to remove?

=> ↺ Express ☛ Samsung faces new Android competition from an iconic smartphone rival | Express.co.uk

=> ↺ Giz China ☛ Google ignored Android 14 for the first time in Google I/O

=> ↺ SamMobile ☛ Android 14′s Ultra HDR feature may be limited to select Samsung phones – SamMobile

=> ↺ Behind the Scenes: How Android Updates Reach Your Phone? | NextPit

=> ↺ Sportskeeda ☛ How free GTA 5 APK+OBB download links can jeopardize your Android mobile devices

=> ↺ Android Authority ☛ Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra renders leak: The best Android tablet of 2023?

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

SaaS/Back End/Databases

=> ↺ SQLite ☛ SQLite Release 3.42.0

Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra

=> ↺ LibreOffice 7.6 Alpha1 is available for testing

=> ↺ Month of LibreOffice, May 2023 – Half-way point!

FSF

=> ↺ FSF ☛ FSF News: The FSF board candidate discussions will start on May 29

GNU Projects

=> ↺ Mark J. Wielaard: Sourceware joins Software Freedom Conservancy

Programming/Development

=> ↺ Rlang ☛ “Climate spiral” – Plotting GISS Surface Temperature

=> ↺ The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: January 2023 [Ed: Microsoft-sponsored fake "analyst" (RedMonk) uses Microsoft data to only assess projects that choose to be imprisoned by Microsoft and by proprietary trap (GitHub). What sort of research is this????]

=> ↺ ArchLinux ☛ Git migration announcement

C / C++

=> ↺ Linux Hint ☛ Using the Std::Cout

=> ↺ Linux Hint ☛ Setw Field Width in C++

=> ↺ Linux Hint ☛ Sorted Linked List in C++

=> ↺ Linux Hint ☛ How to Make and Use Enum in C Language

Python

=> ↺ Peter ‘CzP’ Czanik ☛ Syslog-ng Python Packaging

=> ↺ Peter Czanik: Syslog-ng Python packaging

=> ↺ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn Grouped Bar Plot

=> ↺ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn Heatmap Size

=> ↺ Linux Hint ☛ Matplotlib Figure Title

=> ↺ Medevel ☛ 10+ Python Scrapping Libraries and Frameworks For Data Engineers and Data Scientists

Java

=> ↺ IT Jungle ☛ Java 17 Now GA for IBM i and WebSphere Gets Company

Leftovers

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Julia Child, Jane Austen, and sleuths of a certain age

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ On an Austrian Train, Hitler’s Voice Played Over the Loudspeakers

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ German Court Convicts Five Men for Green Vault Jewel Heist

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Cherelle Parker Wins Democratic Mayoral Primary in Philadelphia

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Chinese fishing vessel capsizes in Indian Ocean, 39 missing

=> ↺ New Yorker ☛ A Few Thoughts on Quentin Tarantino’s Plan to Retire

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Indy, Scorsese and an African revival: What to expect from Cannes 2023

Science

=> ↺ uni Michigan ☛ Researchers look at genetic maintenance of same-sex sexual behavior

Education

=> ↺ YLE ☛ Literacy skills declining among Finnish kids, global study finds

Hardware

=> ↺ CNX Software ☛ Gigadevice GD25LE128EXH is a tiny 3x3mm 128Mbit SPI NOR flash

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Japan PM Kishida to Meet Executives From Top Chip Firms -Sources

Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Oxford University Removes Sackler Name From Buildings

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ I’m a Couples Therapist. Something New Is Happening in Relationships.

=> ↺ WhichUK ☛ Warning: 6 products that could pose a serious safety risk to your baby or child

=> ↺ Axios ☛ North Carolina Republicans pass 12-week abortion law

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ A U.S. Experiment on Single-Payer Care Just Ended

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Brazil’s Bolsonaro Denies Tampering of His Vaccination Records

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Bird Flu Vaccine Authorized for Emergency Use in California Condors

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ High-Top Shoes Can Actually Increase Injury Risk, Experts Warn

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Japan’s Economy Rebounds on Healthy Consumption as COVID Restrictions Ease, Tourists Arrive

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ US appeals court allows religious discrimination complaint over government-mandated COVID-19 vaccines

Proprietary

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Ex-Audi Chief Pleads Guilty in Dieselgate Trial

Windows TCO

=> ↺ Scoop News Group ☛ Keeping a competitive edge in the cybersecurity ‘game’ [Ed: "This article was produced by Microsoft Federal, for CyberScoop." So a site that claims to be for security prints crap from a back doors proponent.]

=> ↺ Scoop News Group ☛ White House plan to implement cyber strategy includes ambitious digital education effort [Ed: But not deleting Microsoft and Windows?]

Security

=> ↺ WordPress ☛ WordPress 6.2.1 Maintenance & Security Release

=> ↺ Pen Test Partners ☛ It’s always DNS, here’s why…

=> ↺ XSAs released on 2023-05-16

=> ↺ OSI Blog ☛ Another issue with the Cyber Resilience Act: European standards bodies are inaccessible to Open Source projects

=> ↺ Silicon Angle ☛ We need more breach transparency, but a lot of obstacles are in the way

=> ↺ Freexian Collaborators: Monthly report about Debian Long Term Support, April 2023 (by Roberto C. Sánchez)

=> ↺ Security Week ☛ Teltonika Vulnerabilities Could Expose Thousands of Industrial Organizations to Remote Attacks

=> ↺ Security Week ☛ New Babuk-Based Ransomware Targeting Organizations in US, Korea

=> ↺ Security Week ☛ Lancefly APT Targeting Asian Government Organizations for Years

=> ↺ Improvements to PPA management in 23.10

Defence/Aggression

=> ↺ European Commission ☛ Commissioner Johansson’s speech at the High level meeting with the Western Balkan partners on Small Arms and Light Weapons control

=> ↺ The Strategist ☛ Reeling in illegal fishing is crucial to Australia’s maritime security

=> ↺ RFA ☛ Philippines: ‘Stronger security cooperation’ with Japan essential for regional peace

=> ↺ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Seven Things Not Mentioned in the Durham Report

=> ↺ Latvia ☛ U.S. to make million-dollar investment in Latvian border security

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Republican Leaders and Right-Wing Media React to the Durham Report

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Japan’s Kishida to push for a ‘world without nuclear weapons’ at G-7, but faces impossible task

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Rival Groups Firing in NW Pakistan: 16 Killed and 4 Injured

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ At Least 16 Killed In Tribal Clashes Over Coal Mine In Northwestern Pakistan

=> ↺ ADF ☛ Anglophone Separatists Step Up Attacks in Cameroon

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ At Hiroshima G7, Bomb Survivors Grapple With a Disarmament Dream Deferred

=> ↺ ADF ☛ ‘Wet With Blood’: Survivors Describe Burkina Faso Massacre

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ War in Sudan Unleashes New Wave of Violence in Darfur

=> ↺ ADF ☛ With Weapons and Gold Mining, Wagner Cashes In on Sudan Chaos

=> ↺ ADF ☛ Experts: Could Sudan’s Fate Resemble Divided Libya?

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Arab states see a path to progress through Syria. It could be bumpy.

=> ↺ Atlantic Council ☛ Syrian refugees fear normalization with Assad. Because it means they will have to return—and not by choice.

=> ↺ Atlantic Council ☛ The Arab League thinks readmitting Syria will push out Iran. They’re wrong.

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ UN: Africa’s Sahel Desperately Needs Help to Fight Violent Extremism and Stop Its Spread

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Several dead in Senegal clashes as opposition leader Sonko’s rape trial adjourned

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Global executions surge, with China, Iran leading the way, Amnesty says

=> ↺ France24 ☛ UN: Africa’s Sahel needs international support to fight extremism

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Belarus State Media Release a Photo of Lukashenko Amid Ill Health Rumors

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ She Killed the Man Raping Her. Now Mexican Woman Faces 6 Years in Prison

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Biden Team to Counter Tech Espionage Unveils Cases Involving China and Russia

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Putin Faces Military Setbacks and Disunity

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Durham report criticizes FBI role in Trump-Russia probe

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Russia’s top mercenary leader turns on Kremlin. What’s behind rift?

=> ↺ YLE ☛ Russian Embassy: Border guards cancelling Finns’ visas are ‘isolated cases’

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Durham Report Takeaways: A ‘Seriously Flawed’ Russia Investigation and Its Lasting Impact on the FBI

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Gessen Resigns From PEN America Board Over Canceled Panel With Russian Dissidents

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Moldovan Region Headed for Clash With Pro-European Government

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Georgian Airways To Resume Direct Flights To Russia From May 20

=> ↺ Scoop News Group ☛ Justice and Commerce Department ‘strike force’ target theft of quantum, autonomous technologies

=> ↺ RFA ☛ Hidden terror: Clearing unexploded bombs from Laos hits snag

Transparency/Investigative Reporting

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Officials Who Cast Doubt on Hunter Biden Laptop Face Questions

Environment

=> ↺ uni Stanford ☛ Q&A: Yi Cui discusses climate change, ‘Flagship Destinations’ and his new position as Director of the Sustainability Accelerator

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Manchin Clashes With Biden Administration Over Climate Law

=> ↺ Quartz ☛ In Photos: Africa holds huge potential in geothermal energy generation

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Five Killed After Cyclone Mocha Hits Myanmar

=> ↺ RFA ☛ Nearly 400 feared dead after Cyclone Mocha hit Myanmar’s Rakhine state

Energy/Transportation

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ On solar energy, a top-down push meets bottom-up doubts

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ As EV Sales Pick up Pace, Electric Commercial Fleets Lag

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Biden Vetoes Legislation That Would Reinstate Tariffs on Some Solar Panels

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Trudeau Says Canada Ready to Partner With South Korea on Critical Minerals, Security

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Musk Warns Tesla Shareholders to Expect “Challenging” Year

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Gas-rich NT ‘key player’ with new carbon capture hub

=> ↺ RFA ☛ Report: EV battery making riddled with rights violations, environmental threats

Wildlife/Nature

=> ↺ Federal News Network ☛ More than a dozen people, 3 dogs rescued from apartment fire in downtown Portland, Oregon

Overpopulation

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Indonesia to lose spot as 4th most populous country by 2045

=> ↺ Overpopulation ☛ Adversity for Biodiversity: A Reflection on My Experience at COP15

Finance

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Rural Australians told to look beyond big four banks

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Macron’s tax cuts attempt to woo the French middle class

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Argentina Hikes Benchmark Interest Rate to 97 Pct

=> ↺ Quartz ☛ The investor of Big Short fame is making a huge bet on Chinese tech stocks

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ How Biden Blew It on the Debt Ceiling

=> ↺ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic: Rent control works (16 May 2023)

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Democrats float scheme to protect McCarthy from debt ceiling revolt

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Biden agrees to direct debt ceiling talks with House GOP

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Banks leaving rural Oz despite billion-dollar future

=> ↺ MoneyControl ☛ Google, Meta, Amazon hiring low-paid H1B workers after US layoffs: report

=> ↺ ABP ☛ Google, Meta, Amazon, Other Tech Giants Hiring Low-Paid H1B Workers After Massive Layoffs: Report

=> ↺ NYPost ☛ Google, Meta, Amazon hire low-paid foreign workers after US layoffs: report

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Biden and McCarthy Show Optimism on Debt Ceiling but Remain Far Apart

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Asian shares tentative, US debt ceiling talks loom

=> ↺ Helsinki Times ☛ YLE: Finns’ purchasing power to start improving in 2024

=> ↺ Helsinki Times ☛ Nearly half of Finns consider taxation too high – Tax revolt brewing in the Finns Party

=> ↺ WhichUK ☛ Which? urges Rishi Sunak to act as some food prices double

=> ↺ Quartz ☛ Commodity prices have brought inflation to its lowest in months in India

=> ↺ Breach Media ☛ Canada has the tools it needs to make a wealth tax work

=> ↺ Mexico News Daily ☛ Peso hits 7-year high against US dollar

=> ↺ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China economic data for April falls short as low demand, youth unemployment see patchy post-pandemic recovery

=> ↺ Quartz ☛ A record one in five young people are unemployed in China

=> ↺ WhichUK ☛ ‘They were showing up at my mum’s house looking for me’

=> ↺ Vice Media Group ☛ Reddit Is Full of DoorDashers Begging Customers for Tips

=> ↺ Vice Media Group ☛ People Are Organizing to Fight the Private Equity Firms Who Own Their Homes

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Twitter makes first acquisition of Elon Musk era

=> ↺ LRT ☛ Why are Lithuanian IT companies expanding to Africa?

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

=> ↺ European Commission ☛ Statement by President von der Leyen at the joint press conference with Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir

=> ↺ European Commission ☛ Keynote speech by President von der Leyen at the opening session of the Council of Europe Summit ‘United around our Values’

=> ↺ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong student jailed for 5 years under national security law to take appeal to city’s top court

=> ↺ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ State-backed media take aim at Hong Kong housing and urban planning NGOs

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ Afghanistan dispatch: Taliban directives on aid leave humanitarian crisis largely unaddressed

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Daniel Cameron, Ally of Mitch McConnell, Wins GOP Primary for Kentucky Governor

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Cambodia Disqualifies Main Opposition Party Ahead of Election

=> ↺ Kılıçdaroğlu vows to fight till the end

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Kilicdaroglu faces ‘real uphill battle’ after Erdogan nearly clinched first-round win

=> ↺ Mexico News Daily ☛ Peru: AMLO’s statements about President Boluarte ‘irresponsible’

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Without Tucker Carlson, Far Right Loses a Foothold in the Mainstream

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Interested in Polyamory? Check Out These Cities.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Yemen Gov’t Reinstates +52,000 Dismissed Southern Employees

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Wife Of Bosnian Ex-President Loses Position After Academic Titles Annulled

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Belarus Bans Travel Abroad For Persons Facing ‘Political Charges,’ Top Officials, Police

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ DeSantis’s Candidate for Kentucky Governor Loses to Trump-Backed Rival

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ US President’s visit to Australia officially cancelled

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Australia Cancels Quad Meeting in Sydney After Biden Postponement

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Biden shortening overseas trip ahead of debt ceiling deadline

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ US officials ‘re-evaluating’ Biden Australia visit plan

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Biden Cancels Trips Due To Debt Impasse

=> ↺ Voting period first shortened, then restored in countries where Kılıçdaroğlu is ahead

Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

=> ↺ Press Gazette ☛ Mirror publisher pays ‘significant’ damages to Lady Colin Campbell over Epstein claim

Censorship/Free Speech

=> ↺ Press Gazette ☛ BBC and Evening Standard win right to identify man in ‘dirty money’ trial

Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

=> ↺ RTE ☛ RTÉ Announces New Editor of RTÉ Investigations Unit

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Guatemala’s elPeriodico Closes After Government Jails Publisher

=> ↺ Vice Media Group ☛ CNET Workers Unionize as ‘Automated Technology Threatens Our Jobs’

Civil Rights/Policing

=> ↺ YLE ☛ Helsinki police detain 3 climate protesters at UPM headquarters

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Big border surge didn’t happen. But calls persist for an overhaul.

=> ↺ RFA ☛ Rights groups welcome early prison releases of Vietnamese environmental activist

=> ↺ YLE ☛ Police suspect immigrant assistance association boss of financial offences

=> ↺ YLE ☛ Social services unions issue new strike warning

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Global Executions Highest in 5 Years, Amnesty International Says

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ It’s Time for Biden to Out-Trump Trump on Immigration

=> ↺ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Leading Chinese advocacy group Beijing LGBT Center closes down, citing ‘unpreventable circumstances’

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Same-sex Couples Will Be Able To Adopt Children In Taiwan

=> ↺ YLE ☛ THL: Child welfare reports up 5% last year

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Life, not death, as the standard of justice

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Black Jesus? How a church window is stirring discussions of race.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ North Carolina Legislature Reapproves Abortion Ban, Overriding Governor’s Veto

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ How the Comstock Act Law Is Key to the Abortion Fight

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Can Reparations Bring Black Residents Back to San Francisco?

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ The Brutal Past and Uncertain Future of Native Adoptions

=> ↺ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico protests Texas’ resumption of truck border inspections

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Three Iranian Protesters Facing Execution Have Amnesty Denied, Families Say

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Baku Detains Seven Men Allegedly Recruited By Iran To Sow Discord

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Iranian Protesters Who Received Amnesty Face New Cases, Activist Group Says

Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

=> ↺ Zimbabwe ☛ US$4 for a NetOne sim, symptoms of a looming sim shortage

=> ↺ APNIC ☛ Open Resolvers: Understanding security risks and best practices

Monopolies

=> ↺ Quartz ☛ The DOJ charged a former Apple engineer for stealing autonomous car technology and fleeing to China

=> ↺ Silicon Angle ☛ DOJ charges former Apple engineer with stealing self-driving car technology for China

=> ↺ IT Wire ☛ Australians urged not to depend on iPhone emergency SOS while out exploring [Ed: Apple became notorious for sending false alarms to emergency services, too]

Patents

=> ↺ Unified Patents ☛ $2,000 for Dialect communications patent prior art

=> ↺ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Munich and Paris will divide competencies London seat Unified Patent Court, no Milan (yet?) [Ed: This is illegal. This is a stain on the EU. They violate conventions, break laws etc. Is this what Europe has become? Making up kangaroo courts in violation of nations' constitution because EPO granted loads of fake patents?]

=> ↺ Provisional allocation of UPC central division cases to Paris and Munich [Ed: This is outright illegal. They now tacitly admit they do something illegal and try to find ways to justify it. EU is now openly controlled by the patent mafia, violating constitutions and conventions with impunity.]

=> ↺ Some problems filing UPC opt-outs [Ed: Distracting from the bigger problem. The UPC is illegal. They're doing something illegal. The EU has become an anarchy like EPO.]

=> ↺ UPC Code of Conduct for judges [Ed: This is more CoC nonsense, distracting from the fact those are patently illegal kangaroo courts and their very existence is a violation of any standard of ethics.]

Software Patents

=> ↺ Unified Patents ☛ Broadphone tracking patent challenged in reexam

Trademarks

=> ↺ TTAB Blog ☛ TTAB Denies Petition for Cancellation of LITTLE NOTES Registration: Petitioner Failed to Prove Rights in the Mark Via Acquired Distinctiveness

Copyrights

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Ed Sheeran Beats Second Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Thinking Out Loud’

=> ↺ Public Domain Review ☛ Peking Opera Characters (ca. 1900)

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