● 07.23.23

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● Links 23/07/2023: Debian 12.1 Coming

Posted in News Roundup at 7:45 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

GNU/Linux

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-07-16 [Older] Linux Weekly Roundup #244

Desktop/Laptop

=> ↺ Liliputing ☛ Juno Tab 2 Linux tablet packs a bigger screen, more storage (and the same Jasper Lake processor)

• Linux computer company Juno Computers launched its first tablet last year. Now the company is back with a new model that has a bigger display, 50% more storage, and a few other improvements, including a detachable keyboard that’s now included with the price.

• The new Juno Tab 2 is up for pre-order for $525 and up, and the new tablet has an 11 inch display, 12GB of RAM, and support for several different GNU/Linux distributions. But it has the same Intel Celeron N5100 quad-core “Jasper Lake” processor as the original Juno Tablet (which is no longer in stock).

Audiocasts/Shows

=> ↺ 2023-07-22 Playing Stardew Valley on Steam Deck with a CRT!

=> ↺ 2023-07-22 Absolute State Of Wayland In The BSD World

=> ↺ 2023-07-22 EU threatens FOSS, 10% Intel boost & repairable laptops: Linux & Open Source News

=> ↺ 2023-07-22 AlmaLinux OS 9.2 Quick Overview #shorts

=> ↺ 2023-07-21 [Older] The Steam Deck: A New Era for Blizzard Games. | Steam Deck News 94

=> ↺ 2023-07-21 [Older] This Steam Deck 2 feature is all but confirmed. | Steam Deck News 94

=> ↺ 2023-07-21 [Older] A Quick Look At The New Linux Mint 21.2 “Victoria”

=> ↺ 2023-07-21 [Older] How to install Linux Mint 21.2 “Victoria” Cinnamon

=> ↺ 2023-07-20 [Older] How to install Natron on Debian 12

=> ↺ 2023-07-20 [Older] Sometimes, I get tired of Linux

=> ↺ 2023-07-20 [Older] Hyprland 3 Months Later: Is Wayland Still Good?

=> ↺ 2023-07-20 [Older] Linux Mint 21.2 “Victoria” Cinnamon overview | Sleek, modern, innovative.

=> ↺ 2023-07-19 [Older] How to install Moshi Moshi Rewritten Desktop on Debian 12

=> ↺ 2023-07-19 [Older] Slackware Turns 30: Oldest Surviving Linux Distro!!

=> ↺ 2023-07-19 [Older] Creating Your Own Qt Applications…It’s Easy!

=> ↺ 2023-07-18 [Older] Upgrading to Linux Mint 21.2 “Victoria”

=> ↺ 2023-07-18 [Older] Ubuntu Cinnamon 23.04 overview #shorts

=> ↺ 2023-07-18 [Older] How to install OpenTTD on MX Linux 21.3

=> ↺ 2023-07-18 [Older] SUSE Spends $10 Million Hard Forking RHEL!!

=> ↺ 2023-07-18 [Older] Linux already has macOS Sonoma’s features, but did Apple do them better?

=> ↺ 2023-07-18 [Older] 12 Games you should Play on The Steam Deck

=> ↺ 2023-07-17 [Older] Distros…They Do Matter!

=> ↺ 2023-07-17 [Older] We’re in danger of losing 87% of games and it’s only getting worse.

=> ↺ 2023-07-17 [Older] How to install Shotcut video editor on MX Linux 21.3

=> ↺ 2023-07-17 [Older] How to install Solus 4.4

=> ↺ 2023-07-17 [Older] Your Mouse Works On The Linux TTY!?!?

=> ↺ 2023-07-16 [Older] Lemmy Suffers Massive Cross Site Scripting Attack

=> ↺ 2023-07-16 [Older] How to install WebStorm on MX Linux 21.3

=> ↺ 2023-07-15 [Older] Solus 4.4 Released! The Linux Distro Rises from the Dead with a Bang! (NEW)

=> ↺ 2023-07-15 [Older] Solus 4.4 Unleashed! The EPIC Comeback Story of the Popular Linux Distro (The LEGEND Returns!)

=> ↺ 2023-07-15 [Older] SUSE forks RHEL, Thunderbird Supernova, Linux passes 3%: Linux & Open Source News

=> ↺ 2023-07-15 [Older] Hey, DT! Linux Isn’t Difficult…It’s The Users That Are Difficult!

=> ↺ 2023-07-15 [Older] OpenKylin: China’s First “Independent” Linux Distro

Applications

=> ↺ Linux Links ☛ 16 Excellent Free and Open Source Console Linux File Managers

• A console application is computer software which can be used with a text-only computer interface, the command line interface, or a text-based interface included within a graphical user interface operating system, such as a terminal emulator (such as GNOME Terminal or the aforementioned Terminator). Whereas a graphical user interface application generally involves using the mouse and keyboard (or touch control), with a console application the primary (and often only) input method is the keyboard. Many console applications are command line tools, but there is a wealth of software that has a text-based user interface making use of ncurses, a library which allow programmers to write text-based user interfaces.

• Console based applications are light on system resources (very useful on low specified machines), can be faster and more efficient than their graphical counterparts, they do not stop working when X is restarted, and are perfect for scripting purposes. When designed well, console applications offer a surprisingly improvement in productivity. The applications are leaner, faster, easier to maintain, and remove the need to have installed a whole raft of libraries.

• The whole is greater than the sum of its parts is a very famous quote from Aristotle, a Greek philosopher and scientist. This quote is particularly pertinent to Linux. In my view, one of Linux’s biggest strengths is its synergy. The usefulness of Linux doesn’t derive only from the huge raft of open source (command line) utilities. Instead, it’s the synergy generated by using them together, sometimes in conjunction with larger applications.

=> ↺ Make Use Of ☛ QEMU vs. KVM: Which Should You Use for Virtualization

• When it comes to virtualization, you should be familiar with QEMU and KVM. These technologies are critical in the creation and management of virtual machines (VMs), allowing organizations and individuals to leverage the potential of virtualization for a number of applications.

• But how can you determine which one is best for you? Let’s look at the distinctions between QEMU and KVM, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of both virtualization technologies.

=> ↺ Linux Links ☛ 10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Screencasting Software

• Things have moved on since we last covered screencasting software. The purpose of this article is to identify high quality open source screencasting software that makes it a breeze to create screencasts. Thanks to this software, anyone can make their own videos.

• To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 10 slick Linux screencasting tools. All of these tools are released under a freely distributable license.

=> ↺ Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.0.10 is now generally available!

• Available today, maintenance release 7.0.10 includes initial support for Linux Kernel 6.4, delivers the July 2023 Critical Patch Update (CPU) to address security vulnerabilities and includes different bug fixes for Linux, Windows and macOS.

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ 2023-07-15 [Older] How To Install and Use PHP Composer on Ubuntu

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-07-20 [Older] How to install Natron on Debian 12

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-07-19 [Older] How to install Moshi Moshi Rewritten Desktop on Debian 12

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-07-18 [Older] How to install OpenTTD on MX Linux 21.3

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-07-17 [Older] How to install Shotcut video editor on MX Linux 21.3

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-07-16 [Older] How to install WebStorm on MX Linux 21.3

=> ↺ Make Use Of ☛ How to Use pstree to Display Running Linux Processes as a Tree

• If you use Linux, you’ve most likely used ps, top, or htop to view currently running processes on the system. While these programs are useful, they don’t show the relationship of processes to each other.

• pstree is a program that visualizes Linux processes as a tree. Here’s how you can install and use it on Linux.

=> ↺ Medium ☛ Enhance Your Linux Journey: Customize Directory Colors in RHEL 9 for a Personalized Experience

• Introduction: Linux customization offers endless opportunities to enhance our user experience, even through minor visual tweaks. One such customization involves changing the color of directory (DIR) entries. In this blog post, we’ll explore the art of transforming DIR colors using the powerful Vim editor in RHEL-9.2. Embark on a vibrant journey of exploration as we guide you through modifying the DIR_COLORS file, adding a splash of color to your Linux directory listings.

=> ↺ Make Use Of ☛ How to Fix the “No Root File System Is Defined” Error in Linux

• It’s never fun when things go wrong while installing a new operating system. The “no root file system is defined” error is one of the most frustrating issues you can encounter while installing a Linux distro.

=> ↺ Medium ☛ Linux Command Execution Time Monitoring ⏱️🚀

• Use the ‘time’ command in Linux to monitor and display the execution time of a command in real, user, and system time. Easily assess command performance and optimize your workflow

• To show the time of the command process in Linux, you can use the time command. Follow these step-by-step instructions:

• Step 1: Open the Terminal Open the Terminal on your Linux system. You can do this by searching for “Terminal” in the applications menu or using the keyboard shortcut (e.g., Ctrl+Alt+T).

Desktop Environments/WMs

K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt

=> ↺ Neowin ☛ Kdenlive 23.04.3

• Kdenlive is an acronym for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor. It works on GNU/Linux, Windows and BSD. Through the MLT framework, Kdenlive integrates many plugin effects for video and sound processing or creation. Furthermore Kdenlive brings a powerful titling tool, a DVD authoring (menus) solution, and can then be used as a complete studio for video creation.

• Kdenlive supports all of the formats supported by FFmpeg or libav (such as QuickTime, AVI, WMV, MPEG, and Flash Video, among others), and also supports 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios for both PAL, NTSC and various HD standards, including HDV and AVCHD. Video can also be exported to DV devices, or written to a DVD with chapters and a simple menu.

Distributions and Operating Systems

Reviews

=> ↺ FOSS Post ☛ PeppermintOS 12 Review: Debian But Better

• PeppermintOS is a distribution based on Debian, but comes with a better customized Xfce desktop by default and a few nice additions on top of it. It uses a better installer, and offers a few additional helpful scripts after installation to further tweak the OS according to the user’s needs. In that regard, it can be said that it is Debian, but with better defaults.

• Still, there are some bugs and issues in the distribution in some places. And the developed tools by the devs are not really “software”; they are just a bunch of scripts to do certain tasks needed by the user inside a terminal. This is a far cry from Linux Mint tools for example, such as their control center or software manager or the +20 other programs developed by their team.

• However, it serves its target userbase well. If you want to try Debian with a good-looking Xfce desktop, and don’t want to deal with problems like “Your_username is not in the sudoers file” or waste time adding additional software repositories, then PeppermintOS is for you.

Slackware Family

=> ↺ IT Wire ☛ Slackware turns 30, founder says his ‘crazy idea’ has borne fruit

• In a short note posted on Patreon last week, Volkerding said: “Once upon a time in the early days of Linux, after months of tinkering with a customised distribution and putting it online for beta testing, I got the crazy idea to call it stable and to post the announcement linked below starting Slackware on the path to where it is today.”

• Slackware is still used by a sizeable number who like doing things the old way. Other distributions, like Red Hat and Debian, have moved on, but Volkerding is still catering to his loyal band of users.

• On one occasion, Volkerding somewhat sarcastically responded to the marketing around version numbers — a tactic used mainly by Red Hat — and released version 7.0, after the previous version was 4.0.

Fedora Family / IBM

=> ↺ IT World CA ☛ Red Hat decision turns world of open-source Linux upside down

• The Linux political wars have been percolating for a month now, and depending on what side you belong to, the decision by Red Hat to restrict source code distribution for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is either a business decision that needed to happen or an act of betrayal.

• The operating system brouhaha began with a June 21 posting from Mike McGrath, vice president of core platforms at Red Hat, regarding CentOS Stream, an open source development stream.

=> ↺ insideHPC ☛ CIQ Launches New Rocky Linux Support Partner Program

• CIQ, which builds software infrastructure for enterprises running workloads atop the Rocky Linux enterprise Linux distribution, announced today the launch of its CIQ Partner Program. The company said the launch reinforces CIQ’s partner-first channel strategy as the company aims to deliver its suite of solutions and services to organizations worldwide that desire stability, seamless compatibility and cost-effectiveness for their IT infrastructure and high-performance computing needs.

Debian Family

=> ↺ 9to5Linux ☛ Debian 12.1 “Bookworm” Released with 89 Bug Fixes and 26 Security Updates

• Debian 12.1 arrives six weeks after the release of Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” to provide those who want to deploy the operating system on new hardware with up-to-date installation media where you won’t have to download hundreds of updates from the repositories after the installation.

• As such, Debian 12.1 includes all the security and software updates that have been released since June 10th, 2023, for the Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” operating system series. In numbers, the new ISO release includes a total of miscellaneous bug fixes for 89 packages and 26 security updates.

=> ↺ Debian: All signed, all pushed, all done

• So it’s there on Download on the Debian web site.

• Thanks to the folk who’ve done this point release testing. No new major bugs found: a couple of pre-existing ones may still be there.

• Thanks very much indeed to the new people who have been in IRC on debian-cd, downloading, testing, editing the wiki page.

• This release has gone very well indeed – I’ll see some of the same folk at the BBQ in late August but otherwise we’ll be back in September or so for the next point release for Bookworm (and probably a release for Bullseye as well).

=> ↺ Happily chunking through release tests

=> ↺ Releasing Debian testing for Debian Bookworm point release 12.1

Devices/Embedded

=> ↺ Linux Gizmos ☛ FriendlyELEC Rockchip-based SBC offers dual 2.5GbE ports

• The NanoPC-T6 is a single board computer based on the octa-core Rockchip RK3588 System-on-Chip. This SBC is equipped with interfaces including 2x HDMI output ports, 2x 2.5GbE for high-speed networking, 2x CSI connectors for camera integration and many other ports.

• Operating system support is extensive, including FriendlyWrt, Android 12 for tablet and TV, FriendlyCore Lite, Debian, and Ubuntu. Moreover, Armbian offers partial support for this board. For further information, refer to this GitHub repository.

=> ↺ Linux Gizmos ☛ Tungsten700 SMARC module powered by Octa-core MediaTek Genio 700 processor

• Boundary Devices launched this month an embedded platform developed in partnership with MediaTek. The device features an octa-core Arm Cortex CPU, an audio DSP, an Arm Mali-G57 GPU for 4k video codecs and 3.7 TOPS NPU for deep learning, computer vision, etc.

• For software development, Boundary Devices will provide support for FreeRTOS and for operating systems such as Android and Linux.

Open Hardware/Modding

=> ↺ Old VCR ☛ 2023-07-22 [Older] Apple’s Interactive Television Box: hacking the Set Top Box System 7.1 in ROM

Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

=> ↺ 2023-07-19 [Older] FLOSS Weekly 741: This Is the F-Droid You’re Looking For – Hans Christoph Steiner, F-Droid

=> ↺ Make Tech Easier ☛ 7 Ways to Recover Deleted Phone Numbers on Android – Make Tech Easier

=> ↺ GSM Arena ☛ You can now enable Samsung screen mirroring on Chromecast and Android TVs – GSMArena.com news

=> ↺ Digital Trends ☛ Xgimi MoGo 2 Pro review: a mighty, mini Android TV projector | Digital Trends

=> ↺ How to Connect Android Smartphone to Chromebook

=> ↺ Indian Express ☛ Sony’s Project Q handheld gaming console running on Android OS leaked | The Indian Express

=> ↺ The Verge ☛ The Sony Project Q PlayStation handheld is running Android in a leaked video – The Verge

=> ↺ 9to5Google ☛ Sony’s PlayStation handheld ‘Project Q’ runs Android

=> ↺ Phone Arena ☛ One tab is causing the YouTube app to crash on Android 14 Beta 4 – PhoneArena

=> ↺ Android Authority ☛ 5 Android apps you shouldn’t miss this week – Android Apps Weekly

=> ↺ Make Tech Easier ☛ Best Android Smartwatch You Should Consider – Make Tech Easier

=> ↺ SlashGear ☛ 10 Apps Every Android User Should Consider Uninstalling

=> ↺ Android Authority ☛ I love Android, but I prefer it more on tablets than phones

=> ↺ Android Police ☛ Google Photos is testing a surprising new redesign for Android

=> ↺ SlashGear ☛ How To Back Up All Your Text Messages On Android

=> ↺ Android Police ☛ How to print a document from your Android phone or tablet

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

Programming/Development

=> ↺ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-07-18 [Older] The 10 Best IDEs and Code Editors for Linux

• Developers often prefer Linux over other OSes due to the stability it offers. Here are some free-to-use code editors and IDEs you can use on Linux.

Perl / Raku

=> ↺ Perl ☛ 2023-07-18 [Older] Perl v5.36, Debian, and Ubuntu

=> ↺ Perl ☛ 2023-07-19 [Older] Perl Weekly Challenge 226: Zero Array

=> ↺ Perl ☛ 2023-07-19 [Older] Why we use Perl at our company

=> ↺ Perl ☛ 2023-07-18 [Older] Perl Weekly Challenge 226: Shuffle String

Leftovers

Science

=> ↺ The Conversation ☛ 2023-07-21 Horizon Europe: how the UK’s delay in rejoining EU funding scheme is damaging scientific research

=> ↺ The Conversation ☛ 2023-07-19 [Older] How classic psychology warped our view of human nature as cruel and selfish – but new research is more hopeful

=> ↺ The Conversation ☛ 2023-07-19 [Older] How having five friends boosts the adolescent brain – and educational performance

Hardware

=> ↺ Engadget ☛ 2023-07-21 [Older] Apple supplier TSMC delays Arizona chip production to 2025

=> ↺ 2023-07-20 [Older] Wayne Ma: Display Manufacturing Problems Might Lead to Shortages of iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max [Ed: Faking "shortages" again? Apple's sales are down sharply, but they need to con shareholders to keep investing in a money pit.]

Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-07-22 Mosquitos Are Moving to Higher Elevations—and So Is Malaria

Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

=> ↺ Game-News24 ☛ The technical director of World of Warcraft quits Blizzard after almost 23 years – Game News 24 [Ed: The Microsoft effect: first layoffs in Blizzard, now this]

• Blizzard has seen another pillar of the World of Warcraft team depart the studio. Technical Director Monte Krol announced his departure yesterday, after 22 years and nine months in operation on the MMORPG.

• It’s impossible to put down a tweet; I’m grateful for such an uncountable number of things, says Krol’s farewell. Thanks to the Blizz family. Stay great and drink great coffee. I have no Orc for me eternal.

Linux Foundation

=> ↺ Computer Weekly ☛ Cloud service providers, OEMs, chip firms form Ultra Ethernet Consortium

• Explaining the reasons for why it was setting up, the UEC, a Joint Development Foundation project hosted by The Linux Foundation, observed that artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads were rapidly evolving and require best-in-class functionality, performance, interoperability and total cost of ownership, without sacrificing developer and end-user friendliness.

=> ↺ TechTarget ☛ Sessions at FinOps X highlight FOCUS, sustainability

• Against this backdrop, The Linux Foundation’s FinOps.org hosted its FinOps X conference in San Diego in late June. Conference organizers made several announcements that aimed to guide FinOps discussions across organizations.

Security

=> ↺ Neowin ☛ Rust-based malware used to hack both Windows and Linux servers [Ed: Way to distract from the real culprit in this case]

• Microsoft’s David Weston, Vice President, Enterprise and OS Security, explained that a reason for adding Rust was to improve the security of the Windows 11 memory system as Rust is considered memory-safe and type-safe.

=> ↺ Security Boulevard ☛ New P2P Worm Puts Windows and Linux Redis Servers in its Sights [Ed: This was patches ages ago and has nothing to do with "Linux" ]

=> ↺ Data Breaches ☛ Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America notifying 2,630,717 after PBI alerts them to MOVEit breach

• As those trying to monitor and analyze the massive MOVEit breach are already aware, the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (“TIAA”) provided university faculty retirement benefits to a number of colleges and universities. The TIAA part of the breach was not a direct attack on the vendor’s systems. TIAA was notified by its vendor, Pension Benefit Information, that PBI had been affected by the breach.

=> ↺ Data Breaches ☛ Buckingham County Public Schools notifies 86 students after a business email account was compromised

• Buckingham County Public Schools in Virginia has sent notifications to parents of 86 students after a compromise of a district’s business email account.

=> ↺ Reuters ☛ Attorneys on alert for cybersecurity threats: New York’s new CLE training requirement

• July 1st was a cybersecurity milestone for every New York attorney who now needs to complete an hour of cybersecurity training before renewing their law license. New York Courts in their role supervising and licensing attorneys recognize the importance of cybersecurity, and the threat of cybercrime.

=> ↺ The Record ☛ ‘It feels like a digital hurricane’: Coastal Mississippi county recovering from ransomware attack

• A coastal Mississippi county is in the process of recovering from a wide-ranging ransomware attack that took down nearly all of the government’s in-office computers.

• Nestled right along the border with Alabama, George County is the quiet home to more than 25,000 people. But the local government was thrown into chaos this weekend when ransomware actors used a discrete phishing email to gain deep access to the county’s systems.

• George County communications director Ken Flanagan told Recorded Future News in an interview that the situation “felt like a digital hurricane” after IT officials discovered the attack early on Saturday morning.

=> ↺ The Register UK ☛ VirusTotal: We’re sorry someone fat-fingered and exposed 5,600 users

• VirusTotal today issued a mea culpa, saying a blunder earlier this week by one of its staff exposed information belonging to 5,600 customers, including the email addresses of US Cyber Command, FBI, and NSA employees.

• The unintentional leak was due to the layer-eight problem; human error. On June 29, an employee accidentally uploaded a .csv file of customer info to VirusTotal itself, said Emiliano Martinez, tech lead of the Google-owned malware analysis site.

=> ↺ J D Supra LLC ☛ 1st Circuit confirms standing for data breach victims

• On June 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit overruled a district court’s dismissal of a putative class action against a home delivery pharmacy service for allegedly failing to prevent a 2021 data breach that exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) of over 75,000 patients. The class action complaint alleged state law claims for negligence, breach of implied contract, unjust enrichment, invasion of privacy, and breach of fiduciary duty, and sought damages and injunctive relief. The putative class was comprised of U.S. residents whose PII was compromised in the data breach. The two named plaintiffs were former or current patients whose PII were compromised in the data breach, and one of the two named plaintiffs had her stolen PII used to file a fraudulent tax return. The district court dismissed the lawsuit for lack of Article III standing.

=> ↺ Hundreds of children’s medical documents found along Cape Coral streets

• “As a parent to two young children in a public school, I would be livid if I found out that their information had been scattered across the roadway for anybody to come across,” said Bethany Saavedra, a resident in Babcock Ranch.

• WINK News called a doctor listed on one of the documents. The doctor explained that the document was related to a physical he did for a student last year, required for school.

• He said that the parents of the child take the document to the school or health department.

• Saavedra described what she saw along the roads, “Thousands. Yeah. Over 1000. Easily. They were scattered for a quarter of a mile from the intersection back that way.”

=> ↺ Suff NZ ☛ Privacy breach involving dozens of vulnerable children

• An email containing the names of vulnerable children was mistakenly sent to other parents and guardians, prompting an apology from Te Whatu Ora Southern.

• Dozens of parents and guardians received the email on Tuesday from the Vera Haywood Centre, a child development team based at Dunedin Hospital.

• That email invited recipients to a paediatric seminar, but was intended as an internal email for staff only.

=> ↺ TechTarget ☛ Chainguard automates SBOMs, but has Images-based agenda

• Container images, that is. Chainguard Enforce now automates SBOMs, but execs and an early customer say they aren’t the ultimate answer to software supply chain security.

=> ↺ TechTarget ☛ The history and evolution of ransomware [Ed: It is almost exclusively a Windows problem, but the media shies away from those statistics]

• Ransomware has evolved from a malicious floppy disk demanding $189 in ransom to a multibillion-dollar industry with ransom for rent, sophisticated techniques and big-name victims.

Privacy/Surveillance

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-07-19 [Older] US Says Amazon Agrees to Penalty for Alexa’s Alleged Violations of Children’s Privacy Law

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-07-20 [Older] Amazon’s Palm Payment System Rolling Out to All Whole Foods Locations

=> ↺ BBC ☛ 2023-07-21 Apple slams UK surveillance-bill proposals [Ed: Apple works for the NSA. This is PR opportunism from the fruit company.]

=> ↺ 2023-07-19 [Older] Forms for Reporting Data Breaches Exist to be Used and for Those Affected to Get Notified

=> ↺ 2023-07-17 [Older] The Long History of Greater London Authority Data Protection Blunders

=> ↺ 2023-07-17 [Older] Greater London Authority Fails to Meet GDPR Rules

Environment

=> ↺ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-07-17 [Older] Catching Heat from Big Brother:Education and Climate in MAGAland

=> ↺ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-07-21 Wildfires Are Exposing Canada’s Willed Ignorance of the Realities of Climate Change

=> ↺ NL Times ☛ 2023-07-22 13 climate activists arrested in Rotterdam during protests against coal transshipment

=> ↺ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-07-21 As Earth Sizzles, Climate Denialists Rearrange Deck Chairs

=> ↺ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-07-21 [Older] Facing Climate Change As One World

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-07-21 [Older] Seattle Climate Activists Roost in Old Cedar Tree to Prevent It From Being Cut Down for New Housing

=> ↺ Vox ☛ 2023-07-21 [Older] The invisible consequences of heat on the body and mind

=> ↺ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-07-19 [Older] In climate fight, Europe pushes for homes to ditch boilers

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-07-20 [Older] Heat and Humidity Are Threatening Ancient Heritage Sites in China

=> ↺ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-07-19 [Older] Republicans Are Trying to Block Joe Biden From Declaring a Climate Emergency

=> ↺ Vox ☛ 2023-07-21 [Older] It’s even hot underwater

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-07-18 [Older] Plant a Trillion Trees and Pump That Gas, House Speaker Says

=> ↺ Vox ☛ 2023-07-19 [Older] Why ultra-green Germany turned its back on nuclear energy

=> ↺ Truthdig ☛ 2023-07-18 [Older] Climate Change Means Greener Oceans

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-07-19 [Older] WHO warns about ‘new reality’ of killer heat waves as scorching temperatures continue around the world

=> ↺ Vox ☛ 2023-07-17 [Older] Why Canada’s wildfires will affect air quality for weeks to come

=> ↺ Vox ☛ 2023-07-17 [Older] The “new abnormal”: The rise of extreme flooding, briefly explained

=> ↺ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-07-16 [Older] The Problem With Degrowth

=> ↺ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-07-16 [Older] Workers Are Organizing to Demand Protection Against Extreme Heat and Wildfire Smoke

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-07-16 [Older] B.C. farmers test cherries designed to withstand extremes of changing climate

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-07-15 [Older] Europe sizzles under stubborn heat wave that’s only going to get worse

=> ↺ Bridge Michigan ☛ 2023-07-14 [Older] Unlikely bond between luxury cruise line, Great Lakes climate scientists

=> ↺ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-07-14 [Older] Climate Poison Pills in Congress

Energy/Transportation

=> ↺ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-07-19 [Older] Tata battery plant step towards more sustainable transport, say Greens

Finance

=> ↺ 2023-07-19 [Older] Nordea takes over Danske Bank’s private customers in Norway

=> ↺ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-07-18 [Older] Inflation-matching pay rise for public sector “all gain and no pain” say Greens

=> ↺ The Age AU ☛ 2023-07-18 [Older] Big four consultants inquiry brings back ghosts of banking royal commission

=> ↺ The Age AU ☛ 2023-07-17 [Older] ‘What went wrong here?’: Big banks refuse coal king $1b debt refinance

=> ↺ 2023-07-17 [Older] Danish consumer group says banks make too much on high interest

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-07-16 [Older] German food banks in crisis

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

=> ↺ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-07-21 [Older] Greens only party to increase vote share in all three by-elections

=> ↺ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-07-19 [Older] Sian Berry selected as candidate to follow Caroline Lucas as next Green MP for Brighton Pavilion

=> ↺ Yahoo News ☛ Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to ‘all the birds’

• Elon Musk said on Sunday he was looking to change Twitter’s logo, tweeting: “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds”.

• In a post on the site at 12:06 a.m. ET (0406 GMT), the social media platform’s billionaire owner added: “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make (it) go live worldwide tomorrow.”

Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

=> ↺ Meta allowing misinfo & hate speech to proliferate on Threads

• Since its launch on July 5, Meta’s Threads has surpassed 100 million users, including far-right figures and extremists, and the platform quickly became rife with harmful content as Meta carved out exceptions to its community guidelines.

• As Media Matters previously reported, Meta launched Threads without the fact-checking program that aims to prevent the spread of misinformation on Facebook and Instagram and seemingly abandoned hate speech policies. The company even succumbed to complaints from right-wing users such as Ian Miles Cheong and Donald Trump Jr., dropping warning labels the platform initially placed on accounts with a history of spreading misinformation and restoring a post from anti-LGBTQ social media account Libs of TikTok that was previously removed as hate speech.

Censorship/Free Speech

=> ↺ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-07-16 [Older] Narendra Modi Is Using Brutal Repression to Silence the People of Kashmir

Civil Rights/Policing

=> ↺ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-07-21 [Older] Striking Hollywood Workers Are Demanding a Cut of Streaming Revenue. They Can Look to Michael Jordan for Precedent.

=> ↺ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-07-16 [Older] Amazon Teamsters Are Setting Up Pickets Nationwide to Demand a Contract

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-07-21 [Older] Amazon Is Asking Some Corporate Workers to Relocate as Part of Its Return-To-Office Policy

=> ↺ Engadget ☛ 2023-07-21 [Older] Amazon is reportedly making employees relocate for return-to-office

=> ↺ Reason ☛ Let Asylum-Seeking Migrants Work

• Taking this step would benefit both the migrants themselves and the American economy. It would also eliminate burdens on local governments.

=> ↺ LRT ☛ Skilled migrants start flocking to Eastern Europe

• Countries in Eastern Europe continue to oppose the European Union migrant quotas. But despite their anti-immigration rhetoric, skilled migration from non-EU countries is growing.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Texas’ Harsh New Border Tactics Are Injuring Migrants

• A “hold-the-line” operation has created tensions with federal agents who warn it could lead to more drownings. Officers ordered to carry out the measures are raising alarms.

=> ↺ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Excessive agency fees costing some Hong Kong migrant domestic workers over HK$19,000, union says

• Migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong who complained of being overcharged by agents faced an average fee of over HK$19,000, a union federation has found.

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ EU-Tunisia migration agreement makes EU ‘complicit’ in human rights abuses: Amnesty International

• Amnesty International condemned a recent migration agreement between the EU and Tunisia on Monday. Amnesty International claimed that the agreement makes the EU “complicit in the suffering that will inevitably result” in what represents a “dangerous expansion” of failed migration policies.

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ UK Illegal Migration Bill heads for royal assent after Lords passage

• The UK’s Illegal Migration Bill is set to become law as of Tuesday, with the House of Lords backing down on a series of amendments.  

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Polisario Blocks Agreements Between the EU and Morocco

• A representative of the Polisario Liberation Front said the illegal agreement on fishing and agriculture has led to the installation of Moroccan settlers in the territories of Western Sahara. This has forced the Saharawi population to abandon “their homes, their better lands, and their jobs, forced into unemployment, crime, or emigration.”

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ In a Bid to Curb Migrants, Europe Strikes a Deal With Tunisia

• After the deadliest shipwreck in years in the Mediterranean, E.U. officials will pay Tunisia to prevent migrants from setting to sea.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ EU and Tunisia Sign MoU on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

• “Today, we urgently need a collective agreement on the issue of inhumane immigration”

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Tunisia: 108 Illegal Immigrants Rescued off SE Coast

• “…during the rescue operation, a person threatened the agents with a meat cleaver…”

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Poland Doesn’t Want Migrants, but These Foreign Workers Are Welcome

• A tiny village is taking in 6,000 laborers from Asia. They are needed by a petroleum company controlled by the right-wing government, which has vowed to keep migrants out.

Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-07-20 [Older] Want Fewer Ads? You’ll Now Need to Pay More for YouTube Premium

=> ↺ CNET ☛ 2023-07-20 [Older] YouTube Premium Now Costs More for New and Existing Subscribers – CNET

=> ↺ Engadget ☛ 2023-07-20 [Older] YouTube Premium quietly goes up in price to $14 per month

Monopolies

=> ↺ Engadget ☛ 2023-07-18 [Older] Spain fines Amazon and Apple for alleged price-fixing

Patents

=> ↺ 2023-07-17 [Older] SNIPR Technologies Ltd. v. Rockefeller University (Fed. Cir. 2023)

=> ↺ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-07-16 [Older] U.S. judiciary endorses EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager’s solution-oriented approach to merger reviews while UK CMA keeps its own–but also constructive–profile [Ed: Microsoft Florian is still lobbying for Microsoft]

=> ↺ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-07-16 [Older] U.S. judiciary endorses EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager’s solution-oriented approach to merger reviews while UK CMA keeps its own–but also constructive–profile [Ed: Microsoft Florian is still lobbying for Microsoft]

=> ↺ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-07-17 [Older] EU policy makers should have listened to judges before standard-essential patent proposal that is ‘wholly bad idea’ for lack of ‘extraordinary care’ [Ed: Guess whose interests he's lobbying for now or follow the money]

=> ↺ 2023-07-19 [Older] Drugs May Cost Too Much, But Patents Are Not the Cause [Ed: This headline is a lie. Without the patents, this would not happen.]

=> ↺ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-07-20 [Older] Highway toll collection pioneer Axxès becomes third licensee of Avanci Aftermarket cellular standard-essential patent pool [Ed: Avanci is a malicious patent troll]

=> ↺ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-07-22 [Older] Mannheim mistake? OPPO fends off two Nokia lawsuits as French court invalidates patents-in-suit: injunction WRONGFULLY enforced in example of German courts disadvantaging Chinese defendants [Ed: So the EPO is trying to legitimise an illegal and unconstitutional kangaroo court instead, designed to be plaintiff-friendly and connected to the EPO mafia]

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-07-22 [Older] AutoStore and Ocado Reach Deal to Settle Patent Litigation Claims

=> ↺ IP Kat ☛ 2023-07-17 [Older] The risk of pre-grant description amendments (T 450/20)

=> ↺ Truthdig ☛ 2023-07-21 [Older] Government to Consider Alternatives to Patent Monopoly Financing of Drug Development

Trademarks

=> ↺ IP Kat ☛ 2023-07-17 [Older] General Court on unauthorised trade mark filing of an agent

=> ↺ IP Kat ☛ 2023-07-19 [Older] European Commission not bound by earlier assessment of national authorities when examining GI applications

=> ↺ IP Kat ☛ 2023-07-18 [Older] [Guest post] Whiskey and dog toys: SCOTUS decision on First Amendment protection for expressive works

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