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GNU/Linux

=> ↺ XDA ☛ Linux vs Unix: How do they differ

While Linux is not Unix, I often find that people wonder what the differences between Linux and Unix are. I’m guilty of that too, as I was unsure of the relationship between the two up until a couple of years ago when I finally sat down and read into it. The short story is that Linux is derived from Unix and is a continuation of Unix design, but in itself is not Unix.

There’s a long and storied history between the two, and it’s extremely difficult to actually find a lot of information on the early days of both systems in context to each other, thanks to many sources being lost to the passage of time. We’ve done the best we can to dig up as much as possible, as nowadays, the differences are surprisingly slim.

=> ↺ Unicorn Media ☛ 4MLinux 43.0: One Step Beyond Being the Answer to Everything

There’s a new 4MLinux in town and it’s ready to download now. Being version 43.0, it’s gone one step beyond being the answer to life, the universe, and everything else, as any good hitchhiker should know — but that’s something for a discussion later in day. For the time being, we’ll stick with the basics.

Although 4M Linux is often referenced as “a lightweight Linux distro,” that doesn’t tell the whole story. In truth, it’s a lightweight Linux distro with a mission. You can use it for your everyday Linux distro for searching, surfing, email, and writing if you want — but that’s not really what it’s made for. It’s mainly a lightweight utility distro, ready to serve you if you need to fire up a server (let’s say to publish your blog), to use for system recovery (for like when your “real” distro fails you), or for a multimedia center (to hook up to a screen and speakers), and for gaming (which needs no explanation).

Server

=> ↺ July 2023 Web Server Survey [Ed: Microsoft's share in the server side continue to fall and Azure's market share or financial performance is basically a fraud, accounting lies]

In the July 2023 survey we received responses from 1,101,218,364 sites across 255,719,341 domains and 12,125,956 web-facing computers. This reflects a loss of 5.5 million sites, but a gain of 231,918 domains and 19,453 web-facing computers.

Google saw the largest gain of 1.6 million sites (+2.90%) this

[...]

Microsoft saw significant loss of 1.6 million sites (-4.66%), 117,600 domains (-1.63%), and 2,434 web-facing computers (-0.20%) this month. Microsoft now accounts for 2.99% of sites and 2.77% of domains seen by Netcraft, down by -0.13pp and -0.05pp respectively.

Audiocasts/Shows

=> ↺ Tux Digital ☛ Interview with Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical & Founder of Ubuntu

Mark Shuttleworth joins us on the Destination Linux podcast for an in-depth interview. Mark Shuttleworth is the Founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system.

=> ↺ Interview with Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical & Founder of Ubuntu

FULL SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/mark-shuttleworth-interview

=> ↺ Late Night Linux – Episode 240

We celebrate Slackware’s 30th birthday by trying it out and basking in its classic glory. Plus the BBC joins Mastodon, Google has dystopian plans for the web, the LXD drama rumbles on, and KDE takes a leaf out of GNOME’s book.

=> ↺ Going Linux ☛ Going Linux #443 · Listener Feedback

Kernel Space

=> ↺ Linux Kernel Overseer Suggests Disabling AMD’s fTPM to Address Issues

=> ↺ The Register UK ☛ Fed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s ‘stupid’ performance-killing fTPM RNG

Ongoing issues with Linux and AMD’s fTPM – the chip designer’s firmware-based TPM – appear to be wearing on kernel overseer Linus Torvalds’ nerves, who has suggested switching off the module’s random number generator altogether.

“Let’s just disable the stupid fTPM hwrnd thing,” Torvalds said on the open source kernel’s development mailing list. “Maybe use it for the boot-time ‘gather entropy from different sources,’ but clearly it should not be used at runtime.”

TPMs, whether they’re firmware or hardware based, are used to securely create and store cryptographic keys, certificates, and passwords. The modules also, among things, generate random numbers for software to use.

=> ↺ WCCF Tech ☛ Linux Creator Expresses “Frustration” Towards AMD’s fTPM Bugs, Calls To Disable Feature [Ed: Microsoft’s TPM garbage sabotaging Linux, just like UEFI ‘secure boot’; it’s being pushed by Microsoft incel and crackhead Matthew Garrett. Garrett openly badmouths the quality of Linux code. It’s a Microsoft mole/mule, not a Linux developer. A pathological liar. Torvalds is under a malicious attack from Microsoft, but he’d never openly admit it.]

AMD’s fTPM issues are well-known in the industry, often causing system crashes and freezing. Linux’s creator Linus Torvalds has expressed his disappointment towards the feature, labeling it a “plague” for the kernel.

=> ↺ Bootlin ☛ Bootlin collaborates with DENT to upstream ONIE NVMEM support in Linux

The DENT project is a project from the Linux Foundation which aims at utilizing the Linux Kernel, Switchdev, and other Linux based projects as the basis for building a new standardized network operating system without abstractions or overhead.

=> ↺ CNX Software ☛ Qualcomm Iris video decoder & encoder gets Linux V4L2 driver

Qualcomm engineer Vikash Garodia has just pushed a commit to add “Qualcomm Iris V4L2 encoder/decoder driver” to mainline Linux enabling support for H.264, H.265, and VP9 decoding, H.264 and H.265 encoding, as well as M2M and STREAMING capabilities. The Adreno GPUs found in Qualcomm SoC have been supported by the open-source Freedreno driver for several years, but this was not the case with the IP block taking care of hardware video encoding and decoding. The latest patchset addresses this issue for “Qualcomm’s new video acceleration hardware architecture”, meaning it might not work for older Qualcomm processors.

Applications

=> ↺ Linux.org ☛ Introduction to Zenity (Part 1)

=> ↺ Ubuntu Pit ☛ Looking for A Secure Way To Collaborate? Consider using the Self-hosted ONLYOFFICE DocSpace

The team behind ONLYOFFICE DocSpace has recently launched a self-hosted version of their open-source collaborative platform for real-time document co-editing and management. ONLYOFFICE DocSpace is designed around the idea of rooms, where each space has specific permissions. This allows for enhanced collaboration on documents with customers, business partners, contractors, and other external users.

=> ↺ Linux Links ☛ 8 Best Free and Open Source Command-Line HTTP Clients

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.

The Unix philosophy spawned a “software tools” movement which focused on developing concise, basic, clear, modular and extensible code that can be used for other projects.

This philosophy remains an important element for many Linux projects.

Good open source developers writing utilities seek to make sure the utility does its job as well as possible, and work well with other utilities. The goal is that users have a handful of tools, each of which seeks to excel at one thing. Some utilities work well independently.

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ TuMFatig ☛ Multiboot Microsoft Windows, OpenBSD and Slackware Linux

I got a refurbished Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 and I’m not really happy with how the fan is managed by OpenBSD. Plus, the ThinkPad A485 running Windows for $WORK has been freezing quite a few times recently. So I decided I could try using a single ThinkPad for both $WORK and $HOME using different Operating Systems. I recently loved Slackware Linux again and wished I could use it too on that machine.

=> ↺ Linux Commands Cheat Sheet Every Linux Geek Need to Know

In the world of Linux, having comprehensive Linux commands cheat sheet by your side can be a game-changer. Whether you’re a beginner just starting out, or an experienced system administrator, these commands form the backbone of your Linux experience. This article provides an extensive cheat sheet of Linux commands, compiled from three reputable sources.

=> ↺ Introducing OCIFS

Among all its services Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) provides the Object Storage service. This is an internet-scale, high-performance storage platform that offers reliable and cost-efficient data durability. The Object Storage service can store an unlimited amount of unstructured data of any content type, including analytic data and rich content, like images and videos.

Currently, Object Storage data can be accessed with: – The OCI console, an easy-to-use, browser-based interface. – The OCI command line interface (CLI). – Or programmatically with OCI SDKs or the OCI Rest API.

OCIFS provides an alternate way to access Object Storage data through a filesystem. With OCIFS, Object Storage data becomes accessible as regular files that you can read, write or modify with standard shell commands (ls, rm, cat …) or system calls (open(2), read(2), write(2) …)

=> ↺ ZDNet ☛ How to install Microsoft fonts on Linux for better collaboration [Ed: A better collaboration through fonts? Really?]

There are certain fonts you’ll find on Microsoft Windows that don’t ship with Linux by default. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to get them.

=> ↺ Beebom ☛ What Is Bash Function in Linux & How to Use It?

Suppose you are working on a complex bash script to automate a series of tasks on your Linux system. You notice that as it grows, there are certain parts of the script where the same code blocks are repeated multiple times. For this, you can wrap the repeating piece inside a block known as a ‘function’ and reuse it, making the overall code more streamlined and organized. In this article, we will discuss what is a function in bash and how to use it for automating Linux tasks.

=> ↺ ZDNet ☛ How to install free Google fonts on Linux (and why you should)

If you’re a font geek, you’ll find Google has plenty of free, open-source fonts to choose from. Here’s how easy it is to install them on Linux.

=> ↺ TechTarget ☛ How to configure SELinux for applications and services

Admins need to follow six steps to configure SELinux properly to run applications and services. This tutorial walks you through how to configure the security system.

=> ↺ ID Root ☛ How To Install DirectAdmin on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install DirectAdmin on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. DirectAdmin stands as a powerful web hosting control panel, empowering users to effortlessly manage websites and applications.

=> ↺ Mastering in Basics: Essential Git commands for Beginners

Introduction What is Git? Git is a widely used version control system that allows multiple people to work on a project without overwriting each other’s changes. It keeps track of every modification to the code in a special kind of database.

=> ↺ The battle of Version Control: Git vs. SVN vs. Mercurial

Introduction In the evolving world of software development, Version Control Systems (VCS) have become a necessity. They enable developers to keep track of changes, compare and revert to older versions of code, and work collaboratively without fear of overwriting each other’s work.

=> ↺ ID Root ☛ How To Install Apache Spark on Debian 12

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Apache Spark on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t know, Apache Spark has revolutionized big data processing, becoming the go-to solution for data engineers and analysts worldwide.

=> ↺ ID Root ☛ How To Install Deluge BitTorrent on Debian 12

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Deluge BitTorrent on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t know, Deluge, an open-source BitTorrent client, offers a powerful and versatile platform for downloading and managing torrents efficiently.

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ chmod Command in Linux with Examples

When working with files and directories in Linux, the chmod command is a vital tool in your arsenal. As an acronym for ‘Change Mode’, the chmod command is designed to help Linux users adjust file or directory permissions. This command, brimming with versatility, is crucial in secure and efficient file management.

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ grep Command in Linux with Examples

In the vast realm of Linux, an open-source operating system, the grep command holds a significant place. An acronym for ‘Global Regular Expression Print’, the grep command is a widely-used Linux tool that gives users the power to search through text or output based on specific patterns.

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ ls Command in Linux with Examples

Understanding and efficiently managing directory contents in Linux, an open-source operating system, relies heavily on a fundamental command: the ls command. Known as the ‘list’ command, it is a powerful tool in the Linux command-line utilities toolkit, and is central to navigating the Linux filesystem.

=> ↺ OSNote ☛ How to Install Webmin on Ubuntu 22.04

Webmin is a web-based system configuration tool for any Linux system that can be used to manage your server through web interface. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Webmin on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS server.

=> ↺ Own HowTo ☛ How to install XFCE on Debian 12 “Bookworm”

Whether you are new or experienced user, XFCE is the desktop environment that you will love using.

If you are worried that Gnome will be too buggy for your old computer, then you should give XFCE a try.

=> ↺ Trend Oceans ☛ How to Upgrade from Linux Mint Vanessa to Victoria 21.2 Victoria

Still running an older version of Linux Mint? If yes, then it’s a good time for you to upgrade to the latest version of Linux Mint Victoria and enjoy all the new features and improvements it has to offer.

=> ↺ FOSSLinux ☛ How to install VNC server on Linux Mint for remote access

Remote desktop control is a crucial functionality for many users, whether for managing a home server, accessing a work computer, or assisting a friend with troubleshooting. If you’re using Linux Mint, one of the best tools for this job is VNC (Virtual Network Computing) Server. VNC allows you to view and interact with a graphical desktop environment on another computer over a network connection.

=> ↺ LinuxTuto ☛ How to Install GlassFish on Debian 12

Glassfish is a free, open-source Java application server that simplifies the process of deploying Java applications to a scalable platform.

=> ↺ VCS face-off: Why Developers choose Git over others

Introduction Brief Overview of Version Control System (VCS) In software development, tracking and controlling changes to the source code is a critical process.

=> ↺ Choosing the right VCS: A deep dive into Git Mercurid, and Perforce

Introduction Version Control System (VCS) A Version Control System (VCS) is an essential tool for software development, enabling teams to track changes, resolve conflicts, and manage code history.

=> ↺ Git vs. SVN: A comprehensive Comparison of version Control System

Introduction Version control systems are a cornerstone of modern software development, facilitating team collaboration, tracking changes, and supporting rollback capabilities in case of errors.

=> ↺ Managing code Effectively: An Introduction to Version Control Systems

Understanding the Need for Version Control Systems The Challenges of Code Management Managing and organizing code effectively can be quite challenging, especially when working on large projects or collaborating with others. Some common issues include losing code due to overwritten files, difficulties in tracking changes, and problems while integrating code from different team members.

Games

=> ↺ Nobara Linux: A User-Friendly Gaming Distro Built on Arch Linux Framework

Nobara Linux is a game-changer in the Linux world, targeting both beginners and gamers with its impressive features. Built on the Arch Linux framework, which is known for its solid foundation, Nobara Linux aims to make this minimalistic distribution more accessible for less technically advanced users.

Unlike Arch Linux, which requires technical skills to use and maintain, Nobara Linux offers a user-friendly experience right out of the box. Its streamlined and straightforward interface makes installation and getting started a breeze. The distro focuses on gaming, coming pre-installed with packages like Steam, Lutris, and Wine Staging, catering to the needs of gamers.

=> ↺ ScummVM ☛ ScummVM 2.7.1: “Stan’s previously broken swords” sees the light

A little while has passed since the release of 2.7.0, and we are now excited to present you with the bugfix release 2.7.1.

We have included a significant amount of fixes and small improvements, in particular: [...]

Desktop Environments/WMs

K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt

=> ↺ Harald Sitter ☛ KDE Discuss Notifications and Mailing List

Every once in a while I hear developers having trouble staying up to date with KDE Discuss(ions). No great surprise when I then find out they aren’t tracking things (in other words: not subscribed to categories)!

Discourse, the software that powers KDE Discuss, has a number of handy notifications settings that we can use to have the software bring posts to us instead of having to go to the website every once in a while. We can use these options to tailor a good experience for ourselves.

Three setting types are relevant for the notification experience…

=> ↺ 9to5Linux ☛ KDE Plasma 5.27.7 Improves Support for Multi-Channel Audio Setups, Fixes Bugs

KDE Plasma 5.27.7 is here six weeks after KDE Plasma 5.27.6 to improve support for multi-channel audio setups by allowing users to adjust the volume of each channel in a proportional way when adjusting the global volume level, if your system is set up to have different volume levels for each channel.

This release also fixes a visual glitch for auto-hiding panels when using a dark color scheme when sliding in and out, and addresses a major performance issue in the Plasma Wayland session that affected Intel GPU users when animating widgets are enabled with the “Background Contrast” effect.

=> ↺ My work in KDE for July 2023

The month of July is already wrapped up, I can’t believe it! I went to Akademy this year, and it was really great! Between Akademy and the imminent gear release, I didn’t get much work done this month – but oh well.

I also closed the majority of my old MRs, which either aren’t needed anymore or not applicable. Whats left is features that are still on the backburner (like tablet dial support, Kirigami context menus, etc) that I want to finish.

GNOME Desktop/GTK

=> ↺ IT Wire ☛ It’s 2023, but GNOME is still trying to reinvent the wheel

Tobias Bernard, a designer who works with Purism, the company that sells the Librem 5 free software phone among other products, outlined in a blog post the way in which windows could be organised by the system, rather than have the user organised things they way she/he liked.

The post appeared on the American news aggregation site Slashdot a few days back, and the first few comments were not exactly complimentary.

“The reason window management is left to users is that we know where we want them,” wrote one commenter. “I don’t want ‘smart’ systems guessing where I want them and I don’t want them moving around.

=> ↺ DebugPoint ☛ Transform GNOME to Greyscale with this Extension

Looking to reduce screen time before bed? Introducing GNOME Bedtime Mode – an innovative extension that turns your GNOME workspace greyscale for a more relaxing experience. Are you often find it challenging to put your device down before bedtime?

=> ↺ Cassidy James Blaede: Stars & Thumbs

I’m on my way back from GUADEC in Rīga, Latvia and one recurring discussion (of many) was centered around how ratings and reviews are presented in GNOME software and other app stores.

I’ve been building open app ecosystems for over a decade now. Ratings (quantitative feedback) and reviews (qualitative feedback) of apps can serve useful purposes: a powerful signal for ranking, a way to provide feedback to a developer, a way to demonstrate “social proof” (like testimonials or positive social media posts on a website), and a heads-up to other users for positive or negative experiences. But the widely-used five-star and review system has its problems.

Since I’m sitting in an airport killing time while waiting to my flight back to Denver (where GUADEC 2024 is happening, if you haven’t heard!), let’s dig into this.

Distributions and Operating Systems

=> ↺ Slashdot ☛ The Most Prolific Packager For Alpine Linux Is Stepping Away

New Releases

=> ↺ Unicorn Media ☛ With Six Editions, Zorin 16.3 Has Something for Everybody

On Thursday, the Ireland-based Zorin Group announced the availability of its new Zorin OS 16.3 release across all of the Linux distribution’s six editions. Yes, you read correctly. I did write six editions, which is a lot.

If you’re wondering why there’re so many, it’s mainly because Zorin monetizes its Linux distro by selling licenses (much like Microsoft and Apple, just cheaper), so it markets a variety of free and paid versions. There’s a free and a paid “core” version with the Gnome desktop for folks installing on machines with modern specs, and a free and a paid “lite” version, with Xfce’s desktop, for installing on older hardware with limited resources.

SUSE/OpenSUSE

=> ↺ Computer Weekly ☛ SUSE takes aim at Red Hat in Linux, Kubernetes play

SUSE CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen outlines strategy to capture the Kubernetes opportunity and offer enterprises an alternative to RHEL following Red Hat’s decision to limit access to RHEL source code

Fedora Family / IBM

=> ↺ IBM, Red Hat and Free Software: An old maddog’s view

Several people have opined on the recent announcement of Red Hat to change their terms of sales for their software. Here are some thoughts from someone who has been around a long time and been in the midst of a lot of what occurred, and has been on many sides of the fence.

This is a fairly long article. It goes back a long way. People who know me will realize that I am going to tell a lot of details that will fit sooner or later. Have patience. Or you can jump close to the bottom and read the section “Tying it all together” without knowing all the reasoning.

=> ↺ LWN ☛ Hall: IBM, Red Hat and Free Software: An old maddog’s view [LWN.net]

Here is a long reminiscence from Jon “maddog” Hall leading up to some thoughts on Red Hat’s source-release policy changes.

=> ↺ PR Web ☛ CIQ Expands Leadership Team, Naming 5 New Vice Presidents

CIQ — the company building the next generation of software infrastructure for enterprises running data-intensive workloads atop the Rocky Linux enterprise Linux distribution — has expanded its leadership team, announcing today the addition of five seasoned veterans who bring not only deep experience and passion for the technology industry but also a wealth of expertise in their respective professional domains.

Debian Family

=> ↺ Linuxiac ☛ MX Linux 23 Released Based on Debian 12.1, Here’s What’s New

Step into the world of MX Linux 23, codenamed “Libretto,” offering modern Xfce, KDE, Fluxbox desktops, and an array of improvements.

Debian enjoys many derivatives, with Ubuntu being the most popular in the desktop niche. In the same field, however, aimed at more advanced users, MX Linux is one of the best things to happen to your desktop.

Rating by us as one of the best desktop-oriented distros, including Xfce as its flagship desktop environment, the (almost) systemd-free Linux distro MX Linux is a long-established name among open-source enthusiasts.

Today, after two betas, three RCs, refreshed identity, and over six months after the previous 21.3 release, MX Linux’s devs released the highly anticipated MX Linux 23 “Libretto.” So, let’s see what’s changed.

=> ↺ It’s FOSS ☛ MX Linux 23 is Now Available Based on Debian 12, Featuring a New Logo

MX Linux is a Debian-based distro that focuses on providing an elegant and efficient desktop experience. Not to forget, MX Linux is also a systemd-free distro.

The last major release was MX Linux 21, which was a long time ago.

Luckily, a new release has been introduced that promises quite a few improvements.

=> ↺ Paul Wise: FLOSS Activities July 2023

Canonical/Ubuntu Family

=> ↺ DebugPoint ☛ Ubuntu 23.10 May Exclude LibreOffice and Core Apps from ISO

Ubuntu 23.10, code-named “Mantic Minotaur”, is generating significant buzz among the Linux community as it is scheduled for release on October 12, 2023. A few discussions in the Ubuntu desktop Discourse forum suggest that certain applications, including LibreOffice, could be dropped from the ISO.

=> ↺ Ubuntu News ☛ Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 798

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 798 for the week of July 23 – 29, 2023. The full version of this issue is available here.

=> ↺ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 798

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 798 for the week of July 23 – 29, 2023. The full version of this issue is available here.

=> ↺ Ubuntu ☛ Enhancing the Ubuntu Experience on Azure: Introducing Ubuntu Pro Updates Awareness [Ed: “Canonical Works Closely with Microsoft”

Devices/Embedded

=> ↺ Liliputing ☛ Lilbits: Linux on (some) Amazon tablets, and is Lenovo making a Legion Go handheld gaming PC?

Amazon sells cheap tablets with decent screens and reasonably adequate specs because the company wants you to spend money on Amazon products and services.

[...]

But folks have been hacking Amazon tablets for as long as the company’s been offering them. These days if you buy a brand new Amazon tablet you can probably install the Google Play Store, maybe load an alternate home screen and launcher app, and make some other changes. But Amazon doesn’t make it easy to completely replace the operating system. If you have some older Amazon tablets though, it is possible to unlock the bootloader and load a custom Android ROM, or even a completely different operating system like postmarketOS.

=> ↺ CNX Software ☛ DASUNG to launch the world’s first color E-ink monitor

Just a couple of years ago, we would have laughed at the idea of getting an E-ink monitor, because most displays were still in black and white only, larger displays were prohibitively expensive, and nobody wants to wait for several seconds to get a full display refresh.

Open Hardware/Modding

=> ↺ Hackster ☛ Olimex Launches the ESP32-S3-DevKit-LiPo, a Compact Dev Board with MicroPython and Linux Powers

Bulgarian open hardware specialist Olimex has announced a low-cost development board built around the Espressif ESP32-S3 microcontroller — and offering the ability to run either MicroPython or a full Linux 6.3 environment, depending on your needs.

“ESP32-S3-DevKit-LiPo is small €12 [around $13.30] open source hardware board which is [able] to run Linux Kernel 6.x and MicroPython,” Olimex founder Tsvetan Usunov writes of his latest board design, which as the name implies is a follow-up to the ESP32-S2-DevKit-LiPo launched back in February 2021 — replacing the Espressif ESP32-S2 with an ESP32-S3 while adding a few new features besides.

=> ↺ Andrew Hutchings ☛ Amiga 3000: Major Upgrades

Now that my Amiga 3000 has been fully restored, I decided to make it the best Amiga I could. Here is the journey I took. Acceleration One of the first upgrades, I decided on, was to make my Amiga one of the fastest possible for the era.

Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

=> ↺ Android Authority ☛ You told us: You think the future of Android tablets is (mostly) bright

=> ↺ How to factory reset your Android device | Fox News

=> ↺ 9to5Google ☛ Galaxy Z Flip 5 can run any Android widget with this tweak

=> ↺ Hacker News ☛ European Bank Customers Targeted in SpyNote Android Trojan Campaign

=> ↺ Android Central ☛ Beats Studio Buds Plus review: An overture to Android users | Android Central

=> ↺ XDA ☛ Ayaneo’s Pocket Air is a compact retro gaming handheld running Android

=> ↺ Android Authority ☛ This Android phone for the visually impaired is surprisingly feature-packed

=> ↺ XDA ☛ Nothing Phone 2 kernel source and device tree are now available for download

=> ↺ CNX Software ☛ Geniatech XPI-3566-ZERO – A Rockchip RK3566 SBC that follows Raspberry Pi Zero form factor – CNX Software

=> ↺ Android Police ☛ You can now send entire folders with your Android device thanks to Nearby Share

=> ↺ 9to5Google ☛ Android rolling out new Ad privacy settings

=> ↺ Nokia Mob ☛ History of Android updates for Nokia phones | Nokiamob

=> ↺ Android Central ☛ Ayaneo’s Pocket AIR marks the company’s first Android gaming handheld | Android Central

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

Web Browsers/Web Servers

Mozilla

=> ↺ 9to5Linux ☛ Mozilla Firefox 117 Will Introduce a Built-In, Automatic Translation Feature for Sites

Acool new feature in Firefox 117 is the built-in (and automatic) translation of web content. This feature is implemented as a “Translate page” option in the application menu. When clicked, it will open a pop-up dialog to let you choose the languages you want to translate from and to.

Mozilla says that to protect the privacy of users, the new feature will translate web pages locally in Firefox. This means that the text being translated will never leave your computer, according to Mozilla. The new translation feature is currently in beta stage.

=> ↺ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Mozilla Firefox 115.1 and 116 Released With Two Microsoft Windows-Only Security Issues Plugged

Firefox 115.1 and 116 Released With Two Windows-Only Security Issues Fixed As usual, a Firefox release is out with serious security vulnerabilities inherited from Windows in addition to actual bugs in Firefox.

This is a common occurrence because Windows is badly designed and adds vulnerabilities to everything that runs on top of it.

CVE-2023-4052 creates a hazard using the NTFS version of symbolic links and a hole in Windows UAC (discretionary access controls).

CVE-2023-4054 is yet another Windows MetaFile-like bug that can be used to run malicious code without any warning.

=> ↺ Thunderbird ☛ Thunderbird for Android / K-9 Mail: June 2023 Progress Report

The roadmap item we’re currently working on is Improve Account Setup. Most of our time went into working on this. However, for June there’s no exciting news to share. We mostly worked on the internal plumbing; that is important to get right, but not necessarily great material for a blog post. Hopefully there will be new screenshots to share in July’s progress report.

Having an app with a large user base means we can’t spend all of our time working on new features. Fixing bugs is a large and important part of the job. Here’s a writeup of just three of the bugs we fixed in June.

A user reported that some of their folders appear to be empty in K-9 Mail. Using the provided debug log we were able to track this down to a message containing an invalid email address, specifically one whose local part (the text before the @ symbol) exceeds the limit of 64 characters.

The error was thrown by a newly added email address parser that is stricter than what we used before. At first it was a bit surprising that this would lead to messages in a folder not being shown. We deliberately kept this new implementation out of the code responsible for parsing emails after download and the code for displaying messages.

However, it turned out the new email address parser was used when getting the contact name belonging to an email address. This lookup is performed when loading the message list of a folder from the local database. When an error occurs during this step, an empty message list is shown to the user.

=> ↺ 9to5Linux ☛ Thunderbird 115.1 Improves Flatpak Support, Hides Quick Filter Bar by Default

Thunderbird 115.1 looks like a modest release that only includes a few changes. For example, it hides the Quick Filter bar by default and adjusts the heights of the Mail tab toolbar and Unified toolbar to be more consistent.

Did you know you can install Thunderbird as a Flatpak app from Flathub? Well, the new release is here to improve support for the Flatpak version of the popular email client by allowing you to also run it from a terminal window using the thunderbird command.

=> ↺ Linuxiac ☛ The Next Evolution of Thunderbird: Sync Feature on the Horizon

With the ever-increasing reliance on multiple devices for work and personal tasks, seamless data synchronization has become paramount. Thunderbird, known for its robust features and user-friendly interface, has acknowledged this growing demand and has taken a step towards addressing it.

To revolutionize the user experience and enhance productivity, the development team behind Thunderbird, the popular open-source email and communication app, has made an exciting announcement.

Content Management Systems (CMS)

=> ↺ WordPress ☛ People of WordPress: Ihtisham Zahoor

People of WordPress features Ihtisham Zahoor, an administrator turned web developer from Pakistan.

FSF

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Programming/Development

=> ↺ LWN ☛ GNU C Library 2.38 released

Version 2.38 of the GNU C Library has been released. This release consists mostly of relatively small changes, including improved support for working with binary integer constants, some new printf() formatting options, libmvec support for 64-bit Arm systems, the strlcpy() and strlcat() string functions, and more. See the release notes for the details.

=> ↺ LWN ☛ The GNU C Library version 2.38 is now available

=> ↺ GNU ☛ The GNU C Library version 2.38 is now available

Python

=> ↺ Louis-Philippe Véronneau: Weather Station Data Visualisations Using R and Python

A few weeks ago, my friend and neighbor Jérôme (aka lavamind) installed a weather station on his balcony and started collecting data from it.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ Building Microservices with Flask

Microservices architecture has revolutionized the software development landscape, providing a more flexible and scalable approach than the traditional monolithic architecture. In the realm of microservices, Python’s Flask has established itself as a popular and capable choice. This article will walk you through the process of building microservices with Flask for DevOps, including practical examples.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ Custom Host and Port Settings in Flask

Flask, a micro web framework written in Python, is beloved by many developers for its simplicity, flexibility, and fine-grained control. However, when it comes to deploying your Flask application, you might encounter the need to adjust its default host and port settings to meet specific deployment environments or application requirements.

Leftovers

Hardware

=> ↺ [Repeat] CNX Software ☛ Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-2 adds support for Fairphone 3, Volla Phone X23, F(x)tec Pro1 X smartphones

UBPorts has just released Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-2 based on Ubuntu 20.04 with three new phones supported namely the Fairphone 3, the Volla Phone X23, and F(x)tec Pro1 X with the latter being introduced in 2020 in a crowdfunding campaign claiming Ubuntu Touch support. Ubuntu Touch was initially an initiative by Canonical for desktop/mobile convergence, but when the company decided to refocus its efforts on cloud and IoT, the UBPorts community took over and eventually outed the first stable Ubuntu Touch release in June 2017.

=> ↺ Tom’s Hardware ☛ China is Now Home to 40% of All Arm Servers: Report

China uses more Arm-based servers than any other country, according to Bernstein.

Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

=> ↺ Chatbots sometimes make things up. Not everyone thinks AI’s hallucination problem is fixable | Wilders Security Forums

Linux Foundation

=> ↺ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA Form Alliance for OpenUSD to Drive Open Standards for 3D Content

Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, together with the Joint Development Foundation (JDF), an affiliate of the Linux Foundation, today announced the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) to promote the standardization, development, evolution, and growth of Pixar’s Universal Scene Description technology.

The alliance seeks to standardize the 3D ecosystem by advancing the capabilities of Open Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD). By promoting greater interoperability of 3D tools and data, the alliance will enable developers and content creators to describe, compose, and simulate large-scale 3D projects and build an ever-widening range of 3D-enabled products and services.

=> ↺ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Linux Foundation Training & Certification Teams with Republic of Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Digital Transformation

Linux Foundation Training and Certification has teamed up with the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Digital Transformation to provide eLearning courses and IT certification opportunities as part of the Ministry’s Developers’ Hub Initiative, branded as D’Hub.

[...]

“I believe that education changes lives and, as a fellow TT national, I’m confident that this initiative, along with the Foundation’s support, will have a direct, positive impact on the citizens of T&T,” said Clyde Seepersad, SVP and General Manager, Linux Foundation Training & Certification. “It is an honor for me and the Foundation to be able to assist the Ministry, the country and its citizens through open source tech education with these scholarships.”

At present, D’Hub enables, supports and hosts the collaborative efforts of local developers – individual developers, small development teams and micro-enterprises. Eventually, the services will be offered to secondary school students. At the moment, it is open to anyone aged 18 and older. Quarterly release plans are in place to continually expand the platform and increase accessibility for all nationals.

Security

=> ↺ LWN ☛ Security updates for Tuesday [LWN.net]

Security updates have been issued by Debian (tiff), Fedora (curl), Red Hat (bind, ghostscript, iperf3, java-1.8.0-ibm, nodejs, nodejs:18, openssh, postgresql:15, and samba), Scientific Linux (iperf3), Slackware (mozilla and seamonkey), SUSE (compat-openssl098, gnuplot, guava, openssl-1_0_0, pipewire, python-requests, qemu, samba, and xmltooling), and Ubuntu (librsvg, openjdk-8, openjdk-lts, openjdk-17, openssh, rabbitmq-server, and webkit2gtk).

=> ↺ Dark Reading ☛ Apple Users Open to Remote Control via Tricky macOS Malware

The Hidden Virtual Network Computing (hVNC) malware infests Macs and silently executes complete takeovers, with no user permission needed. It also sports persistence through reboots.

=> ↺ Linux Vulnerabilities: The Poison & The Antidote [Ed: Shameless marketing through Linux FUD]

Fall of August 1991: Linus Torvalds, a student at the University of Helsinki, creates an operating system as a hobby. The motive? Creating a free, open-source alternative to MINIX.

=> ↺ US military detects hidden Chinese malware on multiple systems that has an unusual intent

US officials have discovered what they suspect is Chinese malware that has infiltrated US military systems with the intent to ‘disrupt’.

=> ↺ IT Wire ☛ Cl0p’s MOVEit attack victims now slowly approaching 600

It found the average total cost of a breach this year was about US$4.45 million, an increase from the previous year when the estimated cost was US$4.35 million.

Looking at the increase from 2020, IBM said that the figure in that year was US$3.86 million, indicating a rise of about 15.3% over three years.

The IBM figures were based on data supplied by the Ponemon Institute; a total of 553 organisations affected by breaches between March 2022 and March this year were studied.

Callow added: “The US$16 billion figure is based only on breach reports that have stated the number of individuals impacted, and only 93 of the 550 known victims have filed such a report.

“Additionally, there are undoubtedly more victims than the 550 which are known. We’ll likely not know how many more victims are out there for weeks or even months.”

=> ↺ The Record ☛ Worm-like Botnet Malware Targeting Popular Redis Storage Tool

An unknown group of hackers is using a novel strain of malware to attack publicly accessible deployments of Redis ” a popular data storage tool used by major companies like Amazon, Hulu and Tinder.

=> ↺ Neowin ☛ Self-replicating worm malware infects exposed Redis data store used for live streaming

Sophisticated Rust-based malware infecting Redis data stores to self-replicate and inject payloads into servers. Researchers at Cado Security decompiled the activities to get identifiable indicators.

=> ↺ Silicon Angle ☛ Cado Security details sophisticated malware campaign targeting Redis

Researchers at cloud forensics and incident response platform startup Cado Security Ltd. today detailed a recently discovered malware campaign aimed at Redis data store deployments. Redis is an open-source in-memory data structure store used as a database, cache and message broker that supports various data structures such as strings, hashes, lists and sets.

=> ↺ Security Week ☛ CISA Analyzes Malware Used in Barracuda ESG Attacks

CISA has shared analysis reports on three malware families obtained from an organization hacked via a recent Barracuda ESG vulnerability.

=> ↺ Bruce Schneier ☛ Automatically Finding Prompt Injection Attacks

Researchers have just published a paper showing how to automate the discovery of prompt injection attacks. They look something like this:

That one works on the ChatGPT-3.5-Turbo model, and causes it to bypass its safety rules about not telling people how to build bombs.

Look at the prompt. It’s the stuff at the end that causes the LLM to break out of its constraints. The paper shows how those can be automatically generated. And we have no idea how to patch those vulnerabilities in general. (The GPT people can patch against the specific one in the example, but there are infinitely more where that came from.)…

=> ↺ IT World CA ☛ Cyber Security Today, July 31, 2023 – Warnings to Linux and web administrators, and more [Ed: Microsoft propaganda firm Gartner shifting focus from Azure/Microsoft breaches to “Linux”]

=> ↺ CyberRisk Alliance LLC ☛ VMware ESXi servers impacted by Abyss Locker for Linux ransomware attacks [Ed: VMware proprietary software issue, not a Linux issue, contrary to what Microsoft-connected sites insinuate]

BleepingComputer reports that VMware ESXi servers have been subjected to attacks involving a Linux version of the Abyss Locker ransomware, making the ransomware operation, which only emerged in March, to be the latest to target VMware ESXi with a Linux encryptor, following the Akira, Black Basta, LockBit, Royal, REvil, and Hive ransomware groups, among others.

=> ↺ Data Breaches ☛ Discovery at Home notifies patients after phishing incident

Discovery at Home provides senior home healthcare services to seniors in Florida and Texas. On July 31, they issued a website notice about a phishing incident they discovered on June 1. As they describe it, the scheme resulted in the transmittal of personal health information to an unauthorized third-party sender.

Elements of personal information that may have been compromised included: name, address, date of birth, medical information, including dates of service, certain treatment-related information, health insurance information, insurance beneficiary number, claim number, and policy number.

=> ↺ Bloomberg ☛ SolarWinds’ $26 Million Deal in Russian-Hack Suit Gets Final Nod

SolarWinds Corp. will pay $26 million to settle an investor suit alleging it failed to disclose security vulnerabilities before a massive cyberattack, under an agreement given final approval by a federal court.

=> ↺ PHI Database: Portal for Health Informatics – IIIT Delhi shared on Cyber Crime Forum

CloudSEK’s contextual AI digital risk platform XVigil has discovered a post on an English speaking cybercrime forum, sharing a database of PHI-IIIT Delhi for Forum credits. A total of 82 Databases were compromised and leaked data.

=> ↺ J D Supra LLC ☛ Coverage Challenges in Ransomware Claims: Cyber Insurance Policies and Trends in Denials

A consistent pattern emerges in data breach and cyber-attack cases when companies turn to their insurers for coverage after such incidents. Whether they possess specialized cyber insurance or not, insurers often decline claims, citing various reasons such as failure to provide timely notice, failure to mitigate costs, employee misconduct or criminal activity leading to the breach, or attributing the losses to a party not covered by the policy. This holds true for both General Casualty or Liability policies (GCL) and specialized cyber liability insurance policies, covering damage to electronic assets.

=> ↺ Suff NZ ☛ NZ privacy commissioner learnt about ‘serious’ breach from the media

The Privacy Commissioner is “frustrated” to have learnt about a “serious” privacy breach through the media, relating to the email addresses of 147 firearms owners being spilled.

In July, it was reported that the email addresses of licence holders were to sent to each other after a list of addresses was pasted in the carbon copy (cc) address field, rather than as in the blind carbon copy (bcc) field.

=> ↺ InfoSecurity Magazine ☛ NHS Staff Reprimanded For WhatsApp Data Sharing

An NHS trust has been reprimanded by the UK’s data protection regulator after it was discovered that staff had been sharing patient details on an unapproved app for two years.

Some 26 staff at NHS Lanarkshire accessed the WhatsApp group between April 2020 and April 2022, entering sensitive patient data including names, phone numbers, addresses, images, videos, screenshots and clinical information, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

=> ↺ Cyber attack on Montclair Township led to $450K settlement

The Township of Montclair’s insurer negotiated a settlement of $450,000 with the people behind a recent “cyber incident” in order to end the attack, a report says. […]

“To guard against future incidents, the township has installed the most sophisticated dual authentication system available to its own system and it is currently up and running,” Hartnett said.

=> ↺ Data Breaches ☛ The plaintiffs have standing to sue — court. No, they don’t — appeals court.

Here’s yet one more case to note about standing and how cases may get dismissed before they even really get started. This case involved Syracuse ASC, LLC. In 2021, they experienced a cyberattack and notified 24,891 patients. A copy of their notification was posted to the Vermont Attorney General’s website at the time.

In due course, a patient sued, seeking potential class-action status (Greco v. Syracuse ASC LLC).

As Jeffrey Haber of Freiberger Haber LLP reminds us, in order to have Article III standing to sue, a plaintiff must allege the existence of an injury-in-fact that ensures that s/he has some concrete interest prosecuting the action.

=> ↺ Canada ☛ B.C. health-care workers’ private information subject to data breach

Thousands of health-care workers’ personal information has been compromised in a data breach that’s targeted servers at the Health Employers Association of BC.

Hackers had access to the HEABC system from May 9 to June 10, and the breach wasn’t detected until July 13, according to the association.

Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

=> ↺ WhichUK ☛ The 5 most common scams of 2023 and how to avoid them

Learn about the tactics scammers use to trick victims out of their money

Privacy/Surveillance

=> ↺ UK spy agencies want to relax ’burdensome’ laws on AI data use | Wilders Security Forums

The UK intelligence agencies are lobbying the government to weaken surveillance laws they argue place a “burdensome” limit on their ability…

Environment

=> ↺ Chris ☛ Forecasting Antarctic Sea Ice

Energy/Transportation

=> ↺ Quartz ☛ Banks are seeking to dilute their accounting standards for carbon emissions

Major banks are close to working out the details of how they want to account for carbon emissions linked to their capital markets business. The decision they are reaching is to simply exclude part of the business from the calculation.

Wildlife/Nature

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Klamath River dam removal has begun. Next, comes restoring its banks.

The largest dam removal project in the history of the U.S., which includes four dams from the Klamath River, has begun along the California-Oregon border and will be finished in 2024. Restoring its natural flow and habitat, however, will take decades.

Finance

=> ↺ CVS Health cuts 5,000 corporate jobs amid push to ‘reprioritize’ healthcare investments

CVS Health is cutting approximately 5,000 jobs to save on costs amid its ongoing push into healthcare delivery.

The layoffs, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, will primarily affect corporate positions, and those affected will receive severance pay and benefits including outplacement services, the company confirmed to Fierce Healthcare. It does not expect customer-oriented roles in stores, pharmacies and clinics to be affected in the layoff plan.

“Our industry is evolving to adapt to new consumer health needs and expectations,” a company spokesperson told Fierce Healthcare in a statement. “As part of an enterprise initiative to reprioritize our investments around care delivery and technology, we must take difficult steps to reduce expenses. This unfortunately includes the need to eliminate a number of non-customer facing positions across the company.

=> ↺ Forbes ☛ 2023 Layoff Tracker: CVS Cuts 5,000 Jobs

Pharmacy giant CVS Health will cut roughly 5,000 jobs nationwide, the company announced this week, making it the latest U.S. company to conduct layoffs as recession fears push employers to make cuts (see Forbes’ layoff tracker from the first quarter here).

=> ↺ Accenture announces 890 job cuts in Ireland

The 1,290 job cuts planned this year represent nearly 20% of the company’s Irish workforce.

=> ↺ New Yorker ☛ How to Buy Forgiveness from Medical Debt

A church bought, and forgave, more than four million dollars in medical debt using small donations collected from the congregation. The staff writer Sheelah Kolhatkar explains how.

=> ↺ ‘Hey, Google’ Gets An AI Makeover – With Layoffs

Google’s virtual assistant reportedly will get a makeover by integrating artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into the platform similar to its Bard chatbot.

The updates will change the way Assistant works. For now, the company will support both old and new approaches, according to Axios, based on an internal email sent to employees Monday.

The idea is to fulfill a “huge opportunity to explore what a supercharged Assistant, powered by the latest [large language model] technology, would look like,” per the letter.

The update, which has already begun, began with the mobile app.

As part of the change, Google will reorganize the teams working on Assistant, which means a small number of layoffs and eliminating dozens of jobs out of the thousands who work on Assistant.

=> ↺ Dallas News ☛ Ericsson to lay off 750 North American workers, shut down field service operations

The Swedish telecommunications company with a North American headquarters in Plano cited costs and a downturn in market demands for the job cuts.

=> ↺ O’Reilly says Accenture lay-offs show “continuing volatility” in tech

Sinn Féin TD Louise O’Reilly says the layoffs at tech company Accenture demonstrate “continuing volatility” in the technology sector.

O’Reilly, who serves as the party spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade, Employment, and Workers’ Rights, says the news that Accenture is due to cut 890 jobs from its Irish workforce, having already cut 400 jobs earlier this year, is “another crushing blow for workers, their families and communities.”

“This announcement comes despite Accenture stating that their Irish business continues to ‘show strong performance,” she noted.

“This is yet another concerning blow for tech workers in Ireland, and a worrying sign of continuing volatility in the sector.”

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Read: Musk’s X accuses hate speech watchdog in lawsuit of “misleading narratives” about Twitter

X accused the Center for Countering Digital Hate in a lawsuit Monday of making “false” claims after the nonprofit found bigoted speech had surged since October’s Elon Musk-led takeover of the platform formerly known as Twitter.

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Scoop: Why Biden’s team soured on Dems’ election lawyer

President Biden‘s team recently split with the Democratic Party’s longtime lawyer, Marc Elias, because of disagreements with Elias’ legal strategies and strained personal relationships, according to several people familiar with the dispute.

Why it matters: The divorce has created a divide in the party’s legal apparatus going into the 2024 election — with Elias representing Democrats’ committees for House, Senate and state legislative races, while Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee mostly get legal help elsewhere.

=> ↺ Axios ☛ New Trump charges evoke years-long fear of witness flipping

Former President Trump’s new legal defense fund for aides and employees may double as both an act of benevolence and a potential insurance policy against a practice he has long loathed: flipping.

Why it matters: New federal charges against Trump — who once said cooperating with prosecutors in exchange for leniency “ought to be illegal” — rely in large part on the testimony of a Mar-a-Lago employee who allegedly was asked to delete surveillance footage subpoenaed by investigators.

Censorship/Free Speech

=> ↺ The Daily Beast ☛ Twitter AKA ‘X’ Sues Hate Speech Research Group Center for Countering Digital Hate

Lawyers for Elon Musk claim the group is deliberately attempting to make the social media giant look bad by using cherry-picked data.

=> ↺ Off Guardian ☛ Trans Rights and the Order of Speech: Part Two

Simon Elmer This is Part II of this essay, you can read Part I here. The Misogyny of ‘Trans’ Let’s begin with a question few have the courage to pose and fewer still dare to answer honestly. Why is it always male transvestites who demand access to women’s toilets…

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ Senegal restricts internet access to stop spread of ‘hateful messages’ after arrest of opposition leader

Senegal suspended mobile internet access on Monday after the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and a period of civil unrest. NetBlocks, an independent monitor of global internet freedom, mapped the restriction using data from Google. The data showed a sharp decrease in Senegalese internet traffic on Monday morning.

Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

=> ↺ Silcon Republic ☛ Western Europe dominates in global broadband speed test

Eight of the top 10 fastest countries for broadband were based in Western Europe, while Ireland came 44th out of 220 countries.

Digital Restrictions (DRM)

=> ↺ Silicon Angle ☛ Google’s Web Environment Integrity project raises a lot of concerns

Earlier last month, four engineers from Google LLC posted a new open-source project on GitHub and called it “Web Environment Integrity.” The WEI project ignited all sorts of criticism about privacy implications and concerns that Google wasn’t specifically addressing its real purpose. Remember the problems with web cookies? WEI takes this to a new level.

Monopolies

Patents

=> ↺ JUVE ☛ Nokia and Oppo face various outcomes at Paris and London courts [Ed: JUve, a lying propaganda rag that takes money to promote illegal agenda, on cases that go to national courts rather than the illegal kangaroo 'court' JUVE was paid to lie for]

Nokia commenced litigation against Oppo in 2021, after the two companies could not adequately renew the terms of a licensing agreement which expired that same year. Both companies have since launched offensive and defensive attacks against each other in Germany and across Europe.

=> ↺ Unified Patents ☛ $2,000 awarded for Dominion Harbor entity, Monument Peak Ventures, object detection patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal and Vibhor Dimri, who split a cash prize of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 7,035,461, owned by Monument Peak Ventures, an NPE and Dominion Harbor entity. The ‘461 relates generally to the field of digital image processing and, more particularly, to a method for detecting an object in a digital image.

=> ↺ Analysis of Comments Shows Strong Public Opposition to ANPRM, PREVAIL Proposals

Recent Patent Progress posts have focused on the harmful and overlapping policy proposals contained in the USPTO’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) and the PREVAIL Act. As it turns out, many others share our concerns. Last week, Unified Patents released an analysis of the more than 14,500 public comments…

=> ↺ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Federal Circuit’s Sleepy Obviousness Decision and Vanda’s En Banc Rehearing Petition

The Federal Circuit recently sided with the accused infringers Teva and Apotex, affirming the invalidation claims from four Vanda patents covering methods of using tasimelteon to treat circadian rhythm disorders. However, the patent owner has petitioned the court for en banc rehearing, arguing the panel improperly disregarded evidence of nonobviousness. Responsive briefing from the generics are due on August 1.

Copyrights

=> ↺ New Yorker ☛ Apple Again Fails to Save Classical Music

As classical listeners shift to streaming, Apple’s bespoke app falls short of its smaller-scale competitors.

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