Rent due: Struggling businesses rack up $52bn in missed payments https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/19/retail #News
Don't let @uspto make the problem of bad software patents even worse. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/tell-trumps-patent-office-director-dont-make-permanent-rule-changes-now
Arizona governor will ‘accept results’ of the presidential election only after lawsuits play out
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has said the election is not over until the lawsuits from Donald Trump’s campaign alleging voter fraud in multiple states have their time in court. Read Full Article at RT.com
https://www.rt.com/usa/507234-doug-ducey-arizona-results-trump/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Good news for Canada! Canada proposes new privacy bill that allows Canadians to force companies to destroy all data they’ve collected about them. Sounds a bit like the GDPR has traveled across the Atlantic. 😀👇
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/privacy-bill-bains-fines-1.5804779
Shaking Down the Raspberry Pi 400
https://www.pluralsight.com/blog/software-development/raspberry-pi-400
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YouTube no longer an acceptable platform for course lecture or academic talk content: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25149206
Unless, of course, you and your university are comfortable with your students or other audience members being subject to advertisements that interrupt the lectures and are beyond your control both in their placement and content.
Distrowatch News: Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2020.4 Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The project's latest release, Kali Linux 2020.4, makes zsh the default command line shell, introduces new users to resources at login, and adjusts the bash shell to appear more like zsh. "In our previous.... http://distrowatch.com/11087
Distribution Release: 11/18 Kali Linux 2020.4 http://distrowatch.com/kali
Save the date: as part of our Defective by Design campaign, this year's International Day Against #DRM (IDAD) will be on Dec. 4, and will focus on streaming services' unjust use of DRM: https://u.fsf.org/36d
Almost 60 percent of business closures are now permanent, new Yelp data shows
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/almost-60-percent-business-closures-are-now-permanent-new-yelp-n1240209
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To people with money:
Don't forget to give donations to your favorite projects. Not talking about myself here, I already have a job. But some projets you use everyday would improve faster if they had enough to pay full time devs.
From small apps/softwares/libraries to bigger projects like GNOME, KDE, elementary OS, perhaps even firefox (not sure on this one) etc.
If you have some money, it's better to spend it here than paying an amazon prime account for example
Openstreetmap is having a moment – the billion dollar dataset next door
https://joemorrison.medium.com/openstreetmap-is-having-a-moment-dcc7eef1bb01
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If you're looking for a #GooglePhotos alternative, Nextcloud Photos plus Nextcloud Maps (see where your pics are taken) and the Facerecognition app are a good step in the direction of privacy! ⤵️
https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/maps
https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/facerecognition
Funkwhale is looking for new maintainers https://blog.funkwhale.audio/~/Announcements/funkwhale-is-looking-for-new-maintainers/
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NYC schools to close ‘indefinitely’ as city’s weekly Covid-19 positive rate reaches 3%
New York City’s public-school system is to close its doors “indefinitely,” officials announced, after the city’s seven-day coronavirus positive rate hit three percent. They won’t necessarily open their doors when it dips, either. Read Full Article at RT.com
https://www.rt.com/usa/507132-nyc-schools-covid-closure-indefinitely/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the world’s democracies
https://news.umich.edu/extremely-aggressive-internet-censorship-spreads-in-the-worlds-democracies/
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T1 Modem Variant Works In Librem 5
https://puri.sm/posts/t1-modem-variant-works-in-librem-5/
"We didn't want to announce anything until we had modems and could test them in the Librem 5 to ensure they work but I’m happy to announce we just completed that testing and it works!"
Apple plans to slash some App Store commissions amid controversy https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/11/18/apple-to-slash-its-app-store-commissions-in-half-in-2021 #News
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