Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

We're closing the gap with Arm and x86, claims SiFive: New RISC-V CPU core for PCs, servers, mobile incoming - As it appears Intel's attempt to gobble the upstart collapses SiFive reckons its fastest ... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2021/10/21/sifive_riscv_cpu/

Today is the first Global Encryption Day!

🔒 Encryption makes life safer. Without it, our banking details, personal conversations, medical history, and everything in between is on display.

Now is the time to #MakeTheSwitch to encrypted services (like Tor!)

https://blog.torproject.org/first-global-encryption-day

People shouldn't have to unlock their phones for police. We’ve fought for that principle in courts across the country, and the fight continued this week in Utah. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/police-cant-demand-you-reveal-your-phone-passcode-and-then-tell-jury-you-refused

Edward Snowden: ‘If you weaken encryption, people will die’
https://web.archive.org/web/20211021142741/https://thenextweb.com/news/edward-snowden-warns-encryption-is-under-attack

Package Release: 10/21 snapd 2.53.1 snapd: a tool to support and manage .snap applications that are portable across different Linux systems https://snapcraft.io/

Gaming on a DIY Notebook with the Radxa Zero (ARM Board) using Box86 to run x86 games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEm2ZwKiSn0 #linux #linuxgaming #radxazero #soc #arm #box86 #shovelknight #dontstarve #diy

Package Release: 10/21 thunderbird 91.2.1 Mozilla Thunderbird: a full-featured e-mail and newsgroup client http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Hackers Lay Claim to Trump's Social App Before Its Launch - Hackers tied to the group Anonymous defaced a private version of the former president’s a... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/technology/trump-truth-social-hackers.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #anonymous(internetgroup) #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #cyberwarfareanddefense #computersecurity #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia

Software News: The Vim project has released version 8.2.3543 https://freshfoss.com/projects/vim/

Package Release: 10/22 calibre 5.30.0 Calibre: an e-book library management application http://calibre-ebook.com/

Microsoft loves Open-Source Sooo much, it removes hot reload from open source .NET and locks it to Visual Studio: https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/22247 #microsoft #FOSS #dotnet #parody #community

Stardew Valley developer announces new game Haunted Chocolatier - CNET - The spooky game announcement comes just in time for Halloween. - https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/stardew-valley-developer-announces-new-game-haunted-chocolatier/#ftag=CAD590a51e

In the wake of this (and last) year's supply chain disruptions, Intel intends to do something the company has historically shunned: become a foundry.
https://trib.al/wQxm4pk
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This is what happens to your body if you die in space - As space travel for recreational purposes is becoming a very real possibility, the... - https://thenextweb.com/news/dying-in-space-syndication #nextfeatured #space

Distribution Release: 10/16 Manjaro 21.1.6 http://distrowatch.com/manjaro

Before the new version, let’s revisit 1984’s Dune—the greatest movie ever made - Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel Dune gets a new film adaptation—this one ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1802795 #gaming&culture #davidlynch #features #dune

EXPOSED! The USPS - Taking 'DeJoy' out of Christmas
https://dt.gl/exposed-usps-louis-dejoy/

Very cool chart visualizing countries by share of earth's surface!

(Interestingly all of the world's countries combined cover not even a third of our planet).

(Credit: visualcapitalist via https://t.co/UsPKTWGyGA) https://twitter.com/universal_sci/status/1446668523019907073/photo/1
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Firefox Now Sends Your Address Bar Keystrokes to Mozilla, following their "suggest ads" features enabled by default. That's Windows 10 telemetry level of bullshit. https://www.howtogeek.com/760425/firefox-now-sends-your-address-bar-keystrokes-to-mozilla/ #linux #browser #firefox #spying #ads

Gitea, your self-hosted GitHub alternative, has a new release (1.15.4) with quite a few bugfixes: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.15.4 #linux #linuxgaming #release #update #gitea