Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

The Senate could vote on the dangerous EARN IT bill as soon as next week. We need you to contact your Senators now. https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-act-to-save-our-privacy

6 Reasons Meta Is in Trouble - The company formerly known as Facebook has hit major turbulence as it suffered its bigges... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/technology/facebook-meta-challenges.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #data-mininganddatabasemarketing #virtualreality(computers) #computersandtheinternet #metaverse(internet) #mobileapplications #onlineadvertising #instantmessaging #metaplatformsinc #zuckerbergmarke #companyreports #instagraminc #socialmedia #facebookinc

SHOP SAFE would be a disaster for anyone looking for an alternative to Amazon for buying and selling online. Tell your senators to keep SHOP SAFE out of the trade bill. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/shop-safe-will-stomp-out-online-sales-used-and-homemade-goods

Today we talk about what an ISO file is when we are installing Linux.
https://youtu.be/Xs91jLbT10w

Amazon Prime's annual fee is getting a price hike to $139 - CNET - The annual cost for Amazon Prime has been bumped up to $139, the first price hike for the... - https://www.cnet.com/tech/amazon-prime-annual-fee-price-hike-to-139-dollars/#ftag=CAD590a51e

US House Speaker advises athletes not to speak out at Olympics to avoid retaliation by Beijing https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3165755/us-house-speaker-advises-athletes-not-speak-out-olympics-avoid?utm_source=rss_feed

EXPOSED! Big Pharma pulling the strings, closing the screens
https://dt.gl/exposed-big-pharma-pulling-the-strings/

Google highlights repairable Chromebooks for education as it battles cheap Windows laptops - Image: Google

Google announced today via its Googl... - https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/3/22916352/google-chromebook-repair-program-for-education-vs-windows

Mozilla is shuttering its Firefox Reality VR browser - CNET - Mozilla's mixed reality web browser is being reborn under an open-source organization's c... - https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/mozilla-is-shuttering-its-firefox-reality-vr-browser/#ftag=CAD590a51e

GStreamer 1.20 Open-Source Multimedia Framework Is Out, This Is What’s New https://9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-20-open-source-multimedia-framework-is-out-this-is-whats-new

Amazon raises US price for Prime as profits jump https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60252907?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival. ~ Audre Lorde

Chip shortage: Buyers sign multiyear, no-take-back deals to secure supplies, says NXP - Contracts fit automakers and other manufacturers with 'very sticky products, very long li... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/02/04/nxp_chip_deals/

Facebook owner Meta sees biggest ever stock market loss - The company's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg saw his personal fortune fall by $31bn. - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60255088?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Facebook owner Meta sees biggest ever stock market loss https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60255088?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Slackware 15.0 Released: http://www.slackware.com/releasenotes/15.0.php #linux #foss #release #update #slackware #distro

Wolvic, a new browser project picking up where Firefox Reality leaves off: https://www.igalia.com/2022/02/03/Introducing-Wolvic.html #linux #firefox #reality #wolvic #browser #foss #igalia #release

RT CodeWeavers: Introducing the EliteMini UM 700 PC with Manjaro Linux. With SteamDeck like specs, this mini-PC is poised to play your favorite Steam games via Proton in a compact form. In full disclosure, the EliteMini UM 700 also includes a license of CrossOver Linux.
https://www.codeweavers.com/blog/jramey/2022/02/03/the-distant-thunder-the-pending-upheaval-and-the-technology-revolution

Many Web sites require proprietary JavaScript, and users often do not even realize it. Nonfree JavaScript subjugates users in the same way as any piece of proprietary software. Learn how to reject it. https://u.fsf.org/freejs

Have questions about content moderation and platform censorship? We've revamped https://www.onlinecensorship.org/ to include detailed resources so you can learn more about the policies and practices of platforms: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/01/new-tracking-global-online-censorship-site-explains-content-moderation-practices