nerd7473 @nerd7473@librem.one

Google earns fresh competition scrutiny from two nations on a single day - India unhappy about treatment of some games, Canada upset by adware monopoly Google on Th... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/11/29/india_canada_google_competition_action/

Bootkitty: Analyzing the first UEFI bootkit for Linux

https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/bootkitty-analyzing-first-uefi-bootkit-linux/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/bootkitty-analyzing-first-uefi-bootkit-linux/

#linux #unix

Goodbye, Rust. I wish you success but I'm back to C++ (sorry, it is a rant)

https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1h15md8/goodbye_rust_i_wish_you_success_but_im_back_to_c/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1h15md8/goodbye_rust_i_wish_you_success_but_im_back_to_c/

#cpp #programming #rustlang

Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-28/social-media-age-ban-passes-parliament/104647138

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R94d2o1lHEg

#videogame #videogames #gaming #gamer #gamers #90s #1990s #pixel #pixels #pixelart #pixelarts #geek #nerd #geeks #nerds #fun #action #retro

UFO 50 Inspired LX System Looks Straight Out of a Video Game - They simply don’t make them like they used to, and in the case of this retro LX sy... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/28/ufo-50-inspired-lx-system-looks-straight-out-of-a-video-game/ #videogameconsole #3dprintedcase #3dprinted #minipc #games

We’re thankful for the millions of Privacy Badger users protecting themselves from pervasive online tracking while helping EFF advocate for online privacy for all. https://privacybadger.org

🐦🔗: https://nitter.oksocial.net/EFF/status/1862292896139157879#m

[2024/11/29 00:30]

We are grateful for our clients who are standing up for their privacy and fighting against the Sacramento public utility disclosing entire zip codes’ worth of private data to police without any legal authorization. https://www.eff.org/cases/asian-american-liberation-network-v-smud-et-al

🐦🔗: https://nitter.oksocial.net/EFF/status/1862300445169103201#m

[2024/11/29 01:00]

Canada Accuses Google of Creating Advertising Tech Monopoly - The case largely echoes an antitrust action in the United States and seeks to force Googl... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/world/canada/google-complaint-ad-monopoly.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #suitsandlitigation(civil) #computersandtheinternet #advertisingandmarketing #onlineadvertising #justicedepartment #googleinc #canada

T-Mobile US takes a victory lap after stopping cyberattacks: 'Other providers may be seeing different outcomes' - Funny what putting more effort and resources into IT security can do Attackers - possibly... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/tmobile_cyberattack_victory_lap/

Interested in an open source video generation AI model?

https://news.itsfoss.com/open-source-ai-video-lightricks/

Exciting! This is the first time I’ve gotten @BlueSCSI v2 WiFi working on a Mac Plus! (Incorrectly ordered BlueSCSI with my internal SCSI Plus mod)

Gone but not forgotten, have you used any of these Linux distros?

https://itsfoss.com/discontinued-linux-distros/

#linux

Found in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linux - Over the past decade, a new class of infections has threatened Wind... - https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/11/found-in-the-wild-the-worlds-first-unkillable-uefi-bootkit-for-linux/ #security #bootkit #malware #biz⁢ #uefi

Deleting your device’s advertising ID is like roaming a room full of strangers without wearing a name tag, EFF’s Thorin Klosowski told the https://nitter.oksocial.net/washingtonpost – someone can figure out who you are, but it takes more effort. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/11/26/annoying-tech-settings-turn-off/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.oksocial.net/EFF/status/1861479794141016390#m

[2024/11/26 18:39]

Today in C++ implicit cast footguns: 2 turns to 1 when passed to an std::function
Can you spot the mistake?
(class abbreviated and inlined to fit in the image)
#cpp #softwaredevelopment #cplusplus #programming

Bang & Olufsen’s new $499 earbuds have better ANC and replaceable batteries https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/24306567/bang-olufsen-beoplay-eleven-wireless-earbuds-replaceable-battery-sustainable #news

elementary OS 8 Released, This is What’s New

Big day for fans of indie distros as elementary OS 8.0 is now available to download. A major update, elementary OS 8 rides atop the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base, is powered by the Linux 6.8 kernel (with access to newer kernels via Ubuntu’s HWE), and sees a swathe of improvement made to both the Pantheon desktop environment and core apps. Of the release, elementary says it’s focused on several key areas, including the creation of a new secure session (which is not default), improving multitasking with a new dock, and “empowering our diverse community through inclusive design”. I run through a
#News #Distros #Elementary

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/elementary-os-8-released-this-is-whats-new

I can somewhat excuse #itchio for not resolving #fediverse handles with #WebFinger, effectively limiting their support to (not all) #Mastodon instances even if their reason to not do so is rather silly, but this coming out of #Valve's resourceful #Steam is just ridiculous.

US Says Google Is an Ad Tech Monopolist, in Closing Arguments - Lawyers for the United States on Monday said that Google had created a monopoly wi... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/25/200221/us-says-google-is-an-ad-tech-monopolist-in-closing-arguments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #usa