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Android 4.3 was released eleven years ago today on July 24, 2013 bringing SELinux protections to the Android platform. Happy birthday SEAndroid!

#selinux #android

Chrome adds new warnings and cloud scanning for suspicious downloads - Image: Google

Google has updated the suspicious fi... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/24/24205249/google-chrome-download-malicious-file-cloud-malware-scanning

X replaced the water pistol emoji with a regular gun, for some reason - Image: The Verge

Years after Twitter replaced the ... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/23/24204742/x-water-pistol-emoji-changed-gun-twitter-unicode

Testing 2500W Large Induction Heater

⚡⚠️ safety warning ⚠️ ⚡

Details here ➡️ https://dky.bz/4dNkZ30

Let's talk about optocouplers! 🧑‍🎓🧑‍🏫

Learn more here: https://dky.bz/4c2uWIE

RPM packages can be installed on Ubuntu.

Learn how:

https://itsfoss.com/install-rpm-ubuntu/

Purr President!

The Pro Codes Act is a deceptive power grab that will help giant industry associations ration access to huge swaths of U.S. laws. Tell Congress not to fall for it. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-don-t-let-anyone-own-the-law

🐦🔗: https://nitter.oksocial.net/EFF/status/1815187252588511348#m

[2024/07/22 00:49]

Maker Blog - @arduino vs. @raspberry_pi: What’s the Difference?

Learn more here: https://dky.bz/3QDH9uG @bekathwia

#arduino #raspberrypi

New blog post: Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (Weeks 28 and 29 of 2024) https://linmob.net/weekly-update-28-29-2024/

Someone in my area saw this yard sign. I want one.

Purism wants to build an open source robot called MiMi (crowdfunding)

Purism is a company that sells laptops, mini PCs, and smartphones that ship with free and open source software and privacy-focused features including hardware kill switches for cameras, microphones, and wireless radios.
Now the company wants to branch out into new territory: robotics. Purism has launched a crowdfunding campaign with a goal of […]

https://liliputing.com/?p=170468

#crowdfunding #foss #mimi #purism

The Blette Stick is a USB-C dongle that you can plug into an Android phone to enable messaging and GPS coordinate sharing between devices up to 1.1km (0.68 miles) away without relying on a cellular network. https://buff.ly/46hvpoA

A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!

#156 Happy Hacking
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/07/twig-156/

#GNOME #TWIG

"What this means in plain English is that one of the largest financial institutions in the world is seeing what people who are paying attention are seeing with their eyes: Companies are acting like generative AI is going to change the world and are acting as such, while the reality is that this is a technology that is currently deeply unreliable and may not change much of anything at all."

(Original title: Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable)

https://www.404media.co/goldman-sachs-ai-is-overhyped-wildly-expensive-and-unreliable/

Court after court has recognized that no one can own the text of the law. But the Pro Codes Act is a deceptive power grab that will help giant industry associations ration access to huge swaths of U.S. laws. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-don-t-let-anyone-own-the-law

🐦🔗: https://nitter.oksocial.net/EFF/status/1814808003847332263#m

[2024/07/20 23:42]

CrowdStrike debacle provides road map of American vulnerabilities to adversaries

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New Additive Manufacturing Contenders: HIP and Centrifugal Printing - Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a field of ever-growing importance, with many start... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/new-additive-manufacturing-contenders-hip-and-centrifugal-printing/ #additivemanufacturing #3dprinterhacks #techhacks #sintering

Travelling by sleeper train beats travelling by plane. Hands down.

I’m travelling in a small hotel room with a view. It almost feels as soothing as sleeping in a boat. I got to the train by foot and I’ll arrive in the city centre.

Compare that to a cramped seat in a crowded plane and traffic jam before and after the trip.

Trains are the future of transportation.

Are people too flawed, ignorant, and tribal for open societies? https://www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/are-people-too-flawed-ignorant-and