Vladimir Putin offers India ‘uninterrupted’ fuel supplies
The offer is made at a summit in New Delhi, where new deals on energy, agriculture and labour have also been announced. ⌘ Read more

Cloudflare Says It Blocked 416 Billion AI Scraping Requests In 5 Months
Cloudflare says it blocked 416 billion AI scraping attempts in five months and warns that AI is reshaping the internet’s economic model – with Google’s combined crawler creating a monopoly-style dilemma where opting out of AI means disappearing from search altogether. Tom’s Hardware reports: “The business model of the internet has … ⌘ Read more

US judge orders unsealing of court records from abandoned Jeffrey Epstein case
A similar request was rejected earlier this year, but a law passed by Congress last month overrides it. ⌘ Read more

Mama Zuzana
Rádio Slovakia International (RSI) v utorok 2. 12. 2025 v relácii Slováci vo svete odvysielalo zaujímavý príspevok k storočnici narodenia kovačickej insitnej maliarky Zuzany Chalupovej. „Zuzana Chalupová bola priekopníčka a najvýznamnejšia ženská predstaviteľka kovačického insitného umenia, ktoré bolo v minulom roku zapísané na listinu UNESCO. Jej obrazy sa nachádzajú v mnohých múzeách, galériách ako aj v súkromných zbierkach po celom svete. Najčastejšie kreslila námety z každodenného kovačic … ⌘ Read more

No summer break for Australian athletes chasing Winter Olympic glory
At a time when many Aussies are heading off for beach holidays, a group of snow sports athletes are chasing winter with their sights set on the next Olympic Games. ⌘ Read more

Australia delights in a familiar tale of English woe at the Gabba
Australia took control of the second Ashes Test at the Gabba on a day that carried plenty of the hallmarks of failed English tours of yesteryear. ⌘ Read more

Hezbollah refuses to disarm while Israel continues bombing Lebanon
Lebanon’s government says it is trying to disarm militant group Hezbollah, but there are fears of sparking an internal conflict. ⌘ Read more

Sydney’s west could crack 40 degrees as heatwave rolls across Australia
The first heatwave of the summer will reach its peak across New South Wales today, with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius likely to span from Western Australia’s north-west all the way to Parramatta. ⌘ Read more

What is SPF, and how is sunscreen tested in the laboratory?
With sunscreen testing in the spotlight this year, how do laboratories test how effectively products protect our skin from the Sun’s rays? ⌘ Read more

Breaking: Socceroos to face host country US in Men’s World Cup
Australia’s Socceroos are set to face the US in the initial group stage of next year’s FIFA World Cup. ⌘ Read more

Reform revokes council leader’s party membership
It follows an investigation by the party into racist content on social media. ⌘ Read more

50/50 quiz: This week we’re testing your knowledge on Madonna, the Matrix and Pac-Man
Every question has only two options: one is right and the other is wrong. You have an even chance of guessing correctly each time. ⌘ Read more

‘No-one expected what we found’: Martian discovery got us closer to finding life
Scientists said at the time that the flow of water would have filled multiple swimming pools. ⌘ Read more

NVIDIA Improves Block Layer Peer-To-Peer DMA In Linux 6.19
The IO_uring and block subsystem changes have been merged for the Linux 6.19 merge window with a few improvements worth highlighting this cycle… ⌘ Read more

Netflix To Buy Warner Bros. In $72 Billion Cash, Stock Deal
Netflix is buying Warner Bros. Discovery in an $82.7 billion deal that gives it HBO, iconic franchises, and major studio infrastructure. “Warner Bros. shareholders will receive $27.75 a share in cash and stock in Netflix,” notes Bloomberg. “The total equity value of the deal is $72 billion, while the enterprise value of the deal is about $82.7 billio … ⌘ Read more

Jamie’s Italian to return six years after collapse
Jamie Oliver is relaunching his casual dining brand in the UK backed by the people behind Prezzo. ⌘ Read more

Porridge is on the menu but budget politics is about to get spicier
How does a treasurer tell households the government will no longer continue a $300 energy rebate when it’s happy to blow $100,000 on three flights? ⌘ Read more

‘World’s first drone war’: Russia-Ukraine war pits technology against manpower
When it comes to weaponry, Russia has strength in manpower despite Ukraine’s early technological edge while Europe’s arms production efforts are running into infrastructure hurdles. ⌘ Read more

**US hits out at EU’s ‘suffocating regulations’ after it fines Elon Musk’s X **
The European Commission says the social media site is opening its users up to scams and impersonations. ⌘ Read more

All you need to know about 2026 World Cup
England and Scotland have secured their place at the 2026 World Cup and this is all you need to know about next summer’s tournament. ⌘ Read more

Why One Man Is Fighting For Our Right To Control Our Garage Door Openers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: A few years ago, Paul Wieland, a 44-year-old information technology professional living in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, was wrapping up a home renovation when he ran into a hiccup. He wanted to be able to control his new garage door with his smartphone. But the o … ⌘ Read more

‘It’s worse than Covid,’ says principal as 170 pupils off sick in one day
Confirmed flu cases among adults and children across Northern Ireland have more than trebled in the last two weeks. ⌘ Read more

Mum’s eight-year justice battle to see rapist jailed
Allan Peyton is jailed for five years for raping a woman in her home in the West Mercia area. ⌘ Read more

Jolla Trying Again To Develop A New Sailfish OS Linux Smartphone
Finnish company Jolla started out 14 years ago where Nokia left off with MeeGo and developed Sailfish OS as a new Linux smartphone platform. Jolla released their first smartphone in 2013 after crowdfunding but ultimately the Sailfish OS focus the past number of years now has been offering their software stack for use on other smartphone devices. But now it seems they are trying again with a new crowd-funded smartphone… ⌘ Read more

Arsenal’s Mosquera could be out for at least six weeks
Arsenal fear Cristhian Mosquera will miss at least six weeks, with the defender set to undergo further tests to establish the full extent of his ankle injury. ⌘ Read more

‘It’s worse than Covid,’ says principal as 170 pupils off sick in one day
Confirmed flu cases among adults and children across Northern Ireland have more than trebled in the last two weeks. ⌘ Read more

Doctor charged with sex assaults of 38 patients
The charges against Nathaniel Spencer relate to his time working at two West Midlands hospitals. ⌘ Read more

Norris and Verstappen closely matched in practice
Championship leader McLaren’s Lando Norris sets the pace in Friday practice at the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. ⌘ Read more

Doctor charged with sexually assaulting 38 patients
The charges against Dr Nathaniel Spencer relate to his time working at two major hospitals in the West Midlands ⌘ Read more

QuickTime Turns 34
On Dec. 2, QuickTime turned 34, and despite its origins in Apple’s chaotic 1990s (1991 to be exact), “it’s still the backbone of video on our devices,” writes Macworld’s Jason Snell. That includes MP4 and Apple’s immersive video formats for Vision Pro. From the report: By the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, digital audio had been thoroughly integrated into Macs. (PCs needed add-on cards to do much more than issue beeps.) The next frontier was … ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net @bender@twtxt.net Reminds me of an apple, too. :-)

Doctor charged with sex assaults of 38 patients
Nathaniel Spencer of Birmingham is accused of sexually assaulting 38 patients, including a child. ⌘ Read more

Germany votes to bring back voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds
The shift in its approach to its military follows a push to create Europe’s strongest conventional army. ⌘ Read more

Make Your Active Foreground Window Obvious on MacOS Tahoe with Alan
One of the complaints about the new Liquid Glass interface on the Mac is that with such a reduction in contrast, it is increasingly challenging to quickly determine which of your app windows is active in the foreground. Developer Tyler Hall was annoyed enough by this with Tahoe that he created a simple app to … Read More ⌘ Read more

@shinyoukai@neko.laidback.moe yeah, that’s the only reason why I use sub-domains when trying anything federated (I believe Matrix has the same problem), in case things didn’t go as planned I can just migrate and take it down.

**US hits out at EU for fining Elon Musk’s X **
The European Commission says the social media site is opening its users up to scams and impersonations. ⌘ Read more

AMD EPYC 7773X “Milan-X” Performance & Power Nearly Four Years Later
Nearly four years have passed since AMD launched their EPYC Milan-X processors with 3D V-Cache. When recently rearranging some servers in the lab and realizing the four year anniversary was coming up in March, curiosity got the best of me in wondering where the Linux performance and energy efficiency on Milan-X is now with the latest Linux software stack compared to the numbers when Milan-X launched back in March 2022. ⌘ Read more

Doctor charged with sex assaults of 38 patients
Nathaniel Spencer of Birmingham is accused of sexually assaulting 38 patients, including a child. ⌘ Read more

Contractors With Hacking Records Accused of Wiping 96 Government Databases
Two Virginia brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, previously convicted of hacking the U.S. State Department, were rehired as federal contractors and are now charged with conspiring to steal sensitive data and destroy government databases after being fired. “Following the termination of their employment, the brothers allegedly sou … ⌘ Read more

Doctor charged with sex assaults of 38 patients
Nathaniel Spencer of Birmingham is accused of sexually assaulting 38 patients, including a child. ⌘ Read more

Government pledges to end children living in B&Bs
The strategy also includes making childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit. ⌘ Read more

Littlejohn given extended ban for violent conduct
Crystal Palace midfielder Ruesha Littlejohn has been given an extended five-match ban for violent conduct after grabbing an opponent by the neck and throwing her to the ground. ⌘ Read more

Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses for $72bn
The major Hollywood deal means Netflix will takeover ownership of franchises including Harry Potter and Game of Thrones. ⌘ Read more

How a ‘fertility gap’ is fuelling the rise of one-child families
‘For every three children wanted… only two are born,’ says one expert. So, what has led to this gap? ⌘ Read more

Intel Updates Cache Aware Scheduling For Linux With Better NUMA Balancing
Intel engineer Tim Chen has sent out a second version of the proposed Cache Aware Scheduling patches for the Linux kernel to enhance the CPU performance of modern processors sporting multiple cache domains… ⌘ Read more

Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses for $72bn
The major Hollywood deal means Netflix will takeover ownership of franchises including Harry Potter and Game of Thrones. ⌘ Read more

Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses for $72bn
The major Hollywood deal means Netflix will takeover ownership of franchises including Harry Potter and Game of Thrones. ⌘ Read more

Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses for $72bn
The major Hollywood deal means Netflix will takeover ownership of franchises including Harry Potter and Game of Thrones. ⌘ Read more

AV1 Open Video Codec Now Powers 30% of Netflix Streaming
Netflix says its open AV1 video codec now powers about 30% of all streaming on the platform and is rapidly becoming its primary delivery format thanks to major gains in compression, bandwidth efficiency, HDR support, and film-grain rendering. TVTechnology reports: The blog by Liwei Guo, Zhi Li, Sheldon Radford and Jeff Watts comes at a time when AV2 is on the hor … ⌘ Read more

Norris fastest as he makes good start in Abu Dhabi
Championship leader McLaren’s Lando Norris sets the pace in Friday practice at the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. ⌘ Read more