‘I’m not going to represent our country there’ — Trump to skip G20 summit, dashing hopes of brokering meeting between Zelensky, Putin ⌘ Read more
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Manufacturer Bricks Smart Vacuum After Engineer Blocks It From Collecting Data
A curious engineer discovered that his iLife A11 smart vacuum was remotely “killed” after he blocked it from sending data to the manufacturer’s servers. By reverse-engineering it with custom hardware and Python scripts, he managed to revive the device to run fully offline. Tom’s Hardware reports: An engineer got cu … ⌘ Read more
When I have to debug a colleague’s code from 2019 ⌘ Read more
Israel begins immediate mass demobilization of reservist forces across all fronts ⌘ Read more
Who needs a laptop when you’ve got Ted ⌘ Read more
Australia’s $4 billion illicit tobacco trade fuels a violent criminal market
Authorities stress the $4 billion figure is conservative, as it does not include illegal vapes and e-cigarettes. ⌘ Read more
Lessons from Ireland inform US debates on school choice
Across the U.S., some parents have been calling for changes in the education system, including greater transparency around curriculum decisions—a topic that has received national media attention. ⌘ Read more
The Telegraph: How a secret dossier blew open anti-Israel bias at the BBC [video]
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Why do they choose a place that their sleep is interrupted the most. Aren’t cats prefer sleeping at a quite corner? ⌘ Read more
FreeDesktop.org Adopts The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Adding to the array of software projects and specifications under the FreeDesktop.org umbrella, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard “FHS” has been adopted by these desktop-focused open-source developers… ⌘ Read more
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Apple Adjusts Trade-In Values for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and More
Apple today updated its trade-in values for select iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch models. Trade-ins can be completed on Apple’s website, or at an Apple Store.
The charts below provide an overview of Apple’s current and previous trade-in values in the U.S., according to its website. Maximum values for most devices … ⌘ Read more
Linux 6.18 Lands Electronic Privacy Screen Hotkey Handling For Some Dell Laptops
Merged yesterday to the mainline Linux 6.18 development kernel were the latest round of x86 platform driver fixes. Mostly some small fixes but standing out is electronic privacy screen hotkey support for some Dell laptops… ⌘ Read more
When I get an “URGENT” ticket with no description ⌘ Read more
NVIDIA Preparing For Hopper & Blackwell GPU Support With Open-Source Nova Driver
NVIDIA engineers continue working a lot on the open-source and upstream Nova driver for the Linux kernel. This modern, Rust-written open-source NVIDIA driver is still taking shape as an alternative to NVIDIA’s official downstream open-source driver and the aging and reverse-engineered Nouveau driver. Out on the horizon for Nova is Hopper and Blackwell GPU support… ⌘ Read more
Democrats set historic records on election night. Here are six of the firsts they accomplished
Kira Lerner , - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: Last night was very good news for the preservation of democracy in the United States. That’s getting a lot of media coverage, and that is also good news. But there were a number of important nuances to the Democratic victories that aren’t getting enough coverage. Happily, the British newsp … ⌘ Read more
Third-Largest Russian Power Plant, Kostroma GRES, Damaged in Overnight Drone Attack ⌘ Read more
The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. We Discovered Real Emissions Are Far Worse.
Lisa Song, Environment and Climate Reporter - ProPublica
_Stephan: ”king” Trump, his unethical vassals, and his Republican Congressional servants, are not only doing everything they can to keep America trapped in carbon energy to serve the billionaires who rent the Republican Party, they are also either ending accurate … ⌘ Read more
Aussies to get 3 hours of free energy a day
Ria Pandey, Staff Writer - Yahoo! News
Stephan: While “king” Trump, the Congressional Republicans, and the Trump oligarchs are trying to keep the United States in the prison of carbon energy, other countries are quickly making the transition into an era of renewable, non-polluting energy. This is what is happening in Australia.
_Au … ⌘ Read moreLong-term use of melatonin supplements linked to higher risk of heart failure and death
American Heart Association, - News: Medical and Life Sciences
Stephan: I have used Melatonin as a sleep aid for some time, but stopped when I read this. If you have heart issues and are using melatonin, I would suggest you stop.
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China Delays Shenzhou-20 Crew Return After Suspected Space Debris Impact
China has delayed the return of its Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft after it was suspected to have been struck by space debris while docked at the Tiangong space station. “The Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft is suspected of being struck by a small piece of space debris, and impact analysis and risk assessment are underway,” the Chi … ⌘ Read more
Grafting trick could let us gene-edit a huge variety of plants
Many plants including cocoa, coffee and avocado cannot be gene-edited but a technique involving grafting could change that, opening the door to more productive and nutritious varieties ⌘ Read more
German nurse gets life in jail after killing 10 to reduce work ⌘ Read more
Love knows no bounds ⌘ Read more
Skeleton with brutal injuries identified as duke assassinated in 1272
The identity of a skeleton buried under a Budapest convent has been confirmed as Béla of Macsó, a Hungarian royal murdered in a 13th-century power struggle, and archaeologists have pieced together how the attack unfolded ⌘ Read more
10 Weird Distractions from the Great Depression
The Great Depression was one of the darkest chapters in American history. Millions of people lost jobs, homes, and savings; breadlines and shuttered factories became part of daily life. Yet even in that bleak decade, the human spirit refused to break. Families found creative, inexpensive ways to laugh, play, and connect. From homemade haunted houses […]
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When production goes down and everyone turns to our only DevOps ⌘ Read more
From Swift to Mojo and High-Performance AI Engineering with Chris Lattner[video]
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SpaceX, ULA line up double launch night that would tie Space Coast record
While SpaceX has managed the lion’s share of launches this year, it’s set to be a team effort with United Launch Alliance as the two companies have lined up a pair of launches that would tie the annual record for orbital missions from the Space Coast. ⌘ Read more
Universe Expansion May Be Slowing, Not Accelerating, Study Suggests
A new study challenges the Nobel-winning theory that the universe’s expansion is accelerating, suggesting instead that it may be slowing down as dark energy weakens – potentially leading to a future “big crunch” where the cosmos collapses back in on itself. “Our study shows that the universe has already entered a phase of decelerated expa … ⌘ Read more
When I run npm install and it downloads half the internet ⌘ Read more
Worker dies after 11 hours trapped within partially collapsed medieval tower in Rome ⌘ Read more
Caught in 4k doing absolutely nothing ⌘ Read more
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China ⌘ Read more
Arya, my beloved cat, died yesterday. ⌘ Read more