Wiggles company admits ‘likely’ law breach over Emma headband
The company behind The Wiggles has admitted it likely breached consumer law by selling Emma Bow headbands without the mandatory safety warnings required for products containing button batteries. ⌘ Read more
Details of two near misses at Melbourne Airport
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released the details of a report of two incidences at Melbourne Airport in 2023. ⌘ Read more
The Ofcom Files, Part 2: IP Blocking the UK is Not Enough to Comply with the Online Safety Act
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Uncertainty for small-scale Tasmanian farmers over new food safety rules
The new regulations would bring Tasmania into line with national standards, but smaller growers are worried they will have to pay the same fees and meet the same auditing requirements as large-scale growers. ⌘ Read more
Texas Sues Roblox For Allegedly Failing To Protect Children On Its Platform
Texas is suing Roblox, alleging the company misled parents about safety, ignored online-protection laws, and allowed an environment where predators could target children. Texas AG Ken Paxton said the online game platform is “putting pixel pedophiles and profits over the safety of Texas children,” alleging that it is “flagrantl … ⌘ Read more
Magika 1.0 Goes Stable As Google Rebuilds Its File Detection Tool In Rust
BrianFagioli writes: Google has released Magika 1.0, a stable version of its AI-based file type detection tool, and rebuilt the entire engine in Rust for speed and memory safety. The system now recognizes more than 200 file types, up from about 100, and is better at distinguishing look-alike formats such as JSON vs JSONL, TS … ⌘ Read more
Seven ways to teach little kids about body safety before they can talk
Families with young children are yet again reeling after this week’s Four Corners investigation into abuse in the early childhood sector. ⌘ Read more
10 Truly Evil People Who Used Halloween as the Perfect Cover
Halloween uniquely complicates the concept of safety because the night is defined by intentional fear, masking genuine threat within theatrical play. This widespread acceptance of costumes and chaotic activity gives real criminals an immediate advantage, allowing them to commit malicious acts with a much lower risk of immediate detection. The psychological impact of a Halloween […]
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Python Software Foundation has bigger spine than big tech
Back in January 2025, the Python Software Foundation applied for a $1.5 million grant from the US government’s National Science Foundation, under the Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open Source Ecosystems program, to address structural vulnerabilities in Python and PyPI. After a lot of paperwork, their application was approved, but upon receiving the contractual agreement, the Python Software Foundation decided to b … ⌘ Read more
Libera Chat receives legal advice that the Online Safety Act does not apply to them
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That was a very non-fun day at work.
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@prologic@twtxt.net That sounds horrible. 😅 I wouldn’t want to own such a car. (My plan is not to buy a new car after my current one finally broke down entirely.)
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org First time I heard about eCall. I don’t think I like this. 🫤 Feels like another attempt at going for complete surveillance. Yes, yes, it’s about “security”/“safety” … it always is.
Intel, AMD to bring memory tagging to x86, at some point
Now that ARM’s memory tagging, used extensively by Android ROMs such as GrapheneOS and now also by Apple, is becoming the new norm to aid in improving memory safety, the x86 world can’t sit idly by. As such, Intel and AMD have announced a ChkTag, x86’s version of memory tagging. ChkTag is a set of new and enhanced x86 instructions to detect memory safety violations, such as buffer overflows and misuses of freed memory (u … ⌘ Read more
Study finds Airbnb safety reviews can turn off some but the increased transparency can mitigate that
A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Marketing Science sheds light on how online safety-related reviews from Airbnb guests influence booking decisions and how the platform itself balances consumer welfare against its own financial incentives. ⌘ Read more
Hot Water Balloon
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Autonomous Testing of etcd’s Robustness
As a critical component of many production systems, including Kubernetes, the etcd project’s first priority is reliability. Ensuring consistency and data safety requires our project contributors to continuously improve testing methodologies. In this article, we describe… ⌘ Read more
Since Google announced their intentions to heavily limit sideloading on Android, starting end of 2026, I’ve been looking for potential solutions, for this policy change, that threatens the majority of projects I maintain, in some way. Google already killed my browser project years ago, but I have no other choice, than to fight this, any way I can.
The best choice to deal with this, will probably be the Android Debug Bridge, which can be used not only to install apps unrestricted, but also to uninstall, or remove, almost any unnecessary part of the OS. Shizuku, combined with Canta Debloater, is the winning combination for now.
I’ve already removed most Google apps from my device: the annoying AI assistant, the stupid Google app adding the annoying articles, left of your homes screen, Google One, Gboard, Safety app… it’s amazing, no distracting Google slopware, like in the good old Android 2 days! And I absolutely intend to keep it this way, from now on, no new Google apps or services on my devices, unless Google can give me a good enough reason, to allow them there and whenever the app that verifies signatures, to block installing apps not approved by Google, I’ll just remove it from my device and advocate others do so too.
** Strata **
A Counterfeit - a Plated Person -
I would not be -
Whatever strata of Iniquity
My Nature underlie -
Truth is good Health - and Safety, and the Sky.
How meagre, what an Exile - is a Lie,
And Vocal - when we die -
– Emily Dickinson
I made another game! This one pretty much has one single verb:“move.” The game, like most games I make, is a roguelike that relies heavily on probabilities and rng (random number generation).
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I realize I’m a nobody, and no-one will care or listen. But to the various UK, EU and AU politicians pushing for this “Online Safety Act” bullshit…. You’re all fucking utter morons! I can’t wait for the backflash of what will come next. Idiots.
This whole Age Verification that’s being rolled out in the UK, AU and parts of the EU is totally fucking bullshit. Death to the Online Safety Act.
New watch. My old one was still fine and will probably be on sale soon, but this refurbished Galaxy Watch 7 has LTE. I can set up fall detection and use the emergency SOS feature in case of an emergency when my phone is out of reach or broken. Safety first. I can also leave my phone at home and still receive or make calls. ⌘ Read more
10 Quirky, but Necessary, Food Safety Rules of the Past
Long before “hand sanitizer” became a household staple or single-use packaging sparked environmental debates, a series of surprisingly odd—and occasionally ingenious—food-safety laws quietly reshaped what ended up on our plates (and in our hands). From Victorian London’s shared ice-cream glasses that contributed to typhoid outbreaks to postwar Japan’s precision-sealed juice jars, each bizarre reform emerged […]
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Genode OS Framework 25.05 released
It’s been 9 years since we disrupted Genode’s API. Back then, we changed the execution model of components, consistently applied the dependency-injection pattern to shun global side effects, and largely removed C-isms like format strings and pointers. These changes ultimately paved the ground for sophisticated systems like Sculpt OS. Since then, we identified several potential areas for further safety improvements, unlocked by the evolution of the C++ core langu … ⌘ Read more
Globe Safety
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Secure your Python applications: Best practices for developers
Practical security tips every Python developer should know — from dependency safety to protecting against injection attacks and securing…
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Keeping the wood glue next to the coffee mug maybe isn’t the best way to organize a desk? Thank you glue bottle safety cap.
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These ideas are dr the two books:
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@bender@twtxt.net Well… I don’t believe it’s possible to prevent or avoid all system accidents. However, managing system safety and putting in control structures goes a long way 👌
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A visual flow chart diagram that illustrates how two different but very related concepts can lead to system accidents 👌 Media
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The idea of drift into failure is small normal adaptations erode safety over time without people noticing.
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This weekend (as some of you may now) I accidently nuke this Pod's entire data volume 🤦♂️ What a disastrous incident 🤣 I decided instead of trying to restore from a 4-month old backup (we'll get into why I hadn't been taking backups consistently later), that we'd start a fresh! 😅 Spring clean! 🧼 -- Anyway... One of the things I realised was I was missing a very critical Safety Controls in my own ways of working... I've now rectified this...
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This is an example of what I believe every SRE should master and whatever Post Incident Review (PIR) should focus on. Where did the system fail. What are the missing or incomplete Safety Controls.
This weekend (as some of you may now) I accidently nuke this Pod’s entire data volume 🤦♂️ What a disastrous incident 🤣 I decided instead of trying to restore from a 4-month old backup (we’ll get into why I hadn’t been taking backups consistently later), that we’d start a fresh! 😅 Spring clean! 🧼 – Anyway… One of the things I realised was I was missing a very critical Safety Controls in my own ways of working… I’ve now rectified this…
The seL4 microkernel: an introduction
This whitepaper provides an introduction to and overview of seL4. We explain what seL4 is (and is not) and explore its defining features. We explain what makes seL4 uniquely qualified as the operating-system kernel of choice for security- and safety-critical systems, and generally embedded and cyber-physical systems. In particular, we explain seL4’s assurance story, its security- and safety-relevant features, and its benchmark-setting performance. We also d … ⌘ Read more
Memory safety for web fonts in Chrome: Google replaces FreeType with Rust-based alternative
There’s no escaping Rust, and the language is leaving its mark everywhere. This time around, Chrome has replaced its use of FreeType with Skrifa, a Rust-based replacement. Skrifa is written in Rust, and created as a replacement for FreeType to make font processing in Chrome secure for all our users. Skifra takes advantage of Rust’s memory safety, and … ⌘ Read more
C++ creator calls for help to defend programming language from ‘serious attacks’
Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, has issued a call for the C++ community to defend the programming language, which has been shunned by cybersecurity agencies and technical experts in recent years for its memory safety shortcomings. C and C++ are built around manual memory management, which can result in memory safety errors, such as out of bounds reads and writes, though bo … ⌘ Read more
Flathub safety: a layered approach from source to user
About two weeks ago we talked about why Fedora manages its own Flatpak repository, and why that sometimes leads to problems with upstream projects. Most recently, Fedora’s own OBS Flatpak was broken, leading to legal threats from the OBS project, demanding Fedora remove any and all branding from its OBS Flatpak. In response, Fedora’s outgoing project leader Matthew Miller gave an interview on YouTube to Brodie Robertson, in … ⌘ Read more
OpenTelemetry for generative AI
Project post originally published on the OpenTelemetry blog by Drew Robbins (Microsoft), Liudmila Molkova (Microsoft) As organizations increasingly adopt Large Language Models (LLMs) and other generative AI technologies, ensuring reliable performance, efficiency, and safety is essential… ⌘ Read more
10 Secrets Places You Won’t Believe
A burial mound above a hidden chamber. A huge basement that the U.S. feared might be sabotaged by World War II’s Axis Powers. A warehouse storing artifacts of a maritime disaster. Secret schools where teachers and students alike fear for their safety. A hospital in the jungle of a war-torn nation. A house built on […]
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Sonata v1.0 Supports CHERIoT Integration in Embedded Systems
lowRISC has released Sonata v1.0, the first stable and long-term iteration of its platform under the Sunburst project. Funded by DSbD and UKRI, Sonata is designed for embedded systems engineers to implement CHERIoT technology, enabling compartmentalization and enhanced memory safety. CHERIoT, based on CHERI research from the University of Cambridge and SRI International, builds on […] ⌘ Read more
Court fines fruit grower after picker dies in fall from moving trailer
A 70-year-old Afghan national died after falling from a moving trailer on his second shift at Cutri Fruit in 2022. The company pleaded guilty to failing to mitigate safety risks. ⌘ Read more
Maslow’s Pyramid
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