GE-Proton 11-4 brings lots of controller improvements
The community maintained compatibility layer GE-Proton 11-4 is out now, and with it there’s a whole lot of fixes and improvements for controllers.

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Taiwan ‘Throttles’ Mobile Internet For First Time During Annual War Games
Taiwan deliberately throttled mobile internet across the Taichung area during its annual Han Kuang war games, “simulating communication disruption in the event of a Chinese attack or natural disaster,” reports Reuters. The drill accompanied air-raid exercises and military rehearsals aimed at defending strategically important areas … ⌘ Read more

ProtonPlus v0.6.0 adds support for Faugus Launcher, improved controller navigation and more
ProtonPlus v0.6.0 is out improving this fantastic manager for all the different community builds of Proton, with new advanced features and general improvements.

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California City Declares State of Emergency After Cyberattack
NBC Bay Area brings news from the small idyllic California town of Suisun City (population: 29,518). The city council “declared a state of emergency Saturday after a cyberattack that shut down computer systems including 911 public safety operations.”

“Malicious software infected and compromised” the East Bay community’s information technology systems b … ⌘ Read more

Flock Camera Vandalism Continues Around America, While 100 Communities Reject ALPRs
Dozens of Flock cameras have been vandalized around Dallas Texas in the last six months, reports a local news station. In Utah, ABC News reports, a county sheriff’s office even said Wednesday a Flock camera was even vandalized within days of its being installed. And in the Minnesota city of Winona, “Every Flock … ⌘ Read more

New Orleans Will Use AI To Answer 911 Calls Instead of a Human
“If you call 911 in New Orleans, you may hear the sound of an artificial intelligence (AI) agent answering your call instead of a human voice,” reports the Shreveport Times:

The Orleans Parish Communication District (OPCD) is currently testing out the new tool designed to reduce the volume of calls human dispatchers must handle, which is over a thousand … ⌘ Read more

GNOME Receiving Additional Design Help Thanks To Sovereign Tech Agency Fellowship
Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency announced earlier this year a new fellowship program and now as part of that, for the next two years GNOME has a fellow dedicated to working on design and community management… ⌘ Read more

FCC Kills TV Ownership Cap, Claiming Authority Over Limit Set By Congress
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 today to eliminate the National Television Ownership Rule, claiming authority to repeal a limit that was set by Congress over 20 years ago. The rule prohibits any single broadcast station owner from reaching more than 39 percent … ⌘ Read more

Senators Demand Crackdown On Wildfire ‘Prediction Markets’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Several US senators have written a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), inquiring about the agency’s “plans to crack down on prediction markets” that offer “contracts for individuals to bet on wildfires.” “Offering bets on destructive wildfires threatens to minimize communities’ suffer … ⌘ Read more

Half-Life 2: VR Mod gets a big upgrade ready for the Steam Frame
The community team behind the very highly rated Half-Life 2: VR Mod have pushed out a major upgrade to the game, with it now Steam Frame Verified.

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Trump Administration Drafting Ban On Chinese Data Center Devices
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Reuters: The Federal Communications Commission, which oversees the U.S. telecom industry, is working on the measure to bar imports of new Chinese optical transceivers, which allow data to travel over fiber-optic cables at the speed of light within data centers. Officials hope to publish it this … ⌘ Read more

GOG Officially Expands Linux Support With Native Galaxy Client In Development
Long-time Slashdot reader pyroclast shared this report from Linux Journal:

After years of requests from the Linux gaming community, GOG has officially confirmed that it is developing native Linux support for the GOG Galaxy launcher. The announcement marks one of the biggest shifts in the company’s history and signals a … ⌘ Read more

Ubuntu Touch Making Progress Toward Ubuntu 26.04, Vulkan & App Updates
Following last week’s release of Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 for this community-maintained, mobile flavor of Ubuntu Linux, more details are now available on their upcoming development efforts and eventual transition to an Ubuntu 26.04 base… ⌘ Read more

Arch Linux AUR Under Another Wave Of Malicious Packages, Package Adoptions Halted
Last month the Arch Linux User Repository “AUR” saw more than 1,500 malicious packages amid a sophisticated malware attack and then also seeing an influx of spam and profanities amid this community/user-maintained repository for the popular Arch Linux distribution. Unfortunately, there is another round of AUR troubles… ⌘ Read more

More Than 30 Minnesota Water Systems Targeted In Cyberattack
jrnvk shares a report from KMSP: Minnesota IT Services reports that a “coordinated cyberattack” targeted technology at more than 30 community water systems between Sunday, July 26 and Monday, July 27. The state has activated its cybersecurity incident response capabilities to respond to the attacks.

On Monday and Tuesday, FOX 9 reported on notices from fou … ⌘ Read more

Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency and LLM-Generated Code Projects
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Hackaday: Community-led open source project hosting site Codeberg has formally announced that projects whose code is largely or fully machine-generated through LLMs and other ‘AI’ tools will no longer be welcome. This follows on the heels of a similar ban on cryptocurrency-related projects. The … ⌘ Read more

Oracle Signs 10-Year Software Contract With Pentagon Worth Up To $7 Billion
Oracle has signed a 10-year Pentagon contract worth up to $7 billion to provide on-premises software, licenses, maintenance, and consulting for branches of the military. CNBC reports: The contract covers the use of Oracle software in on-premises data centers for branches of the military, the U.S. intelligence community … ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de So I see it slightly differently… Over the years I have recieved great contributions from the likes of yourself and @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org and the many forms of @bender@twtxt.net and his friends 😅 Hell even others along the way that have come and gone. Likewise I also think you have recieved many contributions to Jenny over the yeras in much the same way, perhaps not in patches, but user reports, feedback, etc.

So I think what I’m saying here is this… Ever since leaving Github (like you), I find that my desire to continue to build up the community we’ve built here and to contribute to grow and cultivate it is important to me. My desire to thwart and eliminate useless traffic like bots and ai even strongers.

I want to find a good balance.

@GabesArcade@gabesarcade.com hey, thanks Gabe! One of the things I like the most about twtxt is the community size. We are relatively small. Twtxt users tend to “know” each other better than on the other, much bigger communities. I believe that’s good. Glad to have you around!

Of course, it’s simplicity is part of its strength too!

@movq@www.uninformativ.de yup, yup! Our neighbours spent their $50-60K to build their swimming pools. Our community (73 houses) has 52 pools. Our house is one of the few that doesn’t. They are expensive things, not just to build them, but their maintenance. Ain’t nobody got money for that!

GraalVM CE 25.1.3 Gets Native Image “Hello World” Program Down To Just 6.5MB
GraalVM, the advanced JDK focused on ahead-of-time (AOT) Native Image compilation and since last year began shifting focus to more non-Java languages like Python and JavaScript, is out with its newest community feature release. GraalVM Community Edition 25.1.3 is now available with some interesting changes in tow… ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Slammed for Building Copyright-Infringing Supercomputer for OpenAI in New Court Filing
The New York Times alleges Microsoft actively encouraged OpenAI to steal its copyrighted work, reports Ars Technica, citing a new (and heavily redacted) court filing Thursday:

NYT’s motion comes after the [U.S.] Supreme Court sided with Cox Communications in a case where Sony tried … ⌘ Read more

Spain-Backed Fund Joins FOSSA’s Sovereign Satellite Communications Push
Spanish startup FOSSA Systems “has raised about $10.5 million to expand its connectivity constellation,” reports Space News, noting some funding is backed by Spain’s government:

The support from the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT) comes a year after the fund injected 14 million euros into Spain’s Sateliot , … ⌘ Read more

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 Beta Now Properly Handles Notches & Rounded Corners
The community of developers continuing to maintain Ubuntu Touch for smartphones has released the Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 beta ahead of the planned stable release in mid-July… ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.2 To Better Communicate File-System Casefolding For Helping Windows NFS & More
Newly-merged code for the in-development Linux 7.2 kernel will now expose the case-folding (case insensitive) behavior of local file-systems so that Linux file servers and others can properly report the actual behavior rather than guessing if case-folding is actually used/supported… ⌘ Read more

How America’s Energy Department is Building a National Platform for Doing Science with AI
America’s Energy Department “wants to build a single national platform for doing science with AI,” reports Communications of the ACM:

It is called the Genesis Mission, and the idea is to connect the country’s 17 national laboratories, their supercomputers, scientific datasets, and a growing layer o … ⌘ Read more

US Congress Lets ‘Warrantless Wiretap’ Law FISA Lapse
It’s the U.S. law that allows wiretaps without a warrant for surveilling foreign targets. And the U.S. Congress just let it lapse. Sort of. NPR reports:

Each year, the provision is used by American intelligence agencies to collect the electronic communications of hundreds of thousands of foreigners located outside of the United States. The government says that more than … ⌘ Read more

Despite our pain, the Jewish community refuses to wallow in anger
Six months on from the Bondi massacre, Australia’s Jews are in the second stage of their mourning. Next, we will seek light to dispel the darkness. ⌘ Read more

30 Jahre bunter Protest in Bildern
Vor drei Jahrzehnten sind erstmals bunt gekleidete Menschen und feierlich geschmückte Wagen über die Wiener Ringstraße gezogen, um für gleiche Rechte und gegen Diskriminierung queerer Menschen zu demonstrieren. Anlässlich des Jubiläums sprach ORF.at mit den Mitgründern der Regenbogenparade: über Aufstände und Widerstände, „Stonewall“ als Meilenstein und darüber, warum die Regenbogenparade aus Sicht der Community selbst 30 Jahre später nicht nur Party, sondern immer auch Protest sein muss. ⌘ Read more

Solidarity rally held in Belfast following violent riots
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Hundreds of billions in loans didn’t make a dent in global poverty
By Gabriele Steinhauser, Photography by Roun Ry for WSJ

Giving tiny loans to shoestring entrepreneurs was meant to be capitalism’s cure for global poverty.

Microfinance, loans issued in communities not served by traditional banks, would help poor people in developing countries start businesses and work their way toward prosperity. ⌘ Read more

Daten verkauft: Pokemon Go liefert angeblich Kameradaten für militärische Drohnen
Die Pokemon-Go-Community nimmt seit 2021 Pokestops mit dem Telefon auf. Das kann Partner Vantor für GPS-lose Navigation in Drohnen nutzen. ( Pokémon Go, Spiele)

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Night Nurse Trailer Previews Bizarre, Uncomfortable, & Erotic Psychosexual Thriller Movie
Georgia Bernstein’s debut psychosexual thriller Night Nurse drops its first trailer. The upcoming movie explores a sinister side of caregiving. The official synopsis for Night Nurse reads, “At the start of her new job in a luxury retirement community, Eleni (Cemre Paksoy) is drawn into a series of scam calls targeting the elderly residents, a \ … ⌘ Read more

GNOME Foundation Announces First Participants Of Fellowship Program
Back in March the GNOME Foundation announced a fellowship program. The GNOME fellowship program will help with the long-term sustainability of the GNOME desktop and looked to fund independent/community contributors over a twelve month period. Today the first recipients of the fellowship program have been announced… ⌘ Read more

People Living Near xAI’s Dirty Data Centers Are Furious About the SpaceX IPO
Elon Musk is set to make hundreds of billions even as communities in Mississippi and Tennessee are fighting to stop the gas turbines powering xAI’s supercomputers. ⌘ Read more

FCC Wants To Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms To Get All Customers’ IDs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to make it effectively impossible for people to buy what many call burner phones – a phone not explicitly linked to your identity at the point of purchase – which would impact privacy-conscious people, to domestic abuse … ⌘ Read more

Tests Suggest Russian Satellites Can Jam GPS On a Continental Scale
Researchers say mysterious, seconds-long GPS interference bursts detected across Europe appear to come from Russian EKS early-warning satellites, making this “a rare example of human-made GPS interference coming from space,” reports Ars Technica. The signals may be tests of space-based jamming capability, short satellite communications, … ⌘ Read more

‘This will help others’: Rugby league community reacts to Kane Evans coming out as gay
The NRL believes Kane Evans’ courageous interview will not only change his own life, but also that of others struggling with their sexuality. ⌘ Read more

QuiznessDesk, Tuesday, June 09
Is the Tropic of Cancer north or south of the equator?
What type of dogs are commonly kept by Inuit communities?
Which cartoon character lives at 1313 Webfoot Walk?
Perhaps it was a case of shocking luck that Anthony Starr was cast as both Jethro West and Van West in what classic New Zealand TV series?
Which band released the 1999 comeback single `Maria`?
Which historical figure opened the 1936 Olympic Games?
Niue is a self-governing coral island in free associat … ⌘ Read more

WhatsApp Catches Spyware Firm NSO Defying No-Hacking Court Order
wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Meta-owned communications app WhatsApp says it recently detected and disrupted a spear-phishing attempt linked to spyware company NSO Group. The attack is allegedly in defiance of a court order that bars the spyware maker from targeting WhatsApp. WhatsApp filed a lawsuit against NSO in 2019, after it ca … ⌘ Read more

Nintendo paie 35 millions d’euros et clôt un litige pour pratique commerciale trompeuse
La justice française reprochait au fabricant japonais une «communication tardive et parcellaire»” “au sujet d’un dysfonctionnement de sa console de jeu vidéo Switch. Une enquête avait été ouverte en 2020 après une plainte de l’UFC-Que choisir pour pratique commerciale trompeuse. ⌘ Read more

Australia remembers Neale Daniher with MND Big Freeze event
The AFL community have come together to remember the late Neale Daniher on the first Big Freeze MND charity event since his death. ⌘ Read more

Agents, Agile, Communism, Coercion
Article URL: https://elliotmorris.net/agents-agile-communism-coercion

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48435924

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Melbourne kung fu queen among King’s Birthday Honours heroes
The honours recognise community heroes whether they’re raising money for an ambulance service, teaching women self-defence, bringing killers to justice or organising relief efforts in a bushfire-hit region. ⌘ Read more

Shuuko treating her husband well (hornygraphite) [Komi Can’t Communicate] ⌘ Read more

Google Says It Will Replenish More Water Than It Uses At Data Centers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Google: There’s been a lot of pushback in recent months around the impact of AI data centers on local communities, with the use of water being a key issue for many. Google, in an expansion of its “water stewardship” programs, is making commitments that include replenishing more water than it … ⌘ Read more

Supreme Court Sides With Trump Administration On Federal Regulation of Telecom Companies
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Thursday in upholding the power of federal regulators to enforce data privacy laws on telecommunications companies. The 8-1 decision (PDF) preserved one of the Federal Communications C … ⌘ Read more

NASA Says Goodbye to Its Longtime Mars MAVEN Mission
NASA has officially ended the MAVEN mission after the Mars orbiter stopped responding in December, apparently after an unexpected spin drained its batteries and knocked out communications. Launched in 2013 and orbiting Mars since 2014, MAVEN spent more than a decade studying how the planet lost its atmosphere and helped explain how Mars transformed from a potentially … ⌘ Read more

Fedora Linux 43 Exposes 20-Year-Old Microsoft Outlook Security Failure
BrianFagioli writes: Fedora Linux 43 users upgrading to the latest Dovecot mail server discovered something rather unsettling: some older Microsoft Outlook configurations may have been silently ignoring SSL/TLS settings for POP3 email connections for years. According to a Fedora community blog post, affected Outlook clients reportedl … ⌘ Read more

King’s Birthday Honours 2026: NZ business leaders celebrated
Commercial barrister Jim Farmer, KC, Mainfreight director Bryan Mogridge and Barfoot & Thompson managing director Peter Thompson are among businesspeople celebrated in this year’s King’s Birthday honours.

No knights or dames will be honoured from the business community, with doctor Paul … ⌘ Read more