Collaborate Disseminate
A Linux Foundation project focused on understanding the health of the open source community just studied the outcomes for three projects that switched to “more restrictive” licenses and then faced community forks.
The data science director for the pr… Continue reading What Happens to Relicensed Open Source Projects and Their Forks?
Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday, reports CNN, “after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing…”
“Carlsen, the world champion from 2013 until 2023, allegedly replied, ‘I’m out, f*** you,’ after being inf… Continue reading Magnus Carlsen Quits Chess Tournament After Refusing to Change Out of Jeans
Thursday New York’s governor signed new legislation “to hold polluters responsible for the damage done to our environment” by establishing a Climate Superfund that’s paid for by big fossil-fuel companies.
The money will be used for “climate change ad… Continue reading New York Passes Law Making Fossil Fuel Companies Pay $75 Billion for ‘Climate Superfund’
The source code for .NETpad 3.0 for Windows 11 is now available on GitHub for those who wish to build or expand the app.
This is a major update to the original Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) version of .NETpad that adds support for Windows 11 th… Continue reading Modernizing .NETpad: New App Version is Now Available on GitHub (Premium)
Who would’ve thought a cheap AliExpress emergency light could be packed with such crafty design choices? Found for about $5, this unit uses simple components yet achieves surprisingly sophisticated behaviors. …read more Continue reading Circuit Secrets: Exploring a $5 Emergency Light
Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes: This year the London Stock Exchange got a new listing for “Raspberry Pi Holdings plc.” It’s the computer-making commercial subsidiary of their larger educational charity, the Raspberry Pi Foundation. “Access to the pu… Continue reading ‘Raspberry Pi Holdings’ Stock Price Nearly Doubles In December
If an image is worth a thousand words so is real time OSINT methodology. More on Bulgaria’s Circles here and here.Stay tuned. Continue reading Real Time OSINT on NSO Group and Bulgaria’s Circles Commercial Spyware Developers – An Analysis
Secure Gaming during holidays is essential as cyberattacks rise by 50%. Protect accounts with 2FA, avoid fake promotions,… Continue reading Secure Gaming During the Holidays
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Retraction Watch is reporting that the entire editorial staff (save one) for the Journal of Human Evolution has resigned in protest over creeping harmful changes imposed by its publisher, Elsevier.
In an open … Continue reading Journal’s Editors Resign Over Elsevier Meddling, Budget Cuts, and Errors Introduced by AI
Mirai and Keksec botnet variants are exploiting critical vulnerabilities in D-Link routers. Learn about the impact, affected devices, and how to protect yourself from these attacks. Continue reading FICORA, CAPSAICIN Botnets Exploit Old D-Link Router Flaws for DDoS Attacks