Red Hat is Becoming an Official Microsoft ‘Windows Subsystem for Linux’ Distro

“You can use any Linux distribution inside of the Windows Subsystem for Linux” Microsoft recently reminded Windows users, “even if it is not available in the Microsoft Store, by importing it with a tar file.”

But being an official distro “makes it ea… Continue reading Red Hat is Becoming an Official Microsoft ‘Windows Subsystem for Linux’ Distro

Meta Removed 2 Million Accounts Linked to Organized Crime ‘Pig Butching’ Scams

An anonymous reader shared this report from CNET:

Meta says it’s taken down more than 2 million accounts this year linked to overseas criminal gangs behind scam operations that human rights activists say forced hundreds of thousands of people to work… Continue reading Meta Removed 2 Million Accounts Linked to Organized Crime ‘Pig Butching’ Scams

Open Source, Forced Innovation, and Making Good Products

Art of 3D printer in the middle of printing a Hackaday Jolly Wrencher logo

The open-source hardware business landscape is no doubt a tough one, but is it actually tougher than for closed-source hardware? That question has been on our minds since the announcement …read more Continue reading Open Source, Forced Innovation, and Making Good Products