Collaborate Disseminate
In March, 2023 the Internet Archive lost in court, with a judge ruling they couldn’t scan entire books and then lend them as ebooks. The Internet Archive appealed to a higher court, which also ruled against them in September of 2024.
Today, the Inter… Continue reading Internet Archive: We Will Not Appeal ‘Hachette v. Internet Archive’ Ruling
[This is a Guest Diary by Chris Kobee, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu Bachelor's Degree in Applied Cybersecurity (BACS) program [1].
Continue reading [Guest Diary] Business Email Compromise, (Thu, Dec 5th)
We’ve got mixed feelings about a new video from [AndysMachines] that details how he makes custom ball screws. On the one hand, there’s almost zero chance that we’ll ever have …read more Continue reading Rolling Your Own Ball Screws
Bruce Perens wrote the original Open Source definition back in 1997, and then co-founded the Open Source Initiative with Eric Raymond in 1998. But after resigning from the group in 2020, Perens is now diligently developing an alternative he calls “Post… Continue reading Ask Bruce Perens Your Questions About How He Hopes to Get Open Source Developers Paid
Daryna Antoniuk reports: German police said they have shut down the servers and arrested one of the administrators of the country’s largest German-speaking online marketplace for illegal goods and services, including stolen data, drugs and forged docum… Continue reading Germany arrests suspected admin of country’s largest criminal marketplace
America’s next president “announced Wednesday he has selected Jared Isaacman, a billionaire businessman and space enthusiast who twice flew to orbit with SpaceX, to become the next NASA administrator,” reports Ars Technica:
In a post on X, Isaacman s… Continue reading America’s Next NASA Administrator May Be Former SpaceX Astronaut Jared Isaacman
The Roomba Combo 10 Max is the company’s first all-in-one fully functional robot. Here’s how it fared in my home. Continue reading I tested Roomba’s most functional robot vacuum yet, and it’s worth every penny
If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on a great entry-level Roomba, this deal is it. Continue reading The iRobot Roomba Essential just hit its lowest price ever at $160
Two recent open source projects highlight another major game reservation push, in this case to help classic games run well on modern PCs.
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Continue reading Open Source Takes on Video Game Preservation
“$15.8 million every 60 seconds. That’s how much US consumers spent in two hours on Monday night,” reports CNN, “capping off a five-day spending spree that smashed previous records.”
U.S. consumers spent a total of $13.3 billion on Cyber Monday, up 7… Continue reading Monday Americans Spent $13.3 Billion in Biggest Cyber Monday Ever