Lunatech @Lunatech@qoto.org

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/2/1/eu-chat-control-law-will-ban-open-source-operating-systems/

EU wants to ban open source operating systems. If this will be true and if I have understand it correctly, use of Linux will be forbidden within EU in the future.

#opensource #eu

Is it news to us that the big tech companies don't care about the spreading of malinformation and hate-speach at all?

"Facebook and Instagram to get paid verification as Twitter charges for two-factor SMS authentication" via @guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/20/facebook-instagram-paid-meta-verification-twitter-charge-2fa-two-factor-authentication-via-sms?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#twitter #meta #facebook #instagram #zuckerberg #guardian

#Linux 6.2 is out with initial support for some @Apple #Arm processors. We go through some of the highlights and dive into more details for the Arm, #RISCV and #MIPS architectures. #security #exfat #retbleed #debugging #lowpower
https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/02/20/linux-6-2-release-main-changes-arm-risc-v-and-mips-architectures/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/cnxsoft/status/1627612465436692486

Microsoft to cap daily Bing AI queries to stop the bot delivering daft responses https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/20/ai_news_roundup/

#bot
Original tweet : https://nitter.privacydev.net/TheRegister/status/1627525318343897090

#OpenSource solution replicates #ChatGPT training process! Ready to go with only 1.6GB GPU memory and gives you 7.73 times faster training!

"The good news is that now #ColossalAI, as one of the hottest open-source solutions for large #AI models, presents an open-source low-cost ChatGPT equivalent implementation process first"

https://www.hpc-ai.tech/blog/colossal-ai-chatgpt

Open source solution replicating ChatGPT training process. Usable with 1.6GB GPU memory, 7.73 times faster training https://www.hpc-ai.tech/blog/colossal-ai-chatgpt #FreeSoftware

Linux Kernel 6.2 is Out with IPv6 Protective Load Balancing, Improved Rust Support

https://www.debugpoint.com/linux-kernel-6-2/

#linux #kernel #mainline #opensource

Interesting data suggesting that the "back to the office" drive is reducing American productivity. https://fortune.com/2023/02/16/return-office-real-reason-slump-productivity-data-careers-gleb-tsipursky/

Twitter has faced at least nine lawsuits in recent months from landlords, consultants, and vendors demanding payments totaling $14M+ for unpaid bills (Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/under-elon-musk-twitter-faces-suits-claiming-over-14-million-in-unpaid-bills-484d8bc4?mod=djemalertNEWS
http://www.techmeme.com/230220/p1#a230220p1

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Firefox 110 Released with GPU Sandboxing, WebGL Improvements

https://debugpointnews.com/firefox-110/

#linux #opensource #firefox #mozilla

The wait is over! 🎉

Linux Kernel 6.2 is here, packed with new features and improvements.

https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-kernel-6-2-release/

#linux

Toxic train derailment due to greed and weakened rules: Sherrod Brown

The senator cites pressure from lobbyists to weaken regulations.“Every time there’s a new administration,” Brown explained, “particularly a more conservative one that’s more pro-corporate, they put all these regulations on the table about safety, about worker safety, community safety, the environment, consumer protections, and, at the behest of lobbyists, far too often, they weaken those laws.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/19/sherrod-brown-train-derailment-ohio-00083588

How about more leaders who care about public service (like Jimmy Carter) and less who relish cruelty, violence and punching down on vulnerable communities (so many examples)?

President Carter’s viral essay:
“My decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six decades.…was…unavoidable…when the convention's leaders, quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that Eve was created second to Adam and was responsible for original sin, ordained that women must be ‘subservient’ to their husbands and prohibited from serving as deacons, pastors or chaplains….”
#feminism #SouthernBaptist #misogyny #JimmyCarter
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/losing-my-religion-for-equality-20090714-dk0v.html

The local University #MichiganTech recently reversed a student government decision and forced them to fund a conservative speaker from Turning Point USA claiming that not doing so violated the speaker's constitutionally protected free speech. A busy week of student activism, secret meetings, and social media pressure all lead up to a fierce clash between students and administration this past Friday.

If that sounds interesting then give my story a read.

https://www.copperbeacon.org/news/2d1a6c0r65j9tjmngmz9y91c4e8ngl

#Journalism #LocalNews #Keweenaw #TPUSA #FreeSpeech

I keep wondering at what point Big Journalism will awaken to the threat(s) posed by DeSantis, who is a Trump-like power-monger but with more brains.

As Nieman Lab reports, his anti-journalism agenda is deeper and more dangerous, too.

But you can count on the NY Times et al to focus on everything but the danger he poses to democracy. Business as usual political "coverage" prevail for the most part.

So much as stake, and so little media awareness...

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/02/ron-desantis-is-weaponizing-partisan-media-and-weakening-independent-sources-of-news/

"Either way, the internet may change an awful lot this year, depending on what the Supreme Court decides on this one case."

@mmasnick explains

#Section230 #SCOTUS

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/17/next-week-the-supreme-court-could-destroy-everything-good-about-the-internet/

"When we say 'crime is a social construct', what we mean is that you, as an individual, can go to jail for littering, but a corporation can poison the air, the soil, and the water of an entire town, and no one will go to jail."