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A UK Government Order Threatens the Privacy and Security of All Internet Users

Earlier this year, the United Kingdom government ordered Apple to provide access to encrypted data in the company’s cloud storage service, iCloud. In response, Apple removed its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) system for users in the country, removing the option to store data using end-to-end encryption, and setting a dangerous precedent of privacy violation. 

Encryption Makes Us Powerful: Internet Society Hosts Encryption Advocacy Workshop for European Civil Society

In early February of this year, the Internet Society hosted an Encryption Advocacy Workshop in Brussels for European civil society organizations. We created this workshop alongside steering members of the Global Encryption Coalition to equip potential encryption advocates with:

Tor Project blog

New Release: Tails 6.18

WebTunnel is a bridge technology that is particularly good at circumventing censorship and might work from places where obfs4 bridges are blocked. WebTunnel disguises your connection as ordinary web traffic.

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Radxa Launches M.2 AI Accelerator with Axera AX8850 and 24 TOPS NPU

The Radxa AICore AX-M1 is an M.2 M Key AI acceleration module designed for edge computing systems that require high-throughput neural processing. Built around the Axera AX8850 system-on-chip, the module combines an octa-core Cortex-A55 processor with a 24 TOPS INT8-capable NPU and an 8K-capable video processing unit, delivering AI processing capabilities in a compact footprint.

MS-C926: Ultra-Slim Fanless Embedded System with Dual 2.5 GbE and M.2 Expansion

LILYGO Launches Four New ESP32-S3 Boards for LoRa, Display, Motion, and CAN Applications

LILYGO has announced four new ESP32-S3-based development boards targeting a diverse range of embedded and IoT applications. These boards combine wireless connectivity with specialized hardware such as e-paper displays, CAN interfaces, motion sensors, and GPS modules, and are designed for rapid prototyping and deployment using familiar platforms like Arduino IDE, PlatformIO, and ESP-IDF.

Zephyr RTOS 4.2 Released with Renesas RX Support, USB Video Class, MQTT 5.0, and Nearly 100 New Boards

Zephyr RTOS 4.2 introduces major updates in hardware support, networking, tooling, and power monitoring. With contributions from 810 developers, this non-LTS release brings key enhancements aimed at improving performance, flexibility, and overall developer experience.

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 24, 2025

Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Beans

Updated This Past Day

  1. Microsoft is Trying to "Pull a Nokia" on GNU/Linux as Desktop/Laptop Platform
    We all remember that rather well, don't we?
  2. Our Three Lawsuits Against Microsofters Are About to Become a Lot More Relevant to GNU/Linux
    The Master will easily understand why Garrett has been attacking me since 2012
  3. Slop Is Not Intelligence and It Does Not Enhance Productivity
    Like voice dictation, which cannot tell the difference between "sheet" and "shit"

    New

  4. “Inhumane” and “Disgusting” Mass Layoff Execution, According to Microsoft Staff
    The workers are looking for other places to work
  5. Misinformation is Not Intelligence
    It's low-grade plagiarism and it fails to show any signs of intelligence
  6. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has a New Slogan for Its 40th Anniversary
    The freedoms are what's most important
  7. LLM Slopfarms gbhackers.com, "Cyber Press" and CyberSecurityNews Are Drowning Google News (and Shame on Google for Feeding and Facilitating Them)
    All are run by the same people
  8. Links 23/07/2025: Droplets GUI Patent Monopoly Challenge, Nokia Leverages Illegal Patent Court Against Rivals
    Links for the day
  9. Gemini Links 23/07/2025: Community in Geminispace and Challenges With Old Computers
    Links for the day
  10. Links 23/07/2025: Slop Patents Tackled, Slop Copyright Misuses Tackled by Politicians
    Links for the day
  11. Links 23/07/2025: Retreating From Transparency on Jeffrey Epstein, We No Longer Have Press Freedom
    Links for the day
  12. Gemini Links 23/07/2025: Piano and Food
    Links for the day
  13. New and Old
    On Ageism in Tech
  14. EPO Crimes Are Spreading to the British Court System
    Society is now paying the price for failing to tackle crimes at the EPO
  15. It's Time to Dump SharePoint and Here's What to Use Instead
    Nextcloud, ownCloud, Bookstack, MediaWiki, and MediaGoblin
  16. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  17. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 22, 2025
    IRC logs for Tuesday, July 22, 2025
  18. Brett Wilson LLP Has Gone Silent
    Sometimes silence says more than nothing at all
  19. Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, Planet Ubuntu, and LinuxTechLab
    some slopfarms show no remorse and they don't value their reputation at all
  20. Links 23/07/2025: Book Bans, Storms, and Kangaroo Court for Patents Commits More Unlawful Acts of Overreach
    Links for the day
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2025-07-17 to 2025-07-23
    3291 /about.shtml
    1651 /n/2025/07/23/Our_Three_Lawsuits_Against_Microsofters_Are_About_to_Become_a_L.shtml
    1629 /irc.shtml
    1049 /index.shtml

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