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Matt Garrett Has Just Threatened (in Public) to Send People to Our Home

already mentioned, back in July, that British police has a case (with Crime Number) for the death threats we received in connection to Americans or thugs who work for American companies (represented by hired guns in London). The person who investigates this case “has now gone off on long term sick” (according to a colleague), but the case is still open.

Software Freedom Day 2026 is Tomorrow

Freedom is a path towards happiness

ManCity 5-0 Norwich

Way to start a special day

GNU/Linux Turns 43 Very Soon

Good day, not great weather though

It Feels Like the End of the World Wide Web is Already “in Progress”

Bots are chewing up way too much ‘traffic’, hoping to ‘monetise’ it at someone else’s expense

GNU/Linux at 10% in North America

t has been over 5 years since its release and Vista 11 is pegged at measly 15.6% in the US, whereas GNU/Linux grows a lot.

Man City vs Norwich

EFL Cup

Microsoft Layoffs in September and October 2026

Silent layoffs

Techrights Site Turning 20, But Not the Techrights Community

Techrights still growing

Indoor Days

Plan to go to the park won’t work

Internet Society

What Happens When a Community Wires Itself: Lessons from Colville on the Power of Indigenous-Led Connectivity

When commercial Internet providers declined to serve the Colville Reservation in Washington, United States, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation decided to build their own network. By connecting tribal offices, schools, and community centers, they strengthened the infrastructure the community relies on daily. A recent study examines what changed after the network went live and offers evidence that connectivity can support local economic opportunity.

9to5Linux

PipeWire 1.6.9 Improves Bluetooth, JACK, ALSA Plugin, Pulse Server, and More

Coming two months after PipeWire 1.6.8, the PipeWire 1.6.9 release improves JACK object callbacks to avoid reporting old removed objects, adds the node.network=true option to network sinks and sources so that pavucontrol and others don’t wake them up, and improves the FC and LFE volumes when upmixing is enabled.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.26.6 Drivers Add Support for More Printers

HPLIP 3.26.6 adds support for printers in the HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow series, including HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow N9000 sn1 and HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow 9000 s1, as well as printers in the HP ScanJet Pro series, such as the HP ScanJet Pro 4200 s1.

Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Snapshot 4 Is Out for Public Testing with Linux 7.2

Development of Ubuntu 26.10 (codename Stonking Stingray) kicked off on April 30th, 2026, with the usual toolchain upload, based on the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) release. Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 4 is running the latest and greatest Linux 7.2 kernel series.

GNOME 51 “A Coruña” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Highlights of GNOME 51 include support for saving and restoring monitor brightness, support for elogind as a libsystemd provider, a new API to generate QR codes, support for the input capture portal to integrate with the clipboard, and improved screencasting by minimizing stage paints and buffer copies.

LinuxGizmos.com

nRF54LC10A SoC features Cortex-M33, RISC-V coprocessor, Bluetooth LE, Thread and Zigbee

Nordic Semiconductor has expanded its nRF54L Series with the nRF54LC10A, an entry-level multiprotocol SoC aimed at compact, cost-sensitive IoT devices. The chip integrates a 128MHz Arm Cortex-M33, a 128MHz RISC-V coprocessor, 1MB of non-volatile memory, 192KB of RAM, and a 2.4GHz radio supporting Bluetooth LE, Thread, Zigbee, Matter, and proprietary protocols.

Coin-sized Radxa rCore-Q8550 module features 48-TOPS NPU and PCIe Gen 4

Described by Radxa as its flagship edge AI module, the rCore-Q8550 targets robotics and machine vision with the Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS8550 platform and an optional Hexagon AI processor delivering up to 48 Dense INT8 TOPS. The 36 x 32mm module also supports up to 16GB of LPDDR5X, 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage, PCIe Gen 4, and six four-lane MIPI-CSI interfaces.

CompuLab i.MX952 Linux-capable module showcases 2.5GbE, Wi-Fi 6 and PCIe Gen 3

CompuLab has introduced the UCM-iMX952, a 28 x 40mm System-on-Module based on NXP’s i.MX952 processor. The module supports up to 16GB of LPDDR5 or LPDDR4X memory and 128GB of eMMC storage, along with PCIe Gen 3, 2.5GbE, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and multiple display and camera interfaces.

OpenMote turns a Wiimote-style remote into an ESP32-S3 Home Assistant controller

Hat & Hammer has launched a Crowd Supply campaign for OpenMote, a programmable universal remote built around an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 module. The device supports infrared transmission and reception, Bluetooth LE, Wi-Fi, motion sensing, audio, haptic feedback, and Qwiic/STEMMA QT expansion, while also targeting smart-home and game-controller applications.

32-channel logic analyzer supports 1.4GS/s sampling and USB 3.2 Gen2 streaming

Sipeed is preparing the SLogic32U3, a compact 32-channel logic analyzer designed for high-speed digital capture over USB 3.2 Gen2. The device supports configurable sample rates based on the number of active channels, direct streaming to a host system, optional analog acquisition modules, and software support across Windows, Linux, and macOS.

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Social Control Media and GAFAM as National Security Threats (Domestically and More So Abroad)

"Algorithms control messages, swayed 2024 presidential election"
It's Not a GAFAM World Anymore and There Are Far More Operating Systems Than Google's, Apple's, and Microsoft's

we're not getting the full picture of what's happening
Microsoft's XBox is Going Away Like Microsoft's Skype (Slowly But Surely, Then All at Once)

XBox is dying rapidly
Codecs and Software Patents - Part IV - Things Got So Bad That Some Laptop Sales Got Banned in the EU (Over Software Patents!)

If software patents lead to such severe outcomes, shouldn't the media pay closer attention to the problem?

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Gemini Links 08/05/2026: Slop Falsely Marketed to Greedy Administrators and New Official Maintainer of Antenna Confirmed

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Links 08/05/2026: French Prosecutors Seek Charges Against MElon, Europe Wants Young People Without Skinnerboxes (Smartphones)

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2,000-4,000 More Layoffs Expected at IBM's Kyndryl, Some Say Over 10,000 Layoffs

They use euphemisms like "restructuring" or "rebalancing"
Gemini Links 08/05/2026: Dissociated Pride and Prejudice, Smallnet Protocols Roundup

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Links 08/05/2026: Slop Profiteer NVIDIA (and Circular Financing/Accounting Fraud Leader) May Be Liable for Mass Copyright Infringement, Kyndryl (IBM) Layoffs

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Outgoing OSI Chief Was Paid by Microsoft to Advocate for GPL Violations (Using the OSI's Name). Now, Inside OIN, He Says GPL Violations Are 'Freedom'.

It seems like only compromised people can be "allowed" to run today's OSI
SLAPP Censorship - Part 70 Out of 200: Microsoft's Graveley Injunction Request 100% the Same as Garrett's (Pure 'Copy-paste', Not Even a Word or Single Character Changed!)

Not so funny at all
Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

There is a term for this: mission creep
Cloudflare is a Giant Pile of Debt, Now There Are Mass Layoffs and Media Coverage About This is Churnalism, Sometimes by Slopfarms (False Excuses)

If Cloudflare goes under, it'll be great news
NDAs as a Price Tag on Criticism (or Honest Expressions of Opinion)

What ever happened to accountability? Suppressed by reverse bribes (via NDAs)?
Internal Microsoft Communications Confirm: "Buyout" Offer Worse Than a Year's Salary and Microsoft Offers "Retirement" to Young People Who Cannot Retire

Does that sound like a good offer or marching orders?
Site Overhauls at Cybershow and at analognowhere.com (Less is More!)

They seem to be replacing the heavy PHP backend with static HTML pages
The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XVI - EPO Had Data Breaches, Covered Them Up, Now Lectures Staff That Didn't Do It and Didn't Cover It Up

Imagine what would happen to staff if (non-anonymously) blowing the whistle on management leaking and then covering up EPO data breaches
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