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Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.0 is the second major update based on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series, introducing an updated browser engine for the Morph Browser app based on Chromium 134, which improves compatibility with today’s websites, along with an installer for Widevine for playing DRM-protected content.

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Some other shots I captured by the seaside

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  1. Insolvency as the New Norm in the United States' Economy
    this is vastly worse than then 2008 subprime mortgage crisis
  2. IBM's CEO Might 'Retire' or 'Step Down' by Christmas
    PIP the CEO

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  3. IBM Hammers a CoI Into a CoCed Fedora, RIP Fedora?
    Also in the "Fedora is dead" dept. today
  4. Gemini Links 25/07/2026: Zoo, MUD, Literature, EMF Camp, and e-ID
    Links for the day
  5. European Patent Office (EPO) Series: The Solution of No Choice: A Shortlist of One
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  6. Wife of Dan Williams Has Explained Mental Factors Leading to His Death
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  7. Several New Series Coming Soon
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  8. Misleading Articles About YouTube and Google Financial Performance
    The future of Google is self-serving monopolisation and destruction of the Web
  9. Microsoft Cannot Survive the Fall of Windows
    It has amassed way too much debt
  10. Links 25/07/2026: Hong Kong Squashing Criticism/Dissent, Mirror Caught Breaking Into Voicemail
    Links for the day
  11. PIPs Are Shrinking IBM and "IBM is Managing Decline, Not Building Growth"
    IBM is going down the drain
  12. IBM is Killing the Fedora Community, Replacing It With LLM Slop From IBM Staff
    Krishna buys companies only to gut them. They've all learned this from experience.
  13. Earlier This Year Dan Williams Prepared for Scenario Where Linus Torvalds Dies
    He had only just started a job at NVIDIA
  14. Links 25/07/2026: Data Breaches Abundant and Attribution Imperiled in the Age of Slop Hype
    Links for the day
  15. Gemini Links 25/07/2026: Poetry and Plaintext Pages
    Links for the day
  16. What is Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
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  17. IBM PIPs Continue Until Morale Improves, Silent or Quiet Firings at IBM Explained
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