schestowitz.com

In Journalism, You Cannot Always “Play Safe”

Seeking affirmation through conformism and appeasement means being toothless

Liverpool Shows That Heckling Does Not Work

Trip to Liverpool

In Defence of Journalists and Columnists in the UK

Women are targeted a lot

Crimes Are Crimes

Crossposted from Tux Machines

Our Next Trip to London

A good husband would protect the wife from illegal abuse

Reject Bots and Cheapening of Services

Aim high

Telling Stories Effectively

It matters a lot

Etihad Stadium: Project Done?

With Co-op Live and then the hotels, the Etihad Stadium has been like a construction site since COVID-19 began 7 years ago

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in 2 Days, PSG Faces No Probe

Kickoff at 8PM

Reform UK Seems to be in Trouble at the High Court

Elections rendered a PR stunt for a racist party

Internet Society

The EU KIDS Act Should Make Services Safer, Not Create an Internet Badge

The European Commission’s proposed EU KIDS Act addresses a growing concern shared by parents, educators, policymakers, and young people: some online services are designed to encourage excessive use, exploit users’ attention, or expose minors to harmful interactions. Protecting children online is an important and legitimate policy objective.

Community Snapshot—September

Around the world, our community works locally, regionally, and globally to keep the Internet a force for good: open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy.

9to5Linux

Ubuntu’s Myna Speech-to-Text App Is Now Available as a Technology Preview

Myna brings AI-powered speech-to-text dictation to the Ubuntu Desktop using local models. While Myna prioritizes local speech recognition, feature releases will also support online models. However, the app doesn’t require an active Internet connection and processes audio in memory and discards it after use.

Ubuntu 27.04 “Tenacious T-Rex” Is Slated for Release on April 22nd, 2027

Ubuntu 27.04 “Tenacious T-Rex” will be Canonical’s 46th Ubuntu release, and it’s an interim one that will be supported with software and security updates for only nine months, until January 2028, targeting bleeding-edge Ubuntu users who are willing to trade Ubuntu LTS’s stability for the latest technologies.

Mozilla Firefox 158 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Highlights of Mozilla Firefox 158 include improved PDF handling on Linux and macOS systems by using the SkPDF PDF-generation backend for Skia, allowing PDFs to be more accessible and also addressing various PDF rendering issues, support for the new JPEG XL image format, and support for storing custom wallpapers in the New Tab page.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 11th, 2026

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LinuxGizmos.com

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

Sipeed’s SLogic32U3 is a 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.

ZOTAC CM5-PICO Fanless Industrial PC with Dual HDMI and M.2 Expansion

ZOTAC’s ZBOX PRO CM5-PICO is a compact industrial computer powered by the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5. The fanless system supports dual 4K displays, Gigabit Ethernet, M.2 expansion, and a 40-pin GPIO header, with an aluminum enclosure designed for continuous operation in embedded and edge computing applications.

Abietec AX61 Wireless Modules Leverage Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Matter

Abietec, a subsidiary of Raytac, offers the AX61 series of wireless modules based on NXP’s RW612 and RW610 microcontrollers. The small-form-factor modules support Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Matter connectivity, with multiple antenna configurations and an accompanying development kit for embedded and IoT applications.

Zymbit ZYMKEY 5 Security Module Offers 640 Key Slots for Raspberry Pi

Zymbit’s ZYMKEY 5 is a hardware security module for Raspberry Pi systems, offering 640 key slots, filesystem encryption, device authentication, and physical tamper detection. It also supports additional cryptographic algorithms compared to its predecessor.