The only flavour of decentralisation there’s no room for at FOSDEM is the kind that won’t speak at a conference that allows itself to be sponsored by, and thereby whitewashes, a surveillance capitalist like Google that is complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.
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Q&A with David Liu, CEO of PlusAI, which is slated to go public next month, on the ongoing commercial trial of its autonomous truck driving software, and more (Rani Molla/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/tech/plusai-ceo-david-liu-on-…
If you have a few moments, please watch Aseel’s “day in the life of” video from Gaza where she takes you through her daily reality during Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.
In addition to her daily chores, Aseel spent the last week helping @… and me run verification calls for Gaza Verified while @…
Die skandinavischen Länder geben den passenden Ton vor, Herr Bundeskanzler:
Der ehemalige dänische Justizminister SŸren Pind: „Die nordischen Länder allein haben eine Wirtschaft wie Russland. Wenn die USA uns im Stich lassen wollen, dann sollen sie doch zu dem Land werden, das früher Mut und Willenskraft hatte und jetzt ein Land der Feiglinge ist."
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mobilizes state National Guard amid ongoing protests (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/01/17/us/ice-shooting-minneapolis-protests-renee-good-hnk
http://www.memeorandum.com/260117/p42#a260117p42
Anybody else ever have so much ongoing stuff that you ran out of USB ports across three hubs to plug in all of your jtag dongles?
Check out today's Metacurity for a comprehensive run-down of crucial cybersecurity developments you should know, including
--Yanluowang initial access broker faces up to 53 years in prison following guilty plea,
--CBO breach is considered 'ongoing,'
--Asahi's shipments are at 10% following attack and ahead of holiday season,
--Payments by British insurers for cyber incidents have tripled,
--Chinese national faces UK sentencing this week for money …
In recent months, DDR4 and DDR5 RAM and SSD prices surged dramatically due to an ongoing AI chip shortage and panic buying; some RAM kits now cost 3x as much (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/1