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A private investigator testifies at the UK High Court that his 2021 admissions about phone tapping of Prince Harry and Elton John were a forged "pack of lies" (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar

Global cybercrime crackdown: over 373 000 dark web sites shut down
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/global-cybercrime-crackdown-over-373-000-dark-web-sites-shut-down

Global cybercrime crackdown: over 373 000 dark web sites shut down – Authorities from 23 countries participate in the operation | Europol
On 9 March 2026, a global operation led by German authorities and supported by Europol was launched against one of the largest networks of fraudulent platforms in the dark web. The investigation began in mid-2021 against the dark web platform “Alice with Violence CP”. During the investigation, authorities discovered that the platform’s operator was running more than 373 000 fraudulent websites advertising child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) offerings.

from my link log —
Project Champollion: reverse-engineering Rosetta 2.
https://ffri.github.io/ProjectChampollion/
saved 2021-03-05 https://

@… ever since log4j had a critical vulnerability in 2021

Meta has announced plans to discontinue support for end-to-end encryption for chats on Instagram after May 8, 2026
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/meta-to-shut-down-instagram-end-to-end.html?m=1

Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026
Meta will end Instagram E2EE chats May 8, 2026, reversing a 2021 privacy test and reigniting debate over encrypted messaging oversight.

Bluesky: CEO Jay Graber tritt ab, Kapitalgeber soll Suche nach Nachfolge leiten
Jay Graber ist das Gesicht von Bluesky, sie leitet das soziale Netz seit 2021. Jetzt tritt sie ab, ein Interims-CEO soll die Suche nach einer Nachfolge leiten.

Ondertussen bij DasErste een tweede deel van Der Beschützer. Het eerste deel was uit 2021
Der Beschützer - Wissen, das tötet - #ARD
#crimi #krimi #DasErste

Kleiner #Winterspaziergang im #Stadtwald im Februar 2021. Für wenige Tage gab es #Schnee. 😊
Für eine

Bluesky: CEO Jay Graber tritt ab, Kapitalgeber soll Suche nach Nachfolge leiten https://www.heise.de/news/Bluesky-CEO-Jay-Graber-tritt-ab-Kapitalgeber-soll-Suche-nach-Nachfolge-leiten-11204888.html

Bluesky: CEO Jay Graber tritt ab, Kapitalgeber soll Suche nach Nachfolge leiten
Jay Graber ist das Gesicht von Bluesky, sie leitet das soziale Netz seit 2021. Jetzt tritt sie ab, ein Interims-CEO soll die Suche nach einer Nachfolge leiten.

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Yeah. I got that. Wasn't trying to criticize. Just sharing my take.
When you're poorer, how you do really is Bishop lottery. Some bishops are freer with funds and the bishop's storehouse (food bank) …

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The tao of Unicode sparklines.
https://blog.jonudell.net/2021/08/05/the-tao-of-unicode-sparklines/
saved 2021-08-07

The Tao of Unicode Sparklines
I’ve long been enamored of the sparkline, a graphical device which its inventor Edward Tufte defines thusly: A sparkline is a small intense, simple, word-sized graphic with typographic resolu…

Investment in Austin-based startups grew to a record high of $7.19B in 2025, up from $4.37B in 2024 and topping a pandemic peak of $6.1B in 2021 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/all-time-high-f…

Austin's Star Is Still Shining Bright: Venture Funding To City's Startups Hits All-Time High
Austin’s startup scene is stronger than ever. That’s the consensus among investors in the city, and it’s borne out by Crunchbase data, which shows startups headquartered in the Lone Star State’s capital raised a record $7.19 billion in venture funding in 2025.

Raiders re-sign DE Malcolm Koonce https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-re-sign-malcolm-koonce-defensive-end-2026-nfl-free-agency-transactions

U.S. payrolls unexpectedly fell by 92,000 in February; unemployment rate rises to 4.4% one of the highest rates since 2021. https://ground.news/article/us-payrolls-unexpectedly-fell-by-92-000-in-february-unemployment-rate-rises-to-44_1ad65b

Bizarrely warm end of the winter, here in the Netherlands: average temperature in the last part of February (21-28/29) was more than a full degree higher than the previous record set just five years ago:
10.5°C, that's warmer than the already warmed 1991-2020 average for April!
Peak was above 17°C.

Hoy ha muerto #chatcontrol 1.0 https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/the-end-of-chat-control-is-an-opportunity-5-point-ac…

Zugegeben - ein kleines bisschen stolz sind wir #Hessen schon auf unsere inzwischen sieben #UNESCO-#Welterbestätten.
2021 kam die Darmstädter

I'm going to talk about my work today... to 4 year old kids at my daughter's school :)))
I hope my wet lab skills are good enough to isolate a DNA from banana!
#science #dissemination

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Waiting for PostgreSQL 14: SEARCH and CYCLE clauses.
https://www.depesz.com/2021/02/04/waiting-for-postgresql-14-search-and-cycle-clauses/
saved 2021-03-05

German bargain grocer Aldi plans to open more than 180 U.S. stores this year.
The chain, which has been rapidly expanding since inflation surged in 2021, has set a goal of 3,200 stores globally by the end of 2028.
Trader Joe’s has been on an expansion spree.
Many Dollar General stores have begun selling fresh produce.
“Discounters are in this really tricky spot, where price is paramount, but they’re up against the likes of Walmart,” Moran said.
Walmart and Amaz…

Los Raiders renovaron al ala defensiva Malcolm Koonce https://www.raiders.com/news/los-raiders-renovaron-al-ala-defensiva-malcolm-koonce

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A practical look at 2G GSM security after three decades.
https://harrisonsand.com/gsm-security/
saved 2021-02-09 https://dotat…

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Speculating the entire x86-64 instruction set in seconds with this one weird trick.
https://blog.can.ac/2021/03/22/speculating-x86-64-isa-with-one-weird-trick/
saved 2021-03-26

Speculating the entire x86-64 Instruction Set In Seconds with This One Weird Trick
As cheesy as the title sounds, I promise it cannot beat the cheesiness of the technique I’ll be telling you about in this post. The morning I saw Mark …