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Experts say the US government and tech companies are failing to mount a clear response to the theft of trade secrets by Chinese corporate and government spies (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/lin…

Linwei Ding was a Google software engineer. He was also a prolific thief of trade secrets, say prosecutors.
The Linwei Ding case illustrates what U.S. officials say is an ongoing nightmare: Google and other top U.S. tech firms have had their pockets picked by China.

Spencer Strider Diagnosed With UCL Damage Following MRI
#MLB #Baseball #MLBTradeRumors

Falling In Reverse will go on tour with Dance Gavin Dance, Black Veil Brides AND Tech N9ne, huh? 👀 MonsTOUR, indeed!
Also: Holy smokes, Ronnie's new cover-up tattoos are ugly as fuck... 😬
#Music #FallingInReverse

I am loving the story of Road & Track taking down a fantastic article on Formula 1 and failing to provide any suitable explanation for doing so. The article is a wonderful piece of sports journalism, and if the aim is to expand the audience for F1, it achieves its goal. Road & Track is now experiencing the Streisand Effect in full. Anyway, I recommend reading the article (which is on the Internet Archive of course):

Behind F1's Velvet Curtain
If you wanted to turn someone into a socialist you could do it in about an hour by taking them for a spin around the paddock of a Formula 1 race. The kind of money I saw will haunt me forever.

Honestly, the worst effect of the xz/sshd exploit is the evaporation of trust in #OpenSource.
There's this new prolific contributor. I haven't looked in great detail, but they're seemingly doing great work. All pull requests are nicely annotated as to ease review. Really, everything you could wish for. But what if it's a bad actor trying to quickly build trust?
Then this contributor kindly pings assignee a week after filing the PR. Well, nothing wrong with that. It makes sense. But then, what if it's a bad actor trying to pressure maintainers?
Or perhaps it's just a great, well-organized #Gentoo contributor.

If I asked J to list off my personal failings we'd be here some time but omg getting her to plan anything is a struggle. 2 weeks ago I left her with a list of things to make decisions about by the time I got back. Spoke today and of the biggest one:
"yeah I think so"
"so I'll book it tomorrow then"
"I'll have to think about it"
"and the thing we're doing in 2 days time?
"I need to decide what time we'll…

I was feeling like crap and shaking. Thought I had eaten enough today, but when I checked sugar levels, I was at 4. I was outside doing yard work for 90 minutes along with a good walk, so that is probably part of the reason.

Filing: CRM software maker Freshworks acquires Connecticut-based Device42, which helps companies manage their IT infrastructure and had raised $38.5M, for $230M (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/02/fres

Freshworks acquires Device42 for $230M, appoints Dennis Woodside new CEO | TechCrunch
Freshworks, the publicly listed SaaS firm, is acquiring U.S.-based startup Device42 for $230 million, the company disclosed in an SEC filing. Alongside SaaS firm Freshworks, undergoing a CEO transition, has acquired US-based startup Device42 for $230 million.