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"Arduino wasn’t valuable because it was just a microcontroller company. It was valuable because it was a commons. And you can’t apply enterprise legal frameworks to a commons without destroying it"
You also can't buy a #commons, at least without destroying it as a commons. The key point about a commons is that it isn't property.

Did Qualcomm kill Arduino for good? | Molecularist
The maker community worried Qualcomm would kill the Arduino ethos. New T&Cs confirm the community's worst fears. Here's what's at stake, what Qualcomm got wrong, and what might still be salvaged.

Borderline adorable/bittersweet: "news brief" recorded by English #Wikinews gumboyaya in June 2006, when Wikinews people were still trying very hard.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

File:170606 1800 newsbriefs.ogg - Wikimedia Commons

Anthropic says Claude's memory feature, initially available for Team and Enterprise users, is rolling out to Pro and Max subscribers (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/one-of-chatgpts-most-helpful-features-is-com…

One of ChatGPT's most helpful features is coming to Claude - here's who gets it
Anthropic's Memory feature aims to create a more personalized experience while prioritizing user control.

Trump Ally Pushing Conspiracy Case Says Grand Jury Review Coming (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-22/trump-ally-pushing-conspiracy-case-says-grand-jury-review-coming
http://www.memeorandum.com/251022/p39#a251022p39

Rest in Power Victor Grossman: An American Communist Like No Other
https://jacobin.com/2025/12/victor-grossman-obit
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An American Communist Like No Other
Victor Grossman died in Berlin, aged 97, last Wednesday. An American communist, his life was forever shaped by his defection to the Eastern Bloc at the height of the Cold War.

A Secure Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing for Wireless Communication Systems
Ping Wang, Zulin Wang, Yuanfang Ma, Xiaosi Tian, Yuanhan Ni
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18555 h…

A Secure Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing for Wireless Communication Systems
This paper introduces a secure affine frequency division multiplexing (SE-AFDM) for wireless communication systems to enhance communication security. Besides configuring the parameter c1 to obtain communication reliability under doubly selective channels, we also utilize the time-varying parameter c2 to improve the security of the communications system. The derived input-output relation shows that the legitimate receiver can eliminate the nonlinear impact introduced by the time-varying c2 witho…

Top 25 New Biggest Free to Play Games coming in 2025 and 2026 - Enfant Terrible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvE5GTv0wJA

TOP 25 NEW BIGGEST Free to Play Games coming in 2025 and 2026
Take a look at the best free to play games with amazing next-gen graphics coming out in 2025, 2026 and beyond. Most of the games are being developed in Unrea...

The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 along party lines on Thursday
to scrap rules that required U.S. phone and internet giants to meet certain minimum cybersecurity requirements.
The FCC’s two Trump-appointed commissioners, chairman Brendan Carr and his Republican colleague Olivia Trusty,
voted to withdraw the rules that require telecommunications carriers to “secure their networks from unlawful access or interception of communications.”
The Biden administ…

Despite Chinese hacks, Trump's FCC votes to scrap cybersecurity rules for phone and internet companies | TechCrunch
Two Trump-appointed FCC officials voted to undo the telecom industry's cybersecurity rules. One Democratic commissioner dissented, saying the decision leaves the United States "less safe" at a time when threats are increasing.

Megyn Kelly Escalates Feud with Bari Weiss: 'More Truth Coming' (Annabella Rosciglione/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/megyn-kelly-escalates-feud-with-bari-weiss-more-truth-coming/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251223/p116#a251223p116

Sources: Infinite Reality, rebranded as Napster, told staff that $3B in funding from an unnamed investor is not coming, calling itself a "victim of misconduct" (Phoebe Liu, Iain Martin/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/202<…

Napster Said It Raised $3 Billion From A Mystery Investor. Now The ‘Investor’ And ‘Money’ Are Gone
Forbes raised questions about a massive funding round metaverse-turned-AI firm Napster supposedly raised in January. The money is never coming, the company said Thursday.