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Happy Linux Day: Linux Offers Freedom from the Big Tech Companies That Are Selling Your Data and Spying on You

For more than five years, Jeff.pro has been showing "main-street Americans" ("We, the people"), how Linux gives them control that Microsoft, Google, and Apple do not

October 24, 20263 min read

Elon Musk Invests a Billion Dollars Into the Company That Owns CNN, making him a part-owner

Tech entrepreneur deepens his stake in a debt-heavy Hollywood giant that now controls major news networks

Oct 223 min

Major PHP2Shell Vunerability Leaves WordPress and Other Sites Open to Attack Until Updated

A critical PHP bug can let hackers seize control of servers that power WordPress and many everyday websites. Probably a good time to avoid secure transactions on websites that use PHP, for a while.

Oct 213 min

YouTube Starts Banning Channels Again. Is the Arbitrary Ban Machine Back On?

Recent terminations of Bitcoin educators, fitness creators, and others raise old questions about selective enforcement by the Google-owned video platform

Oct 203 min

A Known Security Flaw Was Left Unfixed. Hackers Took FBI Agents' Home Addresses.

The FBI says a contractor never installed a patch that was already written. Thousands of employees had personal files stolen anyway.

Oct 63 min

Already Fading: Apple’s New $1,199 iPhone Looks Worn Out of the Box

Burgundy and Black iPhone 18 Pro owners say the color around the cameras is washing out. Silver and Glacier buyers are not seeing the same problem.

Sep 303 min

Meta Built Sunglasses That Talk Back, And That May Be the Next Computer

The Silicon Valley giant nobody asked to watch the world just made glasses people might actually wear. "VR" was a flop, these may not be.

Sep 243 min

Beyond Superintelligence: Origin, Lineage, and the Crucial Distinction of Machine Intelligence

To Successfully Coexist, Humans and Machines Must Distinguish Earthly Engineering from the Divine

Sep 225 min

Judge Finds Google Illegally Locked Up Web Advertising, Rejects DOJ Plan to Force a Breakup

Google keeps its AdX exchange and must instead open auctions to rivals, share bid data, and accept six years of monitoring.

Sep 173 min

Senate Kills Clarity Act, Leaves Wall Street and Silicon Valley in Charge

A 49-50 cloture vote ends years of lobbying. Regulators, banks, and campaign season now write the rules.

Sep 152 min

Microsoft’s Giant September Patch Broke Remote Desktop, Excel, and USB Audio

A record security dump from Redmond left offices scrambling, then the company had to rush out emergency fixes.

Sep 153 min

Silicon Valley’s News Apps Stack the Deck with Political Bias: 68% Left, 5% Right

Apple, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo push left-leaning stories by the thousands while conservative outlets barely get a look as midterms near

Sep 103 min

Police Sound the Alarm on Meta’s Camera Glasses

Internal memos from New York to California treat Ray-Ban Meta glasses as a security risk that can film jails, officers, and patrol routines without anyone noticing.

Sep 83 min