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As we approach 2025, I've been thinking about the tools I've been using, and how they've changed over the last 12 months. I decided to write a quick post about what's changed and how it's going!

https://chrismcolvin.com/posts/switching-up-my-tools/

#blog #photography #video #tech


Why are external HDs such a pain in the tit? "Yeah sure, you can copy all that stuff ... actually, no you can copy a big chunk of it then I'm going to tell explorer I don't exist" 🙄 😡

#Life #Tech


New post: A look back over the blog in 2024, including the most popular posts and my switch to a new web host.

https://www.diversetechgeek.com/dtg-2024-year-in-review/

#blogging #YearInReview #media #tech


🚀 Want to level up your Linux skills? Learn how to search files like a pro with find & locate. This guide is perfect for beginners and includes tips for handling permissions & large data sets.

Read it here: https://www.spsanderson.com/steveondata/posts/2024-12-27/

#Programming #Linux #Tech #Blog
A terminal window with a command find ~ -type d executed. The output lists directories in the user's home directory, such as /home/steve, /home/steve/.local, /home/steve/.config, /home/steve/docker, /home/steve/.ssh, and more.
A terminal window with a command find ~ -type f -size -100k executed. The output lists files under the user's home directory that are smaller than 100 KB, including .smbcredentials, .bashrc, docker-compose.yml, test_file.txt, .profile, and others.
A terminal window with a command locate zip | grep bin executed. The output lists binary files related to "zip," such as /bin/bunzip2, /bin/gzip, and firmware files like /lib/firmware/qed/qed_init_values_zipped-8.10.10.0.bin. The list continues with similar entries.


AI platforms are unlikely to become a major source of traffic or ad revenue for media outlets, with content deals offering only a short-term revenue boost, says @om.

Read his thoughts on the existential threat facing the media: https://flip.it/24hQS4

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Media #Journalism #Tech


T-Mobile Users can try Starlink-enabled Phone Service for free during Beta.

T-Mobile's announcement said the service using Starlink's low-Earth orbit satellites will "provide coverage for the 500,000 square miles of land in the United States not covered by earth-bound cell towers."

https://www.t-mobile.com/news/network/t-mobile-starlink-direct-to-cell-beta-registration

#tmobile #starlink #direct #to #cell #beta #registration #space #satellite #communication #it #engineer #media #tech #news
Starlink parent SpaceX has so far launched over 300 satellites with direct-to-cell capabilities.

The registration page says, "We expect the beta to begin in early 2025, starting with texting and expanding to data and voice over time. The beta is open to all T-Mobile postpaid customers for free, but capacity is limited."

<https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/satellite-phone-service>

While not yet ready for full commercial service, T-Mobile Starlink was turned on temporarily to provide a critical communication option for those without any other means to reach emergency responders and loved ones during Hurricanes Helene and Milton," the carrier said. "Even without the full constellation in place, customers with capable devices were able to receive critical emergency alerts and send and receive messages when satellites were overhead."

T-Mobile said the Starlink-enabled service will be "much more user friendly" than previous satellite phone services. The carrier said "users will not need to hold their phone up to search for a signal. Both inbound and outbound messages are sent and received just like any other message."

T-Mobile also said there are parts of the US where it will likely never offer coverage from cell towers. T-Mobile Starlink will "make the phone in your pocket work in areas of the US that have never, and probably never will, have ground based coverage," said T-Mobile President of Marketing, Strategy and Products Mike Katz.


If we're going to ban TikTok I think we should also ban Facebook. And Instagram. And Threads. I feel like the world would be a lot more peaceful without those platforms.

#Instagram #Threads #Facebook #SocialMedia #meta #tech #TikTok


"I’ve still received no communication from anyone in the project as to why I can no longer access Slack or why I am blocked on Twitter.

I’ve spent more than 20 years – more than two-thirds of my life – contributing to WordPress."

"Edit: A few hours since publishing this, I have been blocked from WordPress.org, and hence from contributing on Trac as well."

#WordPress #tech #blog #OpenSource #news #web

https://journal.rmccue.io/468/on-contribution/


Yoast Co-Founder Calls For WordPress Leadership Change – Mullenweg Resists

"Matt Mullenweg commented on Joost’s blog post, offering a passive-aggressive dismissal of everything he proposed. His comment was veiled in politeness while handing out indirect criticism and a recommendation that Joost should leave the WordPress community."

The drama continues.

#Wordpress #tech #blog #web #OpenSource #news

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/yoast-co-founder-calls-for-leadership-change-mullenweg-resists/536115/


"Matt Mullenweg announced the abrupt pause in services offered by WordPress.org, affecting plugin submissions, reviews, theme submissions, and additions to the photo directory."

"He then shared a cryptic message that implied there was a chance that WordPress may not resume those services in 2025..."

Looks like things aren't going well at WordPress 😬

#tech #WordPress #news #blogging #blog #OpenSource

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/mullenweg-pauses-wordpress-services-hopes-to-reopen-next-year/535973/


Apple urged to axe AI feature after false headline

The BBC made a complaint to apple after Apple Intelligence, which summarizes and groups together notifications, falsely created a BBC News headline that murder suspect Luigi Mangione had shot himself

Reporters Without Borders has also called on Apple to remove the technology

#BBC #ReportersWithoutBorders #apple #appleintelligence #LuigiMangione #murder #media #news #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #technology #tech

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2v778x85yo


HO HO HO!!! 🎅 This year's last edition of the Codeminer42’s tech news report is out, share it with your friends and family! Wish you all happy holidays and happy coding! See you next year!

https://bit.ly/3Bu1v5x

#blog #codeminer42 #tech #news #weekly


Researchers find Security Flaws in Skoda Cars that may let Threat Actors remotely track them.

IT-Security researchers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the infotainment units used in some Skoda cars that could allow malicious actors to remotely trigger certain controls and track the car’s location in real time.

https://pcautomotive.com/vulnerabilities-in-skoda-and-volkswagen-vehicles

#skoda #mib3 #vulnerabilities #car #it #security #privacy #engineering #media #tech #news
PCAutomotive, a cybersecurity firm specializing in the automotive sector, unveiled 12 new security vulnerabilities impacting the latest model of the Skoda Superb III sedan. This comes a year after the organization disclosed 9 other vulnerabilities affecting the same model. Skoda is a car brand owned by German automobile giant Volkswagen.

The vulnerabilities, discovered in the vehicle’s MIB3 infotainment unit, could allow attackers to achieve unrestricted code execution and run malicious code every time the unit starts. This could let an attacker obtain live vehicle GPS coordinates and speed data, record conversations via the in-car microphone, take screenshots of the infotainment display and play arbitrary sounds in the car.

The researchers noted that the vulnerable MIB3 units are used in multiple Volkswagen and Skoda models, and based on public sales data, estimates there are potentially more than 1.4 million vulnerable vehicles out there.


💡 Guai in vista per TP-Link

https://gomoot.com/guai-in-vista-per-tp-link/

#ban #blog #hakcer #news #picks #router #tech #tecnologia #tplink #usa


💡 NVIDIA RTX 5090 promette prestazioni straordinarie, con 32 GB GDDR7

https://gomoot.com/nvidia-rtx-5090-promette-prestazioni-straordinarie-con-32-gb-gddr7/

#amd #blog #news #nvidia #picks #rtx #rtx5000 #rtx5090 #tech #tecnologia


It's laughable how the human race is trying to industry, tech and capitalism its way out of climate disaster.

Isn't the real answer obvious?

DO LESS OF THESE THINGS NOT MORE!

We do not need fridges connected to the internet and washing machines you control from your phone in another country.

#climate #climatechange #capitalism #industry #tech


Bird Flu jumps from Birds to Human in Louisiana [Patient hospitalized].

It is the first human H5N1 case detected in Louisiana. For now, the case is considered a "presumptive" positive until testing is confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health officials says “caution people to stay away from any sick or dead birds”.

https://ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-2024

#birdflu #h5n1 #pandemic #nature #healthcare #media #science #tech #health #engineering #news
A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu after having contact with sick and dying birds suspected of carrying the virus.

Although the person has been hospitalized, their condition was not immediately reported. It's also unclear what kind of birds the person had contact with [wild, backyard or commercial birds]. Ars has reached out to Louisiana's health department and will update this piece with any additional information.

To date, at least 845 herds across 16 states have contracted the virus since March, including 630 in California, which detected its first dairy infections in late August.

At least 60 people in the US have been infected amid the viral spread this year. But the new case in Louisiana stands out. To date, nearly all of the human cases have been among poultry and dairy workers [unlike the new case in Louisiana] and almost all have been mild [also unlike the new case]. Most of the cases have involved conjunctivitis [pink eye] and/or mild respiratory and flu-like symptoms.

<https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/index.html>


“The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the broadband industry's challenge to a New York law that requires Internet providers to offer $15- or $20-per-month service to people with low incomes.”

Big cable fighting this feels like folks who fight free school lunches for low income kids.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/big-loss-for-isps-as-supreme-court-wont-hear-challenge-to-15-broadband-law/
Tech Threads #tech #law
#tech #law


New stealthy Pumakit Linux Rootkit Malware spotted in the Wild. :linux:

IT-security researchers have uncovered a new Linux rootkit called PUMAKIT that comes with capabilities to escalate privileges, hide files & directories, and conceal itself from system tools, while simultaneously evading detection.

https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/declawing-pumakit

#linux #pumakit #malware #it #security #privacy #engineer #media #tech #news
"PUMAKIT is a sophisticated loadable kernel module (LKM) rootkit that employs advanced stealth mechanisms to hide its presence and maintain communication with command-and-control servers," Elastic Security Lab researchers Remco Sprooten and Ruben Groenewoud said in a technical report published last week.

Generally, this malware are used by advanced threat actors targeting critical infrastructure and enterprise systems for espionage, financial theft and disruption operations.
[ImageSource: Elastic Security]

Pumakit Infection Chain.

Pumakit employs a multi-stage infection process starting with a dropper named 'cron,' which executes embedded payloads ('/memfd:tgt' and '/memfd:wpn') entirely from memory.

The '/memfd:wpn' payload, which executes in a child process, performs environment checks and kernel image manipulation and eventually deploys the LKM rootkit module ('puma.ko') into the system kernel.

Embedded within the LKM rootkit is Kitsune SO ('lib64/libs.so'), acting as the userland rootkit that injects itself into processes using 'LD_PRELOAD' to intercept system calls at the user level.
[ImageSource: Elastic Security]

Pumakit using ftrace to hook Syscalls.

The malware uses the internal Linux function tracer (ftrace) to hook into as many as 18 different system calls and various kernel functions such as "prepare_creds," and "commit_creds" to alter core system behaviors and accomplish its goals.

<https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/trace/ftrace.html>

"Unique methods are used to interact with Pumakid, including using the rmdir() syscall for privilege escalation and specialized commands for extracting configuration and runtime information," the researchers said.


💡 IRIS 2, il sistema satellitare europeo in risposta a Starlink

https://gomoot.com/iris-2-il-sistema-satellitare-europeo-in-risposta-a-starlink/

#blog #iris #news #picks #satelliti #spacerise #spacex #starlink #tech #tecnologia #ue


💡 Grok 2: migliori prestazioni e costi API ridotti

https://gomoot.com/grok-2-migliori-prestazioni-e-costi-api-ridotti/

#api #blog #chatbot #gpt #grok #grok2 #ia #news #nvidia #openai #picks #tech #tecnologia #xai


Whether or not you "get" tech, tech is out to "get" you.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/

#tech #growthHacking #advertising #enshittification #monetization #platforms #media #capitalism #attentionEconomy


I got to try out the Fifine Ampligame V3 Capture card and was left a bit disappointed by the performance. Spend the extra money on a real card

#fifine #tech #technology #review #gaming #videogame #streaming #pc #nintendo #switch #blog #review

https://churapereviews.com/2024/12/17/is-the-fifine-ampligame-v3-worth-it-a-detailed-review/


Germany cuts Threat Actors Access to over 30,000 Android Devices pre-loaded with BadBox Malware.

The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) announced that it had blocked communication between the infected Android IoT devices and the criminal’s command-and-control (C2) servers, to preventing further damage.

https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Service-Navi/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/Presse2024/241212_Badbox_Sinkholing.html

#android #badbox #bsi #it #security #privacy #engineer #media #tech #news
BadBox primarily targets Android devices (such as smartphones, tablets, connected TV streaming boxes and IoT devices) embedding malicious code into their firmware. According to previous reports, the operators of BadBox typically target low-cost devices, which are sold through online retailers or resale sites. [One Chinese manufacturer were shipped pre-installed with Triada malware, which is linked to BadBox's operators.]

<https://www.humansecurity.com/newsroom/human-disrupts-digital-supply-chain-threat-actor-scheme-originating-from-china>

The BSI reported that the BadBox malware it found on infected devices, like digital photo frames and streaming devices, can secretly create email and messenger accounts. This enables the malware to spread fake news, carry out advertising fraud and serve as a proxy, allowing criminals to exploit the devices internet connections for cyberattacks or illegal content distribution.

"Malware on internet-enabled products is unfortunately not a rare phenomenon. Outdated firmware versions, in particular, pose a huge risk," BSI president Claudia Plattner said in a statement. "We all have a duty here: manufacturers and retailers have a responsibility to ensure that such devices do not come onto the market."

Device owners who are impacted by this sinkholing operation will be notified by their internet service providers based on their IP address.


Want To Make The Most Of Tails Amnesiac Linux OS "Pull Out" Feature?

💡 Try My Idea: USBSTICK "Pull The Plug" Bracelet (ideal for Tails)

This idea allows you to attach yourself to the inserted Tails disk, by bracelet (on demand)

If your arm ever gets too far from the computer: *POOF* there goes forensics! 😁

#HumanRights #Journalism #Tails #Linux #privacy #forensics #ideas #tech #GNU #fun #bracelet #jewelry #RAM #coldbootattack #infosec #cybersecurity #TorProject

https://tube.tchncs.de/w/q2Vdv11aTrmgAjKrrAULw2


‘AI Granny’ is happy to talk with phone scammers all day

the UK’s largest mobile network operator, O2, introduced a chatbot designed to frustrate phone scammers. Called “dAIsy,” it mimics an older woman with all kinds of time to chat – about knitting, her cat Fluffy – with the aim of keeping fraudsters endlessly engaged as they try obtaining her (fake) bank details.

#O2 #dAIsy #AIGranny #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #chatbot #LLM #scammers #technology #tech

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/ai-granny-is-happy-to-talk-with-phone-scammers-all-day/


Latest comic. A British consumer rights group examined unnecessary data harvesting by “smart” devices, including air fryers connected to phone apps. While these devices may not pose the greatest privacy risk in our everyday lives, they are part of a growing Internet of Things capable of collecting data when and where we least expect it.

#comic #cartoon #technology #tech #privacy #surveillance #consumer #cooking #internet #internetofthings
BIG FRYER IS WATCHING

TRUE: UK RESEARCHERS RECENTLY FOUND THAT CERTAIN BRANDS OF AIR FRYERS ARE COLLECTING CONSUMER DATA
THROUGH PHONE APPS.

AIR FRYER CONTAINING FRIED-LOOKING 1’S AND 0’S WITH CAPTION GOLDEN BROWN DATA TOTS


INCREASINGLY, EVEN OUR MOST MUNDANE ACTIVITIES INSIDE THE HOME ARE BEING QUIETLY MONITORED.

WOMAN WITH PHONE PROGRAMMING AIR FRYER VIA APP - EXTRA...CRISPY...

BOOP BOOP

SIGNAL GOES TO APPLIANCE AND TO SERVER FARM IN SHANGHAI


HOW DID HUMANS GET ALONG FOR MILLENNIA WITHOUT WIFI-CONNECTED KITCHEN APPLIANCES?

MAN WITH FRYING PAN "DUMB" COOKING

MAYBE CONSUMERS WOULD CARE IF THEY COULD SEE THE HIDDEN OBSERVERS.

HIDDEN OBSERVER APPEARS IN KITCHEN - DON'T MIND ME!

CAN I HAVE A FRITTER?


NATO plans to deploy Sea Drones to monitor & protect Undersea Cables.

Following a spate of undersea cable disruptions in the recent weeks, with the most recent happening in November, NATO is drawing up plans for a fleet of naval surveillance drones to monitor the major bodies of water surrounding Europe.

https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2024/12/03/nato-draws-up-plans-for-its-own-fleet-of-naval-surveillance-drones/

#underseacables #gov #nato #seadrones #it #engineer #media #tech #news
The surface fleet is just the beginning for NATO, though, as Admiral Vandier also plans to deploy underwater USVs. This is especially crucial as Russia, NATO’s current primary adversary, is reportedly planning strategies to disrupt the internet, GPS and communications systems to gain an advantage if and when armed conflict erupts.

[In other words, while the idea of uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs) regularly patrolling internet cableways is still in the realm of science fiction, it’s not that far removed from science fact as to be out of the realm of soon-to-be-realized possibility.]
[ImageSource: Shutterstock]

French Admiral Pierre Vandier, the current Supreme Allied Commander in charge of evolving NATO forces and capabilities, said that doing this is similar to having CCTV cameras mounted on street lights to help monitor urban trouble spots and record evidence. “The technology is there to make this street lighting with USVs,” says Vandier. He also added that the deployment of this system would allow the alliance to “see and monitor daily its environment.”

USVs, or unmanned surface vessels, aren’t new technology. The U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, which operates in and around the Middle East, has been working on this technology since 2021. It even has its own unit [Task Force 59 (TF 59)] whose primary role is to integrate these drones and the AI behind them into the Fleet’s operations. More recently, the U.S. Navy established TF 59.1, a smaller group within the unit that’s tasked with testing and upgrading systems provided by defense contractors to ensure that they’re ready for operational deployment.
[ImageSource: via Wikipedia Cable data by Greg Mahlknecht]

<World map showing submarine cables in 2015>

NATO officials believe they can use similar platforms that the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet uses, which will simplify and speed up USV (Unmanned Surface Vessels) deployment. However, the Admiral's office still needs to do a lot of things, especially as there are no specific details yet about the planned seaborne monitoring and reconnaissance system. “There is no name, just USV Fleet,” says Admiral Vandier. But because it will probably use an already existing system, it has set June 2025 as the launch date of the drone surveillance fleet — just in time for the next NATO Summit.


An Apple Intelligence-powered summary made it appear BBC News had published an article claiming Luigi Mangione, the man arrested for the murder of healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thompson, had shot himself. He has not. Read it at @BBCNews. #LuigiMangione #AI #AppleNews #AppleIntelligence #BBC #Journalism #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/d4FnUL


Hello, hello ladies and gentlemen. Today, we are pleased to announce the newest Dev Weekly from Codeminer42, a compilation of the most recent news and articles from the Programming world. Check it out and share with your friends!

https://blog.codeminer42.com/codeminer42-dev-weekly-41/

#blog #codeminer42 #tech #news #weekly