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OpenStack Flamingo Reduces Technical Debt, Boosts Performance This latest major update of the 15-year-old open source project enhances security and introduces a flexible new release schedule.

OpenStack Flamingo Reduces Technical Debt, Boosts Performance: thenewstack.io/openstack-fl... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social

15 Years of OpenStack with a new release to celebrate.

Where did you get it, dear? Whoever came up with it first deserves all the credit.

T-Mobile may be the first carrier to phase out 4G - what it means for your phone The end of the LTE era is near.

No one expected 4G LTE to die off this quickly, but here we are

www.zdnet.com/article/t-mo... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social

To be honest, I don't usually bring along a neck pillow.

I do have an ancient blow-up pillow that sort-of works, but it has the benefit of folding down to nothing.

My grandfather, a master carpenter who I drove to distraction because I was all thumbs, would agree.

My grandfather, a master carpenter who I drove to distraction because I was all thumbs, would agree.

My favorite new initialism: AI;DR I'll be using this a lot from here on out.

Lovely. Just lovely.

Two Deloreans in varying stages of transformation into movie props

Drive a DeLorean Without Making a Back to the Future Joke Challenge Level: Impossible

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

Y'know I'm not supposed to say that word things are correct or incorrect because that's classist and snobby and gatekeeping etc.?

"Woah" is incorrect.

He wasn't that wrong. DEC and then Compaq blew it. That's not to say Google didn't earn it. They did. PageRank was a game-changer. But DEC/Compaq made it easier for Google. I should write that tale up sometime.

Asahi Hack Update: Beer-Free Day #5 Dawns in Japanese Ransomware Crisis 金のうんこ！ Breaking: Big beer brewer belatedly believes bitten by ransomware—and likely a data breach.

#Japan​’s biggest producer of beer is still not producing any beer this week. #Asahi Group Holdings shut down production Monday after detecting a cyber intruder.

And today it’s confirmed fears of #ransomware. In #SBBlogwatch, we dry out.

securityboulevard.com/2025/10/japa...

I've reported on all of these. I've been on the Internet for a while.

Except for the right-wing churches, all religious authority has been declining. Sigh.

I've reported on all of these. I've been on the Internet for a while.

Jane Goodall loved this Far Side cartoon. R.I.P.

So, this is what you meant, Arch Linux, right?

AOL pulls the plug on dial-up - a reminder that 'dead' tech has a long expiration date It's the end of an era.

AOL pulls the plug on dial-up - a reminder that 'dead' tech has a long expiration date zdnet.com/home-and-off... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social

AOL’s modems have shrieked for the last time.

Alpine Linux Is Moving to a /usr-merged File System Layout - 9to5Linux The Alpine Linux distribution will adopt a /usr-merged file system layout for future Alpine Linux releases starting with Alpine Linux 3.23.

"The main advantage of the /usr merge change is that there will be a single location for the distribution to install executables and libraries. Also, the /usr-merged setup is the standard in most of the Linux ecosystem": Alpine Linux Is Moving to a /usr-merged File System Layout

Kroah-Hartman explains Cyber Resilience Act for open source Opinion: Impact? Nope, don't worry, be happy, says Linux veteran

Greg Kroah-Hartman explains the Cyber Resilience Act for open source developers theregister.com/2025/09/30/c... via @theregister.com & @sjvn.bsky.social

Greg K-H explains what #opensource developers need to know about the CRA, but why they don't need to be worried sick about it.

Cybercrims claim raid on 28,000 Red Hat repos, say they have sensitive customer files 570GB of data claimed to be stolen by the Crimson Collective A hacking crew claims to have broken into Red Hat's private GitHub repositories, exfiltrating some 570GB of compressed data, including sensitive documents belonging to customers. …

Cybercrims claim raid on 28,000 Red Hat repos, say they have sensitive customer files

The Linux kernel just got some important upgrades - here's what's new in 6.17 The latest Linux kernel may not be the most exciting release, but it still comes with some notable improvements.

The Linux kernel just got some important upgrades - here's what's new in 6.17 zdnet.com/article/the-... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social

Are there major changes in #Linux 6.17? No, not so much? Are there significant improvements? Yes.

This silent Android feature scans your photos for 'sensitive content' - how to disable it Google said little about Android System SafetyCore before it appeared on phones. Fortunately, you can uninstall it.

This silent #Android feature scans your photos for 'sensitive content' - how to disable it zdnet.com/article/this... by via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social

#Google! Get your eyes off my photos!

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

And, once you got pass all the blood, sweat, and tears of setting it up, you could transmit data at a breathtaking 250 Kbps! Wee!

ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of

Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.

Today they attacked two journalists.

We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.

Microsoft has lost its way Microsoft's CEO loves to talk about 'empathy.' But everything that is coming out of Redmond these days is perilously close to turning the company into the Borg.

Microsoft has lost its way www.zdnet.com/article/micr... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @edbott.com

Ed & I don't see eye to eye on most things #Microsoft, but I agree with him on this. "The Evil Empire" is turning bad in new ways that aren't good for it or its loyal customers.

Does Google want to kill the web? The closer you look, the more this seems like a reasonable question.

The closer you look, the more this seems like a reasonable question. www.computerworld.com/article/4065... via @computerworld.com & @sjvn.bsky.social

#Google was born of the web, but now it seems bound and determined to strip mine it and leave nothing but wasteland behind.

TuxCare Expands Full Enterprise Support to Include Rocky Linux 9.6 TuxCare has added Rocky Linux 9.6 to its 'Enterprise Support' service that had been exclusive to AlmaLinux.

Just published on FOSS Force: TuxCare Expands Full Enterprise Support to Include Rocky Linux 9.6 fossforce.com/2025/09/tuxc...