Before Vegas: The “Red Hackers” Who Shaped China’s Cyber Ecosystem
Before Vegas: The “Red Hackers” Who Shaped China’s Cyber Ecosystem
This CSS Cyberdefense report by Eugenio Benincasa examines how a core group of red hackers from the 1990s and 2000s laid the groundwork for China’s modern cyber capabilities and traces their trajectories from early red hacker groups into professional…Center for Security Studies
I'm sorry to say this, but your posts are not good agitprop. They are low-effort, not very convincing, sometimes misleading, and sometimes just wrong.
If you want to make good agitprop memes,
- shit on ideas and arguments, not your target audience - do not alienate all liberals by portraying them as a soyjack
- avoid logical fallacies or incorrect/outdated facts - we can make convincing arguments without lying or manipulation
- educate people - give them new information or perspective that might otherwise be downplayed or ignored by media they consume
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Russia has provided evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but the OPCW covers Kiev
Russia has provided evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but the OPCW covers Kiev: EADaily
EADaily, July 18th, 2025. Russia has provided evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Kiev regime, but the OPCW ignores evidence of its use by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This is reported by the Italian edition of L'antidiplomatico.EADaily
Russia gearing up to prosecute internet users for searching ‘extremist’ content
Russia gearing up to prosecute internet users for searching ‘extremist’ content - Committee to Protect Journalists
Berlin, July 18, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a bill under consideration in the Russian State Duma that would introduce fines for accessing or searching for “extremist” online content, threatening to further restrict press …CPJ Staff (Committee to Protect Journalists)
Kremlin Says NATO Instrument of Confrontation, Bloc Hostile Towards Russia
Kremlin Says NATO Instrument of Confrontation, Bloc Hostile Towards Russia
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that NATO was an instrument of confrontation, adding that the bloc is hostile towards Russia.Sputnik International
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Strikes Overview: Russian Attacks Strangling Ukraine’s War Effort
Strikes Overview: Russian Attacks Strangling Ukraine’s War Effort
Russian forces continue their campaign of precision strikes on key Ukrainian military and logistical targets, further straining Kyiv’s ability to...Anonymous103 (South Front)
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Sotto il cielo di Trevi (PG) accende l’estate di teatro e musica, la stagione in scena dal 19 luglio al 30 agosto 2025
Dal 19 luglio al 30 agosto torna a Trevi la magia della rassegna “Sotto il cielo di Trevi – Musica e teatro nel paesaggio”, promossa dal Teatro Belli di Antonio Salines con il patrocinio del Comune. Un cartellone che trasforma borghi, piazze e parchi in palcoscenici a cielo aperto, con spettacoli, emozioni e incontri.
Villa Fabri, la Chiesa di San Lorenzo, il Parco Agricolo, Piazza Mazzini, Matigge e Cannaiola ospiteranno artisti e compagnie in serate dedicate alla cultura, alla riflessione e al divertimento.
Ad aprire la rassegna, il 19 luglio, “L’impresario delle Smirne” di Goldoni con Gigi Savoia, per poi proseguire il 20 luglio a Matigge con “Contaminazioni poetiche” tra poesie e canzoni popolari. Il 26 luglio, Edoardo Siravo interpreta Achab in “Moby Dick”, mentre il 28 luglio va in scena “I Menecmi” di Plauto.
Il 1° agosto, “Voci di donne – Lettere a Mascagni” esplora il ruolo femminile nelle opere del compositore; il 3 agosto, tra musica e gastronomia, “Rossini e i sapori della musica”. Il 4 agosto omaggio a Pasolini con “Tutto il mio folle amore lo soffia il cielo”; il 5 agosto “Per futili motivi”, satira distopica su una società fondata sull’odio.
Il 22 agosto il “Sognatore” di Dostoevskij prende vita al Parco Agricolo; il 23, visita teatrale itinerante gratuita “Trevi, ovvero vissi d’amore e di merangole”. Il 24, alla Chiesa di San Francesco, “Domenico, un uomo buono”, su San Domenico da Foligno.
Il 29 agosto, concerto spettacolo dei Baraonna in Piazza Mazzini. Chiusura il 30 agosto a Cannaiola con “Canzoni sulla Luna” del gruppo The Eldar.
Biglietti: €10 a Villa Fabri, €3 altrove. Info: 327 818 4788 – compagnia@teatrobelli.it – Prevendite su VivaTicket.
Sotto il cielo di Trevi (PG) accende l'estate di teatro e musica, la stagione in scena dal 19 luglio al 30 agosto 2025 - ViaggieMiraggi
“Sotto il cielo di Trevi“ accende l’estate di teatro e musica Dal 19 luglio al 30 agosto 2025 torna la magia della stagione estiva firmata Teatro Belli di Antonio Salines con spettacoli, emozioni e incontri tra le vie, i parchi...Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)
Trump can basically print infinite amounts of dollars through the federal reserve.
As we all know, conflicts are hella expensive and often decided by who can stay solvent longer. The fact that trump can just print dollars is extremely problematic here.
I guess the necessary course of action would be to bring the dollar's value to zero, and use an alternative currency instead (such as euro, canadian dollar, mexican pesos).
Festa del Vino, a Pergola (PU) dal 25 al 27 luglio 2025 si celebrano i 20 anni del Pergola Doc
Da venerdì 25 a domenica 27 luglio, il centro storico di Pergola, uno dei Borghi più Belli d’Italia, ospita la 53esima edizione della Festa del Vino, organizzata dalla Pro loco con il patrocinio del Comune. Un’edizione speciale che celebra i 20 anni del Pergola Doc, eccellenza locale sempre più apprezzata.
Tre giorni di iniziative dedicate all’“Oro Rosso” pergolese, tra degustazioni, riflessioni e festa. Venerdì alle 19.30, sotto i portici di Piazza Garibaldi, l’evento “A cena con Aleatico & Lacrima”: degustazione guidata di 9 vini (tra Pergola Doc, Uva Nera Rada e Lacrima di Morro d’Alba DOC), condotta dal sommelier Raffaele Papi, vicepresidente AIS Marche, con racconti e curiosità dei produttori. In abbinamento, menù speciale dello chef Filippo Petrolati. Prenotazione obbligatoria (tel. 388.0732931).
Sabato alle 17.30 in sala consiliare si terrà la tavola rotonda “20 anni di Pergola Doc”, con produttori ed esperti come Alberto Mazzoni (IMT), Luca Gambucci (AIS Marche Fabriano) e il produttore Stefano Tonelli, per ripercorrere la storia e il valore culturale del Pergola Doc. Modera Ubaldo Alimenti. A seguire degustazione sotto i portici.
Nel weekend, le cantine del centro storico proporranno degustazioni di Pergola Doc e specialità tipiche, accompagnate da musica, animazione, laboratori, arte, area bimbi e tanta ospitalità.
Info: social Pro loco Pergola.
Festa del Vino, a Pergola (PU) dal 25 al 27 luglio 2025 si celebrano i 20 anni del Pergola Doc - ViaggieMiraggi
Festa del Vino, a Pergola si celebrano i 20 anni del Pergola Doc Dal 25 al 27 luglio 2025: 3 giornate ricche di iniziative Un viaggio sensoriale tra tradizione, gusto e convivialità decollerà venerdì 25 luglio, quando a Pergola si...Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)
I've read that MAX (typical horse taste of modern Russian official names, similar to Rosgvardia, Gosuslugi, Rostech and so on ; Soviet-time many-many-many caps abbreviations are boring, but somehow better) in its current early versions is a piece of spyware looking like Telegram, literally saving passwords and banking data and browsing history. Well, I'm almost certain Telegram itself is not much better.
Installed Briar on my phone and persuaded my sister, and to my grandma's today.
I like the idea of these meshes but until Linux phones become a practical option it doesn’t matter. Apple will restrict the hardware, Google will let Gemini spy on anything that passes through the phone, the phone situation is a mess.
I don’t really blame governments for that either. I blame fucking business majors.
A little background info:
Russia's been sponsoring one of its oligarchs' business by eliminating their competition.
First, they restricted YouTube's speed to an unusable state to force people to switch to RuTube (they didn't)
Now they're trying to force people to switch from WhatsApp (and potentially Telegram) to MAX, which they want to be Russia's version of WeChat.
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Add the fact that our politicians are obsessed with controlling all of the media and you'll get the gist of it.
I'm building a Tux-based Game Studio
I know other devs interested in making Tux games but before I begin with them I figured I would ask the community what they would like to see
A Conker/Golden Eye type game? DOOM-like? Farming Sim? Fighting Game similar to Smash? Open World RPG similar to older Bethesda games? RTS like StarCraft? Turn-Based like Final Fantasy or Expedition 33? Going mad for power in a 4X? Another genre entirely?
What genre would you all prefer to see have a game made first? I will basing it off of likes
I plan to make a game in each genre but for now figuring out which to do first is the goal. Have concepts, tools, experience, devs, etc ready to make anything the community wants
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DOGE staffer with access to Americans' personal data leaked private xAI API key | TechCrunch
The creator of DOGE gets a taste of what he created.
That's called poetic justice.
DOGE staffer with access to Americans' personal data leaked private xAI API key | TechCrunch
The researcher who found the exposed key said it “raises questions” about how DOGE handles sensitive data.Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)
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DXVK 2.7 Improves Support for God of War, Watch Dogs 2, and Final Fantasy XIV
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/49276678
Coming about three weeks after DXVK 2.6.2, the DXVK 2.7 release adds support for the VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer Vulkan extension by default on newer AMD and NVIDIA GPUs to significantly reduce CPU overhead in games like Final Fantasy XIV, God of War, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Watch Dogs 2, and others.
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DXVK 2.7 Improves Support for God of War, Watch Dogs 2, and Final Fantasy XIV
Coming about three weeks after DXVK 2.6.2, the DXVK 2.7 release adds support for the VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer Vulkan extension by default on newer AMD and NVIDIA GPUs to significantly reduce CPU overhead in games like Final Fantasy XIV, God of War, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Watch Dogs 2, and others.
DXVK 2.7 Improves Support for God of War, Watch Dogs 2, and Final Fantasy XIV - 9to5Linux
DXVK 2.7 Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine is now available for download with various new features.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
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In my non scientific test, this version did increase my FFXIV fps in a CPU bound scenario, in limsa lominsa.
Scoop: Israel seeks U.S. help on deals to move Palestinians out of Gaza
The director of Israel’s Mossad spy agency visited Washington this week seeking U.S. help in convincing countries to take hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza, two sources with knowledge of issue tell Axios.The spy chief, David Barnea, told White House envoy Steve Witkoff that Israel has been speaking in particular with Ethiopia, Indonesia and Libya.
The Israeli government’s goal of removing much of Gaza’s population is hugely controversial. While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government claims such a “relocation” would be “voluntary,” U.S. and Israeli legal experts have labeled it a war crime.
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‘AI is not intelligent at all’: Why our dignity is at risk
‘AI is not intelligent at all’: Why our dignity is at risk | Charles Darwin University
The age of artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed our interactions, but threatens human dignity on a worldwide scale, according to a study led by Charles Darwin University (CDU).Charles Darwin University
Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign
According to the filing, Lipnik has been fired from Apple “for failing to follow Apple’s policies designed to protect its confidential information, including development devices and unreleased software and features.” The filing also accuses Lipnik of failing to report “multiple prior breaches” to Apple.
When you sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement), you’d best protect the secrets. Then again, the guy who left an iPhone 4 in a bar didn’t lose his job. Wonder what the differences are between them.
Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign
YouTuber claims to “have receipts” disproving Apple’s allegations.Andrew Cunningham (Ars Technica)
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China issues safety warning for its nationals studying in the Philippines
China’s Education Ministry has issued a safety warning for Chinese students in the Philippines, following what it describes as a series of criminal incidents targeting Chinese nationals.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/apnews.com/a…
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"Storia di un Guerriero Lakota. Sotto il blu di Skan" – Un Esordio Epico che Ha Già Conquistato i Lettori
Tim Walz says Trump ‘brings out the worst in people – and the worst in me’
Kamala Harris running mate strikes regretful tone after calling for Democrats to ‘bully the shit out of’ US president
Brazil passes controversial 'devastation bill' that weakens environmental regulations
Critics have called it "by far the worst piece of legislation” ever from an environmental standpoint.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/euronews.com…
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Taiwan will 'not provoke confrontation' with China, vice president says
Taiwan's vice president says the self-ruled democracy will not provoke a confrontation with China and seeks to communicate with Beijing on the basis of parity and respect.
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Arab Strap in tour a Roma, dopo 30 anni di carriera sempre riconoscibili anche se con uno stile diverso
Il duo indie-rock scozzese, in composto da Aidan Moffat e Malcolm Middleton, con trent’anni di attività sulle spalle, torna in Italia dopo l’uscita di I'm Totally Fine with It Don't Give a Fuck Anymore, uscito lo scorso 10 maggio. Tre le date italiane del tour: 23 luglio a Galzignano Terme all'Anfiteatro del Venda, il 24 luglio al Monk di Roma e il 25 luglio al Giardino Scotto di Pisa.
Con l'ultimo album gli Arab Strap non sembrano affatto preoccuparsi di rimanere fedeli all’identità sonora che, seppur evolvendo di volta in volta, li ha resi unici e distinguibili nel tempo. Già Bliss e ****Allatoncenes****, i singoli che avevano preceduto il lancio dell'ottava fatica in studio, sono due brani profondamente diversi tra loro che fungono da fiera testimonianza del loro focus sul futuro, sul cambiamento e sull’evoluzione.
I'm Totally Fine with It Don't Give a Fuck Anymore è un disco carico di tracce potenti e incisive, sia nella natura upbeat di alcuni dei momenti musicali più propulsivi, sia nel morso dei testi di Moffat. "Rispetto al nostro album precedente, c'è più rabbia e aggressività nelle parole", dice. "Non è apertamente politico ma è di sicuro un disco un po' arrabbiato con il mondo".
Il titolo (letteralmente traducibile come "per me va benissimo, non me ne frega più un...") potrebbe dare l'idea di una band che si stia arrendendo a qualcosa, in realtà fa riferimento a un messaggio del batterista live della band che Moffat ha trovato molto divertente e finisce per riflettere l'inaugurazione di un nuovo periodo di libertà creativa per gli Arab Strap.
i've been testing debian trixie with plasma wayland on nouveau and it looks promising
trixie (aka debian 13) is about to get released with plasma 6.3. it seems that finally x11 is being left behind, which is good, but it worried me a little bit because
- my nvidia graphics card is old: the 470 driver is the latest version that supports it (so no wayland support from nvidia proprietary drivers ever)
- on bookworm (debian 12, the current stable version), nouveau works pretty well, but it crashed more or less daily when i tried to daily drive it at work
x11 is still very well supported by plasma 6, but the near future has no place to it and i worry i would eventually get stuck without updates to my system as the newer versions lose x11 support. i decided to try wayland+nouveau again on trixie to see if i had better luck this time
it all worked way better than i expected. performance is seemingly on par with the proprietary driver, i've had no crashes so far and i've been using it for a week and even screensharing, one of the most problematic aspects of the experience last time i tried, worked well. the one problem i had was with the slack flatpak, which didn't support wayland for some reason, so it had to run on xwayland. screen sharing wayland applications from x11 apps is possible through the xwaylandvideobridge, which kinda works, but it crashed xwayland entirely at one point, killing both x11 applications i had running. i won't blame that on the system itself and installing the slack deb package fixed the problem anyway
all in all, it seems like i can safely switch to plasma 6+wayland+nouveau at work
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A huge problem with Debian Trixie is that it is shipping with NVIDIA drivers from before explicit sync was added (over a year ago). This is crazy to me.
But if you want to stay on X11, Debian Stable will support it for quite a few years yet even after KDE drops support.
If you are going to use Wayland (I do), it is worth using back ports to get newer NVIDIA drivers.
Debian Stable should really be called Debian Static (unchanging). Because they can ship unstable (crashy) software for years after other distros have moved on.
Distro advice for a specific case.
Back again haha, I asked a little while ago about making the switch from Windows to Linux and general consensus was maybe don't, as I use my PC for work doing voice acting, music production, and digital art.
Anyway, my PC has been crashing lately so I may be at the point soon of re-installing my OS, so I may as well bite the bullet if/when that happens. Right now I'm making some backups, making a list of Linux programs I'll need, and just trying to get my ducks in a row so I'm not scrambling if I wake up one morning and have to do the thing. Which brings me to Distros.
I've done some research into it but already but there are a bunch of options (thinking maybe Bazzite or Fedora?), and I'd rather know what I'm going with if my PC dies so I don't have to waste time trying to figure it out then. My PC specs are:
Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Obviously the priority is to get up and running but I'd really like to use a distro that I can learn some as well. I've installed Mint on an old laptop (recommended for being similar to Windows) but ideally I'd like a distro that's a bit more Linux-y. I'm ok taking some extra time getting up and running, though I'm not at a point for something like Arch yet haha.
EDIT: Wow, lots of comments, thanks! I think I've been overthinking it overall based on these responses. I have Mint on my old laptop and it works well, but had issues on my main laptop (Samsung Book3 Ultra) which I've read has to do with Samsung in general. I also had some issues with Nvidia on it but that may have been a Samsung issue more than anything else. My main PC uses Nvidia so I was under the impression that some distros just don't play well with it and wanted to make sure I used one that worked well with that graphics card.
Bottom line, I've been looking into Linux over the past few weeks and there's still distros mentioned here that I've never heard of haha. It seems really intimidating (hence why I asked) but I'm getting the impression that, at least for now, I'll just go Fedora to start when I bite the bullet. Arch looks really interesting but again, seems intimidating coming from Windows.
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rottanza sprecanza e la mattina nel gran cesso
Ancora non comprendo quale sia la logica universale che ogni tanto (anzi, ogni molto) porta la stabilità della mia anima a sfaldarsi pesantemente, ma, comunque sia, stamattina è successo un’altra volta… E continua tutt’ora nel pomeriggio, anche se, vabbè, ora ci sono le varie cose da fare, e quindi la marciscenza non attecchisce più di […]
ZEROSEI in città
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Gli Spazi ZEROSEI e il LABZEROSEI sono luoghi educativi dove bambini e bambine da 0 a 6 anni, accompagnati da un adulto, possono divertirsi e imparare insieme. Qui puoi:
• GIOCARE con il tuo bambino o la tua bambina in ambienti progettati per offrire esperienze educative e ludiche
• IMPARARE attraverso laboratori e iniziative pensati per le famiglie
• CONDIVIDERE esperienze con altri bambini, bambine e adulti
• ORIENTARTI grazie a un supporto educativo e a un servizio di ascolto e di guida ai servizi sul territorio.
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Microsoft extends updates for old Exchange and Skype servers
Microsoft offers vintage Exchange and Skype server users six more months of security updates
: It looks like enough of you are struggling to migrate that Redmond is willing to help out – for a price that might buy nothingSimon Sharwood (The Register)
Microsoft extends updates for old Exchange and Skype servers
Microsoft offers vintage Exchange and Skype server users six more months of security updates
: It looks like enough of you are struggling to migrate that Redmond is willing to help out – for a price that might buy nothingSimon Sharwood (The Register)
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Ex-Google CEO: Power Grid Crisis Could Kill AI's Next Big Leap
Ex-Google CEO: Power Grid Crisis Could Kill AI’s Next Big Leap
The artificial intelligence gold rush has companies burning through billions in pursuit of superintelligence.Eli Grid (GazeOn)
Ex-Google CEO: Power Grid Crisis Could Kill AI's Next Big Leap
Ex-Google CEO: Power Grid Crisis Could Kill AI’s Next Big Leap
The artificial intelligence gold rush has companies burning through billions in pursuit of superintelligence.Eli Grid (GazeOn)
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Building A Stirling Engine Bike
Building A Stirling Engine Bike
Over on his YouTube channel [Tom Stanton] shows us how to build a Stirling Engine for a bike. A Stirling Engine is a heat engine, powered by the expansion and contraction of a working fluid (such a…Hackaday
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the evil dprk and its lessons
when the indoctrination is just right
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Western Freedom vs. DPRK Unity: What If Everything You’ve Been Told Is Backwards? | Explore DPRK
In a world obsessed with self-expression, instant gratification, and personal gain, there is one country that dares to say: you are not alone—you are part of something greater. That country...Editorial (Explore DPRK)
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in reply to jackeroni • • •People who see the USSR against Germany in WWII as imperialism hasn’t followed history correctly. The nazis invaded to exterminate the Soviets and conquer the land. They literally had to fight back.
I know it’s just a film but Come and See is a horrifying and haunting retelling of it.
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in reply to davel • • •Not sure how my comment got deleted but this was the original:
People who view the USSR against Germany in WWII as imperialism hasn’t viewed history correctly. The nazis invaded with the goal to exterminate the Soviets and conquer their land. The Soviets had to fight back.
I know its only a film but Come and See is a horrifying and haunting retelling of these events.
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