Fintiv's Apple Pay suit failed in Texas, but they are trying again in Georgia
Fintiv's Apple Pay suit failed in Texas, but they are trying again in Georgia
After losing a suit that took seven years to resolve, Fintiv is trying to sue Apple again, and is again alleging the company built Apple Pay using stolen mobile wallet technology.Amber Neely (AppleInsider)
In NOAA Cuts Fallout, Private Companies Fill Weather Data Gaps: As the weather agency struggles to maintain forecasting, some experts worry about relying on private companies instead.
In NOAA Cuts Fallout, Private Companies Fill Weather Data Gaps
As the weather agency struggles to maintain forecasting, startups are launching more tech to gather critical data.Meg Wilcox (Undark Magazine)
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Instagram Maps feature raises privacy concerns among some users
Instagram Maps feature raises privacy concerns among some users
The rollout of a new Instagram Map has prompted confusion among some users of the app, who voiced their privacy concerns online after Meta unveiled the featureJennifer Nehrer (NBC News)
How to make physical PC GOG games
video is in Arabic but there are high quality english subtitles!
a note: for burning BDXL discs on Linux, i've seen conflicting reports about K3b, some say it works, others say it doesn't... if someone has had any luck burning BDXL discs on Linux, i'd love to know what setup you used!
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Dictators aren't immediately bad and democracies aren't immediately good.
Since most people are dumb as shit and are being herded like sheep, it requires individuals who can resist the influence of the crowd to fix problems the crowd has been conditioned to allow.
In the case of El Salvador, since whatever they were doing before wasn't working, they now need to deal with an alternative that works better.
They only have themselves and the people sucking off their gang members to blame.
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Certo che è incredibile che più passa il tempo e più mi accorgo di quanto infinitamente Python sia pestilenziale, sempre più di quanto avrei finito per pensare in un momento precedente… E ok, non che gli altri linguaggi non siano comunque terrificanti, per carità, ma Python è una roba grave. Purtroppo, ahinoi, l’ecosistema è comodo, […]
China’s Manufacturing Share to Hit 45% by 2030 as U.S. Falls to 11%, Report Warns
China’s Manufacturing Share to Hit 45% by 2030 as U.S. Falls to 11%, Report Warns | Coalition For A
China is forecast to account for 45% of the world’s global industrial production by 2030. That growth comes at the expense of the West, which is projected to drop to 11% of global production in the next five years.Kenneth Rapoza (Coalition For A Prosperous America)
How Instagram’s new ‘Friend Map’ feature puts your privacy at risk – and how to turn it off
Instagram's new 'Friend Map' puts your privacy at risk | Proton
The new 'Friend Map' feature on Instagram might be sharing your precise location without your knowledge. Here's how to turn it off — and why you might want to.Proton
'Largest civilian flotilla in history' to set sail for Gaza
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/5774306
Activists from 44 countries plan to launch the largest civilian flotilla in history at the end of August in an effort to break Israel’s siege on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid to the starving population of the enclave.The Global Sumud Flotilla, along with three allied initiatives, will send dozens of boats from Spanish ports on 31 August and Tunisian ports on 4 September, aiming to establish a humanitarian corridor and confront what organizers call Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.
“This summer, dozens of boats, both large and small, will set sail from ports across the world, converging on Gaza in the largest civilian flotilla of its kind in history,” said organizer Haifa Mansouri at a press conference in Tunis hosted by the Joint Action Coordination for Palestine.
The mission brings together four groups: the Maghreb Sumud Flotilla, the Global Movement to Gaza, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, and Sumud Nusantara.
'Largest civilian flotilla in history' to set sail for Gaza
Organizers say the mission aims to open a sea route to Gaza after repeated Israeli seizures of civilian aid vessels in international watersthecradle.co
Importing Lemmy settings seems to do nothing
This used to work and I exported from PieFed and imported into another PieFed instance just yesterday. Maybe Lemmy changed the JSON structure.
We'll look into it.
I think I know the problem - I fixed an issue with the settings import a week ago but piefed.ca hasn't updated to the latest version yet.
If you're not committed to piefed.ca then check the footer of any other instance. You want it to say PieFed v1.1.0 instead of PieFed v1.0.x. piefed.zip, feddit.online, quokk.au and piefed.social are all on 1.1.
Meta supported phishing?
Hello
Long time lurker, first time poster etc etc...
Interested what you guys make of these WhatsApp messages I just received...
...I have no such booking...
Obviously this sort of scam/phishing nonsense is nothing new to me, but a few things stood out...
- They have my full name and phone number 😕
- I do use booking.com (but I suppose many do so they could assume...)
- This WhatsApp message has been marked as "using a secure service from Meta"... So this isn't just a random phone (I have anonymous messages blocked) they have some sort of privilege on the platform... WTF
- They even have some special reply buttons at the end of the message.
- I just don't get it... Like, what are the odds they guess the dates and hotel accurately that I would bite...? And having gone to this length, why then fall at the last hurdle by having a weird sender name like "Rus Education"...?
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All the message means is that whoever it is is using a business account.
faq.whatsapp.com/6434609272832…
"You’ll see the following messages, when a business chooses to:
Use a partner: You’ll see “This business works with other companies to manage this chat.”
Use the WhatsApp Business Platform Cloud API (Hosted by Meta): You’ll see “This business uses a secure service from Meta to manage this chat.”
If a business is using the WhatsApp Business app or managing and storing customer messages themselves, you’ll see: “Messages and calls are end-to-encrypted. Only people in this chat can read, listen to, or share them.”"
So, hypothetically, if I were running a scam, yeah, I'd set up a business account using the Platform Cloud API to get that sweet, sweet "secure service" note.
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US demands for Hezbollah disarmament may force Lebanon into dangerous choice
In recent weeks, the US has been pushing for the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah. The government had already been moving in that direction, but not at the pace the US wanted. Lebanese media began to fill with warnings from unnamed sources that if Hezbollah’s arms were not confiscated soon, a second war with Israel could be on the horizon.
Near-daily Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon, in violation of the November ceasefire, have also undermined the Lebanese government’s claims that only the state can protect sovereignty.
The day after Lebanon announced it would draft a plan to disarm Hezbollah, an 11-year-old child was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon.
The Lebanese army has not responded to any of the thousands of Israeli airstrikes on the country since November – nor does anyone expect it to. The under-equipped, under-staffed army can do little in the face of an Israeli military equipped with US fighter jets, which drop the latest US munitions by the thousand.
“The US, Saudi and EU are in agreement on this point: the question is no longer if Hezbollah should be disarmed, but how to do it,” the diplomat said.
US demands for Hezbollah disarmament may force Lebanon into dangerous choice
There are fears that pressure for quick results is threatening the Lebanese effort to gradually build a stronger stateWilliam Christou (The Guardian)
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Japan’s Re-militarization: Another strategic misstep
Japan’s Re-militarization: Another strategic misstep
In the contemporary world, Japan is again following its policy of remilitarization and is endlessly arming its armed forces. Japan is also a part of theСаймон Вествуд (New Eastern Outlook)
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Hubei Leads Robotics Revolution at CISCE 2025 in Beijing
14th Shanghai International New Energy Auto Technology and Ecological Chain Expo (NEAS CHINA 2025)
The 14th Shanghai International New Energy Auto Technology and Ecological Chain Expo (NEAS CHINA 2025) will take place from August 13 to 15, 2025, at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, China.China Business Forum
European Commission launching #Wifi4EU initative, 93k high-speed private access points across the EU, free of charge.
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/25779751
The intative promises to be privacy-friendly with no tracking. Stating:
Your privacy is important. The WiFi4EU app ensures a private online experience with no tracking or data collection. Simply connect and enjoy free public Wi-Fi without concerns.Source: digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/…
Will be interesting to see how this spans and plays out in reality. Looks promising too, did a quick scan of their builtin permissions and trackers and looks good too. (Scanning tool is called Exodus)
Report for eu.europa.publications.wifi4eu 1.2.3
Known trackers, permissions and informations about this specific version of this applicationεxodus
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Never negotiate with a terrorist.
If he loses, you lose. If he wins, you lose. You NEVER win.
Android 16 now has support for running GPU accelerated graphical Linux applications
androidauthority.com/android-1…
This is Doom running on Android 16's Linux Terminal - Android Authority
Android 16’s Linux Terminal will soon be able to run graphical Linux apps, so we fired up Doom to show this feature off.Mishaal Rahman (Android Authority)
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Honestly even though I'm fully invested in desktop/laptop Linux. I kinda don't get the buzz for a fully Linux phone, When de-googled Android exists and is already optimized for phone/touch use.
Only argument I have in favour of it is, it's less dependant on Google.
But outside of that I don't get the hype for running desktop apps (that normally aren't designed for small touchscreens) on a phone.
You aren't meant to use it on the small screen. We have increasingly powerful computers in our pockets that we use to watch TikTok, wouldn't be nice if you didn't have to buy a laptop/desktop for school/work and could just dock your phone and have a full desktop experience?
You could already do that with a lot of use-cases, but we can't yet fully utilize the power of our phones when docked.
Help me figure out a skateboard graphic
Hi, all!
I love Linux. I LOVE open source. I suck at designing anything artistic.
I just got into skateboarding and I am going to order a new deck for this old board we have. The deck is a cruiser style with a fish tail.
What FOSS characters or designs/references would be cool to see?
I was just thinking of Tux, but I need some more ideas. Especially for the griptape.
Thanks! This is truly the year of the Linux desktop.
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Trump calls for Intel boss Lip-Bu Tan to resign over alleged China ties
Trump calls for Intel boss Lip-Bu Tan to resign over alleged China ties
The unusual demand adds to challenges facing the firm, which has been seen as falling behind in the chip race.Natalie Sherman (BBC News)
It's a good idea to check the community first... For example, this is the memes community on lemmy.ml. definitely worth appreciating a bit of self aware humor here.
It's honestly a good parody of TPUSA
The US's bourgeois "democracy", genocided an entire continent, and committed countless atrocities across the globe.
The "authoritarian" label never gets levelled at the US, great britain, france, or other imperialist powers who carved up the global south and bled it for hundreds of years. It only gets used against their enemies, who dared rise up and fought back against colonialism.
Even fascism is far less effective than bourgeois parliamentarism at killing millions of innocent people. The nazi's failed to accomplish in eastern europe, what the US successfully carried out and its liberal democracy is still carrying out in north america.
The U.S. and the West Are Direct Participants in the Genocide of the Palestinian People
The U.S. and the West Are Direct Participants in the Genocide of the Palestinian People
Washington has financed the Israeli war machine for decades, ensuring Tel Aviv’s impunity. Since October 7, 2023, with the direct support of the U.S. andВиктор Михин (New Eastern Outlook)
Team Leader at Gaza Aid Distribution Sites Belongs to Anti-“Jihad” Motorcycle Club, Has Crusader Tattoos
A lead contractor for a company providing security at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s controversial food distribution sites is a member of a Crusader-inspired motorcycle club that touts its opposition to the “radical jihadist movement.”
Johnny “Taz” Mulford belongs to a Florida chapter of the Infidels, a biker group for veterans of U.S. wars and private military contractors like Blackwater. In May, Mulford began recruiting among his Facebook network for an unspecified job opportunity, asking anyone who “can still shoot, move and communicate” to contact him.
Reached by phone on Friday, Mulford confirmed to The Intercept that he is currently in Israel, adding that he was “on his way to a checkpoint,” but declined to comment further. Two sources directly familiar with the Gaza operations of UG Solutions, including former contractor Anthony Aguilar, confirmed Mulford’s employment to The Intercept. Mulford’s ties to the motorcycle group were first reported by Zeteo.
Team Leader at Gaza Aid Distribution Sites Belongs to Anti-“Jihad” Motorcycle Club, Has Crusader Tattoos
Johnny Mulford, who works as a contractor for GHF in Gaza, is a member of the “Infidels” motorcycle gang and has Crusader-style cross tattoos.Sam Biddle (The Intercept)
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‘Unprecedented’ wildfire burns area size of Paris in southern France
‘Unprecedented’ wildfire burns area size of Paris in southern France
Advancing blaze scorches 16,000 hectares near Spanish border, destroying homes and forcing people to fleeAngelique Chrisafis (The Guardian)
Sudan military destroyed UAE plane carrying Colombian mercenaries: State TV
Sudan’s air force has destroyed a UAE aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it was landing at an airport in Darfur controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), army-aligned state TV reported.
The attack late on Wednesday killed at least 40 people, the state broadcaster reported. A military source, speaking to the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity, said the Emirati plane “was bombed and completely destroyed” at Darfur’s Nyala airport. There was no immediate comment from the RSF.
AFP quoted an Emirati official denouncing what he considered false allegations that the Sudanese army had destroyed the plane. Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said his government was trying to find out how many Colombians died in the attack.
The army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has long accused the United Arab Emirates of supplying advanced weaponry, including drones, to the RSF via Nyala Airport.
Sudan military destroyed UAE plane carrying Colombian mercenaries: State TV
President Gustavo Petro says his government is trying to find out how many Colombians died in the attack.Al Jazeera
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So Israel threatened the UK. I'm still groggy and reeling from the implications, there, not just for the UK but the rest of the West. The implications for Israel is the only way to check them is to make them physically Isn'treal. The West won't because they're greedy, sadistic, sociopath, Nazis, and possibly also because of the implications of the threat made to the UK, but!
All these smaller states without defense/communication entanglements with Israel and without huge defense budgets can do so much to check Israel?
So a roll of the cosmic dice for outcome?
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Exclusive: UK won't say if spy planes captured footage of Israeli attacks on UK charity workers
The British government faces renewed scrutiny over the nature of its military cooperation with Israel after it emerged that it is spending taxpayers' money to hire American contractors for surveillance flights over Gaza.
It was revealed last week that aircraft from the Royal Air Force (RAF) have conducted hundreds of surveillance flights over Gaza throughout Israel's war on the besieged enclave.
Middle East Eye asked the Ministry of Defence (MoD) under the Freedom of Information Act whether it holds video footage taken by RAF planes of two Israeli attacks in Gaza on British citizens or volunteers working for British charities.
The MoD refused to disclose the information, citing national security and defence exemptions.
One of the Israeli strikes MEE asked about killed eight volunteers working for the UK charity Al-Khair Foundation in March as they were setting up tents for displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza's Beit Lahia.
The MoD has previously confirmed it holds information gathered by spy planes on Israeli attacks, and has been widely criticised for not disclosing it.
Exclusive: UK won't say if spy planes captured footage of Israeli attacks on UK charity workers
The British government faces renewed scrutiny over the nature of its military cooperation with Israel after it emerged that it is spending taxpayers' money to hire American contractors for surveillance flights over Gaza.Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
Daily reminder that the Middle East Eye has no physical address. Which is extremely unusual.
That's because it's run by the Qatari embassy in London.
Notice how it doesn't depend on paying subscribers. It doesn't sell any advertising. And it doesn't ask readers for donations. How do they make any money? This is a serious red flag.
When Qatar was in a diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia, the Middle East Eye criticized Saudi Arabia 24/7.
Daily reminder that
BBC staff: we're forced to do pro-Israel PR
BBC staff: we're forced to do pro-Israel PR
A devastating letter signed by over 100 BBC journalists underlines one of the great scandals of our ageOwen Jones (BattleLines with Owen Jones)
Huge encrypted files filling dribe
Hi all! I am running some recent version of Mint. I have been away for a bit but came back and thenpc reads 0 bytes free. Ooening the directory shows tons of files in home/private/ecryptfs some as small at 12MB and some as big as 170GB.
I tried to get some info but the terminal returned nothing on them, thought it might be shit and I dont have anything precious on it so I moved to delete but was told there are no such files when I did. I tried to sudo remove but got permission denied.
At this point, realising I dont have this connected to the web, and it hasnt been switched on in months despite the files showing ages 1-6 months - I thought an aold fashioned reboot would solve but now Mint won't let me passed the password login.
It recognises incorrect passwords but correct ones give a quick flash of a black screen with a typing marker flashing and back to login.
Any direction appreciated.
Yeah, its my frst dip into linux bit apprehensive to to start over...cant even rememer what I installed.
Would you recommend not encrypting home?
Encrypting home is good (although full disk encryption is better and with mint it's still easy enough)
Mint uses some helper scripts to mount/unmount your encfs, so maybe while trying to delete the files you deleted those too, and this would explain the login failing. It's been a while tho so I'm not sure, better to wait for someone else.
Revealed: “Skyrocketing” scale of UK police's Secret Facial Recognition Searches of Passport and Immigration Databases
- The Government has secretly allowed police forces to search over 150 million UK passport and immigration database photos with “Orwellian” facial recognition technology for 6 years.
- The number of searches of the passport database has “skyrocketed” from 2 in 2020 to 417 in 2023. 16 searches of the immigration database were made in 2023, increasing almost sevenfold to 102 in 2024.
- Campaigners to institute legal action, claiming it is an “historic breach of the right to privacy”.
- Former minister Sir David Davis MP says “It’s outrageous that parliamentarians and the public have been kept in the dark about this extraordinary surveillance system”.
Campaigners reveal “Skyrocketing” increase in police facial recognition searches of passport and immigration databases — Big Brother Watch
Defending Civil Liberties, Protecting PrivacyCampaigners reveal “Skyrocketing” increase in police facial recognition searches of passport and immigration databases — Big Brother Watch
Lula slams Trump over Brazil tariffs, accuses Bolsonaro of betrayal
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Thursday, August 7th 2025 - 10:33 UTC
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva harshly criticized U.S. President Donald Trump following the implementation of a 50% tariff on Brazilian exports. Lula called Trump “authoritarian” with “anti-civilizational” behavior and accused him of creating “problems where there were none.”“A president must not humiliate himself before another president. I respect everyone and demand respect in return,” Lula told Reuters, rejecting the idea of a phone call with Trump. “He doesn’t want to talk, and I have no intention of doing so.”
Lula slams Trump over Brazil tariffs, accuses Bolsonaro of betrayal
Thursday, August 7th 2025 - 10:33 UTC
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva harshly criticized U.S. President Donald Trump following the implementation of a 50% tariff on Brazilian exports. Lula called Trump “authoritarian” with “anti-civilizational” behavior and accused him of creating “problems where there were none.”“A president must not humiliate himself before another president. I respect everyone and demand respect in return,” Lula told Reuters, rejecting the idea of a phone call with Trump. “He doesn’t want to talk, and I have no intention of doing so.”
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Remote Learning Accidentally Introduced a New Danger for LGBTQ Students
Remote Learning Accidentally Introduced a New Danger for LGBTQ Students
It’s become increasingly difficult to know when your secrets are safe.Alejandra Caraballo (Slate)
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Remote Learning Accidentally Introduced a New Danger for LGBTQ StudentsTheir laptop was given to them by their school, and it contains software that flags any student writing that uses, among other terms, “queer” or “transgender.”
The software must have slipped and fell into the laptop.
Smotrich poses next to 'Death to Arabs' graffiti in illegal West Bank settlement
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich posed near graffiti that called for "Death to Arabs" on Thursday, as he visited an illegal West Bank settlement that was recently recognised by the Israeli government.
Smotrich's visit to Sa-Nur, which sits south of the Palestinian city of Jenin, came after the Israeli government quietly recognised the settlement as one of four that would be placed under the control of the Shomron Regional Council.
Images from Thursday's visit showed Smotrich standing near a wall bearing the slogans: "The people of Israel return to Sa-Nur!" and "Death to Arabs."
Smotrich poses next to 'Death to Arabs' graffiti in illegal West Bank settlement
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich posed near graffiti that called for "Death to Arabs" on Thursday, as he visited an illegal West Bank settlement that was recently recognised by the Israeli government.Lubna Masarwa (Middle East Eye)
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in reply to toman • • •SD cards are one of the most volatile mediums for data storage. Flash memory in general runs the risk of discharge over time. Being powered every now and then can help IIRC.
I've looked into long-term data hoarding and found that there's not too much consensus on the best mediums. They all have their problems. Most turn their noses up at the idea of a set-it-and-forget-it system, preferring laboriously maintained arrays of HDDs. These fail somewhat regularly so they maintain multiple backups and plan/build around that.
I like optical media, but its problems include high cost per GB, taking up significant physical space, the inability to rewrite data, slow speed, and the waning availability of disk drives. Its longevity also depends on the specific technology the disk uses. Some disks are chemically active and the chemicals can break down over time. These can have comparable life to just storing it on a USB drive or something, so I wouldn't bother with those.
I've been using discs specifically made for longevity called M-DISCs. They are supposedly chemically inert and can last for hundreds of years. They're expensive compared to normal BDXLs, you need a bluray drive rated for burning them, and some people say they're hokey...their lifetime claim is pretty lofty, to be fair. I also use archival gold DVDs (4.7GB) for smaller files.
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