Russian forces pierce Ukrainian defense in Donetsk Oblast, bypassing fortifications, monitoring group says
Russian forces advanced toward the Dobropillia–Kramatorsk highway in Donetsk Oblast, seizing positions in nearby settlements to support further offensive operations.
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Connex Credit Union data breach impacts 172,000 members
Connex, one of Connecticut's largest credit unions, warned tens of thousands of members that unknown attackers had stolen their personal and financial information after breaching its systems in early June.
[Announcement] Merciless Gauntlet Statistics
The Merciless Gauntlet has concluded, congratulations to Ben_ for taking the top spot! It was a blast watching the action, so we've prepared some statistics from the event in today's news post. Check them out!
Base Class Campaign Completion
| Class | Characters | Entered Act 2 | Entered Act 3 | Entered Act 4 | Entered Act 5 | Entered Act 6 | Entered Act 7 | Entered Act 8 | Entered Act 9 | Entered Act 10 | Entered Epilogue | % Campaign Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marauder | 197,221 | 31,715 | 25,300 | 21,905 | 14,612 | 12,424 | 9,837 | 9,159 | 8,506 | 6,862 | 6,016 | 3.05% |
| Ranger | 116,297 | 8,888 | 5,338 | 4,567 | 2,702 | 2,309 | 1,830 | 1,627 | 1,394 | 976 | 684 | 0.59% |
| Shadow | 81,443 | 12,842 | 8,866 | 7,729 | 4,684 | 4,115 | 3,196 | 2,855 | 2,533 | 1,947 | 1,501 | 1.84% |
| Witch | 44,893 | 6,126 | 3,759 | 3,124 | 1,837 | 1,570 | 1,132 | 1,025 | 922 | 668 | 547 | 1.22% |
| Templar | 41,766 | 4,723 | 3,352 | 2,857 | 1,941 | 1,718 | 1,261 | 1,141 | 1,020 | 740 | 614 | 1.47% |
| Duelist | 40,715 | 9,379 | 6,269 | 5,473 | 3,423 | 3,025 | 2,533 | 2,269 | 1,963 | 1,509 | 1,225 | 3.01% |
| Scion | 28,230 | 5,066 | 3,149 | 2,697 | 1,417 | 1,219 | 946 | 829 | 759 | 577 | 497 | 1.76% |
Campaign Completion Rate by Ascendancy
| Ascendancy Class | Completed Act 10 |
|---|---|
| Ancestral Commander | 5,974 |
| Servant of Arakaali | 1,381 |
| Paladin | 1,131 |
| Scavenger | 496 |
| Polytheist | 354 |
| Whisperer | 279 |
| Herald | 256 |
| Daughter of Oshabi | 222 |
| Wildspeaker | 206 |
| Bog Shaman | 191 |
| Puppeteer | 177 |
| Surfcaster | 114 |
| Harbinger | 106 |
| Architect of Chaos | 97 |
| Aristocrat | 75 |
| Antiquarian | 39 |
| Blind Prophet | 27 |
| Gambler | 22 |
| Behemoth | 19 |
| Templar | 3 |
| Duelist | 1 |
| Scion | 1 |
| Witch | 1 |
| Marauder | 0 |
| Ranger | 0 |
| Shadow | 0 |
Endgame Deaths by Area Level
| Area Level | Total Deaths |
|---|---|
| 68 | 358 |
| 69 | 298 |
| 70 | 683 |
| 71 | 359 |
| 72 | 425 |
| 73 | 477 |
| 74 | 510 |
| 75 | 537 |
| 76 | 376 |
| 77 | 437 |
| 78 | 287 |
| 79 | 593 |
| 80 | 203 |
| 81 | 281 |
| 82 | 243 |
| 83 | 905 |
| 84 | 159 |
| 85 | 35 |
Total Deaths by Character Level
| Character Level | Total Deaths |
|---|---|
| 1-4 | 286,698 |
| 5-9 | 33,760 |
| 10-14 | 19,569 |
| 15-19 | 13,131 |
| 20-24 | 6,001 |
| 25-29 | 11,019 |
| 30-34 | 3,023 |
| 35-40 | 4,737 |
| 40-45 | 10,860 |
| 45-49 | 5,408 |
| 50-54 | 4,025 |
| 55-59 | 3,489 |
| 60-64 | 1,767 |
| 65-69 | 2,407 |
| 70-74 | 3,157 |
| 75-89 | 1,737 |
| 80-84 | 1,619 |
| 85-89 | 1,810 |
| 90-94 | 1,593 |
| 95-99 | 564 |
| 100 | 31 |
Pinnacle Boss Encounters
| Pinnacle Boss | Instances | Total Kills | Total Deaths | Kills With Deaths | Gave Up | Percent Deaths | Accounts | Characters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uber Shaper | 35 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 0.314 | 24 | 25 |
| Uber Searing Exarch | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.278 | 8 | 9 |
| Uber Eater of Worlds | 22 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.273 | 10 | 11 |
| Uber Maven | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 3 | 3 |
| Quest Searing Exarch | 773 | 413 | 191 | 0 | 169 | 0.247 | 634 | 659 |
| Incarnation of Fear | 82 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.159 | 48 | 56 |
| Incarnation of Dread | 58 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0.155 | 44 | 48 |
| Quest Incarnation of Dread | 105 | 78 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0.152 | 92 | 97 |
| Uber Uber Elder | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0.15 | 10 | 11 |
| Quest Incarnation of Neglect | 360 | 155 | 53 | 0 | 152 | 0.147 | 299 | 309 |
| Maven | 294 | 164 | 34 | 0 | 96 | 0.116 | 132 | 143 |
| Uber Elder | 124 | 107 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0.105 | 90 | 101 |
| Quest Infinite Hunger | 2,068 | 1,367 | 206 | 0 | 495 | 0.1 | 1,721 | 1,750 |
| Quest Black Star | 1,846 | 1,462 | 183 | 0 | 201 | 0.099 | 1,720 | 1,741 |
| Shaper | 514 | 376 | 48 | 0 | 90 | 0.093 | 215 | 236 |
| Searing Exarch | 174 | 127 | 13 | 0 | 34 | 0.075 | 114 | 119 |
| Quest Eater of Worlds | 774 | 677 | 48 | 1 | 49 | 0.062 | 731 | 735 |
| Quest Incarnation of Fear | 126 | 107 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0.048 | 112 | 113 |
| Incarnation of Neglect | 47 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.021 | 40 | 43 |
| Eater of Worlds | 252 | 239 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0.02 | 152 | 160 |
| Elder | 576 | 567 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.014 | 248 | 271 |
| Black Star | 52 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 19 |
| Infinite Hunger | 58 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 33 | 37 |
Top Ten Deadly Monsters
| Monster | Area | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Hillock | The Twilight Strand | 158,017 |
| Hillock's Maven | The Twilight Strand | 28,203 |
| Hillock's Zombies | The Twilight Strand | 21,203 |
| Fire Fury | The Coast | 15,731 |
| Sand Spitter | The Twilight Strand | 12,732 |
| Hailrake | The Tidal Island | 9,979 |
| Vaal Oversoul | The Ancient Pyramid | 7,487 |
| Trarthan Mercenary (Ranger) | The Mud Flats | 6,086 |
| Brutus | The Upper Prison | 5,283 |
| Water Elemental | The Submerged Passage | 4,692 |
Announcements - Merciless Gauntlet Statistics - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
[Announcement] Play the Path of Exile 2 Boss Rush Event at Gamescom
Next week, Path of Exile 2's Boss Rush Event will be available at Gamescom! If you're attending the expo, be sure to visit our booth and challenge yourself against 15 bosses. Check out this announcement to find out more about the event.
- When - 20th - 24th of August
- Where - Hall 6.1 C071 / A070
Good luck, Exiles!
Early Access Announcements - Play the Path of Exile 2 Boss Rush Event at Gamescom - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
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Trump’s defense secretary seems to admire men who want to stop women from voting
Pete Hegseth shared a video espousing views that women are subservient to men and shouldn't be able to vote.
The Sick World of Prison Tycoon Games
The Sick World of Prison Tycoon Games
Only a deeply broken society would create a mobile game like “Lands of Jail.”Stephen Prager (Current Affairs Inc)
The Social Media Trend Machine Is Spitting Out Weirder and Weirder Results
TikTok Trends Are Driving Random Consumer Spending Spikes
Trends always have an element of randomness, but our algorithmic feeds have made them unintelligible.Amanda Mull (Bloomberg)
This reads like "old man yells at clouds"
Like on one hand, sure, tiktok has accelerated the amount of info/media kids are latching onto. But also, remember street sharks? Remember pogs? Or floam? Like.. shits always been like this.
Reddit will block the Internet Archive
Reddit will block the Internet Archive
Reddit caught AI companies scraping its data from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, so it’s going to limit the Internet Archive from indexing some data.Jay Peters (The Verge)
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Not that reddit isn't hot garbage right now, and has been for a while actually, but there's a lot of people here who have glazed over the reason why reddit instituted this policy.
AI companies are scraping the Wayback Machine. This is something that should concern all of us.
And what do I care about Reddit getting paid?
If the IA doesn't complain about being used, then it's fine for me. The ideal outcome would be, if the archive can make some arrangement where they scrape the data and provide it to everyone. That way, sites only get scraped once and not constantly hammered.
Lenovo Webcams Can Be Turned into Persistent Attack Platforms
Lenovo Webcams Can Be Turned into Persistent Attack Platforms
Linux USB webcams from Lenovo can be turned into persistent “BadUSB” devices to inject keystrokes, drop payloads, and surve system reinstallsBill Mann (CyberInsider)
Web Portal Flaws Allowed Hackers to Remotely Unlock Cars Across the U.S.
Web Portal Flaws Allowed Hackers to Remotely Unlock Cars Across the U.S.
A US carmaker’s dealership management platform contained critical flaws that could have allowed remote car unlocking and customer data theft.Amar Ćemanović (CyberInsider)
GPT-5: has AI just plateaued?
GPT-5: has AI just plateaued?
GPT-5’s focus on routing queries to the best model could be an admission that LLMs can’t get much smarter.The Conversation
First Nations Warn Carney’s Push to Build Canada Could Tear It Apart
First Nations Warn Carney’s Push to Build Canada Could Tear It Apart | The Walrus
The prime minister’s fast-track law has already set off a wave of Indigenous protestJoy SpearChief-Morris (The Walrus)
Why TikTok ADHD misinformation is dangerous
Why TikTok ADHD misinformation is dangerous - Futurity
New research reveals that exposure to ADHD misinformation on TikTok significantly reduced college students' understanding of the disorder.Dan Bernardi - Syracuse U. (Futurity)
Why Higher Beef Prices Aren’t Actually Good News for the Environment
Why Higher Beef Prices Aren’t Actually Good News for the Environment
Beef prices are at a record high, but that doesn’t mean less meat production.Seth Millstein (Sentient)
Fossil-fuelled heat has caused tropical birds to decline by ‘up to 38%’ since 1950s
Fossil-fuelled heat has caused tropical birds to decline by ‘up to 38%’ since 1950s - Carbon Brief
An uptick in heat extremes has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38% since the 1950s, according to new analysis.Daisy Dunne (Carbon Brief)
Vuoto a perdere 06: o mio o di nessun altro!
MONDO REALE: Freddie Mercury non ha mai avuto dei figli ma Mary Austin, la donna che lui ha amato, sì.
Il frontman dei Queen però era appassionato di gatti e per questo ha scritto una canzone per la sua preferita. Delilah.
FANTASIA: Mark Wilson scopre un segreto molto personale su Freddie intercettando alcune lettere a lui indirizzate, e la decisione è presa: Freddie, di quella corrispondenza, non saprà mai; è un’arma troppo potente nelle mani di Mark!
Racconto aggiornato dopo la pubblicazione iniziale (2021)
Vuoto a perdere: o mio, o di nessun altro!
Per giorni il mio defunto compagno Andrew continuò a ripetermelo nel sogno: “Dissangua il mio gifter, porta la sua anima da me!”
Dalla sera in cui Freddie si era tagliato un dito durante una cena, l’idea di ottenere il suo sangue diventò un’ossessione e più passava il tempo, più la determinazione si tramutò in rabbia.
“Se Freddie non sarà mio, nessun altro lo avrà!” dicevo tra me, ogni volta che mi alzavo dal letto e mi guardavo nello specchio.
Non riuscii mai però ad avvicinarlo davvero: lo vedevo girare insieme al suo staff, sorridere, parlare con l’assistente Melania ma era impossibile avere un’occasione per stare da solo con lui.
Non restò altro che studiare un piano per tendergli una trappola che l’avrebbe potuto dissanguare ma sfortunatamente, documentandomi grazie ai pochi mezzi di informazione disponibili, capii quanto il virus HIV fosse debole: la trasmissione non avviene senza contatto diretto col sangue del malato!
Il piano del dissanguatore
La sola speranza per me era stare lì mentre accadeva, e raccogliere il prezioso fluido in velocità: Ogni qual volta pulivo la sua stanza, cercavo di escogitare un sistema per sabotare un lampadario, una finestra, qualsiasi altro oggetto di vetro che potesse infrangersi su di lui mentre dormiva e io sarei corso ad aiutarlo, guarda caso mi sarei tagliato e poi…
No, alla fine decisi che non valeva la pena; troppo rischioso per la mia reputazione, mi avrebbero accusato di omicidio facendomi finire come Mark David Chapman, l’uomo che nel 1980 sparò a John Lennon. Povero idiota, quando John venne portato via rimase lì a leggersi Il Giovane Holden aspettando gli eventi, ma non ebbe alcun legame col proprio mito.
Io invece, facendo le cose per bene, potevo essere unito a Freddie per sempre e, soprattutto, diffondere il virus consentendo al mio idolo di vivere per l’eternità. E pazienza se per il mondo sarei stato l’ennesimo criminale! Mi sentivo coperto, nella mia falsa identità di William Karson.
Buone notizie?
Assorto nei miei pensieri non mi accorsi immediatamente di qualcuno che bussava alla porta della mia stanza; “Karson, c’è bisogno di te!” Mi disse Jim, il compagno di Freddie, quando aprii.
Stringeva in mano una busta. “Questa l’hanno mandata un paio di giorni fa destinata a Freddie, e appena ho letto da dove arriva mi sei venuto in mente subito.”
Allora era vero, hanno letto il mio curriculum prima di assumermi! Presi la lettera fra le dita e mi lasciai andare a un sospiro di malinconia, quando lessi la provenienza del mittente: Bugliano, culla e tomba per i miei sogni di scienziato.
Ricordai immediatamente il mio passato da studente di medicina, quando la speranza di sconfiggere l’AIDS con le mie sole forze, mi aveva indotto persino a fare pace con chi mi aveva sempre bullizzato. Raymond Still, che quando mi bocciarono, diede un colpo di spugna alla nostra inaspettata amicizia e mi umiliò il doppio.
Promozioni e fallimenti
“Mark Wilson, Lei può solo pulire i gabinetti”, mi disse impietoso l’insegnante quando provai a contestare il risultato finale; e Ray Still non mosse un dito per difendermi, anzi mi voltò le spalle per godersi la sua promozione con tutti gli onori!
Soltanto pochi mesi dopo aver accettato il lavoro a casa di Freddie Mercury, scoprii che mentre io facevo le pulizie Raymond Still aveva fatto carriera e avviato un’importante ricerca su HIV, con tanto di annuncio: “Sto cercando una celebrità risultata positiva al virus per sperimentare il mio nuovo studio. L’HIV, opportunamente modificato, può trasmettere emozioni e talento da una persona all’altra!”
Quale occasione migliore per fargli sapere di Freddie?
Stringendo ancora fra le mani la busta consegnatami da Jim, ripensai alla mia lettera appena spedita a Raymond in risposta al suo annuncio; gli avevo raccontato per filo e per segno la positività di Freddie ma anche dopo giorni dall’invio della missiva, non ricevetti alcun riscontro.
E se la busta in mano mia contenesse proprio la risposta di Ray, che da Bugliano voleva parlare direttamente con Freddie?
Non mi feci alcuno scrupolo e me la misi in tasca: “Mai paura, Jim! La porto io al capo, il messaggio è in buone mani.”
Inizio di un inganno
Alla svelta, chiusi la porta della mia stanza e tirata fuori la lettera, iniziai a leggere quel foglio scritto a penna:
Sono incinta, amore della mia vita. Aspettiamo una bambina, il nostro miracolo ma anche la mia più grande paura.Il mondo è un posto crudele e sento di non essere capace di proteggerla abbastanza perché sono in Russia, sposata con un violento.
“Che cosa? Freddie ha una figlia in Russia, o a Bugliano? Dove? Poco importa”, pensai. Se è vero non lo saprà mai! Richiusi la busta come nulla fosse e la nascosi nella mia borsa. Sarei stato l’unico a conoscere il segreto, avrei girato il mondo per trovare quella presunta bambina, dopodiché Freddie sarebbe stato mio, e solo mio!
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke says he is leaving to “become a startup founder again”, with GitHub and its leadership team moving into Microsoft's CoreAI organization
Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub ♥️ - The GitHub Blog
I am stepping down as GitHub CEO to build my next adventure. GitHub is thriving and has a bright future ahead.Thomas Dohmke (The GitHub Blog)
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China reports 5% industrial robot installation growth as US, EU fall
China reports 5% industrial robot installation growth as US, EU fall
As global robot sales fell to 520,000 units, China surged to 290,000, widening its lead over the US and EU in manufacturing automation.Kaif Shaikh (Interesting Engineering)
BRICS Strengthens Itself Ahead of Putin-Trump Summit
BRICS Strengthens Itself Ahead of Putin-Trump Summit
Vladimir Putin’s decision to inform Global South leaders about the results of his meeting with US envoy Steve Witkoff highlights BRICS’ role, says Dr.Sputnik International
BBC condemned for repeating Israeli narrative on slain journalist Anas al-Sharif
While many around the world mourned their losses, the BBC’s coverage of the slain journalists received backlash for repeating Israel’s accusation that Sharif had a "dual role" as "journalist and terrorist".
Israel has routinely made such claims about journalists, which have been strongly rejected by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
One social media user suggested that this was a character assassination, right after Israel killed him.
In another report, a BBC news anchor said, “Israel says Anas Al-Sharif was a member of Hamas, a claim long rejected by the news network, his family, and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).”
For many on social media, the news anchor adding the fact that Al Jazeera and the CPJ rejected these claims was not enough, with one saying, “the BBC stooped so low it should be banned from broadcasting after parroting the Israeli narrative.”
BBC condemned for repeating Israeli narrative on slain journalist Anas al-Sharif
BBC's reporting on the killing of several Palestinian journalists in Gaza has been on the receiving end of fierce criticism, with thousands on social media saying the broadcaster is “parroting the Israeli narrative”.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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n another report, a BBC news anchor said, “Israel says Anas Al-Sharif was a member of Hamas, a claim long rejected by the news network, his family, and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).”For many on social media, the news anchor adding the fact that Al Jazeera and the CPJ rejected these claims was not enough, with one saying, “the BBC stooped so low it should be banned from broadcasting after parroting the Israeli narrative.”
Reporting the isreal statement seems fine to me? They're not stating it as fact. I don't believe Israel one bit but I still want to know what they say.
Starmer’s team seen as ‘tired, same-again politicians’, says Labour peer
Starmer’s team seen as ‘tired, same-again politicians’, says Labour peer
Charlie Falconer calls on party colleagues to rediscover energy and not risk losing credit for big achievementsJessica Elgot (The Guardian)
If a blind protester in a wheelchair is considered a terrorist, anyone can be treated as a terrorist
Yesterday marked one of the most shameful days in the history of the Metropolitan Police as they arrested peaceful protesters including a blind man in a wheelchair, an 81-year-old woman with Parkinson's, a former British army officer, and a bunch of, um, Quakers. All of them were protesting against two things: the UK's ongoing participation in the Gaza genocide and the proscription of Palestine Action. All of them were arrested under the Terrorism Act.
Imagine being the police officer whose job it was to wheel this man away. You can see the shame in his face as he lowers his head. These officers must know history is not going to judge them kindly, but they must also know just following orders is not okay. If I was a police officer, I would not have made those arrests, even if it cost me my job. Doing the right thing is infinitely more important than just following orders.
Yesterday police made twice the number of counter-terrorism arrests than they did in all of 2023 and one-fifth of those arrested were over 70. One police officer was wearing a hat that suggested he came from a Welsh police force. Remember this when police say they can't send any officers out after you've been burgled. Police are dealing with the real criminals now, and the real criminals include quakers. Yes, quakers were arrested.
If a blind protester in a wheelchair is considered a terrorist, anyone can be treated as a terrorist
Yesterday marked one of the most shameful days in the history of the Metropolitan Police as they arrested peaceful protesters including a blind man in a wheelchair, an 81-year-old woman with Parkinson's, a former British army officer, and a bunch of,…Ricky Hale (Council Estate Media)
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The propaganda framing from the BBC on the arrests has been truly ludicrous. They described the protesters attempts to “evade detection” by bringing blank pieces of paper along, explaining they would only write messages on the cards if more than 500 people turned up."Our correspondent.. has been telling me how protesters carefully planned to evade police detection while carrying placards as part of their protest," the newsreader explained as though she was describing the most sinister plot ever uncovered.
Largest US socialist organisation passes resolution supporting Palestinian resistance
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the largest socialist organisation in the United States, passed a resolution on Sunday that supports the Palestinian right to resist and makes supporting Israel an expellable offence. One of DSA’s most influential members is New York State assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, who in June won the Democratic Primary for Mayor of New York City.
The resolution, passed with a 56 to 43 percent vote at DSA’s biennial convention, also allocates resources to pro-Palestine organising and emphasises the Palestinian right to return "from the river to the sea".
The resolutions also make publicly and consistently opposing the BDS movement, taking money from pro-Israel lobbying groups, and supporting the transfer of funds or weapons to Israel an expellable offence.
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Report: Ex-Mossad official gave services to Qatar while on Israel's hostage talks team
A former senior Mossad official under investigation in connection with the Qatargate scandal allegedly provided services to Qatar and received payments from the state while serving on Israel's hostage deal negotiation team, the Kan public broadcaster reported Monday.
The former official, whose questioning was cleared for publication last month at the request of Haaretz, took part at the start of the war as Mossad's representative in internal negotiation team discussions in Israel and also served as an advisor.
According to the report, Mossad was unaware of his contacts with Qatar, despite his claim that he had informed the agency.
Report: Ex-Mossad official provided services to Qatar while on Israel's hostage negotiating team
The Mossad was reportedly unaware of the ex-official's contacts with Qatar, despite his claim that he had informed the agency. He is the second former Mossad employee to be investigated in the Qatargate affair, which Haaretz broke last NovemberHaaretz
Report: Ex-Mossad official gave services to Qatar while on Israel's hostage talks team
A former senior Mossad official under investigation in connection with the Qatargate scandal allegedly provided services to Qatar and received payments from the state while serving on Israel's hostage deal negotiation team, the Kan public broadcaster reported Monday.
The former official, whose questioning was cleared for publication last month at the request of Haaretz, took part at the start of the war as Mossad's representative in internal negotiation team discussions in Israel and also served as an advisor.
According to the report, Mossad was unaware of his contacts with Qatar, despite his claim that he had informed the agency.
Report: Ex-Mossad official provided services to Qatar while on Israel's hostage negotiating team
The Mossad was reportedly unaware of the ex-official's contacts with Qatar, despite his claim that he had informed the agency. He is the second former Mossad employee to be investigated in the Qatargate affair, which Haaretz broke last NovemberHaaretz
Ukrainian court secretary posts Nazi flag photo – media
Ukrainian court secretary posts Nazi flag photo – media
The woman has deleted the images, although not before they were picked up by news outletsRT
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Rt says nazi bad >🙁
Court secretary from Kyiv posed with Nazi flag: proceedings initiated
In Kyiv, criminal proceedings have been initiated against Anastasiia Mirzak, secretary of the Sviatoshynskyi District Court. She posed with a Nazi flag, and the photo was published on social media.Yevhen Ustimenko (UNN)
Nvidia and AMD agree to pay 15% of China chip export revenues to US
The chipmakers Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15% of their revenue from advanced chips sold to China in return for export licences to the key market.
The unprecedented move, an apparent reversal of US national security restrictions on the chip sales, signalled an easing in the US-China trade war.
Donald Trump has weaponised trade restrictions and tariffs to bring business to US shores. However, the quid pro quo arrangement, first reported by the Financial Times, is potentially unconstitutional.
The arrangement will lead to Nvidia giving 15% of its revenue from Chinese sales of its H20 chips, and AMD giving 15% of revenue from Chinese sales of its MI308 chips, according to reports citing US officials.
Nvidia and AMD reportedly agree to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to US
Chipmakers agree to quid pro quo deal as condition for obtaining export licenses for Chinese market, FT reportsGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Trump announces another 90-day pause on China tariffs
The chipmakers Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15% of their revenue from advanced chips sold to China in return for export licences to the key market.
The unprecedented move, an apparent reversal of US national security restrictions on the chip sales, signalled an easing in the US-China trade war.
Donald Trump has weaponised trade restrictions and tariffs to bring business to US shores. However, the quid pro quo arrangement, first reported by the Financial Times, is potentially unconstitutional.
The arrangement will lead to Nvidia giving 15% of its revenue from Chinese sales of its H20 chips, and AMD giving 15% of revenue from Chinese sales of its MI308 chips, according to reports citing US officials.
Trump announces another 90-day pause on China tariffs
President signs executive order extending deadline for higher tariffs hours before agreement was due to expireMichael Sainato (The Guardian)
Program alternative SCRU
Before I fully make the switch to Linux I'm looking for options to replace an old Windows program called SCRU. You set a folder to watch, and an output folder and it automatically copies specified extensions or extracts rar into the output folder.
I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to do this in terminal and haven't dug into scripts yet, just want to know of it's possible.
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The Linux way:
- write a script: you can use the find command to find for example rars in a folder. find ~/thatfolder -iname '*.rar' -exec uncompresscommand. Read 'man find' for specifics. Script's first line is #!/bin/bash. Say 'chmod u+x script' to make it executable.
- set up a systemd timer unit that calls a service unit that runs your script at intervals.
- you can use something like for file in ~/thatfolder/* ; do sed trick that extracts the file extension and puts it in a variable ; case $variable in ; bunch of cases for different extensions. Variable $file will hold the source file name. Read up on bash scripting to figure it out.
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stupid_asshole69 [none/use name]
in reply to bender223 • • •Someone else asked “safe from what?” And that’s the real question.
In lieu of an answer to that though, no. It isn’t. The whole point of using a vpn to do p2p is to accomplish three things: traffic anonymization, legal protection and encrypted data transfer.
A vpn on a vps doesn’t anonymize your traffic because the vps is in your name. The vps provider is likely in compliance with kyc laws and will happily give you up to the law the moment they come knocking. If you’re using a domain with it it’s even easier to check that it’s you by looking at the whois records. On the off chance you’re getting a vps with enough storage and transfer included to act as your seedbox without kyc using cash or monero or something you’re likely paying more than the 2-3$ a month that the p2p vpns tend to charge.
A vpn on a vps most likely doesn’t provide you any legal protection either! Generally speaking, privacy focused vpn providers use nonpersistent systems where the secrets that can be subject to lawful intercept by the authorities are not stored on the systems hard drive and have protections against being read out of ram. Not only are almost all vpses generally held to be vulnerable to having their ram contents read by the provider, it is extremely unlikely that you set up openvpn without a configuration file on disk that contains your secret. This is just one example of a well documented vector of legal attack against a vpn, there are many. Paying an expert in legal attacks takes the onus off you.
A vpn on a vps doesn’t even accomplish encrypted data transfer, since the tunnel is between your pc and your vps, not whatever the vps connects to. Encryption keeps untrustworthy devices upstream of you from reading the data you send and receive. You might have prevented your untrustworthy isp devices from viewing your data, but you didn’t prevent untrustworthy vps provider devices from viewing your data. Even if your vps is trustworthy, the infrastructure it uses is the same infrastructure whose built in lawful intercept backdoors were compromised last year with no firm resolution. This wouldn’t matter nearly as much if your traffic were anonymized or had the shield of a crew of computer security experts running the system you use as a vpn, but as outlined above, you don’t.
Running your own vpn on a vps is cool, and I’m glad you have that ability, but it’s a lot like building your own car from scratch. It is possible, and a phenomenal learning experience, but not the suggested route for anyone.
Use a p2p vpn service instead. It’s much cheaper and better in almost every way.
bender223
in reply to stupid_asshole69 [none/use name] • • •Thanks for the info, very useful. I'm generally trying to hide my traffic from my ISP, when I'm torrenting some movies. I'm not doing a ton of p2p stuff. Not enough to need a seedbox. I'll share/seed some stuff from my local hard drive. Nothing sits in my vps.
I understand that although the IP addresses I connect to can be hidden from my ISP by my own instance of openvpn, it doesn't hide that my vps is connecting to those IP addresses. I think I'm okay with that. I'm not connecting to super sketchy sites. Generally, I'm trying to avoid getting some copyright warning letter from my ISP. Although that's never been an issue, I just thought I'd be safe.
My vps has a domain name, but it does have privacy protection where my name won't show up on a whois lookup. Not sure how much that helps, but I thought it was good to have.
In terms of a good p2p vpn services, it seems like a lot of the usual ones being advertised on podcasts and youtube are bad about privacy, and it seems like Proton may be the only one that I know of that seems good. Any recommendations for good vpns are welcome. I may just go that route if Openvpn isn't good enough.
stupid_asshole69 [none/use name]
in reply to bender223 • • •The isp generally doesn’t care if you’re doing p2p. Some use it as a sales tactic to get you to move up to their top tier bandwidth plans though. They handle complaints about your p2p that have been investigated by some group contracted by the rights holders who usually say they have the file or want the file and take note of the ip that offers or accepts the file and then send that information to the group responsible for that ip.
In the case of your home ip, your isp receives the letter and sends you a letter in kind complying with all the laws they’re subject to. This usually has the threat of legal action and termination of service.
In the case of your vps ip, the vps provider complies to the full extent of the law. In some places with a three strikes or similar style of enforcement they may just forward it to you. They may use it as an excuse to ditch you if you’re a problem customer for them. It’s completely within the realm of possibility that they happily provide all the information they have on you, but that usually only when the police get involved.
In the case of your p2p vpn service they often have the ability to say “we don’t know which of our customers we’re connecting from that ip and have no way of finding out”. It’s a dead end for them.
Air has worked well for me. Proton is fine as long as you’re careful about what metadata you give them. Both do port forwarding.
In general, it would be a bad idea to use the same vpn account or service for p2p that you use for browsing or whatever. So maybe don’t do that.
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in reply to bender223 • • •Your VPS provider will likely just forward copyright infringement letters to you, same as your ISP would, or they'll suspend your account.
It will hide your ISP IP from torrent peers, but the VPS provider still knows exactly who you are.
Very easy by the VPS provider, as the VPS has a static IP assigned to you.