Tech Workers Coalition 101 - Onboarding & Overview event Feb 10th
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/42088556
Register at here for Session A, which will be on Feb 10th at 12pm ET, or register here for Session B, which will be on the same day at 8pm ET π
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: TWC 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome to Tech Workers Coalition 101 call! In this call you will learn more about the history of TWC, as well as meaningful ways you can plug in. If you have ideas of your own, we would love to hear them and make them happen!Zoom
A new cooling technology freezes food without warming the climate
Zero-emissions cooling technology achieves sub-zero
Researchers have built the first refrigerant-free system to reach sub-zero temperatures, a breakthrough that could reduce food waste and greenhouse emissions.Anthropocene Team (Anthropocene Magazine)
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Best way to update a msi oled monitor with linux? It requires an exe and access to displayport
I have come into possession of an oled monitor due to a friend giving it to me, however updating its firmware has become a nightmare. It doesnt seem possible to update it without windows. Windows PE live discs do not work at all either. I've tried wine and a vm, neither worked.
forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic⦠This forum mentions the issue as well but there is no resolution. Thoughts?
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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its rootsCory Doctorow (The Guardian)
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its rootsCory Doctorow (The Guardian)
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its rootsCory Doctorow (The Guardian)
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its rootsCory Doctorow (The Guardian)
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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its rootsCory Doctorow (The Guardian)
Asking Grok to delete fake nudes may force victims to sue in Musk's chosen court
Asking Grok to delete fake nudes may force victims to sue in Musk's chosen court
Millions likely harmed by Grok-edited sex images as X advertisers shrugged.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
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RRF Caserta Focus. Cosa Γ¨ il Board of Peace di Trump che sta scuotendo il mondo
L'Unica - Genova Le foto inedite del palazzo Ex INPS appena venduto a Genova
In esclusiva per LβUnica, una carrellata di fotografie inedite degli appartamenti del palazzo fantasma ex INPS di corso Italia 30, venduto allβasta per 15 milioni e 870 mila euro dopo essere stato per due decenni praticamente disabitato.
In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels
European Electricity Review 2026 | Ember
The EUβs electricity transition reached a new milestone in 2025 with wind and solar generating more power than fossil fuels.Ember
London PR firm rewrites Wikipedia for governments and billionairesβ Founded by Keir Starmerβs comms chief, Portland helps rich clients βprotect their reputationβ β with a shady, off-the-books service
London PR firm rewrites Wikipedia for governments and billionaires
Founded by Keir Starmerβs comms chief, Portland helps rich clients βprotect their reputationβ β with a shady, off-the-books serviceClaire Wilmot (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)
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Sweden | More children under 15 should be able to be searched, government proposes
Children under the age of 15 may be strip-searched and have their homes searched for stolen goods and drugs in more cases than at present
Archived version: archive.is/newest/swedenheraldβ¦
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
US | Luigi Mangione is due in court as judge weighs legality of police seizing his backpack
Luigi Mangione is set to return to court as a judge weighs whether to allow or exclude certain evidence from his federal death penalty case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
US | Trump withdraws Canada's invite to join Board of Peace
Trump did not provide a reason for the decision, which comes after Canada's PM Mark Carney warned of a "rupture" in the US-led global order.
Archived version: archive.is/20260123033241/bbc.β¦
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China's Xi urges Brazil's Lula to jointly protect Global South interests
China and Brazil should safeguard the shared interests of the Global South and jointly maintain the United Nations' core role, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Brazilian counterpart on Friday, state news agency Xinhua said.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/straitstimesβ¦
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China's Xi urges Brazil's Lula to jointly protect Global South interests
BEIJING, Jan 23 - China and Brazil should safeguard the shared interests of the Global South and jointly maintain the United Nations' core role, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Brazilian counterpartΒ on Friday, state news agency Xinhua said.ST
A second Sphere venue is coming to the US
The imposing Sphere in Las Vegas might soon have a little sibling on the East Coast. The company behind it has announced its intent to build a similar venue at National Harbor in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
Sweden's Largest Pension Fund Dumps $8.8B in US Bonds
Swedenβs largest private pension fund has divested up to $8.8 billion in US Treasuries, marking the most significant withdrawal yet from American government bonds since President Donald Trumpβs Greenland crisis erupted.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/thedeepdive.β¦
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Indian security forces kill 16 Maoist rebels
India has launched an all-out campaign against the insurgents and vowed to end the rebellion by March. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/straitstimesβ¦
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Campaigner launches Β£1.5bn legal action in UK against Apple over walletβs βhidden feesβ
James Daley says anti-competitive behaviour led to additional charges that have pushed up costs for millions
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Counter-terrorism police investigating βhighly targetedβ attacks on Pakistani dissidents in UK
Exclusive: victims in hiding after attacks involving physical assault, attempted arson and the use of firearms
Five South Korean airlines to ban in-flight use of portable batteries from Jan 26
They will be banned due to concerns over lithium-ion battery fires.
Boeingβs High-Stakes Mission: The Custom Jet Carrying US History
The five-month tour via 737 to celebrate the US's 250th anniversary.
[Announcement] Build of the Week: Poison Basketballs by Pants
Early Access Announcements - Build of the Week: Poison Basketballs by Pants - 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
Kazakhstan Considers Criminal Liability for Mass Leaks of Personal Data
Kazakhstan is considering tightening legal responsibility for violations related to personal data protection. The Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development has proposed introducing criminal liability for mass leaks of citizensβ personal data, along with a significant increase in administrative fines for failing to comply with information security requirements.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/timesca.com/β¦
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Europe's GDPR cops dished out β¬1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up
Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into force
Europe's GDPR cops dished out β¬1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up
: Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into forceCarly Page (The Register)
Curl ending bug bounty program after flood of AI slop reports
The developer of the popular curl command-line utility and library announced that the project will end its HackerOne security bug bounty program at the end of this month, after being overwhelmed by low-quality AI-generated vulnerability reports.
ARC Raiders Publisher Nexon Is Now Looking For More Western Partners Following Its Success
Nexon, publisher for ARC Raiders and owner of their studio Embark, is now expressing an interest to publish more Western game studios.
China AI coding breaks into U.S.
- YouTube
Profitez des vidΓ©os et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
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China Rejects Offer to Join Trump's Gaza Board of Peace
China Rejects Offer to Join Trump's Gaza Board of Peace
The remarks were shared by Yu Jing, spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in India, in a post on X on ThursdayDeccan Chronicle
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Principles and Execution of Beyond Visual Range Air Combat
Principles and Execution of Beyond Visual Range Air Combat
While it may not be as visually dramatic as close in dogfighting, Beyond visual range combat remain one of the most if not the most important aspect of air combat now a day, so let dive in and explβ¦Aircraft 101
Anyone familiar with LoRa Meshtastic stuff?
Been looking into some different hardware options, but don't quite know what the usability is like between different standalone devices versus using an app via bluetooth, etc. Some basic description of user experience might be useful.
Seems like some potentially useful tech to get experience with asap.
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Alright, y'all were right, fuck Proton. This was the last straw for me.
For context, in my password manager I had tried formatting some of my entrees so that it would contain the usual username and password, but instead of creating whole new entrees for the security questions for the same account, I just added additional fields in the same entree in order to keep things a little more tidy.
I was not expecting that doing so would result in later being shaken down by Proton to pay even more money just to access the same few bytes of fucking text I had trusted them with. This is sleazy as fuck and I am dropping these idiots entirely.
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I know someone that signed up for an account with them, they froze it immediately for suspicious activity. He does nothing with that IP address, reads, social media, that's it. No way to get off the shit list without giving up personal information like a phone number and or alternate email and no guarentee that would fix it.
Their IP was on a blacklist from some shady company for some strange reason. But other companies let you write the company and plead your case, proton does not.
They further suspended a bunch of accounts based on some half baked unproven accusations by the government(s) if I recall.
They aren't trustworthy, they will give you up at the first sign of friction it appears.
The TikTok deal is done - TikTok is now under new ownership in the US
The TikTok deal is done, finally
The Trump admin deal transferring TikTok in the US to a new joint venture with Silver Lake, Oracle, and MGX as managing investors is done.Richard Lawler (The Verge)
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Daily bunny no.3192 is tampering with the past
Bunnies are at the location of the time portal in "City At the Edge of Forever" (the Star Trek episode.) It is a donut-shaped glowing rock, with ruined columns strewn around it. One bunny has just run through the portal, head-first, as two other bunnies try to stop them.
Source: Bluesky
*Day 1093*: the Trekkies have finally accepted me as one of their own. 'tis a glorious day to die!
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in reply to marcie (she/her) • • •Boot a proper Windows PE / to go from usb, you can create it via github.com/PhoenixPE/PhoenixPE
How did you create yours?
GitHub - PhoenixPE/PhoenixPE: PhoenixPE allows you to create a customized Rescue/Recovery Environment based on Win10/Win11.
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in reply to marcie (she/her) • • •You already tested with a standard Windows 10/11 install ISO? Put that on a bootable USB along with your exe but instead of installing you go into the recovery options and should see a way to get to the cmd prompt where you can test run that .exe. It might have the same results as Windows PE but it's worth a try and downloading the Windows ISO is free anyway.
Worst case if you have a spare HDD/SSD you can put that into your system, temporarily install Windows 10/11 onto it (I don't think you even need to worry about activation), run your .exe, then shutdown and swap your drives back to your normal setup and be done with it.
But yeah I get what you're saying, ideally there's a better way but I'm not too sure what else to suggest within Linux itself.
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