Raspberry Pi Disallows RAM Upgrades to Fight Fraud, Does it Make Sense?
Something that flew under the radar a while back is getting attention again. A post on the r/selfhosted subreddit reminds us that the Raspberry Pi 5 will refuse to boot if it detects RAM that doesn’t match the memory configuration recorded at the factory. The behavior traces to a firmwareContinue Reading
Signal Will Let You Sign Up Without a Phone Number — For $3
Signal is an end-to-end encrypted messenger that doesn’t really need an introduction in this age of authoritarian overreach. Since the beginning, it has required a phone number at signup, even after it gained username support. It’s been quite weird to see, given that other privacy-focused messengers like Session and MatrixContinue Reading
Wallpapi gives you a cooler way to change wallpaper on GNOME
Wallpapi is an Omarchy-inspired wallpaper switcher for GNOME desktops that offers a slicker. When installed, it lets you “browse a folder of wallpapers as a full-screen carousel of parallelogram cards”. As you page through available options, the focused image is previewed as your wallpaper in the background, so you canContinue Reading
Beware these fake websites selling subscriptions to AI assistants
Websites offering fake subscriptions to AI transcription tools, image generators, and other digital assistants could be putting enterprise data at risk, according to researchers at Malwarebytes. The sites impersonate AI products with solid reputations, including GPT-6 Astra, DaVinci Resolve, PixAI and OpenCut, in addition to some that no longer existContinue Reading
Iraq to collect 6 million weapons despite pushback from Iran-backed militias
Baghdad recast 30 September — originally a hard deadline for armed factions to surrender an estimated 6 million weapons — as the start of the regulatory process as Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba refuse to hand over what they call “resistance weapons”.Continue Reading
Armed group shuts pipeline from Libya’s largest oil field, jeopardising exports
A valve closure on the El Sharara-to-Zawiya pipeline has cut production at a field accounting for roughly a third of Libya’s total output, prompting the national oil company to warn it may declare force majeure.Continue Reading
America Last: The Traitor FCC Rubber Stamps Major Saudi, Chinese Investment In Paramount Merger
There was a four year span where The Traitor FCC boss Brendan Carr simply couldn’t stop hyperventilating about the fact that TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was Chinese. Carr would appear on cable news pretty much every week to endlessly rant about the potential propaganda, privacy, and NatSec impact of whatContinue Reading
Could Abandoned Mines House Pennsylvania’s Unwanted Data Centers?
As opposition to data centers grows, researchers eye the state’s thousands of acres of polluted mine lands as potential solutions. By Jessica Klein Almost nobody wants a data center for a neighbor. Residents fear noise and air pollution, excessive energy and water use and the loss of open land. InContinue Reading
PhysPAG Community Meeting, 28 Sept 2026
Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community PhysPAG Community Meeting, 28… About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups Meetings Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Early Career Workshops Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources PhysPAG Community Meeting Location Virtual Dates 28 September 2026 12:00pm ET /Continue Reading
Health Journalists Visit Conservative Georgia District and Weigh AI Bioweapon Threat
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances…Read MoreContinue Reading
The Traitor Can’t Blame Biden For His Crumbling Economy
The Traitor keeps blaming Biden for his own failing economy. No one is falling for it.Continue Reading
“They never boycott me”: The Traitor responds to TV networks’ boycott at press conference with Mamdani
Traitor 47 and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani addressed the dispute over TV networks’ boycott during a joint press appearance at Gracie Mansion., Read MoreContinue Reading