• Episode 667
  • November 11, 2020

GIMP 2.99.2 Gives Early Look at Coming GIMP 3.0 Features

A new development version of the GNU Image Manipulation Program is available for testing, and get ready: it's a game changer! GIMP 3.0 will be based on the GTK3 UI toolkit, which will bring many improvements over GTK2 which GIMP currently uses. GIMP 3.0, and the 2.99.2 preview for that matter, include multi-layer selection and support for applying changes to multiple layers at a time. It also promises to deliver a faster, more responsive user experience, leveraging render caching within the interface.

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  • Episode 667
  • November 11, 2020

Decentralized User Profiles: Tim Berners-Lee hopes to improve web privacy

Inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, is having another crack at fixing the internet’s biggest problems with the launch of a new enterprise server. The Inrupt Enterprise Solid Server is the first product from a company the inventor started two years ago in response to the problem of personal data online, where tech giants build vast databases on user profiles and sell them to advertisers.

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  • Episode 666
  • October 28, 2020

youtube-dl Under Attack by RIAA: DMCA Takedown

The RIAA have issued a DMCA Takedown on the open source project, youtube-dl, on their GitHub repository. This is done under the guise of protecting content creators from having their ad revenue stolen.

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  • Episode 666
  • October 28, 2020

Zoom end-to-end encryption FREE for all users

Zoom has added end-to-end encryption to its video conferencing service at no additional cost for all users, whether they are paying subscribers or not, though it is limited to 200 participants, and lacks many of the features users love. Bekah sheds light on what you can expect from the E2EE experience in the latest Zoom client.

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  • Episode 666
  • October 28, 2020

Ubuntu Desktop is now OFFICIAL on Raspberry Pi 4

Last week, Canonical released the latest intermediate version of Ubuntu, 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla"—which, for the first time, adds first-class platform support for the Raspberry Pi 4. And while it has been possible for some time to install Ubuntu on Raspberry Pi hardware, up until now that has been strictly a community effort. With 20.10 Groovy Gorilla however, Canonical has added full desktop support for the Pi 4.

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  • Episode 666
  • October 28, 2020

SpaceX Starlink Internet service beta has begun

SpaceX has begun sending email invitations to Starlink's public beta. The emails are being sent to people who previously registered interest in the service on the Starlink website, and they're trying to lower your initial expectations.

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  • Episode 666
  • October 28, 2020

NASA successfully touched down on an asteroid to collect a sample

After orbiting the near-Earth asteroid Bennu for nearly two years, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully touched down and reached out its robotic arm to collect a sample from the asteroid's surface last week.

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  • Episode 665
  • October 21, 2020

Hackers are using a severe Windows bug to compromise un-patched servers

Patch your servers! One of the most critical Windows vulnerabilities disclosed this year is under active attack by hackers who are trying to backdoor servers that store credentials for every user and administrative account on a network using Active Directory.

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  • Episode 665
  • October 21, 2020

Nokia is building a 4G cellular network... on the moon.

Funded by NASA's Artemis mission, Nokia is bringing a new cellular network to the moon. It will be designed specifically for lunar conditions, able to withstand the extreme temperature shifts and radiation. The tech will also utilize small cell tech, which, as the name suggests, is significantly smaller than the tall cell towers we're used to seeing here on earth. They also use a lot less power.

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  • Episode 665
  • October 21, 2020

Xiaomi 80W Wireless Charge 100% in 19 Minutes!

Xiaomi has announced a new 80 Watt wireless charging tech that can charge a smartphone with 0% charge of a 4,000 mAh battery 10% in just one minute, 50% in eight minutes, and 100% fully charged after just 19 minutes. Yes, please.

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