444 – The News is HUGE!


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Aug 21 2024 99 mins   49


First up in the news: Canonical Moves To Shipping Very Latest Upstream Kernel Code, Google Search is playing Monopoly, Wordstar7 is open sourced, SuSE goes way long, Chrome blocks uBlock, GitLab is on the market and Funtoo is back (sort of)



In security and privacy: Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers, and there are lots of zeros attacking Mac and Linux browsers



Then in our Wanderings: Bill is broken down Joe goes virtual, Moss has stopped watching, Majid is in India and will be back next month.













The News




Canonical Moves To Shipping Very Latest Upstream Kernel Code For Ubuntu Releases




Google’s online search monopoly is illegal, US judge rules




WordStar 7, the last ever DOS version, is re-released for free




Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line




SUSE upgrades its distros with 19 years of support – no other Linux comes close




Google is killing one of Chrome’s biggest ad blockers




GitLab is reportedly up for sale




Robbins Changed His Mind, Funtoo Shifts to “Hobby Mode”



Security and Privacy




Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers




0.0.0.0 Day: 18-Year-Old Browser Vulnerability Impacts MacOS and Linux Devices





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