Change Calibre's Default Theme to a Light or Dark Mode
Learn how to change Calibre’s default colour palette, theme or mode when the system default theme doesn’t cause it to change automatically.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/calibre-theme-light-dark-mode/
#blog #books #bookstodon #ebook #technology #100DaysToOffload
Pentagon Bans Tech Vendors From Using China-Based Personnel After ProPublica Investigation
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The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud services providers. The changes come after ProPublica revealed how Microsoft’s use of China-based engineers left sensitive government data vulnerable to hacking.
https://www.propublica.org/article/pentagon-dod-microsoft-digital-escorts-china-ban-cybersecurity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DOD #Tech #Microsoft #Pentagon #Cybersecurity #Technology #China
#lispyGopherClimate #LIVE #technology #podcast
https://communitymedia.video/w/vY4A9hxkZEQCe47UBASXFa
@kentpitman #climate #haiku and note on https://climate.us
@jns #gopher #phlog about #vcfmw
Mastodon #lisp happenings recently @mdhughes etc
#emacsconf proposal deadline is Friday!
Otherwise, I did lots of #commonLisp #programming this week and will talk about the #gof_ai & #DeepLearning #AI one, and maybe my spacetime-box #NicCLIM #gamedev.
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/fundamental/classical-ai-and-deep-learning-ai-difference-in-two-examples/
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/lispgames/spacetime-boxes-nicclim/
Vivaldi 7.6 for desktop is here 🎉
Tldr: Customize EVERYTHING and rule your tabs!
✅ Fully customizable tab bar
✅ The Tab Button
✅ Quick address field search with @ tabs, @ bookmarks, @ history
✅ Swipe gestures for Windows
✅ Cleaner context menus
https://www.europesays.com/3274010/ Apple faces more than $5.7 billion patent infringement verdict #america #AppleInc #ArtsAndEntertainment #BreakingNews:Technology #BusinessNews #CourtDecisions #Enterprise #internet #InvescoQQQTrust #Laws #Lawsuits #SanDiego #science #technology #TechnologySelectSectorSPDRFund #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA
"Ceefax was the world's first teletext service, going live on 23 September 1974. In a pre-internet world, the revolutionary system allowed people to check the latest BBC news and sport updates at the touch of a few buttons."
Learning a new AI-related term: workslop.
"The insidious effect of workslop is that it shifts the burden of the work downstream, requiring the receiver to interpret, correct, or redo the work. In other words, it transfers the effort from creator to receiver."
https://hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-workslop-is-destroying-productivity
#workslop #AI #slop #GenAI #technology #news #TechNews #study
#TechNews #Technology news picks of the day:
➡️ @404mediaco - Reader-supported investigative journalism on tech, privacy etc
➡️ @arstechnica - Tech news site since 1998
➡️ @osnews - Computing & tech news site since 1997
➡️ @2600 - Hacking magazine since 1984
➡️ @heiseonline - German-language tech news since 1996
➡️ @verge - Tech news site in US
➡️ @TechDesk - Human-curated tech news on Fedi
➡️ @TechCrunch - US tech news site
➡️ @podcast - Tech news podcast from blind people's perspective
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Bring Your GNOME Shell to Life with Gnomelets!
Turn a dull GNOME Shell graphical environment into an exciting and active one with a whimsical little desktop toy extension called Gnomelets.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/gnomelets-gnome-shell-extension/
How to Change LibreOffice Spelling Mistakes Underline Colour
Learn the necessary steps to change or customize spelling mistakes underline colour in LibreOffice applications using this complete guide.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/libreoffice-change-spelling-mistake-underline-colour/
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why. https://www.byteseu.com/2392321/ #Technology
Stand Up and Celebrate Software Freedom Day
Join in the celebration of Software Freedom Day and learn about Free Software and its virtues along with how to host or attend this worldwide event.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/celebrate-software-freedom-day/
Atlassian is sunsetting its Data Center products. For Confluence users, the question is no longer whether to migrate, but how.
Together with @nextcloud ,we ran a webinar, “Break free from Confluence”, covering:
✔ Live migration demo
✔ Preserving hierarchies, macros & permissions
✔ Migration strategies with minimal disruption
Recap 👉 https://xwiki.com/en/Blog/Webinar-overview-break-free-from-Confluence/
#XWiki #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #Confluence #DataCenter #Atlassian #Tech #Technology #News #Technews
🇦🇹 Austria's Armed Forces have replaced MS Office with LibreOffice on 16,000+ workstations 📄
This shift began in 2020 to avoid mandatory cloud reliance ☁️
Their goal? Digital sovereignty—not cost saving 🔒
They even contributed 5+ person-years of code 🛠️
EU trend toward open-source grows 🇪🇺
🔗 https://news.itsfoss.com/austrian-forces-ditch-microsoft-office/
#TechNews #LibreOffice #Linux #OpenSource #Privacy #FOSS #Security #Europe #EU #Microsoft #Cloud #DigitalSovereignty #Government #Defense #Innovation #Technology
I tested all three OpenVPN tiers: Why the free version is still the best choice for most users
OpenVPN offers three modes of deployment with varied pricing based on the same underlying protocol. Here are the pros, cons, and costs associated with each.
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #ZDNet [ZDNet]
The bill emerged in response to a ProPublica investigation exposing how Microsoft used China-based engineers to service Defense Dept.’s computer systems for nearly a decade, leaving sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from a leading cyber adversary.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-microsoft-digital-escort-ban-china?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Microsoft #Defense #Tech #Trump #China #Cybersecurity #Technology
Be still my beating heart 😍
Raphus.social is a safe and inclusive Mastodon server for open minded people interested in technology, open source, games, and other general geekery. (In case you are wondering, Raphus is the Latin for the dodo bird.)
This server has a post size of up to 1024 characters.
You can find out more at https://raphus.social/about or contact the admin @raphus
"When generative AI and large language models (LLMs) work, or appear to work, using them truly feels like magic. They can be very empowering, especially when used as an accessibility tool.
But they are also an unreliable technology built on exploitation of workers, particularly from third world countries, and our environment. Its frequent use may lead to cognitive decline and a loss of skills, and can actually decrease productivity."
Getting ever closer to living the dream!
"Slackbot today is fairly rudimentary. But what we've done is we've actually rebuilt it from the ground up as a personalized AI companion."
https://www.theverge.com/news/797890/slack-slackbot-ai-assistant-upgrade
**The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It**
🔗 https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-research-scientists-hype.
"Research outfit Five Percent has published a new white paper analysing online content published between January 2020 and May 2025. The results indicate that material created with machine learning tools initially overtook human-written content late last year."
#news #technology #TechNews #slop #AI #DeadInternet #DeadInternetTheory
