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Chinese semiconductor engineer Xu Zhenpeng says he left US to find freedom.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3342299/chinese-semiconductor-engineer-xu-zhenpeng-says-he-left-us-find-freedom

#china #usa #news

A radiation-eating fungus, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, thrives inside the Chernobyl reactor. Scientists theorize its melanin pigment may perform "radiosynthesis," harnessing deadly ionizing radiation for energy like plants use sunlight. While not yet proven, the fungus demonstrably grows better in radiation and may even act as a radiation shield, a stunning adaptation to a man-made disaster.

https://www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fungus-appears-to-have-evolved-an-incredible-ability

#science #biology

Microsoft-signed diagnostic tools with backdoor were found in 200,000+ laptops. These legitimate UEFI shells include a memory modification command that can completely disable Secure Boot.

The discovery exposes a fatal flaw in a security model shows that you can't blindly trust components that can bypass every protection, proving that "signed by Microsoft" doesn't mean safe.

https://eclypsium.com/blog/bombshell-the-signed-backdoor-hiding-in-plain-sight-on-framework-devices/

#security

#thanksgiving #canada #cdnpoli

Greta Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli detention after Gaza flotilla arrest.

https://www.reuters.com/world/greta-thunberg-alleges-torture-israeli-detention-after-gaza-flotilla-arrest-2025-10-07/

#gaza #palestine

Linux users when they need to remember a simple command in the terminal:

⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ Aha, there it is!

#programmerhumor #linux