How to Center Application Windows in Ubuntu
I’m not a huge fan of Gnome, but I use it sometimes to test it out. This was one of the things that annoyed me, not remembering where applications were. But this works and makes the point, maybe I should…
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Huge Recall But the Parts Won’t Be In Until Next Year (Ford)
If you needed another reason to steer clear of Ford, here it is. Interestingly, if they have engines they have the parts where ever the engines are being assembled which points to an unwillingness to stop production and redirect the…
Home Security Giant ADT Says It Was Hacked
From the commercials they have access to your internal cameras and alarm system, and their assurance that this wasn’t accessed is pretty weak. But they admit they gained access to a database with addresses, email and phone numbers. Personally, I…
Morgan Stanley Starts Pitching Bitcoin ETFs To Clients Today
Perhaps the reason Bitcoin is climbing back to nearly $59,000 after Black Monday. It’s interesting these bankers that downplayed Bitcoin for so long are all moving to make money off of it now. Perhaps this is to salvage select customers…
Windows Smart App Control, Smartscreen Bypass Exploited Since 2018
And why you shouldn’t use a Windows machine on the internet, as Microsoft is just not responsive enough to security issues along with only patching once a month. A good tactic is to use VirtualBox or VMware Workstation Pro to…
The BITCOIN Act Of 2024 Explained
Seeing this act put forth by Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming who I don’t trust along with Trump all of a sudden supporting Bitcoin gives me pause. Bitcoin is susceptible to a 51% attack if one can gain majority control of…
Hackers Breach ISP to Poison Software Updates With Malware
A good reason to run your own recursive DNS servers. And a wonderful project that makes this incredibly easy is Pi-Hole, which you can run on a Raspberry Pi. Add Unbound recursive DNS resolver and you’ll have a very secure…
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING: NFL Announces Mandatory Facial Recognition Software for All 32 Teams to Monitor Stadium Attendees
I dropped the NFL long ago when they covered over the New England Cheaters scandal and destroyed the video tapes which changed one Superbowl outcome at least. Consequently, I would have dropped them later for all their wokeness. The teams…
Tesla That Killed Motorcyclist Was in Full Self-Driving Mode
I motorcycled from 2001 to 2018, but towards the end I saw too many incidents with dummies on their smartphones not paying enough attention to their driving (in perhaps an act of judgment by God I went around a woman…
Linux Kernel 6.9.12 Is End of Life
If you’re on the 6.9 Linux kernel, it’s gone EOL unless your distribution is compiling their own custom version with security updates applied, e.g. Proxmox 8 is still running the 6.8 kernel they update. I’ve been running the Xanmod 6.10…