#PokemonGo Was A Plot To Use Your Data To Fast Track An #AI-Slop Google #Maps Competitor
#Niantic is using scans of the real world from the game to create an AI-based #navigation system https://jalopnik.com/pokemon-go-was-a-plot-to-use-your-data-to-fast-track-an-1851706279

Thanks #LinusTorvalds patch improves #Linux performance by 2.6%
21 lines that show the big man still has what it takes
The code commit is a security tweak intended to counter the types of security holes known as Meltdown and Spectre.
The patch is a rewrite of one originally submitted by Red Hat developer Josh Poimboeuf. "The kernel test robot reports a 2.6 percent improvement in the per_thread_ops benchmark," he wrote in the commit.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/torvalds_patch_linux_performance/

#Linux Preparing Support For The #RISCV #Framework Laptop 13
Back in June it was teased that #FrameworkComputer in collaboration with #DeepComputing would be releasing a RISC-V motherboard for the Framework Laptop 13. That RISC-V #laptop motherboard has yet to be officially released but Linux kernel patches were posted today for enabling the DeviceTree support so Linux can boot on this upcoming board.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-DT-Framework-13-RISC-V

Apps can now block #sideloading more easily and force downloads through #GooglePlay
#Google Play Integrity API makes it easy for apps to detect when they weren’t installed from the Google #PlayStore. https://www.androidauthority.com/play-integrity-sideloading-detection-3480639/
argh.....
I am on #Android as I don't want a #WalledGarden
I use Google Play, and #FDroid, and #Obtainium
I don't want #Surveillance of all my apps, I want #Privacy and access to #OpenSource

The Electronic Frontier Foundation will award #AlexandraElbakyan, founder of the 'pirate' #library #SciHub, for her efforts to provide access to scientific knowledge. According to #EFF, #Elbakyan's site is a vital resource for millions of students and researchers. Some medical professionals have even argued that the site helped to save lives. https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hubs-alexandra-elbakyan-receives-eff-award-for-providing-access-to-scientific-knowledge-230728/