Tobacconists struggling to get cover as insurers ‘turn off the tap’
An insurance broker says it has become “almost impossible” to find cover for stores that sell tobacco products after they’ve become a target for arson in the past year. ⌘ Read more
Sinner beats Djokovic to set up French Open final against Alcaraz
World number one Jannik Sinner will face defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the French Open final after defeating Novak Djokovic in straight sets. ⌘ Read more
Run Classic MacOS & NeXTSTEP in Your Web Browser
If you’ve been a reader of OSXDaily for a while you almost certainly have seen us mention some of the fun web apps that allow you to run full fledged versions of operating systems in your web browser, from Mac OS 9, Mac OS 8, or Mac OS 7, to even Windows 1.0. Many of … Read More ⌘ Read more
Man mistakenly deported to El Salvador returns to US to face criminal charges
US Attorney-General Pam Bondi says Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, has returned to the United States to face criminal charges. ⌘ Read more
Town of 80 buys old primary school for $1.10 and turns it into op shop
When Geranium Primary School was forced to close its doors due to dwindling enrolment numbers, it shut a century-old chapter for the tiny town. But then one former teacher with big dreams stepped in to her help her town blossom again. ⌘ Read more
‘Absolutely bonkers’: Spurs face backlash over Postecoglou sacking
Tottenham Hotspur’s decision to sack coach Ange Postecoglou sparks sympathy and outrage as the football world digests the news of the Australian’s departure from the English Premier League club. ⌘ Read more
Demand for Aussie beef outweighs Trump tariffs
The beef trade between Australia and the United States is currently a one-way street. That’s unlikely to change. ⌘ Read more
‘I had an experience that rocked my world’: Super Netball player Cara Koenen on violence against women
Australian Diamond and Super Netball player Cara Koenen had her existence rocked after becoming a victim of gendered violence. She lost confidence on court and struggled to sleep. She’s telling her story in the hope it’ll raise awareness of the major health and welfare issue in Australia. ⌘ Read more
Kubeflow Advances Cloud Native AI: a glimpse into KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025
The Kubeflow community is rapidly growing due to its contributions to advancing AI by streamlining the AI/ML experience in Kubernetes. Kubeflow provides a composable ecosystem for implementing end-to-end solutions for AI/ML. Kubeflow includes the following projects:… ⌘ Read more
Woman who lost money to fraud wants to look real estate agent ‘in the eye’
A retired nurse who lost money in a Byron Bay real estate fraud case vows to be in court when the agent is sentenced, after she was ordered to return to Australia from the United States. ⌘ Read more
Australia has up to 80 tornadoes a year, but many go unseen
Most people associate tornadoes with the United States, but as many as 80 touch down in Australia each year. ⌘ Read more
How Gaza has ‘lost a generation’ of students
Palestinian academics who fled Gaza after the war say a “generation of students” has been lost due to the conflict. ⌘ Read more
Up to 500,000 Indians were displaced by a dam. Their story is now a play
India’s Narmada River was the lifeblood of countless farmers and villages until a dam project caused a massive ecological disaster. It’s now the subject of a new Australian play. ⌘ Read more
As Russian planes burned, Putin’s military bloggers were ‘choking with hurt’
Vladimir Putin’s online army is normally supportive, but some accounts have been boldly outspoken and willing to question, even blame, the Russian establishment for not protecting the country’s prized strategic bomber fleet. ⌘ Read more
Labor to change law after mother’s paid parental leave was cancelled when baby died
The federal government has promised to close the loophole that allowed employers to cancel paid parental leave after a stillbirth or early infant death. ⌘ Read more
‘We must innovate faster’: Housing Minister Clare O’Neil rails against red tape
In a frank interview with the ABC, Housing Minister Clare O’Neil declared that Australia has made it “uneconomic” to build homes. ⌘ Read more
My emergency doctor friend watched The Pitt and said it could be set in Australia
If you have had the unfortunate need to turn up to an emergency department, I hope that it is not because in Australia in 2025, you can’t afford to go anywhere else. ⌘ Read more
My dad’s cat had kittens. He sends me all the updates. He said he went to put on his boots ⌘ Read more
China’s falling birth rate meets a #boysober dating revolution
Across China, a growing number of young heterosexual women are fed up with traditional pressures around marriage and sexism and choosing to stay single. ⌘ Read more
Dr Martens goes from punk beginnings to clinging on
Dr Martens, known for its punk roots, released its financial forecast on Friday amid concerns the brand may be on the brink. ⌘ Read more
Australian navy ship accidentally blocks internet and radio in NZ
The Department of Defence has acknowledged that HMAS Canberra accidentally took out a number of wireless internet and radio services across New Zealand this week, during a visit to celebrate Canberra and Wellington’s sister city relationship. ⌘ Read more
[$] Nyxt: the Emacs-like web browser
Nyxt is an unusual web
browser that tries to answer the question, “what if Emacs was a
good web browser?”. Nyxt is not an Emacs package, but a full
web browser written in Common Lisp and available under the BSD
three-clause license. Its target audience is developers who want a
browser that is keyboard-driven and extensible; Nyxt is also developed
for Linux first, rather than Linux being an afterthought or just a
sliver of its audience. The philosophy (as described … ⌘ Read more
Assigning and completing issues with coding agent in GitHub Copilot
Have you tried the new coding agent in GitHub Copilot? Here’s how developers are using it to work more efficiently.
The post Assigning and completing issues with coding agent in GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
[$] Slowing the flow of core-dump-related CVEs
The 6.16 kernel will include a number of changes to how the kernel handles
the processing of core dumps for crashed processes. Christian Brauner explained
his reasons for doing this work as: “Because I’m a clown and also I had
it with all the CVEs because we provide a **** API for userspace”. The
handling of core dumps has indeed been a constant source of
vulnerabilities; with luck, the 6.16 work will result in rather fewer of
th … ⌘ Read more
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@lyse Where do they come from, anyway? Are they somehow auto-discovered or is this a curated list?
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@bender@twtxt.net Hm, I was just surprised to see so many non-english feeds in there. 🤔
Please send all the vibes to my boy ⌘ Read more
Copy vim in byobu on server to local clipboard with big file? ⌘ Read more
Accused Australian drug smuggler’s family wants a ‘just outcome’
In a short statement given to media on Friday, Stephanie Ahchee thanked Indonesian authorities for their “professionalism and impartiality”. ⌘ Read more
US-backed Gaza aid group closes all distribution sites after shootings
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which last week started handing out meals to hungry Palestinians inside the war-shattered Gaza Strip, said the sites would be reopened, but did not provide a date. ⌘ Read more
What are you doing this weekend?
Feel free to tell what you plan on doing this weekend and even ask for help or feedback.
Please keep in mind it’s more than OK to do nothing at all too! ⌘ Read more
MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPad Air and Rock Paper Pencil From Astropad
For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with Astropad to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an M3 iPad Air, an Apple Pencil Pro, and one of Astropad’s Rock Paper Pencil kits to go along with it.
_Stephan: This is what American healthcare for women has sunk to. If you’re a pregnant woman in West Virginia and you have a miscarriage you are now being advised to report this to police lest you be charged with murder. West Virginia has always been one of the poorest, least educated, and most poorly governed s … ⌘ Read more
Reimbursement inequities lead to hospitals deprioritizing women’s healthcare, experts tell Congress
Maia Anderson, Staff Writer - Healthcare Brew
_Stephan: In the United States, it isn’t just that women get inferior healthcare compared to men. There is also a major issue about how insurance companies are prepared to pay for that healthcare. To quote this report after studying the issue a team of researchers said, “The group— … ⌘ Read more
Opetaia, Huni set for a Sunday special on opposite sides of the world
He’s an unbackable favourite to defend his IBF and The Ring cruiserweight world title straps but Aussie boxing star Jai Opetaia respects Italian Claudio Squeo. ⌘ Read more
Breaking: Police say remains found in search for Pheobe Bishop
Police say they have found what is believed to be human remains in the search for missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop. ⌘ Read more
Climate activists fined $10k each after Woodside stench gas media stunt
Three climate activists who planned to release stench gas in an attempt to cause the evacuation of a Woodside annual general meeting in Perth’s CBD have been fined $10,000 each. ⌘ Read more
Retirement village residents facing 800pc rate hike accuse mayor of spying
Cairns Mayor Amy Eden is under fire for saying she had conducted online checks on retirement village residents opposed to a controversial change that will see huge council rate hikes. ⌘ Read more
‘Clown show’: Australia reacts to Tasmanian political mess
The toppling of Tasmania’s premier has drawn strong reactions from across Australia. Some are calling it a “fiasco” while others say the turmoil has turned the state into the nation’s “laughing stock”. ⌘ Read more
Queensland treasurer draws ‘line in sand’ on CopperString funding
The Queensland treasurer says private investment is key to delivering the multi-billion-dollar energy transmission project, CopperString 2032. ⌘ Read more
Live: NRL greats in the running for Kangaroos coach as Meninga joins Bears
Brad Fittler and Cameron Smith have emerged as the front-runners to replace Mal Meninga as the coach of the national men’s team just a few months before the Ashes tour of England. Follow live. ⌘ Read more
$384m contingency to keep Whyalla steelworks afloat
The South Australian government has set aside another $384 million to keep the Whyalla steelworks running next financial year — doubling the amount already allocated to keep the plant operating during administration. ⌘ Read more
I Learned Rust In 24 Hours To Eat Free Pizza Morally
This is a satirical tech story. For readers who prefer the text version, it’s provided below.
I Learned Rust in 24 Hours to Eat Free Pizza Morally
This is not just a story about pizza. As a recent Phoronix article explains,
the Linux Rust subsystem got into major drama because of my humble quest.
Well, here’s my side of the story, with every kernel of truth exposed.
A Moral Quest for Pizza
Des … ⌘ Read more
‘No remorse’: Canberra man jailed for stealthing rape of sex worker
Canberra man Aleksandar Ivanovski, found guilty of rape after he covertly removed his condom during an encounter with a sex worker, is sentenced to two-and-a-half years’ jail by the ACT Supreme Court. ⌘ Read more
Teacher accused of sex with boy, 15, granted bail due to pregnancy
High school teacher Karly Rae, 36, has been released from custody after telling a NSW court she stands a high risk of developing complications during her pregnancy. ⌘ Read more
What success has taught Chloé Hayden about priorities
The Heartbreak High actor and disability advocate shares how she is learning to rest and make room for what she loves beyond work. ⌘ Read more
‘We need justice’: Kumanjayi White remembered at Alice Springs vigil
Relatives and friends of Kumanjayi White along with members of the Alice Springs community have come together to mourn and demand “justice”, 10 days on from the young Warlpiri man’s death. ⌘ Read more
Two Queensland tourists thought to be missing in Tasmania
The two Queenslanders were due to leave Tasmania on Wednesday, but didn’t board their flight home to Brisbane. ⌘ Read more
Knights NRL player told in trolling message ‘I will end your life’
Knights winger James Schiller allegedly received multiple messages on social media threatening physical harm during last night’s NRL game against Manly. ⌘ Read more
Perth community divided over Swan River electric ferry plan
As the WA government attempts to create “Metronet on the Swan” using electric ferries, campaigners want the Matilda Bay terminal moved south. ⌘ Read more
Alleged Christmas Island meth in mince mastermind faces court
A 50-year-old Cannington man has faced court over an alleged attempt to smuggle methamphetamine to the remote territory off Western Australia in an esky. ⌘ Read more
Cynthia Erivo on what to expect from Wicked: For Good
Cynthia Erivo tells the ABC she’s excited for fans to see the second Wicked film, which is due out later this year. ⌘ Read more
Nineteen people charged with 271 offences after major Qld drugs sweep
Nineteen people are charged with offences related to the alleged supply of supply of cocaine, methylamphetamine, MDMA, cannabis and heroin throughout Queensland. ⌘ Read more
Morse Micro and Gateworks Launch Wi-Fi HaLow Solution for Industrial Connectivity
Morse Micro and Gateworks Corporation have partnered to bring Wi-Fi HaLow (IEEE 802.11ah) to industrial environments. In collaboration with Silex Technology, they offer a hardware and software ecosystem for long-range, low-power, and secure wireless networking across manufacturing, energy, and transportation sectors. Wi-Fi HaLow operates in the sub-GHz frequency band, offering a co … ⌘ Read more
Gold Coast residents slugged one-off $10 payment for cyclone clean-up
Households on the Gold Coast have been hit with a special levy in their rates to cover the $50 million cost of recovering from the natural disaster in the city’s budget. ⌘ Read more
Workers keeping holiday town afloat say they can’t afford to live there
Some council workers in the holiday destination of Noosa say they cannot afford to live and are calling for a pay rise. ⌘ Read more
Josh Papalii is making Raiders history but his greatest day may be yet to come
Josh Papalii was a Raiders legend long before he broke the club’s all-time appearances record but his greatest place in Canberra history may yet be unwritten. ⌘ Read more
Erin Patterson asked why she didn’t raise alarm about foraged mushrooms
Erin Patterson didn’t tell a “single person” that she may have accidentally added foraged mushrooms to a lunch that eventually killed three of her relatives, her murder trial has heard. ⌘ Read more
Driver pleads guilty to Cowra minibus crash offences that led to 84yo’s death
A Cowra man has pleaded guilty to half a dozen offences relating to a fatal 2023 crash in which an elderly man died after he was ejected from a minibus. ⌘ Read more
使用 dig 查詢 dns 遞歸查詢過程
DNS 查詢過程中如果沒有命中緩存，查詢實際上是一個遞歸過程。DNS 解析工具 dig 提供了 trace 功能，可以展示遞歸查詢的整個過程。以查詢 www.baidu.com 爲例，查詢結果如下：root@ubuntu:~# dig +trace +nodnssec www.baidu.com;; communications error to 114.114.114.114#53: timed ⌘ Read more
Use Your iPhone As a Webcam for Nintendo Switch 2
The Nintendo Switch 2 includes a new built-in social feature called GameChat that allows up to 12 users to engage in video chats simultaneously, even if they’re playing in different games. To facilitate this, Nintendo offers an official Switch 2 Camera that connects via USB-C, but it turns out that an iPhone does the job just as well, if not better.
Niles Mitchell has thoughtfully shared a demo of the Switch-iPho … ⌘ Read more
David and Margaret honoured with Walk of Fame star
Plus remembering queer literature icon Edmund White and Baby Reindeer’s creator is headed to Australia for a TV industry summit. ⌘ Read more
Women in West Virginia who miscarry could face criminal charges, prosecutor says
Carter Sherman, Staff Writer - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: This is what American healthcare for women has sunk to. If you’re a pregnant woman in West Virginia and you have a miscarriage you are now being advised to report this to police lest you be charged with murder. West Virginia has always been one of the poorest, least educated, and most poorly governed s … ⌘ Read more
Crash-landed and salvaged from the jungle, WWII bomber returns home
Eight decades after it was last in the sky, and four since it was taken from the Papua New Guinean jungle, a restored World War II bomber returns to Port Moresby from Queensland. ⌘ Read more
Elon Musk says Donald Trump is in the Epstein files — here’s the background
The bromance between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk blown up with an unsubstantiated accusation about the Epstein files. Here’s what to know. ⌘ Read more
Scratchie scam offering $US240,000 prize ‘too good to be true’
Consumer Protection WA warns of an escalation in scratchie scams with 110 reports over the past year and five West Australians falling victim to $30,550 in losses. ⌘ Read more
Perth Bears appoint rugby league Immortal Meninga as foundation coach
Mal Meninga is named as the Perth Bears foundation coach in the lead-up to their debut NRL season in 2027. ⌘ Read more
Live: Verdict in Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy criminal case
The verdict is being handed down in the criminal case related to the Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy that killed six Tasmanian schoolchildren in 2021. ⌘ Read more
Australia could bargain over partial US beef ban in Trump tariff talks
A government source says beef is being positioned as a bargaining chip to help reset trade ties after the US imposed harsh tariffs on Australian exports. ⌘ Read more
Five quick hits: Behich puts Australia closer to World Cup qualification
Tony Popovic chooses substance over sparkle, Socceroos lack imagination in attack, and Aziz Behich provides an improbable wonder goal. These are five quick hits from Australia’s dramatic 1-0 defeat of Japan. ⌘ Read more
Meet the historians making sure video games get their facts right
A new study has found that players who engage in historic games like Assassin’s Creed or Age of Empires are driven to keep learning after they put down the controller. So historians are stepping up. ⌘ Read more
Japanese spacecraft goes down during attempted Moon landing
Japanese company ispace says it has not been able to contact its uncrewed Moon lander Resilience since its lunar touchdown attempt. ⌘ Read more
More private guards flagged as NT’s bulging prison network grows
The NT’s corrections minister has flagged more private guards may be contracted to manage a under-pressure prison network, but has shut down union concerns the system will be privatised in its entirety. ⌘ Read more
[$] Zero-copy for FUSE
In a combined storage and filesystem session at the 2025 Linux Storage,
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit (LSFMM+BPF), Keith Busch led
a discussion about zero-copy operations for the Filesystem\
in Userspace (FUSE) subsystem. The session was proposed
by his colleague, David Wei, who could not make it to the summit, so Busch
filled in, though he noted that “I do … ⌘ Read more
Live: Government reviews US beef policy in bid to secure tariff compromise
The federal government is reviewing strict biosecurity laws to allow US-slaughtered beef into Australia in an effort to secure the removal of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Follow live. ⌘ Read more
JPs ‘keep the world ticking’ but are clocking off in larger numbers
Authorised to certify documents such as birth certificates, statutory declarations and wills, justices of the peace provide an important service free of charge. But Victoria does not have enough. ⌘ Read more
Gauff ends Boisson’s dream run to reach French Open final
Coco Gauff ends Lois Boisson’s dream run at the French Open, advancing to the final where she will play world number one Aryna Sabalenka. ⌘ Read more
‘My body was for God’: Being queer in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community
Sara Glass’ life was controlled by her husband and her rabbi. She had to fight her way out before she could embrace her sexuality. ⌘ Read more
Concern missing middle housing proposal could see ‘hodgepodge’ development
The ACT government architect insists proposed changes to planning rules allowing denser development in Canberra’s suburbs will help “mums and dads” as much as big property developers. ⌘ Read more
This man needs an Instagram to pay rent ⌘ Read more
The curious case of South Australia’s law and order budget
Despite saying South Australia doesn’t have a law and order problem, the Malinauskas government has delivered a budget which spruiks funding for law and order, including a $172 million spend to increase the state’s police force. ⌘ Read more
Victoria’s ski season kicks off amid tough conditions in the mountains
Businesses tied to Victoria’s alpine attractions say they need a good snow season after successive tough years. ⌘ Read more
Temporary tips needed as record floods leave behind mountains of waste
NSW councils rush to clean up an “enormous” volume of waste left behind by floods that devastated the NSW Mid North Coast and Hunter. ⌘ Read more
Magistrate to hand down Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy decision today
The magistrate’s decision may end one chapter of the Hillcrest tragedy, but the case will remain before the courts, with a coronial inquest and civil lawsuit still to play out. ⌘ Read more
CodeEdit Might be the Best Free Code Editor for Mac
CodeEdit is an increasingly popular, free, open source native code editor for Mac that offers a super lightweight and speedy alternative to other code editors for Mac like Xcode, Zed, Visual Studio Pro, and other similar apps and IDEs. CodeEdit offers a fast experience that feels like it was built for MacOS, with many of … Read More ⌘ Read more
Is This Really The Best Way to Protect the United States? ⌘ Read more
Polar invasion to bring long weekend of wind, rain and snow
South-east Australia will collectively shiver this long weekend as a mass of polar air from sub-Antarctic waters brings several days of showers, highland snow and well below average temperatures. ⌘ Read more
Patterson responds to prosecution accusations in mushroom murder trial
Health issues “planted” and mushrooms weighed to determine fatal doses. Here’s how accused triple-murderer Erin Patterson responded to a number of accusations the prosecutions put forward during cross-examination. ⌘ Read more
‘No solar, no problem’: Trial allows trading between solar homes and those without
For all Australia’s success in adopting rooftop solar, millions of people are missing out. Now a new trial is aiming to overcome that divide through trading. ⌘ Read more
[$] Open source and the Cyber Resilience Act
The European Union’s
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) has caused a stir in the
software-development world. Thanks to advocacy by the Eclipse Foundation, Open
Source Initiative, Linux Foundation, Mozilla, and others, open-source software
projects generally have minimal requirements under the CRA
— but nothing to do with law is ever quite
so simple. Marta Rybczyńska spoke at Linaro Connect 2025 about the impact of the
CRA on the open-source eco … ⌘ Read more
Ha, I just learned that deleting text in my zsh with Ctrl+U to the front or Ctrl+K to the end puts it in a buffer that can be pasted by pressing Ctrl+Y! That’s neat. Even removing the last word with Ctrl+W moves it into this paste buffer.
https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/11/26/terminal-rules/#rule-5-vaguely-support-readline-keybindings
I guess I have to implement pasting in tt as well.
How to create issues and pull requests in record time on GitHub
Learn how to spin up a GitHub Issue, hand it to Copilot, and get a draft pull request in the same workflow you already know.
The post How to create issues and pull requests in record time on GitHub appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
[$] Fending off unwanted file descriptors
One of the more obscure features provided by Unix-domain sockets is the
ability to pass a file descriptor from one process to another. This
feature is often used to provide access to a specific file or network
connection to a process running in a relatively unprivileged context. But
what if the recipient doesn’t want a new file descriptor? A feature
added for the 6.16 release makes it possible to refuse that offer. ⌘ Read more
Pregnancy warning to women taking ‘skinny jabs’ like Ozempic and Mounjaro
The warning comes after the agency received 40 reports relating to unintended pregnancies while using such weight loss drugs. ⌘ Read more
[47°09′23″S, 126°43′15″W] Bad satellite signal – switching to analog communication
Putin ready to help Trump on Iran nuclear negotiations
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told US President Donald Trump that he is ready to use Russia’s close partnership with Iran to help with negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme. ⌘ Read more
Here’s How Many iPhones Are Running iOS 18
iOS 18 adoption has outpaced iOS 17 adoption during the same timeframe last year, according to new iOS 18 adoption statistics that Apple shared today.
iOS 18 is now installed on 88 percent of iPhones introduced in the last four years ( [iPhone](https://www.macrumors.com/guide … ⌘ Read more
The Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies
James Temple, - MIT Technology Review
_Stephan: Trump, his fascist oligarchs, and his servants in Congress have made it very clear that they’re not going to do anything to prepare for what climate change is going to do to the country. Quite the contrary, the use of carbon energy, the cause of the problem, is being promoted. Can this possibly be true? If you have been reading SR you k … ⌘ Read more