Huge System Data Filling Storage on Your Mac? 7 Possible Fixes
Many Mac users are reporting that “System Data” is taking up huge amounts of disk storage capacity on their Macs. While this issue is reported more commonly with MacOS Sequoia, some users find the bloated System Data storage on older versions of MacOS as well. In many cases, the “System Data” in MacOS is taking … Read More ⌘ Read more
GitHub Availability Report: April 2025
In April, we experienced three incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
The post GitHub Availability Report: April 2025 appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
Podman 5.5.0 released
Version\
5.5.0 of the Podman container-management tool has been
released. Notable features include the addition of a podman machine cp command to copy files into a running Podman\
VM, a podman artifact extract command to copy
contents of an OCI\
artifact to disk, and a --mount=artifa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lwn.net/Articles/1021217/)
Introducing k0rdent v0.3.0: Smarter observability, smoother operations
In my previous blog I wrote a detailed version describing how k0rdent eases platform engineering at scale. For those of you who are unaware, k0rdent is a Kubernetes-native distributed container management environment (DCME) designed to help… ⌘ Read more
Apple Music Gets New Transfer Tool to Make Switching From Spotify Easier
Apple this week introduced a new feature designed to allow prospective Apple Music users to import their saved music and playlists from third-party music services to Apple Music.
The feature is either in an expanded testing phase or it has started rolling out, and it is available in Australia and New Zealand acco … ⌘ Read more
Announcing Kyverno Release 1.14!
TL;DR We are excited to announce the release of Kyverno 1.14.0, marking a significant milestone in our journey to make policy management in Kubernetes more modular, streamlined, and powerful. This release introduces two new policy types… ⌘ Read more
RIP GitHub https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-08-updated-rate-limits-for-unauthenticated-requests/
Good thing I left long ago.
On my blog: Firefox’s Local Storage https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/14/firefox-local-storage.html #programming #techtips
next-20250514: linux-next
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visionOS 3 Will Let Apple Vision Pro Users Scroll With Their Eyes
Apple Vision Pro users could soon be able to scroll through content with their eyes, according to Bloomberg. Apple is working on a visionOS 3 feature that would eliminate the need for hand gestures when browsing websites, reading, and more.
_Stephan: In my view, the Chinese have played Donald Trump like a flute in the trade war crisis he created. I don’t know why corporate media hardly mentions that Trump has gone bankrupt six times; he couldn’t even make a success of a gambling casino. He is a terrible businessman. What he does understand is how to manipulate American media with big … ⌘ Read more
Crossing the U.S. Border? Here’s How to Protect Yourself
Nikita Mazurov , - The Intercept
_Stephan: I live up near the Canadian border and a lot of people I know go back and forth between the U.S. and Canada, and a number own properties in Canada. Today I got a very disturbing email from a reader who had been up in Canada and drove back down with a Canadian friend who has family in Burlington. When they got to the border, the border guards, who were very confrontatio … ⌘ Read more
10 Human Inventions That Are Rewriting the Future
Watching the local news in most parts of the world might lead one to believe that we’re completely surrounded by disaster, conflict, and societal decline. Bad news dominates the headlines because it demands our attention. However, it rarely tells us the full story of what’s happening across the planet. Behind the scenes, countless scientists, engineers, […]
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En France, les prisons sont solubles dans la politique
La prison, vraiment, c’est trop pénible ! Et puis, en France, les prisons sont trop pleines, comme une boîte qui déborde. Alors un gentil rapport explique que pour faire de la place, on devrait laisser sortir un peu plus tôt certains détenus, sauf bien sûr les méchants qui ont fait des choses très très graves. Et […] ⌘ Read more
Top 8 Best Vulnerability Scanning Tools (2025 Guide) ⌘ Read more
20th Anniversary iPhone’s Display May Have No Visible Frame or Bezels
Apple is reportedly considering a radical redesign for the 20th anniversary iPhone that could feature a completely bezel-less display that curves around all four edges of the device, claims a new report out of Korea.
ETNews writes that Apple is aiming to use “four-edge bending” display t … ⌘ Read more
[$] A look at what’s possible with BPF arenas
BPF arenas are areas of memory where the verifier can safely relax its checking of
pointers, allowing programmers to write arbitrary data structures in BPF. Emil
Tsalapatis reported on how his team has used arenas in writing
sched_ext schedulers at the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem,
Memory-Management, and BPF Summit. His biggest complaint was about the fact that
kernel pointers can’t be stored in BPF arenas — someth … ⌘ Read more
600 per cent fruit fly rise feared as pest program runs out of cash
Kids at a small country school in Victoria’s fruit bowl watch their iconic fruit fly warning sign come down — just as government funding to fight the pest runs out. ⌘ Read more
MacOS Sonoma 14.7.6 & MacOS Ventura 13.7.6 Updates Released
macOS Sonoma 14.7.6 and MacOS Ventura 13.7.6 have been released by Apple for Mac users who are not running the MacOS Sequoia operating system. These updates focus exclusively on security updates, with no other changes or features. The release of MacOS 14.7.6 and 13.7.6 comes alongside the MacOS Sequoia 15.5 update that was simultaneously released. … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/05/13/macos-sonoma-14-7-6 … ⌘ Read more
How to install and run Minikube with Rootless Podman on ARM-based MacBooks
minikube provides a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows. minikube’s primary goals are to be the best tool for local Kubernetes application development and to support all Kubernetes features that fit into that environment…. ⌘ Read more
PayPal Brings Contactless Payments to German iPhones Under New EU Rules
Earlier this month, PayPal said that it would debut contactless iPhone payments in Germany, and German iPhone users now appear to be able to use the feature. According to German site _[iPhone Ticker](https://www.iphone-ticker.de/kontaktlos-zahlen-mit-paypal-nfc-funktion-erreicht-erste-nutzer-in-deutschland- … ⌘ Read more
next-20250513: linux-next
Version:next-20250513 (linux-next)Released:2025-05-13 ⌘ Read more
Scientists Just Found Who’s Causing Global Warming
Joe Wilkins, Staff Writer - Futurism
_Stephan: The oligarchs who bought Trump his presidency by misinforming and confusing a majority of American voters are also the same people, as this article reports, who are also destroying the wellbeing of Earth. To quote them, “A recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has found that the richest 10 percent of … ⌘ Read more
Trump says he’s fighting antisemitism — and accepting a $400 million gift from a government that funded Hamas
Anthony L. Fisher, Senior Editor and Writer - MSNBC
_Stephan: The corruption of multi-felon, convicted sex abuser Donald Trump and his family is unlike anything ever seen before in the United States 250-year history. Do you remember when Hillary Clinton could not accept a necklace valued at something like $42 … ⌘ Read more
US popularity collapses worldwide in wake of Trump’s return
Giovanna Coi, Staff Writer - Politico
_Stephan: Part of the problem afflicting the United States is neither the population nor the public officials can tell the truth about the country. We are not “the greatest country in the world.” We are third class and getting worse in healthcare, public education, literacy, lifespan, etc., etc., and we have a anti-democratic coup administration that is destroying th … ⌘ Read more
‘Buyer’s remorse’ as MAGA faithful face ‘gradual — then sudden — realization’ Trump only hurts them
Elizabeth Preza, Staff Writer - AlterNet
_Stephan: It is slowly, ever so slowly, beginning to dawn on the MAGAt voters that they made a horrible mistake, and are now the leading victims of the Trumpian coup. I think this is good news that could have a major impact on the 2026 elections and put the Democrats in control of both the Sen … ⌘ Read more
#<2025-05-10T19:34:00+00:00 https://andros.dev/texudus.txt> Nice:) And is this implemented in your client as well? I’ve started to brainstorm on how to parse texudus in php, but I guess it could snatch some code from you?
10 Times Historical Figures Got Humbled
Throughout history, even the most powerful people have had their “oops” moments when life handed them a big slice of humble pie. Whether it was a botched battle, a public failure, or simply being outsmarted by someone way less important, these historical figures learned the hard way that no one is too great to avoid […]
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10 Bizarre Consumer Products Pulled Within Days of Release
Some products fail slowly. Others detonate on impact. This list is for the latter—the bizarre, ill-conceived, or prematurely hyped products that barely made it out of the gate before getting yanked from shelves, recalled in embarrassment, or mocked into oblivion. Whether due to dangerous design flaws, baffling branding choices, or just plain public confusion, these […]
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OSINT Writeups — MIST Cyber Drill 2025 ⌘ Read more
Enterprise-Ready MCP
I’ve seen a lot of complaints about how MCP isn’t ready for the enterprise. ⌘ Read more
iPhone Shipments Crash 50% in China as Local Brands Dominate
Foreign-branded smartphone shipments in China, dominated by Apple’s iPhone, dropped dramatically in March 2025, plunging 49.6% year-over-year according to data released by The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT).
The steep decline saw shipments fall to just 1.89 million units, down from 3.75 million during the … ⌘ Read more
Multiple security issues in Screen
The SUSE Security Team has published
an article detailing several security\
issues it has uncovered with GNU Screen. This includes
a local root exploit when Screen is shipped setuid-root, as it is in
some Linux and BSD distributions. The security team also reports [problems\
in coordinating disclosure … ⌘ Read more
MacOS Sequoia 15.5 Update Released with Bug Fixes & Security Enhancements
MacOS Sequoia 15.5 is now available as a software update for Mac users running the Sequoia operating system. The system software update includes bug fixes and security enhancements, but does not appear to include any new features or other major changes. Additionally, Apple has also released MacOS Ventura 13.7.6 and macOS Sonoma 14.7.6 for Mac, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/05/12/macos-sequoia-15-5-update-downlo … ⌘ Read more
iOS 18.5 Update Released for iPhone & iPad with Bug Fixes & Security Enhancements
iOS 18.5 for iPhone and iPadOS 18.5 for iPad have been released by Apple. According to the release notes accompanying the update download, the software updates primary focus is the introduction of a new Pride Harmony LGBTQ wallpaper. Additionally, parents will now receive a notification when the Screen Time passcode is used on a childs … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/05/12/ios-18-5-update-iphone-ip … ⌘ Read more
Nice European greenfinch: https://lyse.isobeef.org/gruenfink-2025-05-10/
Guix project migrating to Codeberg
The Guix project has announced
that it is migrating all of its Git repositories, as well as bug
tracking and patch tracking, from Savannah to the Codeberg Git forge.
As a user, the main change is that your
channels.scm
configuration files, if they refer to the
git.savannah.gnu.orgURL, should be changed to refer to
https://codeberg.org ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lwn.net/Articles/1020885/)
[$] The last of YaST?
The announcement
of the openSUSE Leap 16.0 beta contained something of a
surprise—along with the usual set of changes and updates, it
informed the community of the retirement of “the traditional YaST
stack” from Leap. The YaST (“Yet another Setup Tool”)
installation and configuration utility has been a core part of the
openSUSE distribution since its [inception](https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/users@lists.opensuse … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, International Nurses Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/12/nurses.html #programming #project #devjournal
next-20250512: linux-next
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Apple Releases iOS 18.5 With New Wallpaper, Screen Time Changes, Carrier Satellite Support for iPhone 13 and More
Apple today released iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5, the fifth updates to the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 operating systems that came out last September. iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 come a little over a month after Apple released iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4. … ⌘ Read more
U.S. Amps Up Spying on Greenland and Denmark as Trump Covets New Territory
Matt Novak, Staff Writer - Gizmodo
_Stephan: This is a very nasty trend. Psychopath Trump is obsessed with Greenland as his fellow fascist, Vladimir Putin, is obsessed with taking over Ukraine. The people of Greenland loathe Trump, and Denmark has been an ally of the U.S. for decades. As we go along with the fascist madness that is destroying America, don’t be surprised if T … ⌘ Read more
HIV Testing and Outreach Falter as Trump Funding Cuts Sweep the South
Amy Maxmen, Research Staff, KFF - Kaiser Family Foundation | MedPage Today
_Stephan: As I have told you since before the 2024 election that started the Trump fascist coup, the people in the Red states who voted this utterly corrupt psychopath and his despicable minions into power are going to be the main ones paying the price for what Trump and his administration are going to do to … ⌘ Read more
South Florida Homes for Sale Quadruple As Residents Leave En Masse
Joe Edwards, Reporter - Newsweek
_Stephan: I told you this was coming and now it has begun. Florida. First, insurance companies stopped insuring homes and businesses, climate change is becoming more threatening, and as this article describes, people are leaving in droves. Because the Trump administration is doing nothing about preparing for climate change all the evidence I see tells me th … ⌘ Read more
It’s more than a wind turbine for home — Unlimited, free energy at home with this 22-century invention
Laila A. , Contributing Writer - ECO NEWS
Stephan: Here is some potentially quite good news about renewable energy. I will follow this and let you know
Credits: Harmony TurbinesWith the world moving toward the adopt … ⌘ Read more
Un dernier quintile de plus en plus dangereux
C’est bien connu : sécuriser les champs Élysées, c’est vraiment compliqué. Une foule qui s’y rendrait de façon totalement inopinée deviendrait vite absolument ingérable, à moins de porter un gilet jaune auquel cas, la sécurisation des lieux ne serait finalement qu’une pure question de logistique et de nombre de balles disponibles dans les flashballs. Or, le […] ⌘ Read more
10 Popular Songs That Are Surprisingly About Drugs
Nothing is better than a good love song or an upbeat summer hit, but sometimes those songs’ meanings can be quite deceiving. There is an endless supply of popular songs that are clearly about drugs, but some are not quite so obvious. From artists like Ed Sheeran to TLC, these artists have released music that […]
The post [10 Popular Songs That Are Surprisingly About Drugs](https://listverse.com/2025/05/12/10-popular-songs-that-are … ⌘ Read more
Compress-a-thon — CSP Bypass via Redirection — Pentathon 2025
Compress-a-thon is a “web exploitation” challenge that was featured in Pentathon 2025 Finale Jeopardy CTF Round. This challenge involved…
[Continue reading on InfoSec Write-ups »](https://inf … ⌘ Read more
20th Anniversary iPhone Will Be Mostly Glass With All-Screen Design
Apple will mark the 10th anniversary of the iPhone X in 2027 by launching a mostly glass, curved iPhone without any cutouts in the display, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
Writing in his latest [Power On newsletter](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-11/apple-2027-plans-tabletop-robot-20th-anniversary-iphone-i … ⌘ Read more
First Foldable iPhone ‘Should Be on the Market by 2027,’ Says Gurman
Apple’s first foldable iPhone will have a “nearly invisible” display crease and should be on the market by 2027, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, … ⌘ Read more
6.15-rc6: mainline
Version:6.15-rc6 (mainline)Released:2025-05-11Source:linux-6.15-rc6.tar.gzPatch:full ( incremental) ⌘ Read more
Influencer with no medical license picked to be nation’s top doctor
Emily Singer, Staff Writer - Daily Kos
_Stephan: The United States, which already has the lowest healthcare ranking in the developed world, as well as the highest expense, thanks to aspiring dictator Trump, now has the strangest healthcare system in the world. Not only has Trump gutted most the institutions and agencies that do medical research, he has now appointed as Casey Means as Surg … ⌘ Read more
Why Do Americans Pay More for Prescription Drugs?
David Armstrong, Investigative Health Care Reporter - ProPublica
_Stephan: I have been searching for weeks for some good news coming out of the Trump administration coup, and have finally found something. Because we have an illness profit system, not a real healthcare system, U.S. drug prices are orders of magnitude higher than the same drugs in other developed nations. Now a bi-partisan bill backed by Trump may finally do … ⌘ Read more
Trump Has Skipped Out On All But 12 Of His Daily Intelligence Briefings
Jack Revell, Staff Writer - Daily Beast
_Stephan: Kash Patel only shows up for work as the director of the FBI a few days a week, Pete Hegseth is more interested in his makeup studio than managing one of the largest organizations and budgets in the world. And Trump can’t be bothered to get the secret briefings the Preisdent is supposed to get every day so that he can properly und … ⌘ Read more
The founders fought tyrants, the morbidly rich, religious elites. Remind you of anyone?
Thom Hartmann, Commentator - Commentary | Raw Story
Stephan: Thom Hartmann describes something I have known, but never before seen covered in the daily media. As Hartmann explains, what is happening in the United States today is exactly what the Founders did not want the country they were creating to ever become.
The American Revolution wasn’t just … ⌘ Read more
Powerbeats Pro 2 Available for Lowest Ever Price of $199.95, Plus Beats Pill at $99.95 and More
Amazon this weekend is discounting a collection of Beats headphones and speakers, including an all-time low price on the Powerbeats Pro 2. You can get this new 2025 model for $199.95 in all four colors, down from $249.99.
![](https://images … ⌘ Read more
Ten Startling Discoveries About Ozempic
Ozempic is the new so-called miracle drug that, over the past few years, has taken the world by storm. The semaglutide meds are in high demand. The original use for the injection is to treat type 2 diabetes. But since people discovered it also helps them lose weight, everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Elon Musk […]
The post Ten Startling Discoveries About Ozempic appeared first on … ⌘ Read more
Thousands of everlasting daisies turn farm into social media hotspot
A decision to plant a trial crop of the flowers 20 years ago has transformed the Egerton-Warburton family farm into a haven for creatives and curious visitors. ⌘ Read more
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On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Pilogy, part 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/10/pilogy-3.html #freeculture #bookclub
Trump administration ‘looking at’ suspending habeas corpus, Stephen Miller says
Dan Mangan, Reporter - CNBC
_Stephan: Habeas Corpus – literally in Latin, “you have the body” is a legal principle so old and revered it predates the creation of the United States in 1787. It is a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person’s release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detent … ⌘ Read more
‘The Fix Is In’: GOP Wants Poor People to Pay More for Medicaid to Fund Tax Cuts for Wealthy
Jake Johnson, - Common Dreams
_Stephan: Healthcare in the United States is the worst system, as well as the most expensive, in the developed world. It is about to get much worse because aspiring dictator Trump, and his MAGAt-controlled Congress are trying to pay for tax cuts for the oligarch – who already pay a lower fraction of their annu … ⌘ Read more
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is fired by Trump
Nicholas Wu, Lisa Kashinsky and Katherine Tully-McManus, Staff Writers - Politico
_Stephan: The Library of Congress, whose beginnings trace back to Benjamin Franklin, is the largest library in the world and the most important. Despot Trump, as he has made clear, doesn’t like libraries because they are repositories of facts. And he also doesn’t want government agencies, whether the Chief of Naval Operations or the Lib … ⌘ Read more
Oklahoma will teach high school students debunked 2020 election-fraud theories as fact
Grace Deng, Staff Writer - Snopes
_Stephan: If you live in a Red State, Oklahoma being the example I have chosen, I hope you realize that your children are not being educated with fact-based information. They are being indoctrinated into fascist ideology, as part of the MAGAt Party plan to stay in power by training the next generation of Americans in … ⌘ Read more
10 Invisible Standards That Make the Modern World Work
Modern life feels seamless. You buy a phone charger, and it fits. You send a letter, and it gets delivered. But behind that convenience is a complex web of invisible global standards—quiet, often century-old decisions that the entire planet just agreed to follow. Without them, your printer wouldn’t know how to format a page, your […]
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10 Evil Religions in Fiction
Religion is a source of comfort and conscience. As people look to their respective gods for guidance, their conclusions inform their values, drive their actions, and give meaning to events. However, that pattern isn’t always a good thing, as some religious practices aren’t so righteous. An ignoble doctrine could be a cheap excuse to set […]
The post 10 Evil Religions in Fiction appeared first on [Listverse](h … ⌘ Read more
Top Stories: iOS 18.5 Release Imminent, iPhone Rumors for 2025 and Beyond, and More
With Apple’s developer conference where it will show off iOS 19 just a month away, the company is wrapping up work on iOS 18.5 ahead of an imminent release to deliver a few new features and updates.
This week also saw a number of iPhone-related rumors, encompassing not only this year’s … ⌘ Read more
Analyzing CVE-2025-31191: A macOS security-scoped bookmarks-based sandbox escape
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On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 05/05 to 05/09 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/09/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week