Apple’s first folding iPhone could arrive as early as 2026: report
The people cited in a new report said Apple’s foldable iPhone had progressed from the ideation stage. ⌘ Read more

Adelaide pool using artificial intelligence to help stop drownings
An Adelaide pool has become the first in South Australia to use AI to help stop swimmers drowning. ⌘ Read more

お知らせ：CyberNewsFlash「Check Point Software Technologies社製品のVPN機能における情報漏えいの脆弱性（CVE-2024-24919）について」（更新） ⌘ Read more

Giving it away: Optus’ novel plan to win back customers
The telco is letting anyone use its network for a week for free, in a bid to move on from its year from hell. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Ratcatcher’s Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/22/ratcatcher.html #programming #project #devjournal

Is ROG Ally X the best new portable PC for gaming on the go?
A huge battery and powerful internals make ASUS’ handheld a great choice for taking your PC games library with you, even though Windows holds it back. ⌘ Read more

Massive outage shows the vulnerability of the global tech ecosystem
The CrowdStrike episode is chilling because it highlights how a single, flawed update from a trusted source can cause large parts of the global system to fail. ⌘ Read more

Why robot vacuums still have plenty of tricks to learn
Robot vacuums are getting smarter all the time – but they still need a human operator. Manufacturers have plenty of work to do if they are ever to clean your floors autonomously. ⌘ Read more

Gold mine or Wild West? Equity crowdfunding in the spotlight
Individual investing is proving resilient, despite controversies and an intervention from the corporate watchdog. ⌘ Read more

How close are we to chaos? It turns out, just one blue screen of death
Tech meltdowns like CrowdStrike look like the new normal, and we will need to prepare better backup plans, such as cash. ⌘ Read more

I never felt emotional about my email address, until they tried to take it from me
This shake-up by the telcos goes beyond practical inconvenience. It’s an emotional wrench – a loss of identity. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Aether Age Codex - Helios, part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/20/helios-1.html #freeculture #bookclub

CrowdStrike IT meltdown a nightmare scenario that may have been inevitable
New cyber threats against software networks appear every hour and fixes are needed just as often. They can and will go wrong. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 07/15 to 07/19 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/19/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

‘Time and time again I’m overlooked’: Women locked out of tech funding
Funding to female entrepreneurs is at its lowest level in five years, and those in the sector are at odds over what to do next. ⌘ Read more

Here’s a brain teaser: Will AI ever reach consciousness?
First, we need to understand: what is consciousness? And if the answer is yes, who’d be willing to switch off that artificial intelligence? ⌘ Read more

Global IT outage: What caused the CrowdStrike incident affecting banks, airlines and media outlets?
A mass outage has crippled airlines, TV stations and supermarkets. What do we think is behind it, and is there a fix? ⌘ Read more

Global IT outage: What caused the CrowdStrike incident affecting banks, airlines and media outlets?
A mass outage has crippled airlines, TV stations and supermarkets. What do we think is behind it, and is there a fix? ⌘ Read more

Global IT outage: What caused the CrowdStrike incident affecting banks, airlines and media outlets?
A mass outage has crippled the airlines, banks and supermarkets. What do we think is behind it, and is there a fix? ⌘ Read more

お知らせ：JPCERT/CC 感謝状 2024 ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, New Ground https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/18/new-ground.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

Aussie-first tech for holistic treatment lands in Perth
An Australian-first technology holistically helping mental and physical recovery has landed in Perth. ⌘ Read more

お知らせ：ソフトウェア等の脆弱性関連情報に関する届出状況［2024年第2四半期（4月～6月）] ⌘ Read more

お知らせ：JPCERT/CC インシデント報告対応レポート［2024年4月1日～2024年6月30日］ ⌘ Read more

お知らせ：JPCERT/CC 活動四半期レポート［2024年4月1日～2024年6月30日］ ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Queen Yun https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/15/yun.html #programming #project #devjournal

On my blog: Sleep, Addendum https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/14/sleep-2.html #sleep #advice #rant

Meet Len: The hacker with 10 implants in his body
This American can copy your credit card or hack your smartphone using microchips embedded under his skin. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Raiders of the Unix Seas https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/13/raiders-unix-seas.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 07/08 to 07/12 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/12/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Which phone plan is right for you?
The nation’s “big three” telcos have lifted their prices – so there’s never been a better time to ditch your provider. ⌘ Read more

お知らせ：JPCERT/CC Eyes「インシデント相談・情報提供窓口対応状況 ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, A Matter of Time https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/11/matter-time.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

Quirky wearables come full circle with Samsung’s ‘smart ring’
The Korean tech giant has unveiled a new line of folding phones, along with a ‘health ring’ designed to be worn at all times. ⌘ Read more

Telstra lifts prices amid cost-of-living crunch
More than a quarter of Australians have struggled to pay their phone bill in the past 12 months, survey data shows. ⌘ Read more

お知らせ：JPCERT/CC Eyes「攻撃グループMirrorFaceの攻撃活動」 ⌘ Read more

Apple Vision Pro review
9News tech expert Trevor Long gets a hands-on look at the Apple Vision Pro. ⌘ Read more

Impressive but is it essential? The reality of Apple’s Vision for the future of work and play
Both an immersive digital media viewer and a device to transport you to other places, the Apple Vision Pro is an impressive debut that most people will likely skip. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Emancipation Day (observed) https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/08/emancipation.html #programming #project #devjournal

お知らせ：JPCERT/CC Eyes「日本の組織を狙った攻撃グループKimsukyによる攻撃活動」 ⌘ Read more

How Apple chief Tim Cook wants you to use the new Vision Pro mixed reality headset
Apple’s first new product in almost eight years is about to launch in Australia, and the tech giant’s boss wants users to try doing normal things, such as browsing the internet or emailing, to find out whether it’s for them. ⌘ Read more

The new ‘Shark Tank’ app for newbie tech investors
Mum and dad investors are being urged to back the next Canva or Atlassian rather than buy another investment property. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Nevada, part 5 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/06/nevada-5.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 07/01 to 07/05 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/05/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

‘Couldn’t see the mainstream appeal’: How the world’s best-selling video game defied expectations
Minecraft’s lead developer Jens Bergensten speaks on the global phenomenon that has lasted for 15 years. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Unification Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/04/unification-part-2.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

Elder Scrolls expands online world with Gold Road
With the latest Elder Scrolls Online expansion, Gold Road, in the hands over gamers around the world, 9news.com.au caught up with ZeniMax Online Studios’ Bill Slavicsek and Michael Zenke to learn all about it. ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire 4.8.2 Release
Openfire 4.8.2 has landed!

This release addresses a number of issues in the real time collaboration server created by the Ignite Realtime Community that aim to reduce bugs and increase stability and performance.

Interested in getting started? You can [download installers of Openfire here](https://igniterealtime.org/downloads/#op … ⌘ Read more

Is Atlassian’s year-long experiment the future of work?
Australia’s largest technology company’s new workspace has just 12 desks in total and barely any meeting rooms. But its workers love it. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Canada Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/01/canada.html #programming #project #devjournal

NAB suffers internet banking outage
Thousands of the bank’s customers have been locked out of their accounts due to an unknown issue. ⌘ Read more

二次元游戏的内在困境：服务型游戏为何在“服务”上翻车？
当一款游戏需要更新好几年甚至十几年的时候，它就会把能想到的手段都用上，打造一个大而全的世界，可这一切加深着人们的审美疲劳。

编辑丨熊宇

编者按：在 《二次元游戏的内在困境：怎么总在“切割”或“开除”？》 中，我们说明了“二次元”是标签而非游戏类型，这个标签可以吸引到更多的玩家，但也意味着玩家与游戏类型将会更加不匹配，同时在设计、剧情和人设方面开始受到“二次元”文化的限制。接下来，我们将继续讨论服务型游戏的特点如何影响了“二次元”游戏。

让我们再说一次：游戏分类是一笔烂账。

我曾经尝试在Steam库中给自己的游戏进行一整套严格的分类，希望创造一个秩序井然的世界……但我失败了，有的游戏似乎需要扔进多个分类，有的游戏却好像塞不进任何分类，最终，这个分类 … ⌘ Read more

Microsoft’s latest MacBook-beater is the real deal, with an asterisk
A phenomenal laptop with incredible battery life, Microsoft’s new Surface is perfect for many users, but a definite non-starter for others. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Nevada, part 4 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/29/nevada-4.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 06/24 to 06/28 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/28/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Inside the AI ‘deepnude’ apps infiltrating Australian schools
The websites are currently legal in Australia, but many do not have adequate controls preventing them from generating images of children. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Unification Part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/27/unification-part-1.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

お知らせ：JPCERT/CC Eyes「Volt Typhoonの攻撃キャンペーンにどう備えていくべきなのか　～将来の攻撃に備えるThreat Huntingのアプローチについて考える～」 ⌘ Read more

Free fibre-to-your-home upgrades a game-changer for Australians
As part of the NBN Co initiative, SpinTel is offering free FTTP upgrades to eligible customers, playing a pivotal role in this national digital transformation. ⌘ Read more

Fiverizer: convert a website from XHTML 1.0 to HTML5
If you have one or more websites written in XHTML 1.0,
this program (which may be
downloaded and used free of charge) lets you convert them to HTML5 without having to muck around
with rewriting HTML and adding CSS. ⌘ Read more

Apple’s future could be shaped outside the US amid $57b threat in Europe
Apple has just become the first tech giant to be accused of breaching new European competition laws designed to rein in Big Tech. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Inti Raymi https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/24/inti-raymi.html #programming #project #devjournal

On my blog: Please Come Back… https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/23/customer-retention.html #fiction #freeculture

Fiverizer: convert a website from XHTML 1.0 to HTML5
If you have one or more websites written in XHTML 1.0,
this program (which may be
downloaded and used free of charge) lets you convert them to HTML5 without having to muck around
with rewriting HTML and adding CSS. ⌘ Read more

Why your next laptop will be the smartest of the lot
In the 1980s, the best laptop let you edit documents on the go. Today they can produce their own documents and images on demand, and process anything they see and hear. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Nevada, part 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/22/nevada-3.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 06/17 to 06/21 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/21/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

‘Careful who you get into bed with’: Sleeping Duck case rocks start-up sector
The mattress maker’s court trial, which resembled a real-life episode of Shark Tank, offered a rare glimpse into how the start-up sausage is made. ⌘ Read more

How this small non-profit group beat a malicious cyberattack
Hackers attempted to commit credit card fraud against UN Women Australia, but its chief executive says the group managed to beat the attackers with the help of its technology partners. ⌘ Read more

Gajim: Gajim 1.9.1
Gajim 1.9.1 introduces a menu button, adds improvements for Security Labels, and fixes some bugs. Thank you for all your contributions!

Since Gajim 1.9.0, you can toggle Gajim’s main menu bar by pressing Ctrl+M. In order to have a proper replacement for when the menu bar is hidden, we added a menu button to the top left, which contains all of the menu bar’s items.

If you are using Security Labels ( XEP-0258) with Gajim, you ca … ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Desertification and Drought https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/17/drought.html Real Life in Star Trek, The Game https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/20/game.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

@prologic@twtxt.net hey mate, all working well here so far. The login issue isn’t really an issue as far as actually logging in goes, rather if I get my password wrong it gives the response error code in console, the response of which contains the HTML for the wrong password page if you inspect it, but on the frontend itself nothing actually happens which is the confusion. Just stays on the login page as if it was never submitted. Am I alone in having this issue as well?

お知らせ：標準から学ぶICSセキュリティ - #7 ICSコンポーネントに対するセキュリティ要件 ⌘ Read more

New horror game is The Thing on a Scottish oil rig
Cosmic forces visit a deep-sea drilling operation in this evocative but slightly too-thin Scottish horror story. ⌘ Read more

Experiment in Digital minimalism
I recently read Cal Newport’s book Digital Minimalism. It really
resonated with me, despite (or because of?) being glued to my computer
many hours of the day.

Cal suggests a month of digital decluttering, at first cutting off
everything that your job and other obligations don’t depend on. At the
end of the month you evaluate what, if anything, is to be let back
inside.

I did a decluttering plan for April. It ended up being an ongoing
project when I’m writing this in June.

AI not eating jobs at Telstra says tech boss
Telstra’s top tech executive Kim Krogh Andersen says there’s a fundamental misunderstanding about the telco’s use of AI, as the company joins a UN working group on the issue. ⌘ Read more

Social media age limits would ‘exacerbate the problem’, says expert
A ban on social media for children under 16 is technically unfeasible and would not work, according to one US technology veteran. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Desertification and Drought https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/17/drought.html #programming #project #devjournal

It’s Apple v Microsoft as tech titans battle for AI supremacy
Apple Intelligence will go head-to-head with Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs, which are being launched this week. ⌘ Read more

Facebook, Instagram are using your data – and you can’t opt out
If you’re one of the millions of Australians using Facebook or Instagram, Meta is using your data to train its AI – and unlike people in the European Union, you can’t stop them. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Nevada, part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/15/nevada-2.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 06/10 to 06/14 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/14/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

We tried the $2000 baby tech dividing parents
We road-test the controversial Snoo smart bassinet: how much tech is too much for your baby? ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Disaster https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/13/disaster.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

Telstra ditches carbon credits to push harder on direct emissions
The telco giant, one of Australia’s largest electricity users, has beefed up its 2030 emissions reduction targets and won’t use carbon offsets to get there. ⌘ Read more

Thirteen is too young to be on social media. We have an idea to fix that
At present, there is no minimum age requirement under Australian law to access social media. That needs to change. ⌘ Read more

Ubisoft developers share fresh insights on open world Star Wars: Outlaws game
Star Wars Outlaws is the next big video game set in a galaxy far far away. 9news.com.au caught up with Ubisoft’s Matthieu Delisle and John Bjorling to learn all about it. Star Wars: Outlaws releases on console and PC on August 30. ⌘ Read more

Apple unveils major iPhone software overhaul
Apple has announced a raft of changes to its iOS operating system which operates on all iPhones. ⌘ Read more

The questions Apple needs to answer about its big AI move
Apple’s OpenAI tie-up will power new features and encourage upgrades to the newest devices, but it does raise some concerns about privacy. ⌘ Read more

Apple unveils major iPhone software overhaul
Apple has announced a raft of changes to its iOS operating system which operates on all iPhones. ⌘ Read more

Apple Intelligence: The AI features coming to your iPhone
The collection of AI tools, which includes text rewriting and summaries, photo editing and an optional integration with ChatGPT, will arrive later this year. ⌘ Read more

Apple Intelligence: The AI features coming to your iPhone
The collection of AI tools, which includes text rewriting and summaries, photo editing and an optional integration with ChatGPT, will arrive later this year. ⌘ Read more

‘Open it up’: Australia Post faces calls to share with other carriers
Rival parcel businesses and some community post offices say they’re being unfairly treated by the government-owned company. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Art Nouveau Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/10/art-nouveau.html #programming #project #devjournal

Top-selling video games lead Xbox’s annual refresh
Call of Duty and Doom games will head to the Game Pass subscription on Xbox and PC, but will also be available to purchase on the rival PlayStation 5 console. ⌘ Read more

Apple turns to ChatGPT to unleash Siri’s potential
When a 23-year-old Sam Altman took the stage at Apple’s annual developer conference in 2008, he gushed about the tech giant. Now they are back together, but with a twist. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Free Culture News https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/09/free-culture-news.html #freeculture #linkdump #update

Status 2024-06-08
Evening, hackers! I feel a column coming on!

TL;DR: In which we learn about the EU parliament election, some
ruminations about the death of XMPP, MC’s flat being without drains
for two months, a visit at the Lund Linux Conference, another at the
Security Fest conference, fighting against a Supermicro server, and
some other recent shenanigans,

I voted today. Yes, I know. The EU is still a strange marvel of
functional bureaucracy and not the federated worker’s Union of Europe
we all would lik … ⌘ Read more

Apple eyes a deal with the AI king to unleash Siri
When a 23-year-old Sam Altman took the stage at Apple’s annual developer conference in 2008, he gushed about the tech giant. Now they are back together, but with a twist. ⌘ Read more

Picturesque smart speaker gives good sound with no tech clutter
Getting a satisfying noise out of a thin, wall-mounted device is no small feat, but Samsung’s Music Frame strikes a good balance considering its unobtrusive looks. ⌘ Read more