Apple ‘Working’ on Redesigned Magic Mouse With a Long-Awaited ‘Fix’
Apple is working on a redesigned Magic Mouse that will address some “longstanding complaints,” according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
In his [Power On newsletter](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletter … ⌘ Read more
[47°09′02″S, 126°43′12″W] Carrier too weak
It seems like every app is offering a “Spotify Wrapped”-style yearly review these days. One app where I genuinely find the results fascinating is Träwelldroid, which I use to log my public transport journeys on Träwelling. While the average German drives roughly 10k kilometers per year by car, I traveled approximately 9600 kilometers using public transport, spending a total of 4 days and 8 hours in transit. This is particularly noteworthy since I commuted less frequently this year and didn’t do any interrailing. Sad … ⌘ Read more
Kennedy’s lawyer has asked the FDA to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine
Brenda Goodman, Reporter - CNN Health
_Stephan: Former heroin addict Robert Kennedy, Jr. had a worm in his brain, and I think the worm won. Perhaps that explains a level of stupidity, unlike anything I have ever seen in politics. Anti-vaxxer Kenedy and his lawyer Aron Siri have literally killed hundreds of thousands who followed their anti-vaxxerism. And Kennedy is t … ⌘ Read more
‘The next recession starts here’: Trump team weighs abolishing bank regulators
Jake Johnson, Senior Editor - AlterNet
_Stephan: The Trump authoritarian oligarchy is trying to take the United States back to the 1930s before there were government regulations that protected the general population from exploitation by the uber-rich the the corporations they controlled. I would not be surprised to see a recession by next summer, and people losing all … ⌘ Read more
Ontario Threatens to Cut Off U.S. Energy Exports If Trump Makes Good on Tariff Plan
Janna Brancolin, Staff Writer - msn | The Daily Beast
Stephan: I think the U.S. economy will be devastated if the stupidity of Trump’s tariff plan is enacted. Here is an aspect of the Canadian response that neither Trump nor his congressional submissive seems to have even considered.
Kaidan: Kaidan 0.10.1: Media Sharing and New Message Marker Fixes
This release fixes some bugs.
Have a look at the changelog for more details.
Bugfixes:
- Fix displaying files of each message in appropriate message bubble (melvo)
- Fix sending fallback messages for clients not supporting XEP-0447: Stateless file sharing (melvo)
- Fix margins within message bubbles (melvo)
- Fix hiding hidden message part (melvo)
- Fix displaying marker for new messages (melvo)
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 12/09 to 12/13 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/12/13/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
How to Check Battery Cycle Count on iPhone
Some iPhone users may be interested in learning what the battery cycle count is on their iPhone. A battery cycle is counted when a full charge and discharge cycle has completed, and this number can help to determine battery usage, health, as well as longevity. Up until recently and with the latest model iPhone devices, … Read More ⌘ Read more
Reconsidering Kubernetes deployments: when operators are overkill
Member post originally published on the Devtron blog by Prakarsh TL:DR: Kubernetes Operators are powerful but can be overkill for simple deployments. Explore alternatives like Helm, ArgoCD, and Devtron to streamline your Kubernetes deployments without sacrificing… ⌘ Read more
Report: Apple to Stop Selling iPhone 14 and iPhone SE in EU This Month
Apple plans to stop selling the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and third-generation iPhone SE in European Union countries later this month, to comply with a regulation that will soon require newly-sold smartphones with wired charging to be equipped with a USB-C port in those countries, according to [French blog iGeneration](https://www.igen. … ⌘ Read more
Trump’s policies ‘should be turning off farmers’ – why did so many vote for him?
Stephen Starr, Staff Writer - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: As I read or watch American journalism media I have been struck by the interviews with Trump voters who, if Trump does what he says he will, are going to be severely impacted, but don’t seem to think that will happen to them. It is very weird, but it seems to be the case. So by March, I think we are going to … ⌘ Read more
Bipartisan Plan to “Reform” Energy Permits Is a Brazen Giveaway to Fossil Fuels
Basav Sen , Staff Writer - truthout
_Stephan: Jennifer M. Granholm, the Secretary of Energy under Biden has done everything she can to move the United States through its transition out of the Carbon era. She has not always had the support of Biden and others in his administration, because the petroleum industries pour so many millions into the American government t … ⌘ Read more
Tech billionaires prepare to invade the Pentagon
Paul McLeary and Jack Detsch, Staff Writers - Politico
_Stephan: The transition of the United States into an authoritarian oligarchy is speeding up. By the inauguration which, I think it should be noted, is being paid for with million-dollar donations from billionaires like Musk and Zuckerberg, I think the transition will all be in place. The Republican Party is no longer interested in democracy, and the Democrat Party leade … ⌘ Read more
Monarch butterflies to be listed as a threatened species in US
Todd Richmond, Reporter - Associated Press
_Stephan: This is good news about a bad situation. The annual Monarch butterfly migration that has been going on for thousands of years in the past several decades was seriously endangered by human greed and stupidity. But these iconic butterflies have now been placed on the endangered species list and will receive protection as described in this article. … ⌘ Read more
Quelques scories de la crise pandémique
Il y a quelques jours sortait le rapport officiel de la Chambre des Représentants américaine sur la gestion de la pandémie de 2020 et 2021 et alors qu’il contient plus de matière à pop-corn qu’un champ du Middle West en pleine saison de récolte, la presse occidentale fut particulièrement discrète à son sujet. Peu de […] ⌘ Read more
WhatsApp Rolls Out Calling Updates for Desktop and Mobile
WhatsApp has announced some improvements to its calling features across desktop and mobile platforms ahead of the holiday season, such as the ability to choose participants from group chats, use new effects on calls, and take advantage of higher resolution video.
The ability to select … ⌘ Read more
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On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Relics https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/12/12/relics.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
How to Lock iPhone / iPad Apps with Face ID or Passcode
A handy app-specific security feature is available for iPhone and iPad that requires authentication with Face ID or a passcode before a chosen app can be launched. Essentially this lets you lock any iPhone or iPad app with Face ID or a passcode, and this lock applies even if your iPhone or iPad is already … Read More ⌘ Read more
Continued security improvements to CNCF projects with OSTIF audits
The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund, Inc (OSTIF) is thrilled to mark another successful year of helping CNCF projects with security audits. Since this partnership began in 2021, a total of 13 projects have graduated following… ⌘ Read more
Apple Adopting Custom-Designed Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Chip in 2025, Cutting Reliance on Broadcom
Apple is switching over to a new Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chip that it designed in-house starting in 2025, reports Bloomberg. The combined Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chip will replace components from Broadcom, allowing Apple to reduce its reliance on the company.
Stephan: The United States population is becoming a notably less educated, and I mean from kindergarten to college. Here is the latest on this trend.
_The University of Maryland campus in College Park, Maryland. Credit: The Washington … ⌘ Read moreLe déclin de l’Europe est-il inéluctable ?
Officiellement, l’Union Européenne, « c’est la paix et la prospérité », et c’était peut-être vrai pendant la Guerre Froide. C’était aussi, dans une certaine mesure, probablement exact tant que cette Union se contentait de réduire les différences de normes entre pays européens, et d’abaisser les frontières. Autrement dit, c’était probablement vrai tant qu’il s’agissait de faire du […] ⌘ Read more
Microsoft Teams for iPad Now Includes External Camera Support
Microsoft has announced that Teams for iPad now supports external cameras, allowing users with older devices to hook up better-quality webcams during Teams calls.
With iPadOS 17, Apple added suppor … ⌘ Read more
CNCF Ecosystem Continues to Drive Innovation with New Silver Members
Organizations join the ever-growing cloud native ecosystem to drive innovation across industries and geographies NEW DELHI, India – KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India – December 11, 2024 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable… ⌘ Read more
How to Use Any Emoji as Tapback Reaction on iPhone, Mac, iPad
The Tapback reaction feature in Messages for iPhone, iPad, and Mac is popular, and with the latest versions of system software for these devices, you can now Tapback with any Emoji, rather than just the handful of defaults. This offers a nice way to further customize a response to a message, and it’s pretty easy … Read More ⌘ Read more
Ban the spam! 🚫
I’m tired of spam emails flooding my inbox, so I decided to take inspiration from Kev’s approach. I noticed that many of the spam messages were being sent to the email address I published on my legally required imprint. ⌘ Read more
Apple Watch Ultra 3 Will Support Texting via Satellite
The next-generation Apple Watch Ultra is set to gain satellite connectivity, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Apple first introduced satellite connectivity for off-grid texting with the iPhone 14, and the feature … ⌘ Read more
Jayapal, Sanders Offer Answer to Elon Musk’s Healthcare Cost Question
Julia Conley, Staff Writer - Common Dreams
_Stephan: I see endless nonsense spewing out of MAGAt Republican mouths about how universal birthright single-payer healthcare is socialist or communist. When you hear, see, or read someone saying that the first thing to know is they have no idea what communism or socialism actually is. The second thing to know is that based on objectively ver … ⌘ Read more
‘Nonsense’: Historians balk at Trump ending birthright citizenship with executive order
Alex Henderson, Staff Writer - AlterNet
_Stephan: There are probably people reading this who became American citizens by being born in the United States, in accordance with the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution on July 9, 1868. The Fourteenth Amendment and what is known as the Citizenship Clause which states: “All persons born or naturalized in … ⌘ Read more
Drylands now make up 40% of land on Earth, excluding Antarctica, study says
Fiona Harvey, Environment Editor - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: To quote from this report, “Barron Orr, chief scientist at UNCCD, said: ‘For the first time, a UN scientific body is warning that burning fossil fuels is causing permanent drying across much of the world, with potentially catastrophic impacts affecting access to water that could push people and nature even clos … ⌘ Read more
Arctic Refuge Is One of Earth’s Last Truly Wild Places. Trump Calls it America’s “Biggest Oil Farm.”
Maanvi Singh, Staff Writer - Mother Jones
_Stephan: The Trump authoritarian oligarchy is going the significantly increase the use of carbon energy and the destruction of the environment. Nothing I am seeing in this transition period suggests the future holds much good news. Quite the contrary. I think by March we are going to se … ⌘ Read more
Tap to Pay on iPhone Now Available in the UAE
Apple has announced Tap to Pay on iPhone in the UAE, allowing independent sellers, small merchants, and large retailers in the country to use iPhones as a payment terminal.
Tap to Pay allows iPhones to accept payments via Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit ca … ⌘ Read more
2nd RC Build of iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, iPadOS 18.2, Released for Testing
A second release candidate build of iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, and iPadOS 18.2, has been made available for all beta testers. The 2nd RC build follows after issuing the first RC build a week prior. RC, or Release Candidate, are usually the finalized beta version of system software that is made available to beta … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/12/09/2nd-rc-build-of-io … ⌘ Read more
What is authorization? Examples and definitions
Member post originally published on Cerbos’s blog by Omu Inetimi When building a secure application, there are plenty of factors to be considered. Who is allowed into the application, how users are allowed in, measures in… ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Anti-Corruption Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/12/09/corruption.html #programming #project #devjournal
Wealth of World’s Richest Has Doubled Over Past Decade
Julia Conley, Staff Writer - Common Dreams
_Stephan: Yet another fact shows that the United States has become a neo-medieval oligarchy. This was all done by the Republicans rigging the tax code to favor the rich grotesquely. Think about it: “The wealth of the four richest people in the U.S.—Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg—has hit $1 tril … ⌘ Read more
Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of the Failing U.S. Health System
David Blumenthal, Evan D. Gumas, Arnav Shah, Munira Z. Gunja, and Reginald D. Williams II, - The Commonwealth Fund
_Stephan: As we prepare to be a nation whose healthcare, already the worst amongst the developed democracies, is about to be taken over by incompetent weirdos, I thought it might be useful to readers to see how really bad the American illness profit system already is. By March I … ⌘ Read more
Nine States Poised To Shrink Medicaid Coverage
Phil Galewitz, Senior Correspondent - Kaiser Family Foundation | Truthdig
_Stephan: The Republican Congressional prostitutes whose services have been rented out to the illness profit system corporations are just waiting for Trump to come into power so that they can cut Medicaid. As this article describes, this would leave over 3 million Americans, many of whom voted for Trump, without health coverage. If you live in any of the … ⌘ Read more
Choosing Empathy Is Critical to Democracy
C. Daryl Cameron, Associate Professor of Psychology, Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, and Sherwin Early Career Professor in the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State University. - Scientific American
_Stephan: You have heard me talking about why fostering wellbeing by always choosing in every decision you make the option that is the most compassionate, life-affirming, and fostering of wellbeing is both the best choice … ⌘ Read more
Apple Seeds Second Release Candidate Versions of iOS 18.2 and More With Genmoji, Image Playground and ChatGPT Integration
Apple today seeded the second release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS 15.2 updates to developers and public beta testers for testing purposes, a week after releasing the first RCs. The first iOS 18.2 RC had a build number of 22C150, while the second RC’s build number is 22C151. Release candidates represent the final version of beta software that’s … ⌘ Read more
Les mondialistes perdent leur sang-froid
Avec l’élection de Trump aux États-Unis, et, moins récemment, celle de Milei en Argentine et de Bukele au Salvador, les évidences socialistes qu’on nous ressassaient jusqu’à présent se sont brutalement fanées et comme l’évoque un précédent billet, l’observateur attentif peut même commencer à déceler un « effet domino » : puisque ces politiciens montrent qu’une autre voie est […] ⌘ Read more
World’s First Apple Pay Alternative for iPhone Launches in Norway
Norwegian payment service Vipps has become the world’s first company to launch a competing tap-to-pay solution to Apple Pay on iPhone, following Apple’s agreement with European regulators to open up its NFC technology to third parties.
Starting December 9, Vipps users in Norway can make contactless payment … ⌘ Read more
Apple Store Coming to Saudi Arabia Both Online and In Person Next Year
Apple today announced that its online store will be available in Saudi Arabia starting in summer 2025.
Apple also said that it plans to open several flagship retail stores in Saudi Arabia starting in 2026, including one in Diriyah, a UNES … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Five Years of Entropy Arbitrage https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/12/08/five-years.html #blog #celebration #meta
A short winter bike tour
Yesterday, I watched some cycling videos and that somehow gave me some motivation to do at least one more short bike tour this year. Today, I did a short round around the city and saw some new places. With 5° Celsius and some sun, the temperature wasn’t the best, but at least it didn’t rain. To keep the motivation high, I listened to some music with my new headphones. ⌘ Read more
Editor’s Note – Can You Help
, -
Stephan:
The news is getting ever bleaker and it is getting more complicated to get fact-based data. I want to thank all who have been sending in monthly contributions or who have sent in support over the past several days. This makes a great deal of difference to me.
I have been doing SR now for 33 years; I give it away freely and don’t permit advertising because I don’t have time to dig out whether a potential advertiser fosters wellbeing. Over the years i … ⌘ Read more
Trump’s ‘Government of Billionaires’ Boasts Combined Wealth Greater Than New Zealand’s GDP
David Gilmour, Staff Writer - msn | MEDIAite
_Stephan: On January 20th we will officially become a government of oligarchs, grifters, and sex offenders, headed by a multiple felon, rapist, and traitor. Welcome to the USA. That may sound like a politically partisan statement, but it isn’t. It is a simple statement of fact. One can only imagine h … ⌘ Read more
‘Dirty and dumb!’ Trump may cancel major government contract
Jessica Corbett, Staff Writer - AlterNet | Common Dreams
Stephan: A first taste of Trump’s new administration’s corruption, further damage to an already deeply wounded postal service, with more sure to follow.
_‘Help!’ Trump panics over mail-in voting in early morning Truth Social post Credit: Gage S … ⌘ Read moreThe deep roots of Americans’ hatred of their health care system
Dylan Scott, Editor and Senior Correspondent - VOX
_Stephan: The expense, quality, and social outcome data of America’s illness profit system (IPS) has become so expensive and bad that many apparently see the shooting of United Healthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson as a killing done by someone enflamed with rage by something that happened to them done by the IPS. I think Trump, the oligarchs who serv … ⌘ Read more
There’s only one way to defeat Trump’s billionaires boys club
Thoma Hartmann, Commentator - Raw Story | AlterNet | Commentary
Stephan: I think Thom Hartmann has it right. I have been quite struck by the contrast between how the people of the nations of Georgia and South Korea responded to authoritarianism, and the weakness of the American response. I don’t think most Americans have a clue as to what is about to happen to them.
 cluster. Using this single utility, we can manage, traverse, watch all our Kubernetes objects. More information around… ⌘ Read more
Understanding k0s: a lightweight Kubernetes distribution for the community
Ambassador post by Prithvi Raj, CNCF Ambassador and Community Manager at Mirantis As Kubernetes continues to grow as the de-facto orchestration platform for containerized applications and is massively adopted by large, medium as well as small… ⌘ Read more
TikTok Still On Track for January Ban as Appeals Court Upholds Ruling
Popular social network TikTok did not receive a reprieve from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and it is still facing a ban that is set to be enacted in January, reports The Wall Street Journal.
TikTok and several of the social networ … ⌘ Read more
Why I’d never switch to an 🍎 iPhone
Recently, Kev announced he’s switching back to Android, and judging by his first impressions, he seems to be enjoying it. Coincidentally, I came across a video from Linus Tech Tips, where Linus shared his thoughts after using an iPhone for 30 days – and let’s just say, he wasn’t impressed. ⌘ Read more
Editor’s Note – Can You Help
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Stephan:
Two readers wrote me, and my wife told me, I should have left this note up for a couple of more days. And so I do.
First of all, I want to thank all who have been sending in monthly contributions or have sent in support over the past two days. This makes a great deal of difference to me. I am going to run this one more day.
I have been doing SR now for 33 years; I give it away freely and don’t permit advertising because I don’t have time to dig out … ⌘ Read more
This is how many animals could go extinct from climate change
Benji Jones, Environmental Correspondent - Vox
_Stephan: Nothing I see suggests to me that the coming christofascist autocracy is going to do anything substantial about protecting the matrix of life from the devastation of climate change. Here is a sense of what is coming. I urge you to get involved with some citizens’ movement that works to protect democracy and prepare meaningfully to change the … ⌘ Read more
How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US – visualized
Oliver Milman , Environment Reporter - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: I have given you a number of articles about what climate change is doing, and is going to do to the cost of home and business insurance if you can get it at all. The insurance industry, both healthcare and real estate, poured millions of dollars into getting Trump elected, so I doubt he is going to d … ⌘ Read more
Transcript: Expert Stunned as Trump Picks 9th Billionaire for Top Job
Greg Sargent, Contributing Writer - The New Republic
Stephan: When I tell you that the United States is about to become a racist, genderist, christofascist authoritarian nation, that is not a politically partisan statement. It is an emerging factual reality.
_Donald Trump, soon to be the leader of an authorit … ⌘ Read moreChina’s plan for 621MPH floating train that goes faster than a PLANE takes step forward with first track laid down
James Evenden, Reporter - The U.S. Sun
_Stephan: The United States is falling further and further behind the infrastructure standards of the rest of the developed world, and China particularly is leaving us in the lurch. Most of our infrastructure was built between the administrations of Democrat … ⌘ Read more
L’Occident meurt par la tête
Un précédent article notait que, d’années en années, les « élites » auto-proclamées (à peu près 1%) n’étaient plus correctement sélectionnées : ces élites, de plus en plus déconnectées de la réalité, imposent progressivement des réformes égalitaristes et une féminisation la société qui a pour conséquence directe d’imposer un conformisme étroit. Ceci provoque deux problèmes. D’une part, les […] ⌘ Read more
Every Display Upgrade Rumored for Apple’s iPhone 17
Apple’s next-generation iPhone 17 lineup may bring some of the most significant display improvements we’ve seen in recent years. While the iPhone 17 series isn’t expected until late 2025, multiple rumors suggest Apple is working on substantial screen upgrades across its entire smartphone range.
From enhanced refresh rates to advance … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] MAGIC Monero Fund 2025 Election
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RC of MacOS Sequoia 15.2, iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, Released for Testing
Apple has issued the release candidate build for iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, and iPadOS 18.2, for all users that are involved in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. RC, or Release Candidate builds, are typically the final version of a beta before it gets released to the general public, indicating the final … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/12/05/rc-of-macos-sequoia-15-2-ios … ⌘ Read more
AirPods 4 With ANC Drop to $139, Beating Black Friday Deals ($40 Off)
Amazon has just significantly dropped the price on Apple’s AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation to $139.00, a $40 discount from their usual $179.00 pricing. This beats Black Friday pricing by around $25, making this a tremendous opportunity to pick up Apple’s latest AirPods a … ⌘ Read more
Has someone a) found a bug or security hole in GoBlog or b) actually sent well over 5 million requests to my site to like my post about how to export GPX files automatically from Komoot? 🤔 ⌘ Read more
How to Record Calls on iPhone
One of the potentially most useful newer features on iPhone is available in iOS 18.1 and later, offering a remarkably simple way to record calls on iPhone. Now, iPhone has an easily accessible call record button, available on the same phone screen that you use to toggle speaker phone, mute, and end the call. When … Read More ⌘ Read more
Announcing Linkerd 2.17: Egress, rate limiting, and federated services
Project post originally published on the Linkerd blog by William Morgan Today we’re happy to announce the release of Linkerd 2.17, a new version of Linkerd that introduces several major new features to the project: egress… ⌘ Read more
Why we, as knowledge workers, should take care of work-life balance
Community post by Annalisa Gennaro At the beginning of this year, I fell apart. I found myself in pieces, struggling to say a single word without bursting into tears. I had severe sleep issues, suffered from… ⌘ Read more
watchOS 11.2 Lets You Pause iPhone Video With Camera Remote App
In watchOS 11.2, Apple has added a useful new feature that’s designed to allow you to pause video that you’re recording on the iPhone using the Camera Remote app on the Apple Watch.
The Camera Remote app has been available since the Apple Watch initially launched, and while there was an option to start … ⌘ Read more
Billionaire investor with military contracts picked to be No. 2 at Trump’s Pentagon
Sarah K. Burris, Senior Editor - Raw Story
Stephan: Welcome to the christofascist authoritarian oligarchy the United States is about to become.
The Pentagon Credit: ShutterstockPresident-elect Donald Trump has announced that he intends to … ⌘ Read more
Builders have 108,000 unsold homes. Good luck trying to buy one
James Rodriguez, Senior Reporter - msn | Business Insider
_Stephan: Something very strange is happening to the housing market, as this article describes. It is getting very hard for younger first-time buyers to own a property because interest rates are close to 7% if they can find a house and afford the down payment and monthly costs. But even if they can do that finding a home, as described, is … ⌘ Read more
The US supreme court’s trans rights case threatens decades of civil rights precedent, experts say
Sam Levin, - The Guaardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: The MAGAt-controlled Supreme Court, like Republicans in general, don’t seem to understand or even care about the wellbeing and medical reality of children as well as the LGBTQ subpopulation. With Trump in the Presidency, Congress dysfunctional, and the corrupt MAGAt majority dominating … ⌘ Read more
Walmart rolls back DEI programs after right-wing backlash
y Nathaniel Meyersohn, Reporter - CNN
Stephan: As MAGAt world becomes increasingly dominant in the United States the emerging trend is we are becoming an increasingly nasty country, and I predict it is going to get much worse, particularly in states controlled by the Republican MAGAt Party.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Walmart, the largest private employer in the United States, will curb some [diversity, equity … ⌘ Read more
Apple Card Savings Account Receives Yet Another Interest Rate Cut
The Apple Card’s high-yield savings account received an interest rate cut overnight, the fourth time it has done so this year.
The Apple Card savings account’s annual percentage yield (APY) dropped from 4.1% to 3.9%. Push notifications regarding the cut were sent to Apple Card users on Tuesday evening. Savings account inte … ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter November 2024
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of November 2024.
Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help thes … ⌘ Read more