The FOSS Force News Wire pulls mostly FOSS related news stories from a variety of sources and is updated every 30 minutes. The News Wire is also available as an RSS feed at http://fossforce.com/newswire.
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Doxxing Safety Part II: Incident Response
Doxxing, also known as the deliberate sharing of personal information to harass or endanger someone, is a tricky thing to protect against....Read more -
Doxxing Safety Pt I: Prevention and Footprint Management
Doxxing is the deliberate disclosure of personal information in order to bully, harass, intimidate, or instigate a chain of harms against someone....Read more -
Former Intel Engineer Who Was One Of The Clear Linux Architects Is Starting A New Distro
One of the former Intel engineers who was a Linux OS architect on their legendary Clear Linux distribution and before that also...Read more
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Hackers claim millions of patient records stolen during data breach at healthcare giant McKesson
The company, which distributes medicines and medical devices to hospitals and healthcare practices across the U.S., said it was hacked and expects...Read more
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Would The Next George Floyd Video Survive Meta’s New Teen Safety Rules?
Earlier this year, one of the smartest internet rights people around, Heather Burns, suggested the “Darnella Test” regarding any kind of “kid...Read more
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Daily Deal: Ultrathin Sleep Aid Under Pillow Speaker
Enjoy calming sounds, bedtime music, audiobooks, or podcasts without wearing headphones or disturbing a sleeping partner. The Ultrathin Sleep Aid speaker fits...Read more
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Poll: Google Goes “Lake America” — Are You Ready to Boycott Yet?
Boycotting Google is easier to announce than to do. After the company’s Lake America move, this editor is going to find out...Read more
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Jonathan McDowell: What do I want in a Linux distribution?
I’ve been a Debian user since 1999, and a Debian developer since 2000. Given recent events it’s worth thinking about why that...Read more -
Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt
The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money.Read more
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KmPlot – mathematical function plotter
KmPlot is a mathematical function plotter that can draw graphs of functions together with their integrals and derivatives. The post KmPlot –...Read more
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Tim Cook’s parting message: Apple is in the hands of a product builder
Tim Cook’s farewell memo to Apple employees offers a glimpse at how he wants John Ternus to be seen: as a product...Read more
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Privacy on the Map (Part 2): Progress, Pitfalls, and the Fight for Enforceable Location Data Protections
Regulating commercial location tracking has reached a turning point. Last year, we published our rubric for what comprehensive and protective location privacy...Read more -
The best early Labor Day Costco deals 2026: TVs, smartwatches, Apple devices, and more
Summer may be ending, but Costco deals are heating up in time for Labor Day: Save big on electronics, home essentials, and...Read more
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The best early Labor Day deals to shop now: Save on TVs, Apple devices, and more
Labor Day is just around the corner, and there are already some great deals available at Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, and more.Read more
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ICE Worked With Iran To Deport Iranians Back To A Country Trump Repeatedly Claimed Was Harming Iranians
The Trump administration has been working steadily to remove protected status for asylum seekers that even Trump admits are deadly “shitholes.” Trump...Read more
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Debian 11 “Bullseye” Is Now Officially Unsupported
Debian 11 “Bullseye” reaches end of life on August 31, 2026, after five years of official support.Read more -
3mdeb Enhancing The UEFI Update Capsules Experience For Open-Source Firmware
Open-source firmware consulting firm 3mdeb is out with a new blog post highlighting their recent work on enhancing the UEFI update capsules...Read more
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VLC crosses 7 billion downloads
In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.Read more
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Amazon just dropped the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones down to 50% off - the lowest price yet
Sony's excellent noise-canceling headphones just hit an all-time low price ahead of Labor Day.Read more
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Want a free Apple Watch? Play ZDNET's 'Guessing Game' to win one - only 1 day left
What do you think Apple will announce? It's your last chance to enter the final round of ZDNET's Big Guessing Game.Read more