Notices by CK's Technology News (ckstechnologynews@mastodon.social)

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Verified #Twitter accounts already being used in scams

If you pay 8 bucks or not, this will not prevent scammers from trying as proven now.

#Mastodon gained 70k users after Musk’s #Twitter takeover

http://Mastodon.social is unusable right now, the admin tries to upgrade but we all wait for Hetzner.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/01/mastodon-twitter-elon-musk-takeover

OBS Studio 28.1 Final is out

As always an important update and step forward.
https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/28.1.0

Random #Instagram account suspensions are ruining everyone's Halloween

Using Instagram is spooky enough I guess.

https://www.androidpolice.com/random-instagram-account-suspensions/

#Twitter drama - Twitter to Lay Off 25% of Workforce

Via
https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-lay-off-25-workforce-first-round-job-cuts-washington-post-2022-10-31/

Source
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/31/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs/

#Twitter Reportedly Plans to Charge $20 a Month for Verified Accounts

Elon Musk not long ago in his manifesto why he purchased Twitter - I did it to help humanity.

Lies on top of lies, it is always about money, power and control.

https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/twitter-reportedly-plans-to-charge-20-a-month-for-verified-accounts/

Thanks for 1200 Followers. 😎

Why not say thanks to 1111 or 1333, well the answer is pure and simple:

I like 1200 as Number. 😜

A Brief #Mastodon #Guide for Social Media Worriers

Guidance
https://axbom.com/mastodon-guide/

#Tor #Browser – 11.5.5 (#Android, #Windows, #macOS, #Linux) Released

Announce
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1155/

#Tails 5.6 Released

Short changelog, the development is pretty much dead, no real changes since years.

Announce
https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.6/

#Linux #TUN Network Driver May See A "1000x Speedup" With New, One-Line Patch

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221021114921.3705550-1-i.maximets@ovn.org/

#KeePassXC 2.7.3, the third maintenance update for the 2.7 stable series

Still no Nitrokey support, requested since 5 years.

Announce
https://keepassxc.org/blog/2022-10-23-2.7.3-released/

Nextcloud Server 25.0.0 final version is out

Announce not yet updated
https://nextcloud.com/changelog/#latest25

Download .zip
https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-25.0.0.zip

Download .tar.bz2
https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-25.0.0.tar.bz2

Tails 5.5 – (Portable Debian O/S and Tor Browser) Released → (October 17, 2022)

Announce
https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.5/

#Matrix Protocol Added to #Ejabberd

https://www.process-one.net/blog/matrix-protocol-added-to-ejabberd/

Air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked

Source
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/lung-cancer-symptoms-air-pollution-b2164237.html

#German #village managed to go off grid and become energy self-sufficient

Bravo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE0-ki-CBfs

KDE Plasma 5.25.5 is out

Biggest changes are improved Multi-Monitor-Support and improved Wayland Support.

Changelog
https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/5/5.25.4-5.25.5/

Kaidan: Encrypted Audio and Video Calls

https://www.kaidan.im/2022/09/03/audio-video-calls/