It’s just the second visitor to be spotted from beyond our solar system and it’ll never be closer to the sun than it is this weekend. …read more Source:: CNet

“It’s been five years already since the vote to transition to systemd in Debian over Upstart,” reports Phoronix, noting that the Debian developer community has now begun a 20-day ranked-choice vote on eight different proposals for “‘init system diversity’ and just how much Debian developers care (or not) in supporting alternatives to systemd.” The eight…

And we see more of Wonder Woman swinging from lightning. Swinging. From. Lightning. …read more Source:: CNet

Radio control is good and all, and it’s always fun to watch a little vehicle scoot about the backyard. But there’s always something to be said for feeling as though you’re really in control. First person view, or FPV, is the way to do it, and [Brian] has gone down that route with this tidy…

“Linux users can now stream shows and movies from the Disney+ streaming service after Disney lowered the level of their DRM requirements,” reports Bleeping Computer: When Disney+ was first launched, Linux users who attempted to watch shows and movies were shown an error stating “Something went wrong. Please try again. If the problem persists, visit…

Matt and Kevin both made purchases since the last podcast, Google/Alphabet made a leadership change, Microsoft focuses on consistent design ahead of its Android device release, and more are covered in the latest MobileTechRoundup podcast. …read more Source:: ZDNet

“At least 20 web hosting providers have hastily notified customers today, Saturday, December 7, that they plan to shut down on Monday, giving their clients two days to download data from their accounts before servers are shut down and wiped clean,” reports ZDNet. And no refunds are being provided: All the services offer cheap low-end…

Commentary: The CW’s comics and TV crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths is unlike anything done before. …read more Source:: CNet

The nonprofit Open Source Technology Improvement Fund connects open-source security projects with funding and logistical support. (Launched in 2015, the Illinois-based group includes on its advisory council representatives from DuckDuckGo and the OpenVPN Project.) To raise more money, they’re now planning to offer “hacker-themed swag” and apparel created with a state-of-the art direct-to-garment printer —…

Between failed prints and iterative designs that need a few attempts before you nail them down, a certain amount of wasted material is essentially unavoidable when 3D printing. The good news is that PLA is a bioplastic and can be broken down via industrial composting, but even still, any method that allows you to reuse…