Luna (Slashdot reader #20,969) quotes the Devuan web site. “Dear Friends and Software Freedom Lovers,” its announcement begins: “Devuan Developers are delighted to announce the release of Devuan Chimaera 4.0 as the project’s new stable release. This is the result of many months of painstaking work by the Team and detailed testing by the wider…

There’s so much obsolete technology out there with great design. It’s really sad to see it end up in the landfill, because even though the insides may be outdated, good design is forever. Take this 1980s Panasonic answering machine, for instance. The smoky plastic of the cassette lid is the perfect screen for Dot, because…

“Bringing VS Code to the browser is the realization of the original vision for the product,” Microsoft said in a blog post. “It is also the start of a completely new one. An ephemeral editor that is available to anyone with a browser and an internet connection is the foundation for a future where we…

Should you believe what you see on hotel websites? Or should you be very wary when you travel on business? …read more Source:: ZDNet

A call for ‘developing metrics to assess goodness-of-data, better incentives for data excellence, better data education, better practices for early detection of data cascades, and better data access.’ …read more Source:: ZDNet

Mike Bouma (Slashdot reader #85,252) writes: A-EON Technology Ltd has released Enhancer Software Release 2.1 for AmigaOS4.1 FE update 2, which itself was released on 23 December 2020. It’s an OS enhancement package with large amounts of updated and upgraded OS components. Also earlier this year Hyperion released AmigaOS 3.2 for all classic Amigas. Here’s…

Los Angeles is facing elimination in Game 6 of the NLCS in Atlanta tonight and you can stream it live, no cable required. …read more Source:: CNet

A new whistleblower affidavit submitted by a former Facebook employee “alleges that the company prizes growth and profits over combating hate speech, misinformation and other threats to the public,” reports the Washington Post: The SEC affidavit goes on to allege that Facebook officials routinely undermined efforts to fight misinformation, hate speech and other problematic content…

Happy Saturday. Here are three deals worth your time. …read more Source:: CNet

Are you writing your code for humans or computers? I wasn’t there, but my guess is that at the dawn of computing, people thought that they were writing for the machines. After all, they were writing in machine language, and whatever bits they flipped into the electronic brain stayed in the electronic brain, unless punched…