”Russia will have a strong incentive to take a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break NATO while the US cannot reinforce Europe effectively.” ”Will there be time to put our defences in order... or will the awful words "too late" be recorded?”

Europe Must Urgently Prepare to Deter Russia Without Large-Scale US Support

NATO’s European members must ramp up investment in ammunition production and focus military training and force structures against key mission set...

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”both foreign and U.S. government agencies have been asking Apple and Google for metadata related to push notifications to, for example, help tie anonymous users of messaging apps to specific Apple or Google accounts” https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/

Twitter messed up their video encoding

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Twitter videos encoded with `Twitter-vork muxer` don't play properly on Apple devices · Issue #172 · imputnet/cobalt

some videos encoded with Twitter-vork muxer (most videos on Twitter are usually encoded with "Vireo Eyes" / "Vireo Ears") appear significantly shor...

”…the generals in charge of China’s nuclear weapons program and some of the most senior officials overseeing the Chinese financial sector. Several of these former Xi acolytes have apparently died in custody.”

China’s Xi goes full Stalin with purge – POLITICO