RansomHouse picks a fight with Namibia's defense establishment

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AI
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Infosec
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FOSS
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                            Canonical shuttering some of its legacy chat channelsThe Ubuntu Pastebin went in June, IRC gets demoted next
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                            Audacity audio-editing app no longer looks like it's from the early 2000sThe FOSS tool for audio editing has a fresh coat of paint, and new features to boot

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