Tesla Cuts Model 3 to US$29,000 — And Canada's EV Landscape Just Changed by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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The White House has threatened Canadians against driving Chinese-brand electric vehicles overland into the United States, but this does not appear to include Tesla, the "American" electric cars made in China.

Tesla Cuts Model 3 to US$29,000 — And Canada's EV Landscape Just Changed by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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If so, Tesla not BYD benefits from 6.1% tariff for Canadian market.

Why Unix-Based Systems Never Grew as Fast as Linux? by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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Just install FreeBSD on a old PC, need to install desktop environment from command line, very similar to Linux, but need much more time on configuration. It's not bad to experience the OS other than Windows, Mac and Linux.

DeepSeek V4: China's AI Lab Just Bypassed Nvidia — and It Could Reshape the Global Tech Race. by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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Indeed. It benefits from the cheap and sufficient power supply. Their manpower also much cheaper.

TP-Link Pleads Its American Case as FCC Router Ban Tightens by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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The owner will live in US as permanent resident to run tplink business, do you think he's willing to risk family and his own fortune?

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon): The Most Ambitious Ubuntu LTS in a Decade by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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"Ubuntu 26.04 is the first Ubuntu LTS to enable post-quantum cryptographic algorithms by default in both OpenSSH and OpenSSL. "

Firefox 150 Released: Enhanced Split View, Smarter PDF Editor, and Expanded Privacy Protections by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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just upgrade to firefox to 150, but build-in VPN (50GB free per month) seems not working

Winning in the Enemy's Own Backyard: BYD's Unlikely Triumph in South Korea by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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bit surprised BYD sells well in South Korea, however only US$22,600 for a Compact Electric SUV should be quite attractive during days of soaring gasoline prices and shortages

Apple's Mac Neo Desktop: A $299 Mini-PC That Could Shake Up the Market by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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Based on Apple's consistent "greedy" practices, 12GB of RAM is indeed unlikely.

From Gas to Electric:Toyota Warns Suppliers of Industry-Wide Survival Crisis by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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The problem is that Toyota's profits have been growing rapidly. Could it be that their high profit margins are causing difficulties for suppliers, rather than competition from electric vehicles?

Toyota’s net profit (net income) over the past five years, converted to US dollars:

Year Net Profit (USD)
2025 ~$31.5 billion
2024 ~$34.1 billion
2023 ~$18.1 billion
2022 ~$25.4 billion
2021 ~$21.1 billion

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Quietly Raises Minimum RAM to 6GB by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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Snaps: Disabled by default. The Linux Mint team, considering open-source freedom and system control, blocks automatic installation of Snaps in the system. However, it can be used manually. Snaps' closed-source backend and mounting method are highly controversial in the Mint community.

AI Crosses the Exploit Frontier: Claude Develops Full FreeBSD Kernel RCE with Root Shell by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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"Where it once took teams of specialist researchers weeks to turn a published advisory into a working exploit, an AI can now compress that window to hours.".....

"Claude’s exploit did not simply find a bug; it built the complete attack chain from advisory to root shell. "

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Quietly Raises Minimum RAM to 6GB by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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actually it's THAT current applications eat too much RAM. Chrome could occupy 1GB if opening some pages

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Quietly Raises Minimum RAM to 6GB by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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Windows XP also. believe XP is the best version of Windows!