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Trump's tariffs seem to be putting a thorn in the side of major hardware manufacturers, as both Nintendo and modular laptop maker Framework announced order delays in the span of just one week.

Posted to the Framework X account (via Ars Technica), Framework's tweet states, "Due to the new tariffs that came into effect on April 5th, we’re temporarily pausing US sales on a few base Framework Laptop 13 systems (Ultra 5 125H and Ryzen 5 7640U)."

In response to a follow-up question, Framework tweeted: "We priced our laptops when tariffs on imports from Taiwan were 0%. At a 10% tariff, we would have t

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\ The Xz Backdoor Highlights the Vulnerability of Open Source Software—and Its Strengths

Jason Koebler · Mar 30, 2024 at 3:27 PM

The backdoor highlights the politics, governance, and community management of an ecosystem exploited by massive tech companies and largely run by volunteers.

Image: Zulian Firmansyah, Unsplash

Friday afternoon, Andres Freund, a software developer at Microsoft, sent an email to a listserv of open source software developers with the subject line “backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise.” What Freund had stumbled upon was a malicious backdoor in xz Utils, a compression utility used in many major distributions of Linux, that increasingly seems like it was purposefully put there by a trusted maintainer of the open source project. The “xz backdoor” has quickly become one of the most important and most-discussed

Game Information

Game Title: Super Mario RPG

Platforms:

• Nintendo Switch (Nov 17, 2023)

Trailer:

• Super Mario RPG - Nintendo Direct 6.21.2023

Developer: Nintendo

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 84 average - 98% recommended - 46 reviews

Critic Reviews

Ars Technica - Andrew Cunningham - Unscored

For people who haven't played it in a while, the Super Mario RPG remake is a fun opportunity to revisit a game you remember fondly. For those who are new to RPGs, this game is a great and low-stress introduction to the form, much like the original game was for kids in the '90s. The worst thing I c

Game Information

Game Title: Super Mario RPG

Platforms:

• Nintendo Switch (Nov 17, 2023)

Trailer:

• Super Mario RPG - Nintendo Direct 6.21.2023

Developer: Nintendo

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 84 average - 97% recommended - 32 reviews

Critic Reviews

Ars Technica - Andrew Cunningham - Unscored

For people who haven't played it in a while, the Super Mario RPG remake is a fun opportunity to revisit a game you remember fondly. For those who are new to RPGs, this game is a great and low-stress introduction to the form, much like the original game was for kids in the '90s. The worst thing I ca

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