Miscellaneous Tech News
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Tech Tent: Controlling coronavirus with apps
It's the first pandemic of the smartphone era - and that means governments have access to new ways of tracking the spread of Covid-19.
On this week's Tech Tent, we find out about the apps that are monitoring people with the virus and look at whether they pose a long-term threat to civil liberties. In South Korea, the authorities have created an app that lets them know whether people who should be in quarantine have broken the rules. In China, the Alipay Health Code app, created by e-commerce giant Alibaba, lets users know if they are allowed to leave home or use public transport. But according to analysis by the New York Times, signing up to the apps can mean handing over data about your location and identity to the police. -
Google's coronavirus site launches amid Trump confusion
A coronavirus testing project by Google has been thrown into confusion over comments made by US President Donald Trump.
He said the company was developing a website for all Americans to check whether they should get tested. However, Google's sister company Verily had actually been working on a pilot limited to California's Bay Area. Two sites launch on Monday - but only the localised one contains screening features for tests. -
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@black3dynamite only one more week!
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Speaking of "new" Linux, we are getting ambitious and doing a lot of deployments right now, so starting to roll out Ubuntu 20.04 beta for some SaaS apps.
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@scottalanmiller installed 20.04 from "daily" on a spare low end Intel NUC, it's looking good!
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@warren-stanley said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller installed 20.04 from "daily" on a spare low end Intel NUC, it's looking good!
So far no issues. The daily is a desktop build, which I've not played with yet. We are using a Server build from the LXC libraries.
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@scottalanmiller I'm hoping 20.04 will be a good release to stand Nextcloud up on
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite only one more week!
End of April.
What the heck, did they delay again?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite only one more week!
End of April.
What the heck, did they delay again?
Fedora seems to preferred releasing the stable version in April on the 30th and in October on the 30th.
Fedora 32 Release Schedule
https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-32/f-32-key-tasks.html
If I remember correctly Fedora is released days within days after Ubuntu is released.
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Coronavirus: Facebook blames bug for incorrectly marked spam
Facebook has said that a software issue was responsible for posts on topics including coronavirus being wrongly marked as spam.
The social media giant's head of safety said: "This is a bug in an anti-spam system." The statement was in response to widespread complaints from Facebook and Instagram users. It came a day after the firm said contract workers who review content would be sent home due to the outbreak. "We've restored all the posts that were incorrectly removed, which included posts on all topics - not just those related to COVID-19," Guy Rosen, Facebook's vice president for integrity, said on Twitter. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Coronavirus: Facebook blames bug for incorrectly marked spam
Facebook has said that a software issue was responsible for posts on topics including coronavirus being wrongly marked as spam.
The social media giant's head of safety said: "This is a bug in an anti-spam system." The statement was in response to widespread complaints from Facebook and Instagram users. It came a day after the firm said contract workers who review content would be sent home due to the outbreak. "We've restored all the posts that were incorrectly removed, which included posts on all topics - not just those related to COVID-19," Guy Rosen, Facebook's vice president for integrity, said on Twitter.Yeah, that happened to me.
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Coronavirus: Calls for free broadband resisted by internet providers
Broadband providers are resisting calls to provide a free service to help people during the coronavirus outbreak.
One head teacher had suggested that the government require the step to ensure children get access to online classes after schools are suspended. Such action could also encourage people over 70 without connections to sign up, so that they can video-chat with relatives during isolation periods. But a trade body warned the move might threaten delivery of a smooth service. The Internet Service Providers' Association (Ispa) said it was in "very early" talks with the government to help customers who become unable to continue paying their bills. -
LMDE 4 “Debbie” released!
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3867
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite only one more week!
End of April.
What the heck, did they delay again?
Fedora seems to preferred releasing the stable version in April on the 30th and in October on the 30th.
Fedora 32 Release Schedule
https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-32/f-32-key-tasks.html
If I remember correctly Fedora is released days within days after Ubuntu is released.
I upgraded my personal laptop from Fedora 31 Cinnamon to Fedora 32. No major issues yet. Some SELinux warnings after reboot is all so far.
I know it is not released but this laptop has nothing on it but browsers right now. So it was a good test.
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Coronavirus: Mobile networks send 'stay at home' text
For the first time, all the UK's mobile networks are sending out a government message to their customers with details of the new shutdown measures.
The text reads: GOV.UK CORONAVIRUS ALERT. New rules in force now: you must stay at home. More info and exemptions at gov.uk/coronavirus Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save lives. Some customers have already received the message, while others are set to get it later in the day. The network O2 told the BBC it was sending the texts in batches adding it could take until 22:00GMT to complete the task. The government has had to work with the operators to get the message sent because an emergency alert system, trialled seven years ago, was never put into practice. If it had been, the government could have bypassed the operators and sent messages directly to phone users, as has happened in countries such as South Korea and the Netherlands. -
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List of Free Software and Services During Coronavirus Outbreak
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/list-of-free-software-and-services-during-coronavirus-outbreak/ -
a good one for the haters...
European users reporting they're hitting Azure capacity constraints
Some Microsoft Azure cloud customers in Europe are reporting they are hitting capacity limits are unable to spin up virtual machines in their regions.
