Miscellaneous Tech News

[scottalanmiller]

Microsoft suspends development of touch-friendly Office apps for Windows... The focus is on the iOS, Android, Web, and Win32 versions of the apps.

[scottalanmiller]

Microsoft killing off the old Skype client… for real this time

[scottalanmiller]

Microsoft offers completely passwordless authentication for online apps, opting for phone based authentication instead.

[jmoore]

@scottalanmiller didn't like it anyway

[scottalanmiller]

I still own one of these.

[Dashrender]

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Microsoft offers completely passwordless authentication for online apps, opting for phone based authentication instead.

Password vs PIN? Still something you have to type, arguably not as good as keeping a password with the OTP. A phone missing for a few hours could easily go without being reported - and guessing a PIN might not be as hard some some think.

But meh - I guess they are getting there.

[Alex Sage]

DigitalOcean now supports Custom Images

https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/images/custom-images/overview/

Custom ISO's by the end of the year

[travisdh1]

I didn't see this elsewhere yet, so here you go.

Free transfer between Backblaze and Cloudflare: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-and-cloudflare-partner-to-provide-free-data-transfer/

Sweetness.

[dbeato]

UNMS 0.13.0
https://github.com/Ubiquiti-App/UNMS/releases/tag/v0.13.0

[dbeato]

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

UNMS 0.13.0
https://github.com/Ubiquiti-App/UNMS/releases/tag/v0.13.0

Different Login Screen

[black3dynamite]

https://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-10-will-let-users-run-any-android-app-on-a-pc-523027.shtml

[StuartJordan]

Sounds like the Linux Devs are not overly happy with this new Code of Conduct:
https://lulz.com/linux-devs-threaten-killswitch-coc-controversy-1252/

[momurda]

https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/01/aist-humanoid-robot-installs-drywall/

[DustinB3403]

@stuartjordan yeah I think @JaredBusch posted a link about this the other day. The rules that exist today someone exclude everyone who isn't a straight white male from contributing. . .

If I was a more daring person I might actually have an opinion of this. . .

This is news to me. .

[black3dynamite]

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/10/hardware-acceleration-chrome-linux

[scottalanmiller]

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/10/hardware-acceleration-chrome-linux

Basically... use Firefox.

[StuartJordan]

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/10/hardware-acceleration-chrome-linux

Basically... use Firefox.

I'm surprised Google wont work on this considering people want this for youtube which is their product lol.

[Obsolesce]

@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/10/hardware-acceleration-chrome-linux

Basically... use Firefox.

I'm surprised Google wont work on this considering people want this for youtube which is their product lol.

I don't mind opening up FF if something feels too choppy in Chrome, otherwise I will use Chrome.

[Obsolesce]

I just tested it....

In red is when I was playing a YouTube video in Chrome:

In red is when I was playing a YouTube video in FF:

[dbeato]

https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/windows-10-october-update-problems-wiped-docs-plus-intel-driver-warning/