Miscellaneous Tech News
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Backlash to Twitter's disappearing tweets feature
A new feature on Twitter designed to allow people to share "their fleeting thoughts" has faced a backlash, with many saying it encouraged harassment.
So-called "fleets" vanish in 24 hours, and Twitter said they are meant to "help people feel more comfortable joining the conversation". But many users spotted issues which they fear could also be abused. Twitter said it was listening to user feedback about the new feature. Fleets are similar to Instagram Stories and Snapchat Stories, and allow users to post text, photos or video which appear in bubbles at the top of the app for 24 hours. The feature was tested in several countries, including Brazil, Italy and India, before the global rollout this week. -
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
FiOS renamed to Frontier FiberOptic
I'm with @Dashrender, rebranding that to Frontier is a bad idea around here. They've been so terrible for so long that nobody wants to deal with anything with the Frontier name.
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https://meshcentral2.blogspot.com/2020/11/meshcentral-multi-upload-live-cpu-file.html
My favorites are these two:
Upload files to multiple devices at once. If you want to upload a batch of files to many remote systems all at once, generally you upload to each device one at a time. With the latest MeshCentral administrators can now check many devices, hit the “Group Action” button, select one or more files and a destination path. MeshCentral will then receive the files and start uploading them to each device in a single step. It’s faster and a more efficient this way to perform this operation as the file is sent to the server only once.File search feature. When browsing files on a remote system using MeshCentral, there is a new “Find” button you can use to search for files recursively starting at the folder the administrator is looking at now. You can stop the search at anytime and results will show up as they arrive. Like both features above, this works on all platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD).
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
FiOS renamed to Frontier FiberOptic
I'm with @Dashrender, rebranding that to Frontier is a bad idea around here. They've been so terrible for so long that nobody wants to deal with anything with the Frontier name.
It's not rebranding TO Frontier, it's always been Frontier. It's Frontier FiOS is now Frontier FiberOptic.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
FiOS renamed to Frontier FiberOptic
They brought their crappy name to the foreground? uh - what?
What name, Frontier? Best ISP I know of nationwide. Not that there aren't better, but I work with hundreds of companies across the US and literally not one can get any ISP as good as Frontier. Best support, best speeds, best stability. I'd move offices to get access to Frontier over any other carrier.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
FiOS renamed to Frontier FiberOptic
They brought their crappy name to the foreground? uh - what?
What name, Frontier? Best ISP I know of nationwide. Not that there aren't better, but I work with hundreds of companies across the US and literally not one can get any ISP as good as Frontier. Best support, best speeds, best stability. I'd move offices to get access to Frontier over any other carrier.
I've had the exact opposite experience with them. Cruddy DSL and support that's powerless to actually do anything. Litterally so bad that people move houses to get a different provider.
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
FiOS renamed to Frontier FiberOptic
They brought their crappy name to the foreground? uh - what?
What name, Frontier? Best ISP I know of nationwide. Not that there aren't better, but I work with hundreds of companies across the US and literally not one can get any ISP as good as Frontier. Best support, best speeds, best stability. I'd move offices to get access to Frontier over any other carrier.
I've had the exact opposite experience with them. Cruddy DSL and support that's powerless to actually do anything. Litterally so bad that people move houses to get a different provider.
Their old DSL was terrible. Once they went to FiOS, best provider I've ever come across.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
FiOS renamed to Frontier FiberOptic
They brought their crappy name to the foreground? uh - what?
What name, Frontier? Best ISP I know of nationwide. Not that there aren't better, but I work with hundreds of companies across the US and literally not one can get any ISP as good as Frontier. Best support, best speeds, best stability. I'd move offices to get access to Frontier over any other carrier.
I've had the exact opposite experience with them. Cruddy DSL and support that's powerless to actually do anything. Litterally so bad that people move houses to get a different provider.
Their old DSL was terrible. Once they went to FiOS, best provider I've ever come across.
You mean once they purchased a large portion of Verizon FiOS. It's Frontier, I have no faith that they'll maintain it.
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
FiOS renamed to Frontier FiberOptic
They brought their crappy name to the foreground? uh - what?
What name, Frontier? Best ISP I know of nationwide. Not that there aren't better, but I work with hundreds of companies across the US and literally not one can get any ISP as good as Frontier. Best support, best speeds, best stability. I'd move offices to get access to Frontier over any other carrier.
I've had the exact opposite experience with them. Cruddy DSL and support that's powerless to actually do anything. Litterally so bad that people move houses to get a different provider.
Their old DSL was terrible. Once they went to FiOS, best provider I've ever come across.
You mean once they purchased a large portion of Verizon FiOS. It's Frontier, I have no faith that they'll maintain it.
they already have for a really long time, way past the point of waiting to see. We already have the pudding.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
FiOS renamed to Frontier FiberOptic
They brought their crappy name to the foreground? uh - what?
What name, Frontier? Best ISP I know of nationwide. Not that there aren't better, but I work with hundreds of companies across the US and literally not one can get any ISP as good as Frontier. Best support, best speeds, best stability. I'd move offices to get access to Frontier over any other carrier.
I've had the exact opposite experience with them. Cruddy DSL and support that's powerless to actually do anything. Litterally so bad that people move houses to get a different provider.
Their old DSL was terrible. Once they went to FiOS, best provider I've ever come across.
You mean once they purchased a large portion of Verizon FiOS. It's Frontier, I have no faith that they'll maintain it.
they already have for a really long time, way past the point of waiting to see. We already have the pudding.
It took over 10 years before their DSL degraded due to lack of maintenance, and they just recently bought up large swaths of Verizon's FiOS. I'd argue that we won't have any proof for years yet.
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Sony PlayStation 5 delivery delays spark row over who is to blame
Many customers hoping to get hold of a PlayStation 5 on its launch day have been left disappointed after online retailers sold out of the console.
In an email to customers, Game blamed courier firm Yodel, which has strenuously denied it is at fault, for some pre-ordered consoles not being delivered on launch day. Currys PC World and John Lewis had sold out of the PS5 by lunchtime. That led some gamers to pay nearly double the retail price on eBay. The PS5 was released in the UK on 19 November but lockdown has meant that people cannot purchase one in physical stores. The US launch took place last week. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Sony PlayStation 5 delivery delays spark row over who is to blame
Many customers hoping to get hold of a PlayStation 5 on its launch day have been left disappointed after online retailers sold out of the console.
In an email to customers, Game blamed courier firm Yodel, which has strenuously denied it is at fault, for some pre-ordered consoles not being delivered on launch day. Currys PC World and John Lewis had sold out of the PS5 by lunchtime. That led some gamers to pay nearly double the retail price on eBay. The PS5 was released in the UK on 19 November but lockdown has meant that people cannot purchase one in physical stores. The US launch took place last week.I’m never that desperate to pay more for a gaming console on eBay.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I’m never that desperate to pay more for a gaming console on eBay.
I'm never that desperate to pay for a gaming console at all.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I’m never that desperate to pay more for a gaming console on eBay.
I'm never that desperate to pay for a gaming console at all.
I didn't pay for my PS4.
But that said, I don't have a computer to game on either.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I’m never that desperate to pay more for a gaming console on eBay.
I'm never that desperate to pay for a gaming console at all.
I didn't pay for my PS4.
But that said, I don't have a computer to game on either.
Yeah, this is where I am - plus I wouldn't mind having a system my wife and I could game together on - if she would.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I’m never that desperate to pay more for a gaming console on eBay.
I'm never that desperate to pay for a gaming console at all.
I didn't pay for my PS4.
But that said, I don't have a computer to game on either.
Yeah, this is where I am - plus I wouldn't mind having a system my wife and I could game together on - if she would.
You can do that with anything.
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Our PS3 is used mainly as a blu-ray player as it was a freebie ($25 postage) with out TV ~10 or so years ago.
I did play a few games on it for little bit but the TV was usually used for other things when I had time to play.
Might upgrade to a PS5... but I may still wait until the PS3 finally kicks the bucket, getting a bit wobbly now. -
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Smart doorbells 'easy target for hackers' study finds
Major security flaws in popular smart doorbells are putting consumers at risk of being targeted by hackers inside their homes, according to Which.
The consumer group says devices being sold on marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay, could easily be hacked or switched off by criminals. It is asking the government for new legislation to safeguard consumers. Amazon has removed at least seven product listings in response to the findings. The watchdog tested 11 devices which were purchased from popular online marketplaces in the UK. Brands included Qihoo, Ctronics and Victure. It found that among the most common flaws were weak password policies, and a lack of data encryption. Two of the devices in the test could be manipulated to steal network passwords and then hack other smart devices within the home. -
Ubiquiti EdgeMax firmware 2.0.9 released and increases non-offloaded performance.
https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/edgemax/v2.0.9/changenotes-v2.0.9.txt
