Miscellaneous Tech News
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SpaceX gets almost $900 million in federal subsidies to deliver broadband to rural America
The US government plans to give SpaceX nearly a billion dollars to beam internet from space to people across rural America, where three out of five people say access to broadband is still a pressing issue.
The company will receive a total of $856 million, one of the largest subsidies handed out by the Federal Communications Commission under a new program designed to encourage companies to extend broadband access into the United States' most underserved areas over the next 10 years. SpaceX's win is notable because the company competed against more established internet service providers, such as Charter Communications and CenturyLink, which rely on traditional fiber optic cables to deliver high-speed internet to customers. SpaceX's Starlink internet service, which is currently in beta testing and is not yet fully operational, relies on an experimental swarm of nearly 1,000 satellites whizzing around Earth at more than 17,000 miles per hour as they beam the internet to high-tech antennas mounted on people's homes. -
@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/
The future of the CentOS Project is CentOS Stream, and over the next year we’ll be shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of a current RHEL release. CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will end at the end of 2021. CentOS Stream continues after that date, serving as the upstream (development) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Was just reading about this. Lots of upset folks!
I bet. But really, I bet one of two things happens. Either IBM makes RHEL available for free as its own path. Or people stop targeting RHEL for releases.
I have only used CentOS Streams for a while, and that very little. I think that this is a danger step, though, of potentially putting the nails in RHEL's coffin.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/
The future of the CentOS Project is CentOS Stream, and over the next year we’ll be shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of a current RHEL release. CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will end at the end of 2021. CentOS Stream continues after that date, serving as the upstream (development) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Was just reading about this. Lots of upset folks!
I bet. But really, I bet one of two things happens. Either IBM makes RHEL available for free as its own path. Or people stop targeting RHEL for releases.
I have only used CentOS Streams for a while, and that very little. I think that this is a danger step, though, of potentially putting the nails in RHEL's coffin.
I thought you told me before that RHEL was free - it's support that's not free, and well RHEL isn't posted on their website for you to download.. so you have to get it somehow on your own... but once you have it, it's free to use?
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/
The future of the CentOS Project is CentOS Stream, and over the next year we’ll be shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of a current RHEL release. CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will end at the end of 2021. CentOS Stream continues after that date, serving as the upstream (development) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Was just reading about this. Lots of upset folks!
I bet. But really, I bet one of two things happens. Either IBM makes RHEL available for free as its own path. Or people stop targeting RHEL for releases.
I have only used CentOS Streams for a while, and that very little. I think that this is a danger step, though, of potentially putting the nails in RHEL's coffin.
I thought you told me before that RHEL was free - it's support that's not free, and well RHEL isn't posted on their website for you to download.. so you have to get it somehow on your own... but once you have it, it's free to use?
no??Sure. But you have to compile it. Which is what CentOS was originally. Someone taking RHEL and compiling so you didn't have to to make it easier.
The point is without a CentOS version, who would care to use it in the age of Ubuntu dominance?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
OK, so you get privacy by sending ALL your DNS requests directly to Cloudflare.
Got it.
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GE puts default password in radiology devices, leaving healthcare networks exposed
Of course they used a default password, how are would they reasonably tune the machines, the failure is they don't have a mechanism to change the password after the device leaves the factory floor.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
GE puts default password in radiology devices, leaving healthcare networks exposed
Of course they used a default password, how are would they reasonably tune the machines, the failure is they don't have a mechanism to change the password after the device leaves the factory floor.
huh? Many device manufactures set different default passwords on consumer devices nowadays. I didn't read the article.. but if they are talking about a single default password used everywhere - that is just ridiculous today!
That said, I'm not sure of any commercial vendors doing that - thinking UBNT/HPE/Cisco - I'm pretty sure they all use the same default username/password on everything. Time for all of these types to make a change, make the password part of the label. I know HPE does this with their iLo, and has for ages. -
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
That said, I'm not sure of any commercial vendors doing that - thinking UBNT/HPE/Cisco - I'm pretty sure they all use the same default username/password on everything.
How the fuck would that work. That is the fucking dumbest thing I have heard you say in a while. A default password is not a bad thing. An unchangable default password is.
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Time for all of these types to make a change, make the password part of the label. I know HPE does this with their iLo, and has for ages.
And how exactly does that make it secure? It is printed right on the label for the patient to look at while they wait an hour for the doctor to come in the room?
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@Pete-S said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
OK, so you get privacy by sending ALL your DNS requests directly to Cloudflare.
It was clearly noted that the proxy and the resolver should be separate entities.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
GE puts default password in radiology devices, leaving healthcare networks exposed
Of course they used a default password, how are would they reasonably tune the machines, the failure is they don't have a mechanism to change the password after the device leaves the factory floor.
And customers are generally barred from changing it. Essentially there is no password.
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Cyberpunk adds epilepsy warning after reviewer warns of seizures
The developer of Cyberpunk 2077 is adding warnings to the game, after reviewers and charities complained it caused epileptic seizures.
It thanked one reviewer who said it had triggered "one major seizure" and left them "close" to another several times. "Regarding a more permanent solution, [the] dev team is currently exploring that and will be implementing it as soon as possible," it tweeted. The game is released on Thursday, after months of repeated delays. Video games have long been a potential trigger for those who have epileptic seizures and standard warnings have been written in to licence agreements over the years. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
SpaceX gets almost $900 million in federal subsidies to deliver broadband to rural America
The US government plans to give SpaceX nearly a billion dollars to beam internet from space to people across rural America, where three out of five people say access to broadband is still a pressing issue.
The company will receive a total of $856 million, one of the largest subsidies handed out by the Federal Communications Commission under a new program designed to encourage companies to extend broadband access into the United States' most underserved areas over the next 10 years. SpaceX's win is notable because the company competed against more established internet service providers, such as Charter Communications and CenturyLink, which rely on traditional fiber optic cables to deliver high-speed internet to customers. SpaceX's Starlink internet service, which is currently in beta testing and is not yet fully operational, relies on an experimental swarm of nearly 1,000 satellites whizzing around Earth at more than 17,000 miles per hour as they beam the internet to high-tech antennas mounted on people's homes.Hey SpaceX.... Can you please define my neighborhood as rural so we can have a better choice for internet service?
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@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
SpaceX gets almost $900 million in federal subsidies to deliver broadband to rural America
The US government plans to give SpaceX nearly a billion dollars to beam internet from space to people across rural America, where three out of five people say access to broadband is still a pressing issue.
The company will receive a total of $856 million, one of the largest subsidies handed out by the Federal Communications Commission under a new program designed to encourage companies to extend broadband access into the United States' most underserved areas over the next 10 years. SpaceX's win is notable because the company competed against more established internet service providers, such as Charter Communications and CenturyLink, which rely on traditional fiber optic cables to deliver high-speed internet to customers. SpaceX's Starlink internet service, which is currently in beta testing and is not yet fully operational, relies on an experimental swarm of nearly 1,000 satellites whizzing around Earth at more than 17,000 miles per hour as they beam the internet to high-tech antennas mounted on people's homes.Hey SpaceX.... Can you please define my neighborhood as rural so we can have a better choice for internet service?
Your have Nazicast (ComCast) for your 1 choice of an ISP?
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Pete-S said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
OK, so you get privacy by sending ALL your DNS requests directly to Cloudflare.
It was clearly noted that the proxy and the resolver should be separate entities.
Are you naive or what?
It's obvious that Oblivious DNS over HTTPS only works if the resolver (aka target server) and the proxy doesn't collude.
So you need to trust that they don't.
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Co-op facial recognition trial raises privacy concerns
A trial of facial recognition technology within 18 Co-op food stores has sparked outrage from privacy advocates.
The system, from start-up Facewatch, alerts workers if someone enters the store who had a past record of "theft or anti-social behaviour". The supermarket said the pilot was done to protect workers from assaults by shoplifters. Privacy groups say they are "deeply concerned" by the trial. The initiative was organised by the Southern Co-operative, which is independent of the larger Co-op chain but runs more than 200 stores in the south of England using the same brand. The trial was first reported by Wired's news site, which picked up on a blog posted on Facewatch's website by Southern Co-op's loss prevention officer Gareth Lewis. -
Tech Tent: Breaking up Facebook
In a landmark lawsuit, US regulators have accused Facebook of buying up rivals in order to stifle competition.
They have made it clear they will seek a drastic remedy - the sale of Instagram and WhatsApp. On this week's Tech Tent we ask whether it is really likely that the social media giant's empire will be dismantled. New York Attorney General Letitia James could hardly have been clearer in her denunciation as she outlined the case she and more than 45 other state and federal regulators are bringing against Facebook. "For nearly a decade, Facebook has used its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller rivals, and snuff out competition, all at the expense of everyday users," she said. -
Neverware is now part of Google
https://cloudreadykb.neverware.com/s/article/Neverware-is-now-part-of-Google-FAQ
