Well this is terrifying | Can Putin turn off the internet?
Over the last 20 years, Russia has invested heavily in systems capable of attacking the network of underwater cables that account for 95% of all online traffic
Indictment details plan to steal Samsung secrets for Foxconn China project
When former Samsung executive Choi Jinseog won a Foxconn contract, he tapped his former employer's supplier network to steal secrets to help his new client set up a chip factory in China, an indictment says.
SolarWinds says SEC investigation ‘progressing to charges’
SolarWinds — the technology firm at the center of a December 2020 hack that affected multiple U.S. government agencies — said its executives may soon face charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its response to the incident.
Red Hat Tries To Address Criticism Over Their Source Repository Changes
Upsetting many in the open-source community was Red Hat's announcement last week that they would begin limiting access to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux sources by putting them behind the Red Hat Customer Portal and publicly would be limited to the CentOS Stream sources
Estimated Rates of Incident and Persistent Chronic Pain Among US Adults, 2019-2020
This cohort study uses data from the 2019-2020 National Health Interview Survey Longitudinal Cohort to assess rates of incident and persistent chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain among US adults across demographic groups.
Fans? Hell I’m not a fan and have never understood it. If the fans can’t, then the franchise isn’t in a good place. | Final Fantasy XVI Has Fans Wondering What The RPG Series Is (And Should Be)
What does it mean to be a Final Fantasy game in 2023?
Bluesky publishes proposals for new moderation and safety tooling, focusing on user lists and reply controls for community-driven moderation, hashtags, and more
In this post, we share why we believe a public commons is important for social media, as well as some proposals for moderation and safety tooling.
Out the Window Most people have their own degree of concern when it comes to perception within digital communication. But we can all agree that text based instant messaging (slack, text, DM, etc) has become the more prevalent form of dialogue in our fast paced digital world. Sometimes it’s hard to reset your brain to […]
Spycraft developed by defense contractors are now being sold to employers to identify labor organizing. Regulators must step up to protect workers’ privacy.
100 artists and venues sign pledge against facial recognition
As facial recognition creeps into event venues across the country, 25 venues and 100+ artists, including Tom Morello, Zack de la Rocha, Boots Riley, and Jill Sobule, raise concerns about the tech’s harm to fans of color and LGBTQI+ fans. Tom Morello, Zack de la Rocha, Boots Riley, Wheatus, Jill Sobule, Deerhoof, ANTI-FLAG, Bedouine, Speedy […]
Filing: Microsoft says Xbox “lost the console wars”, with a 16% share of console sales in 2021, behind Nintendo and PlayStation, and a 21% installed base share
In its proposing findings of fact submitted on the first day of Microsoft's court battle with the FTC over the $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has claimed Xbox has officially "lost the console wars".
The Twitter-to-Mastodon migration that started in November 2022 failed because of Mastodon's exclusionary culture, decentralization making the UX worse, more
I’ve been using fediverse stuff (Mastodon and, most recently, Calckey – I’m just going to use “Mastodon” as shorthand here, purists can bite me) for over a year now, a…
Many LastPass users say they've been locked out of their accounts and can't access their vault after being asked to reset their authenticator apps in early May
LastPass password manager users have been experiencing significant login issues starting early May after being prompted to reset their authenticator apps.
Many LastPass users say they've been locked out of their accounts and can't access their vault after being asked to reset their authenticator apps in early May
By Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer. View the full context on Techmeme.
kubestellar/kubestellar: KubeStellar - a flexible solution for challenges associated with multi-cluster configuration management for edge, multi-cloud, and hybrid cloud
KubeStellar - a flexible solution for challenges associated with multi-cluster configuration management for edge, multi-cloud, and hybrid cloud - kubestellar/kubestellar: KubeStellar - a flexible s...
A guide on how to use Chainguard Images for Public catalog tier users
Starting on August 16, pulling tags other than `:latest` and `:latest-dev` will be available only to Standard and Custom Chainguard Images catalog tier users. This blog post further explains the change and actions required for users of Public tier usage. Everything you need to know about securing the software supply chain.
AlmaLinux Figuring Out Path Forward Following RHEL Source Code Policy Change
AlmaLinux, the popular community-oriented distribution that was established following Red Hat's decision to discontinue development on CentOS (non-Stream) and is backed by AMD and other organizations, is trying to chart its path forward following Red Hat's latest curve ball.
Fedora May Make It Easier To Switch To systemd-boot, Making A GRUB-Free System
A change proposal that hopes to take place for Fedora 39 would make it easier to have an optionally GRUB-free system by instead performing a clean install with systemd-boot for booting on EFI platforms.
If you’ve ever read DevOps’ish or saw Suggested Reads from me on social media, this is where they are all saved.
Since social media platforms are getting very flaky (Twitter, Reddit, etc.), I’ll share the news feed here in case I leave whatever social media site you followed me on. There is also an RSS feed.
What is DevOps? I'm glad you asked!
I'm not sure how many people know this, but I thought I'd share something I learned a few years ago when I worked for a mobile phone seller. Most modern smartphones are too expensive for people to purchase outright. At the most extreme end, the iPhone 14 Pro Max costs £1,2001. So a typical customer [...]