Apple wants to become the new Google: BigBadBoldBigDataMothership as a once proud Apple user… (yes GNU Linux Debian 10 actually runs pretty well on the Intel-Macbook-Pros) yes they are beautiful spies… Pure Beauty & Nostalgia: Apple Macbook Pro 9,2 (A1278) […]
it sounds crazy but… as machines as cars and tractors become more complicated and computerized not only are their parts DELIBERATELY designed to break after a certain time (planned obsolescence) (in order to sell more spare parts, make more profit) […]
ABSOLUTELY LOVE DISHY! 🙂 hope those 25kg will keep it fixed, so it will survive the next storm… … the future has arrived… thank you Elon! 🙂 another testrun: it needs to be said also: all bandwidth benchmarks […]
NVIDIA = games + servers? yes NVIDIA servers! NVIDIA wants to become the “NetFlix of gaming” streaming screen output of games (actually running on their servers via GeForce NOW) on Tablets and SmartPhones but not only that… since BitCoin & […]
always say something positive first: FritzBoxes are great (DSL/LTE/…) internet routers (up to now) all FritzBoxes work with 12V DC (which is great for usage with small solar power stations (that are usually 12V based)) high quality & reliable secure […]
I once asked Rupert Murdoch why he was so opposed to the European Union. ‘That’s easy,’ he replied. ‘When I go into Downing Street they do what I say; when I go to Brussels they take no notice.’ https://www.indy100.com/people/this-terrifying-rupert-murdoch-quote-is-possibly-the-best-reason-to-stay-in-the-eu-yet-7291931 src […]
why are those data leaks problematic? because scammers and spammers will use this data to even better scam (social engineer) the affected users that is why it is essential to give those platforms (if the user needs them) as little […]
computers are no way perfect: the rise of the machines: who is scared of killer robots? who is scared of doctors, judges and police blindly trusting in AI and computer output? “we are driving in (heavy) rain right now with […]
SecurityLab, [22.12.20 10:00] Google has explained the reasons for the massive failure of its services that took place last week. Recall that on December 14 of this year, users around the world for 47 minutes could not access Gmail, YouTube […]
Update: 2021-05: https://www.golem.de/news/irland-erste-patientendaten-im-netz-aufgetaucht-2105-156599.html Drei Krankheiten: erfolgreich kaputt gespart: schlechte Bezahlung: im Vergleich mit anderen EU-Ländern und auch USA steht Deutschland schlecht da was die Entlohnung von Ärzte an geht auch schlechter als Japan und gar Italien (!) das ist vermutlich […]
“Better Than Nothing” Starlink-Beta started across the US & Canada Starlink: amazing but and also a bit “crazy” “On 15 October 2019, the United States Federal Communications Commission submitted filings to the International Telecommunication Union on SpaceX’s behalf to […]
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: “be careful what you reveal to your friend” (the internet) https://irlpodcast.org/season4/episode5/ data google tries to collect from users: (it is probably only the tip of the iceberg) what if – instead of security – Google […]
this age of mass surveillance… … who is observing “the observers”? guess with it-security and internet-security (internet = roads, cars = computers that users use every day) it is like with real-life-security – there is no 100% security. all users […]
sorry this post will have to do nothing with linux X-D (unless one is pretty sure all those corona overview and prediction dashboards run on gnu linux servers) … what Mr Gates probably underestimated, that because of globalization and maximizing […]
update: “The sale was met with significant opposition since it involved the transfer of what is viewed as a public asset to a private equity investment firm.[45] In late January 2020, ICANN halted its final approval of the sale after […]
“On October 28, 2018, IBM announced its intent to acquire Red Hat for $34 billion.[7][8][9] The acquisition closed on July 9, 2019.[10] Red Hat’s lead financial adviser in the transaction was Guggenheim Securities.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat Joining forces with IBM will provide […]
i really like virtualbox and i think it has great potential, what i do not like SOOO much is the CIA’s involvement with Oracle. “Larry Ellison Is A Billionaire Today Thanks To The CIA” (src) VirtualBox is mostly GPL 2.0 […]
how can everyone help build the city on Mars? Musk: talk about it! 🙂 write about it! spread the news! set the focus of the discussion! computer rendering of SpaceShip 2020-12: SpaceShip SN8 takeoff! (landing did not go so smooth) […]
Another reason to NOT trust EVERY human task to machines… unless one wants to get killed by a robot dressed up as dinosaur. “great” X-D “Japanese travel agent H. I. S. Group ignored warnings about a vulnerability in its Tapia […]
what IT can learn from nature: (src) mostly US users affected. Big Business: Big Companies and Big Money can afford Big Staff to maintain and secure their products, but they also provide Big Infrastructure (AWS, Office) and thus a single […]
Why is quantum computing important: optimization Update: Google claims to have reached quantum supremacy The tech giant unveiled its x-quantum computer chip Bristlecone in March 2018 (src: cnet) original nasa paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19lv8p1fB47z1pEZVlfDXhop082Lc-kdD/view book: https://deepai.org/machine-learning/researcher/eleanor-g-rieffel https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computing-Introduction-Engineering-Computation/dp/0262015064 Scott’s Supreme Quantum Supremacy FAQ! […]
Capitalism inspires the short sighted incentives. But trust and honesty is key in long term relationships. So for a short period of time – some dishonest people might enjoy the benefits – but in the end – it comes home […]
Warum VoIP? Viele Anbieter von LTE z.B. bieten gar keine Festnetz-Telefonie an, sondern nur Internet. (das zum Teil (nicht günstiger) aber schneller (und schnurloser via Handy-Netz) als die Telekom (4G/LTE/UMTS)). D.h. man braucht dann noch einen weiteren Anbieter der die […]
don’t be evil “Google controls about 62% of mobile browsers, 69% of desktop browsers, and the operating systems on 71% of mobile devices in the world. 92% of internet searches go through Google and 73% of American adults use YouTube. […]
it might sound strange… and even if it sucks, but if you are concerned about security, call me paranoid but: your company’s critical infrastructure SHALL NOT BE REACHABLE BY WIFI! (especially not if you are running a nuclear power plant, […]
also roaming within the “(more or less)United States of Europe” (EU) is pretty scary endavor. If you travel across the EU and wish to use your home mobile phone number – you will NEVER know what this phone call or […]
20-30% of positive ratings as well as negative ratings (to make competition look bad) are fake! according to gallileo magazine this website tries to filter/debunk the fake from the real ratings: https://reviewmeta.com/
EPSON LQ-870 needle printer is one fine example that sustainable long lasting durable hardware IS POSSIBLE! EVEN WITH PRINTERS! Next to it stands a Brother 6490CW, a pretty heavy piece of ink jet machinery (feels like 15kg) with a software […]
WARNING! It could also be US hackers that try to frame the Chinese. another reason, PayPal is clearly politically biased: 2010: PayPal Freezes WikiLeaks Account | WIRED https://www.wired.com/2010/12/paypal-wikileaks/ PayPal’s move comes amid mounting U.S. pressure against WikiLeaks over its cache […]
“The cost to companies from malware and “malicious insider”-related cyberattacks jumped +12 percent in 2018 and accounted for one-third of all cyberattack costs, according to new research published today by Accenture and the Ponemon Institute.” src: helpnetsecurity.com logical consequence: stop […]