New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4k unsecured databases https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-meow-attack-has-deleted-almost-4-000-unsecured-databases/
BleepingComputer
New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4,000 unsecured databases
Dozens of unsecured databases exposed on the public web are the target of an automated 'meow' attack that wipes data without any explanation.
Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 https://timjrobinson.com/universal-basic-income-is-capitalism-2-0/
Google Earth Timelapse https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/
Google
Timelapse – Google Earth Engine
Google Earth Engine combines a multi-petabyte catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities and makes it available for scientists, researchers, and developers to detect changes, map trends, and quantify differences…
Australia to make Facebook, Google pay for news https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-media-regulator/australia-to-make-facebook-google-pay-for-news-in-world-first-idUSKCN24V3UP
Reuters
Australia to make Facebook, Google pay for news in world first
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will force U.S. tech giants Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google to pay Australian media outlets for news content in a landmark move to protect independent journalism that will be watched around the world.
Monitoring demystified: A guide for logging, tracing, metrics https://techbeacon.com/enterprise-it/monitoring-demystified-guide-logging-tracing-metrics
Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for more than $32B https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-31/nvidia-said-in-advanced-talks-to-buy-softbank-s-chip-company-arm
Bloomberg
Nvidia in Advanced Talks to Buy SoftBank’s Chip Company Arm
Nvidia Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire Arm Ltd., the chip designer that SoftBank Group Corp. bought for $32 billion four years ago, according to people familiar with the matter.
TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal – sources https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-exclusive-idUSKBN24X3SK
Reuters
Exclusive: TikTok's Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal - sources
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China’s ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House, after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular short-video app, two…
Unbricking a $2k bike with a $10 Raspberry Pi https://ptx2.net/posts/unbricking-a-bike-with-a-raspberry-pi/
Illustrated Self-Guided Course On How To Use The Slide Rule https://sliderulemuseum.com/SR_Course.htm
In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds have not improved https://www.nngroup.com/articles/the-need-for-speed/
Nielsen Norman Group
The Need for Speed, 23 Years Later
In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds have not improved over time.
SpaceX test flight of Starship SN-5 [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJR4gZBLMNw
YouTube
Watch SpaceX ACTUALLY hop Starship SN-5 150m!!!
Gene and Rachel from Spadre [@SouthPadreIsle] are right at the edge of the exclusion zone with one of my my slow motion cameras to catch SpaceX perform a test flight of Starship SN-5!
Follow my friends @SpacePadreIsle for all their hard work and help! -…
Follow my friends @SpacePadreIsle for all their hard work and help! -…
Moved a server from one building to another with zero downtime https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/i3xbjb/rant_sorta_physically_moved_a_server_today/
Reddit
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Frances Allen has died https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2020/08/remembering-frances-allen/
IBM Research Blog
Remembering Frances E. Allen | IBM Research Blog
Frances Allen the first female IBM Fellow and the first woman to win the Turing Award, died on August 4, 2020, the day of her 88th birthday.
Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/germany-plans-to-dim-lights-at-night-to-save-insects/ar-BB17BlkR
Msn
Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects
Germany is planning to ban floodlights from dusk for much of the year as part of its bid to fight a dramatic decline in insect populations, it emerged Wednesday.
To head off regulators, Google makes certain words taboo https://themarkup.org/google-the-giant/2020/08/07/google-documents-show-taboo-words-antitrust
themarkup.org
To Head Off Regulators, Google Makes Certain Words Taboo – The Markup
The Markup obtained internal documents that coach new employees to avoid creating “very real legal risks” in using words like “market” and “network effects”
Statement on Google’s conduct by founder of CelebrityNetWorth.com (2019) [pdf] https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU05/20190716/109793/HHRG-116-JU05-20190716-SD015.pdf
PDF: Still unfit for human consumption, 20 years later https://www.nngroup.com/articles/pdf-unfit-for-human-consumption/
Nielsen Norman Group
PDF: Still Unfit for Human Consumption, 20 Years Later
Research spanning 20 years proves PDFs are problematic for online reading. Yet they’re still prevalent and users continue to get lost in them. They’re unpleasant to read and navigate and remain unfit for digital-content display.
Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on commercial products https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/08/11/changing-world-changing-mozilla/
The Mozilla Blog
Changing World, Changing Mozilla
This is a time of change for the internet and for Mozilla. From combatting a lethal virus and battling systemic racism to protecting individual privacy — one thing is clear: ...