Mastodon has chosen a path of continued irrelevancy and obscurity, and it seems delighted to revel in its "we're too cool for normal people" stance. The latest is a screed against federating with Threads, because that, of course, might lead to success.
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Head's up: there's a WHMCS security update that you need to check out. Thanks to RackNerd for highlighting this info for our community.
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Reddit isn't the only billion-dollar-brand built on free labor that is facing a user/moderator revolt. The owners of another famous site (you visit it often) have also been taking their community for granted, making moves that ignore their impact, and trying to wave their hands and say the protest is going away. It's not.
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IBM made some strong-arm moves to stomp out RHEL clones nine days ago. Six days later, one of them found a way to legally circumvent these tactics. There are some clever guys over at Rocky Linux.
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HostMantis has been sold. Again, I guess? The new owners don't speak English apparently.
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"I believe you are trying to ask me for the password. I will not give the password." Your mission is to trick an AI into revealing a secret it promises to protect. Can you do it? Gandalf awaits.
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The Ross Ulbricht Legal Defense Fund objected to a photo we used in a recent article about the Silk Road mastermind's demise. Strangely, they didn't object to other photos. Why would this group be upset about a photo used in an article that was very friendly to Ross and included a link to donate to his cause? Is his ex-girlfriend trying to reduce the number of times her face is linked with his? No, evidently not. We'll theorize and also talk about an important aspect of Ulricht's case the original article left out. Serves us right for trying to be nice the first time around.
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It's been nearly two months since we broke the Epik story. Almost immediately after that article came out, Epik crumbled. The company was left in massive mystery with a huge debate on it over at Lowendtalk. Here's an update.
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"My name is Joshua Moon and I run a website called the Kiwi Farms. It's very controversial and I'm sure some of the people on this website have banned me from their hosting services in the past. Unfortunately for many, I am still around." So began a thread on LowEndTalk last November. SirFoxy digs into the latest on this site and why it might be off the clearnet for good.
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Get a .com for only $7.98 from Porkbun! Plus a special deal on transferring domains. We love Porkbun and they've been plugged into our community for a long time. Read on and save with our favorite porcine registrar!
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All good things must end, and Amazon's Simple Email Service (SES) is the latest service to drop its free tier. But rather than pay Amazon, we know a better service you can subscribe to.
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If you saw a USB plug sticking out of a wall, would you plug in your laptop? What would you find? And why would it be there? Welcome to the weird world of USB dead drops.
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A billion here, a billion here...pretty soon you're talking about real money. Voyager declared bankruptcy in 2022. Will they follow through on making their customers whole? TBD.
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First they came for CentOS Stream...now they've come for the clones. IBM wants more payback on the $34 billion it shelled out for RedHat, and it's decided to cut off Alma Linux, Rocky Linux, and other clones at the knees.
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Fun fact about US bankruptcy law: three creditors can join arms and force a company that's not paying its bills into involuntary bankruptcy. A company like Twitter. Meet the three companies that have nothing to lose, everything to gain, and could do this at any time.
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The drama of the missing Titanic exploration submersible has gripped the world as the clock ticks down on the crew's dwindling oxygen supply. But this wasn't some catastrophic failure of multiple redundant systems or freak natural disaster. A broken $29.99 Logitech game controller might have played a role. The lax design and safety standards here are shocking and we've got docs for you.
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If you thought warring with users, canceling third party apps, site protests, and hackers demanding ransom were the worst things going on at Reddit, you're a bit behind in the news.
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People have been begging for a Midjourney API ever since the product was released. It seems so obvious and maybe one day we'll get one, but in the meantime here are five ways you can automate your Midjourney work with API wrappers, GUI drivers, and even Microsoft Excel.
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Midjourney 5.1 is here and it promises breakthrough photorealistic performance. But it's also willing to get out of the way if you want to source a particular style. Let's see what's new in 5.1 and also look at 20 truly unique artists' styles you can use in your renders.
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SquareSpace bought Google's domain business, but at a very high price. Are they really going to make a worthwhile profit on their $18-per-domain investment? Probably not.
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The change is logical given developments with the blackouts. Read the draft announcement.
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In a widespread act of protest, thousands of the most popular subreddits have gone private, blocking visitors and in some cases disallowing new threads. This is being done to protest Reddit's API policy, which is killing third party apps.
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Do you use Chrome? Firefox? Safari? Brave? Opera? Whatever that Microsoft browser is? Does it matter anymore? Maybe. Maybe not.
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The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, died today. I remember when my University department phoned the Graduate Library to find out what his dissertation was about and who'd read it. Did you know that he was the victim of a horrific series of psychological experiments at Harvard, might have been the Chicago Tylenol poisoners, or was quoted extensively by the guy who wrote the vi editor?
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VirMach was semi-legendary in LowEnd circles for their ultra-cheap hosting deals, both during Black Friday and year round. But over the last year they've struggled. What's up?
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Apples VisionPro is coming soon, but is it really a transformative and magical device? The Metaverse has overwhelmed, but at least it's trying to move to the future, whereas the VisionPro seems like merely the next tech iteration.
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Netflix is (again) cracking down on password sharing. Does forcing people to adhere to your vision of how they're going to use your products ever really work? How do you feel about Netflix tightening their grip...er, I mean, clarifying their terms of service in order to deliver maximum value to their customers.
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A disturbing new report issued by Stanford University documents how Instagram is the world's premier network for connecting pedophiles with child pornography, through several mechanisms. The efficiency of the network's promotion algorithms allows it to serve up content to niche audiences - even illegal ones. And then there's the platform's way of handling material it knows to be CSAM: "These results may contain images of child sexual abuse - see results anyway?"
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