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From Russia, With Skills: The Post-Invasion Russian Brain Drain

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Mar 25, 2022
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In the past 30 days, over 70,000 IT professionals have fled Russia.  The Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC) expects them to be joined by an additional 100,00 by end of April. According to RAEC, “The only things holding back the second wave are the high costs of tickets and housing in the countries of destination, and the fact that it’s now almost impossible to make international financial transactions...

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From Russia, With Skills: The Post-Invasion Russian Brain Drain

Okta Hacked, Stock in Flames

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Mar 23, 2022
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Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA), which provides digital identity authentication services to big companies, confirmed Tuesday that it had suffered a security breach.  Their stock plunged nearly 9% as reports piled...

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Okta Hacked, Stock in Flames

Is the End of Third Party Cookies Finally Near?

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Mar 23, 2022
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Sometime in "late 2023", Google will finally phase out third party cookie for Chrome. Finally.  Firefox has been blocking them since 2019, and Safari does as well.  No one uses Edge, which leaves Chro...

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Is the End of Third Party Cookies Finally Near?

IBM to Scale Q System One to 1,000,000+ Qubits

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Mar 20, 2022
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IBM is planning to scale their Q System One quantum computing platform rather dramatically, according to their published roadmap. The QSO (surely there is a product number for this like 9184 - everyth...

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IBM to Scale Q System One to 1,000,000+ Qubits

Bunny.net Introduces BunnyDNS!

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Mar 17, 2022
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The community's favorite CDN provider, Bunny.net, has introduced BunnyDNS. So for 99% of us, it's another option for DNS hosting, and because it's Bunny and they have a premium CDN network through the...

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Bunny.net Introduces BunnyDNS!

Flashback in the Mail: a Gift From 1976

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Mar 16, 2022
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Recently I purchased a copy of the hoary old tome you see pictured to the right on Amazon: "A Guide to FORTRAN IV Programming" by Daniel D. McCraken, 2nd edition, 1967. For those who have never heard...

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Flashback in the Mail: a Gift From 1976

Invitation To Join Me For MIT's Free Online Operating System Course!

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Mar 13, 2022
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Did you ever have something you wanted to do for a long time but never actually started? Maybe something that seemed too big or too difficult? For a long time I've wanted to take MIT's Operating Syste...

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Invitation To Join Me For MIT's Free Online Operating System Course!

Are you following LowEndBox on Twitter yet?

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Mar 11, 2022
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You might have noticed that LowEndBox has been publishing some really awesome content recently -- news, interviews and hosting deals. We've also welcomed another content contributor to our ranks recen...

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Are you following LowEndBox on Twitter yet?

Russian Demand for VPN Services Surges 1500%

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Mar 11, 2022
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According to news reports, demand for VPN services by Russians is surging.  Between February 24 and March 8, the top VPN apps in various mobile app stores saw nearly 6 million downloads, an increase o...

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Russian Demand for VPN Services Surges 1500%

US Government Plans to Admire the Problem of Regulating Cryptocurrency

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Mar 09, 2022
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The U.S. federal government is poised to plan to ask for money form a group to admire the problem of regulating cryptocurrency. That's essentially what the news is about this morning.  Major news agen...

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US Government Plans to Admire the Problem of Regulating Cryptocurrency

Asking the Oracle, "Is 'Always Free' the future of the Low End?"

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Mar 08, 2022
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Last year, on May 26, 2021 @alvin posted on Low End Talk about Oracle releasing 200 GB of storage for Oracle Free Tier VMs. Beginning last year, according to the screenshot @alvin posted, the Oracle F...

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Asking the Oracle,

Upgrade Your DirectAdmin or Your License Might Stop Working

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Mar 07, 2022
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LowEndTalk Administrator emeritus @jar drew the community's attention to a change that could affect you if you run DirectAdmin. DA has moved to a key-based licensing infrastructure, and they shut off...

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Upgrade Your DirectAdmin or Your License Might Stop Working

The Nuclear Network Option: Isolating Russia

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Mar 02, 2022
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According to Rolling Stone (paywall'd now), Ukraine has asked ICANN to disconnect Russia from the Internet.  This is not something ICANN is capable of doing. The reporting by RS was not entirely clear...

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The Nuclear Network Option: Isolating Russia

Google GSuite Legacy Free Edition Class Action Lawsuit is Going All the Way...

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Feb 28, 2022
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...down the toilet. A legal firm named Chimicles, Schwartz, Kriner and Donaldson is taking a break from chasing ambulances to conduct a "class action investigation" to decide if it will commence a cla...

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Google GSuite Legacy Free Edition Class Action Lawsuit is Going All the Way...

Why I Will Always Love Interserver: Cheap Shared Hosting, Fantastic Customer Service!

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Feb 27, 2022
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I was so excited a few days ago to see a great offer from Interserver posted over at Low End Talk! Haha, in my excitement, I read too fast! I skipped important words in the offer! Those important word...

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Why I Will Always Love Interserver: Cheap Shared Hosting, Fantastic Customer Service!

Yandex, Crypto, and...Fiverr?!? All Reacting to Russian Invasion of Ukraine

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Feb 24, 2022
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Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) swooned on news that Russia has invaded Ukraine and is down 54% as of the time of this writing.  The stock closed at $20.32, though it was as low as $14 during the day.  On Novemb...

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Yandex, Crypto, and...Fiverr?!? All Reacting to Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Cheap Domains from Porkbun: .COM Only $4.75 Through Feb 28!

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Feb 23, 2022
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One of our community's favorite registrars, Porkbun, is having a sale on domains: Get a .COM for only $4.75! Or a .NET for only $5.50! These prices are only good through February 28, 2022, so act now!...

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Cheap Domains from Porkbun: .COM Only $4.75 Through Feb 28!

Github Entertains During Its Outage

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Feb 22, 2022
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By the time you read this, the issue my be fixed, but today when I went to install Joplin, I was greeted by this amusing picture. Apparently, Joplin is hosted on GitHub and they're having an issue tod...

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Github Entertains During Its Outage

B2 or C2? That is the Question. That is the Quest.

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Feb 20, 2022
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For some time, I've been using BackBlaze B2 as my primary (though not exclusive) cloud backup solution.  I would love to use TarSnap for everything, but it's too expensive, though I do keep my top-tie...

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B2 or C2? That is the Question. That is the Quest.

Do you use a Hosted macOS / Mac Provider?

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Feb 18, 2022
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Your esteemed Dread Lord of LowEnd Content, raindog308, is an admitted Apple fanboi.  In the cloud, at the edge, for file servers, for many things, I am all about Linux and OpenBSD.  But for human-fac...

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Do you use a Hosted macOS / Mac Provider?

Are You Recyling Old Hardware for Your DIY? The Environment Isn't Thanking You

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Feb 17, 2022
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Do you have a home file server?  Maybe because you want to serve media files to your TV/Roku/etc., share info among family members, backup your devices, etc.  If so, what do you use? LowEnders are usu...

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Are You Recyling Old Hardware for Your DIY? The Environment Isn't Thanking You

Linode Acquired by Akamai. Predictions: Layoffs, and Vultr is the Next Billion Dollar Unicorn to be Acquired

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Feb 15, 2022
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Cheap VPS provider Linode is being acquired by CDN giant Akamai. According to the press release, Christopher S. Aker (Linode CEO) said: "Akamai has no intention of changing what has made us successful...

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Linode Acquired by Akamai. Predictions: Layoffs, and Vultr is the Next Billion Dollar Unicorn to be Acquired

Introducing @Not_Oles as the Newest Content Creator Here at Low End Box!

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Feb 15, 2022
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Besides sharing great deals on cheap VPS, cheap shared, and cheap dedi servers, LowEndBox's mission also includes equipping our readers with technical education, industry infotainment, and quality res...

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Introducing @Not_Oles as the Newest Content Creator Here at Low End Box!

Will Germans Put You in Prison if You Don't Self-Host Your Own Fonts? Probably Not.

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Feb 12, 2022
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The growing tide of marijuana legalization seems to have an effect in the Munich legal system, as a group of jurists there who were clearly high out of their minds when they handed down a death senten...

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Will Germans Put You in Prison if You Don't Self-Host Your Own Fonts? Probably Not.

NVIDIA Isn't Buying Arm, So Now You Can

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Feb 09, 2022
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Due to regulatory hurdles (chiefly of an anti-monopoly nature), Nvidia has terminated its acquisition of Arm. Arm is the company that makes every single thing in computing.  Not actually but they are...

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NVIDIA Isn't Buying Arm, So Now You Can

Community Deals: Standing Discounts and Deals from LEB for Cheap VPN, Cheap VPS, Cheap Everything!

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Feb 07, 2022
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Hey, community! Just a quick note to draw your attention to a new feature we're building out on LowEndBox: Community Deals. LowEndBox is usually a stream of deals and the front page is ever-changing. ...

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Community Deals: Standing Discounts and Deals from LEB for Cheap VPN, Cheap VPS, Cheap Everything!

LowEndTalk Community Best Provider Award Voting Results Are In! Congrats to RackNerd, BuyVM, VirMach, and Hetzner!

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Feb 02, 2022
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LowEndTalk’s 2021 Best Providers poll has been taken, the votes have been counted, the people have spoken, and the awards have been given! #1 Best Provider Award: RackNerd #1 Most Professional Provide...

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LowEndTalk Community Best Provider Award Voting Results Are In! Congrats to RackNerd, BuyVM, VirMach, and Hetzner!

Gmail Legacy Free G Suite : No Longer Free...or is it?

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Feb 01, 2022
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We reported earlier that Google is changing the terms of their "G Suite" legacy free edition to be...well, no longer free. But now there are reports that Google has changed its mind. On the other hand...

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Gmail Legacy Free G Suite : No Longer Free...or is it?
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