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Augmented Reality vs. Holodecks: Why Apple’s VisionPro and the Metaverse Represent Starkly Different Ideas About the Future of Computing

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Jun 08, 2023
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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 Doing a Great Job at Promoting Pirating With Their Recent Password-Sharing Crackdown

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Jun 08, 2023
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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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“See It Anyway?”: Instagram is the World’s Most Efficient Child Pornography Network, According to Shocking New Report from Stanford University

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Jun 07, 2023
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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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BRB: IncogNET is Not Currently Accepting New Orders. Here is Why.

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Jun 06, 2023
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Why would a provider temporarily stop accepting new orders? Aren't businesses supposed to chase customers? The answer speaks volumes about IncogNET's commitment to its customers and principled transparency.

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Meet the New Company That Owns Nearly All Webhosts (EIG Is Dead)

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Jun 06, 2023
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EIG is dead, all hail...Newfold Digital? Same old schtick or bold new vision for the future? Vacuuming up web hosts and stripping them private equity-style or leveraging synergistic growth strategies for maximum customer engagement?

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Reddit Is About To Go Public, So They’re Pushing Their Users Away (And Killing Third-Party Apps)

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Jun 05, 2023
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Reddit is preparing to go public. Again. This time they're hoping to raise only 44% of what they were looking for the previous time. To make sure the IPO is successful, they're making moves to...drive their users away?! The new API fees seem to guarantee a shrinking user base just when Reddit is going under the magnifying glass.

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The Deprecated Bloodstained Code in the Linux Kernel

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Jun 04, 2023
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Many wonderful people have contributed to the Linux kernel. But one particular codebase has a dark past, and is scheduled to be removed in 2025.

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DirectAdmin Is Raising Prices, Is It Still Worth It Over cPanel?

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Jun 03, 2023
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Our community's favorite web hosting panel has long been DirectAdmin. Now the price is increasing and some are wondering if the value equation still works. What do you think?

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How to Precisely Calculate What Twitter is Actually Worth Now. Hint: It’ll Surprise You

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Jun 02, 2023
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Twitter is a private company now so we really don't know what it's worth because Elon Musk does not have to disclose any financial figures. Right? Not so fast. One of his investors is obliged by law to report what its financial analysts say Twitter is worth and their math shows it's been a financial apocalypse.

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How This Man Is Revolutionizing the Email Industry by Solving Problems His Own Way (With a Hint of AI)

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Jun 02, 2023
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Nothing is as fundamental to the internet as email. From the days of dial-up (you've got mail!) to now, email remains at the center of communication. The business world, for example, would cease to ex...

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How Ross Ulbricht, the Pioneer of Darknet Markets, Ended Up With a Life Sentence (Silk Road’s Seizure)

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Jun 01, 2023
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What happens when you introduce decentralized internet like Tor and decentralized cryptocurrency to a society right around the same time? It opens up the gates to what I could only call a wild west le...

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Windows XP Activation Algorithm Cracked After 21 Years

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May 30, 2023
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Windows XP was Microsoft's first OS that required software activation. For most users, it was a nonevent because their OS came preloaded when they bought their new desktop or laptop.  But hobbyists wh...

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Ten Things to Do With Your Own Smartphone Besides Throwing it Away

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May 27, 2023
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We all have them: phones that are past their prime. You transfer your apps, photos, and media to your new device and then you're left with old kit building a dust collection. What do you do with an old smartphone?

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Open Source. But Not Open Contributions.

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May 23, 2023
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Many open source projects are not open contribution. You can get the source code, but they're not interested in your pull request. Why?

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Three Reasons Why ChatGPT Won’t Take Developer Jobs

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May 21, 2023
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Are you worried that generative AI (ChatGPT, etc.) is going to take away developer jobs? Or maybe replace them entirely? Is starting a developer career in 2023 like starting as a buggy whip apprentice in 1890? Here's three arguments against the worry, and a chance for you to agree or disagree.

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Limewave: Cheap VPS, Unmetered Bandwidth, and a 5ms Vancouver Ping

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May 20, 2023
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Get a 2GB RAM VPS running on Ryzen with unmetered bandwidth for $5.95/month in Seattle! Some nice ping stats and some nice FREE credits in this deal.

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Crypto Firms: Few Boards, Even Fewer Audits

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May 20, 2023
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The new age of financial transparency has dawned! Or has it? Boardrooms filled with insiders and lack of external auditors make the largest crypto companies on the planet a bit opaque.

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Montana Bans TikTok

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May 18, 2023
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Starting next year, TikTok is officially banned in the state of Montana. Really? Yes, really. But will the ban last?

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Metaverse Desperation: No Money Down Deals!

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May 17, 2023
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Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Facebook's latest "No Money Down! 0% APR!" advertising pitches for its Metaverse headsets stink of desperation.

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Free Spectrum Allocations Poster!

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May 16, 2023
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You can get a FREE printed poster of worldwide spectrum allocations if you live in the US, or download the same as a PDF worldwide. Courtesy of Rohde and Schwarz. I've never heard of them either.

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Are You Ready to Take Your Hosting Company to the Next Level?

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May 16, 2023
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Warren.io offers a platform that lets small hosting companies compete against public clouds by giving them many of the same features. Let's dig into this innovative Estonian software company!

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Bing: The New Firefox and Safari Soon?

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May 15, 2023
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Microsoft Bing might be coming to your browser soon, as they're pursuing deals to become the default browser on both Firefox and Safari. Both could be huge for the Internet's second-run search engine.

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YouTube Music: Why It Sucks and Why I Still Use It

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May 14, 2023
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Minimum viable product. That's a software development term for software that ticks all the required boxes but is unexceptional in every way. That's what YouTube Music is.

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Should You Start a Hosting Company in 2023? No. Unless…

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May 12, 2023
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Should you start a hosting company in 2023? Shared, VPS, dedicated? No. Though if you can answer one question, you might have a very good shot.

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Vultr Expands to Israel!

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May 10, 2023
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Vultr expands...AGAIN! They're practically going viral at this point. Last fall it was India and now they've landed in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Thinking about Buying a Lifetime Deal? Read This First

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May 10, 2023
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Providers sometimes share lifetime deals. There's a natural tendency to wonder if they really are going to be providing service for 50-100 years, regardless of how much the initial price is. So really, what's the deal here?

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Did Zuckerberg Single-Handedly Kill the Metaverse and Facebook?

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Meta is supposed to be the next evolutjon of the company that started as Facebook and the Metaverse was supposed to be the next grand evolution of the Internet. Maybe they will be one day. But it's a sea of mediocrity at the moment.

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.com Domains for $2.98 First Year! Check This Out!

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Thanks to LowEndTalk's @AXYZE (also known as Piotr, the guy with a lot of disk) for spotting this great deal: spaceship.com is offering .com domains for $2.98!   One per customer Renews at $8.98 per y...

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