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Google is Building a Datacenter in...um, Where...?!?

Google is building a new datacenter in...well, I wouldn't have guessed this city.

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Google is Building a Datacenter in...um, Where...?!?

Google Says AI Is a Lot More Important Than Saving the Planet

Google is going gangbusters for green...right? They were, until the next shiny thing came along.

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Google Says AI Is a Lot More Important Than Saving the Planet

Google's Hamina Datacenter is Captain Planet's Fetish and is Growing Massively

Google's Hamina, Finland datacenter is a pioneering green datacenter, leveraging the chilly Gulf of Finland waters to keep it cool without climate-intensive chillers. Let's take a quick look at this datacenter now that Google has announced that they're making a substantial new investment into this former paper mill.

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Google's Hamina Datacenter is Captain Planet's Fetish and is Growing Massively

Protest Against Your Employer and Get Terminated. Well, Duh. Google Axes Anti-Google Employees

Turns out that if you protest against your employer, engage in demonstrations, participate in sit-ins, etc., your employer may terminate you. Gee, who could POSSIBLY have expected that?

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Protest Against Your Employer and Get Terminated.  Well, Duh.  Google Axes Anti-Google Employees

Amazon to Spend $150 Billion on Datacenters in the Next 15 Years, Getting Creative on Powering Them

Amazon is planning to spend $150 billion on datacenters over the next 15 years. Finding electricity to power them is getting increasingly difficult, so the online giant is getting increasingly creative in finding juice to power all those VMs.

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Amazon to Spend $150 Billion on Datacenters in the Next 15 Years, Getting Creative on Powering Them

HOT TAKE: DOJ's Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple is Dead on Arrival

I'm not an anti-trust lawyer, so naturally I'm going to give you my opinion on the US Department of Justice lawsuit filed against Apple today.

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HOT TAKE: DOJ's Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple is Dead on Arrival

Oracle Cloud Launches in Colombia, While AWS/GCP/Azure Lag in South America

Oracle cloud recently announced they're setting up shop in Columbia, their third South American location. Let's take a quick look at the South American hosting situation.

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Oracle Cloud Launches in Colombia, While AWS/GCP/Azure Lag in South America

How to Sell Out to Microsoft and Make Easy Money - $450 and Counting for Me

I've sold out to Microsoft...at least for search. For over a decade, Microsoft has dropped a steady drip of Amazon gift cards to me. Here's how you can get on the gravy train.

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How to Sell Out to Microsoft and Make Easy Money - $450 and Counting for Me

August is International "Providers Drop Unlimited Storage" Month. The Latest? Microsoft's OneDrive

All those unlimited cloud storage plans you've been stuffing full of Linux ISOs are coming to an end. The latest? Microsoft.

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August is International

How SquareSpace Badly Overpaid for Google Domains

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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How SquareSpace Badly Overpaid for Google Domains

Maybe “the Cloud” Isn’t so Cutting-Edge after all...

For as long as it's existed, people have questioned if cloud computing isn't a fancy name for something...well, less fancy. Also, a very cool map of submarine cables.

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Maybe “the Cloud” Isn’t so Cutting-Edge after all...

Get paid $3000+ by Google to Work on Borg-related Open Source Projects!

Would you like to contribute to a cool open source project and get paid for doing so? BorgBase is participating in Google's Summer of Code and not only can you get some of Google's cash, but rewards from BorgBase as well. Plus fun, recognition, satisfaction, and glory!

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Get paid $3000+ by Google to Work on Borg-related Open Source Projects!

What's Wrong with Google? According to an Insider, These Four Things

According to an insider's recent essay, Google suffers from "(1) no mission, (2) no urgency, (3) delusions of exceptionalism, and (4) mismanagement."

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What's Wrong with Google?  According to an Insider, These Four Things

Microsoft Injecting Ads on Google.com Pages Disparaging Chrome

If you're using Microsoft Edge, you can't trust what it's showing you because Microsoft is injecting ads into competitor sites, suggesting that you can't trust other browsers and companies.

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Microsoft Injecting Ads on Google.com Pages Disparaging Chrome

LowEndLOLs: "Incognito Mode"

Private browsing aka incognito mode has been around since 2005, depending on your browser. But its purpose has grown a little over the years...

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LowEndLOLs:

H1-B Visas: Indentured Servitude for 195 Years?

Companies can bring foreign nationals over to work in the US on various programs, most prominently in this discussion, the H1-B visa.  It's designed for situations where the US lacks engineers, scientists, or technical specialists in critical skills. But at its worst, the program is a form of modern-day indentured servitude.

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H1-B Visas: Indentured Servitude for 195 Years?

Google: Let's Use Our Hiring Process For Our Firing Process

Google has turned its hiring process into its firing process. Why? It's bizarre but Google always wants to show that it's different and better. Unfortunately, those interviewing (again) for their jobs and then losing them are not likely to be impressed.

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Google: Let's Use Our Hiring Process For Our Firing Process

The Google Professional Cloud Architect Journey Begins: raindog308's Quest for the Title

Starting later this week, I'm beginning my journey towards the Google Professional Cloud Architect certification. In this article I'll go over the path and training plans, and share some thoughts on certifications in the industry in general.

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The Google Professional Cloud Architect Journey Begins: raindog308's Quest for the Title

Google is Upgrading Your Storage for Free

Kiss that 15GB of free Google storage goodbye...it's being upgraded to 1TB! Your favorite editor is hoping that this applies to grandfathered accounts as well.

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Google is Upgrading Your Storage for Free

Google, Bing Suppress Searches for Domain Names Used in Media

Will this page show up in Google?

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Google, Bing Suppress Searches for Domain Names Used in Media

Web Sites You Visit Are Telling the Russian Government All About You

Why is a local shop in Portland sending my data to Russia?

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Web Sites You Visit Are Telling the Russian Government All About You

When Akamai is Bought, What Happens to Linode?

A mysterious private equity buyer has been stalking Akamai (Linode's owner) for months.

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When Akamai is Bought, What Happens to Linode?

Review: React for Beginners by Wes Bos (Plus FREE Javascript and Markdown Courses You Can Take!)

I've recently been writing some web apps.  I'm not a web pro, but have done software development non-professionally since before the personal computer existed.  Back when I started emitting HTML in th...

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Review: React for Beginners by Wes Bos (Plus FREE Javascript and Markdown Courses You Can Take!)

Have You TrieId Northflank? Microservices Platform with a Free Tier!

I have not, but maybe you have.  If so, please comment and let us know what you think.  I just stumbled across them while browsing tonight and when I saw free tier I knew I had to write it up for the...

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Have You TrieId Northflank?  Microservices Platform with a Free Tier!

Google Still Addicted to Third Party Cookies, May Need to Go to Rehab

Everyone is making too much money using third party cookies so they're not going away "yet". You may recall that back in January of 2020, Google announced that they were going to remove third party co...

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Google Still Addicted to Third Party Cookies, May Need to Go to Rehab

TikTok Won't Stop Sending US Data to China, So Gov't to Force App Ban

Goodbye, TikTok. According to news reports, both Apple and Google have received letters from the FCC requesting they remove the TikTok app from their app stores.  Neither Apple nor Google has commente...

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TikTok Won't Stop Sending US Data to China, So Gov't to Force App Ban

Microsoft Paid Me $400 to Use Bing. They'll Pay You, Too!

Microsoft's Bing search engine launched in 2009 and has been a distant number two to mighty Google.  One might say that Google is the Microsoft of search engines and Microsoft is the Apple...well, if...

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Microsoft Paid Me $400 to Use Bing.  They'll Pay You, Too!

Get a FREE MONTH of Cloud Storage from Privacy-Obsessed Internxt!

Today we have an interesting deal from Internxt to tell you about.  For a long time, €8.99/mo or €9.99/mo for 2TB of cloud storage has a been a standard price point - OneDrive, Google, Dropbox, etc. N...

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Get a FREE MONTH of Cloud Storage from Privacy-Obsessed Internxt!
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