Miscellaneous Tech News
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
This means the US now ranks near the bottom of the third world in Internet speeds and protections. You can get better speeds, for cheaper, in remote third world locations pretty easily.
Nope, that is not even remotely true. Not even in the Dominican Republic, they do this in the Dominican republic and there is still dial up and DSL which does not get even close to this. Price is also a big issue as well.
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@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
This means the US now ranks near the bottom of the third world in Internet speeds and protections. You can get better speeds, for cheaper, in remote third world locations pretty easily.
Nope, that is not even remotely true. Not even in the Dominican Republic, they do this in the Dominican republic and there is still dial up and DSL which does not get even close to this. Price is also a big issue as well.
You're kind of ignoring that a lot of areas in the US only have access to dial-up and satellite. The costs is exuberant as well.
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@coliver oh I know that, but still you cannot compare to a third world country just because of that... It is what it is, if you are not close to a city internet most often than not is precarious and yes the ISP providers on those locations take advantage of that and take huge profits...
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Apple claims 'half a trillion dollars' App Store economy
Apple has said that its App Store ecosystem "facilitated half a trillion dollars" of trade in 2019.
The firm said more than 85% of that figure occurred via transactions from which it did not take a commission. The announcement comes at a time Apple and other US tech giants are facing increased anti-competition scrutiny. A leading developer has also called on the iPhone-maker to lower the fees it charges, ahead of its annual developers' conference next week. An Apple representative told the BBC that it was proud of the commerce that it had enabled and welcomed scrutiny of its App Store. -
Would you pay to Zoom Keanu Reeves or Star Trek's Riker?
Actors Keanu Reeves and Jonathan Frakes are among the celebrities offering fans the opportunity to chat one-to-one via Zoom during lockdown.
Reeves is auctioning a 15-minute Zoom call for a children's cancer charity. The highest bid at time of writing is $9,800 (£7,800). Meanwhile, on the celebrity message platform Cameo, £166 will buy a 10-minute Zoom call with Star Trek actor Jonathan Frakes or skateboarder Tony Hawk. Cameo said there had been "a tonne of interest" in its Zoom service, Cameo Live, despite just 31 celebrities - only four of whom are women - signing up since launch, on Sunday. The start-up, which launched in 2017, also offers short recorded personal messages from a range of celebrities including reality TV personalities and sports stars, who charge various fees. "Cameo Live is very similar to a backstage pass at a concert or a meet-and-greet at an autographic signing," spokesman Brandon Kazimer told BBC News. "This is just the newest iteration of fan-talent access." -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Would you pay to Zoom Keanu Reeves or Star Trek's Riker?
Actors Keanu Reeves and Jonathan Frakes are among the celebrities offering fans the opportunity to chat one-to-one via Zoom during lockdown.
Reeves is auctioning a 15-minute Zoom call for a children's cancer charity. The highest bid at time of writing is $9,800 (£7,800). Meanwhile, on the celebrity message platform Cameo, £166 will buy a 10-minute Zoom call with Star Trek actor Jonathan Frakes or skateboarder Tony Hawk. Cameo said there had been "a tonne of interest" in its Zoom service, Cameo Live, despite just 31 celebrities - only four of whom are women - signing up since launch, on Sunday. The start-up, which launched in 2017, also offers short recorded personal messages from a range of celebrities including reality TV personalities and sports stars, who charge various fees. "Cameo Live is very similar to a backstage pass at a concert or a meet-and-greet at an autographic signing," spokesman Brandon Kazimer told BBC News. "This is just the newest iteration of fan-talent access."I could see businesses doing this as a morale boost, and I think it's awesome that these people are using comparatively little resources along with their celebrity in order to further good causes. I couldn't ever afford it unless we drop to a Zoom with Carrot Top where he's paying me.
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@Grey said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Would you pay to Zoom Keanu Reeves or Star Trek's Riker?
Actors Keanu Reeves and Jonathan Frakes are among the celebrities offering fans the opportunity to chat one-to-one via Zoom during lockdown.
Reeves is auctioning a 15-minute Zoom call for a children's cancer charity. The highest bid at time of writing is $9,800 (£7,800). Meanwhile, on the celebrity message platform Cameo, £166 will buy a 10-minute Zoom call with Star Trek actor Jonathan Frakes or skateboarder Tony Hawk. Cameo said there had been "a tonne of interest" in its Zoom service, Cameo Live, despite just 31 celebrities - only four of whom are women - signing up since launch, on Sunday. The start-up, which launched in 2017, also offers short recorded personal messages from a range of celebrities including reality TV personalities and sports stars, who charge various fees. "Cameo Live is very similar to a backstage pass at a concert or a meet-and-greet at an autographic signing," spokesman Brandon Kazimer told BBC News. "This is just the newest iteration of fan-talent access."I could see businesses doing this as a morale boost, and I think it's awesome that these people are using comparatively little resources along with their celebrity in order to further good causes. I couldn't ever afford it unless we drop to a Zoom with Carrot Top where he's paying me.
He'd have to pay you.
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New databases being added to IBMi
https://www.itjungle.com/2020/06/15/more-open-source-databases-coming-to-ibm-i/ -
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
$50 says the guy that wrote the fearmongering article is an apple fan.
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Doing some Home Network re-config. Mainly IP Change to test a router & VPN
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@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Doing some Home Network re-config. Mainly IP Change to test a router & VPN
Interesting industry news
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Doing some Home Network re-config. Mainly IP Change to test a router & VPN
Interesting industry news
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Apple accused of 'hostile' app fee policies
Apple is facing mounting calls to reconsider its App Store rules, from the creators of the apps themselves.
Dozens have used the term "hostile" to describe how they perceive it treats its third-party developer community. The backlash has been sparked by a row between the tech giant and the makers of a new email app over a demand that Apple be given the means to take a cut of the services's subscription fee. The clash threatens to overshadow one of Apple's biggest annual events. The iPhone-maker hosts its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday. The five-day event is used to showcase new technologies and encourage software-makers to adopt them. -
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@Grey said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
From the company that brought you "data loss" and "holy shit this screwed me" moments....
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UK virus-tracing app switches to Apple-Google model
In a major U-turn, the UK is ditching the way its current coronavirus-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple and Google.
The Apple-Google design has been promoted as being more privacy-focused. However, it means epidemiologists will have access to less data. The government now intends to launch an app in the autumn, however it says the product may not involve contact tracing at that point. Instead the software may be limited to enabling users to report their symptoms and order a test. Baroness Dido Harding - who heads up the wider Test and Trace programme - will only give the green light to actually deploying the Apple-Google technology if she decides it has been made fit for purpose, which is not the case at present. Germany, Italy and Denmark are among other countries to have switched from a so-called "centralised" approach to a "decentralised" one. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
UK virus-tracing app switches to Apple-Google model
In a major U-turn, the UK is ditching the way its current coronavirus-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple and Google.
The Apple-Google design has been promoted as being more privacy-focused. However, it means epidemiologists will have access to less data. The government now intends to launch an app in the autumn, however it says the product may not involve contact tracing at that point. Instead the software may be limited to enabling users to report their symptoms and order a test. Baroness Dido Harding - who heads up the wider Test and Trace programme - will only give the green light to actually deploying the Apple-Google technology if she decides it has been made fit for purpose, which is not the case at present. Germany, Italy and Denmark are among other countries to have switched from a so-called "centralised" approach to a "decentralised" one.None of that crap matters - you'll never get enough people to voluntarily install it.
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Apple 'not told' about UK's latest app plans
Apple says it did not know the UK was working on a "hybrid" version of the NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app using tech it developed with Google.
The firm took the unusual step of saying it was also unaware of an issue regarding distance-measuring, which was flagged by Health Secretary Matt Hancock in Thursday's daily briefing. Apple said it was "difficult to understand" the claims. Downing Street said the government had "worked closely with Apple and Google". In tests carried out in the UK, there were occasions when software tools developed by Apple and Google could not differentiate between a phone in a user's pocket 1m (3.3ft) away and a phone in a user's hand 3m (9.8ft) away. During the briefing, Mr Hancock said: "Measuring distance is clearly mission critical to any contact-tracing app." -
