Miscellaneous Tech News
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TikTok: Amazon says email asking staff to remove app 'sent in error'
Amazon has said an email sent to employees asking them to remove the video-sharing app TikTok from any mobile device that can access their company email was sent in error.
An internal memo sent to staff earlier on Friday had said employees should delete the app over "security risks". The app, owned by a Chinese company, has come under scrutiny because of fears it could share data with China. TikTok said it did not understand Amazon's concerns. "This morning's email to some of our employees was sent in error. There is no change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok", a company spokesperson told the BBC. But earlier on Friday, a memo sent to staff seen by multiple news outlets stated that the app must be removed from mobile devices. -
Proxmox Backup Server
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-backup-server-beta.72677/
https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/category/proxmox-backup-serverProxmox Backup Documentation
https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/item/proxmox-backup-admin-guide -
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
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@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
Anyone know why?
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@jmoore said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
Anyone know why?
This gives a little insight.
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/U5C4CC2O44E7Q4MVTT772NP667HTP25S/ -
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
I was once interviewed for a job where I said I preferred nano, and this offended one of the people there. I can use vi, but I also like not having to look on a cheat sheet for less-often used commands, whereas I've used pico/nano since the 90s when it was part of pine.
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@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
So sad. I really hate Nano. I'm sure it's because I learned vi and once you know it, it's so fast and easy. But every time I have to deal with someone using Nano everything is so slow and it's so hard to figure out what it going on.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
So sad. I really hate Nano. I'm sure it's because I learned vi and once you know it, it's so fast and easy. But every time I have to deal with someone using Nano everything is so slow and it's so hard to figure out what it going on.
I can empathize. I don't use a ton of features with
vibut it's not hard to learn how to write/close a file and search for text. I suppose this would change if I used it more, but Nano just feels awkward to me. -
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
So sad. I really hate Nano. I'm sure it's because I learned vi and once you know it, it's so fast and easy. But every time I have to deal with someone using Nano everything is so slow and it's so hard to figure out what it going on.
I can empathize. I don't use a ton of features with
vibut it's not hard to learn how to write/close a file and search for text. I suppose this would change if I used it more, but Nano just feels awkward to me.Yeah, same here. I have a basic set of editing features that I use every day and it's so fast. With Nano, I find that it takes more steps and is harder to see on many screens.
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@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@jmoore said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
Anyone know why?
This gives a little insight.
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/U5C4CC2O44E7Q4MVTT772NP667HTP25S/Oh I see. I kind of forget sometimes that there is no default editor because I just use vi every time. However I can understand for new users that have just switched over.
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@jmoore said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@jmoore said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
Anyone know why?
This gives a little insight.
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/U5C4CC2O44E7Q4MVTT772NP667HTP25S/Oh I see. I kind of forget sometimes that there is no default editor because I just use vi every time. However I can understand for new users that have just switched over.
True, I like that a default is being added. But I've seen so many people burned by not learning vi over the years. Seems like setting people up a bit to make it "feel approachable."
That said, I liked the "it asks you what you want" thing from before. Maybe they could put it into the installer so that it's trivial to select at that time if you want vi instead of nano or joe.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
True, I like that a default is being added. But I've seen so many people burned by not learning vi over the years. Seems like setting people up a bit to make it "feel approachable."
Yeah its good that a default is being included but any Linux user needs to be familiar with most of the basic tools. vi is one of those tools in my opinion because it is so prevalent.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
But every time I have to deal with someone using Nano everything is so slow and it's so hard to figure out what it going on.
The same can be said for those using Vi too.
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Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027
The UK's mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after 31 December, and they must also remove all the Chinese firm's 5G kit from their networks by 2027.
Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden told the House of Commons of the decision. It follows sanctions imposed by Washington, which claims the firm poses a national security threat - something Huawei denies. Mr Dowden said the move would delay the country's 5G rollout by a year. The technology promises faster internet speeds and the capacity to support more wireless devices, which should be a boon to everything from mobile gaming to higher-quality video streams, and even in time driverless cars that talk to each other. 5G connections are already available in dozens of UK cities and towns, but coverage can be sparse. Mr Dowden added that the cumulative cost of the moves when coupled with earlier restrictions announced against Huawei would be up to £2bn. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027
The UK's mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after 31 December, and they must also remove all the Chinese firm's 5G kit from their networks by 2027.
Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden told the House of Commons of the decision. It follows sanctions imposed by Washington, which claims the firm poses a national security threat - something Huawei denies. Mr Dowden said the move would delay the country's 5G rollout by a year. The technology promises faster internet speeds and the capacity to support more wireless devices, which should be a boon to everything from mobile gaming to higher-quality video streams, and even in time driverless cars that talk to each other. 5G connections are already available in dozens of UK cities and towns, but coverage can be sparse. Mr Dowden added that the cumulative cost of the moves when coupled with earlier restrictions announced against Huawei would be up to £2bn.Glad I'm moving out of the tech backwater nations to a place that can actually build national networks. The term "first world" is starting to refer to the more backwards places today.
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CVE-2020-1350 | Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Domain Name System servers when they fail to properly handle requests. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the Local System Account. Windows servers that are configured as DNS servers are at risk from this vulnerability.
To exploit the vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker could send malicious requests to a Windows DNS server.
The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how Windows DNS servers handle requests
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BBC News - The remote work experiment that upped productivity 13%
http://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200710-the-remote-work-experiment-that-made-staff-more-productive -
Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and others apparently hacked
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/tech/twitter-hack-elon-musk-bill-gates/index.html
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Twitter hack: FBI investigates major attack
The FBI has launched an investigation after hackers hijacked Twitter accounts of a number of high-profile US figures in an apparent Bitcoin scam.
"The accounts appear to have been compromised in order to perpetuate cryptocurrency fraud," said the bureau, urging the public to be vigilant. Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Joe Biden were among those hit in what Twitter said was a "co-ordinated" attack. Their official accounts requested donations in the cryptocurrency. "Everyone is asking me to give back," said a tweet from the account of Mr Gates, the Microsoft founder. "You send $1,000, I send you back $2,000."
