Miscellaneous Tech News
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Facebook shuts down 150 fake Chinese accounts
Facebook has shut down a network of more than 150 fake profiles linked to China for "co-ordinated" interference in political discussions.
While mainly concerned with backing China's interests, some also posted about the US presidential election. It is only the second time that Facebook has identified such fake accounts as originating in China. The network had about 130,000 followers - although very few of these were in the US. The accounts starting appearing in 2016, and most of the information was related to China's influence in the Philippines and South-East Asia. They were traced back to individuals based in Fujan province, who were beginning to pay for advertisements in Chinese yuan, Facebook said. Much of the content was in support of the Chinese state - such as promoting its interests in the disputed South China Sea.So they weren't really Chinese?
No they were Russian.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/09/edge-linux-missing-features
Basically, don't use Edge (anywhere, for any reason unless you hate yourself).
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Microsoft O365 appears to be down. We've got customers in the US that can't reach them, team in Bolivia sees them as down, and here in Texas their page won't even load for login. Must be something going on.
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Confirmed that MS is down...
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Microsoft O365 appears to be down. We've got customers in the US that can't reach them, team in Bolivia sees them as down, and here in Texas their page won't even load for login. Must be something going on.
Has been since 4pm CDT
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/09/edge-linux-missing-features
Basically, don't use Edge (anywhere, for any reason unless you hate yourself).
I've been using Edge a lot more than Chrome on Windows but I'm still an avid Firefox user.
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https://cockpit-project.org/blog/cockpit-228.html
cockpit-docker is deprecated in favor of cockpit-podman.
cockpit-machines support reverting to and deleting VM snapshotsYou can set up accounts with weak passwords.
Changes to remote host logins
Cockpit used to try to log into remote hosts with your initial login password when âReuse my password for remote connectionsâ was selected during login. This option has been removed, and Cockpit does not promote password reuse across accounts anymore. Instead, Cockpit now helps with setting up SSH keys for users that want automatic and password-less login to remote hosts. -
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Microsoft O365 appears to be down. We've got customers in the US that can't reach them, team in Bolivia sees them as down, and here in Texas their page won't even load for login. Must be something going on.
Has been since 4pm CDT
Starting to come back, but only partially.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/tech/microsoft-outage/index.html
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Microsoft O365 appears to be down. We've got customers in the US that can't reach them, team in Bolivia sees them as down, and here in Texas their page won't even load for login. Must be something going on.
It also affected Plex.
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@Grey said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Microsoft O365 appears to be down. We've got customers in the US that can't reach them, team in Bolivia sees them as down, and here in Texas their page won't even load for login. Must be something going on.
It also affected Plex.
Ah, I noticed that that was down. Apparently a broader Azure outage.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Grey said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Microsoft O365 appears to be down. We've got customers in the US that can't reach them, team in Bolivia sees them as down, and here in Texas their page won't even load for login. Must be something going on.
It also affected Plex.
Ah, I noticed that that was down. Apparently a broader Azure outage.
As I understand it - they rolled an update to their authentication mechanism that they had to roll back.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Grey said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Microsoft O365 appears to be down. We've got customers in the US that can't reach them, team in Bolivia sees them as down, and here in Texas their page won't even load for login. Must be something going on.
It also affected Plex.
Ah, I noticed that that was down. Apparently a broader Azure outage.
As I understand it - they rolled an update to their authentication mechanism that they had to roll back.
Yeah, something like that. I didn't see details but heard them talking about authentication volume problems from an update.
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Amazon One: Palm scanner launched for 'secure' payments
Amazon has announced a new payment system for real-world shops which uses a simple wave of the hand.
Its new Amazon One scanner registers an image of the user's palm, letting them pay by hovering their hand in mid-air "for about a second or so", it says. The product will be trialled at two of Amazon's physical stores in Seattle. But the company said it is "in active discussions with several potential customers" about rolling it out to other shops in the future. "In most retail environments, Amazon One could become an alternate payment or loyalty card option with a device at the checkout counter next to a traditional point of sale system," it said. Amazon also said the system could be used for "entering a location like a stadium" or scanning yourself into work instead of using an ID card. "We believe Amazon One has broad applicability beyond our retail stores," it added. -
Washington emergency responders first to use SpaceXâs Starlink internet in the field: âItâs amazingâ
The Starlink satellite internet network that SpaceX is developing has been used in the field by Washington state emergency responders in recent weeks, the first early application of the companyâs service to be disclosed.
Washingtonâs state military, which includes its emergency response division, began employing Starlink user terminals in early August to bring internet service to areas devastated by wildfires. User terminals are the small devices on the ground that connect to the satellites. The emergency division has seven Starlink user terminals, which it is deploying with early success.
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Zoho is mostly down. Up for me, but seems to be down for just about everyone else.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Washington emergency responders first to use SpaceXâs Starlink internet in the field: âItâs amazingâ
The Starlink satellite internet network that SpaceX is developing has been used in the field by Washington state emergency responders in recent weeks, the first early application of the companyâs service to be disclosed.
Washingtonâs state military, which includes its emergency response division, began employing Starlink user terminals in early August to bring internet service to areas devastated by wildfires. User terminals are the small devices on the ground that connect to the satellites. The emergency division has seven Starlink user terminals, which it is deploying with early success.
I can't wait for Starlink to reach general availablility. Will reduce so many pain points in the rural areas areound here.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Zoho is mostly down. Up for me, but seems to be down for just about everyone else.
Outage week. Lets see who dies tomorrow.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Zoho is mostly down. Up for me, but seems to be down for just about everyone else.
My client is getting some email when using a local email client, but the phone clients and web interface were all down.
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@Texkonc said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Zoho is mostly down. Up for me, but seems to be down for just about everyone else.
Outage week. Lets see who dies tomorrow.
Yeah, this is pretty crazy.
