Miscellaneous Tech News
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SpaceX Starlink factory in Texas will speed up production of Dishy McFlatface
Austin factory to create systems that improve SpaceX's high-volume manufacturing.
SpaceX says it is building a factory in Austin, Texas, to design systems that will help make satellite dishes, Wi-Fi routers, and other equipment for its Starlink satellite broadband network. The news comes from a job posting for an automation and controls engineer position flagged in a story Tuesday by local news channel KXAN. "To keep up with global demand, SpaceX is breaking ground on a new, state of the art manufacturing facility in Austin, TX," the job posting said. "The Automation & Controls Engineer will play a key role as we strive to manufacture millions of consumer facing devices that we ship directly to customers (Starlink dishes, Wi-Fi routers, mounting hardware, etc)." -
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I can haz satellite servicing north Georgia? kplzthx!
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Tech Tent: The new 'space race' for computer chips
Silicon chips are at the heart of many of the biggest technology stories of our time.
Without them, car plants around the world have come to a halt. The technology to make them is now seen by the United States as a key weapon in its trade war with China. And access to the latest and most-powerful versions will determine who wins the artificial intelligence race. In this week's Tech Tent podcast, we look at the semiconductor industry and try to answer five important questions about chips.From Ford and General Motors in the US, to Honda in the UK, and electric car-maker Nio in China: major automotive companies have had to cut back production due to a shortage of chips. Why? Well it seems the pandemic is to blame, continually making every prediction about chip demand look out-of-date. -
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Okta buys rival Auth0 for $6.5 billion
https://www.okta.com/press-room/press-releases/okta-signs-agreement-to-acquire-auth0/
In a major shakeup in the identity management space, one of the largest makers of identity verification and management software, Okta Inc., has agreed to buy its smaller rival, Auth0 for $6.5 billion.
Okta offers solutions to help companies track and manage their employees’ identities and credentials, while Auth0 enables developers to add authentication services to their apps.
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SpaceX moves to beam Starlink internet into trucks, boats, and aircraft
The March 5th FCC filing asked for “a blanket license authorizing operation” of Starlink terminals on so-called Earth Stations in Motion — an umbrella term for cars, trucks, maritime vessels, and aircraft. “No longer are users willing to forego connectivity while on the move, whether driving a truck across the country, moving a freighter from Europe to a U.S. port, or while on a domestic or international flight,” the filing read.
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Microsoft-led team retracts quantum 'breakthrough'
A Microsoft-led team has withdrawn a controversial research paper into quantum computing, published in 2018.
The research claimed to have found evidence of an elusive subatomic particle Microsoft suggested could help the development of more powerful computers. But it now says mistakes were made. The journal Nature has published a retraction. And the paper's authors have apologised for "insufficient scientific rigour". But the company has said it remains confident of its wider efforts on quantum computing. -
OVH Data Center in France Destroyed by Fire, All Staff Safe
Hosting company OVH says its staff are safe after a fire destroyed one data center and damaged another at the company’s campus in Strasbourg, France. All four data centers at the campus are offline this morning, but the company is working to restore some services once power can be restored to the site.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
OVH Data Center in France Destroyed by Fire, All Staff Safe
Hosting company OVH says its staff are safe after a fire destroyed one data center and damaged another at the company’s campus in Strasbourg, France. All four data centers at the campus are offline this morning, but the company is working to restore some services once power can be restored to the site.
Wow, that's big. Not too much fun for the colo customers either...
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Beeple's NFT digital art nets £50m at Christie's auction
The first digital-only art auction by Christie's auction house has netted $69m (£50m) for the artist Beeple.
The digital art was sold as an NFT - the latest tech craze which has boomed in popularity in recent weeks. Beeple - real name Mike Winkelmann - creates a new piece of digital art every day, and was selling the first 5,000 days (13 years) of his work. That success puts Beeple "among the top three most valuable living artists", Christie's said. The company said the sale was the first NFT-based work of art sold by a "major" auction house, and set a new world record for digital art. The collection is a collage of the thousands of individual daily images which Beeple, an American graphic designer, started in early 2007 and has done every day since. Many of the individual pieces are surreal or unsettling, and he uses a variety of digital modelling and artistic programmes for them. -
Exchange email hack: Hundreds of UK firms compromised
Hundreds of UK companies have been compromised as part of a global campaign linked to Chinese hackers.
Cyber-security firm Eset said more than 500 email servers in the UK may have been hacked, and many companies are not aware they are victims of the attack. It comes as governments around the world warn organisations to secure their systems. But some experts fear it may be too late, as at least 10 hacking teams are capitalising on the chaos. The UK's National Cyber Security Centre has joined US authorities in issuing warnings about the hack, but says it is still assessing the situation for UK businesses. Meanwhile, the Norwegian cyber-authority is actively scanning for at-risk companies in the country and warning them directly. -
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/03/ubuntu-new-installer-designs
Is it just me, or is it that no matter how hard all Linux desktops try, it's still like the 90s compared to Win10.
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/03/ubuntu-new-installer-designs
Is it just me, or is it that no matter how hard all Linux desktops try, it's still like the 90s compared to Win10.
Just you. Windows 10 and most modern *nix distributions look very similar. They all share very similar UI elements that could easily move between operating systems.
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Was getting a weird error in Veeam Backup for O365 (signing key is invalid). Looks like MS is having issues with O365. From https://status.office365.com/ --
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@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Was getting a weird error in Veeam Backup for O365 (signing key is invalid). Looks like MS is having issues with O365. From https://status.office365.com/ --
Our company teams is borked right now.
