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Why putting data center satellites in orbit is a terrible idea, Google might show people a made-up version of your website, and ZFS on really old Dell servers.



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Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right? 11 mins edited

Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea

Google Just Patented The End Of Your Website



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Arm announces its first CPU, Anthropic accidentally leaks the source for Claude Code and it’s terrible, and setting up a backup for a friend’s photos.



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FreeBSD and OpenZFS in the Quest for Technical Independence: A Storage Architect’s View​



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Arm expands compute platform to silicon products in historic company first

Anthropic exposes Claude Code source by accident



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Microsoft says Windows 11 is getting less rubbish but we are skeptical, vehicles with alcohol interlocks won’t start because the manufacturer’s server is down, and whether you should virtualise a router or a NAS.



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Five‑Year Storage Design with OpenZFS: Media Refresh, Rebalancing, and Hardware Independence



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Our commitment to Windows quality

Microsoft fixes broken Windows update days after vowing fewer broken updates

Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded across the US



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The US government is drumming up fear about foreign routers, a pretty serious supply chain attack might be state-sponsored, and the safety of filesystems inside VMs.



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The Real Cost of Technology Dependence: Building Independence with Open-Source Storage



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US bans any new consumer-grade routers not made in America

National Security Determination on the Threat Posed by Routers Produced by Foreign Countries (pdf)

1K+ cloud environments infected following Trivy supply chain attack

Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines



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Why passkeys aren’t the right solution to everything, Allan tells us why he loves his new Lithium Iron Phosphate UPS, Btrfs vs ZFS on root, and restricting Internet access for IoT devices on your network.



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Designing OpenZFS Storage for Independence



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Please, please, please stop using passkeys for encrypting user data

Allan’s new Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 Portable Power Station



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