- Episode 669
- December 9, 2020
RedHat has Killed CentOS, Debian Official ARM Support Installs Directly on Pinebook Pro
CentOS has ended in what some users are calling a "betrayal to the FOSS community." Red Hat announced it is severing support for the popular spinoff, and the CentOS team simultaneously said they're moving to a rolling release with their CentOS Stream distro. An alpha version of the Debian Installer for Buster's successor, Bullseye has added support for the Linux 5.9 kernel series, and improvements to the ARM64 architecture support. Along with that comes support for new ARM devices, including PINE64's Pinebook Pro and even the original $99 Pinebook.
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- Episode 669
- December 9, 2020
EU Helping Work From Home Burnout, Plus A Plane that Flies Without Fuel Using Ion Thrusters
Lawmakers have passed a non-binding resolution arguing that home workers have the right to be unreachable by work. And from our Flashback Files, we look at a news story from 2018: A plane that flies without propellers or jets, uses no fuel and generates no fossil fuel emissions.
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- Episode 668
- November 18, 2020
Microsoft is warning users to opt for MFA that doesn't use SMS or voice to authenticate
While better than nothing, Microsoft is urging users to abandon telephone-based multi-factor authentication solutions like one-time codes sent via SMS and voice calls in favor of safer options such as Authenticator apps and hardware tokens.
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- Episode 668
- November 18, 2020
Apple has revealed its first Mac computers powered its new M1 chip
In June, the company announced it would transition away from the Intel processors it had used since 2006. Apple said the advantages of using the M1 chip included better battery life, instant wake from sleep mode, and the ability to run iOS apps. The first Macs with the M1 chip are available now.
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- Episode 668
- November 18, 2020
Alphabet plans to beam Internet wirelessly using light
An Alphabet-backed wireless network in Kenya plans to use light beams to provide Internet service up to 20km away. The technology will deliver wireless Internet over light beams.
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- Episode 668
- November 18, 2020
BUG FIX! Any Ubuntu Linux user can become root
Ubuntu developers have fixed a series of vulnerabilities that made it easy for standard users to gain coveted root privileges. Kevin Backhouse, a researcher at GitHub, wrote in a post published last Tuesday, "With a few simple commands in the terminal, and a few mouse clicks, a standard user can create an administrator account for themselves."
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- Episode 668
- November 18, 2020
Google Nixing Free Google Photos Storage
Google Photos will soon count against your overall Google account storage space, which will mean fees if you exceed 15 GB. Instead, Google says any new photos and videos you upload will count toward the free 15 gigabytes of storage that comes with every Google Account, or for those of us who require more space, additional storage may be purchased.
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- Episode 667
- November 11, 2020
Hyperloop Passengers Go 172km/h: "Exhilarating" Successful Trial
Virgin Hyperloop has trialled its first ever journey with passengers, in the desert of Nevada. In the trial, two passengers - both company staff - travelled the length of a 500m test track in 15 seconds, reaching 172km/h. Sara Luchian, director of customer experience, was one of the two on board and described the experience as "exhilarating both psychologically and physically." She added that neither her nor her colleague, Josh Giegel, felt sick following the trial.
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- Episode 667
- November 11, 2020
Microsoft Teams Users: DANGEROUS Attack Happening Now (Clever Social Engineering)
Microsoft Teams users are under active attack in a ‘FakeUpdates’ malware campaign. Attackers are using ads for fake Microsoft Teams updates to deploy backdoors, which use Cobalt Strike to infect companies’ networks with malware. We'll tell you what we know, and what you and your staff need to know to stay safe from these very dangerous attacks (especially when combined with Zerologon).
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- Episode 667
- November 11, 2020
Compressed Liquid Air: The Future of Energy Storage?
Work is beginning on what is thought to be the world's first major plant to store energy in the form of liquid air. It will use surplus electricity from wind farms at night to compress air so hard that it becomes a liquid at -196 Celsius. Then when there is a peak in demand in a day or a month, the liquid air will be warmed so it expands. The resulting rush of air will drive a turbine to make electricity, which can be sold back to the grid. The 50 megawatt facility near Manchester will store enough energy to power around 50,000 homes for up to five hours.
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