April 3, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Huawei changes its patent story
On the one hand, Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is warring with the US over trade sanctions, including suing Verizon over its misuse of its patents. Verizon has replied that Huawei is taking “credit for American innovation” with baseless suits over … Continue reading
April 2, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Zoom safely: How to password-protect your meetings
No one wants a naked man barging into a virtual classroom video conference, but that’s what happened in Norway-based class using the WhereBy service. Here, in the US, the enormously popular Zoom video-conferencing service meetings are getting attacked so often … Continue reading
March 31, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Content Delivery Networks and clouds join MANRS internet security effort
So far, the internet is holding up underneath the unprecedented demands being put on it by the coronavirus pandemic. But, as the recent Google services failure from a single router failure showed, the internet remains fragile. That’s why the Internet … Continue reading
March 30, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Linux’s WireGuard VPN is here and ready to protect you
Linus Torvalds has released the newest version of the Linux 5.6. It includes many new and neat features like USB4 support, a fix for the 32-bit Epoch problem, multi-path TCP, and numerous driver patches. The biggest news of all s … Continue reading
March 27, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on It wasn’t just you: Why Google suffered widespread outages
Well, wasn’t that fun? For about two hours, Google and its main services, such as Gmail, Google Docs, and YouTube were down for US East coast users. So, what happened? It wasn’t just you: Why Google suffered widespread outages More>
March 23, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on FCC opens up more spectrum to keep mobile phones working during coronavirus pandemic
You may be worried about there being enough internet to go around thanks to the coronavirus pushing us into our homes, but mobile phones are also facing a potential bandwidth shortage. So the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted AT&T, … Continue reading