We’re creeping closer to the one-year mark and HBO Max is still tinkering with its platform.
Source: Gizmodo – HBO Max, I Beg You, Give Me the Like and Dislike Buttons Already
Monthly Archives: February 2021
How to change the MAC Address on CentOS 8
In this tutorial, you will learn how to change the MAC address of a network card using two different methods and how to verify that new MAC address.
Source: LXer – How to change the MAC Address on CentOS 8
Static, Hardware, Icon and Rocket Get New Creative Teams for Milestone Returns Series
As promised, DC Comics revealed today Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition’s writers, artists, and covers of the upcoming Static, Hardware, and Icon and Rocket series, as well as a couple of interior pages for each. To put it bluntly, the Dakotaverse is looking completely awesome.
Source: io9 – Static, Hardware, Icon and Rocket Get New Creative Teams for Milestone Returns Series
Griddy Is Being Sued for $1 Billion for Allegedly Price Gouging During Texas Winter Storm
A Texas woman filed a class-action lawsuit this week to the tune of $1 billion in damages against Griddy, a Texas electricity retailer that the suit alleges engaged in illegal price gouging during the widespread outages that swept through the state last week.
Source: Gizmodo – Griddy Is Being Sued for Billion for Allegedly Price Gouging During Texas Winter Storm
Fight Sans Undertale Right In Your Browser
Sans is unique in that he’s the most popular character in Undertale while also providing one of the most frustrating boss fights the game has to offer.
Source: Kotaku – Fight Sans Undertale Right In Your Browser
We Are Tech Is the Exact Edtech Startup the U.S. Needs Right Now
“The action of amplifying [Black voices] has been necessary, but what is the next step?” said Brittany Jenkins, the founder of the We Are Tech edtech startup. Jenkins is on the frontlines of working to foster diversity and equity in the tech industry. We Are Tech is not the first organization to address these issues,…
Source: Gizmodo – We Are Tech Is the Exact Edtech Startup the U.S. Needs Right Now
'Terraria' will hit Stadia after all
Terraria will come out Stadia after all. In a state of the game post spotted by Android Police, developer Re-Logic said it had resumed work on the port after settling its differences with Google.
“After a month of pushing (and with the immense suppor…
Source: Engadget – ‘Terraria’ will hit Stadia after all
How to Install and Use PowerShell on Ubuntu 20.04
PowerShell is a task-based configuration tool of the Windows operating system which is also available for Linux. It is a very powerful tool used to automate system administrator tasks.
Source: LXer – How to Install and Use PowerShell on Ubuntu 20.04
Right-wing site Gab responds to 'alleged' data breach
The CEO of Gab — the right-wing haven that lost mainstream tech backing after violent attacks in 2018 — published a curious blog post denying that the company has suffered a data breach. While it mysteriously went offline for a short time a week ago,…
Source: Engadget – Right-wing site Gab responds to ‘alleged’ data breach
Is WandaVision’s Paul Bettany Teasing What We Think He’s Teasing?
Earlier this month, WandaVision star Paul Bettany teased a cameo for the Disney+ Marvel series that would set our hearts, minds, and vibranium aflutter.
Source: io9 – Is WandaVision’s Paul Bettany Teasing What We Think He’s Teasing?
How to Find Number of CPU Cores from Commandline
There might be several ways to find the number of cores in a Linux system. Here is a few methods that I am aware of now.
Source: Linux Today – How to Find Number of CPU Cores from Commandline
Americans Are Warming Up to Covid-19 Vaccines, Poll Finds
More Americans are willing to get a covid-19 vaccine, new polling suggests. According to a survey run by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Americans are more likely to have been vaccinated or to want vaccination in February than they were a month ago, while the percentage of people who want to wait and see has declined as…
Source: Gizmodo – Americans Are Warming Up to Covid-19 Vaccines, Poll Finds
FCC Approves $50 Monthly Internet Subsidies for Low-Income Households During Pandemic
The Federal Communications Commission has approved final rules for a new broadband subsidy program that could help struggling families pay for internet service during the pandemic. From a report: The agency’s $3.2 billion Emergency Broadband Benefit Program provides eligible low-income households with up to a $50 per month credit on their internet bills through their provider until the end of the pandemic. In tribal areas, eligible households may receive up to $75 per month. The program also provides eligible households up to $100 off of one computer or tablet The congressionally created program is aimed at closing the digital divide, which has become painfully apparent over the past year as millions of Americans have been forced to work and learn remotely. Some have also raised concerns that the digital divide could affect access to the vaccine as signups typically happen online.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – FCC Approves Monthly Internet Subsidies for Low-Income Households During Pandemic
How To List The Members Of A Group In Linux
This tutorial explains different ways to find and list all groups and list the members of a group in Linux and Unix-like operating systems.
Source: LXer – How To List The Members Of A Group In Linux
Record a Video of Yourself When You're Happy to Look at When You're Sad
The thought of recording a video for your future self sounds silly, evoking thoughts of the third grade, when you were perhaps directed to write a letter to adult you.
Source: LifeHacker – Record a Video of Yourself When You’re Happy to Look at When You’re Sad
Mageia 8 has been released
The Mageia distribution has announced
the release of Mageia 8. It comes with the usual array of new
packages, including a 5.10.16 kernel, Plasma 5.20.4,
GNOME 3.38, Firefox 78, Chromium 88, LibreOffice 7.0.4.2, and more.
“ARM support has continued to develop, with both AArch64 and ARMv7
now having all packages built and being close to primary architectures
now. Support for Wi-Fi installation in the classical installer using WPA2
encryption has been added, as well as improved support for newer
filesystems allowing installations on F2FS. Support for NILFS, XFS, exFAT
and Windows 10 NTFS has been improved to allow for better partition
management. The Live installer has also had significant development. Boot
times have been greatly reduced with the use of Zstd compression and
improved hardware detection and the support for installing updates as a
final step of the installation has been added. Zstd compression has also
been applied to the rescue mode, allowing for faster startup, support for
encrypted LVM/LUKS has also been added.“
Source: LWN.net – Mageia 8 has been released
In Defense of an Alexa-Enabled Coffee Maker
If you happen to be in the market for a new coffee maker, may I recommend a smart assistant-enabled model?
Source: Gizmodo – In Defense of an Alexa-Enabled Coffee Maker
Don't Let Your Dog Play With Tennis Balls
There is nothing more delightful than seeing the joy on a dog’s face as they furiously chase down a bouncing tennis ball. Unfortunately, your pup’s favorite toy could be hazardous to their health. Here’s why you should replace those tennis balls with something safer—and how to choose your dog’s toys more wisely.
Source: LifeHacker – Don’t Let Your Dog Play With Tennis Balls
Great Minds Think Alike at the Friday Gif Party
You’re ready for the weekend. We’re ready for the weekend. We are of like minds that the weekend needs to start ASAP. So let’s do this…with gifs.
Source: io9 – Great Minds Think Alike at the Friday Gif Party
We’ll likely have a 3rd COVID vaccine soon; J&J vaccine clears last hurdle
Enlarge / A sign at the Johnson & Johnson campus on August 26, 2019 in Irvine, California. (credit: Getty | Mario Tama)
After a day-long meeting Friday, an advisory panel for the US Food and Drug Administration voted 22 to 0 to recommend issuing an Emergency Use Authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot, refrigerator-stable COVID-19 vaccine.
If the FDA accepts the panel’s recommendation and grants the EUA—which it likely will—the country will have a third COVID-19 vaccine authorized for use. Earlier this week, FDA scientists released their review of the vaccine, endorsing authorization. Today’s panel, the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) went through the data further.
“It’s a relatively easy call,” Eric Rubin, a Harvard researcher and voting member of the VRBPAC said after the vote. “[The vaccine] clearly gets way over the bar and it’s nice to have a single-dose vaccine… the demand is so large [for vaccines], it clearly has a place.”
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Source: Ars Technica – We’ll likely have a 3rd COVID vaccine soon; J&J vaccine clears last hurdle