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Home > Law and Politics > VPN providers with over 100,000 American users could be ordered to block pirate sites under the bill Rep. Darrell Issa introduced last week. The full text shows that VPNs were added after last year’s discussion draft, which only mentioned ISPs and DNS resolvers. How a VPN should block access … Read more
By The Rev Kev, a long-standing member of the commentariat Naked Capitalism has started its annual fundraiser, so please head to the old Tip Jar, just under the Snow Leopards and donate bigly. That way, you can sit back and be proud of yourself during the rest of the fundraiser. It takes a helluva lot … Read more
Iran’s IRGC has been striking various US targets and an average of two to three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on a daily basis, as gas prices hit working class Americans where it hurts. On this episode of The Target stream, Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh explains how these blows have been compounded by … Read more
Tenda ME6 Pro (3-Pack): Affordable and easy to set up and use, this dual-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh offers decent speeds and range on the 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz bands from the main router, but you’ll need wired backhaul to get good speeds from the nodes. Connectivity was patchy, sometimes dropping for no discernible reason. I don’t … Read more
You’ve got a Lambda running in production and a shiny new image sitting in ECR. The lazy move is to update the image URI, walk away, and hope for the best. The problem is that this swaps the code for everyone, instantly, with no safety net. If the new version is broken, congratulations, it’s broken … Read more
Crusoe, a Denver-based AI data center startup that recently raised $3.9 billion, has ended plans to use a new line of stationary power plants developed by fellow Denver company Boom Supersonic. Founded in 2018 as a bitcoin miner that ran on excess natural gas from oil fields, Crusoe has since become one of the biggest … Read more
Pirate streaming apps have been popular on Android-based devices and Amazon’s Fire TV stick, which in itself became a go-to tool for pirates. Responding to the pirate stigma and pressure from rightsholders, last year Amazon stepped in and disabled several popular pirate apps that were sideloaded onto users’ devices. Amazon’s targets included LiveNetTV, a popular … Read more
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A Munich-based “anti-Semitism expert” organizing political action helping restrict pro-Palestine protests across Germany is a former Israeli spy, MintPress can reveal. Since October 7, 2023, Guy Katz, professor of international management at Munich University of Applied Sciences, has become one of the leading figures in German politics on the subject of Israel and anti-Semitism. Katz … Read more
Honorable Mentions Nowadays Cannabis Infused Beverage, Starting at $40: Bringing a bottle of booze is a white elephant classic; my husband’s work team almost exclusively exchanges bottles of liquor as a safe bet for enthusiasm. I think you can do better, though, and bring a THC spirit instead. This spirit is light and a little … Read more