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Comcast overcharged elderly couple $600, denied refund until contacted by Ars

Auto-pay compounded Comcast error, leading to a year of $50 monthly overcharges.




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LockBit, the new ransomware for hire: A sad and cautionary tale

You've probably never heard of LockBit, but that's likely to change.




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Frontier, amid bankruptcy, is suspected of lying about broadband expansion

Small ISPs want investigation as Frontier tries to block FCC funding for rivals.




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How well can algorithms recognize your masked face?

There's a scramble to adapt to a world where people routinely cover their faces.




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Ubuntu 20.04: Welcome to the future, Linux LTS disciples

ZFS gets more accessible, security becomes a bigger priority, and Ubuntu speeds up overall.




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“Chickens**t” whistleblower firings are “poison,” resigning Amazon VP says

Firings highlight “toxicity running through the company culture,” Bray said.




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CenturyLink still hasn’t met 2019 FCC deadline, now faces pandemic roadblocks

Pandemic disrupts broadband progress as cities halt construction.






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Caddy offers TLS, HTTPS, and more in one dependency-free Go Web server

We put Caddy 2.0.0 head to head against a ranking heavyweight, Apache 2.4.41.




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Wink smart hub users get one week’s notice to pay up or lose access

Devices will stop working for users who don't want to pay the new monthly fee.




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Comcast resists call to open home Wi-Fi hotspots, cites potential congestion

"Comcast's excuse simply does not add up," three US senators say.




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ZFS 101—Understanding ZFS storage and performance

Learn to get the most out of your ZFS filesystem in our new series on storage fundamentals.




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US military is furious at FCC over 5G plan that could interfere with GPS

FCC accuses military of “baseless fear-mongering” in fight over Ligado network.






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Temperature screening not always reliable to mitigate coronavirus risk, experts say

Canada's chief public health officer Theresa Tam was quick to shut down the approach during the daily ministerial update on Monday.




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Canada focuses on mitigating COVID-19, placing virus origin search on backburner

It will be important to one day learn the true origin story of the global pandemic to defend against similar outbreaks in the future, Health Minister Patty Hajdu acknowledged Monday.




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Artemis Accords: Trump to draft legal space pact to allow mining on the moon

The agreement would be the latest effort to cultivate allies around NASA’s plan to put humans and space stations on the moon within the next decade, and comes as the civilian space agency plays a growing role in implementing American foreign policy.




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Focus on COVID-19 has disrupted funding for regular health research, scientists fear

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) put off its regular $275-million competition this spring to focus on delivering federal grants related to the novel coronavirus.





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South Korea experts say ‘reinfected’ coronavirus cases appear to be false positives

In some cases, the tests may detect old particles of the virus, which may no longer pose a significant threat to the patient or others, scientists say.




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The Status of Object Storage

Last week NVIDIA announced the acquisition of SwiftStack, an object storage startup that, in the last year, refocused most of its work…




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Voices in AI – Episode 109: A Conversation with Frank Holland

About this Episode On Episode 109 of Voices in AI, Byron speaks with Frank Holland about the nature of intelligence and…






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VDI in the Age of Covid-19: Remote Work and the Challenge of the Virtualized Client

These are trying times, not least because corporate life needs to go on, which for millions of businesses means delivering compute resources…




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Voices in AI – Episode 111: A Conversation with Robert Brooker

About this Episode On Episode 111 of Voices in AI, Byron discusses the nature of intelligence and Artificial Intelligence within the…




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VDI as a Service is better than VDI

Last week, I attended Cloud Field Day 7 and some sessions with VMware, they spoke about the service and product ecosystem they…




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Voices in AI – Episode 112: A Conversation with David Weinberger

About this Episode On Episode 112 of Voices in AI, Byron speaks with fellow author and technologist David Weinberger about the…




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Marketplaces Are Changing the Way We Do Enterprise IT

In one of my latest reports (Key Criteria for Evaluating Unstructured Data Management), one of the key criteria was the availability of…




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Why Should You Bother with Value Stream Management?

What is Value Stream Management? Value Stream Management (VSM) is the TLA du jour among software development tools, so is it relevant…




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Science news in brief: from making blue dye with red beetroot, to giant plasma bubbles

And other stories from around the world.




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New discovery suggests London's story goes back more than 3,000 years longer than previously thought

Evidence points to London being a ceremonial site from the fourth millennium BC




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Nasa and Roscosmos astronauts shot into space after unusual coronavirus quarantine

Astronauts had to stay locked away on their own for longer than usual, with no visits from loved ones




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Coronavirus: Summer heat cannot be expected to slow spread of outbreak, report finds

Received wisdom doesn't hold up in pandemics, experts say




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Apollo 13: What happened on Nasa's dramatic moon mission 50 years ago

Mission is remembered as perhaps Nasa's finest, and most desparate, hour




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Coronavirus: Researchers 'a few weeks away' from concluding clinical trials of treatment

Australian scientists also working to evaluate extent of immunity to virus among public




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Apollo 13: Enhanced photos show ill-fated moon mission in unprecedented detail

Imaging specialist produces clearest pictures yet from dramatic Nasa mission




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'A bad time to be alive': Mass extinction 444 million years ago linked to loss of oxygen in Earth's oceans

'By expanding our thinking of how oceans behaved in the past, we could gain some insights into oceans today,' says scientist at Stanford University




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Astronomers discover supernova 'twice as bright or energetic' as any ever recorded

Death of massive star 4.6 billion light years away could aid search for universe's oldest stars




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Flamingos form lasting friendships and 'choose to hang out' with each other, scientists learn

'It seems - like humans - flamingos form social bonds for a variety of reasons,' researcher says




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Deadly disease killing olive trees 'could cost over £20bn' across Europe

Disease, spread by spittlebugs, capable of infecting over 300 plant species




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Exercise may directly protect against liver cancer, study suggests

Experiment in mice indicates exercise provides high level of protection from cancer, even among those with diabetes and obesity




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Coronavirus: Stray dogs eating bat meat could have sparked pandemic, scientist claims

Other researchers have rejected the findings and say dog owners do not need to be concerned




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Major new breakthrough could help reveal origin of the universe, scientists say

Scientists have made a major breakthrough that could help us understand the origin of our universe, they say.




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Coronavirus: Nasa using 50s-style 3D glasses to control Curiosity rover on Mars while team is working from home

The remote working stakes have just gone up a notch




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Coronavirus: Oxford University to begin human trials of Covid-19 vaccine next week

More than 500 people enrol to test jab following trials in animals




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Electricity usage suggests we're living every day like a perpetual weekend

As people retreat to their homes, a group of analysts have seen a significant decrease in fuel consumption in the UK's largest sectors as transport reduces and offices and businesses close




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Science news in brief: From mating flies frozen in time to butterflies in captivity

And other stories from around the world