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Backup and restore on AWS is a nightmare – is there a way to speed it up?

Apparently. But we’re so incredulous, we’re gonna test those claims on live internet TV…

Webcast “The journey to cloud” echoes through all organisations. It’s a Bildungsroman – a story of empowerment and betterment. A shiny, towering cityscape of gleaming edifices and elegant spires. It’s like an ascension into the actual clouds. Like dying and waking up in heaven.…




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DEF CON is canceled... No, for real. The in-person event is canceled. We're not joking. It's canceled. We mean it

Virus knocks hackers online: Show will try going virtual amid pandemic

Annual Las Vegas hacker gathering DEF CON has officially called off its physical conference for this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.…




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We dunno what's more wild: This vid of Japan's probe bouncing off an asteroid to collect a sample – or that the rock was sun-burnt

Hayabusa 2 expected to return with out-of-this-world material in December

Video Close-up footage of asteroid Ryugu, taken by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft as it touched down to retrieve a sample, reveals the near-Earth object’s surface may have been torched by the Sun as its orbit changed over time.…




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One malicious MMS is all it takes to pwn a Samsung smartphone: Bug squashed amid Android patch batch

Zero-click remote-code exec hole found by Googler, updates emitted

Samsung has patched a serious security hole in its smartphones that can be exploited by maliciously crafted text messages to hijack devices.…




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Need some weekend reading? How about the source code for UK, Australia's coronavirus contact-tracing apps

Problems aside, no one is sure how useful phone-based tracking will be

The NHSX, a technology group within the UK government's National Health Service, has released the source code for its Android and iOS COVID-19 coronavirus contact-tracing apps in an effort to allay privacy concerns and improve the code.…




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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Spacecraft with graphene sails powered by starlight and lasers

Nice way to get to Alpha Centauri though boffin tells us: 'Such a laser system could be used as a weapon'

Coin-sized pieces of graphene can be accelerated by firing low-powered lasers at them in micro-gravity conditions, say scientists. The technology could be a stepping stone to graphene solar sails, which could propel future spacecraft using starlight or a laser array.…




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11/03/13 - Perform without an audience




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11/10/13 - Five nights in a row




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11/17/13 - Don't understand grownups




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12/22/13 - What I really wanted




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12/29/13 - Worth waiting




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2/2/14 - Who you become




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2/16/14 - Never went in there




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3/30/14 - One hundred words for snow




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4/06/14 - When I said those things




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4/13/14 - The door was ajar




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4/27/14 - Three little words




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5/25/14 - We were together




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5/31/14 - Wretched and unnecessary




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6/08/14 - No matter how much you want it




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6/22/14 - Which finally explains




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9/28/14 - Why I wear makeup




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10/12/14 - I know you're scared




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11/9/14 - Comfort now




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11/23/14 - Nothing is wrong between us




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11/30/14 - Wear the ring I gave you




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01/25/15 - Warm breath on the back of my neck




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04/12/15 - When you can't




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04/19/15 - When you can't




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05/31/15 - Know you are lost




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06/07/15 - What I feel inside




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06/14/15 - Don't know what I want




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08/02/15 - My will to live




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08/30/15 - It was a surprise




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09/27/15 - I've always been scared of people like you




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10/04/15 - A plague that swept through the city




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11/01/15 - How lucky I am




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11/15/15 - When confronted




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12/06/15 - Warm




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01/03/16 - We were all just humans




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02/21/16 - Being killed in the war




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04/10/16 - Flowers in Hand




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04/24/16 - Waited all this time




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05/01/16 - Your lips have grown so cold




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05/15/16 - How not to be lonely




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06/05/16 - The whole vengeance thing




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07/10/16 - Everything I knew




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10/09/16 - Keeping busy these last few weeks




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11/06/16 - Someone who loves me back




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11/20/16 - And we never complained