https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44858238 Google has been fined a record €4.34bn ($5bn; £3.9bn) over Android. The firm’s parent Alphabet has been given 90 days to change its business practices or face further penalties. The European Commission said the firm had used the mobile operating system to illegally “cement its dominant position in general internet search”. →
https://opensource.com/article/18/7/stackware-turns-25 On July 17, 1993, he announced version 1.0. A quarter century and 30-plus versions later, Slackware is the oldest actively maintained Linux distribution. →
https://inktank.fi/freedom-press-billboards-helsinki-putin-trump-2018/ Take on the Helsinki 2018 summit: A high-five to the ad people at Finland’s, and the entire Nordic region’s biggest daily newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, or ‘Hesari’. →
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/optimisim-and-skepticism-meet-headtohead-at-5g-forum When it comes to the rollout of 5G networks, carriers and equipment suppliers are all in. On the other hand, in 5G’s current development cycle, at least on academic expert is taking a more skeptical position. It seems that the design philosophy of 5G has quite successfully achieved “green” (efficient) and “soft” (agile) aims →
https://opensource.com/article/18/5/how-find-ip-address-linux This article tells Linux commands to find local and public IP addresses for your machine. →
https://blog.paessler.com/investments-in-iot-security-are-set-to-increase-rapidly-in-2018 The two biggest challenges in 2018 will continue to be protecting against unauthorized access, and patching/updating the software of the device. Companies must not neglect the security problems of IoT and IIoT devices. Cyberattacks on the Internet of Things (IoT) are already a reality. According to Gartner‘s market researchers, global spending on IoT security →
I have had this cheap USB endoscope for few years. Then it suddenly stopped working. So I opened it up to see what is inside and hopefully fix to work again. The problems seems to be loose green wire. A bit of soldering and it works again. Not much electronics. Just wiring from USB connector →
https://opensource.com/article/18/7/sysadmin-guide-selinux Security. Hardening. Compliance. Policy. The Four Horsemen of the SysAdmin Apocalypse. In addition to our daily tasks—monitoring, backup, implementation, tuning, updating, and so forth—we are also in charge of securing our systems. In the spirit of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, here are the 42 answers to the big questions about managing and →
https://www.baldengineer.com/six-oscilloscope-measurements-using-arduino.html You can use these 6 oscilloscope measurements, and just an Arduino Uno, to learn how to use a new or unfamiliar digital scope. This tutorial is a general explanation on how to setup the Arduino and a screenshot to help identify if you set up your scope correctly. →
Remote powering implies that the power equipment is not local but some distance away. This article is remote powering audio edition. It can be seen a continuation of my earlier Remote powering over communications cabling posting series. Microphone: Plug-in-power Plug-in power is designed to power electret microphones through same audio cable that carries audio. Most →