On his personal blog, Red Hat’s Chris Short (also a CNCF Cloud Native Ambassador) told his readers that “We kinda went down a rabbit hole the other day when I suggested folks check out yq. (“The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.”) “First, there’s nothing wrong with this project. I like it, I…
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Elon Musk’s Las Vegas Loop Might Only Carry a Fraction of the Passengers It Promised
The Boring Company’s Las Vegas Convention Center loop “will not be able to move anywhere near the number of people LVCC wants, and that TBC agreed to,” reports TechCrunch. The LVCC wanted transit that could move up to 4,400 people every hour between exhibition halls and parking lots on the Los Vegas Strip. According to planning files reviewed by TechCrunch, “the…
Group Files ‘Largest FOIA of All Time’
Reclaim the Records — a group of activist genealogists, historians, journalists, teachers — has filed what may be the largest Freedom Of Information Act Request of all time. The group wants the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to release billions of digital images and their associated metadata to the public. From a report: NARA is a government agency that preserves…
Ubisoft, Crytek Data Posted on Ransomware Gang’s Site
A ransomware gang going by the of Egregor has leaked data it claims to have obtained from the internal networks of two of today’s largest gaming companies — Ubisoft and Crytek. An anonymous reader writes: Data allegedly taken from each company has been published on the ransomware gang’s dark web portal on Tuesday. Details about how the Egregor gang obtained the…
Chrome Changes How Its Cache System Works To Improve Privacy
Google has changed how a core component of the Chrome browser works in order to add additional privacy protections for its users. From a report: Known as the HTTP Cache or the Shared Cache, this Chrome component works by saving copies of resources loaded on a web page, such as images, CSS files, and JavaScript files. The idea is that when…
SEC Sues John McAfee Over Promoting Cryptocurrency On Twitter
Aighearach shares a report from Reuters: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday sued John McAfee, creator of the eponymous anti-virus software, alleging that he made over $23.1 million in undisclosed compensation from recommending seven cryptocurrency offerings on Twitter that were materially false and misleading. The regulator, which is seeking a trial by jury, alleged that from at least…
MS Excel Data Files Exceeding the Maximum Size Resulted in Nearly 16,000 Covid-19 Cases Go Unreported in England
rastos1 shares a report: The health secretary has said a technical glitch that saw nearly 16,000 Covid-19 cases go unreported in England “should never have happened.” The error meant that although those who tested positive were told about their results, their close contacts were not traced. By Monday afternoon, around half of those who tested positive had yet to be asked…
UK’s UFO files reveal West Midlands sightings
Recently declassified government documents include almost two dozen reports of UFOs over Worcestershire. Back in January we reported that the Royal Ai… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339919/uks-ufo-files-reveal-west-midlands-sightings…
Amazon Remasters Streaming Tracks in Effort To Woo Subscribers
Amazon has teamed up with Universal Music and Warner Music to remaster thousands of popular streaming tracks to better-than-CD audio quality [Editor’s note: the link may be paywalleddd; alternative source], as the music industry tries to lure listeners to pricier subscriptions. From a report: In addition to a standard $10 a month streaming service comparable to Spotify, Amazon offers a high-definition…
Hacker Publishes Info On Las Vegas-Area Students After Demanding Ransom
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Business Insider: Last month, Las Vegas’ largest public school district announced that a hacker compromised some of its files using ransomware and was holding the files hostage while demanding a ransom payment. Now, a hacker has published files containing students’ grades and personal information after school district officials refused to pay the ransom. Brett…