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Blaming the insecurity of consumer Wi-Fi routers on foreign manufacturers is a red herring, and it’s not going to help revive US manufacturing. https://www.networkworld.com/article/4153824/why-cant-we-have-nice-routers-anymore.html by @sjvn

Why can’t we have nice routers anymore!

Why can't we have nice routers anymore?

Blaming the insecurity of consumer Wi-Fi routers on foreign manufacturers is a red herring, and it’s not going to help revive US manufacturing.

Network World
#Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost
The post on Bluesky by #astronomer #JonathanMcDowell is a stark reminder that Hubble is heading back to Earth, possibly sooner than previously thought, as its orbit decays.
Hubble was launched into #LEO in 1990, in bay of Space Shuttle Discovery. While it remains capable of pointing its instruments and returns breathtaking imagery over more than three decades in orbit, it cannot raise its altitude
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/hubble_orbit_decay/
Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost

: Orbit decay accelerates as solar activity rises, with no approved mission yet to raise the telescope's altitude

The Register

I've been writing on OpenStack since day one. Now its 15 years later and it keeps on adding features that cloud operators need. Oh and even now - just as it was a decade ago, going after VMware users is still a primary target.

“VMware escapees represent currently a lot of the new deployments that are coming to OpenStack right now,” @tcarrez Carrez, general manager of the OpenInfra Foundation, told me.

https://www.networkworld.com/article/4153256/openstack-gazpacho-is-a-dish-best-served-cold-for-hot-cloud-networks.html

OpenStack Gazpacho is a dish best served cold for hot cloud networks

Open-source cloud infrastructure technology adds new compute and networking capabilities.

Network World
I've tracked Apple for nearly 50 years: How a garage rebel became a multitrillion-dollar empire https://zdnet.com/article/apple-at-50-from-garage-rebel-to-multitrillion-dollar-empire/ via @ZDNet @sjvn

#Apple is turning 50, but it seems oddly reluctant to credit its founders, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
I've tracked Apple for nearly 50 years: How a garage rebel became a multitrillion-dollar empire

Opinion: On Apple's 50th anniversary, here's a look at what the company gained - and lost - on its journey from a tech geeks' dream to a luxury device brand.

ZDNET

How AI has suddenly become much more useful to open-source developers https://www.zdnet.com/article/maybe-open-source-needs-ai/ via @ZDNet & @sjvn

#opensource developers are finding , when used properly, #AI can actually help current and long-neglected programs. However, legal and quality issues loom.

How AI has suddenly become much more useful to open-source developers

More open-source developers are finding that, when used properly, AI can actually help current and long-neglected programs. However, legal and quality issues loom.

ZDNET
I've tracked #Apple for nearly 50 years: How a garage rebel became a multitrillion-dollar empire https://zdnet.com/article/apple-at-50-from-garage-rebel-to-multitrillion-dollar-empire/ via @ZDNet @sjvn

Apple is turning 50, but it seems oddly reluctant to credit its founders, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
I've tracked Apple for nearly 50 years: How a garage rebel became a multitrillion-dollar empire

Opinion: On Apple's 50th anniversary, here's a look at what the company gained - and lost - on its journey from a tech geeks' dream to a luxury device brand.

ZDNET
@nixCraft <Shrug> This is just front-end garbage, there's nothing of any substance here.

So, your son or daughter volunteers to defend the country, and Trump wants to arrest you for showing up for their graduation. Alrighty then.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/ice-agents-will-stationed-marine-corps-graduation-events-south-carolin-rcna265941

ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina

ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines, according to the Marine Corps.

NBC News

Remember: There are practically no open source AI language models. "open weight" means nothing more than "you can tune it a bit".

(I say practically because there are a few useful models where all the components are licensed in an open source way, most notably some of the ones from Pleias, but they're sadly a corner case)

Every server in a modern data center runs on direct current (DC). Yet the electricity that reaches those servers still travels most of the way as alternating current (AC), undergoing several conversions before it reaches the chip. Two international industry alliances argue that this conversion chain is one of the largest sources of avoidable energy waste in today’s facilities – and they have now formalized a plan to change it.

https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/energy-power-supply/inside-the-push-to-bring-dc-power-to-data-centers

Inside the Push to Bring DC Power to Data Centers

Two European alliances are collaborating to advance open DC distribution standards, aiming to improve data center energy efficiency.

DataCenterKnowledge