Russians are downloading Wikipedia en masse as possible ban looms
Russia's military invasion of Ukraine is now entering its fourth week with no end in sight. Thanks to Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions, the country has largely been cut off from the West as a result – whether it be through sanctions a.....»»
OpenStreetMap Looks To Relocate To EU Due To Brexit Limitations
OpenStreetMap, the Wikipedia-for-maps organisation that seeks to create a free and open-source map of the globe, is considering relocating to the EU, almost 20 years after it was founded in the UK by the British entrepreneur Steve Coast. From a repor.....»»
Why is Russia launching a new module to the space station if it’s pulling out?
Nauka will be the largest module the Russians have sent to the ISS. An overview of Russia's Nauka module being encapsulated in a rocket fairing. [credit:.....»»
Wikimedia Bans Admin of Wikipedia Croatia For Pushing Radical Agenda
The Record reports: The Wikimedia Foundation has banned the administrator of the Croatian version of Wikipedia after an investigation revealed that together with other admins, they edited and distorted content on the site with radical right views. T.....»»
Drought saps California reservoirs as hot, dry summer looms
Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation's crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wil.....»»
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 06/07/2021
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' tops the chart, followed by ‘Cruella'. 'Wrath of Man' completes the top three. From: TF, for the lat.....»»
DMCA Notice Targets TorrentFreak, Netflix, and Reddit’s Wikipedia Pages
Adult entertainment company The Score Group has asked Google to remove dozens of Wikipedia entries from its search results. Some of these pages document the history of popular pirate sites. However, the DMCA notice also targets Wikipedia's own Wikipe.....»»
How to download MacOS Monterey beta
Apple announced the next version of its MacOS operating system. Known as Monterey, developers can begin downloading MacOS 12 in beta form right now......»»
Watch this: crushes and queues as gamers struggle to grab new Nvidia RTX cards
We all know the availability problems of graphics cards, the result of pandemic-induced unprecedented demand, cryptominers, and scalpers. It means that on those rare occasions when there is stock in retail stores, people turn up en masse and swamp th.....»»
Russians end 7-hour spacewalk at International Space Station
Two Russian cosmonauts ventured for more than 7 hours outside the International Space Station to prepare for the arrival of a new Russian module......»»
Wikipedia campaigns for donations, assumes for-profit stance
The ubiquitous non-profit online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, is once again asking its readers to donate. You've likely seen the banners at the top of each page......»»
California already in throes of drought as summer looms
Summer has not even begun and Lake Oroville, the second-largest reservoir in California that provides drinking water to more than 25 million people, is at less than half of its average capacity at this time of year......»»
Texas’ “failsafe” generators failed, risking weeks-long catastrophe
Black start generators—and their backups—failed en masse during deep freeze. Enlarge / A worker repairs a power line in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (credit: Thomas Ryan Allison/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Texas’ days-long.....»»
Downloading Ubuntu via BitTorrent gets Comcast customer a DMCA warning
Put down your pitchforks—it looks like the DMCA warning was bogus. u/NateNate60 received this (heavily redacted) DMCA infringement warning. We don't have email headers, so we can't 100% verif.....»»
Windows 10 21H1 available now, improves document load times
The changes in 21H1 are mostly minor—much bigger things are coming in October. Enlarge / Not all users will see 21H1 show up in Windows Update yet—but if you're the itchy type, you can force the issue by downloading the Windows media install.....»»
Comcast Subscriber Receives DMCA Notice For Downloading Ubuntu
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Every day, people who download and share pirated content receive DMCA notices via their ISPs, warning them to cease and desist their infringing behavior. While the majority of these notices are a.....»»
As cicadas emerge, wildlife prepare for a feast—rats included
It was June 2004, and the elephants at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore were getting awfully sick of Brood X cicadas, which had emerged en masse after 17 years underground......»»
Freenode IRC staff resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s “crown prince”
Former staffer alleges "a hostile entity is now in control... and has your data." Freenode currently ranges between roughly 75,000 and 90,000 users—that's a far cry from the 240,000 users fellow IRC network QuakeNet had back in 2005, but it's.....»»
Freenode IRC staff resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s crown prince
Former staffer alleges "a hostile entity is now in control... and has your data." Freenode currently ranges between roughly 75,000 and 90,000 users—that's a far cry from the 240,000 users fellow IRC network QuakeNet had back in 2005, but it's.....»»
Who"s an astronaut as private spaceflight picks up speed?
As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?.....»»
Freenode IRC resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s crown prince
Former staffer alleges "a hostile entity is now in control... and has your data." Freenode currently ranges between roughly 75,000 and 90,000 users—that's a far cry from the 240,000 users fellow IRC network QuakeNet had back in 2005, but it's.....»»