cloud

Pentagon Canceled JEDI Project with Microsoft

The U.S. Pentagon has canceled the JEDI cloud contract that it awarded to Microsoft in 2019, CNBC reported. JEDI stands for Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure. The Pentagon stated in a press release that “due to evolving requirements, increased cloud conversancy…

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Podcast

Amazon Fires Flex Workers by Computer #1536

Amazon is firing Flex workers by computer and the company is perfectly ok with that even if it makes mistakes. There is a long line of people wanting flex jobs and so long as they have applicants they will just…

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Kirk
Podcast
Apple

Apple Warns Sideloading Apps Would Undermine Privacy Protections

Apple has released a report titled: “Building a Trusted Ecosystem for Millions of Apps”. In short, it provides information about how the App Store protections are important for the safety and security of iOS and iPadOS. Sideloading would undermine this…

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Podcast

Amazon Dumps Millions of Products Annually! #1535

So Amazon has been caught in an investigative piece in the UK of dumping literally millions of new and barely used items in landfills, while they claim it’s a recycling center the company doing the investigative work says it was…

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Kirk
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energy saving

ERCOT is Raising Temperatures on Smart Thermostats

Some Texans in the Houston area said their homes have been much warmer this week, even while they are running their air conditioners, KHOU-11 reported. Many of these Texans claim that someone has been turning up the temperature on their…

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Information

Data Centers are Using Too Much Water During Droughts

Huge data centers are using a lot of water to keep warehouses filled with computers cool. This isn’t good for the climate – especially during droughts. NBC News reported that on May 17, the City Council of Mesa, Arizona, approved…

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