Summary Derek, a part-time MySQL DBA, maintained symmetrical replication between two instances: one in Boston and one in Malta. During a backup-power test in Boston that went wrong, the Maltese…
Norway’s £10B UK frigate deal could delay Royal Navy ships Summary Norway has contracted for at least five British-built Type 26 (City-class) frigates in a deal worth roughly £10 billion…
Rick Beato vs UMG: Fighting Copyright Claims Over Music Clips on YouTube Summary Music educator and YouTuber Rick Beato says Universal Music Group (UMG) has been issuing repeated Content ID…
Former US Government Site Climate.Gov Attempts Relaunch as Non-Profit Summary The federal climate-science website climate.gov, whose production team was dismissed earlier in the summer and whose content has been effectively…
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State Summary Nearly 400 students and entrepreneurs have gathered in Forest City, a largely empty mega-project in Malaysia, to attend “Network School,” an…
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental Summary An anonymous plaintiff has sued Amazon Prime Video, alleging the service misleads customers by labelling long-term…
Do social-media bans benefit young people? These data could offer clues Summary Authors Helen Christensen and Andrew Mackinnon discuss how Australia’s Online Safety Amendment Act — which will bar under‑16s…
Clarity or accuracy — what makes a good scientific image? Summary Felice Frankel reviews Anika Burgess’s book Flashes of Brilliance, arguing that photographic images in science are not merely illustrative…
The grant lottery: award rates at UK national funding agency fall below 20% Summary New UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) data show a sharp rise in applications alongside only a…
Rick Beato vs UMG: Fighting Copyright Claims Over Music Clips on YouTube Summary Popular music educator and YouTuber Rick Beato says Universal Music Group (UMG) has been issuing repeated Content…
