Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Warns Gas Prices Could Spike This Winter — Says ‘It’s a Risk’
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that gas prices could rise again this year. “It’s a risk that we’re working on the price cap to try to address,” she stressed. “Our price cap proposal is designed to both lower Russian revenues … while also maintaining Russian oil supplies that will help to hold down global oil prices.” Janet Yellen on Gas Price Increase, Inflation, EU Sanctions, and Russian Oil Treasury Secretary Janet...
DNS Resolver Quad9 Continues to Fight Pirate Site Blocking Demands
Last year, Sony Music obtained an injunction that orders DNS resolver Quad9 to block a popular pirate site. The injunction, issued by the District Court of Hamburg, required the Swiss DNS resolver to block access to a site that links to pirated music. The name of the targeted site wasn’t revealed, but we deduced that Canna.to was the target. That site was also targeted by a voluntary blocking agreement previously signed by...
ACE Shuts Down More Illegal Steaming Sites – These Sites May Be Next
There are just three certainties in life – death, taxes, and regular announcements by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment that more pirate sites have been shut down. The latest to fall to ACE are all part of an Argentina-based streaming ring, variously branded as Pelismart and Pelispop. ACE says that seven domains, all belonging to the same operator, were taken down in August following enforcement action in July. 27 Million...
How I troubleshoot swappiness and startup time on Linux
How I troubleshoot swappiness and startup time on Linux David Both Tue, 09/13/2022 – 03:00 I recently experienced another interesting problem in the Linux startup sequence that has a circumvention–not a solution. It started quite unexpectedly. I was writing a couple of articles while making some updates to my personal copy of my series of books, “Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin.” I had four instances...
Open source blockchain development: Get started with Hyperledger FireFly
Open source blockchain development: Get started with Hyperledger FireFly Nicko Guyer Tue, 09/13/2022 – 03:00 It takes more than a blockchain node to build enterprise-grade applications at scale. As a result, developers often find themselves building plumbing from scratch to make their business logic work. The release of Hyperledger FireFly changed blockchain development, offering developers a full stack of tools to build and...
