We’re not going to deal with today’s IT admin issues with yesterday’s technology
If I were to put you in a time machine and transport you five years into the future, do you know what you’d find in IT administration? Even more complexity, heterogeneity, and increased use of novel new platforms and technologies. And yet IT admins would still be worried and stressedContinue Reading
Headlines for April 23, 2024
More Bodies Uncovered at Nasser Hospital Grave as U.N. Warns of Intergenerational Trauma in Gaza, U.N. Commission Says Israel Still Has Not Provided Evidence of Oct. 7 Allegations Against UNRWA, Gaza Solidarity Encampments and Protests Burgeon Across College Campuses Amid Police Crackdown, PEN America Forced to Cancel Awards Ceremony AmidContinue Reading
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NEW: Crop TV Show images from TMDB, Pluto and other sources to the correct aspect to make them look nicer in Channels. NEW: Custom Channels support streaming from Chrome Capture for Channels IMPROVED: Channel names now show in the web guide IMPROVED: Video groups listed on the web UI haveContinue Reading
Parallel economy: How Russia is defying the West’s boycott
Two years after the invasion of Ukraine prompted exodus of brands from Russia, many products are freely bought and sold., When Moscow resident Zoya, 62, was planning a trip to Italy to visit her daughter last August, she saw the perfect opportunity to buy the Apple Watch she had longContinue Reading
Hezbollah launches deepest attack inside Israel since Gaza war began
The attack comes after Hezbollah said Israeli forces killed one of its fighters in southern Lebanon., The attack comes after Hezbollah said Israeli forces killed one of its fighters in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese group Hezbollah says it has launched drone attacks on Israeli bases north of the city ofContinue Reading
How do you build without over polluting? That’s the challenge of new Catan board game
A new version of the popular board game Catan aims to make players wrestle with a 21st-century problem: How do you develop and expand without overly polluting the planet?Continue Reading
Ex-cop accused in 2 killings, kidnapping of baby shoots self during chase, police say
A former Washington state police officer accused of killing his ex-wife and his girlfriend, as well as kidnapping a baby, shot himself during a pursuit with police in Oregon, authorities said Tuesday., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as their legislative session nears end
Top Mississippi lawmakers have started negotiating on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. But even with Republicans controlling both the state House and S…, Read MoreContinue Reading
US health officials warn of counterfeit Botox injections
U.S. health officials are warning of counterfeit Botox injections after more than 20 people got sick, Read MoreContinue Reading
New IAEA Publication: Radiation Safety in the Use of Radiation Sources in Research and Education
The IAEA has published a safety guide to protect students and researchers who use radioactive material or radiation in learning or research., Read MoreContinue Reading
Will Israeli army intelligence chief’s resignation lead to accountability?
Major General Aharon Haliva acknowledged failure to warn of the October 7 attack., Inside Story Major General Aharon Haliva acknowledged failure to warn of the October 7 attack. More than six months after Hamas carried out an assault on southern Israel, the Israeli military intelligence chief has resigned. In hisContinue Reading
‘Attacks on UNRWA have nothing to do with neutrality,’ Lazzarini says
UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini said that attacks on his agency are aimed at stripping Palestinians of refugee status., Video Duration 00 minutes 57 seconds NewsFeed UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini told Al Jazeera that attacks on his agency are part of an effort to strip Palestinians of their refugee status. HeContinue Reading
No Lethal AI Weapons, 14 Groups Tell the Pentagon
The U.S. military should clarify that it will not develop or deploy lethal weapons powered by artificial intelligence (AI), 14 groups said in a letter sent today to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks. The letter was co-signed by Public Citizen, the Future of LifeContinue Reading