ISP news and notables

The Commerce Department can’t allocate $42.5 billion in grants until the FCC publishes better coverage data.https://www.engadget.com/bipartisan-infrastructure-law-broadband-funding-delayed-180710457.html Walmart and Streaming Serviceshttps://techcrunch.com/2022/08/09/walmart-streaming-nyt-report/ Mikrotik August 2022 Newsletterhttps://mt.lv/News107 Unifi Version 7.0https://blog.ui.com/2022/03/01/unifi-network-version-7-0-introduces-revamped-settings-to-simplify-system-configuration/

Epson shuts of your printer

https://m.slashdot.org/story/403150 Printer maker Epson has programmed some models of its inkjet printers to “stop operating” at a pre-determined time, citing the risk of property damage linked to “ink spills,” the Fight to Repair newsletter reports.

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Arin 2Factor Authentication statistics

Recently, Arin sent out an email with the following statement. In 2015, ARIN deployed a Time-Based One-Time password (TOTP) implementation of Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). Since the time of implementing that login security feature, 3.2 percent of ARIN Online users have …

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Free Microsoft exam credit

Microsoft.com offers a Microsoft Certification Exam for Free when you Complete One Challenge within the Microsoft Build Cloud Skills Challenge May 2022. Thanks to Community Member CleverCheetah1749 for finding this deal. Instructions: Go to Microsoft Build Cloud Skills Challenge May 2022 Complete one …

ISP News for the week ending April29th, 2022

Cloudflare blocks a 15rps DDOs Attack.https://blog.cloudflare.com/15m-rps-ddos-attack/ Good news regarding the chip shortage. “America’s ambitions to rebuild its semiconductor manufacturing industry took a step forward on Monday with the opening of a specialty chip fabrication plant in central New York.”https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/U.S.-opens-first-major-silicon-carbide-chip-plant-in-New-York The …