Microsoft says Windows 11 is getting less rubbish but we are skeptical, vehicles with alcohol interlocks won’t start because the manufacturer’s server is down, and whether you should virtualise a router or a NAS.

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Five‑Year Storage Design with OpenZFS: Media Refresh, Rebalancing, and Hardware Independence

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Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded across the US

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The US government is drumming up fear about foreign routers, a pretty serious supply chain attack might be state-sponsored, and the safety of filesystems inside VMs.

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The Real Cost of Technology Dependence: Building Independence with Open-Source Storage

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US bans any new consumer-grade routers not made in America

National Security Determination on the Threat Posed by Routers Produced by Foreign Countries (pdf)

1K+ cloud environments infected following Trivy supply chain attack

Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines

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Why passkeys aren’t the right solution to everything, Allan tells us why he loves his new Lithium Iron Phosphate UPS, Btrfs vs ZFS on root, and restricting Internet access for IoT devices on your network.

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Designing OpenZFS Storage for Independence

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Please, please, please stop using passkeys for encrypting user data

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