2022-07-10
About a third of Canada is without internet and phone, unable to call 911 in emergency, check on their family, locate their kids who they can't reach by phone using Find My. All because the CRTC and Competition Bureau have allowed 2-3 companies to block nearly all competition. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Rogers experienced an 18+ hour outage on Friday, affecting internet and phone services, including 911 calls, in parts of Canada
Home internet and wireless connections are coming back, but 18 hours later, there's still no ETA for full restoration. — Canadian telecom Rogers is suffering …
2022-07-09
About a third of Canada is without internet and phone, unable to call 911 in emergency, check on their family, locate their kids who they can't reach by phone using Find My. All because the CRTC and Competition Bureau have allowed 2-3 companies to block nearly all competition. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Rogers experienced an 18+ hour outage on Friday, affecting internet and phone services, including 911 calls, in parts of Canada
One of Canada's largest service providers had a major outage this morning. Voice of America : Millions of Canadians Lose Mobile, Internet Services Jem Aswad / Variety : The Weeknd'...
2020-08-16
This. I really hate seeing people say “why should I care? It's just 2 huge co's battling over money.” Epic is fighting for what indie devs have been complaining about for years. The minute someone with the money and reach to effectively do so joins in, we should just ignore it? https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
With its ban on cloud gaming services and now the removal of Fortnite, Apple is at the risk of losing a generation of young, game-loving smartphone owners
Apple has always had a complicated relationship with the game industry, but this month that relationship slid into a bitter …
This. I really hate seeing people say “why should I care? It's just 2 huge co's battling over money.” Epic is fighting for what indie devs have been complaining about for years. The minute someone with the money and reach to effectively do so joins in, we should just ignore it? https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Epic's Tim Sweeney says fight with Apple is about “the basic freedoms of all consumers and developers” to install and distribute apps as they choose
Nick Statt / The Verge :
2020-08-15
This. I really hate seeing people say “why should I care? It's just 2 huge co's battling over money.” Epic is fighting for what indie devs have been complaining about for years. The minute someone with the money and reach to effectively do so joins in, we should just ignore it? https://twitter.com/...
Ars Technica
Most of Epic's complaints against Apple and Google apply to console makers, which Epic conveniently ignores; most gamers likely play Fortnite on consoles
Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo demand the same platform control—and the same 30% fee. — Yesterday, Epic used Fortnite …
This. I really hate seeing people say “why should I care? It's just 2 huge co's battling over money.” Epic is fighting for what indie devs have been complaining about for years. The minute someone with the money and reach to effectively do so joins in, we should just ignore it? https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
By weaponizing Fortnite and with Apple as its primary target, Epic Games is well positioned to lead the fight for a change in app store policies
Tom Warren / The Verge :
2020-08-14
I quite enjoy Apple destroying their brand while making the anti-trust arguments for us! https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Epic Games files an antitrust suit against Apple, arguing the App Store is a monopoly, seeking no damages but just injunctive relief to “allow fair competition”
Epic has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit following Apple's removal of Fortnite from the App Store
2020-03-27
@mwooIweaver @chronic basically, if you're using a VPN for encryption, APNS is already protected. if you're using it to mask your IP, you likely don't want APNS routed through that
BleepingComputer
Researcher: a vulnerability affecting iOS 13.3.1 and later prevents VPNs from encrypting some traffic, potentially exposing user data or leaking IP addresses
A currently unpatched security vulnerability affecting iOS 13.3.1 or later prevents virtual private network (VPNs) …
@mwooIweaver @chronic i disagree. they're already encrypted, generic enough that it wouldn't give away much information (a device connecting to APNS IPs just tells you have an Apple device on the network), and authenticating with APNS would link your masked IP to your device, identifying you to Apple
BleepingComputer
Researcher: a vulnerability affecting iOS 13.3.1 and later prevents VPNs from encrypting some traffic, potentially exposing user data or leaking IP addresses
A currently unpatched security vulnerability affecting iOS 13.3.1 or later prevents virtual private network (VPNs) …