Sale of Pirate Streaming Devices Declared Illegal By Malaysia IP High Court
May26

Sale of Pirate Streaming Devices Declared Illegal By Malaysia IP High Court

Hoping to reduced the online availability of pirated content in the country, in 2019 the Malaysian Communica­tions and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry said they had blocked 246 sites. The aim of the blocking was to reduce the usefulness of set-top boxes that are configured to provide access to copyrighted material. Running parallel, Malaysia deployed a secondary tactic to prevent the...

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Scammers Use European Union Website to Promote Pirate Streaming Portals
May26

Scammers Use European Union Website to Promote Pirate Streaming Portals

In recent years, Google and other search engines have worked hard to demote pirate sites in their search results. In part motivated by complaints from copyright holders, these efforts have started to pay off. Search traffic to pirate sites is clearly dropping. At the same time, however, the downranking of pirate sites created a new problem. Prospective pirates don’t stop searching for leaked content. This means that search engines...

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How I monitor my greenhouse with CircuitPython and open source tools
May26

How I monitor my greenhouse with CircuitPython and open source tools

CircuitPython provides a revolutionary way to interact with microcontroller boards. This article explains how to use CircuitPython to measure a greenhouse’s temperature, humidity, and ambient light and publish the results to an MQTT broker using a CircuitPython MQTT client. You can subscribe any number of programs to the MQTT queues to process the information further. read more Powered by...

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6 exciting new ShellHub features to look for in 2021
May26

6 exciting new ShellHub features to look for in 2021

ShellHub is a cloud server that allows universal access to your networked devices from any external network. Using it prevents being blocked by firewalls or overly complex networks because ShellHub uses the HTTP protocol to encapsulate the SSH protocol. This transport layer allows seamless use on most networks, as it is commonly available and accepted by most companies’ firewall rules and policies. read more Powered by...

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