China’s Website and VPN Blocking Hurts Business, US Says
The Chinese government is known to keep a tight grip on the websites its citizens are allowed to see on the Internet. The so-called ‘Great Firewall’ blocks pirate sites, but also a wide variety of other websites which the government believes could have a negative influence on society. While the exact scope of the blocking effort is unknown, it’s certain that thousands of websites are affected. The US Government,...
If YouTube-Ripping Sites Are Illegal, What About Tools That Do a Similar Job?
In 2016, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry published research which claimed that half of 16 to 24-year-olds use stream-ripping tools to copy music from sites like YouTube. While this might not have surprised those who regularly participate in the activity, IFPI said that volumes had become so vast that stream-ripping had overtaken pirate site music downloads. That was a big statement. Probably not...
Making cloud-native computing universal and sustainable
I’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to build an open source foundation from scratch the last couple of years by serving as the founding executive director of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Since late 2015, the foundation has grown to comprise more than 200 members worldwide and 18 innovative cloud-native projects. read...
