China’s Great Firewall Censors Crypto Websites Coingecko, Coinmarketcap, Tradingview
On September 28, reports stemming from social media and crypto-focused forums detailed that China has been blocking a number of cryptocurrency websites. The Twitter handle for 8btc News tweeted that the web portals coinmarketcap.com and coingecko.com have been blocked from mainland China. The ‘Great Firewall,’ as it is often called, has also blocked a number of other sites like tradingview.com as well. Specific Crypto Web Portals Are...
Italian Soccer League Obtains Dynamic Pirate IPTV Blocking Order
Pirate IPTV services are a problem for many entertainment companies since they tend to offer premium products at a knock-down price. For just a few dollars, euros or pounds per month, users are spoiled for choice with movies, TV shows, live TV and more just a click away. One of the key concerns in Europe is the effect these services have on the TV market, especially live sports. To that end, entities such as England’s Premier League...
U.S. Copyright Holders Want Russia to Criminally Prosecute Pirate sites
Over the past several years, Russia has introduced various anti-piracy laws and regulations. Pirate sites can be blocked through court orders, app stores have to take strict action against ‘pirate’ apps, search engines must swiftly block pirate sites, and even VPN services and proxies can be banned. The measures go far beyond what we see in most other countries but, according to US copyright holders, these still don’t go far enough....
How I keep my file folders tidy with Ansible
I try to use Ansible often, even for tasks that I know how to do with a shell script because I know that Ansible is easy to scale. Even though I might develop an Ansible playbook just for my personal workstation, sometimes it ends up being a lot more useful than intended, and it’s easy to apply that same playbook to all the computers on my network. And besides, sometimes the greatest enemy of getting really good at something is...
Manage CentOS Stream with Foreman
In December 2021, CentOS 8 will reach end of life and be replaced by CentOS Stream. One of the major changes between previous iterations of CentOS and CentOS Stream is the lack of minor versions. Centos Stream has adopted a continuous release cycle. From the beginning of this year, developers in the Foreman community started to see the benefits of earlier bug detection and patching that CentOS Stream offers as a result of the...
