Yellen Says US Could Back All Deposits at Smaller Banks if Needed to Prevent Contagion
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the federal government could guarantee all deposits of smaller banks if they “suffer deposit runs that pose the risk of contagion.” The government recently protected all deposits of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank after they failed. U.S. Government Ready to Guarantee More Deposits if Needed U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a speech to the American Bankers Association Tuesday...
RIAA Hunts Pre-Release Music Pirates Behind UnreleasedSounds.gg
Human beings have a tendency to want things they can’t have. A modest interest in a particular item or activity can inexplicably soar when it’s recognized as rare or unavailable. When strictly forbidden, even regular fruit can prove irresistible. Spotify offers 100 million tracks to hear right now, including the vast majority of the greatest pieces of music ever written. Yet for some, the lure of an unreleased track can outweigh every...
Internet Archive’s Copyright Battle with Book Publishers Nears Climax
In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. IA’s library is a non-profit organization that scans physical books, which can then be lent out to patrons in an ebook format. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, only one patron at a time can get a copy. These restrictions were...
8 steps to refurbish an old computer with Linux
8 steps to refurbish an old computer with Linux howtech Wed, 03/22/2023 – 03:00 We live in a remarkable era. It wasn’t so long ago we were all chained to the “upgrade treadmill,” forced to buy expensive new personal computers every few years. Today, with the benefit of open source software, you can break out of that cycle. One way is to refurbish old computers and keep them in service. This article tells you...
Why your open source project needs a content strategy
Why your open source project needs a content strategy emilyo Wed, 03/22/2023 – 03:00 If you search for content strategy in your favorite search engine, I bet that you find that it is a term more strongly associated with marketing content than with technical content. However, a technical content strategy is a powerful way to align stakeholders around content goals for your open source project. In this article, I explore the...
