Starlink Direct-to-Cell Brings Satellite Connectivity to Your Smartphone Starlink Direct-to-Cell lets an ordinary smartphone connect straight to a satellite for texts and calls, with no dish required. This article explains how it works and how it compares to the satellite feature built into recent iPhones. The takeaway: the two services are built for different jobs, and Apple’s version isn’t trying … Read More
Starlink Jammer: How Russia Targets Starlink Ground Terminals
Starshield: SpaceX’s Secret Satellite Constellation for Military Operations What gets called Russia’s Starlink jammer goes after the ground terminals that talk to the satellites, not the satellites themselves: a Russian system called Kalinka is reported to detect and locate Starlink terminals so that electronic warfare units can target them. Starshield is a separate constellation of satellites SpaceX builds for the … Read More
AMD vs Intel vs ARM Part 2: Who Is Winning the Server CPU Sustainability War?
Are Data Centers Really the Bad Guys with the Environment? Read the video transcript below. Cloud Giants Are Efficient Alex Gizis: There are something like a hundred million servers in the cloud today. Everything I read talks about how much unbelievable amounts of power and water that these servers are consuming. So are the servers in the cloud like significantly … Read More
Linux blames Intel and AMD’s buggy hardware chips crashing the OS
System Performance vs. Security Patches: the Linus Torvalds Take Read the video transcript below. The Root of the Controversy: System Performance vs Security Patches Alex Gizis: Linus Torvalds is “fed up with buggy hardware and completely theoretical attacks. He is lashing out the hardware companies and turning down security patches to Linux. What’s going on here, Brian? Brian Prodoehl: So, … Read More
Apple vs. Microsoft Drivers: Why Macs Avoided the CrowdStrike Crash
The Situation with External Hardware on Mac Compared to Windows or Linux Read the transcript of the video below Why Apple Restricted Kernel Access for Mac Ryan: How is kernel access different on Mac versus Windows and Linux? Alex Gizis: Somewhere around 2020, Apple just locked down the kernel. They do not allow any drivers from anyone but them, no … Read More
How the CrowdStrike Windows Crash Happened: Kernel Drivers Explained
How a Software App Can Crash Entire Systems: the CrowdStrike Case Read the video transcript below. Kernel Module Corrupt Data Files: the Root Cause for Many System Crashes Ryan: How did Crowdstrike allow this to happen? Is there something different about Windows that makes it more vulnerable to this kind of stuff? Alex Gizis: Windows does allow third-party companies like … Read More