There are a number of technical problems with local cache servers run by telcos but usually caching is rejected because of objections from the paying public and regulators that the company providing network connectivity should not intercept and modify traffic. Not saying this doesn't happen, just that when people become aware of it usually a lot of outraged noise is generated.

Telcos have a money machine that is driven by things like Netflix. They invest huge wads of money into network infrastructure but every dollar has an ROI to die for. It is guaranteed long term revenue. Without Netflix, Youtube, et al, demand for their network services would be a fraction of what it is.

Sounds like in Europe the network providers want their money machine and they want someone else to pay for it.

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The box in question is sold at a suspiciously low cost. I'd have to check but it looks about half of normal.

More $$ certainly doesn't guarantee safety or quality but really a really low price usually means something is wrong.

It does seem like for any topic there is someone who sees it as a metaphor for whatever political flavour they hate. Annoying.

Why Can't We be Friends

Why not 'the Ukraine'?

You say this but the vaccine chips are AI enabled with 5G.

It's only a matter of time before radicalized bees are on Twitter and stage a hive revolt.

Not missing the point at all. RCA did that a long long time ago as has everyone else, and RCA doesn't even exist other than as a brand logo for cheap TVs. This happens all the time and is no longer news.

There is a story here but neither the /. summary nor the silly original article dive into it.

They aren't stopping production.

They are moving production to China. Panasonic is still making rice cookers.

This is the perfect example of an abysmally stupid /. article. Two sentences behind a paywall, and that links back to Yahoo Japan. Semi sensational title which really just says Panasonic found a cheaper way to manufacture a kitchen appliance.

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That is, a technology that has purpose and use but is being marketed as sliced bread: something everyone will want and buy into?

Turns out nobody really wants it like that at all.

or is it just not sufficiently developed?

wtf are you babbling about

Yeah, I hear you. As soon as it went wireless (rf or infrared) and use a handheld that is sold to anyone who wants one, security got flushed down the commode.

I don't think FSF is "ranting like the old crazy" guy; they are saying vote with your wallet and don't support restrictive vendors like Apple.

It's hard to deny how controlling Apple is, generally to the detriment of competition and consumer choice although they try to sell it as protecting the consumer against the evil that lurks in the open market. The FSF is saying don't support that business model: spend your bucks elsewhere. I tend to agree.

Hardly mad ranting.

Confession: I currently own an iPad because it is a great document/ebook/pdf reader, especially for my tired and deteriorating vision. It is also a really shitty web browser and the OS is antiquated and clunky. I find that the apps for it are limited in function and expensive compared to Android, yet it does that one thing for me really well. Frustrating because of the way Apple locks everything down even where there is no threat or the threats should be the responsibility of the owner/user of the device.

I would never recommend it to anyone except in very limited circumstances.

You would think but actually this has been a growing problem for a few years now. Articles with details are easily found and I believe /. had another story about this in the not so distant past. Used to be a rarity but much more common now.

I don't know what could be done without including at least some sort of two factor authentication for changes so that all access is tied to specific people and not just a password or pin. Likely that would mean either licensing a security dongle or fob product for each control point or introducing some third party infrastructure with the pump control point always being connected.

Dongles and fobs would add a significant cost and maintenance complexity. I mean, these are pump owners who don't change the default access codes; they may have trouble maintaining security subscriptions. Besides, fuel sales are a loss for most convenience stores so spending more on it is not attractive. Depends on who is paying for the pump and infrastructure.

Problem with internet based authentication is, of course, remote hacking. Bad enough that they are vulnerable to local red neck nerds in pick up trucks; much worse if their buddy in Vladivostok can program everything to pump for free.