WeChat advances e-commerce goals with $250B in transactions
WeChat continues to advance its shopping ambitions as the social networking app turns 10 years old. The Chinese messenger facilitated 1.6 trillion yuan (close to $250 billion) in annual transactions…
Holiday Hack Challenge – 2020
Holiday Hack Challenge – 2020 So Zack of ZP Enterprises’ and a friend of ZP Enterprises signed up for the SAN’s Holiday Hack Challenge of 2020. And what an exciting…
What is a malicious payload?
Payloads are parts of cyber attacks which cause harm. Payloads can sit dormant for seconds or even months before they are triggered. What is a malicious payload? In the context…
When are email attachments safe to open?
Email attachments can contain malware. It is important to confirm who sent an attachment, why they sent it, and what it will do before opening or downloading it. When are…
How to Use the Risk-Reward Ratio in Investing
The risk-reward ratio is a valuable analytical tool available to investors. Since no investment is genuinely risk-free, the risk-reward ratio helps calculate the potential outcomes of any investment transaction—good or…
SpaceX won “rural” FCC funding in surprising places, like major airports.
A researcher says Starlink and other ISPs took advantage of the broken FCC system. The Federal Communications Commission last week awarded $9.2 billion to 180 broadband providers, saying the money…
IPsec (Internet Protocol Security)
What is IPsec (Internet Protocol Security)? IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) is a suite of protocols and algorithms… What is IPsec? IPsec stands for Internet Protocol Security. The IP part tells…
CentOS 8 Early EOL in 2021 and CentOS Stream
CentOS 8 Early EOL in 2021 and CentOS Stream The CentOS 8 life cycle has been cut short with the news of its EOL in December 2021. RHEL revealed it…
SpaceX gets $886 million from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 states
Starlink’s charter also wins big; the FCC fund will bring service to 5.2M homes and businesses. SpaceX has been awarded $885.51 million by the Federal Communications Commission to provide Starlink…
Teardown of “Dishy McFlatface,” the SpaceX Starlink user terminal
“It’s rare to see something of this complexity in a consumer product.” Engineer Ken Keiter recently came into possession of one SpaceX Starlink user terminal, the satellite dish that SpaceX…