Daily Tech News 6 January 2022

• Read the room.
  

  New to @sunflowerfarmz?
  
  Here's a step-by-step guide on how to get started 👇https://t.co/bxqMnWeVQ6

  — DappRadar (@DappRadar) January 6, 2022

  
  Thanks, @DappRadar. I was blissfully unaware of this new game until it took over the entire fucking blockchain, pushing gas prices from 30 as high as 5000. (Reddit)
  
  Polygon's response to their blockchain crossing the Shoe Sunflower Event Horizon is apparently it's a blockchain, what did you idiots expect? (Reddit)
  
  Because of course they still get their money. It's only a problem if they don't get paid.
  
  
  

• The Phanteks Evolv Shift XT is a mini-ITX case that can easily expand into a large mini-ITX case. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  All the fun stuff was announced yesterday.
  
  
  
• Handling 80TB and 5 million page views per month for $400. (Poly Haven)
  
  1. Abuse Cloudflare's $20 per month plan to offload the 80TB of file downloads.
  2. The mee.nu server - which costs $50 per month - is closing in on 2 billion total page views. And that server is kind of broken.
  
  
  
• Party like it's 2002. (Bleeping Computer)
  
  Honda has been hit by its own Y2.022K bug that resets their cars' navigation computers to 2002. The bug will fix itself in August. Until then, where were you going to go anyway?
  
  
  
• Crypto platform Arbix Finance has disappeared with $10 million of user funds. (Bleeping Computer)
  
  Only $10 million? Scarcely seems worth it.
  
  
  
• Norton 360 - in case you weren't aware - is utter garbage. (The Register)
  
  Norton Utilities back, back in the day, was great. In 2022, it comes bundled with a cryptocurrency mining app that installs itself without notification, skims off 15% for Symantec, and is protected from removal by the other utilities.

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