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March 11, 2022

Daily Tech News 11 March 2022

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The Polygon blockchain has been down for more than 12 13 hours after a routine software upgrade didn't go entirely according to keikaku.* (Coin Telegraph)

Shut 'er down, ma. She's suckin' mud.

* Keikaku means flan.

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Apple is planning a new Mac Mini with the new M2 chip later this year. (9to5Mac)

This will have similar CPU performance to the current M1 Max but probably a smaller GPU. Could be out as soon as June.
Screw you guys. We're going to make our own internet. With blackjack, and hookers guaranteed insecure encryption. (Bleeping Computer)

With sanctions limiting Russian companies' ability to purchase new SSL certificates, Russia has created its own root certificate. This is of course not recognised by any real software, only shady Russian versions. And it means that the Russian government can spy on, basically, anything.
Need a Thunderbolt 3 dock with a 16TB SSD? Got $2900 that you were thinking of wasting on a tank of gas? Sabrent has you covered. (Tom's Hardware)

Why Thunderbolt 3 and no Thunderbolt 4 I don't know.
Transparency organisation Distributed Denial of Secrets has released an 800GB dump of data leaked from the Bashkortostan branch of Rozkomnadzor. (Motherboard)

That's not a real place.

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