Monthly Archives: July 2022

A major Rogers outage is affecting 911 calls and internet access in parts of Canada

Rogers appears to be experiencing a major outage in parts of Canada this morning, affecting cellular and internet connectivity. Downdetector has thousands of reports of issues with Rogers, and problems seem to have started at around 5AM ET. Another third-party service tracker is reporting Rogers outages across Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. While Rogers hasn’t acknowledged…

EV charging sucks because it hasn’t found the right business model

Electric vehicle charging has come a long way in recent years. Until somewhat recently, road-tripping required lots of advance planning. Charging speeds were slow, necessitating stops that easily stretched past 30 minutes. Sessions were stymied by broken or vandalized equipment or inconsiderate fossil-fueled car owners blocking the charging points. Thankfully, those days are largely over….

DEUNA enters Latin America’s crowded one-click checkout sector flush with $37M

DEUNA, a Mexico-based one-click checkout commerce startup, is officially joining Latin America’s nearly $100 billion e-commerce sector with $30 million in Series A funding after largely staying under the radar since being founded in late 2020. Co-founders Roberto Enrique Kafati Santos and Jose Maria Serrano started the company after a career at McKinsey leading digital…

QNAP warns yet another wave of attacks are targeting NAS devices

At this point, it’s probably easier to count ransomware strains that haven’t struck QNAP NAS devices than those that have, with Checkmate the latest to be accused of targeting network-attached storage endpoints.  The company has warned users that their internet-connected NAS drives might be targeted by Checkmate, a relatively new ransomware strain that’s only been…

Brett Kavanaugh was forced out of a DC restaurant by protesters amid anger at SCOTUS overturning Roe v Wade

A file photo of Brett Kavanaugh. Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images Protestors chased Brett Kavanaugh out of a Washington DC restaurant.  The restaurant said “unruly” protestors “harassed” Kavanaugh and other patrons.  Protestors have demonstrated outside the homes of justices after the Roe v. Wade ruling.  Protestors held a demonstration outside a Washington D.C. restaurant after getting word…