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Category5 Community Coffee Break
Our world feels like it's been to hell and back in 2020. So let's sit down together, have a cuppa, and chat about anything other than COVID-19. [Click Here] for more info on how you can participate in a Coffee Break.
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Coffee Break - April 4, 2020
- Episode 15
- April 4, 2020
- 6
Just a relaxing Saturday Coffee Break. Robbie has an original Phantom of The Opera mug from Pantages Theatre and is upgrading to Debian Bullseye, MarshMan is getting some work done around the house, and Solbu has some good advice for us all as we face yet more time in self-isolation. Robbie Ferguson is joined by MarshMan, Solbu and Peter Lewis.
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Coffee Break - April 3, 2020
- Apr 3, 2020
- 88
Coffee Break - April 2, 2020
- Apr 2, 2020
- 92
Coffee Break - April 1, 2020
- Apr 1, 2020
- 106
Coffee Break - March 31, 2020
- Mar 31, 2020
- 109
Coffee Break - March 30, 2020
- Mar 30, 2020
- 121
Coffee Break - March 21, 2020
- Episode 1
- March 21, 2020
- 382
Our world feels like it's been to hell and back in the past 7 days. So let's sit down together, have a cuppa, and chat about the weather. Oh, and we'll show you what Studio D really looks like. Unlike the TARDIS, it's bigger on the outside.
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Coffee Break - March 22, 2020
- Mar 22, 2020
- 224
Coffee Break - March 25, 2020
- Mar 25, 2020
- 210
Community Coffee Break - March 23, 2020
- Mar 23, 2020
- 193
Coffee Break - March 24, 2020
- Mar 24, 2020
- 160
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Weekly live digital TV show with Robbie Ferguson focused on topics of interest to tech minds. Ask your questions and get live answers. Recipient of 2014 and 2017 Top 100 Tech Podcasters award.
Kickstarter Zoom Group Chat # 1 (Take 2)
- Episode 646
- March 18, 2020
- 660
Having held our first Kickstarter Zoom group chat earlier that night, this is the followup conversation as the first one didn't record (supremely exclusive)! We're getting everything packed up, and it's coming along. We'll show you the difference in the size of Studio E, and talk about our insurance.
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Goodbye, Studio D
- Mar 4, 2020
- 1,354
An Interview with TheCanadianHacker
- Feb 26, 2020
- 4,583
Canless Air and Linux as a Windows 10 Alternative
- Feb 19, 2020
- 5,605
Web Sites as Apps and a Single Charger for All Our Devices
- Feb 12, 2020
- 7,802
The $200 Pinebook Pro ANSI Linux Laptop Has Arrived
- Feb 5, 2020
- 14,149
Making Windows 8/8.1 Look and Feel Like Windows 7
- Episode 321
- November 12, 2013
- 759,321
Not a big fan of the new "start screen" on Windows 8? We'll show you how to return the traditional Start Menu to the latest version of Microsoft's desktop operating system.
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Raspberry Pi as a Development Web Server - Part 2
- Jan 5, 2016
- 754,203
Creating a Promotional Poster in GIMP
- Jan 12, 2016
- 738,849
Zorin OS 11 - Linux for Windows Users
- Jan 19, 2016
- 730,125
LED Bulbs, Fitness Through Tech and Making Kids Fly
- Jan 26, 2016
- 704,645
The Category5.TV Newsroom
A weekly tech-centric news broadcast with a Linux bias (Part of Category5 Technology TV).
$59m Crypto Incinerated, Big Firefox DoH, Smart Pet Feeding is Stupid, All Music is Public Domain
- 2,167
- Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson has died at the age of 101.
- SpaceX has their permit for a Starship rocket facility in the Los Angeles port.
- A new algorithm could prevent autonomous vehicles from crashing.
- ESET has uncovered a serious vulnerability in common WiFi chips.
- A man hid the keys to $59M worth of Bitcoin with his fishing gear, which got thrown out and incinerated while he was in jail.
- Firefox has turned on encrypted DNS by default to thwart snooping ISPs.
- Automatic pet feeding systems could starve your pet in event of failure.
- Musicians have algorithmically generated every possible melody and released them to the public domain.
Mycroft Sued, Natural Gas Ransomware, Bezos Funds Climate Initiative, Ring 2FA Required
- 1,588
- Dell Technologies is selling its infosec business, RSA.
- Windows 10’s New Update Is Deleting People’s Files Again.
- Mycroft AI's Linux voice-assistant has attracted a lawsuit, and the creators decided to fight the 'patent troll' tooth and nail.
- A US-based natural gas facility shut down operations for two days after being hit by ransomware.
- Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, has pledged $10bn to fight climate change.
- Ring doorbell makes two-factor verification mandatory.
Cloud Gaming is The Future, Artist Tricks Google Maps, New ARM NPU, Ransomware Bypasses Protection
- 3,451
- Facebook lost control of its own Twitter account on Friday.
- Something — or someone — has its deep-space music on repeat.
- An ARM based NAS solution
- Microsoft no longer sees PlayStation-maker Sony and Nintendo as the biggest competition for its Xbox platform, and you won't believe who they see as the biggest threat.
- An artist tricked Google into thinking there were major traffic jams by pulling a wagon filled with smartphones down empty streets.
- Arm is getting "edgy" with two new processor designs which bring slimline AI workloads to smart speakers and other Internet-of-Things devices.
- Windows' trust in abandoned driver code lets ransomware burrow deep into targeted machines.
Free Antivirus Selling Your Info, YouTube Poaching Twitch Streams, No Rocket League Linux
- 5,604
- The good old FreeDB CD database service and it's services will be shut down on march 31, 2020.
- In an odd turn of events, Microsoft has had to push out an update to Windows 7 — despite the operating system reaching end of support — to fix a bug it introduced.
- At FOSDEM this week, PINE64 have announced what they're up to for the first half of 2020.
- Some of the biggest Call of Duty, Overwatch and Hearthstone e-sport leagues will be streamed exclusively on YouTube.
- Rocket League is ending support for Linux and Steam OS.
- We're in an Antarctica frenzy as a Google Earth user has found a ‘2,000ft structure’ emerging from the snow.
- Sometimes free isn't actually free at all: It's been revealed that Avast's "free" antivirus is tracking users' online behavior and mining the data.
Cancer Breakthrough, Guinan's Back, Stop Using IE, Pinebook Pro US Keyboard, Microsoft Data Leak
- 3,721
- Following a personal (yet very public) invitation from Patrick Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg will be returning to the character of Guinan in Star Trek: Picard.
- Hey Windows users: Are you still using Internet Explorer? Stop it! There's yet another zero-day exploit that will give hackers the ability to remotely take over your computer.
- Pine64's $200 pro-grade Linux laptop is now available with a US keyboard, and customers who pre-ordered theirs are receiving the first shipment now.
- A security shocker out of Microsoft as it has been revealed that 250 million customer records have been exposed online.
- Not to create false hope, but this is too huge not to mention: Scientists at Cardiff University have discovered a part of our immune system that can kill prostate, breast, lung and other cancers in lab tests.
PayPal Hacked, Scary Router Hijack, PinePhone, Mac Pro Server
- 4,872
- A Citrix exploit lets hackers take over compromized systems with little effort and no credentials needed.
- Windows 7 support has come to an end.
- PayPal has confirmed that a researcher found a high-severity security vulnerability that could expose user passwords to an attacker.
- Hundreds of millions of Broadcom-based cable modems at risk of remote hijacking.
- Apple is now selling rack-mountable cheese graters.
- The PinePhone Brave Heart edition is available now for early adopters and we'll tell you about this $150 smartphone from Pine64.
Impossible Pork, Wawa Customers Beware, Mind-Reading Speech, Ring and Google Assistant Security
- 3,412
- Dell’s new Concept UFO puts PC gaming on a Nintendo Switch-like device.
- Sony has developed an impressive electric car.
- Sony's latest displays are made specifically with the next-gen PlayStation 5 console in mind.
- A US convenience store and gas station chain had malware that stole customer payment info for more than half of 2019. If you live in the US, stick around - you may be affected.
- A brain implant has been invented that can read people's minds and turn their thoughts into speech.
- Amazon's Ring devices were a privacy nightmare in 2019. Now, the company wants to improve its image by giving users control over their security.
- The company that brought us the Impossible Burger is now doing a plant-based meat substitute as well.
- Google is adding new privacy and scheduling features to their virtual assistant.
BBC AI News, Nginx raided, Linux pwns ALL Competitors, Is QuadrigaCX Founder Really Dead?
- 838
- HP is fighting a very real environmental problem by building their laptops out of ocean-bound plastics.
- A new Linux laptop has launched that blows the Macbook Pro out of the water.
- For the first time, BBC News published a news story for every constituency that declared election results overnight - all written by a computer.
- A Russian police raid on Nginx's Moscow office last Thursday has raised concerns among users of the popular web and proxy server software.
- Linux has destroyed every competing OS in the supercomputer market, taking a 100% share of the top 500.
- Remember when the owner of cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX passed away, taking hundreds of millions in customer crypto to the grave with him? Now, investors are beginning to wonder if he actually died, or if he just took the money and ran.
Facebook to encrypt messages, Google AR, Intel's pocket-sized LIDAR camera, credential security
- 666
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google have stepped down from their positions as its CEO and President, respectively, with immediate effect at its parent company, Alphabet Inc.
- Mexican Cops Have Pre-Ordered a Fleet of Cybertrucks.
- Governments in the UK, US and Australia have asked Facebook, in an open letter, to roll back plans to bring end-to-end encryption to all of its platforms.
- Google is showing off stunning new augmented reality features coming to web and mobile apps soon.
- After analyzing a database containing 3 billion leaked credentials from security breaches, the Microsoft threat research team determined more than 44 million user accounts had a serious security problem. We'll tell you what you need to know.
- Intel is making LIDAR affordable, with a new palm-sized camera.
RPi 4 WiFi Glitch, Can't Trust US .gov Domains, Android Spy Flaw Fixed, Scary Smartwatch For Kids
- 932
- Google wants to bring Android “as close as possible” to the mainline Linux kernel.
- Apple will have to face the law for distributing crappy keyboards.
- Raspberry Pi 4 are having problems with WiFi when connected to high definition displays.
- Someone pretended to be a mayor and the government gave him a .gov domain.
- Google has confirmed that a flaw that allowed hackers to take control of Android phone cameras, microphones and GPS location without the owners’ permission has been fixed.
- A smartwatch advertised as a way to help parents keep track of their children and give them a peace of mind can be turned into a frightening surveillance device.
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