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Is Your IXP at Risk of Becoming a “Zombie”?

Over the past few months at the Internet Society, I’ve observed a concerning trend in several regions where I’ve been working: a growing number of Internet exchange points (IXPs) appear to be operating on autopilot—what I call “Zombie IXPs.” 

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ESP32-P4-WIFI6 Development Board with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 Support

Waveshare has introduced the ESP32-P4-WIFI6, a multimedia development board built around the ESP32-P4 with an integrated ESP32-C6 module. The design supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5/BLE, offering a wide set of human–machine interaction interfaces and hardware expansion capabilities.

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The Banana Pi team has launched the BPI-R4 Lite, a smart router board powered by the MediaTek MT7987A processor. It supports Wi-Fi 7 and offers multiple high-speed interfaces, targeting applications such as internet service routers, wireless repeaters, home gateways, NAS devices, and 4G or 5G connectivity.

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Arch Linux Installer Gets U2F Authentication and Bluetooth Support

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 16, 2025

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  1. [Meme] Not About How Many Locks One Adds
    Some people try to point their fingers in all the wrong directions now that a new patch is available for rsync
  2. Total Lock-down Ambitions - Part I - DRM and TPM Need Not be the Future of Computing, There's Another Way
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  3. New Upcoming Series About DRM and TPM
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  4. More Microsoft Cuts and Layoffs (Microsoft Media Mole Jordan Novet Tries to Float "Hiring Freezes" Spin After the "Headcount" Spin Failed)
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    New

  5. If You See Many Microsoft Puff Pieces That All Say More or Less the Same, Consider the Possibility That Microsoft LLMs 'Wrote' Those
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  6. [Meme] The Crybully
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  7. IRC Logs Complete in Geminispace (Even in GemText Format!)
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  8. It Was Only a Matter of Time
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  9. [Meme] "Well, He’s Dead So," Bill Gates Tells the Media (Which He Pays) About His Close Friend Jeffrey Epstein
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  10. The Rumour Was Right, Today is the Second Large Wave of Microsoft Layoffs in 2025
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  11. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has Had a Good 2025 Already (Its "Year 40")
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  12. Computer Users Aren't Zoo Animals
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  13. [Meme] His Existence is Proof It's Not Infeasible
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  14. Links 15/01/2025: Efforts to End Wars and 'Newsflation'
    Links for the day
  15. Gemini Links 15/01/2025: Abandoning Windows for GNU/Linux, SIS Progress Update
    Links for the day
  16. Links 15/01/2025: Social Control Media Spreading Lies, TikTok Banned in 4 Days
    Links for the day
  17. Microsoft Breaks Linux Again
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  18. Over at Tux Machines...
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  19. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
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    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

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