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Richard Speed writes in »OpenStack community finds new strength in resilience« for theregister.com “Europe has a very strong dependency on US hyperscale providers, services… and they realize now that that dependency is potentially going to be leveraged against them, and so they want more local capacity.” “We spent a decade telling developers to ignore infrastructure because ’those hyperscalers are going to solve that for us,’ and now we realize that makes us very vulnerable to a lot of non-desirable outcomes.” ...

The DNS resolver Quad9 writes in its post [A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy](https://quad9.net/news/blog/when-enforcing-copyright-starts-breaking-the-internets-plumbing/ „Quad9 | A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy“), that infrastructure providers are increasingly under financial strain. The reason, it says, is short-sighted court rulings that have mostly been decided in favor of copyright holders’ interests. Those hit hardest are smaller, non-profit providers, while large tech companies can easily absorb such costs into their business models. If this trend continues, we risk an Internet that is almost entirely run and controlled by big IT companies. It’s an example of how the economic interests of a few are protected at the expense of the public. ...

Two radiant violet-white dahlias in full bloom with delicate petals and intricate patterns. The dark green foliage in the background gives the image depth and contrast, highlighting the flowers’ vibrant colors. You can download this and more photos for free and in full resolution from unsplash.com. Click here for the photo The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...

The study “Resolution limit of the eye: how many pixels can we see?” by Maliha Ashraf (University of Cambridge), Alexandre Chapiro (Meta) and Rafał Mantiuk (University of Cambridge) provides new insights into the limits of our vision. The research team measured how many pixels the human eye can actually distinguish and arrived at about 94 pixels per degree at the center of the visual field. The paper shows that current 4K displays already practically exhaust our visual acuity, and higher resolutions are unlikely to look noticeably better. That means 8K TV should have lost much of its relevance. ...

I took this photo of the Steve Jobs biography, featuring a cover with a black-and-white portrait. The book rests on a wooden surface and showcases its size and design. You can download this and other photos for free and in full resolution from unsplash.com. Hier geht es zum Foto The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...