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How to set up a Nextcloud Server for under $5/mo
While most people store their files in Big Tech services such as Google Drive, Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive, many tech-savvy individuals are turning to self-hosted cloud solution Nextcloud. If you don’t know what Nextcloud is, it is similar to Dropbox or Google Drive, but with one difference: you run it on your own server. Prerequisites…
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How to kill a tech monopoly
A common theme within technology startups is the “winner takes all” mentality, where one tech company dominates a particular sub-industry. Examples include Google (search engines), Microsoft (productivity software) and Meta (social media) However, technological advancements can often kill a former monopoly, as was the case with Microsoft and Internet Explorer (lost to Chrome) and cable…
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Behind Carrier Grade NAT or a firewall? Want to host servers? Try Static IP Tunneling.
Historically, broadband connections gave a public IPv4 address which made hosting servers relatively easy with a dynamic DNS service. Increasingly, newer ISPs such as Starlink, T-Mobile and fast-growing Asian ISPs like Jio use Carrier Grade NAT to conserve their public IPv4 address pool. In addition, some users use university and mobile networks where port forwarding…
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The bottom-up approach to growing enterprise technology
New technology products are being introduced every day. With that, a variety of development and marketing strategies are employed by different firms, from incumbent IT vendors like Microsoft to cutting-edge startups. In fact, competing companies often use opposing strategies for their products. When building technology products reaching corporate users, there are two development and marketing…
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How to run a Tor Relay on a VPS for under $3.50/month (step-by-step guide)
How to run a Tor Relay on a VPS for under $3.50/month: A step-by-step guide. I have been running Tor relays for over a decade and ran middle, and bridge, relays located across the world. I currently run Tor exit relays on Fourplex. Unlike other privacy solutions like commercial VPNs, Tor depends on volunteers running…
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The Hard Drive Shortage Hurts Small Cloud Hosts Too
Western Digital announced they sold out their entire manufacturing capacity for 2026, due to the AI boom. AI-caused shortages aren’t new; it also happened to memory. Hard Drive manufacturers’ focus on datacenters isn’t new: the rise of flash memory in consumer systems coincided with the rise of Big Data. With this movement, it’s no secret…