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@georgetasioulis Expect @NetworkMoose posts through the second half of March as various WDM rings get established to pre-prod the network! And more in April as we slowly establish connectivity between our current and new cores, before shifting circuits to land on the MX204s.

@faelix Waiting for the datacenter pr0n :D

Four MX204s ought to be enough packet-pushing power for a few years, right? Coming soon to an AS41495 near you… well, near if you're in the UK.

@Dataforce We're still going to be running @vyos_dev in a lot of our network (e.g. IPv6+CGNAT LNSs) but not as part of our packet core and peering/transit edge. The PPS curve is going up to the right too quickly, while VyOS' VPP support is a bit too new for us to adopt it right now.

@faelix No more vyos? :o

Generative AI data subject rights - Facebook users can fill out a form to prevent their third-party personal information from being used to train generative artificial intelligence models.  buff.ly/3PiUyIu

A16Z on the next technical capabilities for LLMs/Generative AI. via @benevans buff.ly/3pVSigq

UK universities draw up guiding principles on generative AI buff.ly/46OyQTc

AI and the automation of work — Benedict Evans buff.ly/3NBfqIP

Apple WWDC 2023: Privacy news - Apple is introducing a Safari update to block known trackers from loading on pages and remove tracking from URLs when people are in “private browsing” mode. buff.ly/3WXEVbr

FTC Will Require Microsoft to Pay $20 million over Charges it Illegally Collected Personal Information from Children without Their Parents’ Consent buff.ly/3CjetzO

Generative AI Podcasts Are Here. Prepare to Be Bored buff.ly/3ORrWq1

Driver’s Licenses, Addresses, Photos: Inside How TikTok Shares User Data buff.ly/3BSGzl6

Meta slapped with record £1 billion by EU regulators over data transfers buff.ly/3IBsvAl

@woodyatpch @n3c8 @nazzer add whisky to @davidareader

I remember! I remember arguing that the board shouldn't outsource operations, because that would become an ill-afforded money-sink. :-/ And I remember MCIX, and that there was a "phantom exchange" that wasn't publicised. Can you think who all we might contact, to see if they have any old documents or emails?

Hey, PCH has been supporting a couple of historian-of-technology / archivist folks to build an indexed public archive of primary sources relating to the establishment of early IXPs. It’s all going into the Internet Archive, and a couple of other public archives, so anyone will be able to refer to it in the future. We’ve had quite a bit of help from folks who were participating at the time, but more sources and participation always makes for a better result, so I’m soliciting all of you who may have old emails or meeting transcripts or other documents, or know where there are public records or press clippings that pertain to early IXPs. The project is mostly starting with the 1992-1996 timeframe, but there are “early IXPs” in every region… for instance, IXPs started reaching the Caribbean mostly in 2011-2015. Eventually we’d like to see documentation of the establishment of every IXP, if interest in the project continues. So, if any of you are able to help, please contact me, and I’ll put you in touch. I really appreciate any help or information anyone can put toward this project.

More responsibility, less opacity: what it means to be a “Very Large Online Platform” says Thierry Breton, who enforces the EU’s content moderation rules for tech giants, buff.ly/40ULU5H

France moves forward with influencer bill cracking down on risky products and more buff.ly/3nxQNDt

Twitter Releases Part of Its Ranking Source Code buff.ly/3Gh88qR

Every year @benevans produces an excellent synthesis exploring macro and strategic trends in the tech industry. This year, ‘The New Gatekeepers’.  buff.ly/37xdOcS buff.ly/37xdOcS

@MatthewHarrold @tryst_me @ZenInternetHelp @AquissBroadband @IDNet Yes we have a few customers doing exactly this, so we made a product page all about it: faelix.net/connectivity/d…

And the first #LINXManchester port from new PoP #MA5 is alive! The #LINX engineering team have been making some final checks this week and we are pleased to share that @faelix are the first network connected. Re-read the news about this expansion; okt.to/2IRlOm

It’s time for Alphabet to spin off YouTube buff.ly/3Iktwf6