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Facebook has cooperated on internet satellite initiatives (with less-than-ideal results ), but there's been precious little word of plans to make its own satellite beyond high-level promises . Now, however, there's something tangible. Both publicly disclosed FCC emails and a direct confirmation to Wired have revealed that Facebook aims to launch an internally developed satellite, Athena, sometime in early 2019. A spokesperson didn't share details, but the shell organization Facebook used to keep filings hidden (PointView Tech LLC) talked about offering broadband to "unserved and underserved" areas with a low Earth orbit satellite on a "limited duration" mission. This is likely just an experiment rather than a full-fledged deployment. Low Earth orbit satellite internet would require a large cloud of satellites to provide signific...

I just finished deploying new VCSA 6.7 in my office for a new project, In this article I am showing procedure to join VCSA to active directory, and wanted to assign permissions to AD accounts but Active directory was not visible in permissions. For the same follow below steps on vCenter web client to configure. Click Home icon button on top, and from drop down menu select Home. Under Administration locate System configuration. Next on the Navigator select Nodes , Under nodes locate vCenter server, go to Manage tab, in the settings choose Active Directory . once you click Join button. New dialog box pop ups Join active directory, type active directory domain name, AD username and password to add. If you don't want to mention Organizational unit path, keep it blank. Once this step is done, Domain name will reflect after rebooting vCenter. If you are cli lover and wants...

This is a second part of my article  How to join vCenter Server appliance to Active Directory , and here I am configuring Identity source on Single sign on. In my one of the previous article  ADDING AND CONFIGURING VMWARE VSPHERE VCENTER SSO ACTIVE DIRECTORY AS LDAP SERVER   I used AD as ldap server, contrary here I am trying Windows Integrated Authentication as identity source. Before processing make sure vCenter server appliance is joined into Active Directory Domain.  Next navigate to the path on the Home >>  Administration >> Configuration >> Identity Sources and click  ADD IDENTITY SOURCE . This automatically detects Domain name joined earlier, click OK . Select the external domain and SET AS DEFAULT . vCenter Single Sign-On uses the default domain to authenticate a user who logs in without a domain name. Users who belong to a domain that is not the defaul...

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The accent gap Drew Harwell, The Washington Post Smart speakers (and the virtual assistants they house) offer voice control for so many connected devices it's hard to keep count. Those audio gadgets can also assist with a range of questions -- that is, if they can understand you. The Washington Post took a close look at the performance of Alexa and Google Assistant when it comes to understanding people with strong accents. The results show that while these devices are certainly handy and increasingly popular, there's still a lot of room for improvement. Zuckerberg: The Recode interview Kara Swisher, Recode The Facebook CEO covered a range of topics, including its evolving approach to fake news and a comment about Holocaust deniers that warranted a clarification afterwards. For one last nigh...

Not everyone has the means to travel to Scotland and visit their favorite distillery a la Ron Swanson . To help connoisseurs live out their dreams of traipsing through its facilities, The Macallan has created the Macallan Distillery Experience. VRFocus describes it as a "4D multi-sensory" group tour that guides folks through the company's process for making its Single Malt spirit. Along the way you'll explore the Scotti sh distillery an the estate it resides on, learning about the outfit's history along the way. Visitors will step into a "15x15x15 cube-like projection structure" with 360-degree videos beamed to the installation's walls. This won't be the first time Macallan has experimented with VR-tech. Back in 2016 , it released a 360-degree video featuring its 12-year double cask liquid. The experience apparently makes ...

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Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to the weekend! Before looking back at some highlights from the last few days we'll investigate the foibles of a few tech CEOs and take a ride in Porsche's hybrid wagon. Still a work in progress. 'Emojiland' review Emojiland runs through Sunday as part of the New York Musical Festival, and it endeavors to deal with weightier subjects than you might expect from a musical in which a woman dressed as a poop emoji brings the house down with a brassy, gospel-inspired number in a bathroom stall. But what is it like to actually sit through? Not bad, actually. Facebook's founder is *that* guy. Bad Password - Mark Zuckerberg: CEO, billionaire, troll If a podcast interview results in the need to clarify whether or not you're defending Holocaust deniers, then it probably didn't g...

On Friday Netflix revealed the first eight series in the works as a result of its production deal with Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes . They include a previously-announced show focusing on the exploits alleged con artist Anna Delvey, as well as an adaptation of the 2010 Pulitzer prize-winning book The Warmth of Other Suns . Another series will stem from former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao's memoir Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change that detailed her life, career and gender discrimination lawsuit against VC firm Kleiner Perkins. In a statement, Rhimes said: "I wanted the new Shondaland to be a place where we expand the types of stories we tell, where my fellow talented creatives could thrive and make their best work and where we as a team come to the office each day filled with excitement...Ted (Sarandos) and Cindy (Holland) and everyone at Netfli...