I stopped paying for 3 cloud subscriptions after installing Immich and Vaultwarden on my mini PC.

I stopped paying for 3 cloud subscriptions after installing Immich and Vaultwarden on my mini PC.

Modern digital life means paying monthly or sometimes annual subscription fees for a range of services you need, whether it’s cloud photo storage, a password manager or file syncing tools. All of these software services are steadily increasing in price every year. In fact, a budget-friendly minicomputer running a few lightweight Docker containers can completely … Read more

Yandex confirms service outage as users lose access to cloud files

Yandex confirms service outage as users lose access to cloud files

Russian cloud service provider Yandex said drone strikes damaged three of its data centers, forcing it to close two facilities and partially paralyze a third. Yandex customers are experiencing service outages. Some of them report that they cannot access files stored in the company’s cloud infrastructure. The affected data centers are located in Sasovo (attack … Read more

The downsizing of Microsoft 365 storage shows the dangers of cloud services

The downsizing of Microsoft 365 storage shows the dangers of cloud services

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about how local AI servers bring everything full circle away from cloud storage. If Microsoft’s latest move, i.e. reducing the amount of storage available with Microsoft 365, doesn’t work, then the humble NAS looks like a good investment again. Microsoft 365 Family has long been one of … Read more

Microsoft fixes 18 security vulnerabilities in AI and cloud products

Microsoft fixes 18 security vulnerabilities in AI and cloud products

Microsoft on Thursday released patches for 18 vulnerabilities spanning its Azure cloud portfolio and Copilot-branded AI products. Elevation of privilege errors accounted for the majority of disclosures and affected Azure ARC, Azure AI Foundry, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Billing, Azure HorizonDB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Container Registry, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Dataverse, and Microsoft 365 Copilot. … Read more