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Why the increasing trend of charging for public IPv4 addresses won’t change much, Google trials restricting its employees’ Internet access, and operating systems uploading firmware to devices at boot.

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New – AWS Public IPv4 Address Charge + Public IP Insights

AWS to charge customers for public IPv4 addresses from 2024

Google’s new security pilot program will ban employee Internet access

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We were asked about operating systems uploading firmware to devices at boot, rather than having it baked in.

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