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UPDATE: Sony has acknowledged the PlayStation Network server issues currently plaguing the service. The PS4 and PS5 platform holder has updated the official server status page to show that every aspect of PSN is experiencing problems. This includes Account Management, Gaming and Social, PlayStation Store, Video and Direct, and PlayStation Plus. Updated at 16.51pm, Sony comments: "You might have difficulty launching games, apps or network features. We're working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your…

Fortnite will be taken offline for server maintenance as part of the release of update 29.01. Coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Android and PC, update 29.01 will be available to download on the morning of March 19. It will be accompanied by a period of server downtime, which means you won't be able to play Fortnite (not to mention LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival) for at least a couple of hours. If you want to know when you can log back into Fortnite, check out the 29.01 server downtime schedule…

Table tried to dine and dash but I came out and did their birthday shout out right in time. My manager was a server on the floor tonight and had a large group that swallowed two of our tables. They brought their OWN cake and OWN ice cream and we kept it cool for them in our fridge. They sent her to retrieve it and she does. I grabbed our saddle and dragged it over and they were suddenly ALL standing up some people had left. It was definitely sus as s**t but whatevs. Doesn't matter. The show must go on, of course…

Fortnite developer Epic Games has delayed the start of Chapter 5, Season 2. While the new Fortnite season still has a March 8 release date, maintenance has been extended by up to 8-hours. Downtime was originally tipped to end at around 11am GMT UK time, but has been extended until around 10pm GMT later this evening. According to Epic Games, the studio encountered an "unexpected issue" during maintenance, and is working to release a fix as quickly as possibleREAD MORE: Fortnite Chapter 5, Season 2 Battle Pass, downtime,…

Much has changed since I wrote the article An Introduction to BentoML: A Unified AI Application Framework, both in the general AI landscape and BentoML. Generative AI, Large Language Models, diffusion models, ChatGPT (Sora), and Gemma: these are probably the most mentioned terms over the past several months in AI and the pace of change is overwhelming. Amid these brilliant AI breakthroughs, the quest for AI deployment tools that are not only powerful but also user-friendly and cost-effective remains unchanged. For…

Dell Technologies forecast annual revenue and profit above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, betting on demand for its artificial intelligence servers, sending the company's shares up more than 16% in after-hours trading.Dell is a beneficiary of rising demand for its AI servers that are equipped with chip designer Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs), which helps to meet the demands of high-performance computing.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteMITMIT Technology…

After more than two weeks of hammered servers and lengthy queues, Helldivers 2 players and developer Arrowhead have a reason to collectively sigh in relief. Helldivers 2 server issues seem to have finally let up during the weekend, and now the studio is ready to go back to the “original plan” and prep new content. That’s not to say that the weekend was quiet, oh no. Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt predicted on X (Twitter) that divers would reach the 800,000 player cap over the weekend. It may have accomplished just…

Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt has praised the development team after the first smooth weekend for Helldivers 2 since it launched. Shortly after Helldivers 2 launched, Arrowhead were forced to limit the number of players that could access their servers in a bid to stop the entire game from crashing, with many still experiencing queues and problems with rewards. Last week, Pilestedt confirmed that the cap had been raised from 450,000 to 700,000, but was still anticipating issues. However, on Saturday (February…

Democracy is about to get some reinforcements in Helldivers 2, as developer Arrowhead has increased the game’s server cap to allow for up to 700,000 concurrent users. At the same time, the studio has cautioned players not to get too excited, as due to the popularity of the game, it's expecting to see a flood of players online this weekend."We have updated the max CCU cap to 700,000," Arrowhead CEO and game director Johan Pilestedt wrote in a series of posts on X/Twitter. "Unfortunately, we expect the CCU…

1. Install fail2banOne of the first things you should do (especially on a server) is install fail2ban, which prevents malicious and brute-force login attacks and can also be used to monitor other networking protocols (such as HTTP, SSH, and FTP). Also: Do you need antivirus on Linux?With fail2ban, you create jails, which are configurations that tell the system what to do when certain things happen (such as a failed SSH login attempt). Jail files (typically named jail.local) are housed in /etc/fail2ban/ and might look…