Editor's Note
Welcome to another exciting week of changing tech ecosystems! We've got a slightly slimmer newsletter still full of insights, upcoming events, and important stories/updates from last week.
What Happened?
Well this seems interesting—SpaceX has officially applied to the FCC for permission to deploy solar-powered satellite-based data centers optimized for AI workloads. Is AI really taking over?
In Case You Missed It…
Virtualization
This weeks tech tips are for the homelabber—someone who is planning on dominating there basement with networking cabinets, and loud servers that will surely annoy his wife! And lets not forget that ominous sticky spot on the floor—yes the place he spilled his half drink Mtn Dew at 3:04am last Thursday, while working late only to accidently wipe all of the drives on his server and have to start from scratch.
Prioritize RAM over CPU
Separate storage tiers wisely
Master snapshots and cloning
Implement proper backups and test restores
Secure the hypervisor host aggressively
What hypervisor software do we recommended for virtualization in 2026 you may ask?
Well Proxmox of course! Below is a video guide on how to get started with Proxmox!
Stay Updated
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🗓️Upcoming Tech Events:
FutureCon Cybersecurity Conferences: Next three events are on Feb 12th in Baltimore, Feb 19th in Detroit, and Feb 26th in St. Louis. Register here today.
Apres-Cyber Slopes Summit: Feb 25th-27th in Park City, Utah. Click here for event details.
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026: Will be hosted in National Harbor, MD between June 1st and June 3rd. Click here for more details about this event.
Did You Know? In 1991, researchers at Cambridge got tired of walking down the hallway to see if there coffee was ready, so what did they do? They pointed a camera at the pot, wrote some code to send low-res images over the network — and accidently invented the world’s first webcam. It stayed online until 2001 when the department moved buildings.
Till next time,