Netflix’s latest feature lets you log out of remote devices

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Tech Exec Leaves California to Work Remote From $25K Used Van: Photos

  • Erica Horn bought a used Mercedes Sprinter for $25,000 and added a kitchen, bathroom, and two beds. 
  • Horn works has worked remotely from beautiful locations in Arizona, California, and Utah. 
  • Horn has no plans to return to the “vicious cycle” of renting in San Francisco. 
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A 33-year-old tech worker who ditched sky-high San Francisco rents for a life living and working from her second-hand van told Insider that she has only just started her cross-country adventure. 

Erica Horn, an account manager for Mapbox, a platform that helps developers build maps, decided to kit out a used two-year-old $25,000 Mercedes Sprinter during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic last spring. 

The inside of a van with a small couch, table, bathroom, and kitchen.

Horn’s van includes a bed, couch, bathroom, and kitchen.

Erica Horn


In July 2020, Horn took out a private loan to buy the van, which had clocked up 100,000 miles, from a local

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Master Magma, A New Open up Supply Undertaking Bringing Substantial Velocity Net To Remote Places

Linux Basis Education & Certification and the Magma Core Foundation have partnered to produce a cost-free, 10-7 days self-paced on-line training system to assistance engineering strategists and decision makers at telcos as well as, rural ISP operators and programs integrators understand the fundamentals of Magma.

Magma is an open-supply task supporting assorted radio technologies, including LTE, 5G and WiFi, which can aid prolong community accessibility into distant, sparsely populated spots. Muralnet is applying Magma to increase network access to Native American communities, whilst Brisanet has likewise deployed it into remote areas of Brazil.

With significant-speed web obtain possessing substantial impacts on regions’ economic fortunes, Magma is slated to be a activity changer all-around the globe. It helps hook up the environment to a faster network by giving operators an open up, flexible, and extendable cellular core community alternative.

Its operational simplicity and lower cost construction also empower innovators to construct

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