Updates from Sep 15 to Oct 23

content/newsroom/farmerbot_setup/index.md

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 date: 2023-03-24
 taxonomies:
     people: [sam_taggart]
-    tags: [update, technology, news, community]
+    tags: [update, technology, news, community, farming]
     news-category: [foundation]
 extra:
     imgPath: farmerbot_setup.png

content/newsroom/farmerbot_update_required/index.md

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+---
+id: farmerbot_update_required
+title: 📣️️️️️️ Farmerbot Update Required for Grid 3.11
+image_caption: Farmerbot Update Required
+description: All farmers running Farmerbot, please check this post for a required update on your part.
+date: 2023-09-15
+taxonomies:
+  people: [sam_taggart]
+  news-category: [foundation]
+  tags: [farming, update, community, technology]
+extra:
+  imgPath: farmerbot_update_required.png
+---
+
+For all ThreeFold Farmers running farmerbot: 
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+<br/>
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+If you haven’t done so yet, please update your farmerbot by applying the latest Docker Compose file using the commands shown in [this post](https://forum.threefold.io/t/farmerbot-update-required-for-grid-3-11/4076).
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+<br/>
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+*Thanks to all the farmers who let us know over on [the farmers chat](https://t.me/threefoldfarmers) when they saw an issue.*

content/newsroom/grid_status_dashboard/index.md

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+---
+id: grid_status_dashboard
+title: 💡 TF Grid Status Dashboard
+image_caption: TF Grid Status Dashboard
+description: A new monitoring dashboard is available for farmers and grid users working with various grid services.
+date: 2023-10-16
+taxonomies:
+  people: [sam_taggart]
+  news-category: [foundation]
+  tags: [farming, update, community, technology]
+extra:
+  imgPath: grid_status_dashboard.png
+---
+
+For Farmers and Grid Users who are working with the Dashboard, Playground, and other Grid Services, you can now easily track the status of these tools through [a simple monitoring page](https://status.grid.tf/status/threefold) built by the team.

content/newsroom/ict_tanzania_2023/index.md

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+---
+id: ict_tanzania_2023
+title: 🇹🇿 ThreeFold @ Tanzania ICT Conference
+image_caption: ThreeFold at Tanzania ICT 
+description: Some of the team recently attended the Tanzania Annual ICT Conference, where TF co-founder Kristof De Spiegeleer participated in two separate panels.
+date: 2023-10-23
+taxonomies:
+  people: [sam_taggart]
+  news-category: [foundation]
+  tags: [update, event]
+extra:
+  imgPath: ict_tanzania_2023.png
+---
+
+Some of the team recently attended the Tanzania Annual ICT Conference where ThreeFold co-founder Kristof De Spiegeleer participated in two separate panels.
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+<br/>
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+He took the opportunity to underline the importance of a sovereign Internet and the incredible potential of an open source and decentralized ecosystem to build Tanzania's digital economy.
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+<br/>
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+Above, take a look at a short video where Kristof laid out the vision. And here are a few other clips from the same talk:
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+<br/>
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+- [Part I](https://vimeo.com/877191069/f59d314483?share=copy)
+- [Part II](https://vimeo.com/877191166/88df56b073?share=copy)
+- [Part III](https://vimeo.com/877191236/9baddc1c59?share=copy)

content/newsroom/introducing_myceliium/index.md

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+---
+id: introducing_mycelium
+title: 🍄 Introducing Mycelium
+image_caption: Introducing Mycelium
+description: Read about the team's efforts on building our own Ipv6 overlay network.
+date: 2023-09-19
+taxonomies:
+  people: [sam_taggart]
+  news-category: [foundation]
+  tags: [update, community, technology, threefold_grid]
+extra:
+  imgPath: introducing_mycelium.png
+---
+
+As part of the grid, ThreeFold is also implementing a planetary network. To date, we were using yggdrasil as the core technology for this network. However, the team noticed some limitations and ultimately decided to work on our own Ipv6 overlay network to accomplish our specific needs.
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+<br/>
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+Take a look at this [interesting write-up](https://forum.threefold.io/t/introducing-mycelium/4082) by Lee who is also leading the efforts on this super exciting initiative. We'll share more developments and a demo when ready. Thanks Lee!

content/newsroom/manual_updates_oct_2023/index.md

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+---
+id: manual_updates_oct_2023
+title: 🛠 Manual Updates | October 10th 2023
+image_caption: Manual Updates October 2023
+description: There are new updates to the manual, including extensive GPU support tutorials, how to deploy the TF Playground locally, and more.
+date: 2023-10-11
+taxonomies:
+  people: [sam_taggart]
+  news-category: [foundation]
+  tags: [farming, update, community, technology, threefold_grid]
+extra:
+  imgPath: manual_updates_oct_2023.png
+---
+
+Thanks to the dev and documentation teams for the most recent improvements to the always-evolving ThreeFold Manual.
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+<br/>
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+New updates include: extensive GPU support tutorials, how to deploy the TF Playground locally, and more.
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+<br/>
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+Take a look at [this post](https://forum.threefold.io/t/manual-updates-october-2023/4095) for the full summary of what's been updated lately. And here's a direct link to the [TF Manual](https://manual.grid.tf/).

content/newsroom/pulumi_plugin/index.md

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+---
+id: pulumi_plugin
+title: 🔌 Pulumi Plugin for TF Grid
+image_caption: Pulumi Plugin for TF Grid
+description: ThreeFold now has a plugin for Pulumi, a popular cloud-native open source infrastructure as code (IaC) platform.
+date: 2023-10-01
+taxonomies:
+  people: [sam_taggart]
+  news-category: [foundation]
+  tags: [update, community, technology, threefold_grid]
+extra:
+  imgPath: pulumi_plugin.png
+---
+
+ThreeFold now has a plugin for [Pulumi](https://www.pulumi.com/), a popular cloud-native open source infrastructure as code (IaC) platform.
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+<br/>
+
+The plugin provides developers with a way to deploy and manage their ThreeFold Grid resources using Pulumi. This means that developers can benefit from all of the features and benefits that Pulumi offers, such as cross-cloud support, type safety, preview and diff, and parallel execution – still in the works. This is a powerful tool that can be used to deploy and manage a wide range of ThreeFold Grid applications.
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+<br/>
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+Read more about the plugin and what it means [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/pulumi-plugin-for-tfgrid/4089).