Is there any good news coming from Facebook? Not in this week’s headlines. Lasers are going to hack your devices? AI coming to Photoshop. Free Harry Potter fonts. Do you doodle? These are just a few of the stories in this weeks tech news. Click on the headlines below to get the full story.

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Privacy and Security

• ACLU sues DOJ, FBI over facial recognition secrecy
• Here’s how to see who’s tracking you across the Web right now
• Indian nuclear power plant’s network was hacked, officials confirm
• A network of ‘camgirl’ sites exposed millions of users and sex workers
• Adobe Creative Cloud Database Vulnerability Leaves 7.5 Million Customer Emails Exposed
• Ransomware hits Spanish companies sparking WannaCry panic
• Experts: Don’t reboot your computer after you’ve been infected with ransomware
• Lasers can seemingly hack Alexa, Google Home and Siri
• Google asks three mobile security firms to help scan Play Store apps

Electronics

• Nest Thermostat, Amazon Echo and Philips Hue: The best smart home tech of the decade
• The specs of 2019’s top wireless earbuds, compared
• A Google Fitbit means new possibilities and questions for the smartwatch
• Nest Wifi review
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• No one should buy the Facebook Portal TV
• Amazon Echo Studio review
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Software

• 4 hidden Google Maps tricks you probably aren’t using, but should
• With Edge browser update, Microsoft says work searches will no longer suck
• Microsoft Office merges into one app on iOS and Android
• Adobe Shows Off AI Tools that Can ‘Relight’ Photos, Animate Portraits with Audio, and Much More
• Adobe releases AI-centric Photoshop 2020
• Firefox to crack down on pesky notification pop-ups

WordPress

• 15 Top WordPress Conferences That Aren’t WordCamps
• WP-VCD: The Malware You Installed On Your Own Site
• An inside look at WP-VCD, today’s largest WordPress hacking operation
• Your WordPress site is at risk: These precautions and plugins can keep it secure

Design

• 11 Free Harry Potter Inspired Fonts
• Doodling can keep you from zoning out in meetings
• Adobe’s Photoshop Camera is an AI-powered photo editor for your phone
• Why does professional logo design cost so much?

Technology

• Apple TV Plus puts Apple in an unfamiliar underdog role
• Apple TV Plus’ attack plan: Be smaller. Be cheaper. Be adequate
• Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion
• Inside the dystopian nightmare of an internet shutdown
• NFL’s biggest stadium will open with Wi-Fi 6
• Microsoft is replacing MSDN and TechNet forums with Microsoft Q&A
• 2010-2019: Hello, goodbye and hello again, computer
• Texas court upholds “do it on a computer” check-cashing patent
• Over 11,000 scientists declare humanity is facing a ‘climate emergency’
• Peloton’s subscriber base, Q1 losses surge as it acquires Tonic Fitness for more supply chain control
• UPS drone delivers medicine from CVS straight to customers’ homes

Phones

• Night photos on iPhone 11 and Pixel 4: Which is the best low-light camera phone?
• Best prepaid phones of 2019
• Don’t pull a Rudy Giuliani: Prevent butt-dialing with these 5 tips
• Verizon Has a New Unlimited Data Plan–But Is It Too Good To Be True?
• AT&T will pay $60 million over fake unlimited data ‘bait and switch scam’
• Sprint posts another quarterly loss as T-Mobile merger remains on hold
• T-Mobile dangles $15 plan, 5G gains, big freebies to get Sprint deal done

Fun Stories

• Here’s what happens when you leave marijuana up your nose for 18 years
• Sisters win Halloween dressed as adorable NASA lunar module and astronaut
• Do these 5 exercises if you sit at a desk all day
• The Curious Case of Monte Carlo’s Suspect ‘Suicide Epidemic’
• How a Mexican General’s Exile in Staten Island Led to Modern Chewing Gum
• How Mexico’s Most Sorrowful Spirit Became a Cultural Phenomenon
• The Dark Side of the ‘Angel’s Share’
• The Origins of Daylight Saving Time
• Disney CEO admits they released ‘too many Star Wars films over a short period of time’
• Bacardi’s Head Honcho Once Tried to Bomb Castro’s Cuba
• Gym Shoe Sandwich
• The Strange Second Life of Ohio’s ‘Big Basket’ Building

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Social Media

• Facebook is still growing despite criticism about political ads
• Facebook’s new branding distinguishes app from acquisitions
• Facebook rebrands as calls for government-led breakup continue
• Facebook, Mozilla, and Cloudflare announce new TLS Delegated Credentials standard
• Your hacked Facebook account may be bankrolling scam ad campaigns
• Edward Snowden says Facebook, Amazon and Google engage in ‘abuse’
• Facebook says 100 software developers may have improperly accessed user data

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