Amazon products on sale, Facebook Portal updated, hackers very active, Microsoft IE is dead, Blackberry is back and watching Lost. We have a lot of headlines this week and those are only a few of them. Click on the headlines below to get the full stories.
Electronics
- Apple WatchOS 7 sleep tracking: What it can and can’t do
- ZDNet Recommends: The best products for every office
- Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet on Sale for $30 Off
- Save $100 on a Roomba that empties its own trash
- Galaxy Watch 3 review: The best non-Apple smartwatch
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***** Get Apple Magic Keyboard at Amazon ***** - Facebook Portal to add Zoom and other conferencing apps to its video chat devices
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Privacy and Security
- FBI and NSA expose new Linux malware Drovorub, used by Russian state hackers
- Alexa vulnerability is a reminder to delete your voice history
- For six months, security researchers have secretly distributed an Emotet vaccine across the world
- A simple telephony honeypot received 1.5 million robocalls across 11 months
- Mac malware spreads through Xcode projects, abuses WebKit, Data Vault vulnerabilities
- FBI and NSA expose new Linux malware Drovorub, used by Russian state hackers
- Fake news on Covid-19 government initatives boost phishing in Brazil
- CISA warns of BLINDINGCAN, a new strain of North Korean malware
- Tens of suspects arrested for cashing-out Santander ATMs using software glitch
- WannaRen ransomware author contacts security firm to share decryption key
Coronavirus / COVID-19
- Struggles of Remote Work Half a Year Into the Pandemic
- The threat to vote by mail isn’t fraud. It’s disinformation and sabotage
- Contracting COVID-19 From Food or Food Packaging Is Unlikely, According to WHO
- Even after lockdowns, we’re still spending a lot more money online
- Bluetooth update could turn wearables into COVID-19 trackers
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Software
- Microsoft outlines its IE, legacy Edge phase-out timetable
- Microsoft tells Windows 10 users they can never uninstall Edge. Wait, what?
- Windows 10 upgrade failed? Use these 5 tools to find the problem and fix it fast
- Chrome’s ‘Fast page’ label shows which websites have quick loading times
- Google Maps update includes more colorful images and sidewalk info
- Microsoft Flight Simulator takes off on PC
- How to make Google Docs 😊: The easy way to add emoji without copy and paste
- Google’s overnight Gmail outage is finally over
Technology
- Tiger Lake chips: Intel promises huge PC speed boost and longer battery life
- How I prerecorded myself in video meetings for a week
- NASA telescope uncovers the cause of Betelgeuse’s mysterious dimming
- Facebook is the latest tech giant to blast Apple’s ‘App Store tax’
- How Intel will keep Moore’s Law cranking for years to come
Phones
- Time to update your iPhone again – iOS 13.6.1 is out
- iPhone or Android? Your phone choice could be impacting your love life
- Galaxy Note 20 is Samsung’s cheaper power phone. Here’s the trade-off
- Verizon updates 5G plans, throws in Disney Plus, ESPN Plus and Hulu for free
- Galaxy Note 20 Ultra review: A beautiful, ultrapremium phone packed with high-end features, but…
- BlackBerry phones to return in 2021, with 5G and physical keyboard
Fun Stories
- Google just made it easier to find live sports and TV listings
- Found: A Miniature Incan Llama at the Bottom of Lake Titicaca
- Servian Wall at McDonald’s
- Here’s where 48 of your favorite TV homes were actually filmed
- The Reason Your Dog Stares at You
- Watching Lost for the first time in 2020 is a revelation
- Death Valley hits an insane 130 degrees, threatens heat records
- The Unkindest Cut: A History of the Bowl Cut
- 9 Rockin’ Facts About Earthquakes
- The World Islands
- Adorably weird elephant-shrew lost to science for 50 years is rediscovered
- The best mattress for 2020: Layla, Helix and Purple make the cut
- Meet Some of Nature’s Coolest Customers
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