Roku setup, GoDaddy phishing bonus, bad COVID advice, Zoom email, drone license plates, Samsung Galaxy S21, Horn OK Please and Happy New Year. No surprise the last week has been a fairly quiet week for tech news. I’ve rounded up the top headlines and you’ll find them below. Click on a headline to get the full story.

2020 has been a really tough year and I’m sure many of us are happy to see the calendar flip to 2021. We still have some tough times ahead, but hopefully we can truly celebrate long before this year is over. Happy and prosperous 2021 to each and every one of my loyal readers!

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Electronics

• Got a new Roku this holiday season? Here’s how to set it up
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• Apple’s M1 Macs are killing my Hackintosh
• LG Display’s transparent OLED puts a screen between you and the sushi chef

Privacy and Security

• FBI and European law enforcement shut down VPN used by ransomware groups
• GoDaddy phishing ‘test’ teased employees with a fake holiday bonus
• Pop-ups about cookies constantly interrupt you online. Here’s how they could go away

Coronavirus / COVID-19

• A touchless 2020
• Viral Post ‘How To Fight Covid at Home’ Provides Problematic Advice

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Software

• Zoom may offer email to bolster its growing empire
• 6 useful Amazon Echo tips you’ll use daily
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Technology

• 2020 has proven that electric vehicles are the future of transportation
• VW shows its mobile EV charging robot in action
• FAA lays out its Remote ID ‘license plate for drones’ requirements
• The biggest tech stories of a disastrous 2020
• UPS, Amazon delivery drones a step closer to reality with new US rules
• A Redditor is squeezing entire movies onto a single floppy disk

Phones

• Samsung opens preorder reservations for Galaxy S21

Fun Stories

• 2020 forced us all to live online: How my virtual year played out
• The Australian Town That Turns Trash Into Christmas Trees
• Kīlauea’s Lava Lake Is Back, and Volcanologists Are Bubbling With Excitement
• The Origins of ‘Horn OK Please,’ India’s Most Ubiquitous Phrase
• 2020: The year in pictures, from lockdowns and protests to vaccines and hope
• 27 Unique New Year’s Traditions From Our Readers
• Yes to Masks. No to Parties. 2021 Will Be a Lot Like 2020

If you see some important tech news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.

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