Watches, Log4j, gift card scams, Bill Nye, iOS 15.2, Android 12 Go, F1, James Webb telescope, Oppo phone, RUN-DMC and the Shaka. We spent the week compiling the stories and didn’t realize just how much was included until we starting putting this post together. Lots of great and interesting information sprinkled with some fun. Check out all the headlines below and click on all of the stuff that sounds interesting to get the full story.
- Samsung Designs Smartwatch with Rolling Display and Centered Camera
- A $45 fitness tracker that checks almost all the boxes
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- Pixel Watch rumors: Everything we’re expecting from Google’s first smartwatch
- Samsung’s Tab A8 adds a faster processor, more RAM and storage options
- 300,000 MikroTik routers are ticking security time bombs, researchers say
- Security warning: New zero-day in the Log4j Java library is already being exploited
- Cream cheese shortage stemmed partially from cyberattack
- Hackers launch over 840,000 attacks through Log4J flaw
- Log4j software bug could cause ‘incalculable’ damage: What you need to know
- Are your home security cameras vulnerable to hacking?
- Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram: What you need to know about security, privacy differences
- Kronos hit with ransomware, warns of data breach and ‘several week’ outage
- Paying a debt by gift card? Don’t fall for this scam
- Log4j flaw: Nearly half of corporate networks have been targeted by attackers trying to use this vulnerability
- FDA authorizes AstraZeneca COVID prevention drug for immunocompromised people
- Bill Nye on embracing scientific reasoning: ‘We would be done with this pandemic’
- Google reportedly says employees defying vaccine policy will lose their jobs
- Apple Stores bring back COVID restrictions
- ‘Alexa, sing Jingle Bells’: 10 best Christmas activities for your Amazon Echo
- iOS 15.2 and macOS 12.1 add several previously delayed features
- Coworkers in different time zones? Here’s how to schedule a Slack message
- Apple launches AirTags and Find My detector app for Android, in effort to boost privacy
- Notepad gets a new design in Windows 11, including a dark mode
- Microsoft December 2021 Patch Tuesday: Zero-day exploited to spread Emotet malware
- 5 ways to make your Chromebook more secure
- Android 12 Go edition to bring new speed, privacy features to lower-end phones
- LastPass will launch new features faster after becoming independent
- Why F1’s switch from 13-inch to 18-inch tires is important
- The 2021 tech that impressed us the most
- Microsoft Can Make Pictures from Space Look As Good as Drone Photos
- Better.com CEO ‘taking time off’ after Zoom mass layoff, report says
- Locked out of “God mode,” runners are hacking their treadmills
- It’s time for “electronic gravel traps” to save F1 from itself
- Amazon to launch an Instacart-like service in the US next year, report says
- Elon Musk is Time’s Person of the Year for 2021
- FDA approves eye drops that can treat age-related blurry vision
- Until EV charging is fixed, electric cars are stuck in neutral
- Oppo unveils Air Glass, its vision for the future of smart glasses
- What is HDR for TVs, and how does it make the picture better?
- NASA’s most powerful telescope ever is about to change how we see the universe
- NASA’s James Webb Telescope to be the ‘Coolest Camera in Space’
- NASA’s James Webb telescope launch delayed again until December 24th
- The smart home didn’t make a splash in 2021, and that’s OK
- Oppo to launch its first foldable phone, the Find N, on Dec. 15
- iPhone 13 Pro ‘Steve Jobs Edition’ packs parts from original 2007 iPhone
- Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro could have the one design change fans truly want
- Is the iPhone default browser bar annoying you? Here’s how to move it
- Stunning iOS 16 concept takes the iPhone to a whole new level
- Oppo’s new foldable phone may have solved the crease problem
- Hey Apple, I’ve got some ideas for the iPhone 14
Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.
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- Are Twin Volcanoes Double the Trouble?
- Welcome to Earth producer Darren Aronofsky loved torturing Will Smith
- 5 Tips on How To Escape An Erupting Volcano
- Ada Lovelace: The First Computer Programmer
- How Louis Armstrong Shaped the Sound of Ghana
- This $10 multipurpose tool is a perfect gift for the outdoor lovers in your life
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- GMA’s Michael Strahan goes to space and back: ‘Almost like an out-of-body experience’
- Looking to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint? Surprise—Your Christmas Tree Is Edible
- Could an Infamous WWII Bunker Become a Symbol of Peace?
- Plastic Panic: 6 Toy Crazes That Erupted in Violence
- 10 Facts About Run-DMC’s “Christmas In Hollis”
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- 5 ways to save money on your heating bill this winter
- Are rocket scientists and brain surgeons actually smarter than everyone else?
- 8 Helpful Tips for Keeping Pets Out of Christmas Trees
- The Complicated, Controversial History of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
- Flubbed: The 13 Most Mispronounced Words of 2021
- France Has Finally Approved a Plan to Renovate Notre-Dame, But Not Everyone Is Happy About It
- The World’s Largest Spider Is as Big as a Newborn Puppy
- Why Is It Called a ‘Semi Truck’?
- The Dark History of Hawai‘i’s Iconic Hand Gesture
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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