Unfortunately I didn’t get out a Tech News digest due to a very full slate of projects. I’ll try to include more links today. Before I get into the news of the week, I have some tragic news to pass along. Loyal readers may remember the many training guides put together by Tom Anzai. We lost him recently in a freak accident. I was lucky enough to get to spend time with him and even spend some time at his house and he will be sorely missed. Truly a great guy!

The biggest news disaster of the week is the US FCC repealing Net Neutrality. There will be Congressional and/or legal challenges, but you’ll find headlines below with information about it. How to make a restaurant tops on TripAdvisor and how a botnet turned in another direction are both covered. Throw in Windows, hacks, Apple, hummingbirds, Neil Young and much more in this weeks headlines. Click the links below to read the details.

• 7 reasons to avoid the ‘Secret Sister’ gift exchange scam
• 9 Flowcharts to Help You Navigate the Christmas Season
• Hummingbirds Are Where Intuition Goes to Die
• I Made My Shed the Top Rated Restaurant On TripAdvisor
• Microsoft quietly snuck an ssh client and server into latest Windows 10 update
• Take my money: Why you’re paying for free media willingly
• 39 Senators tell FCC: “Abandon this radical and reckless plan”
• China’s Aircraft Carriers Have a Menace: Jellyfish Swarms
• How to wipe your phone or tablet before you sell it
• New imaging finds crescent-shaped eye damage in woman who viewed eclipse
• ‘Holy grail’ of avocados now on sale in UK – but they’re apparently in short supply
• Get ready for more hacks in 2018
• Something is rotten at Apple
• FCC eliminates net neutrality rules in huge win for broadband industry
• Welcome back, sneakernet: Why net neutrality repeal will drive us to the edge
• FCC revisited: Net neutrality changes are misleading and not benign
• Disney to buy Fox as Hollywood girds for digital showdown
• Why Finnair wants to put passengers on the weighing scales
• Top 25 News Photos of 2017
• How a Victim’s Last Meal Can Identify a Killer
• How a Dorm Room Minecraft Scam Brought Down the Internet
• Nope, this isn’t the HTTPS-validated Stripe website you think it is
• Neil Young’s online music archive is here, and it’s f*%&ing incredible
• Is Bitcoin a bubble? Here’s what two bubble experts told us
• 2017 TechCrunch Gift Guide
• cNet – The Best tech gifts for 2017
• 12 magical gifts for people who are obsessed with Harry Potter
• Best Holiday Gifts Ideas for Kids
• How Pantone Created a Universal Language for Color
• 38 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent
• An introduction to Joplin, an open source Evernote alternative
• 32 Famous People Rejected by Saturday Night Live
• Toblerone in Chocolate War With UK Copycat Who Stole Original Design
• Millions of Migrating Red Crabs Are Coming to Google Street View

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.