On Friday, cybersecurity journalists Brian Krebs and Andy Greenberg reported that as many as 30,000 organizations had been compromised in an unprecedented email server hack, believed to have originated from a state-sponsored Chinese hacking group known as Hafnium. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/8/22319934/microsoft-hafnium-hack-exchange-server-email-flaw-white-house
In 2019, an article in The Washington Post by Geoffrey Fowler described the author’s shock when he discovered just how many of his iPhone apps were collecting and uploading information about his usage while he slept. As we all know by now, data is a huge commodity these days. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/22309965/block-ad-iphone-data-how-to-tracking
A meteor streaked through the night sky over Vermont on Sunday (March 7), creating a spectacular light show and causing Earth-shaking booms as it burned through the atmosphere. via Technology and News Today https://www.livescience.com/vermont-meteor-explodes.html
Looking like opened pea pods with a lustrous sheen, the sea slugs Elysia cf. marginata and Elysia atroviridis aren’t your average gastropods. via Technology and News Today https://gizmodo.com/these-slugs-cut-off-their-own-heads-when-they-want-a-ne-1846428980
Carved into stone, these women squat, naked, sometimes cackling, pulling open their enlarged labia: it’s no wonder Victorian clergymen attempted to destroy or hide the glorious, mysterious figures known as sheela na gigs. via Technology and News Today https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/08/big-vagina-energy-the-return-of-the-sheela-na-gig
Apple AirTags may finally arrive this month. Yes, after they failed to debut at three separate fall 2020 Apple events, all signs point to Apple’s long-rumored key finder arriving at a rumored upcoming event. via Technology and News Today https://www.tomsguide.com/news/apple-airtags-release-date-price-news-and-leaks
The new Google Pay app came out of beta this week, and it marks the first step in a major upheaval in the Google Pay service. via Technology and News Today https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/the-new-google-pay-repeats-all-the-same-mistakes-of-google-allo/
Peacock is sharing more details today about how it will integrate WWE’s enormous selection of content later this month when WWE Network becomes part of the NBCUniversal streaming service. As announced in January, WWE’s new portal will launch on Peacock starting on March 18th. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/22319438/wwe-network-peacock-features-price-faq-deal
Apple has released a set of updates it recommends all iPhone, iPad and Mac users download as soon as possible. No, iOS 14.5 and Big Sur 11.3 aren’t out yet. Instead, what we have are iOS 14.4.1 and macOS 11.2.3. via Technology and News Today https://www.engadget.com/apple-ios-14-4-1-macos-11-2-3-185929236.html
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