a little earlier this week, to make up for last week's day late ;)
- Fourth major credential spill in a month hits. This time, includes ~26M user names / passwords (LINK).
- It is important to note that all of the compromised user/pass combos (so far) have been (a) unencrypted or using old encryption AND/OR (b) easy-to-break passwords. Laziness continues to give predictable results.
- Google gives users more choice with location-tracking apps (LINK).
- U.S. building a $500M 'exascale' computer that will be the world's most powerful (LINK).
- Threat actors leveraging credential dumps, phishing, and legacy email protocols to breach cloud accounts (LINK).
- A huge asteroid exploded above Earth - and you totally missed it. For the record, so did I (LINK).
- Lenovo patches Intel firmware flaws in multiple product lines (LINK).
- Firefox silences annoying auto-playing videos (LINK).
- If you're one of the few that use the 'Inbox by GMail' app, get ready to join the rest of us outside of that app - 'cause it's officially going away on April 2nd (LINK).
- Note: Your email is fine. GMail will still work - only the app is going away. Save your panic for something else.
- Netflix will not integrate with Apple's new TV service (LINK).
- Why you should consider changing your default search engine (LINK).
- Google unveils its new gaming platform, 'Stadia'. A possible competitor to Xbox, PlayStation & PC gaming (LINK).
Fun / Silly / Curious
- Spring is almost here! (LINK).
- Wednesday night will be your last chance to see a supermoon this year - and it's gonna be special (LINK).
- A drug that makes human blood deadly to mosquitoes could drastically reduce the spread of disease (LINK).
- A recently-discovered shipwreck on the Nile proves Herodotus was telling the truth about Egyptian boats (LINK).
- Silly and cruel beauty gadgets that were destined for failure (LINK).
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