đ¨ North Korean hackers are targeting Macs: It starts with an email containing a fake crypto news headline, like âHidden Risk Behind New Surge of Bitcoin Price,â and includes a link to a PDF. The link actually leads to a malicious app that lets the sender take control of your system. If youâve clicked on a random PDF link recently, scan for malware ASAP.
Tags: Apple Mac, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, cybersecurity, malware, North Korea, PDF
Ah, the wide world of tech myths. Iâve heard âem all:
Macs are immune to viruses. Stick a wet phone in rice and itâll be as good as new. Always run your battery down to 0% before you charge.
Iâve heard it all on my national radio show. There was the guy totally freaked out because too many strangers in public knew his name for it to be a coincidence. (His name was Buddy.)
There was a woman who swore one of Metallicaâs band members hacked her iPhone to stalk her after she rejected him online. And another who bought and sold three cars because she thought they all had hidden trackers.
đ˛ The No. 1 show on Netflix right now is âMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.â It dives into the true story of two brothers convicted of murdering their parents in 1996. They said a lifetime of abuse drove them to it; prosecutors argued it was all about inheriting the family fortune.
How long it would take 10 human animators to do what AI can get done in one week. Thatâs according to Ridley Scott, the visionary behind iconic films like âGladiator,â âBlade Runnerâ and âAlien.â He sure has a knack for drawing attention.
Manufactured by Anova, it uses an internal camera to recognize your food and tell you how to cook it. It uses both wet and dry heat, like ovens in restaurants. In the future, the Precision Oven 2.0 will spot cooking mistakes before a dish is ruined.
Hackers are demanding ransom from Franceâs Schneider Electric. If they donât get it, theyâll spill 40GB of stolen data, including company projects, employee details and customer info. Talk about handing over the dough.
Opened at the same time will crash the Outlook app. Microsoft isn’t sure why, but it might be due to overloading the working memory. Iâll keep you posted when a fix is out. I was on the fence about buying Office 365. I shook a Magic 8 Ball, and it said, âOutlook not good!â
For automaker GM, which sold 32,000 electric vehicles in the U.S. during the third quarter. Ford insists theyâre still in the second spot, claiming âGM is adding every brand EVâ they sell, including Chevy, GMC and Cadillac. You guessed it â Tesla remains No. 1. You know what they say: 95% of electric cars are still on the road; the other 5% made it all the way home.
