China Olympics Requires Your Phone
This week in the Privacy News, silent AirTags are on eBay and Etsy, Peloton has another fitness tracker, and Google resets privacy settings for some users. Also, in order to attend the Chinese Olympics, each person must bring their cell phone and use the government's app. We also look at a couple security news items.
Windows Update Takes How Long?
This week in Business News, Facebook loses users for the first time, Tesla recalls cars for the "Aggressive Mode", and Blackberry sells its patents to a company without products. Also, Windows applications should be removed from the panel to save on memory and it takes HOURS for windows update to run. We also look at silly news for the week.
The Articles
Privacy
https://www.pcmag.com/news/silent-airtags-with-speakers-removed-pop-up-on-etsy-ebay
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/31/22906352/peloton-heart-rate-band-fitness-tracking
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30171800
https://www.wired.com/story/winter-olympics-2022-phones-security/
Security
https://www.techspot.com/news/93220-qnap-forced-security-update-stopped-ransomware-but-users.html
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/2fa-app-with-10000-google-play-downloads-loaded-well-known-banking-trojan/
Business
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/facebook-loses-users-for-first-time-ever-market-cap-drops-by-200b/
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60230072
https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/01/31/blackberry-sells-mobile-patents-to-patent-troll-for-600m
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/if-you-dont-use-teams-or-edge-in-windows-11-disabling-some-features-can-save-ram/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-needs-at-least-8-hours-online-to-update-reliably/
Silly
https://www.techspot.com/news/93192-man-builds-27-million-mah-power-bank-can.html
https://www.techspot.com/news/93179-atari-combining-nfts-loot-boxes-celebrate-50th-anniversary.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-bezos-yacht-dutch-bridge-dismantle/
https://electrek.co/2022/01/28/tesla-launches-teslamic-microphone-in-car-karaoke/
