Vimeo Just Did WHAT?
This week in Business News, VPN companies are starting to block torrents, Google takes a play from Doordash game-plans, and the ban on forced cable equipment rentals is not working as the government hoped. Ford is working to not shut down factories in the chip shortage, Lyft offers a gas surcharge for drivers, and Vimeo decides to commit suicide.
Pixel and Samsung Are Dirty Piped
This week in the news, Trojan malware is being promoted to gamers, iOS has two new ways for cryptominers to compromise their phones, and a smart UPC reminds us again to keep our technology offline. Finally, the new Dirty Pipe Linux vulnerability has already been used to exploit two popular Android phones. We also look at Silly News.
The Articles
Business
https://www.pcmag.com/news/torguard-will-prevent-vpn-customers-from-using-bittorrent
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/google-hijacked-millions-of-customers-and-orders-from-restaurants-lawsuit-says/
https://www.thefpsreview.com/2022/03/12/router-and-modem-rental-fees-remain-a-problem/
https://www.techspot.com/news/93779-ford-ship-sell-vehicles-missing-chips-promise-install.html
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/14/22977744/lyft-temporary-fuel-surcharge-fares-uber
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/tesla-fires-employee-who-posted-youtube-videos-of-full-self-driving-accident/
https://www.techspot.com/news/93812-netflix-testing-ways-curb-account-sharing-between-households.html
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979126/vimeo-patreon-creators-price-increase
Security
https://www.techspot.com/news/93762-fake-valorant-cheats-promoted-youtube-carry-redline-malware.html
https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2022/03/16/cryptorom-bitcoin-swindlers-continue-to-target-vulnerable-iphone-and-android-users/
https://www.techspot.com/news/93757-researchers-discover-critical-vulnerabilities-apc-smart-ups-devices.html
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/researcher-uses-dirty-pipe-exploit-to-fully-root-a-pixel-6-pro-and-samsung-s22/
Silly
https://videocardz.com/newz/a-walking-cpu-captured-man-carrying-160-intel-cpus-caught-by-chinese-customs
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/16/22981109/winamp-music-player-original-skin-sale-nft-crypto-opensea-auction
https://www.techspot.com/news/93784-1-million-clipart-based-nft-rock-accidentally-sold.html
https://www.techspot.com/news/93768-microsoft-testing-ads-services-windows-11-file-explorer.html
