Author: Zach_Wilson
Hurry! iRobot’s 1-day Christmas shipping ends today – save up to $645 on robot vacuums and mops
Don’t mad dash to the malls if you’re looking for last-minute Christmas gift ideas for the adults in your life. Stores are at their busiest right now, with everyone else doing their last-minute shopping, and it’s not worth the stress. Not when there are still so many Christmas deals to…
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Bird may be bankrupt, but shared micromobility is doing just fine
On the surface, electric scooter pioneer Bird filing for bankruptcy would seem to be a nail in the coffin for shared micromobility — that nebulous term often used to describe rentable electric bikes and scooters in cities. After a number of mergers and some bad financial management, the OG scooter…
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There’s still time! 25 last-minute gifts from Amazon that arrive before Christmas
Still searching for a last-minute gift that arrives before Christmas? I’ve done the work for you and searched for all the best last-minute gifts from Amazon that arrive before Christmas Day for Prime members. The best part? All of the gift ideas listed below are also on sale, so you’re…
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Patient data stolen in ransomware attack affecting millions of healthcare victims
A company building software for hospitals, EMS, and firefighters has suffered a ransomware attack and a data breach that may have affected 2.7 million patients in the US. ESO Solutions disclosed the breach earlier this week. Apparently, it happened in late September 2023, when an unidentified threat actor accessed one…
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How Donald Trump and Elon Musk killed Twitter, with Marty Baron and Zoe Schiffer
Decoder is my show about big ideas and other problems. And today, we’re bringing you a special episode where we’re just going to talk about one very big problem: Twitter. 2023 will go down as the year that Elon Musk killed Twitter. First, he did it in a big way…
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An ancient Microsoft Excel vulnerability is being hijacked to spread malware
Hackers have been observed targeting users running outdated Office programs, with the goal of delivering an infostealing malware called Agent Tesla. This is according to cybersecurity researchers Zscaler ThreatLabs, who recently detailed a phishing campaign that distributes an Excel document. If the victim is using an older version of Excel,…
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