How local politics made me turn to YouTube Premium as a last-ditch sanity defense

Are you tired of seeing political ads before and during every YouTube video? Has the election reached a point where you just want to scream? We have a partial solution.

There’s a woman in my area named Deb Peterson (not her real name). She is running for some local office. But this isn’t a politics story. It’s a mental health story.

Deb spent most of August and September running pre-roll ads on my YouTube about how nice she is. She told us, endlessly, about how supportive, friendly, and so very caring she is.

Prime Day 2020 Apple deals: Best AirPods, iPad, and Apple Watch sales

The very best Apple device deals on Prime Day 2020.

If you’re looking for Apple deals online, good luck. The Cupertino company hardly ever reduces its prices, not even on Black Friday. But you can sometimes find retailers offering $25 off here or $50 off there, which isn’t much considering Apple’s devices usually cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars. But, hey, we’ll take what little savings we can, right?

Best Prime Day deals 2020: Cables, adaptors, chargers, and hubs

The very best deals on charging cables and more on Amazon.

Who doesn’t like a good deal? I’m all for saving money, so for me, Amazon Prime Day is a good time to pick up those essentials (or bits of kit you need to boost productivity) while at the same spending less. And with more and more people now working and learning from home, it seems that there are never enough cables, chargers, adapter, and hubs to go around.

Best Prime Day deals 2020: Smartphones and everything mobile

Who doesn’t like a good deal? I’m all for saving money, so for me, Amazon Prime Day is a good time to pick up those essentials (or bits of kit you need to boost productivity) while at the same spending less. And with more and more people now working and learning from home, it seems that there are never enough cables, chargers, adapter, and hubs to go around.

Amazon’s Alexa is driving IT managers crazy

An extensive new study reveals what’s really worrying IT and security professionals. It also reveals a little of their (Deeply human) hypocrisy.

Everything they do carries with it a large portent of the future.

They perform research to back up their case, often coupled with a dramatic headline. 

This is a sample that just crossed my eyes. I mean, literally crossed my eyes: “IoT, Authentication and Cloud Services Drive Staggering Increase in PKI adoption and in Certificate Volume.” 

Phishing scams: The new hotspots for fraud gangs

While business email compromise groups used to operate from just a few locations, gangs are springing up in new locations.

Business email compromise (BEC) phishing scams are one of the most common forms of cybercrime – and new fraud gangs are appearing across the globe to trick firms into handing over money, according to an investigation by cybersecurity researchers.