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Ransomware is likely the most serious cybersecurity threat to the U.S. and on its current trajectory, the problem will only get worse in the years ahead.

Beyond Colonial Pipeline, Ransomware Cyberattacks Are a Growing Threat The cyberattack that knocked offline an essential U.S. gasoline pipeline shows how the dangerous, professional-scale hack-for-ransom threat is spreading rapidly.

7, yes, SEVEN screens

Ridiculous, gigantic laptop has seven screens that pop out An absolute unit.

2020 was a productive tech year in Birmingham, AL.

9 highlights from a productive year in tech in Birmingham, including Ed Farm | Bham Now Tim Cook meeting with Odessa Woolfolk, founding board chair of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Photo by Pat Byington Despite ups and downs, 2020

Fun, new setting from Apple!

Your iPhone can recognize any song with just a tap — here's how to set it up It's one way Apple is using Shazam, which it acquired in 2018 for an estimated $400 million.

Amazon introduces native Mac instances for AWS, powered by Intel Mac mini | AppleInsider At AWS re:Invent, Amazon introduced new Mac instances for its Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), enabling developers to natively run macOS in Amazon Web Services for the first time.

Have you heard a crackle in your AirPod pros? Here's how to contact Apple to get them replaced.

Apple acknowledges AirPods Pro issues, will replace those that crackle and rattle – TechCrunch Are your AirPods Pro earbuds making weird noises? You’re not imagining it — and you’re not the only one. Just a few months after Apple started shipping AirPods Pro, some users started noticing that one or both of their earbuds were rattling or crackling. The noises would reportedly get …

As we head into the holiday seasons, be especially careful with even more sophisticated phishing scams passing by spam filters.

PSA: Watch Out For This New Amazon Email Phishing Scam Scam artists are getting so good at creating realistic-looking phishing emails that some are getting past Gmail’s spam filters. Although most of us have been trained to spot suspicious email messages, some (like the one above) look like they could be from companies like Amazon.

Microsoft teams to introduce Live transcript feature!

Microsoft Teams meetings to get Live Transcription feature in September Microsoft has announced in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center that the Live Transcription feature is timed for a rollout beginning in September, and it’s expected to complete in early October.