The Helpdesk

Facebook Goes Nuclear


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Holy crap! Facebook has deleted all news sources.


And here’s some of the stories that caught our eye this week, but didn’t warrant a full discussion: 


Bitcoin (BTC USD) Cryptocurrency Price Jumps to $50,000


  • If you had bought $100 bitcoin in 2011, it would've been worth $6.1m this week 


Is no one buying the small phone? 


  • Sorry, small-phone lovers: The iPhone 12 mini was Apple’s 2020 sales flop
  • But wait! 
  • iPhone 13 Mini Still Expected Despite Lackluster iPhone 12 Mini Sales


Lastpass munted 

LastPass free restricts users to one device type in March


  • LastPass is restricting the way it’s free tier works. The next update will make you choose between lastpass on mobile devices, or computers, but not both. 
  • DO you use a Password Manager? 


SolarWinds: How Russian spies hacked the Justice, State, Treasury, Energy and Commerce Departments


  • Microsoft head of security tells 60 Minutes the Solarwinds hack was the most “sophisticated” he’s ever seen!


Want a cheap electric car? Ausdroid has a guide 

Want a sub $20K electric car? Tassie entrepreneurs Good Car co are importing into Australia


Parler Back

Parler crawls back online empty and with a Tea Party CEO 


  • After being kicked off AWS servers in January, conservative social media platform Parler is back online. The new host is SkySilk
  • There’s a new logo and the old CEO John Matze has been replaced by Mark Meckler, founder of the Tea Party Patriots. 
  • It’s still banned on App Stores so users need to log on via web. 




Xinja

Xinja - should see if there’s an update after the shareholders meeting 

'Gun at their head': Xinja shareholders call for more options

  • Investors who own more than 20 per cent of Xinja’s shares are now calling for a third option that includes retaining the company’s banking license, raising more capital and flushing out the board. “The license is the most valuable asset the bank has,”  





NYT Doco on the “Teenager who hacked Twitter”

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12673712/?ref_=ttep_ep5


  • I found this lookin g for the britney spears doco, which i’d also recommend. 


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