Suspicious partners use parent apps to spy -- Security flaws found with defense systems -- Google is warming the feet of some of its Local Guides

Parent apps allow your partner to spy on you. Clever parrot learns how to place orders with Amazon’s Alexa. The U.S. national defense system has some glaring security flaws. Google is investing big in New York. Apple’s iPhone helps rescue a group of friends who were stuck in the water. Some Google Local Guides are getting a surprise in their stocking this Christmas. All that and more from the news desk at Komando.com.