The SolarWinds CEO blames a former intern for using the password solarwinds123 as the reason the full debacle was able to get started, Microsoft says Chinese hackers are attacking on premise Exchange servers, and Google says it is going to stop tracking Cookies and prevent 3rd Parties from tracking Cookies and click trails as well

Eric Romero of the City of Baton Rouge Information Services department discusses International Open Data Day, March 6th and the advances in Baton Rouge’s Open Data Platform, after almost 15 years of the smartphone, what’s next and who is going to lead, and 2021 promises to be a big ear for the Augmented Reality, AR, industry!

NASA posted a cryptic message in the parachute of the Mars Rover Perseverance, Australia concedes to Facebook when FB played hardball, the Malware “Silver Sparrow” is running amok in MAC’s , Elon Musk say Starlink will double its download speed by the end of the year, and Microsoft will release it’s next version of Office later in 2021.

The listener question of the week deals with Electric Cars, especially in a power outage, and Facebook shuts out all news/media outlets in Australia.

We revisit the SolarWinds malware debacle, Mastercard announces it will start accepting cryptocurrency by the end of 2021, MacOS is now the 3rd most popular desktop operating system, Apple makes repairs to the iPhone 12 much easier, thieves in Spain attack celebrities in Spain posting they have left their homes, a security camera installer leaves a back door to view people’s homes, and NASA successfully lands the Mars Rover Perseverance!

A listener ask about Apple Glasses, we discuss in great detail President Biden and potential shifts in the Global Digital Strategies including Tik Tok, Huawei, & WeChat, and the global microchip shortage?

This segment we talk about Facebook trying to Reduce Political Content, Instagram bans top anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over dangerous anti-vaccine and COVID-19 misinformation, Verified Twitter Users Shared an All-Time-High Amount of Fake News in 2020, Suspects Arrested for SIM Swapping Attacks, New phishing attack uses Morse code, Hacker Tried to Poison Florida City's Water Supply, Apple Watch Alerts Man to Heart Condition in Yet Another Potentially Life-Saving Story

We do a deep dive on the controversy between the Australian Government and Google, and how Microsoft influenced the outcome, as well as Google and their agreement with the French Government and why the EU’s GDPR is forcing the decision

Does Amazon’s new “Helix HQ” look like the Poop Emoji, We breakdown the new Clubhouse App, was scalping Xbox’s over Christmas actually profitable, Walmart deploying more robots in the distribution centers, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellin’s plan for cryptocurrencies and how it could affect ransomware

We have a very in-depth discussion about screen time and kids; how much time, at what stages of development, good time vs. bad time and much more!