by Jeff McKamey
Phishing for information:
This one has an ApplePay e-mail as an example.
Free Antivirus
Airtable
Part spreadsheet, part database, and entirely flexible, teams use Airtable to organize their work, their way.
Coda
All-in-one doc.
No more ping-ponging between documents, spreadsheets, and niche workflow apps to get things done. Coda brings all of your words and data into one flexible surface.
Appy Pie
One of the best no code platforms, Appy Pie democratizes design and development of applications as it lets everyone create their own applications, irrespective of their technical skills, coding knowledge, and budget restrictions using no code development.
SpiKey 
A really terrific new high-tech hack against low-tech locks and their keys.
Researchers have shown that just capturing the sound of a traditional physical key being slid into its lock is all that’s needed to recreate that key with a high level of confidence. A nearby smartphone — or even the house’s nearby smart doorbell — provides audio which is sufficiently accurate to provide the clues.
Article found inside Security Now Episode Transcript
Cheap Smartphones
Chinese-Made Smartphones Are Secretly Stealing Money From People Around The World
Preinstalled malware on low-cost Chinese phones has stolen data and money from some of the world’s poorest people.
AI Magic Makes Century-Old Films Look New
Denis Shiryaev uses algorithms to colorize and sharpen old movies, bumping them up to a smooth 60 frames per second. The result is a stunning glimpse at the past. Read more…..
Remembering the Golden Age of Computer User Groups
Throughout the 70s and into the 90s, groups around the world helped hapless users figure out their computer systems, learn about technology trends, and discover the latest whiz-bang applications. And these groups didn’t stick to Slacks, email threads, or forums; the meetings often happened in real life. But to my dismay, many young technically-inclined whippersnappers are completely unaware of computer user groups’ existence and their importance in the personal computer’s development. That’s a damned shame. Read more…
Intel is losing the chip war
Tech NEWS and trends that will affect you today and beyond. Tick-tock-bonk. Intel’s endless 10nm nightmare has cost it so, so much. It all started on September 5, 2014. That’s the day Intel introduced 5th-gen Core M chips based on “Broadwell”, the company’s first processors built using the 14-nanometer manufacturing process. Despite some manufacturing woes that pushed Broadwell back from its expected 2013 release, Intel’s offering served as the vanguard of processor technology.