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Day: April 26, 2020

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Security News This Week: Zoom Upgrades Encryption Keys to What It Promised All Along

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It was another week of social distancing or quarantine for most of the world, but Google published findings that it has seen 12 government-backed hacking groups undeterred by the pandemic and, in fact, trying to take advantage of those conditions for intelligence-gathering. Another report found that China, for one, has been busy during the pandemic hacking Uighurs’ iPhones in a recent months-long campaign. We broke down how Apple and Google are using aggregate smartphone location data to visualize social distancing trends. And in an exclusive interview with WIRED, Federal Bureau…

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Mister Rogers told co-star Officer Clemmons to not come out as gay and to marry a woman

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Fred Rogers on the set of his television show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” circa 1980s. (Getty) “Franc, you have talents and gifts that set you apart and above the crowd,” Clemmons recalls Rogers telling him, according to People. “Someone has informed us that you were seen at the local gay bar downtown. Now, I want you to know, Franc, that if you’re gay, it doesn’t matter to me at all. Whatever you say and do is fine with me, but if you’re going to be on the show as an important…

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Watch the entire CNN/Sesame Street coronavirus town hall

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(CNN)CNN’s Erica Hill and Dr. Sanjay Gupta partner with Sesame Street to explain the ABC’s of coronavirus in a town hall for parents and kids. Watch the full event below. Dr. Leana Wen answers questions from children all over the world about what the coronavirus is and how they can stay safe. Face masks and hand washing with Elmo Part 2: Entire CNN/Sesame Street coronavirus town hall Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains to Elmo why face masks and proper hand washing are helpful to stop the spread of coronavirus. Dealing with…

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Universities Are Being Sued For Not Refunding Tuition | Betches

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I think it’s pretty safe to say that none of us are having the 2020 that we planned for ourselves. I certainly wasn’t expecting to spend eight straight weeks universities are being sued as a result. Last month, as the threat of COVID-19 became more clear, colleges and universities across the country filed legal complaints against their respective schools, claiming that the schools are refusing to refund tuition and fees for this semester, despite all the services that have been interrupted due to the pandemic. The complaints, which are both…

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