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I couldn't help it but some of these photos are just stunning and others here might the article interesting and if not; maybe the photos might intrigue you.

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http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/07/under-ant...

There’s fresh reason to be worried about Wannacry, the malicious software that hackers stole from the U.S. National Security Agency.

In May, hackers used the malware to infect computers in more than 70 countries. The attack was particularly bad in England, where the software disrupted service at many of the country’s busiest hospitals.

We’re continuing with the T theme this week and recognizing, Tjablons!

Tjablons has been with POI Factory for over 10 years!
He recently updated his Mom & Pop Ice Cream file as well as his Bob’s Big Boy file.

Thank you for all your contributions, Tjablons!

~Angela

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

Can't y'just hear it now...

Turn left at the puffy cloud on your right in 50 miles!

It's been a little over a month since the WannaCry ransomware compromised more than 300,000 computers around the world. That appears to be just enough time for the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to attribute the attack to North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB).

Happy Father's Day to all the Father's in our community.

https://consumerist.com/2017/05/12/new-owner-of-gander-mount... This is the list of Gander Mountain locations that might change that might become Camping World.

Amazon has been trying to crack the food delivery business for a decade. Today it may have finally figured out how: Buy a supermarket.

In its biggest acquisition ever, Amazon has agreed to buy the Whole Foods supermarket chain for $13.7 billion. Given the Everything Store’s adventures in groceries so far, this promises to redefine what a trip to the grocery store looks like.

When you use Facebook, it doesn't look like Facebook is doing much. You post your update, scan your feed, and maybe like a few things. But behind the screen lies an immensely complex set of algorithms that determine what you see. And with nearly 1.9 billion users worldwide, some of that content inevitably includes violent images and extremist rhetoric.

After it accidentally released internal builds of Windows 10 to the public last week, Microsoft got its Windows Insider Program back on track with the release of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16215 for PC and Preview Build 15222 for mobile devices.

If you're looking to speed up your system using an SSD this might be of interest to ewe... then again, maybe snot!

Firefox 54 launched with a more advanced multi-process architecture than the one we saw implemented in Firefox 48 last year. The improved architecture raises the number of processes enabled by default from two to five, which Mozilla argues is a “just right” compromise between low memory usage on one side and performance and security on the other.
Firefox’s Electrolysis Architecture

The European Parliament's (EP’s) Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs released a draft proposal for a new Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications. The draft recommends a regulation that will enforce end-to-end encryption on all communications to protect European Union citizens’ fundamental privacy rights. The committee also recommended a ban on backdoors.

Passwords aren't the perfect authentication method. People often share them, forget them, or use simple passwords that are easy to guess. That's why many companies are pushing for biometric authentication by adding iris scanners, facial recognition features, and fingerprint sensors to their products.

June's Patch Tuesday release is eerily similar to the one last month

Microsoft has released its usual Patch Tuesday flood, and it's enormous. Computerworld's Gregg Keizer has details.

Microsoft never sleeps. Even before the Windows 10 Creators Update was rolled out, the company began work on the next major update to Windows 10, code-named Redstone 3. As it did with the Creators Update, Microsoft has been releasing a series of public preview builds to members of Microsoft's Insider Program.

Security practitioners weigh in on the 15 worst data security breaches in recent memory.

Data security breaches happen daily, in too many places at once to keep count. But what constitutes a huge breach versus a small one? CSO compiled a list of 15 of the biggest or most significant breaches of the 21st century.

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Concerns of a 'WannaCry' repeat prompt company to again push security updates to obsolete operating systems

Microsoft today followed May's unprecedented release of security updates for expired operating systems, including Windows XP, by issuing another dozen patches for the aged OS.