This is a weekly series to highlight the best articles and news stories going on in the Community.
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New Leadership at Webroot
It's a bittersweet goodbye as our beloved CEO Dick Williams has decided to retire after 8 years at Webroot, and more than five decades in the business world. Webroot has named a new CEO, Mike Potts, who will start September 25. Dick will remain on Webroot’s Board of Directors.
The whole Webroot Team wishes Dick the best in his future endeavors is jazzed up for Mike's arrival!
Check out Dick's heartfelt blog post and our press release for the whole story.
Cryptocurrencies 101: Part 1
Our very own Tyler Moffitt has a new series of posts covering everything Cryptocurrency!
These questions and more will be covered in the upcoming weeks.
- How do Cryptocurrencies differ traditional forms of payment?
- What exactly is the blockchain?
Why do companies collect, sell, buy or store personal data?
There has been an unprecedented growth of a multi-billion dollar industry of data brokers that operates in the glooms with virtually no oversight.
Information collected by Data Brokers include:
- Name, Age, and Gender
- Present and previous Address
- Handphone numbers
- Email address
- The list doesn't end there...
Learn more about how Data Brokers collect your personal information and precautions you can take.
Instagram Hacked: contact information of 6 million accounts being sold
Earlier this week hackers exploited a bug on Instagram to get phone numbers and email addresses belonging to 6 million accounts. The company first said that the hack had affected only verified users, but it has now confirmed that non-verified users had been affected as well.
The hackers created a database called Doxagram that lets you pull data at $10 per search.
Get the full story and remember to change your password!
How we'll nap our way to Mars
Imagine a road trip that lasts six months—no pit stops, black night the whole way. That’s how long it would take you, and how monotonous it would be, to fly to Mars. To avoid the boredom (and its cousins depression and anxiety), you could spend part of your trip in artificial hibernation, or torpor, as it’s medically known. NASA is funding research into this method for future planet hoppers, and not just to reduce the games of I Spy. Because metabolism slows during slumber, you would require less food and water, reducing a mission’s cargo weight, fuel needs, and price tag. Also, you wouldn’t want to kill your crew mates.
Learn how you might go nighty-night on your 34-million-mile flight.
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