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If the apocalypse had a newsletter, it would look surprisingly similar to this week's tech news roundup. (Pssst.... If you haven't already, subscribe to Bytesize – https://e-e.beehiiv.com/) Just dropped our latest ByteSize newsletter with stories that'll make your CPU fans spin: ?? Newspapers finally found a way to die faster than print subscriptions – Lee Enterprises got hit with ransomware that had them scrambling like interns who crashed the server ?? An asteroid named 2024 YR4 (basically named after one of Elon's kids) has NASA debating between a gentle space nudge or going full Die Hard. ?? Meta building undersea cables longer than Earth's circumference – because Mark Zuckerberg won't rest until your aunt's bot-hacked posts load at light speed across five continents ?? Reddit adding paid subreddits in 2025, because arguing with strangers should apparently be a premium experience From Windows migration tools that might actually work (we're as shocked as you are) to job listings paying Squid Game-level money to build UIs with REACT, this week's tech news is equal parts brilliant and terrifying.

In today's episode of 'Tech Criminals Making Bad Life Choices'… This week's tech news reads like a sitcom: ?? Hackers's latest lesson: Location, location, location… A ransomware gang behind 1,000+ attacks thought a beach resort in Thailand was the perfect hideout. (It wasn't.) Hey, you know the saying: Phuket around – and you find out. ?? North Korean scammers tried infiltrating a Silicon Valley security startup using deepfakes so bad they made Windows 95 graphics look like IMAX. (It didn't work.) The cherry on top: The company targeted literally builds anti-AI-vulnerability tools! But wait, there's more: Microsoft hands off their $20B AR goggle project like a game of hot potato and Tumblr is making an effortless comeback – literally. Oh, and watch our EE community tackle Linux puzzles and Windows 11 VM drama in real time. Need your weekly fix of tech's craziest stories? Join the smartest tech newsletter in your inbox. ByteSize drops in your inbox every Tuesday. ?? Subscribe here: https://e-e.beehiiv.com/

I hear my doorbell, open the door, and the delivery guy hands over a big package and walks away. OK?! I unpack it upstairs, and... Thanks, Experts Exchange ?? a significant 24x36 inch (61x91 cm) award for me being Rookie of the Year 2024! #Award #PowerShell #ExpertsExchange #Community

Congratulations to all of this year's Distinguished Experts, the highest point earners in the top 50 most popular topics! Well done everyone! #ExpertAwards

This year's Question of the Year, AKA the Most Unanswerable Question, "SQL server 2019 CE key management and performance test" belongs to Marrowyung! See the thread here: https://lnkd.in/gdsfvy3h #ExpertAwards

This year's Video of the Year "HOW TO: Fix VMware vCenter 7.0 Resolving the HTTP 500 Internal Server Error in HA Mode" belongs to Andrew Hancock! Watch the video here: https://lnkd.in/gSTET9zK #ExpertAwards

This year's Article of the Year "In-Place Upgrade from Windows Server 2012R2 to 2022" belongs to Rodney Barnhardt! Read it here: https://lnkd.in/ga5JbTtN #ExpertAwards

Congratulations to this year's Community Leader, Gerwin Jansen! #ExpertAwards

Congratulations to the newest Experts Exchange Fellow, Jonathan Hilgeman! #ExpertAwards

Congratulations to the Tech Scholar, IT Guy! #ExpertAwards