Sick Laptop? Uber and Lyft out of Self Driving, DC Police Department Ransomed

<p>Thanks for downloading Podcast 1111 - May 1, 2021.</p> <p>Uber and Lyft have both sold their self-driving car divisions.  Washington DC Police are in a lot of trouble due to Ransomware.  The latest trend in Cloud Computing is hazardous. How to tell if your laptop is sick and how to fix it. Costs of Ransomware have doubled in 12 months. Why I think China is threatening Taiwan. Finally, Emotet has been taken down. SpaceX is winning the Satellite-Internet war.</p> <p class="p1"><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com.</span></p> <hr /> <p>Articles for this week:</p> <p><a href= "https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/05/an-ambitious-plan-to-tackle-ransomware-faces-long-odds/"> <strong>An ambitious plan to tackle ransomware faces long odds</strong></a></p> <p><a href= "https://social.techcrunch.com/2021/04/20/tile-bashes-apples-new-airtag-as-unfair-competition/"> <strong>Tile bashes Apple’s new AirTag as unfair competition</strong></a></p> <p><a href= "https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/04/more-us-agencies-potentially-hacked-this-time-with-pulse-secure-exploits/"> <strong>More US agencies potentially hacked, this time with Pulse Secure exploits</strong></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/24/22401150/go-read-this-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines-wired"> <strong>The saga of McDonald’s ice cream machines and why they’re out of order all the time - Right-to-Repair</strong></a></p> <p><a href= "https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/19/parler-app-store-latest-version-approved/"> <strong>Apple agrees to let Parler back on the App Store, citing improved moderation</strong></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/04/security-vulnerabilities-in-cellebrite.html"> <strong>Hacker hacks the Police hacking tool - and leaves a “bomb” in place</strong></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/ho