The Batsuit, Sonic, T-Mobile merger, Equifax breached by China, and Mac viruses- TNCS Ep 64

In entertainment news this week we discuss the Sonic the Hedgehog movie.  We give our thoughts on the first look of the new Batsuit. We also cover the star studded voice cast for Masters of the Universe.  In tech news this week there were many stories coming out of China. Four Chinese nationals were indicted in the Equifax hack from 2017 and the FBI held a conference to educate companies on the threat of Chinese hacking.  There is a mysterious signal coming from a distant galaxy and Russian satellites are tracking and following our own.   

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Links to topics discussed:

• Sonic review
  • https://thenerdcantina.com/sonic-the-hedgehog-a-spoiler-free-review/
• Masters of the Universe cast announced
  • https://geektyrant.com/news/masters-of-the-universe-revelation-gets-star-studded-cast-including-kevin-conroy-and-mark-hamill
• $26 billion merger of Sprint and T-mobile 
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/11/sprint-soars-after-judge-approves-its-merger-with-t-mobile.html?fbclid=IwAR1VBzUoKXO9B2AmgVRJKr1blBb4jJneYmRTqS3AnDyj_-lWTt-ZQEmv4Yk
• Fast burst radio signals from another galaxy seems to be repeating every 16 days
  • https://www.iflscience.com/space/a-fast-radio-burst-from-another-galaxy-seems-to-be-repeating-in-a-16day-cycle/?fbclid=IwAR0WH09TpLTcTxZ9gtDM9A4i6FWdhOK8IVIfpdAsz8PeBNUBW7MvkdaUrTY
• Space Force is tracking Russian satellites that are following US satellites 
  • https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/10/politics/russian-satellites-following-american-satellites-space-force/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1E2Y1k7rsNWsCgt1b2HjyX99kUNB5SUp44DHrJhpJHeIu1Xx29jGM14Lc
• Nerdy bitches
• 4 Chinese military charged with Equifax data breach
  • https://news.yahoo.com/us-charges-4-chinese-military-150724875.html?soc_src=newsroom&soc_trk=com.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard&.tsrc=newsroom
• FBI educates corporations and universities on over 1000 cases of Chinese technology theft.
  • https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-is-investigating-more-than-1000-cases-of-chinese-theft-of-us-technology/?fbclid=IwAR2n505fqyKMKznQlk6e7Jpuzz1MItXwYBwOu9Obofv7-hliMojRSHpcN4o
• US Officials claim Huawei have backdoors in order to snoop on mobile networks
  • https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/11/21133631/huawei-china-spying-claims-us-officials-blacklist-5g?fbclid=IwAR22WYuC2yfnkB5OWl7EyBkdF2F8t1bv8d0lZ8R5g4cLUNgibsndPnn30xo
• Macs now twice as likely to get infected by adware
  • https://www.pcgamer.com/macs-now-twice-as-likely-to-get-infected-by-adware-than-pcs-according-to-research/?fbclid=IwAR0N2pJutXic3GkKgfEY1z5hiAqTkZ-HMLvJUkUURX-zwDRGG3SF_fZcKyI
• How AI can predict heart attacks
  • https://time.com/5784090/ai-heart-attack-stroke/