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| | | I Want My Data Back, Data Back, Data Back: Chili’s Hit By Data Breach | | The Washington Post | If you have eaten at Chili's restaurants within the past two months, then you might want to check your credit report and card statements. Chili's parent company, Brinker International, announced over the weekend that customers' payment information may have been exposed in a malware attack. Brinker did not disclose how many customers were affected or how hackers gained unauthorized access to its systems. | | Did You Forget To Reply to an Email? The New Gmail Will Remind You | | Android Authority | Google announced that the new Gmail will now “nudge” users if they forget to reply to an email. The AI-powered notification tool is on by default for users with the new Gmail enabled. Google says that this new reminder feature will help prevent emails from slipping through the cracks. But nudging goes even further than that. Google will also search through your Sent folder and find messages that someone else didn’t reply to, and remind you that you should follow up with them. | | Critical PGP And S/MIME Bugs Can Reveal Encrypted Emails—Uninstall Now | | Ars Technica | The Internet’s two most widely used methods for encrypting email—PGP and S/MIME—are vulnerable to hacks that can reveal the plaintext of encrypted messages, a researcher warned. He went on to say there are no reliable fixes and to advise anyone who uses either encryption standard for sensitive communications to remove them immediately from email clients. | | California Teen Phished His Teachers to Change Grades | | Engadget | A student at Ygnacio Valley High School in California created a fake website that looked identical to the school's and then sent emails to teachers in an attempt to get them to sign into his fake site. At least one did, which allowed him to collect their login and password info. He then reportedly used that information to get into the Mount Diablo Unified School District IT network where he then changed other students' grades -- he even lowered some. "It was like stealing candy from a baby," he said. He was arrested on 14 felony counts. |
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| | | Google Tasks vs. Google Keep: Should You Switch to the Standalone Tasks App? | | Guiding Tech | Google has a bizarre history of launching two apps that do almost the same thing – Gmail/Inbox, Allo/Hangouts and more. When Google recently launched the standalone tasks app for Android and iOS, regular Google Keep users were surprised. They now had two similar apps for the same thing: Creating to-dos. Is Google Tasks really that similar to Google Keep? Should you switch to Google Tasks from Google Keep? Let's see. | | 7 Microsoft Outlook Tips and Tricks for Better Email Management | | Zapier Blog | Achieving Inbox Zero doesn’t have to be a rare occurrence. Take advantage of these sometimes-overlooked features in Outlook 365 to better organize your emails and start focusing on more important tasks. |
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| | | Gmail Will Now Remind You to Respond | | G Suite Updates | When your inbox is flooded with emails, some will inevitably slip through the cracks. Luckily, the new Gmail can help. It will now “nudge” users to reply to emails they may have missed and to follow up on emails for which they haven’t received a response. | | Export All Your G Suite Data in One Step | | G Suite Updates | Google is introducing data export, a new feature to make it even easier to export and download a copy of your data securely from our G Suite services. | | 6 Ways Quizzes in Google Forms Are Getting Smarter | | The Keyword | Google is announcing six new features based on valuable feedback from teachers and designed to help educators continue using Quizzes in Google Forms in creative ways. | | Amazon Connect + Freshdesk Integration | | Freshdesk Blog | In keeping with their belief that businesses deserve support tools that are powerful and help to resolve customer queries more quickly and efficiently, Freshdesk has integrated their helpdesk software with Amazon Connect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)’s cloud-based contact center service. |
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