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| Saks, Lord & Taylor Hacked; 5 Million Payment Cards Compromised | | CSO | Hackers managed to lurk on the network of Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off 5th, and Lord & Taylor for nearly a year and steal the payment card data of 5 million customers. | | Google Is Shutting Down Its Goo.gl URL Shortening Service | | Engadget | URL shorteners can be both useful and fun. Google's take on the tech launched in 2009, and added a third-party API, the ability to create QR codes, and the power to link right to iOS and Android apps. Even Keanu Reeves has a URL shortener named in his honor. Unfortunately, Google is replacing its own service, goo.gl, with Firebase Dynamic Links (FDL) as of April 13th. | | 10 Women in Security You May Not Know But Should | | Dark Reading | In an effort to celebrate and shine a light on some of the work women are doing in cybersecurity, Dark Reading is publishing a series of articles that identify women who may not be as well-known in the industry (yet), but who are making key contributions. | | Cloudflare Launches 1.1.1.1 DNS Service that Will Speed Up Your Internet | | The Verge | Cloudflare is launching its own consumer DNS service that promises to speed up your internet connection and help keep it private. The service is using https://1.1.1.1, and it’s not a joke but an actual DNS resolver that anyone can use. Cloudflare claims it will be “the Internet’s fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service.” | | | | | | Google Docs: You're Probably Only Using 10% of What This Free Word Processor Can Do | | USA Today | Just like it’s said we only use 10% of our brains, you’re probably only scratching the surface of what Google Docs can do. Here's how to get the most out of this popular tool for work, school, or day-to-day life. By the way, these tips also work with Google Sheets (for spreadsheets) and Slides (for presentations). | | The Beginner’s Guide to Microsoft Excel | | MakeUseOf | This guide to Excel is for those who have never used it before, are struggling with it as a beginner, or just want the basics to then learn it on their own. | | |
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