{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/3276215a-23a8-4b04-bbfd-c0f7c71c7b64/280a2bbc-e98c-4cde-bc0c-ea24ed783738?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Facebook Goes Nuclear","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6176c6f7b67d9b03b3f7eee3/6176c72791b757001963b597.png?height=200","description":"<p>Holy crap! Facebook has deleted all news sources. </p><p><br></p><p>And here’s some of the stories that caught our eye this week, but didn’t warrant a full discussion:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-16/bitcoin-jumps-to-50-000-as-record-breaking-rally-accelerates\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bitcoin (BTC USD) Cryptocurrency Price Jumps to $50,000</a></p><p><br></p><ul><li>If you had bought $100 bitcoin in 2011, it would've been worth $6.1m this week&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Is no one buying the small phone?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/the-iphone-12-mini-hasnt-sold-well-according-to-multiple-estimates/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sorry, small-phone lovers: The iPhone 12 mini was Apple’s 2020 sales flop</a></li><li>But wait!&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.macrumors.com/2021/02/15/iphone-13-mini-expected-despite-12-sales/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 13 Mini Still Expected Despite Lackluster iPhone 12 Mini Sales</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Lastpass munted&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://9to5google.com/2021/02/16/lastpass-free-device-type-restriction-march-2021/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LastPass free restricts users to one device type in March</a></p><p><br></p><ul><li>LastPass is restricting the way it’s free tier works. The next update will make you choose between lastpass on mobile devices, or computers, but not both.&nbsp;</li><li>DO you use a Password Manager?&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/solarwinds-hack-russia-cyberattack-60-minutes-2021-02-14/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SolarWinds: How Russian spies hacked the Justice, State, Treasury, Energy and Commerce Departments</a></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Microsoft head of security tells 60 Minutes the Solarwinds hack was the most “sophisticated” he’s ever seen!</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Want a cheap electric car? Ausdroid has a guide&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://ausdroid.net/2021/02/15/good-car-co-importing-cheap-nissan-electric-vehicles-into-australia/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Want a sub $20K electric car? Tassie entrepreneurs Good Car co are importing into Australia</a></p><p><br></p><p>Parler Back</p><p><a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/15/parler-crawls-back-online-empty-and-with-a-tea-party-ceo/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Parler crawls back online empty and with a Tea Party CEO</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>After being kicked off AWS servers in January, conservative social media platform Parler is back online. The new host is SkySilk</li><li>There’s a new logo and the old CEO John Matze has been replaced by Mark Meckler, founder of the Tea Party Patriots.&nbsp;</li><li>It’s still banned on App Stores so users need to log on via web.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Xinja</strong></p><p>Xinja - should see if there’s an update after the shareholders meeting&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/gun-at-their-head-xinja-shareholders-call-for-more-options-20210212-p571xw.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">'Gun at their head': Xinja shareholders call for more options</a></p><ul><li>Investors who own more than 20 per cent of Xinja’s shares are now calling for a third option that includes retaining the company’s banking license, raising more capital and flushing out the board. “The license is the most valuable asset the bank has,”&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>NYT Doco on the “Teenager who hacked Twitter”</p><p><a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12673712/?ref_=ttep_ep5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12673712/?ref_=ttep_ep5</a></p><p><br></p><ul><li>I found this lookin g for the britney spears doco, which i’d also recommend.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>A new online game - <a href=\"https://www.getbadnews.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"...","author_name":"Peter Wells"}