Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Tuesday, July 30th, 2019. I'm Brian McCullough today.

Another day, another data breach, but this Capital One breach has some odd new wrinkles.

The Android smartphone industry continues to be a tough gig for most manufacturers.

I'm ready for smart contact lenses and apparently the YouTube Creator community is

ready for a union. Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

Capital One has announced a data breach affecting 106 million U.S. and Canadian customers

with most of the info accessed from credit card applications.

Capital one says no credit card numbers or logging credentials were compromised,

nor they say did the vast majority of the affected applications contain Social Security numbers.

But still, quoting the Washington Post, the hack appears to be one of the largest data breaches

ever to hit a financial services firm.

In 2017, the credit reporting company Equifax disclosed that hackers had stolen the personal

information of 147 million people.

Last week, it reached a $700 million settlement with US

regulators over that breach."

Yes indeed, that Equifax settlement is very much in the news. Have you gone online yet to claim your 125 dollars

straight up editorializing here please take the 125 dollars don't agree to

the free credit reporting service because first of all what you're going to trust

again checking notes here the company that lost your data originally don't give them the

satisfaction of winning your business after screwing up.

Make them cut you a check.

That's the only thing that feels like justice, right?

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