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🗓️ 21 August 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Microsoft uncovers more Russian political hacking, a possible MacBook Air successor, Netflix “tests” bypassing the App Store, and are you paying for Amazon’s electricity bill? Links:New Russian Hacking Targeted Republican Groups, Microsoft Says (NYTimes)Apple Is Planning a New Low-Cost MacBook, Pro-Focused Mac Mini (Bloomberg)Netflix Tests Promotional Videos but Users See ‘Commercials’ (NYTimes)Netflix tests a bypass of iTunes billing in 33 markets (TechCrunch)Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to 1 (The Washington Post)Amazon Isn’t Paying Its Electric Bills. You Might Be (Bloomberg Businessweek)Here are the 63 startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo Day 1 (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Tuesday, August 21st, 2018. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:09.0	Today, Microsoft uncovers more Russian political hacking, a possible Macbook Air successor,
0:17.0	Netflix tests bypassing the App Store, and are you paying Amazon's electricity bill? Here's what you
0:26.0	miss today in the world of tech.
0:30.0	Microsoft said this morning it has uncovered more activity by hackers linked to
0:37.3	Russian military intelligence who have been making renewed efforts
0:40.5	against US political targets this time against conservative US think tanks that
0:46.7	have broken with the Trump administration by pushing for continued sanctions against
0:51.6	Moscow. The hacking group in question known as Strontium or
0:55.7	Fancy Bear or APT 28 created fake websites that Microsoft has seized and shut down just in
1:02.4	recent weeks.
1:03.5	The sites appeared meant to trick people into thinking they were clicking through links
1:07.3	managed by the Hudson Institute and the International Republican Institute, but were secretly
1:12.3	redirected to web pages created by the hackers to
1:14.8	steal passwords and other credentials.
1:17.3	Microsoft also found websites imitating the United States Senate, but not specific Senate
1:22.0	offices or political campaigns.
1:24.4	The shift to attacking conservative think tanks underscores the Russian Intelligence Agency's
1:28.6	goals to disrupt any institutions challenging Moscow and President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
1:35.4	The Hudson Institute has promoted programs examining the rise of kleptocracy and governments
1:40.5	around the world with Russia as a prime target. The International Republican
1:44.2	Institute, which receives some funding from the State Department and the United States Agency
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