How You Should Respond To The Equifax Breach
Do not try to frivolously sue a $17B company Step Number 1.0 Relax. Your info isn’t likely to be used unless you lose the lottery I talk about later. And nobody is playing the lottery until about 90 days from now. So relax. But take it seriously. This is still important. What Happened? Equifax, one of the …. Read More
Tesla Model S Travels 1078 km On A Single Charge Breaking The Current Record
On Friday, a Tesla club in Italy announced that they had driven a Tesla Model S100D 670 miles on a single charge — a new record distance. Tesla Owners Italia tweeted the news Friday with a photo of the vehicle display and a small explanation: “1078 km – 669.83 miles with Tesla ModelS 100D in a …. Read More
Are you protected from Wanna Crypt ransomware?
This past weekend many corporations around the world and the critical systems they depend on were victims of malicious “WannaCrypt” software. We at Economic Computers wanted to reach out and check if this malware affected any of our customers. Please contact us if you are experiencing problems due to this or any future attacks. We have a partnership with Microsoft, which allows us to receive up to date patches and guidance for scenarios like these.
HP Recalls another 100,000 Laptop Batteries After Reports Of Overheating and Damage.
HP is extending its recall of potentially dangerous laptop batteries. HP has recalled more than 100,000 lithium-ion batteries from its various notebook models. This recall is expanding from the existing 41,000 battery recall earlier. The affected laptops were said to include a lithium-ion battery containing Panasonic cells that malfunctioned, leading to “overheating, melting and charring …. Read More
SpaceX Requesting Permission To Launch Over 4000 Satellites For High Speed Global Internet
The aerospace company SpaceX on November 15th filed a fairly long application with the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) to launch over 4425 satellites into orbit. SpaceX, founded by the tech enrapture/mad scientist Elon Musk also runs the growing car company Tesla. This type of big thinking is not new to him however, a few years ago …. Read More
Big Changes Coming To Windows 10
Microsoft is currently working on their second big patch for windows 10 and they are saying that it is even larger than the anniversary update. The new update is code named “Redstone 2” however the name will likely change after Redstone 1 was switched to anniversary update. The update, which was scheduled for later this …. Read More
SpaceX Unveils It’s Plans To Get You To Mars
Yesterday during a webcast SpaceX announced its plans to send 100 people to Mars in under 80 days. When it comes to space current space travel the costs are high, however Elon Musk (SpaceX CEO) believes they can get the cost of a ticket to the red planet down to the median cost of a …. Read More
Nokia Promising To Make Current Internet Speeds Look Like Dial Up
Think your internet is fast? This week Nokia will unveil a new data transfer technology that promises to offer up to 1TBps or 1000 Gigabits per second! Nokia Bell Labs, Deutsche Telekom T-Labs, and the Technical University of Munich are going to show off a new tech called Probabilistic Constellation Shaping that they say can offer …. Read More