Notes

Dec. 16th: Software, Covid, Software And Extreme Weather

2. Cybersecurity



Your device could be at risk for 'one of most grave cyber security threats



What devices could be at risk of 'one of the most grave cyber security threats' 02:18



Microsoft has warned that hackers are exploiting a major flaw in the software used by large tech companies across the world. They are associated with the governments of China and North Korea, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey. So far, hackers from foreign countries appear to have experimented with the vulnerability, which is contained in Java-based software known as "Log4j" that companies around the world use to record information in their applications. A top US cybersecurity official stated that they do not have proof that the vulnerability was used to compromise federal networks. However, the Log4j flaw could impact the majority of the internet. Mcdev.net Cloud computing from Apple as well as security firm Cloudflare and Minecraft, one of the world's most popular video games, all run Log4j, according to researchers.



3. Build Back Better



Klobuchar: Manchin is'still at negotiating table' over Building Back Better -- full interview



Klobuchar: Manchin is'still at negotiating table' over building Back Better -- full interview 09/05



The $1.75 trillion economic and climate package, known as the Build Back Better bill, is likely to remain in limbo until next year. Biden and Democrats were hoping to pass the bill by the end of this year, but talks between Biden and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, a crucial swing vote, have not resulted in any resolution. The child tax credit is one of the key issues that has held back progress. Biden's top priority is the tax credit because it provides aid to families and helps to reduce child poverty. Manchin, however, wants to leave it to be left out of the bill. Even even if Biden and Manchin agreed, the bill still needs to be ratified and passed for the vote.



4. Condo collapse



Video shows moment Florida condo collapses



Video shows moment Florida condo collapses 01:18



A report has been released by Miami-Dade grand juries who investigated the Surfside condo collapse, which caused the deaths of 98 people. The report suggests that more inspectors, staff, and money to identify unsafe structures and raises the standards for inspectors. The panel also recommended that the process of recertification for residential properties should be initiated much earlier than 40 years after the property is constructed. The Surfside condo's 40-year recertification in 2018 was carried out by an engineering company. They found concrete deterioration that was "deep", but could not perform repairs due to structural stability concerns. Although it was not their responsibility to determine the reason for the collapse, the grand juror said that investigators haven't found the exact reason for the collapse, nearly six months later.



5. Extreme weather



Super Typhoon Rai makes landfall in the Philippines



Super Typhoon Rai hits the Philippines at 01:34.



Record-breaking December temperatures in the middle of the US has led to an "unprecedented" extreme weather threat that has led to the possibility of hurricane-force winds, fires and more tornadoes in the Great Plains and the Midwest. At least 55 reports of wind gusts of over 75 mph were reported in the region yesterday, setting a single day record. A tornado that struck the southeastern region of Minnesota was the first to be recorded in the state during the month of December, as per NOAA data. Super Typhoon Rai, also known locally as Odette, has struck the Philippines, bringing torrential rainfall and the threat of widespread flooding to about 20 million people. Around 200,000 people were evacuated before the storm.



BREAKFAST BROWSE



2021's top red carpet trends for 2021



Y2K style is back, no matter how traumatizing it was the first time.



Urban Meyer, the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, has been fired



The Urban Meyer experiment is over after only 13 games.



Study shows that we did indeed purchase more alcohol during the pandemic.



Oh, if only we had known what was coming.



2021's most bizarre TikTok fashions in beauty



There is no limit to what people will put on their faces.



William Shatner's Space Exploration is joined by 'Shatner in Space.



Reminder: Shatner turns 90 years old. He even went to space.



IN MEMORIAM



Bell Hooks, a renowned feminist writer and academic passed away at the age of 69. Born in Kentucky as Gloria Jean Watkins, hooks was known for her writing about race, gender and sexuality, and was dedicated to producing feminist theory that anyone could understand and understand.



TODAY'S NUMBER



45



That's how many visitors from abroad Bali received in 2021. The number of visitors would be in the millions in the normal year. However, the island's tourism was decimated by strict border controls, and the closure of its airport due to the pandemic.



TODAY'S SQUOTTE



"While we understand that no amount can make these families whole," the school board hopes that this settlement can demonstrate our sincere commitment to MSD families, students, staff, and faculty and the entire Broward County community.



Marylin Batista is the interim general counsel for Broward County Public Schools. The district has agreed that it will pay more than $26 millions to the victims of the shooting as well as their families at Marjory Stoneman Doug High School in Parkland.



TODAY'S WEATHER



Certain areas of the Midwest were ravaged by high winds, tornadoes and other natural catastrophes.



Parts of the Midwest devastated by tornadoes and high winds 01:51



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And FINALLY



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