Tech Hangover: Chinese hackers were responsible for that massive Equifax data breach

We get it, you have a life. There’s no way you can read all of the day’s news in one single shot, let alone visit every web page, which is why we’re here to help. Well, sort of.

There’s a ton of tech news we weren’t able to cover throughout the day (hey, give us a break, we’re a small independent outfit), so to help you stay up to speed with everything we didn’t get to, we rounded up some of the biggest stories, which should help you keep up to date. Hence the tech hangover. 

Here’s some tech news you probably missed out on today (and when we say you, we mean us, but also…you).

DOJ charges four China-backed hackers with Equifax breach

Image: Politico

“Four members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army are alleged to have hacked Equifax’s computer systems and commit economic espionage… these thefts can feed China’s development of artificial intelligence tools.”—AG Barr

U.S. prosecutors have charged four Chinese military hackers over the 2017 cyberattack at Equifax,  which resulted in a data breach involving more than 147 million credit reports. – TechCrunch

Amazon wants to question Trump after losing $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract 

Image: ABC News / Getty Images

I wonder how much luck Amazon is going to have with this. If I were a betting man, this is never going to happen.

Amazon is seeking to depose President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and former Defense Secretary James Mattis over a $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract awarded to Microsoft. – CNBC

Yahoo and Tumblr lost 33% of their web traffic in the past several years

Image: The Independent

RIP to all that sweet engagement.

If there were any major sites that took a web traffic pummeling in 2019 it was Yahoo and Tumblr. That’s according to a new report from SimilarWeb. The report looks back on key web trends in 2019. Among those trends were some pretty bad news for some sites. – Fast Company

Nikola teases an electric pickup with 600 miles of range 

Image: The Verge

God damn, that’s a lot of range for an electric pick up truck. Do us all a favor and start making these things right now.

Nikola Corporation, an Arizona-based startup that’s working on zero-emission big rigs, just announced that it’s following Tesla, Rivian, Ford, and General Motors into the electric pickup market with a truck called the Badger. – The Verge

I Tried Not to Cum While Playing the Adult Games Advertised on Pornhub 

Image: Angus Mordant/New York Daily News

This is a fascinating read. Try not to ejaculate while reading it. Here’s an excerpt:

I spend a lot of time looking at Pornhub for my job, and there’s one type of ad on the site that I can’t get out of my head. The visuals change, but the copy is often the same, presenting me with a kind of challenge or dare, perhaps with a hint of hostility: “Try not to cum while playing this game.” – Motherboard

And in just case you missed some of our stuff earlier, here’s what you may have missed:

• Elon Musk wants everyone to know that Facebook is, in fact, lame
• Quadracade is the iOS game that will finally push my anxiety over the edge
• Apple’s keyboards make JoJo Rabbit’s director, Taika Waititi, want to switch back to PC
• These Bose wireless ANC headphones are down to just $220 right now (usually $350)
• How to watch Samsung’s Unpacked Galaxy S20 and Z Flip event live
• Be the data analytics master your company deserves with this $50 certification bundle
• I tried Nvidia’s $5 streaming game service – Here’s the verdict
• Can the iPhone X wireless charge?
• Can the iPhone 8 wireless charge?
• Get this BMI Wi-Fi Scale for the lightweight price of $31
• Instagram has a new tool that shows which boring friends you should be unfollowing
• Motorola’s Razr folding phone is having a hard time, uh, folding
• KeepSolid app bundle featuring a 2-year VPN Unlimited subscription is down to just $60 right now
• How to stop Netflix’s annoying autoplay previews

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Kevin Raposo

Kevin is KnowTechie's founder and executive editor. With over 15 years of blogging experience in the tech industry, Kevin has transformed what was once a passion project into a full-blown tech news publication. Shoot him an email at kevin@knowtechie.com or find him on Mastodon or Post.