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Associated PressEstimated 24.6 million TV viewers watched inauguration coverage, smallest audience since 2013
https://apnews.com/article/trump-nielsen-television-viewers-a01fff62802f4d30e048297f86c10c56?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Estimated 24.6 million TV viewers watched inauguration coverage, smallest audience since 2013
The Nielsen Company says an estimated 24.6 million people watched coverage of President Donald Trump's second inauguration. That's the lowest Inauguration Day audience since 2013, when Barack Obama was sworn in for his second term. Nielsen says it's also down from the 33.8 million who saw Joe Biden's inauguration four years ago and the 30.6 million who saw Trump take office for the first time in 2017. Fox News Channel is the most popular network among Trump's supporters and had more than twice as many viewers as any other network. The biggest inauguration audience over the past half-century remains the 41.8 million who saw Ronald Reagan sworn in for the first time in 1981.
Mike ElganSlogan of the moment: "Soup you can suck on." https://www.generalmills.com/news/press-releases/soup-you-can-suck-on-introducing-progresso-soup-drops-the-ultimate-cold-and-flu-season-comfort
The VergeMicrosoft stops using Bing to trick people into thinking they’re on Google https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344207/microsoft-bing-search-results-google-design-change-reversed
Mastodon’s CEO and creator is handing control to a new nonprofit organization https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24342603/mastodon-non-profit-ownership-ceo-eugen-rochko
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after disastrous app launch https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24342179/sonos-ceo-patrick-spence-resignation-reason-app
The VergeMastodon’s CEO and creator is handing control to a new nonprofit organization
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24342603/mastodon-non-profit-ownership-ceo-eugen-rochko?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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BleepingComputerThe IRS relaunched its Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN) program this week and all US taxpayers are encouraged to enroll for added security against identity theft and fraudulent returns.
Steve Herman“I’ve worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist. … I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now.” https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post?utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=true
BrianKrebsToday's story features interviews with two recent cryptocurrency heist victims (one who lost > $4.5M) who were hit by the same scammers. The fraudsters used:
-Google Assistant to automate outgoing calls to victims warning of a security incident with their account, and to press 1 to speak to a rep;
-An email from google.com warning about an email hacking incident, including the name and phone number of the Google rep who will be calling. The alerts were sent via Google Forms, which makes them come from google.com.
-Victims were convinced someone had taken over their accounts when they received an alert pop up on their mobile from Google, asking if they were trying to recover access to their account. By this time, the victims were convinced they were talking with Google, and clicked "yes, it's me" trying to recover access:
How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click
Adam Griffin is still in disbelief over how quickly he was robbed of nearly $500,000 in cryptocurrencies. A scammer called using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com, and ultimately seized control over the account by convincing him to click “yes” to a Google prompt on his mobile device.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/how-to-lose-a-fortune-with-just-one-bad-click/
