Summary: Things got loud last week down in Dallas, but it wasn’t just at a Mavericks game as hackers managed to set off every public-safety alarm in the city and freak out a lot of people. Meanwhile, a Russian spam king got collared, a new version of Windows 10 rolled out and Google confronted accusations about a gender pay gap at the company. This week’s episode also features the welcome return of journalist <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/laura-m-holson" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Laura M. Holson</a> to the Pop Tech Jam recording table as she offers insight on her recent story about John Dean, the White House counsel back in Richard Nixon’s Watergate days — and a discussion on how some things never change.<br> Links to Stories in This Week’s News Segment<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/09/world/europe/peter-severa-levahsov-russia-arrest.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Spain arrests Russian thought to be kingpin of computer spam</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/04/alleged-spam-king-pyotr-levashov-arrested/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alleged spam king Pyotr Levashov arrested</a> (Krebs on Security)<br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/us/dallas-emergency-sirens-hacking.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hacking attack woke up Dallas with emergency sirens, officials say</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/04/dallas-siren-hack-wasnt-novel-just-really-loud/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">That Dallas siren hack wasn’t novel—it was just really loud</a> (Wired)<br> * <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/psa-aviation-regulators-bar-drone-flights-over-us-military-facilities" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Aviation officials warn: Don’t fly drones over US military bases</a> (Ars Technica)<br> * <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/ban-on-in-flight-cell-phone-calls-wont-be-lifted-by-fcc/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Airplane cell phone calls won’t be allowed in US any time soon</a> (Ars Technica)<br> * <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-10/microsoft-s-minecraft-set-to-launch-its-own-currency" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Microsoft’s Minecraft set to launch its own currency</a> (Bloomberg)<br> * <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-10/comcast-said-to-plan-online-rival-to-netflix-using-hit-nbc-shows" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Comcast is planning a Netflix rival using NBC shows</a> (Bloomberg)<br> * <a href="http://blog.instagram.com/post/159452790942/170411-newdirect" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Introducing the New Instagram Direct</a> (Instagram blog)<br> * <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/07/google-pay-disparities-women-labor-department-lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Google accused of ‘extreme’ gender pay discrimination by US labor department</a> (The Guardian)<br> * <a href="https://blog.google/topics/diversity/our-focus-pay-equity/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Our focus on pay equity</a> (Google)<br> * <a href="https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2017/04/similar-items-rich-products-feature-on.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Similar items: Rich products feature on Google Image Search</a> (Google Webmaster blog)<br> * <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/11/15241580/microsoft-windows-vista-end-of-support" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Microsoft finally says goodbye to Windows Vista</a> (The Verge)<br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/technology/personaltech/yes-another-windows-10-update-is-here."></a>
