Summary: The <a href="http://www.piday.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Pi Day</a> Northeast <a href="http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/photos-blizzard-of-2017-drops-42-inches-of-snow-brings-travel-to-standstill-in-northeastern-us/70001116" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Blizzard of 2017 </a>may have blown through, but El Kaiser is still powering through a nasty winter cold to get to this week’s tech and science news with J.D. — which features quite a bit of hacker activity, as well as an update on our old friend Boaty McBoatface. Episode 226 here also takes a look at public beta programs you can join to see the latest software first. Interested? Just push play to find out more!<br> Links to Stories in This Week’s News Segment<br> <br> * <a href="http://mashable.com/2017/03/08/sxsw-interactive-business-splash-ben-hindman/#cBFCOLIxSqqC" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SXSW Interactive is still the most valuable business weekend of the year</a> (Mashable)<br> * <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-quietly-delivers-two-windows-update-surprises/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Microsoft quietly delivers two Windows Update surprises</a> (ZDnet)<br> * <a href="https://www.axios.com/15-of-twitter-is-bots-2311884069.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Almost 48 million Twitter accounts are bots</a> (Axios)<br> * <a href="http://ns.umich.edu/new/multimedia/videos/24664-sonic-cyber-attack-shows-security-holes-in-ubiquitous-sensors" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sonic cyber attack shows security holes in ubiquitous sensors</a> (University of Michigan)<br> * <a href="https://9to5google.com/2017/03/14/spotify-waze-integration/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Now you can navigate in Waze within Spotify; play Spotify music within Waze</a> (9to5Google.com)<br> * <a href="http://blog.pandora.com/us/pandora-premium-will-change-the-way-you-listen-to-music/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Pandora Premium will change the way you listen to Music</a> (Pandora blog)<br> * <a href="http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/yahoo-marissa-mayer-23-million-severance-package-verizon-deal-close-1202007559/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer could get $23 million severance package after Verizon deal closes</a> (Variety)<br> * <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-charges-russian-fsb-officers-and-their-criminal-conspirators-hacking-yahoo-and-millions" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">U.S. charges Russian FSB officers and their criminal conspirators for hacking Yahoo and millions of email accounts</a> (US Department of Justice)<br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/technology/yahoo-hack-indictment.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Russian agents were behind Yahoo hack, U.S. says</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEC_YAHOO_EXECUTIVES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-03-13-13-49-37" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Verizon sought $925 million penalty for Yahoo’s lax security</a> (Associated Press)<br> * <a href="https://blog.google/products/gmail/send-and-request-money-in-your-gmail-app-android/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Send and request money in your Gmail app on Android</a> (Google blog)<br> * <a href="https://blog.google/topics/families/introducing-family-link-app-helping-families-navigate-technology-together/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Introducing the Family Link app: Helping families navigate technology together</a> (Google blog)<br> * <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Get started with Family Link</a> (Google)<br> * <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2017/03/13/playstation-now-stream-ps4-games-in-2017/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PlayStation Now: Stream PS4 games in 2017</a> (PlayStation blog)<br> * <a href="https://www.aclunc.org/news/facebook-and-instagram-publicly-prohibit-surveillance-users-following-coalit..."></a>
