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North and central Georgia face increased fire danger today due to low humidity, with conditions expected to persist into Tuesday. The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for north and central Georgia for Monday, January 12, 2026. Bonus for the more weather-curious among you … To read an article about interpreting a weather news report with some of the typical terminology defined,   follow this link . What is in the statement? The statement gives the following details: This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia. .DAY ONE…Today and Tonight… Increased fire danger due to low relative humidity this afternoon across east central Georgia. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…Tuesday through Sunday… Increased fire danger likely again on Tuesday in east central Georgia. What counties are affected? The following counties are included in the hazardous weather outlook: Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Dodge, Dooly, Douglas, Emanuel, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Glascock, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Heard, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Laurens, Lumpkin, Macon, Madison, Marion, Meriwether, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, North Fulton, Oconee

ISTANBUL WhatsApp appears to be developing new features aimed at giving parents greater oversight and control over their children’s accounts, WABetaInfo reported Sunday. The outlet, widely regarded as a key source of news on WhatsApp updates, said the messaging platform is exploring tools that would allow parents to manage linked secondary accounts. Under the proposed system, younger users would be able to create accounts with limited functionality, allowing parents to control who can message or call their child, the report said. By default, secondary accounts would restrict interactions to contacts only. “This default configuration helps reduce the risk of unsolicited contact and potentially harmful communication, as it prevents unknown users from reaching the child directly,” WABetaInfo said. Parents would also be able to review and adjust key privacy settings and receive updates about account or chat activity, without being able to read message content or listen to calls. “This will establish the relationship between the two profiles while preserving the privacy of messages and calls,” the outlet added. According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is currently testing the new tools, which are expected to be rolled out in a future update. Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories

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Subscribe to News - Industry Matt WhoisMatt Johnson’s video essay chronicles Vimeo’s acquisition by Bending Spoons, but the real story is how the platform systematically alienated its creator community years before the buyout: copyright purges, storage restrictions, and an enterprise pivot that abandoned the filmmakers who made Staff Picks a career launchpad. Has Vimeo betrayed filmmakers? Let’s dive into what happened. In a comprehensive video essay, filmmaker Matt WhoisMatt Johnson traces Vimeo’s arc from the pioneering HD video platform that launched countless careers to its November 2025 acquisition by Bending Spoons, an Italian tech company known for aggressively restructuring its acquisitions. Johnson’s documentary-style breakdown, embedded below, captures the emotional weight of watching a beloved platform decline. But the full story, supported by financial filings, acquisition documents, and industry analysis, reveals that Vimeo’s wounds were largely self-inflicted, and the Bending Spoons acquisition may be less a death sentence than a consequence of years of strategic drift. The golden era: when HD meant everything Johnson, who has been creating videos since 2006, recalls a time when Vimeo represented everything YouTube wasn’t. While Google’s platform was stuck at a nearly unwatchable 320 by 240 resolution, Vimeo offered 720p playback, a massive leap that

Australia’s privacy regulator is launching 2026 with its first compliance sweep. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) will review selected businesses’ privacy policies to ensure they meet the existing statutory requirements of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). Whats Happening? Starting in the first week of January, the OAIC will scrutinise the privacy policies of approximately 60 entities across six sectors that commonly collect personal information in person. These include: Rental and property – collecting personal details during property inspections. Chemists and pharmacists – gathering identity information for medication or paperless receipts. Licensed venues – requiring ID for entry. Car rental companies – collecting identity and other personal details for rental agreements. Car dealerships – obtaining personal information for test drives. Pawnbrokers and second-hand dealers – collecting identity documents for transactions. The focus on in-person data collection reflects concerns about power and information gaps. People often feel pressured to share personal details without fully understanding how their data will be used, shared, or stored. Why Does It Matter? Entities with non-compliant privacy policies could face serious consequences, including compliance and infringement notices and penalties of up to $66,000 per infringement. This is separate from higher civil penalties

This week has been a chaotic one, especially for Instagram users, after Malwarebytes announced on the 9th of January that it had tracked a data breach involving the Meta-owned platform. According to the company, hackers had leaked data from 17.5 million Instagram accounts online. The leaked information included usernames, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses. In Malwarebytes’ own words on X (formerly Twitter), “Cybercriminals stole the sensitive information of 17.5 million Instagram accounts, including usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and more.“ Malwarebytes on X The tweet implied that the incident was a recent data breach. That claim is inaccurate. Hackread.com’s investigation confirms that while the data is real and not fabricated, cybercriminals did not steal it, at least not recently. For your information, Malwarebytes was referring to a BreachForums post published on January 7, 2026, by a user going by the alias Solonik, titled “INSTAGRAM.COM 17M GLOBAL USERS – 2024 API LEAK.” The post claimed the data was from a 2024 breach and included usernames, emails, phone numbers, user IDs, and partial locations. In reality, Hackread.com’s investigation confirmed it was a repackaged scrape originally collected in 2022. The same data was first leaked on BreachForums in June

In case you were freaking out over somebody trying to hack you IG account over the weekend, Instagram says it’s all good, and that it’s addressed the issue, keeping your personal info safe. Over the weekend, a heap of IG users received an email that asked them to reset their email info, which indicates that somebody had been trying to log into their account. Some reports had suggested that this was connected to a 2024 data breach, in which the details of 17.5 million IG accounts were released on the dark web, but Instagram has reported that this was not a breach, that no info has been stolen, and that the issue has been addressed. As per IG: “ We fixed an issue that let an external party request password reset emails for some people. There was no breach of our systems and your Instagram accounts are secure. You can ignore those emails — sorry for any confusion. ” So, all good, all safe, nothing to see here. Right? Well, as noted, reports of an Instagram credentials leak have been floating around for a while, so it probably is worth ensuring that you have two-factor authentication switched on for your