Friday Brief for 11 February 2022

Tech Terms
Sideload — The standard way to install an app on an iOS or Android device is to download it from Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store. Sideloading an app bypasses the app store, installing the app directly from a local device.
***Heads Up***
Yesterday, I responded to this essay in the New York Times. You can read it by clicking the “card” below.
Restraint advocates, and particularly those on the “new right,” speak eloquently of a United States awash in freedom and resources, but never explain how they intend to rid us of the inescapable foreign commitments and actions necessary to secure this domestic prosperity and tranquility.
News Corp. Hit by Cyberattack
What’s New: The American media and publishing company, News Corp., disclosed that it has been breached by suspected China-based hackers, according to the Wall Street Journal.