FBI Report, First Exomoon? & Free In-Flight WiFi (+ Talking Facebook Data Breach ) - Thursday, October 4th, 2018

The news to know for Thursday, October 4th, 2018!

Today, we’re talking about the expected FBI report about the Supreme Court nominee, the “Presidential Alert” test, the first ‘exomoon’ possibly discovered and the new series from Netflix.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes.

Plus: hang out after the news for the “Thing to Know Thursday” bonus interviews. This week’s topic is Facebook’s recent data breach.

You’ll hear from a former FBI special agent who now helps prevent cyber attacks for clients at Nardello & Co., Mark Ray, as well as the CTO at Blitz Metrics and nationally-recognized lecturer on Facebook marketing, Dennis Yu.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.

Head to http://www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned. Find today’s date under the section titled ‘Episodes’ (or see below for sources).

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Sources:

FBI Report: The Hill, NBC News, FOX News, The Washington Post

Melania Trump Trip: BBC, NYT, VOA, FOX News

Suspicious Envelopes Update: AP, WSJ

Presidential Alert: CNET, CNN

Nobel Prize for Chemistry: The Guardian, CBS News

First Exomoon?: Engadget, Space.com, The Guardian

Delta’s Free WiFi: Forbes, Popsugar

Uber Scooters: CNET, Mashable / Uber Drivers Pay: Recode

Forbes 400: Forbes (see the list)

Netflix + “Chronicles of Narnia”: Variety, Deadline