Many Americans across the country are debating whether it’s worth fixing their old cars versus purchasing a newer model despite an increase in price. Due to inflation and the chip shortage – prices for both new and used cars rose during the pandemic forcing buyers to pay a premium.

Despite high inflation rates – online Black Friday sales in the United States set a new high. On Friday, Americans flocked to their computers, tablets, and cellphones and spent a whopping $9 billion in just 24 hours. An increase of 2.3% from last years’ sales - Adobe Analytics cited the increase was partially due to consumers waiting until November 25^th to purchase items versus taking advantage of the Black Friday deals that began earlier this year.

Optus, Australia’s second-largest telecommunications company recently fell victim to a data breach. The hacker who goes by the name of Optusdata claimed to have stolen 11.2 million sensitive customer records – threatening to sell the data if the organization did not pay $1M USD in  Monero cryptocurrency.