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When heading to the Black Hat and Defcon security conferences, here’s a safety tip: drink water. How to prepare for the world’s largest hacker fest – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen heading to the Black Hat and Defcon security conferences, here’s a safety tip: drink water. How to prepare for the world’s largest hacker fest – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreArtificial intelligence isn’t there yet. President Trump wants social media to catch shooters before they strike. It's going to be hard – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGet hyped! The next Olympics, taking place in Japan, is less than a year away. 2020 Summer Olympics: Everything to know about Tokyo 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKeepSolid has been around for five years — and coupled with industry plaudits from outlets like Software Informer, Laptop Review Pro and the venerable PC Mag, they’ve become a trusted name in that occasionally untrustworthy business. Now, you can land a lifetime of KeepSolid VPN Unlimited protection at a surprisingly low price, only $39 (over
Read MoreThe phonemaker polled its followers about #WhoRunsHuawei, and the 42% of the votes pointed towards the government. Huawei's Twitter followers think it's owned by the Chinese government – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJust when we thought Facebook’s Libra couldn’t be subject to any more scrutiny, it turns out that data protection bosses from all over the world have banded together to share concerns about the ‘cryptocurrency’s’ potential privacy risks. Data officers from the UK, European Union, US, Canada, Burkina Faso, and Australia issued a joint statement on Monday,
Read MoreAs long as cryptocurrency has value, people will try to steal it. According to the latest figures from cybersecurity firm Avast, a cryptocurrency stealing malware has been blocked more than 360,000 times by its software. The malware, named Clipsa, is described by Avast as a “multipurpose password stealer.” It exploits numerous attack vectors to steal
Read MorePhoto by Dan Seifert / The Verge Amazon’s home security company Ring is coaching police departments in how to effectively request security camera footage from its customers, police emails obtained by Motherboard suggest. The emails contain advice like being more active on social media or speaking at meetings in order to encourage a better “opt
Read MoreImage: Apple To coincide with the start of the Apple Card’s preview program, Apple has released a series of videos detailing how you’ll use its upcoming credit card. The videos cover pretty much every aspect of the card’s functionality, from the application and card setup processes, to how to make payments either in-store or online,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tonight, in the aftermath of yet more mass shootings, the internet is once again a swirl of threads. Debates about gun control, white supremacy, domestic terrorism, video games, mental illness, de-platforming, content moderation, and regulation all rage simultaneously on cable news, in print, and on Twitter. The mass
Read MorePhoto by Michael Short/Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook said the Apple Card would arrive in August on the company’s last earnings call, and here it is: Apple’s new credit card, issued in partnership with Goldman Sachs, will begin a “preview rollout” today, and then become broadly available to all iPhone owners in the US
Read MoreThe internet service is down in huge chunks of the country. Comcast's Xfinity apparently suffers outages across US – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe financial impact of North Korea‘s hacking and cryptocurrency exploits could be much larger than first thought. According to a UN report, seen by CNN, North Korea could have earned up to $2 billion by hacking overseas financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges. The report also states that North Korea used hackers to “launder stolen proceeds
Read MoreOld military equipment can sometimes be found in places like flea markets and eBay for pennies, often because people don’t always know what they have. While [tsbrownie] knew exactly what he was getting when he ordered this mystery device, we’re not sure we could say the same thing if we stumbled upon it ourselves. What
Read MoreOn July 24, high-level EU officials finally confirmed the UK made illegal copies of classified personal information from an EU database. Despite this, it doesn’t seem the EU Commission seems will take any action, which — to concerned members of European Parliament — highlights its and EU member states’ hypocritical and dangerous approach to people’s
Read MoreIf you’ve noticed a recent uptick in cyberattacks targeting infrastructure and government facilities, you’re not alone. Aside from utilizing more sophisticated capabilities, the attacks are coming at us with an alarming frequency. Now, according to a new study by IBM’s X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) team, destructive attacks devised with an intent to
Read MoreSection 230, from a 1996 federal law, was meant to protect young internet companies from liability. Now lawmakers are threatening to change it. Legal Shield for Websites Rattles Under Onslaught of Hate Speech Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreSpaceX just announced a new ridesharing program for small satellites last night that’ll allow companies to get a seat on the Falcon 9 rocket for as little as $2.25 million. This base package will let organizations load a payload of up to 150 kg and launch it into a sun-synchronous orbit (500-600 km from the
Read More[u407]’s 3D printed Signspinner was created as a clean/dirty indicator for a dishwasher, and at its heart is a mechanism that works a lot like that of a retractable ballpoint pen. Every click of the plunger spins the circular label inside by one-quarter of a rotation. In [u407]’s case it only needs to alternate between
Read MoreFrom Dune to Cyperpunk to the new version of Pathfinder, check out the games that caught our eye at the massive board game conference. Gen Con 2019: See the mass of board games on display – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSecurity platform Cloudflare ditched 8chan overnight, leaving it vulnerable to attacks. Now, the infamous forum appears to have been knocked offline. 8chan is struggling to stay online in wake of El Paso massacre – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: Trump’s comments on video games are a decade out of step, and stop us from addressing the real issues video game culture is currently wrestling with. Donald Trump’s comments obscure the real problem with video game culture – CNET Source: CNet
Read More“The event page might’ve gotten Zucked but I’m still throwing a f***** party,” the event creator said. Area 51 raid event 'to see them aliens' removed by Facebook – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSomehow [hvde] wound up with a CB radio that does AM and SSB on the 11 meter band. The problem was that the radio isn’t legal where he lives. So he decided to change the radio over to work on the 6 meter band, instead. We were a little surprised to hear this at first.
Read MoreMany EV manufacturers are working on developing recycling and refurbishment programs for their earlier electric models, but Nissan doesn’t seem to have a plan yet for its 100,000-plus US Leafs. What is Nissan USA going to do about older Leaf battery packs? – Roadshow Source: CNet
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