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Cisco is exiting the LoRaWAN market for IoT device connectivity, with no migration plans for customers. “LoRaWAN is a low power, wide area network specification, specifically designed to connect devices such as sensors over relatively long distances,” … Continue reading Cisco Is Abandoning the LoRaWAN Space With No Lifeboat For IoT Customers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: A New Jersey appeals court says a couple cannot sue Uber over a life-altering car accident because of the app’s terms and conditions, even though they say it was their daughter who agreed to those terms whi… Continue reading Court Blocks Uber Crash Lawsuit After Couple’s Daughter Agreed To Uber Eats TOS
From family tree to jail cell? A hacker is alleged to have exploited information on genealogy websites to steal millions from public companies. Meanwhile, Kaspersky’s US customers are wondering – what on earth is UltraAV?
All this and more is disc… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #387: Breaches in your genes, and Kaspersky switcheroo raises a red flag
This 49-inch behemoth seems impractical at first, but its large size has many benefits. The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 delivers a multi-monitor experience across a single ultra-high-resolution display, and it’s seeing an almost 30 percent discount on Amazon. Continue reading Samsung’s massive Odyssey OLED G9 gaming monitor is $500 off ahead of October Prime Day
The Verge’s Gaby Del Valle reports: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted last week on charges including fraud, bribery, and soliciting donations from foreign nationals, told federal investigators he forgot his phone password before handing … Continue reading The Feds Still Can’t Get Into Eric Adams’ Phone
Even in beta, this new appointment service is easy to use and worth a look if your small business could benefit from online scheduling. Continue reading I tested the new Thunderbird Appointment tool, and it’s thoroughly impressive – and free
schwit1 shares a report from The Independent: Thousands of Bank of America customers reported trouble accessing their bank accounts Wednesday afternoon as the financial institution faced a widespread outage. On social media, customers said they could n… Continue reading Bank of America Is Down: Users Report Their Accounts Showing Empty Balance
With 14 serious security flaws found, what a gift for spies and crooks Fourteen newly found bugs in DrayTek Vigor routers — including one critical remote-code-execution flaw that received a perfect 10 out of 10 CVSS severity rating — could be abused by… Continue reading 700K+ DrayTek routers are sitting ducks on the internet, open to remote hijacking
The small town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, which supplies high-purity quartz essential for semiconductor production, is reeling from the damage caused by Tropical Storm Helene. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: Spruce Pine is one of t… Continue reading Hurricane Helene Took Out NC Town the Entire Tech World Relies On
Poor use of PHP include() strikes again Two trivial but critical security holes have been found in Optigo’s Spectra Aggregation Switch, and so far no patch is available.… Continue reading Two simple give-me-control security bugs found in Optigo network switches used in critical manufacturing