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Chris Riotta reports: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is ramping up digital efforts to protect Americans in a year that’s witnessed hackers targeting sensitive patient data and major breaches at Ascension and UnitedHealth. HHS is… Continue reading White House Clears HIPAA Security Rule Update
Before you sell or trash your old Android phone, you should properly delete all sensitive information. Here’s the best (and simplest) way to do it. Continue reading Wiping your Android phone? Here’s the easiest way to erase all personal data
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Lyft is suing the city of San Francisco, claiming the city unfairly charged the ride-hailing company over $100 million in taxes, Bloomberg reports. The lawsuit alleges that, over the course of five y… Continue reading Lyft Says San Francisco Overcharged It $100 Million In Taxes
Blurring your house on Street View isn’t just about privacy. Here’s why it’s become a trend and what to know before you try it. Continue reading How to blur your house on Google Street View (and 4 reasons why people do it)
A spectrometer is a pretty common lab instrument, useful for determining the absorbance of a sample across a spectrum of light. The standard design is simple; a prism or diffraction …read more Continue reading A Low-Cost Spectrometer Uses Discrete LEDs and Math
AI is now everywhere, even if it is not natively integrated. It has given everyone the power to get things done, understand complex things, and create images using their imagination. Meta AI, the AI-powered chatbot, has been rolled out to almost everyo… Continue reading How to use Meta AI in WhatsApp, Instagram or Facebook
A new report reveals that the VW Group left sensitive data for 800,000 electric vehicles from Audi, VW, Seat, and Skoda poorly secured on an Amazon cloud, exposing precise GPS locations, battery statuses, and user habits for months. Carscoops reports: … Continue reading Massive VW Data Leak Exposed 800,000 EV Owners’ Movements
In general, military gear is designed to be rugged and reliable. A side effect of this is that the equipment usually has a distinct visual look that many people find …read more Continue reading Building a 3D Printed Phone Handset with Mil-Spec Style
Accidental missile attacks on commercial airliners have become the leading cause of aviation fatalities in recent years (Warning: source paywalled; alternative source), driven by rising global conflicts and the proliferation of advanced antiaircraft we… Continue reading Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers
A high-severity flaw impacting select Four-Faith routers has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to new findings from VulnCheck.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-12856 (CVSS score: 7.2), has been described as an operating system… Continue reading 15,000+ Four-Faith Routers Exposed to New Exploit Due to Default Credentials