Detection systems are now able to be deployed throughout the UK to combat the threat of drones, ministers say. It follows three days of disruption at Gatwick airport last week, when drones were sighted near the runway. From a report: Security minister Ben Wallace said those who use drones “either recklessly or for criminal purposes”…

If you’ve been hanging out here at Hackaday for awhile, you’ve certainly seen projects that were based around the concept of putting a miniature computer inside the carcass of some other piece of electronics. In fact at this point it’s something of a running joke, certainly we must have seen an Arduino or Raspberry Pi…

Squeamish from the start about pursuing profits in one of the darker corners of finance, established firms this year slowed their already halting efforts to make a business out of Bitcoin mania. While none has thrown in the towel, and some continue to develop a trading infrastructure, most flinched as the value of virtual coins…

Please spare a thought for those who are on their own in festive times. A gadget may be the one means by which you can help them. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The writer and director of Get Out gives a glimpse of his new nightmare. …read more Source:: CNet

India’s government wants to make it mandatory for platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, and Google, to remove content it deems “unlawful” within 24 hours of notice, and create “automated tools” to “proactively identify and remove” such material. From a report: It also wants tech companies to build in a way to trace the source of…

The Falcon Heavy rocket launch headlined a year filled with marvelous milestones when it comes to navigating and understanding space. …read more Source:: CNet

Officials said the hacker made off with the personal information of over 500,000 student and staff. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Machine learning is starting to come online in all kinds of arenas lately, and the trend is likely to continue for the forseeable future. What was once only available for operators of supercomputers has found use among anyone with a reasonably powerful desktop computer. The downsizing isn’t stopping there, though, as Microsoft is pushing development…

What are the top cyber trends to watch out for in 2019? Here’s what we’re hearing. …read more Source:: Threatpost