Month: April 2019

Valve Index VR headset to start at $499, ship before July – CNET

The company is looking to take on Facebook’s Oculus, Sony’s PlayStation VR and HTC’s Vive with its high-end headset. Preorders start Wednesday. …read more Source:: CNet


Uber integrates London public transport into app – CNET

Uber or underground? Londoners can now use the Uber app to decide. …read more Source:: CNet


Garmin revamps Forerunner smartwatch lineup – CNET

Putting the runner back in Forerunner. …read more Source:: CNet


Facebook’s new mantra: ‘The future is private’ – CNET

At F8, Mark Zuckerberg extols the virtues of private places online. …read more Source:: CNet


Dell reaffirms it’s still a PC vendor with new fast-charging Latitude portfolio

The new range is driven by the ‘modern worker’, which the company said demand instant log in, speedy access to apps, long battery life, and connection to the outside world from anywhere. …read more Source:: ZDNet


‘Cyber Event’ Disrupted US Grid Networks

A “cyber event” interrupted grid operations in parts of the western United States last month, according to a cryptic report posted by the Department of Energy. From a report: The March 5 incident lasted from 9 a.m. until nearly 7 p.m. but didn’t lead to a power outage, based on a brief summary of the…


Dark web crime markets targeted by recurring DDoS attacks

DDoS extortionists have already led to the shutdown of the biggest dark web marketplace already. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Researchers Compromise Netflix Content in Widevine DRM Hack

A bug in the popular anti-piracy framework allows a side-channel attack on premium content. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Game of Thrones conquers own viewer record with The Long Night – CNET

More people watched the Battle of Winterfell than the season 8 premiere. …read more Source:: CNet


Vodafone Denies Bloomberg Report on Security Flaws in Huawei Equipment

Vodafone denied a Bloomberg report on Tuesday that stated it had found “backdoors” hidden in Huawei equipment supplied to its Italian business dating back years, per BBC . From a report: What they’re saying: Vodafone said the “backdoors” in the report were actually a common industry protocol: “The ‘backdoor’ that Bloomberg refers to is Telnet,…