Assistive technology is extremely fertile ground for hackers to make a difference, because of the unique requirements of each user and the high costs of commercial solutions. [Nick] has been working on Earswitch, an innovative assistive tech switch that can be actuated using voluntary movement of the middle ear muscle. Most people don’t know they…

Days without a CCPA violation: 0. …read more Source:: CNet

“There are no emergency rooms in space.” …read more Source:: CNet

Dash 8? More like dash for the maintenance hangar A small Alaskan airline has suffered a curiously specific “cyber attack” that mostly affected its De Havilland Dash 8 airliners.… …read more Source:: Register

Menthol and tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes are excluded from the ban. …read more Source:: CNet

POS malware found on the network of 63 Landry’s bar and restaurant brands. …read more Source:: ZDNet

It’s the first iPad keyboard accessory we’ve seen that takes advantage of mouse and trackpad support in iPadOS. …read more Source:: ZDNet

An anonymous reader shares a report: So-called “smart” security cameras have had some pretty dumb security problems recently, but a recent report regarding a Xiaomi Mijia camera linked to a Google Home is especially disturbing. One Xiaomi Mijia camera owner is getting still images from other random peoples’ homes when trying to stream content from…

Guess they’ll have to attract new recruits on the ‘Gram TikTok is one of the fastest growing social apps, with more than 1.5 billion downloads. However, its Chinese origins have caused controversy in the US, leading some lawmakers to declare it a threat to national security. And now the US Army has banned soldiers from…

The field of computer science has undeniably changed the world for virtually every single person by now. Certainly for you as Hackaday reader, but also for everyone around you, whether they’re working in the field themselves, or are simply enjoying the fruits of convenience it bears. What was once a highly specialized niche field for…