Mouse batteries always seem to die at the worst possible moment, like when you’re in the middle of pwning noobs or giving a presentation at work. [AyhamAS] was tired of having to look around for a replacement battery and decided to build a nice little charging dock for their mouse. At the heart of this…

Bernard Meyer, reporting for CyberNews: In a collaboration between CyberNews Sr. Information Security Researcher Mantas Sasnauskas and researchers James Clee and Roni Carta, suspicious backdoors have been discovered in a Chinese-made Jetstream router, sold exclusively at Walmart as their new line of “affordable” wifi routers. This backdoor would allow an attacker the ability to remotely…

These devices will help keep you cozy in the colder months. …read more Source:: CNet

There’s never been a better time to buy. …read more Source:: CNet

President-elect Joe Biden’s top technology adviser helped craft California’s landmark online privacy law and recently condemned a controversial federal statute that protects internet companies from liability, indicators of how the Biden administration may come down on two key tech policy issues. From a report: Bruce Reed, a former Biden chief of staff who is expected…

Users of the music streaming service were targeted by attackers using credential-stuffing approaches. …read more Source:: Threatpost

A recent Reddit ask-me-anything revealed more about the increasingly popular Starlink near-Earth orbit internet provider service. …read more Source:: ZDNet

How are remote workers balancing work from home life? Are we getting enough breaks while working from home? …read more Source:: ZDNet

The rare copy of the 1990 NES game shattered the previous record on Friday. …read more Source:: CNet

If you see a lot of banner ads on certain websites, you know that without a Virtual Private Network (VPN), hackers will quickly ravage your computer and burn down your house. Well, that seems to be what they imply. In reality, though, there are two main reasons you might want a VPN connection. You can…