An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Amazon’s Alexa has a voice familiar to millions: calm, warm, and measured. But like most synthetic speech, its tones have a human origin. There was someone whose voice had to be recorded, analyzed, and algorithmically reproduced to create Alexa as we know it now. Amazon has…

Trinity Cyber takes a new spin on some traditional network-security techniques, but can its approach catch on widely? …read more Source:: DarkReading

Facebook gets tough just as Germany blocks privacy policy roll-out WhatsApp users who refuse to share their personal information with Facebook’s internet empire will slowly but surely be cut off from the chat app, the social network has confirmed.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

It’s the monitor sweet spot. These 27-inch QHD displays deliver a roomy workspace and huge value. …read more Source:: CNet

Chinese television maker Skyworth has issued an apology after a consumer found that his set was quietly collecting a wide range of private data and sending it to a Beijing-based analytics company without his consent. From a report: A network traffic analysis revealed that a Skyworth smart TV scanned for other devices connected to the…

Application-specific and Web application attacks made up 67% of all attacks in 2020 as criminal strategies shifted in the pandemic. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Microsoft releases security patches for 55 vulnerabilities in its monthly roundup, which includes a critical, wormable flaw in the HTTP protocol stack. …read more Source:: DarkReading

New submitter TheCowSaysMoo writes: Gas stations from Florida to Virginia began running dry and prices at the pump jumped on Tuesday as the shutdown of the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline by hackers extended into a fifth day and sparked panic buying by motorists. About 7.5% of gas stations in Virginia and 5% in North Carolina…

A weekend shutdown of the pipeline is still playing out along the East Coast. …read more Source:: CNet

UBI polarizes people, but understanding it requires a look at who will pay, what might be taken away, and who ultimately benefits. …read more Source:: CNet