Day: July 17, 2018

Amazon Prime Day deal alert: Essential Phone with 360 Camera for just $343

While people will buy an assortment of items on Amazon Prime Day that may or may not be useful, there are also lots of great buys. …read more Source:: ZDNet


The US is Facing a Serious Shortage of Airline Pilots

An anonymous reader shares a report: The national security of the United States relies on a healthy airline industry. That requires modern reliable airplanes — and highly skilled pilots to operate them. However, the United States has a shortage of pilots right now, particularly at the regional airline levels. According to the Federal Aviation Administration,…


SPINES Design Makes for Modular Energy Harvesting

The SPINES (Self-Powered IoT Node for Environmental Sensing) Mote is a wireless IoT environmental sensor, but don’t let the neatly packed single PCB fool you into thinking it’s not hackable. [Macro Yau] specifically designed SPINES to be highly modular in order to make designing an energy harvesting sensor node an easier task. The way [Macro]…


Cloud Security: Lessons Learned from Intrusion Prevention Systems

The advancement of AI-driven public cloud technology is changing the game of “protection by default” in the enterprise. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Can’t be home? UPS tests smart locks to deliver inside your building – CNET

So far the service is only in New York City, but it might go nationwide. …read more Source:: CNet


House Republican sides with Democrats to save net neutrality – CNET

Rep. Mike Coffman from Colorado is the first. Will other Republicans join in? …read more Source:: CNet


New Toyota Supra will have lighter, cheaper four-cylinder engine – Roadshow

That’s in addition to its inline-six power plant, which Toyota confirmed a while ago. …read more Source:: CNet


Thousands of Mega Logins Dumped Online, Exposing User Files

Thousands of credentials for accounts associated with New Zealand-based file storage service Mega have been published online, ZDNet reports. From the report: The text file contains over 15,500 usernames, passwords, and files names, indicating that each account had been improperly accessed and file names scraped. Patrick Wardle, chief research officer and co-founder at Digita Security,…


Best Amazon Prime Day deals 2018: Fitness trackers and smartwatches – CNET

Have your credit card at the ready because here’s a list of top deals on wearable devices. …read more Source:: CNet


IBM wants $167M from Groupon over alleged patent infringement – CNET

The legal battle continues. …read more Source:: CNet