Richard Sackler, the billionaire businessman behind Purdue Pharma, has patented a new drug to help treat opioid addiction (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source). The news of the patented form of buprenorphine, a mild opioid that is used to ease withdrawal symptoms, comes as Colorado’s attorney general is suing the OxyContin creator for profiting…

NIST and DHS project publishes first draft of new BGP Route Origin Validation (ROV) standard that will help ISPs and cloud providers protect against BGP hijack attacks. …read more Source:: ZDNet

hackingbear writes: President Trump acknowledged in a tweet that “Apple prices may increase because of the massive Tariffs we may be imposing on China,” but suggested the issue was not with the tariffs themselves. “There is an easy solution where there would be ZERO tax, and indeed a tax incentive. Make your products in the…

Once again it’s time to look forward and ruminate on what we’d like to see in the next iPhone. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch about the little fallout Equifax has faced for one of the worst data breaches in U.S. history: The credit rating giant, one of the largest in the world, was trusted with some of the most sensitive data used by banks and financiers to determine who can be…

In case you happen to have an ocean nearby, you’re probably familiar with its rising and falling tides. And if mudflat hiking is a thing in your area, you’re also aware of the importance of good timing and knowing when the water will be on its way back. Tide clocks will help you to be…

What is it with people who insert Apple’s bluetooth headphones and wear them all day? Is this the horror of the wearable future that Apple will be enhancing next week? …read more Source:: ZDNet

Reuters reports: Amazon said on Friday it plans to open its checkout-free ‘Amazon Go’ grocery store in New York, expanding beyond Seattle where it is headquartered. The Amazon Go store, which has no cashiers and allows shoppers to buy things with the help of a smartphone app, is widely seen as a concept that can…

If necessity is the mother of invention, then laziness is probably its father. Or at least a close uncle. Who hasn’t thought, “There has to be a better way to do this, one that doesn’t involve me burning precious calories”? Motivational laziness seems to increase with potential energy, as anyone who needs to haul groceries…

We don’t expect any new Apple TV hardware this time around, but there’s still room for improvement. …read more Source:: CNet