Millions of dollars in funding and billions of dollars in valuations have made scooters the next big thing since the last big thing. From a report: When Michael Ramsey, an analyst for technology research firm Gartner, started in February to put together his 2018 “hype cycle” report for the future of transportation, he had plenty…

This kid-friendly version of the King Arthur legend promises Picard, but the preview doesn’t deliver. …read more Source:: CNet

The M1 Abrams is one of the most formidable vehicles in military history, and a new generation is on the way with massive tech upgrades. …read more Source:: CNet

The so-called HD-LCD headlights are being tested now. …read more Source:: CNet

Grubby Grubbs’ grifting days are gone A programmer who wrote and sold software that backdoored PCs so they could be remotely controlled has been jailed for 30 months – and forced to give up his stash of 114 Bitcoins.… …read more Source:: Register

How would you like a supercharged 6.8-liter V8 in your Camaro? …read more Source:: CNet

The Safety Toolkit is heading to two dozen countries. …read more Source:: CNet

A security researcher from Colombia has found a way of gaining admin rights and boot persistence on Windows PCs that’s simple to execute and hard to stop — all the features that hackers and malware authors are looking for from an exploitation technique. From a report: What’s more surprising, is that the technique was first…

The update includes one critical flaw in Oracle GoldenGate with a CVSS 3.0 score of 10.0. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Andrew Liszewski, writing for io9: Casting anyone other than Harrison Ford in the role of Han Solo just feels like sacrilege, but since Ford is now 76 years old, playing a younger version of himself would be all but impossible. Or at least impossible if you rely on the standard Hollywood de-aging tricks like makeup…