Day: October 26, 2018

China tells Trump to use a Huawei phone to avoid eavesdroppers

Great selfies too, Donald Cheeky Huawei has advised the President of the United States to use one of its own Chinese-designed phones to avoid eavesdropping.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


President Trump Accuses Twitter of Political Bias

President Donald Trump has accused Twitter of targeting his followers for removal from the social media platform, amid complaints by conservatives that social media companies have been discriminating against right-wing voices. From a report: “Twitter has removed many people from my account and, more importantly, they have seemingly done something that makes it much harder…


A Multifunction ESP8266 Smartwatch

Most of the DIY smartwatch projects we feature here on Hackaday aren’t exactly what most people would consider practical daily-use devices. Clunky designs, short battery life, limited functions: they’re more a wearable display of geek cred than they are functional timepieces. Oddly enough, the same could be said of many of the “real” smartwatches on…


A Reporter, Posing as Sketchy PR, Asked 28 Media Outlets If They’d Take Money To Publish Content Without Disclosing it Was Advertising. More Than Half Said Yes.

Corin Faife, writing for BreakerMag: The level of deception used was minimal: we created a fake email account, and claimed to be representing a PR company. There was no fake website or domain associated; it was simply a Gmail address with a profile picture found by image searching “Russian actor.” Next we compiled a list…


Fujitsu: Closes director’s gate to Tait, 9 execs abdicate, and for German workers – a crap Weihnachtszeit

Oh mate: Over 1k Bavarian workers bite nails over upcoming plant closure There’s trouble at Fujitsu: it is removing EMEIA* boss Duncan Tait from the board – the first non-Japanese exec ever invited on to it – and wants to shutter its German manufacturing plant. Oh, and it’s laying off half the number of executive…


GM proposes new, nationwide zero-emissions vehicle standard – Roadshow

The goal: 7 million “long-range” electric cars on the roads by 2030. …read more Source:: CNet


Google Maps lets you follow businesses to monitor events, offers – CNET

You can also get a headsup about future businesses opening their doors. …read more Source:: CNet


Got a new Surface? Have some firmware. Old Surface? La la la la la, we can’t hear you

New models get first updates as wailing of Pro 4 users continues As Microsoft released the first batch of firmware updates for its shiny new Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 hardware, owners of Surface Pro 4 fondleslabs afflicted by July’s borked update remain in the dark as to when, or even if, their…


Pentagon Expands Bug Bounty To Include Physical Systems

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


Cathay Pacific Hacked, Personal Data For 9.4 Million Passengers Compromised

…read more Source:: PacketStorm