Day: October 4, 2019

Gemini Man review: Double Will Smith can’t save hackneyed spy flick – CNET

Director Ang Lee shows off impressive visual effects to create a younger Will Smith, but should have put some effort into the story. …read more Source:: CNet


This surprisingly good 360-degree waterproof wireless speaker is just $40.79 – CNET

The EarFun Uboom not only has a great name, it sounds great and features USB-C charging. …read more Source:: CNet


Hackaday Podcast 038: Cyberdecks Taking Over, Resin 3D-Printing vs FDM, Silicone Injection Molding, and the Pickle Fork Fiasco

Hackaday Editors Tom Nardi and Mike Szczys comb through their favorite hacks from the past week. We loved Donald Papp’s article on considerations before making the leap from FDM 3D Printers to a resin-based process, and we solidify our thoughts on curing cement in low-gravity. Tom’s working on a Cyberdeck build, and he also found…


Who you gonna call? Avaya grabs $500m investment from RingCentral to cut whopping debts

Tie-up greenlit by both boards Beleaguered telecoms maker Avaya has formed a partnership with relative minnow RingCentral whereby it will become the exclusive supplier of the latter’s unified-comms-as-a-service (UCaaS) and get a chunk of investment.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


The World’s Most-Used Cryptocurrency Isn’t Bitcoin

What’s the world’s most widely used cryptocurrency? If you think it’s Bitcoin, which accounts for about 70% of all the digital-asset world’s market value, you’re probably wrong. From a report: While concrete figures on trading volumes are hard to come by in this often murky corner of finance, data from CoinMarketCap.com show that the token…


Android 0-Day Seen Exploited in the Wild

The local privilege escalation vulnerability affects Pixel, Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, and other devices. …read more Source:: DarkReading


This Biofuel Cell Harvests Energy From Your Sweat

Researchers from l’Université Grenoble Alpes and the University of San Diego recently developed and patented a flexible device that’s able to produce electrical energy from human sweat. The lactate/O2 biofuel cell has been demonstrated to light an LED, leading to further development in the area of harvesting energy through wearables. [via Advanced Functional Materials] The…


Dead simple: Plenty of Magecart miscreants still looking to skim off your credit card deets

Average breach not even noticed for 3 weeks … that’s a lot of $$$ Infamous card-skimming malware Magecart is still out there – and the latest campaign has affected at least 17,000 domains so far, according to threat intel biz RiskIQ.… …read more Source:: Register


Paralysed Man Moves in Mind-Reading Exoskeleton

A man has been able to move all four of his paralyzed limbs with a mind-controlled exoskeleton suit, French researchers report. From a report: Thibault, 30, said taking his first steps in the suit felt like being the “first man on the Moon.” His movements, particularly walking, are far from perfect and the robo-suit is…


Virus Bulletin 2019: VoIP Espionage Campaign Hits U.S. Utilities Supplier

An attacker whose motives are unclear compromised an Asterisk server in a highly targeted campaign. …read more Source:: Threatpost