Ubiquitous consumer kit maker EOLs netcam. Oh, AND the cloud services that make it work Oh look, here’s another cautionary tale about buying cloud-based IoT kit. On 29 May, global peripheral giant Belkin will flick the “off” switch on its Wemo NetCam IP cameras, turning the popular security devices into paperweights.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Chinese scientists say the novel coronavirus will not be eradicated, adding to a growing consensus around the world that the pathogen will likely return in waves like the flu. From a report: It’s unlikely the new virus will disappear the way its close cousin SARS did 17 years ago, as it infects some people without…

The NASA Perseverance rover will carry an actual (small) helicopter to Mars. …read more Source:: CNet

The car-rental industry has taken a big hit during the global pandemic. …read more Source:: CNet

Slurp everyone’s details and you create a hugely valuable hacker target A group of nearly 175 UK academics has criticised the NHS’s planned COVID-19 contact-tracing app for a design choice they say could endanger users by creating a centralised store of sensitive health and travel data about them.… …read more Source:: Register

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Google Meet, the video conferencing tool formerly known as Google Hangouts Meet, is arriving for consumers “over the coming weeks.” Until now, Google Meet was only available to business and education users via G Suite. Anyone with a Google Account will be able to start, join, and schedule a Google Meet call for free “starting…

Concept 4? Let’s keep that in the past, shall we? …read more Source:: CNet

A little extra juice never hurts. …read more Source:: CNet

Malicious actors could potentially harvest data over the air and use it to shake confidence in the public-health system, EFF says. …read more Source:: Threatpost