How beams of light can boss around smart speakers Boffins affiliated with the University of Electro-Communications in Japan and America’s University of Michigan have devised a way to use lasers to inject audio commands into mic-equipped devices.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The Democratic and Republican nominating conventions, long mainstays of the US presidential election cycle, have been forced online, creating the biggest test yet for conducting life remotely during the coronavirus. From a report: Robbed of the energy of convention halls, the parties will seek to re-create that enthusiasm in high-production streaming events that beam their…

“He was not a mastermind. He was a small guy in stature and was a small-time con artist who had a good acid rap for a while.” …read more Source:: CNet

This week on Love Syncs: The beef between phone ecosystems users gets personal. …read more Source:: CNet

Producer and star Jason Sudeikis thinks of Ted Lasso as Friday Night Lights with jokes. …read more Source:: CNet

To adequately study a body of water such as a lake, readings and samples need to be taken from an array of depths and locations. Traditionally this is done by a few researchers on a small boat with an assortment of tools that can be lowered to the desired depth, which is naturally a very…

The recently patched flaws could be abused by an unauthenticated, remote attackers to take over vulnerable websites. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Feel free to get hyped about flying a helicopter on another planet. …read more Source:: CNet

Exclusive: Microsoft spent five years working on a super-thin, dual-screen, hinged $1,399 phone to compete with Apple and Samsung. We got the behind-the-screen first look. …read more Source:: CNet

Fortnite maker Epic Games has filed suit against after the tech giants remove the game from their digital marketplaces. …read more Source:: CNet