Day: December 11, 2020

E-commerce innovation in 2021 will look like what was projected for 2025

In 2020, adoption of digital commerce has accelerated by multiple years in only a few months. Social commerce, evolution of omni-channel commerce, instore transformation, and headless services are e-commerce trends that will shape the 2021 innovation roadmap. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Bison recovery offset by 31 animal and plant species declared extinct – CNET

According to an updated IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, all of the world’s freshwater dolphin species are also now close to extinction. …read more Source:: CNet


Add a smart sensor to your water softener for $89 – CNET

The Pentair Connected Salt Level Sensor ensures you’ll never accidentally run out of salt again. …read more Source:: CNet


PGMiner, Innovative Monero-Mining Botnet, Surprises Researchers

The malware takes aim at PostgreSQL database servers with never-before-seen techniques. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Remoticon Video: Breaking Encrypted Firmware Workshop

If only you could get your hands on the code to fix the broken features on your beloved electronic widget. But wait, hardware hackers have the skills to write their own firmware… as long as we can get the compiled binary into a format the hardware needs. Luckily, we have Uri Shaked to walk us…


Twitter acquires Squad, a screen-sharing social app – CNET

Twitter says it’s shutting down the service, which facilitates enterprise-like screen sharing for non-enterprise users. …read more Source:: CNet


Microsoft Warns of Powerful New Adware

The new adware, dubbed Adrozek, is being distributed by large, well organized threat actors, according to Microsoft research. …read more Source:: DarkReading


To boost birth rate, Japan’s government considers AI to match spouses – CNET

Japan’s Cabinet Office is asking for budget approval for a new dating service driven by artificial intelligence. …read more Source:: CNet


British voyeur escapes US extradition over 770 cases of webcam malware

Forum bar and suicide risk keeps him in Blighty for now A grandfather who admitted secretly infecting people’s laptops with webcam-activating malware so he could spy on them will not be extradited to the US – thanks in part to the UK’s so-called “forum bar”.… …read more Source:: Register


Great gifts you can still get in time for Christmas – CNET

December 25 is looming large. Don’t worry: Everything here is guaranteed* to show up by the 24th. …read more Source:: CNet