Day: May 12, 2021

Otters Deliver a High Power Stationary Audio Experience

Our favorite raft of otters is back at it again with another display of open source audio prowess as they bring us the OtterCastAmp, the newest member of the OtterCast family of open source audio multitools. If you looked at the previous entry in the series – the OtterCastAudio – and thought it was nice…


Vulnerable Protocols Leave Firms Open to Further Compromises

Companies may no longer have Internet-facing file servers or weakly secured Web servers, but attackers that get by the perimeter have a wide-open landscape of vulnerability. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Telegram Fraudsters Ramp Up Forged COVID-19 Vaccine Card Sales

A new type of fraud is spiking across the platform: Selling fake vax records to people who want to lie their way into places where proof of vaccine is required. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Ethereum Founder Regifts Unsolicited DOGE Knockoffs, Donates a Billion Dollars Worth of SHIB To an Indian COVID Relief Fund

Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum, has signalled dog-themed memecoin creators to bark up another tree, reports CoinDesk. From the report: In a move that captivated the attention of Crypto Twitter on Wednesday, the Ethereum founder re-gifted tokens sent to his public wallet by the creators of Shiba Inu coin (SHIB), Dogelon (ELON) and Akita Inu…


With Gelsinger back at Intel, VMware picks new CEO from within, shakes up execs

vRangarajan vRaghuram is vBoss after vMotion to vTop VMware has announced a new CEO and a major shakeup in its management team following the departure of Pat Gelsinger to head up Intel.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


If you can’t upload to Amazon Photos right now, don’t worry – no one can

Unlimited picture-hosting service suddenly gets very limited Amazon has confirmed its Photos storage service has stopped working properly, and believes it will be fixed sometime today.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


HP expands security services for printers at home or in the office

In the era of remote work, printers are a potential attack point that make corporate networks and data vulnerable. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Australia’s Wright Launches Lawsuit Over $5.7 Billion Bitcoin Haul

An Australian computer scientist who alleges he created bitcoin has launched a London High Court lawsuit against 16 software developers in an effort to secure bitcoin worth around 4 billion pounds ($5.7 billion) he says he owns. From a report: In a case that was promptly labelled “bogus” by one defendant, Craig Wright is demanding…


Seeing-Eye Shoes Pair Computer Vision with Haptic Feedback

Over the years, we’ve seen plenty of projects that use ultrasonic or time-of-flight sensors as object detection methods for the visually impaired. Ultrasonic sensors detect objects like sonar — they send sound pulses and measure the time it takes for the signal to bounce off the object and come back. Time-of-flight sensors do essentially the…


Brazil launches fund to invest in Internet of Things startups

The vehicle led by the Brazilian Development Fund and Qualcomm Ventures is the first of its kind in Latin America …read more Source:: ZDNet