Wi-Fi devices going back to 1997 are vulnerable to attackers who can steal your data if they’re in range. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Also on tap: The ultimate Belgian-waffle maker for $40 (save $30). …read more Source:: CNet

The toys of the past may have been cheesy, but you can’t deny the creativity needed to build something engaging without any electronics. One stalwart toy from this category is View-Master, the little stereoscopic slide viewer that brought the world to life in seven vibrant scenes. And digitizing these miniature works of art is the…

You can save $30 by buying new at Amazon and find bigger savings on a refurbished model from Apple. …read more Source:: CNet

A Slashdot reader shares a report: Amazon has a goal to get rid of a certain percentage of employees every year, and three managers told Insider they felt so much pressure to meet the goal that they hired people to fire them. “We might hire people that we know we’re going to fire, just to…

Foundation is ‘passive investor’ alongside private equity firm Dediq, firm says SAP chairman Hasso Plattner’s charitable foundation has said it invested in a joint venture between private equity firm Dediq and SAP designed to develop technology for the financial services market.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

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It’s a concern for Europeans as it is for people elsewhere in the world: there have been suggestions among governments to either outlaw, curtail, or backdoor strong end-to-end encryption. There are many arguments against ruining encryption, but the strongest among them is that encryption can be simple enough to implement that a high-school student can…

Xiaomi and the U.S. government have text to set aside a Trump administration blacklisting that could have restricted American investment in the Chinese smartphone maker. From a report: The Chinese smartphone giant had sued the government earlier this year, after the U.S. Defense Department under former President Donald Trump issued an order designating the firm…