Day: May 24, 2021

Not your grandmother’s ransomware

To keep up with the ransomware of today, organizations must adopt a holistic approach to mitigating reputational risk. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine


Netflix’s Geeked Week virtual event is coming next month – CNET

The five-day event is free, and will likely see a bunch of trailers drop. …read more Source:: CNet


Roam if you want to: China’s Zhurong rover begins trundling on Mars

ESA’s Rosalind Franklin waiting in the wings as engineers fix the parachutes China’s Mars rover has taken its first tentative trundlings on the surface of Mars, a week after the vehicle’s landing in Utopia Planitia.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Scientists partially restore vision in blind man with breakthrough therapy – CNET

It’s the first time sight has been partially restored using optogenetics. …read more Source:: CNet


Huawei ban timeline: Founder wants to expand software influence due to US sanctions – CNET

Here’s a breakdown of the Chinese phone maker and telecoms giant’s problems with the US and its allies. …read more Source:: CNet


Ford plots an all-EV lineup for the US – Roadshow

From the Mustang Mach-E to the F-150 Lightning, we’ve only gotten a taste of what Ford has planned for Americans. …read more Source:: CNet


Huawei Founder Urges Shift To Software To Counter US Sanctions

Founder of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Ren Zhengfei has called on the company’s staff to “dare to lead the world” in software as the company seeks growth beyond the hardware operations that U.S. sanctions have crippled. From a report: The internal memo seen by Reuters is the clearest evidence yet of the company’s direction…


More power for your Raspberry Pi: A new PoE+ HAT to sate power-hungry peripherals

CEO Ebon Upton: 1st-gen HAT uses silicon ‘that’s in short supply’ but ‘we’re very good at pipelining’ Raspberry Pi fans have another way of powering their mini ‘puters and attached gizmos thanks to an impending update to the Power over Ethernet (PoE) Hardware Attached on Top (HAT), as the silicon required for its predecessor gets…


Steve Wozniak to take stand: $1m suit claiming Woz stole idea for branded tech boot camp goes to trial

Apple co-founder’s camp denies claims Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will face a trial next month in an Arizona district court over allegations he stole the idea of a Woz-branded programming boot camp.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Just a Handful of Android Apps Exposed Data of More than 100 Million Users

Almost half a decade after the first reports were published, mobile app developers are still exposing their users’ personal information through abhorrently simple misconfigurations. From a report: In a report published last week, security firm Check Point said it found 23 Android applications that exposed the personal data of more than 100 million users through…