With cheap RC hardware, powerful motors, and high-capacity battery packs, getting something to fly has never been easier. It also helps that, whether you’re into fixed-wing craft or multirotors, there’s plenty of information and prior art floating around online that you can use to jumpstart your own build. But when it comes to homebrew vertical…

Candiru sold spyware that exploited Windows vulnerabilities and had been used in attacks against dissidents, activists, and journalists. …read more Source:: DarkReading

The White House rolled out a slate of measures aimed squarely at addressing ransomware attacks. …read more Source:: ZDNet

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24-page complaint lists thousands of products deemed to be unsafe Amazon is facing legal action in the US from a consumer protection group over the sale of allegedly faulty goods including carbon monoxide detectors and hairdryers.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The US State Department has announced today its intention to offer rewards of up to $10 million for any information that helps US authorities identify and locate threat actors “acting at the direction or under the control of a foreign government” that carry out malicious cyber activities against US critical infrastructure. From a report: Today’s…

Let’s dive in. …read more Source:: CNet

Mediacom’s cable internet plans aren’t much to get x-cited about. …read more Source:: CNet

One way of communicating with autistic and non-verbal people is through the use of a Picture Exchange Communication System or PECS board, which they can use to point out what they need or want throughout the day. However, the commercial versions of these boards have their share of problems — they’re expensive, and they’re fairly…

A new documentary film has harnessed artificial intelligence to artificially voice quotes from its subject, the late Anthony Bourdain. From a report: Details of the dubious decision are outlined in a piece in The New Yorker, and raise a heap of uncomfortable questions about whether or not it’s ethical to put words in the mouths…