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Wcities Content Available on All Major Inflight Entertainment & Communications Systems

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News Feed Item Wcities Content Available on All Major Inflight Entertainment & Communications Systems By Business Wire Article Rating: October 23, 2016 06:00 PM EDT   Wcities’ world-class destination and event content is now accessible through the major providers of inflight entertainment and communications (IFEC) solutions, including Panasonic Avionics, Thales Group, and Rockwell Collins. Through …

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Smooth Johnnie and Confused Alexa: Why Robots Make Terrible Whisky Sommoliers

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We like to drink here at Geek.com. It’s not quantity that matters, but quality, and as such, we’ve held several fine whisky tastings in the lab over the years. Everything from rare and unique single malts to blended bar staples like Johnnie Walker Black. And the world-renowned scotch distillery tried to get artificial intelligence in …

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Amazon's New Fire TV User Interface Has A Big Improvement, No Longer Amazon-Centric

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(Photo : PCMag/YouTube) Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick is faster and less expensive than ever, and comes with an Alexa-enabled voice remote out of the box, making it the best budget-friendly media streamer you can buy. Amazon’s best selling TV stick has just been upgraded. It is the next-generation Fire TV stick that features Alexa …

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Did Hackers Use Internet-Connected Home Devices to Attack Popular Websites?

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On Friday, web-connected home devices were used by hackers and released a malware called Mirai to launch attacks on websites.(Photo: Photo: ICT Blog’s/YouTube) Hackers are on to something again. Over the years, the World Wide Web has been the biggest bridge of communication of internet users, and this doesn’t mean that they are not vulnerable …

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The Internet of Things is under attack, and it could change our future homes

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One of many visions of the smart home of the very near future, from British Gas. Image: Benjamin Braun via youtube  By Adario Strange2016-10-23 01:27:26 UTC Winter is here. The Internet of Things (IoT) winter, that is.  All those digital routers, DVRs, “smart” kitchen appliances and IP-enabled cameras you assumed were innocuous as they worked …

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Attack reveals new vulnerabilities in nation's 'internet of things'

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WASHINGTON — When surveillance cameras first began popping up in the 1970s and ’80s, they were welcomed as a crime-fighting tool, and then as a way to monitor traffic congestion, factory floors and even baby cribs. Later, they were adopted for darker purposes, as authoritarian governments such as China’s used them to prevent challenges to …

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Hackers smell blood after co-opting 'internet of things'

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An army of copycat hackers could seize control of internet-connected home devices to carry out cyber-attacks, security experts have warned. Web-connected “smart” gadgets including cameras, digital TV recorders, smart kettles and plugs are all ­vulnerable to being hacked by criminals and used remotely to mount cyber-attacks, accord­ing to James Lyne, head of security at Sophos, …

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