For Trends with Benefits episode 95: August 11, 2016 we dive into reports that over 100 million Volkswagens are vulnerable to hackers. That’s basically every car they produced since 1995. Apparently the key-fobs used for the past two decades use encryption that can be easily broken with a $40 arduino board setup. Also on today’s podcast: Rumors that […]
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Small things go unnoticed In our busy day-to-day lives, we often overlook the small things. However, those seemingly “small” things sometimes turn out to have large significance. Many are diligent about keeping track of their spending and finances. But, sometimes, this can be one of those small things that we overlook. A helping hand Luckily
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Readers of this site know that a new technology promising us the moon hits the cyberwebs about once a week. Sometimes they actually deliver, too, but it’s rare. Usually, these devices are excellent solutions for a very limited range of problems. Usually. Padtronix has learned of a device hitting Kickstarter in a couple weeks that has the
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The term “Internet of Things” has become a big buzzword in business lately, but what exactly is it and why might it shape the future of the retail industry? Simply put, think of the Internet of Things as an “interconnected ecosystem of internet-enabled objects,” according to eMarketer. So, things like your mobile device and tablet
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Commonly installed Trane thermostats were vulnerable to hacking for a while, says a security firm. The Internet of Things-connected gadgets had been liable to provide burglar-friendly, private information because their authentication system was weak and they use hardcoded credentials, Trustwave claims in its SpiderLabs blog. Trane is an Ingersoll Rand brand that specializes in heating,
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Harish, 11, a school boy uses a laptop provided under the “One Laptop Per Child’ project by a non-governmental organisation as a calf stands next to him in India in 2010. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters). Michael Chertoff is the former secretary of homeland security and current chairman of the Chertoff Group. History has inflection points; points where
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Nearly 20 years ago, I recall streaming data off of oil and gas wells in order to measure capacity, reserves, and shrink. For all intents and purposes, data was used used to manually repair a well by humans. What we call big data today we used to call very large databases or VLDBs. Big Data
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The market rewards those technology companies that never stand still. A compelling case in point is Qualcomm (QCOM) , the giant semiconductor company that manufactures chips for smartphones and other devices. Qualcomm is making a big bet on the Internet of Things (IoT), a strategic pivot that’s already showing up on the bottom line. You
The market rewards those technology companies that never stand still. A compelling case in point is Qualcomm (QCOM) , the giant semiconductor company that manufactures chips for smartphones and other devices. Qualcomm is making a big bet on the Internet of Things (IoT), a strategic pivot that’s already showing up on the bottom line. You
On August 9th, a full day after the Delta system outage that stranded hundreds of thousands of passengers, senior vice president David Holts acknowledged that the airline is “still operating in recovery mode.” As we move to the Internet of Things and an increasingly networked economy, Delta’s situation is a reminder of the importance of
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