Image: We vibe By Ariel BogleAustralia2016-08-11 02:44:51 UTC It’s all fun and games in the Internet of Things until your vibrator gets hacked. On Friday, two hackers at the Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas proved the wonderfully-named world of “teledildonics” will be just as vulnerable to unfriendly intrusions and data-mining as everything else. …
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Published 08/10 2016 09:16PM Updated 08/10 2016 09:16PM Copyright 2016 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The next report you see or read from the Rio Olympics may not have been written by a journalist, but by a robot. The Washington Post has deployed artificially …
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It’s still an uneasy alliance, but the hacking community and government are finding their way toward more constructive dialog and cooperation It’s not every day you hear the chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission brag about learning how to pick a lock. But that small side trip during the recent Black Hat USA conference …
“Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date…” – William Shakespeare Yes, I just led with Shakespeare in a gift guide story. There’s no rule against it. But, there is a rule against summer lasting forever. The clock is ticking, and the calendar is crossing off the days …
The concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) is nebulous by design. Oh, a definition is easy. The ITU, the United Nations’ information technology arm, has defined IoT as “a global infrastructure for the information society, enabling advanced services by interconnecting (physical and virtual) things based on existing and evolving interoperable information and communication technologies.” It’s …
A partnership between ForeScout Technologies and consulting firm IPM is the latest example of how ForeScout is doubling down on the Internet of Things with its channel partners, a ForeScout executive said. As part of the partnership, announced Tuesday, New York-based IPM will be able to sell ForeScout’s solutions – including ForeScout CounterACT and ForeScout Extended Modules – that provide an agent-less visibility …
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Enlarge Image Now, you can turn your Stack bulbs on and off using an Alexa device like the Amazon Tap, shown here. Tyler Lizenby/CNET Stack’s LED downlights are packed with sensors that track things like motion and ambient light, and they’ll sync up with the Nest Learning Thermostat, too. Today, they’re getting even smarter, with …
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One year old, but one year wiser? On Aug. 10, 2015, Google announced that it was folding itself into a new parent company, which it was calling Alphabet. A year later, it’s not entirely clear what’s really changed. While CEO Larry Page didn’t make it entirely clear why the name was chosen (although perhaps it …
If you’re a high-tech homeowner, chances are the contents of your garage aren’t so shabby either. So of course, it’s just good sense for Amazon Echo’s Alexa digital assistant to control not only your smart home, but your car as well. And now, if that car is a BMW, Alexa will do just that. Sometime …
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Padtronix editors will be installing the new Sensi Thermostat by Emerson in the Smart Pad. Keep an eye out for a detailed review of Sensi in the next couple days.