Many modern baby monitors come with a long list of high-tech features, from wireless connectivity to motion sensors. But when Vikas Bhatia was shopping for a baby monitor for his little one, he didn’t want any of those extra capabilities — and especially not Wi-Fi. “I don’t trust it,” he told Healthline. Bhatia, who is …

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Slowly but surely, the internet is becoming a hostile place. As wondrous as the internet is – with its three billion global users – increasingly, danger lurks. Armies of hackers maraud for personal data. Unknown forces invade privacy, installing hidden bugs. Nations engage in low-grade versions of cyber warfare. Those who believe that some sort …

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As more and more industrial control systems (ICS) become connected to smart devices, enterprise IT systems and the Internet, manufacturing operations are increasingly exposed to cyberattacks. These attacks can cause manufacturing disruptions, leading to defective products, production downtime, physical damage and even threaten lives. Cyberattacks targeting manufacturing companies are on the rise, according to a …

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Vesper Technologies, an acoustic sensor startup that designs microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), identifies closely with bats. Not only is the company named after the Latin root for bat, but the animal’s hunting style, which involves using echolocation to find insects, also serves as an example of harnessing data hidden of sound waves. Vesper is trying to do the …

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