Logitech has a new device called the Pop Home Switch, and it’s a bit different from their usual offerings. A company known for Universal Remotes encrusted with physical keys, touchscreen displays and all manner of interaction options is instead going for single-button simplicity. The Pop is a broad button about the size of your palm, […]
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The security of a sex toy is very serious business. This is the conviction of a New Zealand hacker that goes by the name of Follower. The hacker, speaking at a talk named Breaking the Internet of Vibrating Things at Def Con in Las Vegas earlier this month, is talking about the We-Vibe 4 Plus
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When George Orwell wrote 1984, surveillance technology was strictly analog. What would 1984 look like if it was written in the world of the Internet of things? That’s the question posed by the Nemesis Machine, a new interactive exhibition by British artist Stanza. Currently on display in Bruges, the Nemesis Machine translates environmental data from
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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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.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
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“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
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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
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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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