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 …
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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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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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 …
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.
Artificial Intelligence is increasingly integrated in many areas including Internet search, entertainment, commerce applications, content optimization, and robotics. The long-term prospect for these technologies is that they will become embedded in many different other technologies and provide autonomous decision making on behalf of humans, both directly, and indirectly through many processes, products, and services. AI …
Augmented reality is just what it sounds like — reality that is augmented. More specifically, a user’s view of the real world is altered by a computer-generated image that is superimposed on or in it. Unlike virtual reality, which replaces what the user sees with a simulated environment, augmented reality uses a heads-up-display or a …
Image source: Getty Images.Technology reaches into almost every area of business, and for that reason, the tech sector is home to some of the biggest growth opportunities on the market. Tech’s impact only looks poised to grow in coming years, as far-reaching trends including the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and digital advertising continue to …