A few weeks ago, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) issued an alert about state-supported Russian hackers carrying out attacks against a large number of home routersin the U.S. These hackers are organized, motivated, and well-funded. They’re not a bunch of misanthropic nerds sitting in basements. They’re getting paid to steal your digital credentials. […]

President Donald Trump said in a tweet Sunday that he’s working to give China’s ZTE “a way to get back into business, fast.” ZTE (ZTCOF), a smartphone and telecom equipment maker that does business around the world, announced last week that it has halted its main operations after the Trump administration banned American companies from selling it vital […]

Apple is facing a class action lawsuit over the design of its MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboards which, consumers complain, has keys that are prone to becoming stuck. The lawsuit follows a litany of complaints across user forums, specialist mediaand a petition with over 21,000 signatures urging Apple to recall the Mac laptops released since late 2016. “Because of […]

A little over two and a half hours into Microsoft’s Build conference this week in Seattle, I tuned out the live coding session, taking place on stage in a downtown convention center crammed with 6,000 software developers, and started playing a game in my head. It was sort of like Where’s Waldo. Except I was thinking “Where’s […]

The world’s leading blockchain asset financial services provider to host first Blockchain Festival in Vietnam Vietnam — May 10, 2018 — Huobi.Pro, the world’s fourth largest digital asset exchange, announced today the agenda and speakers for the 2018 Blockchain Festival in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on May 24-25. Hosted by Huobi.Pro, the two-day Blockchain Festival will feature more than […]

It might be a hybrid of digital and quartz timekeeping. Ever since Google rebranded Android Wear as Wear OS, there’s been a lingering question: when would there be a new smartwatch to spearhead Google’s wearable revival? Apparently, the answer is “soon.” An FCC filing has revealed an LG-made Wear OS device that may just tout some unique features. For […]

How big is BMW’s new X7 sport activity vehicle? The auto maker isn’t saying exactly, but here’s a clue: I drove 250 kilometres through South Carolina tucked into the middle of a convoy of camouflaged X7s following a small red lead vehicle that I blithely believed to be an X4 – i.e. BMW’s compact sport activity coupe. Only […]

Apple today admitted that some iPhone 7 and 7 Plus models running iOS 11.3 or later may have a bug that disables the microphone during phone calls, MacRumors spotted through a leaked document. The few users with the affected devices may see their speaker button grayed-out when making calls or video chatting through FaceTime. The issue seems […]

In the race to continue building more sophisticated AI deep learning models, Facebook has a secret weapon: billions of images on Instagram. In research the company is presenting today at F8, Facebook details how it took what amounted to billions of public Instagram photos that had been annotated by users with hashtags and used that data […]

The midrange A6 Plus gives you a 16MP and 5MP camera combo on the rear, and a 24MP shooter on the front. Who says you need a big budget to enjoy a big Samsung phone?The South Korean giant’s latest phones are the A6 and A6 Plus and they’re for those who like Samsung’s designs but aren’t all about the […]