Texas-based Apptricity has launched a long-range Bluetooth beacon capable of connecting sensors at distances of up to 20 miles outdoors, and up to 20 storeys indoors. It is presented as a low-cost alternative to LTE and satellite for long-range IoT connectivity, and a simpler and cheaper option for indoor Bluetooth-based mesh-networking. Its author claims the…
A revamped version of England‘s troubled contact-tracing app is beginning trials today, but the new system has got problems of its own. The app uses Bluetooth to detect if people have recently been close to someone who’s tested positive for COVID-19. The government says the system’s “designed with user privacy in mind so it tracks…
A team of academic researchers—who previously made the headlines earlier this year for uncovering severe security issues in the 4G LTE and 5G networks—today presented a new attack called ‘ReVoLTE,’ that could let remote attackers break the encryption used by VoLTE voice calls and spy on targeted phone calls. The attack doesn’t exploit any flaw in…
Out-of-the-box, the ASUS ProArt PA278QV has good color accuracy. The monitor has an sRGB mode that’s factory-calibrated and comes with a calibration report in the box. It’s advertised to have an accuracy that’s below 2dE; however, some of our measurements exceed that. This is likely due to different methods of measuring color accuracy. Most of…
With minimal interaction required on your part, it’ll keep you focused on other, more pressing matters.
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Everyone was hoping that after the Pixel 4 disappointment, Google will have taken things seriously with the Pixel lineup but after learning that the Pixel 5 would sport a Snapdragon 765G chipset, we aren’t sure about that anymore. Moreover, the latest rumor has it that the company plans to release an XL version of the…
NTT Data, the business services division of NTT Group, is working with open RAN provider Mavenir to jointly develop a “complete range” of radio and core access solutions, plus data and device management platforms and analytics tools, for private 5G and 4G networks in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. They will offer the same in other…
China-based lending company Moneed’s unprotected database has exposed the names and phone numbers of millions of Indians, putting them at risk of identity theft. Security researcher Anurag Sen found this database on an open elastic server that had more than 389 million phonebook records. Moneed has offices in Hangzhou, New Delhi, and Hong Kong. Sen told…
Attention! If you use Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa in you smart speakers, just opening an innocent-looking web-link could let attackers install hacking skills on it and spy on your activities remotely. Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed severe security vulnerabilities in Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant that could render it vulnerable to a number of malicious attacks. According…
Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson has reached the milestone of 100 commercial 5G agreements globally. Ericsson reached the 100 agreements mark following the announcement of a 5G deal with Telekom Slovenije yesterday. The progress Ericsson has made over the past year is impressive. Just under a year ago, Ericsson had publicly announced 24 5G contracts with…
