Burn in hell, brand license buy-outs

This is adapted from Plugged In, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter on gear and gadgets. Subscribe to it (and our other great newsletters) here. Ugh. That’s the theme of this week’s Plugged In: ugh. Ugh. Now, what I’m gonna talk about isn’t a new trend. In fact it’s something that’s been around for ages, a topic you’ve probably come across yourself. Yes, you guessed it, I’m…

Sony WF-XB700 Truly Wireless Review

The Sony WF-XB700 have a mediocre set of controls. Overall, they aren’t very easy to use, and their control scheme isn’t intuitive. The left earbud controls the volume. Click it once to turn the volume up, or hold it to turn the volume down. Click the right earbud once to play/pause, twice to skip forward,…

RailYatri’s unsecured server exposed personal info of 700,000 passengers

An unsecured server of the Indian ticket platform RailYatri exposed the personal information of over 700,000 passengers. The details in the database included full names, phone numbers, addresses, email IDs, ticket booking details, and partial credit or debit card numbers.  The Indian railway network is one of the busiest transportation systems around the world, catering to over 24…