The group behind the Bluetooth standard wants to add COVID-19 exposure detection to wearable devices. In an announcement today, the Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) said that it is working with over 130 member companies to add the potentially lifesaving feature to wearables. Google and Apple have already developed a cross-platform, Bluetooth-based COVID-19 detection system…
It’s hard to find better-performing stocks than Tesla and Apple. Tesla, now the world’s most valuable automaker, has seen its share price multiply eight times since this time last year, from $224 to beyond $1,800, while Apple’s more than doubled to $458. And so, in a bid to make individual shares more affordable, both tech giants announced they’d…
Jenkins—a popular open-source automation server software—published an advisory on Monday concerning a critical vulnerability in the Jetty web server that could result in memory corruption and cause confidential information to be disclosed. Tracked as CVE-2019-17638, the flaw has a CVSS rating of 9.4 and impacts Eclipse Jetty versions 9.4.27.v20200227 to 9.4.29.v20200521—a full-featured tool that provides…
Sponsored The importance of partnerships in the telecoms industry has never been greater. As technologies converge and customer expectations get ever higher, those in the industry need to find the right position which serves different markets as well as make it easier for partners and customers to get access to the services they require. Eastern…
Blockchain has moved through its hype cycle far faster than many other technologies. The cult success of Bitcoin produced a legion of zealots that saw blockchain as the answer to everything. However, the backlash has been swift, and the phrase “blockchain is a solution in search of a problem” quickly became a near-cliché. As with…
The Corsair K70 has many extra features. It has a button to control the backlight’s brightness, a Windows lock button, and dedicated media controls, which include a volume wheel. You can reassign or set a macro to any key; however, it can only be done through software. There’s a USB passthrough and next to it,…
Connecting and using a second display should be a breeze, but many factors cause issues you can easily fix.
Shiv has over 8 years experience working on Internet of Things and an avid user of Drones
The Samsung Pay Card is now available to Samsung users in the UK. This is not a debit or credit card, in fact it isn’t a card at all – not a physical one, anyway, but a virtual shape-shifter card that lives in the Samsung Pay app. It’s powered by Curve, whose technology allows you…
Electric vehicle sales have grown exponentially in recent years, accompanied by dropping prices. However, the adoption of EVs remains limited by their higher sticker price relative to comparable gas vehicles, even though the overall cost of ownership for EVs is lower. EVs and internal combustion engine vehicles are likely to reach sticker price parity sometime…
The REvil ransomware and savvy phone scammers have exposed sensitive information.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
