Ever wonder how hackers can hack your smartphone remotely? In a report shared with The Hacker News today, Check Point researchers disclosed details about a critical vulnerability in Instagram’s Android app that could have allowed remote attackers to take control over a targeted device just by sending victims a specially crafted image. What’s more worrisome is that…
The Shark WANDVAC has a couple of different variants. While Shark lists the WV200, WV205, and WV220 models as variants on their website, only the WV200C and WV201 models seem to be available for purchase. We tested the WV201 model, and you can see its label here. We can’t say if the other model performs…
Amazon’s Luna gives players a new streaming option with perks impressive enough to compete with xCloud or Google Stadia.
Shiv has over 8 years experience working on Internet of Things and an avid user of Drones
Welcome to your week’s recap, let’s get started. The Google Pixel 5 was fully detailed. It will be unveiled on September 30 with a Snapdragon 765G and 8GB of RAM, a 6-inch 1080p OLED with 90Hz refresh rate, 128GB of storage and two cameras on the rear – a regular and an ultrawide (no telephoto…
The smart manufacturing sector is primed for huge growth over the next few years, as industries adopt new technologies in the never-ending hunt for maximum efficiency. The global market stood at $204.95 billion in 2019, and it’s projected to reach $506.33 billion by 2027. Especially during its early weeks, the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on…
Australian operator Optus has selected Nokia’s IMPACT IoT platform to provide device management and data collection capabilities to customers in multiple industry segments in Australia, Nokia said in a release. Nokia’s IoT Device Management Platform (DMP) will enable Optus to provide its customers with simple access to NB-IoT device data. Nokia and Optus said…
Viruses jumping from animals to humans have been the starting point of numerous outbreaks, from Ebola to Zika. Given the similarity of SARS-CoV-2 to coronaviruses found in bats, this probably marked the beginning of COVID-19 too. We know that viruses have passed from animals to humans throughout history, and will continue to do so. But…
Amnesty International today exposed details of a new surveillance campaign that targeted Egyptian civil society organizations with previously undisclosed versions of FinSpy spyware designed to target Linux and macOS systems. Developed by a German company, FinSpy is extremely powerful spying software that is being sold as a legal law enforcement tool to governments around the…
Poor HDR peak brightness. The Acer XV340CK can’t get bright enough to bring out highlights, so HDR content doesn’t look much different from SDR. We measured the HDR peak brightness using the ‘HDR Mode’ Picture Mode, with Brightness set to max, and HDR set to ‘Auto’. Note that there’s both an ‘HDR Mode’ Picture Mode,…
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Shiv has over 8 years experience working on Internet of Things and an avid user of Drones
