In truth, Wi-Fi HaLow is not new. The solution, geared towards low-power mid-range IoT solutions, was announced back in 2016. But there is gathering momentum around it, with chips and devices in the latter stages of development and a queue of customers apparently lined up. Wi-Fi HaLow (802.11ah) uses sub-GHz spectrum frequencies below 900 MHz…
The US Department of Energy has laid out a blueprint for a “virtually unhackable” national quantum internet that it claims could be functional within a decade. At a press conference on Thursday, government officials said the network would run alongside the existing Web, as a parallel internet for transmitting sensitive government and financial information. That…
Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday revealed security issues in the Android app developed by Chinese drone-maker Da Jiang Innovations (DJI) that comes with an auto-update mechanism that bypasses Google Play Store and could be used to install malicious applications and transmit sensitive personal information to DJI’s servers. The twin reports, courtesy of cybersecurity firms Synacktiv and…
The Miele Classic C1 is a very well-built canister vacuum. It has an outstanding performance on bare floors, and it does a great job on both low and high-pile carpet. It's easy to assemble and to maintain, and it has an overall sturdy feel. It comes with crevice and upholstery tools as well as a…
Ubisoft public relations director Stone Chin was terminated last week by the company due to misconduct allegations. Chin’s termination comes on the heels of a series of firings based on allegations of sexual harassment, which appear to be in response to the reportedly misogynist culture at Ubisoft. “My employer told me that the reason for…
Foxconn has begun assembling iPhone 11 units in India at its Chennai plant. The news has been confirmed by numerous local outlets and marks Apple’s made in India iPhone production expansion following the iPhone XR from last year. The first batches of made in India iPhone 11 are already available for purchase at local retailers.…
WearOS may need to wait a bit longer for the spark it needs, with Oppo’s upcoming smartwatch appearing to miss a big opportunity.. Oppo has announced that it will debut a WearOS smartwatch on July 31st. The new watch could’ve been the first to market packing the Snapdragon Wear 4100. Qualcomm’s Wear 4100 is the…
The industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) is here to stay. Many heavy industry companies in fields such as engineering, mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing are accelerating their adoption of digital transformation journeys due to recent global events. The barriers to adopting IIoT technology has also fallen dramatically in the past decade. Historical challenges to implementing IIoT…
After ditching the dessert-based nomenclature for Android versions with Android 10, Google is bringing it back for the next one — internally, at least. Android 11 is known to engineers working on the project as Red Velvet Cake, or RVC. That’s from Dave Burke, VP of engineering at the company, who revealed the internal codename…
Garmin, the maker of fitness trackers, smartwatches and GPS-based wearable devices, is currently dealing with a massive worldwide service interruption after getting hit by a targeted ransomware attack, an employee of the company told The Hacker News on condition of anonymity. The company’s website and the Twitter account say, “We are currently experiencing an outage…
