A newly discovered unpatchable hardware vulnerability in Xilinx programmable logic products could allow an attacker to break bitstream encryption, and clone intellectual property, change the functionality, and even implant hardware Trojans. The details of the attacks against Xilinx 7-Series and Virtex-6 Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) have been covered in a paper titled “The Unpatchable…
Research firm Strategy Analytics has worked through a detailed example of an industrial maintenance and repair operation that leverages augmented reality (AR) technology. The result is impressive: a return of 42.3 percent on the initial investment, and payback in a little over three years. The exercise makes use of an ROI calculator tool, developed by…
It was just a few weeks ago that I reviewed the Dali IO-6, a pair of noise-canceling headphones that easily landed among my favorite cans on the market. Despite a hefty $499 price tag, their Danish design, great sound, and seemingly never-ending battery life made me feel they were worth the investment. But not everyone…
A cybersecurity researcher today publicly disclosed technical details and PoC for 4 unpatched zero-day vulnerabilities affecting an enterprise security software offered by IBM after the company refused to acknowledge the responsibly submitted disclosure. The affected premium product in question is IBM Data Risk Manager (IDRM) that has been designed to analyze sensitive business information assets…
Uber has launched two new services which turn the company’s drivers into couriers to help ensure people get what they need during the pandemic. The first of the services, Uber Direct, is essentially an expansion of Uber Eats and opens up the ability for drivers to deliver items that aren’t from restaurants including prescriptions, pet…
Research firm Strategy Analytics has worked through a detailed example of an industrial maintenance and repair operation that leverages augmented reality (AR) technology. The result is impressive: a return of 42.3 percent on the initial investment, and payback in a little over three years. The exercise makes use of an ROI calculator tool, developed by…
E-bikes are really having a moment. This has led to companies putting out some brilliant electric two-wheelers, with things like the Cowboy and Analog Motion AM1 being prime examples. But — and I’m just gonna put this straight out there — the market has a new metallic daddy. So, please, everyone slap your rumps in…
Cybersecurity firm Cynet today announced the launch of a first of its kind challenge to enable Incident Response professionals to test their skills with 25 forensic challenges that were built by top researchers and analysts. The challenge is available on https://incident-response-challenge.com/ and is open to anyone willing to test his or her investigation skills, between…
The City of Las Vegas is to pay $1.58 million over five years for a range of camera-based artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to automate the enforcement of parking and traffic regulations. Australian AI provider SenSen Networks has won the five-year contract, which covers the purchase of two vehicle-mounted mobile parking enforcement units, and licenses for…
I’m writing this public plea to ask AWS CEO Andy Jassy to extend additional credits to startup and scale-up customers at this critical time, even those who have received them in the past. And why should AWS give out free credit? It’s simple, because everyone will win. Like many, my business was fortunate to receive…
