Month: December 2021
Pretty much all Wi-Fi routers are vulnerable to attack, study finds
In a shocking revelation, cybersecurity researchers have discovered over 200 bugs in Wi-Fi routers made by nine popular manufacturers, suggesting that millions of the most common devices around the world are vulnerable to attacks. Researchers from IoT Inspector and CHIP examined devices from Asus, AVM, D-Link, Netgear, Edimax, TP-Link, Synology,…
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Courtney Love says she has Elon Musk’s private emails
Courtney Love Cobain, Elon Musk, Bernie Sanders, and Kendall Roy are all in the running to be Friday’s Main Character on Twitter after a single tweet where the queen of ’90s grunge music Twitter-scolded the Tesla CEO for his mean reply to the Vermont senator (we’ll get to Kendall in…
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Why Qualcomm believes its new always-on camera for phones isn’t a security risk
One of the biggest new features of the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset is an always-on camera. Yes, you read that right. An always-on camera on your phone. It means your future smartphone – this chipset will likely be in a lot of the best Android phones of 2022…
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Facebook Messenger is getting a built-in bill splitting feature
Facebook parent company Meta is introducing a built-in bill splitting feature in Facebook Messenger that it will test with users in the US beginning next week. The feature could be useful for situations like divvying up a restaurant bill with your friends or splitting a bill with roommates. With the…
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Facebook took down a fake Swiss scientist account that was part of an international misinfo campaign
Buried deep within Facebook’s November report on Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior is a tale of international intrigue that seems more like a Netflix drama than an attempted disinformation campaign (although the way Netflix mines social media for ideas these days, maybe stay tuned). On July 24th, a Swiss biologist named Wilson…
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Save £100 when you buy any two Facebook Portal devices
A new deal is now live on the entire Facebook Portal range and it’s a good one if you find yourself speaking to the same person on video calls time and time again. With this latest offer, you can save £100 when you buy any two devices – effectively giving…
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