Author: Zach_Wilson
Modems used in many industrial IoT sectors could be easily hacked
Modems used in many industrial Internet of Things (IoT) devices can easily be hacked, allowing threat actors root access, remotely and without authentication. The result could be highly disruptive, as many industries rely on IoT devices and other internet-connected sensors for proper operations of entire facilities. A report from cybersecurity…
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The Morning After: Those geomagnetic storms are messing with farming tech’s GPS systems
Over the last few days, heightened solar activity (and those heady geomagnetic storms) led to outages in the GPS navigation systems that guide some modern tractors from John Deere and other brands. 404 Media reported farmers have been told to pause using high-tech tractors that use GPS systems to program…
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Peacemaker season 2’s new cast reveal means it’s going to be harder to follow James Gunn’s DC Cinematic Universe
Full spoilers follow for 2021’s The Suicide Squad movie. Peacemaker season 2’s first new cast member has been announced – and the reveal might make it even harder to follow the rebooted DC Cinematic Universe (DCU). Taking to Instagram last Friday (May 10), DCU co-chief James Gunn confirmed that Frank…
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Generative AI Doesn’t Make Hardware Less Hard
Wearable AI gadgets from Rabbit and Humane were panned by reviewers, including at WIRED. Their face-plants show that it’s still tough to compete with big tech in the age of ChatGPT. Source
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‘The Entire History of You’: How a lone developer created free app that records everything you do on your PC — and allows you to rewind and search for anything in a weird homage to an episode of Black Mirror
We’ve all been there: you remember reading or watching something on your PC, but all attempts to locate the item again prove futile. Repeating past searches yields nothing, and your browser history is of no use either. You’re not sure where you saw the item, and eventually you begin to…
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Quordle today – hints and answers for Monday, May 13 (game #840)
Monday comes around again, bringing with it a week of work (boo!) but also a week of Quordle puzzles (yay!) to get the brain working. Today’s may do that more than some, so read of for some clues to help you on your way. SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today…
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