Good morning. Here’s our morning roundup of all the media news you need to know. Want to get this briefing in your inbox every morning? Subscribe here. Embedded plentifully during the presidential campaign, the press may now leave most consumers in the cold. I’d been talking to Merrill Brown, director of the School of Communication and Media at Montclair, New Jersey State University, about Megyn Kelly’s big […]
Google’s Project Zero has found that it was previously trivial to create an SSL certificate collision thanks to Kaspersky using only the first 32 bits of an MD5 hash in its SSL proxy packaged with its Anti-Virus product. “You don’t have to be a cryptographer to understand a 32-bit key is not enough to prevent brute-forcing a collision in seconds,” Tavis Ormandy of Project Zero said in […]
Osterhout Design Group recently raised $58 million with a plan to expand its smart glasses and augmented reality footprint from government and enterprise customers to consumers. At the Consumer Electronics Show, ODG made good on its expansion plans as it unveiled its R-8 and R-9 smart glasses. At CES 2017, ODG highlighted how its new smart glasses are designed to complement existing devices, provide augmented reality experiences […]
By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The Republican-led U.S. Congress had a rough start to its first session of the Donald Trump era on Tuesday when a public outcry that included a dressing-down from the president-elect prompted the House of Representatives to backtrack on its plans to defang an ethics watchdog. It was supposed to have been a ceremonious beginning in which lawmakers set […]
Last year ZDNet’s Jason Perlow was impressed with the $199 Honor 5X and now we see Huawei bringing the Honor 6X to the US with some important upgrades while keeping the price low at just $249.99. Huawei announced the Honor 6X in China on 18 October 2016 and today made the US release announcement at CES in Las Vegas. The Honor 6X packs in a lot of […]
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 has been a hit, but it needs something new after the Galaxy Note 7 debacle. (Image: file photo) It’s only been nine months since Samsung announced the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, but there are already plenty of rumors surrounding its follow up: the Galaxy S8. Based on speculative reports and several credible leaks, here is what we think might appear on Samsung’s […]
Amazon’s Alexa is the brain of its Echo and digital assistant efforts, and the company is rapidly beginning to distribute the technology into other products. At the Consumer Electronics Show 2017, it’s clear that Amazon aims to put Alexa everywhere. Google will also look to embed its Google Assistant everywhere too — in Hyundai cars for instance — but Amazon is quickly forging pacts with big-name tech […]
By David Morgan | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Big Oil could be in a unique position to protect its interests against a Republican proposal to tax imports, given that President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet is studded with oil champions sensitive to the risk of higher gasoline prices. Trump’s emerging leadership includes Exxon Mobil Corp Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, former Texas Governor Rick Perry as energy […]
Security systems can be expensive, so this relatively low-cost modular offering from Blink could fit the bill for some businesses. When I met up with the company, representatives noted that while the system is primarily marketed for home use, it could equally suit a small office. The price is certainly compelling: a one camera setup costs £109.99 (inc. VAT, or $99 in the US). There are […]
There’s no question that Russia wanted Donald Trump to win the 2016 Presidential campaign. Trump’s own tweets stated he wanted the Russians to hack Hillary Clinton’s email. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) email was hacked. But the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Analysis Report (JAR) on Russian cyber attacks doesn’t prove the Russians were behind the DNC hacks. The P.A.S. web shell […]
An analyst says it is unwise of politicians to get into heated quarrels with the royal families because it may cost them votes. PETALING JAYA: The spat between Tunku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim and Umno information chief Annuar Musa, should it escalate, could have an impact on voting patterns, says a political analyst. Faisal S Hazis of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia was commenting on Tunku Ismail’s […]
Statcounter’s graph for desktop operating system market shares in the USA shows Windows 10 climbing rapidly and only just overtaking Windows 7 (yellow line). Image: Screen grab for ZDNet Installation of Microsoft’s Windows 10 slowed dramatically when the free upgrade stopped, but it has still overtaken Windows 7 in the UK and USA, on Statcounter‘s usage-based web monitoring. On Netmarketshare’s numbers, which are based on unique visitors […]
At inauguration, Donald J. Trump promises to make Cleveland Browns great again. This time, even backers say he has gone too far. Continue reading the main story Women’s national soccer team finally agrees to new collective bargaining agreement when U.S. Soccer promises to pay women the same bonus money for winning matches that men receive for losing. February Patriots capture Super Bowl, deflating Cowboys. Championship rings ordered […]
Stock photo New York City could operate with no more than a few thousand taxis or rides if we took carpooling more seriously, researchers have suggested. When commuters share their rides through carpooling, the cost of individual transport lowers and there are potentially fewer cars on the road which can cause increased congestion and pollution. Modern ride-hailing services including Uber and Lyft, in which passengers can hail […]
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) Samsung Samsung’s mid-range Galaxy A line doesn’t garner much attention in the press, but it’s slowly becoming a flagship caliber device for a fraction of the price. On Monday, Samsung announced the Galaxy A lineup – three different phones in total – are all gaining the same IP68 rating the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge currently enjoy. The IP68 rating translates into water […]
MANAMA, BAHRAIN – 02 January 2017 Ithmaar Bank B.S.C., a Bahrain-based Islamic retail bank, announced today (ed note: 020117) that it has obtained final approval from the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), the Kingdom’s banking and financial services regulator on the completion of all requirements with respect to the reorganisation plan. This aims to further develop the growth achieved in Ithmaar Bank’s core retail banking business, the […]
These are the main events that took place in February 2016. 3 February The government proposed to completely repeal two articles in the Criminal Code which make it illegal to vilify religion “by words, gestures, written matter, whether printed or not, or pictures or by some other visible means. Another of the amendments proposed was to criminalise revenge porn. 3 February The government in […]
Automation, AI, and robotics are the real forces behind the disruption to the global job market, and they will accelerate in 2017. Image: iStockphoto/Matriyoshka As we do each week, the editors of ZDNet will continue to put our heads together in 2017 and give you our weekly Monday Morning Opener–an editorial that zooms in on the most important topic in tech for the week. Now that we’re […]
British Ash trees are now safe, in terms of resistance, from the deadly Ash Dieback — a fungal disesase that has already ravaged millions of Ash trees across Europe. The findings from a latest study follow the successful decoding of the tree’s genome by researchers at the Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). The team is hoping that the unraveled genetic sequence of the Ash tree will help in […]
ISLAMABAD: Justice Saqib Nisar on Saturday took oath as the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP). He is the 25th chief justice of the Supreme Court who will serve on the post until January 17, 2019. President Mamnoon Hussain had accorded approval to appoint him as the CJP on December 7. The president administered the oath at Presidency. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also attended the ceremony besides Senate […]
The women cowered behind a flimsy bedroom door. One of them dialed 911. Another clutched a stubby kitchen knife. Continue reading the main story Since leaving the corps in 2012, Siatta had been unable to switch off the habits of war. He was hypervigilant and struggled to relax. He watched people, sizing them up and scanning for threats. In the varying situations of everyday life, he constantly […]
There’s something that’s been bugging me all day. On Wednesday, security researcher Justin Shafer reached out to a handful of security reporters after he found that Nevada state government’s website was leaking thousands of applications from its medical marijuana dispensary program. Shafer found the leaky web portal by using Google to search government websites for words like “social security,” which anyone can do with relative ease. He […]
MANILA, Philippines (Philippines News Agency) — Isolated rainshowers may prevail in most parts of the archipelago on the first day of 2017. Based on the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s (PAGASA) 24-hour forecast, cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms will be experienced over CARAGA and Davao. Cloudy skies with light to moderate rains, on the other hand, will prevail […]
Amazon’s depiction of an airborne fulfillment center carrying unmanned aerial vehicles for item delivery. As Amazon inches closer to establishing a drone delivery system, the e-commerce giant may one day keep its inventory in the sky. The US Patent Office earlier this year awarded Amazon a patent for an airborne fulfillment center (AFC) from which drones could launch to make local deliveries. The AFC could sit at […]
