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Sony reportedly wants to be the first smartphone maker beside Google to push Android 7.1.1 Nougat to its smartphones. In fact, releasing the latest Android 7.1.1 Nougat build is apparently the “number one priority” for Sony’s developer team, according to a new report. “If you spot any other vendor (excluding Google) releasing this faster than us, prepare your rotten tomatoes,” Sony’s developer team told the Xperia Blog. Android […]

Two leading Netgear routers are vulnerable to a severe security flaw. (Image: Netgear) An advisory posted on Friday in Carnegie Mellon University’s public vulnerability database (CERT) said that Netgear’s R7000 and R6400 routers, running current and recent firmware respectively, are vulnerable to an arbitrary command injection flaw. If exploited, the vulnerability could let an unauthenticated attacker run commands with root privileges. The code to exploit the vulnerability […]

By Nate Raymond | NEW YORK NEW YORK A Colombian butcher accused of working with members of the Venezuelan military to facilitate shipments of massive loads of cocaine from South America to the United States was sentenced on Friday to five years in a U.S. prison. Gersain Viafara-Mina, 50, wept as U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter in Manhattan imposed the maximum sentence he faced after pleading guilty […]

(Image: file photo) The good news is developers are looking very closely at Linux’s core code for possible security holes. The bad news is they’re finding them. At least the best news is that they’re fixing them as soon as they’re uncovered. The latest three kernel vulnerabilities are designated CVE-2016-8655, CVE-2016-6480, and CVE-2016-6828. Of these, CVE-2016-8655 is the worst of the bunch. It enables local users, which […]

Electronic storage detection canine Iris of the New Jersey FBI helps investigators search the home of New York City terror suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami, who set off bombs in Manhattan and on the Jersey Shore, in September 2016. Image: Connecticut State Police This article originally appeared on TechRepublic. The call came at 5:30 am on a hot July morning in 2015. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department told […]

What are Australia’s policy options for responding to the internet threats of 2022? This question was explored in the 360° Cyber Game conducted jointly by RAND Corporation and the National Security College (NSC) at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra on Thursday. RAND has conducted two of these games before, in Washington DC and in Silicon Valley, and has written up the methodology and results in […]

Submitted by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com, I have spent the better part of the last 10 years working diligently to investigate and relate information on economics and geopolitical discourse for the liberty movement. However, long before I delved into these subjects my primary interests of study were the human mind and the human “soul” (yes, I’m using a spiritual term). My fascination with economics and sociopolitical events has […]

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Some probably think that performance and quality of components such as chipsets are all about the hardware but this is not the case. AMD has just proven that graphics processing units (GPU) could also get amped up through its software or a software update. The company released the Radeon Software Crimson ReLive, which refreshed the driver of its latest Polaris and Fury GPUs. As a result, these […]

Apple has seen a sharp year-over-year increase in the number US government demands for customer data. It’s the company’s first biannual report this year covering how many demands were made from global law enforcement and intelligence agencies, including the US government, for data the company stores. Apple was embroiled in a legal battle with the FBI earlier this year over locked iPhones. Read more. Apple said it […]

Pebble’s time ran out. Pebble did not launch the first smartwatch or even the first smartwatch of the modern era. But its combination of long battery life, daylight-readable display and iOS compatibility led it to become the highest-grossing Kickstarter campaign ever. Its campaign for the Pebble Time — which noted that over a million Pebble watches had been sold and that it was the top-selling smartwatch on […]

Shigeru Miyamoto announces Super Mario Run. Jason Cipriani/ZDNet Super Mario Run launches on December 15 in 100 countries exclusive to iOS devices, but what if you want to play right now? Starting Thursday, December 8, you can visit your local Apple Store to play a demo version of the game. The announcement was made during Wednesday night’s episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. During the […]

Dell Technologies said its infrastructure group delivered a mixed third quarter as all-flash storage systems, hybrid cloud and hyperconverged gear grew, but storage array and server demand fell. The company’s third quarter results include 52 days of EMC’s business and VMware. Dell said revenue from its legacy businesses were largely unchanged in the third quarter. According to Dell, third quarter revenue was $16.25 billion with a net […]

European Parliament president Martin Schulz does not believe the Panama Papers scandal has cast doubt on Malta’s ability to push through the EU anti-money laundering laws. Mr Schulz was fielding questions at a joint conference with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat during his visit to the island before Malta assumes the EU presidency. The EU’s anti-money laundering directive was enacted in June 2015, and with a two-year window […]

Can you imagine a bank where artificial intelligence runs checking accounts, debit cards, and wire transfers? Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Milan-London startup connection is getting stronger. After MoneyFarm and Soundreef, yet another promising Italian startup, Euklid, is opening up shop in the UK capital, moving its headquarters to be part of the city’s vibrant ecosystem. The team selected London’s Level39 fintech accelerator as its new center of […]

Turning on File History is literally as easy as flipping a switch. Click to enlarge Windows 10 includes an enhanced version of the backup tools introduced in Windows 8/8.1. This feature, called File History, is a major change from the image-based Windows 7 backup program. Using the default settings, File History saves copies of data files every hour, giving you the option to roll back to an […]

Sony Researchers have discovered backdoors in Sony IPELA Engine IP cameras which could affect as many as 80 models. Cybersecurity firm SEC Consult said on Wednesday that the security flaw allows attackers to remotely execute code, hijack vulnerable cameras, disrupt device functionality, and spy on users. In addition, the backdoor grants attackers the opportunity to add compromised Sony IP cameras to botnets as slave nodes, in the […]

Test subjects in a UW experiment navigated simple mazes based solely on inputs delivered to their brains by a magnetic coil placed at the back of the skull, showing how humans can interact with virtual realities via direct brain stimulation. Credit: University of Washington In the Matrix film series, Keanu Reeves plugs his brain directly into a virtual world that sentient machines have designed to enslave mankind. […]

Samsung has recently allowed Galaxy S7 and S7 edge owners enrolled in its beta program to try out Android 7.0 Nougat before the official build rolls out, likely for users to pry the software for potential bugs, issues and the ilk. Once the beta trial concludes, the official Nougat build will then hit Galaxy S7 and S7 edge devices before 2016 ends. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for […]

Data should be given “personalities”, with different characteristics, so businesses can better analyse the information and extract actionable insights. Many organisations today were struggling to understand the data available because there was so much information to go through and analyse, said Julie Rodriguez, creative director at Sapient Global Markets. Speaking at the Strata+Hadoop World conference in Singapore this week, Rodriguez pointed to the concept of “data personality” […]

News stories are released on weekdays. 2 hours ago Vatican confirms ban on homosexual candidates for priesthood The Vatican has confirmed that homosexual men should not be ordained to the priesthood. In a new instruction for the training of seminarians, entitled The Gift of the Priestly Vocation, the Congregation for the Clergy says that the Church “cannot admit to the seminary or to holy orders those […]

Slack’s push to become the de facto communications portal in the enterprise workflow got a boost on Wednesday with the announcement of an expanded partnership with Google Cloud. The workplace collaboration platform said the latest tie-up is a continuation of a long established alliance — Google Docs and Drive were among the earliest Slack integrations and remain among the most popular, with some 60,000 Drive files imported […]

BERLIN Germany’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that ultra-conservative Muslim girls must take part in mixed swimming classes at school, finding against an 11-year-old pupil who had argued that even wearing a burkini, or full-body swimsuit, breached Islamic dress codes. The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe rejected an appeal by the girl’s parents that she should be excused the classes because a burkini did not conform with Islam’s […]

 This article by David Haggith was published first on The Great Recession Blog:    I risked losing my fellow anti-establishment readers in September by suggesting Trump may be an establishment Trojan horse. After seeing Trump choose Pence as VP and a Goldman Sachs exec as campaign finance manager, I was concerned the establishment knew a citizen’s revolt was brewing and made sure that even the road to revolt led back to […]

Image: Pebble Despite a rather rough third quarter, Fitbit continues to lead the wearables market. Its dominance of the market will continue with the purchase of Pebble’s software assets. Read this The History of Wearable Technology: A timeline Humans have always adorned their bodies with gadgetry — be it for show, for utility, or both. Our timeline documents examples such as body armour, spectacles, wearable calculating aids, […]

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