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Apps for popular smart home devices contain security flaws

New cybersecurity research from Florida Tech has found that the smartphone companion applications of 16 popular smart home devices contain "critical cryptographic flaws" that could allow attackers to intercept and modify ...

Sep 24, 2021

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Use Google in the car? Google Assistant, Android Auto get fresh updates and new partner in Honda

Google is updating critical features for the millions of drivers who depend on its technology to help them get around.

Sep 24, 2021

Design meets artificial intelligence to create new visual search engine

Novel methods of searching the nation's gallery, library and museum collections could soon be revolutionized by a visual search platform designed in collaboration with Northumbria University.

Sep 16, 2021

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3D-printed objects that sense how a user is interacting with them

MIT researchers have developed a new method to 3D print mechanisms that detect how force is being applied to an object. The structures are made from a single piece of material, so they can be rapidly prototyped. A designer ...

Sep 14, 2021

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Apple users urged to download Pegasus spyware flaw fix

Apple users were urged Tuesday to update their devices after the tech giant announced a fix for a major software flaw that allows the Pegasus spyware to be installed on phones without so much as a click.

Sep 14, 2021

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Researchers develop toolkit to test Apple security, find vulnerability

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a software toolkit that allows users to test the hardware security of Apple devices. During their proof-of-concept demonstration, the research team identified ...

Sep 13, 2021

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A new dataset for better augmented and mixed reality

Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego have released OpenRooms, an new, open source dataset with tools that will help users manipulate objects, materials, lighting and other properties in indoor 3D ...

Sep 10, 2021

New tool maps future climate costs for airlines, passengers

When Phoenix temperatures topped 120 F in June 2017, American Airlines canceled dozens of flights at a local airport because the airplanes could not take off safely in the extreme heat. Scenarios like this are likely to become ...

Sep 09, 2021

We got a sneak peek at Elden Ring, a video game collab with 'Game of Thrones' author. Here's everything we learned

In video games, there's probably no studio that generates more excitement than FromSoftware.

Aug 30, 2021

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Back to school: Get a headstart on the year with these apps

Summer is almost over.

Aug 30, 2021

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Excel autocorrect errors still plague genetic research, raising concerns over scientific rigor

Autocorrection, or predictive text, is a common feature of many modern tech tools, from internet searches to messaging apps and word processors. Autocorrection can be a blessing, but when the algorithm makes mistakes it can ...

Aug 27, 2021

Call of Duty: Vanguard video game will take players back to World War II and the birth of special forces

Call of Duty is parachuting back into World War II.

Aug 20, 2021

With Madden NFL 22 arriving, these are the best football video games ever made

Are you ready for some football?

Aug 20, 2021

Understanding the rising threat of ransomware attacks

A rude awakening came to thousands of Americans in early May. Many motorists who had never seen the effects of a devastating ransomware attack found themselves scrambling to find a flowing gas pump, and waiting in massive ...

Aug 19, 2021

Google adds facial expression recognition to Android Accessibility Suite beta version

A team at XDA Developers has discovered that Google has added facial expression recognition to the beta version of the Android Accessibility Suite, which came with the beta version of Android 12. The new feature is called ...

Aug 17, 2021 report

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High-performance detection tool for ReDoS-vulnerability

Regular expressions (regexes) are widely used in different fields of computer science. However, the Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability forms a class of common and serious algorithmic complexity attacks.

Aug 16, 2021

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Smart-car identity and access management (IAM) system developed

A postgraduate student in City's Institute for Cyber Security (ICS) is attempting to plug the vulnerability gaps of smart cars to hacking and security breaches.

Aug 12, 2021