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How do you get peace of mind without filling your home or office — or rental property — with cameras and listening devices? Minut offers you a smart home sensor that’s built around privacy. So, what is Minut? Minut is a noise, temperature, and motion sensor that has been built for privacy that’s aimed primarily […] More
AMD Ryzen Pro 4000: First look AMD is pitching its new Ryzen PRO 4000 processors as “the new standard for modern business PCs” offering what is claimed to be the best performing processor, the most advanced technology, … More
A judge has ruled that Capital One must release the forensic report prepared by Mandiant following a data breach, of which the company is now being sued over. On Tuesday, Judge John Anderson from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that Capital One is required to provide a copy of […] More
Two days ago, the government of India announced, in a seemingly miraculous turn of events, that it would publicly release the source code for its coronavirus contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu, which has already had close to 120 million downloads. The app, which uses Bluetooth to locate infected phone users, was rolled out soon after the COVID-19 outbreak […] More
techrepublic cheat sheet GitHub has issued a security alert on Thursday warning about a new malware strain that’s been spreading on its site via boobytrapped Java projects. The malware, which GitHub’s security team has named Octopus Scanner, has been found in projects managed using the Apache NetBeans IDE (integrated development environment), a tool used to […] More
Toll Group has said it was making “good progress” with the restoration of its key online systems, following the ransomware attack it suffered after a January infection. In an update posted on Friday, the company said MyToll customers could now access most features and its Track and Trace function is available for a number of services, […] More
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is taking Clearview AI to court, claiming the company’s facial surveillance activities violate the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and “represent an unprecedented threat to our security and safety”. The legal action, brought on by lawyers at the ACLU of Illinois and the law firm Edelson PC, is […] More
Google announced today plans to enable its new anti-notification spam system in Chrome over the summer, with the release of Chrome 84, on July 12, 2020. Known internally as the “quieter notification permission UI,” this Chrome component works by blocking sites from showing notification requests, which are hidden under an icon in the Chrome URL […] More
