Bernard Meyer, reporting for CyberNews: In a collaboration between CyberNews Sr. Information Security Researcher Mantas Sasnauskas and researchers James Clee and Roni Carta, suspicious backdoors have been discovered in a Chinese-made Jetstream router, sold exclusively at Walmart as their new line of “affordable” wifi routers. This backdoor would allow an attacker the ability to remotely control not only the routers, but…
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Twitter Is Considering Subscriptions Amid An Advertising Slump
Even though Twitter hit 186 million monetizable daily active users between April and June (up 34 percent year-over-year), it had an operating loss of $124 million during the quarter as ad revenue slowed. “With that in mind, the company says it’s looking into other revenue streams beyond advertising, which could include some form of subscriptions,” reports Entrepreneur. From the report: CEO…
What if super-puff planets have rings?
All 4 of the gas giant planets in our solar system – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune – are known to have rings. Could many of the so-called super-puff or cotton candy exoplanets have rings instead of super low densities? Source: https://earthsky.org/space/super-puff-cotton-candy-exoplanets-with-rings…
Forbes Criticizes Airbnb ‘Surveillance Bugs To Make Sure Guests Behave’
“So this is creepy,” writes a Forbes cybersecurity reporter, saying Airbnb “has put aside the stories of hosts secretly spying on guests” to promote a new line of devices Forbes calls “surveillance bugs to make sure guests behave.” Vice reports:
As part of its “party prevention” campaign, the home-sharing service is offering discounts on devices designed to alert hosts when there’s an…
Virgin Galactic Unveils New Line of Under Armour ‘Spacewear’ for Space Tourists
Virgin Galactic and partner Under Armour unveiled a new line of “spacewear” spacesuits for future passengers on SpaceShipTwo. Source: https://www.livescience.com/virgin-galactic-unveils-under-armour-spacesuits.html
Streaming Video Will Soon Look Like the Bad Old Days of TV
An anonymous Slashdot reader shares an opinion piece from The New York Times, written by Matthew Ball, former head of strategic planning for Amazon Studios. Here’s an excerpt: The next 12 months will see several video services come to market, including Disney+, AT&T/WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, Comcast/NBCUniversal’s unnamed service, Apple TV+ and Quibi from the Hollywood executive Jeffrey Katzenberg. This increased competition…
How Sydney Destroyed Its Trams For Love of the Car
An anonymous reader shares a report from The Guardian about the questionable decision in the 1950s to get rid of Sydney’s trams in favor of private cars. From the report: In the late 1950s Sydney ripped up its tram network, once one of the largest in the world. Nearly 1,000 trams — some only a few years old — were rolled…