One beta tester of SpaceX’s new Starlink satellite internet service is a Reddit user named “wandering-coder”. This week they shared their experience online, testing the equpiment in a national forest which gets no cell service from any carrier — and using it to upload this report: Works beautifully. I did a realtime video call and some tests. My power supply is…
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Here Comes the Internet of Plastic Things, No Batteries Or Electronics Required
An anonymous reader quotes a report from IEEE Spectrum: When technologists talk about the “Internet of Things” (IoT), they often gloss over the fact that all these interconnected things need batteries and electronics to carry out the job of collecting and processing data while they’re communicating to one another. This job is made even more challenging when you consider that many…
PS5 Teardown Video Confirms Faster Wi-Fi and USB Ports Than Xbox Series X
Sony’s recently-released PS5 teardown video gives us a closer look at the PS5, and confirms that the speed of the console’s Wi-Fi antenna and USB ports are faster than those available in the Xbox Series X. GamesRadar+ reports: As spotted by VG247, the teardown confirms a few new hardware details about PS5. For starters, we know the console’s Wi-Fi antenna supports…
Cloudflare’s 23-Minute Outage Today Also Took Down Major Web Sites
“Many major websites and services were unreachable for a period Friday afternoon due to issues at Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS service,” reports TechCrunch: The outage seems to have started at about 2:15 Pacific time and lasted for about 25 minutes before connections began to be restored. Google DNS may also have been affected. Cloudflare at 2:46 says “the issue has been identified…
Over 100 Wi-Fi Routers Fail Major Security Test — Protect Yourself Now
schwit1 shares a report from Tom’s Guide: Using its own analytical software, the [Fraunhofer Institute] tested the most recently available firmware for 117 home Wi-Fi models currently sold in Europe, including routers from ASUS, D-Link, Linksys, Netgear, TP-Link, Zyxel and the small German brand AVM. The models themselves were not physically tested. A full list of the tested models and firmware…
Linksys Asks Users To Reset Passwords After Hackers Hijacked Home Routers Last Month
Router vendor Linksys has locked user accounts on its Smart WiFi cloud service and is asking them to reset passwords after hackers have been observed hijacking accounts and changing router settings to redirect users to malware sites. From a report: Linksys’ decision only impacts Smart WiFi accounts. Linksys Smart WiFi is a cloud-based account system that lets device owners connect to…
Huawei’s Silicon Valley Outpost Allegedly Stole Trade Secrets From Cisco
“Controversial Chinese technology firm Huawei and its Santa Clara-based subsidiary Futurewei allegedly stole trade secrets from San Jose tech giant Cisco and used them to copy Cisco routers,” reports the San Jose Mercury News, citing the federal indictment released Thursday. The U.S. Department of Justice claimed in its racketeering indictment and a news release that Huawei and its Silicon Valley subsidiary…
Notorious Crime Gang Targets Internet Routers Using Tomato Firmware
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Internet routers running the Tomato alternative firmware are under active attack by a self-propagating exploit that searches for devices using default credentials. When credentials are found, the exploit then makes the routers part of a botnet that’s used in a host of online attacks, researchers said on Tuesday. The Muhstik botnet came…
Telnet Passwords Leaked For More Than 500,000 Servers, Routers, and IoT Devices
ZDNet is reporting on a security breach leaking “a massive list of Telnet credentials for more than 515,000 servers, home routers, and IoT (Internet of Things) ‘smart’ devices.”
The list, which was published on a popular hacking forum, includes each device’s IP address, along with a username and password for the Telnet service, a remote access protocol that can be used to…
‘Maximum PC’ Magazine Accurately Predicted Apple TV-Like Devices In 2001
Slashdot reader alaskana98 writes:
In the February 2001 issue of Maximum PC, technical editor Will Smith described in his column what he would like to see in the “perfect set-top box”. At a time when arguably the best ‘PVR’ experience was being provided by the first iterations of the Tivo (with no HDTV or LAN connectivity), Will’s description of what a set-top…