InvizBox 2 redefines what “privacy” routers can do
Enlarge / The InvizBox 2 router: out-of-the-box VPN, easy Tor, and lots of ad and content blocking tools.
Four years ago, in the wake of some controversy …
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GM and Tesla unlock connected car features to help with Hurricane Dorian
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With Hurricane Dorian threatening the East Coast, some automakers are leveraging their networks of connected cars to help out. General Motors is offering its free OnStar Crisis Assist to owners in Dorian-threatened areas,
Volkswagen’s electric racer conquers China’s Tianmen Mountain road
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The VW ID. R got a new look for its Chinese adventure. [credit: Volkswagen Motorsport ]
What do you do when the electric race car you built to beat Pikes Peak shatters the record on its first attempt? If you’re
Antonio Neri and Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s cultural revolution
Enlarge / Antonio Neri, president and chief executive officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), speaks during the HPE Discovery conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Neri is pivoting HPE toward delivering all its products as
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Armed with iOS 0days, hackers indiscriminately infected iPhones for two years
Hackers exploited more than a dozen iOS vulnerabilities—most of them unpatched zerodays—in a two-year campaign that stole photos, emails, log-in credentials, and more from iPhones and iPads, …
Comcast, beware: New city-run broadband offers 1Gbps for $60 a month
You can check out any time you’d like, but you can never… well, you know the song.
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A municipal broadband service in Fort Collins, Colorado went live for …
Rash of ransomware continues with 13 new victims—most of them schools
As investigations into a massive, coordinated ransomware attack against local governments in Texas continues, 13 new victims of ransomware attacks have been publicly identified. Most of them …
Snake oil or genius? Crown Sterling tells its side of Black Hat controversy
Enlarge / Crown Sterling’s presentation at Black Hat triggered cryptography experts.
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Robert Grant is a reluctant cryptographer.
“The last thing I would’ve wanted to do …
Google Play apps with 1.5 million downloads drained batteries and slowed devices
Researchers have discovered two Google Play apps with more than 1.5 million downloads engaging in a new form of click fraud that drained batteries, slowed performance, and increased mobile data …