YouTube TV adds channels and raises price—you can’t opt out of either change
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YouTube launched its competitor to cable TV two years ago, charging $35 a month, but it’s now over 40 percent more expensive.
Google raised the …
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Illinois bill banning eavesdropping by IoT devices defanged by tech lobby
Enlarge / Illinois’ Senate had a bill that would ban devices from eavesdropping without telling you. But the Internet Alliance made sure the bill as passed would have no teeth.
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Panasonic stops investing in Tesla Gigafactories as sales slump
Enlarge / The Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, as seen in 2017. (credit: Tesla)
On Thursday morning, Japan’s Nikkei Asian Review reported that Panasonic has decided to stop its planned investments in Tesla’s Gigafactories. The two companies had planned to boost
Serious flaws leave WPA3 vulnerable to hacks that steal Wi-Fi passwords
Enlarge / Artist’s impression of wireless hackers in your computer.
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The next-generation Wi-Fi Protected Access protocol released 15 months ago was once hailed by key architects as resistant …
After pushback from states and cities, Amazon Go might accept cash
According to CNBC, Amazon executive Steve Kessel told employees at a recent all-hands meeting that the company’s brick-and-mortar, cashier-less Amazon Go stores would start accepting “additional payment mechanisms” to combat …
Japanese F-35 crashed into Pacific, rest of fleet grounded
Enlarge / An F-35 fighter aircraft of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force was lost in the Pacific on Tuesday.
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On Tuesday, a Japanese Air Self …
DHS, FBI say election systems in 50 states were targeted in 2016
Enlarge / Voter registration data was one of the targets of Russian hacking efforts in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election—which DHS and FBI analysts now say went after systems in every state.
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Mysterious safety-tampering malware infects a second critical infrastructure site
Enlarge / Critical infrastructure sites such as this oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, rely on safety systems.
Sixteen months ago, researchers reported an unsettling escalation in …
Dutch F-16 flies into its own bullets, scores self-inflicted hits
Enlarge / A Dutch Air Force F-16 had a close encounter with its own cannon shells in January.
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The Netherlands’ Defense Safety Inspection Agency (Inspectie …