Boeing takes $5 billion hit as Indonesian airline cancels 737 MAX order
Enlarge / A Garuda Indonesia 737-800. The airline is moving to cancel orders for the 737 MAX after the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes.
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AT&T’s “5G E” is actually slower than Verizon and T-Mobile 4G, study finds
Enlarge / Screenshot from an AT&T commercial.
AT&T’s “5G E” service is slightly slower than Verizon’s and T-Mobile’s advanced 4G LTE networks, a study by OpenSignal has …
Facebook apps logged users’ passwords in plaintext, because why not
Enlarge / Facebook Lite users made up the majority of Facebook accounts exposed internally by plaintext password logging, according to a Facebook spokesperson.
Facebook has mined a lot of data …
Critical flaw lets hackers control lifesaving devices implanted inside patients
Enlarge / An X-ray showing an cardio defibrillator implanted in a patient.
The federal government on Thursday warned of a serious flaw in Medtronic cardio defibrillators that allows attackers to …
They didn’t buy the DLC: feature that could’ve prevented 737 crashes was sold as an option
The crashed Lion Air 737 MAX and the Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX aircraft had more in common than aircraft design and the apparently malfunctioning flight system that led to their …
First-person digger: Stanley Black & Decker’s game controller for excavators
Enlarge / An operator puts an excavator to work with a game-style controller using Stanley’s ROC remote operating system.
Stanley Black & Decker
In a parking lot at an industrial …
T-Mobile’s $50 home Internet service has no data cap, but plenty of limits
T-Mobile today said it is starting “an invitation-only pilot for in-home Internet service on LTE” and will connect up to 50,000 homes this year in rural and underserved parts of …
AT&T and Comcast claim “anti-robocalling milestone” with new Caller ID tech
Enlarge / The AT&T logo is displayed at a retail store in Washington, DC, on Monday, March 21, 2011.
AT&T and Comcast today said they’ve completed a successful cross-network test …
“Severe” ransomware attack cripples big aluminum producer
Enlarge / Notes posted on a window of Norsk Hydro’s headquarters in Norway on March 19, 2019.
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One of the world’s biggest producers of aluminum has been hit …
Facebook: No one reported NZ shooting video during 17-minute livestream
Enlarge / CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND—MARCH 19: People look on as men pray in a park near Al Noor mosque after a terrorist attack that killed 50 people.
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