Trust

Ubiquiti, maker of prosumer routers and access points, has had a data breach

Ubiquiti, the company I bought networking gear from because I wanted Wi-Fi that’s totally under my control, now tells me something may not have been under my control after all: my basic account information. According to an email it’s sending out to users today, a “third party cloud provider” was accessed by an unauthorized user,… Read more

secIT Digital: From cyber insurance, Emotet self-tests and Zero Trust

The editorial program of the secIT Digital security conference is now available on the website. The editors of c’t, heise Security and iX handpicked the topics and speakers. Tickets for the three-day event are currently still available for 199 euros. The contents count The secIT Digital finds from 23. to 25. February digitally. The aim… Read more

Why Chamberlain built a $3,000 automatic garage door for your dog

My garage door opener is one of the most boring pieces of tech in my house, made by a company that’s 67 years old. The one I bought last year looks almost identical to the ones it released a decade ago. But for the past 16 months, a small band of developers at Chamberlain has… Read more

Well Organized: Timeboxing

Time also needs to be planned and organized so that it can be used as effectively as possible. You can find out how this can be done in this article on the method of timeboxing. At some point in my life I read the following sentence: ” Work expands to the extent that time is… Read more

Federal courts go low-tech for sensitive documents following SolarWinds hack

The list of companies and agencies discovering that they’ve been affected by the SolarWinds hack is still growing, and they’re working with a big unknown: how far the hackers got into their systems. The federal judiciary system is likely now one of them (via The Wall Street Journal), and it isn’t taking any chances. It’s… Read more

Police warn colleagues: be careful with private chats

The Berlin police have warned their officers to be careful and cautious in private chats and chat groups. Disrespectful statements, even if they are meant jokingly, could lead to problems with the employer or even be punishable, the police wrote in an “employee information sheet on the use of private messenger services”. “The exchange in… Read more

The trade fair industry hopes for the recovery of classic business in 2021

When Markus Geisenberger and Martin Buhl-Wagner talk about 2021, there is a lot of talk about confidence. You are the managing director of Leipziger Messe and after the disastrous Corona year 2020 you want to go back to conventional trade fairs with personal meetings. “We humans are social beings. We want to experience ourselves personally… Read more

Intel RealSense ID – face recognition based on neural networks

Intel has expanded its RealSense series of camera technologies to include a face recognition product. RealSense ID should be a simple but secure solution for authentication. Intel sees the purpose of RealSense ID in sensitive areas such as access control in the financial sector or healthcare. According to the company, RealSense ID combines a 3D… Read more

Third television program with the highest market share in 16 years

ARD has reason to be happy: With nationwide 000, 7 percent achieved their third-party television programs 2020 together the highest market share and thus the greatest audience success since 16 Years. Converted to absolute numbers, an average of 24, 8 million people tuned into one of the third programs of the ARD. The ARD announced… Read more

Google’s Wing warns new drone laws ‘may have unintended consequences’ for privacy

This past week, the US government made the single biggest, most impactful set of changes to drone law we’ve yet seen — ruling that almost every drone in US airspace will need to broadcast their locations, as well as the location of their pilots, in order to “address safety, national security, and law enforcement concerns… Read more

You’re Not Ready For Gigabyte’s First Custom RX 6900 XT

Home News (Image credit: Gigabyte) It’s been quite a while since AMD revealed its RDNA 2 based Radeon 6000 graphics cards, and while the RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT, which are among the best graphics cards, have seen plenty of custom versions already, the RX 6900 XT has, so far, only been dished in… Read more

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold Review: Durable, but Major First-Gen Vibes

Our Verdict The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold, the first folding-screen PC, shows a clever way of moving mobile computing forward and is built solid. But there are some kinks to work out in Windows 10 and other software. For Folding OLED display Feels surprisingly durable Luxury materials No bloatware Against Starts at $2,499 without accessories… Read more

Artificial intelligence, analytics, generational change: from SAS 7 forecasts on the trends that will characterize 2021

The 2020 was a year of unpredictability, which however gave a great boost to communication and collaboration technologies, but also to intelligence artificial and analytics. What should we expect for 2020? The opinion of SAS by Alberto Falchi published 24 December 2020 , at 08: 21 in the Innovation channel Sas artificial intelligence The 2020… Read more

Telegram introduces group voice chats! Here are all the news of the new version

Important news for Telegram that decides to release just before Christmas an update that allows you to have group voice chats. A novelty that has already been released and that will undoubtedly make all users of groups in the messaging system happy. by Bruno Mucciarelli published 23 December 2020 , at 15: 01 in the… Read more

Xiaomi Mi 11 prices leaked – to start around $700

Xiaomi is expected to unveil its new Mi 11 phones on Monday, December 28, and today a leak from China revealed how much the base version costs. According to sources, pricing will begin from CNY4,500 or $687/€565 for the 8/128GB option. If we can trust this leaked image, the 8/256 GB option of the Xiaomi… Read more