News in the Technology category

Adding Noise to Images Is Enough to Fool Google's Top-Notch Image Recognition AI

A team of computer experts from the Network Security Lab (NSL) at the University of Washington proved this week that a determined adversary could trick Google's Cloud Vision API into misclassifying submitted images.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 19, 2017
- 10:25 AM
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Google Retires Octane JavaScript Benchmark Because It Did More Harm Than Good

Google announced it was retiring its Octane JavaScript benchmark, saying most of its tests are outdated and contained bugs that allowed browser developers to cheat and obtain higher scores than intended.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 14, 2017
- 06:00 PM
- 0
Former Sysadmin Accused of Planting "Time Bomb" in Company's Database

Allegro MicroSystems LLC is suing a former IT employee for sabotaging its database using a "time bomb" that deleted crucial financial data in the first week of the new fiscal year.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 13, 2017
- 03:20 PM
- 3
Is a Smart Oven "Smart" If It Can Be Hijacked via SMS?

Security researchers from Pen Test Partners have discovered pretty glaring security flaws in Aga's line of smart ovens.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 13, 2017
- 08:43 AM
- 0
Microsoft Edge Beats Chrome by Over Three Hours in New Battery Usage Test

With the launch of the Windows 10 Creators Update and Edge 40 (EdgeHTML 15), Microsoft has released a new battery usage test that, naturally, trashes the company's competition.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 12, 2017
- 09:48 AM
- 1
Google Chrome Uses New Feature to Prevent Unexpected Page Jumps

With little fanfare, Google added a new Chrome feature that prevents the content of current pages from jumping up or down as other content gets loaded on the same page.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 12, 2017
- 07:08 AM
- 2
Firefox Will Add a Settings Section That Lets You Control "Performance"

Mozilla engineers are working on a new section in the browser's preferences that will let users control the browser's performance.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 11, 2017
- 04:32 AM
- 1
Scientists Create New Material That May Lead to Self-Healing Electronics

Scientists have developed a new type of material that could be used in the future to create self-healing electronics, such as smartphones, batteries, speakers, robotics, and others.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 09, 2017
- 03:00 AM
- 0
Server Snafu Exposes Ask.com User Search Queries via Internal Status Page

The Ask.com search engine went through some sort of technical issue late last night, as its servers were exposing the internal Apache server status page, revealing recently processed search queries.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 08, 2017
- 08:30 AM
- 0
Researchers Troll Google Video AI with Images of Audi Cars and Spaghetti

Google's recently launched video classification API is not as smart as people expected, according to new research published by a three-man team from the Univerisity of Washington.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 07, 2017
- 02:38 PM
- 2
New Malware Intentionally Bricks IoT Devices

A new malware strain called BrickerBot is bricking Internet of Things (IoT) devices around the world by corrupting their storage capability and reconfiguring kernel parameters.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 06, 2017
- 12:55 PM
- 0
Crooks Founded Two ISPs to Hide Illegal TV Streaming Platform

A group of criminals went as far as to register and manage two Internet Service Providers in two different countries in order to manage an illegal TV streaming platform that offered IPTV (IP Television) service to customers all over the world.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 06, 2017
- 10:00 AM
- 0
Amazon to Refund $70 Million of Unauthorized In-App Charges Made by Children

Amazon and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have agreed to drop all ongoing litigation, paving the way for Amazon to refund over $70 million to customers whose kids made unauthorized in-app purchases.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 06, 2017
- 06:52 AM
- 2
IoT Vendor Bricks Customer Product Following Negative Reviews

Over the weekend, a disgruntled customer was taught a lesson in civility after the owner of an IoT company disabled client's product after a post on the vendor's forum and a negative Amazon review.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 05, 2017
- 02:57 AM
- 10
This IoT Dildo Has an Embedded WiFi Streaming Camera and Laughable Security

A "smart" dildo with an embedded video camera, sold under the name of Siime Eye and created and assembled by US manufacturer Svakom, contains a slew of security flaws that allow attackers to watch video streams without authorization and even go as far as to replace firmware and completely take over the device.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 03, 2017
- 01:45 PM
- 7
Tech News Brief: Twitter's New Avatars, CodePlex Shuts Down, IAAF & NY Post Hacked

A quick round-up of various stories going on in tech right now
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 03, 2017
- 10:56 AM
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