Amazon Now Has Machines to Automatically Box Up Orders
By: Victor Tangermann May 13, 2019 According to a Reuters exclusive, Amazon is rolling out specially-made machines that are capable of boxing up orders — a job currently held by thousands of human workers. The CartonWrap robots build cardboard boxes around orders as they come down an assembly line, according Reuters’ sources. Each one processes […]
A hacking ring stole millions by hijacking SIM cards, feds say
By: Colin Lecher May 12, 2019 Nine people have been charged in an alleged conspiracy to hijack SIM cards and steal cryptocurrency from unwitting victims, prosecutors said this week. The scheme, according to court documents, netted more than $2.4 million. In an unsealed indictment, prosecutors in the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of […]
Nearly All Cloud Breaches Down To Humans – Kaspersky Lab
By: Tom Jowitt May 09, 2019 Humans are to blame for a clear majority of all cloud breaches, security specialist Kaspersky Lab has warned. In its report, the firm found that social engineering of staff accounted for 90 percent of data breaches in the cloud. Security problems associated with staff is nothing new however. Four […]
UK Could Delay 5G Rollout Because Of Security Concerns – Minister
By: Tom Jowitt May 9, 2019 The United Kingdom could delay the rollout of 5G networks in this country because of security concerns, a senior government minister has admitted. The Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright added that he would not trade off the economic benefit of using cheap kit with security risk. “There is certainly the […]
FCC bans China Mobile from US, reviews other Chinese carriers
By: Marguerite Reardon May 9, 2019 The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to block China Mobile from providing service in the US and said it’s reviewing the status of other Chinese providers due to national security concerns. In a unanimous 5-0 vote, FCC commissioners rejected a 2011 application from China Mobile USA to provide services […]
Robot butlers operated by remote workers are coming to do your chores
By: James Vincent May 9, 2019 For pretty much as long as robots have existed, humans have wanted robot butlers: autonomous machines that do our bidding around the home. But our imagination exceeds our technological capabilities, and the closest we’ve come to building Rosie the Robot is either specialized machines like robot vacuum cleaners or […]
Plan to secure internet of things with new law
By: BBC NEWS May 1, 2019 The rapidly growing “internet of things” (IOT) – internet-connected gadgets – would have to be made more secure under proposed new laws. Security vulnerabilities that could be targeted by hackers have been found in everything from toy dolls to internet-connected ovens in recent years. The new laws would mean […]
Scientists have found a way to convert thoughts into speech
By: Mark Serrels April 30, 2019 Sure, speaking is great, and an effective method of communication, but what if that’s not a possibility? What if you suffer from some sort of paralysis or neurological impairment and you literally can’t speak? Researchers at the University of California think they’ve made a crucial first step at solving […]
Drone owners to be charged annual fee under new proposals
By: New York Times 30 April 2019 The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is consulting on introducing a licence fee to cover the costs of operating the new drone registration scheme. From November, drone owners would have to register their details on a database and drone flyers would complete a free online safety test. But a […]