Today’s Tech Sightings: Android Pattern Lock Might Be Vulnerable to (Very Determined) Thieves The chances of this happening are low, but if you are unlocking your Android smartphone with Pattern Lock in a public place and someone videotapes or watches the motions, then that hacker might be able to replicate the password and gain access […]
Android Pattern Lock Vulnerable to Attack; the Age of IoT Botnets
Posted January 24th, 2017 at 2:04 pm (UTC-4)
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Best Mobile Connectivity Is in Korea; Web Tracking Is on the Rise
Posted August 17th, 2016 at 12:11 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: OpenSignal: Koreans Enjoy Best Mobile Internet, Dutch Spend Most Time on Wi-Fi A new report from wireless signal mapping company OpenSignal places South Korea at the top of the list of countries enjoying 3G mobile connectivity 93 percent of the time, followed by Japan and Israel. The U.S. took 17th place with […]
The Age of Smartphone Fondling; Beware: New, Lying Ransomware
Posted July 13th, 2016 at 1:35 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Research Shows We Touch Our Cell Phones 2,617 Times Per Day How many times do you admire and fondle your phone every day? Well, a new study from research firm dscout found that the top 10 percent of extreme cell phone users touch their phones more than 5,400 times daily. The average […]
Pakistan Goes for Robocup Glory; Russia’s New Online Spying Laws
Posted June 27th, 2016 at 9:36 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Pakistani Roboteers Hunt Global Soccer Glory For the first time, students at Pakistan’s National University of Science and Technology will participate in the annual RoboCup tournament, held this year in Leipzig, Germany, June 30–July 4. The Pakistani ‘team’ of six humanoid robots was purchased from France, costing about $17,000 each. Russia’s State […]
Apple Pulls Refugee ‘I Sea’ App; Preserving Digital History
Posted June 21st, 2016 at 11:59 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: App That Falsely Claimed to Aid Refugees at Sea Pulled From App Store Apple has pulled from its App Store an app called I Sea that claimed it could help find refugees lost at sea by showing real-time satellite footage of the Mediterranean Sea. But developers found the app only shows the […]
Asia Mobile Banking Apps Riddled With Malware
Posted April 15th, 2016 at 10:55 am (UTC-4)
Mobile users are more likely to fall victim to cyberattacks in Asia than in any other region, in part because the continent’s Android mobile banking system is riddled with malware, thanks to a lack of awareness and the proliferation of third-party software. While cybercriminals are likely to attack wherever they can get a foothold, the […]
Google AI Wins Second Go Match; Future Hacks Could Cause Injuries
Posted March 10th, 2016 at 11:57 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Google’s AI Wins Pivotal Second Game in Match With Go Grandmaster AlphaGo, Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program, won a second round in the ancient Chinese board game Go against grandmaster Lee Sedol. No machine has ever beaten humans at Go, a complex strategy game where players vie for more ground. AlphaGo needs […]
Dropbox Malware Found; Google Denies Deception in Tracking Kids
Posted December 3rd, 2015 at 11:55 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: New Malware Found Hidden Inside Dropbox Account Researchers at U.S.-based security firm FireEye have discovered a new malware in Hong Kong that hides its Command and Control server in Dropbox accounts. The hackers, called ‘admin@338,’ are thought to have ties to the Chinese government. The malware targets media organizations and creates a […]
Online Abuse Dilemma; Windows 10; Apple Apps; Hammer of Thor PC
Posted June 2nd, 2015 at 2:31 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: The US Supreme Court Just Made the Web Even More Hostile for Women The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that violent statements on social media websites and the Web in general are not enough to consider the perpetrator’s behavior threatening and that his state of mind at the time should be […]
Silicon Valley Diversity; S. Korea Lifts Browser Rule; Can Tech Save Failing Aircraft?
Posted April 2nd, 2015 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Can Technology Steer a Plane Away From Disaster? The Germanwings Flight 9525 that was deliberately slammed into the French Alps last week, killing 150 people, has ignited renewed calls among aviation experts to develop and deploy software that can control an aircraft and automatically steer it to safety if it loses altitude. […]