Today’s Tech Sightings:
FILE – A photo illustration shows a USB device being plugged into a laptop computer in Berlin, Germany, (Reuters)
Countless Computers Vulnerable to MouseJack Attack Through Wireless Mice, Keyboards
Startup wireless security company Bastille reports that wireless mice and keyboards from several companies, including Amazon, Dell, Gigabyte, HP, Lenovo, Logitech and Microsoft can be hacked from 100 yards away or about three feet. The problem, called MouseJack, is the result of a vulnerability in the protocols between the devices and a computer’s USB wireless receivers.
Bill Gates: An Energy Miracle is Coming, and It’s Going to Change the World
In an interview with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Business Insider questioned the head of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation about climate change, energy, how to bring power to millions of people who don’t have it, and how the world’s billionaires can make an energy miracle happen.
Bill Gates Backs FBI as Public Opinion Weighs In on Apple Encryption Fight
The standoff between Apple and the U.S. government continues as Apple CEO Tim Cook remains unwilling to help law authorities break the encryption of an iPhone that belonged to a California mass shooter. And according to the Wall Street Journal, The U.S. Justice Department is now looking at court orders to force Apple to break the encryption on several other devices in about a dozen other cases. The controversy has also divided public opinion between Apple supporters and those backing the government.
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- White House Sees Robots Taking Well-paying Jobs
- How to Respond to a Cyberattack
- What Parents Don’t Get About Snapchat
- How 5G Networking Will Unleash Millions of Drones
- This IBM-powered Virtual Reality MMO Scans Your Body to Create an Avatar
