Hacker Summer Camp: new threats at Black Hat and DEF CON
This year’s Black Hat Briefings and DEF CON conference returned to Las Vegas with new vulnerabilities and exploits currently plaguing…
HTC announces China-exclusive Vive Standalone headset
On Wednesday, HTC announced it was developing a Vive Standalone VR headset in partnership with Qualcomm, who will supply the…
Xiaomi introduces $45 Mi AI speaker in China
On Wednesday, Xiaomi introduced the Mi 5X smartphone and, alongside it, the Mi AI speaker. The smart hub is the…
U.S. now requires travelers to screen devices larger than phone
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the United States announced on Wednesday that it would enforce stronger security measures in…
Cochlear and Apple develop first sound processor Made for iPhone
On Wednesday, Cochlear Limited revealed the Nucleus 7 Sound Processor, a device that streams sound directly from iOS-compatible devices like…
Star Wars gets the theme park treatment with Galaxy’s Edge
On Saturday, Disney executives revealed Galaxy’s Edge as the official name of their two Star Wars theme park expansions coming…
Kaspersky Labs launches free antivirus globally
On Tuesday, Eugene Kaspersky announced the launch of Kaspersky Free, a free version of its antivirus software. The suite has…
Adobe will kill Flash in 2020
On Tuesday, Adobe Systems announced it will be ending development and distribution of Flash by the year 2020, effectively killing…
Lockheed Martin will turn Space Shuttle capsule into Mars habitat
Last week, Lockheed Martin announced that it would start Phase II of its Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP)…
Microsoft’s HPU 2.0 to power next-gen HoloLens devices
On Sunday, the Microsoft Research team announced they were developing a Holographic Processing Unit (HPU) along with an AI coprocessor…