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Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity specialist Semtech has announced production of two new LoRa transceivers, the LR2012 and LR2022 ‒ part of the company's LoRa Plus range, alongside the earlier LR2021. "With the LR2022 and LR2012 now in production, there is a LoRa Plus chip for multiple IoT
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* Unisoc system-on-chip (SoC) devices – usually budget smartphones – are vulnerable to a video call-based exploit * Any smartphone can be used to place the call, with malicious code sent in call setup messages * Despite attempts, Unisoc did not respond to the disclosure Security researchers have demonstrated a weakness in several Unisoc SoC-based
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Ten devices, including a new HomePod mini and security camera, were accidentally leaked. * An Apple smart home display, rumored for years, also appears in the leak. * We expect Apple's product launch event to
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Cords and plugs seem to multiply as the years go on. How they got there is one question — what they actually do is another. If your tangled mess of wires, plugs and adapters has begun to spill out of the dedicated storage space, it’s time to do an audit.
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I wish Airbnb spycams were just an urban myth, but they are frighteningly real. People on vacation have discovered hidden surveillance devices from California to Texas, even internationally in spots like Ireland and Malaysia. The good news is that you can immediately report hidden cameras to Airbnb and it will
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Google is introducing several personalization updates. * You can now describe what you want in your Discover feed. * Discover will update immediately and remember what you said. Google has a new way to make sure you
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* GuidePoint observed “Ransom Busters” posing as recovery firms in ransomware incidents * Group claimed to hack RaaS panels, offering decryption keys for $20K–$60K * Researchers say it’s likely the same affiliates behind infections, not genuine rescuers Ransomware operations have evolved again, and this time around the crooks are pretending to
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Amazon has made its upgraded AI Alexa+ assistant available to all Fire TV device owners in the United States free of charge, no Amazon Prime membership or any kind of monthly subscription needed. This surprise gift from Bezos elevates Fire TV hardware without requiring users to download an app or
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* CareCloud confirmed March 16 2026 cyberattack exposed data of 3.7 million individuals * Attackers accessed one AWS environment, stealing personal records including names * Incident deemed non‑material but may incur remediation, legal, and reputational costs The March 2026 cyberattack on CareCloud exposed sensitive data on 3.7 million people, the
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Arduino Cloud has received some software development love, with its latest release gaining the ability for dashboards to spread across multiple pages and devices to be locked to a particular account — while Arduino App Lab users can now add their UNO Q single-board computers to the Arduino Cloud without having
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* Amazon has made Alexa+ free to use on Fire TV devices * You can ask it to find movie recommendations and also integrate it with other smart home devices * The best part is that you don't need an Amazon Prime membership to make the most of it Access to
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The GEN-1.5 robot model from Generalist AI learns new physical tasks from one demo, without gradient updates. The company describes GEN-1.5 as the first model it knows of to show one-shot and few-shot learning of physical skills at scale. That claim points at a specific trade-off: whether teaching
