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Labor Day has become one of the biggest shopping events outside of Black Friday and Prime Day, and this year isn’t any different. In fact, we’re already seeing some sales that are delivering impressive discounts. Retailers are cutting prices across nearly every category, including tech, home, fitness and
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Labor Day has become one of the biggest shopping events outside of Black Friday and Prime Day, and this year isn’t any different. In fact, we’re already seeing some sales that are delivering impressive discounts. Retailers are cutting prices across nearly every category, including tech, home, fitness and
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* McKesson confirmed ShinyHunters breached its Snowflake and Salesforce, stealing 284M patient records * Data includes names, contact info, SSNs, and health details; ransom demand was $55.2M * Boston Scientific removed attackers but faces CRM device activation issues; attribution not confirmed Last week, two major healthcare organizations suffered highly disruptive cyberattacks: Boston
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Here at Connected World and The Peggy Smedley Show, we have spent the last few years talking about AI (artificial intelligence), and now there is an AI revolution happening—one that is much more physical, and it is happening on the factory floor. The 2026 Roadmap on Artificial Intelligence and
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Sonos, a name synonymous with effortless home audio, has had a somewhat spotty track record in recent years. The audio quality has been unfailingly excellent, but Sonos software efforts have been an enervating mix of doing too much and too little, leaving customers not just cold but actively frustrated. Its
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* Sygnia reports China‑linked Fire Ant expanding beyond virtualization to routers, TACACS, and Linux hosts * Compromised routers act as operational platforms * Campaign aims at “target behind the target,” leveraging trust relationships for broader espionage reach Fire Ant, a China-nexus cyberespionage group, is no longer targeting just virtualization platforms, it’s
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Tineco is showcasing its latest smart home care technology under the theme “The Future Cleans Itself,” at IFA 2026, demonstrating how automation can simplify tasks before, during and after cleaning. For years, Tineco has developed smart home care products designed to make everyday cleaning simpler, and in 2020, the brand
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John Ternus became chief executive of Apple on Tuesday. He is the eighth person to hold the job in the company’s 50 years, and the first engineer in the seat since Steve Jobs. Tim Cook spent his last day writing to staff. Chance Miller obtained the memo for 9to5Mac
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Smart homes have gotten really good at making things really complicated. Turning on a light can involve multiple steps, compared to just flipping a switch. Homey, the Dutch-based smart home platform owned by LG, thinks it has a solution. This week it launched the Homey Portal, a touchscreen smart home
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* Huntress reports DPRK job seekers expanding beyond tech into healthcare, sales, and marketing * North Koreans use stolen identities, forged documents, AI tools, and proxies to bypass detection * Campaign dubbed “IT worker scheme” continues, posing sanctions risks and unique detection challenges North Koreans looking to get hired by western companies are
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Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. After launching a budget-friendly flood sensor last month with impressive battery life, Shelly announced a new $49.99 security camera
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* Proofpoint observed PackClient RAT sold on Telegram, used by group TA4922 * Attack spoofed tax authority emails in China and India, delivering PackClient installer * RAT offers advanced features; researchers warn broader adoption likely beyond Asia For almost three months, Chinese hackers have been distributing an advanced Remote Access Trojan (RAT) called
