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A special thanks goes to the Verizon Connect team who’s been working very hard on the project: Matteo Simoncini, Luca Bravi, Alberto Rossettini, Martin Villarruel, Ceyhun Unlu, Adriel Zuquini, Andrea Benericetti. Fleet managers today face an overwhelming challenge: transforming data overload into actionable insights. When you’re managing thousands
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Gemini can trigger smart home routines based on what your cameras see. Google is updating Gemini for Home, the version of its AI assistant for smart homes, with new camera-based automations, reliability improvements and an updated version of the Google Home app. Gemini for Home launched in early access in
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * The best security camera isn't the one with the highest resolution or longest feature list. * Placement, storage, and ease of use are far more important. * If you're shopping for a security
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Qualcomm Inc. has reportedly secured a multi-million unit agreement with TikTok parent ByteDance to supply custom artificial intelligence chips for its data centers. The deal could represent a landmark victory for the San Diego-based chipmaker as it aggressively expands beyond its traditional stronghold in smartphone, automotive, and PC processors and
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* The UK government's online safety consultation just ended * This, and comments from officials, suggest we'll see new rules soon for under-16s * A ban might not be coming, but some features could be restricted The UK government is expected to announce some kind of social media crackdown
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* CrowdStrike, Google, and Shadowserver jointly dismantled the Glassworm botnet on May 26, 2026, by disrupting all four of its resilient C2 channels simultaneously * Active since early 2025, Glassworm spread via trojanized VSCode extensions, poisoned npm/Python packages, and compromised GitHub repos, stealing developer credentials and deploying GlasswormRAT across Windows, macOS,
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* June 2026 PS Plus Games have been revealed * Among them is Grounded Fully Yolked Edition * This Xbox-published game was once an Xbox exclusive, and now PS Plus members get it for free June is days away and that means a fresh new batch of PS Plus Essential games is about
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The Tech Panda takes a look at recent tech launches. CleanTech: An Initiative for On-Site Sanitary & Biomedical Waste Processing Neo San, a Bengaluru-based clean-technology company that develops a range of highly efficient, on-site thermal waste-processors, has been awarded for their patented innovation by UpLink, the early-stage innovation engine of
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* Secwest discloses CVE‑2026‑48710 (“BadHost”), a high‑severity flaw in Starlette that lets attackers abuse malformed Host headers to bypass security checks and exfiltrate sensitive data * Starlette underpins frameworks like FastAPI and is widely deployed; researchers warn the 7/10 score understates the risk, with AI agent, biopharma, IoT,
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* Charter Communications confirmed a breach after ShinyHunters listed it on their leak site * Hackers claim 40 million customer records were stolen via a vishing attack on April 1 2026 * Attackers allegedly accessed a Microsoft Entra account, pulled data from Salesforce, and exfiltrated customer names, emails, addresses, phone numbers, plan info,
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Niantic and Spexi are combining drone networks with 3D physical AI to automate high-resolution infrastructure inspections at scale. Rendering an accurate digital twin of physical assets across potentially thousands of acres requires overcoming severe data collection barriers. Standard satellite imagery lacks the resolution required for detailed asset management or energy
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* Ducati's new coffee maker celebrates "100 years of Italian engineering" * The machine takes Nespresso pods, and is made by a Swiss company * It's available to pre-order now for about $2,000 / £1,500 / AU$2,800 To mark its 100th anniversary, motorcycle brand Ducati
