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Stockholm: Microchipped office workers feel ‘very modern’ using hand-implanted chips to open doors
At the newly opened Epicenter office complex in central Stockholm, office workers have been opening doors and operating the photocopier with a chip implanted …
Banks to allow account access using fingerprint tech
Two banks are allowing their customers to access accounts on their smartphones using fingerprint recognition technology, in a UK industry first. RBS and NatWest …
Uh-oh: Samsung smart TVs don’t encrypt your captured voice data
Samsung does not encrypt voice recordings that are collected and transmitted by its smart TVs to a third party service, even though the company …
British army creates team of Facebook warriors
The British army is creating a special force of Facebook warriors, skilled in psychological operations and use of social media to engage in unconventional …
Android adware ‘infects millions’ of phones and tablets
Android users are being warned that several popular apps that were on the official Google Play store appear to have contained hidden code that …
Honey-trap cyber spies stole Syrian rebel plans
Hackers posing as beautiful women stole a trove of detailed battle plans from rebel groups fighting the Syrian government, a cyber security group has …
Police want app ‘Waze’ to be disabled
A smartphone app called Waze, which allows drivers to mark where they spot police cars along roadsides, is under fire by police officers who …
Smartphones cause drooping jowls and ‘tech-neck’ wrinkles in 18-39 year-olds
Dermatologists are blaming smartphones and tablets for causing sagging skin and wrinkles in younger generations, including a wrinkling condition dubbed “tech neck”. The latest …
Qualcomm flicks switch on Internet-connected light bulbs
Qualcomm on Monday unveiled easy-to-use blueprints to help manufacturers make LED light bulbs that use the chipmaker’s wifi technology to connect to the Internet. …
Study Suggests a Large Majority of Mobile Apps Fail Basic Security Tests
In general, we shouldn’t consider mobile apps particularly secure for the foreseeable future. That is if Gartner is correct in its latest analysis. The …
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