An unusually advanced hacking group has spent almost two years infecting a wide range of routers in North America and Europe with malware that takes full control of connected devices running Windows, macOS, and Linux, researchers reported on June 28. So far, researchers from Lumen Technologies’ Black Lotus Labs say they’ve identified at least 80… Continue reading A New, Remarkably Sophisticated Malware Is Attacking Routers
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How Dobbs Threatens to Torpedo Privacy Rights in the US
In future cases, the Supreme Court continued to acknowledge that its heightened protection for privacy rights was a product of substantive due process review while insisting that this was consistent with the rejection of Lochner because it applied only to “fundamental” liberty interests. As a result, the court’s doctrine required differentiating “fundamental” liberty interests, for… Continue reading How Dobbs Threatens to Torpedo Privacy Rights in the US
The Best Electric Cargo Bikes for Families
There are a number of physical, philosophical, environmental, and logistical reasons why it’s better to hop on a bike than it is to drive a car. Gas prices are rising. The Earth is on fire. And yet, somehow, it’s easy to ignore all this when you’re late to work and have yet to wrestle pants… Continue reading The Best Electric Cargo Bikes for Families
B&W’s Px7 S2 Headphones Set a High Bar for Sound
It’s one thing to pick a fight with the biggest kid in the playground. It’s quite another to attempt to do it on your own terms. But with its new Px7 S2 wireless over-ear headphones, Bowers & Wilkins has basically squared up to Sony and enquired as to whether or not the Japanese behemoth would… Continue reading B&W’s Px7 S2 Headphones Set a High Bar for Sound
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV Is Astonishingly Aerodynamic
Hyundai is on a roll. Global sales are up 4 percent, despite ongoing pandemic and supply chain issues, and sales outside of its native South Korea are up an impressive 7 percent. Then there is the small matter of awards. Of the top three 2022 World Car of the Year finalists, an accolade conferred by… Continue reading The Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV Is Astonishingly Aerodynamic
‘Supercookies’ Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm
Customers of some phone companies in Germany, including Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom, have had a slightly different browsing experience from those on other providers since early April. Rather than seeing ads through regular third-party tracking cookies stored on devices, they’ve been part of a trial called TrustPid. TrustPid allows mobile carriers to generate pseudo-anonymous tokens… Continue reading ‘Supercookies’ Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm
Shopping for a Router Sucks. Here’s What You Need to Know
Everyone wants reliable and fast internet, and a good router can help. The trick is to work out how the complicated mess of standards, confusing acronyms, and sci-fi-sounding features translate to better Wi-Fi in your home. Join us as we tear back the curtain to reveal the pertinent facts about Wi-Fi, routers, mesh systems, and… Continue reading Shopping for a Router Sucks. Here’s What You Need to Know
Behold the Weird Physics of Double-Impact Asteroids
The best candidate for a binary crater on Earth today is the Lockne crater in Sweden and a smaller crater nearby called Målingen. “We dated these structures very exactly and saw that they formed at exactly the same age,” about 450 million years ago, says Jens Ormö from the Astrobiology Center in Spain, who led… Continue reading Behold the Weird Physics of Double-Impact Asteroids
Are You Ready to Be Surveilled Like a Sex Worker?
Additionally, many traditional methods for maintaining relative anonymity on the internet are likely to begin to evaporate. Consider that institutions subject to the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which requires libraries and schools to block access to content that may be “harmful to minors,” will have to decide whether to allow public access to abortion… Continue reading Are You Ready to Be Surveilled Like a Sex Worker?
The Best Sunglasses for Every Outdoor Adventure
Sunglasses are a must for any time of year. They protect your eyes from UV light and reduce the chance of conditions like cataracts and macular degeneration. They also reduce eyestrain when it’s bright outside, and they eliminate disorienting glare while driving. Plus, they help to shield your eyes from wind, rain, and flying debris.… Continue reading The Best Sunglasses for Every Outdoor Adventure