Author: Randall

7-Eleven Japan’s weak app security led to a $500,000 customer loss

[ad_1] The app was troubled from the start, with customers complaining of illegal transactions made through their accounts since day one. According to ZDNet, the app’s poorly designed password retrieval method was to blame. Instead of automatically sending an email to the address users had on file, the app allowed them to retrieve their passwords […]

Huawei is helping all the UK’s top carriers build their 5G networks

[ad_1] The companies are all believed to be using Huawei technology in the “non-core” elements of their networks. That would be in line with the UK government’s rumored strategy, but they’re still gambling that officials won’t take a stricter attitude and issue an outright ban on Huawei networking gear. There might be reasons to take […]

Watch VW’s electric race car smash a 20-year-old Goodwood record

[ad_1] The trick, as you might imagine, was to save weight. Unlike the Pikes Peak variant, the ID.R at Goodwood was optimized for a “sprint” — it carried a smaller battery pack tuned for a brief but fierce assault up the 1.16-mile hill. There won’t be too many complaints given that an F1 car set […]

The surprising story behind the Apple Watch’s ECG ability

[ad_1] Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Againby Eric Topol The Apple Watch produced a seismic shift in the public’s acceptance of biometric monitoring. Sure, we’ve had step counters, heart rate and sleep monitors for years, but the Apple Watch made it hip and cool to do so. In Deep Medicine, author […]

AMD’s pre-release Radeon RX 5700 price drop

[ad_1] Pre-release price drop.AMD fires back at ‘Super’ NVIDIA with Radeon RX 5700 price cuts AMD unveiled its new Radeon RX 5700 line of graphics cards with 7nm chips at E3 last month, and with just days to go before they launch on July 7th, the company has announced new pricing. The standard Radeon RX […]

Recommended Reading: Apple's ambitious TV plan

[ad_1] Can Apple hack it in Hollywood? We talk to the man behind Apple TV+ Stuart McGurk, GQ UK Apple officially revealed it's TV streaming service in March, but it won't debut for the masses until this fall. There have been all kinds of reports swirling… [ad_2] Source link

Jaguar confirms that the I-Pace team is building an electric XJ

[ad_1] The reveal didn’t dismiss rumors that it will eventually also release a combustion-engine powered version of the new XJ. The plant is being retooled to handle Jaguar Land Rover’s Modular Longitudinal Architecture (MLA) platform that’s intended to support diesel, gasoline, electric and hybrid models. The idea, apparently, is to give customers choice on the […]

YouTube says its policy on ‘instructional’ hacking videos isn’t new

[ad_1] There are exceptions for videos if the primary purpose is educational, documentary, scientific or artistic. We enforce this policy in the same way we do all our policies and users can appeal if they feel a video has been removed mistakenly. (2/2) — YouTubeInsider (@YouTubeInsider) July 5, 2019 One argument against the updated policy […]

Capcom’s ‘Teppen’ card game pits Chun-Li against Dante

[ad_1] There is a slight twist to the familiar formula of these games. Teppen uses an Active Response system that adds a dash of real-time thrills to the usual turn-based gameplay — you might not have long to think about your next move. The game is technically free to play. Like so many of its […]

AI can simulate quantum systems without massive computing power

[ad_1] It’s difficult to simulate quantum physics, as the computing demand grows exponentially the more complex the quantum system gets — even a supercomputer might not be enough. AI might come to the rescue, though. Researchers have developed a computational method that uses neural networks to simulate quantum systems of “considerable” size, no matter what […]