Your Wyze webcam might have let other owners peek into your house
Image: Wyze Some Wyze security camera owners reported Friday that they were unexpectedly able to see webcam feeds that weren’t theirs, meaning that they were unintentionally able to see inside of other people’s houses. A Wyze spokesperson tells The Verge that this was due to a web caching issue. Earlier
Read MoreExclusive: Cendana Capital closes on $470M more to back seed-stage fund managers
Michael Kim of Cendana Capital is often a first call for emerging seed-stage fund managers. Cendana has invested in many VC teams that have gone to enjoy great success – like Forerunner Ventures, K9 Ventures, and IA Ventures. Thanks to its own backers, Cendana keeps replenishing its supply of investing
Read MoreDiscover space tech, trends, policies and possibilities at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
Set your coordinates for the Space Stage on September 19, Day 1 promptly at 0800 hours of TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. You’ll find sessions featuring some of the industry’s leading founders, investors, NASA researchers, Department of Defense officials, military commanders and national security experts. Launch into the future of space at
Read MoreCybertruck spied with updated interior
The summer of 2023 is almost over and still we don’t have a Cybertruck. But thanks to an apparent serendipitous visit to a regular ol’ parking lot in San Francisco, there are some fresh images of the unreleased, polygonal electric truck. New photos of Elon Musk’s Cybertruck, shared by Tesla watchers
Read MoreX, formerly Twitter, challenges California’s new transparency law as unconstitutional
X, formerly known as Twitter, has filed a lawsuit alleging that a new California law requiring social networks to declare certain moderation practices is a violation of the company’s Constitutional right to free speech. AB 587 was signed into law a year ago. At the time, California Governor Gavin Newsom
Read MoreMicrosoft reveals how hackers stole its email signing key… kind of
A series of unfortunate and cascading mistakes allowed a China-backed hacking group to steal one of the keys to Microsoft’s email kingdom that granted near unfettered access to U.S. government inboxes. Microsoft explained in a long-awaited blog post this week how the hackers pulled off the heist. But while one
Read MoreCyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, September 8, 2023
I’m away today so there won’t be a news summary or my usual interview with a guest about the headlines. Instead there’s a discussion between Jim Love, IT World Canada’s CIO and Adam Evans, chief information security officer of Royal Bank of Canada. (Incidentally, on Monday, September 18th I’m
Read MoreAI will influence more jobs than it replaces: Forrester
The impact of artificial intelligence and automation is currently clouded by general panic, heart-wrenching anecdotes and exaggerated forecasts, Forrester underscores in a new report. But the report highlights that generative AI will, in fact, influence more jobs than it replaces. “Influence is different from job loss,” the report noted. “It
Read MoreElon Musk says Starship is ‘ready to launch,’ FAA says not yet
The Federal Aviation Administration has closed the mishap investigation into SpaceX’s first orbital test flight in April, but regulators won’t green light a second launch until the company completes more than 60 “corrective actions.” While the FAA did not disclose the details of the 63 actions SpaceX must take before
Read MoreDell and CTO Roese dive into AI, edge, security at MTCC event
Dell unleashed its executive heavyweights yesterday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC), with the appearance of Michael Dell, founder, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Dell Technologies and John Roese, the company’s chief technology officer (CTO) at a day-long partner and customer event. The two were the headline
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