Costco Wholesale Corporation has warned customers in notification letters sent this month that their payment card information might have been stolen while recently shopping at one of its stores. BleepingComputer reports: Costco discovered the breach after finding a payment card skimming device in one of its warehouses during a routine Read more…
A patent filed by Apple and published Thursday by the US Patent and Trademark Office details the tech giant’s interest in creating “privacy eyewear” that blurs content on a device’s screen unless someone is wearing special glasses to look at it. As spotted by Patently Apple, the patent, which focuses Read more…
From smart home devices to sensor-laden factories, the Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to generate trillions of dollars in value by the end of the decade, according to a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI). Axios reports: MGI estimates by 2030 the IoT could enable between $5.5 Read more…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: In 1858, sewage clogging London’s Thames River caused a “Great Stink.” A century later, parts of the famed waterway were declared biologically dead. But the latest report (PDF) on “The State of the Thames” is sounding a surprisingly optimistic note. The river Read more…
iOS 15.2 has been released today, bringing a new feature called Communication Safety in Messages that is able to detect and automatically blur nude images that are sent or received by children. It’s one of several Child Safety features Apple announced over the summer. As MacRumors notes, it’s “not the Read more…
The world’s fastest-growing major financial exchange has no head office or formal address, lacks licenses in countries where it operates and has a chief executive who until recently wouldn’t answer questions about his location. From a report: Started just four years ago, Binance is the exchange giant that towers over Read more…
Portugal has banned bosses from text messaging and emailing staff out of working hours as part of new laws dubbed “right to rest.” From a report: The move is part of changes being introduced to improve work-life balance in response to an expansion of working from home in the country. Read more…