Cybersecurity researchers at Bitdefender say cyber criminals have been using a rootkit named FiveSys “that somehow made its way through the driver certification process to be digitally signed by Microsoft,” reports ZDNet: The valid signature enables the rootkit — malicious software that allows cyber criminals to access and control infected Read more…
“Money may not grow on trees,” argues InfoWorld, “but it does grow in GitHub repos.” (as well as other open-source code-hosting sites). “Open source projects produce the most valuable and sophisticated software on the planet, free for the taking, dramatically lowering the costs of information technology for all companies…” Then Read more…
The Food and Drug Administration approved a virtual reality-based treatment for children with the visual disorder amblyopia, or lazy eye, the company behind the therapy announced today. Luminopia’s approach uses TV and movies to develop the weaker eye and train the eyes to work together. Patients watch the show or Read more…
Roku on Thursday told customers via a post on its corporate blog that it has still not been able to strike a distribution agreement with YouTube TV, which has been removed from Roku’s channel store for five months. From a report: It’s the first time Roku has directly acknowledged the Read more…
Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse. The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, but could unveil sooner, is meant to signal the tech giant’s Read more…
New submitter Motard writes: Dallara Indy Lights racing cars outfitted as autonomous vehicles by Clemson University and programmed by various international collegiate teams will participate in a 20-lap race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 23rd 2021. The event will be livestreamed by the Indy Autonomous Challenge website. Read more…
Elon Musk’s Boring Company just won approval from local officials to move forward with building a network of vehicle tunnels underneath Las Vegas. The Verge reports: Elon Musk’s Boring Company just won approval from local officials to move forward with building a network of vehicle tunnels underneath Las Vegas. The Read more…