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Tag: controls
Vulnerable industrial controls directly connected to Internet? Why not?
(credit: Siemens) Yesterday, Siemens issued an update to a year-old product vulnerability warning for its SIMATIC S7-300 and S7-400 families of programmable logic controllers (PLCs)—industrial control systems used to remotely monitor and operate manufacturing equipment. The alert, originally issued in December of 2016, was updated on Wednesday to include another version of the S7-400 line. The […]
GM wants to ditch the manual controls from its test cars in 2019
Enlarge / Notice anything wrong with this picture? It’s a little disconcerting to see the interior of a Bolt EV without the driver controls. (credit: General Motors) General Motors is getting ready to ditch the driver for good—at least in its newest R&D vehicles. In 2019, Cruise—the self-driving startup acquired a couple of years ago […]
Apple will address kids’ iPhone addiction with enhanced iOS parental controls
Apple has a response of sorts to activist shareholders concerned about kids’ addiction to iPhones: Enhanced parental controls are coming to iOS. Ahead of Apple’s annual shareholder meeting next month, Jana Partners and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) asked Apple this week for new software to let parents limit kids’ iPhone use, and […]
‘NSA backdoor spying on US citizens requires stringent controls & accountability’
It’s time to push back on the US government’s “backdoor” spying on its citizens under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and introduce stricter controls to protect civil liberties, attorney Michael Flanagan believes. Last week, leaders of the US intelligence community urged Congress to reauthorize FISA section 702 before it expires at the end of the year, […]
Netgear routers now feature Disney’s parental controls
Circle with Disney’s advanced parental controls are helpful if you want to curb what your kids can do online and when, but it has normally required a separate device you plug in to your WiFi router. Why can’t it just be built into the router itself? It is now: Netgear has announced that its Nighthawk […]
TiVo embraces voice controls in new Bolt Vox, Mini Vox, and Vox Remote
Enlarge (credit: TiVo) TiVo announced today an update to its line of set-top boxes that makes voice a main feature. The new Bolt Vox and Mini Vox devices include all the features of the original TiVo Bolt and TiVo Mini. But now, the devices also have native voice functionality. That means the set-top boxes, using […]
Google opens up ‘Family Link’ parental controls for Android
Earlier this year Google rolled out Family Link controls for parents to manage children’s usage of Android devices but it required an invitation for access. Now the Family Link app is available throughout the US without an invitation, with three basic groups of controls ready for use. Manage the apps your kid can use: Approve […]
Encrypted email service ProtonMail targets businesses with new centralized admin controls
ProtonMail has unveiled its latest initiative to make its encrypted email services available to the masses, as the Swiss startup quietly rolled out a new Professional subscription tier aimed at businesses. ProtonMail was founded out of CERN in 2013, and after a period in beta the company launched its service globally last March, with the promise of client-side encryption […]
Neurable’s experimental gear controls VR with … your mind
I’ve used my eyes to interact with a virtual world before, but startup Neurable just enhanced that experience by reading my thoughts too. At Siggraph this week, the Boston-based startup is showing its modified HTC Vive which include EEG (Electroencephalography) sensors along the interior of the headstrap. This is combined with eye-tracking technology from German firm SMI, which may […]
