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When British technologist Kevin Ashton coined the phrase “internet of things” (IoT) in 1999, the world was only just getting acquainted with the nascent network of networks and how to access and use its many applications. In the more than two decades since, it has grown increasingly difficult to imagine a world in which our economies and communities were not supported and connected via the World Wide Web and the devices we use to access it. The number of firms that have incorporated IoT technologies into their businesses grew from 13% in 2014 to about 25% globally in 2019. In countries such as the United States, Germany, France and China, the rate of IoT adoption among enterprise-size commercial organizations exceeded 85%, according to a 2019 survey by Microsoft. And recent analyses from IDC predicted there will be 41.6 billion internet-connected devices by 2025, as worldwide commercial and consumer spending on IoT will exceed $1 trillion within the next three years. But the diffusion

Academics have disclosed today a new vulnerability in the Bluetooth wireless protocol, broadly used to interconnect modern devices, such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, and smart IoT devices. The vulnerability, codenamed BIAS (Bluetooth Impersonation AttackS), impacts the classic version of the Bluetooth protocol, also known as Basic Rate / Enhanced Data Rate, Bluetooth BR/EDR, or just Bluetooth Classic. The BIAS attack The BIAS security flaw resides in how devices handle the link key, also known as a long-term key. This key is generated when two Bluetooth devices pair (bond) for the first time. They agree on a long-term key, which they use to derive session keys for future connections without having to force device owners to go through the long-winded pairing process every time the Bluetooth devices need to communicate. Researchers said they found a bug in this post-bonding authentication process. The flaw can allow an attacker to spoof the identity o a previously paired/bonded devi

Samsung’s phones are crammed with special features, so it’s understandable if one or two have passed you by. However, Samsung’s DeX mode is something you absolutely don’t want to miss. Essentially turning your powerful Galaxy smartphone into a versatile desktop computer, Samsung DeX allows you to hook up a computer monitor, mouse, and keyboard, and start using your phone as a PC. While you might expect a trick like this to trumpeted loudly and then abandoned, Samsung has actually been consistently improving DeX. The feature used to require a specific (and expensive) dock to use, but over the years, Samsung has refined the process so now you now only need a simple (and cheaper) USB-C cable to use DeX mode. Here’s a quick guide on how to use Samsung’s DeX mode. What is DeX? Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends “DeX” is the name for Samsung’s desktop software, activated by plugging a compatible mobile device into a spare monitor, laptop, or computer. It turns your phone or tablet into a full-f

© Shivam Vahia The difficulty of buying ‘Vocal For Local’ smartphones When Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on May 12 to announce a Rs 20-lakh-crore stimulus package for the economy to cushion the fallout of the coronavirus, he said the outbreak was a chance for India to be self-reliant, or “Atamnirbhar” as he put it. He called people to be "Vocal For Local" to support the economy battered by the pandemic that has forced India to extend for the fourth time the almost two-month-long lockdown by another two weeks beginning May 18. As soon as Modi uttered those words, social media exploded with messages calling for a boycott of foreign and especially Chinese products. But the senders missed one small detail--most of the messages were being sent from “foreign” phones, the majority of which were Chinese. Xiaomi, Realme, Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus, POCO, iQoo, Honor and Huawei are Chinese brands. Samsung and LG are South Korean. Nokia is Finnish and Apple is American. Can

Monroe Town Hall Offices at 7 Fan Hill Road in Monroe, Conn. on Monday May 13, 2013. Monroe Town Hall Offices at 7 Fan Hill Road in Monroe, Conn. on Monday May 13, 2013. Photo: Cathy Zuraw / Cathy Zuraw Photo: Cathy Zuraw / Cathy Zuraw Monroe Town Hall Offices at 7 Fan Hill Road in Monroe, Conn. on Monday May 13, 2013. Monroe Town Hall Offices at 7 Fan Hill Road in Monroe, Conn. on Monday May 13, 2013. Photo: Cathy Zuraw / Cathy Zuraw Monroe readying for state phase 1 reopening, summer programming MONROE — With phase 1 of the state’s reopening and Memorial Day weekend approaching, town leaders are assisting businesses and working to finalize recreational offerings for residents. The state’s initial reopening comes as Monroe’s confirmed cases of coronavirus reached 100, according to the state Department of Public Health. First Selectman Ken Kellogg said while ongoing increases are to be expected, the town’s case rate — based upon population — ranks 89 out of 169 municipalities. Kellogg

The open-source project behind Rust has detailed the programming language's milestones over the past five years since releasing Rust version 1.0.  Rust was created at Mozilla and the project boasts that today, "Apple, Amazon, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft [are] choosing to use Rust for its performance, reliability, and productivity in their projects." "Rust is a general-purpose programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. Rust can be built to run anywhere in the stack, whether as the kernel for your operating system or your next web app," the project says in a blogpost detailing milestones since 2015. Mozilla developers were using pre-1.0 Rust in 2014 to build its new Servo browser rendering engine for Firefox. A major goal was to eradicate memory-related security bugs in Firefox's Gecko rendering engine, many of which were due to C++'s "unsafe memory model".  Then last year, Microsoft started ex