A Senate energy bill provides for power grid security research and emergency cyber powers for the secretary of energy.
One of the recurring nightmare scenarios outlined by security experts—a cyberattack on the country’s power grid—has inspired lawmakers in both parties to come to rare agreement. A bipartisan energy bill pending in the Senate would give the U.S. energy secretary emergency powers in the event of such an attack and provide for research into digital energy security.
Elon Musk says Powerwall 2 will have increased capabilities.
When most people hear the name Tesla, they think of its electric vehicles or its eccentric genius boss, but the company founded and led by Elon Musk also currently produces another consumer product: the Powerwall battery.
Amazon’s Echo smart speaker just got way more entertaining.
Let’s be honest: The Amazon Echo smart speaker is a little weird. Clever and well designed, yes. But there’s something about shouting orders to a disembodied voice named Alexa that feels a little like a sci-fi movie that doesn’t end well for us humans.
Voter records were exposed at the Iowa GOP website through a feature designed to help voters find caucus sites.
The website of the Iowa Republican Party inadvertently exposed the voting records of 2 million Democratic and Independent voters in the state.
Slack’s diversity numbers have only slightly edged up, so it’s implementing a rule pioneered by the NFL.
We’re used to startups coming along and disrupting paradigms. This time, a startup is simultaneously shaking up a persistent struggle for diversity by being transparent and taking a page from the NFL’s playbook to implement a rule that’s over a decade old.
Until now, VR developers had to use outside editing tools. Epic promises this will be more efficient and intuitive.
Virtual reality content makers, from independent teams to large groups of professionals working on seven-figure projects, will soon be able to develop their work in VR.
Starting Wednesday, Google will block websites that serve up deceptive download buttons or fake embedded ads alerting users to malware.
As of this week, Google is taking aim at websites that host fake download buttons or pop-ups warning of nonexistent malware on your computer. In a blog post on Wednesday, the company said this was another expansion of its Safe Browsing feature, which in November started shielding users against social engineering attacks.
New speaker support in the OS makes smartwatch video messaging apps like Glide far more compelling.
Google is adding speaker support in a new update to its smartwatch OS, Android Wear, which will make Android watches act a lot more like the fabled “2-way Wrist Radio” worn by Dick Tracy.
Pharmaceutical companies love to talk about their R&D efforts.
Martin Shkreli is a walking nightmare for the pharmaceutical industry.
Profiling an Internet phenomenon and its quirky creator, a few months into its existence.
Facebook turned 12 today. It’s been part of everyday life for long enough that an infinite number of articles have been published about its phenomenal success and the vision of its inventor and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. (I wrote about him myself recently.)
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