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Apple iPhone 7 sets sales records, carriers say - CNET
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Apple may not be releasing figures about its iPhone 7 sales, but that hasn't stopped carriers T-Mobile and Sprint from announcing the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus phones have broken their own records.
T-Mobile said that the opening day of presales for the iPhone 7 on September 9 set a single-day sales record for any smartphone in the US company's history. It also said the phones broke records for preregistration, beating both the iPhone 6S and the iPhone 6.
Meanwhile Sprint said the first three days of preorders of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are "up more than 375 percent in the first three days over last year" in orders for the previous iPhone.
"iPhone 7 is the biggest preorder in T-Mobile's history, and that says a lot about our momentum and the excitement customers have for iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus!" said John Legere, T-Mobile president and CEO, in a press release.
The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be available Friday.
Ad-block software company announces it's now selling ads
Adblock Plus, one of the most popular adblocking programs, will now sell ads to publishers which meet its "non-intrusive" requirements.
Mercedes teases an AMG GT roadster that looks awfully familiar
The full thing, with much better lighting, is set to debut in Paris later this month.
Cree's new line of LEDs promise better performance at a lower price - CNET
Cree shook up the lighting aisle a few years back with a high-performance LED light bulb that cost significantly less than the competition. Now, the North Carolina-based lighting manufacturer is changing things up again with an entirely new lineup of LEDs, all of which are expected to hit Home Depot shelves by the end of September. Here's the full list:
A-shaped 60W replacement LED - $20 for a soft white 4-pack, $21 for a daylight 4-packA-shaped 40W replacement LED - $20 for a soft white 4-pack, $21 for a daylight 4-packA-shaped 75W replacement LED - $11 for a soft white bulb, $12 for a daylight bulbA-shaped 100W replacement LED - $13 for a soft white bulb, $14 for a daylight bulbA-shaped 3-way LED (30W/60W/100W replacement) - $15 for a soft white bulb65W replacement BR30 LED flood light- $25 for a soft white 3-pack, $26 for a daylight 3-pack85W replacement BR40 LED flood light- $15 for a soft white bulb, $16 for a daylight bulb75W replacement PAR30 and 120W replacement PAR38 spot and flood lights - $20 each4-inch 55W replacement and 6-inch 65W replacement LED downlights - $17 for soft white, $18 for daylight, $30 for a 2-pack6-inch 100W replacement LED downlight - $2025W Replacement Candelabra LED with "Candlelight Dimming" - $14 for a soft white 2-pack40W Replacement Candelabra LED with "Candlelight Dimming" - $15 for a soft white 2-pack
At a starting price of about $5 each, Cree's new 60W replacement LED will sit right on par with low-cost LED options like thePhilips 60W Replacement LED and the GE Bright Stik LED, the cheapest of the three at about $3 per bulb. Neither of those competitors are dimmable, though, which could make Cree's bulb an affordable go-to choice for anyone who likes the lights dimmed down low.
All of Cree's new bulbs feature a new design, improved color rendering capabilities, and a 10-year warranty.
The new bulbs are all cheaper than before, and they cover a broad range of shapes and sizes. Aside from mainstays like that A-shaped 60W replacement LED and a BR30-shaped LED flood light, Cree's unveiling a new "Candlelight Dimming" candelabra bulb that glows orange like an incandescent as you dim it down low. You'll also see multiple new versions of its PAR-shaped flood and spot lights, including a 120W replacement designed for brighter exterior lighting, or for rooms with especially high ceilings.
Cree claims that the new bulbs are better than before, too. With all of them, the emphasis is light quality, which includes the promise of buzz-free dimming and claims of more vivid colors throughout your home thanks to higher scores on the color rendering index (CRI), a 100-point scale that measures how accurately light bulbs illuminate colors.
All of Cree's new bulbs promise high color rendering scores, which should help them make the colors in your home pop.
Cree tells us that all of the new bulbs will boast CRI scores in the high eighties or low nineties. If true, that'd give Cree a definitive edge over the competition, as most LEDs struggle to score much higher than eighty.
All of the new bulbs have heat sinks built into the base to help keep the electronics cool. That's a departure from Cree's line of"4Flow" LEDs, which skip the heat sinks altogether in favor of convection vents. Cree tells us that it'll begin phasing those 4Flow LEDs out as the new bulbs begin to arrive.
The one exception is the 4Flow-shapedCree Connected LED, a $15 smart bulb that you can pair with a smart home lighting system like Philips Hue for things like app-enabled lighting scenes and voice activated lighting changes. Cree will continue making and selling them.
Expect to see all of the new Cree LEDs on the shelf at your local Home Depot by the end of this month. We'll aim to have full reviews of the most noteworthy bulbs among them around that same time -- stay tuned.
How to Hack Smart Bluetooth Locks and IoT Devices — Check this Out
Bluetooth Low Energy, also known as Bluetooth Smart or Bluetooth 4, is the leading protocol designed for connecting IoT devices, medical equipment, smart homes and like most emerging technologies, security is often an afterthought.
As devices become more and more embedded in our daily lives, vulnerabilities have real impact on our digital and physical security.
Enter the Bluetooth lock, promising digital key convenience with temporary and Internet shareable access. The problem is, almost all of these locks have vulnerabilities, easily exploited via Bluetooth!
DEF CON always has the coolest new hacks and security news, and this year was no exception. The hacking conferences are a great way to get a pulse on the general status of the security world, what people are interested in, worried about, or looking to exploit.
This year clearly had an uptick in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and ways to hack them.
Obviously, we had to go and take a look at the Bluetooth lock hack, and we are not the only ones.
There were articles in a number of security and general tech sites about how vulnerable some of these locks are – a shocking 75% of them could be hacked relatively easily, and one reported to have great security could actually be broken into with a screwdriver.
The locks were from companies like BlueLock, Kwikset, Noke, August, BitLock, and QuickLock.
How to Hack a Bluetooth Lock:
There have been a number of different researchers who have tackled this problem, but Anthony Rose and Ben Ramsay out of Merculite Security did a great job of thoroughly going through a significant number of them, documenting the hacks and contacting the manufacturers.
Look for plaintext passwords: Many of the locks had passwords but were simply transmitting them in plaintext. Anyone with a decent Bluetooth sniffer like Ubertooth and some effort has just owned your passwordReplay the signal: OK, great you’ve built in awesome encryption and I can't possibly hope to read and decrypt the signal you just sent to that lock. But I just capture and replay what you just sent, and the door opens wide.Man in the Middle: Here I am, using one of the many Man in the Middle tools to sit in the middle of your connection and control everything you're transmitting to the device. There's *definitely* no way I could change what you’re transmitting (say, to keep the deadbolt from hearing a "lock" command).The great news is that we found a video of Zero_Chaos and Granolocks at Pwnie Express that show all of this stuff in action and tools you can actually use to detect these hacks in action.
Locks are not the only Bluetooth devices shown to be vulnerable. Here’s a quick list of just some of the devices that have already been found vulnerable:
CarsTeakettles and coffee machinesMedical devices (including implanted ones)Fitness trackersThis news should be worrying for people who have invested in a cheap Bluetooth lock for their convenience, and such attacks could be a real problem just waiting to happen.
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Apple may not be releasing figures about its iPhone 7 sales, but that hasn't stopped carriers T-Mobile and Sprint from announcing the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus phones have broken their own records.
T-Mobile said that the opening day of presales for the iPhone 7 on September 9 set a single-day sales record for any smartphone in the US company's history. It also said the phones broke records for preregistration, beating both the iPhone 6S and the iPhone 6.
Meanwhile Sprint said the first three days of preorders of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are "up more than 375 percent in the first three days over last year" in orders for the previous iPhone.
"iPhone 7 is the biggest preorder in T-Mobile's history, and that says a lot about our momentum and the excitement customers have for iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus!" said John Legere, T-Mobile president and CEO, in a press release.
The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be available Friday.
Ad-block software company announces it's now selling ads
Adblock Plus, one of the most popular adblocking programs, will now sell ads to publishers which meet its "non-intrusive" requirements.
Mercedes teases an AMG GT roadster that looks awfully familiar
The full thing, with much better lighting, is set to debut in Paris later this month.
Cree's new line of LEDs promise better performance at a lower price - CNET
Cree shook up the lighting aisle a few years back with a high-performance LED light bulb that cost significantly less than the competition. Now, the North Carolina-based lighting manufacturer is changing things up again with an entirely new lineup of LEDs, all of which are expected to hit Home Depot shelves by the end of September. Here's the full list:
A-shaped 60W replacement LED - $20 for a soft white 4-pack, $21 for a daylight 4-packA-shaped 40W replacement LED - $20 for a soft white 4-pack, $21 for a daylight 4-packA-shaped 75W replacement LED - $11 for a soft white bulb, $12 for a daylight bulbA-shaped 100W replacement LED - $13 for a soft white bulb, $14 for a daylight bulbA-shaped 3-way LED (30W/60W/100W replacement) - $15 for a soft white bulb65W replacement BR30 LED flood light- $25 for a soft white 3-pack, $26 for a daylight 3-pack85W replacement BR40 LED flood light- $15 for a soft white bulb, $16 for a daylight bulb75W replacement PAR30 and 120W replacement PAR38 spot and flood lights - $20 each4-inch 55W replacement and 6-inch 65W replacement LED downlights - $17 for soft white, $18 for daylight, $30 for a 2-pack6-inch 100W replacement LED downlight - $2025W Replacement Candelabra LED with "Candlelight Dimming" - $14 for a soft white 2-pack40W Replacement Candelabra LED with "Candlelight Dimming" - $15 for a soft white 2-pack
At a starting price of about $5 each, Cree's new 60W replacement LED will sit right on par with low-cost LED options like thePhilips 60W Replacement LED and the GE Bright Stik LED, the cheapest of the three at about $3 per bulb. Neither of those competitors are dimmable, though, which could make Cree's bulb an affordable go-to choice for anyone who likes the lights dimmed down low.
All of Cree's new bulbs feature a new design, improved color rendering capabilities, and a 10-year warranty.
The new bulbs are all cheaper than before, and they cover a broad range of shapes and sizes. Aside from mainstays like that A-shaped 60W replacement LED and a BR30-shaped LED flood light, Cree's unveiling a new "Candlelight Dimming" candelabra bulb that glows orange like an incandescent as you dim it down low. You'll also see multiple new versions of its PAR-shaped flood and spot lights, including a 120W replacement designed for brighter exterior lighting, or for rooms with especially high ceilings.
Cree claims that the new bulbs are better than before, too. With all of them, the emphasis is light quality, which includes the promise of buzz-free dimming and claims of more vivid colors throughout your home thanks to higher scores on the color rendering index (CRI), a 100-point scale that measures how accurately light bulbs illuminate colors.
All of Cree's new bulbs promise high color rendering scores, which should help them make the colors in your home pop.
Cree tells us that all of the new bulbs will boast CRI scores in the high eighties or low nineties. If true, that'd give Cree a definitive edge over the competition, as most LEDs struggle to score much higher than eighty.
All of the new bulbs have heat sinks built into the base to help keep the electronics cool. That's a departure from Cree's line of"4Flow" LEDs, which skip the heat sinks altogether in favor of convection vents. Cree tells us that it'll begin phasing those 4Flow LEDs out as the new bulbs begin to arrive.
The one exception is the 4Flow-shapedCree Connected LED, a $15 smart bulb that you can pair with a smart home lighting system like Philips Hue for things like app-enabled lighting scenes and voice activated lighting changes. Cree will continue making and selling them.
Expect to see all of the new Cree LEDs on the shelf at your local Home Depot by the end of this month. We'll aim to have full reviews of the most noteworthy bulbs among them around that same time -- stay tuned.
How to Hack Smart Bluetooth Locks and IoT Devices — Check this Out
Bluetooth Low Energy, also known as Bluetooth Smart or Bluetooth 4, is the leading protocol designed for connecting IoT devices, medical equipment, smart homes and like most emerging technologies, security is often an afterthought.
As devices become more and more embedded in our daily lives, vulnerabilities have real impact on our digital and physical security.
Enter the Bluetooth lock, promising digital key convenience with temporary and Internet shareable access. The problem is, almost all of these locks have vulnerabilities, easily exploited via Bluetooth!
DEF CON always has the coolest new hacks and security news, and this year was no exception. The hacking conferences are a great way to get a pulse on the general status of the security world, what people are interested in, worried about, or looking to exploit.
This year clearly had an uptick in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and ways to hack them.
Obviously, we had to go and take a look at the Bluetooth lock hack, and we are not the only ones.
There were articles in a number of security and general tech sites about how vulnerable some of these locks are – a shocking 75% of them could be hacked relatively easily, and one reported to have great security could actually be broken into with a screwdriver.
The locks were from companies like BlueLock, Kwikset, Noke, August, BitLock, and QuickLock.
How to Hack a Bluetooth Lock:
There have been a number of different researchers who have tackled this problem, but Anthony Rose and Ben Ramsay out of Merculite Security did a great job of thoroughly going through a significant number of them, documenting the hacks and contacting the manufacturers.
Look for plaintext passwords: Many of the locks had passwords but were simply transmitting them in plaintext. Anyone with a decent Bluetooth sniffer like Ubertooth and some effort has just owned your passwordReplay the signal: OK, great you’ve built in awesome encryption and I can't possibly hope to read and decrypt the signal you just sent to that lock. But I just capture and replay what you just sent, and the door opens wide.Man in the Middle: Here I am, using one of the many Man in the Middle tools to sit in the middle of your connection and control everything you're transmitting to the device. There's *definitely* no way I could change what you’re transmitting (say, to keep the deadbolt from hearing a "lock" command).The great news is that we found a video of Zero_Chaos and Granolocks at Pwnie Express that show all of this stuff in action and tools you can actually use to detect these hacks in action.
Locks are not the only Bluetooth devices shown to be vulnerable. Here’s a quick list of just some of the devices that have already been found vulnerable:
CarsTeakettles and coffee machinesMedical devices (including implanted ones)Fitness trackersThis news should be worrying for people who have invested in a cheap Bluetooth lock for their convenience, and such attacks could be a real problem just waiting to happen.
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