The $150 Smarter Ikettle lets you start your water boiling from anywhere in the world over the Internet — and it also contains long-term serious security vulnerabilities that allow attackers to extract your wifi passwords from it. (more…)
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Putting your kettle on the Internet of Things makes your wifi passwords an open secret
Custom furniture maker Craig Thibodeau created this showpiece “Automaton Table” to illustrate all the different ways that he can hide secret compartments in the pieces he builds. (more…)
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Astounding showpiece table full of hidden compartments nested in hidden compartments
Charter Communications plans to acquire Time Warner Cable in a $78.7bn deal . The acquisition follows an earlier attempt by Comcast to buy TWC, a plan foiled by regulators worried about lack of competition in the market for high-speed internet. Read the rest