As workers headed home over six months ago, few companies were prepared for what would follow. Cyberattacks have soared, WiFi connectivity weakened, and businesses simply aren’t operating like they should be. The IT protections offered by the office simply aren’t there anymore in most cases. If employers and employees alike want to maximize their security,…
Image: Jim Cooke/GizmodoGizmodo has a podcast! Again!Two years after The Gateway dug deep into the way YouTube algorithms enable larger-than-life personalities to develop followings online, we’re back with a new podcast. System Reboot is a weekly podcast exploring the big things that are broken and talking to very smart people who have ideas about how…
The automotive market is grappling with increasingly complex software systems, and in turn greater risks of glitches that can cause costly and unsafe disruptions and damage an automaker’s credibility. Just look at today’s new cars, trucks and SUVs compared to their counterparts a decade ago. New vehicles coming off assembly lines today contain tens of…
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionUS southern states brace for Hurricane SallyA newly formed hurricane is closing in on the US Gulf Coast, threatening several southern US states including Florida, Mississippi and Alabama.Hurricane Sally made slow progress over the Gulf Coast early Tuesday, crawling onward at 2mph (3km/h), after growing to a…
For those who are slow-playing our societal shift toward fully-integrated automated smart homes — don’t be scared. Sure, we know there are whole movies about computer-controlled houses turning on their owners, but seriously… we’re way past that now. Maybe it’s time to take that first tentative step into gearing up your home with some basic…