Hackers use IoT botnets to mess with the energy markets
Shocking what you can do if you know what you are doing
Security experts at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered that high-wattage IoT botnets -- made up of power-guzzling devices like air conditioners, car chargers, and smart thermostats -- could be deployed strategically to increase demand at certain times in any of the nine private energy markets around the US.
Google takeover means customers lose their specs
Glasses stop working
Smart glasses company North has told customers that their $600 purchases will stop working in a few days' time.
EU wants major concessions from Google on Fitbit
You can't steal the data or no acquistion
The EU has demanded that Google make major concessions relating to its $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness-tracking company Fitbit if the deal is to be allowed to proceed.
Sony works out a way to spoil VR
Everything is about adverts
Sony Interactive Entertainment has worked out how to destroy VR by inserting adverts.
Google is holding its speakers for ransom
Google's YouTube music plan is asinine
YouTube Music will soon be Google's one-and-only music service and YouTube Music recently added the Google Music feature to its app but it turns out changes are going to bring a pile of pain to users.