Menlo Park CA Dec 21 2017 When Matt King first got on Facebook eight years ago, the blind engineer had to weigh whether it was worth spending an entire Saturday morning checking whether a friend of his was actually in his friend list. Such were the tools at the time for the visually impaired — […]
Richmond VA Dec 13 2017 Virginia Credit Union is offering another layer of security for its mobile banking users. EyeVerify is a biometric authentication based on a person’s eye print. The feature uses a phone camera and eye print to confirm the user’s identity when opening the credit union’s mobile banking app. EyeVerify is an option […]
Las Vegas NV Dec 11 2017 Activate satellite view in Google Maps and head to the Las Vegas strip, and you’ll see it: a strange smattering of Y-shaped buildings. Mandalay Bay. Monte Carlo. Treasure Island. The Mirage. Their blueprints put gambling at the center of everything, funneling visitors past slot machines and card tables whether […]
HOUSTON TX Oct 13 2017 You can order just about anything from your phone these days, and that now includes security guards. Ranger Guard works a lot like a ride sharing app, and users say it’s changed the way they protect their businesses. During Harvey’s flooding, many business owners had to close up shop due to […]
Troy NC Sept 3 2017 A North Carolina college is offering a bird’s-eye view to enhanced public-safety innovation with the opening of a drone academy this fall. Located 50 miles south of Greensboro, Montgomery Community College will launch the NC Public Safety Drone Academy to prepare regional emergency service members and first responders with the needed […]
Menlo Park California Aug 26 2017 Facebook shuts down 1 million accounts per day but can’t stop all ‘threat actors,’ te security chief says. Facebook turns off more than 1 million accounts a day as it struggles to keep spam, fraud and hate speech off its platform, its chief security officer says. Still, the sheer number […]
Chesapeake VA Aug 26 2017 Imagine a fleet of drones scouring rural areas or cities to help find a missing child. That’s what Tom Walker of Chesapeake-based DART Ventures envisioned when he bought a drone last October. “I took it out and flew it for about a week or two and got bored. And I […]
Atlanta Ga July 22 2017 Most people know about phishing — but one casino recently learned about the dangers of actual fish tanks. Hackers attempted to steal data from a North American casino through a fish tank connected to the internet, according to a report from security firm Darktrace. Despite extra security precautions set up […]
Washington D July 19 2017 A robot has drowned itself by driving into a pool. The maker of the Robot markets the security robot as better than real guards in part because it never gets bored of what it does. But it appears to have looked to put an end to that work and has […]
SAN FRANCISCO CA July 7 2017 Your online accounts should be protected with more than just a password. And using a cheap device called YubiKey can help keep you from being hacked. By now you’ve probably heard you should be using two-factor authentication, often called 2FA, to log in to your accounts. If you’re using 2FA, […]