Connected home

If you opt-in and allow your audio interactions with the Google Assistant to be saved, the recordings will be used to improve voice matching on your device and also help improve Google's audio recognition technologies for everyone. Google says it only sends audio snippets to human reviewers and anonymizes the data beforehand, which makes it impossible for them to link a recording to a specific account. If you created your Google account after June 24, your voice recordings will automatically be deleted after 18 months. Google users with older accounts can manually choose to have their recordings deleted after six or eighteen months. … [Read more...] about Humans can review your Google assistant recordings again, but only if you opt in

Pulse Secure "Connect" enterprise VPNs (CVE-2019-11510)Fortinet VPN servers running FortiOS (CVE-2018-13379)Palo Alto Networks "Global Protect" VPN servers (CVE-2019-1579)Citrix "ADC" servers and Citrix network gateways (CVE-2019-19781)FBI warns of new attacks targeting F5 BI-IP devices The FBI notification sent out to the US private sector last week says the group still targets these vulnerabilities, but Fox Kitten also upgraded its attack arsenal to include an exploit for CVE-2020-5902, a vulnerability disclosed in early July that impacts BIG-IP, a very popular multi-purpose networking device manufactured by F5 Networks. … [Read more...] about FBI says an Iranian hacking group is attacking F5 networking devices

The plug-in hybrid’s interior design is clean and austere, with a more pared-down version of the i-Cockpit that Peugeot first announced in 2010. The steering wheel and gas pedal are both retractable, and the center console consists of a large screen and an “i-Device” — a small, mouse-like handle that drivers can use to adjust interior controls or switch between driving modes. The floors are finished with a thin concrete layer, and its four seats are made of 3D mesh that is designed to adjust to the contours of a passenger’s body. … [Read more...] about Peugeot’s Instinct concept car is its vision of an autonomous near-future

Network strainIt comes as no surprise that with the serious rise in demand for fast and reliable broadband came the drawback of network strains and outages. Home broadband and cellular networks in the UK were never designed to support 90% of the UK workforce logging in from home, but the global pandemic has shifted demands overnight. While the role of maintaining strong network connections falls partially on network providers, there are steps organisations can take to keep employees connected and ensure productivity. … [Read more...] about Remote working in a post-Covid-19 climate

Here's our list of the best productivity software out thereWorking from home: the mouse, monitor, keyboard and router you needCheck out our list of the best project management tools right nowHaving spent the last four months becoming increasingly adept at operating outside the office environment and buoyed by the unexpectedly positive experience, employees were also inclined to praise their business’ handling of the transition. … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Vast majority may ‘never go back’ to the office