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Audio player loading… The UK government is to launch a national emergency alert system that will send a text message to any mobile phone in areas where there is a risk to life such as a flood or terror attack. Emergency alert systems powered by cell broadcasting technology are common in many countries, including the USA, Netherlands, Canada, South Korea, Japan and New Zealand, and have helped save lives during natural disasters such as earthquakes. However, the UK has never had such a system, despite trials in the early 2010s. This meant that during the early phase of the Coronavirus pandemic, the government had to enlist the support (opens in new tab) of the four major mobile operators to send text messages to their customers. These are the best business SIM-only deals (opens in new tab) around today And the best business broadband deals (opens in new tab) Here are the best business mobile phone deals (opens in new tab) Mobile emergency … [Read more...] about UK government building mobile emergency alert system

The best standing desks around today can help offset and prevent a sedentary lifestyle. The health benefits they offer to those of us who spend all day in front of our computers can’t be understated. We are not meant to sit around all day. Sitting down too long – more than 8 hours a day – as stated by the American Journal of Public Health (opens in new tab) , can not only increase the risk of chronic diseases by 10% to 20% but premature death as well. UK's NHS points out (opens in new tab) that it also could slow your metabolism, which could impact "the body's ability to regulate blood sugar, blood pressure and break down body fat." Unfortunately, most of us spend a large portion of our work life hunkered down at an office desk (opens in new tab) , which is why a standing desk is a great investment. Even students going back to school should consider one for a healthier way to do homework. To help you make the leap to a healthier work life, we’ve collected the best … [Read more...] about Best standing desk for home office and WFH 2022

Audio player loading… BT has become the first European mobile operator to successfully combine four channels of spectrum (opens in new tab) on a live 5G standalone (SA) network in a development that will help fulfil the speed and capacity promises of next-generation mobile services. Carrier aggregation fuses separate spectrum bands together to harness the advantages of each. For example, marrying the coverage and indoor propagation rates of low-band frequencies with the high capacity and data rates of mid and high band airwaves. In addition to the performance gains, operators can use their existing spectrum assets to reduce the cost of network deployment. 5G SA carrier aggregation Working with Nokia, BT combined EE’s commercial 2.1 GHz, 2.6GHz, 3.4GHz and 3.6GHz frequencies on a radio mast at its Adastral Park research facility in Suffolk. This is the first time four channel components (4CC) have been combined outside a lab setting in Europe. … [Read more...] about BT and Nokia achieve European first carrier aggregation on 5G SA

Digital communication platform Twilio was hacked after a phishing campaign tricked its employees into revealing their login credentials ( via TechCrunch ). The company disclosed the data breach in a post on its blog , noting that only “a limited number” of customer accounts were affected by the attack. Twilio allows web services to send SMS messages and place voice calls over telephone networks and is used by companies including Uber, Twitter, and Airbnb. The hack occurred on August 4th and involved a bad actor sending SMS messages to Twilio employees that asked them to reset their password or alerted them to a change in their schedule. Each message included a link with keywords, like “Twilio,” “SSO” (single sign-on), and “Okta,” the name of the user authentication service used by many companies. The link directed employees to a page that mimicked a real Twilio sign-in page, allowing hackers to collect the information employees inputted there. After it became aware of the … [Read more...] about Twilio suffers data breach after its employees were targeted by a phishing campaign

Privacy-centric internet search engine DuckDuckGo has earlier promoted its browser saying that it blocks hidden online trackers on websites. However, in May, the company faced huge criticism for not blocking some third-party Microsoft trackers in the DuckDuckGo browser as both companies had a search content agreement between them. According to a report by Bleeping Computer, DuckDuckGo has recently confirmed that it has started blocking all third-party Microsoft tracking scripts in their privacy browser which it was unable to block earlier. Why was DuckDuckGo criticised The Apple App Store listing for the DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser explains that the Tracker Radar in the browser automatically blocks hidden third-party trackers that are lurking around on the website. This feature stops the companies behind those trackers from collecting and selling user data. , However, trackers discovered some Microsoft trackers were allowed by the DuckDuckGo browser. While the … [Read more...] about microsoft: Explained: Why DuckDuckGo has started blocking Microsoft’s web trackers

This Week in Elon This Week in Elon is a limited-run newsletter that is occasionally revived when there’s Too Much News. And right there, this is Too Much News. You can subscribe here . This Week In Elon, we’re talking about M&A again — but this time, we mean mergers and acquisitions — not marriages and affairs . The Delaware Court of Chancery handed Elon Musk an unfavorably speedy schedule last month in his ongoing fight to not buy Twitter, and now we’ve got specific dates for the trial : Elon and Twitter will square off from October 17th to October 21st. That leaves two and a half months for both parties to fight over what evidence they’ll get to introduce, and Twitter has already started digging — while Musk has been preparing a counterstrike with whatever dirt he’s already got. As The Washington Post and the newsletter The Chancery Daily reported earlier this week, Twitter has cast a broad net of subpoenas over Musk’s business dealings. It’s … [Read more...] about The Twitter v. Elon trial pregame heats up

Audio player loading… A bug in the US Emergency Alert System (EAS), a tool used to deliver urgent alerts to the general public, could be abused by threat actors to send out fake alerts, possibly creating mass panic. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently confirmed these findings in an advisory and urged organizations using EAS to tighten up on their security measures, in order to prevent any abuse. As reported by The Register , the flaw was discovered by cybersecurity researcher Ken Pyle, who also managed to successfully exploit it. Apparently, a proof-of-concept is in the works and should be presented to the general public soon. Tightening up security In order to keep their endpoints (opens in new tab) secure, the DHS says, businesses need to update both their hardware and their software to the latest versions, apply security patches (opens in new tab) wherever possible, and set up a firewall as extra means of defense. Furthermore, they … [Read more...] about Serious bug in US Emergency Alert System could be abused to create mass panic

As the first phone based on Google's Android 2.0 OS, the Motorola Droid arrives amid great expectations. Adding to the hype is the fact that it has a really, really big screen. In our review, Ars attempts to answer the question: is this the Droid you've been looking for? A blogger has released audio of Sprint's Electronic Surveillance Manager describing the carrier's cooperation with law enforcement. Among the revelations are that Sprint has so far filled over 8 million requests from LEOs for customer GPS data. Ars revisits those wild and crazy days when Jay Gould ruled the telegraph and Associated Press reporters helped fix presidential elections. Is government supervision really the worst thing that can happen to a communications network? Every now and then, the public gets a glimpse at what goes into the making of scientific consensus on an important question. No, we're not talking about the infamous climate change emails— we're talking about how science really comes … [Read more...] about Week in tech: Droids, robber barons, and complicated histories

Veteran actor Roger E. Mosley, a feature of all eight seasons of the original hit TV series Magnum P.I. , died Sunday after failing to recover from injuries sustained in a car crash. He was 83. Mosley played Theodore “T.C.” Calvin, the helicopter pilot and friend of Tom Selleck’s character. His daughter Ch-a, who previously told followers about last week’s car accident in Lynwood, Los Angeles, confirmed his death to the Hollywood Reporter . Actor Roger E. Mosley and girlfriend Toni Laudermick attend CBS Television’s Special Press Dinner Party to Celebrate the Network’s Returning Series on June 13, 1986 at Bistro Gardens in Beverly Hills, California. (Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) The BBC reports she later wrote on Facebook : “We could never mourn such an amazing man. He would hate any crying done in his name. It is time to celebrate the legacy he left for us all. “I love you daddy. You loved me too. My heart is heavy but I am strong. I will care … [Read more...] about Magnum P.I. Star Roger E. Mosley Dies After Car Accident

Poll findings suggest “U.S. cities could be facing an uptick in hunger and homelessness in the next coming months…” because of rampant inflation overseen by the Biden administration, Axios reported on Monday. The outlet spoke with Robert Blendon, the co-director of an NPR, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health survey which found that Americans are struggling to afford housing and “timely medical care for serious illnesses.” “It’s very striking,” Blendon told Axios. “We’re in an inflationary period here and it’s unusually broadly hitting minority communities even worse than everyone else.” In a sample of roughly 4,000 adults between May 16 – June 13, 2022, 60 percent of black and Latino households, 70 percent of Native American households, 44 percent of white households, and 36 percent of Asian households say inflation is causing serious financial hardship. The poll also found that 16 percent of black renters, 10 percent of … [Read more...] about Report: Inflation Could Cause ‘Uptick in Hunger, Homelessness’