An 11 year-old at DEFCON successfully hacks the vote totals on a replica of Florida’s Secretary of State webpage. Lenovo comes out with a thin and light desktop replacement notebook. Samsung updates its SmartThings wireless hub.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.
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- (01:30) Elon Musk confirms his bid to take Tesla private, backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund | tech crunch
- (02:00) Solar-powered aircraft stays aloft for record-breaking 25 days | engadget
- (02:25) iOS 12 won’t launch with FaceTime group chats | engadget
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- (02:50) Samsung has a new SmartThings hub and router with Plume’s mesh Wi-Fi tech | engadget
- (05:00) HoloLens will help a children’s hospital perform critical surgeries | tech crunch
- (08:35) AP Exclusive: Google tracks your movements, like it or not | associated press
- How to get Google to stop tracking your location for real | technology review
- (12:20) Dozens of kids hack election site replicas in just minutes | engadget
- (16:30) Elaborate hack turned Amazon Echo speakers into spies | engadget
- (20:50) That Fax Machine You Never Use Could Be a Massive Cybersecurity Risk. Here’s How. | fortune
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