Fisher-Price’s Chatter phone has a simple but problematic Bluetooth bug

As nostalgia goes, the Fisher-Price Chatter phone doesn’t disappoint. The classic retro kids toy was given a modern revamp for the holiday season with the new release for adults which, unlike the original toy designed for kids, can make and receive calls over Bluetooth using a nearby smartphone. The Chatter — despite a working rotary […]

Justin Kan’s NFT platform suffers rocky debut as scammer makes off with $150K in user funds

Despite billions in VC investment, many web3 crypto platforms are still pretty hostile places for users new to the crypto world. Case in point, today Justin Kan’s NFT platform Fractal suffered a security breach when a scammer hacked the announcement bot for the startup’s Discord which sent out a fraudulent link to the platform’s more […]

A Bluetooth bug in a popular at-home COVID-19 test could falsify results

A security researcher found a Bluetooth vulnerability in a popular at-home COVID-19 test allowing him to modify its results. F-Secure researcher Ken Gannon identified the since-fixed flaw in the Ellume COVID-19 Home Test, a self-administered antigen test that individuals can use to check to see if they have been infected with the virus. Rather than […]

Interactive streaming platform Adventr raises $5M in seed funding

Founder and CEO Devo Harris got the idea for Adventr while working with the music industry’s biggest artists. “Adventr was inspired by my experience creating content for artists like Kanye West, Britney Spears and Nas,” he said. “The music videos where I introduced interactive components shot up in popularity, proving that engaging viewers was not […]

Turing books $87M at a $1.1B valuation to help source, hire and manage engineers remotely

When it comes to engineering talent in the world of tech, demand continues to outpace supply, a predicament so acute that by 2030, that disparity will balloon to 85 million positions being unfilled, according to research from Korn Ferry. Today, a startup that believes it can stem that tide with a more inclusive, global approach […]

キヤノンが開発した「光の軌道が撮れるセンサー」が言葉は読めるが内容の理解が追いつかないレベルでヤバい技術だった

ねむねむ @kmayu 「光の軌跡が撮れる」の意味が分かんなくてリンク先の動画見に行ったら「新しいイメージセンサー開発したよ！ 光がスモーク中を『動いて』いくところが見えるぐらいの超ハイスピードカメラが作れるよ！」という話であり、マジで「は？」って声が出ました。 global.canon/ja/technology/… pic.twitter.co…

政府、民間の垣根を越え、デジタルの団結が変革を促す：オードリー・タン──「THE WORLD IN 2022」 GLOBAL NEIGHBORHOOD

デジタル世界における政府と市民のグローバルな同盟関係によって、ウイルスなど刻一刻と状況が変わる事態や多様な市民のニーズにも迅速に対応できるとオードリー・タンは期待を込める（雑誌『WIRED』日本版VOL.43より転載）。
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Dear Sophie: How to maneuver the latest travel bans, H-1B alternatives

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies.

US investment in smart roadways will pave the path to an economic boom

The adage of “the way we’ve always done it” needs to fall by the wayside. Putting public investment into infrastructure is how we got paved roads 100 years ago and interstates 60 years ago.