internet of things
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Google Home Syncs Your Smart Home Gadgets With One Phrase
Smart devices are becoming more and more ubiquitous. Whether you’re the owner of a smart lightbulb, smart outlet, security camera, or all of the above, managing your devices can get tricky, especially if you’re amassing a collection. If you’re using a Google voice assistant, though, they’re making it easy to add new smart toys to…
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Internet-Connected Teddy Bears Exposed Personal Voice Recordings Of Kids And Parents
Over two million voice recordings from parents and children along with 800,000 account credentials have been exposed; all because of internet-connected teddy bears and poorly secured MongoDB databases.
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IoT Scanner Checks For Vulnerabilities In Your Connected Devices
Last week’s DDoS attack on Dyn that shut down portions of the internet was fuelled by bots created from hacked connected devices, like internet-connected cameras and DVRs, but can also theoretically include connected routers and printers. While there isn’t exactly a fix for this problem, IoT Scanner is a tool that can at least tell you…
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Briefly: Graphics Card Benchmarks, New Godzilla, Pokemon GO Monster Strengths
Brief news items of note for Lifehacker readers, including: Every AMD and Nvidia graphics card for 2016 benchmarked, watch the trailer to the new Japanese Godzilla, Hundreds team up to figure out which Pokemon GO monsters are the strongest.