WhisperPair vulnerability in Google Fast Pair allows attackers to silently hijack Bluetooth headphones from Sony, Jabra, JBL and other brands.

This year, the right-to-repair movement got a boost from--surprisingly--big tech, tariffs, and economic downturn. It has been a big year for the right to repair, the movement of advocates pushing for people to be able to fix their own electronics and equipment without manufacturer approval. The issue has gathered broad support from technologists, farmers, military leaders, and politicians on both sides of the aisle. It is popular with just about everyone--except the companies who stand to gain if the parts, instructions, and tools necessary to fix their products remain under lock and key. Three US states passed right-to-repair laws this year, including in heavily Republican states like Texas where the measure received a unanimous vote in both the House and Senate.

Unfortunately, there are some usability bumps. The Antigravity A1 is what happens when Insta360's 360-degree cameras are given wings and flying feels like a video game. Spinning out as its own brand, Antigravity's debut drone is a big swing: a three-piece set with a drone that captures 8K 360-degree video, FPV goggles and a motion controller. Challenging the dominance of DJI's (many!) consumer drones is a big ask. Antigravity's approach is to play to its strengths in 360-degree video and smartphone-first editing.

Segway's all-new Navimow X350 robot lawn mower is a big step up from its earlier Navimow I- and H-series, which remain available. Segway's all-new Navimow X3 series of robot lawn mowers boasts enhanced navigation savvy and onboard AI. The Navimow X350 reviewed here is a big step up from the Navimow i110n mower I reviewed in 2024. The Navimow i110n's navigation was the best in its class at the time, and its cutting performance is fantastic. That said, I found the older mower--which will continue to be available for sale--to be underpowered, and it had an uncanny ability to find its way onto the street during my review period due to its poor cliff detection.

It's been more than a year since Ikea's smart hub got a Matter update, but up until now, the Dirigea hub could only act as a bridge between Ikea devices and existing Matter networks. That's about to change thanks to a just-released firmware update. Dirigea firmware update 2.805.6 gives the Dirigea hub Matter controller capabilities, meaning it can now discover and take charge of Matter devices, including those from third-party manufacturers. The firmware update was confirmed by an Ikea rep on Reddit. Previously, the Dirigera hub could only expose Ikea devices to other Matter controllers, such as the Apple HomePod mini, the Amazon Echo, and the Google Nest Hub.

When DJI revealed its tiny 200 Neo drone, I immediately saw how it could fit into my vlogger's toolkit to supplement my Mini 4 Pro and Mavic 3 Pro. Flying those sophisticated drones is a whole thing that requires planning. But the Neo can be launched spontaneously to grab quick and fun shots, thanks to features like palm takeoff and voice control. That ease of use also makes it ideal for the social media influencers. You get features from DJI's bigger drones like ActiveTrack, FPV capabilities and even support for DJI's Mic 2. And forget about the fuzzy video you may have seen on other cheap drones. The Neo can record in sharp 4K, making it suitable for content creators who need affordable aerial video.

The rapid advances in the Internet of Things (IoT) have promoted a revolution in communication technology and offered various customer services. Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have been exploited to facilitate IoT operations and maximize their potential in modern application scenarios. In particular, the convergence of IoT and AI has led to a new networking paradigm called Intelligent IoT (IIoT), which has the potential to significantly transform businesses and industrial domains. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of IIoT by investigating its significant applications in mobile networks, as well as its associated security and privacy issues. Specifically, we explore and discuss the roles of IIoT in a wide range of key application domains, from smart healthcare and smart cities to smart transportation and smart industries. Through such extensive discussions, we investigate important security issues in IIoT networks, where network attacks, confidentiality, integrity, and intrusion are analyzed, along with a discussion of potential countermeasures. Privacy issues in IIoT networks were also surveyed and discussed, including data, location, and model privacy leakage. Finally, we outline several key challenges and highlight potential research directions in this important area.

Deployment of solutions based on TinyML requires meeting several challenges. These include hardware heterogeneity, microprocessor (MCU) architectures, and resource availability constraints. Another challenge is the variety of operating systems for MCU, limited memory management implementations and limited software interoperability between devices. A number of these challenges are solved by dedicated programming libraries and the ability to compile code for specific devices. Nevertheless, the challenge discussed in the paper is the issue of network connectivity for such solutions. We point out that more emphasis should be placed on standard protocols, interoperability of solutions and security. Finally, the paper discusses how the LwM2M protocol can solve the identified challenges related to network connectivity and interoperability.

We have a huge audience of developers, engineers, and programmers who want to transition to becoming successful entrepreneurs. This conversation explores the journey of such a developer. Fantastic story! Sramana Mitra: Let's go to the very beginning of your journey. Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? David Moss: I was born in Arizona. I grew up in a small town. There wasn't a lot happening out in this town. I was interested in building things and taught myself how to program in the C language when I was 12. I continued by starting a business when I was in high school fixing computers, building websites, and so on. I always had an idea that I was going to do a startup as I got older. Those dreams did eventually come true. Getting there was an interesting path. I ended up going to college and studying electrical engineering partially because I was a little bored with software at that age. I had been doing software for so long, I wanted to learn more

At the tail end of last year, a curious new entry into the ebike market emerged: Urtopia. The company's mission seemed pretty clear, to make the most feature-rich, connected bike the world has ever seen. And with a built-in 4G SIM, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, a fingerprint reader and mmWave sensors for collision detection, it was likely accomplished. Except, the model we tested was a prototype leaving us unable to evaluate some of the more interesting features. The retail version of the bike is almost identical to the pre-production version we tested at the end of last year bar a few minor cosmetic details.