Be aware of all the devices connected to your home network, including baby monitors, gaming consoles, TVs, appliances or even your car. Ensure all those devices are protected by a strong password and/or are running the latest version of their…

Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news

Once again, lawmakers demonstrate profound lack of understanding of how the internet works

Tools named after the smallest mountain in the world tests for weaknesses

And not just your data, but also the data of government officials, lawmakers and diplomats

The faux-bad-English hackers wanted BTC 1,000,000, then slashed the price to BTC 10,000…now yours as a job lot for just BTC 1000.

mi writes: The drama is over, Donald J. Trump passed the 270 electoral votes necessary to become President. A few electors dissented, resulting in their prompt dismissal and replacement per their state’s laws. Ironically, more dissenters turned on Clinton than…

Artem Tashkinov writes: Waymo, what used to be a Google division and now is a new division in Alphabet, has revealed its first production ready fully autonomous car based on Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid. The new vehicle for six passengers will…

harrymcc writes: As Mark Zuckerberg’s personal challenge for 2016, he built Jarvis — a service similar to Alexa or Google Assistant, but built to do exactly the things he wants to do in his home, and controllable by both voice…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The U.S. electric grid continued to transform in 2016. No new coal plants were added, and solar became the top new source of generating capacity. Combined with wind, a small bit…