Amazon upgrades its Echo Show 5 and Echo Show 8 smart displays

Having recently upgraded its Echo Show 10 to add a rotating screen, now Amazon has refreshed its smaller Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 5 devices too. A special Kids Edition of the smallest model has also been introduced.

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Ransomware attackers are now using triple extortion tactics

Attackers are not only demanding ransom from organizations, but also threatening their customers, users and other third parties. Image: kaptnali/Getty Images/iStockphoto Cybercriminals who specialize in ransomware have already been using…

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New book cites 4 forces to create disruption: Tech, policy, business models and social dynamics

The new book "Future Tech" asserts that this disruption is a good predictor of what's coming next. For true change the forces must combine. Future Tech by Trond Arne Undheim"…

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Cryptocurrency: Dogecoin bankrolls moon mission set to ride on a SpaceX rocket

The news represents one small step for cryptocurrency and a giant leap for Dogecoin. With SpaceX launching the doge-backed mission, will space agencies start cutting deals in crypto? Image: GettyImages/Yuriko…

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BCI lets paralyzed users quickly type text, by imagining writing it

When someone is paralyzed from the neck down, they can obviously no longer write words out by hand. They can still think about doing so, though, and those thoughts could allow them to type out messages via a new brain-computer interface (BCI).

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Bose launches SoundControl prescription-free hearing aids

Audio gear titan Bose has embarked on its first foray into the hearing aid space, and made quite an entrance with the first direct-to-customer model for adults to be cleared by the Food and Drug Administration.

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