Day: October 25, 2022

A California project would store solar energy to use when the sun goes down in water batteries

Posted on by Robin Edgar

The San Diego County Water Authority has an unusual plan to use the city’s scenic San Vicente Reservoir to store solar power so it’s available after sunset. The project, and others like it, could help unlock America’s clean energy future. Perhaps a decade from now, if all goes smoothly, large underground pipes will connect this Read more about A California project would store solar energy to use when the sun goes down in water batteries[…]

Crooks use POS malware to steal 167,000 credit card numbers from shops with open VNC + RDP ports

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Cybercriminals have used two strains of point-of-sale (POS) malware to steal the details of more than 167,000 credit cards from payment terminals. The backend command-and-control (C2) server that operates the MajikPOS and Treasure Hunter malware remains active, according to Group-IB’s Nikolay Shelekhov and Said Khamchiev, and “the number of victims keeps growing,” they said this Read more about Crooks use POS malware to steal 167,000 credit card numbers from shops with open VNC + RDP ports[…]

Lenovo reveals rollable growing laptop and smartphone screens

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Lenovo has staged its annual Tech World gabfest and teased devices with rollable OLED screens that shrink or expand as applications demand. The company emitted the video below to show off its rollables. We’ve embedded and set the vid to start at the moment the rollable phone is demoed. The rollable laptop demo starts at Read more about Lenovo reveals rollable growing laptop and smartphone screens[…]