At the beginning of July 2020, a Samsung warehouse in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa was robbed of an unknown amount of Samsung televisions. While the thieves may have hoped to resale the TVs, Samsung’s new Television Block Function threw a wrench in that plan.

Thirty years ago on August 25, 1991, Linus Torvalds posted a message in an online computer science group asking members for feedback on his new operating system. The system, which he claimed “won’t be big” changed the trajectory of technology.

The importance of lighting for worker safety and productivity is often overlooked but cannot be overstated. A recent report shared some simple lighting changes that can significantly improve efficiency and reduce factory accidents.

Facebook’s red team has always thwarted hackers by hacking their own system to find its vulnerabilities. Now Facebook has realized how expanded cybersecurity red teams can better protect networks by assessing third-party systems.

For years, unmanned autonomous systems (UAS) have been used to remove humans from dangerous, but necessary jobs and drones are no exception. In fact, these modern unpiloted aircrafts are now being used to monitor the wellbeing of one of the earliest modes of transportation—railroads.

For the fifth time in the past three years1, T-Mobile suffered a data breach by hackers. On August 17, 2021, a hacker broke into the 5G wireless provider’s systems and stole personal information of over 50 million people including social security numbers, names, birth dates, driver’s license information, and International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) and International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) numbers which are unique phone identifiers that could be used to track locations and other invasive phone-based actions.