Developer Unlocks Newly Enshittified Echelon Exercise Bikes But Can’t Legally Release His Software

An app developer has jailbroken Echelon exercise bikes to restore functionality that the company put behind a paywall last month, but copyright laws prevent him from being allowed to legally release it.  Last month, Peloton competitor Echelon pushed a firmware update to its exercise equipment that forces its machines to connect to the company’s servers…

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IBM and Palo Alto Networks Find Platformization is Key to Reduce Cybersecurity Complexity

New global research from the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value (IBV) and Palo Alto Networks® (NASDAQ: PANW), found that surveyed organizations are facing security complexity challenges as they juggle an average of 83 different security solutions from 29 vendors. It also shows 7 out of 10 surveyed companies with a high degree of…

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Cellebrite Is Using AI to Summarize Chat Logs and Audio from Seized Mobile Phones

Cellebrite, the company which makes near ubiquitous phone hacking and forensics technology used by police officers around the world, has introduced artificial intelligence capabilities into its products, including summarizing chat logs or audio messages from seized mobile phones, according to an announcement from the company last month. The introduction of AI into a tool that…

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