Dangerous BadPower Hack Can Destroy Fast Chargers And Set Devices Ablaze

Hot Headlines in Technology for today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [Here Are All The Aircraft And Airports Featured In Microsoft Flight Simulator]( By Shane McGlaun on Jul 21, 2020 03:22 pm [Here Are All The Aircraft And Airports Featured In Microsoft Flight Simulator]( Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the most anticipated games for PC gamers landing in 2020. The game is notable for relying on actual software in the simulation that pilots use in the real world along with real-time traffic, among other things. The game comes in three different versions and will have 30 different aircraft and 40 highly-detailed [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [LG's Stylish Velvet Mid-Range 5G Phone Hits AT&T Tomorrow For As Low As $300]( By Brandon Hill on Jul 21, 2020 02:38 pm [LG's Stylish Velvet Mid-Range 5G Phone Hits AT&T Tomorrow For As Low As $300]( LG doesn’t get the same attention as its fellow South Korean behemoth Samsung when it comes smartphones, but that doesn’t mean that the company isn’t putting out excellent devices. In fact, the company back in the Spring officially announced its Velvet, which is a mid-range 5G smartphone. Today, we’re learning that the smartphone will launch [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [See What's New In Fortnite's 13.30 Patch Update Including Summer Splash LTMs]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 21, 2020 01:46 pm [See What's New In Fortnite's 13.30 Patch Update Including Summer Splash LTMs]( Epic Games has rolled out its v13.30 patch for Fortnite and with it comes a bunch of bug fixes, some changes to the flooded map, and new Summer Splash limited time modes (LTMs). It is not the biggest patch in the world, but there are some notable additions and issue resolutions. For example, Epic Games fixed an issue that was preventing players [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Dataminer Drops Hints About Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War]( By Shane McGlaun on Jul 21, 2020 12:30 pm [Dataminer Drops Hints About Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War]( We're already a bit more than halfway through 2020, and expectations are that a new Call of Duty game will be announced this year. While no official announcement has been made so far, the game is reportedly called Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The very first hints at some of the features in the game have surfaced thanks to a dataminer [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Ford's Insane Mustang Mach-E Has 7 Electric Motors And 1400 Horsepower]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 21, 2020 11:30 am [Ford's Insane Mustang Mach-E Has 7 Electric Motors And 1400 Horsepower]( Electric vehicles sure have come a long way. Forget about the Toyota Prius or Honda Insight (an excellent car, by the way), Ford's new all-electric Mustang Mach-E 1400 is a different animal. Sure, it's from the same general family—just as domesticated kittens and lions of the wild are similar. But the Mustang Mach-E 1400 is also wildly different. Ford [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [OnePlus Nord 5G Phone Gets Official With 6.44-Inch 90Hz Display, 4110 mAh Battery And Aggressive Pricing]( By Brandon Hill on Jul 21, 2020 11:08 am [OnePlus Nord 5G Phone Gets Official With 6.44-Inch 90Hz Display, 4110 mAh Battery And Aggressive Pricing]( After months of leaks and recent "feature drops" from OnePlus executives, the OnePlus Nord has officially been announced. Given that most of the major details about the phone have already been revealed (90Hz display, quad rear camera, dual selfie cameras, Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G), today's unveil was a chance for OnePlus to really flesh out [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [LG's 27-Inch UltraGear 4K IPS Gaming Monitor Boasts A Blazing-Fast 1ms Response Time]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 21, 2020 10:15 am [LG's 27-Inch UltraGear 4K IPS Gaming Monitor Boasts A Blazing-Fast 1ms Response Time]( LG on Tuesday laid claim to offering the world's first IPS monitor to combine a 4K resolution with a 1-millesecond (ms) gray-to-gray (GtG) response time, to keep the action fast and smooth for gamers. The implication here is that you can have the speed benefits of a cheaper TN panel, on a monitor that uses a higher-quality IPS screen. "Our [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [iPhone SE Hit Sales Bullseye For Apple With Perfect Storm Of Performance And Value]( By Brandon Hill on Jul 21, 2020 10:05 am [iPhone SE Hit Sales Bullseye For Apple With Perfect Storm Of Performance And Value]( Apple introduced the second-generation iPhone SE on April 15th, right during the middle of the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic (read our review here). As was the case with the first-generation iPhone SE, this new model includes a processor from Apple's current flagship smartphone family in a body that is a few years old. That strategy of [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Dangerous BadPower Hack Can Destroy Fast Chargers And Set Devices Ablaze]( By Shane McGlaun on Jul 21, 2020 09:46 am [Dangerous BadPower Hack Can Destroy Fast Chargers And Set Devices Ablaze]( Security researchers from China have outlined a new attack dubbed BadPower that can alter the firmware of fast chargers to cause damage to power systems of connected devices. Using the technique, the researchers say they can melt components or potentially set devices on fire. BadPower was detailed last week in a report published by Xuanwu [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [How To Watch The OnePlus Nord Livestream Today In Augmented Reality]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 21, 2020 09:33 am [How To Watch The OnePlus Nord Livestream Today In Augmented Reality]( OnePlus is getting ready to launch the OnePlus Nord during a livestream event, and while we already know several details about the upcoming handset, there's a good reason to check it out—augmented reality. As in, if you own an Android or iOS device (and who doesn't these days), you can watch the event in AR, which is pretty neat. In order [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Brings Power And Performance Of Ryzen 4000 Renoir Processors To Desktop PCs]( By Brandon Hill on Jul 21, 2020 09:07 am [AMD Brings Power And Performance Of Ryzen 4000 Renoir Processors To Desktop PCs]( Today is a big day for AMD, as the company looks to spread the reach of its powerful 7nm Zen 2 processor architecture to additional segments. We’ve seen Zen 2 make waves in the server (EPYC 7xx2), HEDT workstation (Threadripper 3000/Threadripper Pro 3000), consumer desktop (Ryzen 3000), and the laptop (Ryzen 4000) markets over the past year. 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