Bluetooth

China's homebrew Bluetooth alternative is on the march as Beijing pushes universal remotes

'Star Flash' is said to include 5G tech and leave rival wireless protocols struggling in the crack of a sofa

Personal Tech16 Dec 2024 | 55

Organized crime and domestic violence perps are big buyers of tracking devices

Australian study finds GPS trackers – and sometimes AirTags – are in demand for the wrong reasons

Security26 Jun 2024 | 24

Apple and some Linux distros are open to Bluetooth attack

Issue has been around since at least 2012

Security06 Dec 2023 | 14

Weak session keys let snoops take a byte out of your Bluetooth traffic

BLUFFS spying flaw present in iPhones, ThinkPad, plenty of chipsets

Research30 Nov 2023 | 12

Born in the USA! Broadcom will produce American-made RF modules for Apple

So what happened to Apple building its own modems?

Edge + IoT23 May 2023 | 7

What's called Grogu but isn't that cute? Google's leaked answer to Apple AirTags

Rumored product looks like part of a larger effort to compete with Cupertino's Find My network

Personal Tech17 Jan 2023 | 14

Don't want to get run over by a Ford car? There's a Bluetooth app for that

That is, if the driver and/or car has very quick reflexes and a clear signal

Personal Tech19 Sep 2022 | 59

Windows 11 update blocking some users from logging in

And on new accounts as Microsoft tries to drive big adoption

OSes09 Sep 2022 | 52

Hardware flaws give Bluetooth chipsets unique fingerprints that can be tracked

While this poses a privacy and security threat, an attacker's ability to exploit it may come down to luck

Research10 Jun 2022 | 6

Your snoozing iOS 15 iPhone may actually be sleeping with one antenna open

No, you're not really gonna be hacked. But you may be surprised

Research19 May 2022 | 40

Pentester pops open Tesla Model 3 using low-cost Bluetooth module

Anything that uses proximity-based BLE is vulnerable, claim researchers

Research17 May 2022 | 51

Apple tweaks AirTags to be less useful for stalkers, thieves

'Privacy is built in' was more an aspiration until now

Personal Tech11 Feb 2022 | 117

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