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Project Zero, an in-house team of Google experts and analysts tasked with finding advanced cybersecurity threats known as zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits, detected a record-breaking 58 in-the-wild exploits in 2021, according to a report from the team published Tuesday.  A zero-day vulnerability refers to security flaws that developers have just become aware of, hence, they’ve “zero days” …

After Apple made its own operations carbon neutral in 2020 to combat the release of greenhouse gas emissions, Apple’s suppliers are now headed the same direction, the electronics giant said Thursday. A total of 213 of them in 25 countries have pledged to power their Apple component production with renewable power. Over the last year, its suppliers more than doubled …

Netflix unveiled a plan on Tuesday to help stabilize the climate by reducing its own emissions and investing in programs to offset the remainder. Called Net Zero plus Nature, the commitment aims to achieve neutral emissions by 2022 and every year thereafter.  The streaming giant developed the plan to align with the latest guidance from Oxford University with the goal …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. TVs with 8K resolution have been around since late 2018 and we’ve always told people not to buy them. Their extra pixels don’t especially improve image quality in my experience, and no TV shows or movies are available in 8K anyway. …

In the latest of a back-and-forth battle between the state of California and Uber and Lyft, an appeals court ruled Thursday evening that an injunction issued against the two ride-hailing companies over the status of their drivers was an appropriate measure. The injunction was issued in August by Judge Ethan Schulman of the San Francisco Superior Court, who ruled that …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. PowerVision has made drones that fly and drones that swim and now, it’s got one that flies in the rain. The PowerEgg X, debuting at CES 2020, is considerably smaller than the original PowerEgg that was essentially a large 4.6-pound flying …

Ask anyone who owns a camera drone what their main gripe is and the answer is likely short flight times. Drone maker Zero Zero Robotics says its upcoming V-Coptr Falcon will blow past industry standards by staying in the air for up to 50 minutes. And it didn’t do it by bulking up the battery, but by going from a …

Google’s security researchers said Thursday that they have found a new Android exploit that lets hackers take over a person’s phone. The Project Zero team discovered the vulnerability in late September. They’ve already seen evidence of the exploit being used in the real world before it could be patched, making it what’s known as a zero-day vulnerability.  The exploit is in …

Sony’s PlayStation has opened an online store so you can now buy PS4 consoles, accessories and games directly from the company. While PlayStation already had the PSN store for digital items, this store will be for physical products.  The new store is part of the PlayStation.com website, and you can also purchase PS4 Pro and PS VR systems and bundles; headsets, …

Google’s Project Zero security researchers have revealed that they found several hacked websites that slipped malware onto people’s iPhones for years. If people visited one of the sites, their messages, photos and location data could have been compromised. The team reported its findings to Apple earlier this year, and the vulnerability was patched in the same update that fixed the FaceTime …