Homeland

Apple has been giving Samsung a tough fight in the global smartphone market. And for the first time ever, last year, Apple shipped more iPhones annually than Samsung did. This doesn't look good for Samsung at all. What's even worse is that Apple's market share has reached a record high in Samsung's homeland, South Korea. According to a new report from Counterpoint Research, Apple's smartphone market share breached the 25% mark in South Korea for the first time. Its market share has been increasing by 1% point every year…

When she started work on this fabulous book about her family, Rachel Cockerell was most intrigued by her grandmother Fanny and great aunt Sonia, who “raised children together in a giant, Edwardian north London house in the 1940s”. She envisaged only a few sentences about their father, David Jochelmann, who brought them over from Kyiv at the start of the first world war and lived in the same house until he died in 1941. But although the family remembered him only as a “businessman”, research soon revealed a fascinating…

WASHINGTON —  The House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback.The evening roll call proved tight, with Speaker Mike Johnson’s threadbare GOP majority unable to handle many defectors or absences in the face of staunch Democratic opposition to impeaching Mayorkas, the first Cabinet secretary facing charges…

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, is issuing a new warning: your Google Chrome browser and Excel spreadsheets could be at risk of an attack. The agency identified two new exploits that could give hackers easy access to your computer.Federal agencies have until January 23 to make sure they're protected. Here are some ways to make sure you're protected too.CLICK TO GET KURT’S FREE CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH SECURITY ALERTS, QUICK VIDEO TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER…

Vivo has taken the wraps off its X100 series in China, with the spotlight of the series being the X100 Pro. The X100 Pro features a 50MP 1-inch IMX989 VCS bionic sensor, one of the most advanced in the market. While the main innovation in the smartphone industry is expected from key makers like Apple and Samsung, Vivo seems to be leading the charge in terms of camera innovation. Vivo is likely positioning the X100 Pro series as a competitor to the upcoming Xiaomi 14 series. Vivo X100 Pro camera steals the show The Vivo…

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that the agency would create a task force to figure out how to use artificial intelligence to do everything from protecting critical infrastructure to screening cargo to ferret out products made with slave labor.While artificial intelligence isn't new, the sudden popularity of OpenAI's ChatGPT in recent months has sent officials around the world scrambling to see how they can best use the technology for good and prevent it from turbocharging disinformation…

Last updated: April 17th, 2023 at 12:22 UTC+02:00 Samsung might not be in a rush to bring the Pay platform to Galaxy Watch customers in South Korea. Although the company will likely react to Apple’s recent release of its own Pay platform, Samsung doesn’t seem to have any immediate plans to allow Galaxy Watch users to make NFC payments. And there’s a reason for that. Apple Pay went live in South Korea last month, and when it did, it became available for iPhones and Apple Watches alike. Meanwhile, Samsung only offers…

The says its Science and Technology Directorate division has created a portable gunshot detection system with the help of a company called Shooter Detection Systems (SDS). The agency notes that whereas other systems , SDS Outdoor can pinpoint flashes of gunshots as well. DHS claims this approach can reduce false positive rates. DHS has not disclosed details about the accuracy of the system. SDS, which is owned by , says its indoor gunshot detection system has a near-100 percent detection rate with fewer than one false…

Inset of the original cover to Homeland by artist Jeff Easley.Image: Wizards of the CoastAfter the success of The Icewind Dale trilogy and the immense popularity of its breakout star, Drizzt Do’Urden, R.A. Salvatore was inevitably going to explore how the one non-evil drow elf in the Forgotten Realms became… well, non-evil. The result was the Dark Elf trilogy, which began with Homeland. It was by far my favorite Dungeons & Dragons novel when I was a kid, and now, 30+ years later, it still is.Homeland chronicles…

Photo: Associated Press (AP)The Department of Homeland Security launched a failed operation that ensnared hundreds, if not thousands, of U.S. protesters in what new documents show was as a sweeping, power-hungry effort before the 2020 election to bolster President Donald Trump’s spurious claims about a “terrorist organization” he accused his Democratic rivals of supporting. An internal investigative report, made public this month by Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat of Oregon, details the findings of DHS lawyers concerning a…