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Apple has promised to open up its Find My app to third-party accessory makers . But ahead of that, there’s a new tool that will let anybody make their own Bluetooth tracking tag to use with the Find My network so they can track its location. OpenHaystack is a new open-source tool developed by security researchers at the Secure Mobile Networking Lab , who have essentially reverse-engineered the way Apple devices register themselves to the Find My mesh network. It is, in short, a way to create your own DIY AirTags today. OpenHaystack works via a custom Mac app that can be used to track the location of custom tags that you create. As of right now, the tool has direct support to make a tracking tag using the BBC micro:bit mini computer , though other Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device support could be added by other developers in the future. Once registered on Apple’s Find My network, the OpenHaystack app will be able to report the tag’s location just like Apple’s Find My app … [Read more...] about OpenHaystack is a new open-source tool that lets you create DIY AirTags on Apple’s Find My network

Bottom line: Samsung is partnering with financial services company Mastercard to develop a payment card with an integrated fingerprint scanner. The two companies are billing it as a safety measure to reduce physical contact (with the pandemic and all), but security concerns could keep some potential users at bay. In announcing the collaboration , the companies said that instead of having to enter in a PIN on a keypad, users would simply verify their identity using the fingerprint reader built into their cards. The cards will utilize a new security chipset from Samsung’s System LSI Business that packs multiple discrete chips, which should streamline design and development. They’ll be usable at any chip or point-of-sale terminal that currently accepts Mastercard products. Mastercard has been experimenting with fingerprint readers in payment cards since at least 2017. The companies further noted that the new tech will add an extra layer of security to currently … [Read more...] about Samsung and Mastercard team up to create a payment card with a built-in fingerprint reader

Further Reading Gaming chairs or work-from-home chairs? Ars tests two under $500 Last October, we reviewed a pair of gaming/home office chairs— Secretlab's Omega and Anda Seat's more explicitly gaming-themed Fnatic . After several weeks of daily use, the Anda Fnatic took the crown for "favorite chair in the Salter household"—so when Anda offered two more models for review, we snapped them up. Those two models are the Kaiser 2 and T-Pro 2 , neither of which has an explicit esports team affiliation like the Anda Fnatic. This means a more austere appearance—particularly in the case of the T-Pro 2, which doesn't share the Fnatic's and Kaiser 2's neck-height "wings." Much like the Fnatic, these are excellent chairs—but having all three on hand at once made it clear how important picking the right chair for you and your body really is. Unboxing and assembly Assembling the Fnatic, Kaiser 2, and T-Pro 2 chairs all follows the same, simple blueprint: Stuff … [Read more...] about Chairs Technica: We review two new models from Anda Seat

Welcome to Edition 3.35 of the Rocket Report! There is an incredible amount of launch news this week, but I want to start with this: my new book on the origins of SpaceX, Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX , was published this week . Early reviews have been tremendous, and if you're at all interested in the company, or just want a rollicking story, please check it out. As always, we welcome reader submissions , and if you don't want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will not appear on AMP-enabled versions of the site). Each report will include information on small-, medium-, and heavy-lift rockets as well as a quick look ahead at the next three launches on the calendar. Rocket Lab unveils plans for larger rocket . This week, the US rocket company said it had plans to go public, as well as develop a "Neutron" rocket capable of launching as much as 8 tons to low Earth orbit. "Rocket Lab solved small launch with … [Read more...] about Rocket Report: SpaceX explains landing failure, more on New Glenn delays

For medical students and junior doctors, training can be hit and miss. Sometimes you sit down with an actor who plays the part of a patient and rehearse giving a difficult diagnosis, sometimes there's a dummy that you examine, with a colleague shouting out imaginary symptoms along the lines of "His blood pressure's gone through the floor!" or "She looks sweaty and confused now!" In most cases, your imagination has to do the legwork, converting the unmoving peach-coloured rubber torso into a patient urgently in need of assistance or the actor into someone who's about to get bad news. If you're lucky, you get to practice this way a few times a year. If you're in a pandemic, you might not even get that. With training oftentimes taking place in hospitals, students and trainers now can't go to these facilities in order to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID. So now a number of universities and medical institutions are turning to virtual reality to bridge the training gap. … [Read more...] about Virtual reality has found a new role: Teaching doctors to deal with patients