Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai

Who wants a free car? If you hurry, you can get $40,000 off a 2023 Toyota Mirai, a fuel-cell vehicle which retails for $52,000. When you factor in the $15,000 in free hydrogen over six years and the available 0% interest loan, Toyota is essentially paying people $3,000 to take the car off its hands. … Read more

That Electric Toothbrush Botnet Story Is Fake

The answer is: No, but you’d be forgiven for having believed that was the case since a viral news story made the rounds earlier this week claiming it was so. The Animal Kingdom Imagines a World of Humans Turning Into Animals The story in question was published by a Swiss newspaper, Aargauer Zeitung, and claimed that … Read more

Inside Mirai, the Hack that Broke the Internet

In October 2016, a malware tool named Mirai took down some of the biggest sites and services on the web, including Netflix, Spotify, Twitter, PayPal, and Slack. The blackout affected most of the East Coast of the United States, and the size and scope of the outage alarmed the cybersecurity researchers and law enforcement agencies … Read more