Using old systems can prove to be problematic as it increases bottlenecks in workflow, efficiency, and costs. A lot of times, most of us learn to live with the odd characteristics of our PCs to the point of embracing its errored impulses. We know which parts work, which parts don’t, and when we need to wiggle the USB plug to make it connect properly. As a...

It has been reported that recently, a hacker devised a way to control a person's smartphone - through their USB cable they use to charge their smartphone. The hacker, who works at Verizon Media and goes by the Twitter handle @_MG_, created the tool to highlight outstanding security risks surrounding modern technology. To do this, he took a standard Apple USB Lightning cable and altered...