pacemakers

Health

What Good Does a Pacemaker Do in a Corpse?

07.03.19

By Avir Mitra
Tech

465,000 Patients Need Software Updates for Their Hackable Pacemakers, FDA Says

08.30.17

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Canan Dagdeviren Believes In Borderless, Personal Medicine

02.20.17

By Samantha Cole
Tech

Why Aren’t There Better Cybersecurity Regulations for Medical Devices?

10.19.15

By J.M. Porup
Tech

Hackers Killed a Simulated Human By Turning Off Its Pacemaker

09.07.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

From Pacemakers to Driverless Cars, the Absurdity of Banning Reverse Engineering

07.05.15

By Michael Byrne
Reasons Why British People Shouldn’t Hate Australians

01.26.15

By Marcus Thompson
Barnaby Jack, the Hacker Who Cracked Pacemakers, Dies

07.28.13

By William Alexander

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Gaming

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Gaming

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