Recently, however, some of the tactics have gotten a bit more vicious and aggressive. A new set of malware is attacking users the instant they visit a compromised website. The worst part: it doesn’t even try to hide it from you! The second the malware installs, it encrypts your files, locks them away, and demands you pay hundreds in Bitcoin just to get them back. This hostile type of attack — called “ransomware” — is a serious problem....
For instance, how about shipping that’s even faster than that? That was definitely major news coming from a recent earnings call, which we’ll come back to. That’s one of a few things in the works that might completely change the way we think about online shopping. Some of these changes will be welcomed with open arms, while one’s a little unbelievable. Just in the past month, Olsavsky said they’ve already expanded one-day shipping for eligible products and zip codes....
The rumor mills claim that Nokia Flagship will employ a large circular disk to house the camera lens unit much like the yesteryear’s Nokia Lumia 1020. Apparently, it will have five holes for the lens and another opening for the flash unit. It’s also quite possible that Nokia might incorporate the rotating lens technology, for which a patent has already been filed. The Miniature zoom camera from the Zeiss includes a mechanism wherein multiple lenses can be rotated and thus will help in changing the focal length and also offer a much larger zoom range....
Well, after much rumors and speculations, HMD Global has finally announced the first Nokia Android smartphone. The Nokia 6 has been launched in China and will only be available in the Chinese market only on JD.com. If you are Indian and are waiting for the Nokia device to grab it, then you have to wait out for this one, as HMD Global mentioned in its release that there are no plans to release Nokia 6 in other markets....
The NSA creates a repository in GitHub with some of its projects The NSA is one of the intelligence agencies of the United States Government that has long been under the watch of much of society, due to several leaks that have been known about its particular way of controlling and monitoring the security of Information on the Internet and other platforms. In particular, following the revelations brought to light by Edward Snowden, about the various espionage practices carried out by the agency, which included – among others – mass espionage through various research systems to several of its objectives of interest....
Recently, Nvidia has also launched its fastest-ever GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphic card only at $1,999 that retains 24GB of GDDR6X with a speed of 21GB/s. There is currently no exact information or claims that the AD102 GPU is named as the RTX 4090 or into the RTX 40-series. Besides, some other report has also suggested that the company may skip the RTX 40-series and rebrand it as the 50-series....
While LG’s first Android Wear powered smartwatch is still a couple of months away, the company has been continuously releasing teasers for it. Today, the company has released the first promo video of the G Watch showing off its “sleek and lightweight” design “for all-day comfort” and “metal body for a timeless look”. The 0:53 seconds teaser video also highlights the waterproof design of the watch and its battery efficiency with a vague “ready for anything, anytime with a single charge” claim....
A new poll from youth trend research firm Generation Lab reveals that 40% of college students and recent graduates prefer fully in-office work, with 39% seeking hybrid positions and just 19% vouching for fully remote policies. It’s hard to get an accurate reading on how younger generations feel about the remote work versus office debate, as data regarding Gen Z work is often contradictory. A similar survey by TenSpot, a workforce engagement platform, reports that 30% of Gen Z workers want to work remotely full-time, as opposed to the 19% reported by Generation Lab....
So much of our personal data files are stored on these handy gadgets, it’s horrifying to think about a cybercriminal breaking into them. Unfortunately, a Trojan was recently discovered that allows cybercriminals to do just that. How cybercriminals are stealing critical data A form of malware that attacks Android gadgets was recently discovered by researchers at Palo Alto Networks. Although this malware was just discovered, it’s actually been infecting gadgets for almost two years....
On Thursday, researchers from Cisco Talos said that the malware, dubbed ZingoStealer, is being offered for free to Haskers Gang Telegram group members. Active since at least 2020, the Haskers Gang group isn’t your typical, small collective of cybercriminals. Instead, the ‘community’ comprises of a few founders – likely based in Eastern Europe – and thousands of casual members. Haskers Gang communicates via Telegram and Discord to share ‘community’ updates, tools, and its latest activities....
Last week, Motorola unveiled its low-budget wonder — the Moto E. The handset is priced even lower than the Moto G, which had set a new benchmark in the value for money and price-to-performance ratio and made all the other high-end phones feel extremely overpriced. The Moto E retails for US $129, and even less in some emerging markets, which makes it cheaper than the Moto G by “only” $50....
Motorola made some changes to its Moto G lineup, and now evidence is mounting that a bigger change is coming for the company’s flagship family of devices. Earlier this month a report surfaced that suggested Motorola was planning on dropping the Moto X brand from its flagship of devices, instead going with a one letter difference: Moto Z. Specifically, the two main flagships this year are expected to be the Moto Z Play and the Moto Z Style, and the DROID lineup from Verizon Wireless could see something akin to “Moto Z Play Droid Edition....
Now already uses contexts to decide what you need to know—you require different information at Disneyl than you would at home or at work, explained Aparna Chennapragada, ’s director of product management, when introducing Now on Tap at the I/O keynote. Now on Tap works with more contexts, like the current app you’re using what’s happening inside it. It’s best shown off in demos, the demos at I/O were beyond impressive....
Well Firefox E10S has helped improve the work efficiency by managing up to four processes. According to the recent test conducted by a Mozilla Developer, Firefox version 55 and 56 can handle “ridiculous numbers of tabs”. The test had been conducted by Mozilla’s Developer Dietrich Ayala. The test shows that Firefox version 55 and 56 can process over 1500 tabs. Therefore, if you are among those who work on multiple tabs, then Firefox 55 and 56 would be the right choice for you....
Who has not suffered the encounter with the perfect image but with a huge watermark? The tech giant Google researchers have discovered a weakness in the image banks that make it possible to remove the watermark from a photograph that protects the copyright of the image. This fault can be exploited with an algorithm that searches for and recognizes watermarks and removes them from the image automatically. The creation of this algorithm, in case it fell into bad hands could endanger many sites that are dedicated to storing these photos with copyrights....
LG Velvet: Display In terms of design, the LG Velvet appears to have a sleek design with 3D arc edges. Towards the front, it has a 6.8-inch Full HD+ OLED display with a 20.5:9 aspect ratio and a 2340×1080 pixel screen resolution. The display has a waterdrop-style notch to house the front-facing camera. LG Velvet: Performance At its core, the LG Velvet runs on the Snapdragon 845 chipset, which offers up to 2....
The reason for that rarity is simple. Most wireless earbuds rely on a version of Bluetooth. Bluetooth tends to, well, suck for gaming. It introduces noticeable “latency,” or a delay between the game (or video) and audio. Obviously, in many games, this will get you killed by an enemy you only hear approaching after they’ve already shot you. Some Bluetooth protocols minimize this, but none reliably match the undetectable latency 2....
Just a few days ago, Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg shared his 2019’s resolution which is little bit different and far less personal, far more vital. Mark Zuckerberg has taken a new year’s resolution to fix his social media platform Facebook. In that post, he also talked about his increased interest in the world of cryptocurrency. Mark Zuckerberg thinks that cryptocurrency could rebuild people’s faith that technology is a decentralizing force, not centralized....
Android 6.0 Marshmallow continues to see its distribution increase ahead of Android 7.0 Nougat’s launch this fall. In Google’s latest distribution chart for August, Marshmallow holds a 15.2 percent share, up 1.9 percentage points from last month. Only two versions of Android saw their distribution share increase this month — Marshmallow and Lollipop — while every other release saw its share fall. Marshmallow saw the biggest increase of 1.9 percent, while Lollipop gained just 0....
Windows enhances its photo application for Windows 10 Brandon LeBlanc, one of the leaders of the Insider program, communicated the news in his Twitter profile. Microsoft is testing new names for its photo application. However, as Microsoft Insider details, the new name that has taken the application in the last update is Story Remix. — Brandon LeBlanc (@brandonleblanc) August 18, 2017 In fact, everything seems to indicate that developers are preparing important improvements to this app, so that not only it is useful for viewing photos, but will also allow you to collect both videos and photos and create audiovisual material in a simple but personalized way....
