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One trick companies use for outreach is to give out company-branded gifts. These can include a company-branded pen and notepad, a water bottle or the ever-present company keychain. Another item companies will send is a USB drive. It is usually branded with its logo and might contain some sales pitch files or a product catalog. These might seem harmless, but they aren’t always. Read on to see how cybercriminals are using them to spread malware....

In addition, earning Marriott Bonvoy Elite Status will be a bit faster; the card will now earn one Elite Night credit for every $5,000 spent with the card. Elite Night credits advance cardmembers through the Marriott Bonvoy membership tiers. Each tier offers better perks and a higher rewards point bonus than the last. The card provides automatic Silver Elite Status, and to advance to Gold Elite Status, cardholders need 25 Elite Night credits....

According to the report on Android Police, Turing Robotics Industries announced the latest Turing Phone Cadenza in a mailing list. This without any doubt will be the best smartphone in the world. Actually, Turing Robotic Industries claims that the Turing Phone Cadenza will be released in 2017. But, guess what? The specifications of the phone are too hard to believe as we already said that this phone without any doubt will be the best smartphone in the world....

Previously, Microsoft has completed working on Windows 11 version 22H2, and rumor said Windows 11 version 22H2 (Sun Valley 2) RTM candidate would take place on 24 May. As Microsoft has recently expressed about the future of revamping apps and functionality like widgets, it also stated that it would make it easier to access the internet directly through the desktop screen. What’s New in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25120 According to Microsoft’s official blog, It’s exploring new ways to feature lightweight interactive content on the Windows desktop, and now it raises Widgets board type of content....

Android lice was tipped that about a new option to download an Android app directly from a search; no need to hop over to the ay Store. After a search for an app, a popup box launched with the usual Install Accept buttons. It’s not live for everyone—I’m unable to reproduce this on my Nexus 6 However, often rolls out trials like this to a select groups of users, so give it a go yourself....

It can be challenging to spot, but a telltale sign is when you start seeing strange search results or your home page has inexplicably changed to something you didn’t choose. Read on for the latest malware you need to look out for and what you can do about it. Here’s the backstory Although browser hijacking malware isn’t anything new, new variants have been causing concern recently. Tracking the ChromeLoader malware since early February, cybersecurity company Red Canary noticed an increase in activity....

Pokémon GO has been hacked time and again by players to gain an unfair advantage. This includes hacks like Pokémon Go Joystick Xposed module that lets you move around in Pokémon Go without having to move around in real life. Such cheats, hacks, and tricks are used by players around the world to gain advantages that they can then use to defeat other players dreams of being Pokémon Masters. The situation was made worse as even casual gamers turned to side loading the game while Niantic was frantically putting out fires and increasing their server capacity....

Nimbus Just Launched World’s Highest-Capacity SSD A month ago, we gathered that the South Korean giant Samsung was already mass producing a 30TB SSD after the 60TB SSD announced by Seagate had not materialized. Today, Nimbus Data has announced an SSD of 100 TB, which represents a new storage record. Nimbus Data ExaDrive DC100: the highest capacity SSD in history The specific model is the Nimbus Data ExaDrive DC100, which is already starting to reach customers of the company in the form of samples....

A previous viral report came up that Facebook CEO and his wife Priscilla Chan will go to donate 99% of their Facebook stock after the name of their newborn girl Max, but now after a certain investigation on the matter, it came out that $45 bn won’t go to charity. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed TechViral that the CEO and his wife already have an organization moniker Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative which will now convert as LLC, which is a Limited Liability Company – thus, the amount of $45 bn will not give a penny to charity after that....

The Moto E isn’t on Motorola’s list of phones slated for an upgrade to Marshmallow. It’s a major disappointment because the device was released this year Motorola touted, “we won’t forget about you” when referencing updates in marketing material. Android lice noted the fine print specifies the Moto E would get “at least one” software update, so Motorola technically met its obligation, because the phone got a boost from Android 5....

To an extent this was understandable. After all, the Nokia 1 was the most modestly specced and designed device of the quartet that was showcased that day. It came with no claims to being carved out of a block of metal or with Zeiss optics. And it had no internals that would set benchmarks on fire. And yet. And yet it could very much be THE device that delivers what matters most to many phone companies – volumes....

After months of beta testing and to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Nova Launcher, one of the developers of the launcher, Cliff Wade, has finally announced the release of Nova Launcher 5.0 with some major new goodies and enhancements. The update introduces all the Pixel goodies that Google debuted with its Pixel handsets in October, including the new Pixel style gesture to open the app drawer and search bar....

The three investors have placed $120 million dollars on the plate to support this research and development activities and, with regard to Intel, the choice is not surprising to it right now: the Santa Clara company, moreover, has already to demonstrate to the market that it was interested in the development of alternative business to that of chips designed for the market decline in the PC. The Canada-based company known as Thalmic Labs created a wearable tech known as Myo in the form of a wristband....

Ahead of the official unveiling of the V30 later this month, LG has provided more details about its new UX that will be running on the handset. The Korean company says that its new UX 6.0+ has been optimised to “work even better” with the 18:9 OLED display the V30 will ship with. LG says that the V20’s secondary display has matured into a semi-transparent floating bar on the V30....

Light is a photography startup which has produced that L16 camera, a veritable challenger to traditional DSLRs as it comes with 16 lenses in one package. The new L16 camera is a point-and-shoot one which boldly seeks to produce images rivaling the quality of DSLR cameras, which are usually bigger and much more expensive. In order to achieve that, Light has come up with a unique way of creating images of up to 52 megapixels by combining shots from an array of inexpensive camera modules....

Both Lyf Wind 3 and Lyf Flame 8 are budget smartphones, with Wind 3 being the slightly premier version of the two. Wind 3 comes with a 5.5-inch HD (720p) IPS LCD display with 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage (with expandable storage up to 32GB). The highlight of the phone has to be the 2,920mAh battery. It’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 410 processor. The camera is 8MP on the rear and 2MP on the front, and the OS is still the age old Android 5....

Malware that steals your personal details isn’t anything new. But the concern level gets raised when apps that are perceived to be secure aren’t. A cybersecurity company recently made a startling discovery: A malware variant that has screen recording and keylogging as its main function. This poses a major threat to users, as all their personal details can be stolen with ease. Here’s the backstory The discovery of malware dubbed Vultur was made by security company ThreatFabric in March this year and was shocked to learn of the malware’s capabilities....

This article will go into detail about the Maze ransomware and will explore what Maze is, how Maze is different from other types of ransomware and how Maze works. It will also highlight some real-world examples of this malware in the wild. Those researching malware will find this article to be the go-to guide to Maze that they’re searching for. What is Maze? Maze, also known as ChaCha, is ransomware that was first observed in May 2019....

Samsung had a lot of nerve announcing an octa-core chip at CES this year. Not only did that chip fail to reach the United States and most European markets, but it’s not even using all eight cores at the same time. The chip is essentially two quad core processors glued to each other. When your phone needs to do something really intense, it’ll switch to the faster quad core cluster....

MEEM cable is an indigenous new way to ensure that you have backed up your phones regularly so that whatever happens to your phone at least the data remains intact. The MEEM cable touts to be the world’s first dual-purpose phone charger which also automatically backs up all your stuff including photos, videos, contacts, calendar and much more. The most common reason that one would give for not backing up the smartphone data would be that they forgot doing so or that Wi-Fi was not handy and they wouldn’t have wanted to lose money on the more expensive mobile data....