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In August of 2014, Microsoft hit Samsung with a major lawsuit regarding missing royalty payments. Now, after months of quarreling, the two companies have come to terms. Both Microsoft and Samsung have announced that they have ended their contract dispute regarding the royalty payments, as well as their ICC arbitration. However, as far as details go, they are light as neither company divulged the details of what each consideration actually meant at the end of the day....

On Thursday, the FTC announced that it will be suing Microsoft, which makes the Xbox gaming console. The agency said Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard would harm competition by potentially denying rival console makers’ access to Activision Blizzard’s massively popular content. ALSO: Microsoft’s giant bet on Activision Blizzard is its ticket to the metaverse To support its case, the FTC said that Microsoft has a record of acquiring gaming content, such as ZeniMax’s, and using it to suppress competition from rival gaming consoles....

According to Android lice, Motorola is working on a new Moto tablet, it’s first in a number of years. And according to a screenshot it received from a source, the tablet isn’t just another run-of-the-mill 10-inch affair with a metal–glass build. It might include a cool new feature that could actually make you want to buy one. Something called oductivity mode could change the way we look at Android tablets....

Motorola’s Android Wear-based smartwatch has been available for a bit of time now, but for anyone who hasn’t pulled the trigger on the wearable, now might be a good time. Best Buy, on the other hand, has the steel black, silver and champagne down to $219. Plan on taking advantage of the deal?

Also, the Focus comes baked in with an erase button on the top which will instantly erase your session in a single tap. By targeting trackers Mozilla is confident that the browser will load the pages faster since according to them it is the tracking tools that often increase the load time. Furthermore, if any particular site is not opening it means that they need a tracker to open and this is when the Focus will either redirect the users to Firefox or Safari browser....

So what is a CTF? In hacker conventions, CTF or Capture the Flag is a game event which has challenges that vary from exploitation, CrackMes, crypto, forensic, web security, logical games, wireless security, and many more. If you just want to have fun and dive in then these challenges are for you. Each level can be hopped in the navigation bar of the web application where different kinds of challenges are in place which include basic static source code analysis for a page, file analysis, steganography, pcap (packet capture) analysis, and other basic forensics challenges....

Someone took comprehensive authority over NFL’s account on Tuesday and the hacker forwarded a tweet from NFL’s account announcing Commissioner “Roger Goodell” has died. The Hacker tweeted “We regret to inform our fans that our commissioner, Roger Goodell, has passed away. He was 57. #RIP.” League spokesman Brian McCarth validates that commissioner Roger Goodell is alive and healthy and they verify that the twitter account of NFL is actually hacked where he said in an email “We are reviewing and strengthening our cyber-security measures,” As soon as the tweet arrived it was immediately deleted, and the league confirmed that Commissioner Roger Goodell is alive and well....

Nokia today unveiled the Nokia 6.1 Plus and Nokia 5.1 Plus in India. The handsets were previously launched in China as the Nokia X6 and X5. The handsets have launched in the highly competitive Rs 15,000, with the Nokia 6.1 Plus taking on the mighty Redmi Note 5 Pro. Nokia 6.1 Plus The Nokia 6.1 Plus is a definite looker with a glass design at the front and rear. The front of the handset houses a 5....

Yes, the security researcher, Sergei Skorobogatov manages to bypass the safeguards or the securities that were put by Apple and pointed by the FBI to explain its difficulty in accessing the smartphone of a terrorist, San Bernardino: due to the limit on the number of trials to unlock the code of the device. After 10 unsuccessful attempts, the device was hit by the Apple effect, yes, as Apple programmed this system to delete all its data, hence, ruining any hope of police to recover all the useful information for their investigation....

The latest greatest Qualcomm processor? Check. Massive battery? Check. 64GB of storage? Check. 4GB of RAM? Unlocked compatible with GSM carriers? An impressive design? Check, check, check. Then you look at its $399 price tag, begin to question if it’s too good to be true. Heck, at one point the o3 was priced at $299 during a flash sale promotion to kick off its availability in the U.S. market. How can a phone on paper look so good, while at the same time requiring you to h over so little of your hard earned money?...

LG today unveiled its much hyped and leaked flagship, the LG V30. Featuring a 6-inch 18:9 FullVision OLED display with QHD+ resolution, the V30 is LG’s first smartphone to make use of its own OLED panel. While previous LG V series handsets were known for their secondary display, LG is replacing it with Always On Display and a floating bar. With a new 18:9 aspect ratio display, including a secondary display on the V30 would have made little sense....

According to Symantec’s 2019 Internet Security Threat Report, fileless malware is growing rapidly. It is now one of the most substantial digital infiltration threats to organizations. In this article, we will go through what fileless malware is, its common types and how it works, as well as prevention techniques used to get rid of it. What are the common types of fileless malware attacks? Fileless malware attacks are divided into three primary categories:...

“The weaponisation of people’s private information in an effort to extort payment is malicious and an attack on the most vulnerable members of our community,” Medibank CEO David Koczkar said in a statement Thursday. “The release of this stolen data on the dark web is disgraceful.” The company urged the public against downloading the data, which hackers last week had threatened to begin releasing on the forum. Reports have pegged ransom demands upwards of $10 million, or $1 for each compromised customer account....

However, it is been said that Philippe Starck has designed the Xiaomi Mi Mix, and now with his partner Olivet and the French electronics company Thomson, wanted to share his vision of the future smartphone: its name is Alo which has no touch screen and keys, as it is said that this future phone bases all its efficiency on holographic capabilities and voice commands. Alo is a concept phone of the future which we will not able see it soon, but leaves open the imagination....

As the researchers are simply doing so on the basis of iCub, a cognitive robotic platform with a human form of open source that was designed by the RobotCub Consortium of several European universities and built by the ITT. It is a three-foot-tall android with dimensions similar to those of a three-and-a-half-year-old child and it was actually designed to test the built-in cognition hypothesis, according to which the mind and the environment interact to give rise to mental and motor processes....

The Pro X comes in at a 13-inches and offers a 2-in-1 form factor. The display is an edge-to-edge PixelSense display with a 3:2 aspect ratio. Looking from the outside, the laptop looks similar to any other Surface laptop, except for a few design changes like rounded edges and the addition of a new dock for the Surface Slim stylus. It runs on Microsoft’s custom SQ1 chip, based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx....

It was Brad Anderson, the vice president of Microsoft’s mobility, who came to alert everyone about this new reality. Anderson presented this idea based on recent cases of security breaches that affected iOS. Specifically, he took as an example of the recent malware problem Pegasus, which was discovered by security firm Lookout. Second was discovered, this is the most persistent and sophisticated malware that exists for iOS, all should upgrade to the latest version of its operating system....

Alongside its Moto Z2 Play, the Lenovo backed company debuted a new camera mod. The 360-degree camera Moto Mod will support all Moto Z series of devices. It was in fact, announced a month back at an event in Ghana. Motorola has revealed that the camera mod will cost a $299 and will be available for sale starting August 10. The new 360-degree camera Moto Mod is essentially aimed at live streaming enthusiasts....

The Now uncher is ’s stock home screen launcher, with one-swipe access to Now an omnipresent search bar. Currently, you can only officially install it on a Nexus or ay ition device. A report from Android Central says that digging through the launcher’s compatibility listings reveals support for additional devices, such as the HTC One (M8), G3, One Mini 2. Various Twitter users are saying that they have been able to download the launcher for devices like the Galaxy S5....

LG has just unveiled the V20, its latest flagship handset and multimedia powerhouse. Coming with a 5.7-inch screen, the V20 sports plenty of unique features that makes it stand out from other devices in the market. This includes a secondary ticker screen called Second Screen that provides one with quick access to relevant shortcuts and settings depending on the app you are in and a removable metal back to give access to a 3200mAh removable battery....