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On board the spacecraft was a Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation (DRACO) camera, which sent pictures back to Earth at a rate of one per second. Below are the incredible last images taken of the never-seen-before Dimorphos asteroid up close. Eleven seconds to impact The first images that fully pictured Dimorphos up close revealed that the asteroid had a slightly unusual shape. “It is amazing, but it is awfully egg-shaped,” Carolyn Ernst, DART DRACO instrument scientist for Johns Hopkins APL, said during a NASA TV broadcast....

For the soft cap to kick in, total NBN costs before rebates for any telco would need to rise 7% across a three-month rolling average, and the telco would need to keep customer churn below a threshold of 10% on top of its yearly historical churn. A fair use provision is floated as being set around the 30% to 40% mark. The proposal arrives after retailers kicked up a stink when NBN attempted multiple times to taper off its CVC boost due to the pandemic outbreak in 2020....

Completely by accident I found the website for InfoSec Institute. And what is it? A resource for people who read and think like me. We all want to share knowledge, and it is beautiful thing. Imagine that you bought a plane ticket and want to fly business class but have not printed your boarding pass. Or you bought a laptop and want to slightly improve its functionality. Or you’re a fanatic gamer and want to know how to transport your favorite games on a pendrive....

A rather lengthy issue tracker on the Android Open Source oject indicates that many Nexus 5 owners are still seeing significant memory resources draining, an issue that first popped up with Android 5.0 has persisted since. There is some hope, as a post from someone on the Android development team says the problem has “been fixed internally,” though there isn’t a timeline for when it will be released to the public....

The two companies have struck a deal to integrate popular Microsoft apps into Cyanogen Operating System, which now comes preloaded on phones like the Oneus One after rising from CyanogenMod, one of the most popular alternative Android ROMs around. (Update for clarity: CyanogenMod is still around being developed by the community as a separate entity from Cyanogen OS.) The duo is diving in with both feet, too: Cyanogen OS will include Skype, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, Office, Bing services going forward....

Linkedin was founded in the year 2002 and has approximately 400 million users. Linkedin comes under the list of social network, but its main purpose is to find professionals and work connections. Users in Linkedin can create the profile and later they can share their resume in order to find the job. According to the sources, LinkedIn will retain its distinct brand, culture, and independence. Jeff Weiner will remain CEO of LinkedIn, reporting to Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft....

Microsoft Is Developing Its Own Chrome Browser To Replace Edge The tech giant Microsoft introduced some new and extraordinary features with the latest version of its Windows, of course, I am talking about none other than the Windows 10. And among all those features the most important one is undoubtedly the all-new Edge, the most advanced and new web browser of the tech giant Microsoft that comes by default with the latest version of Windows only, of course, Windows 10....

Microsoft Just Launched The Edge Browser For iOS And Android Microsoft Edge is coming to Android and iOS. After the Windows Mobile failure, now the tech giant Microsoft is betting on a new approach: making Android and iOS work better together with Windows 10. The mobile version of the Microsoft Edge was now available today as a Beta for anyone who has the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview build. As for now, the access to the Microsoft Edge Preview for iOS and Android is only reserved for the Windows Insiders users....

Microsoft unveiled the Office 2013 a couple of days ago and although it integrates a handful of new options, not many of us had the chance to discover its full potential, especially when it comes to the Cloud. So, those writing for the Redmond-based software maker have stepped front and detailed the cloud-related features of Office 2013. Roaming Office users will now have the possibility of accessing the same documents, wherever they are....

The tech giant Microsoft’s rewards program runs until December 31, 2019, and promises to pay up to $250,000 to researchers who find the most serious flaws, that is, entirely new categories of speculative execution attacks. Bug hunters who manage to circumvent Windows or Azure mitigations can pocket up to $200,000. Speculative execution is a feature present in almost all modern processors. To speed up performance, the chips try to guess which code will be executed next....

Let’s start. Before we look at the registry settings related to PowerShell execution of scripts, let us take a look at the different types of possible execution policy settings that can be applied: Restricted: Default setting and this restricts any script to run. PowerShell can only be used in an interactive mode. AllSigned: With this setting only, only scripts by a trusted publisher can run RemoteSigned: Under this setting, downloaded scripts must be signed by trusted publisher before they can run Unrestricted: Any PowerShell script can run without any restrictions...

Potential Moto X owners, here is some good news for you. Motorola has officially dropped the price of the Moto X to $99 on-contract across all the major U.S carriers, except Verizon. This includes Sprint, AT&T and US Cellular. It is unclear whether Verizon will be dropping the price for its variant of the Moto X as well, or not. Ever since it was launched for a price of $199 on-contract, the Moto X has been deemed as over-priced, especially since it offers mediocre specs....

Motorola’s new Moto X is brand new, having just been unveiled on September 5, but the device is now up for preorder through AT&T, and recently went on sale through Motorola’s official website (which is taking a beating, as of the time of this writing). So, to prepare people for the device, and to raise awareness for the hero device, Motorola has launched a trio of new ads. In the videos, which were surfaced by Droid-Life, Motorola focuses on the new Moto X’s features, including voice controls, as well as other key features, like Motorola Assist and the new 13-megapixel camera on the back....

In May of this year, my maternal grandfather, Sidney Esikoff, passed away. He was 91 years old. He would have been 92 at the end of this month. I wanted at the time to write about him, and the influence he had on my life. But I was too devastated and emotionally drained to deal with it. Yes, Sid had a long and happy life, but he was very much our family leader, and it was a tough thing to even think about, let alone convey in an article....

Collections serve as a mashup of favorite photos, videos, posts around a specific topic that you select. It certainly draws some inspiration from nterest, in that your collections are focused around a topic available for others to follow. Your collections can be public, private, or shared with a select group of friends. announced the feature Monday, it’s making the usual staggered rollout to its social network. You’ll need an update to the + Android app to start using it on your phone or tablet....

Last year Xiaomi launched the entry-level Redmi 9A. The new device arrived with better hardware specifications and also offered up to 3GB of RAM. Redmi 9A is rebranded as Redmi 9i for the Indian markets and the Indian variant offering 4GB of RAM. The company has launched a new Redmi 9A variant with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Redmi 9A Features and Specifications Redmi has launched Redmi 9A 6GB/128GB variant in China at around $145....

Parliamentary Service’s new TechnologyOne SaaS system went live in early February and comes off the back of the procurement framework arrangement, announced in April 2021, between TechnologyOne and the New Zealand Minister of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE). According to the agency’s chief financial officer Jade Goddard, the “ability to work anywhere, anytime, and from any device was a major selling feature”. “We were using an ad-hoc collection of applications that didn’t talk to each other....

The next Nexus phone has just hit to FCC according to Brian Klug from AnandTech. From the documentation that he’s looked over, it’s confirmed that the phone will be made by LG, it’ll have a 5.0 inch screen, and it’ll use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 processor. There’s also wireless charging in there, if you’re into that. The device itself will measure 131.9 mm tall by 68.2 mm wide. Compared to Samsung’s 5....

OMG! Change Your Facebook And Instagram Password NOW The social network giant Facebook has committed a grave security error; in fact, it is the most significant security error that an online service like this can save As they have stored the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plain text without applying any encryption, so your password is accessible. This has been revealed by Krebs on Security which has shown that between 200 and 600 million Facebook users are affected by this security breach as the social network giant Facebook itself has confirmed the failure in a post on its blog....

Meet The All-New Samsung Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e, And S10 5G The South Korean giant Samsung just launched its series of new products; of course, I am talking about the all-new Galaxy S10 line with four different models, including a version compatible with 5G, a folding smartphone known as Galaxy Fold, wireless headsets known as Galaxy Buds, a smartwatch known as Galaxy Watch Active and a Galaxy Fit fitness strap. Galaxy S10, S10+, and S10e: The South Korean giant Samsung’s most famous line of smartphones has won the all-new format of the front-facing camera, yes, in-display camera, larger batteries, on-screen ultrasonic fingerprint reader, and triple rear camera....