It’s a common habit of humans and companies to flaunt their achievements every new year. Google has just announced that it managed to wipe out around 700,000 bad apps from Google Play in 2017. For their mass takedown of bad Android apps categorized as copycats, apps with inappropriate content, and potentially harmful apps (PHA), Google credits their […]
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Bill Gates Stars In Code.org Video Series “How Computers Work?”
he non-profit Code.org has brought a 6-part video series to make kids, or any mind, familiar with the basic ins and outs of the working of computers. The intro video of the “How Computers Work” series features none other than the man who paved the way for personal computers to enter into the lives of […]
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Samsung Dethrowns Intel As The ‘World’s Largest Chip Maker’ After 25 Years
fter the Korean giant Samsung’s chipmaking division reported its 2017’s earnings, it was able to beat Intel in its own game by taking the title of the world’s largest chipmaker. Intel was holding it for 25 years since 1992. Samsung Electronics sold silicon chips worth $69 billion, outperforming Intel’s $62.8 billion, Bloomberg reports. The company […]
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Facebook Bans Bitcoin And All Other Cryptocurrency Ads On Its Social Network
s a part of their refreshed advertising policy, Facebook won’t allow advertisements related to cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings (ICO), and binary trading, according to a post made by company’s product management director Rob Leathern. “Ads must not promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices, such as binary […]
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WannaMine: Another Cryptojacking Malware Fueled By Leaked NSA Exploit Is Rising
ou might be able to recall the NSA exploit called EternalBlue which was leaked by the hacker group in April last year. The Windows exploit was later used to launch worldwide cyber disaster in the name of WannaCry. Another ransomware, also based on EternalBlue, followed a month later. Now, when cryptocurrency is on the rise […]
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Google APK Teardown: New Assistant ‘Hotword’, Podcast Manager, Better Order Tracking, Etc.
n the coming future, Google might add another Assistant ‘hotword’ that would remain alongside the existing “Ok, Google” and the recently introduced “Hey Google.” XDA spotted the hint towards the possible addition in the APK teardown of Google app v7.20 which is being rolled out to beta users. However, it’s only a speculation, and it’s unclear if […]
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AI Researchers Might Have Solved A Bizarre 600-Year-Old Cryptic Puzzle
he 15th-century Voynich manuscript, dated between 1404 and 1438, was discovered almost a century ago after it was obtained by a Polish book dealer Wilfrid Voynich in 1912. Since then, the manuscript containing over 240 pages and written in an unknown writing system made historians, linguists, and cryptographers scratch their heads. Next to nothing was known […]
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Lenovo Says It Shipped A Hackable Fingerprint Manager With Its Laptops
n case you’re running a Lenovo business machine with a built-in fingerprint sensor, you might want to install the latest security patch issued by the company. According to a security advisory published last week, the Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro software on many ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, and ThinStation systems contains a critical local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2017-3762). The […]
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Programmers Can Transform Any Webcam Into Microsoft Kinect
icrosoft might have pulled the plug on their Kinect sensor for Xbox, but the motion tracking technology behind it still exists. It has inspired advanced biometrics tech like the Face ID on iPhone X, Apple bought the company called PrimeSense which created Kinect technology. Now, a programmer duo Or Fleisher and Dror Ayalon have worked out […]
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Slow Computer? Feel Free To Blame Your Antivirus Software
ou might be blaming and cursing Intel CPU bug patches for the slowness of your computer or frequent reboots. But there is a piece of software that might make your computer more time-consuming when doing tasks: your antivirus. AV-Test regularly examines antivirus software for different operating systems and provides a summary every month. Other than the […]
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