Thursday, April 27, 2017

John McAfee Teases Photo Of His “World’s First Truly Private Smartphone”

Short Bytes: The CEO of MGT Captial Investments John Mcafee has posted the first prototype image of the secure smartphone. Known as the John McAfee Privacy phone, the device would run on the Android operating system and its expected to arrive in the market sometime in 2017. ohn McAfee might have shifted his business to […]

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Don’t Install Creators Update, It’s Buggy, Microsoft Warns Users

Short Bytes: Windows 10 Creators Update has started to land on people’s computers but Microsoft is receiving negative feedback from various users regarding hardware issues. Following this, Microsoft has blocked updates to the affected devices and recommends not the install the update manually. fter almost two weeks since the Creators Update rollout began, Microsoft still feels […]

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Satya Nadella’s ‘One Line Career Advice’ Is The Truth You Were Searching For

Short Bytes: Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella has definitely brought some serious transformations under his leadership. In a Business Insider, Nadella said he finds inspiration in a book called Mindset, written by Stanford psychologist Carl Dweck. As a career advice, Nadella said that a person should focus on knowing everything but try to grasp as much as […]

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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

What Is The Year 2038 Problem In Linux? Will Unix Clocks Fail On Jan. 19, 2038?

Short Bytes: If you follow the developments of Linux world closely, you must be knowing about the Year 2038 bug. This problem exists because the latest time that can be represented in Unix’s signed 32-bit integer time format is 03:14:07 UTC on Jan. 19, 2038. After that, the C programs that use the standard time library […]

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What Is The Year 2038 Problem In Linux? Will Unix Clocks Fail On Jan. 19, 2038?
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Caffe2 : The Deep Learning Framework for Mobile Computing

Short Bytes: Caffe2 is Facebook’s new Open Source Deep Learning Library. In contrast to its previous PyTorch library, Caffe2 is built especially for bringing Deep Learning to Mobile Applications. Our Smartphones are gonna get more “Deeply” smarter soon!!.  If you think Deep Learning is just about math, you are gravely mistaken. Various research labs across the […]

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Popular Antivirus Flags Windows As Malware And Facebook As Phishing Site By Mistake

Short Bytes: The users of Webroot antivirus witnessed a strange problem recently when the software started flagging Windows system files as malware. The antivirus also blocked the access to Facebook by labeling it as a phishing website. The incident took place due to a faulty malware signature. While Webroot has detailed the instructions to get […]

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Popular Antivirus Flags Windows As Malware And Facebook As Phishing Site By Mistake
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Kali Linux 2017.1 Released With New Features | Download ISO Files And Torrents Here

Short Bytes: Offensive Security has updated the Kali Linux images with new features and changes. Termed Kali Linux 2017.1, this release comes with support for wireless injection attacks to 802.11ac and Nvidia CUDA GPU. You can simply update your existing installation by running few commands if you don’t wish to download the updated images from […]

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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

World’s First Flying Spherical Display Has A Drone Hidden Inside, Created By Docomo

Short Bytes: NTT Docomo has created a new kind of display tech that comprises of LEDs arranged on a sphere and flown with the help of a drone. The sphere rotates horizontally to create an illusion of a display to the viewer. Docomo expects to bring the tech to the market by March 2019. eople […]

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Larry Page’s “Flying Car” Prototype Is Here, Coming To You Later This Year

Short Bytes: A Larry Page-funded flying tech startup Kitty Hawk has demonstrated their first prototype named Flyer. The machine is capable of flying over water bodies using eight propellers; it seats one person. It doesn’t require a pilot’s license. Kitty Hawk Flyer will go on sale by the end of this year. t’s not even […]

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Man Kills His 11-month-old Daughter Live On Facebook And Commits Suicide

Short Bytes: A Thai man reportedly killed his 11-month-old daughter live on Facebook, before committing suicide in a deserted hotel. The footage, which was posted in 2 videos, remained accessible on his Facebook profile for about 24 hours. The video was also uploaded by someone on YouTube, which was later taken down by Google. 20-year-old […]

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Canonical Shuts Down Support For Ubuntu Phone, Updates Ending In June

Short Bytes: Another news has surfaced regarding the future of the Ubuntu Phone OS. After June 2017, Canonical will not be pushing any updates for the operating system. The app store won’t be hosting any paid app or allow developers to upload a new one. However, users can download and update the existing apps until […]

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Canonical Shuts Down Support For Ubuntu Phone, Updates Ending In June
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Google Announces 54 Apps & Games Eligible For Google Play Awards 2017, Your Favorite?

Short Bytes: Google has released the list of the app contenders for the second iteration of the Google Play Awards program. The total of 54 nominees is divided into 12 categories ranging from best apps for AR and VR platforms to the apps which have contributed towards a social cause. oogle I/O developer conference is […]

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How To Fix The Red Tint Display On Your Newly Purchased Samsung Galaxy S8?

Short Bytes: Customers who pre-ordered the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ might have been happy that their phones aren’t exploding, but there is another issue worth mentioning. Lots of them were complaining of a red tint display problem, making the viewing experience highly unpleasant. However, this guide will help you get rid of the issue […]

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BrickerBot: “The Doctor’s” PDoS Attack Has Killed Over 2 Million Insecure Devices

Short Bytes: A hacker, who goes by the name Janit0r, claims to have bricked more than 2 million insecure IoT devices. This hardware-damaging attack was launched using Permanent Denial of Service attacks (PDoS attacks) and targeting the flawed or misconfigured devices. Janit0r calls himself “The Doctor” who wishes that IoT industry will learn a lesson and get its […]

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BitTorrent Inventor Bram Cohen Will Make A Bitcoin-alternative

Short Bytes: BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen believes that a storage-based cryptocurrency will do better as compared to processor time-based Bitcoin, which has flaws like 51% attack. Due to these reasons, Cohen is planning to create his own cryptocurrency and Bitcoin-alternative. In the upcoming months after completing some work at BitTorrent Inc., he plans to dedicate himself […]

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Alibaba Boss Jack Ma Warns About AI’s Stealing One More Job – The CEO

Short Bytes: While speaking at an entrepreneur conference in China, the chairman of the Alibaba group Jack Ma talked about the impact of robots and automation. He said that AI’s could make our lives more painful in the coming decades with fewer jobs. Ma suggested new reforms be considered to handle such situations in a […]

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Alibaba Boss Jack Ma Warns About AI’s Stealing One More Job – The CEO
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Monday, April 24, 2017

NVIDIA Volta GPU Lineup Will Feature High Performing GDDR6 Memory Chips And Will Arrive Next Year

Short Bytes: Faster and efficient NVIDIA graphic cards are going to be the future, thanks to SK Hynix. The company announced that it has started to mass produce GDDR6 DRAM chips for graphic cards, which are twice as fast as the previous generation standard and also utilize less power. These chips will be present in […]

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NVIDIA Volta GPU Lineup Will Feature High Performing GDDR6 Memory Chips And Will Arrive Next Year
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IT Engineer Hacked His Own Wall Street Company And Stole Source Code, Arrested By FBI

Short Bytes: FBI has arrested a DevOps Engineer Zhengquan Zhang for stealing proprietary source code and accessing employee accounts at KCG Holdings where he worked as a supervisor. Zhang deployed malware on company’s servers to get employee login details. He later told that he was afraid of losing his job due to an acquisition. It […]

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IT Engineer Hacked His Own Wall Street Company And Stole Source Code, Arrested By FBI
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Fappening 2.0 Hack: Private Pictures Of Alison Brie And Samara Weaving Leaked Online

Short Bytes: The Fappening 2.0 leak has hit more female celebrities. According to media reports, the private pictures of actresses Alison Brie and Samara Weaving have been leaked. With this leak, the list of targetted celebrities has grown longer. While the exact forces behind the hack remain unknown, it won’t be wrong to assume that the […]

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Google’s Milestone Chip Can Achieve Quantum Supremacy By The End Of 2017

Short Bytes: By the end of 2017, Google might be able to come up with a device that could achieve quantum supremacy, being able to perform a calculation that’ll be beyond the abilities of conventional chips. The research team at Google is preparing a 50 qubit chip which might set a benchmark in the field of […]

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Aadhaar Details Of 1.4 Millions People Leaked Due To Programming Error On Govt Website

Short Bytes: In a shocking development, the Aadhaar details of 1.4 millions Indian citizens have leaked. This incident took place due to some programming error in a website run by the Jharkhand Directorate of Social Security. The Section 29 (4) of the Aadhaar Act prohibits making the details of citizens public. The website was later blocked […]

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Sunday, April 23, 2017

uTorrent Is Moving To Your Web Browser, Will Allow Streaming

Short Bytes: Bram Cohen, BitTorrent creator, has revealed that the free and lightweight torrent client uTorrent is moving to your web browser. The upcoming release will let you run uTorrent right inside your web browser and come with streaming functionality. With a new interface, Cohen wants to improve the overall streaming and torrent experience. ithout a […]

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uTorrent Is Moving To Your Web Browser, Will Allow Streaming
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How To Export Bookmarks From Chrome? | Sync Bookmarks Offline

Short Bytes: If you ever want to transfer your Google Chrome bookmarks, you can do so by enabling the sync feature using your Google account. But if you want to backup your Chrome bookmarks for offline use or to transfer them to another browser, you can export the bookmarks to an HTML file. hrome already […]

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Longest-ever US Hacking Sentence — Russian Lawmaker’s Son Gets 27 Years In Prison

Short Bytes: Roman Seleznev, a Russian hacker and son of Russian MP Valery Seleznev, has been sentenced to 27 years in credit card case. He was accused of hitting more than 3,700 businesses and causing more than $169 million in damages. US Attorney Annette Hayes called it a bad day for hackers, MP Valery Seleznev labelled it as […]

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How To Use SD Card As Internal Storage On Android | Adoptable Storage On Android

Short Bytes: If your Android device doesn’t have enough internal memory to store all the apps you need, you can use the SD card as internal storage for your Android phone. A feature called Adoptable Storage allows the Android OS to format an external storage media as a permanent internal storage. The data on the […]

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Saturday, April 22, 2017

Get This A-Z Ethical Hacking Bundle For Just $39, 96% Off For 5 Days

Short Bytes: Building a career in ethical hacking can help people land on high-income jobs as there is a rising demand for experts who can find bugs. Currently, a limited time offer is available on our A-Z Ethical Hacking Bundle comprising eight courses. You can get the complete bundle for just $39 before the offer […]

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Get This A-Z Ethical Hacking Bundle For Just $39, 96% Off For 5 Days
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Ubuntu 17.10 Release Date Announced — What New Features To Expect?

Short Bytes: Canonical has revealed the release schedule of its next short-term Ubuntu release. Ubuntu 17.10 final release will arrive on October 19, 2017. While we can’t say much about the new features of Ubuntu 17.10, you can expect default GNOME desktop (probably GNOME 3.26), default Wayland, Linux kernel 4.13 or kernel 4.14, etc. anonical has announced […]

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Ubuntu 17.10 Release Date Announced — What New Features To Expect?
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Apple Is Planning To Beam Internet On Earth Using Low Orbit Satellites: Report

Short Bytes: Technology giant Apple is working on sending low-orbit satellites to beam broadband internet, Bloomberg has reported. The company has hired two ex-Google executives and constituted a new hardware team. According to the report, Apple had previously carried out discussions with Boeing, which is already working on similar project. fter conquering the consumer electronics […]

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Microsoft “CloudBook” Specs Leaked, Google Must Take Microsoft Seriously

Short Bytes: A set of leaked specs sheet and performance benchmark show that Microsoft’s rumored CloudBook could be a great contender against Google Chromebook. The device in the making would feature a Quad Core Celeron CPU with 4GB RAM and it would last for a day in case of average usage. s Microsoft’s May 2 […]

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Asus Tinker Board—A Mini PC And A Raspberry Pi-killer—Now Available

Short Bytes: Asus released its own Raspberry Pi competitor called Tinker Board few months ago. This board is powered by Quad-core 1.8GHz ARM Cortex-A17 CPU and 2GB dual channel LPDDR3 RAM. For connectivity, you get Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, 4x USB 2.0 ports, etc. Currently, it costs $60. Update: Asus Tinker Board is now available on Amazon aspberry […]

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Asus Tinker Board—A Mini PC And A Raspberry Pi-killer—Now Available
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Friday, April 21, 2017

Wikileaks Friday: “Weeping Angel” By CIA, A Hacking Tool For Your Television

Short Bytes: In their latest revelation, Wikileaks has released a user guide describing the working of the Weeping Angel tool designed by CIA and MI5 to compromise Samsung smart TVs. The malware is capable of recording audio from the built-in microphone which can be remotely extracted by the CIA. he whistleblower website Wikileaks has published another […]

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Bitcoin Miners Have Earned More Than $2 Billion In Earnings Collectively

Short Bytes: Over the years, Bitcoin has become a multi-billion-dollar industry but requires a lot of time and patience. However, the seasoned individuals who have learned the ropes are using it to their advantage. According to a new report, Bitcoin miners are definitely raking in the money as they have accumulated more than $2 billion […]

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Bitcoin Miners Have Earned More Than $2 Billion In Earnings Collectively
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Microsoft Will Release 2 Major Updates Each Year For Windows 10 — Every March And September

Short Bytes: Microsoft has announced that they will make the update process for Windows 10, Office 365 ProPlus, and System Center Configuration Manager more streamlined and predictable. Every year, Redmond will release two feature updates in the month of March and September along with 18-month support. ollowing the recent release of the Creators Update, Microsoft […]

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Microsoft Will Release 2 Major Updates Each Year For Windows 10 — Every March And September
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How A Single Typo In IP Address By Police Ruined An Innocent Man’s Life

Short Bytes: Nigel Lang, a UK resident, became the victim of a single typo in IP address. Due to this mistake made by police, he was wrongfully arrested for being a pedophile. After 3 weeks of investigation and mental torture, police found nothing on his desktop and laptop. Three years later, the police paid him […]

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How A Single Typo In IP Address By Police Ruined An Innocent Man’s Life
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Ubuntu 17.10 Is Named Artful Aardvark

Short Bytes: The next short term Ubuntu release, i.e., Ubuntu 17.10, is codenamed Artful Aardvark. While Canonical boss Mark Shuttleworth is yet to make an official announcement, the Artful repos are now in existence. In an earlier announcement, Canonical has made it clear that Ubuntu 17.10 will comes with Wayland display server by default. arlier this […]

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Google Just Deleted “System Update” Malware Living On Play Store For 3 Years

Short Bytes: A security firm called Zscalar spotted a malicious app living on the Play Store with a false moniker System Update. It managed to survive for around 3 years. Under the hood, it hides a spare called SMSVova which can be controlled by the attacker via SMS to fetch location details and change device […]

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Google Just Deleted “System Update” Malware Living On Play Store For 3 Years
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PDFelement 6 Pro Review: A Polished And Complete PDF Editing Solution

Short Bytes: Wondershare PDFelement 6 Pro is a thoughtfully designed PDF editing application for Windows and Mac that does its job efficiently. The latest release for Windows comes with a fresh interface that easily intermingles with the look of Windows 10. Overall, it’s a complete solution for your PDF editing needs. e use PDF files, […]

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PDFelement 6 Pro Review: A Polished And Complete PDF Editing Solution
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How To Connect Your Chromecast To Xbox One?

Short Bytes: Connecting your Chromecast device to Xbox One is a simple process. It also saves you from the trouble of switching inputs every now and then, allowing you to use both the devices simultaneously. Using the second HDMI port of your Xbox One you can set up Chromecast using the TV app in just […]

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Real Life Flying Car Launched By AeroMobil, Pre-Order It For $1.3 Million

Short Bytes: At the Top Marques Monaco supercar show, AeroMobil unveiled the first edition of their flying car that can actually fly at a top speed of 224 mph. The hybrid vehicle can also be driven on the road. It’s now available for pre-order but actual shipping can be expected sometime around 2020. couple of weeks ago, we […]

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Real Life Flying Car Launched By AeroMobil, Pre-Order It For $1.3 Million
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6 Best Open Source Linux Media Players You Need To Try In 2017

Short Bytes: If you’re searching for free and best Linux media players for playing audio and video, then you might want to consider some names including VLC, SMPlayer, MPV, Banshee, Kodi, etc. These open source media players can play almost any type of audio and video content you throw at them. Here, I have tried […]

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deepin 15.4 Released With New Features — One Of The Best Looking Linux Distros

Short Bytes: The deepin development team has released deepin 15.4 Linux distro. This release is powered by Linux kernel 4.9.8, which means that now more number of devices are supported. The major highlights of this elegant operating system are new designs for control center and desktop, improvements in the installer and hot corners, etc. he deepin project has […]

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deepin 15.4 Released With New Features — One Of The Best Looking Linux Distros
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Xiaomi Mi5 vs Mi6: Same Size But A Ton Of Improvements From Every Corner

Short Bytes: Xiaomi’s Mi6 offers a wide range of improvements over its predecessor, the Mi5. They might have the same screen size and resolution, but improved engineering sees the Mi6 better in every aspect. Customers wanting to get the phone might complain about the lack of a headphone jack, but that is one disadvantage over […]

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Xiaomi Mi5 vs Mi6: Same Size But A Ton Of Improvements From Every Corner
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Google Is Making An Inbuilt Ad-Blocker For Chrome: Report

Short Bytes: It might be possible that Google would announce their own ad-blocking tool in the coming weeks. According to a report, Google is implementing the feature inside their Chrome browser, and it’s intended to filter out annoying ads from users’ computer screen. This will also reduce Google’s dependency on third-party ad-blocking platforms. ll this […]

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60 Facebook Engineers Are Working On How To Read Your Mind And Type Using Brain

Short Bytes: At its developer conference F8, Facebook unveiled the details of its super-secret brain-computer interface. Being developed by Facebook’s mysterious Building 8 (B8), this “silent speech interface” will allow the users to type faster using their brain. B8’s head Regina Dugan also introduced another skin-hearing project. acebook’s developer conference F8 is known to show off […]

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60 Facebook Engineers Are Working On How To Read Your Mind And Type Using Brain
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Loading CSS Progressively In Chrome Canary

Short Bytes: Until now, only in IE/Edge could we leverage streaming of CSS to load progressively the CSS of the components as their HTML is streamed. In other browsers, they would normally block rendering till the entire CSS sources were loaded, giving us the white screen of wait before anything could render. With the latest Chrome Canary, […]

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First Real Quantum Computer Could Be Powered By A “Time Crystal”

Short Bytes: After creating the first time crystal, the researchers are looking to explore the possibilities of its application. As time crystals provide a chance to know more about the physics of non-equilibrium quantum systems, it could also be used in the quantum technologies. The researchers are also looking for some near-term applications like precision measurement. he […]

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Ubuntu 17.10 To Have Wayland Display Server As Default

Short Bytes: The future of Ubuntu is not going to have Unity in the picture. But it won’t have X.org also, at least, not as the default display server on Ubuntu. It has been known that Canonical is ditching X.org for Wayland which flaunts itself as easier to develop and maintain than Xorg. The change is […]

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User-Made Patch Allows Users To Install Blocked Windows 7/8.1 Updates On Newer CPUs

Short Bytes: Earlier, Microsoft warned users that upgrading to Intel’s and AMD’s new processor architecture will bar them from getting the latest software updates for Windows 7 and 8.1. Though the company has stopped rolling out updates, there is a user-made patch that is available for both chip types and allows users to continue running […]

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PCUnlocker Review: Reset Lost Windows Password Easily

Short Bytes: There are times when we forget the password of our Windows account. One free and handy option is to reinstall Windows and get things up again but losing our data during the process. If you don’t want to lose your data, password reset utilities like PCUnlocker can be very convenient when trying to […]

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PCUnlocker Review: Reset Lost Windows Password Easily
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Zuckerberg Announces His AR Platform Plans To “Destroy Snapchat”

Short Bytes: At Facebook’s F8 annual developer conference, Facebook and Snapchat’s cold war heated up. Mark Zuckerberg called “Camera” the first mainstream augmented reality platform. He also said that Facebook isn’t worried about “no innovation” allegations and defended copying Snapchat by saying that it was the ground work for Facebook’s Camera Effects Platform for developers. nlike Facebook, […]

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

What Is Bitcoin? Is It Legal Money? What Could Happen To Bitcoins In 2017?

Short Bytes: Bitcoins, a form of digital currency that operates on the principles of cryptography, has lately come under the scanner of the authorities throughout the world. So, it’s become necessary to know what are Bitcoins, how it works, the legal status of Bitcoins as well as what holds in the future of Bitcoins.  n the […]

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How To Make Your Ubuntu Linux Appear Like Windows, Use UKUI Desktop

Short Bytes: UKUI is a new desktop environment made for the Ubuntu Kylin Linux distro. It’s based on the on the MATE environment but features its own set of the icons, applets, and themes. UKUI is known for its resemblance with the user interface of Microsoft Windows. You can give UKUI a try on your […]

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NSA Has The Tools To Gain Access To Global Money Transfer System, Leaked Documents Suggest

Short Bytes: Hackers of a seemingly morally-bound nature have revealed more insight into the NSA’s activities. This time, documents obtained by these hackers show that the National Security Agency has managed to gain access to the global money transfer system in banks. This would most likely be carried out through a vulnerability in software that’s […]

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NSA Has The Tools To Gain Access To Global Money Transfer System, Leaked Documents Suggest
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Solus GNOME Edition Released — New Budgie And MATE ISO Snapshots Also Available

Short Bytes: The Solus Project has launched Solus GNOME Edition. This release arrives with the second ISO snapshot, i.e., Solus 2017.04.18.0, which is powered by Linux kernel 4.9.22 LTS. The GNOME edition ships with GNOME 3.24 and GNOME theme provided by Arc. The interested users can download the ISO and torrent files from Solus website. arlier […]

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Solus GNOME Edition Released — New Budgie And MATE ISO Snapshots Also Available
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Man Streams Murder On Facebook Live, Is This What We Deserve For Using Technology?

Short Bytes: On Sunday afternoon, a shocking video of a murder was streamed via Facebook Live. The whole incident resulted in the demise of a 74-year-old man by a man named Steve Stephens. The Cleveland police issued a warrant and are still searching for the murderer, but the real question is how are we gonna […]

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This Scary Phishing Attack Is Impossible To Detect — Here’s How It Affects Your Browsers

Short Bytes: A Chinese security researcher has demonstrated a scary phishing attack that’s virtually impossible to detect in web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. The attack uses such unicode characters in domains that look just like the common ASCII characters. For example, “xn--pple-43d.com” is equivalent to “аpple.com”. Chrome is expected to roll out a fix in […]

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This Scary Phishing Attack Is Impossible To Detect — Here’s How It Affects Your Browsers
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Monday, April 17, 2017

How To Download Torrents Anonymously And Hide You IP Address?

Short Bytes: BitTorrent is an easy method of sharing and downloading the content of our choice. But, the increase in illegal downloads has forced law enforcement to keep a close eye on happenings in the BitTorrent. So, the use of services like VPN and proxy servers is heavily recommended for torrent downloading.  itTorrent is one of […]

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How To Download Torrents Anonymously And Hide You IP Address?
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Microsoft Is Making Its Own CloudBook To Take On Google’s Chromebook

Short Bytes: According to the reports floating around, Microsoft is making a computing device intended for the users wanting low-powered and cheap computers. A counterpart to Chromebook, the device currently carries a rumoured moniker CloudBook would run Windows 10 Cloud which according to a patent would be able to sync user apps and files across […]

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Microsoft Is Making Its Own CloudBook To Take On Google’s Chromebook
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Steve Wozniak Predicts The Future: Google, Apple, Facebook Will Be Bigger In 2075

Short Bytes: With the huge amount of cash reserves Apple, Google, and Facebook have, it is impossible to believe that they will be overtaken by another tech firm in near future. Steve Wozniak believes that. In fact, he has laid down his predictions that by 2075, all three tech companies are going to be bigger […]

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Steve Wozniak Predicts The Future: Google, Apple, Facebook Will Be Bigger In 2075
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Snapchat Vs Angry Indian Users: Is Our Media Is The Real Culprit?

After many media publications wrote about Snapchat CEO alleged “poor India” remarks, thousands of angry Indian users started tweeting #BoycottSnapchat and deleting Snapchat from their phones. Those users, and many others who didn’t have the app installed on their phones, started leaving 1-star ratings and harsh reviews on Play Store and App Store. But, how did […]

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Snapchat Vs Angry Indian Users: Is Our Media Is The Real Culprit?
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Robert Taylor, “The Pioneer Who Helped Us Create The Internet”, Dies At 85

Short Bytes: The famous computer scientist Robert Taylor died last week at the age of 85. We should thank the internet pioneer for his contribution to the society. Taylor was behind the development of the government-funded ARPANET project which behaved as the roots of the gigantic internet we are using today. ir Tim Berners-Lee created the […]

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Robert Taylor, “The Pioneer Who Helped Us Create The Internet”, Dies At 85
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Sunday, April 16, 2017

‘Special’ BitTorrent Clients Being Used For Catching Child Porn Offenders

Short Bytes: The U.S. law enforcement agencies like the FBI are using modified BitTorrent clients to catch child pornography offenders. FBI loads the known child porn torrent links in these special clients and catches the people who share child porn using their IPs and trackers. In the recent past, many men have faced lengthy prison […]

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‘Special’ BitTorrent Clients Being Used For Catching Child Porn Offenders
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iSkysoft iMedia Converter Deluxe Review: An All-in-one Solution

Short Bytes: iMedia Converter Deluxe by iSkysoft is an ultimate solution that you can use to convert videos and DVDs to multiple formats. iMedia can also be used to download videos from websites like YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, etc. The deluxe version of the software can also work as a DVD solution for burning DVD or […]

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iSkysoft iMedia Converter Deluxe Review: An All-in-one Solution
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The Ultimate A To Z List of Linux Commands | Linux Command Line Reference

Short Bytes: Linux distributions can leverage an extensive range of commands to accomplish various tasks. For most Linux distros, Bash (bourne again shell) is the default command-line interface or shell used to execute these commands. In this A to Z list of Linux commands, we have tried to include as many commands as possible which […]

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Saturday, April 15, 2017

How To Activate “Secret” YouTube Dark Mode?

Short Bytes: Just in case you’re running Chrome 57 or above, you can perform a little hack to activate the hidden YouTube dark mode. To do so, you need to paste a single line code in developer menu console. It looks like an experimental feature that might get implemented in future updates. n its recent […]

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Vault 7: Wikileaks Uncovers Top Secret CIA Virus Control System “Hive”

Short Bytes: The non-profit whistleblower Wikileaks has published 6 new documents disclosing information about Hive, a back-end infrastructure used to manage CIA implants. It is used to transfer data collected by implants to CIA and ask the implant to run specified commands. A public HTTPS interface is used to hide Hive in plain site. nother […]

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Vault 7: Wikileaks Uncovers Top Secret CIA Virus Control System “Hive”
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Friday, April 14, 2017

New Secret Google Device “Bisto” Spotted In Google App Beta Teardown

Short Bytes: During the teardown of a Google app 7.0 beta version, Android Police has found a new device category called ‘Bisto’. The Google app will treat Bisto differently than other device categories listed in the app. It’s unclear if Bisto is a new phone or some other Google hardware. arious beta teardowns in the past […]

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New Secret Google Device “Bisto” Spotted In Google App Beta Teardown
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Leak Shows iPhone 8 With “Hidden Invisible Camera” Under Touchscreen

Short Bytes: What wishes you have for the next iPhone? Wireless charging, bezel-less display, or the return of headphone jack? A report by iDrop News, claiming sources, suggests that Apple is testing two iPhone 8 prototypes, with TouchID on the back and under the screen. Also, the concept images show a front invisible camera under the […]

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20 Highest Paying Tech Companies Of 2017

Short Bytes: If you’re looking for the best paying tech company, you’re at the right place. According to the latest Glassdoor survey, VMWare is the top paying company with median total compensation of $167,050. The other popular tech companies in this list are Google, Microsoft, Facebook, etc. rom time to time, we keep telling you […]

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Governments Ordering Internet Shutdown Won’t Get Any IP Adresses

Short Bytes: Governments cutting people’s internet chords is a known concern across the globe. One of the global internet registry organizations Afrinic has proposed that the internet address space shouldn’t be allocated to the governments ordering internet shutdown with an intention to restrict the internet access to their population. any countries around the world ruthlessly deprived their […]

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Governments Ordering Internet Shutdown Won’t Get Any IP Adresses
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Researchers Reveal AIs Are Turning Racist And Sexist, You’ll Be Surprized To Know Why?

Short Bytes: A paper published by a team of researchers has revealed that an AI system trying to learn a human language can adapt implicit race and gender bias, as observed in humans. The system can associate women with words pointing to family or house instead of work, or white names linked to more pleasant […]

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Researchers Reveal AIs Are Turning Racist And Sexist, You’ll Be Surprized To Know Why?
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Ubuntu GNOME Will Merge With Ubuntu Desktop, Won’t Be A Separate Flavor

Short Bytes: Ubuntu GNOME developers have announced that Ubuntu GNOME development team will be merging with Canonical’s Ubuntu Desktop team. As a result, Ubuntu GNOME won’t remain a separate official flavor. With Ubuntu 18.04, Canonical plans to ditch Unity and use GNOME as the default desktop environment of Ubuntu Desktop. ust yesterday, Canonical announced the final […]

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Ubuntu GNOME Will Merge With Ubuntu Desktop, Won’t Be A Separate Flavor
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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Microsoft Starts Blocking Updates For Windows 7 And 8.1 On New CPUs

Short Bytes: We’ve been reading about Microsoft’s policy changes that said that the company would stop supporting Windows 7 and 8.1 on newer CPUs. Well, it’s now a reality, and the company has started blocking updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs. While Windows 7 is on extended support since 2015, Windows 8.1 is still in […]

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Microsoft Starts Blocking Updates For Windows 7 And 8.1 On New CPUs
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Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus Released: New Features And Download Links

Short Bytes: Canonical’s Adam Conrad has announced the Ubuntu 17.04 release codenamed Zesty Zapus. New features of Ubuntu 17.04 include Linux kernel 4.10, driverless printing support, GNOME Core Apps 3.24, swap file new installations, etc. The ISOs of Ubuntu 17.04 and official flavors are now available for download. anonical has announced the Ubuntu 17.04 release […]

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Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus Released: New Features And Download Links
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7 Biggest VPN Myths And Why You Shouldn’t Believe Them

Short Bytes: Are you skeptical of using a VPN software due to some VPN myths? People wrongly believe that a VPN is only needed by the ones who plan to indulge in some illegal activity. This thought, and some other common misconceptions, also hurts your chances of choosing the best VPN provider.  Virtual Private Network (VPN) […]

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7 Biggest VPN Myths And Why You Shouldn’t Believe Them
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Genius AI Steals $290,000 In A Chinese Poker Competition, Defeats World Series Winner

Short Bytes: Lengpudashi, an AI system developed by a research duo at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg managed to defeat a 6-membered ‘Team Dragon’ poker team included Yue Du, who won the World Series of Poker in January this year. The prize money of $290,000 was awarded to the winner. earing stories about AIs challenging […]

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Genius AI Steals $290,000 In A Chinese Poker Competition, Defeats World Series Winner
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Microsoft Edge Conquers Battery Test, 3 Hours Extra Than Chrome, 5 Hours Than Firefox

Short Bytes: The latest battery efficiency test run by Microsoft put their Edge browser in the top position in comparison to Chrome and Firefox. In the tests, Edge used 31% less power than Chrome 57 and 44% than Firefox. While playing a Vimeo video, Edge lasted for 751 minutes while Chrome and Firefox ended up […]

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Microsoft Edge Conquers Battery Test, 3 Hours Extra Than Chrome, 5 Hours Than Firefox
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Prison Inmates Built And Hid DIYs Computers In Ceiling, Hacked The Prison Network

Short Bytes: Two Ohio prison inmates built DIY computers, hid them in the ceiling and hacked the prison network. They obtained the parts from the PC from onsite computer skills and electronics recycling program. The inmates used the computers for credit card fraud, reading material on how to make drugs and weapons, download porn and music, […]

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Prison Inmates Built And Hid DIYs Computers In Ceiling, Hacked The Prison Network
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Fappening 2.0 Continues: Private Photos Leak Affects Miley Cyrus, Rosario Dawson, Suki Waterhouse

Short Bytes: Just when we thought that Fappening 2.0 leaks were over, the 4th wave just arrived. This alleged leak of private pictures has affected Miley Cyrus, Rosario Dawson, and Suki Waterhouse. Reported by myth-busting publication Gossip Cop, the pictures were first posted on notorious website Celeb Jihad. lmost two weeks after the last wave of […]

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Fappening 2.0 Continues: Private Photos Leak Affects Miley Cyrus, Rosario Dawson, Suki Waterhouse
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“Come And Hack Our EVMs” — Election Commission Throws ‘Open Challenge’

Short Bytes: The Election Commission of India is reportedly throwing an open challenge to hack its electronic voting machines (EVMs). This step is being taken in the wake of recent allegations made by different political parties, which claimed that machines used in UP elections only voted for BJP. The opposition parties have also demanded that paper trail […]

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“Come And Hack Our EVMs” — Election Commission Throws ‘Open Challenge’
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15 Best Free Hacking Apps For Android Phones (2017 Edition)

Short Bytes: As Android has emerged as the top mobile operating system, we have seen a great rise in the Android hacking apps for rooted as well as non-rooted devices. For our readers, we have prepared the list of the best hacking apps for Android for 2017, which can be used by a technology enthusiast, […]

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15 Best Free Hacking Apps For Android Phones (2017 Edition)
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Man Claims A Cellphone Tower Gave Him Cancer, Supreme Court Shuts It Down

Short Bytes: A man from Gwalior could be the first man to convince the Supreme Court of India to shut down a mobile tower. 42-year-old Harish Chand Tiwari claimed that prolonged radiation from a BSNL tower led to his condition of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The court has given BSNL 7 days deadline for deactivating the tower. hile […]

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Man Claims A Cellphone Tower Gave Him Cancer, Supreme Court Shuts It Down
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Real Life Flying Car Reportedly For Sale In 2017, It’s Not A Dream Anymore

Short Bytes: AeroMobile, a company based in Slovakia, is set to announce their new flying car model at the Top Marques Monaco supercar show on April 20. The flying car is a hybrid that a rider can fly and drive on the road as a regular four-wheeled car. It’s expected to be up for pre-orders […]

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Real Life Flying Car Reportedly For Sale In 2017, It’s Not A Dream Anymore
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Anbox Runs Android Apps In Linux Distros Easily

Short Bytes: Anbox is a container-based approach for booting a complete Android system on a Linux distro. This allows one to run Android apps easily on a distro without any emulation. Anbox is in Alpha stage, so one should expect few crashes and instability. Currently, Anbox is supported by Ubuntu 16.04 and later.  ave you ever tried running Android app […]

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Anbox Runs Android Apps In Linux Distros Easily
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AutoDraw: Google’s AI Tool Turns Our Crappy Doodles Into Breathtaking Cliparts

Short Bytes: AutoDraw is a new AI experiment by Google that gives suggestions for random doodles. The objects suggested have been created by professional illustrators and design studios. Under the hood, AutoDraw uses machine learning, similar to the already existing Quick, Draw! tool. f I talk about my career as an artist, it’s not more […]

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AutoDraw: Google’s AI Tool Turns Our Crappy Doodles Into Breathtaking Cliparts
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

How To Free Up To 20GB Space After Windows 10 Creators Update?

Short Bytes: The Windows 10 Creators update is huge and comes with lots new features. But, a lot of space is consumed by the leftover Windows files. You can delete them by using the Disk Cleanup utility present in Windows 10 and free up to 20GB space. indows 10 Creators Update was recently released. The […]

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How To Free Up To 20GB Space After Windows 10 Creators Update?
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10 Awesome Google Gboard Tricks For Android That You Need To Use

Short Bytes: There are good chances that you are using Google’s Gboard keyboard on your Android phone but you’re not using its advanced features. Apart from having a complete inbuilt search engine, there are many Gboard tricks that you can use to type faster. Also, from the keyboard itself, you can search GIFs and emojis.  ew […]

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10 Awesome Google Gboard Tricks For Android That You Need To Use
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Cortana Comes To Raspberry Pi 3 With Creators Update For Windows 10 IoT Core

Short Bytes: Microsoft has included Cortana support in the variant of Creators Update made for Windows 10 IoT Core which supports development boards like Raspberry Pi 3 and MinnowBoard MAX. People who build IoT devices can enable Cortana support by adding compatible microphone and speakers to the Raspberry Pi. he Windows 10 Creators Update scheduled […]

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Cortana Comes To Raspberry Pi 3 With Creators Update For Windows 10 IoT Core
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This Neural Network Generates Pick-Up Lines Your Girl Will Find Adorable Or Horrible

Short Bytes: A research scientist trained a multi-layer recurrent neural network to suggest pick-up lines after learning from databases sourced from the internet. The neural network is now capable of generating near to correct English text pick-up lines on its own. thought struck in the mind of a research scientist Janelle Shane that her neural […]

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This Neural Network Generates Pick-Up Lines Your Girl Will Find Adorable Or Horrible
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Latest Linux Distribution Releases (The Always Up-to-date List)

Linux Distribution Releases (April 2017) TinyCore 8.0 Release Date: April 9, 2017 TinyCore 8.0, a minimalist distribution built from scratch, has been released. The changelog for Tiny Core 8.0 includes Linux kernel 4.8.17, glibc 2.24, GCC 6.2.0, etc. For this release, most of the extensions have been copied from 7.x repo and Xorg 7.7 extensions […]

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Latest Linux Distribution Releases (The Always Up-to-date List)
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How To Make Your Own Tiny “PC In A Mouse” That Runs Linux

Short Bytes: Slider2732, a YouTuber, has created his own version of a “PC In A Mouse.” Using an Orange Pi Zero and an old optical mouse, he created a tiny PC that runs Linux. He has also shared the video of his DIY, using which you can also create one for yourself. o you have […]

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40 Cyber Attacks Now Link To CIA Hacking Tools Uncovered By Wikileaks

Short Bytes: A team of Symantec researchers has been able to link around 40 cyber attacks, conducted by Longhorn group, to the CIA hacking tools leaks as a part of Vault 7. The researchers have found a striking resemblance between the tools and work practices described in Vault 7 and used by Longhorn. ithin the last […]

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40 Cyber Attacks Now Link To CIA Hacking Tools Uncovered By Wikileaks
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Monday, April 10, 2017

How Your PIN And Password Can Be Stolen Using Your Phone’s Movement

Short Bytes: The security researchers at Newcastle University have published a paper that showcases the risks posed by numerous sensors that are a part of modern smartphones. Many of these sensors don’t ask for user’s permission and can act as a spying tool that can be exploited by hackers and malicious websites. The researchers are in touch […]

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Unpatched For Years, M Word Zero-Day Attacks Even If Your Windows Is Fully Updated

Short Bytes: An unpatched 0-day bug affects all the versions of MS Office and Windows, including Office 2016 running on Windows 10. An attacker can make a user download malicious word file as an email attachment, execute codes, and install malware on victim’s system. Microsoft is currently working on an official fix for the vulnerability. esearchers […]

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Unpatched For Years, M Word Zero-Day Attacks Even If Your Windows Is Fully Updated
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The Future Of Ubuntu Linux Desktop — What’s Next?

Short Bytes: After announcing that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will ship with GNOME as the default desktop environment, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth has shared some details regarding Ubuntu’s future. In a Google+ post, he made clear that Canonical will be investing in Ubuntu GNOME with a motive to deliver an all-GNOME experience. One should also note that […]

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The Future Of Ubuntu Linux Desktop — What’s Next?
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Wikileaks Releases “How To Hack Windows” Secret Guide By CIA

Short Bytes: The latest addition to the Vault 7 leak by CIA is the set of 27 documents of the Grasshopper framework. CIA uses the framework to create custom malware that behaves according to the configuration of the target system. Grasshopper also helps CIA to implement various persistence mechanisms for the malware. e woke up […]

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Wikileaks Releases “How To Hack Windows” Secret Guide By CIA
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Russian Computer Programmer Suspected In US Election Hacking Arrested

Short Bytes: A Russian programmer named Pyotr Levashov has been arrested in Spain. The arrest was made based on an international warrant issued by the US law enforcement. According to Russian television station RT, Levashov is suspected to be involved in hacking attacks influencing the U.S. election. cting on a request made by the FBI, the Spanish police […]

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Russian Computer Programmer Suspected In US Election Hacking Arrested
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Sunday, April 9, 2017

Magnetico Is A Personal Torrent Search Engine That Can’t Be Taken Down

Short Bytes: A Turkish programmer is busy creating an anonymous and self-hosted BitTorrent search engine called magnetico. It allows a person with an internet connection to access the vast amount of torrents in the DHT space, without the need to rely on any central entity. With further improvements, magnetico might help in the complete decentralization of BitTorrent […]

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Magnetico Is A Personal Torrent Search Engine That Can’t Be Taken Down
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XDA Just Spotted The “Next Big Thing” On Android O — “SDCardFS”

Short Bytes: Google is preparing to refashion the way Android handles the “sdcard” virtual partition. Earlier, it was maintained with FUSE. But various imperfections, including greater I/O overhead, double caching, and incorrect timestamp for files, compelled Google to switch to SDCardFS which is already used by its original creator Samsung. he netizens were delighted when […]

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XDA Just Spotted The “Next Big Thing” On Android O — “SDCardFS”
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NSA Hacking Tools Released: The Shadow Brokers Reveal Password For Encrypted Folder

Short Bytes: Hacking group The Shadow Brokers has revealed the password for an encrypted file that contained many NSA hacking tools. In 2016, The Shadow Brokers tried to sell these cyberweapons, but they weren’t successful. Along with the latest password reveal, they’ve blamed Donald Trump for turning his back on the people who voted for him. ack […]

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NSA Hacking Tools Released: The Shadow Brokers Reveal Password For Encrypted Folder
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Saturday, April 8, 2017

Facebook Launches M — Its New Digital Assistant For Messenger

Short Bytes: Facebook has officially rolled out M, its digital assistant for Messenger app. This rollout has initially taken place in the United States, which will be followed by the worldwide release. Initially, Facebook has started with some particular actions–ride sharing, plan making, location sharing and more–that will be supported by M.  ack in 2015, we […]

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Facebook Launches M — Its New Digital Assistant For Messenger
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Most Popular Android Versions In April 2017 (Always Updated List)

Short Bytes: Every month, Google releases the Android versions usage share data on its developer portal. This data can give us a rough estimate of the most popular Android versions for the month. According to the Android usage share for March, Android Lollipop is still the most popular version of the Android operating system. he […]

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Most Popular Android Versions In April 2017 (Always Updated List)
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DeepMind Open Sources Sonnet Library To Make It Easier To Create Complex Neural Networks

Short Bytes: Sonnet is a new open source library announced by Alphabet’s DeepMind. It is built on top of their existing machine learning library TensorFlow along with extra features that fit DeepMind’s research requirements. Sonnet is designed to make it easier to create complex neural networks using TensorFlow. eepMind has already been doing wonders in […]

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DeepMind Open Sources Sonnet Library To Make It Easier To Create Complex Neural Networks
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Friday, April 7, 2017

Difference Between Different Types Of Open Sources Licenses

Short Bytes: While open sourcing a project, one needs a license so that the terms distribution, linking, modification, private use, etc., can be automatically taken care of. There are many open source licenses to choose from, some of them being MIT, GNU GPL, Apache 2.0, Creative Commons, BSD licenses. Each has its own terms of the […]

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Difference Between Different Types Of Open Sources Licenses
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VPN vs Proxy Server: What’s The Difference? Which One Should I Use?

Short Bytes: Both VPN services and proxy servers are used to reroute the internet traffic and change your IP addresses. But, these services are very different in working and application. A proxy server can be used for bypassing region and IP-based restrictions, but it doesn’t ensure complete safety. hese days the news headlines are filled with […]

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VPN vs Proxy Server: What’s The Difference? Which One Should I Use?
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Fact Check: Google’s New ‘Fake News Fighting Tool’ Launches Globally For Google News And Search

Short Bytes: Google has announced the global roll-out of their Fact Check label across Google News and Google Search. The new feature is to verify the authenticity of the claims made in the news. Stories with a Fact Check label would include a snippet featuring details of fact-checking by authorized organizations.  oon, you would start […]

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Fact Check: Google’s New ‘Fake News Fighting Tool’ Launches Globally For Google News And Search
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GNOME Paint Is Soon Coming As An Open Source Alternative To Microsoft Paint

Short Bytes: GNOME developer Marcin Kolny is working on a new tool named GNOME Paint, which can be seen as an alternative to Microsoft Paint. He hopes to create an application that would be good enough for GNOME core apps, making simple image editing easier. Currently, Kolny’s project is in the initial stage and he has invited help from […]

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GNOME Paint Is Soon Coming As An Open Source Alternative To Microsoft Paint
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Google’s First Machine Learning Chip (TPU) Is 30x Faster Than CPUs And GPUs

Short Bytes: At last year’s I/O, Google introduced their custom chip called Tensor Processing Unit which brought in existence to address the rising computing needs of the data centers. A paper by Google researchers compares TPU’s performance with server class Intel Haswell CPU and Nvidia GPU. It’ll be presented at the ISCA, Toronto in June. […]

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World’s Most Powerful Graphics Card — Nvidia Titan Xp Comes With 12GB GDDR5X RAM

Short Bytes: Graphics card and hardware manufacturer Nvidia has revealed the world’s most powerful graphics card, Nvidia Titan Xp. It’s an updated version of 2016’s Titan X. It’s powered by 3,840 CUDA cores and 12GB GDDR5X RAM. The new graphic card is available for $1,200.  henever Nvidia’s name comes in the vicinity of phrase “world’s most powerful graphics […]

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

iPhone 7 Explodes While Charging, Breaks Into Pieces With A ‘Loud Bang’

Short Bytes: In China, a 4-month-old iPhone exploded and blew up with a loud noise. The phone broke into half while it was charging. Luckily, nobody was injured in the accident. It’s not clear what caused the explosion, but the repairers have said that it was possible due to the faulty Li-ion battery. arlier this […]

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iPhone 7 Explodes While Charging, Breaks Into Pieces With A ‘Loud Bang’
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Unity 8 And Ubuntu Touch Aren’t Going Away Completely, UBports Team Will Keep Them Alive

Short Bytes: On Wednesday, Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth said that the company would discontinue the development of Ubuntu Touch and Unity 8. Marius GripsgÃ¥rd of the UBports community has stepped forward to take the development command of Ubuntu Touch and Unity 8. The UBports community has ported Ubuntu Touch to different smartphones. he news of Canonical abandoning […]

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Unity 8 And Ubuntu Touch Aren’t Going Away Completely, UBports Team Will Keep Them Alive
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How To Connect Apps To Google Drive? How To Manage Google Drive Apps?

Short Bytes: Among the crowd of various cloud-based storage solutions, Google Drive is a favored name. Other than different options to manage your files efficiently, Google Drive increases its capability by offering hundreds of apps integrations to the users. It only takes a couple of minutes to find and connect apps to your Google Drive. […]

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23-year-old Student Livestreams His “Suicide Tutorial” On Facebook, Jumps To Death

Short Bytes: In a shocking incident, a 23-year-old nursing student committed suicide by jumping off from the 19th floor of Mumbai’s Taj Lands End Hotel. He lived streamed the act on his Facebook page. The video has been blocked on the social networking website after police contacted Facebook officials. young male nursing student, who hailed […]

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Short Bytes: Announced today, Twitter Lite is Twitter’s new simplified version for the mobile platform. The latest move by the microblogging website is to  address their chunk of users who are still running slow 2G networks. Unlike the Facebook Lite version, Twitter’s lite version is a web app made in collaboration with Google. The already […]

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Microsoft Just Disclosed What Data They Secretly Collect On Windows 10

Short Bytes: Microsoft has made changes to their privacy statement, making the Windows 10 data collection process transparent. Windows 10 Creators update would allow users to choose from basic and full levels of data collection. In the basic level, they have made efforts to cut down the amount of collected data by around 50%. he […]

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Linux-based Tizen OS Is Easily Hackable — Samsung’s Open Source Android Replacement

Short Bytes: There are good chances that you might’ve heard about Samsung’s Android replacement Tizen OS. Recently, an Israeli researcher uncovered 40 zero-days in this Linux-based open source OS. As most of the flaws can enable remote code execution, they are very critical. While Samsung refused to acknowledge the findings initially, it has recently promised to mitigate […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS To Drop Default Unity Desktop, Will Switch Back To GNOME

Short Bytes: In a shocking development, Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth just announced that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will ditch Unity 8 and ship with GNOME desktop environment by default. He also said that Canonical is ending its investments in phone and convergence shell development. fter a couple of Alpha and Beta releases of Ubuntu 17.04, which were called […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS To Drop Default Unity Desktop, Will Switch Back To GNOME
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10 Best And Free Media Players For Windows PC (2017 Edition)

Short Bytes: Which is the best media player for Windows PC — If you’re looking for this question’s answer, you’re at the right place. Apart from being a feature-rich software, a media player also needs to be simple, intuitive, and lightweight. If we take these factors into account, players like VLC, GOM, Media Player Classic, […]

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10 Best And Free Media Players For Windows PC (2017 Edition)
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Create TOR’s Hidden .Onion URL Of Any Site With Free EOTK Tool

Short Bytes: Want to create Tor’s hidden .onion URL of a website? A free tool named Enterprise Onion Toolkit (EOTK) can help you out with this process by creating a man-in-the-middle proxy between the website and users. It should be noted that his tool only adds a .onion URL for anonymous users; it doesn’t hide your […]

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A Wi-Fi Chip Bug Is Making Millions Of iPhones And Android Phones Hackable, Google Reveals

Short Bytes: An exploit was discovered by the Google Project Zero team in Broadcom WiFi chips used in various iPhone models and Android smartphones from various makers. The vulnerability could allow a hacker in close proximity to gain full control of the target device. Security fixes have been released by Apple; the other makers would […]

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India’s National Digital Library App Is Offering 65 Lakh Books For Free

Short Bytes: In order to make the reach of the government-backed National Digital Library of India project, the developers at IIT Kharagpur has created an Android app. The app, available in three languages, is designed to offer NDLs complete collection of academic resources on people’s smartphone. he student developers at IIT Kharagpur have given a […]

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Fossbytes Android App v2.0 Is Here — Download Now

In a very short period of time, Fossbytes has established itself as one of the most trusted and popular sources of technology news on the internet. Over the time, with the help of an impartial reporting and constant innovation, Fossbytes has continued to expand its readership. Now, adding another chapter to Fossbytes’ journey, we’ve released our […]

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WWW Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Wins $1 Million Turing Award

Short Bytes: MIT professor and web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has been awarded the Turing Award. Often called the Nobel Prie of Computing, this award also comes with a $1 million prize provided by Google. In its announcement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) cited Berners-Lee for inventing the Web, web browser, and fundamentals of the web. […]

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Fedora 26 Alpha Released With New Features — Download ISO File Here

Short Bytes: The Fedora Project has finally released Fedora 26 Alpha after a couple of delays. This release will be followed by the Beta release on May 30 and Final release on June 27. Fedora 26 Alpha ships with GNOME 3.24 and Python 3.6. The interested users can download this development version and try it […]

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Fedora 26 Alpha Released With New Features — Download ISO File Here
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How To Share Your Real-time Live Location With Anybody Using Facebook Messenger

Short Bytes: Just few of you might be knowing about Facebook Messenger’s new and hidden feature that lets your friends track you. Using Messenger’s real-time location sharing feature, you can share your live location and help people find you. After making sure that you’re running an updated Messenger app, you simply need to find the location-sharing […]

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Why Does The Power Button Has This Shape? Does It Depict Anything?

Short Button: The power button has been around you since ages. Did you think about the reason why it’s designed so? Why doesn’t we simply write on or off on power buttons? The reason that the power button exists is to made it understandable to people regardless of the language they know. robably, everyone in […]

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“Disappearing Malware” Allowed Hackers Steal $800,000 Cash From Russian ATMs

Short Bytes: A team of researchers at Kaspersky Labs have recently cracked the mystery of a fileless malware that was used to hack bank ATMs in Russia and steal $800,000 in a single night. It was possible because of the two log files unintentionally left on the machine by the attackers. The researchers were able […]

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Facebook Bringing Second News Feed With New “Rocket” Button

Short Bytes: Many Facebook users across the world have reported a new “rocket” button in their iOS and Android apps. This button is basically a way to access a second Facebook feed that will contain stories from the pages you haven’t liked. As this feature is currently in the experimental phase, we can’t be certain if […]

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“Yahoo+AOL –> Oath” But Yahoo Is Not Dead For The Second Time

Short Bytes: Verizon will be merging AOL and Yahoo businesses under a common Umbrella called Oath starting this summer after the buyout completes later this month. The latest change is reflected in a tweet made by AOL CEO Tim Armstrong. It’s also known that CEO Merissa Mayer won’t leading the Verizon-acquired Yahoo businesses. erizon and Yahoo […]

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“Yahoo+AOL –> Oath” But Yahoo Is Not Dead For The Second Time
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Your ISP Can Sell Your Browsing History Without Your Permission, Trump Makes It Official

Short Bytes: In a big blow to the privacy of American internet users, President Donald Trump has signed a resolution to repeal the FCC rules that forced the ISPs to seek customers’ consent before selling their browsing information. This has happened as ISPs argued that internet companies like Google and Facebook have an unfair advantage as […]

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Monday, April 3, 2017

Android Defeats Windows To Become World’s Most Popular OS, Records Highest OS Market Share For March 2017

Short Bytes: People are ditching heavy Windows machines for low-cost and lightweight smartphones, most of them running the Android operating system. Now, Windows’s decreasing popularity has been confirmed by statistics from the web analytics company StatCounter. For March 2017, Android has achieved the highest internet usage share (combined for smartphones, tablets, desktops, laptops) worldwide defeating the veteran […]

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Android Defeats Windows To Become World’s Most Popular OS, Records Highest OS Market Share For March 2017
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10 Reasons Why You Must Use A VPN Service

Short Bytes: If you think that you’re a normal citizen and you don’t need a VPN service for your daily internet activities, there are chances that you’re wrong. A VPN can help you get access to region-restricted sites, save yourself from hacking risks while using public Wi-Fi, etc. Overall, it gives you more control over […]

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10 Reasons Why You Must Use A VPN Service
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Wikileaks’ Most “Technically Damaging” Leak Reveals CIA Source Code That’s Hides Identity Traces From Malware

Short Bytes: Continuing their CIA leak further, Wikileaks has released a part of CIA Core Library called Marble Framework. It is used to scramble (obfuscate) text strings in the CIA malware to prevent forensic experts from tracing its source to the CIA. The leak includes a tool to reverse CIA text obfuscation which could help experts […]

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Wikileaks’ Most “Technically Damaging” Leak Reveals CIA Source Code That’s Hides Identity Traces From Malware
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USB Canary: This Open Source Tool Sends SMS If A Hacker Connects A USB Device

Short Bytes: USB Canary is an open source tool that monitors for any suspicious activity on a computer. Written in Python language, USB Canary can send an SMS or Slack message when a USB device is attached or removed from a computer. It can do so even if the computer is locked. You can try […]

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USB Canary: This Open Source Tool Sends SMS If A Hacker Connects A USB Device
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Popular Torrent Site BitSnoop Shuts Down

Short Bytes: The popular torrent website Bitsnoop has decided to cease its operations. The website operators have announced that they have shifted the data to fellow search engine Zooqle. BitSnoop was already blocked by many ISPs across various countries and it was witnessing a drop in web traffic.  itsnoop, the popular torrent search engine, came into the […]

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Popular Torrent Site BitSnoop Shuts Down
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Sunday, April 2, 2017

DDR5 RAM Will Double The Speed Of DDR4, Arriving In 2018

Short Bytes: JEDEC has announced that the DDR5 RAM’s work is already under progress and is expected to be completed in 2018. This next generation of RAM is expected to bring twice the bandwidth and density. But, as processor and SoC-makers need to make appropriate changes, to use the DDR5 RAM in your PCs you’ll need […]

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DDR5 RAM Will Double The Speed Of DDR4, Arriving In 2018
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Playing Grand Theft Auto Inside A Neural Network’s Hallucination? It’s Possible!

Ever imagined what a Neural Network's hallucination would look like? The post Playing Grand Theft Auto Inside A Neural Network’s Halluc...