Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Just Pressing Shift+F10 During Windows 10 Update Makes Your PC Super Easy To Hack

Short Bytes: A security researcher named Sami Laiho has found a simple flaw in the Windows 10 update procedure that can let a hacker bypass BitLocker and access elevated Command Line. To do so, one needs to hold Shift+F10 during the update process. Laiho advises the users to avoid leaving their PCs unattended during the update process. […]

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Linux-based Sailfish OS Becomes Russia’s Official Mobile Operating System

Short Bytes: Finnish company Jolla’s Sailfish OS has been recognized as the official mobile OS by the Russian government. This OS makes use of open source Linux kernel, Jolla’s open source Mer Core UI and other 3rd party proprietary components. We can expect new Sailfish OS devices in the Russian market in 2017. Apart from […]

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Facebook Brings HTML5-based Instant Games To Messenger And News Feed

Short Bytes: Strengthening Messenger’s position as a platform, Facebook has launched HTML5-based games for its Messenger chat app and main mobile app. The users will be able to instantly play these games in conversations and News Feed. The initial launch covers 30 countries and 17 games. part from watching live videos of celebrities, posting pictures […]

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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

How Microsoft Plans To “Mix” Ubuntu Linux And Windows 10 In Creators Update

Short Bytes: Microsoft is planning to introduce tons of new features in its Windows 10 Creators Update. The company is looking to add more functionalities in Windows 10 Linux subsystem and Windows console to make things easier for developers. This step is also seen as Microsoft’s way to erase the boundaries between Windows and Linux. […]

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How Microsoft Plans To “Mix” Ubuntu Linux And Windows 10 In Creators Update
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Security Is PAINful — The Four Cornerstones Of Security

Short Bytes: Digital security is always a hot topic, but its growth is accelerating. In order to implement security, you need to understand security. But in order to really understand it, you need to start with the fundamentals — Privacy, Authentication, Integrity, and Nonrepudiation. ecurity is a trade-off, there’s no denying that. Security makes things […]

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Security Is PAINful — The Four Cornerstones Of Security
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Brain’s Formula — This Could Be The Ultimate Algorithm That Explains Human Intelligence

Short Bytes: The researchers have uncovered the algorithm that could tell us the secrets of our brain and inspire the development of true artificial intelligence. The research reveals that our brain power is based on a mathematical logic N = 2i-1. The logic governs how similar neuron groups come together and handle various tasks. ith the fast […]

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Can A Software Know Whether It Is Running On A Laptop or Desktop

Short Bytes: There are different chassis types available for computers like laptops, desktops, towers, workstations, etc. It’s easy for humans to know which type of computer they are using. But how does the software know whether it is running on a laptop or a desktop? y work, a laptop, and a desktop is created to do […]

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Kangaroo Ransomware Is Here To Lock You Out Of Your Windows PC And Serve A “Legal Notice”

Short Bytes: The developers of Apocalypse, have created a ransomware they call Kangaroo. After being installed via a remote connection, it encrypts the files and displays a ransom message for each file and also on the lock screen. It can be removed using System Restore. angaroo Ransomware is a new offering from the creator of Apocalypse […]

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Trump’s “Hackable” Android Phone Is A Security Threat To The US — Experts Warn

Short Bytes: There’s no sign that the USA president-elect, Donald Trump, has given up his personal Android device. The security experts have called his regular Android smartphone a security threat to the USA and its allies. While Trump wishes to continue using his personal phones, this won’t be possible due to the high risks involved. […]

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Monday, November 28, 2016

Google DeepMind Is Making Sure That AI Apocalypse May Never Come

Short Bytes: AI is developing and doing better and better every day. But the negative consequences of AI becoming smarter can’t be ignored. DeepMind, a Google AI division based in the UK, has created an AI safety group to keep a check on dangerous AIs. rtificial Intelligence is making computers smarter by giving them the […]

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Linux-based YunOS To Beat Apple’s iOS In China

Short Bytes: Alibaba’s YunOS is expected to bypass iOS in Chinese mainland by the end of this year. It’s a Linux-based mobile operating system that aims to become the top smartphone operating system in the country. The analysts have also predicted that outside China, YunOS isn’t expected to enter the premium smartphone segment. he chances […]

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People Enjoy Free Rides After Ransomware Hack Shut San Francisco Transit System

Short Bytes: San Francisco Municipal Railway aka Muni was compromised with hackers taking control of around 2000 computers on the network. A ransom of 100 Bitcoins has been asked by the hackers. Also, Muni was made free for the commuters on Saturday as the payment machines didn’t work. he Black Friday weekend for San Francisco […]

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People Enjoy Free Rides After Ransomware Hack Shut San Francisco Transit System
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29 Highest Paying Programming Languages You Need To Learn In 2017

Short Bytes: Willing to learn new software skills and programming languages in 2017? Well, you’re at the right place. According to a career website, skills with lower job openings rank higher on the list of the highest paying programming languages. While Languages like Objective-C, Scala, and Go help one rake in big bucks, evergreen languages […]

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Locky Ransomware Is Now Using JPG Images On Facebook & LinkedIn To Hack Your PC

Short Bytes: The researchers of a security firm have revealed that hackers are now using .JPG images to spread Locky Ransomware via Facebook and LinkedIn. The ransomware is targeting the unsuspecting users, fooling them into downloading malicious images and encrypting their personal data. ast week I shared an important update about Locky ransomware, one of the most […]

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Squawkr Sends Free Alerts When A New Movie Leaks Online

Short Bytes: It is hard to find a high-quality release for a movie leaked online. People spend hours on the internet and are still left with nothing. Squawkr is a website that sends automatic alerts as soon as a leaked movie appears on online platforms. or pirates, especially newbies, keeping track of new movie leaks […]

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Squawkr Sends Free Alerts When A New Movie Leaks Online
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Saturday, November 26, 2016

Linux & Open Source News Of The Week — “Cutting Edge” Fedora 25, Tor Phone, And VLC 360

Short Bytes: This week Fedora 25 arrived with Wayland, GNOME 3.22, and other cutting-edge Linux features. We also read about Tor Phone prototype, VLC 360 preview, and Cinnamon 3.22 desktop environment. For more Linux and open source news, read our weekly roundup and stay in the know. Linux and Open Source News Of The Week […]

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Linux & Open Source News Of The Week — “Cutting Edge” Fedora 25, Tor Phone, And VLC 360

Short Bytes: This week Fedora 25 arrived with Wayland, GNOME 3.22, and other cutting-edge Linux features. We also read about Tor Phone prototype, VLC 360 preview, and Cinnamon 3.22 desktop environment. For more Linux and open source news, read our weekly roundup and stay in the know. Linux and Open Source News Of The Week […]

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Linux & Open Source News Of The Week — “Cutting Edge” Fedora 25, Tor Phone, And VLC 360
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How This Android Hacker Steals Tesla Car By Offering A Free Burger

Short Bytes: How easy is to steal a Tesla Model S? Just offer a free burger to the owner. A team of researchers demonstrated how easy it is to hack and drive away a Tesla car using the keyless driving mode after installing a malware on the owner’s Android device. esla Motors proudly flaunts how […]

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What If I Never Shut Down My Computer? Are Hibernate And Sleep Options Enough?

Short Bytes: Do you shut down your computer completely multiple times in a day? Or, do you prefer hibernate and sleep options? Modern computers are designed to benefit the users with hibernate and sleep options. So, one shouldn’t hesitate using them regularly. Leaving your PC running for weeks also doesn’t make any sense. ur computers come […]

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What If I Never Shut Down My Computer? Are Hibernate And Sleep Options Enough?
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360° Videos Come To VLC Open Source Media Player, VLC VR Version Announced

Short Bytes: In a new preview release, VLC has added support for 360-degree videos. Known as VLC 360, the preview is currently available for Windows and macOS. A VR-enabled version of the VLC media player will arrive for various VR headsets in 2017. he free and open source media player 360° videos in its latest preview release. […]

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Friday, November 25, 2016

Meet Pinebook, A Low Cost Linux Laptop That Looks Like A MacBook

Short Bytes: PineBook is a budget laptop running an Allwinner quad-core 64-bit processor. The device comes in two screen sizes both of them having 2GB RAM and 16GB eMMC storage along various ports and connectivity options. PineBook supports a number of Linux distros and Android versions. f you are looking for a low-cost Linux machine which is also […]

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Google’s Lip Reading AI Defeats A Pro Human After Watching 5000 Hours of TV

Short Bytes: A new artificial intelligence system has been developed by Google DeepMind and the University of Oxford. The Watch, Listen, Attend, Spell (WLAS) system can annotate after lip-reading from an unedited video footage. It even outperformed a professional human lip-reader during the tests. esearchers at DeepMind (Google’s UK-based AI subsidiary) teamed up with the […]

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Tor Phone Is The “Super-secure Version Of Android”, Developed By Tor Project

Short Bytes: The Tor Project has released Tor Phone–a privacy-focused and secure version of Android mobile OS. It’s based on Copperhead OS, a hardened Android distribution. Tor Phone also uses OrWall to force all the connections over Tor network. hile Apple keeps capturing record share of smartphone market profit, Android secures its place as the most popular […]

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Your Entire Internet History Is Now Exposed, Thanks To The Snoopers

Short Bytes: Snooper’s Charter or the Investigatory Powers Bill enables the collection of people’s internet activities on a mass scale. The internet providers are required to maintain an Internet Connection Record for the websites visited by their users and provide it to authorized government bodies upon request. he Investigatory Powers Bill aka Snooper’s Charter has […]

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Your Entire Internet History Is Now Exposed, Thanks To The Snoopers
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20 Highest Paying Software Skills That Pay Over $100,000 A Year

Short Bytes: If we take a look at the highest paying software skills for developers, we observe that cloud-based skills are dominating the tech world. Amazon Web Services like DynamoDB, MapReduce, and CloudFormation are topping the charts of the most in-demand skills. loud company named NovelAspect has populated different job listings from the job site Indeed. […]

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20 Highest Paying Software Skills That Pay Over $100,000 A Year
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Thursday, November 24, 2016

Apple Releases Open Source Darwin Code For macOS 10.12 Sierra

Short Bytes: Apple has released the open source Darwin code for macOS 10.12 Sierra. Darwin is an open source operating system that forms the core of Apple’s family of operating systems. eeping up with its past track record of publishing open source code, Apple has released the Darwin code for macOS 10.12 Sierra. For those who don’t […]

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myDevices Cayenne — World’s First Drag-and-drop Raspberry Pi And Arduino Project Builder

Short Bytes: myDevices Cyanne is an Internet of Things project builder that makes it easy for anyone to create new things with Raspberry Pi and Arduino. The developers can visualize the sensor data and control the components of their hacker boards.  yDevices Cyanne is the world’s first drag and drop IoT project builder that lets […]

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Want To Delete Yourself From The Internet, Use This Website

Short Bytes: You operate a number of online accounts in your internet life. As time proceeds, you even forget their names. Deseat.me is a website where you can delete all the online accounts associated with your Google account. ometimes, you feel the need of committing a digital suicide i.e. deleting yourself from the internet. For instance, […]

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Google AI Just Invented Its Own Secret Language And It’s Really Amazing

Short Bytes: Google Neural Machine Translation (GNMT) system is a machine learning based system capable of performing language translations effectively. A new research done by Google Brain team makes it capable of translating language pairs it never translated earlier using its own interlingua. ince September, Google Translate is fueled by Google’s machine learning system called Google […]

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Google AI Just Invented Its Own Secret Language And It’s Really Amazing
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Did You Get This Scary Alert From Google? Well, You’re Not Alone

Short Bytes: There’s no denying the fact that state-sponsored hackers are busy looking for new ways to spy on the internet users, particularly journalists, activists etc. Along the similar lines, many US-based journalists have received a warning from Google that states the possibility of some hacking incident. The warning also advises the users to take […]

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Did You Get This Scary Alert From Google? Well, You’re Not Alone
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Feel “Safe”, Your Headphones Can Be Used As A Microphone To Spy On You

Short Bytes: Researchers at the Ben Gurion University, Israel, have created a malware, called Speake(a)r, to exploit a feature on Realtek codec chips. They can use a pair of headphones to record sound and send it to the laptop using the audio output jack. here are different ways for hackers to spy on you. Most of […]

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Microsoft Is Making Its Own Quantum Computer And “Quantum OS”

Short Bytes: Microsoft has decided to double down its bet on quantum computing. The company is working to build its own quantum computer and software needed to run on it. It’ll be based on the topological qubit approach. Microsoft veteran Todd Holmdahl will be leading this project. part from their extensive work in the field of artificial […]

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SUSE Releases The First Official 64-bit Linux OS For Raspberry Pi 3

Short Bytes: SUSE has released the first official 64-bit Linux-based operating system for Raspberry Pi 3. This release is basically a version of Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 that supports Raspberry Pi 3. The users need to visit SUSE’s website, make an account, and download the OS image. aspberry Pi Foundation released the first 64-bit […]

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SUSE Releases The First Official 64-bit Linux OS For Raspberry Pi 3
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

World’s First Light-based Neural Network Arrives For Ultrafast Computing

Short Bytes: Researchers at Princeton University have created the world’s first light-based neural network, also called photonic neural network. They have created an optical computing machine that solves a differential equation 1,960 times faster than a regular processor. This research is expected to push optical computing into the mainstream. rtificial intelligence is the leading force in today’s […]

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World’s First Light-based Neural Network Arrives For Ultrafast Computing
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What Is This Weird Slot On Your Laptop? What Does It Do?

Short Bytes: Kensington Security Slot is present on various portable devices like laptops, gaming consoles, hard drives, monitors, etc. It can be connected to an anchor in order to prevent the device from theft. ou might have come across a strange hole on your laptop, portable HDD, monitor, and other electronic items. The hole, known as […]

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What Is This Weird Slot On Your Laptop? What Does It Do?
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Top 10 Countries With Highest 4G LTE Speed In The World

Short Bytes: The 4G technology based on the LTE standard has reached most parts of the world. OpenSignal has released the State of LTE report for November 2016. Singapore tops the charts of the top 10 countries with the highest average 4G LTE speed. he State of LTE report for November 2016 has been published […]

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A Complete Island Is Powered By Tesla’s SolarCity In The Pacific Ocean

Short Bytes: The Tesla-acquired SolarCity has made commendable efforts to change the diesel-dependant lives of the people in Ta’u island in American Samoa. They have set up a 1.4 MW solar microgrid which provides uninterrupted electricity to the 600 local residents. he island of Ta’u in American Samoa falls somewhere in the pacific ocean. The remote island […]

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Unit 8200: How NSA of Israel Has One Of The Most Powerful Cyber Armies In The World

Short Bytes: Unit 8200, a part of the Israeli Intelligence Corps, is known to produce founders of some of the popular cyber security companies in the world. Young people who join the Unit are exposed to real life missions of computer hacking and cyber espionage.  srael, the country having some of the world’s most advanced […]

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Unit 8200: How NSA of Israel Has One Of The Most Powerful Cyber Armies In The World
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This “Supercapacitor” Battery Charges In Seconds, Lasts For Days

Short Bytes: A group of researchers has developed a new battery technology that uses supercapacitors and newly discovered 2D materials. While the supercapacitor core provides high energy and power densities, 2D material coating facilitates fast charging. he researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) have come up with a new process for developing flexible supercapacitors that […]

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Twitter Bans Its Own CEO Jack Dorsey’s Account

Short Bytes: Imagine the world where Twitter’s own CEO is barred from using his/her own service. Earlier today, this happened–just for 15 minutes. Due to some internal error, Jack Dorsey’s account was suspended. n a strange development, Twitter briefly banned the Twitter account of its own CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey. It was reported by The Register. […]

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Twitter Bans Its Own CEO Jack Dorsey’s Account
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Fedora 25 Released With Wayland, GNOME 3.22, And Kernel 4.8

Short Bytes: Fedora 25 Linux distribution has been released by the Fedora project. It comes in three editions Workstation, Server, and the newer Atomic Host. The latest release includes GNOME 3.22, Wayland, Linux Kernel 4.8, and MP3 codec support, along with many other changes and bug fixes. he Fedora Project has just announced the latest […]

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Guy Transfers 1 Million Watts To A Light Bulb, Puts 5,000 Watt Light Bulb In A Pumpkin

Short Bytes: A YouTube channel named photonicinduction has some of the craziest science experiments one could think of. It includes lighting a pumpkin with a 5,000-watt bulb and transferring 1 million watts to a 1,000 watt light bulb. hat could an electrical engineer with around 25 years of experience do? Are some crazy and insane […]

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Guy Transfers 1 Million Watts To A Light Bulb, Puts 5,000 Watt Light Bulb In A Pumpkin
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Anonymous Sends Message To Donald Trump In New Video

Short Bytes: In a new video, hacktivist collective Anonymous has “requested” Donald Trump to take care of the American citizens. It proclaims that Trump has a chance to make himself great again by doing memorable deeps and ending the wars. fter warning the world about the possibility of World War III in near future, hacktivist group […]

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Anonymous Sends Message To Donald Trump In New Video
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Top 10 Countries With Highest Internet Censorship in 2016

Short Bytes: The Freedom on the Net 2016 report published by Freedom House brings some insight to the level of internet censorship in the world. Almost 67% internet population uses censored internet. Here are the top 10 countries with highest internet censorship. nternet censorship is a trending hot topic and people’s freedom is constantly declining […]

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Microsoft’s Warning — “Don’t Change Linux Files In Windows”

Short Bytes: Microsoft has advised Windows 10 users to avoid altering Linux subsystem files using Windows tools, app, consoles etc. This might result in the loss of metadata, making the whole Linux environment corrupt. The company advises you to access files on your Windows filesystem from within Bash. n its Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft […]

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This Creepy Video Link Can Crash ANY iPhone In Seconds

Short Bytes: A corrupt MP4 video can slow down and freeze your iPhone. The video – can be sent as a link in a message – affects iOS running devices starting from the latest iPhone with iOS 10 down to iOS 5 and possibly lower versions. ast week, we told you about bypassing any iPhone’s […]

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Monday, November 21, 2016

Beware! Hackers Are Spreading Locky Ransomware Using Facebook Messenger

Short Bytes: The notorious hackers are using Facebook messenger to spread dangerous Locky ransomware. They are sending malicious .SVG files in Messenger to lure the users into downloading further malware. The users need to immediately check their Chrome extensions and look for suspecting entries. They are also advised to change the Facebook passwords. ecurity researchers have […]

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Beware!!! ɢoogle.com is not Google.com

Short Bytes: It has been reported that some spammers are taking advantage of the special character ɢ to set a trap for website owners on Google Analytics by generating fake traffic to their website. They dropped a Vote for Trump message in people’s analytics reports. ormally, spammers are supposed to be confined to email accounts and […]

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9 Best Features of Fedora 25 Workstation

Short Bytes: Fedora 25 Workstation, releasing on November 22, will bring a number of new features including an out of the box MP3 codec support, improved Flatpak, Wayland display server, GNOME 3.22 desktop environment, etc. edora 25 Workstation is scheduled to release on November 22 after multiple delays in the release schedule. The Red Hat-sponsored […]

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How To Find Linux Kernel And Distro Release Version On Any Linux System

Short Bytes: Do you know the exact Linux kernel and distro release version of your Linux system? While you can find the kernel version using the uname -r command on all systems, distro version command varies from distribution to distribution. However, most of them display this info using /etc/osname-release. f you’re an avid Linux-based operating system […]

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Tesla Video: This Is What A Tesla Cars Sees While Driving On Its Own

Short Bytes: A new video shared by Elon Musk demonstrates Tesla’s much awaited self-driving feature the company announced last month. It shows a Tesla car driving around a neighborhood on its own using a bunch of cameras and other sensors. ast month, Elon Musk’s car company announced that they will be fitting hardware to enable self-driving […]

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6 Single Letter Programming Languages You Should Know About

Short Bytes: C and R are one of the most popular single letter programming languages. There are other lesser-known one-letter programming languages that solve specific problems. While F was developed as modern Fortran, K can be used to write elaborate programs in just a few characters. There exist other one letter programming languages like D, […]

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Nvidia DGX Saturn V: World’s Most Energy-Efficient Supercomputer Has 63,488 GB RAM

Short Bytes: According to the Top500 November 2016 list, Nvidia DGX Saturn V is the world’s most energy-efficient supercomputer. It features 60,512 CPU cores, 63,488 GB of RAM and Nvidia Tesla P100 GPUs based on the Pascal architecture. vidia DGX Saturn V is a pack of 125 DGX-1 machines which Nvidia touted in April as […]

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Sunday, November 20, 2016

Linux & Open Source News Of The Week — Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation, openSUSE And Zorin OS Releases

Short Bytes: Last week, Microsoft left a big mark in the open source world by joining the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member. We also saw the release of two major Linux distributions–openSUSE Leap 42.2 and Zorin OS 12. For more Linux and open source news, read our weekly roundup and stay in the know. Linux […]

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Linux & Open Source News Of The Week — Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation, openSUSE And Zorin OS Releases
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How To Find If Someone Logged Into Your Windows PC At A Given Time?

Short Bytes: Do you ever wish to know if someone used your Windows computer without your permission? Few people know that an inbuilt utility named Event Viewer can help them out and tell lots of information like the start-up and shutdown time of their computers. To do this, one simply needs to open Event Viewer […]

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What Is A Batch File In Windows? How To Create A Batch File?

Short Bytes: In Windows, the batch file stores commands in a serial order to be used by the command line interpreter CMD as an input. In this article, I have mentioned the basic steps by which you can create a batch file of your own in order to automate tasks on your Windows machine. hat […]

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It’s Official: NASA’s Physics Defying EM Drive Just Passed Peer Review

Short Bytes: EM Drive, NASA’s experimental Impossible engine, isn’t just a hollow claim. The validity of this engine has gained some more credibility, thanks to the online publication of NASA’s peer-reviewed paper on the EM Drive. M Drive, the microwave radiation thruster capable of propelling a spacecraft without any fuel, has been heating up the […]

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Saturday, November 19, 2016

openSUSE Leap 42.2 And Zorin OS 12 Released With Linux Kernel 4.4

Short Bytes: openSUSE Leap 42.2 was released earlier this week with an aim to deliver a stable Linux desktop experience to professionals and IT deployments. Leap 42.2 comes with Linux 4.4, KDE Plasma 5.8.2, and GNOME 3.20. On the other hand, Zorin OS 12 also arrived as the biggest ever release of this Linux distro.  penSUSE […]

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Minoca OS — An Interview With One Of The Engineers Of Open Source Operating System

Short Bytes: We’re a little late on reporting the Minoca OS announcement, but only because we’re bringing some exclusive content to our article, so be sure to read on for some new insight into Minoca OS. It’s a general purpose operating system written from the ground up with an intention to conserve power, storage and […]

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Stanford Researchers Send Text Messages Using Vodka, Vinegar, And Glass Cleaner

Short Bytes: Researchers at the Stanford University have figured out a method to use chemicals as a way of transmitting text messages. Their system currently uses vinegar and glass cleaner to send messages from one device to another. he text messaging system we use has become advanced, enough that the messages reach from one point […]

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Strange Hack Uses Siri To Bypass Any iPhone’s Lock Screen And Access Photos

Short Bytes: A crazy and strange bypass has been discovered for the iPhone lock screen. The bug can be used to access the photos stored on an iPhone running iOS 10.2 to 8.0. The hack also works for iPad. It can be exploited with the help of Siri. ome curious minds have discovered a weird […]

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Students Code An Open Source Fix For Facebook’s Fake News Problem At A Hackathon

Short Bytes: A group of college students have developed a Chrome extension, FiB: Stop Living A Lie, to detect fake news stories on Facebook. They have open sourced the code of this tool to let other developers tweak with extension. It was developed during a hackathon at Princeton University. acebook’s fake news problem has existed since its advent, […]

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Friday, November 18, 2016

“Changed” Microsoft Can’t Kill Linux, Says Linux Foundation Director

Short Bytes: Microsoft’s recent announcement to join the Linux Foundation has stirred news waves around the world. Assumptions are made that this is Microsoft’s strategy to kill Linux. However, executive director of the Linux Foundation, Jim Zemlin said that Microsoft is a changed company now. he technology world was shocked when Microsoft was diagnosed with cancer, earlier […]

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Kaspersky OS: Antivirus Firm Launches Its Own”Hackproof” OS, Based On Microkernel

Short Bytes: A built-from-scratch operating system was in the development for the last 14 years at the Kaspersky Lab. Known as Kaspersky OS – doesn’t borrow anything from Linux – it’s a secure OS based on microkernel architecture and aimed for infrastructure and IoT devices. aspersky Lab, a Russian cybersecurity and antivirus company, has announced their […]

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What.cd, World’s Largest Music Torrent Website, Shuts Down

Short Bytes: What.cd, a widely popular music torrent website that first appeared in 2007, has shut down. This is a result of an operation by cybercrime unit of the Gendarmerie (C3N) in France. While French news sources claim that the authorities have seized the data, What.cd says that all the data has been destroyed in […]

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Microsoft Replaces Command Prompt With PowerShell As Windows 10 Default Shell

Short Bytes: In the latest Windows 10 Insider Build 14971, Microsoft has replaced Command Prompt with PowerShell as the default shell system. Microsoft calls it a way to bring the best command line experience to the users. However, the users can tweak some settings and make Command Prompt the default shell. icrosoft has released a new Windows 10 […]

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SpaceX Plans Worldwide Gigabit Speed Internet With 4,425 Satellites

Short Bytes: Just like OneWeb and Airbus, SpaceX is planning to develop a worldwide internet network with more than 4,000 low-orbit satellites. The satellites will be about the size of an average car and they’ll be used to deliver a wide range of communication services. At the moment, SpaceX hasn’t revealed the launch date of […]

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Google Blocked Hundreds Of Accounts Of Oversmart People, Don’t Mess With Google

Short Bytes: In an unexpected move, Google suspended accounts of around 200 users including access to everything associated with those accounts. The users tried to take advantage of a tax loophole in the US and make profits on Google Pixel Phones. ixel phones are close to Google’s heart. And the company has taught a good […]

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Google Blocked Hundreds Of Accounts Of Oversmart People, Don’t Mess With Google
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Thursday, November 17, 2016

Refreshing Fossbytes — Our v3.0 Puts User Experience And Encryption First

ossbytes was started a couple of years ago. Since then, it has grown to become a popular and reputable sources of technology news on the internet. Now, we, cover different spheres of the tech world like security, gadgets, startups, programming, Windows, Linux, and general technology news, with a special affection for open source, of course. Ever […]

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Calculator App In Windows 10 Doesn’t Know Maths, Does Horrible Calculations

Short Bytes: A Redditor has reported that there are some calculation issues with the new Calculator app present in Microsoft Windows 10 operating system. In Standard mode, the Calculator app displays wrong answers for basic calculations involving multiple operators.

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PoisonTap: This $5 Device Hacks A Locked Computer In Seconds

Short Bytes: What can you do with your $5 bill? You can get a trickster Raspberry Pi Zero which can fool a locked and password protected computer. It can hijack cookies, create backdoors, compromise the internal router, and above all, make the computer believe it’s connected to the internet.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation As Platinum Member

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Short Bytes: At the Connect(); conference, Microsoft surprised the Linux community by announcing that the company is joining the Linux...

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You Can Own A Linux System By Holding Down Enter Key For 70 Seconds, Here’s The Fix

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Short Bytes: Due to a flaw in the Cryptsetup encryption utility, a hacker can get access to the root shell by holding down the Enter...

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Chinese Secret Backdoor Is Sucking Data From 700 Million Android Smartphones Without Permission

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Short Bytes: Kryptowire has found a secret backdoor in budget Android smartphones. They took the BLU R1 HD for testing...

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Firefox 50 Released For Windows, Linux, And Mac | Here Are New Features

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Short Bytes: The latest version of the popular web browser Firefox has been announced by Mozilla. Firefox 50 comes with...

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Learn Neural Networks In A Fun And Open Source Way With Google AI Experiments

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Short Bytes: Google has introduced some AI Experiments to teach you more about neural networks in a fun manner. These...

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How To Enable/Disable Secure Boot In Windows 8, 8.1, And 10?

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Short Bytes: Windows 8 and later versions of Windows come with UEFI Firmware settings which allow a user to disable...

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

The Ultimate A to Z List Of Windows CMD Commands You Need To Know

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Short Bytes: Command Prompt or CMD is a command line interpreter in the Windows family of operating systems created by...

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What Is The Difference Between Sudo And Su In Linux?

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Short Bytes: Many of you might be using sudo and su in terminal every day to accomplish different tasks. While sudo runs a...

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“Ugleee” Redditor Used A Drone To Catch His Cheating Wife In A Minivan

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Short Bytes: What would be the worst use of hover drone? To catch your cheating wife while she goes to...

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DoS And DDoS Attacks — The Origin Of A Species

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Short Bytes: Over the last few months, we’ve seen some of the largest DDoS attacks to date and, by far, the most...

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498 Out Of The 500 Fastest Supercomputers In The World Are Running Linux

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Short Bytes: Top500 has released its latest list of the world’s faster supercomputers. Linux has once again emerged as a...

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498 Out Of The 500 Fastest Supercomputers In The World Are Running Linux
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China Threatens To Destroy Apple And US Auto Sales, Donald Trump Is The Reason

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Short Bytes: The heat waves have started to flow towards the US from the Chinese land. The credits should be...

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Monday, November 14, 2016

Adobe Flash Hacked in 4 Seconds, Safari Pwned In Less Than Half Minute

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Short Bytes: PwnFest 2016 has become a death call for many software vendors. The hackers have managed to take down Apple’s...

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Adobe Flash Hacked in 4 Seconds, Safari Pwned In Less Than Half Minute
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Man Burned Forest To Get Famous On Facebook, Gets Arrested

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Short Bytes: In an act of foolishness, a man in eastern Kentucky admitted to the police that he set a...

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AdultFriendFinder Leak: Hackers Now Know Sexual Secrets Of 412 Million People

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Short Bytes: One of the biggest data breaches on the Friend Finder Network has compromised the details of 412 million...

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AdultFriendFinder Leak: Hackers Now Know Sexual Secrets Of 412 Million People
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How Your Own Fingers Can Leak Passwords By “Talking” To Wi-Fi Signal

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Short Bytes: A group of researchers has revealed a new method to steal sensitive information from a user’s computer or phone....

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How Your Own Fingers Can Leak Passwords By “Talking” To Wi-Fi Signal
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Sunday, November 13, 2016

BlackNurse Attack: An Easy Way To Kill Large Servers With 1 Single Laptop

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Short Bytes: The researchers from TDC Security Operations Center have found an attack named BlackNurse. It allows an attacker with...

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This USB Stick Can Perform HIV Test With 95% Accuracy In 20 Minutes

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Short Bytes: As a major breakthrough in HIV treatment, the scientists at Imperial College of London and UK biotech company DNA...

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Saturday, November 12, 2016

Bizarre Facebook Bug Shows Mark Zuckerberg As A Dead Person

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Short Bytes: A surprising bug was discovered on the social networking website Facebook which displayed some users as deceased with...

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How To Auto Delete Your Facebook Account After Your Death

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Short Bytes: The Facebook account of a person who has passed away can be memorialized after a request submitted by a...

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FBI Operated 23 Child Porn Websites To Catch Offenders, Not Just 1

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Short Bytes: Following the unsealed documents recently obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union, it has been known that the...

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FBI Operated 23 Child Porn Websites To Catch Offenders, Not Just 1
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Friday, November 11, 2016

How To Enable “WhatsApp Video Calling” Feature On Your Android Smartphone?

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Short Bytes: WhatsApp Inc. is about to add video calling feature to its instant messaging app. The WhatsApp video calling...

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Brazil Replacing Open Source Software With Microsoft’s Windows 10 And Office

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Short Bytes: In a surprising turn of events, Brazil has decided to ditch its open source model and adopt Microsoft...

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Brazil Replacing Open Source Software With Microsoft’s Windows 10 And Office
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Google Announces Code-In 2016 To Encourage Open Source

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Short Bytes: Google Code-in is an annual online contest hosted by Google for pre-university students aged 13 to 17. The...

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Linux User Warns: “2016 MacBook Pro Is Incompatible With Linux”

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Short Bytes: New Apple MacBooks always cause some troubles when an enthusiast tries to install some Linux distro. Apparently, the...

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“18 Seconds Are Enough” — Security Researchers Hack Microsoft’s Windows 10 Browser

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Short Bytes: At PwnFest 2016, security researchers from the Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 and South Korean security researcher JungHoon hacked...

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“18 Seconds Are Enough” — Security Researchers Hack Microsoft’s Windows 10 Browser
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The Reason Why C Programming Language Was Named C

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Short Bytes: The first thing that comes to our mind for the term programming language is C. It is a...

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Facebook Buys Your Leaked Passwords From Black Markets, Here’s Why

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Short Bytes: Facebook’s Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos has revealed that Facebook buys leaked passwords from black markets. The company...

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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Wondershare Filmora Review — A Fast And Feature-packed Video Editor

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Short Bytes: Wondershare Filmora is a video editing production software that makes it easy for beginners to get started. The overall process...

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Wondershare Filmora Review — A Fast And Feature-packed Video Editor
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What Is The Difference Between RAM and ROM? What Is Their Use?

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Short Bytes: RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read-only Memory) are the two important memory types found on a computer....

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Surprise! This Is Apple’s First “iPhone” Prototype From 1983

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Short Bytes: Do you know that Apple was working on its first phone in 1983? The prototype looked like a...

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This New USB Killer, Made From Camera Flash Parts, Is Your Computer’s Worst Enemy

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Short Bytes: Infecting people’s computers with the help of malicious USB drives is an old trick being used by hackers even...

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This New USB Killer, Made From Camera Flash Parts, Is Your Computer’s Worst Enemy
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Trump Alert: Edward Snowden’s Live Stream About “Donald Trump And Privacy”

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Short Bytes: The ex-NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden will deliver a live stream Q&A on the search engine StartPage....

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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Is The End Of ExtraTorrent Near? Website Loses 3 Official Mirror Domain Names

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Short Bytes: World’s second most popular torrent website ExtraTorrent has lost its three key official domain names. While Czech domain...

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SPUD: A Crazy 24-inch Portable Display That Pops Open Like An Umbrella

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Short Bytes: SPUD, currently a Kickstarter campaign, is a portable projector which packs a 24-inch collapsible screen and has built-in...

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A Computer And The Simpsons Predicted That Trump Will Win

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Short Bytes: The American Businessman Donald Trump is the new president-elect of the United States. The recent victory of Trump...

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How To Build A “USB Password Generator” To Create And Enter Passwords Automatically

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Short Bytes: Willing to own your personal USB key that takes care of your password changing tasks? Using a USB,...

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These Are The Most Popular Android Versions, According To Google Data

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Short Bytes: The Android version has reached the number 7.0 with Android Nougat. But, the latest Android is available only...

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World’s First Semiconductor Free Tech Can Make CPU Chips Faster Than Ever

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Short Bytes: A new research has been published by a team at UC San Diego. The study is a proof-of-concept...

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“Ubuntu Budgie” Becomes The New Official Ubuntu Flavor

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Short Bytes: The budgie-remix Linux distro team has announced that the Ubuntu Technical Board has granted it an official community...

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Canada’s Immigration Website Crashed As Donald Trump Elected President Of United States

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Short Bytes: Canada’s immigration website started facing troubles hours before Trump was declared the 45th president of the United States....

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Apple’s Latest Reinvention Was Actually Created By Microsoft Years Ago

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Short Bytes: The latest MacBook Pro features the Touch Bar which eliminates the function keys on the Apple laptop. It...

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Upcoming Linux Distributions Releasing In November 2016

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Short Bytes: In November 2016, we’ll witness the release of the final versions of Fedora 25 and openSUSE 42.2 Linux distributions....

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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...