Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Here’s How Amazon Literally Broke The Internet Earlier Today

Short Bytes: Around 1 PM PST, on Tuesday, many websites and services stopped operating after a widespread outage of Amazon Web Services. Specifically, Amazon observed high error rates with S3 (Simple Storage Service) in US-EAST-1. The service is used by many websites to host their resources. According to the latest update from Amazon, it has recovered from […]

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YouTube Launches Its Own Live TV Streaming Service With 40 Channels

Short Bytes: YouTube has launched its own live TV service called YouTube TV. Initially rolling out in the US, it’s planned to include more than 40 channels from different networks. YouTube TV would be priced at $35/mo, and users can use it on six accounts across different devices. It also includes a cloud DVR option […]

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Boston Dynamics Shows Off New Robot ‘Handle’ That Jumps Like A Pro

Short Bytes: The American robotics company Boston Dynamics is testing a new 6.5 feet tall robot known as Handle. The electric-powered robot is capable of moving at 9 mph up to a distance of 15 miles in a single charge. It moves forward using wheels and uses its arms to lift things. Also, Handle can […]

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Fox Studio’s New App Secretly Downloads Full HD Movies On Your Phone Without Charging For Data

Short Bytes: What if you’re bored and you find a new movie on your phone. But wait, you didn’t download it. Fox Studios did. That’s their new plan to put movies on users’ phones, by downloading them in the background and don’t even charge them for the data. The downloads aren’t completely free; users would have […]

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Fox Studio’s New App Secretly Downloads Full HD Movies On Your Phone Without Charging For Data
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What Is Social Engineering? What Are Different Types Of Social Engineering Attacks?

Short Bytes: People want to extract information, they want to hack people’s accounts, credit cards, and other things. They can do so by becoming Social Engineering experts. It involves various techniques to impact the psychological state of the people’s minds. An attacker can end up convincing a person to give him the information he needs […]

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What Is Social Engineering? What Are Different Types Of Social Engineering Attacks?
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Apple To Kill Lightning Connector From Next iPhone For USB Type-C, Reports Suggest

Short Bytes: According to report by the Wall Street Journal, Apple might prefer the USB Type-C port for the next iPhone. However, the report is unclear and it may be pointing towards a change on the power adapter side of the iPhone Lightning cable currently featuring USB Type-A connector. o you want an iPhone rumor? […]

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Raspberry Pi Zero W — A Cheap Single Board Computer With Wi-Fi And Bluetooth

Short Bytes: On the occasion of the fifth birthday of Raspberry Pi, the Raspberry Pi Foundation unveiled a new single board computer, Raspberry Pi Zero W. Here, W stands for Wireless as it comes loaded with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities. Priced at just $10, Raspberry Pi Zero W is powered by 1GHz, single-core CPU, and 512MB RAM. he Raspberry […]

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Google’s E2EMail Encryption System Is Now Open Source

Short Bytes: Google has open sourced the code of its E2EMail encryption system, which is available as a simple-to-use Chrome app. Now Google calls it an independent project that exchanges OpenPGP mail. When one launches the E2EMail app, it just shows the encrypted mails. Currently, it just only supports text-based email messages. oogle introduced E2EMail system as a Chrome […]

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13 Hilarious Nokia 3310 And Nokia 1100 Memes That Will Leave You Rolling On The Floor Laughing

Short Bytes: The Nokia 1100 and Nokia 3310 are one of the best selling electronic gadgets of all time. Its legacy remains unparalleled and it’s a rage even today. Today, we are presenting to you some of the coolest and the funniest memes on the Nokia 1100 and Nokia 3310 that will definitely give you a […]

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Zorin OS 12.1 Point Release With Linux Kernel 4.8 Is Now Available For Download

Short Bytes: Zorin OS 12.1 point release has been announced by the popular Linux distro’s development team. The new update features an improved X Server, Linux kernel 4.8, and updated HWE stack. Other than various security fixes, the Zorin OS 12.1 also includes various visual changes and updated versions of software packages. uilding upon the […]

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Monday, February 27, 2017

13 Most Interesting Questions/Answers From Bill Gates AMA

Short Bytes: Bill Gates, the chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, recently took part in his 5th Reddit AMA. During this session, the users asked questions pertaining to different topics. Gates revealed his greatest achievement, views on AI, and favorite sandwich. He also answered the question “Did you copy Steve Jobs or did he copy you?” ere […]

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10 Best Linux Desktop Environments And Their Comparison | 2017 Edition

Short Bytes: Linux is all about what you want and having it from the ocean of free and open source software. The same applies while performing a comparison of desktop environments as they comprise of different applications and a GUI via which the user interacts with the operating system. There are many options available and […]

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Linux From Scratch 8.0 Released, Brings New Changes And Features

Short Bytes: The developers of Linux From Scratch are here with Linux From Scratch (LFS) 8.0 and BLFS 8.0. This release brings updates to glibc-2.24, binutils-2.27, and gcc-6.2.0. Overall, in LFS release, 29 packages have been updated. On the other hand, the BLFS version has 775+ updates as compared to previous versions.  he phrase freedom and […]

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Manjaro ARM Linux Distro Is Shutting Down, Lack Of Contributors Is The Reason

Short Bytes: Manjaro-ARM, the Arch Linux-based distribution for embedded devices, is shutting down. The Manjaro-arm team announced the closure of the open source project. They’ve already stopped the development, bugfixes and any new releases for the distro. The bug tracker and wiki page would shut down on April 1, followed by the closure of the […]

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How To Play Nokia Snake Game On Facebook Messenger?

Short Bytes: You don’t need to buy the new Nokia 3310 to play the new Snake Game. Thanks to Facebook’s Instant Game platform, Nokia has brought Snake to Facebook Messenger. If Instant Games feature is available in your country, you can simply open a Messenger conversation and tap on the Games icon to start playing.  […]

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Sunday, February 26, 2017

Fully Legal Torrent Site Mininova Is Shutting Down On April 4

Short Bytes: One of the first names in the torrent world, Mininova, is shutting down its operations on April 4, 2017. Mininova has been in existence since 2005. Mininova now only hosts content distribution torrents. It became free of illegal torrents in 2009 after it was forced to remove all the copyright infringing torrent files. […]

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Fully Legal Torrent Site Mininova Is Shutting Down On April 4
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Nokia 6, Nokia 5, And Nokia 3 Are Here | Pictures, Price, And Specifications

Short Bytes: At its launch event at MWC 2017, Nokia made a comeback to the smartphone world and launched three Android phones — Nokia 6, Nokia 5, and Nokia 3. These phones will be available later this year, and their features made them an excellent value for money. Another highlight of the event was the relaunch […]

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Nokia 6, Nokia 5, And Nokia 3 Are Here | Pictures, Price, And Specifications
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New Nokia 3310 Launched By Nokia — Here Are Its Features And Pictures

Short Bytes: At MWC 2017, Nokia launched the new Nokia 3310 with a fresh (but familiar) look. This iconic S30 operating system-based smartphone comes with 22-hours talk time and snake game. t its event at Mobile World Congress 2017, Nokia parent HMD Global launched the new Nokia 3310. Here’s a brief list of features of new Nokia […]

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New Nokia 3310 Launched By Nokia — Here Are Its Features And Pictures
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Saturday, February 25, 2017

Viral Video Shows A Smoking iPhone 7 Plus Melting, Apple Says They’re “Looking Into It”

Short Bytes: Brianna Olivia, a resident of Tucson, Arizona posted a video on Twitter showing smoke coming out of her iPhone 7 Plus. A day before, she took the device to Apple Care after she had trouble turning it on, but the representatives encountered no problem. Apple is aware of the iPhone and the video. […]

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TeraCopy 3.0 Is Finally Released | New Features And Download

Short Bytes: The final release of TeraCopy 3.0 has arrived. This popular utility for transferring files on Windows operating system comes with many improvements for faster copy speed and easier usage. While TeraCopy 3.0 is supported by Windows 10, the developers have dropped the support for XP. You can download TeraCopy 3.0 by visiting their […]

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TeraCopy 3.0 Is Finally Released | New Features And Download
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Friday, February 24, 2017

15 Inspirational Quotes From Steve Jobs On His Birthday That Could Change your Life

Steve Jobs was born in San Fransisco on February 24, 1995. After starting Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak in 1976, in the later years, he became a revolutionary tech leader. Under his leadership, Apple created revolutionary products like iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air, and iPad. After a long battle with pancreatic cancer, he passed away in 2011. […]

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15 Inspirational Quotes From Steve Jobs On His Birthday That Could Change your Life
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Ubuntu 17.04 Beta 1 Released | New Features And Download

Short Bytes: Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus Beta 1 release is finally here. If you’re interested, you can go ahead and download the ISO images of the participating flavors, which are, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, and Ubuntu Studio. Powered by Linux kernel 4.10, these releases feature the latest stable versions of their respective […]

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Ubuntu 17.04 Beta 1 Released | New Features And Download
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First Feature Details And Specs Of “New Nokia 3310” Are Here

Short Bytes: HMD Global is expected to release new Nokia 3310 phone on February 26. According to some Chinese sources, Nokia 3310 will retain the basic design of the original phone. It’s expected to be a feature phone with a larger color screen. The phone is expected to go on sale for €59. ust in case you […]

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First Feature Details And Specs Of “New Nokia 3310” Are Here
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Here Is How An Internet-Less PC Can Be Hacked Via It’s HDD LED Light And A Drone

Short Bytes: A paper published by an Israeli team of researchers elaborates a new method of covertly leaking information from an air-gapped computer. Titled as LED-it-GO, the attack involves compromising the LED notification light on a computer’s HDD using malware to make it blink in as per the desired pattern. A camera fitted on a […]

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Here Is How An Internet-Less PC Can Be Hacked Via It’s HDD LED Light And A Drone
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Google Just Broke SHA-1 Encryption — One Of The Most Popular Cryptographic Hash Functions

Short Bytes: Google has achieved the first successful SHA-1 collision attack. By creating a specially crafted PDF prefix, the researchers were able to generate 2 documents with the same SHA-1 digest. Using its cloud infrastructure, Google was able to compute the mammoth collision. After this, Google expects that the usage of the vulnerable SHA-1 encryption hash […]

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Google Just Broke SHA-1 Encryption — One Of The Most Popular Cryptographic Hash Functions
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Thursday, February 23, 2017

How To Make An Arduino-powered LED Matrix Conway’s Game Of Life – DIY

Short Bytes: Every hobby has its own milestone projects like the Hello World introduction in programming. The Arduino community likes to start people off with the blinking LED light. But what could we do with 64 LED lights in a matrix? We can display all sorts of things like numbers, letters, and even simple pictures. […]

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Just $700, College Guy Turned His Honda Civic Into A Self-Driving Car

Short Bytes: Openpilot is an open source platform created by Comma.ai to give autopilot capabilities to cars, namely 2016 Honda Civic and Acura ILX. Openpilot works with neo hardware kit powered by a One Plus 3 smartphone. The kit hangs beside the rear view mirror and camera is used to keep an eye on the road. […]

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Just $700, College Guy Turned His Honda Civic Into A Self-Driving Car
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This Computer System Shows How Your Face Will Look Like After 40 Years

Short Bytes: You might’ve used many age detecting tools, what about a tool that makes you look older or younger? A team of researchers from Orange Labs, France, has used two machine learning techniques to design a system that does this process with 80% accuracy. Called Age Conditional Generative Adversarial Network, this computer system can be […]

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Sony Launches World’s Fastest SD Card Till Date, “Write Speed 299 MB/Sec”

Short Bytes: Sony has just announced the world’s fastest SD cards with read/write speeds of 300 and 299 MB/s respectively. Known as SF-G Series, these Class 3 (UHS) and Class 10 (SD) cards can be used to record high-resolution 4K videos easily. The series comes in three storage options and will be available in March. he […]

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Sony Launches World’s Fastest SD Card Till Date, “Write Speed 299 MB/Sec”
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DeepCoder: Microsoft’s New AI Writes Code For People Who Don’t Know Coding

Short Bytes: DeepCoder is an artificial intelligence system built by the researchers at Microsoft and the University of Cambridge. Based on a technique called program synthesis, DeepCoder can write working code after searching from a huge code database. It tries to make the best possible arrangement for the harvested code fragments and improves its efficiency over […]

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DeepCoder: Microsoft’s New AI Writes Code For People Who Don’t Know Coding
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After $100 Billion In 1999, Bill Gates Was Set To Become World’s First Trillionaire In 2004 — What Went Wrong?

Short Bytes: Back in 1999, when Bill Gates hit his all-time high worth of $100 billion, financial and media groups called him the world’s first trillionaire. If their predictions were true, Gates would’ve achieved this feat in 2004. But, due to the bursting of dotcom bubble and Microsoft’s failure to hop on the internet and […]

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After $100 Billion In 1999, Bill Gates Was Set To Become World’s First Trillionaire In 2004 — What Went Wrong?
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Rebellin Linux 3.5 Released — Beginner-friendly, Fast, And Debian-based Linux Distro

Short Bytes: Rebellin Linux is a fast and lightweight Linux distro that’s developed for beginners. Its latest release, Rebellin Linux 3.5, has been released with Linux kernel 4.8. Based on Debian Sid, the ISO download of the distro are available in GNOME and MATE versions. ust last week, I published the latest list of the […]

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Rebellin Linux 3.5 Released — Beginner-friendly, Fast, And Debian-based Linux Distro
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Indian Government Launches Free Antivirus Software For Smartphones And Computers

Short Bytes: Cyber Swachta Kendra, a botnet cleaning and malware analysis centre, is a new project led by the Indian government. The project finds its utility in identifying infected users and helping them with removal tools. It includes the development of various security tools for mobile and desktop machines. he government of India has sketched out a […]

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Indian Government Launches Free Antivirus Software For Smartphones And Computers
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Google’s Upspin Open Source Project Can “Transform” The Way You Share Files

Short Bytes: Upspin is a new open source project to enable simple file sharing. Developed by three Google engineers, Upspin introduces the concept of a global namespace for naming files, using a person’s email address. The path to shared file looks like what we have seen on Unix systems. An Access file included in a shared […]

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Google’s Upspin Open Source Project Can “Transform” The Way You Share Files
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Is Your Computer/Phone Crashing? Blame It On Charged Alien Particles From Outer Space

Short Bytes: You’ll be surprised to know that electrically charged particles coming from outer space can be a reason for crashes of smartphones, computers, and other electronic devices. These particles are generated when cosmic rays strike the Earth’s atmosphere. While these alien particles aren’t harmful to the living beings, they can interfere with integrated circuits and change bits […]

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Walking The Code: Thought Autocomplete ReactJS Web App

In this series of videos, we are going to understand how the Thought Autocomplete App created by Guillermo Rauch works by walking through its code line by line and understanding how everything is happening. The videos will be divided into two main sections: Walking through the Frontend code which uses ReactJS, and walking through the backend […]

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Walking The Code: Thought Autocomplete ReactJS Web App
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Top 15 Best Free Data Recovery Software Of 2017

Short Bytes: Fossbytes brings you a list of the best data recovery software of 2017 which are completely free. These data recovery tools save a lot of hassles after we accidently delete some important files or we do not take backups before formatting a hard drive. Using these free recovery programs, you can recover your […]

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Top 15 Best Free Data Recovery Software Of 2017
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A.I. Machines Are Learning Quantum Physics And Solving Complex Problems On Their Own

Short Bytes: “In future, you might hear about intelligent machines that’ll learn new things on their own and help create a full-fledged quantum computer.” This prediction is inspired by the recent work of researchers that involves the use of neural networks to understand the quantum many-body problem. The AI used in this research was similar to the […]

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A.I. Machines Are Learning Quantum Physics And Solving Complex Problems On Their Own
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Disney’s ‘Wireless Power Room’ Can Charge A Device Over The Air, Just Get Inside

Short Bytes: A paper has been published by Disney Research. They have used Quasistatic Cavity Resonance to develop a wireless charging tech that eliminates charging pads or stands from the picture. They say it is possible to transfer kilowatts of power to devices fitted with coil receivers. A demo room has been created as a proof-of-concept. […]

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Disney’s ‘Wireless Power Room’ Can Charge A Device Over The Air, Just Get Inside
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Bill Gates: Robots Take Your Jobs, You Take ‘Robot Tax’ From Them

Short Bytes: The co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has his idea to help people affected because of job automation, where AI-based robots are replacing humans. Bill Gates says there should be some kind of a robot tax for these machines. The organizations running them should pay the tax. arious tech leaders have […]

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Bill Gates: Robots Take Your Jobs, You Take ‘Robot Tax’ From Them
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Saw The Bumps On The Keyboard Keys, They Can Help Increase Our Typing Speed

Short Bytes: We see bumps or dashes on a couple of keys on the QWERTY keyboards present on our desktops, laptops, etc. The purpose of these bumps is to guide people while placing their fingers on the keyboard and also help them type speedily without looking at the keyboard. f you’d look at your computer’s […]

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Saw The Bumps On The Keyboard Keys, They Can Help Increase Our Typing Speed
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What Is The Difference Between LAN, WAN, MAN, CAN, VPN, BAN, NAN, SAN?

Short Bytes: A computer network is an interconnection of various devices like laptops, routers, switches, servers, etc. with the help of wired or wireless means. We can differentiate these networks by their reach, i.e., geographical area. For example, we have local area network, wide area network, personal area network, metropolitan area network, near-me network, etc. hatever […]

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What Is The Difference Between LAN, WAN, MAN, CAN, VPN, BAN, NAN, SAN?
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KasperskyOS “11-11” Released After 14 Years Of Development — Here Are Best Features

Short Bytes: Kaspersky has announced the availability of KasperskyOS, which is codenamed 11-11. This secure operating system for network devices and IoT is written from the scratch. Due to its application identification and labeling feature, no application can be installed without their behavior configuration. It should be noted that it’s not an out-of-the-box product and its pricing […]

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KasperskyOS “11-11” Released After 14 Years Of Development — Here Are Best Features
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Monday, February 20, 2017

5 Best Alternatives To Microsoft Office Suite — 2017 Edition

Short Bytes: Microsoft Office has dominated the digital office suite market for a long time. They have many products with all the features anyone could ever need, but many that the average person would simply never used. Should you pay for all those features you’re never going to use, or should you find yourself a […]

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5 Best Alternatives To Microsoft Office Suite — 2017 Edition
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Windows Doesn’t Allow You To Create Folder Named ‘CON’, Here Is How You Can Still Create It

Short Bytes: You can’t create folders in Windows OS having CON, PRN, NUL, etc. as the name. This is because these folder names are reserved for use in specific system tasks. You can use the command prompt, or blank space code to create folders with reserved names in Windows. n Microsoft Windows operating system, you can’t […]

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Linux Mint 18.2 Features – What’s Ahead In the Next Release

Short Bytes: The Linux Mint development team has shed light on a couple of improvements to the latest release of the popular open-source operating system, Linux Mint 18.2. The next release would include changes to the Bluetooth application, Xed text editor, and XPlayer in the form of visual modifications and bug fixes. Also, we expect the Linux […]

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Linux Mint 18.2 Features – What’s Ahead In the Next Release
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How To Download YouTube Videos, Software, Music, Docs To Google Drive Directly?

Short Bytes: You can download YouTube video or any image, audio, video, software directly to your Google Drive. To do this you’d require a Chrome extension called Save to Google Drive. This extension, developed by Google, allows users to save anything to their Google drive. e are slowly moving towards less downloading and more streaming […]

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How To Download YouTube Videos, Software, Music, Docs To Google Drive Directly?
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Donald Trump’s Website Just Got Hacked

Short Bytes: Some hackers, who call themselves Pro_Mast3r, have managed to hack Donald Trump’s website and deface a CloudFlare server. The server in question is associated with campaign donations. Currently, the server is offline. In another development, Congressman Ted Lieu has said that Trump’s use of an insecure Android phone demands an investigation. hile numerous speculations are […]

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Donald Trump’s Website Just Got Hacked
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What Is Juice Jacking? Can Charging My Phone In A Public Port Lead To Data Hack?

Short Bytes: Juice Jacking is one of the most underrated security threats around. It can be used by an attacker to take complete control of your smartphone and inject malicious code. Here, the attacker compromises a public USB charging port and the innocent users are fooled into plugging their phone to it. To keep yourself, […]

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Sunday, February 19, 2017

Linux Kernel 4.10 Released With New Features And Updated Drivers

Short Bytes: Linus Torvalds has finally released Linux kernel 4.10. The latest release is a result of seven weeks of hard work and 13,000 commits. Kernel 4.10 features improvements to AMDGPU DRM and Nvidia DRM driver, better hardware support, initial Intel Graphics Virtualization Technology support, etc. You can go ahead and grab kernel 4.10 from kernel.org. ell, […]

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Linux Kernel 4.10 Released With New Features And Updated Drivers
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How A Typo In Zerocoin’s Source Code Allowed Hackers To Steal $592,000

Short Bytes: Due to a single-letter typo bug in Zerocoin’s source code, the hackers were able to exploit the platform and steal Zerocoins worth about $592,000. Zerocoin is a Bitcoin-based cryptocurrency protocol for anonymous trading. The developers are working to push an update soon to resume the trading. n the past, we’ve seen multiple examples of how small programming errors […]

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How A Typo In Zerocoin’s Source Code Allowed Hackers To Steal $592,000
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What Is The Difference Between Shell, Console, And Terminal?

Short Bytes: What sounds like what could be a really bad joke, or a really good one if you’re into that humor, is actually an honest question. The shell, console, and terminal are all very dated concepts that we still use today, in albeit modified forms. Did you know that a terminal used to be a […]

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Saturday, February 18, 2017

USB Killer 3.0 Is Here With 1.5-Times More Power, “Anonymous Edition” Also Available

Short Bytes: The creators of USB Killer are here with the version 3.0 of their device frying utility. USB Killer 3.0 is 1.5 times more powerful as compared to its previous version. This release also comes in an anonymous edition that doesn’t feature any logo or branding.  n the past, we’ve written multiple articles on […]

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USB Killer 3.0 Is Here With 1.5-Times More Power, “Anonymous Edition” Also Available
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Data Selfie: This Free And Open Source Tool Shows How Facebook’s AI Tracks You All The Time

Short Bytes: Data Selfie is a free and open source tool that you can use to track how Facebook’s AI keeps a close eye on your activity and makes predictions regarding your behavior. These predictions are made using natural language processing and machine learning algorithms of the University of Cambridge and IBM Watson. ow does Facebook know […]

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Data Selfie: This Free And Open Source Tool Shows How Facebook’s AI Tracks You All The Time
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Which Is The Best Linux Distro For Beginners? — 2017 Edition

Short Bytes: Are you looking for a Linux distro that’s suitable for new users who are willing to start an exciting Linux journey? Well, you’re at the right place. These days, Linux Mint is giving a tough competition to Ubuntu as it’s very beginner-friendly. Our other top recommendations are Zorin OS (which looks a lot like […]

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Which Is The Best Linux Distro For Beginners? — 2017 Edition
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How To Contribute To Open Source? — GitHub Just Released A Massive Guide To Help You

Short Bytes: GitHub recently launched a detailed guide about contributing to open source. Since long, newbies have struggled to find projects to contribute to and what exactly to start contributing to them. Veterans have struggled to make new contributors feel welcome and encouraged for contributions. The guide provides detailed timeline steps of what to look for, […]

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How To Contribute To Open Source? — GitHub Just Released A Massive Guide To Help You
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Friday, February 17, 2017

Linus Torvalds — “Successful Projects Are Result Of 99% Hard Work, 1% Innovation”

Short Bytes: According to the Linux boss Linus Torvalds, hard work plays a much larger role in a project’s success. Calling the tech industry’s talk of innovation bullshi*t, he said that industry’s “celebration of innovations” is self-congratulatory. “Ninety-nine per cent of it is to get the work done,” he added. inus Torvalds is known for creating […]

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Linus Torvalds — “Successful Projects Are Result Of 99% Hard Work, 1% Innovation”
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Google’s Verify Apps Service Can Automatically Remove Harmful Apps From Your Android Device

Short Bytes: Verify Apps is a cloud-based security feature in the Android operating system. It regularly scans the device for potentially malicious apps and sends for analysis to Google’s cloud servers. The updated Verify Apps feature now displays the names of the recently scanned apps and includes the ability to remove apps with high risk. […]

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Google’s Verify Apps Service Can Automatically Remove Harmful Apps From Your Android Device
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This New AI Trained Using An iPad Shows Google’s AI Is Damn Slow

Short Bytes: A Massachusetts-based company Gamalon, Inc. has come up with a new tech called Bayesian Program Synthesis (BPS). It is based on probability and can be used to train an AI system with the least possible examples. Gamalon has demonstrated that their system has performed better in object recognition when compared with Google’s deep-learning-based Quick, Draw. […]

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This New AI Trained Using An iPad Shows Google’s AI Is Damn Slow
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Indian Artificial Intelligence Landscape 2017

Short Bytes:  Here we answer a simple question. How does India’s AI horizon look like? We present here a curated list of startups that employ AI as the solution for almost everything!. The field of Artificial Intelligence is set to conquer most of the human disciplines; from art and literature to commerce and sociology; from computational […]

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Indian Artificial Intelligence Landscape 2017
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Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Point Release Arrives With Linux Kernel 4.8 And Improved Hardware Support

Short Bytes: The second Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS point release has arrived after getting delayed for two times. It brings Linux Kernel 4.8 and an updated HWE kernel for enhanced hardware support to the Ubuntu operating system. The update also includes various fixes for high-impact bugs and various stability improvements. The ISO files for Ubuntu 16.04.2 […]

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Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Point Release Arrives With Linux Kernel 4.8 And Improved Hardware Support
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Samsung Chief Lee Jae-yong Arrested On Bribery And Corruption Charges

Short bytes: Samsung vice president Lee Jae-yong, who is also the de facto head of Samsung conglomerate, was arrested on Friday. He was taken into the custody in the light of bribery charges. It was alleged that in the past Samsung spent 43 billion won ($38 million) to get illegal government favors. The same scandal […]

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Samsung Chief Lee Jae-yong Arrested On Bribery And Corruption Charges
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Watch The Amazing “New Nokia 3310” Concept Running Android In This Video

Short Bytes: After the reports of Nokia 3310 comeback, many concept designs and videos of the new phone are surfacing on the internet. A couple of such renders and videos are created by Concept Creator. In the videos, new Nokia 3310 retains its original design and comes loaded with Android operating system, dual camera, and […]

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Watch The Amazing “New Nokia 3310” Concept Running Android In This Video
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Thursday, February 16, 2017

Latest Linux Distribution Releases (The Always Up-to-date List)

Linux Distribution Releases (February 2017) DEFT Zero Linux 2017.1 Release Date: 13 Feb, 2017 DEFT (Digital Evidence & Forensics Toolkit) developers have created a new and lightweight version of their operating system. Called DEFT Zero, this release is based on Lubuntu 14.04.02 LTS. Shipping with three different boot modes, the operating system needs lesser RAM […]

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Latest Linux Distribution Releases (The Always Up-to-date List)
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What Are Direct Connect Protocol And DC++? How To Use DC++ For File Sharing?

Short Bytes: A P2P file sharing protocol known as Direct Connect (now Advanced Direct Connect) is used to transfer files between two end devices on the Direct Connect network. The users can chat, search, and download files — software, music, audiobooks — indexed on central servers known as Hubs. DC++ is open source and the […]

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What Are Direct Connect Protocol And DC++? How To Use DC++ For File Sharing?
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New And Best Features Of Linux Kernel 4.10

Short Bytes: Linux kernel 4.10’s release is just around the corner. This release comes loaded with many new features and better hardware support for Nouveau driver, Intel GTV, AMD Zen, Intel Turbo Boost Max, new ARM devices, etc. The other new features of Linux kernel 4.10 include writeback throttling, fast fail support, and faster WLAN […]

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New And Best Features Of Linux Kernel 4.10
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7 Year-Old Girl Wants To Work At Google, Recieves Personal Letter From Sundar Pichai

Short Bytes: Chloe Bridgewater, a resident of the United Kingdom, sent a handwritten letter to the Silicon-based company Google telling them she would like to work there in the future. In return, she got a personal, printed reply from Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Chloe’s father Andy Bridgewater shared the details in a post. ho won’t like […]

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7 Year-Old Girl Wants To Work At Google, Recieves Personal Letter From Sundar Pichai
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Google Releases TensorFlow 1.0, Its Open Source Machine Learning Framework

Short Bytes: TensorFlow 1.0 is here with lots of new features and improvements. It is Google’s open source framework that has become widely popular in a short period of time. The biggest features of TensorFlow 1.0 are 58x speed, integration with Python-based Keras library, experimental Java and Go APIs, etc. oogle has announced the version […]

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Google Releases TensorFlow 1.0, Its Open Source Machine Learning Framework
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Elon Musk: Our Future Is Only Fruitful If We Connect Our Brains With Machines

Short Bytes: While launching Tesla in the United Arab Emirates, CEO Elon Musk talked about how our dependence on technology and artificial intelligence would affect our lives in the future. According to him, things would become cheap, and a concept of some kind of minimum global income would have to be implemented. t the World Government […]

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Elon Musk: Our Future Is Only Fruitful If We Connect Our Brains With Machines
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Trash Dove: Here’s Why The Internet Is Going Crazy Over This Purple Bird

Short Bytes: Trash Dove has taken over the internet. After Thailand, this Facebook sticker of a headbanging purple bird can be seen in many Facebook comment threads. While the real reason behind its explosive popularity remains a mystery, it can be attributed to a popular Thai page that featured it alongside a dancing cat. f you […]

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Trash Dove: Here’s Why The Internet Is Going Crazy Over This Purple Bird
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GPD Pocket: This Tiny Laptop Fits In Your Pocket, Runs Ubuntu Linux And Windows 10

Short Bytes: GPD has launched the Indiegogo campaign for GPD Pocket, a 7-inch laptop that’s powered by Intel Atom processor. You can easily carry it around in your pocket and run Windows 10 or Ubuntu Linux on it. The device recently debuted on Indiegogo and achieved its goal in the first few hours. GPD Pocket’s Windows […]

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GPD Pocket: This Tiny Laptop Fits In Your Pocket, Runs Ubuntu Linux And Windows 10
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Infographic Shows The “Price Of Your Stolen Credit Cards” On The Dark Web

Short Bytes: Personal information like credit cards, emails, IP address, corporate accounts, and other information are stolen from people and openly sold on the dark web. An infographic shows the 2016 price tags for such information. An average VISA or MasterCard credit is sold for as low as £11 ($13.67) on the dark web in the […]

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Infographic Shows The “Price Of Your Stolen Credit Cards” On The Dark Web
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Websites Can Now Track 36 Features Of Your Computer, Identify You Even If You Use Multiple Browsers

Short Bytes: A new research conducted at the Lehigh University has taken the browser fingerprinting to a whole new level. They have devised a method to create a digital fingerprint and identify 99.24% users, regardless of the web browser they are using. For this, they take various hardware and software features of the users’ device […]

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Websites Can Now Track 36 Features Of Your Computer, Identify You Even If You Use Multiple Browsers
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Toby: A Chrome Extension That Prevents Tab Overloads

Short Bytes: Toby is a Google Chrome Extension that lets you manage your tabs super well. You can save them in different sessions so that you can come back to them later. It allows you separate the saved tabs according to work and personal needs. Gifted with a visually appealing and friendly user interface, Toby saves our […]

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Toby: A Chrome Extension That Prevents Tab Overloads
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DEFT “Zero” Linux 2017.1 Lightweight Hacker Distro Available For Download

Short Bytes: Developers of DEFT Linux distro for hacking and digital forensics have released the lightweight version of their operating system. DEFT Linux 2017.1 Zero is based on Lubuntu 14.04.02 LTS. The operating system needs lesser RAM to run and offers 3 booting modes that are designed to suit your different needs. DEFT “Zero” Linux 2017.1 ISO […]

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DEFT “Zero” Linux 2017.1 Lightweight Hacker Distro Available For Download
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Legendary Nokia 3310 Is Coming Back | Release Date & Price

Short Bytes: Nokia’s parent HMD Global is rumored to be bringing back iconic Nokia 3310 feature phone. The launch will take place on February 26 at Nokia’s event at Mobile World Congress. The smartphone maker is also expected to launch three other phones, which will be Android-powered, at the event. Nokia 3310 is expected to […]

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Legendary Nokia 3310 Is Coming Back | Release Date & Price
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Google’s Brotli Data Compression Algorithm Can Make The Internet “A Lot Faster”

Short Bytes: Brotli is new open source data compression library developed by Google. Its lossless compress algorithm manages to outperform the current compression algorithms in use, namely, gzip, deflate, etc. Although it arrived in 2015, many famous web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Opera has brought support for Brotli only since the last year. owadays, the web pages aren’t […]

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Google’s Brotli Data Compression Algorithm Can Make The Internet “A Lot Faster”
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“Block The Pirate Bay For Next 3 Years” — Swedish Court Rules

Short Bytes: After months of smooth run, The Pirate Bay has landed in legal trouble. A Swedish Court of Appeal has ruled that the local ISP Bredbandsbolaget must block The Pirate Bay for the next three years. The Court has said that the injunction is line with the EU law. The former Pirate Bay spokesperson Peter Sunde […]

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“Block The Pirate Bay For Next 3 Years” — Swedish Court Rules
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Monday, February 13, 2017

Intel 8th Generation Core CPUs Coming Later This Year — Here’s What To Expect

Short Bytes: Intel’s 8th Generation Core CPUs are slated to arrive later this year. But, contrary to what was expected, Intel will stick to the 14-nanometer process for the fourth time in a row. The company claims to bring another 15% performance improvement–something which is not being well received by the industry enthusiasts. Another media report also speculates […]

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Intel 8th Generation Core CPUs Coming Later This Year — Here’s What To Expect
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Top 10 Best Torrent Sites Of 2017

Short Bytes: The world of torrent websites has seen a lot of changes since the last year’s list of the best torrent websites appeared on Fossbytes. In 2017, the original torrent king, The Pirate Bay, is back at some top position in this year’s list of the best and most popular torrent websites. ickAssTorrents has been active […]

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Top 10 Best Torrent Sites Of 2017
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How To Improve Your Programming Skills Using Free And Open Source Tool Exercism

Short Bytes: After learning the basics of coding, one needs to improve his/her skills to master a language. To help you out in this important process, Exercism.io, an open source tool, has been created. It helps you with its hundreds of practice exercises in 30+ programming languages. Apart from letting you learn to code from the […]

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How To Improve Your Programming Skills Using Free And Open Source Tool Exercism
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Ex-Policeman Refused To Decrypt Hard Drives With Child Porn, Living In Prison Since 16 Months

Short Bytes: The life of a former police sergeant Francis Rawls is in turmoil. He is living like a prisoner for the last 16 months without any criminal charges. The reason–he is accused of possessing child pornography on his devices including MacBook and encrypted hard drives. His condition will remain so until he complies with the […]

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Ex-Policeman Refused To Decrypt Hard Drives With Child Porn, Living In Prison Since 16 Months
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Sunday, February 12, 2017

A Brief History of Web Graphics

Short Bytes: Web graphics have come a long way from the time images were the only graphics on mostly static pages, to WebGL’s powerful animation, GPU and gaming capabilities, all powered by canvas HTML element’s 2D and 3D contexts. Now Webkit browser engine has proposed a new low level web graphics API standard to leverage the […]

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A Brief History of Web Graphics
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ToaruOS 1.0 Open Source OS Released After 6+ Years Of Development

Short Bytes: ToaruOS 1.0, the first stable release of hobby OS/kernel Toaru, has been finally released. This open source operating system is mostly written from scratch. It comes with composited GUI, dynamically linked ELF binaries, Python applications, networking, etc. The interested users can grab the source code from GitHub and download the Live CD for […]

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ToaruOS 1.0 Open Source OS Released After 6+ Years Of Development
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Nokia’s Famous ‘Nseries’ Smartphones Could Soon Make A Comeback

Short Bytes: Nokia is probably working hard to resurrects its famous lineup of Nseries smartphones. The company has reportedly filed for the trademark of Nseries and its variations. The claims are also supported by some leaked screenshots of a smart device and Nseries logo. Unlike Nokia’s past offerings, new Nseries devices will be powered by Android […]

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Nokia’s Famous ‘Nseries’ Smartphones Could Soon Make A Comeback
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This 17-year-old Google Code-in Winner’s Hometown Has No Internet

Short Bytes: Cameroon has become the home to Africa’s first ever Google Code-in winner. The coding champion, 17-year-old Nji Collins Gbah, hails from Bamenda–a place which was recently cut off from the internet. The government has taken this step to curb the growing dissatisfaction among the masses. Meanwhile, Nji is living at his cousins’ home in Cameroon’s […]

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This 17-year-old Google Code-in Winner’s Hometown Has No Internet
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Saturday, February 11, 2017

10 Biggest Technology Myths Busted: True Or False?

Short Bytes: There are a lot of myths and hoaxes associated with the technology we use in our daily lives. For instance, we shouldn’t use cell phones on the plane or at the petrol station, keeping mobile charging for a long time will damage the battery, and much more. However, there are explanations given to […]

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10 Biggest Technology Myths Busted: True Or False?
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What Is The Difference Between Deep Web, Darknet, And Dark Web?

Short Bytes: The internet is vast yet an enormous chunk of it which is still untouched by the ordinary world. We address that part by the names Deep Web, Darknet, and Dark Web. Darknet is a type of network not accessible using normal modes. Deep Web – which includes dark web as a subset – […]

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What Is The Difference Between Deep Web, Darknet, And Dark Web?
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Friday, February 10, 2017

Torrent Site Links Might Be Soon Banned By Google

Short Bytes: According to a media report, Google and other search engines are soon going to implement new measures to curb the level of online piracy. The companies might banish torrent links from their search results. The search engines and Hollywood studios have reportedly arrived at some agreement. Well, as the users will still have […]

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Torrent Site Links Might Be Soon Banned By Google
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Improve Parallax Scrolling Effect On Your Webpage

Short Bytes: Parallax Scrolling Effect is an effective way to be bold, and defined on the web pages, especially if it’s a branding or one big product page that shows the different features of it. But it’s mostly done very wrong using Javascript. This post will shine light on the correct and performant parts of doing it […]

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Improve Parallax Scrolling Effect On Your Webpage
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After Targeting Linux, Mirai Botnet Is Here To Hack Your Windows Devices

Short Bytes: The infamous Mirai botnet malware has finally entered the world of Microsoft Windows. An antivirus firm recently discovered a new variant of Mirai, which is now named Trojan.Mirai.1. The trojan uses Windows devices to increase Mirai’s botnet army by infecting Linux-based IoT devices. Notably, Mirai was the chief player in some of the biggest DDoS […]

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After Targeting Linux, Mirai Botnet Is Here To Hack Your Windows Devices
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10 Reasons Why You Should Learn JavaScript

Short Bytes: One should learn Javascript because it’s the most popular programming language in the world. Javascript works on an astonishingly varied number of platforms and devices including IoT. Javascript Jobs are in abundance and it’s easy to learn. You can design crazy visual effects, games, UI interactions, make your own custom blog and make money […]

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10 Reasons Why You Should Learn JavaScript
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TOR’s Ooniprobe App Tests Your Internet Speed And Censorship Level

Short Bytes: Tor Project has released its new internet speed and censorship level test app. Known as Ooniprobe, this free and open source app performs three different tests, including a test for finding out blocked websites on your network. You can download the app for your Android and iOS devices.  or Project is best known […]

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TOR’s Ooniprobe App Tests Your Internet Speed And Censorship Level
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WhatsApp Brings Two-step Verification For 1.2 Billion Users, Here’s How To Enable It

Short Bytes: WhatsApp has enabled two-step verification option for all its 1.2 billion users. After enabling this optional feature, any attempt to verify your phone on a smartphone will need to be accompanied by a six-digit passcode. The users can simply find the two-step verification option in Settings and enable it. ast year, WhatsApp rolled […]

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WhatsApp Brings Two-step Verification For 1.2 Billion Users, Here’s How To Enable It
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Thursday, February 9, 2017

DragonBoard 820c Is The World’s First Computer Based On Snapdragon 820

Short Bytes: DragonBoard 820c is a powerful board computer that’s based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 chip. It’s a superfast chip that comes loaded with Adreno 430 and 32GB onboard storage. Just like its predecessor DragonBoard 410c, DragonBoard 820c too is expected to run Android, Linux, and Windows 10 IoT Core. Currently, the pricing and release date of the board […]

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DragonBoard 820c Is The World’s First Computer Based On Snapdragon 820
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Use “LEARN70” Code And Get An Extra 70% Off On All Online Courses

Short Bytes: We are here with our DREAM BIG sale that allows your to grab an extra 70% discount on all online courses. To do so, visit Fossbytes Academy and use LEARN70 code at checkout. Happy learning!  ith Fossbytes Academy, we bring to you the best-in-class online courses. These deals carry a wide range of […]

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Use “LEARN70” Code And Get An Extra 70% Off On All Online Courses
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YouTube Go: Watch YouTube Videos Without Using Internet, Available As Beta On Google Play

Short Bytes: YouTube Go, a data efficient YouTube app, has been announced at the Google for India keynote. The app includes smart offline feature and it designed to use a lesser amount of data while streaming videos. This will help the users connected to a slow internet. Update (Feb 9, 2017, 4:30 PM IST):  An […]

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YouTube Go: Watch YouTube Videos Without Using Internet, Available As Beta On Google Play
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Android Wear 2.0 Launched With Direct Play Store Download, Google Assistant, Cellular Networks

Short Bytes: The latest version of Google’s OS for smartwatches has arrived. Android Wear 2.0 features a redesigned UI, ability to download standalone apps directly from Google Play, cellular support, handwriting recognition, inbuilt keyboard, Google Assitant, etc. The Android Wear 2.0 update for various smartwatches will be pushed on February 15. fter announcing at last […]

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Android Wear 2.0 Launched With Direct Play Store Download, Google Assistant, Cellular Networks
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10 Most Popular Programming Books On StackOverflow

Short Bytes: DevBooks has analyzed the StackOverflow’s question and answers data, and listed the most popular programming books being recommended on the platform. The website has also created a tag-based search for user convenience. According to the results, the top 3 most popular programming books on StackOverflow are Working Efficiently with Legacy Code, Design Patterns, […]

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10 Most Popular Programming Books On StackOverflow
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JustWatch: A Search Engine To Find Movies And Shows On Netflix, Prime, Hulu, Etc Without A Plan

Short Bytes: There are people who want to know the movie and TV shows catalog for streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Prime, etc. before getting a subscription plan. JustWatch is like a search engine which helps people know the streaming service where they have their favorite TV shows. It also shows the pricing for different […]

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JustWatch: A Search Engine To Find Movies And Shows On Netflix, Prime, Hulu, Etc Without A Plan
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

What Programming Languages Are Used Most Over Weekends?

Short Bytes: Using the open data sets made public by StackOverflow about the questions posted on it and the tags used in the questions, a StackOverflow Employee used the data to detect and visualize which programming languages are being used most over weekends. Surprisingly, programming language Haskell is most popular on weekends, accounting for 0.365% of […]

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What Programming Languages Are Used Most Over Weekends?
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“Cloud Search” — Google’s New Smart Search Engine For G Suite

Short Bytes: Google Cloud Search, an attempt for increasing productivity, is a version of Google Search especially crafted for the enterprise customers using G Suite. Cloud Search can find things from the company database, display meeting reminders, and attention needing files in a card-like view. Future prospects include stuffing third-party apps into Cloud Search. esterday, Google […]

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“Cloud Search” — Google’s New Smart Search Engine For G Suite
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How To Delete Facebook Search History All At Once? | Clear People From Facebook Search Bar

Short Bytes: Your Facebook search history is saved in the form of a list in your Facebook account. You can access this data whenever you want by visiting the Activity Log on your desktop and the Facebook app on your phone. There you can delete individual searches or delete all the Facebook Search history at […]

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How To Delete Facebook Search History All At Once? | Clear People From Facebook Search Bar
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Researchers Unveil A Wireless Tech That’s ’10 Times’ Faster Than 5G

Short Bytes: A new transmitter tech demonstrated by a team of Japanese researchers enables a communication link of more than 100 Gbps over a single 25GHz channel using the 300Ghz frequency band, dubbed as ‘Terahertz’. They are uncovering more about their Terahertz wireless tech at the IEEE’s International Solid-State Circuits Conference 2017. or the fifth generation […]

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Researchers Unveil A Wireless Tech That’s ’10 Times’ Faster Than 5G
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How To Create Your Own Triple Screen Laptop — Project Valarie DIY

Short Bytes: YouTuber JerryRigEverything has created his own triple screen laptop. He has also shared the detailed video of the same to help you create your own Razer’s Project Valarie DIY laptop. It’s made using two USB-based monitors, some door hinges, and epoxy glue. Compared to Project Valarie prototype, three screen laptop is a lot bulkier. f you’ve followed […]

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How To Create Your Own Triple Screen Laptop — Project Valarie DIY
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What’s WWW And The Internet ? What’s The Difference Between The Internet And World Wide Web?

Short Bytes: All things you do, whether it is streaming movies, browsing Facebook, some other thing, you are doing it on the web, not on the internet. The Internet is a network of computer devices, routers, and server across the globe. While the web or World Wide Web is like software running on the internet, it […]

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What’s WWW And The Internet ? What’s The Difference Between The Internet And World Wide Web?
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This New MIT Battery Is Powered By Your Stomach Acid

Short Bytes: A team of MIT researchers has created a stomach acid battery that uses stomach’s acidic fluids to power itself. This battery will be used in ingestible electronic devices for drug delivery purposes and study of vital signs. This battery, inspired by the common lemon battery, is expected to turn out to be a cheaper and […]

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This New MIT Battery Is Powered By Your Stomach Acid
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Microsoft Creates Open Source GVFS (Git Virtual File System)

Short Bytes: To manage its code more efficiently, Microsoft has created open source Git Virtual File System (GVFS). It’s designed to deal with large Git repos more efficiently by virtualizing the file system in the repo and reducing the time taken to perform critical operations. Now, Microsoft has open sourced the client side source code of GVFS. […]

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Microsoft Creates Open Source GVFS (Git Virtual File System)
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More Than 50% Internet Traffic Comes From Bots, Not Humans

Short Bytes: You might be knowing that traffic from bots constitute a large share of the overall internet traffic. A recent report from Imperva Incapsula tells that bots, both good and bad, account for 51.8% of the total traffic. While good bots are official monikers that monitor or improve the web, bad bots are created […]

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More Than 50% Internet Traffic Comes From Bots, Not Humans
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How To Skip YouTube Ads Without Any Extension

Short Bytes: Traditionally the URL ending with a slash denoted a directory presence at the path, and a non-slashed version implied a file. Today, it’s a good practice that both the versions of a URL produces same content. But returning the same content for both versions can hurt SEO. Smart and proper redirection from one version […]

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Facebook Shareholders Want To Remove Mark Zuckerberg As Board Chairman

Short Bytes: Facebook’s co-founder is currently the CEO and the board chairman. A proposal filed by shareholders, who also belong to the group SumOfUS, puts emphasis on the appointment of a new ‘independent’ chairman for the Facebook’s board of directors. This is to suit the best interests of the shareholders in the long run. acebook […]

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9 Online Linux Courses For Beginners To Become Zero To Hero In Just 5 Days

Short Bytes: People have started giving Linux distributions a place on their home computers. If you’re also a recent adopter of a Linux-based operating system, then here are some online Linux courses for beginners, which can give you the fundamental feel of Linux and the command line.  he Linux family of operating systems–known as Linux […]

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Trump Immigration Ban: Now 127 Companies Have Joined the Crusade With Google, Microsoft, Etc

Short Bytes: Tech companies like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Netflix, etc. are protesting against Donald Trump’s immigration ban. An amicus brief filed against the ban included 97 signatures from tech companies. It has now received support from 30 more names, extending the list to 127, including Adobe, Slack, Coursera, Evernote, etc. resident Donald Trump’s recent executive order […]

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Microsoft Working On Windows 10 “Andromeda” To Compete With Google

Short Bytes: After Windows 10 Composable Shell and Windows 10 Cloud leaks, there are reports regarding Microsoft working on Windows Andromeda. It’s expected to compete directly with Google’s hybrid OS project Andromeda. Microsoft is expected to realize its OneCore operating system dream with Andromeda. While nothing is certain at the moment, Windows Andromeda feature is […]

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Monday, February 6, 2017

New BSOD Devil Comes From The Internet And Crashes Your Windows 10, 8, 7, XP

Short Bytes: A security researcher, who goes by the username lgandx, reported a severe vulnerability affecting Windows versions ranging from Windows XP to Windows 10. Due to the bug, an attacker can take control of the system over the internet and force it to the display the stop error after crashing the LSASS service. Microsoft is […]

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New BSOD Devil Comes From The Internet And Crashes Your Windows 10, 8, 7, XP
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SEO Tip: To Slash Or Not To Slash At The End Of A URL

Short Bytes: Traditionally the URL ending with a slash denoted a directory presence at the path, and a non-slashed version implied a file. Today, it’s a good practice that both the versions of a URL produces same content. But returning the same content for both versions can hurt SEO. Smart and proper redirection from one version […]

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Game Of Thrones Season 7 Major Artwork Leaks Online [Spoilers]

Short Bytes: [*Spoilers Ahead*] A massive Game of Thrones spoiler leak has hit online. It’s a detailed artwork from Game of Thrones Season 7, which shows John Snow standing at the Dragonpit entrance, along with Tyrion Lannister and Bronn. In the upcoming season, Dragonpit is supposed to be a major focus point. Game of Thrones is […]

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Made For Linux, ‘Teres I’ Open Source Laptop Will Test Your DIY Skills

Short Bytes: If you’re planning to some DIY stuff in the coming future. Then you might want to take a look at the Teres I created by Olimex. It is a small-sized DIY laptop built using open source hardware. It features a quad-core ARM processor and it is capable of running Linux operating system. Teres […]

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Kodi 17 Open Source Media Center Software Now Available For Download

Short Bytes: Kodi 17 Krypton cross-platform, open source media center software is now available for download. The users can download it for various platforms like Windows, OS X, Linux, and Android. Kodi 17 ships with new default Estuary skin and a new web interface. This release also marks the start of the development of Kodi […]

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Kodi 17 Open Source Media Center Software Now Available For Download
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What Is System Volume Information Folder In Windows? How To Access And Shrink It?

Short Bytes: If you’ve made your hidden and protected system folders settings visible, you might have come across System Volume Information folder on your PC. It’s a location that’s used to store System Restore points and other system files. By accessing the relevant properties in System Protection option, one can adjust the size of this folder. Also, […]

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Sunday, February 5, 2017

20% Of The Dark Web Taken Down By Hacker, Here’s How He Did It

Short Bytes: An alleged Anonymous hacker has taken down about a fifth of the Dark Web. He did so by breaching the servers of popular Dark Web hosting service Freedom Hosting II, which powers about 15-20% .onion sites. The hacker targeted the service as the websites contained a large collection of child porn. The vigilante hacker has […]

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Windows 10 Cloud Operating System ISO Leaks

Short Bytes: Microsoft’s Windows 10 Cloud operating system ISO file has been leaked. It’s a new Windows 10 SKU that’s lightweight and faster. It locks the users to Windows Store apps, just like Chrome OS locks its users to Chrome’s web store. As it’s a very early build, you aren’t advised to install Windows 10 […]

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What Is The Difference Between Software, Driver, Firmware?

Short Bytes: The principal difference between a firmware, driver, and software is their design purpose. Firmware is a program which gives life to the device hardware. A driver is a middle man between the OS and the hardware component. And a software makes the use of the hardware in the best possible ways. t doesn’t […]

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The Wonderful World of Esoteric Programming Languages

Short Bytes: Esoteric programming languages or esolangs are those designed for fun with crazy syntax. But they have a hidden purpose – exploring the nature of programming languages and computability with a minimalistic design. This post sheds some light on the wonderful world of esolangs. The following is a valid program. Yes, just one ASCII […]

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Saturday, February 4, 2017

What is VPN (Virtual Private Network)? How it Works?

Short Bytes: VPN is a technology used to setup a private network over the internet to share the resources of a corporate intranet with remote users and other office locations of the company.  People can also use VPN to access their home network. irtual Private Network, or VPN, is a personal network created over the […]

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Hacked Radio Stations Played “F**k Donald Trump” Song On Repeat

Short Bytes: Due to some vulnerabilities in certain models of low power FM radio transmitters, the hackers were able to take control of many radio stations. As a result, the stations broadcasted rapper YG and Nipsey Hussle’s song F**k Donald Trump, something they didn’t intend to play. In this incident, about a dozen radio stations were reportedly affected. […]

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10 Best Free Antivirus Software Of 2017

Short Bytes: You might not realize but a good antivirus software is needed for all computers. Even if you can’t afford some high-end security suites, there are many best free antivirus software that you can install. Free antivirus software from Avira, Bitdefender, and AVG are one of the most effective ones you can get. They […]

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Hey Facebook, Stop Confusing Your Users With “Friends Day”

Short Bytes: Did you display enough courage to watch your Facebook ‘Friends Day’ video? On its birthday, Facebook is again pushing the Friends Day and showing the users a cheesy compilation of the images of their emojis and friends. For many users, it’s a confusing situation as Friendship Day is a well-recognized day that’s celebrated […]

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Friday, February 3, 2017

Why Does “JavaScript” Contain Word “Java” Even If It Has Nothing To Do With Java

Short Bytes: Why does “JavaScript” contain “Java” word in it? Well, it has nothing to do with Java. The early web browser wars between Netscape (backed by Sun Microsystems) and Microsoft influenced how JavaScript was gradually named and shaped. Java name was included as a marketing strategy to gain acceptance.  ava in Javascript has nothing to do […]

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Oculus To Pay Half Billion Dollars In VR Lawsuit

Short Bytes: Oculus recently lost a lawsuit filed by Zenimax, and faced a jury decision to pay ZeniMax half a billion dollars for copyright infringement, violation of non-disclosure agreement between Oculus and Zenimax and false designations for allegedly using ZeniMax tech and code to use in Oculus Rift Headset. Facebook’s child company Oculus was ordered by […]

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Mayhem Hacker Robot Is Here To Protect Us From Hacking Attacks

Short Bytes: ForAllSecure, the minds behind the Mayhem Hacker Robot who won the Pentagon’s Cyber Grand Challenger Contest, are working to make the software a bug fixer. They are aiming an autonomous system which would find vulnerabilities in the commercial devices like routers and automatically fix them. Every year, we see large botnets of compromised devices […]

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Mayhem Hacker Robot Is Here To Protect Us From Hacking Attacks
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9 Snapchat Features That Were Copied By Facebook

Short Bytes: Facebook is world’s most dominant social network. But, it’s also infamous for copying Snapchat’s features from time-to-time. After failing with copycat apps like Clone and Slingshot, the company decided to copy individual features like Stories, face swapping, camera filters, photo editing, scannable QR codes, etc. These features have been integrated in Facebook’s main […]

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Thursday, February 2, 2017

Google Beats Apple To Become “The Most Valuable Brand” In The World In 2017

Short Bytes: Google is now the most popular brand in the world. It has surpassed Apple Inc. which was topping the list of the most valuable brands since 2011. According to the report by Brand Finance, Google’s brand value for 2017 is $109 billion, whereas, it is $107 billion for Apple. Further names in the […]

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Google Beats Apple To Become “The Most Valuable Brand” In The World In 2017
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How To Use Google Services As Proxy Server To Bypass Paywalls, Download Files

Short Bytes: There are different ways to use many services from Google as proxy servers to access the locally restricted websites at your workplace, school, or college. Here, we’ll show you how to use Google Translate and Google WebLight services as proxy servers to access blocked content. Try these Google proxy server tricks and make […]

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How To Play A Welcome Voice Message On Every Startup In Windows 10/7/8

Short Bytes: If you want to try some interesting yet useless trick on your Windows 10 (or previous) operating system then here is one. You can enable Windows 10 to play a custom welcome message in a computerized voice everytime you turn on or restart your computer. You can do so with the help of a […]

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Facebook Will Soon Pay You Money For Your Videos, Trying To Become “Next YouTube”

Short Bytes: Facebook is all set to ditch the cloak of a social media company and turn itself fully into a media company. Its investments in videos will be further pushed in near future. During Facebook’s Q4 earning announcement, Zuckerberg told that Facebook is planning to start sharing its ad revenue with content creators. This […]

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Facebook Will Soon Pay You Money For Your Videos, Trying To Become “Next YouTube”
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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...