Kotlin 1.2 Moving to Kotlin–the latest programming language to get official Android support. JetBrains announced Kotlin 1.2 and called it a major release which will let the devs reuse code between JVM and JS. The release announcement states that now one can write the business logic of an app once and reuse for the backend, […]
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illions of people exchange message all over the world every day. But, how many people know what happens to a message once they send it? Is it being intercepted by any third-party users? Well, the truth is, we live in an age of internet surveillance and data logging. Agencies and organizations often want access to […]
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here are already a plethora of data saving apps for Android smartphones. Now, Google has just launched their app, called Datally, that saves precious mobile data on Android devices. Google was testing the data saving app in the Philippines. The company says that the app can understand people’s data usage patterns and suggest ways to […]
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fter much anticipation, the deepin project has finally pushed the latest version of deepin Linux distro, i.e., deepin 15.5. Following its design philosophy, deepin continues to bring an attractive and easy to use desktop experience to the open source enthusiasts. These capabilities have helped this OS to find a good place on our lists of […]
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combined study conducted by a French research organization Exodus Privacy and the Privacy Lab, Yale University concludes that around 3 out of every 4 Android apps track users in some way, using third-party trackers. While, what one might initially assume, the tracking may not be evil but for advertising, behavior analytics, location tracking, etc. Exodus Privacy […]
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Short Bytes: Using simple hacks, a hacker can know about your personal unauthorized information which you might not want to reveal. Knowing about these common hacking techniques like phishing, DDoS, clickjacking etc., could come handy for your personal safety. nethical hacking can be called an illegal activity to get unauthorized information by modifying a system’s […]
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orking on the terminal and using various commands to carry out important tasks is an indispensable part of a Linux desktop experience. This open-source operating system possesses an abundance of commands that makes it impossible for any user to remember all of them. To make things more complex, each command has its own set of options […]
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old Storage is one of the most interesting features of Bitcoin as it allows us to reserve cryptocurrency with extra precaution. It could be done using a USB drive, a paper wallet, an offline Bitcoin hardware wallet, etc. However, if you lose the access to such cold storage device, your digital currency gets lost. The […]
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DMI Forum Inc. which looks after the development of HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) has released the HDMI 2.1 specifications after a few months delay. HDMI is a proprietary interface for pushing audio and uncompressed video streams from a source to a receiving device, such as a monitor. HDMI 2.1 brings a considerable jump over previous HDMI […]
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pps like Groupy can allow Windows users to group multiple apps in the form of tabs. But soon, with the release of Windows 10 Redstone 4, the functionality is about to become inbuilt in Windows. With Microsoft currently calling it Sets, the feature would turn Windows into a web browser. It’s probably the most significant […]
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umans have always wanted blazing fast internet. So, what’s that thing that could give what we desire? Probably, it’s something from the past rather than from the future. A rare mineral, first discovered in Urals Mountains of Russia in 1839 by Lev Prevoski, has excited scientists by exhibiting properties that could be exploited to make […]
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ith the growing size of software every year, it’s entirely possible that some unattended vulnerability can allow hackers to take advantage of the software and compromise computers. The case of MS Office is no different. A recently patched 17-year-old remote code execution bug (CVE-2017-11882) is known to have acted as the Nitrous boost for the […]
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id you try the revamped version of Mozilla Firefox which is widely known as Firefox Quantum? What if I tell you, Firefox 57 comes with one of the best tools that can be used to take a scrolling screenshot or full page screenshot of a website. If you’re running Firefox 57, snapping the scrolling screenshot […]
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f you keep a close eye on the cybersecurity world, you must be knowing about Necurs botnet, which is one of the biggest botnets this world has seen. It’s known for playing a major role in spreading Locky ransomware and Dridex banking trojan. Over the course of past one year, it has expanded this list […]
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ozilla has worked for years to give back the stardom their open source web browser lost with the release of Google Chrome. Firefox’s revival journey started with the addition of multiprocess earlier this year, followed by the head-to-toe overhaul of Firefox which now uses Project Neon as its new face. Firefox 57 is hailed as a […]
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he name Core i9 was first seen on Intel’s product catalog earlier this year with the release of the X Series CPUs. Now, what’s new in the rumor mill is the details of new Intel chips, thanks to the benchmarking tool Aida64’s release notes. It’s believed that a mobile version of the Intel Core i9 […]
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f you’re a Linux user, there are good chances that you might be knowing how to use the command line interface to get the most out of your machine. There are many fun tools for Linux terminal that make working on the same even more interesting. Today, I’m going to tell you how to check […]
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hile Apple keeps getting the majority of profit share of the smartphone market, Android smartphones continue to enjoy an unparalleled popularity among the masses due to their user-friendliness and cheaper price. For about half the price of an iPhone, you can grab an Android flagship and enjoy top-notch specifications. Due to this popularity, Android has […]
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undamentally proven security systems are important, in fact, they are almost the need of the hour as the hackers are becoming advanced by the tick of the clock. The rise of quantum computing would give them more power to crack open the existing encryption systems. So, quantum encryption is now a part of geek-talks across […]
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ikipedia, the internet’s free encyclopedia is accessible on the dark web. But, it isn’t track-proof as the traffic has to go outside the boundaries of the Tor network. Now, we have an unofficial dark web version that can help netizens use Wikipedia without someone spying on them–thanks to the ex-Facebook engineer Alec Muffet who has […]
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he Linux love affair of the German City of Munich, which decided to favor Linux in 2003, is finally over. The city has officially cleared the plan to bring back Windows 10 on about 29,000 PCs. In 2003, when the city decided to switch to a Linux-based desktop called LiMux and other open source software, […]
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hile you might be still struggling to recover from all the goodies you gulped over the Thanksgiving dinner, Bitcoin has continued hustling to make its way towards the magical mark of $10,000. As a result of a continued rise in the price, Bitcoin has crossed $9,000 mark for the first time. As per Coinmarketcap data, […]
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arlier this month, we reported how a Muslim hacking collective named Di5s3nSi0N was able to hack Amaq, one of the key outlets for ISIS propaganda, within hours after they called themselves “unhackable.” They exposed an email list of 1,784 subscribers. In another attack on ISIS online propaganda, young Muslim hackers have filled the official communication channels […]
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PLS, which stands for Multiprotocol Label Switching, is a data transport method for various protocols on a Packet Switched Network (PSN). If we refer to the OSI model, there are different protocols defined at different layers. For example, SDH/SONET, Ethernet, etc., are defined at layer two, i.e., data link layer. Protocols such as TCP and IP […]
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ou must have seen Google Play Services on your Android device. This app has been sitting on our Android devices since the days of Android KitKat. But it doesn’t show up in the app drawer. You might have thought, “What is the use of Google Play services,” or “What happens if I uninstall Google Play […]
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erived from Arch Linux, BlackArch calls itself a complete Linux distribution for penetration testing and security research. The ethical hacking enthusiasts also have the option to convert their existing Arch installations in BlackArch Linux. In our list of best ethical hacking operating systems, this distro enjoys a good ranking. The dedicated team behind this project […]
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s a result of the jump in Amazon’s shares by more 2 percent due to Black Friday sales, founder Jeff Bezos’ net worth has crossed the magical $100 billion mark–that’s 100,000,000,000 dollars! Bezos, 53, is the first billionaire to reach this mark since 1999. Back then, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates hit this mark, according to Bloomberg. […]
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robably, this new Microsoft patent is what many people might have secretly wanted for years. Titled “Automation of Browsing Mode Switching,” the patent details a feature that could allow a web browser, such as Microsoft Edge, to turn on Private Mode automatically when it detects an “objectionable” website being browsed. Almost every web browser comes […]
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he downsides of the Intel ME chips have already alarmed the security community. The recent addition to the threat was revealed in the security advisory published by Intel earlier this week. After doing an in-depth security review of their products, Intel found a pool of eight critical privilege escalation vulnerabilities affecting Intel Management Engine (ME), […]
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etro, handheld game consoles are all the rage these days, primarily due to affordable hacker boards and Linux-based operating systems that act as a great companion to the hardware. Clockwork’s GameShell is one such retro console. GameShell’s Kickstarter page describes it as “the world’s first modular, portable game console with a GNU/Linux embedded OS.” I’m […]
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ollowing the footsteps of Bitcoin, Ethereum cryptocurrency has been increasing at a rapid pace in the past few days. As a result of this rise, Ethereum has crossed the $400 mark to reach an all-time high price of $414.90. As per Coinmarketcap data, currently, this digital coin is trading at $408. Earlier this month, Ethereum faced […]
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t turns out, a man who aims to put people on Mars doesn’t say things just like that. In July, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a bet on Twitter to the Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes that he could give Australia a 100MW Li-ion battery in just 100 days. Tesla has created the world’s largest battery […]
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n September, Google announced a partnership with Udacity and Bertelsmann and offered 75,000 Android and web scholarships. While these scholarships covered nanodegree programs like Front-End Web Developer, Mobile Web Specialist, Android Basics Nanodegree and Android Developer, they were limited to Europe, Russia, Egypt, Israel, or Turkey. Now, keeping in mind the potential of growing Indian developer and startup community, […]
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ne more thing is coming to add to the capabilities of the recently released Firefox 57 aka Firefox Quantum. Mozilla is working on a new feature for Firefox, dubbed Breach Alerts, which will warn users when they visit a website, whether it was hacked in the past or not. Mozilla has teamed up with the […]
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ost of you might be knowing that the websites you visit use third-party analytics scripts to record your visits and the pages you open. This anonymous statistics collection is pretty standard stuff. However, in recent past, there has been an increase in the number of sites using “session replay” scripts, which can record your keystrokes, […]
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2018 iPhone mockups (Image: Curved.de) he year 2017 marked one of the biggest changes to iPhone in the form of a full-screen design that ditched Touch ID and brought Face ID. The next year’s iPhone launch could bring another landmark change in the form of a dual-SIM device. According to KGI Securities’ analyst Ming-Chi Kuo […]
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o you use a computer nowadays? The answer could be yes because that might be the machine you’re using to read this post. So, without doing any useless talk, let’s come to the point. What is the reason you think our computers or any other hardware run into problems? It could be one or many. Other […]
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hat do you do when you don’t want Google to track your activities and location continuously? Few steps you take in such situations are turning off mobile data and location services. Some people go further down the line and disable apps or remove the carrier SIM cards. What if I tell you that Google can […]
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n Tuesday, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowashahi revealed in a blog post what the ride-hailing company was hiding from the public since October 2016, i.e., for almost a year. No, it’s not their dream of flying taxis. He said that a hacker duo compromised a third-party cloud server the company was using. The incident exposed the personal […]
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arlier this year, HBO faced a setback in the form of a massive hacking attack on its internal servers that resulted in the theft of 1.5 terabyte data. The stolen data included the scripts and plot summaries of unreleased episodes of Game of Thrones Season 7 as well as the unreleased episodes of Ballers, Barry, […]
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t looks, the next Windows 10 feature update would bring faster ways for users to connect their Bluetooth-enabled devices. Spotted by Thurrott in Windows 10 Preview Build 17046, Microsoft is working on a Windows 10 Bluetooth feature called Quick Pair. Quick Pair would allow users to jump the tedious process of searching for Bluetooth devices and […]
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ali Linux, the leading ethical hacking operating system, is distributed and developed by Offensive Security. In 2016, the developers decided to make a switch to the rolling release model to make sure that Kali Linux is updated at regular intervals. Combining all the latest updates, patches, fixes, and improvements released in past few months, latest […]
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while back, there were articles circulating about the “World’s Cheapest Laptop,” but they really weren’t accurate. The PINEBOOK weighs in at $89USD for the 11″ model and $99USD for the 14″ model. But, can a sub-$100 laptop, new or used, really be worth it? It would almost be unanymously be argued not, but the PINEBOOK makes a […]
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ffice application is an essential suite that allows you to create powerful spreadsheets, documents, presentations, etc., on a smartphone. Moreover, Android office apps come with cloud integration so that you can directly access the reports from the cloud, edit them, or save them online. To meet the productivity need of Android users, the Play Store […]
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f a bunch of recently published patents are to be believed, we might end up seeing machine learning-powered mind reading computers from Microsoft in the future. In the patents, spotted by MSPU, the company talks about human-computer interfaces to read brain singles and use the data to change the state of a computer or application. […]
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s Facebook enjoys an unchallenged position in the world of social networks, it keeps trying out new features in its web interface and mobile without any fear of losing the user base. Who can forget the company’s act of removing Messenger from the mobile apps and pushing it down the throat of users as a […]
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uring the mid-90s, Intel realized that IBM BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) style firmware interface had many limitations. As a result, Intel pushed the development of EFI specifications and contributed to the Unified EFI Forum. While Intel continues to license the EFI specs, the UEFI specs are owned by the forum. While modern PCs do ship with […]
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nother job that AI might take in the future could be of fashion designers. If the AIs could compete with humans when we talk about fashion sense, it= seems, the future isn’t too far. A new artificial intelligence system has been created by the researchers from University of California, San Diego, and Adobe Research. The […]
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eople might have different opinions about Bitcoin and its future, but this digital currency doesn’t know how to slow down. The price of Bitcoin is up more than 26% this month itself. As a result, Bitcoin crossed $8,000 on Sunday. As per CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index, the price of Bitcoin jumped to $8,101 at around 20:00 […]
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ith the ever-increasing dependence on cloud-based services like Dropbox, Google Drive, etc., the usage of physical data transfer devices like external hard drives and USB drives is decreasing. However, in many situations, and for many people, it’s still the fastest and most dependable way of transferring data. When you think of a USB drive, the […]
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lackArch, one of the most popular Linux distros for ethical hacking and penetration testing, has dropped the support for systems based on 32-bit architecture. The announcement of this change was made on project’s Twitter handle and official website, as reported by Softpedia. The announcement says: “Following 9 months of deprecation period, support for the i686 architecture effectively […]
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fter trying out a new experience with the full-screen iPhone X, if you were waiting for the Apple HomePod smart speakers, you might have to wait a little longer. Originally unveiled during WWDC 2017 and slated to arrive in December, these smart speakers have now been delayed. Apple HomePod will compete with the likes of […]
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arlier today, we told you about Intel’s ongoing efforts in the field of 5G communication technology and how Apple is also planning to use an Intel chip in the future 5G smartphones. Other companies leading the research in this area are Qualcomm, Nokia, Ericsson, etc. In India, Ericsson has partnered with Bharti Airtel for bringing […]
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Updating to Firefox Quantum in Ubuntu Earlier this week, Mozilla earned big praises in the tech world for launching its next-generation Firefox Quantum 57.0 web browser. The browser claims to be faster and better than market leader Google Chrome. Now, Firefox Quantum is available for all supported Ubuntu versions from the official repositories. The Firefox […]
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ntel has tied its shoelaces to run faster in the 5G race. Afterall, they have to be against competitors like Qualcomm which demoed their 5G modem last month. The next-gen of wireless communication is pegged to benefit users with multi-gigabit speed without any cables. In fact, it might remove internet cables from our lives at maximum […]
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couple of weeks back, WhatsApp delighted its community of 1 billion users by introducing the option to delete or send their WhatsApp messages within a 7-minute window. The happiness hasn’t lasted longer due to a flaw that allows people to read the WhatsApp messages even after they’re deleted by the sender. The same is possible on […]
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icrosoft has abandoned their simple free video editing software and introduced Story Remix. But still, there are people on the planet who have contributed to around 10 million Google searches for the keywords “movie maker” and “windows movie maker.” Microsoft officially removed Windows Movie Maker from their download website in January. Earlier, the free video […]
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fter much anticipation, Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s new electric semi truck in Hawthorne in an invite-only event. Aptly named Tesla Semi, this truck accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in five seconds. With 80K lbs load, which is also its maximum capacity, it’ll be able to touch the same mark in twenty seconds. Talking about […]
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indows 10 Build 17040 is now out for Insiders in the Fast ring. The latest Windows Insider Build mostly targets minor changes, bug fixes, and highlights problems. But still, there are a couple of new changes which might gather your attention. Shape-writing input for touch keyboards now supports wide touch keyboards in Build 17040. The […]
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A Routing Protocol is a method of negotiation between two routers to select a route between two nodes based on different conditions. Different categories of the routing protocols exist today. Most of the routing protocols that exist today can be assigned to any of these categories mentioned below based on their properties. Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) and, […]
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henever costly phones like iPhone X or Google Pixel 2 are bashed (here and here) and their alternatives are discussed, OnePlus is always mentioned. In the past few years, the company has amassed a fan base that has found the concept of “Never Settle” impressive. Continuing its tradition of bringing amazing features at an unbeatable […]
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n a short period of three years, GitHub’s open source code editor has become one of the most popular options around. In our list of top text editors for Linux, Atom was featured at #2. From time to time, GitHub keeps adding new features to this tool to make it even better. Just recently, with […]
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he land of powerful PCs and workstations isn’t barren anymore when we talk about Linux-powered machines; even all of the world’s top 500 supercomputers now run Linux. Dell has joined hands with Canonical Inc. to give Linux-powered machines a push in the market. They have launched five new Canonical-certified workstations running Ubuntu Linux out-of-the-box as a […]
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he year’s biggest sales, thanks to Black Friday 2017, are just a week away. This occasion also marks the biggest sale for Udemy, one of the most popular marketplaces for online courses. This mega sale is already live on the website. This 12-day sale will end on November 28th. At the moment, all course are […]
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nother hacking campaign by the hacktivist collective Anonymous is online; it’s called #OpDomesticTerrorism. And this time, the target was more than a dozen neo-nazi websites collectively taken down by Anonymous groups across the globe, according to a report by IBTimes. The hacktivist group has taken responsibility for the attacks through a Twitter handle known by the […]
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ong ago, Munich became a darling in the open source world when it decided to use Linux and LibreOffice as a replacement for Microsoft’s closed source Windows operating system and MS Office suite. Back then, Munich decided that it was the best step for the city. After nine years, Munich’s administration has decided to take […]
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he evolution of the Internet has triggered massive enhancement in the abilities of humankind to exchange information around the globe. It is a service in itself, and it provides access to many other services. We can access the Internet using different technologies including satellites, cable, telephone wires, wireless or mobile connections. Tethering and Hotspots are two […]
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he Windows 10 Fall Creators Update arrived with many handy features. And one FCU feature can help you free up disk space on your hard drive using the power of the cloud. It’s known as OneDrive Files On-Demand. What is OneDrive Files On-Demand? If you’re running the Fall Creators Update on your Windows 10 PC, […]
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Short Bytes: A common confusion occurs when we have to choose between a 32-bit and 64-bit Windows OS because many of us have no idea about what is the difference between them. The two types of operating systems vary by the amount of the system memory they can handle among other differences, thus, utilizing the […]
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oth iOS and Android were born around 8-9 years ago. With time, they have matured to become the most popular operating systems. Both Apple and Google are also fighting the smartphone war with the help of iPhone and Pixel devices. That’s why the annual releases of the new versions iOS and Android are always a […]
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n the ecosystem of devices running Google’s mobile operating system, “Certified Android Device” is the new buzzword introduced by the company. As an effort to build users’ trust on the manufacturers and their Android devices, the certification assures that the Android devices they’re purchasing are checked for compatibility and doesn’t include anything malicious. At the center […]
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ust yesterday, TOP500 refreshed its list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. For the first time, all top 500 supercomputers are powered by Linux. While a normal user can’t get his hands on such a beast, you can surely get an amazing Linux experience on your familiar desktop PC. Linux Mint and Tails are two […]
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ntil now, people might have thought that compromising Face ID on iPhone X is limited to their evil twin or some ugly 3D-printed mask. But a new video, featuring a Mom-son duo, shows the facial recognition tech is more vulnerable than it appears. Uploaded by Attaullah Malik on YouTube, the 41-second clip shows his 10-year-old […]
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n less than a month’s time, you might be able to see some ARM-powered Windows 10 PCs in the market. In the past, Microsoft and Qualcomm announced a partnership to make ‘Windows 10 on ARM’ a reality. The duo also demoed a Windows 10 machine which packed a Snapdragon 835 SoC. But building ARM as […]
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What is Amazon Echo? Amazon Echo is a popular hands-free smart speaker that you can control using your voice. As it’s “smart,” it can do a variety of tasks apart from the regular chore of playing music. Just like me, you can use it to make calls, send and receive messages, get information from the […]
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fter a few delays, Fedora 27 final release has just been shipped by The Fedora Project. Supported by Red Hat, this community-driven, open source, Linux distro’s latest release brings numerous improvements from Fedora Community and other software projects. In this article, I’ll be listing the major changes in Fedora 27 Workstation spin. For other spins, visit […]
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he TOP500 supercomputers list has renewed for the fiftieth time. It has made it clear that China now owns most of the world’s supercomputing power with 202 systems in the TOP500 list 2017. The Asian country has also surpassed the United States for the first time. It was only six months ago when the US […]
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TM, also known as Asynchronous Transfer Mode, is a telecommunication concept, developed for the data link layer, to carry all sorts of different kinds of data such as web traffic, voice, video, etc., while providing QoS (Quality of Service) at the same time. History of ATM Let’s have a look at why the concept of ATM […]
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GI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo’s iPhone predictions have been really accurate over the past few years. As per his latest research note, Apple will launch three new iPhone models in 2018; each of them will feature an iPhone X-like bezel-less design. Kuo expects that Apple will completely abandon TouchID in favor of the newly introduced FaceID […]
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ne of the reasons why people switched from Firefox to Google Chrome. But since the last couple of years, Mozilla is working hard to give back Firefox the position it once had. This is in the form of Project Quantum, Mozilla has changed the soul of their open-source web browser. The first ever Quantum-fueled Firefox version, […]
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id you ever think about stopping things just by waving your hand? Well, probably, many times after getting some Hollywood adrenaline. A YouTuber named MadGyver might have thought the same more often than most of us. So, as a part of his new hack, he turned his gym glove into an Arduino-controlled time stopping glove that makes […]
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he cybercriminals (and their terrorist friends) are, probably, taught to perform their actions in a very covert manner. This means that they don’t openly challenge their opposition. Probably, ISIS propaganda network wasn’t explained how to practice this art. Amaq is one of the key outlets of ISIS, which issues claims for various terror attacks around […]
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hen it launched the iPhone X, Apple said that the company has worked with professional mask makers and Hollywood makeup artists. It was to make sure their facial recognition tech doesn’t fail when someone attempts to beat it. But it seems, the Face ID tech isn’t as fool-proof as one might assume after listening to […]
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s modern technology keeps evolving, gadgets and services keep overwhelming us with new and exciting features. On an average, people upgrade their smartphone once every two years. So, what to do with the old phone when you get a shiny new one? Selling is an option, but people often go for cheaper or mid-range devices rather […]
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hile Apple is struggling to maintain the demand for the brand-new iPhone X, it’s also having its share of issues that are causing it some headache. After last week’s iPhone X issues like the green line of death and cold weather, some users are experiencing a different set of problem. Some users have taken the […]
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ow do you safeguard your computer from malicious stuff, by using an antivirus software? But what if the protector of your digital friend can’t be trusted? A new exploit called AVGator is created by an Austra-based security consultant named Florian Bogner. Many AV software provide functionality to quarantine files, but the users can restore the quarantined […]
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ast month, in September, Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman confirmed on his blog Linux kernel 4.14 as the next LTS kernel, which will be supported for at least two years; this number has recently been increased to six years. As a result, the development cycle of Linux 4.14 got a week longer than usual and we […]
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icrosft’s Surface Precision Mouse is close to its release next week. The reason why this Surface Mouse successor is special because it solves one big problem in our lives by controlling up to three PCs at the same time. Yeah, you heard that right. Switching between different computers on your desk is as simple as shifting the […]
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hat would you do if you have like billions of dollars in your pocket? Probably, you might think of creating your own city of the future. According to an Arizona-based investment firm Belmont Partners, one of Bill Gates’ investment firms has spent $80 million to buy a massive chunk of land spread across 25,000 acres. […]
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here are so many protocols out there in the computer networks world which focus on the QoS and improving data transmission quality and quantity. There is another protocol known as ICMP which can be seen as the auxiliary protocol supporting other important protocols in the internet protocol suite. ICMP, which stands for Internet Control Message […]
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emember the days of 3GP videos? Gone are the days when we had to convert a video to low-quality file formats to view it in our mobile. Nowadays, video players take advantage of new generation hardware in our smartphones and can play almost all video file formats. Although there is a default video player in […]
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hile Apple enthusiasts are struggling to get their hands on the newly released iPhone X, which is in a limited demand. Apart from working to maintaining the phone’s demand, Apple is also facing some iPhone X issues and some of them are very weird. “Green line of death” issue The first issue deals with a […]
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Safeguarding Your Phone Against Spying Apps That prevention is better than cure is a maxim that holds true in everything. If you want to protect your phone against spy apps, you have to engage your protective gear and do what you should to keep off the spying. But how do you protect your phone from […]
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ven the creator of MINIX operating system didn’t know that his for-education operating system is on almost every Intel-powered computer. He is okay with Intel using his creation but said in an open letter that he would have preferred if the company would have told him, just as a courtesy. The OS was living on the Intel Management […]
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echnology companies involved in desktop and mobile space have been trying hard to achieve a perfect sense of convergence. Microsoft has been doing it with the help of Continuum; Apple has its own approach to make the iPad workflow more PC-like. Along the same lines, Samsung launched the new DeX dock with its flagship Galaxy […]
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he development of next Ubuntu LTS release, i.e., Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver (here’s the story behind codename), has started. It was preceded by Artful Aardvark that marked a shift from Unity to GNOME desktop environment. For LTS users, who are currently running 16.04, Bionic Beaver would be a landmark release. Daily Builds are here The […]
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icrosoft released the Windows 10 Preview Build 17035 this week for Fast and Skip Ahead Insiders. The latest Insider build includes new features and improvements which will be a part of the upcoming Redstone 4, i.e., the successor to the recently launched Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. One of the highlights of this build is the feature called […]
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What is Cryptojacking? With the rise in the adoption of cryptocurrencies all around the world, the foul players on the web are also exploiting this opportunity to earn fraudulent clicks. In the past few months, we have told you about different websites and browser extensions using Coinhive miners to use your CPU power without notifying you; […]
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s a part of its Vault 7 series, in mid-April, Wikileaks dropped a leak that contained six new documents revealing a CIA malware control program called Hive. It was a back-end infrastructure designed by CIA to keep an eye on other malware implants. From November 9, Wikileaks has started a new series named Vault 8. […]
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ean Parker brought his name to people’s lips after creating Napster. The entrepreneur was also an early investor and Facebook’s ex-President, but now he says he has become “something of a conscientious objector” on social media. At an Axios event in Philadelphia, Parker gave some tidbits on how companies like Facebook are ballooning so much. That’s […]
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poofing is often defined as imitating (something) while exaggerating its characteristic features for comic effect. Not in the real world but also in the computer networking world, spoofing is a common practice among notorious users to intercept data and traffic meant for a particular user. Though there are a lot of spoofing attacks known in […]
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oon after announcing a partnership with AMD to create a new 8th Gen Core chip that’ll house an Intel CPU and AMD GPU, Intel has announced the appointment of Raja Koduri as Intel chief architect and senior vice president of new Core and Visual Computing group. He would also serve as general manager of a […]
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hile cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin might be all the rage today, they’re criticised for their heavy consumption of energy. The more energy you use with the help of a powerful hardware, the more cryptocurrency you can mine. Recently, a new hard fork named Bitcoin Gold was facilitated to address similar issues. Earlier this year in April, […]
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o you remember the success of Pokemon GO? Its maker, Niantic Labs, is among the companies which have leveraged the benefits of augmented reality to the fullest. The game topped the Google Play charts and even made people quit their jobs. Now, the American gaming company has announced their new AR game based on J.K. […]
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pple’s version of an Augmented Reality-powered smart glass or AR headset (whatever you call it) would have it’s own display and processor instead of using the power of a smartphone. Unlike we see in the case of Google Daydream and Samsung Gear VR. The AR headset is one of the many hardware and software projects, […]
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bout nine months ago, the Arch Linux developers announced the end of the support for 32-bit architecture. As a result, Arch Linux 2017.02.01 was the last release to ship a 32-bit ISO as well. It was followed by a depreciation period. Today, this depreciation period has ended (Via: Phoronix), which means that by the end […]
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hen it looked like the infamous leaks of private pictures of female celebrities from Hollywood and WWE, commonly known as Fappening, had stopped, the cybercriminals have stuck back. This time, they’ve targeted some WWE stars, releasing their pictures and Whatsapp chats. According to International Business Times, the leaked data cache contains personal Whatsapp chats and NSFW pictures […]
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hen there won’t be any space left on the roads, flying taxis would be the transport of the future. Uber is one ambitious company planning to make Uber flying taxi a reality. At the Web Summit in Lisbon, the company announced that they would start testing flying taxis in Los Angeles by 2020. This would be […]
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eople might have already speculated that and numerous drop tests made us believe that the iPhone X isn’t meant to be dropped. Thanks to the all glass body of Apple’s latest flagship which recently got a repairability score of 6 out of 10. Now, a more ruthless iPhone X drop test has been performed by SquareTrade […]
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hat if your access to your whole digital currency pile is restricted due to a person’s fault? What would you do? This isn’t a hypothetical scenario for some people who are holding popular cryptocurrency Ethereum in Parity digital wallet. Parity has warned users that due to a mistake by code contributor devops199, the library needed […]
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Short Bytes: One of the most compelling reasons to use Linux is its ability to deliver a secure computing experience. There are some specialized secure Linux distros for security that add extra layers and make sure that you complete your work anonymously and privately. Some of the popular secure Linux distros for 2017 are Tails, […]
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e just saw the release of Android 8.0 Oreo, and the mobile operating system would be arriving soon on Pixel devices and later on other smartphones. While most of us would think it’s too early, I suggest, we should start making guesses about the next Android, i.e., Android P. I am not talking about the […]
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ocial networks have faced a hard time trying to reduce incidents of revenge porn and users facing embarrassment in public. Facebook, being the most prominent social network on the web, has developed tools to prevent such content from spreading and get removed as soon as possible. Earlier this year, Facebook implemented a photo-matching tool in […]
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ho is the most appropriate to suggest the requirements of a highly secure Windows 10 device? Apparently, it’s Microsoft. The Windows-maker has released a new document that details the hardware and firmware requirements to improve the security of Windows 10 devices including laptops, desktops, convertibles, etc. Which processor should you get? Microsoft’s “highly secure” Windows 10 device […]
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he general perception of the public is that Linux and macOS operating systems are far more secure as compared to Windows. While this notion holds true in most cases, it won’t be sensible to reject any possibility of exploit. Recently, a Google security researcher, Andrey Konovalov, uncovered a number of Linux vulnerabilities. Konovalov found these […]
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f you’re an Android user, the chances are that you might be using a third-party file manager app to take care of all the files on your Android smartphone. Also, you can’t deny that most of them are pretty irritating as they’re full of lock-screen advertisements and useless bloat. To solve this issue, it looks […]
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hink of those lazy weekends when you just don’t want to move a muscle; or those lazy winter nights when you are comfortably enjoying a movie on your couch, and you wished you didn’t have to leave your comfort zone to change the volume or skip tracks. So, you may think, “Can I use my […]
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hat’s the most used operating system according to you? Maybe, it’s Windows. But what if I tell you that there is another name that many of us have heard the least, MINIX. So, what is MINIX? It is an operating system that Intel puts deep inside your computer. The Unix-like operating system was developed by […]
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t’s not hidden that apart from working to make its existing product better and bring a reliable transportation service to the users, Uber is also investing efforts in autonomous cars and artificial intelligence. To give something back to the developer community and improve their products, Uber has announced the open source release of Pyro. Pyro […]
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oogle has released a new security patch to make Android devices fool-proof against the KRACK exploit which affected around 41% of Android devices. KRACK attack takes advantage of critical WPA2 vulnerabilities which made almost every WiFi-compatible device weak against attacks. Back then, it was known that the KRACK attack Android fix would be coming in a […]
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our Netflix account will be suspended if you don’t update your billing information, says a personalized email from Netflix, which is a phishing attack. However, this is different from the one that targeted Netflix users earlier this year. The wholesale phishing spree was discovered by an Australian security firm called Mailguard last week, Deadline reports. […]
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ollowing the rumored attempts being made by Broadcom to acquire Qualcomm for a whopping $130 billion, another news from the world of silicon is here to surprise us. Intel has announced that it’s working with AMD to launch a new series of processors. In its announcement, Intel called it an opportunity to create a thinner, lighter, […]
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he developers at NASA have one of the most challenging jobs in the programming world. They write code and develop mission-critical applications with safety as their primary concerns. In such situations, it’s important to follow some serious coding guidelines. These rules cover different aspects of software development like how a software should be written, which […]
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f the proposed deal comes to fruition, we could see the biggest tech deal of all time. Recent rumors have turned out to be true and the wireless chip maker Broadcom Corporation has placed a bid of more than $100 billion to buy Qualcomm Inc. – known for their Snapdragon line of SoCs. In an announcement, Broadcom […]
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f not for every smartphone, there is more excitement associated with teardown as compared to the release. The guys at iFixit don’t spare any device; they have to go under iFixit’s screw. So, the recently released iPhone X is not an exception. In fact, people have eagerly waited to see what’s inside Apple’s 10th iPhone anniversary celebration. […]
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RP stands for Address Resolution Protocol. ARP is a protocol by which we find out the layer 2 address (link layer address or MAC address) associated with the IP address. Before we talk more about ARP, let us have a glance at the MAC address and layer 2. Layer 2 is also known as the […]
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hen we take sparse data into consideration, the analytic algorithms have to perform lots of additions and multiplications by zero. To imagine such situation, take an example of a big table of Amazon customers against all its products–1 is assigned for each product bought by a customer and 0 if no purchase is made. To avoid […]
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ost of the third-party software that resides on your computer can access the internet and there are few offline-only programs being developed. But there are times when you want don’t want certain programs installed in your system from gaining access to the internet. Like, for instance, you might not want it to continuously check for […]
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f you ever get a chance to change your school grades, how many times would you do that? Maybe one or two times. But for some people, it’s like a daily routine. And one such person was a university ex-student of Lowa University, named Trevor Graves. Graves changed his grades more than 90 times between […]
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What are the Paradise Papers? If you visit the major news websites or read newspapers, you’d come across articles on a massive document leak that tell about offshore accounts of a large number of powerful people. Named Paradise Papers, about 13.4 million documents were leaked to the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, which shared the same […]
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f you’re reading this article, I’m assuming that either you’re a Linux beginner who is busy exploring the nuances of some Linux distro or some existing user who is looking for a simple answer to a popular question. In case you’re making a move from a Windows machine, the Linux file system structure would seem […]
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e are living in the age where computers are all over, and we can’t count the number of fields they’re powering for us. Be it the aviation industry, your food ordering service, movie booking website, etc. Also, you’re reading this post on your computer on a website that’s powered by some other machine, possibly running Linux. If […]
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ne of the biggest differences between Android and iOS ecosystems, when it comes to security, is the level of scrutiny applications need to face before being listed on their online app stores. While Google continues to keep taking steps like Play Protect to improve in this department, the Play Store is brimmed with fake apps. […]
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he recently released $1,000 Apple flagship, iPhone X, is the first iPhone to feature an OLED display. But with all the good things of it’s Super Retina display, the bad ones might cause tension for the users. Here, we are talking about the screen burn-in problem. You might have heard about it a few days back […]
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critical Tor browser flaw was recently found by Filippo Cavallarin, CEO of We Are Segment security firm. Dubbed TorMoil, this flaw can lead to the leakage of users’ real IP address. For the time being, the segment hasn’t disclosed the complete details of the exploit as all the users aren’t updated yet. Once a proper […]
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n mid-October, The Parrot Project announced that it’s going to be releasing the latest Parrot Security 3.9 operating system for ethical hacking and penetration testing in the upcoming weeks. The team also released its beta release for testers. After the wait of a couple of weeks, the final Parrot 3.9 release is here. While the […]
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alking to Fortune, in 1998, Steve Jobs said innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you spend. “It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it,” he said. While it might be correct, Apple’s money printing machine doesn’t know how to take […]
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or, the anonymity network was in need of an upgrade, as the world started raising concerns about its reliability. It was this year only when a hacker managed to take down almost 1/5th of the onion network. The possible applications of Tor have reached far ahead than calling it a grey market for drugs and […]
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