How Did Google Wipe Out 700,000 Malicious Android Apps From Play Store? Using Artificial Intelligence

t’s a common habit of humans and companies to flaunt their achievements every new year. Google has just announced that it managed to wipe out around 700,000 bad apps from Google Play in 2017. For their mass takedown of bad Android apps categorized as copycats, apps with inappropriate content, and potentially harmful apps (PHA), Google credits their […]

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Bill Gates Stars In Code.org Video Series “How Computers Work?”

he non-profit Code.org has brought a 6-part video series to make kids, or any mind, familiar with the basic ins and outs of the working of computers. The intro video of the “How Computers Work” series features none other than the man who paved the way for personal computers to enter into the lives of […]

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Samsung Dethrowns Intel As The ‘World’s Largest Chip Maker’ After 25 Years

fter the Korean giant Samsung’s chipmaking division reported its 2017’s earnings, it was able to beat Intel in its own game by taking the title of the world’s largest chipmaker. Intel was holding it for 25 years since 1992. Samsung Electronics sold silicon chips worth $69 billion, outperforming Intel’s $62.8 billion, Bloomberg reports. The company […]

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Samsung Dethrowns Intel As The ‘World’s Largest Chip Maker’ After 25 Years
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Facebook Bans Bitcoin And All Other Cryptocurrency Ads On Its Social Network

s a part of their refreshed advertising policy, Facebook won’t allow advertisements related to cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings (ICO), and binary trading, according to a post made by company’s product management director Rob Leathern. “Ads must not promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices, such as binary […]

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Google APK Teardown: New Assistant ‘Hotword’, Podcast Manager, Better Order Tracking, Etc.

n the coming future, Google might add another Assistant ‘hotword’ that would remain alongside the existing “Ok, Google” and the recently introduced “Hey Google.” XDA spotted the hint towards the possible addition in the APK teardown of Google app v7.20 which is being rolled out to beta users. However, it’s only a speculation, and it’s unclear if […]

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AI Researchers Might Have Solved A Bizarre 600-Year-Old Cryptic Puzzle

he 15th-century Voynich manuscript, dated between 1404 and 1438, was discovered almost a century ago after it was obtained by a Polish book dealer Wilfrid Voynich in 1912. Since then, the manuscript containing over 240 pages and written in an unknown writing system made historians, linguists, and cryptographers scratch their heads. Next to nothing was known […]

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Lenovo Says It Shipped A Hackable Fingerprint Manager With Its Laptops

n case you’re running a Lenovo business machine with a built-in fingerprint sensor, you might want to install the latest security patch issued by the company. According to a security advisory published last week, the Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro software on many ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, and ThinStation systems contains a critical local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2017-3762). The […]

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Programmers Can Transform Any Webcam Into Microsoft Kinect

icrosoft might have pulled the plug on their Kinect sensor for Xbox, but the motion tracking technology behind it still exists. It has inspired advanced biometrics tech like the Face ID on iPhone X, Apple bought the company called PrimeSense which created Kinect technology. Now, a programmer duo Or Fleisher and Dror Ayalon have worked out […]

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9 Best Android Email Apps To Keep Your Inbox Organized In 2018

lectronic mail or e-mail has been in circulation for more than four decades and is still widely used. Whether you use it for an official purpose or a personal one, email has always been a highly effective form of online communication. Considering its importance, it is very likely that an email application will already come […]

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Fitness Tracker App Found Exposing Secret US Military Locations Around The World

hat information could you get from an app intended for tracking fitness? Possibly, the number of steps, calories burned, heart rate, BMI, and maybe the location of some secret US army bases. Sounds strange, that’s what could be sourced from the global heatmap released by Strava Labs in November 2017. Now, before you start to become curious about […]

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Intel Disclosed Meltdown Bugs To Chinese Companies Before The US Government

he Spectre and Meltdown flaws were enough to make people uncomfortable, a report published by the Wall Street Journal sheds more light on the matter. The publication, claiming sources, reported that Intel informed some of their customers about the vulnerabilities before the US government including Microsoft, Amazon, and Chinese companies Alibaba and Lenovo. However, Intel didn’t […]

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How To Rebuild Windows Icon Cache Without Restarting?

or each and every icon you see on Windows, the system stores updated information about them in a file called IconCache.db which remain hidden somewhere. The data about new icons is first stored in the main memory, and then the cache file is updated periodically. There might be cases when Windows fails to load the icons […]

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Google Bulletin Transforms Anyone Into A News Reporter

f you ever had dreamed of becoming a journalist but couldn’t do so, Google may have arrived with the right platform for you. The search giant is piloting a new platform called Bulletin that sails on the very idea of citizen journalism. Bulletin is Google’s effort to amplify their news service, and scoop more data, […]

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Mycroft Mark 2 – Meet The Open Source AI Voice Assistant

ycroft is a project that, until now, required some computer know-how to get going. What might be easy for a technology hobbyist or professional could be an intimidating experience for the average user. Because of this, there has been glaring void in the landscape of personal assistant software. The only feasible options for the technically lay […]

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2018 Intel CPUs Will Be Free Of Meltdown And Spectre Bugs

t would have been strange if Intel’s fourth-quarter had gone without the Chipzilla justifying its stance on the future of Meltdown and Spectre bugs. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich tried to assure investors during the earnings call by saying that his company is working “around the clock” with its partners and there is a lot more to […]

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Microsoft Reportedly Creating ‘Polaris’: A Stripped-Down Windows 10

aybe by next year, new consumer-focused PCs, desktops, and 2-in-1s could arrive with a lightweight version of Windows 10. No, it doesn’t have any links to the existing Windows 10 S – a spinoff of the Windows 10 Pro. According to a Windows Central report, Microsoft is working on a lightweight version of Windows 10 called ‘Polaris’. The […]

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Creating AI-Powered Fake Celebrity Porn Is Easier Than It Sounds

t’s January 2018, and the rather personal hobby, discovered in December last year by Motherboard, of the Redditor named “deepfakes” has become a topic of public debate. It has now triggered, a new kind of apps that can create AI-assisted fake porn. Basically, it means swapping the faces of celebrities with porn stars in videos. And it […]

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Facebook Will Change Your News Feed Just By Asking 2 Questions

few days back, Facebook said they would bring down the amount of news content in people’s News Feed and fill it with personal content from friends and family. But it might take some time for the company to do that. There was another change that CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighted in a post last week. Facebook […]

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Google Teases Android P Name Inside Digital Puzzle For I/O

he annual developer conference, Google I/O, will be held between May 8-10 this year at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. Much like every year, Google dropped a puzzle for the curious minds to put their brains to work and figure out the dates. It started on twitter with a binary number decoding which led the puzzle solvers […]

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Chrome 64 Released: Meltdown And Spectre Security Patches, Site-Wide Auto-Mute, Improved Popup Blocker

oogle has started rolling out Chrome 64 stable to users running Windows, macOS, Linux operating systems. As already known, Chrome 64 brings much-awaited fixes for the infamous Meltdown and Spectre CPU bugs that Google had already promised to deliver by the end of the month. Updates have been made to the browser’s V8 Javascript engine to […]

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You Can Know What Diagnostic Data Windows 10 Uploads To Microsoft Servers

icrosoft has released the Windows 10 Preview Build 17083 for insiders in the fast ring. Among new additions, changes, and bug fixes, the latest test build includes a separate Settings page for managing fonts in Windows 10. This goes in line with Redmond’s recent decision of bringing Fonts to Microsoft Store. The Quiet Hours feature […]

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Adobe Photoshop’s AI-Powered Update Lets You Select Objects With Just One Click

dobe has released much-awaited Photoshop 19.1 update loaded with lots of new features that are bound to make any enthusiast excited. The improvements are available for both Windows and Mac customers. The first and biggest change is the “Select Subject” option that makes object selection–one of the hardest parts of image editing–seem like a child’s […]

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How To Access Google Drive Files Offline On Your PC, Android, iOS Device?

oogle Drive is a massive cloud storage service that offers 15 GB of free space across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. It also includes Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, where you can edit spreadsheets, forms, presentations, documents, etc. and save them in the cloud. Google also has apps for these services across all major platforms. […]

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How To Access Google Drive Files Offline On Your PC, Android, iOS Device?
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New And Updated DuckDuckGo Tools Have Privacy Protection You’ve Always Wanted

uckDuckGo, a Google Search alternative which promotes itself by saying it doesn’t track you, is here with a new set of tools which it claims can protect your privacy outside their search box. As of today, DuckDuckGo’s search engine provided solutions to the queries of more than 16 billion queries since its launch almost a […]

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New And Updated DuckDuckGo Tools Have Privacy Protection You’ve Always Wanted
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GBoard Go Now Available For Android 8.1 With Low RAM, Download APK

oogle has made another addition to their list of Go branded Android apps that are intended for low-powered devices mostly running the Android Oreo Go edition. The new member of the Go family is a stripped down version of Google’s keyboard app called Gboard. The app is available as a Gboard update (v6.9.4) to the […]

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Google Plans To Bring AR To Millions Of Android And iOS Devices Soon

ith time, augmented reality will make its way into more and more devices. If we talk about Android, Google-made Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are among the handful number of Android devices that currently enjoy the AR abilities. Now, Google has shared their plans to bring AR to millions of Android and iOS devices loaded […]

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Google Plans To Bring AR To Millions Of Android And iOS Devices Soon
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Don’t Install Meltdown And Spectre Patches, Intel Warns It Would Increase System Reebots

arlier this month, Intel promised they would fix around 90% of the 5-year-old machines within the coming days. But the patches themselves increased problems for the users by leaving their computer with rebooting issues. Now, the silicon giant has addressed the problem in a new post and advised users not to install security patches currently available […]

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8 Best Android File Manager And File Explorer Apps Of 2018

ndroid’s file manager app is a vital piece of software on the device. The user-visible file system allows you to browse files, downloads, manage storage space, move things around and lot more. Although some manufacturers pre-install an Android file manager app on their devices, they are not robust and lack many features compared to other […]

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Facebook Accepts That Sometimes It Can Be A Threat To Democracy

n the 2016 US elections, social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and others played a big part in shaping the public opinion. Initially, Mark Zuckerberg refused to accept the fact that Facebook might have played a big–direct as well as indirect–role in amplifying the noise insides “echo chambers.” However, with time, the $400 billion […]

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Apple Will Kill iPhone X By Summer 2018, Predicts Analyst

he latest research note from KGI Securities’ analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (via Apple Insider) might come as a shocker for many. By this year’s summer, if sales don’t meet expectations, Apple could retire 2017’s flagship iPhone which has an unconventional design component — the notch. It would be the first time for Apple to not have […]

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10 Best Text Editors For Linux And Programming (2018 Edition)

he year 2018 is here. Just in case you’re looking for some powerful text editor for Linux to kickstart programming new year, you’re at the right place. While the debate of the best programming editors for Linux won’t end anytime soon, there are many editors that bring an impressive set of features. While Vim, Emacs, and […]

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Beware! These “Forced” Chrome And Firefox Extensions Are Almost Impossible To Remove

Google Chrome is often labeled as one of the best web browsers around for all the right reasons. Players like Firefox are competing by adding innovative features, but Chrome continues to enjoy an unparalleled popularity. However, this doesn’t mean that Chrome is 100% secure. A security researcher has spotted malicious add-ons that’s almost impossible to delete. These […]

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Beware! These “Forced” Chrome And Firefox Extensions Are Almost Impossible To Remove
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Wehe: This App Tells If Your ISP Is Violating Net Neutrality Or Not

ow that net neutrality in the US is moving towards its extinction, the internet providers have become free of the limitations of keeping the internet equal for websites. Although it might not be much visible currently, it’s possible for the internet providers to regulate the internet speed for websites as per their will. If you […]

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Wehe: This App Tells If Your ISP Is Violating Net Neutrality Or Not
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NASA Testing A Small Nuclear Reactor To Power Human Colonies On Mars

big part of our endeavor to create a sustainable habitat for humans on planets like Mars involves having a reliable power source. A long-term stay on Mars and interplanetary trips will need lots of power. To solve this problem, NASA is thinking of taking the nuclear road. The researchers at NASA, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and […]

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NASA Testing A Small Nuclear Reactor To Power Human Colonies On Mars
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Android Bug Hunter Gets $112,500 Bounty From Google For Pixel Remote Exploit Chain

s a part of their Android Security Rewards and Chrome Rewards program, Google has rewarded a Chinese security researcher Guang Gong with $112,500 in total. Gong is the first to report an Android exploit chain after Google introduced bigger cash rewards for finding bugs. He reported the bugs to the Android security team back in […]

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Android Bug Hunter Gets $112,500 Bounty From Google For Pixel Remote Exploit Chain
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Firefox 58.0 “Quantum” Arrives With Faster Page Load Speeds And Code Compilation

n November 2017, Mozilla launched its Firefox 57 web browser that was also called Firefox Quantum. It was hailed as a strong competitor to powerful Chrome web browser and we conducted a comparison of both browsers to give you a better idea. But, the story doesn’t end here; Mozilla is continuing to improve its work to […]

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Firefox 58.0 “Quantum” Arrives With Faster Page Load Speeds And Code Compilation
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10 Best Web Browsers For Windows To Access Your Favorite Sites In 2018

ef you’re searching for the best web browser for 2018, you might have landed on the right web page. Apparently, using a web browser. We can call web browsers a door to the information space we know as the world wide web, not the internet (See the difference in our detailed post). All you have to […]

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Microsoft’s New AI Artist Bot Can Draw Any Picture Based On Your Description

ou might have read about Google AutoDraw AI experiment that turned your crappy drawings into polished clip arts. Going one step ahead, Microsoft researchers have built a bot that draws what you tell it to. The new artificial intelligence technology is programmed to pay attention to particular words while creating images from text descriptions. This […]

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Microsoft’s New AI Artist Bot Can Draw Any Picture Based On Your Description
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Instagram Now Shows Others When You Were Last Active, Here Is How To Turn It Off

acebook Stories, a separate Messenger app, etc., are some of the irritating features that nobody asked from Facebook. In the latest addition, just like Messenger and WhatsApp’s last seen activity of users, Instagram users can now see the last seen activity of other users. The new Instagram last active feature can be spotted by visiting […]

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Instagram Now Shows Others When You Were Last Active, Here Is How To Turn It Off
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JSPaint: Now You Can Use Classic MS Paint In Any Web Browser

ast year, when Microsoft announced that it was going to kill Paint app after 32 years, an incredible amount of nostalgic feelings were expressed by the fans on the web. Later, Microsoft said that they’ll be bringing Paint to Windows Store. There exist tons of third-party MS Paint-alternatives on the web but the new JSPaint […]

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JSPaint: Now You Can Use Classic MS Paint In Any Web Browser
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Top 15 Best Free Data Recovery Software Of 2018

ossbytes brings you a list of the best data recovery software of 2018 which are completely free. These data recovery tools save a lot of hassles after we accidentally delete some important files or we do not take backups before formatting a hard drive. Using these free recovery programs, you can recover your data back […]

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Top 15 Best Free Data Recovery Software Of 2018
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Free Sweatcoin App Lets You Earn Cryptocurrency Just By Walking Around

ryptocoins are all the rage these days and different startups are exploring new methods to make their apps popular. One such app named Sweatcoin has surpassed apps like Messenger and Snapchat to become one of the top apps on the App Store. It comes in the wake of another app “Google Arts & Culture” that’s enjoying […]

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Free Sweatcoin App Lets You Earn Cryptocurrency Just By Walking Around
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Apple Adding A ‘Performance On’ Switch To Make iPhones Faster Again

here is a good news for the owners of older iPhones. Now, Apple won’t secretly throttle the performance of the older iPhones given the reason it might bring bad days for them. Late last year, the iPhone-maker was much criticised after they publically apologized for slowing down iPhones after a while, followed by multiple lawsuits […]

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Apple Adding A ‘Performance On’ Switch To Make iPhones Faster Again
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10 Best Android Cleaner Apps For 2018 | Boost performance, Clean Junk Files And Improve Battery Life

outine maintenance is not a necessity in Android, but it surely is a good idea to clean your Android from time to time to boost performance, enhance battery life and get rid of junk files. That’s what Android cleaners are for. Do these Android cleaning apps really work? Cache files pile up over time and […]

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10 Best Android Cleaner Apps For 2018 | Boost performance, Clean Junk Files And Improve Battery Life
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Google Ditches Goobuntu Linux For Debian-Based gLinux

t’s not a hidden fact that Google has been using Ubuntu-based Linux distribution called Goobunu for years. The home-baked distribution used by Google engineers is like a light skin on top of Ubuntu Linux LTS releases. The company has been a customer of Canonical as part of the Ubuntu Advantage Program, so it shouldn’t come as […]

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How To Use Viral “Google Arts & Culture” App That Matches Your Faces With Famous Paintings?

f your social media feeds are filled with the selfies of your friends next to some famous painting, and they have some similarity, blame Google. The tech company’s “Google Arts & Culture” app has gone viral, thanks to its newly acquired ability to match your faces with portraits in museums. Google Arts and Culture app […]

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How To Use Viral “Google Arts & Culture” App That Matches Your Faces With Famous Paintings?
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How To Get Android One Launcher With Google Feed On Your Phone (No Root Required)

ndroid One devices are Google’s attempt at providing a better experience for Android users purchasing budget devices. Just like the Pixel devices, there is a custom launcher app available for Android One. While it is designed to work on these devices, determined developers are always in search of ways to bring them to other Android smartphones. Moving […]

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How To Get Android One Launcher With Google Feed On Your Phone (No Root Required)
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Here’s Why Running Linux Distros In VirtualBox Is About To Get Much Better

ith the help of hypervisors like Oracle VirtualBox, one can run operating systems within another pre-installed host operating system and try out the features. When it comes to Linux, the beginners are often advised to try out user-friendly Linux distros in a virtual machine before making the brave jump. If you have some VirtualBox-related experience in […]

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Here’s Why Running Linux Distros In VirtualBox Is About To Get Much Better
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Using BitTorrent For Downloading? This Security Flaw Lets Hackers Control Your PC Remotely

ven though the popularity of streaming websites is rising at a fast pace, BitTorrent remains a premier source of entertainment content source for a large chunk of people using the web. With the help of tons of popular torrent sites (there are some completely legal ones as well) and BitTorrent clients, people download content. A recent […]

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Using BitTorrent For Downloading? This Security Flaw Lets Hackers Control Your PC Remotely
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Sugar S11 Blockchain Creation Edition: This Smartphone Mines Cryptocurrency Out-of-the-box

he blockchain is apparently one of the hottest topics we are currently seeing and reading about in the tech world. So, it would be quite easy to take its advantage and make your stuff popular. Sugar S11 Blockchain Creation Edition seems to be created by the Chinese manufacturer Sugar for that purpose. The Android smartphone […]

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Sugar S11 Blockchain Creation Edition: This Smartphone Mines Cryptocurrency Out-of-the-box
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World’s First Free Satellite Internet Service For Developing Countries Is Coming Soon

hile we keep telling you about the latest technology-related developments and upcoming technologies like 5G, about 53% of the world’s population remains offline. A big chunk of this population resides in developing nations. Facebook tried to offer free internet with Internet.org initiative, but it faced setbacks due to its closed-garden ecosystem attitude. Talia–a popular satellite […]

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World’s First Free Satellite Internet Service For Developing Countries Is Coming Soon
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10 Best And Free Media Players For Windows PC (2018 Edition)

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

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10 Best And Free Media Players For Windows PC (2018 Edition)
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12 Best Free And Open Source Android Apps Every User Should Try In 2018

ther than Google, one of the reasons why Android flourished so quickly is because it is an open source operating system. It might be possible if the world’s most famous mobile OS were proprietary, you wouldn’t have been reading this post. Because there are things that even the mighty Google failed to establish, just like these […]

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12 Best Free And Open Source Android Apps Every User Should Try In 2018
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Credit Cards Frauds Reported After People Purchased OnePlus Smartphones

f you purchased OnePlus devices through the official site in the last few months, your credit card details could be at risk. Many users who bought OnePlus devices later reported suspicious activity on their credit card statement. According to a security firm Fidus, the issue could be associated with how the payment process happens, not […]

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Credit Cards Frauds Reported After People Purchased OnePlus Smartphones
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How To Open Any Website From Almost Any Screen On Your Windows PC?

here are more than a billion websites existing on the web today. But the average number of websites a netizen visits on a regular basis might be less than 10 per day. When talking about everyday computer usage, after the PC boots up, a person has to open a web browser, type the URL in […]

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How To Open Any Website From Almost Any Screen On Your Windows PC?
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Tab Warming: How Firefox Will Improve Web Browsing Experience? How To Get It Now?

ozilla is working on another useful feature for their open source web browser Firefox. The company intends to make the tab switching process faster for the users and save some precious seconds during their browsing sessions. Mozilla developer Mike Conley described the details about Tab Warming in a post on his personal blog. It will […]

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Tab Warming: How Firefox Will Improve Web Browsing Experience? How To Get It Now?
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Beware! Fake Spectre & Meltdown Patches Are Infecting PCs With “Smoke Loader” Malware

ne of the most common tactics employed by notorious cybercriminals involves taking advantage of the popular trends and creating fraudulent websites/apps to trick users. It looks like some of the players have tried to exploit the confusion surrounding Meltdown and Sprectre CPU bugs. Forget buggy updates which are causing numerous problems to the users, Malwarebytes has […]

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Raspberry Pi Zero WH Hacker Board Launched With Pre-Soldered GPIO Header

he Raspberry Pi Foundation is here with a new (not exactly) hacker board that would be surely loved by tinkerers and makers. Named Raspberry Pi Zero WH, it’s a new variant of existing Zero W. H in Zero WH stands for “header.” This makes sense as it comes with a professionally soldered header. It would […]

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Ubuntu 17.10.1 Linux Distro Now Available — Download ISO Files And Torrents For All Official Flavors

n late December, Canonical decided to pull the download links of Ubuntu 17.10 Linux distro. This step was taken following the reports that a bug in UEFI firmware of some laptops from OEMs like Lenovo, Acer, and Toshiba are corrupting the BIOS and making the machine unbootable. Now the updated and fixed Ubuntu Artful Aardvark […]

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Ubuntu 17.10.1 Linux Distro Now Available — Download ISO Files And Torrents For All Official Flavors
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Samsung Secretly Unveiled Their Foldable Galaxy X Smartphone At CES 2018, Says Report

part from the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9, there is another Samsung flagship device that the tech world is eagerly waiting to get their hands on – the foldable smartphone, dubbed Galaxy X. While the device seems to be nowhere near an expected release, it is known that Samsung revealed the same at CES […]

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Samsung Secretly Unveiled Their Foldable Galaxy X Smartphone At CES 2018, Says Report
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7 Best Open Source Linux Media Players You Need To Try In 2018

onestly speaking, I have started using media player software less often. That’s probably because of the online streaming boom in the last couple of years. It’s hard to remember the last time I slid a DVD into my computer. Most of the time, I find myself binge-watching TV shows on Prime Video (it even has a […]

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7 Best Open Source Linux Media Players You Need To Try In 2018
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21 Free And Best Android Apps For 2018 To Get The Most Out Of Your Smartphone

he number of apps in Google Play Store has grown to around 3.5 million by December 2017. There are multiple apps with the same functionalities. So, instead of trying all of them, we have saved you some time by compiling this list of free and best Android apps. These are also some of the essential […]

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21 Free And Best Android Apps For 2018 To Get The Most Out Of Your Smartphone
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60 Games With 3 Million Downloads Found Showing “AdultSwine” Porn Ads — Now Deleted By Google

t doesn’t matter how much trust Google has on their malware scanning tool called Play Protect, malicious minds always find a way to slip their malware via hidden passages. The researchers from security firm Check Point reported a new Android threat, dubbed AdultSwine, which disguises as Android games. The malware is capable of displaying pornographic ads […]

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60 Games With 3 Million Downloads Found Showing “AdultSwine” Porn Ads — Now Deleted By Google
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Backdoor In 30 Seconds: New Major AMT Security Flaw Is Here To Haunt Intel Laptops

ntel’s Active Management Technology (AMT) is a proprietary technology that is often used for remote-access monitoring and maintenance of corporate laptops. There have been some instances of security issues in the past, but a recently-discovered flaw by F-Secure is gaining lots of traction in the cybersecurity community–probably due to the Meltdown and Spectre wounds which are still […]

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Backdoor In 30 Seconds: New Major AMT Security Flaw Is Here To Haunt Intel Laptops
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10 Best Free PDF Reader Software For Windows (2018 Edition)

s our basic PDF reading needs are fulfilled by web browsers, the need for a free PDF reader software is decreasing. Still, there are some tasks like annotation, digital signature, form filling, etc. that need advanced PDF reader software. So, we’ve compiled a list of the top 8 best PDF readers for Windows PCs. This list […]

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10 Best Free PDF Reader Software For Windows (2018 Edition)
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14 Best Free And Open Source Software For Windows 10 Every User Must Know In 2018

icrosoft is mostly criticized by the Linux community for their closed-source Windows operating system which single-handedly outperforms the popularity of all the Linux distros combined. The company has been an advocate of proprietary software, but in the last couple of years, Redmond has made a lot of contributions to the open source community. Microsoft is now […]

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14 Best Free And Open Source Software For Windows 10 Every User Must Know In 2018
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How Much Slower Will My PC Become After Meltdown And Spectre Patches?

he Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws have dominated the technology world over the past two weeks. After initial speculation that only Intel CPUs were hit by the flaws, AMD has confirmed the same and all companies are offering patches. Just recently, Microsoft shared an advisory as well, telling that the users of older Intel-based PCs […]

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How Much Slower Will My PC Become After Meltdown And Spectre Patches?
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Ubuntu Linux Unbootable After Users Install Meltdown And Spectre Patches

he recently known Meltdown and Spectre bugs have affected numerous devices including Linux systems. Companies have started to release software patches to address the bugs, but the outcome is not as intended. What was intended to fix serious vulnerabilities in Intel chips is leaving users with new problems. Some Ubuntu users have reported on Ubuntu […]

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Ubuntu Linux Unbootable After Users Install Meltdown And Spectre Patches
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How CoffeeMiner Attack Hacks Public Wi-Fi And Uses Your PC For Mining Cryptocurrency

fter a series of ransomware attacks capturing the headlines past year, crypto mining malware and cryptojacking attacks came into the play. Just last month, a Starbucks customer found that the infected Wi-Fi hotspot was trying to mine Monero digital coins. It was a new kind of threat associated with using public hotspots, which are often labeled […]

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How CoffeeMiner Attack Hacks Public Wi-Fi And Uses Your PC For Mining Cryptocurrency
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This ‘Mind-Reading AI’ Can Draw Images Of What You’re Thinking

ertainly, the capabilities of artificial intelligence are far higher than just powering voice assistants and robots making backflips. Humans have always wanted some tech that could read their minds. Multiple attempts have been made so far. And with the start of the year 2018, here is another one. Scientists at the ATR Computational Neuroscience Labs […]

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This ‘Mind-Reading AI’ Can Draw Images Of What You’re Thinking
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Top Programming Languages That Largest Companies Are Hiring Developers For In 2018

earning a programming language involves some important decisions on the part of a professional. Gone are the days when one mastered a single popular programming language and it granted job security. Highlighting these limitations of reliance on a single programming language, Coding Dojo coding school has shared the results of an interesting study. No company […]

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Top Programming Languages That Largest Companies Are Hiring Developers For In 2018
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8 Best Free Android Music Players | 2018 Edition

ndroid smartphones come with a default music player for audio playback. So, why should you look for an alternate music player? Because the default player might not be feature-rich, it might not provide you with a satisfactory equalizer or its user interface might not be convenient. For instance, most devices nowadays come with Google Play […]

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8 Best Free Android Music Players | 2018 Edition
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Tails 3.4 Linux Distro Released With Meltdown And Spectre Patches — Get It Here

inux is considered to be the basis of one of the most secure operating systems around. Out of all the Linux distro options available, Tails is considered to be the most secure. However, due to screwups on behalf of chipmakers, almost all operating systems were affected, including Tails. As a result of combined mitigation steps […]

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Tails 3.4 Linux Distro Released With Meltdown And Spectre Patches — Get It Here
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10 Best VPN Services Of 2018: Top VPN Provider Reviews & Buying Guide

sing a top-rated VPN is one of the best ways to protect your online privacy in today’s times. They also serve other purposes like website unblocking, remote access to company resources, bypassing censorship, etc. In this article, we’ve reviewed the top VPN services and listed their best features to help you make an informed decision while […]

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10 Best VPN Services Of 2018: Top VPN Provider Reviews & Buying Guide
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Microsoft: Be Ready For Significant Slowdown Of Your Old PC After Spectre Security Patches

When The Register broke the massive side-channel attack flaws pertaining to Intel and other CPUs, it was reported that the users should expect a significant slowdown after installing the patches. Now, Microsoft has performed some benchmarking tests and offered a concrete idea of what you should expect. In a post on Microsoft’s Secure blog, Terry […]

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Microsoft: Be Ready For Significant Slowdown Of Your Old PC After Spectre Security Patches
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Vivo Shows World’s First Phone With In-Display Fingerprint Scanner

t CES 2018, smartphone maker Vivo unveiled the world’s first smartphone with in-display fingerprint scanner. This smartphone will be launched in the first half of this year. Before this launch, last month, Synaptics announced that a “Tier 1” manufacturer will be introducing the said technology at CES 2018. Now, the claims have been confirmed. “With […]

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Vivo Shows World’s First Phone With In-Display Fingerprint Scanner
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Hardcoded Backdoor Found In WD My Cloud NAS With Username “MyDlink”

n yet another revelation of severe loopholes, a security researcher James Bercegay from Gulftech has discovered a backdoor in some models of the My Cloud NAS (Network-attached storage) drive family, manufactured by Western Digital. According to the blog post, the vulnerabilities, which include a hardcoded backdoor, can be used to access files even on a […]

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Hardcoded Backdoor Found In WD My Cloud NAS With Username “MyDlink”
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WPA3 Released To Fill KRACKs Of The Wi-Fi WPA2 Protocol

ou might very well recall the WPA2 (WiFi Protected Access II) protocol, which was in the headlines last year after the KRACK exploit was discovered, affecting nearly every WiFi-supported device. There was a need for some changes in the protocol used to secure the WiFi networks. After more than a decade, the WiFi Alliance has […]

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WPA3 Released To Fill KRACKs Of The Wi-Fi WPA2 Protocol
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No Internet? No Problem — “ARON” Is A Futuristic And Free Wi-Fi Alternative That Uses IR

ureFire is an American company that is known to produce illumination products and other daily use devices. At CES 2018, the company unveiled ARON, its new communications system that works without internet. ARON stands for “augmented reality optical narrowcasting.” SureFire says that the technology is based on Alexander Graham Bell’s invention Photophone. ARON is a […]

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No Internet? No Problem — “ARON” Is A Futuristic And Free Wi-Fi Alternative That Uses IR
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Nokia Sleep Automatically Closes The Lights As You Doze Off Snoring

t CES 2018, Nokia has announced their sleep tracking tech called Nokia Sleep. It comes with a bunch of “advanced sensors” that can be used to track a person’s sleep cycles, heart rate, etc. while it’s placed on the bed under the mattress. By integrating with IFTTT, Nokia Sleep can do home automation stuff, like […]

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Nokia Sleep Automatically Closes The Lights As You Doze Off Snoring
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Intel Announces New “Brain-Like” Loihi AI Chip And 49-Qubit “Tangle Lake” Quantum Chip

t CES 2018, Intel made two major announcements and showed off futuristic technologies; Intel CEO Brian Krzanich made these announcements. While one chip deals with neuromorphic computing, the second one is all about quantum computing. During the announcement, Intel unveiled the advancements made in the field of neuromorphic research. In the past, we have told you […]

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Intel Announces New “Brain-Like” Loihi AI Chip And 49-Qubit “Tangle Lake” Quantum Chip
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9 Best Linux Distros For Programming And Developers (2018 Edition)

inux-based operating systems are often used by developers to get their work done and create something new. Their major concerns while choosing a Linux distro for programming are compatibility, power, stability, and flexibility. Distros like Ubuntu and Debian have managed to establish themselves as the top picks. Some of the other great choices are openSUSE, Arch […]

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9 Best Linux Distros For Programming And Developers (2018 Edition)
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These Are ASUS’s 3 Crazy-looking Wi-Fi Routers From CES 2018

f you follow the developments taking place at CES each year, you might be knowing that ASUS releases some crazy-looking routers at the event. Here, I’ll be telling you about 3 different routers that are unique in their own sense. These were released at the ongoing CES 2018 tech show. The first among this list […]

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These Are ASUS’s 3 Crazy-looking Wi-Fi Routers From CES 2018
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Asus Just Combined Three Gaming Monitors Into One: CES2018

ne of the things that degrade gaming experiences in multi-monitor setups is the bezels that act as an interruption between the displays. At CES 2018, the Taiwanese computer manufacturer Asus has tried to address the issue with a new accessory which they like to call Bezel-free Kit. In the first look, the setup appears very similar […]

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Asus Just Combined Three Gaming Monitors Into One: CES2018
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ASUS Tinker Board S Is New Raspberry Pi-killer With Linux And Android Support (CES 2018)

t CES 2018, ASUS unveiled tons of small form factor hardware and expanded its family. PB40 and PN40 are two mini PCs that let combine power and portability. Chromebox 3 is Chromebox 2 successor with 8th Generation Intel Core processor with DDR4 2400 Memory. For Linux enthusiasts and DIYers, the good news came in the form […]

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ASUS Tinker Board S Is New Raspberry Pi-killer With Linux And Android Support (CES 2018)
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7 Best Alternatives To Microsoft Office Suite — 2018 Edition

n the realm of office productivity software, no one has a significant presence as Microsoft Office. They’ve produced a piece of software for just about every task necessary in the modern office, short of a few niches or specializations. MS Office apps like Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc. have got so many features nowadays that it […]

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7 Best Alternatives To Microsoft Office Suite — 2018 Edition
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Turn Your Finger Into A Mobile Phone Using The SGNL Wristband

remember seeing similar tech years ago in a show on Discovery. Now at CES 2018, the tech has finally come to reality, made possible by a wristwatch strap called SGNL. It doubles up as an activity tracker and seems comfortable to use until people catch you putting a finger in your ear for hours. SGNL, when […]

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Amazon Alexa Arrives On Windows 10 PCs

ast year, Amazon made significant gains in the consumer electronics market with its Alexa-powered Echo devices. To expand its reach to even more consumers, the company is working hard to integrate their voice assistant Alexa into a new range of devices. HP Pavillion Wave is one of the few devices in the limelight ahead of […]

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Amazon Alexa Arrives On Windows 10 PCs
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World’s Thinnest Laptop: “Acer Swift 7” Is Also The Most Expensive One At CES 2018

he year in consumer tech has started with a bang at CES 2018. At the event, Acer has made an impressive impact with its three updated launches. The most notable among them is Acer Swift 7, which is thinner than its previous iteration. Acer claims that Swift 7 is the world’s thinnest laptop at just […]

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World’s Thinnest Laptop: “Acer Swift 7” Is Also The Most Expensive One At CES 2018
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MyLiFi: A Simple LED Lamp That Beams Super Fast Internet To Your Laptop

emember LiFi? At CES 2018, we can see the future of the internet in the form of a LED lamp, known as MyLiFi, that beams internet directly to the end devices, such as your laptop. The company called Oledcomm is the first to bring a LiFi-powered lightbulb to the market that’s capable of acting as […]

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MyLiFi: A Simple LED Lamp That Beams Super Fast Internet To Your Laptop
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Intel Officially Launches Its First 8th Gen Chips With AMD Graphics: CES 2018

t CES 2018, Intel has officially unveiled its unique chip offering in the form of first 8th Generation Intel Core processor with AMD Radeon RX Vega M Graphics. This unprecedented launch was reported earlier and it was seen as an effort to tackle the increasing competition from Nvidia. This Kaby Lake G chip brings some serious […]

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Intel Officially Launches Its First 8th Gen Chips With AMD Graphics: CES 2018
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8 Best Android Launchers To Enhance Looks And Performance Of Your Device in 2018

What is an Android launcher? Android’s dominance over other mobile operating systems is mainly due to the endless customization opportunities it provides to its user base. Launchers are one of the most customizable parts of Android. Android smartphones are inoperable without a launcher, which comprises of your home screen and the catalog of all the […]

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8 Best Android Launchers To Enhance Looks And Performance Of Your Device in 2018
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Zuckerberg Is Learning How Cryptocurrency Works To Make Facebook Better

n a post made on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that his 2018’s resolution is to fix things at Facebook. Reports about fake news and being a platform of Russian influence on US elections made 2017 a rough year for the company. What’s more attention-grabbing is Zuckerberg’s increased interest in cryptocurrency, which he thinks […]

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Zuckerberg Is Learning How Cryptocurrency Works To Make Facebook Better
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9 Most Beautiful Linux Distros You Need To Use (2018 Edition)

inux users have the liberty to enjoy an unparalleled freedom while choosing the Linux distributions as per their needs. Using different open source technologies, the developers keep creating something new and surprising the enthusiasts. Here, in this article, I’ll be listing the most beautiful Linux distros that have impressed me and other Linux users. This […]

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9 Most Beautiful Linux Distros You Need To Use (2018 Edition)
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PyCryptoMiner Attacks Linux Machines And Turns Them Into Monero-mining Bots

new botnet (here’s our existing cryptomining coverage) is in the town and it uses Python as a scripting language to carry out its operation and mine Monero digital coins. As found out by the researchers at F5 Labs, this botnet has been operating under the radar in recent times. Due to its association with Python […]

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PyCryptoMiner Attacks Linux Machines And Turns Them Into Monero-mining Bots
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11 Best Free Android Antivirus Apps To Keep Your Device Secured in 2018

s smartphones have become an inherent part of our lives, people no longer use their phones just for communication. Instead, they store most of their sensitive information on their phones. But, in this era of data leaks and constant threats to your privacy, is it safe to store your private data on your phone? Well, […]

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11 Best Free Android Antivirus Apps To Keep Your Device Secured in 2018
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Ripple Co-Founder Is Now Richer Than Google Co-Founders, Becomes One Of World’s Richest

ryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have made people millionaires. But no one would have thought a man would find his name among the world’s richest people because of a cryptocurrency. Chris Larsen, the former CEO of Ripple which issues the cryptocurrency token called XRP, became an overnight multi-billionaire after the value of XRP jumped from $0.25 in December […]

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Ripple Co-Founder Is Now Richer Than Google Co-Founders, Becomes One Of World’s Richest
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Udemy New Year Sale: Get Any Online Course For Just $10.99

olidays are over and the new year is here. It’s the perfect time to turn this new energy into something productive and learn new skills. To help you in this resolution, Udemy New Year Sale is now live, and all the 55,000+ courses on the website are available for $10.99 each until January 11th, 2018. Take […]

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Udemy New Year Sale: Get Any Online Course For Just $10.99
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Linus Torvalds Latest Meltdown: “Is Intel Selling Sh*t And Never Willing To Fix Anything?”

t’s not surprising to hear that the creator of the open-source Linux kernel couldn’t hold his temper after learning that Intel processors are affected by vulnerabilities that date back more than a decade ago. And why not? He has enough power to criticize Intel as the active development of the 26-year-old Linux kernel can’t go […]

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Linus Torvalds Latest Meltdown: “Is Intel Selling Sh*t And Never Willing To Fix Anything?”
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Metldown And Spectre: Intel Promises To Fix 90% of 5 Year Old Chips Before Next Week Ends

he silicon giant has started rolling out security updates for all Intel-powered devices affected by the vulnerabilities Meltdown and Spectre that Google Project Zero team made public on Wednesday. Known to have existed on devices released since 1995, these Intel CPU bugs could allow an attacker to access restricted areas of the operating system’s kernel […]

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Metldown And Spectre: Intel Promises To Fix 90% of 5 Year Old Chips Before Next Week Ends
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Ethereum Price Crosses $1,000 For The First Time To Create New Record

ust recently, Ripple, riding on a bullish growth rate, managed to topple Ethereum and become the second largest cryptocurrency regarding market capitalization. But, that doesn’t mean Ethereum is slowing down in any manner. For the first time, ethers (Ethereum tokens) have reached $1,000. Talking about the market cap, Ethereum’s volume is about $100 billion; Bitcoin’s cap […]

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Ethereum Price Crosses $1,000 For The First Time To Create New Record
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15 Best Free Hacking Apps For Android Phones (2018 Edition)

s Android has emerged as the top mobile operating system, we have seen a great rise in the Android hacking apps for rooted as well as non-rooted devices. For our readers, we have prepared the list of the best hacking apps for Android for 2018, which can be used by a technology enthusiast, an IT […]

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15 Best Free Hacking Apps For Android Phones (2018 Edition)
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iPhone X-Like Features Coming To Galaxy S9 With New Exynos Chip

amsung has just added a new member to their in-house silicon lineup in the name of Exynos 9810. The octa-core chip, based on Samsung’s 2nd-gen 10nm process, is likely to make its way into the Galaxy S9 releasing next year. Standard improvements include enhancements in single and multi-core performance, 2.9GHz maximum clock, gigabit LTE modem, […]

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iPhone X-Like Features Coming To Galaxy S9 With New Exynos Chip
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Intel CEO Sold $24 Million In Stocks After Google Exposed 10 Year Old Vulnerabilities

n the month of November last year, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich sold off a big chunk of his company stocks worth $24 million (245,743 shares). The stocks were valued at $11 million back then. Now, the CEO is left with just 250,000 shares which fulfill the minimum requirement to continue his job. It’s normal for CEOs […]

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Intel CEO Sold $24 Million In Stocks After Google Exposed 10 Year Old Vulnerabilities
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Aadhaar Data Breach: Is Sensitive Data Of 1.2 Billion Indians On Sale For Just Rs.500 ($7.8)?

he personal data of almost a billion Indian citizens who have an Aadhaar number could be accessed by paying just a handful amount of money, according to a report by The Tribune. The Indian newspaper claims to have sourced the entire Aadhar database for just INR 500 ($7.8) after contacting an ‘agent’ via a WhatsApp […]

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Aadhaar Data Breach: Is Sensitive Data Of 1.2 Billion Indians On Sale For Just Rs.500 ($7.8)?
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Linux Mint 19 “Tara” Release Date Announced: Know Expected Features Here

he latest release of Linux Mint 18.3 “Sylvia” kicked off the development of the new Linux Mint 19.x series. In a recent blog post, the development team shared some brief updates on the same. It has been confirmed that the first release in this series will be called Linux Mint 19 “Tara.” “Tara is a […]

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Linux Mint 19 “Tara” Release Date Announced: Know Expected Features Here
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10 Best Websites To Download Paid PC Games For Free And Legally in 2018

n desperate times you might find yourself looking for new games. But good games come at a cost. What if I told you that you could download paid PC games for free and legally? Now, you can either take the legal way or the illegal way to download games. But, taking the illegal way is […]

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10 Best Websites To Download Paid PC Games For Free And Legally in 2018
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11 Best AR Apps and Games For Android You Should Check Out In 2018

ugmented reality(AR) has gained a lot of attention in the last few years and developers are trying to get their hands on this highly useful tech. AR apps have been on the Play Store for quite some time now. Most of them are full of bugs, but the ones that work will amaze you. Although […]

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11 Best AR Apps and Games For Android You Should Check Out In 2018
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10 Best Lightweight Linux Distros For Old Computers | 2018 Edition

Short Bytes: Linux is known to serve the needs of everyone. If you’re having some old desktop or laptop, there are many lightweight Linux distros that you can install and enjoy a lag-free computing experience. From a variety of options, you can choose Puppy Linux, Lubuntu, or Linux Lite. You can also install Arch Linux […]

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10 Best Lightweight Linux Distros For Old Computers | 2018 Edition
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Lindows Linux Distro Is Back From The Dead: Linspire 7.0 And Freespire 3.0 Released

o you remember the Lindows Linux distro, which aimed to make the process of using Linux and running Windows applications on Linux much easier? For those who need a refresher, Lindows based its Windows compatibility on Wine API. Then, it developed program named CNR to serve as a GUI-based means to download/install applications. Later, Microsoft […]

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Lindows Linux Distro Is Back From The Dead: Linspire 7.0 And Freespire 3.0 Released
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What’s Inside My Computer — Different Components Of A Computer

A computer is made up of different components like the motherboard, processor, display, RAM, etc. Each component has to do its own set of jobs in coordination with other components to make the computer work correctly. Let’s see what are the internal components of a computer. hat’s inside my computer? It is a common question […]

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What’s Inside My Computer — Different Components Of A Computer
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postmarketOS Update: Now Runs Plasma Mobile/Lune UI/Xfce On Real Devices

n the last week of December, I came across a post on Reddit/r/KDE that showed a postmarketOS device with Plasma Mobile. Just recently, the team had published the latest blog update on their website, listing out the recent developments and breakthroughs achieved during the last months. Before going ahead and reading the developments, I’ll advise you […]

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Manjaro Linux 17.1.0 Released With Latest Packages — Get This User-friendly Distro Here

ollowing the September release of Manjaro Linux 17.0.3, the developers of this Arch Linux-based distro have shipped Manjaro Linux 17.1.0. Released on December 31st, 2017, it marks the last Manjaro offering of 2017. In other words, you can kickstart 2018 with this freshly baked desktop-oriented operating system. “This marks the last update of Manjaro in […]

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Manjaro Linux 17.1.0 Released With Latest Packages — Get This User-friendly Distro Here
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How To Get Pixel 2 Portrait Mode On 1st-Gen Pixel, Nexus 6P, and Nexus 5X?

hen Google launched 1st-generation Google Pixel, it came with best-rated smartphone camera on any smartphone. Pixel 2 continued this tradition and added the popular portrait mode, which has been a persistent feature on almost every 2017 flagship smartphone. Now, in a welcome development, XDA Senior Member Charles_I has ported the Pixel 2’s Portrait Mode to first generation […]

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How To Get Pixel 2 Portrait Mode On 1st-Gen Pixel, Nexus 6P, and Nexus 5X?
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