Last week, CBC News reported that, in April this year, a German couple had discovered some postcard locked in a bottle which had washed up on the beach of Amrum Island. Retired postal worker, Marianne Winkler, found the bottle on the shores and though most of the times the letters locked in such bottles are known to have some romantic messages, this one however did not have any romance in it....
According the news on Chinese forums, a Xiaomi patent describing a fingerprint recognition technique using the device’s buttons was spotted at China’s State Intellectual Property Office. According to the reports on MIUI forums, the new Xiaomi Mi 5 will sport an optical sensor as well as a bottom fingerprint sensor in the cover glass’s terminal equipment. The latest Xiaomi flagship device will sport a 5.2-inch QHD display screen and it will be powered by a 2....
YouTube Ads lead to exploit kits, YouTube serving ‘malvertising’?What is MalvertisingHow was YouTube used? The blog report states that, TrendMicro has been researching on malvertising trends for past few months and have come to this surprising conclusion. TrendMicro goes on to state that neither Google and YouTube is serving the malicious ads, rather, the hackers seem to be operating from ad campaigns bought from legitimate advertisers. TrendMicros state, What is Malvertising Here is a brief intro into the world of malvertising for your....
Microsoft Edge has been received well by the users especially due to its speed. However Edge still has a long way to go before it can offer a real challenge to the current market leader, Google’s Chrome or Mozilla’s Firefox. Also as of now it only runs of Windows PCs and Laptops hampering Microsoft’s need for a popular all OS browser like Chrome or Firefox. To give the users and developers the taste of Edge’s engine, which is responsible for its speed, Microsoft has created an open source browser that runs as an UWP application, and uses the platform’s WebView control to interact with the EdgeHTML engine....
So, how did the movie get leaked online? Apparently, the Marvel superhero film was released in Japan, Hong Kong, and China over the weekend. The leaked version seems to have originated from China as it contains Chinese subtitles in it. In fact, one leaked version of the Marvel movie had intermittent watermarks and advertisements for 1xBET, a Russia-based online betting company. Fortunately for the makers of the movie, the leaked versions of the film are of low video and audio quality since many of them have been recorded with handheld cameras....
One of the primary reasons why people prefer using Android over much more stable and reliable iOS is the ability to customize their smartphones as per their preference. Well if you have been scouting for some of the best Android launchers to customize your smartphone, then this article might help you. So these are some of the best Android launchers that are worth checking out. Best Android Launchers To Customize Your Phone 1....
Windows 11 has recently been unveiled officially, and there is a new editing toolbar on the Photos app. That will not cut it for many people who are looking for a good photo editing application to go along with it. The majority of photos clicked with smartphones and cameras are not perfect. Everyone prefers to improve the quality of photos and fix the issues associated with them. This is where free photo editing software for Windows 11 come into the picture....
Here is a look at the 10 best weather forecast apps and widgets for iPhonesYahoo! WeatherAccuWeatherThe Weather ChannelDark Sky ($3.99)WeatherBugRadarscope ($9.99)Weather UndergroundWeather Line ($2.99)PonchoCarrot Weather ($3.99) In this article, we bring to you the best weather forecast apps and widgets that are currently available in the App Store for iPhones. Yahoo! Weather Yahoo Weather features beautiful design and graphics and provides tons of essential information, alerts, radars, heat, satellite maps and more without ever feeling cluttered....
In this article, we will help you to find out the 20 Best Free Movie Download Apps For Android mobile using which you can stream or even download free movies for offline watching. Smartphones have completely revolutionized the way we watch movies and TV shows. Gone are the days when people relied on physical Compact discs for storing and sharing media files. The new generation prefers watching movies on smartphones and tablets....
According to Forbes’ annual list of highest-earning YouTube celebrities, “Ryan ToysReview” channel fetched the host ‘Ryan’ about $11 million between June 1, 2016 and June 1, 2017 before management fees and taxes, of course. This earning saw him get the eight position on the Forbes’ list, which he shares with Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, of the popular comedy channel, Smosh. “Ryan was watching a lot of toy review channels — some of his favorites are EvanTubeHD and Hulyan Maya — because they used to make a lot of videos about Thomas the Tank Engine, and Ryan was super into Thomas,” Ryan’s mother told TubeFilter last year....
There is no better example than that of Omkar Govil-Nair, an eight-year-old aspiring programmer and maker, who has already developed his very own 3D printed O Watch smartwatch and has been showing off his watch at his local San Francisco Bay Area Maker Faire this week. He also has plans to make it available everywhere through a crowdfunding campaign. Like most eight-year-olds, he will be starting fourth grade this year and loves Star Wars, James Bond and Badminton....
As per the instructions given by Carment Weisskopf and Domagoj Smoljo, the creators, the bot used to spend $100 per week to buy items from the darknet markets which enlists over 16,000 items for purchase, however not all of these items are illegal. The bot purchased a Hungarian passport, a baseball cap fixed with hidden camera, fake diesel jeans, a stash can, 200 Chesterfield cigarettes and 10 yellow pills containing 90 mg of drug MDMA each....
A community of independent entities The ease of value transfer is very crucial if the emerging blockchain technology must find a prominent place within the mainstream. In its current state, the blockchain industry is littered with several independent blockchains and their respective tokens. These as individual solutions are contributing positively to in their respective ways towards the development of the digital world. However, as a unit, having so much independent units in one environment portends a semblance of chaos and disharmony....
A Dubai man has lost over Dh20,000 after his bank account was hacked as many as 60 times in a matter of a weekFraud Victim Fraud Victim He came to know about the withdrawals when he tried to withdraw money himself. He got an error saying that there was a lack of funds in his account when he tried to make a withdrawal from an ATM. Assuming it to be a system error, he tried to withdraw money from five different ATMs....
According to Alimama, “copywriting involves a certain degree of repetitive, low-value work that can be made more efficient.” The company said the technology could “take care of a portion of their copywriting needs”. According to the company, the AI-copywriter tool, which uses deep learning and natural language processing technologies to produce copies, has successfully passed the Turing Test during which a computer could imitate a human sufficiently well so that another human could not distinguish the difference....
The app uses facial-recognition software that verifies the driver’s selfies with the photos stored in the driver’s account. This helps to protect drivers from unauthorized usage of their Flex accounts. In the meantime, a similar policy was implemented by the ride-sharing service, Uber in 2016 requiring drivers to take selfies before signing into the platform and accepting ride requests. “This prevents fraud and protects drivers’ accounts from being compromised. It also protects riders by building another layer of accountability into the app to ensure the right person is behind the wheel,” wrote Joe Sullivan in a blog post in 2016, who was the head of security for Uber back then....
Unlike the Ryzen 7 series, which consists entirely of 8-core/16-thread processors, the Ryzen 5 family has two tiers consisting of 6-core/12-thread and 4-core/8-thread processors. There are two with 4 core/8 thread processors: the Ryzen 5 1400 processor at 3.2/3.4GHz for $169; followed by the 3.5/3.7GHz Ryzen 5 1500 X processor for $189. Then, there are two with 6 cores/12 threads at 3.2/3.6GHz with the Ryzen 5 1600 for $219, and finally the top-end processor is the Ryzen 5 1600 X with a base of 3....
The researchers developed predictive-vision software that uses machine learning to anticipate what actions should follow a given set of video frames. They fed the program with 600 hours of videos from YouTube and popular TV shows such as Big Bang Theory, The Office and Desperate Housewives to test and see if it can predict whether two people will shake hands, slap five, kiss or hug. In a second situation, the algorithm can anticipate what could appear in a video after five seconds....
At the time of writing the Article, all the websites were still showing the defaced page and was not restored.
