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In one of the recent development, a group of researchers has developed WindTalker. Researchers at the Jaio Tong University in Shanghai, The University of Massachusetts and the University of South Florida found a way to steal credentials of Smartphone user without infecting their machines with malware. Actually, how we move our fingers across our phone’s touchscreen alters the Wifi signals transmitted by a smartphone which causes interruptions that any hacker can intercept, analyze and can even reverse engineer to guess what you just typed on your phone or in the password fields....

How Do Camera Sensors Work? Digital cameras all contain a solid-state device, and this captures light coming in through a lens, just like traditional film. This is the sensor, and it works in a similar way to the traditional process of taking photos. In digital cameras, the sensor sizes vary depending on the model. When you press the shutter button, light enter into the camera, and an image is exposed on the sensor, just as it is with traditional film....

The Windows defender application of Windows 10 got a new feature called Ransomware Protection. The feature basically lets you enable the Controlled folder access, which blocks all unfriendly or suspicious apps from making changes to your important folders. So, if you don’t want an app to modify files stored in any particular folder, you can add the folder in the Control Folder Access. The feature basically protects files, folders, and memory areas on your device from unauthorized changes by unfriendly applications....

Let’s admit it, we all have our own choices when it comes to the websites, and there are few websites that we visit daily. So, when we have a website we like to visit frequently, opening the web browser every time and entering the web address or opening it from the bookmarks panel becomes tiresome. Wouldn’t it be more convenient if we could access our favorite websites directly from our Android home screen?...

Snapchat is mainly known for its photo & video filters. Snapchat’s filters can be a lot of fun, and they can transform your snaps in literally no-time. You can turn yourself into a Lion, turn yourself old, and more. If you have ever used Snapchat, you might know that the app allows you to apply filters during or after capturing a snap. Many users think that they can only apply one filter in a picture; however, that’s not true....

If you are running an older build, you might have become bored by seeing a single background image on your desktop. Windows 11 themes include multiple wallpapers, and it switches automatically. Also, you get the option to switch to the Slideshow feature on Windows 11 to change the wallpaper automatically. So, if you are looking for ways to auto-shuffle background wallpaper in Windows 11, you are reading the right guide....

If you have been using Spotify’s free version for a while, you might know that it puts various limitations on the free account. On the free account, you miss out on the ability to download songs for offline use; you get limited skips, ads, and more. Spotify free isn’t really free because it’s ad-supported. The company makes money by showing you ads. Let’s admit it, ads are something we all hate, and Spotify shows lots of them....

When you enter a domain name in the address bar, the DNS server looks at the IP Address associated with the domain name. Once done, it matches the IP Address and then comments on the webserver of the site you are visiting. After this process is done, you are served the actual webpage. The process is automatic, but sometimes you might face a slow internet issue due to an unstable DNS server....

If you double click on the example.jpg, Windows 10 knows it’s an image file and will open it with the Photo Viewer. Similarly, if you double click on the .mp4 or .mkv file, Windows 10 will open the media player’s file. Since Windows knows which app to open when the user doubles click on any particular file extension, it disables the file extension preview. However, setting up Windows to show file extensions could be extremely helpful for security....

Creating a high-quality resume & converting them into a PDF format is an easy process, but things become difficult when you want to make minor edits to the PDF file. For example, before submitting the PDF file, you may like to crop out the white margins, and that’s not an easy task. Yes, you can trim white margins in a PDF file using premium PDF editors, but what if you don’t want to spend any money on it?...

So better is to customize the stock Rom according to your wish, and yes, you can do this after rooting your android device. And this all possible with a cool android tweaker and its module to customize anything you want in your android. So have a look at the complete method discussed below to proceed. Also Read: How To Bring Apple’s ‘Live Photos’ Feature To Your Android Device Steps To Customize Stock Rom In Rooted Android The method is quite simple and needs a rooted android device that will allow the Xposed installer to run on the device....

If you have a compatible PC, you can get Windows 11 for free. For that, you need to join the Windows Insider Program and subscribe to the Preview Build channel. Then, you will get the Windows 11 Preview Build update. If you are already using Windows 11, you might have noticed a new lock Screen. When the Windows 11 PC is locked, it displays the clock, date, and a background image....

The in-app browsers were great features because it helps in saving time and effort because you don’t have to minimize and open a web browser. Although it could be a handy feature, it lacks privacy and security. For instance, the passwords that you enter on in-app browsers could be easily traced. How To Disable In-App Browser In Google App & Gmail So, if you are amongst those who give privacy and security the utmost priority, then you need to disable the in-app browser....

However, notification management is not an easy process even if the operating system provides a built-in notification management tool. In fact, few users don’t even know that Android smartphones and iPhones have a built-in utility to manage notifications. The built-in notification management tool of Android and iPhone is powerful enough to mute, block, hide notifications. Things become irritating when the notifications show up on the lock screen. Lock screen notifications might be of great use and can boost productivity, but it’s not good for privacy....

Recently, we found another best Local Group Policy hack that prevents users from shutting down or restarting Windows 10 computers. If other users use your computer, it’s always best to block shutdown or restart. In this way, you no longer need to worry about saving any unfinished tasks within the operating system. Steps to Disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep & Hibernate in Windows 10 This article will share a detailed guide on how to block users from shutting down or restarting Windows 10 computers....

With the Task Manager, you can stop apps from running in the background, launch new apps in the background, and more. Also, you can explore the Performance section to view the real-time usage of CPU, GPU, HDD, SSD, and more. Even though Task Manager is helpful, you can’t pin it to your desktop, so you can’t monitor resource consumption in real-time. If you like to keep a close eye on the CPU, GPU, and RAM Consumption, you need to look for other system monitoring apps....

Fortunately, you don’t need to use any third-party backup software to create a backup of Google Maps. Google provides you an option to create a backup of your entire Google Maps data in easy steps. Hence, if you want to create a backup or use a new maps service, you need to download your Google Maps data. Below, we have shared a step-by-step guide on downloading your Google Maps data in easy steps....

If you have been using Windows 10 computer, then you might know that the operating system provides users an option to create multiple user accounts. Not only that, but Windows also offers users a fast user switch feature as well. Let’s admit, sometimes we all want to set a time limit to selected Windows 10 user account. By setting a time limit, you can restrict anyone including kids from overusing the computer....

And that’s why android user feels lucky to have this in their device. But to overcome this for all iPhone users we have a cool way by which they can send and music files via WhatsApp to their friends very easily. So follow up the complete guide below to proceed. Steps To Easily Share Songs & Any Media on iPhone via WhatsApp The method for this is very simple and you will be using a cool iPhone app that will let you share mp3 files from your iPhone via WhatsApp....

Microsoft’s Windows 11 comes with an improved accessibility feature that helps people achieve more. Each of the accessibility features of Windows 11 is designed for a specific group of users with certain disabilities. One important accessibility feature of Windows 11 is the Live Captions that converts audio into texts played on the PC/Laptop. The Live Caption is also available on Windows 10, but you get a more improved version of the feature on Windows 11....