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Hence, last year the social network giant Facebook created the Lifestage, it is the new social network app that is created and dedicated to the youngsters. The origin of the Facebook is basically known to almost everyone. It started as a social network within a university and was growing from school to school to be what it is today. However, the Lifestage application was actually focused on teenagers, the idea was to group the people according to their place of study, that is very similar to the beginnings of the social media giant Facebook itself....

Film student Anthony van der Meer was having lunch in Amsterdam, when his iPhone suddenly disappeared and Apple’s Find my iPhone feature failed to help him recover his stolen iPhone because the thief already disposed the SIM card and disconnected the iPhone from the internet. The film student decided to set up a second smartphone heist, this time he preloaded his phone with spyware that simply let him spy on everything the thief did with his stolen smartphone....

Previously we have seen Opera had bought lots of changes in its web browser. The team responsible for Opera launched Opera Neon which is entirely different from what we are used to concerning interface. There is a good news for all Opera users. The web browser has now been revamped and now integrates social messenger services while you browse simultaneously. The new browser is been codenamed “Reborn” and it brings some extraordinary feature....

If we talk about the Freecharge, it’s one of the biggest mobile, DTH, and bill paying app available for both Android and iOS devices. The app is heavily popular on both of the platforms and its right now used by millions of users to exchange money at regular intervals. One of the key things about Freecharge is that it provides users free coupons and offers on regular intervals. For example, you can easily avail of 10% to 30% coupons or deals on freecharge....

An analysis of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) now reveals that this new method is not so transparent, as it abuses Gmail users and is misleading. Most people know how confidential Gmail works. These messages, which never actually leave Gmail, can only be read by the correct and authenticated recipients, they can be destroyed when the sender wants to destroy them and can not be printed or sent to other recipients....

Thus, the giant of Silicon Valley will prohibit the advertising of cryptocurrencies and all the content related to this technology. This new measure includes initial offers of virtual currencies, exchanges of crypto-coins, virtual wallets and even investment advice. The tech giant Google and the social network giant Facebook control about 60% of the online ad market, and as they become more and more influential, the accountability that is assigned to them increases as well....

The users who installed a security patch earlier this month are dealing with Wi-Fi & Bluetooth connectivity issues. The issue is Wi-Fi automatically gets off when Pixel 6 smartphones are locked or are not turning on at all. However, this bug has affected a very small number of devices. Wi-Fi & Bluetooth Connectivity Bug in Google Pixel 6 Series A fix for the Wifi bug is developed and is set to arrive with the Pixel March Update....

Few other features are also added, including a new screen time widget that helps users improve their digital habits. To pay for parking, Android users just need to say, “Hey Google, pay for parking.” The transaction is done with the help of Google Assistant and Google Pay. You Can Now Pay For Parking Using Your Voice In a blog post, the company said, “No more coins, no more confusion. And when you need to check your parking status or pay for more parking, just say, “Hey Google, parking status” and “Hey Google, extend parking....

Recently, Google’s 2016 year in review reports puts the spotlight on the bug bounty programs. Google has released the previous year results which show that hackers were rewarded $3 million throughout 2016. Google paid $2 million for the bug bounty program in the year 2015. Google had increased the minimum payout in 2016, in some areas even by a 50%. That’s why $3 Million represent a pretty significant hike. In the year 2016, more than 350 researchers from all over the world have contributed to Google’s bug bounty program and managed to report 1,000 bugs in Google apps and services....

Anyone who enjoys photography certainly knows the DxOMark and its detailed analysis of cameras, lenses and smartphone cameras. At the end of each analysis, a ranking is given, forming a ranking for each of the categories. Each analysis is done according to a protocol created in 2012, whose first model evaluated was the iPhone 4. With the new dual camera systems and the increasing quality of the cameras, DxOMark considered that its protocol should be updated, adding some points that are starting to become more and more important nowadays....

Amihai Neiderman, head of research firm cybersecurity Equus Technologies, noted the existence of a WiFi network that had never seen the way home from work. This is something that we suspect any of us as WiFi networks increasingly available there. However, there was something odd about this access point detected by Amihai and that there was no building nearby. The name of the hotspot he saw, advertised as “FREE_TLV,” and soon he found out that it was a free WiFi installed by the local administration of the city of Tel Aviv in Israel....

Security firm Forcepoint discovered the competition and they called it “Gamification” of DDoS attacks. According to Forcepoint, each participant in the contest receives access to a tool which is known as “Balyoz” which is also a Turkish word for Sledgehammer which allows them to launch DDoS attack against selected websites from a single machine. Participants are then rewarded for their achievements and the longer they run the DDoS application, the more points they get....

If their safety is considered high, a new study shows that a simple photograph is sufficient to get a sample that can be used to deceive most systems. The information now released by researchers at the National Institute of Information Technology in Japan shows the vulnerability of fingerprint authentication. According to data provided to several local newspapers, a simple photograph of the fingers of a hand making the peace sign may reveal a user’s fingerprints....

German cryptographers discover a security error in WhatsApp The main factor that leads to establishing a point-to-point encryption answers the question of privacy: messages should only be read by the sender and the recipient. The moment the message arrives or passes through another person or server, the filtering has failed. And this is what a team of German cryptographers has discovered during a security conference in Switzerland. The objective of this group was to find security flaws in popular messaging apps....

You will be shocked to know that future mind reading technology can let hackers to steal data from human brains. Not only hackers can steal data from human brains they can delete it too! Researchers have asked to prepare new human rights laws to protect against exploitation and loss of privacy. The advancement in neuro-technology could end the “freedom of the mind”. So, to prevent this, researchers have suggested four new laws – a right to cognitive liberty, right to mental integrity, right to mental privacy and the right to psychological continuity....

As the security researchers from the security company Proofpoint has discovered a recent campaign which is dedicated to the sale of kits with tools to carry out phishing and tools that come with a backdoor which can send back all the phished information to the seller. The cyber criminals are selling this unique software on YouTube, which promises its buyers to help aspiring hackers to launch phishing attacks to third parties....

On Sunday, Motherboard reported that it was in contact with the seller, who said they took data from T-Mobile’s servers that have details like Social Security numbers, names, addresses, driver licenses of the customers. 100 Million T-Mobile Customers Data including unique IMEI numbers, Names, & Other Details Stolen According to the reports, the hackers have hacked T-Mobile’s production, servers, and staging around two weeks ago; even the Oracle database server is hacked....

However, Chrome’s dark mode doesn’t darken the search results. The reason why we are talking about this topic is that recently Google was found testing a dark theme for Google Search on Chrome. As of now, the feature is only available in Google’s experimental versions of the browser – Canary and Chrome dev. The feature is still under development, and it doesn’t always work. Still, you can now test the dark mode for Google search....

But, there are actually rare cases of cell phones that exploded or caught fire spontaneously has been reported. We could list a number of possibilities that could lead to this type of situation, however, in most cases, the major culprits are the batteries overheating. How a battery works ? First of all, we should know a little that how a battery works like lithium-ion batteries which is used by most phones....

Following its debut in the Chinese market, the Finnish company Nokia finally introduces itself to the global marketplace through the biggest technological event for electronics, the Mobile World Congress with the Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3. So, today from here you can learn about prices and key specifications of the new Nokia 5. Nokia 5 Apart from the Nokia 6, the Nokia 5 is also built with an aluminum frame, the IPS screen is 5....