Data in any shape or form has been one of the most valuable assets ever since the dawn of human beings. In good hands, data can drastically enhance the development of a nation. While in the wrong hands, data can end up being disastrous for a nation. Consequently, humans have relied upon Encryption for centuries to prevent valuable data from being stolen, changed, or compromised. While the methods of encrypting data have come a long way, the core purpose of Encryption has more or less remained the same....

Facebook on Thursday launched a dedicated college-only space called ‘Facebook Campus’ designed to help students connect with fellow classmates over shared interests. This platform makes it easy for the students to find and start conversations within their college community. “This year, students across the country are facing new challenges as some campuses shift to partial or full-time remote learning, so it’s more important than ever to find a way to stay connected to college life....

Google on Thursday announced that it is bringing enhanced Google Photos features, such as the Magic Eraser tool, a new HDR video effect, and more to all Pixel users and Google One members on Android and iOS. “Over the past few years, we’ve added AI-powered Google Photos editing tools, like Magic Eraser, to the latest Pixel phones,” reads a blog post by Google’s Dina Berrada and Esteban Kozak. “Now we’re bringing Magic Eraser and other enhanced editing features to more people....

Google on Thursday announced that it has delayed the rollout of the Privacy Sandbox initiative for phasing out third-party cookies in Chrome from early 2022 to late 2023, as the search giant needs more time to get it right across the ecosystem. According to the company, this will allow sufficient time for the general public, regulators, publishers, and the advertising industry to migrate their services and prepare for the change....

Last month, Alphabet Inc’s Google put a senior software engineer, Blake Lemoine on “ paid administrative leave ” after he published a paper claiming that the company’s controversial artificial intelligence (AI) model, LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) had become ‘sentient’ and was a self-aware person. Google on Friday publicly announced that it has fired Lemoine for “violating the company’s confidentiality policy”. It highlighted that the engineer’s claims were “wholly unfounded” and that the company worked with him for “many months” to clarify this....

A specific YouTube video is causing the latest Pixel devices, specifically Google’s Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, to become unresponsive, crash, and reboot instantaneously. The video in question is a 4K HDR clip from the famous 1979 sci-fi horror film “Alien” directed by Ridley Scott. The unusual phenomenon, which was first noticed and pointed out by Reddit users on the r/GooglePixel subreddit , happens when loading this one specific video (h/t Mishaal Rahman ) via the official YouTube app for Android...

Socratic, a mobile-based learning app, has been re-released on the Google Play Store for Android devices with artificial intelligence (AI) backed enhancements. This AI-based app is designed to provide high school and college students everything they need in one place. Socratic was initially released for Android in 2017, which was later acquired by Google in 2018 as a part of its ‘For Education’ program. However, the search giant removed it from the Play Store after purchasing Socratic and introduced its revamped version for iOS devices with ‘Google AI’ in August last year....

If you are still using a phone running Android 8.0 (Oreo) or Android 9.0 (Pie), it’s time to consider an upgrade—especially if you want to keep receiving updates for Google Chrome. Google has officially announced that Chrome 138 will be the last version to support these older Android versions. Starting with Chrome 139, scheduled for release on August 5, 2025, the web browser will only work on devices running Android 10....

Google Acknowledges Latest Chrome Update Damages macOS File System Google on Tuesday admitted that a recent Chrome update has impacted some macOS computers that is rendering them unable to boot. The issue was first discovered by film and TV editors across Los Angeles on Monday evening when their Mac Pro computers running older versions of Apple’s operating system as well as Avid’s Media Composer software refused to reboot, reported Variety ....

GoPro Hero 9 is GoPro’s flagship action camera for 2020. Some of the major highlights and upgrades of the new GoPro camera are a higher resolution sensor, larger battery life, removable lens cover, and dual-color screen display. The quality of both photos and videos have been enhanced with the latest version of GoPro. Furthermore, the major unique selling point of the entire GoPro lineup i.e. video stabilization has also been improved....

Researchers at Recorded Future’s Insikt Group have discovered an extensive and multi-faceted campaign that exploits trusted internet services, such as GitHub and FileZilla, to carry out cyberattacks that steal personal information. This campaign, attributed to Russian-speaking threat actors likely located in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), abuses a legitimate GitHub profile to impersonate legitimate software, such as 1Password, Bartender 5, and Pixelmator Pro, to distribute various malware types, such as Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS), Vidar, Lumma (aka LummaC2), and Octo....

Google’s VirusTotal has revealed that Adobe Reader , Skype , and VLC Player are among the top software impersonated by cybercriminals and threat actors to abuse trust relationships and successfully conduct social engineering attacks. Apart from these, other most impersonated legitimate apps by hackers and other cybercriminals by icons include 7-Zip , TeamViewer , CCleaner , Microsoft Edge , Steam , Zoom , and WhatsApp . “One of the simplest social engineering tricks we’ve seen involves making a malware sample seem a legitimate program,” VirusTotal said in a Tuesday blog post....

Essential keyboard shortcuts that will help you to navigate Windows 10 like a pro I know when you read the title of this article, you went Oh No! not another article with keyboard shortcuts. I already know all the Windows shortcuts! But I beg to differ from you. When Microsoft rejigged its Windows architecture for Windows 10, it added some quite brilliant keyboard shortcuts which I am sure you may now know....

Are you one of those players who like to play the latest games but can’t afford to buy them? If yes, you must be looking for websites or platforms where you can buy games at cheap prices. G2A.com is one such platform where you can buy games at cheap prices. But, is G2A legit ? Is it safe to buy games from G2A? If yes then why is G2A so cheap?...

Jaguar Land Rover has disclosed the financial impact of the major cyberattack that brought its factories to a standstill in early September — and the figures make clear just how hard the UK’s biggest carmaker was hit. In financial results published for the quarter ending September 30, JLR said the incident cost the company £196 million ($220 million) in direct cyber-related expenses. However, the disruption was even more severe: weeks of halted production, lost sales, and supply-chain chaos pushed the automaker from a £398 million profit last year to a £485 million loss this quarter....

LastPass, a freemium password manager that stores encrypted passwords online, on Thursday revealed a recent data breach incident that allowed the threat actors to steal snippets of the company’s source code and some proprietary technical information. In a security advisory email sent out to its users on Thursday, the company said that two weeks ago, they detected some unusual activity within portions of the LastPass development environment, and immediately started an investigation....

If you’ve ever lost your iPhone, you know the sinking feeling that follows — the panic, the frustration, and the small hope that someone honest might return it. But now, Now, cybercriminals are exploiting that hope by sending fake “found iPhone” texts claiming their missing devices have been located. The Swiss National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a warning about a phishing scam targeting iPhone owners who have recently lost their devices....

Microsoft on Monday announced that it has developed a new algorithm based on machine learning that improves password spray detection in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). For those unaware, Password Spraying is a type of brute force attack that attempts to access a large number of accounts (usernames) with a commonly used password before moving on to attempt a second password, and so on. Normally, many companies lock a user out after several failed login attempts (usually 3-5)....

Microsoft has launched a free 51-part series called Beginner’s Series: Introduction to JavaScript on YouTube for novice beginners to help young programmers, developers, and coders interested in building basic web applications using JavaScript concepts. In September last year, the Redmond giant had also introduced a free 44-part Python course for beginners called Python for Beginners on YouTube . The 51-part video course on JavaScript is aimed to help burgeoning developer curious about writing JavaScript for Node....

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