Google has started rolling out a rapid Air Raid Alerts system for Android phones in Ukraine on the behest of its government to help keep its citizens safe affected by the war. Previously, the Ukrainian government was using an air raid warning system that currently runs through a third-party app on the Google Play Store to send air raid notifications to Ukrainians in regions with active alerts. Tragically, millions of people in Ukraine now rely on air strike alerts to try get to safety....

Google’s Project Zero (GPZ) team has disclosed a “high” severity security flaw in Qualcomm Adreno GPUs. Since the chipmaker was unable to develop an adequate patch within 90 days of receiving notification from Project Zero, Google has now publicly released the details of the bug. For those unaware, under the revised disclosure policy, GPZ needs to wait for at least 90 days before publicly revealing the details of a security bug, even if the bug is fixed ahead of that deadline....

The last time Google refreshed its Android brand identity was in 2019. In this update, the company dropped the fanciful dessert naming scheme for Android releases and started using version numbers to make subsequent releases clearer and easier to understand globally. Now, after a gap of four years, Google has overhauled its Android branding yet again before the launch of the upcoming stable version of Android 14. “Each time we overhaul our branding, we evaluate not only changing needs, but also future goals....

Apparently, the search giant has started showing more ads in the free email service, as first reported by 9to5Google . For those unaware, Gmail is a free email service provided by Google that displays ads in the inbox as a way to generate revenue. While Gmail has been for years placing ads at the very top of the “Promotions” and “Social” inboxes, it has recently started increasing the advertising emails and promotional messages in the messaging app with some even appearing in the middle of some users’ email lists, both on the mobile and desktop versions of Gmail....

Google on Tuesday announced its much-anticipated sixth generation of Pixel smartphones, Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro at its Pixel Fall Launch event. “We started with what is the ideal mobile experience from Google and what things that would come together to give you that,” said Chris Breithaupt, Project Manager for Pixel. “There’s the device, peace of mind that if you drop your phone you can get an easy repair, and then there are these mobile services, YouTube streaming and music streaming, apps and games....

A hacker last week leaked online a massive list of Telnet credentials for more than 5,00,000 devices that includes servers, home routers, and IoT (Internet of Things) smart devices. The list was leaked by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet operator on a popular hacking forum, according to ZDNet which first reported the news . The list contained credentials such as IP addresses, usernames and passwords of more than 515,000 Telnet devices belonging to their respective ports....

Hobbyist electronics hacker and YouTuber ‘Neutrino’ has been slapped with a DMCA copyright complaint by CASIO for using its copyrighted source code for his project, reports TorrentFreak . For those unaware, earlier this month, Neutrino had hacked a Casio fx-991MS scientific calculator and replaced the small solar panel on the device with a tiny OLED screen, added an ESP8266 Wi-Fi module, a rechargeable battery, and even a messaging functionality without modifying the physical appearance of the calculator....

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s hacked account sends racist tweets The Twitter account of the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jack Dorsey was hacked and briefly hijacked on Friday afternoon. Shortly after the incident, Twitter said, “We’re aware that @jack was compromised and investigating what happened.” We’re aware that @jack was compromised and investigating what happened. — Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) August 30, 2019 However, Twitter regained control of Dorsey’s account within 30 minutes, and said that his “account is now secure, and there is no indication that Twitter’s systems have been compromised....

The FBI seized BreachForums, a website infamous for publishing breached data. The seizure was made on Wednesday morning as part of an ongoing investigation into BreachForums and Raidforums. This comes days after the Europol Platform for Experts (EPE) portal’s data was breached. As the FBI goes through the backend data, netizens can contact the agency if they have information about cybercriminal activity on BreachForums. The FBI has pulled off the seizure with the help of the Department of Justice and international partners....

Fluxion, A Key To Pentesting/Hacking Your WPA/WPA2 Security Without Brute Force Fluxion script has been available for a while and is most apt for security researchers and pentesters to test their network security by hacking WPA/WPA2 security without brute forcing it. Fluxion is based on another script called linset . Fluxion is not much different from Linset but makes use of certain improvements, bug fixes, and additional features. Fluxion works by using something like a man in the middle attack/ evil twin attack to get WPA password instead of going the bruteforce/dictionary route....

Forget Matchsticks! This World’s First Smart Candle Can Be Lit And Extinguished From Your Smartphone LuDela has created the world’s smartest and safest real-flame candle that can be lit and extinguished with a smartphone. Thanks to the Bluetooth technology and embedded sensors, which the team calls the “Wi-Fire” technology eliminates the need for matches or other fire starters to lit and extinguish the candle. “There’s a total of 10 sensors inside of this thing, we’ve kind of over-engineered it in a positive way,” said the 44-year-old founder of LuDela, Jamie Bianchini of Nevada....

Many Apple users have started complaining about experiencing serious issues with the iCloud for Windows app, particularly in regard to photo and video storage. For those unaware, the iCloud for Windows app allows you to access your photos, videos, mail, calendar, files, and other important information on your Windows PC. While some Apple users complained that iCloud for Windows is corrupting certain videos during the transfer, some reported photos and videos from complete strangers showing up in their iCloud Photo library....

Meta-owned Instagram, one of the most popular photo and video-sharing services, on Tuesday announced the launch of “Notes” , a new way for Instagram users to share their thoughts and see what their friends are up to . The social network also introduced another feature called “Candid Stories”, which is based on a concept similar to the popular rival photo-sharing application, BeReal, among other features. Let’s check out the new features added to Instagram:...

Instagram has been adding quite a few features to curb users from sticking to the platform for longer at a stretch including the ‘Take a Break’ feature. Cut to now, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing application has now rolled out an extended set of features under the ‘Parental Supervision’ category that will allow parents to have more control over their children’s app usage. Instagram’s Parental Supervision Feature Similar Feature is Coming To Quest Too Instagram’s Parental Supervision Feature Instagram has added this advanced parental supervision feature under Family Center....

You can easily choose between console-like Windows PCs or dedicated ones like Nintendo Switch when you need a portable gaming machine. Or, if that’s too easy for you, do something PatRyk (@Patrosi73 on X) did. This user successfully installed an ARM build of Windows 11 on their Nintendo Switch console. The process took about 3 hours and is not the best Windows experience, the user said on their X post....

Here is a low-profile, high-speed Internet2 that delivers a speed of 10 to 100 gigabits/sec Did you know that United States of America has a alternative Internet called Internet2. In fact it has celebrated its 19th birthday this year. Internet2 is a very low profile WAN that gives its users a amazing 10 to 100 gigabits/sec speeds but sadly it is not open for ordinary users. Internet2 was created by 34 university research institutions in 1996, when the commercial and non-commercial branches of the Internet’s evolutionary tree split off and went their separate ways....

iPhone 6s bug lets hackers bypass your lock screen and here is how to fix it A bug in the newly released iOS 9.3.1 iPhone 6s & iPhone 6s Plus models and can be exploited via Siri. Attackers can bypass an iPhone’s lock screen using a Siri search and access the user’s contacts list and private photos. Users may be aware of a similar bug which plagued iOS 9.3 and was fixed in September by Apple....

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the May 2024 optional, non-security preview update (KB5037853) for Windows 11 versions 22H2 and 23H2. This update brings a large number of new features and fixes bugs. The build numbers for these updates are 22621.3672 and 22631.3672. However, upon installation of the KB5037853 update, some users started experiencing issues with the Windows 11 taskbar, such as glitching, not responding, disappearing, and reappearing automatically. When the KB5037853 update was released, Microsoft stated that there were no issues with it....

After weeks of speculations, LG has finally unveiled its new unique dual-screen smartphone namely, LG Wing. Announced under the new Explorer Project, the dual-screen device has a 3.9-inch FHD+ second display that’s hidden under the 6.8-inch P-OLED FullVision main screen. LG has relied on a unique hinge module coupled with a hydraulic damper to reduce stress while using the smartphone in Swivel Mode. To further facilitate smoother swiveling thermoplastic polyoxymethylene has been applied on the back of the main screen....

Linus Torvalds releases Linux Kernel 5.3, Here’s what’s new Linus Torvalds yesterday officially annou nced the release of Linux 5.3. This version brings many new features and improved support for AMD Navi GPU, networking, security, drivers and much more. “So we’ve had a fairly quiet last week, but I think it was good that we ended up having that extra week and the final rc8. “Even if the reason for that extra week was my travel schedule rather than any pending issues, we ended up having a few good fixes come in, including some for some bad btrfs behavior....