Apple on Wednesday finally announced its much-anticipated and affordable second generation of iPhone SE . According to Apple, the iPhone SE (2020) is a powerful new smartphone in a popular design. For those unaware, Apple had launched its popular budget handset and the original iPhone SE in March 2016, which turned out to be the company’s most successful device. “The first iPhone SE was a hit with many customers who loved its unique combination of small size, high-end performance, and affordable price; the new second-generation iPhone SE builds on that great idea and improves on it in every way — including our best-ever single-camera system for great photos and videos — while still being very affordable,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing....

Sadly an explosion in an Apple Watch Series 7 due to overheating has sent a man to the hospital. Right before the blast the battery of the Apple Watch expanded and overheated. At the time of writing this article, Apple is well aware of the accident and the company confirmed that it would investigate what happened. That said, Apple pressurized and asked the user to stay silent and not share the story with anyone....

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday issued a fresh warning about BADBOX 2.0, a dangerous Android malware campaign that has quietly infected more than a million internet-connected devices in homes around the world. This malware is turning every day, lower-budget, and uncertified consumer electronics into tools for cybercriminals. What Is BADBOX 2.0? BADBOX 2.0 is the latest version of the original BADBOX malware that was discovered in 2023. It is primarily found on Chinese-manufactured Android-based devices—including digital streaming boxes, unbranded smart TVs, aftermarket vehicle infotainment systems, digital picture frames, low-budget tablets and projectors, and other Internet of Things (IoT) gadgets....

Bitcoin (BTC) , the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, breached the $20,000 mark for the first time on Wednesday. The cryptocurrency jumped as much as 7.6% to $20,893 in New York on Wednesday. This year Bitcoin has gained more than 170% as larger investors seek it for its purported inflation-resistant qualities. Further, there are also other reasons that can help increase the cryptocurrency prices even higher. These factors include growing institutional demand, increasing perception among investors that Bitcoin is a digital store of value and an alternative to gold, stronger network fundamentals, potential for quick gains, and expectations that the cryptocurrency will become a mainstream payment method...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two security vulnerabilities affecting Cisco and Windows products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, on Monday, warning organizations of active exploitation by malicious actors. The two below-mentioned vulnerabilities, which have been added to the KEV based on evidence of exploit campaigns, are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors, and pose significant risks to organizations. These are: CVE-2023-20118 (CVSS Score: 6....

KnowBe4, a U.S.-based security awareness training company, recently discovered that it had inadvertently hired a North Korean fake IT worker for the role of Principal Software Engineer after the employee’s newly given computer became infected with malware. In an incident report summary on insider threat published on Tuesday, Stu Sjouwerman, KnowBe4 CEO and President said that the North Korean hacker posing as a software engineer was reportedly hired through a standard recruitment process for their AI division, which involved multiple interviews, background checks, and reference verifications....

Nintendo Switch is one of the greatest handheld gaming consoles of all time. Despite being five years old now the console is still quite popular among gamers. One of the most common problems found in the regular and OLED Nintendo Switch is excessive battery drain. In response to users complaining about rapidly draining batteries, Nintendo has asked users to perform a deep-drain and recharge cycle on the batteries. Lately, OLED Nintendo Switch owners have been complaining about the draining of batteries overnight when the console is supposed to be in sleep mode....

Dish Network, the first largest and direct-broadcast satellite service provider in the United States, has been experiencing a major internal outage since Thursday morning that has caused its company’s main websites, apps, and customer support systems to remain offline for almost 2 days now. Apparently, the outage began around the same time that Dish was to release the company’s earnings for Q4 and fiscal year 2022. CEO Erik Carlson took the opportunity to address the outage problems....

What is the use of Function keys on your Computer; F1 to F12 shortcut keys use in windows? These keys sit atop your keyboard yet you may have hardly used them except for certain functions like pressing F1 for help while using Microsoft Office programs. PC and laptop keyboard comes with a set of Function Keys which cater to special functions. These Function Keys running from F1 through to F12 help you use shortcuts and special functions....

What Is This Cylinder On Your Charger For? While my laptop charger has never bugged me, but I always felt strange at times to see a bump in my laptop charger right after it connects to the laptop. I always use to wonder why the charger has a bump and what purpose does it serve? You normally see these “bumps” on the mouse, keyboard and monitor cables in a typical computer system found in a home or office....

Top TV Torrent Website Has Ditched Italian .IT Domain for Swiss .CH Domain But Still Facing Problems The top TV shows torrents provider, EZTV has switched domains after facing heat from the Italian authorities over copy right infringements. Founded in 2005, the TV-torrent site EZTV has served torrents for nearly a decade. It has jumped to become one of the most popular torrents website in its niche on the Internet today....

In a concerning development, cybercriminals are leveraging the popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to distribute a new malware called ‘Noodlophile Stealer’ through Facebook. The Deceptive Tactic According to researchers at Morphisec, threat actors create fake “AI-themed” video generation platforms, promoted through seemingly legitimate Facebook groups and viral social media campaigns. These groups, boasting over 62,000 views on a single post, attract users to upload images or videos, promising AI-generated content in return, indicating the campaign’s extensive reach....

According to security researchers at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), the attacks began in at least April and continued through early June 2025. The hackers, tracked under the name UNC6293 and suspected to be linked to the well-known APT29/ICECAP group, relied on carefully crafted social engineering tactics to extract login credentials from their victims. Hackers Used Deception, Not Malware Rather than using typical malware or blatant phishing links, the attackers opted for a more subtle approach....

Tech giant Google has reportedly acquired Alter, an artificial intelligence (AI) avatar start-up for about $100 million in an effort to boost its own content offerings and better compete against the reigning short-form video platform, TikTok. While the takeover was completed about two months ago, both the companies chose not to officially announce it, reported TechCrunch on Thursday citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter. However, last week, Google confirmed the purchase but declined to comment on the financial terms of the deal....

The increased need for social video calling across the globe amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown has seen video conferencing apps like Zoom, Messenger Rooms , Microsoft Teams, Skype and more becoming hugely popular among employees working from home and students doing online education. In a move to compete with its rival video chat service Zoom, Google announced that it is making its premium video conferencing app, Google Meet free for everyone until September 30....

Google on Monday announced a new suite of Google Career Certificates to help U.S. workers get qualifications in high-paying, high-growth job fields such as Data Analytics, Project Management, and User Experience (UX) Design. As part of the initiative, the search giant would fund 100,000 need-based scholarships and it will consider all of its Career Certificates as the equivalent of a four-year college degree for related roles in the company. “College degrees are out of reach for many Americans, and you shouldn’t need a college diploma to have economic security....

Starting in 2023, Google is planning to wind down Google Currents , the work-focused app it specially brought for G Suite users in 2019, the company announced in a blog post on Thursday. The search giant said it will instead migrate remaining content and communities over to Spaces , a dedicated app for organizing people, topics, and projects in Google Workspace that tightly integrates with Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and Meet, which was introduced last year....

Google on Tuesday rolled out patches for 50 security vulnerabilities affecting its Pixel smartphones, of which one patched vulnerability has already been exploited in the wild as a zero-day. The zero-day tracked as CVE-2024-32896, which has been rated a high-severity security issue, exploits the elevation of privilege (EoP) flaw in the Pixel firmware. This flaw could provide threat actors with app rights that should not be available to them, thereby giving them access to sensitive data....

According to Pickren, Apple requires nearly every app to be granted explicit permission to access the camera and microphone, but the same was not true for Apple’s own apps, such as Safari. He exploited this exception to uncover the vulnerabilities and managed to “hammer the browser with obscure corner cases” until he got access to the camera. “The camera security model in iOS and macOS is pretty intense. In a nutshell, each app must be explicitly granted camera/microphone permission, which is handled by the OS via a standard alert box”, Pickren wrote in a blog post ....

A research team has discovered a new vulnerability that affects most Linux and Unix-like operating systems, including FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Android, iOS and macOS systems. The flaw allows remote ‘network adjacent attackers’ to hijack and tamper with VPN (Virtual Private Network) connections, and inject malicious data into the TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) stream. “I am reporting a vulnerability that exists on most Linux distros, and other *nix operating systems which allows a network adjacent attacker to determine if another user is connected to a VPN, the virtual IP address they have been assigned by the VPN server, and whether or not there is an active connection to a given website....