Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta, on Sunday launched a new paid ‘Blue Tick’ verification system, similar to its rival Twitter, for creators of Facebook and Instagram. The subscription bundle known as ‘Meta Verified’ allows paid users to verify their profile on Instagram and Facebook by using a government identity card (ID). However, there will be no changes to accounts on Instagram and Facebook that are already verified based on prior requirements, including authenticity and notability....

Microsoft confirmed that the Patch Tuesday update for Windows 10 versions 2004 and 20H2 released earlier this week is causing a blue screen of death (BSOD) error to appear while printing documents on a certain brand of printers. As spotted by Windows Latest , the issue was mainly reported on printers such as Kyocera, Ricoh, and Zebra, although some have experienced the issue while using other printers. Microsoft has confirmed the issue exists in cumulative updates KB5000802 (OS Builds 19041....

Microsoft on Tuesday started rolling out the free upgrade to Windows 11 on supported devices with the company planning to complete it by mid-2022. The new operating system, Windows 11 comes with a redesigned user interface, faster connectivity, best PC gaming experience, News & Interests Widgets, an all-new Microsoft Store, support for Android applications, and much more. Now, it appears that the rumours are likely true, as a Microsoft employee accidentally leaked the redesigned Notepad app for Windows 11....

Microsoft reportedly tried to acquire ‘Pinterest’ in recent months, people familiar with the matter told The Financial Times . However, the talks about a possible takeover are currently not active. Pinterest is an online pinboard platform with a market cap of $53.96 billion. If the deal would have gone through, this would have been Microsoft’s biggest acquisition to date, points outs FT. For those unaware, Microsoft had also unsuccessfully tried to purchase the U....

Microsoft’s 365 Defender Research Team on Monday in a blog post revealed that they had uncovered a new macOS vulnerability “powerdir” that could allow an attacker to bypass the operating system’s Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) technology, thereby gaining unauthorized access to a user’s protected data. Following the discovery, Microsoft shared its findings with Apple, subsequently which the Cupertino giant released a fix for this vulnerability, now identified as CVE-2021-30970, as part of security updates released on December 13, 2021....

Microsoft will soon make changes in its practices related to Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass subscriptions involving auto-renewal, refunds, and inactive memberships. This move from the Silicon Valley giant comes following UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation into the online console video gaming sector it had started on April 5, 2019, and concluded on January 26, 2022. During its investigation, it identified concerns about certain features of Microsoft’s auto-renewing subscriptions....

NeoKylin is Linux based OS that China built to look like Windows XP China has developed an operating system “NeoKylin”, a Linux based OS for its users as a replacement to long used Windows XP. Ever since Microsoft announced that it will no longer provide official support and resources for Windows XP , a majority of Chinese PC users were left in a quandary as majority was using XP in their systems....

Published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch Console, Paper Mario: The Origami King is one of the latest action-adventure game exclusively available on Nintendo. The developer Intelligent Systems has offered significant improvements in the graphics, soundtracks, and dialogues department. Prior to the official launch of Paper Mario: The Origami King, videos of the game being played on PC surfaced on the internet. At the time of writing this article, the gameplay YouTube videos have been removed due to copyright claims from Nintendo of America Inc....

Employee tricked into giving North Korean hackers access to Chile’s ATM over fake Skype job interview North Korean hackers fooled a Redbanc employee into a fake job interview over Skype and then tricked him into downloading malware onto his work computer to get access to the company’s interbank network, according to a report by Chilean news site trendTIC . For those unaware, Redbanc is an interbank network in Chile that connects the ATMs of all the banks in Chile....

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a new cybersecurity advisory about a new Linux malware developed and deployed in real-world attacks by Russia’s military hackers. As per the advisory, the malware dubbed as ‘Drovorub’ is designed to target Linux systems, and is part of cyber espionage operations being carried out by Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) military unit 26165, whose activity is sometimes identified by the private sector as Fancy Bear, Strontium, or APT 28....

Thousands of nude photos pledged by desperate women to online loan sharks as guarantees are leaked China has some weird customs and this is one of them. Chinese money borrowers pledge nude photos of Chinese girls in order to get loans sanctioned. The images are dutifully returned when the borrower fulfills the loan repayment. The loan sharks would release these photos and videos to the borrowers’ families if they fail to repay the loans on time....

Google says 1 million Gmail accounts might have been targeted by government hackers Intelligence agencies all over the world look to gather information relevant to their various operations, which also includes hacking email accounts. For a while now, Google has been able to recognize such government-backed hackers and alert customers who are possibly affected by it so that they can take instant action. Also Read- Best Free Email Service Providers...

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered web browser designed to rival Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and other major browsers. Announced during a surprise livestream, Atlas aims to change how people search for and interact with information online by placing ChatGPT at the center of the browsing experience. The browser, which will launch first on macOS with support for Windows, iOS, and Android to follow. It offers familiar features like tabs and favorites while adding a built-in ChatGPT Agent that can perform actions on the web for users....

Ubisoft has confirmed that the action-adventure game , Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake hasn’t been canceled but has been delayed. The company said that the game is still under development but it will no longer be aiming for a 2023 release. This announcement comes following rumors that retailers like GameStop and others were delisting pre-orders for the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake , raising concerns that the project has been canceled....

The Raspberry Pi Foundation yesterday released the Raspberry Pi Imager, a new tool for writing ISO images to SD cards for Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu. This open-source imager tool makes installing the Raspberry Pi operating system Raspbian and configuring the Raspberry Pi easier than ever for new users. Before the release of this software, users had to load an operating system on an SD card and install it on their favorite Raspberry Pi devices for it to boot....

Sony Interactive Entertainment is facing a class action lawsuit after it allegedly violated state and federal consumer law in the case of a defective PlayStation 5 (PS5) video game system. According to the lawsuit filed on July 12 by Christina Trejo against Sony Corporation of America in an Illinois Federal Court, the plaintiff claims that the company intentionally hid a defect in its PS5 video game system, which is causing the system to suddenly crash while users are playing games, often leading to loss of saved gameplay....

System76 Pop!_OS Beta Ubuntu-based Linux Distro Tailor-made for Developers now available for download While Linux seems to be winning the Windows vs Linux battle, you would have noticed one astonishing thing. There are very few laptop and PC manufacturers in the world who ship Linux distro PCs/laptops. If you take a count, there must be only 1 top Linux hardware maker against the top Windows 10 PC/laptop makers like Dell/HP/Acer, etc....

Fixed storage Nexus 5 smartphones hacked by an owner to increase the storage capacity to 64GB Google’s Nexus 5 is a very popular Android smartphone. In fact, it was one of the best sellers for 2013 when it was launched. However, one of the limitations is that the Nexus 5 comes with a limited storage space, in either 16GB or 32GB variant. One brave soul decided that enough was enough and managed to increase the memory of his Nexus 5 from 16GB to 64GB....

The Best Pokemon Go Cheat Ever iPhone Users Can Have Pokemon Go, the popular augmented reality mobile game, has become a rage from the time it was launched on July 6, 2016. The free game allows people to catch, train and battle their Pokemon ‘in the real world’ by walking outdoors and interacting with other users. Players can also pick up supplies at real-world landmarks that serve as ‘PokeStops’ in the game....

Data of more than 5.4 million Twitter users have been shared on a hacker forum for free that contains non-public information acquired through an API vulnerability fixed in January 2022. Besides this, a cybersecurity researcher has also disclosed another huge and possibly more significant data breach, containing a data dump of millions of Twitter records that have abraded public information as well as private phone numbers and email addresses, which are not supposed to be disclosed to the public, reports Bleeping Computer....