The parent company of FaceBook, Instagram, and WhatsApp Meta has been fined €1.2 billion which roughly translated to $1.3 billion by the European Union. According to the EU, the fine has been imposed as Meta was transferring the personal data of EU citizens to Facebook Servers situated in the USA. The European data regulation board stated that, The EDPB found that Meta IE’s infringement is very serious since it concerns transfers that are systematic, repetitive and continuous....

Meta on Thursday released “Imagine with Meta AI”, its standalone AI (artificial intelligence) image generator website trained on a huge dataset of 1.1 billion publicly visible photos from Facebook and Instagram. Powered by the company’s image foundation model, Emu, this website allows users to generate unique images based on text prompts. Previously, this AI technology was only limited to messaging and social networking apps such as Instagram. Now, the tool will be available at its own dedicated website at imagine....

You could very soon use games to lighten up the atmosphere during your boring office video calls, as Microsoft is reportedly working on bringing casual games for its Microsoft Teams, reports The Verge citing sources familiar with the company’s plans. The Redmond giant has started testing iconic games like Solitaire, Connect 4, and Wordament within Microsoft Teams. The report states that the company is looking at games as another way to enhance Teams’ user experience during meetings while allowing colleagues to play against each other, as organizations continue to balance hybrid and remote work scenarios....

Microsoft: Windows 7 can’t keep up with security needs, upgrade early to Windows 10 The world’s most popular desktop OS, Windows 7 is already 8 years old. Currently, the software is running on extended support by Microsoft, as the mainstream support was withdrawn by the Redmond giant some years ago. As of now, it is only receiving major bug fixes and security updates. Microsoft is set to officially end its support to Windows 7 on January 14, 2020....

Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Solutions Group’s Detection and Response Team (DART) on Thursday said that its client’s entire IT network was taken down by overheating computers due to an Emotet malware after one of its employees got tricked into opening a phishing email attachment. The malware went on to infect the systems of Fabrikam (a fake name used by Microsoft for the victim in its case study ) by stealing the admin account credentials authenticating itself on new systems....

Mozilla is taking a different approach to how artificial intelligence (AI) works inside its Firefox browser. Starting later this month, Firefox users will be able to disable all AI-powered features completely — or selectively enable only the ones they want — following strong feedback from users who prefer a simpler, AI-free browsing experience. The new controls will launch with Firefox 148, scheduled for release on February 24, and will be available on desktop versions of the browser....

If you have been sharing your Netflix password with family members who do not reside with you, then you are in for some bad news. The popular video streaming platform is apparently testing ways to end password sharing and push viewers to pay extra for viewing their content. The Netflix Terms of Use clearly state that the video streaming service and any content accessed through Netflix may not be shared with individuals beyond their households....

Are you confused to make a choice between the Nubia Red Magic 3 and Xiaomi Black Shark 2 gaming smartphones? Don’t worry anymore, in this article we have provided a detailed comparison between these two smartphones. As we all know, modern-day smartphones can effortlessly run AAA graphics quality games like PUBG Mobile, Asphalt 9, Mortal Kombat and much more. That said, playing games on a smartphone that’s especially meant for gaming is a much better option for streamers and professional gamers....

Popular Science Website Redirects visitors to a Website Serving RIG Exploit Kit Malware Security researchers from Websense Security Lab have discovered that the most popular science reference site called Popular Science has been hacked and redirecting visitors to a third-party domain containing the popular Rig Exploit Kit. Once the visitors visit this third party page, the Rig Exploit Kit malware is downloaded on their computers. Popular Science Modus Operandi Popular Science Popular Science website is owned by Bonnier Magazine Group which also brings publishes a magazine called Popular Science in addition to having a dedicated mobile App for it called PopSci....

The three-day hacking event was held between March 22, 2023, and March 24, 2023, with prize money to be won in excess of $1,000,000 USD and two Tesla Model 3. “For this year’s event, every round will pay full price, which means if all exploits succeed, we’ll award over $1,000,000 USD,” said Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) in a blog post. The hacking event had multiple categories for the security researchers to target in the competition, which included automotive, enterprise applications, enterprise communications, servers, virtualization, and local escalation of privilege (EoP)....

The Raspberry Pi Foundation on Wednesday announced that Raspberry Pi OS 64-Bit is out of beta trial and now available for everyone to download on supported devices. The ARMv8-A architecture, which encompasses the 64-bit AArch64 architecture and associated A64 instruction set, was first introduced by the Foundation into the Raspberry Pi line with Raspberry Pi 3 in 2016. Since then, it has been possible to run a full 64-bit OS ever; however, the company chose to remain on a 32-bit version to focus on compatibility between devices....

Social news aggregation and discussion website, Reddit on Thursday revealed that their systems were hacked in a sophisticated and highly-targeted phishing attack that allowed threat actors to gain access to some internal documents, code, and some internal business systems. Disclosing the incident in a thread posted to the official r/reddit community on Thursday, Reddit said that the “sophisticated phishing campaign” sent out “plausible-sounding prompts” to lure employees of the site to a phishing website that mimicked Reddit’s own intranet gateway, in an attempt to steal credentials and second-factor tokens....

Reliance Jio, the Indian telecommunications giant, has partnered with Japanese gaming firm SEGA Corporation to bring its classic games to India through the JioGames Store. As a part of the collaboration, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Streets of Rage 3 – the two most popular games in the U.S. and Europe, will be launched on the JioGames Store. Both these games will first arrive on the Jio Set-Top Box (STB) for Jio TV through the JioGames Store....

iPhone lovers are pretty excited about the release of the latest iOS 18 to get their hands on the advanced AI features. Many users have already upgraded to the developer beta version of this operating system to enjoy its functionality. Now, these users are complaining about frequent performance issues, such as phone overheating. Keeping in view these problems, many users are avoiding upgrading their iOS 18. However, these performance-related issues will be resolved in the final version of this operating system....

Hackers hack Rochester family nanny-cam and leak pictures of baby A family in Rochester got a shock of their life when they found out that the nanny–cam they were using to monitor their baby had been hacked. The hacking was straight out of horror movies because the monitor would start to play music when nobody was near the baby however whenever the parents entered the room the music would switch off....

A new Russian law is set to go in force in July 2020 that will see the banning of consumer gadgets that do not have pre-installed Russian software, reports BBC . Basically, electronics such as smartphones (including iPhones), computers, and smart TVs must be sold with locally-made Russian software pre-installed. This means that besides having the manufacturer’s own apps, the devices should also have Russian “alternatives pre-installed to qualify for their sale or else they will be banned from sale from July 2020....

Russia says it will withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024 to focus on building its own orbiting space outpost, the newly appointed chief of the state space agency, Roscosmos said Tuesday. Roscosmos chief Yury Borisov appointed this month to head Roscosmos, said during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin that “the decision to leave this station after 2024 has been made.” “You know that we are working within the framework of international cooperation at the International Space Station....

Microsoft detected Russian hackers targeting VoIP phones, printers, and video decoders to breach secure networks The OS maker stated that the Russian hacking group known as Strontium (also commonly known as APT28 or Fancy Bear) was responsible for the new attack that took place in April. This group is also claimed to be responsible for hacking the Democratic National Committee (DMC) in 2016, for the NotPetya attacks against Ukraine in 2017, and targeting political groups in Europe and North America throughout 2018....

South Korean electronics giant Samsung on Friday disclosed a data breach that may have potentially exposed some customers’ personal information in the United States. In an email sent to customers, the company said its systems were compromised in late July 2022, which was discovered by them on or around August 4, 2022. During their ongoing investigation, Samsung found that an unauthorized third party had acquired the personal information of its customers from some of Samsung’s U....

Snap, owner of the photo messaging app Snapchat, on Thursday introduced its next generation of Spectacles, the company’s first pair of glasses that brings augmented reality (AR) to life. The lightweight display glasses are meant for augmented reality creators to reimagine the way people communicate, live, and explore the world together through AR experiences built-in Lens Studio. “Over the years, our journey building Spectacles alongside the creator community has been one of exploration, learning, and fun....