Environment Friendly Grass Made Smartphone Is Here

Smartphone made entirely out grass; would you like to try it out? Smartphones come in various casing varying from metal to entirely plastic but what if someone offers you a smartphone with a casing entirely made out of grass? A pioneer in recycled products, Design Works has been testing a mobile phone that’s composed of entirely recycled and natural products, with one major ingredient being blades of grass. Designer Sean Miles has managed to create a complete smartphone case out of grass which not only would stand out in the crowd but also look pretty neat....

January 18, 2026 · 2 min · 281 words · Louise Franks

Facebook Error: ‘The Account That Owns The Email Address You Entered Has Been Disabled’

Have you experienced the Facebook error message: “ The account that owns the email address you entered has been disabled “? This frustrating issue has plagued numerous Facebook users for some time now. When I first encountered this error, it was confusing as I wasn’t sure of the cause or how to resolve it. Hence, I’ll be discussing the error in this article and also cover possible ways to fix and get access to your Facebook account back....

January 18, 2026 · 3 min · 601 words · Henry Taylor

Fau

‘FAU-G: Fearless and United Guards’ – the Indian alternative for popular multiplayer action game PUBG – has now been released globally on Google Play Store after it was initially launched in India on January 26, 2021. Developed by Bangalore-based nCore Games, the company took to Twitter to tweet about the global availability of FAU-G on Google Play Store for free. This means people outside India will now be available to download the game on their Android smartphones....

January 18, 2026 · 2 min · 394 words · Jeremy Bernard

Fbi Recovers 7,000 Lockbit Ransomware Keys, Asks Victims To Contact

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced it has over 7,000 LockBit decryption keys, which the agency recovered in its ongoing disruption of LockBit, an international operation known as “Operation Cronos.” Speaking during a keynote at the 2024 Boston Conference on Cyber Security on Wednesday, Bryan Vorndran, FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director, said that victims of LockBit ransomware attacks can use the decryption keys to recover their encrypted data for free....

January 18, 2026 · 3 min · 585 words · Luis Collins

Google Launches Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, And Pixel Watch

Google on Thursday officially unveiled its portfolio of Pixel products: the Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and its very first smartwatch, the Google Pixel Watch at the ‘Made by Google’ launch event. So, here’s everything you need to know about the Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel Watch: Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro: Specifications Price and Availability of Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro: Google Pixel Watch: Specifications Pricing and Availability: Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro: Specifications The dual-SIM (Nano + eSIM) Google Pixel 7 features a 6....

January 18, 2026 · 6 min · 1100 words · Donna Salazar

Gta 5 May Soon Be Playable On Android, Nintendo Switch & Linux

Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5), a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar Games, is one of the longest-running games in the GTA series, which is playable on PlayStation, Xbox consoles, and Microsoft Windows PC. However, in December 2023, the game’s source code was leaked online, opening up opportunities for the modding community to release the iconic title on new platforms other than the ones already available. Now, a dedicated team of modders is reportedly working on making GTA 5 playable on Android, Nintendo Switch, and Linux devices by unofficially porting the game themselves, as claimed in an X (formerly Twitter) post by GTA Focal (@GTAFocal), a Grand Theft Auto news portal, last week....

January 18, 2026 · 2 min · 371 words · Richard Green

Hacker Leaks Massive Customer Dump After Failing To Get $3 Million Ransom From A Bank

After failing to get $3 million ransom, hacker dumps customer details of Invest Bank, UAE online A hacker going by the name of ‘Hacker Buba’ hacked into the Invest Bank of United Arab Emirates a week ago. After stealing the customer details from the banks website, Hacker Buba demanded a ransom of $3 million in bitcoins. However, when the bank did not comply with his demands, he appears to have dumped tens of thousands of customer files online....

January 18, 2026 · 2 min · 294 words · Athena Enriguez

Hackers Sending Malicious Usb Drives & Teddies Via Postal Service: Fbi

The U.S. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) on Thursday issued a warning to organizations and security professionals about a cybercriminal group who are sending malicious USB drives and teddy bears via USPS (U.S. Postal Service) to deliver malware, according to a report from BleepingComputer . The cybercriminal group FIN7 (aka Carbanak ) is adopting a new modus operandi to deliver GRIFFON malware. For those unaware, FIN7 is a financially-motivated threat group that has primarily targeted the U....

January 18, 2026 · 3 min · 628 words · Bobby Partee

Hackers Steal Over $600 Million In Ether From Axie Infinity’S Ronin Network

Ronin Network, the gaming-focused blockchain platform, on Tuesday announced that it was allegedly breached by hackers last week where cryptocurrencies valued at roughly $625 million, or 173,600 Ethereum and 25.5 million USDC, were stolen in one of the largest DeFi hacks to date. According to a blog post published by the Ronin Network’s official Substack , the validator nodes of Sky Mavis, the publishers of the popular Axie Infinity game, and the Axie DAO were compromised....

January 18, 2026 · 3 min · 572 words · Harry Harness

Harry Potter Rpg Now Officially Available In Minecraft For Download

Minecraft Modding group, Floo Network has officially released the ‘Witchcraft and Wizardly’ map as a free download after spending four years to build the entire Harry Potter Universe within Minecraft. This project was in alpha for just over a month before being released for download. In the trailer below, besides the ‘Witchcraft and Wizardly’ map, you can see all famous Harry Potter locations, including Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade, Weasleys’ home The Burrow, and more....

January 18, 2026 · 2 min · 250 words · Cindy Davis

How Ai And Ml Can Help Test Automation

People often say technology is constantly changing. But its customers demand easier and faster solutions to issues requiring better technology. For the same reason, AI and ML are buzzwords. ABI predicts that the market for IoT-related AI and ML services will reach US$3.6 billion by 2026, expanding at a 40% CAGR. But can they be any good for test automation? What are AI and ML? How AI helps in automation? Lack of skilled professionals Repetitive tasks Unreliable testing Frequent script updates as a result of UI changes Determining appropriate test size and test cases Maintaining the test suites/test scripts....

January 18, 2026 · 6 min · 1114 words · Brian Getty

How To Crash Someone’S Whatsapp Just By Sending Smileys

This is how you can crash your friend’s WhatApp just by sending smileys Whatsapp your friend with a message containing nearly 4000 smileys and the friend will suffer with a crash everytime s/he opens the message. After this discovery, the company patched the bug by setting up the limits of characters in WhatsApp text messages, but unfortunately, it failed to set up limits for smileys send via WhatsApp. “In WhatsApp Web, Whatsapp allows 65500-6600 characters, but after typing about 4200-4400 smiley browser starts to slow down,” Bhuyan wrote in his blog post ....

January 18, 2026 · 2 min · 248 words · Brian Lawrence

How To Enable Auto

Using a password to log into your computer is a good way to keep data secure, and Windows 10 , like other Windows operating systems, offers a variety of login options. However, there might be occasions when you’ll need your PC to bypass the login screen for several reasons. This could be just to save time or because having to log in multiple times is getting tedious. Also, you might need to lend out your computer to friends without having to let them know your password....

January 18, 2026 · 6 min · 1167 words · Rocco Granier

How To Hack Whatsapp Using Ss7 Flaw

Researchers are easily able to hack WhatsApp and Telegram using the known telecom flaw WhatsApp Hack Telegram Hack Researchers are easily able to hack WhatsApp and Telegram using the known telecom flaw We continuously receive queries from readers about how to hack WhatsApp . The world’s most popular cross-platform messaging app is seen to be the ultimate hack by many because it has recently enabled 256-bit encryption. For ordinary souls, this encryption would take days and months to decode a sentence or a complete message....

January 18, 2026 · 3 min · 488 words · Joseph Carrillo

Intel Sues Former Employee Who Joined Microsoft After Stealing The Company’S Trade Secrets

Intel, the popular chipmaker, is suing one of its former employees, Varun Gupta, for allegedly stealing confidential documents and using them to give his new employer Microsoft a competitive advantage in subsequent business negotiations with Intel. Gupta, who spent nearly a decade at Intel as its Product Marketing Engineer, left the company on January 17, 2020, and joined Microsoft four days later as a Principal of Strategic Planning in Microsoft’s Cloud and Artificial Intelligence department....

January 18, 2026 · 4 min · 705 words · Casey Reed

Iphone 14 Plus Production Stopped By Apple, Here’S Why

Just less than two weeks after its debut, Apple has reportedly put a hold on the production of the iPhone 14 Plus due to the underwhelming reception for the new iPhone model. For the unversed, the iPhone 14 Plus is the latest addition to Apple’s iPhone 14 series, which was launched on September 7, 2022. The smartphone was meant to replace the ‘mini’ series that was launched with the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 series, as it could not find any buyers....

January 18, 2026 · 2 min · 372 words · Roy Chaney

Italy Fines Openai €15M For Chatgpt Gdpr Breach

The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) on Friday fined OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, 15 million euros ($15.66 million) for violations of data privacy laws by its artificial intelligence app. The Italian watchdog, Garante Per La Protezione Dei Dati Personali, has ordered OpenAI to launch a six-month institutional communication campaign on radio, television, newspapers, and the Internet to raise public awareness about ChatGPT. This campaign will specifically talk about OpenAI’s data collection practices from users and non-users to train its AI model and the rights exercisable by the users, including those of opposition, rectification, and cancellation....

January 18, 2026 · 2 min · 280 words · Valentin Bison

Kalashnikov Unveils 13-Foot

Russia’s ‘new walking robot’ is bulletproof ‘soldier suit’ with claws Do you remember those bulletproof robots holding weapons in its giant claws in sci-fi movies like Avatar and Robocop? Now, Kalashnikov Concern, Russia’s most famous weapons manufacturer, unveiled a new state-of-the-art military robot at the Army-2018 international forum at the Patriot park just outside Moscow. For those unaware, Kalashnikov Concern, a Russian manufacturer known for the AK-47 assault rifle, manufactures around 95 percent of all small arms in Russia and stocks around 27 countries in the world....

January 18, 2026 · 2 min · 286 words · Edgar Ives

Meet Gyrocycle: The Self

Thrustcycle Releases GyroCycle, A Self-Balancing Motorcycle Thrustcycle Enterprises, a company based in Honolulu, Hawaii has unveiled a new prototype of the GyroCycle – a self-balancing electric motorcycle – to experience the joy of riding a bike without the common fear of balancing. The GyroCycle would be the first self-stabilizing gyroscopic motorcycle in the market. “The GyroCycle an energy efficient vehicle with rock solid stability,” says Thrustcycle Enterprises LLC President and co-founder Clyde Igarashi....

January 18, 2026 · 3 min · 428 words · Matthew Johnson

Microsoft Finds Macos Bug That Bypasses Security

Apple recently fixed a vulnerability in the macOS operating system that could be potentially exploited by a threat actor to bypass Apple’s Gatekeeper security mechanism and deploy malware on vulnerable macOS devices. Jonathan Bar Or, Microsoft’s Principal Security Researcher, detailed Gatekeeper, the vulnerability able to bypass it, and the effects of the flaw in a security blog post published on Monday. The research was shared by Microsoft to emphasize the importance of collaboration among researchers and the security community to improve defenses for the larger ecosystem....

January 18, 2026 · 3 min · 612 words · Dennis Narvaez