This news came a week after Meta announced a cut of 13%, translating to 13,000 of their workforce. The stock market is brutal However, the growth was short-lived as the pandemic came to shore in most parts of the world. Inflation soared along with changes in spending patterns. This led to the slowest growth since 2001 for the retail giants.

AMIDuOS was one of the most feature-rich Android emulators that stood the test of time. This lightweight launcher offered excellent compatibility for Android apps and it instantly transformed a Windows 10 computer into a full-fledged Android smartphone. Unfortunately, AMIDuOS was discontinued on 8th March 2018. The reason behind the discontinuation of this fastest android emulator for Windows 10 was not clearly specified. So here’s everything you need to know about AMIDuOS....

Tech giant Apple is facing two new class-action lawsuits in the U.S. over cracking screens in M1-powered MacBook Air and 13” MacBook Pro laptops. On September 14, two law firms, Migliaccio & Rathod LLP [ PDF ] and Bursor & Fisher [ PDF ] independently filed class-action lawsuits against Apple in the Northern District Of California for selling M1-powered MacBook Air and Pro notebooks with retina displays that are vulnerable to screen cracks during normal usage....

Apple has quietly opened up its bug bounty program to the public and is offering up to $1.5 million in payouts for severe vulnerabilities. Previously, the program was invitation-based and only selected security researchers who were approved were allowed to take part in the program to find vulnerabilities in the iOS mobile operating system. Also Read- Teen Hacker Makes Over $1 Million In Hunting Software Bugs Now, Apple has expanded its security bounty program to accept vulnerability reports for the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS and iCloud with a standard configuration and, where relevant, on the latest publicly available hardware, according to an Apple Security Bounty page ....

Apple has rolled out urgent security updates to fix two zero-day critical vulnerabilities affecting Mac users that have been actively exploited in the wild. According to the Cupertino giant, the zero-day vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-44308 and CVE-2024-44309, are only actively exploited on Intel-based Mac systems. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited,” the company said in an advisory published on Tuesday. The first vulnerability, CVE-2024-44308, is related to JavaScriptCore, which could lead to arbitrary code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content....

Apple shelves iPhone ‘Walkie-Talkie’ feature for offline messaging Apple was reportedly working on a ‘Walkie-Talkie’- a feature that would have allowed iPhone users to send iMessage in areas without cellular connectivity or nearby Wi-Fi networks. Apparently, Apple has shelved the ‘Walkie-Talkie’ feature for the time being, according to a new report from The Information citing sources familiar with the matter. For those unaware, there is a Walkie-Talkie feature available on Apple Watch that allows users to get in touch with each other at the touch of a button....

Recently, Apple was sued by two women alleging AirTags were used to stalk and harass them. The former partners of these women used the Airtags by Apple to track their movements in real time. A class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California that accuses Apple of failing to implement safeguards to prevent the misuse of Airtags. Ideally, Airtags are meant to track objects like bags and purses....

Apple unveiled the next generation of its smartphones – the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini – during the annual product launch event on Tuesday. “Our customers rely on iPhone every day, which is why we’ve made iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini more powerful, more capable, and more fun to use,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. Let’s check out the features and specifications: Battery Life: Camera: Availability And Pricing: Let’s check out the features and specifications: iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini come with 6....

Internet Explorer is one of the oldest web browsers in existence that allowed users to access the internet. Launched in 1995, Internet Explorer outperformed every web browser in multiple aspects and gained a 95% usage share by 2003. Alongside the introduction of Windows 10 , Microsoft also introduced its new web browser Microsoft Edge . Microsoft has retired Internet Explorer 11 since the launch of Windows 11 . Microsoft has also recently started removing Internet Explorer from Windows 10 PC....

The crusader of user privacy in search engines, DuckDuckGo has gone down in India for several users, according to the reports and DownDetector. An insider source has revealed that Internet companies are following the DOT(Department of Telecommunication) compliance order issued by the authorities. The search engine is not working for alot of broadband users, including with Jio broadband, also confirmed by several twitter users. The site appears to be “unreachable” for a lot of users, across different Internet networks....

EZTV which was a TV torrent distribution group later become a reliable BitTorrent site to download TV shows and movies and is admired by the entire torrent community. Thanks to its simplicity, reliability, and humungous collection of torrent files, and magnet links, EZTV outperforms many popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing torrent sites and torrent search engines in multiple aspects. EZTV has faced several downtimes in the past. Additionally, during the 2014 Pirate Bay raid by Swedish Police, EZTV even went offline for quite some time....

In an interview with the French newspaper Journal du Dimanche , Clegg shared that it additionally posted warnings on more than 150 million fake information for spreading misinformation related to voting in the U.S. presidential election as well. “Thirty-five thousand employees take care of the security of our platforms and contribute for elections,” said Clegg while talking about the actions that Facebook is taking to tackle safety and security issues in the run-up to the 2020 U....

Latest casualties of Fappening 2.0 are WWE Diva Kaitlyn, Models Lacey Banghard, Lauren Cohan and Holly Willoughby The current episode of Fappening 2.0 refuses to die down as the hackers released more explicit and personal images and videos of more celebrities. This time the Hollywood actresses were missing. The hackers have now released NSFW images and videos of WWE Diva Kaitlyn and page 3 models like Lacey Banghard, Lauren Cohan, and Holly Willoughby....

Globe Telecom’s website hacked, “Your service on your internet connection is not worthy what we pay for,” Hacker says Globe Telecom one of the most popular Internet service providers in the Philippines got its website hacked earlier today. 4 of its subdomains were defaced by Filipino hackers using the online handle “BloodSec International”. BloodSec was apparently not happy with internet services provided by Globe Telecom “Dear GLOBE, Your service on your internet connection is not worthy what we pay for....

Google on Thursday announced the rollout of two new features in the Messages app for Android users. The first feature is called “Verified SMS”. This will help the user confirm the true identity of the business that’s texting them. The feature works by verifying, on a per-message basis, that content is sent by a specific business. If the message is verified, Google will display the business name and logo as well as a verification badge in the message thread....

Google’s most anticipated and first foldable smartphone has been in the news for some years now. At first, it was expected to be released in 2021 but that did not happen. Then, there were reports that the foldable smartphone would arrive at the end of this year, which has yet again been delayed. Now, according to a new piece of information coming from well-known display analyst, Ross Young, the foldable smartphone (rumored to be called ‘Google Pixel Fold’) is tipped to be launched in March 2023....

Google has removed 5 malicious browser extensions from its Chrome Web Store that were downloaded collectively more than 1.4 million times. Threat analysts at McAfee discovered that these browser extensions that masqueraded as Netflix viewers and others were designed to surreptitiously monitor the browsing activities of the users. The Chrome browser add-ons in question are as follows: Netflix Party (mmnbenehknklpbendgmgngeaignppnbe) – 800,000 downloads Netflix Party 2 (flijfnhifgdcbhglkneplegafminjnhn) – 300,000 downloads FlipShope – Price Tracker Extension (adikhbfjdbjkhelbdnffogkobkekkkej) – 80,000 downloads Full Page Screenshot Capture – Screenshotting (pojgkmkfincpdkdgjepkmdekcahmckjp) – 200,000 downloads AutoBuy Flash Sales (gbnahglfafmhaehbdmjedfhdmimjcbed) – 20,000 downloads These extensions offered various functions such as enabling users to watch Netflix shows together, website coupons, and taking screenshots of a website....

Google will be shutting down its Search’s Q&A feature on April 30th, the company revealed by updating a Google support page. In other words, users will no longer be able to see the Q&A section while performing searches on Google. For those unaware, Q&A section (also known as “ask and answer”) is a small section on the search results page that displays the questions and answers that the users have created on Google Search....

It seems like Google is not satisfied with the recent laying off of 12,000 employees to reduce spending costs, as it is looking to implement more cost-saving options, which include reductions in equipment expenses, supplies, and some employee services, according to a new report from CNBC . Last Friday, the company’s Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat in a rare recent company-wide email as well as through a number of internal memos told its employees that Google is making cuts to employee services in an effort to reduce expenses....

The scraped data of 2.6 million users of the popular language learning app Duolingo is available for sale on a hacking forum. The leaked data includes the email addresses, names, and profile pictures of 2.6 million people, which can be exploited by threat actors to perform targeted phishing attacks. While the leaked data includes a combination of public login and real names, which are publicly available as part of a user’s Duolingo profile, it also includes email addresses and internal information related to the Duolingo service that is not publicly available....