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Thanks to the growth of OTTs and the internet getting cheaper, you don’t have to visit a theatre to watch a movie. Even downloading a film to watch it now is a thing of the past. If you want to watch some Hindi Bollywood movies, then stream them directly with some of the best Hindi movie apps that let you watch the latest Hindi releases in HD. Now, you can legally watch Hindi movies from anywhere on your Android or iOS device for free or by paying a small subscription fee....

For quite some time, WhatsApp has been the go-to messaging app for most of us to stay in touch or reach out to people, and the platform has grown to become one of the most popular instant messaging apps, with approximately 2 billion active users. One of the most exciting perks of WhatsApp is that it constantly gets updated with new features; some of the most recent features include the feature that allows users to edit messages within 15 minutes of sending them, the ability to post voice notes on status, the video message option, message reactions, and many more....

Music is an integral part of life since the dawn of the modern era and transcends through cultures, borders, and so much more. Some listen to it to lift their mood, while many tunes in for a morning dose of sunshine to begin their day. Listening to the curated playlist while going on and about with your work, assignments, homework has been a habit for many of us. While some resort to low-fi hip hop channels on YouTube, some of the others stay hooked to discovery on Spotify and Apple music....

Last year at The Game Awards 2021, Google had announced that Android gaming will be coming to Windows with the ‘Google Play Games’ PC app in 2022. On Wednesday, the search giant officially announced that Google Play Games is now available as part of a limited beta. The Google Play Games app is currently available in three overseas markets: Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. Players in these regions can play Android games by signing up for the beta here and download Google’s new app for Windows PCs....

Alongside the regular iPhone 12 and the iPhone 12 Mini , Apple also launched the Apple iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. The two flagship iPhones offer drastic improvements in the camera department and they now support 5G. Thanks to Ceramic Shield protection the new iPhones offer 4x better drop performance. So here’s everything you need to know about the new iPhone 12 Pro and the iPhone 12 Pro Max....

Apple has launched a new display module replacement program for iPhone 11 devices where the displays may stop responding to touch. The iPhone 11 models that are affected were manufactured between November 2019 and May 2020. “Apple has determined that a small percentage of iPhone 11 displays may stop responding to touch due to an issue with the display module,” the company said in its support page on Friday. iPhone 11 users can check if their device is eligible for the replacement program by putting its serial number on Apple’s website....

Apple has recently announced that it would be increasing the cost of out-of-warranty battery service for all iPhone models prior to iPhone 14 effective March 1, 2023. The increase in price announcement was first noticed by 9To5Mac. “The current out-of-warranty battery service fee will apply until the end of February 2023. Effective March 1, 2023, the out-of-warranty battery service fee will be increased by $20 for all iPhone models prior to iPhone 14,” reads the Apple Support page for iPhone battery service....

A recent survey by investment bank Piper Sandler indicates that Apple’s iPhone continues to dominate among U.S. teens, cementing its status as the must-have device for Gen Z. The 49th semi-annual “Taking Stock With Teens” survey , which collected input from 6,455 teens with an average age of 16.2 years and an average household income of $65,995, offers a snapshot of U.S. teens’ discretionary spending patterns and evolving preferences across fashion, tech, beauty, and media....

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged a West Australian man for allegedly creating fake free Wi-Fi access points on multiple domestic flights to steal user data and social media credentials from unsuspecting users through a captive portal web page. The unnamed 42-year-old is facing nine cybercrime charges related to an “Evil Twin” Wi-Fi attack scam and was to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on June 28, 2024. The police in Australia initiated the investigation following a report from an airline employee who identified a suspicious Wi-Fi network during a domestic flight in April 2024....

CD PROJEKT Red, the Polish video game developer best known for ‘The Witcher’ series and ‘Cyberpunk 2077, on Tuesday, revealed that they have been a victim of cyberattack due to which some of their internal systems have been compromised. According to the game developer, an unidentified actor gained unauthorized access to the company’s internal network, encrypted all their servers and collected certain data belonging to CD PROJEKT capital group, and left a ransom note....

Hackers are targeting people with a new Monero cryptojacking malware by hiding and distributing it through popular cracked games, including Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V), NBA 2K19, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2018, according to a report by antivirus maker Avast. For those unaware, cryptojacking is malware that infects computers to use them to mine cryptocurrencies usually without users’ knowledge. Gaming PCs are the perfect targets for crypto mining these days, as they are powerful and have a lot of computing power....

Facebook on Monday introduced “Viewpoints” – an application that will pay members of the social network for participating in surveys, research and other tasks. The purpose of the new market research app is to collect information directly from the people who use its services and use it to improve products like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Portal and Oculus, and to benefit the broader community. “Today, we’re introducing Facebook Viewpoints, a new market research app that rewards people for participating in surveys, tasks, and research....

Uber Technologies Inc., the popular ride-hailing company, is working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the case of a hacker behind its company’s security breach. The same hacker is also believed to have orchestrated the recent massive Rockstar Games’ Grand Auto Theft (GTA) 6 leak . The Uber And Rockstar Games Breaches Uber suffered a computer system breach on September 15th that forced it to take down several internal communications and engineering systems offline....

In a significant crackdown on cybercrime on Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in collaboration with several international law enforcement agencies, seized two of the most well-known hacking and cybercrime forums, Nulled.to and Cracked.io. These platforms have long been hubs for cybercriminal activities and are prominent for facilitating the distribution of stolen data, breached databases, hacking tools, compromised accounts, and illicit services. Earlier yesterday, visitors to the Nulled.to and Cracked....

GitHub accused of aiding Capital One data breach; lawsuit filed We had recently reported how Capital One, one of the largest banks and one of the largest credit card issuers in the U.S., was involved in a massive data breach where more than 100 million of the company’s customer accounts and credit card applications were exploited. Paige Thompson, a Seattle-based software engineer behind the hack, had allegedly posted details about the Capital One data hack on the code-sharing site, GitHub....

Google Drive is causing problems for some macOS users, as it is incorrectly flagging the system file .DS_Store, the storage of the desktop service of the macOS platform, as copyright-infringing content. In Apple’s macOS operating system, .DS_Store is a file that is automatically generated by macOS’ Finder application for storing metadata and attributes of its containing folder, such as the position of icons or the choice of a background image. The Finder then uses this information to render a layout according to the user’s preferences....

Google Photos is getting a big upgrade that makes editing photos a whole lot easier. At its Made by Google 2025 event in New York, the search giant announced that its Photos app will soon allow users to edit their pictures by simply describing what they want — either by typing or speaking — and the app will make the changes automatically. The new feature, powered by Google’s Gemini AI, is rolling out first on the upcoming Pixel 10 in the U....

Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar Games’s parent company, has officially confirmed that its highly anticipated game, Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6), will see a ‘Fall’ 2025 release. On May 16, Take-Two Interactive’s Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick, in its Q4 2024 earnings call report, narrowed down the release date of GTA VI from Fiscal Year 2025 (as speculated earlier) to the Fall of Calendar Year 2025. “As we enter Fiscal 2025 with positive momentum, we expect to deliver Net Bookings of $5....

The fast-growing popularity of AI-powered ChatGPT ever since its debut last year has not only created a buzz in the tech industry but also has caught the attention of hackers. In a recently released security report by Facebook’s parent company, Meta, the company warns on how threat actors offer malware disguised as ChatGPT or other AI-related tools by targeting users through malicious browser extensions, ads, and various social media platforms and compromise accounts and steal their personal information....

Hacker group “ShinyHunters” is selling about 73.2 million user records stolen from 10 companies on the Dark Web for about $18,000, reports ZDNet . Majority of the stolen user records have come from online dating app Zoosk (30 million), while the remaining have come from other sites, such as printing service Chatbooks (15 million), food delivery service Home Chef (8 million), South Korean fashion platform SocialShare (6 million), online marketplace Minted (5 million), online newspaper Chronicle of Higher Education (3 million), South Korean furniture magazine GGuMim (2 million), health magazine Mindful (2 million), Indonesia online store Bhinneka (1....