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Many major Chinese tech companies like Xiaomi, Huawei, and Oppo have created smartphones and other wearable products that have been heavily inspired by Apple’s product lineup. Well, this time around Realme did the same with its Realme Buds Air . Oppo’s rapidly growing sub-brand Realme recently launched it’s first truly wireless pair of earphones namely the Realme Buds Air. The design ergonomics of these earphones are almost similar to that of Apple’s 1st and 2nd generation Airpods....

Microsoft on Friday announced that it was a victim of a nation-state attack carried out by a Russian hacker group wherein its corporate email system was targeted. In a blog post, Microsoft said that Russian hackers gained access to a “small percentage” of employee email accounts, including members of several senior executives as well as employees in the company’s cybersecurity, legal, and other functions. It also added that some emails and attached documents were stolen....

Samsung launches the Galaxy Tab S6 with Snapdragon 855 SoC, dual rear cameras, and a redesigned S Pen with Air Mouse Samsung Electronics finally unveiled its much-anticipated new high-end flagship tablet “ Galaxy Tab S6 ” – its competitor to Apple’s iPad Pro – on Wednesday. “Today’s inspiration comes at a moment’s notice and creatives and professionals need a device able to keep up with insatiable imaginations while complementing their busy, on-the-go lifestyles....

Slack is undoubtedly the best instant messaging service for organizational communication and it is used by several communities, groups, and teams around the globe. As you might know, Slack and Microsft are two rival brands in the software departments. However, recently Slack announced that the company was working on an integration with Microsoft Teams . This integration will allow users to make voice and video calls using Microsoft’s service. Well, Slack is finally launching a new app to integrate Microsoft Teams’ calling features into its messaging app today....

Visa set to its new payment ring for Olympic athletes in Rio Olympic Games The summer games in 2016 Rio de Janeiro will see the debut of a sixth Olympic ring. Olympic and Paralympic Games sponsor Visa said Thursday that it will give out NFC-enabled rings that work like prepaid debit cards to the 45 ‘Team Visa’ Olympic athletes it’s sponsoring, that would allow them to make payments around the city with a tap of the finger....

Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity company, Stellar Cyber , announced today that their OpenXDR platform is now accessible to those that use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Customers who have adopted the cloud and seek simpler and smarter solutions to improve their security can now purchase Stellar Cyberr’s platform via the Oracle Cloud Marketplace , applying Oracle Universal Credits (OUCs) toward the purchase price. How does OpenXDR technology help businesses to better manage the security of their cloud structures, and what does this new partnership mean for Oracle Cloud users?...

Fappening redux: Apple’s iCloud account of Emily Ratajkowski hacked by unknown hackers who leak her private albums online Two years ago, during the month of September, hackers had systematically targetted iCloud accounts of Hollywood stars and leaked their private explicit images and videos on image boarding websites in tranches. The entire episode was named a Fappening by users of image boarding site, 4Chan where these images were first leaked. The media preferred to call the entire episode as more politically correct Celebgate....

Tesla hacker blames the automaker for downgrading his car software as a retaliation of disclosing new information about the product Recently, Jason Hughes, a fairly well-known Model S hacker cryptically tweeted to Tesla CEO Elon Musk that they are working on a new Model S P100D, something that the company has yet to announce. Since the revelation, Hughes said that Tesla is looking to greatly push a lower update to his Model S, which he calls “retaliation” for disclosing the “P100D” information....

Popular Torrent Website The Pirate Bay Running a Cryptocurrency Miner Which uses Users CPU Power to Mine Coins The world’s most popular and most visited torrent website , The Pirate Bay seems to have fallen for the lure of money. According to reports, it is using a cryptocurrency miner on The Pirate Bay website. The cryptocurrency miner’s JavaScript code is tucked away in the footer of TPB and uses the power of visitors computer to mine coins called Monero coins....

Microsoft has been criticized by many users and enthusiasts ever since it released its Windows 11 operating system in 2021. Thanks to the not-so-friendly hardware components required to meet minimum system requirements for installation of Windows 11 OS on a PC. For instance, the Redmond giant initially excluded processors like Intel’s 7th gen (Kaby Lake) and AMD’s first-gen Ryzen due to a lack of certain security features. Also, the company made the use of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2....

Here is a look at top 10 virus from past which wreaked havoc on computers We have come a long way since first computers and first computer virus was introduced. You may not believe but viruses in those days were so rare that they made headlines unlike today when we have thousands of new malware/viruses released every day. Those days when DOS was the system of choice, the viruses not only exploited the vulnerability in PCs but were also creative in structure....

A research team at the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Media Engagement have discovered that U.S. President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign app is more of a surveillance tool that collects an incredible amount of data about its users. For those unaware, the Official Trump 2020 App has been downloaded from Google Play Store and the App Store more than 780,000 times since its launch in mid-April. However, it has been found that the Official Trump 2020 app asks for more than twice the amount of permissions in comparison to its competitor and Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden’s official campaign app, Team Joe....

Sales on e-commerce sites are often grabbed as opportunities by customers to not only get their favorite products at a cheaper price but also with the hope that they are original. But many a times, customers have complained of receiving wrong products or being cheated of money, especially when they purchased a brand new phone. This case happened with a Delhi-based resident, Bhavye Sharma who claims to have received a fake iPhone 11 Pro from Flipkart that he bought during their Big Billion Days Sale festival....

Beware, if you are a WhatsApp user, there are chances that your phone number may be up for sale! In a recent breach of data security, a threat actor has put up approximately 500 million phone numbers of active WhatsApp users for sale on a well-known hacking community forum. The database apparently contains data from WhatsApp users belonging to 84 countries. Meta-owned WhatsApp is one of the biggest messaging platforms with around 2 billion users across the globe, which means the database allegedly contains the phone numbers of one-quarter of WhatsApp users....

Last year, Will Cathcart, Head of WhatsApp at Facebook (now Meta), had announced the possibility of transferring chat history from Android to iOS platforms. Now, according to a new report from WABetaInfo , the source code found of WhatsApp 22.2.74 beta for iOS reveals that the popular instant messaging platform is testing a new feature that will allow users of Android phones to transfer their chat history to iOS devices....

There will be another Mini Ice Age in the year 2030 – the last one was 300 years ago. The conditions predicted have not been experienced since the last “mini ice age” which lasted from 1645 to 1715, called the Maunder Minimum. The earth is 15 years from a “mini ice-age” that will cause sulkily cold winters during which rivers such as the Thames freeze over, scientists have predicted. Scientists have said, “There will be a “mini ice age” in 2030”....

Chances are, at more than one instance, you’ve wanted to download a specific YouTube video, whether for its insightful content, to share a funny video with friends for a good laugh, or to have a local copy for convenience. Regrettably, YouTube doesn’t give the option for users to save videos locally unless they intend to watch them offline, in which case they’ll remain exclusively accessible through the YouTube app rather than being accessible locally on your device....

Do you have an assignment pending, with the due date right at door? Textsheet was just the place for getting your homework done. It provided all sorts of answers, sourced mainly from Chegg.com. Sadly Textsheet has been shutdown, and there is no hope of it ever coming back. In this article, we have shared some of the best websites like textsheet that students can use to solve their assignments. Why is Textsheet down?...

At times Android Smartphones and Tablet users find it difficult to connect to a Wi-Fi network that they have connected to before. In spite of entering the right wifi password certain Android smartphones and tablets still refuse to connect and show WiFi Authentication error. Well, if you are facing this authentication error then there’s no need to worry. This error is common in certain Android smartphones and can easily be fixed....

In the world of battle-royal and fast-paced online FPS, Minecraft has carved its own niche. The sandbox construction video game has grown from strength to strength for almost a decade since its launch. Apart from the Giza pyramids, not much else has stood the test of time. The same goes with Minecraft’s basic looking graphics. And the good news, that it can be modified with the help of texture/resource packs....