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The White House on Friday announced that it will be awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the co-founder and CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs posthumously on July 7th by U.S. President Joe Biden. Biden named 17 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the late tech innovator is one of them. For the unversed, the Presidential Medal of Freedom is declared the Nation’s highest civilian honor. The award is presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public, or private endeavors....

Apple’s latest iOS 16.3.1 update is causing the Google Photos app to crash for iPhone users who have installed the update. The iOS 16.3.1 software update released by Apple on Monday provides important bug fixes and security updates for iPhones, including addressing issues with iCloud and Siri requests for Find My, as well as patching one of the vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild. It also contains Crash Detection optimizations for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models....

In a high-tech twist on an old-school bank heist, a group of sophisticated hackers planted a 4G-enabled Raspberry Pi inside a bank’s internal network in an attempt to loot its ATMs. But thanks to sharp-eyed investigators, the heist was stopped just in time before any financial damage occurred. Cybersecurity firm Group-IB uncovered a sophisticated intrusion attempt by UNC2891 (aka LightBasin), a financially motivated threat group known for its attacks on banks and telecommunication systems worldwide since 2016....

ChatGPT has changed the way online searches work. Consequently, it has started seeping into offline channels. Now ChatGPT based search engine might get released soon. The speculation started after OpenAI registered the Search.ChatGPT.com domain and the SSL certificate. This was first posted on Reddit and Y Combinator news . It has started the conversation around ChatGPT disrupting the search engine market. This may also make ChatGPT a direct competitor of Google and Bing, the two big players in the space....

After the rapid hike in cryptocurrency prices, everyone and their mother has started mining. Power-hungry GPUs are being sold at twice or in some instances thrice their MSRP. Due to an eco-friendly cryptocurrency Chia, we can soon expect an SSD and HDD shortage coupled with price increment. Created by Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent, Chia operates on high-speed storage and uses a proof of space-time model rather than Bitcoin’s proof of work model....

Chinese state media is full of praise for the hacker accused of stealing a US F-35 Fighter Plane A state-run media last Wednesday said that spying on the US is a service to China while praising the Chinese national who hacked the networks of US defense contractors, delivering confidential information to China. According to court documents, Su Bin also known as Stephen Su locally, is a “wealthy businessman.” While Su, 50, is being celebrated as a hero in his home country, he has pled guilty to conspiring with others to break into the networks of Boeing and other American defense contractors in a federal court in Los Angeles, California....

WhatsApp, the popular Meta-owned instant messaging platform, is working on a new upcoming feature called “guest chats” that could allow WhatsApp users to message people who don’t have the app — no download, no signup, just a link. Spotted in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android version 2.25.22.13 by WABetaInfo , a known WhatsApp tipster publication, this upcoming feature will allow users to generate a private chat link and send it to anyone—via text, email, or even social media....

Graphics processing units (GPU) are important these days, especially if you’re a hardcore gamer like me. However, what if for some reason, you experience problems with your GPU? For users with processors that do not have integrated graphics, this can be a real headache because they would be left staring at their black screen. What happens when you experience a problem with your GPU? What does the CTRL + WINDOWS + SHIFT + B do?...

Despite the initial release bugs and compatibility issues, Cyberpunk 2077 lived up to its hype. At the time of writing this article, the Polish gaming studio CD Projekt SA has sold over 13 million copies of the game. Sadly, someone took advantage of the Cyberpunk 2077 hype train and developed a fake mobile version of the game. In this article, we have shared everything that you need to know about the mobile version of Cyberpunk 2077....

DARPA wants drones and wants them intelligent enough to fly on their own and scout for dangers The U.S. military wants to build more drones and this time, they want to make drones that have a computerized mind of their own to fly around and scout for dangers. To put it in simple words, the drones of today have to be manned by a pilot with remote control. The drones United States military aim to build, should be smart enough to navigate obstacles and reach the target all of its own accords....

Database of Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Nigeria. is claimed to be Hacked by 1923Turk . 1923Turk Just fired a Tweet from there twitter handle@1923Turkz, claiming to hack Database of Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Nigeria. Which is shared in the paste provided by the hacker. The database contains the Login credential including email and password in encrypted format. which can be seen in the paste provided here Vulnerability is still there, mentioned by 1923Turk, Although its not shared yet....

Discord is arguably the best text messaging platform on the internet right now. While mostly used for communicating in gaming, it is now also being used by companies, brands, and others to communicate with team members. But it can be difficult to understand at first. Discord uses Markdown text formatting system that makes the sentences stand out. You must learn the commands and syntaxes to use all the Discord text formatting features that the app has to offer....

Police raid a home in California after receiving fake hostage message on Domino’s Pizza’s app An unknown person used Domino’s Pizza’s mobile ordering app not to order pizza but to send a message about a hostage situation at a home in California last week. An employee working for Domino’s Pizza received a terrifying message for help last Tuesday morning from someone claiming to be held hostage in a residential neighborhood in Sherman Oaks, California....

Gamers can now play DOOM 2016 on Linux PC/laptops using Wine If you ever wanted to play DOOM on your Linux system, your prayers have been answered. Thanks to Wine 1.9.11, more Direct3D 11 improvements have been included, and provides support for DirectSound, as well as a few enhancements to the desktop mode. According to the release notes, the most important change implemented in Wine Staging 1.9.11 is a fix for the recently launched DOOM 2016 game, which is only available for Microsoft Windows....

Facebook paid contractors to listen to users’ voice messages without their knowledge Facebook Inc. reportedly paid “hundreds of outside contractors” to sneakily transcribe users’ audio clips without their knowledge, reports Bloomberg , citing people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg said the contractors working on the project were neither told where the audio was recorded nor informed how it was obtained. The contractors were paid to listen in on countless private audio clips, sometimes occasional vulgar conversations among Facebook Messenger users....

Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg yesterday announced that its new video conferencing app , Messenger Rooms is now available to everyone. For those unaware, last month, Facebook had unveiled its “ Messenger Rooms ” feature for a small subset of people to compete against Zoom, another video chat product that has surged in popularity due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. Messenger Rooms app allows users to host video calls of up to 50 people with no time limit from Messenger or directly from Facebook via News Feed, Groups, and Events....

Glassdoor, the renowned career job site, on Wednesday, said that Facebook and Google have dropped out from the top 10 “best places to work” in the U.S. in 2020, according to their annual list rankings. Google and Facebook are two of the most sought after companies to work in primarily due to employee pay and benefits, office perks, compensations, and a desirable work environment. Of both the tech-giant companies, Facebook has been rated as the ‘best place to work’ three times in the past 10 years....

Screen time has recently become a concern for almost everyone, with respect to self-care or parenting. Yet, the impact of the smartphone age has not affected everyone in the same way. Unsurprisingly, Gen Z—people born between 1997 and 2012—has been the most affected by this increasing stress caused by screen time and other factors. Gen Z grew alongside the expanding growth of technology, but it has not been fun all along....

Google Releases Pixel 4 & Pixel 4 XL: Specifications, Price, & Availability After months of rumors and leaks, Google finally unveiled its much-anticipated Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL at the Made by Google event in New York City. Also Read- Google introduces new truly wireless ‘Pixel Buds’ Let’s have a look at the features and specifications of Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL: Display The Pixel 4 comes with a 5....

Google is facing a potential antitrust case in India for deceitfully promoting its mobile payments app ‘Google Pay’ in the country, five sources familiar with the case told Reuters . The Competition Commission of India (CCI), the country’s competition enforcement body, is investigating allegations that Alphabet’s Google is exploiting its market dominance for highlighting its mobile payments app, Google Pay. By doing this, the U.S. tech giant gives itself an unfair advantage over apps of competitors, which hurts consumers and other payment platforms available in India....