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MacG, a French blog site reported the news, attaching the information on “reliable sources,” as translated by 9to5Mac. If the rumor is anything that one has to go by, the updated laptop would likely include the new Force Touch trackpad, which reacts differently depending on how much much pressure you apply to the surface. The new 15-inch MacBook Pro would join the ranks of 12-inch MacBook and the 13-inch MacBook Pro in providing the new Force Touch trackpad....

Looks like the future wars will be designed and fought over computers. Going by what United States arms manufacturer, Raytheon has achieved, the day is not far when the main battle tanks, nuclear submarines and nuclear missiles are 3D printed by world superpowers. Raytheon says it has produced majority of the parts of a guided missile through 3D-printing. The company is engaged in adding complex electronic system to the list of things that can be manufactured this way....

So here we have compiled the list of the best and let you be the judge for choosing the best download manager for Windows PC, Mac OS that offers impressive download speeds and exudes a sense of reliability. Are Download Managers Worth It? Yes, if you download a plethora of videos, movies, games, and software on a regular basis then using a download manager is definitely worth it. Furthermore, download managers offer drastic speed improvements in comparison to a browser....

To demonstrate that everything that’s connected to the Internet is susceptible to attacks, security firm Trend Micro’s spokesman Udo Schneider hacked into a large, neon-pink web-connected vibrator at the CeBIT technology fair in Germany this week. The sex toy was brought to life by typing out a few lines of code on his laptop. While the stunt triggered sheepish giggles, the message was sobering. As the number of smart, interactive devices connected to the internet blows up, concern is rising about insufficient protections and a lack of consumer and employee awareness....

In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Gates says, “I happen to use all Windows-based PCs. The phone that I have, recently I actually did switch to an Android phone with a lot of Microsoft software.” He uses Microsoft apps like Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and others for his productivity needs. When asked whether he would be using an iPhone sometime in the future, Gates replied, “Nope, no iPhone.” While Gates had banned iPhones and iPods from his home in the past, he does admit that “Steve was a genius....

In fact, he feels that “Black holes” are a “one way” passage to another alternative Universe and thus if someone does get stuck in a Black hole they would be directed into some other alternative universe. Earlier, Prof Hawking had discovered that Black holes does not allow anything, not even light, to escape their gravitational grasp and hence they seem to drastically confuse matters. The major concern here was that if information entering a black hole cannot get out and black holes do not even last longer (a discovery made by Prof Hawking) then what actually happens to the information; because law of universe says energy needs to be conserved....

However, there is an alternate way of making your own GSM station and before you ask, it will not cost you a $100,000, but just $500. According to Hack a day, one user by the name of Simone has been playing around with a brand new BladeRF x40, a USB 3.0 software defined radio that operates in full duplex and it costs just $420. Additionally, combining other components and items such as two rubber duck antennas, a Raspberry Pi 3, and a USB power bank, Simone was able to create his own GSM station....

The new rule applies when someone installs or causes the installation of software on another individual’s device in the course of commercial activity. The CASL said that it had noticed websites automatically install software on visitors’ computers without their consent. Often these installs are seen to be malware and adware. The new ruling includes the installation of software/malware which is bundled with a legitimate applications, or the installation of concealed software from music CDs, the commission said....

The hack happened on the second channel of CarryMinati, which goes by the name of CarryisLive, where he streams himself playing video games, often with other YouTubers and celebrities. Just a week ago in a similar incident, Twitter accounts of several renowned celebrities were hacked to promote the Bitcoin scam. YouTube has been at the receiving end of similar hacks for years now, with several YouTube channels getting hacked regularly to promote similar cryptocurrency scams....

Catch the awesome cosmic spectacle from Jan 20 to Feb 20 when five planets get togetherMercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn align simultaneously in a spectacular cosmic show in the morning sky for the first time in a decade For the first time, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are going to appear together in over a decade. They were last seen aligned together was in between mid-December 2004 and mid-January 2005....

Chengdu, the capital of China’s southwestern Sichuan province, is developing an illumination satellite that will have a reflective coating to cast sunlight back to Earth, according to a report in China Daily. The satellite will be about 500 km (310 miles) above the Earth, compared to the moon’s 380,000 km (236,000 miles). These satellites will be eight times brighter than Earth’s moon and will supplement streetlights at night in the city of Chengdu....

These multiple vulnerabilities could be exploited by a remote attacker to activate denial of service condition, remote code execution, and security restriction bypass on the targeted system. Version number 98.0.4758.102 of the Chrome browser fixes vulnerabilities such as CVE-2022-0603, CVE-2022-0604, CVE-2022-0605, CVE-2022-0606, CVE-2022-0607, CVE-2022-0608, CVE-2022-0609, and CVE -2022-0610. Of the above, the zero-day bug tracked as CVE-2022-0609 (“Use after free in Animation”) was discovered by members of the Google Threat Analysis Team and being exploited in real-world attacks....

The new watch is going to be thinner than the current generation of Pebble smartwatch. And while the new device will have a color display and a slimmer hardware profile, it’s said to have battery life that compares to the first generation Pebble. You cannot say what is inside until you buy it, but 9to5Mac claims that the design has a new processor and a 6-axis gyroscope for motion detection....

Dendroid was a software toolkit used to create trojanised applications that infects Android-based smartphones. The malware is created by modifying the required permissions by any clean APK (Android Application Package) with Dendroid RAT functionality that allows detailed management of the infected devices. The virus allows hackers to place phone calls, intercept text messages coming in or going out, open applications, and delete call logs. Due to the intricacies of Dendroid, its users are able to sneak infected applications into the Google Play store....

42 year old Arthur Budovsky, its creator first started the digital currency service in 2006 from Costa Rica. However it fell foul with US authorities and the Liberty Reserve creator was arrested. In a ruling yesterday, a US judge sentenced Budovsky to 20 years. The U.S. government contended that the whole thing was just a massive, $6 billion money laundering operation. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote sentenced him to two decades in federal prison....

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Early access subscribers were given the opportunity to preview the vehicle 24 hours before its official launch on May 31. For the unversed, the original DeLorean is famously remembered for producing the DMC DeLorean (DMC-12) stainless steel sports car that featured as the time machine in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985, 1989, and 1990). However, the company was shut down when it went bankrupt in 1982. In 1995, British-born mechanic Stephen Wynne started a separate company using the “DeLorean Motor Company” name and shortly thereafter acquired the remaining parts inventory and the stylized “DMC” logo trademark of DeLorean Motor Company....

The draft law will introduce rules that will allow schools to to carry out background checks on the students search history and social media activity. It goes as far as to allow examiners to examine a student’s laptop log files and more when deemed necessary. The proposal has already been forwarded for further consideration. We should note however, that schools cannot force each and every student to hand over their personal laptops for examination instead, student have to give their consent before their laptops can be examined....

Russian researcher and developers from Advanced Research Fund (ARF) claim to have created a “brain-computer” interface that allows for machines to be controlled by the power of thought. Andrei Grigoryev, the head of Russia’s Advanced Research Fund (ARF) told the Russian news agency RIA Novosti that “We have completed a ‘brain-computer’ interface project which has been tested repeatedly.” He added that the federal government is interested in the ways and expertise used to develop the product....