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The palm-sized robot was built using a combination of molding for the body and 3D printing for the legs. The design is totally soft without a hard part in sight, meaning there’s no conventional circuits or batteries. It’s actually powered by gas, which Octobot can autonomously direct around its artificial body. Octobot may not be commercially exploited but it opens a new way we view at robotics. “This research is a proof of concept,” said Harvard grad student and researcher Ryan Truby....

As soon as it was looking everything is fine, Melbourne IT suffered a breach again and got their blog (https://www.melbourneit.com.au/blog/) defaced by SEA, SEA was having control over there server, emails and other data late night yesterday. but the service provider might have changed their login credentials after twitter, New York Times, Huffington post suffered the Attack. but after few hours a tweet fired from Official Syrian Electronic Army twitter Account stated that they have defaced Melbourne IT blog....

It appears that there’s a bug in the latest build of Windows 10 that despite having a fully functioning Internet connection displays false internet connection warnings. Due to these warnings, most installed applications like Spotify, Cortana, and Microsoft Store don’t function properly. However, the bug doesn’t impact browsers. Windows 10 False ‘Not Connected’ Alert As mentioned above, the “No Internet Access” warning is creating havoc among users. The warning is visible on the taskbar of every affected Windows device....

Making the Windows Driver Frameworks source code public, the MSDN Blog states that the repo is now live and can be accessed here. Microsoft says that it has made source code public because it wants interested users to debug their drivers with it. It hopes that the source code will give developers, students and other interested users a knowledge of what the framework does. Microsoft said that it has published the source code behind KMDF and UMDF v2....

According to a report by Windows Central, Project Latte will enable developers to bring their Android apps through the Microsoft Store with little to no code adjustments by delivering them as an MSIX file, an app package format supported by the Windows 10 ecosystem. The project will reportedly be powered by Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) that will allow developers to convert Android apps into MSIX format and later submit them on the Microsoft Store....

The Redmond based tech giant has designed a custom ROM for Xiaomi Mi 4 which, a elite band of users are testing. The custom ROM is pretty much like what other Android ROMs are available worldwide, the only difference is that these custom ROMs like CyanogenMOD run on Android which Microsoft’s version will run on Windows 10. The testing which was done in collaboration with Xiaomi and will mean installing Windows 10 ROM on Xiaomi Mi 4....

A previously disclosed flaw in Windows can allow an attacker to steal usernames and passwords of any signed-in user — simply by tricking a user into visiting a malicious website. But now a new proof-of-exploit shows just how easy it is to steal someone’s credentials. The flaw is widely known, and it’s said to be almost 20 years old. It was allegedly found in 1997 by Aaron Spangler and was most recently resurfaced by researchers in 2015 at Black Hat, an annual security and hacking conference in Las Vegas....

Tor aka“The Onion Router” is a famous weapon to beat censorship laws around the world. It also provides a private method of communication for journalists, activists, dissidents, students etc. If you are worried about government snooping on your online behaviour, Tor is the answer. But this seems to be a false hope as two researchers say they’ve uncovered snoops inside the Tor network that may be listening in on what you’re doing....

According to study leader, David Moses, the mind-reading machine has an accuracy rate of 90 percent or more and it works by understanding consonants and vowels in our brains. The machine is expected to help several patients who are unable to move or speak despite being mentally active. The device is explained in the Journal of Neural Engineering. So, how does the mind-reading machine works? Basically, electrodes are implanted in the brain and linked to a computer that translates electrical signals transmitted by the brain....

The largest prime number to date has been discovered by the researchers at the University of Central Michigan – it’s got more than 22 million digits, or almost 5 million digits larger than the previous record prime, which was discovered three years ago. A text file containing the entire number takes up 21.7 MB of space. A prime number is a whole number greater than one that can only be divided by itself and one....

So here’s everything you need to know about Microsoft’s new Windows Terminal for Windows 10. Microsoft’s New Windows Terminal Windows Terminal is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application that’s dedicated for developers who use Command Prompt, Windows Subsystem for Linux, and PowerShell. Microsoft’s New Windows TerminalDownload Windows Terminal As far as the features are concerned, the new Windows Terminal app includes multiple tab support. Furthermore, it supports themes and more customization for developers who want to tweak the Terminal app....

In April, Google had launched custom voice action command, that allowed users to control select third-party apps simply by starting with the “Ok Google” command. Until now, this has used Hangouts, Google’s default texting application on Android. Google has now updated their Android-based voice-command system and expanded that functionality to messaging apps, including WhatsApp, Viber, WeChat, NextPlus and Telegram. This upgrade comes to the base version of the Google Now Launcher, which is available in the Google Play app store to most devices released within the last couple of years....

As a member of the hacking group “NullCrew,” Timothy Justen French exploited computer vulnerabilities to obtain unauthorized access and steal confidential information, including encrypted personal data of thousands of individuals. French, 21, of Morristown, Tenn., faces up to 10 years in prison and may be ordered to pay monetary loss up to $792,000 caused due to his cyber-attacks at his sentencing hearing, set for March 9, 2016 at 3.45 pm....

The LG 2021 4K Smart TV models that support the GeForce NOW app include OLED TV models G1, C1, B1, A1; QNED Mini LED TV models QNED90, QNED85; NanoCell TV models NANO90, NANO85, NANO80, NANO77, NANO75; UHD TV models UP80, UP77, UP75. If you have got any of the above-mentioned compatible 2021 LG TV, all you need to do is download the GeForce Now app from the LG Content Store....

If this happens, the OnePlus 8 Lite would be OnePlus’ first mid-range smartphone in more than four years. According to the leaked CAD-based renders, the mid-range OnePlus 8 Lite will feature either a 6.4-inch or a 6.5-inch display panel. Further, there is no mention of 90Hz refresh rate as seen on the premium OnePlus 7T and OnePlus 7T Pro models. The smartphone could offer an in-display fingerprint scanner on the front, which means it could have an OLED display....

According to the lawyer, Google has generated a total of $31 billion in revenue ($22 billion USD in profit) through its Android licensing fees and now that we have gotten to know that figure, we do not believe that it is a surprising figure primarily because there are a large number of smartphone manufacturers who have started to sell their devices powered by the company’s mobile operating system. Naturally, Google was not happy that the lawyer disclosed these figures as the company’s lawyers stated the following: Samsung, one of the many manufacturers that uses Google’s mobile OS, is the largest Android smartphone OEM right now, and it has been reported that Google is lending out a helping hand to the South Korean company in order to make its TouchWiz interface much more refined, and resource optimized....

The highly anticipated Parrot Security OS 3.0 release dubbed as Lithium arrived on June 21, 2016. It is a huge update to previous versions of the Debian-based cloud-friendly operating system powered by GNU/Linux and Open Source technologies. Keeping security auditing in mind, Parrot Security OS 3.0 has been designed with penetration testing. It’s an OS built for security professionals to use in ethical hacking, reverse engineering, computer forensic, cloud pentesting, privacy, cryptography and more....

Now, there’s a new local player in town, a company called ZUK. Headed by Chang Cheng, former VP of Lenovo, ZUK is a very interesting company that is actually supported by both Qihoo 360 and Lenovo with the former company investing $409 million in it. It will be very exciting to see what are they able to do in such a highly-competitive environment, as they definitely mean business. The company’s forthcoming Cyanogen-powered ZUK Z1 smartphone is according to what some say would be a high-end offering by the company....