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Unfortunately, malicious actors and criminals have taken notice of this and they now look to take advantage of consumers during the holidays. It’s become a busy season for hackers as scams and cyberattacks have turned out to be quite profitable endeavors during such a season. This means that consumers have to be extra vigilant and adopt measures to help them mitigate the threats posed by these bad actors. Fortunately, capable security solutions such as Reason are available to help protect users from these cyberattacks....

According to Apple, when the device detects a severe car crash, the Crash Detection feature will display an alert and automatically initiate an emergency phone call after 20 seconds unless it is manually canceled. If the user is unresponsive, it will play an audio message for emergency services, which informs them about the car accident and provides latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates with an approximate search radius. Apparently, in some cases, this feature is overdoing it by erroneously calling 911 when customers are riding rollercoasters with an iPhone 14 or a new Apple Watch....

For the uninitiated, UEFI is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. UEFI replaces the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware interface originally present in all IBM PC-compatible personal computers, with most UEFI firmware implementations providing legacy support for BIOS services. Most newer system utilizing UEFI, running rm -rf / is enough to permanently brick the Linux based system. Windows and other operating systems are also prone to this issue when using UEFI....

Product bundles encourage your customers to buy more per purchase, earning you more money. But how do you implement them into your store? Meet the Product Bundle add-on from SaleSource, an essential to skyrocket your sales. This add-on makes it possible for you to create custom product bundles, providing shoppers incentive to buy more on the spot. All you need to do is to go through three simple steps – Select items for the bundle – Set the price or discounts – Save it....

The special Pokémon edition package of the Galaxy Buds 2 comes with a pair of Buds 2, a separate Poke Ball themed carrying case, and some stickers featuring popular Pokemon characters featuring popular Pokémon characters like Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Jigglypuff, Ditto, Dragonite, Lapras, Eevee, Gengar, and Mew. The Pokémon-themed case is even compatible with the Galaxy Buds Pro and Galaxy Buds Live. Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 Pokémon Edition is available in five color options: Onyx, Olive, White, Lavender, and Graphite for Korean customers....

The numbers given in the the warning are 1-800-480-4170? in the U.S. or “0800 279 6211? or “0800 652 4895? in the UK. While other users have reported a message saying “There is a problem with the configuration of your iOS. Please call Apple Technical Support.” Some users said the pop-up had frozen activity on their browser. According to those affected, a person then answers the call and asks for a payment to remove the block on a phone and “restart” iOS....

Brian Krebs who is a security researcher said that Twitter account’s owner based on past postings to the social media side and other Twitter information that led him to believe he’s part of the “Impact Team” responsible for the hack attack on Ashley Madison. However Thadeus Zu has vehemently denied any involvement in the AM hacking saga. Thadeus has been firing tweets denying any involvement in the hack attack....

In the past, Siri would say things like “I don’t know what you mean by ‘I was raped’” or “How about a Web search for it?” After Apple and the other providers faced swift criticism for the lack of response to sexual assault, Apple got in touch with the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) to collaborate on giving Siri a better and more thoughtful response to statements such as “I was raped....

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Dubbed as SF-G UHS-II SD card, it is aimed at high-end photography and video professionals and boasts read speeds of up to 300 megabytes per second (MB/s) and write speeds of 299 MB/s with devices that support the SD card UHS-II standard, ultimately making it the fastest in the world. “The quick write speed supports maximum performance of digital imaging devices, contributing to longer continuous shooting of high-resolution images with UHS-II supporting cameras,” the Sony announcement reads....

— Joe Madden (@Hyper200) May 9, 2016 The new colour is visible to only a few users as the company is believed to be embarking on one of its famous “A/B tests”. The company regularly makes a small change for a subset of users, examining how they respond before deciding whether or not to roll it out to the wider user base. Business Insider’s Rob Price could see only blue and more blue in his search results....

Its all about your stars. Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook and is now worth an estimated $50 billion. On the other hand, James Goodfellow invented a game changer machine which is used millions of people around the world every day and it got him nothing. Facebook is useful just for social life but ATM has become a necessity for many of us. In fact, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of his invention, the 79-year-old told Guardian Money that he earned just $15 from the patent, and has not made a penny more from it since....

Here is a look at the top most tech companies to work for in 2015No. 1: GoogleNo. 2: F5 NetworksNo. 3: FacebookNo. 4: QualcommNo. 5: AdobeNo. 6: MathWorksNo. 7: AppleNo. 8: LinkedInNo. 9: ZillowNo. 10: Mindbody According to Glassdoor’s latest list of the 50 best companies to work for includes 14 tech companies, and not probably all of them would have been heard by you. Let’s have a look at the top 10 tech companies based on their rating in the descending order....

The World’s Most Powerful Graphics Card Likely To Be Launched by PowerColorYou can rely on the Devil 13 before the R9 Gemini and future NVIDIA project arrives Even though many more powerful graphics cards are out there, with AMD’s own upcoming dual “Fiji” R9 Gemini and the un-named dual GPU NVIDIA project grabbing some headlines, PowerColor is still, and in all likelihood will be today’s most powerful graphics card. The new adapter built by PowerColor has two AMD Radeon R9 390 “Hawaii” GPUs....

“The approach was to look at every aspect of making a shoe and try to reimagine it. Freeing yourself of what is here now can be an enjoyable and rewarding exercise, typically it also speeds up change”, says Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior Vice President BMW Group Design. BMW Group Design had introduced the BMW GINA Light Visionary Model – a concept car with a seamless fabric outer shell in the year 2008, which consisted of a flexible material stretched over a movable substructure where functions were only enabled when actually needed....

“It would run non-stop, so smaller vessels would need to catch the train when it passed by,” Charles wrote on the Solar Express Website. “In space, the most expensive portions of travel are the acceleration and deceleration phases. The energy required for those portions is tremendous, especially for something as heavy as a space train. In addition, if you were to start hauling cargo, it would become very expensive. However, once the train reached its cruising speed, its energy consumption would be minimal....

A critical bug allows hackers to gain access to Android smartphones/tablets lockscreen with a simple hack. Security researchers from University of Texas, Austin have discovered a critical flaw in Android smartphones and tablets which lets hackers gain complete access to a Android smartphone by just inputting a special characters in the lockscreen window. According to the researchers this Android smartphone hack affects all devices running versions of Android 5.x which means that a millions of Android smartphones in circulation worldwide are susceptible....

Notably, Harshwardhan Zala, a class 10 student, has been working on his business plan and had built 3 prototypes of the drone for which he has totally spent around $7,336 dollars (Rs. 5,00,000). While the teen’s parents shelled out approximately $2,934 for the first two prototypes, he was granted $4,400 from the state for the third prototype. Now, the government experts will explore the possibility of its commercial production. “An MoU has been signed with him and in the coming days Gujarat government will work with him on this project,” said Dr Narottam Sahu, head of Gujarat Council on Science and Technology (GUJCOST)....

The new method utilizes silicon computer wafers attached to a piece of tempered glass, which when heated in one spot shatters into small pieces. Gregory Whiting, a materials scientist and manager of the Novel Electronics Group that produced the chip at PARC, a California-based company, said that the heat can be turned on via a remote, which could imaginably be triggered by anything from Wi-Fi to a radio frequency signal in the future....

Patrick Hall, founder of Fstopper.com said that a few months ago, he discovered that the poster printing website had put many of his friends wedding photographs up for sale without their consent. To handle this situation, the suggested course of action would have been to instantly get in touch with the website and insist that they remove their photos from the WallPart database or else legal action would be taken....