Oneplus One Smartphones To Be Sold Without Invite From Tuesday

Now OnePlus has announced that its OnePlus One smartphones is available for purchase online without the requirements of ‘Invite’. The OnePlus One Invite was very much sought after in world tech forums and Facebook pages and is being sold/bartered at a premium. With this announcement the OnePlus One and its forthcoming OnePlus Two smartphones will be available to users without the mandatory invite. OnePlus had followed a policy of selling the OnePlus One handset via an invite-only system up to now but the company is opening up the smartphone sales for all users to buy through the more traditional channel for 24 hours each week....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 273 words · Terry Gibbs

Pornhub Makes Twitter An Offer To Buy Out Its 6 Second Video Service Vine Techworm

Immediately after Twitter’s Jack Dorsey announced that it will be shutting down Vine, the adult site has quickly jumped in to rescue the six-sec video service. In a letter from Pornhub VP Corey Price to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Price stated that, Pornhub’s Price also told Dorsey that it will restore Vine to its pristine ‘NSFW glory.’ adding that the six-second video platform is perfectly suited for its operations. Price says that clips “of porn in six seconds is more than enough time for most people to enjoy themselves....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 237 words · Dena Wynn

Private Torrent Site Filelist Ro Domain Seized Following Criminal Investigation

With more than a million members, the invite-only torrent site is facing a criminal investigation being supervised by the Prosecutor’s Office of the High Court of Cassation and Justice. Founded in 2007, Romania-based Filelist.ro saw between 7.5 million and 10 million monthly visits this year, according to SimilarWeb stats. Currently, when a user tries to access the site’s main domain (Filelist.ro), it displays the following message (translated in English) confirming that it is facing a criminal investigation: This domain name is seized in accordance with the provisions of art....

January 2, 2023 · 3 min · 485 words · Martha Nylen

Pubg Mobile Can Make A Comeback After Axing Their Partnership With Tencent

PUBG Mobile Can Make a Miraculous return The bone of contention has been the mobile game’s connection with the Tencent corporation, a Chinese tech-giant. PUBG Mobile Can Make a Miraculous return Call of Duty Mobile allegedly followed a Similar Route However, that is not the case anymore, as PUBG Corp is distancing itself from Tencent to make a comeback in India. PUBG Corp is a South Korean company, which partnered with Tencent in its nascent stage for their global ambitions....

January 2, 2023 · 1 min · 161 words · Jimmie Harris

Raspberry Pi 400 With 4Gb Ram Launches For 70

Inspired by classic home computers like BBC Micros, ZX Spectrums, Commodore Amigas, and others, Raspberry Pi has integrated the motherboard directly into the keyboard for Pi 400. The Raspberry Pi 400 is powered by a quad-core 64-bit processor (an Arm Cortex-A72 CPU running at 1.8GHz) with 4GB of LPDDR4-3200 RAM. It also features Bluetooth 5.0 wireless display, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ethernet port, two USB 3.0 ports and one USB 2....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 350 words · Laura Lewis

Raspberry Pi Gets Official Touchscreen Support In Linux 4 21

Prior to this, touchscreen support was provided either by using customized Linux kernels for distributions like Raspbian, a Debian-based computer operating system for Raspberry Pi devices or by custom kernel patching. Instead of HDMI, the Raspberry Pi touchscreen connects via the DSI port with power provided via GPIO pins. The touchscreen drivers will support 10-finger touch and other basic features. With now Raspberry Pi receiving support for the touchscreen, it can be used to make a DIY tablet or any other smart devices that need display....

January 2, 2023 · 1 min · 149 words · Deborah Mclamb

Razer To Manufacture Its Concept Rgb Face Mask

Now, the Irvine-based company has announced its plans to manufacture and ship the concept N95 face mask. “We were thinking, this is a concept project and is this going to be relevant when vaccinations and everything has been rolled out,” said Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan while speaking in an interview with Yahoo Finance. “I think moving forward we decided — and I can tell you now — we are going to proceed in making it a reality and ship the smart mask....

January 2, 2023 · 4 min · 643 words · Derrick Klebanow

Reliance Jio Storms India Offers Unlimited Broadband Internet At 60Mbps For Just 7 Per Month Techworm

Reliance Jio which is owned by India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani has unleashed brutal price war for Internet market in India to take on the existing players. The service from JIO is all set to be opened for all in coming days as the company finishes up with testing phase. The company is going to announce the tariff plans for its broadband service just as they did with 4G services....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 369 words · Philip Nash

Researcher Says Microsoft Edge Has Inherited Many Of Internet Explorer S Security Holes Techworm

Back in May, Microsoft Edge senior program manager Crispin Cowan made some bold predictions in the blog post Microsoft Edge: Building a safer browser. In the blog, Cowan assured us that: The article goes on at length to describe how Edge will be better than the bad, old IE, “including industry-leading sandboxing, compiler, and memory management techniques developed in close partnership with Windows.” Leohard writes that Patch Tuesday released by Microsoft yesterday and last month confirms his belief that Edge is carrying forward the IE vulnerabilities....

January 2, 2023 · 1 min · 210 words · Kristin Craig

Researchers Created A Cyborg Rose By Hacking A Living Rose To Implant It With Electronic Circuit Techworm

The groundbreaking research was led by Professor Magnus Berggren, Linköping University’s Strategic Research Centre for Organic Bioelectronics director and Organic Electronics professor. The team at Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE) is hopeful that the cutting-edge research would give birth to organic electronics and new tools. The team with the help of synthetic polymers managed to use the vascular system of rose stems to build the basic parts of electronic circuits inside the plant....

January 2, 2023 · 3 min · 541 words · Gerald Henesey

Run Linux Desktop On Browser With Icebergs

Now you can run Ubuntu with Xfce in a browsersHow does the Icebergs’ offering works However, there is new startup called Icebergs, which provides a new cloud-based service that runs a traditional Xfce desktop environment on top of Ubuntu Linux. Currently, it is based on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (Trusty Tahr), running Linux kernel 3.13. It offers users with a full and complete desktop environment, as everything is written in HTML5. The users can also install the software they need, as it provides them root (system administrator) access....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 333 words · Kimberly Woods

Samsung Blu Ray Players Are In Infinite Rebooting Loop Any Fixes Yet

Many users have woken up with their Samsung Blu Ray players in a Reboot loop. The problem has risen across standalone Blu Ray players( specifically HT-J5500W and ), home-theatre systems, laptops, and several other media players with Blu Ray Support. What is happening in the Rebooting Power Loop? The Samsung Blu Ray players appear to be on with no display on the TV screen. The player looks to be reading the disc, but nothing comes up on the screen....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 312 words · Annette Crase

Samsung Claims To Replace Galaxy S5 Phones Affected By Faulty Camera Techworm

January 2, 2023 · 0 min · 0 words · Dennis White

Sandisk S Ixpand Memory Case Adds 128Gb Storage To Your Iphone Techworm

It will be available in 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB storage variants. SanDisk’s new case that wraps around the iPhone ensures durable protection for the smartphone while adding to the iPhone’s base storage capacity via the Lightning port. It is worth noting that SanDisk already has a Lightning to USB flash drive for iPhone and iPad devices. The company has also launched a new iOS app for accessing all the stored media....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 332 words · Teri Forbes

Several Venezuela Government Websites Hacked And Defaced By Anonymous Hackers Techworm

From all 12 defaced websites, 11 of the websites are of Government of Venezuela and 12th website is a Military Subdomain of Venezuela. At the time of writing the Article all websites were still showing the deface page.

January 2, 2023 · 1 min · 38 words · Gerald Mccullum

Snapchat S Content Feed Could Soon Become Algorithmic Techworm

“It’s going to the same model Facebook has: It’s free for everybody to share content, but an algorithm will penalize some people and boost others,” a publishing-industry source reportedly told Digiday. “That’s why you don’t want to be beholden to any one of these platforms or you’re suddenly stuck when the game changes.” While the new setup is expected to help in sorting the flood of content in your feed, it also provides ways for advertisers and publishers to buy a more visible location....

January 2, 2023 · 1 min · 112 words · Michael Cobb

Snowden Wows Ces 2016 Crowd Disguised As A Robot Techworm

The former National Security Agency contractor, famous for leaking top secret documents pertaining to NSA’s snooping and surveillance programs, made a virtual appearance at the Suitable Technologies booth here. Snowden was in Las Vegas virtually through Suitable’s Beam, a roaming screen on wheels used for remote commuting and virtual meetings. Snowden was in high praise for the virtual screen and said that Beam can be used to subvert government snooping and surveillance....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 220 words · Patricia Erwin

Son Accidentally Racks Up 5 800 Through Ios App S In App Purchases Father Goes Mad Techworm

However, it should be noted that while the individual is pointing fingers at Apple, he did ignore the receipts that had been emailed to him every 24 hours after the purchasing spree began. The report also stated that one point, the son was at the pinnacle of his spending rampage, as he was able to rake up a bill of $2,000 in a couple of hours. In total, there were a total of 65 transactions carried out over a period of five days....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 234 words · Don Rameriz

Sony Aiming To Buy Anime Streaming Site Crunchyroll For Almost 1 Billion

According to a report from Nikkei Asia, the acquisition could cost the Tokyo-based electronics giant over 100 billion yen or approximately $957 million. This comes as Sony won the exclusive rights to negotiate for Crunchyroll. Headquartered in San Francisco, the streaming service was founded in 2006, which was later acquired by U.S. telecoms giant AT&T in 2018. This isn’t the first time Sony has acquired an anime streaming service. In 2017, Sony had bought U....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 226 words · Ronnie Sachse

Strandhogg 2 0 Bug Lets Malware Pose As A Real App And Steal User Data

This Android bug dubbed as “StrandHogg 2.0” (CVE-2020-0096) attacks a device by showing a fake interface, which tricks users to give away sensitive information that includes private SMS messages and photos, stealing of victims’ login credentials, tracking GPS movements, making and/or recording phone conversations, and spying through a phone’s camera and microphone. Unlike the infamous StrandHogg vulnerability that allowed malicious apps to hijack Android’s multitasking feature and “freely assume any identity in the multitasking system they desire”, the new StrandHogg 2....

January 2, 2023 · 3 min · 638 words · Jacqueline Hurdle