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For those unfamiliar, TIOBE maintains a regularly updated list of the world’s most popular programming languages. Considering how TIOBE’s December list places C in second place, which has remained unchanged from December 2015, its conclusion comes as a surprise. However, TIOBE sees some decline in interest in the language resulting in its downfall in popularity. “The language was in a range of 15% to 20% for more than 15 years and this year it suddenly started to suffer,” read a note accompanying the latest update....

Zen Protocol claims to be the first system to fully decentralize finance and create contracts affected by real world events. If you haven’t read a tech publication in the past six months, you’d be forgiven if you hadn’t known about the latest investing trend, ICOs. While blockchain is a term we’ve been hearing thrown around for years, only lately has it really been picking up speed, with more and more startups starting to show what they have to offer when it comes to this new technology....

“Preparations are going at a hectic pace at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota for the July 15 early morning launch at 2.51 a.m. Everything is progressing normally,” said an official of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk 3) referred to as ‘fat boy’ by ISRO officials is a 640-tonne rocket that will carry the 3.8-tonne Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft to the moon....

However, there are a couple of disadvantages that may make this not worth though. First, if you enable the feature, all your personal content will be erased from your device. Second, if you want to uninstall the retail demo experience, you need a password that won’t be reported to the public, people may end up disabling the retail demos of devices at stores creating havoc for retailers. You can enable the demo feature by going to Settings -> Windows Update and Recovery -> Activation....

Going by the roadmap leaked, Xiaomi will bring out as many as four more devices in the balance of 2015 out of which Redmi Note series is prominent. Now it is continuing on the big bang releases with not one but two devices on May 18th as per reports. New leaks from @upleaks suggest that the Xiaomi Redmi successor will be Redmi Note 2. From the leaks, the Redmi Note 2 look quite similar to it’s predecessor with model name “H3Y” etched on the back of the metal-made phone....

A report out of China has made some pretty outstanding claims with regards to the specs of the handset. In fact the LG G4 Pro will make use of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor which most likely will not face the same overheating issues that the Snapdragon 810 is facing at the moment. According to information revealed by a Russian outlet, the LG G4 Pro will come with a Snapdragon 820 chipset, 4GB of RAM, a 5....

Now, Technobuffalo have leaked the renders of Chinese manufacturer, LG’s upcoming smartphone, G7 (Neo), which provides us an insight of the forthcoming device. While the renders aren’t official, these are made by Benjamin Geskin, who has a profound record of leaking smartphones well in advance. — Ben Geskin (@VenyaGeskin1) March 7, 2018 The leaked renders of G7 show off a heavily borrowed design of the iPhone X, complete with the notch at the top and an almost bezel-less edge-to-edge display....

Based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Linux Mint 20.3 is a long-term support release, which will be supported until 2025. It is available for download in Cinnamon, MATE, or XFCE versions, which all have a Windows-like interface and GTK-based applications. Linux Mint 20.3 Release: New Features In this update, the Hypnotix IPTV player has been improved with Dark Mode support and a new set of flags. It also includes a new search function that allows you to easily find TV channels, movies, and series....

Anybody who clicks these links is redirected to a fake video website containing lots of adverts generating ad income for the person behind the scam. However the scam doesnt stop here, after a series of Authentication requests it asks the victim to fill in the survey which the website says, is part of a security check.At the end of the survey the victim is usually asked to enter his mobile phone number to continue to the video, which in fact causes the victim to sign up for premium mobile service without his knowledge....

According to the police, Sant made 16 separate transmissions to pilots at Tullamarine and Avalon airports between 5 September and 3 November. Sant from Melbourne was arrested earlier this week after authorities suspected him of tapping into air traffic control.

In a recent Gates Notes blogpost, he said that investing in poultry would his first move if he were living on $2 per day. This is because he has spent a lot of time working and aiding people in very poor African countries, so he knows the best ways to survive with just a couple of dollars. “That’s what I would do – I would raise chickens,” he says, going on to explain some of the reasons behind his decision....

Researchers who uncovered a security key says that this particular key protects Windows devices as they boot up say their discovery is proof that encryption backdoors do not work. Theoretically, the researchers can gain entrance to any Windows device in the world. Similarly, the keys will allow Windows users to install any OS of their choice on Windows devices. Secure Boot is a built into the firmware of computer or the software as the case may be, allowing the computer/software to make failsafe checks before booting....

The Redmond giant said that it will also be suspending contributions for the same period for state officials and organizations who supported such objections or suggested the election should be overturned. “We believe these steps are appropriate given the importance of these issues for the stability and future of American democracy,” Fred Humphries, Corporate Vice President of U.S. Government Affairs, wrote in an email sent to the PAC community. For those unaware, Microsoft had temporarily suspended some political contributions after the deadly attack on the U....

Now, STJSGadgets has leaked the specifications of Motorola upcoming flagship phone which it claims to Moto X 3rd Generation. The Moto X 3rd Gen will not feature the all favourite Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC probably due to the overlying heating issues reported by users. According the STJS Gadgets Portal, Moto X 3rd Gen is going to feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 808 SoC. Motorola also seems to be joining the massive RAM brigade and is powering Moto X 3rd Gen with 4GB RAM....

The Find My Device service is offered by Apple and Google and allows the smartphone owners pinpoint the location of their device on map and to lock and lock their smartphones in case they are stolen. According to Baset, vulnerabilities in Mozilla’s Find My Device service enabled hackers to carry out attacks that locked the screens of smartphones running Firefox OS, change PINs, make the devices ring, and even wipe all data with only a few clicks....

Developed by Player First Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, MultiVersus Open Beta is downloadable for free on PlayStation 5 (PS5) and PlayStation 4 (PS4) consoles, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles, and PC (Steam) with full cross-play and cross-progression support across all platforms. MultiVersus is a Smash Bros-style fighting game where you can team up with your friends using some of the most iconic characters including Batman, Shaggy, Bugs Bunny, Arya Stark & more for a face-off....

Few researchers are pretty sure regarding the traces of ancient life on the planet because they feel that there exists some life supported element on Mars which we refer to as ‘water’. However, considering the extreme harsh conditions that prevail on the surface of Mars most scientists feel that alien forms cannot survive on Mars. The unmanned probes sent to Mars, by NASA and European Space Agency have provided some evidence that there did exist some life on the ‘Red planet’....

Scientists at NASA and Johns Hopkins University are working on a space probe that will enter the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time, giving scientists invaluable data on the Sun’s corona. They also hope the space probe to provide new data about the Sun’s effects on everything from space weather to short term climate change. Named by the NASA as the “Solar Probe Plus“, it is currently being built by NASA with assistance from Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Lab and scientists from a variety of other universities and institutes....

You will be surprised to know that this is the first time in over a decade that Netflix has lost that many subscribers. This information was shared by Netflix with its shareholders in the earnings report for the first quarter of 2022. What’s more frightening is the fact that Netflix forecasted an even bigger loss of up to 2 million subscribers in the upcoming second quarter. Now there are multiple reasons behind the cancellation of subscriptions....