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Apple OS X YosemiteSpotlight Search FeatureDisclaimerOther fixes in OS X Yosemite While the Yosemite has been received well by the Apple users, but a section of the users including privacy advocates have panned Apple for compromising the users privacy in the latest version of OS X Yosemite. Spotlight Search Feature Critics and pro privacy advocates pointed out that Yosemite sends location information to Apple by default via the Spotlight search feature....

We are in the 5G zone and a new Internet experience waiting to be unleashed. Along with Samsung, Nokia, Alcatel etc in the 5G arena, Qualcomm is also pushing hard to bring 5G mobile telephone to you and me.While who will be first to bring the technology to users is anybody’s guess, Qualcomm showed what it can do with 5G tech at the recently concluded CES 2017 at Las Vegas, United States....

Grub Vulnerability : You can Hack into a Linux PC/laptop just by pressing ‘Backspace’ 28 timesHere’s How to Exploit the Linux VulnerabilityPatch Here’s How to Exploit the Linux Vulnerability Patch

Now, Plex, the media streaming app, has announced to make its Live TV over-the-air functionality free to Plex users for 3 months to keep people self-isolating at home entertained and healthy during this crisis time. You can now watch free, over-the-air broadcasts in any supported Plex player apps without any Plex Pass until June 30th. Previously, users would need to be a Plex Pass subscriber to access Plex live TV....

The unbreakable Nokia 3310 was originally launched in 2000, which was later discontinued in 2005. The feature phone was the world’s best-selling phone of its time with 126 million units being sold. It had a nearly indestructible build and a battery that lasted for days, which made it an iconic phone in early 2000. Now, seventeen years later after its original launch, the ‘modern version’ of the Nokia 3310 is back with a slimmer and softer design....

Mobile gaming is a huge business, as people like to record videos of their gameplay or stream the action. While streaming your favourite smartphone apps on Twitch is very time consuming, it is even more difficult to set it up on Facebook Live. Since, the Android emulator basically runs the Google OS inside your PC or Mac, it becomes very easy to fire up the Play Store and download any app or game that you want....

But NSA leaks from the Edward Snowden documents showed how the agency developed specific spyware to target iPhones, allowing information to be gathered from iPhone devices. Apple has denied being involved in any spyware development with the NSA. With their latest operating system, iOS 8, Apple claims it is not even able to decrypt messages itself that come through its devices, as it values its emphasis on user security. But if these PRISM tools are already in place Apple may have plausible deniability with any compromise on current and future iPhone upgrades....

So, how does this robo-interview work? You are given a question on the screen for which you have a limited amount of time to answer. You talk to your computer, record the responses, and send them back to the company. At times, prospective employees get a practice question to get used to talking to a camera, while at times they may not. However, most often you get a chance to re-record your answer at the end....

According to Schneider, YouTube’s system for policing copyright infringement protects the “behemoths of the creative industry” such as major studios and record labels, but leaves small producers like her to basically to look out for themselves. YouTube also restricts access to its takedown tools, profits from infringement, and fails to terminate repeat infringers, Schneider added. “YouTube, the largest video-sharing website in the world, is replete with videos infringing on the rights of copyright holders....

The group were involved in London’s National Portrait Gallery robberies on the same day, one of which caused a stampede and left members of the public horrified. They were also involved in a fake kidnapping at Tate Britain in July 2015. Daniel Jarvis, 27, Helder Gomes, 23, Endrit Ferizolli, 20, and Ebenezer Mensah, 29 were sentenced on Monday at the City of London Magistrate’s Court. On Monday morning, the members of the London-based collective pleaded guilty to two counts of using threatening words or behaviour contrary to Section 4 of the Section 4 Public Order Act 1986, namely causing fear and provocation of violence....

Hollywood Life reported that the naked photo of Zayn Malik was supposedly stolen after hackers gained access to the iCloud account of his girlfriend, Little Mix singer Perrie Edwards, though this has not been independently confirmed. Another celebrity tracker, Oh No They Didn’t! found Zayn’s photo on the tumblr of user zayn011293, whose account has been deleted. The user captioned the photo, “OMG SO APPARENTLY PERRIE’S ICLOUD GOT HACKED.”...

In a newly identified scam detected by security company Symantec, a malicious app dubbed ‘Android.Fakeapp’, involves a new malware strain that is phishing for Facebook login credentials directly from the targeted devices. Once the Facebook user credentials are obtained, the malware logs into the account and collects account information and results using the Facebook mobile app’s search functionality. According to the researchers, the Fakeapp malware is currently made available via malicious apps to English-speaking users on third-party app stores....

“In some important ways, my generation has failed you in this regard,” Cook said. “We spent too much time debating. We’ve been too focused on the fight and not focused enough on progress. And you don’t need to look far to find an example of that failure,” while referring to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in New Orleans. According to him, the graduates should spend their time working on solving previous problems and also ignore the political noise created around fixing climate change....

Video gaming goes back to the early 1950’s with the inventions of simulations, and artificial intelligence programs and simple games to begin with for computer science research. However, video games gained real popularity with the introduction of arcade video games, gaming consoles and home computer games in the 1970s and 1980s. which was too much fun to play at that time. Also Read- T-Rex Dinosaur is actually a hidden game in Google Chrome Since then the video gaming world has evolved so much to see eight generations of video game consoles passing by with the latest generation including Nintendo’s “Wii U”, Microsoft’s “Xbox One”, and Sony’s “PlayStation 4”....

As the attack was done yesterday night, and more than 20 hours have already passed, Most of the websites have been restored, but few are still showing the deface page. List of effected websites can be seen from the paste provided below:

The new keyboard on the 13-inch MacBook Pro comprises of a redesigned scissor mechanism with 1 millimeter of key travel for a comfortable and stable key feel. If you have been eyeing the 13-inch MacBook Pro then now is the right time to cop it. In this article, we have shared information about the upgrades and specifications of the new 13-inch MacBook Pro. 13-inch MacBook Pro: Specifications And Features Similar to its predecessor, the new MacBook Pro sports a 13-inch Retina display that offers more than 4 million pixels and millions of colors, along with 500 nits of brightness and support for the P3 wide color gamut....

If you are thinking about choosing a career, you can get some advice from the master himself. Microsoft founder, Bill Gates has said that the future jobs belong to those who excel in Science, Engineering, and Economics. Bill Gates revealed the three skills he believes will make someone successful in the future job market, So if you are not interested in science or the numbers, you can get lost in the job market....

Judge Lewis Kaplan sentenced Timur Gerassimenko, 35, to a four year sentence while his partners in crime, Dmitiri Jegorov, 37, and Konstantin Poltev, 31 were sentenced to 44 months and 40 months imprisonment respectively. The three cyber criminals were part of a larger 7 member gang based in Eastern Europe. They used a malware to infect more than 4 million PC around the world, 500,000 of them in the US, including some belonging to NASA and other US agencies....

For example, if a user wants to surf the internet they need to have a Web browser for it which will convert all the HTML Document code into a full-fledged working website stored on some server. Due to this, a user is able to surf the internet and at the same time Police can trace those users ( With the help of IP addresses ) who try to steal some information online or we should say breach in some company’s data center ( also known as hackers )....

Don’t believe everything you see and hear : 5 biggest smartphone myths bustedMyth 1: Smartphones with quad-core and octa-core processors are fasterMyth 2: Killing Apps with Task Killer will speed up your smartphoneMyth 3: More RAM is betterMyth 4: Only use smartphone manufacturer’s chargerMyth 5: More Megapixels, Better Camera! However, like every tech gadget, people believe in some myths regarding smartphones. These myths are like superstitions which you from having proper knowledge....