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With millions of visitors per day, the most used torrent site on the Internet is now providing registered users the option to secure their accounts with two-factor authentication that gives them an extra layer of security. However, the new two-factor authentication feature is entirely optional. This kind of two-factor authentication feature is also provided by Twitter, Facebook and Google for their users, TorrentFreak noted. “Using a username and password together with a piece of information that only the user knows makes it harder for potential intruders to gain access and steal that person’s personal data or identity,” KAT’s Mr....

TL;DR. Jeremy Hillman who is a Director of Corporate Communications at the World Bank found out that his son had been making in-App purchases of virtual FIFA players through his FIFA soccer game on his Xbox. He approached Microsoft but they refused to refund him the money because he himself had given the credit card details to FIFA and Xbox. Jeremy was surprised to see four consecutive entries of $109 in his credit card statement....

Two years later, Google has announced Kotlin as one of the most-loved languages with over 50% of professional Android developers now using the language to develop their apps. “Android development will become increasingly Kotlin-first,” Chet Haase, chief advocate for Google’s Android wrote in a blog post. “Many new Jetpack APIs and features will be offered first in Kotlin. If you’re starting a new project, you should write it in Kotlin; code written in Kotlin often mean much less code for you–less code to type, test, and maintain....

The 12big combines a storage capacity of up to 96TB looks like an aluminium full ATX tower, which is adorned with LaCie’s signature glowing blue eyeball. Even though it’s 17 inches tall, it’s actually not that big. LaCie helpfully notes that its 9.3-inch x 6.3-inch base gives it “a footprint smaller than a tablet.” With performance speeds of Thunderbolt 3 and RAID 5/6, it is aimed at helping video professionals and other creatives manage data from high-end cameras that record 4/5/and 6K footage....

The action involving six European countries was able to dismantle a network of child abuse photographers and has resulted in the arrest of 10 individuals and the seizure of an extensive amount of digital evidence. Authorities were able to make arrests in the Czech Republic (5), France (1), Ireland (1), Spain (1) and Sweden (2). The investigation which was secret resulted in six house searches, 30 TB of data, hundreds of DVDs, and 480 000 files which were impounded for further analysis and evidence....

The first set of leaked photos of the alleged Moto X 2015 phone came from a report over GForGames. The report showed images of the phone’s chassis, with its parts still missing. However, the most significant thing about the photo is that it has an opening for what it looked like a fingerprint scanner. The Moto X was not previously rumored to have this special feature, and that made news that gave excitement from some of the fans waiting for it to release....

A group of cyber criminals for the past several months have been trying to infect Linux systems, mainly Web servers, with a file-encrypting ransomware program that the security industry has nicknamed Linux.Encoder. According to security researchers from antivirus vendor Bitdefender, the third version of Linux.Encoder has infected at least 600 vulnerable servers worldwide. The good news is that this version of the program also has a fault that makes decryption possible without paying the ransom, in spite of its creators’ attempts to address their previous failures....

Cincoze DA-1000 is an ultra-compact and fanless computer that features impressive hardware inside a compact and inexpensive price tag designed to facilitate the requirements of those who need the extra mobility as well as a reduced price. According to Logic Supply, Cincoze DA-1000 is the cheapest rugged computer that you can find right now, and Michael Kleiner, Director of Engineering present at the company has said the following. The computer is quite versatile on account that it is able to run both Ubuntu 14....

As you might remember, Felix Rieseberg also developed an emulator for running Windows 95 on modern-day operating systems. This time around, Rieseberg has transformed an entire 1991 Macintosh Quadra with Mac OS 8.1 into a single Electron app that can be downloaded and installed with ease. So here’s everything you need to know about the Mac OS 8 emulator. Mac OS 8 Emulator For Modern Computer OS The macintosh.js application developed by Felix Rieseberg relies on a virtual machine to emulate a Macintosh Quadra 900 with a Motorola CPU....

The $100 million (£76 million) project dubbed as “Breakthrough Listen” will use the world’s most powerful telescopes to listen to sounds from potential extra-terrestrial life on Proxima B. The costly scientific mission is being funded by the above world’s richest and intelligent trio. Last month, astronomers found clear evidence that our nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is the sun to another Earth-like world. “It came only a few months after Stephen Hawking and I, with Mark Zuckerberg’s support, launched our Breakthrough Starshot project, which aims to launch a tiny spacecraft to Alpha Centauri within a generation,” Mr Milner told the Daily Mail....

MasterCard’s Credit Cards to come with Fingerprint ScannerMasterCardTest launch in United KingdomVideo demonstrating the Zwipe MasterCard MasterCard MasterCard which has remained a top card issuer all over the world for some time now is not new to the contactless payment Cards. It had issued a credit card which allowed users to tap a card at checkout (and bypass the PIN code process) but that never took off commercially. The latest innovation of the Fingerprint scanner based credit card will undoubtedly depend on the commercial success in gets in United Kingdom....

The Micromax Canvas Nitro 2 E311 is quite same to its predecessors, the A310 and A311. The Micromax Canvas Nitro 2 E311 device has a 1.4GHz octa core processor, while the A310 and A311 had the 1.7GHz chipsets, which is the only main difference between these devices. In addition, the design has been replaced by a simple mediocre-looking form factor from a faux leather finish. The new Micromax looks more of a lower grade phone than its successor....

For the unversed, PSOAs are private companies that manufacture and sell cyberweapons in hacking-as-a-service packages, often to government agencies around the world, to hack into their targets’ computers, phones, network infrastructure, and other devices. The Austrian-based PSOA named DSIRF, which Microsoft had dubbed Knotweed, has been linked to the development and attempted sale of a malware toolset called “Subzero”. DSIRF promotes itself on the website as a company that provides “mission-tailored services in the fields of information research, forensics as well as data-driven intelligence to multinational corporations in the technology, retail, energy, and financial sectors” and have “a set of highly sophisticated techniques in gathering and analyzing information....

Intercept’s Micah Lee has reported this little-known fact, where he pointed out that if an user has logged into Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 using the Microsoft account, the encryption keys which are generated by default are automatically uploaded to the Microsoft’s servers without the user’s knowledge. Also there is a no option the user to stop this process, hence the Windows user can’t prevent device encryption from sending your recovery key....

The new operating system, Windows 11 comes with a redesigned user interface, faster connectivity, best PC gaming experience, News & Interests Widgets, an all-new Microsoft Store, support for Android applications, and much more. After the official announcement of Windows 11 in June 2021, there were rumours that Microsoft is set to bring the redesign to the classic Notepad wherein it is likely to receive the Fluent Design update for a much cleaner interface....

Following the discovery, Microsoft shared its findings with Apple, subsequently which the Cupertino giant released a fix for this vulnerability, now identified as CVE-2021-30970, as part of security updates released on December 13, 2021. “We encourage macOS users to apply these security updates as soon as possible,” wrote Microsoft. For those unaware, TCC is a technology in macOS that is essentially designed to help users configure the privacy settings of their apps, such as access to the device’s camera, microphone, or location, as well as access to the user’s calendar or iCloud account, among others....

This was revealed by Joe Belfiore, Corporate VP at Microsoft’s Build 2015. “Microsoft Edge is the browser built for Windows 10, and it will be available on the widest range of Windows 10 devices,” he said. Microsoft Edge prepares to take on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari in the battle for browsers. Internet Explorer had been losing faithfuls in droves due to its inherent vulnerabilities, weaknesses, lack of extensions and generally un-user friendly nature....

It is seems that a number of Chinese smartphone manufacturers will participate in this launch of Windows 10 by manufacturing Windows phone, which could be only for China and Chinese mobiles. There are news that Microsoft is inviting a select group of Xiaomi Mi 4 power users to help them test Windows 10 and contribute to its future release later this year. Xiaomi Mi 4 is an Android phone and it definitely shows that Windows might have plans to get Xiaomi to manufacture Microsoft based smartphones in future....

Mirror’s Edge, the 2008 game whose mechanic revolved around parkour is getting a sequel this year, and a very talented modder has managed to insert an entire landscape of the game inside the popular first person shooter, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, perhaps to give us a reminder that the sequel will be upon us. Modder SuX Lolz has definitely put his talent to good use as you can see in the video below....

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) seems to be fed up of these pirate sites and now on behalf of most of the Hollywood movie studios it has given a final warning to these pirate sites to close down within 24 hours or else. As per the reports from Torrentfreak (TF) various emails have been sent to torrent indexes, linking sites including the hosting services from Jan van Voorn, MPAA’s VP....