This VPN service will eliminate the need for installing external VPN’s. Presently, this browser-based VPN is in beta stage and it can be tested only by US-based Firefox users. Mozilla is testing this VPN service to offer more privacy to its users. So here’s everything you need to know about the browser-based VPN in Firefox. Browser-Based VPN In Firefox As mentioned above the new VPN service for Firefox is in beta stage....
Security researcher Chris Vickery, who shared his findings on DataBreaches.net, revealed that he found 300GB database of voter data, which includes names, home addresses, voter IDs, phone numbers, and birth dates, as well as political affiliations and and logs of whether they voted in primary or general elections. He told Forbes that he has the entire 300GB database in his possession, which has data that goes back to the year 2000 However, the database does not contain financial information or Social Security numbers....
The Messenger spacecraft had gathered essential data which is further aiding the scientists to get few utmost details of the solar system’s inner most planet Mercury which is located just 36 million miles from the sun. The data is also helping scientists to understand planet Mercury’s evolution over a period of time. The Messenger spacecraft was able to reach at an altitude of just 9 miles from the planet and hence it was able to gather the measurements of the magnetic field of Mercury....
Pwn2Own is a popular yearly hacking contest and this years contest was organized in Vancouver, Canada this week. The Pwn2own was dominated by the Chinese hacking team as they successfully “broke” Internet Explorer 11 in only 17 seconds and created a world record of sorts. The team called 360Vulcan sadly failed to capture the unicorn prize of the contest but became centre of attention among the competitors and organizers. The Internet Explorer 11 was put ahead of all browsers by the organizers because it is protected with enhanced sandbox, a full 64 bit process, EMET (Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit), the security mechanisms of Windows 8....
HMD Global, a Finnish company has a 10-year brand licensing agreement with Nokia, under which it will be manufacturing, selling and distributing smartphones running Android as well as feature phones and tablets under the Nokia brand around the world. Recently, HMD Global had announced that the new Nokia devices would be releasing in India by the end of Q2 2017. So, the pre-bookings showing up on the UK website is no surprise....
The new game called Mr. Robot:1.51exfiltrati0n is a text based adventure game, published by Telltale. Telltale’s presser says, The game allows players to use the E-Corp messaging app to communicate with characters from the show, changing the story outcomes with each decision they make. Become embroiled in the world of fsociety, a renegade hacker group determined to “reset the world,” by texting different employees of their target corporation: E-Corp, a massive global tech company....
According to the report accompanying these slides, Nvidia is releasing GeForce GTX 1060 graphics cards in both 3GB and 6GB GDDR5 configurations. The card is likely to use a 192-bit memory interface. With its 1280 CUDA cores and 1.7GHz boost clock, this graphics card is expected to provide a maximum compute performance of about 4.4TFLOPs. Other specs as seen in the presentation slide include; a memory speed of 8GB/s, a TDP of 120W with a 6-pin power connector, and a standard array of 3x DisplayPort 1....
For those unaware, Japanese conglomerate SoftBank had purchased Arm Holdings for $31.4 billion back in 2016 to expand into the internet-of-things (IoT) technology. Under the terms of the deal, NVIDIA will pay SoftBank $21.5 billion in stock and $12 billion in cash for Arm, which includes $2 billion payable at signing. SoftBank may receive an additional $5 billion in cash or common stock under an earn-out agreement, subject to satisfaction of specific financial performance targets by Arm....
Effectively immediately, the One Plus 2 now starts at $349 (down from $389), €345 (down from €399) and £249 (down from £289). The new low price is not a temporary sale or promotion; it’s the new permanent price. Further, those who have just bought an One Plus 2 at its old price within the last 15 days will too receive a $40 refund. In addition, to celebrate Valentine’s Day, there is also a free Style Swap cover or One Plus X cover for new One Plus purchases....
The pricing details for all the countries is given in the image below : To help users experience the new OnePlus 2, OnePlus has promised that it would host pop-up events in 9 cities namely Bangalore, New Delhi, Jakarta, Milan, Berlin, Paris, London, New Work, and San Francisco on July 31. Visitors will get to try out the OnePlus 2, ask questions, and could even win an invite. The first 50 visitors will get a gift bag....
However, the Norwegian company will keep its advertising and marketing business as well as its game-related apps and television operations, in a bid to escape a long regulatory holdup. The lead investor among the buyers is Kunlun Tech Co., a Beijing-based company that operates the Brothersoft desktop app store and 1Mobile Android app market. Earlier this year, they also bought a majority stake in gay dating app Grindr as the business tries to expand outside of its staple, which is mobile game development....
This is the message on the deface page: “This hack is a response to the rocket attacks of Pakistan military on Kunar and Jalalabad Provinces of Afghanistan! Next time wait for…bigger damage. We will not let any torture and overtaking on our land unanswered,” the hackers wrote on the defaced websites. “Remember WE ARE AFGHANS, WE DO NOT FORGET, WE DO NOT FORGIVE! Rest in peace the Heroes of Afghanistan we will never forgot your Sacrifice and we never will let porkies and this world forget it too....
The payment module database will feature two smaller components; one will be for storing funding source information while the other one will be for security information collection purposes. The funding source component is basically a mini-module for storing information about various payment sources such as PayPal accounts or Bitcoin wallets. The security component is tasked with handling any authentication operations. The patent’s text suggests that multiple currencies such as Bitcoin wallets and actual credit cards are probably going to be added....
The details of the phone were to be officially announced on October 20. But it were leaked on a Chinese website TechSina, according to a report from Mobi Picker . Pepsi P1 features an impressive 5.5-inch 1080p screen, similar to iPhone 6s Plus and other famed mobile phones. It’s fitted with a 13-megapixel rear camera plus a five-megapixel front camera. Powered by a 1.7 GHz MediaTek processor, the P1 will also features 2GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage....
For those unaware, LiFi (short form for Light Fidelity), a super-fast alternative to WiFi, is a wireless technology that transmits high-speed data using Visible Light Communication (VLC). In other words, it uses light waves instead of radio waves to provide an internet connection. The range called Trulifi, a new high-speed version of its LiFi technology leverages existing and future professional luminaires by sending and receiving wireless data throughout the workplace....
Prof.Hawking and Yuri Milner form $100 million Breakthrough Initiative to search for AliensOne of the biggest venture in support of the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) was launched by the Breakthrough Initiatives group at the Royal Society in London. Milner, the venture capitalist made this announcement today at a press conference held at the Royal Society in London. The announcement was relayed live through a webcast. The initiative, ‘Breakthrough Listen’, is a 10 year old project wherein researchers would scan the skies and “listen” for broadcast signals from the billions stars that are closest to Earth along with the 100 galaxies that are spread beyond the Milky Way....
This means that Android smartphones could allow users 1Gbps data speeds from 2017-18 however, the corollary remains your carrier network has ability to support it. Since such ability exists only in 64 percent of carriers in the world and most of them from South Korea, Japan, and Scandinavia, users from other countries shouldn’t get too excited about the news. There’s also the question of data caps, as there’s no point having superfast speeds if all it busts the data cap in a single day....
The team of scientists and engineers at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center set a new world record for plasma pressure in the Institute’s Alcator C-Mod tokamak nuclear fusion reactor. Plasma pressure is the important ingredient for generating energy from nuclear fusion. When Alcator C-Mod set the world record, with the pressure maintained at 2.05 atmospheric pressure – equivalent to 10 metres below the surface of the ocean – the temperature inside the reactor reached more than 35 million degrees Celsius (63 million degrees Fahrenheit), more than double the temperatures achieved in the sun’s core....
