This move by Google, however, has not gone well with privacy advocates, as they claim that FLoC, which is the search giant’s better alternative to third-party cookies doesn’t take users’ consent before tracking them across websites. Instead of protecting users’ privacy, it will actually expose their data more than ever before, privacy advocates added. For those unaware, FLoC, in Google’s words, is a new approach to interest-based advertising that both improves privacy and gives publishers a tool they need for viable advertising business models....

Commenting on the mission, Paul De Leon, NASA Flight Opportunities Program campaign manager said, “We had a great launch, all the payloads were exposed to the relevant environments that the researchers were seeking.” The 20-foot tall SpaceLoft-10 rocket from Colorado-based launch provider UP Aerospace was launched from Spaceport America in New Mexico on November 6, 2015. However, GoPro only released the footage this week. The mission was the company’s fourth mission for NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program, which selects “promising new space technologies from industry, academia and government, and provides them access to relevant environments for flight testing....

Facebook is the owner of WhatsApp, as Zuckerberg and company had paid $19 billion to take over the startup more than a year back, suggesting that they now run three of the most predominant web applications. Facebook is used by more than 1.5 billion individuals across the globe, while Facebook’s Messenger, an instant messaging service spans 700 million. In such a scenario, the 900 million-user milestone is a huge achievement for WhatsApp, as it not a product of the powerful Facebook....

However yesterday, even the ever resilient of WhatsApp servers could not bear the load of New Year greeting from users and went down. Users across the world reported issues while connecting to WhatsApp on New Year’s Eve, with services impacted for several hours before normalcy was restored. “Earlier today, some people had trouble accessing WhatsApp. We investigated the problem and have restored access for everyone. We apologize for the inconvenience and wish everyone a happy new year,” a WhatsApp spokesperson said....

Here are a few reasons why Google chose Java for its Android operating systemAndroidSo why did Google choose Java over other programming languages Android’s source code is released by Google under open source licenses, although most Android devices ultimately ship with a combination of open source and proprietary software, including proprietary software required for accessing Google services. Android Android is based on the Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets....

The answer is that it depends. If the software being installed affects an integral part of the operating system then a restart is required. For instance, a new kernel for the operating system. Sometimes, a piece of software will make a change that cannot come into effect while the computer is use. Other reasons might be – a file is in use, as a result, the change can only occur during boot up of the computer....

“The new indictment does not add additional counts to the prior 18-count superseding indictment returned against Assange in May 2019,” the DOJ said in a press release. However, it does broaden the scope of the conspiracy surrounding alleged computer intrusions with which Assange was previously charged. According to the superseding document dated June 24, 2020, Assange and others at WikiLeaks recruited the Anonymous and LulzSec hacking groups to commit computer intrusions to benefit WikiLeaks....

Microsoft has now instead announced the launch of a free ‘Windows DVD Player’. However, this DVD player has proved to be a buggy application. It only allows you to play DVDs on your PC and provides simple controls for disc navigation. Additionally, you cannot play DVDs from file backups nor Blu-ray Discs. Also it runs only optical discs. So, if you wish to have the Windows DVD player on your machine, all you need to do is pay $14....

First, the Windows 11 2022 Update was triggering BSOD (blue screens of death) on systems with intel SST drivers, then performance issues on NVIDIA graphics cards, and now it is performance issues on AMD Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 series CPUs. Recently, CapFrameX (CFX) determined that when a single CCD (CPU Compute Die) is activated on the 16 core Ryzen 9 7950X, the configuration is able to overtake the default dual CCD 7950X....

However, it appears like that at least one customer took the fight to court and won a small judgment against Microsoft for how it installed its latest operating system. Teri Goldstein, of Sausalito, California, sued Microsoft after a failed Windows 10 upgrade left her system performing poorly, prone to crashing, and apparently unusable for multiple days, reports The Seattle Times. “I had never heard of Windows 10,” Goldstein said. “Nobody ever asked me if I wanted to update....

Dubbed as T-CUP, the new device is so quick that it literally makes it possible to freeze time to see phenomena such as light itself behave in extremely slow motion. To build their camera, the researchers looked at compressed ultra-fast photography (CUP), a technique that can capture images at a speed of around 100 billion frames per second. T-CUP’s system is based on a femtosecond (one quadrillionth of a second) streak camera that also involves a data acquisition type used in applications such as tomography....

Chip costs just $9 — although, of course, things like a monitor, an input device, and shipping are not included in that figure. Still, it’s a fully functioning computer that can be had for less than the price of McDonald burger. The device offers full support for the open source LibreOffice package, has a Wi-Fi connection so you can surf the web, and even allows for a Bluetooth controller to be connected so you can play some games....

The processor MIAOW is a resistor-transistor logic implementation of AMD’s open source Southern Islands instruction set architecture. A white paper has been published on the device by the researchers. It took 36 months for a core team of 12 visionary developers to develop MIAOW. Their goal was simply to create a functional GPGPU without setting any specific area, frequency, power or performance goals. It may be sensible to think that as an open source project, once it is further developed, some clever business might decide to take the chip into full production....

Erle Robotics, a Spanish company, has been at the forefront of using Linux in devices and had introduced the Erle-Copter drone powered by Ubuntu Snappy Core back in February 2015, has launched the world’s first Ubuntu powered Drone on 3rd May. The Erle-Copter Drone is powered by Snappy Ubuntu Core and the ROS framework and has a flight time of approximately 20 minutes according to the company. It can also support a payload of up to 2 kgs which means that it can mount cameras for aerial photography....

A tweet from Xiaomi confirmed that it was realigning its sales strategy for India — Mi India (@XiaomiIndia) March 27, 2015 With this open sale strategy, its new products 16GB and 64GB Mi 4 has been made available in open sale to Indians from 28th March. However it is not giving up on the registration only sales for its flagship Redmi 2s or the Redmi Note 4G smartphones. — Mi India (@XiaomiIndia) March 13, 2015 Its other product Mi Pad which went for sale on March 24 and was sold out within few hours....

YIFY which is a popular movie release torrent group has decided to move to Tonga domain and can be reached only at YTS.TO from 1st April. The move came after French domain registry FRNIC informed the YIFY admin that YTS.re will be suspended by the end of the month, most probably due to pressure from copyright holders. YIFY has gained tremendous popularity in 2014. Also its “Pirate Netflix” app Popcorn Time is pretty famous and uses the YTS API....

The move comes amid the updated Privacy Policy agreement revealed by WhatsApp that prompted many users across the globe to migrate to other encrypted messenger alternatives such as Signal and Telegram. For those unaware, WhatsApp had updated its Privacy Policy wherein the service was supposed to start sharing user data with other Facebook companies starting February 8th. However, following sharp criticism and mass migration by WhatsApp users to other chat platforms, the company has delayed the enforcement of its controversial Privacy Policy agreement until May 15th to give people time to review the policy at their own pace....

However, the launch left many Linux users disappointed, as Disney+ did not support the DRM (Digital Rights Management) system used on Linux computers. As a result, many Linux users were unable to use the service. Users trying to use the service were greeted with an “Error Code 83”. This error basically means that your device is incompatible with the security level of DRM implemented. For those unaware, Disney uses a Google-developed DRM system called Widevine to protect its streams from unauthorized activity....

“YouTube Music is your personal guide through the complete world of music—whether it’s a hot new song, hard to find gem, or an unmissable music video. Music fans on Android phones can now easily unlock the magic of YouTube Music,” announced YouTube’s Music Product Manager, Brandon Bilinski in a blog post on Friday. “Music listeners on Android devices are now just a few taps away from streaming their go-to tracks and discovering new music....

The WT600 comes with RS6000 Wearable Ring Scanner and an HS3100 Headset to offer a complete solution to enterprise users. The Zebra WT6000 Industrial Wearable Computer can be worn on a wrist and includes a 3.2-inch WVGA (800 by 480 pixels) LCD In-Plane-Switching touch-screen display, a scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass 3 cover, quad-core 1GHz processor, 1GB of memory, 4GB of flash storage and a 3,350mAh Li-Ion battery. The Android Lollipop 5....