China S Artificial Sun Manages To Stay On For A Minute Techworm

For those unfamiliar, Chinese scientists in February this year had made a nuclear reactor plasma that reached a temperature of 50 million Kelvins (or, 49.999 million degrees Celsius) – or thrice as hot as the sun’s 15 million Kelvins core. The entire experiment was conducted using the nuclear reactor known as the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) – an experimental thermonuclear fusion reactor that replicates the energy-generating process of the sun – which is stationed at the Institute of Plasma Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Jiangsu province....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 222 words · James Peterson

China S Google Sohu Web Search Engine Hit By A Massive Ddos Using 22000 Get Requests Last Month Says Incapsula Techworm

January 2, 2023 · 0 min · 0 words · Rosa Smith

China Using Hackers To Monitor Media Coverage Of Its Premier Ahead Of G20 Summit

An attempt to gauge public opinion This group is suspected to be the same one that hacked into American government systems during the period when the crisis Iraq had come to a serious boil and the world opinion was strongly biased towards pro US action against the IS terrorists. This group seems to be carrying out hacking activities as per the political interests of its nation’s government. Mr Alperovitch said he could not name the media organisations targeted because of confidentiality reasons....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 258 words · Betty Nelson

Cisco Will Ship Boxes To Vacant Addresses To Foil Nsa S Interception Campaign

In reaction to the NSA’s interception campaign Cisco will ship to fake identities for its most sensitive customers, in the hope that the NSA’s interceptions are targeted and exposed. Cisco has been pro-active and has inspected their routers for possible embedded spy chips, but to date has not found anything because it necessarily does not know precisely what NSA taps may look like. According to security chief John Stewart of Cisco Borg boss John Chambers of Cisco wrote a letter to US President Barack Obama saying the spying would undermine the global tech industry....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 247 words · Diana Purington

Company Registers Yts And Popcorn Time Trademarks To Encourage Legal Streaming

The Hawaiian attorney, Kerry Culpepper through the recently incorporate Hawaiian company “42 Ventures” registered several piracy-related trademarks, which includes the popular brands “YTS,” “Popcorn Time,” and “Terrarium.” Additionally, 42 Ventures also claimed the trademark for the Showbox arrow logo. All trademarks are registered under the same description, “downloadable computer software for downloading and streaming multimedia content images, videos and audio,” which is also applicable to the pirate sites and apps....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 357 words · Billie Williams

Compute Stick Intel S 150 Pc In A Dongle Is Now Up For Pre Order Starts Shipping April 24

Compute Stick can be connected to the TV through HDMI port and pages a quad-core Baytrail Atom processor with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. It also has a USB 3.0 port and a Micro-USB slot which can be used for additional memory. It can be run on either Windows 8.1, Linux or Android and can be upgraded to Windows 10 when it is released. Google has recently released Chromebit which turns user’s TV into full fledged PC running on Chrome OS and retails at $100....

January 2, 2023 · 1 min · 87 words · Jeff Jones

Court Finds Apple Guilty Of Stealing Nokia And Sony S Ring Silencing Patent For Its Iphone Techworm

A Delaware federal jury on Wednesday ruled that Apple had infringed a patent, owned by Maryland-based MobileMedia Ideas LLC, for ring-silencing technology on mobile phones. Apple apparently infringed MobileMedia’s Patent No. RE 39,231, which is related to ring-silencing features on mobile phones. In 1994, Sony patented a method for users to control incoming calls on a mobile phone, whereby an alert sound would be either stopped, or the sound would reduce after the initial loud alert during certain user actions or as a result of user operations with the phone....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 298 words · Linda Hale

Don T Miss The Spectacular Sky With Total Solar Eclipse On March 9Th Techworm

A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon comes between the sun and Earth and casts the darkest part of its shadow, known as its umbra, on Earth. The darkest part of a total solar eclipse is almost as dark as night. Most of the world usually only encounters a partial solar eclipse, depending on when and where the eclipse takes place. For example, a total solar eclipse will actually take place on March 9, 2016....

January 2, 2023 · 3 min · 515 words · Fonda Claudio

Download Facebook Videos Without Any Software

In this article, we have shared a unique method that can help you download Facebook videos without using any third-party service. In recent years the amount of video-based content on Facebook has increased drastically. However, unlike other mainstream video-streaming services like YouTube, Facebook doesn’t allow users to directly download videos. A majority of users rely on third-party websites like FB video downloader, FB down, and getfvid to download videos from Facebook....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 252 words · James Nilsen

Elon Musk S Tesla Unveils Electric Semi Truck And Roadster Techworm

The new convertible four-seater Roadster prototype, which sped into the event, can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in just 1.9 seconds, and 0 to 100 mph in only 4.2 seconds. “This is the first time that any production car has broken nine seconds in a quarter mile,” Musk said. “The new Tesla roadster will be the fastest production car ever made – period.” On the other hand, the two Tesla Semi trucks, one silver, and one a Batman-ish matte black, will achieve 0-60 mph in 5 seconds....

January 2, 2023 · 3 min · 449 words · Sarah Rutherford

Elon Musk Shows Off Tesla S Humanoid Robot Prototype

Mr. Musk plans to make millions by selling the robot in near future for a price tag of $20,000. During the event, the robot walked up to people and waved his hand but no complex movement or task was showcased as musk stated that he, “didn’t want it to fall on its face.” — Tesla (@Tesla) October 1, 2022 During the event Musk stated that, “Our goal is to make a useful humanoid robot as quickly as possible,” he further added, “Optimus is designed to be an extremely capable robot made in very high volume, probably ultimately millions of units, and is expected to cost much less than a car....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 270 words · Philip Aguilera

Facebook Built A Facial Recognition App To Let Employees Identify People

The app in question would use the built-in camera on the mobile device to scan an individual’s face in real-time. Basically, the employees would point their phone camera at another person and then the app would pull that person’s name and profile photo based on what it saw. After the BI report, Facebook admitted it had built such an app but it was never released publicly. However, it disputed that the app couldn’t identify any/every member of the social network....

January 2, 2023 · 1 min · 181 words · Sara Popp

Facebook Page Of Supercell S Popular Game Clash Of Clans And Hay Day Hacked Techworm

Yesterday a Syrian hacker going with the handle “Ethical Spectrum” hacked into the Official Facebook fan pages of Supercell’s “Clash of Clans” and “Hay Day” In an Interview with e27 Hacker said he was able to hack into the engager Account of the Game developers which is used for social media Account Management. All though no harm has been done now, but hacker says he will be doing more damage if the Company does not cooperate with him....

January 2, 2023 · 1 min · 172 words · Emerita Mckay

Facebook Rejects 2 2 Million Advertisements Ahead Of U S Elections

In an interview with the French newspaper Journal du Dimanche, Clegg shared that it additionally posted warnings on more than 150 million fake information for spreading misinformation related to voting in the U.S. presidential election as well. “Thirty-five thousand employees take care of the security of our platforms and contribute for elections,” said Clegg while talking about the actions that Facebook is taking to tackle safety and security issues in the run-up to the 2020 U....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 278 words · Dewayne Garcia

Facebook Sues Indian Company For Registering Fake Instagram Whatsapp Domains

Christen Dubois, IP Litigation Director for Facebook, in a blog post on Monday, stated that the domains created by the Indian company “were designed to deceive people by impersonating our family of apps, like: facebook-verify-inc.com, instagramhjack.com and videocall-whatsapp.com.” He further added, “We regularly scan the internet for domain names and apps that infringe on our trademarks and today’s lawsuit is part of this ongoing effort to protect people from phishing, credential theft and other methods of online fraud....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 220 words · Galen Madaras

Facebook Unveils New Tool That Allows Users Control Over Third Party Data Collection

“Many apps and websites are free because they’re supported by online advertising. And to reach people who are more likely to care about what they are selling, businesses often share data about people’s interactions on their websites with ad platforms and other services,” Facebook’s Erin Egan, Chief Privacy Officer, Policy, and David Baser, Director of Product Management said in a blog post. “This is how much of the internet works, but given that the average person with a smartphone has more than 80 apps and uses about 40 of them every month, it can be really difficult for people to keep track of who has information about them and what it’s used for....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 368 words · Paul Walker

Failure To Deliver Freedom 251 Smartphone Could Land Ringing Bells Into Legal Trouble Techworm

“Our Ministry enquired into how prepared they (Ringing Bells) are, whether they can provide a phone for Rs 251 or not. Whether they have the BIS certificate or not, we have spoken to them,” Prasad told the media. “This was done to ensure that there are no discrepancies later. If there are any, we will take action as per the law. Our department is keeping a watch”, he said. Last week, Ringing Bells, a new player in the prosperous Indian mobile handset market disclosed what is being considered as the world’s cheapest 3G smartphone, Freedom 251....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 282 words · Jamie Kalhorn

Finfisher Spyware Become Quite A Hit With Governments For Surveillance Purposes

That is not all that the program is capable of. FinFisher is also capable of intercepting your Skype calls and log keystrokes, and that is just tip of the iceberg. The program was developed by FinFisher Gamma Group, which is currently located in Munich and the primary aim of the software was to identify threats in the form of serious criminals and help law enforcement agencies and governments to locate and catch them....

January 2, 2023 · 3 min · 436 words · William Schultz

Flipkart Releases Asus Zenfone 2 Teaser Ahead Of Official Launch

The Indian retailer has created a product listing for the much-hyped smartphone just few days before Asus officially launches the ZenFone 2. A curtain raiser timer on the product page shows that the ZenFone 2 will hit the market on April 23 i.e. Thursday. Customers can sign up with their email address in order to receive notification about the availability of the handset. The Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML comes with a Corning gorilla glass 3 protection alongwith a 5....

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · 395 words · Timothy Griffith

Forget 5G New Terahertz Band Can Transmit Data Faster Than 100 Gbps Techworm

While smartphone users world over are awaiting deployment of 5G tech by their respective mobile service providers, researchers from Japan have stolen the march over 5G by developing a new terahertz transmitter which can transmit data at an unbelievable speed of more than 100Gbs and above. While the fifth generation of mobile network, 5G is hardly three years away from its launch in 2020, this new tech could totally change the face of how we transmit data wirelessly....

January 2, 2023 · 3 min · 552 words · Lorraine Diaz