Playstation 4 Hacked To Run Gentoo Linux On It Video Included Techworm

The guys belonging to the hacking group Fail0verflow demonstrated Linux on PlayStation 4 at the 32nd Chaos Communication Congress (also known as 32c3) event that had taken place on December 30, 2015. In order to know how the group managed to accomplish such a feat, you will have to pay close attention to the video. Regardless, we will state the details here; the group managed to find some vulnerability in the PlayStation 4 gaming console, as the Linux kernel-based operating system is launched by tapping on the Settings options and then the ‘User’s Guide’....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 260 words · Lois White

Pok Mon Go Caused More Than 2 Billion In Damage From Driving Players Says Study Techworm

For those uninitiated, Pokémon Go is a free mobile game that allows people to catch, train and battle their Pokémon ‘in the real world’ by walking outdoors and interacting with other users. Players can also pick up supplies at real-world landmarks that serve as ‘PokéStops’ in the game. The two authors, Mara Faccio and John McConnell of Purdue University, Indiana who have prepared a report titled ‘Death by Pokémon Go’ have blamed the game for “a disproportionate increase in vehicular crashes and associated vehicular damage, personal injuries, and fatalities in the vicinity of locations, called PokéStops, where users can play the game while driving....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 394 words · John Green

Pokemon Go Hack Allows You To Become Unbeatable At Gyms Using Eggs Techworm

In Pokemon Go, eggs aren’t supposed to do anything other than sit in your bag and hatch into a Pokemon when you’ve walked a certain distance. However, according to some news floating online, some hackers have placed a bug in Pokemon Go that is allowing its players to place eggs at gyms instead of a Pokemon. These are unbeatable gyms, where gym leaders are eggs. Eggs have no moves, and no HP....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 269 words · Christopher Jones

Popular French Torrent Site Yggtorrent Undergoes Domain Suspension

For those unaware, YggTorrent.ws, which receives more than a million visitors per month, was ranked France’s 38th most visited torrenting website, according to the statistics by Alexa. With a reported 3,500,000 registered members, YggTorrent is the largest French-language sharing platform and also operates its own torrent tracker. According to the site’s operators, the domain name ‘YggTorrent.ws’ was “suddenly disabled” by its domain registrar without warning or providing an additional explanation....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 276 words · Diane Taylor

Pranksters Planting Listening Devices Across Nyc In Anti Nsa Move

The devices can be found everywhere in New York – in cafes, under benches, in shops, restaurants and bars. “Eavesdropping on the population has revealed many saying, ‘I’m not doing anything wrong so who cares if the NSA tracks what I say and do?’” the group, dubbed “We Are Always Listening,”wrote on its website. The pranksters say that they “don’t seem to mind this monitoring.” “[So] we’re hiding recorders in public places in hopes of gathering information to help win the war on terror....

December 5, 2022 · 1 min · 170 words · Eleanor Landa

Raspberry Pi Announces The Pico W For 6

For the unversed, Raspberry Pi Pico is built on TSMC’s 40nm low-power process and includes two 133MHz Arm Cortex-M0+ cores, 264kB of on-chip SRAM, and the company’s unique programmable I/O subsystem. Now, after having sold nearly two million Pico boards, Raspberry Pi on Thursday announced the successor to Raspberry Pi Pico called the “Pico W” costing $6 for loT applications and projects requiring wireless communication. The new model, Pico W, is basically based on the same hardware but adds 802....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 415 words · Evelyn Tieman

Raspberry Pi Zero Now Gets A Camera Connector Techworm

Acknowledging the demand, the Zero has now received its first major hardware upgrade: a camera connector, which is also called the most frequently-demanded missing feature. In a blog post, Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton said “through dumb luck, the same fine-pitch FPC connector that we use on the Compute Module Development Kit just fits onto the right hand side of the board.” The team was able to close the feature gap between the Zero and bigger Pi boards by moving the surface components a little to the left and rotating the activity LEDs....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 260 words · Patricia Kazarian

Razer Unveils Its First Ever 5G Handheld Gaming Device For 400

According to the company, the Razer Edge 5G, which is developed in partnership with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Verizon, is the “world’s first dedicated 5G gaming device.” “The core concept of every product we put out always boils down to one thing, our ‘For Gamers. By Gamers.’ motto,” said Richard Hashim, Head of Razer’s Mobile & Console Division. “With the Razer Edge, we’ve created the ultimate handheld gaming platform. Together with Verizon and Qualcomm, we designed the Razer Edge 5G to be a true gamer device, capable of supporting gamers’ entire catalogs of AAA games or allowing them to stream endlessly online, taking their gaming experience on the go with near-zero latency....

December 5, 2022 · 3 min · 540 words · Deandre Bush

Researchers Have Made A Luke Skywalker Style Based Prosthetic Arm Techworm

Inspired and named after the Star Wars sci-fi hero Luke Skywalker, the ‘LUKE arm’ will provide amputees with mechanical strength and agility far surpassing anything seen before. “Up to this point, design in prosthetic arms has been limited to incremental changes. We developed the LUKE arm to change the game for amputees — creating an innovative, integrated system that offers greater functionality and independence to our wounded warriors and other amputees,” said Kamen....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 315 words · Sergio Hartman

Riot Games To Record Voice Chats In Valorant From July

This change was initially made official through an updated privacy notice and terms of service that the company released in April 2021. “We want all of our games to be safe and inclusive for everyone who chooses to play them. We know disruptive behavior using our voice chat is a concern for a lot of players, and we’re committed to addressing it more effectively,” Riot Games said in the April 2021 news release....

December 5, 2022 · 3 min · 515 words · Michael Tran

Rsa Took 10 Million From Nsa To Create Backdoor For Them In The Security Encryption System In Almost All Pcs Techworm

December 5, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Zane Zordan

Russian Hackers Jacked Up Curency Exchange Rates For 14 Minutes Using A Malware Techworm

Now Russian hackers have managed to up the ante by allegedly jacking up the Ruble-Dollar exchange rates for a whole 14 minutes to make handsome profit from the exercise. The hackers used malware to infiltrate a regional Russian bank and manipulate the ruble-dollar exchange rate by more than 15 percent in minutes, according to a cybersecurity firm investigating the attack. According to the researchers hackers used a virus called Corcow Trojan to accomplish their nefarious task....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 269 words · Dorris Alcorn

Ryan Ackroyd Aka Kayla Asks Hector Monsegur Aka Sabu To Get Real After Sabu Is Goes On A Pr Spree

Ryan Ackroyd aka Kayla asks Hector Monsegur aka Sabu to get real after Sabu goes on a PR spreeRyan AckroydHector Xavier MonsegurPaste on Pastebin Ackroyd evidently is not happy with the way Sabu snitched on other team members of LulzSec instead of owning up responsibility and serving time. Sabu after turning informant not only delivered key members of Lulzsec to FBI but is also helping them monitor the activities of Anonymous....

December 5, 2022 · 12 min · 2458 words · Frank Sievers

Samsung Announces The Galaxy S9 With Improved Camera Ar Features Techworm

The Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones don’t stray far from their predecessors, the Galaxy S8 and S8+ and just incremental improvements. The S9 (5.8-inch Quad HD+) and S9+ (6.2-inch Quad HD+) will maintain the same sleek look and feel of the previous models, and come with 18.5:9 aspect ratio screens, curved sides, and glass front and backs. Both the devices come packed with a Snapdragon 845 chipset (or Exynos 9810, depending on your market)....

December 5, 2022 · 3 min · 579 words · Sara Osorio

Scientists Discover A New Type Of Eco Friendly Blue Fire Techworm

During a wildfire or urban fire, when hot air rises quickly from the ground, a fire whirl (also known as a fire tornado, firenado, or fire devil) occurs. While the overwhelming event can be extremely dangerous in nature, the University of Maryland researchers believe that the power of this new type of fire whirl can be used for good. “A fire tornado has long been seen as this incredibly scary, destructive thing....

December 5, 2022 · 3 min · 475 words · Amanda Goetz

Scientists Prove The Existence Of Fourth Spatial Dimension Techworm

The theoretic concept given by the lead author of the research portrays that a fourth dimension exists where people can move forward and backward in time. Penn State University’s professor Mikael Rechtsman stated that it is not possible to feel the 4D spatial system physically, but they managed to get a quick look of the fourth dimension. This staggering study was result of two quantum hall experiments by the researchers....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 335 words · Melanie Steele

Securing Your Data With Wondershare Data Recovery For Windows Techworm

Thus, the need for data protection is paramount, and this is where Wondershare Data Recovery comes in. Wondershare Data Recovery for Windows is one of the most trusted and efficient of software that can help you get your data back within seconds. Whatever may be the reason, you can be sure that when you have WondershareData Recovery for Windows on your PC, you will get your data back. And for Mac users- do not worry, Wondershare Data Recovery for Mac is available too- and it works equally well!...

December 5, 2022 · 5 min · 995 words · Stephen Briz

Security Consultant Finds Out Whatsapp Vulnerability That Allows Anyone To Access Your Private Messages Stored In Sd Card Techworm

December 5, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · John Flores

Semalt Hijacks Thousands Of Pcs For Massive Botnet Techworm

December 5, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · John Burger

Shimizu Corporation Of Japan Looks To Build 11 000 Kms Of Solar Farms On Moon

However a Japanese firm is taking this method all the way to the Moon. Japanese construction firm “The Shimizu Corporation” has gone to the extreme in the solar sector by proposing a plan to build a solar belt around the Moon’s 11,000 kilometer Equator. The concept “LUNA RING” , proposed by shimizu, plans to build a ring around the Moon. Technically, you can say its a solar farm on the Moon to generate electricity on Earth....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 279 words · Renee Golliday