Looks like OnePlus is very serious about its launch and the company should be. The OnePlus 2 will be the next big thing from the Chinese smartphone maker; one that covers all the flaws of the OnePlus One and will take the brand’s image to new levels. Carl Pei, Founder of OnePlus in a post on the OnePlus Forum said, “We’re excited for the future. As a tech startup, our goal is to push the envelope, look for new opportunities, and strive to perfect them....

Making the announcement in a blogpost on Friday, OnePlus said that its customers and fans in India can continue to receive software updates the Cyanogen OS which powers its OnePlus One smartphones. The post also said that all legal proceedings have been resolved and Micromax has withdrawn all the cases through mutual consent. Announcing the news via a press statement, Vikas Agarwal, General Manager – India, OnePlus said, “OnePlus remains vindicated of the recent trials and tribulations that have surrounded the company due to legal tussle with Micromax over exclusivity on CyanogenOS....

OnePlus One Phones Officially Get Android 5 Lollipop-based Oxygen OS: How to InstallHow to install Oxygen OS on your OnePlue One smartphone At first look Oxygen OS seems to be similar to the stock Android however OnePlus team has added a number of features to to enhance user experience. OnePlus states the Oxygen OS is light in nature and won’t be system heavy. The OS also features several essential features, screen gestures, quick settings and an improved file manager....

The United States government agency was “honored” at The Pwnies, a comedic awards show held at the Black Hat USA cybersecurity conference, for breaches that exposed the personal information of tens of millions of current and former federal workers, including the fingerprints of more than a million people who applied for government background checks. The name “Pwnie” comes from the hacker slang “to pwn,” which is the process of taking over or owning a target....

Blocking access to torrent sites has become the new fad around town recently. Users from Europe and USA are the victims of censorship from sites, majority of which are sites holding torrent files. As the race to block user access to the world’s largest torrent sites continues, another website has stepped up to battle censorship. RARBG, one of the most-used torrent sites on the Internet, has just launched PirateSnoop, a free web browser designed to easily skirt web blockades across the globe....

This hack can boot Linux on PlayStation 4Here’s a guideline on how to run Linux on your PlayStation 4 — fail0verflow (@fail0verflow) March 3, 2016 Here’s a guideline on how to run Linux on your PlayStation 4 The last time fail0verflow showed that it could run Linux was back when it showed to the world its 32c3 demo. The 32c3 demo that they are referring to here is the demo that was shown at the 32nd Chaos Communication Congress event....

Google Go is the winner of the programming language of the year awardNew entrants For those unfamiliar, TIOBE maintains a monthly updated list of the world’s most popular programming languages and uses the number of skilled engineers worldwide, courses, and third-party vendors available to calculate its ranking. It also uses popular search engines to calculate the ratings. Go is a free and open source programming language that “makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software”....

Redditor shows how to take easy screenshots with Windows 8 PC or Tablet through imagesGo to the start menu and type, “snipping”. Then, right click it and click, “open file location”Now, locate SnippingTool and right click it, and then click,”Properties”Now, change the shortcut key to whatever pleases you.I changed mine to Ctr + Shift + 4BONUS: To capture your whole screen, press the Windows logo key + PrtScn We are reproducing the entire image tutorial courtesy not-a-pretzel....

Reflected File Download (RFD)Let’s see how Reflected File Download (RFD) and this worm works:Anti virus proofChrome.exeDemo at Black Hat Conference This attack technique has been discovered by Oren Hafif, a Trustwave SpiderLabs security researcher. Worse news is that he has also developed a worm to take advantage of RFD technique. Let’s see how Reflected File Download (RFD) and this worm works: A user accesses a popular website, say Google for example....

Wondershare has introduced ‘Dr. Fone for iOS’, a software package that is perfect for those who have accidentally deleted files or corrupted their OS with a software update or have a broken iPhone. This iPhone data recovery tool not only retrieves data from iOS device but also from iCloud and iTunes backup files. Promoting itself as “the most comprehensive data recovery solution on the market,” Wondershare’s Dr. Fone for iOS can recover data in one of three ways....

After witnessing a plethora of gadgets ranging from wearables, to crowdfunded projects that have the craziest of ideas, Samsung was the last tech company that we thought of that would ever produce something as interesting as a Galaxy Surfboard. With extreme sports getting smarter, and you continue to see drone racing competitions taking place, we believe that that it should not come as a surprise that Samsung has also ventured into this....

https://twitter.com/xor/status/564356757007261696/photo/1 Samsung revealed that the voice activation feature on its smart TVs will capture all nearby conversations. The TV sets can share the information, including sensitive data, with Samsung as well as third-party services, viz.Nuance Communications, Inc Shane Harris at The Daily Beast had first reported the issue by noticing a discreet line in Samsung’s privacy policy: “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party....

Serious security flaw in Apple’s Mac OS X Yosemite ‘Rootpipe’The ‘Rootpipe’ vulnerabilityWhite Hat hackingApple’s Response — Emil Kvarnhammar (@emilkvarnhammar) October 16, 2014 The ‘Rootpipe’ vulnerability An unknown security flaw in Apple’s operating system can allow hackers to take control of your computer. The backdoor has the working title ”RootPipe” – and was discovered by chance. Millions of Apple computers worldwide may be affected. Hackers can gain the highest possible access over your computer....

The internet is a fantastic place, we’re sure you agree. Business or pleasure, you can stay in touch people from around the globe, entertain yourself, entertain others, complete your weekly grocery shopping, book a holiday, you name it, the internet will allow the opportunity to do it. However, as amazing as the internet is, security-wise, it can leave a lot of people vulnerable. Nowadays, many passwords are easy to crack as people simply aren’t following the correct procedures....

Smartphone unlock patterns can be hacked using SonarSnoop attackHow does the SonarSnoop attack work?Results of SonarSnoop attack Dubbed as ‘SonarSnoop’, this method transforms a smartphone’s speaker and microphone into a sonar and uses sound waves to track a user’s finger position across the screen. In other words, the attack technique depends on the basic echo principle of sonar systems. Also Read- Android smartphones can be hacked with AT commands attacks For those unaware, Sonar (Sound Navigation and Ranging) uses sound propagation normally in submarines for detecting objects on or under the surface of the water, such as other vessels....

To demonstrate this concept in the real world, the Japanese tech giant started public road testing in Europe in December 2020 and started verification tests of the safety and user experience of the imaging and sensing technology installed inside and outside the vehicle, and the human-machine interface (HMI) system. To further develop the above efforts, Sony on Tuesday at the CES 2022 announced and exhibited an SUV-type prototype vehicle (Vision-S 02) as a new form factor, as it enters a new phase of Vision-S development....

Standard Chartered Bank hacked by cyber criminalsReports Reports As of this point, news reports suggest that cyber criminals have succeeded in withdrawing thousands of Pakistani Rupees from from the hacked accounts. No figure has been put to the number of customers affected by the hack, nor is there any clarity of the money that was stolen. However, we do know that the money was withdrawn and moved overseas to UK in a matter of seconds....

Google, which dominates online search had announce the decision to make its search rankings more mobile friendly from today has now updated its algorithm to favour sites that are “mobile-friendly.” This means that people who use Google to search on their smartphone may not find many of their favorite sites at the top of the rankings from today. Considering that smartphone and tablet web surfing are recording unprecedented growth, the Google’s move is more than justified because no one wants to see a 1200 px and 800 px webpage by pinching and zooming on their smartphone screens....