But it’s relatively common for the hardware upgrades to dominate the headlines. So what else can we expect from Samsung’s biggest annual event? Blockchain is a Recurring Theme Samsung is among the first of the big hardware companies to incorporate blockchain into one of its flagship devices. The tech giant introduced the Blockchain Keystore SDK earlier this year, and by August, there were 17 applications available. Blockchain is a Recurring ThemeIs a 6G Showcase on the Horizon?...

WhatsApp video calling to come in 2016Looks like WhatsApp is going to become king of messaging As of right now, the latest version of WhatsApp on Apple’s App Store is version 2.12.12, so it is highly possible that the next version (which according to the source is version number 2.12.16.2) is going to appear on the App Store, which could possibly lead you to start making video calls from your phone....

While several people who play video games don’t have a disorder, excessive playing can have an adverse effect on one’s mental health, explained Vladimir Poznyak, a member of the WHO’s Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse. According to the draft document, WHO classified gaming disorder “as a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour so severe that it takes precedence over other life interests.” The WHO claims that the condition involves a “continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences” and results in “significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning....

Know all about Rule 41 and why VPN providers, Tor, privacy and security experts are against itRule 41 explained As of today changes to Rule 41 is a proposed legislation but the tech industry, VPN providers, Tor developers, privacy activists and security experts are worried about the implications as and when Rule 41 is enacted. The proposed legislative changes will give FBI unseeming powers to into computers and encroach upon the privacy of users....

RAM The first thing we need to establish here, is that we are not talking about storage space. Internal storage space of devices is many a times clubbed together with RAM storage when the specifications are listed. What we are talking about is Random Access Memory (RAM), the memory used by the CPU to hold and execute apps. Below is a comparison between the flagship devices of companies over the past few years....

Firstly, there’s the ongoing saga of blockchain scalability – or lack thereof. Ethereum may be the most well-used platform, but as the DeFi bubble has been inflating, the world’s biggest smart contract development platform has been suffering it’s infamously high gas fees once again. Congestion, combined with high costs, would be enough to deter most enterprises. But the next question would be, why can’t they just move to a smaller and less-congested platform?...

Until many years, it was always the waterfall method that worked for the developers and the IT professionals – the operations team – pretty well. But as the dynamics grew faster, there was a growing need of other methods for maintaining the streamlines. This new method, which apparently has been in existence for quite a long time implicitly, is called DevOps. This article talks about why it is important for every IT individual and every business starter to master DevOps....

Microsoft is changing the default setting that is applied to USB drives and other removable media. The Redmond-based tech firm is offering two main policies regarding removal of external storage devices: Quick Removal and Better Performance. Starting with Windows 10 version 1809, ‘Quick removal’ will be the default policy on Microsoft Windows 10, which in earlier versions of Windows was ‘Better performance,’ states the updated Microsoft support page. However, it is still possible to change the policy setting for each external device....

“The new Compute plug from Quanta is a mini PC and power adapter in one that can be plugged into any outlet and connected to a TV to turn it into a smart computer that can be controlled using Cortana via a Bluetooth remote or headset,” Microsoft said while announcing Quanta Compute Plug. It is not the first such device. US chipmaker Marvell has promoted a range of similarly formed PCs since 2009....

The Start Menu with 3D Live Tiles were leaked when screenshots became public today. According to reports the Live Tiles are being tested by Microsoft engineers and would be deployed in the next technical preview build. Right now Microsoft is testing Windows 10 Build 10061 in beta and reports indicate that the forthcoming Windows 10 build 10102 comes with what seem to be 3D live tiles that are based on a brand new animation coming into effect when launching the Start menu....

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper was reportedly quoted saying Time Magazine that the woman is “granted permission to serve defendant with the divorce summons using a private message through Facebook”. However, there is no clarity if this decision would be applicable for similar cases too. The Ghana couple, Ellanora Baidoo, 26, married Victor Sena Blood-Dzraku in a civil ceremony in 2009. Later, the latter refused to keep his promise of having a traditional Ghanian wedding....

One of the greatest accomplishment from the engineers of OSU, the ATRIAS robot bears resemblance to bipedal animals in the way it walks. In a recent news released by the OSU, Jonathan Hurst a mechanical engineer at OSU says: “That’s part of what’s unique about ATRIAS. Not just that it can walk, and will eventually run — but that it’s doing so with animal-inspired fluidity of motion that is so efficient....

When Xiaomi had originally launched the 64GB model of the phone, it was priced at Rs. 19,999. Now, it will cost Rs. 14,999. Users can also avail a discount of another Rs. 5,000 on exchange of old smartphone and get Xiaomi Mi 4 for Rs.999.00. Back in April, the Mi 4 received a price cut of Rs. 2,000 price which reduced the price of the phone to Rs. 17,999 for the 16GB model and Rs....

While selling branded drink may be considered as not so harmful, selling elephant ivory is definitely very harmful. Yahoo Japan seems to have forgotten that ivory trade is a strict taboo even as activists have laid claim that Yahoo Japan sold a dozen tonnes of elephant ivory in a short period of two years. Activist network Avaaz has also introduced a petition that wants Yahoo to end its ivory sales portal....

Undo Send as the name suggests gives you a set period of time after sending an email to change your mind. Once you have clicked “Send”, you will see an option to undo it on your screen for between 5 and 30 seconds, depending on what you have mentioned in the settings. The Undo Send to Gmail was first introduced by Google in March 2009 as an experiment. This feature has since then sat quietly in the “Labs” area of Gmail, which Google uses to test out new features — users have to switch on these features manually to use them....

The “Cicada” aka Covert Autonomous Disposable Aircraft, actually is a “micro air vehicle” that has been specifically created to carry out missions in remote battlefield and hence it is much smaller, cheaper and designed to be simplistic in comparison with other robotic aircrafts. For a long time U.S. military researchers have been engaged in creating drones of various sizes and Cicada is one of the tiniest creations ever. The mini drone has received its name from an insect “Cicada” as the researchers were inspired by the unique profile of these insects....

While Roblox is one of the trendiest games that rose to vogue recently, its virtual setup impresses users the most! You would use your gaming skills to win the game or defeat your opponent in Roblox games. When you have excellent gaming skills, you like to share them on your social media, YouTube channel, or similar. Further, you would often share it with your friends or squad. Voice-over, expressing your gameplay, requires recording sounds....

We often need to transfer iPhone files to some other places such as the computer in case of data loss and send back them when required. However, import or export via iTunes is quite annoying and complicated, especially for some tech newbie with a Windows computer. Yet, iCloud always meets a limited storage space (5GB) when you backup big media files. Is there an easy and limitless way to transfer or backup iPhone media files on Windows?...

The woman and her aide, spent the money stolen on luxury watches worth £85,000 as well as other goods on their visit to Westfield in Shepherd’s Bush and other shops across the capital. Both of them are still at large. According to the Police, the fraudster on June 3 visited a Santander branch in North End Road and made use of fake ID documents to obtain entry to another customer’s cash....

More and more people become victims of ransomware, a malware that encrypts your data and demands money to decrypt them. A new trend on the market shows that cybercriminals will now target your website as well to get a ransom payment from you. In December 2014, High-Tech Bridge security experts discovered a very interesting case of a financial company website compromise: the website was out of service displaying a database error, while the website owner got an email asking for a ransom to “decrypt the database”....