Artem Vaulin, named as the alleged owner of KickAssTorrents (KAT) in a lawsuit, was arrested in a joint operation by the U.S. law enforcement authorities with the Polish police. The lawsuit was filed in Chicago, with Vaulin, a 30-year-old man from Kharkiv, Ukraine, being sued for criminal copyright infringement and money laundering. The U.S. is going to seek his extradition. Also Read- Kickass Torrents Alternatives | Sites Like KAT The US Department of Justice and the legal team of alleged KickassTorrents owner Artem Vaulin are now headed for a court battle over copyright infringement and other three counts....

As cybersecurity threats continue to increase, it’s possible that your device could be affected with a virus or malware that could give hackers access to your personal or private information, AT&T said. To help keep your device secure, AT&T put together these tips: It’s important to keep your device software up to date. The latest software updates include the best available protections to help defend against these viruses. Regularly back up your data and device to avoid any information loss....

Exactly 7134 women participants, majority of them of India and United States got together for a three-day coding marathon organized by Bengaluru-based coding platform HackerEarth that began on Friday. Out of the 7134 women participants, nearly 80 percent were from India, 12 percent for the United States and the rest from 34 countries around the world including UK, New Zealand, Chile, and Iraq. The code fest which was a online event was so organised as to end on International Women’s Day on March 8th....

Goodwill’s investigation revealed that malware had been installed on a third-party vendor system used by 10% of its franchised stores to process credit cards. Twenty of Goodwill’s 158 regional headquarters in the United States were impacted by the breach, because of the shared third-party system. When the investigation first started in July, Goodwill stressed the fact that the company does not have a centralized payment system because it is a franchise....

Who’s this guy, and exactly how does this particular system get the job done? Here is a quick look at bitcoin: How Bitcoins Work Bitcoin is actually digital money that isn’t linked with a financial institution or even federal government and makes it possible for people to invest money anonymously. The particular coins are made by people who “mine” them by financing processing power to confirming various other users’ transactions....

According to internal tests conducted by Adobe, Photoshop promises to deliver 1.5X faster performance than similarly configured previous-generation Apple computers. “Our tests covered a broad scope of activities, including opening and saving files, running filters, and compute-heavy operations like Content-Aware Fill and Select Subject, which all feel noticeably faster. Our early benchmarking also shows that some operations are substantially faster with the new chip,” Adobe’s Pam Clark said in a statement on Wednesday....

Although it is considered one of the easiest and fastest ways to make money online, there are a couple of things to chalk up. While the industry newcomers crave overnight success, experienced marketers are absolutely aware that there’s no cookie cutter way to conquering the digital channels. Affiliate marketing wants all your commitment. You cannot just go in “blind” and hope the results won’t be long in coming, no – it’s not going to work....

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Snapchat Photos And Videos Intercepted By Hackers now leaked #SnapChat HacksSomething huge was comingSnapChat not hackedViralPop.comSnapSaveThe other hack A giant database of intercepted Snapchat photos and videos has been released by hackers who have been collecting the files for years ala the iCloud Hacks. The users of 4Chan have named this hack as “The Snappening,” while we will call it SnapChat Hacks. The database is said to contain 200,000 images of SnapChat users....

— ?? Owen in SF ?? (@ow) October 25, 2016 The MacBook Pro keyboard will come with a new so-called Magic Toolbar that is essentially a touchscreen letting you perform a wide variety of tasks, while also displaying information related to certain activities, such as Apple Pay. But although the addition of the Magic Toolbar is the most striking change, there’s also something a little bit unexpected. Notice the ESC key in the top left corner?...

With the wait for the finale season of Game of Thrones expected to be longer and for those fans who are impatient to find out what happens next in the world of Westeros, an artificial intelligence (AI) system has just finished writing the beginning of the sixth book for them. The series so far consists of “A Game of Thrones” (1996,) “A Clash of Kings” (1998,) “A Storm of Swords” (2000,) “A Feast for Crows” (2005) and “A Dance With Dragons” (2011)....

Every Valorant agent has different abilities along with a unique contract. In this article, we are going to talk about all the Valorant Agents’ abilities and the countries they belong to. Valorant is a free-to-play FPS game developed by Riot Games. The game is based on Unreal Engine 4 and is available only on the Windows platform. At first, Riot released the game under the codename Project A in 2019....

Reddit users earlier reported that Taylor who goes by Reddit handle of /u/chooter and is Reddit’s Director of Talent and key administrator was apparently fired without notice, leaving one of the site’s most popular subreddits called the Ask Me Anything in jeopardy. Taylor oversaw the administration of the Ask Me Anything subreddit (/r/IAmA), a section that allows Reddit users to engage in a real-time Q&A with famous personalities such as Bill Gates and President Obama Taylor’s sacking has not gone well with the Redditors and they have started a thread called AMAgeddon, protesting over her alleged sacking....

As far as hardware specifications are concerned, each earbud in the Echo Buds packs three microphones (for Alexa) and two balanced armature drivers for sound. There are built-in sensors that automatically pause playback when you take the Echo Buds off. There are also tap gestures such as double-tap to activate Bose noise reduction, tap and hold to access the default voice assistant (such as Google Assistant or Siri) on your phone, and more....

Simple tricks to make your Android usage a little fast paced.Saying OK GoogleChanging the user agentAlternative SymbolsThe Do Not Disturb modePress and hold the Home key for “Now on Tap” suggestionsBypass unlocking your phone (when it’s safe)Quickly open the cameraAdd contact widgets Saying OK Google If you want to feel a piece of “Artificial Intelligence”, then you can do this by tweaking few settings. Your android device will follow your commands and assist you whenever you want without putting your finger on the screen, even when phone is locked....

Most smartphone makers have several debug tools enabled while manufacturing a smartphone for testing and quality control purpose. However, it seems that MediaTek forgot to close a debug tool in this particular case, before shipping, leaving the ‘backdoor’ open to hackers. The flaw which resides in many of MediaTek powered smartphones can be exploited by a potential hacker to steal private data including photos, contacts, and even remotely monitor all traffic....

McKinnon might be suffering from Asperger’s, but that did not prevent him from hacking into the Pentagon and NASA and taking over a total of 97 computers, along with stealing passwords, deleting files and perhaps the worst of the lot, shutting down military networks. According to a report, after he had infiltrated the machines, he had accused America of hiding a fleet of warships in space. Individuals suffering from Asperger’s tend to have difficulty in social gatherings or situations, which is possibly the reason why he managed to become such a skilled hacker, since it was all done in pure solitude....

A humungous number of K-Pop fans have also taken part in the protest. These online fans along with the help of Anonymous K-pop divisions have successfully crashed the iWatch app that was set up by the Dallas police department. So here’s everything you need to know about the crashing of iWatch App by K-pop fans. K-Pop Fans Flooded iWatch App With FanCam Videos After the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the Dallas police department encouraged citizens in the city to send in video footage of “illegal activity from the protests” that are presently happening in Dallas using the iWatch application....

This move comes after Apple was strongly criticized in August for hiring third-party human contractors to listen to customer’s conversations with Siri and grade the voice assistant’s responses. After the potential privacy mistake was revealed, Apple admitted on listening to audio conversations and went on to promptly cancel its hiring third-party programme. Those upgrading to iOS 13.2 will see a new splash screen that clearly explains how the Siri recordings were being used....

Steve Wozniak had confirmed this news during an interview in late August with a 14-year old entrepreneur, Sarina Khemchandani, the founder of ReachAStudent, a website that helps students interact with potential mentors. As a recap, the Ashton Kutcher “Jobs” movie portrayed Jobs’ involvement in the design and development of Apple’s first products, which had managed to attract some controversies. During the interview, Ms Khemchandani asked Mr Wozniak what role Steve Jobs played during the creation of the original Apple I and Apple II computers....