Due to its popularity, Apple’s mobile platform is used by many around the world, making developers prefer developing for iOS first before hopping onto other platforms. In spite of this, Google’s Android has always been an obstacle for the company for years and also the one to steal the company’s market share. Hence, to increase its hold in the market, Apple has come up with the Android Apple Music app that’s scheduled to arrive sometime this fall....

According to Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), Apple advertised that several iPhone models were water-resistant for a maximum depth varying between 4 metres and 1 metre depending on the model and up to 30 minutes. The promotional claims are related to the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max models. However, the Cupertino-based tech giant “did not make it clear that this feature exists under certain specific conditions”, particularly in laboratory tests with static and pure water, “and not under normal conditions of use”....

There are over 500 million small to medium business owners (SMBs) on the planet. Sadly, however, over 50 million businesses fail each and every year. So, how do we stop so many from failing? That was the question that occupied most of my flight from London to Sydney. And with 22 hours in the air, I had a lot of time to think. Before deciding to build anything new, I first decided to examine the current solutions on offer – where they work and where they fall short....

Looking at this, there is a high probability that the robot could offer more options to us compared to these home assistants, which will also turn into the robot’s primary selling point. Communication is going to be key here and apart from completing a long list of tasks, ASUS Zenbo will also be able to play the role of a surrogate parent when the actual parents are not at home....

Researchers at the University Of Central Florida (UCF) have created a new type of battery that lasts for days with only a few seconds’ charge. This high-powered battery will have supercapacitors that would allow it to store a large amount of energy. “With these supercapacitors, you could charge your mobile phone in a few seconds and you wouldn’t need to charge it again for over a week,” said Nitin Choudhary, a postdoctoral associate who conducted much of the research....

Luckily, there are several websites that offer full anime episodes in high definition. If you are looking to watch anime movies and series online, You might end up falling for illegal websites on the Internet. These websites don’t own the copyrights to share these anime series online for public viewing, thus making it completely illegal. Even though, most of these websites are so famous that they get millions of views per month from anime fans around the globe....

The mobile app is designed to make it easy for users to send photos and documents across different phone platforms rapidly and just with an emphasis on spontaneity. For trial, BitTorrent lets you make your first three sends for free and later prompts you to pay $1.99 after the transfers are complete. However, the receiver is never charged for downloading the content. In other words, the product will always be free for the recipient....

In his own words, “To get this job, I had to pass a security clearance which involved some agency calling all of my former employers, my family, and even my friends. I passed with no problem and about 6 months from the initial application, I started working.” Everything as going quite well when one day Sunday_Account spilled coffee on his laptop and it went bust. Being a miserly sort of man, he opened Craiglist to check for a cheap second hand laptop....

According to Flashpoint Global Partners, a firm that is an expert in uncovering threats on the Deep Web have found that online presence of online jihadists do not appear to have significantly changed ever since Edward Snowden became the highlight of every news channel. On Monday, London mayor Boris Johnson has stated that Snowden was responsible for these attacks primarily because he had a hand in whistleblowing who was responsible for spying on the public on such a massive scale....

Forbes website used as a watering hole by Chinese Hacking group ‘Codoso Team’Watering HoleHistoryIdentification Users, using Internet browser who visited Forbes.com on the four days following Thanksgiving were open to be hacked, two cybersecurity firms said Tuesday. The companies, iSight Partners and Invincea, said hackers who allegedly belong to the Chinese hacker group Codoso Team, had reprogrammed Forbes’ “Thought of the Day” widget to send malicious computer code to readers’ computers....

This is the first time that the CIA is making its database known as CREST or CIA Records Search Tool online. Back in 1995, the CIA was ordered by then-President Bill Clinton to declassify secret government documents at least 25 years old that were also of “historical value.” But the CIA didn’t make the archives searchable until 2000. However, in 2000, the CIA abided by setting up the computers at the National Archives....

For the unversed, UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) firmware is tasked with booting up Windows computers, including the loading of the operating system, even before any security measures of the system. As a result, malware that has been placed in the UEFI firmware image is particularly hard to detect which makes it difficult to remove it by performing a clean reinstall of the operating system or even by replacing the storage drive....

This week, a startling chart and pictograph by The New York Times gave credence to the desperate scope of the problem. Although the economy is roaring once again, the housing market continues to struggle. New home construction is at its lowest level in decades, and first-time home buyers are finding it exceedingly difficult to attain affordable housing in the tight market. The Wall Street Journal is calling it “the next housing crisis,” and it’s undoubtedly garnering a lot of attention from pundits, politicians, and ordinary people....

For those unaware, cryptojacking is malware that infects computers to use them to mine cryptocurrencies usually without users’ knowledge. Gaming PCs are the perfect targets for crypto mining these days, as they are powerful and have a lot of computing power. The malware in question, dubbed as “Crackonosh” by researchers at Avast, seems to have originated from the Czech Republic. This malware infects computers through illegal and cracked copies of popular software, often found via various torrent sites and forums as well as “warez” websites....

DareDevil PoS Malware, Infects Ticket Machines and Electronic KiosksVeiled ThreatAttacksSecurity found wanting Veiled Threat The malware has been disguised as a legitimate process, making it difficult to track. It can disguise itself as a Google Chrome or as PGTerm.exe, which appears to belong to Pay&Go client product, a payment software solution. It can also be disguised as “hkcmd.exe,” a process that regularly facilitates hot key interception on systems equipped with Intel graphics....

Techworm readers get a special discount of 27%, hurry only 5 hours left I will assume that most of you have never heard of a Himalayan Salt Lamp, let alone own it. If you have heard about it then you don’t know what you’re missing if you don’t have a Himalayan salt lamp in your home. It’s like having an open window – a softly glowing natural source of fresh, clean air – on your desk, in your living room, next to the bed, or anywhere you choose to put it....

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Airport authorities have not yet commented on the number of customers they think may have been affected by the breach, however they said, ” the breach has already been contained and they are currently working with Republic Parking, the parking operator at the airport and DataPark, the manufacturer of the revenue controls system and also a third party forensic to investigate the breach. The Eastern Iowa Airport have asked their customers who have used the airport parking facilities between the said period, to closely monitor their accounts and to notify the card issuing bank or financial institution in case of any fraudulent attempts....