MasterCard’s Credit Cards to come with Fingerprint ScannerMasterCardTest launch in United KingdomVideo demonstrating the Zwipe MasterCard MasterCard MasterCard which has remained a top card issuer all over the world for some time now is not new to the contactless payment Cards. It had issued a credit card which allowed users to tap a card at checkout (and bypass the PIN code process) but that never took off commercially. The latest innovation of the Fingerprint scanner based credit card will undoubtedly depend on the commercial success in gets in United Kingdom....

The Micromax Canvas Nitro 2 E311 is quite same to its predecessors, the A310 and A311. The Micromax Canvas Nitro 2 E311 device has a 1.4GHz octa core processor, while the A310 and A311 had the 1.7GHz chipsets, which is the only main difference between these devices. In addition, the design has been replaced by a simple mediocre-looking form factor from a faux leather finish. The new Micromax looks more of a lower grade phone than its successor....

For the unversed, PSOAs are private companies that manufacture and sell cyberweapons in hacking-as-a-service packages, often to government agencies around the world, to hack into their targets’ computers, phones, network infrastructure, and other devices. The Austrian-based PSOA named DSIRF, which Microsoft had dubbed Knotweed, has been linked to the development and attempted sale of a malware toolset called “Subzero”. DSIRF promotes itself on the website as a company that provides “mission-tailored services in the fields of information research, forensics as well as data-driven intelligence to multinational corporations in the technology, retail, energy, and financial sectors” and have “a set of highly sophisticated techniques in gathering and analyzing information....

Intercept’s Micah Lee has reported this little-known fact, where he pointed out that if an user has logged into Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 using the Microsoft account, the encryption keys which are generated by default are automatically uploaded to the Microsoft’s servers without the user’s knowledge. Also there is a no option the user to stop this process, hence the Windows user can’t prevent device encryption from sending your recovery key....

The new operating system, Windows 11 comes with a redesigned user interface, faster connectivity, best PC gaming experience, News & Interests Widgets, an all-new Microsoft Store, support for Android applications, and much more. After the official announcement of Windows 11 in June 2021, there were rumours that Microsoft is set to bring the redesign to the classic Notepad wherein it is likely to receive the Fluent Design update for a much cleaner interface....

Following the discovery, Microsoft shared its findings with Apple, subsequently which the Cupertino giant released a fix for this vulnerability, now identified as CVE-2021-30970, as part of security updates released on December 13, 2021. “We encourage macOS users to apply these security updates as soon as possible,” wrote Microsoft. For those unaware, TCC is a technology in macOS that is essentially designed to help users configure the privacy settings of their apps, such as access to the device’s camera, microphone, or location, as well as access to the user’s calendar or iCloud account, among others....

This was revealed by Joe Belfiore, Corporate VP at Microsoft’s Build 2015. “Microsoft Edge is the browser built for Windows 10, and it will be available on the widest range of Windows 10 devices,” he said. Microsoft Edge prepares to take on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari in the battle for browsers. Internet Explorer had been losing faithfuls in droves due to its inherent vulnerabilities, weaknesses, lack of extensions and generally un-user friendly nature....

It is seems that a number of Chinese smartphone manufacturers will participate in this launch of Windows 10 by manufacturing Windows phone, which could be only for China and Chinese mobiles. There are news that Microsoft is inviting a select group of Xiaomi Mi 4 power users to help them test Windows 10 and contribute to its future release later this year. Xiaomi Mi 4 is an Android phone and it definitely shows that Windows might have plans to get Xiaomi to manufacture Microsoft based smartphones in future....

Mirror’s Edge, the 2008 game whose mechanic revolved around parkour is getting a sequel this year, and a very talented modder has managed to insert an entire landscape of the game inside the popular first person shooter, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, perhaps to give us a reminder that the sequel will be upon us. Modder SuX Lolz has definitely put his talent to good use as you can see in the video below....

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) seems to be fed up of these pirate sites and now on behalf of most of the Hollywood movie studios it has given a final warning to these pirate sites to close down within 24 hours or else. As per the reports from Torrentfreak (TF) various emails have been sent to torrent indexes, linking sites including the hosting services from Jan van Voorn, MPAA’s VP....

This VPN service will eliminate the need for installing external VPN’s. Presently, this browser-based VPN is in beta stage and it can be tested only by US-based Firefox users. Mozilla is testing this VPN service to offer more privacy to its users. So here’s everything you need to know about the browser-based VPN in Firefox. Browser-Based VPN In Firefox As mentioned above the new VPN service for Firefox is in beta stage....

Security researcher Chris Vickery, who shared his findings on DataBreaches.net, revealed that he found 300GB database of voter data, which includes names, home addresses, voter IDs, phone numbers, and birth dates, as well as political affiliations and and logs of whether they voted in primary or general elections. He told Forbes that he has the entire 300GB database in his possession, which has data that goes back to the year 2000 However, the database does not contain financial information or Social Security numbers....

The Messenger spacecraft had gathered essential data which is further aiding the scientists to get few utmost details of the solar system’s inner most planet Mercury which is located just 36 million miles from the sun. The data is also helping scientists to understand planet Mercury’s evolution over a period of time. The Messenger spacecraft was able to reach at an altitude of just 9 miles from the planet and hence it was able to gather the measurements of the magnetic field of Mercury....

Pwn2Own is a popular yearly hacking contest and this years contest was organized in Vancouver, Canada this week. The Pwn2own was dominated by the Chinese hacking team as they successfully “broke” Internet Explorer 11 in only 17 seconds and created a world record of sorts. The team called 360Vulcan sadly failed to capture the unicorn prize of the contest but became centre of attention among the competitors and organizers. The Internet Explorer 11 was put ahead of all browsers by the organizers because it is protected with enhanced sandbox, a full 64 bit process, EMET (Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit), the security mechanisms of Windows 8....

HMD Global, a Finnish company has a 10-year brand licensing agreement with Nokia, under which it will be manufacturing, selling and distributing smartphones running Android as well as feature phones and tablets under the Nokia brand around the world. Recently, HMD Global had announced that the new Nokia devices would be releasing in India by the end of Q2 2017. So, the pre-bookings showing up on the UK website is no surprise....

The new game called Mr. Robot:1.51exfiltrati0n is a text based adventure game, published by Telltale. Telltale’s presser says, The game allows players to use the E-Corp messaging app to communicate with characters from the show, changing the story outcomes with each decision they make. Become embroiled in the world of fsociety, a renegade hacker group determined to “reset the world,” by texting different employees of their target corporation: E-Corp, a massive global tech company....

According to the report accompanying these slides, Nvidia is releasing GeForce GTX 1060 graphics cards in both 3GB and 6GB GDDR5 configurations. The card is likely to use a 192-bit memory interface. With its 1280 CUDA cores and 1.7GHz boost clock, this graphics card is expected to provide a maximum compute performance of about 4.4TFLOPs. Other specs as seen in the presentation slide include; a memory speed of 8GB/s, a TDP of 120W with a 6-pin power connector, and a standard array of 3x DisplayPort 1....

For those unaware, Japanese conglomerate SoftBank had purchased Arm Holdings for $31.4 billion back in 2016 to expand into the internet-of-things (IoT) technology. Under the terms of the deal, NVIDIA will pay SoftBank $21.5 billion in stock and $12 billion in cash for Arm, which includes $2 billion payable at signing. SoftBank may receive an additional $5 billion in cash or common stock under an earn-out agreement, subject to satisfaction of specific financial performance targets by Arm....

Effectively immediately, the One Plus 2 now starts at $349 (down from $389), €345 (down from €399) and £249 (down from £289). The new low price is not a temporary sale or promotion; it’s the new permanent price. Further, those who have just bought an One Plus 2 at its old price within the last 15 days will too receive a $40 refund. In addition, to celebrate Valentine’s Day, there is also a free Style Swap cover or One Plus X cover for new One Plus purchases....

The pricing details for all the countries is given in the image below : To help users experience the new OnePlus 2, OnePlus has promised that it would host pop-up events in 9 cities namely Bangalore, New Delhi, Jakarta, Milan, Berlin, Paris, London, New Work, and San Francisco on July 31. Visitors will get to try out the OnePlus 2, ask questions, and could even win an invite. The first 50 visitors will get a gift bag....