However, the Norwegian company will keep its advertising and marketing business as well as its game-related apps and television operations, in a bid to escape a long regulatory holdup. The lead investor among the buyers is Kunlun Tech Co., a Beijing-based company that operates the Brothersoft desktop app store and 1Mobile Android app market. Earlier this year, they also bought a majority stake in gay dating app Grindr as the business tries to expand outside of its staple, which is mobile game development....

This is the message on the deface page: “This hack is a response to the rocket attacks of Pakistan military on Kunar and Jalalabad Provinces of Afghanistan! Next time wait for…bigger damage. We will not let any torture and overtaking on our land unanswered,” the hackers wrote on the defaced websites. “Remember WE ARE AFGHANS, WE DO NOT FORGET, WE DO NOT FORGIVE! Rest in peace the Heroes of Afghanistan we will never forgot your Sacrifice and we never will let porkies and this world forget it too....

The payment module database will feature two smaller components; one will be for storing funding source information while the other one will be for security information collection purposes. The funding source component is basically a mini-module for storing information about various payment sources such as PayPal accounts or Bitcoin wallets. The security component is tasked with handling any authentication operations. The patent’s text suggests that multiple currencies such as Bitcoin wallets and actual credit cards are probably going to be added....

The details of the phone were to be officially announced on October 20. But it were leaked on a Chinese website TechSina, according to a report from Mobi Picker . Pepsi P1 features an impressive 5.5-inch 1080p screen, similar to iPhone 6s Plus and other famed mobile phones. It’s fitted with a 13-megapixel rear camera plus a five-megapixel front camera. Powered by a 1.7 GHz MediaTek processor, the P1 will also features 2GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage....

For those unaware, LiFi (short form for Light Fidelity), a super-fast alternative to WiFi, is a wireless technology that transmits high-speed data using Visible Light Communication (VLC). In other words, it uses light waves instead of radio waves to provide an internet connection. The range called Trulifi, a new high-speed version of its LiFi technology leverages existing and future professional luminaires by sending and receiving wireless data throughout the workplace....

Prof.Hawking and Yuri Milner form $100 million Breakthrough Initiative to search for AliensOne of the biggest venture in support of the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) was launched by the Breakthrough Initiatives group at the Royal Society in London. Milner, the venture capitalist made this announcement today at a press conference held at the Royal Society in London. The announcement was relayed live through a webcast. The initiative, ‘Breakthrough Listen’, is a 10 year old project wherein researchers would scan the skies and “listen” for broadcast signals from the billions stars that are closest to Earth along with the 100 galaxies that are spread beyond the Milky Way....

This means that Android smartphones could allow users 1Gbps data speeds from 2017-18 however, the corollary remains your carrier network has ability to support it. Since such ability exists only in 64 percent of carriers in the world and most of them from South Korea, Japan, and Scandinavia, users from other countries shouldn’t get too excited about the news. There’s also the question of data caps, as there’s no point having superfast speeds if all it busts the data cap in a single day....

The team of scientists and engineers at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center set a new world record for plasma pressure in the Institute’s Alcator C-Mod tokamak nuclear fusion reactor. Plasma pressure is the important ingredient for generating energy from nuclear fusion. When Alcator C-Mod set the world record, with the pressure maintained at 2.05 atmospheric pressure – equivalent to 10 metres below the surface of the ocean – the temperature inside the reactor reached more than 35 million degrees Celsius (63 million degrees Fahrenheit), more than double the temperatures achieved in the sun’s core....

‘Injectable electronic’ medical mesh could treat neurodegenerative diseases in futureIn future neurosurgeons might inject electronic devices directly into brain to treat paralysis and other neurodegenerative diseasesNovel method of Injectable Electronic Medical Mesh: However, this is a proven scientific method which has been developed by a group of international researchers and Mark Hyman, a Junior Professor of Chemistry, led by Professor Charles Lieber of Harvard University. Novel method of Injectable Electronic Medical Mesh: An international group of researchers led by Lieber have developed a method of creating nano scale electronic medical scaffold that can be injected into animal bodies via syringe....

While the jury be still be divided on this pending the closure of investigations into the Paris attacks, it seems that ISIS does have a OPSEC manual for its members. It turns out ISIS has a 34-page guide to operational security(.pdf), which instructs its cadre to follow a particular set of cyber life. The manual is in Arabic and offers nitty gritty of using the Internet for terrorist and propaganda operations....

When RoboHon (that’s a Japanese katakana-ized contraction of robot phone) wants to tell you something, it can walk, sit down, get back up, dance, and raise its arms. It can be your memo taker, your talkative alarm clock, and text message reader and do all sorts of Siri things with a reduced level of creepiness. While there is no news on the pricing on RoboHon, Sharp says it will release the robot in the first half of 2016 and will be available only to Japanese citizens....

Basically, electronics such as smartphones (including iPhones), computers, and smart TVs must be sold with locally-made Russian software pre-installed. This means that besides having the manufacturer’s own apps, the devices should also have Russian “alternatives pre-installed to qualify for their sale or else they will be banned from sale from July 2020. The proposed law was passed by the country’s lower house of parliament on Thursday. However, the complete list of the gadgets affected and the Russian-made software has yet to be determined by the government....

Vladimir Drinkman, a 34 year old Russian hacker has pleaded guilty in US Federal Court for his role in hacking NASDAQ, JCPenny, 7 Eleven, Dow Jones, JetBlue and other major organisations in the United States. Reportedly, the hacker admitted his involvement in the world wide scheme that ultimately captured details of more than 160 million credit cards. Federal attorneys in New Jersey who charged Drinkman with conspiracy charges involving wire fraud and unauthorized access to protected computers said the case was the largest to ever be prosecuted on U....

In an advisory published by the NCSC, a Russian hacking group known as “APT29,” “The Dukes” and “Cozy Bear” is trying to steal “valuable intellectual property” from vaccine researchers. The group has been responsible for a slew of attacks against governments and other organizations in recent years. The group is “almost certainly part of the Russian intelligence services,” said the joint statement by the UK’s NCSC, Canadian Communication Security Establishment (CSE), the U....

Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge have a serious RAM management bugThe memory bug refreshes apps during multitasking which results in ultimate loss of the content when users wants them to be running in background. There are two bugs identified as of now: First the phones have excessive RAM usage and other it prematurely shuts down the background apps during multitasking. Facebook user Mr Mandal posted this issue on the Samsung Mobile UK Facebook page: “I have been using my Galaxy S6 Edge for last 2 weeks… However I am facing serious RAM issues… with 3 GB RAM its running full even when I am using just 1 or 2 apps(Chrome and Google maps)....

The patent battle between Apple and Samsung has been going on since 2011. Apple charged Samsung of multiple patent infringements of important features from the company’s iPhone such as such as tap-to-zoom, single-finger scrolling and two-finger zooming, as well as edge-to-edge glass design, among other things. The Silicon Valley companies supporting Samsung cite that the decision against Samsung in this case would have a negative effect on companies that invest in R&D....

In this article, we have gathered all the rumors, leaks, and news about the Samsung Galaxy S10 that you may want to know. According to reports, the S10 is reportedly codenamed ‘Beyond’ and Samsung has “embarked on discussing adoptions of various new technologies such as in-display fingerprint sensing with its suppliers.” Apparently, Samsung has finalized the design of the Galaxy S10 and it will be offering a 3D camera sensor for the upcoming flagship that is allegedly being designed by Israel-based Mantis Vision....

John Goglia from Forbes confirmed this with the FAA. According to the FAA, “regardless of the situation, shooting at any aircraft — including unmanned aircraft — poses a significant safety hazard. An unmanned aircraft hit by gunfire could crash, causing damage to persons or property on the ground, or it could collide with other objects in the air. ” Goglia explains the FAA offered this ruling in response to his questions on the topic, citing 18 USC....