Astronaut Scott Kelly Used Microsoft S Hololens To Fight Off Aliens In Space Techworm

During a news briefing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas, Kelly talked about using the augmented reality headset. — ISS Research (@ISS_Research) March 4, 2016 “I think that virtual reality has a lot of potential. It worked great. I was really surprised. We messed around with it for about two hours, and immediately I sensed this is a capability we could use right now.” The technology could be useful for astronauts trying to perform a task as instructed by mission controllers....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 413 words · Thomas Herrington

Beware Whatsapp Gold Feature Is Just A Hoax

While the original scam fooled users to install malware in the form of ‘WhatsApp Gold’, the new scam is in the form of a message warning users about a virus. The said video “Martinelli” will reportedly install malware in the user’s phone and hack it within 10 seconds of viewing the downloaded video. The hoax message shared by WhatsApp users read, “Today the radio was talking about WhatsApp Gold and it is true....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 239 words · Cassandra Ammon

Bt Fined 11 80 000 By Ofcom For Delay In Providing Service To Deaf Users

The Office of Communications commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom. Earlier Ofcom has instructed all landline and mobile phone operators that they have to create a tool that would allow a user to type what they wanted to say and have it spoken in a phone conversation by a human call centre operator. Ofcom wanted this service for the deaf users to be in place by April 18 last year....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 307 words · Paula Smith

Catch Pokemon Sitting On Your Sofa With This New Pokemon Go Hack For Android Smartphone Techworm

If you are reading this article, it means that you are a Pokemon Go player or fan. A couple of days back we had written an article about a GPS cheat for iPhones and iPads. Now it is the turn of Android smartphone. Unlike the Pokemon Go GPS cheat which we gave for iOS which needed jailbroken iPhones, this cheat doesnt require you to root your Android smartphone. This new hack was demonstrated by YouTuber, OfficialRebel on his YouTube Channel....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 328 words · Karen Barry

Chinese Students Sue Apple For Not Shipping Chargers With Iphones

This decision was made by the technology giant as an environment friendly measure to reduce carbon emissions and avoid the use of rare materials. Now, a group of five students from the Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Donghua University have filed a lawsuit against Apple for not including a phone charger with an iPhone 12 Pro Max model that one of them purchased, according to the Shanghai Law Journal....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 318 words · Shelley Hayes

Chrome Users Beware Trend Micro Anti Virus Puts You At Risk Techworm

Trend Micro’s Password Manager. It is strange to believe that an extension that protects user’s sensitive credentials would be the one with a vulnerability but even the most secure platforms often have an opening that can be found out with relative ease. With the latest vulnerability, an attacker can remotely execute arbitrary code and you will clearly be able to see from the screenshot that all it took was a bit of specially-crafted JavaScript....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 255 words · Herbert Giles

Chromium Hack Special 13 Character Can Crash Chrome Browser Tab On A Mac Pc

The code is a 13 character special string which appears to be written in Assyrian script and is given below : This code works only on Mac and that too only on Google Chrome. You can find the bug report about the same here. If you are a Mac user and using Chrome kindly do not click on the link. Matt C has reported the bug to Google, who have marked the report as duplicate....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 367 words · Karole Gonzales

Citra Becomes The First Nintendo 3Ds Emulator For Android

Unlike the unofficial Android port of the Citra Emulator on PC, the official port released offers a rather complete Nintendo 3DS emulation experience. This includes amiibo support, motion controls, microphone and camera support, better title matching, gamepad support, allows users to use the native Android keyboard to input text while playing games, and more. The Citra team on its Patreon page gave credit to the hard work and dedication of a large number of contributors who worked on the project....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 292 words · Jessie Mackie

Coding School 42 Has Ambitious Aims To Educate A Total Of 10 000 Students For Free Techworm

One of things that raises the bar about this venture is the fact that it’s free and additionally, Niel is investing $100 million in the U.S. to create a new school. The new school will have a massive brand new 200,000 square foot building in Fremont opened 24/7 with thousands of iMacs. Coding school 42 will welcome all students between the ages of 18 and 30. After you have filled out your online application the Coding school 42 team has created a computer science version of the Hunger Games and what it does is that thousands of students face the same coding and logic challenges....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 223 words · Juan Johnson

Cyanogen Looking To Increase India Footprint By Opening A Office In India

The Indian team is expected to be located either in Bengaluru or Delhi and will consist of some other 50 members, adding a third to the company’s existing employee headcount. Once the setup is over, the group will be focusing on adding local flavors to its custom Android operating system, most probably in the form of some local apps and will feature that Cyanogen talked about before. Quality testing and assurance in the country will also be controlled from the new base....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 238 words · Miguel Fuqua

Darkode Hacker Pleads Guilty For Spreading Botnets And Malware Through Facebook

The hacker, Eric L. Crocker aka Phastman, 29, of Binghamton, New York, could serve up to three years in prison and be fined US$250,000 or both, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. A court document mentioned that he was charged with violating the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, which originally became a law to fight email spam. Prosecutors said Crocker apparently used a hacking tool called “Facebook Spreader” to break into protected computers and infect machines....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 265 words · Thomas Pugh

Database Of Lagos State Ministry Of Justice Hacked By 1923Turk Techworm

1923Turk Just fired a Tweet from there twitter [email protected], claiming to hack Database of Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Nigeria. Which is shared in the paste provided by the hacker. The database contains the Login credential including email and password in encrypted format. which can be seen in the paste provided here Vulnerability is still there, mentioned by 1923Turk, Although its not shared yet. Recently 1923Turk hacked into the database of Department of Police, State Government of Jharkhand, India....

December 28, 2022 · 1 min · 112 words · Randi Duncan

Department Of Forestry And Fire Protection California Data Base Leaked By Tunisian Hacker Techworm

Yesterday the same group hacked and defaced Government website from Malaysia 

December 28, 2022 · 1 min · 11 words · Maria Brown

Developer Sues Apple For Allegedly Stealing Iphone X Animoji Trademark Techworm

3 year old feature Reports are now coming out that Enrique Bonansea and his company emonster have had an app named Animoji listed on Apple’s app store since 2014 and have held the trademark since 2015. The app allows anyone to receive an iMessage with Animojis attached without the need to have the app actually installed on the device. The app bills itself as a “fast, free and easy-to-use tool to animate your text and email messages....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 312 words · John Sherman

Elon Musk Says Google Is One Ai Company Whom He Fears Most Techworm

Stephen Hawking has said that nuclear warfare, climate changes and artificial intelligence will lead to man’s extinction. While Elon Musk might not be a genius when it comes to nuclear warfare or climate changes, the founder of Tesla Motors is quite adept when it comes to artificial intelligence. The tech billionaire says that while there are several companies that are working on artificial intelligence, there is only one that worries him the most, and that is probably because it has the most amount of resources at its disposal....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 303 words · Penny Foust

Eurocom Sky E9E2 Gaming Laptops Feature Two Gpus In Sli And A 120Hz Display Techworm

Eurocom Sky E9E2 is a gaming laptop series and one of the world’s first to feature NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1080/1070 GPUs. The gaming laptops can be configured all the way up to 64GB of RAM, 6TB of storage and even optional 120Hz display panels. All of this hardware is present inside the 17.3-inch gaming laptop, so it’s quite impressive that this much power is tucked inside a gaming machine. The Eurocom Sky X9E2 notebook supports socketed processors, which can range from, Intel Core i7-6700K, i5-6600K and i7-6700....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 304 words · James Jones

Exodus Android Spyware Discovered In Apple S Ios Platform Techworm

Last month, researchers from a non-profit security organization, ‘Security Without Borders’, had reported the discovery of several Android versions (nearly 25) of the same malware, which they dubbed as ‘Exodus’, being uploaded to Google’s Play Store. When Google was notified of the problem, the search giant removed the infected applications disguised as service apps from Italian mobile operators. Under development for at least five years, Exodus for Android consists of three distinct stages....

December 28, 2022 · 3 min · 609 words · April Johnson

Facebook Employee Dies After Jumping Off Building At Headquarters

Soon after the accident, Menlo Park Police received a call at 11:30 a.m. PT about a man who had jumped off a building on the 100 block of Jefferson Drive. The Menlo Park Police Department and Menlo Park Fire Protection District personnel instantly responded but they couldn’t revive the person and he was announced unresponsive at the scene. A preliminary investigation indicated there was no foul play involved in the apparent suicide, the police said....

December 28, 2022 · 1 min · 200 words · Clare Murphy

Facebook Is Blocking The Us Nuclear Targets Article By The New York Times But Why Techworm

There is no clarity as to why Facebook has blocked the story or even whether the block was algorithmic or manual. Initially, one could link the article through the Facebook widget on the New York Times’ page; however, now the same method displays a message that reads, “The server found your request confusing and isn’t sure how to proceed.” It has been pointed out by some that the mobile version of the article works, while other articles about nuclear targets have failed to generate the same issues....

December 28, 2022 · 2 min · 425 words · Jonathan Dale

Facebook Launches App Design Resource Website For Developers

Rather than serve as an educational portal for schooling everyone in the art of design or development, Facebook has chosen to pack design.facebook.com with resources. Google and Apple already have their own set of design principles that they share with developers so they can make apps that are consistent with their respective operating systems. Facebook is taking a similar approach. Design.facebook.com is populated has all the resources that will benefit designers and developers who are keen to make the apps like they’re released by Facebook....

December 28, 2022 · 1 min · 133 words · Nancy Napoli