Microsoft is all set to launch the next big update for Windows OS – Windows 11 next week. While it’s expected to revamp several elements in this update, a major overhaul to Microsoft Store is expected to make it more enticing. The company has already sent invites to Windows Developers for a special event on Windows 11 launch date, where the executives will discuss solely Microsoft Store’s improvements and new policies....
Mozilla in its v100 of Firefox browser is introducing support for hardware-accelerated AV1 decoder. This has been noted on the Firefox bug tracker website. Adding this support will offer a better compression efficiency of videos, resulting in less battery consumption. Also, videos compressed in AV1 will be of better quality than the previous VP9 and H.264 and H.265 codecs. While Firefox is picking up this now, Chrome and Edge have had this for quite a time....
The latest update to CPU-Z has added support for AMD’s upcoming server CPUs – the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Series , also known as the Storm Peak batch. Supposed to be used in data centers, these new AMD chips may have 64 cores (or possibly 96 cores) and support the latest hardware like DDR5 memory and PCIe 5 standard. They’re purported to compete with Intel’s recently launched Sapphire Rapids WS series....
A Linux backdoor named Bvp47 is said to be under the radar for over a decade and has been used against highly targeted systems in the past. Samples of Bvp47 were first reported in 2013, and the links have been connected to the Equation group of US NSA. Being an APT, researchers noted that Bvp47 has attacked over 287 organizations in various sectors in 45 countries since its inception. They have also described its modus operandi....
A research made by academicians at Ohio State University found astonishing results. This is regarding apps we see in our smartphones, which have backdoors for secret keys, master passwords, and secret commands. These were unknown to users all this time, and any hacker with physical access to those devices with such apps can intrude and exploit as he like. This could be remote code execution and stealing data. Hidden Backdoor in Android Apps...
Months after serving Mac and iPad users, PayPal is bringing support for passkeys on Chrome, on Android devices. This is touted to be a better alternative than the current mode of entering usernames and passwords – as passkeys have private and public keys stored in the device and the server – which are less vulnerable to compromise. Passkeys on Chrome For Android With tech companies often subject to data breaches, experts have come up with a new alternative to securing the users’ login into a platform – Passkeys ....
A Russian court has levied a fine of $98 million against Google as the company failed to comply with the takedown policies of illegal content. Also, Instagram’s Meta too was fined about $27.15 million for similar reasons. The objected content here is regarding drugs, dangerous behavior, and guides on how to make weapons and explosives. Google has 10 days of time to respond against this fine. Russia Fining Tech Companies To gain more control over the internet within its boundaries, Russia has lately been acting strictly against tech companies that process user data....
SEOUL, April 6, 2025 – Samsung Electronics, the global leader in memory chip manufacturing, is poised to announce a significant 21% drop in its first-quarter operating profit on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. The anticipated decline is attributed to sluggish sales of artificial intelligence (AI) chips and persistent losses in its contract chip manufacturing division, underscoring the South Korean tech giant’s challenges in keeping pace with the rapidly evolving semiconductor market....
1. Privacy Policies That gives Signal a point over Telegram since Telegram is a cloud-based service that stores your chats on its servers. These chats can be decrypted and handed over to police if asked. On the other hand, Signal doesn’t store any of your data and backs up chats to your local storage only if asked. Also Read- Why Anonymous Recommends Signal and Telegram Over WhatsApp? 2. Security Signal and Telegram promise the same when securing your chats through end-to-end encryption solutions....
Southwire Cable Company, which was being hacked last month by Maze Ransomware group, was now sued for publicly disclosing a part of their stolen data on a website. The victim is now expecting compensation for the damages done. In what happened to be a ransomware attack on Southwire Cable company last month , the culprit Maze Group is now sued for a lawsuit to compensate the complainant for loses occurred. The Ransomware group has demanded $6million ( 850 Bitcoins ) for keeping the stolen data private which was later denied by Southwire....
Unable to update the Steam games and prompted with the Corrupt Update Files error? Steam Corrupt Update Files issue is likely to be encountered when trying to update the games download on the Steam client. Some common reasons behind facing this issue can be a corrupted cache file, an issue with the downloads folder, corrupted game files, a busy server, etc. This issue will prevent you from updating the games and can be a real headache if some games require the latest update to run....
Steam released a new beta update to both its desktop client and the Deck device – allowing them to transfer game files between each other using a local network connection. This would significantly reduce the time of installing an update since you can bypass the time needed for connecting to a remote Steam server. Also, it’s a blessing for those who have low bandwidth and network speeds. Users can also connect their Steam Deck to one local network for LAN games....
Jasmine Technology Solution Pcl, the Thai firm that announced venturing into the Bitcoin mining business in mid this year, has its stock rallied to record heights. As per Bloomberg , the shares of Jasmine Technology have soared nearly 7,000% Year-to-date. As investors are bullish on this new venture, the company’s CEO said they’d be investing over $98 million for expanding the current mining hardware and grow more. Bitcoin Mining is a New Business While some partial investment into Bitcoin is considered a logical thing today, mining it isn’t profitable, in most cases....
Researchers at Cyble spotted over 9,000 VNC servers exposed online without any passwords – putting all the critical systems under them at risk. Hackers who manage to find them can remotely control them and see and download information stored in them. Warning this was a serious issue, the researchers asked VNC customers to secure them quickly to avoid bad consequences. Exposing Servers Without Password Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a platform-independent system that lets users remotely handle other systems – which mostly have fewer functions of monitoring and adjustments....
A new report from the Financial Times says that TikTok is looking to partner with TalkShopLive – a live shopping platform that lets creators sell products online through their live streaming. This disputes an earlier report that TikTok is dropping the plan of live shopping feature, in the US and UK, after seeing poor popularity in testing. Yet, we now see a new deal coming up that may keep TikTok at par with other tech giants doing the same....
Since Snapchat emerged as one of the leading social media platforms, it has introduced many features to remain relevant in the times. Throughout its journey, it has also introduced various abbreviations and terms, which are hugely popular now. However, out of the many terms, PMO is one of the most frequently used terms on Snapchat. If you’re confused about what PMO means, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Read on to learn what does PMO mean on Snapchat ....
Brother printer users who’re trying to print through a USB connection, are facing issues after upgrading to Windows 11. This is because the Windows 11 OS fails to recognize the printer, says the Brother printers team. While they’re working on a solution, the team mentioned affected models and asked users to try other means of printing, like wireless meanwhile. Windows 11 Printing Issues Microsoft made Windows 11 with security at its core....
Fighting Scams Based on Impersonation Observing that scams based on impersonation are getting popular, YouTube is enforcing a new rule that’d limit the users’ ability to pick special characters for their channel name. This should make the formation of an impersonating name harder for the crooks, who’d otherwise make a name that’s close to popular accounts. With the addition of Unicode characters into the available characters for naming something, scammers are leveraging this to exploit popular accounts and lure unsuspecting people to their scams....
Google, the parent company of YouTube, is not in a hurry to develop a separate application for PC. Its website has sufficient features to allow users to access YouTube all day. Many users face some problems now and then while accessing YouTube on the browser. Zoom-in and zoom-out were very common problems for me. And this problem leads to switching to the YouTube PC app. However, you are not alone if you are facing some glitches on the YouTube web....
Kerry Culpepper, a lawyer through his company named 42 Ventures , has filed a lawsuit against YTS clone sites , as they’re infringing their trademark rights! Kerry represents many popular Hollywood moviemakers and has a track record of tuning copyright infringers to pay his settlement demands, to not to go after them. He did the same with Popcorn Time previously and seems to do the same with YTS again, as he didn’t mention the actual, and popular YTS domain in his lawsuit....
