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Samsung has announced SmartThings Labs, a new beta-like program under its SmartThings to let users try out the experimental features. These include features used to control the IoT devices in our home. Users can provide feedback to makers to shape them accordingly. It’s available to Android users in the US and South Korea. Samsung SmartThings Program Just as any other developer do, Samsung has set its own beta type program called SmartThings for its IoT future....

Continuing the steady stream of leaks of Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 4, we now have unofficial renders coming from a YouTube video, showcasing the entire handset. Courtesy to TechTalkTV, the video showed the Galaxy Z Flip 4 having a smaller hinge, slightly larger external display, and a thin crease when folded – compared to its predecessor. While this leak the external view, internal specifications of this Galaxy Z Flip 4 have leaked already....

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has disclosed a data breach into two if its subsidiary sites – SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com . According to the airport’s internal notice to employees, these two sites were targeted by hackers in March, by injecting malicious code and stealing user credentials as usernames and passwords entered into them. The airport had removed the code now and is bringing up those two sites. Further, it advised users to change their passwords as a precaution....

Snatch Ransomware, the new ransomware in the town is successful in sneaking into Windows PC by a typical method of Safe Mode rebooting to encrypt user files gradually. First discovered by incident response team at Sophos Labs, they claimed it to be a “big deal and a trick that could be rapidly adopted by other ransomware crews as well.” So here we go, explaining how it crawls onto secured systems and locks them with their encryptions to demand you a huge ransom....

Sophos , a UK based cybersecurity firm has just released a patch to aid a critical vulnerability in its XG Firewall software. The company said this was detected after one of its users reported about a suspicious filed value found in the software’s management interface. This was found to be an SQL injection vulnerability that was unknown for several years, and hackers could’ve been exploiting it in wild. Been in the wild and being exploited XG Firewall/XFOS is an enterprise firewall software, installed for safeguarding the corporate network from any undesired cyberattacks....

After a fair period of testing, Spotify is now rolling out the premium subscription service of its podcasts to all US creators. The subscription-based service will be available to all international listeners starting next month, and the creators have about 20 pricing points to select for their content. This is offered through Spotify’s Anchor platform. Spotify Premium Podcast Service Letting podcast creators cash on their content, Spotify has launched a subscription-based model for a few of them in the US this spring....

Taiwan defends its semiconductor leadership, stating its success comes from decades of investment, not an industry takeover. Global semiconductor manufacturing relies on collaboration, with countries like Japan and the U.S. contributing specialized expertise. Taiwan commits to strengthening partnerships with democratic nations to ensure a stable and resilient chip supply chain. Taiwan’s top technology official has dismissed concerns over the island’s dominance in semiconductor manufacturing, emphasizing that no single country should control the industry....

Telegram’s new app update has many new features for both regular and premium users. Some of the included access to infinite reactions – users can react to messages with any emoji they like. Premium users can even make custom emojis and react to a message with three emojis. Further, there are emoji statuses, a custom username-based profile link for sharing, a revamped downloads section, and an easier login process. Telegram New Features With Telegram being one of the frequently developed platforms, it’s no wonder we see many new features in every update....

BREIN, the Netherlands anti-piracy group has finally achieved a long-standing case against the proxies and mirror sites of The Pirate Bay . The group’s settlement in court has resulted in taking down the piratebay-proxylist.net site, which is an index site of The Pirate Bay’s working proxies. Also, a fine of $343,000 was levied on the site’s operator. The Pirate Bay’s Proxy Index Site Shutdown Torrent users use various means to get over the restrictions for accessing their favorite torrents....

After banning financial institutions from transacting in cryptocurrencies, China further cracks down on miners now. An announcement from China’s Vice Premier Liu He on targeting cryptocurrency miners has threatened the activity in the country. This led to two of the world’s biggest mining pools, BTC.TOP and HashCow to halt their operations and Huobi exchange to stop serving Chinese customers. China Continues Cracking Down Cryptocurrencies While the technology underlying cryptocurrencies – blockchain seems to have a value, not every byproduct of it – cryptocurrency carries a value....

Twitter is testing two new features for its users – 1080p video upload on the web and the creation of Community by anyone. While the 1080p video upload support is only available only for Twitter Blue users, Community can be created by anyone and shared. This is similar to Facebook groups and lets users share tweets with only those who’re in the community. Twitter New Features What started as a simple announcements and news updating platform is now turned into one of the major social media platforms....

Typhoon Labs IPTV was one of the most popular IPTV services , with over 1,200 channels and uncountable movies and TV Shows . This includes services by all major streaming services, including BBC, Netflix, and Disney. At a price of less than $15 per month , it is a steal. Rather, Netflix itself is more expensive than Typhoon Labs IPTV. You can also get the 48-hour trial option if you are a new user....

Following the suite of other governments, the UK’s privacy watchdog has now fined Clearview AI a sum of £7.5 million – a controversial US firm that aids entities with facial recognition data. Since Clearview AI collects data by illegal means and fails to protect and inform the users about their personal data collection, the UK ordered the company to stop collecting their citizens’ data and even delete the data in their database....

As per a business advisory issued to all the US companies, the Department of Homeland Security warned about using the products and services of any Chinese firms. This is reasoned with the coercive security laws of China, where the PRC government can alter products to set backdoors and bugs to steal US proprietary data. The US Warned About Using Chinese Products Image Credits – https://www.vice.com Trump’s administration has long been pressing US agencies to stand against China in all ways possible....

The U.S. Department of State has come up with an offer of $1 million each to those who help them in convicting the two Ukrainian citizens named Artem Viacheslavovich Radchenko and Oleksandr Vitalyevich Ieremenko . These two were alleged with cases of hacking the SEC systems to steal confidential data about companies and sell/trade them for illicit profits. Stealing Data to Gain Illicit Advantage Over Others Artem Viacheslavovich Radchenko and Oleksandr Vitalyevich Ieremenko were charged with cases relating to computer fraud conspiracy, fraud conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, and computer fraud in a 16-count indictment filed by SEC in January 2019....

Millions of Apple loyalists in China are now reconsidering using their iPhone after Trump announced to cut-off from WeChat. The US president has last week barred US companies to stop transacting with Tencent, the parent company of WeChat, which is everything for Chinese users in their daily lives. Thus, analysts expect Apple to take the hardest hit if WeChat is ordered to take down from iPhones. Trump’s Order on WeChat Can Affect Apple Much As Bloomberg gathered from various users and analysts, opinions tell that Apple could struggle with the sale in China if the WeChat ban is effective....

WhatsApp’s latest beta has a big update for business accounts on the platform, where it removed the last seen status altogether. This change was spotted in WhatsApp for Android’s latest beta and is still available in iOS and web clients. Instead of showing the last active status, WhatsApp replaced it with Business Account in that place. Update For WhatsApp Businesses After serving the general users, WhatsApp started helping businesses to interact with their clients lately....

We’ve seen WhatsApp Testing a lot of new features recently in its beta. Joining this list is the new media file size limit – which allows users to share up to 2GB worth of media. Spotted by a Spanish blog, this feature is live in some beta versions of both Android and iOS and may come to the stable version soon. Also, this upgrade feature is currently being tested with only a few people in Argentina, and not yet live in other regions....

After introducing Disappearing Messages and New Storage dashboard, WhatsApp is now gearing up new features like Read Later, New Wallpapers, and Muting Video options . All these were reported by WABetaInfo and may soon rollout after the beta testing. WhatsApp New Features Though having over two billion users worldwide, WhatsApp is one of the slowest apps for including new features in its platform. This popular instant messenger has earlier introduced Disappearing Messages, Shopping Button for businesses , a new Storage section , new authentication , etc....

Have you ever wondered where your computer stores all its secrets? Well, the answer lies within the Windows Event Log, a vital component that records every significant action your computer takes. This digital diary, located in a specific folder known as the Windows event log location, captures essential events such as software installations and system errors. Accessible through tools like Event Viewer Windows 10, these logs offer a detailed account of your computer’s activities, neatly organized into categories like Application, Security, Setup, and System....