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OnePlus is set to launch its next flagship iteration – The onePlus 10 series this month. And the official date is touted to be on 11th, through various leaks. Once official, it marks the first new phone launch of 2022. The all-new OnePlus 10 series will initially launch in China and gradually come to other nations. It’s a curved display, premium processor and triple camera setup in the rear. OnePlus 10 Series OnePlus is ready to put an end to all the rumors and leaks of its upcoming handset – The OnePlus 10 series ....

Just like OnePlus did with its OnePlus 7T handsets in March this year, the company has once again pushed a wrong update to its OnePlus 8 series phones recently. Many users have reported this in OnePlus forums, as they were given a stable OxygenOS while running in a beta channel . Users who have installed and rebooted to this had their device wiped out ultimately. OxygenOS Beta Users Get Faulty OnePlus...

Millions of devices like home routers are vulnerable to a critical flaw, that may let any hacker execute malicious code. The flaw was discovered in OpenWrt software, which is an open-source Linux based OS for embedded devices like routers. The bug found in the OPKG package can let attackers intercept the traffic and send a malicious update to users. OpenWrt responded with updates for patching this vulnerability. OpenWRT RCE Bug...

A new study by researchers at Oxford Internet Institute revealed that video games aren’t bad for health, after all . This clashes with the earlier studies claiming video games make players addicted and depressed. Instead, the new research based on subjective players’ response shows that playing video games can be good for their well-being. Video Games are Actually Helpful Contrary to the past studies claiming that playing video games can cause mental instability, a new report by Professor Andrew Przybylski , Director of Research at the Oxford Internet Institute , University of Oxford, says the opposite....

In a joint operation conducted by the Ukrainian authorities and Kazakhstan police, a fraudulent call center has been shut down that looted the money of thousands of citizens. The perpetrators called Kazakhstan citizens portrayed as bank employees and asked for their financial information to revert fraudulent transactions happening in their accounts. When shared, they used this data to empty their bank accounts, or apply for quick loans or buy cryptocurrencies....

Moxie Marlinspike, the CEO of Signal messaging platform said he’d be stepping down from the position of CEO, and look out for a new one to replace. He revealed in a blog post, that he’d still be staying on the Signal’s board committee and working for the company’s vision. Also, he named WhatsApp’s co-founder Brian Acton as the interim CEO of Signal. Acton has co-founded Signal, funded, and is on the Signal’s board committee....

Snapchat is crazy popular among teenagers as it lets users try out hundreds of filters and has an ephemeral setup for snaps that vanishes 24 hours after posting them. To give parents of teenage users a bit more control over what their kids are doing, Snapchat confirmed that it is working on a parental control feature. Cut to now, screenshots of the parental control feature dubbed “Family Center” on Snapchat have leaked, giving an insight into what the feature holds....

A new vulnerability surfaced by three researchers shows the common feature in most of the devices could let an adversary in limited proximity to crash or inject payload. The flaw was detected in Bluetooth Low Energy or Bluetooth 4.0 feature, which is existing in many devices today. Ans the bug causing all these are named as SweynTooth . Sudipta Chattopadhyay, Matheus E. Garbelini and Chundong Wang from Singapore University of Technology and Design has first discovered this bug and reported to respective vendors for a fix....

While growing to the No.1 position is hard, staying in that position is even harder. The Pirate Bay may not understand until it fixes the problems on its site. The No.1 torrent search engine has its seeds and leechers count broken, causing other functions to work improperly and eventually degrading the user experience. The Pirate Bay’s Broken Features The Pirate Bay has been and is now the most popular torrent site for millions of people around the world....

An Intel executive has accidentally shared pictures of the upcoming Thunderbolt 5 interface, revealing some key details. These include the new hardware interface supporting 80Gbps speeds, support running on USB-C port, and using something called PAM-3 pulse modulation scheme. Here’s more on that; Thunderbolt 5 Early Leaks While Intel is getting beaten by Apple and AMD simultaneously, few proprietary hardware makings like the Thunderbolt interface are what Intel is still strong at....

After Elon Musk’s team informed the SEC that they’re canceling the acquisition deal, Twitter lawyers countered today with a notice that Musk can’t do so. Calling this pull-out invalid and wrongful, Twitter stated that Musk is willfully trying to exit from the deal, resulting in a material breach. Also, they denied refusing to share any important information asked by Musk’s team, especially the spam bot count. Twitter Hits Back at Elon Musk Last Friday, Elon Musk’s team shared they’re dumping the Twitter acquisition deal worth $44 billion, citing a material breach by the social media company....

Days after Elon Musk expressed his views on joining the Twitter board, he overturned his decision to do so now. This comes from Parag Agarwal, the CEO of Twitter who shared a post saying Musk’s stance on joining the board has changed. Believing it’s for the nest, he said the company values his input and asked the employees to stay focused on what they’re working on. Musk Won’t Join the Twitter’s Board Just last week, the CEO and co-founder of Tesla confirmed buying a 9....

Twitter Spaces, the Clubhouse clone from Twitter said last year, that it will allow users to record a Space for listening to it later. As this was initially available to only a few users, the platform now makes it available for all. This support isn’t available in the web vertical though but in iOS and Android clients. Also, the hosts who record the session can keep it only for 30 days, after which it will be automatically deleted....

Twitter is finally bringing a much more necessary tool – the ability to select text from tweets – to its Android client after a long wait. This support has been available on an iOS version for a while now. While the community is confused that this support has been available in the Android client too for a long time, it’s only available for Pixel phones due to a special feature, and not on other Android phones....

A new attack called “ Meow ” was found wiping unsecured databases across the internet. While the author behind this automated script is still unknown, the meow attack has successfully wiped out at least 4,000+ databases until now, according to researchers. Any hacker attacking an organization or any of its infrastructures would generally have a purpose, which is either money or sensitive data. But here, the unknown author behind this series of attacks has none, or probably attention!...

Upstox joins the spree of tech companies that have leaked their customer details due to a data breach. The Indian stockbroking firm has released an announcement this evening describing a possible data breach and suggested measures to secure user accounts. It claims to have tightened its infrastructure after being recommended by a cybersecurity firm. Upstox Data Breach Leaking Customers’ PII Upstox is the second-largest Indian stockbroking firm in terms of active clients....

Twitter’s pay-to-verify account system is attracting unwanted scrutiny from government officials after a news reporter mimicked the account of a US senator in his test. Ed Markey, the senator whose account was impersonated in the test, has sent a letter to Elon Musk asking questions about how this happened. He further demanded how Twitter verifies an account and its measures for preventing misinformation on the platform. Impersonating an Official Account The mess that Elon Musk is creating around Twitter is irritating everyone....

Twitch is a popular video live-streaming service that caters to content creators of various genres. If you have been a part of Twitch Chats or any Livestream session on the platform, you must have encountered the audience spamming the chats with KEKW. Let us know the meaning of KEKW in this guide and learn how it originated. If you frequent Twitch live streams, you know that when any funny incident is captured on the Livestream or even shared casually by the streamer, the audience mentions KEKW in the chats....

In case you are hoping to introduce either Windows 10 1903 or Windows 10 1909 (the May 2019 & the November 2019 Updates), and you are a client of Avast or AVG Antivirus, you may well find that Microsoft keeps away you from updating. The company has found a compatibility issue with the antivirus software and is not allowed to update the windows. It is also suggested to the user not to give a single try to sidestep the block by installing the recent update manually....

Notepad is one of the most productive tools for Windows users, as it’s used for various purposes on daily basis. Yet, Microsoft made no significant changes to this app over years. But now, in Windows 11, we can see a new design for Notepad and a few features being added. As seen in Win11 latest Dev build, Notepad gets a Mica transparency background, new Find section, and Dark Theme. Notepad in Windows 11 With Windows 11, Microsoft intended to revamp the design of most default elements of the OS....