“Alexa, ask Google how to enable ‘Hey Siri,’” says the Raspberry Pi. The phone pauses to search for an answer on Google. “According to MacWorld, the next time you summon Siri with a command by either holding down on the home button or by calling out ‘Hey Siri!’ when your iOS device is plugged in, you’ll be prompted with a setup screen,” replies Google Now. An iPhone 6S takes a moment to recognize the call....

The lawsuit was settled just a day after a group of parents filed a class-action lawsuit against TikTok on Tuesday for violating children’s privacy laws by collecting and exposing their personal data. However, no details of the settlement were either provided by ByteDance nor TitTok. For those unaware, ByteDance purchased Musical.ly in 2017, then renamed it as TikTok. Musical.ly was a Chinese video social network app for creating videos and live broadcasting....

Best Six Security Applications that can protect your business and home computersVirusTotal (free online service to analyze and detect all kinds of malware on the web) :Tripwire SecureScan (Scans the internal vulnerability): Secunia PSI (Personal Software Inspector)Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (Securing the system configuration): Qualys SSL Server Test (Analyse configuration of SSL web server): Splunk Light (Log searches and analysis): When security researchers were interviewed to recommend the best security tool that can be used as prevention against the Cybercrime and also protect their brands, the researchers said that it is difficult for them to pin point at any one tool to be the most secured when it comes to cyber security....

To help you solve this dilemma, Coding Dojo has come up with a list of seven most in-demand programming languages that every developer should learn in 2018, which has arrived at after analyzing hundreds of thousands of job postings on job search engine ‘Indeed’ that contained the name of a programming language, stack, or framework. As compared to 2017, Java saw a decrease in popularity by about 6,000 job postings for the year 2018, the analysis found....

Briar clears security hurdle Briar is the name of this messaging service that has been developed to run over the Tor network. The app is currently available for Android and is in its beta stage today. As with many free to use software, the developers of Briar are in no hurry to give Whatsapp a run for its money so expect a longer development time but a much better end product....

The above announcement by TRI come two months after the firm finally managed to ship the pilot Turing Phone, a crowdfunded Android handset, to early backers, after much delay and some revisions. Coming to Turing Monolith Chaconne, let’s have a look at its specifications at a glance: • 6.4-inch 4K display with 2160×3840 pixel resolution • 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 processors • 18GB of LPDDR4X RAM (or 3 x 6GB memory chips) • 1....

“The United States will not cede leadership in global innovation. This action recognizes the importance of harnessing American ingenuity to advance and protect our economic and national security,” said U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. “The Department is committed to protecting U.S. national security and foreign policy interests by encouraging U.S. industry to fully engage and advocate for U.S. technologies to become international standards.” For those unaware, the U....

In order to accomplish this act, the UC Berkeley robotics engineers behind the roach bot attached a shell emulating a cockroach’s natural shape. As a result, the robot was then able to cross difficult terrain without hi-tech sensors or computational analysis. On June 22nd, the Berkeley team published its results in the scientific journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. They named the robot as “Veloci-roach,” apparently because a regular-speed roach wasn’t scary enough....

Cleantech startup Hydrostor designed and is now partnering with Toronto Hydro to operate “the world’s first-ever underwater compressed air energy storage system”. The first facility has been set up in Lake Ontario near Toronto, with a series of underwater balloons containing compressed air are submerged under 55 meters of water and connected to Hydrostor’s power facility via a pipe. Currently, the facility currently is being used to store excess energy from Toronto’s existing power grid during non-peak times....

The resolution stresses that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online” particularly with regards to the freedom of expression already protected by articles 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The resolution was passed last Friday, but was opposed by countries including Russia, China, Saudi Arabia. The surprising opposition came from countries like South Africa, India, and Indonesia which are democracies....

It still remains unclear if the association was targeted or was a victim of a random cyber breach. The top posts made by the hackers are given below : 9 Pictures That Show How Michael Jackson’s Face Has Changed A Russian Laboratory Has Invented A Way to Remove The Black Skin Layer Of Black People Kendall Jenner puts her N***** and B*** on display in See Through Outfit! What Happens During Sex In The Human Body Meet the World’s Sexiest Mexican Instagram Model...

The US Navy’s warfare systems paid Microsoft millions of dollars to continue with Microsoft Windows XPThe Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command signed a contract of US$9.1 million to access security patches for Windows XP, Office 2003, Exchange 2003 and Windows Server 2003. Earlier this month, a contract of US$9.1 million was signed by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command who runs the Navy’s communications and information networks. This contract was signed for continued access to security patches for Windows XP, Office 2003, Exchange 2003 and Windows Server 2003....

The method dubbed as ‘BadPower’, was discovered by Xuanwu Lab, a research unit of Chinese tech giant Tencent. The team mentioned their findings in a detailed report last week that showed how a large number of fast-charging devices have security issues. According to the researchers, the firmware of a USB fast charger can be altered to damage connected (charging) systems, which can cause components inside the affected devices to spark, crackle, melt, or even set devices on fire....

The company’s new 400GB SanDisk Extreme UHS-I microSD card is designed to help consumers move their high-quality content faster than ever. With read speeds of up to160MB/s, the new card is more than 50 percent faster than current SanDisk Extreme UHS-I microSD cards, making it ideal for use in high-end Android smartphones, action cameras and drones. It also offers extreme speeds and fast transfer for 4K Ultra HD video. However, the write performance is less striking at “just” 90MB/s....

If Yes, and you want to know How to disable or remove CQATest app then continue reading this article. What is CQATest App? CQATest or abbreviated as Certified Quality Auditor Test App is a Motorola/Lenovo in-house application for testing the quality and assurance of the smartphone. What is CQATest App?Is CQATest App Harmful?How To Remove CQATest App?Disable CQATest App By Force Stop and Clear CacheWipe Cache PartitionWipe Data/Factory Reset from Recovery ModeUse of CQATest App...

In other words, in order to run WhatsApp, iPhone users will need iOS 9 or later, and Android users must not have versions 2.3.7 or older. Further, users of these iPhones and Android phones will no longer be able to create new accounts, nor re-verify existing accounts. The reason behind withdrawing support for older operating systems is because WhatsApp will no longer actively develop for these platforms. As a result, some features on older versions of Android and iOS may stop working abruptly....

Thus, the incentive for a business to have a quality website is huge; mainly for the purposes of marketing. In terms of fast-paced raising of brand awareness, there’s nothing that will do you better than a viral online advertising campaign. Plus, most customers find new brands online. And as a business, you can easily communicate your message to the customers; showing them what you can do for them as a business, why you’re their best choice....

Microsoft has been sending courtesy reminders to Windows 7 users throughout 2019 about ending Windows 7 support. In a recent KB article for Patch Tuesday’s Update for Windows 7, Microsoft said that starting January 15th, Windows 7 users will begin to see a full-screen notification prompt warning them about the end of the OS support. The KB article mentions the following about Windows 7 OS: “Starting on January 15, 2020, a full-screen notification will appear that describes the risk of continuing to use Windows 7 Service Pack 1 after it reaches the end of support on January 14, 2020....