Dr. Samer Aldhaher, of the Imperial College London, seems to finally solved the drone’s power source problem by creating a lightweight battery-less drone hovering in place. This drone is powered only by the wireless power transmitter beneath it. Dr.Aldhaher’s demo solves the problem of having batteries aboard a drone and is another wonderful step towards ditching batteries altogether. The wireless power drone technology is still in its nascent stage so don’t expect this particular quadcopter to make a cross-country flight without batteries in tow....

In its latest research published Monday, Security firm Rapid7 said that several Western nations are putting competitiveness and business ahead of security, and that will have “dire consequences” for some of the world’s largest economies, the report said. The researchers pointed to an association between a nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) and its internet “presence,” with the exposure of unsafe, plaintext services, which virtually anyone can simply interrupt. Some of the most unprotected countries on the internet today include Australia (ranked fourth), China (ranked fifth), France (13th), the US (14th), Russia (19th) and the UK (23rd)....

In the latest edition of Bloomberg’s “Power On” newsletter, Mark Gurman is forecasting another tech war between Apple and Meta in some product categories such as the AR (augmented reality), smartwatch, and home devices. The war of words between Apple and Meta started last year when the iPhone maker rolled out a software update with iOS 14 operating system that prompts users’ to give apps permission to track their activity across other apps and the web....

Amidst the robot’s most impressive performance is a party trick where it is able to slice a runner bean lengthways. The robot fought against Isao Machii, a renowned Japanese swordsman from whom it learned how to have altercation by motion capturing his moves. According to The Independent, Machii can slice a fried shrimp shot at him at about 130 km per hour. However, when he was pitted against the machine, he lost the swordfight....

OLED (Organic Light Emitting Device) is a display technology that offers bright, colorful images with a wide viewing angle, low power, high contrast ratio and fast response time for sports and action movies. This 55-inch mirrored display offers up a typical reflection of someone standing in front of it, but is also able to add augmented imagery overtop, like a necklace around the user’s neck. The transparent display was demonstrated as a billboard ad, with advertising information appearing on a clear panel, and background scenery still visible....

The Galaxy X smartphone is said to come in two different versions, the Galaxy X1 and the X1+ and will have model numbers SM-X9000 & SM-X9050 respectively. As the names suggests, one can deduce that one of the devices will be bigger than the other. The Samsung Galaxy X1 will come with a 5-inch flexible OLED display and will sport a fold-out design along with support for the 4K resolution....

During his iMiD presentation, Park Won-sang, a principal engineer for Samsung Display Co., the company may introduce a, “full-screen display whose display area ratio reaches more than 90 percent next year,” which means very little bezel. The researcher added that Samsung may have devices with 99 percent display to body ratios in future devices, making smartphones all screen with no dead space. This means nearly the whole face of the Galaxy S8 would be a bezel-free display....

Apparently, Facebook is being coerced to remove the CEO and founder, Zuckerberg from the board of directors of the company by a consumer watchdog group SumOfUs, the proposal stated. The online community group works to control the growing power of corporations, whether it relates to pollution or tax evasion or humans rights and climate change. The proposal states: “In our view, shareholder value is enhanced by an independent board chair who can provide a balance of power between the CEO and the board and support strong board leadership....

Single Tweet using ‘Punycode’ url causes Twitter App to crash on iPhone and iPadPunycodeResponse from Twitter — Frederic Jacobs (@FredericJacobs) November 16, 2014 The strange thing about this bug is that if the tweet containing this type of URL even appears on your timeline, your Twitter App will crash even without clicking on the URL. This bug was discovered by a Twitter user going by the handle of @CPVideoMaker whose real name is Alfonso Dingo Torres....

The mobile screen sharing feature was first introduced into beta for Skype Insiders on Android and iOS platforms in April this year but it is now publicly available to all mobile users. “Skype has always been the easiest way to share your screen with others, and now we’re taking one of our most popular features on the go. Starting today, we’re launching screen sharing on Android and iOS—along with multiple improvements to our mobile calling experience,” said the Skype Team in an official post....

The notice sent by Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, targets the unauthorized publication and distribution of Snapchat’s source code. “I am [redacted] at Snap inc., owner of the leaked source code,” the notice sent last week reads. “[I]t was leaked and a user has put it in this Github repo. [T]here is no URL to point to [detailing the original content] because Snap Inc. doesn’t publish it publicly....

A week later FBI stated that North Korea was indeed behind the hack attack only to be discredited by a host of security professionals over the last week, including former federal prosecutor Mark Rasch. So who really is behind the massive hack of Sony Pictures? Norse Corporation researchers believe it to be a inside job or carried out with active insider participation. The Norse Corp researchers are focussing their investigations on six individuals according to a blog report posted by them....

The data lealed contains Name, username , password, email, address, phone number, gender and much more. all in simple plain text. Data can be downloaded from the link provided below: Data here or here, data1 data2 We tried to check some of the users data and got it confirmed, data leaked is orignal. Don’t be a silent user let us know what do you think about it in comments below 🙂

— Steam Deck (@OnDeck) June 17, 2022 According to Lawrence Yang, a UX designer at Valve, the new APU driver fixes performance issues with Halo Infinite and many other titles that have regressed recently. — Lawrence Yang (@lawrenceyang) June 17, 2022 Below are the Windows Drivers updates released: APU driver– download here, run setup.exe to install. This driver is updated as of June 16, 2022. Wi-Fi driver– download here, run install....

According to Microsoft, your personal information is sent back to its servers as it is rarely recorded and there is always an opt-out, whenever it does. However, those who are uncomfortable with the operating system’s exceptional thirst for data can rest. A new third-party app assures to stop all of the background data collection in Windows 10, including the features that Microsoft does not let users to disable from within the settings....

A super-cookie also known as pass ID is a token unique to each subscriber that is injected into every HTTP request made by the subscriber. The user is helpless in this situation as the injection is made in every request and user is provided no choice regarding this issue. Nothing is private even after clearing cookies and advertising companies keep on giving those “offers”. It allows the advertising companies to build a user profile for each user based on his/her internet usage history and thus providing “suitable” advertisements....

For Linux, OS X, and other Unix-like systems, the exploit results in a remote heap overflow as root in the Symantec or Norton process. Symantec on the other hand has stated that the ‘most common symptom of a successful attack’ would be a system crash and the infamous blue screen of death. Ormandy has also stated that when he attempted to mail Symantec information regarding the vulnerability, the email crashed Symantec’s mail server....

Member of Lizard Squad Arrested? 18 year old linked to Xbox Live and PlayStation Christmas outage arrested in LiverpoolMember of Lizard Squad? The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) which led the arrest party said that a 18-year-old man was held today on suspicion of un-authorised access to computer material. He was also detained for alleged un-authorised access with intent to commit further offences and threats to kill. SEROCU is the nodal authority, alongwith the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), working on the operation which is focused on the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack which crippled the networks of Sony Playstation and Microsoft Xbox Live on the Christmas day throughout the world....

According to Sergeant Jim Cota, a public information officer for the Laguna Beach Police Department, the Tesla model S sedan was on Autopilot mode and travelling at around 40-45 mph when it deviated out of its lane and crashed into the side of the parked police car in Laguna Beach, California on Tuesday. Cota posted photos of the crash scene on Twitter showing significant damage to the front end of the Tesla and the rear side of the police vehicle....

We all owned Windows XP run PC/laptops at some point during last decade (Linux PC owners excuse) and we were always greeted by the iconic wallpaper sitting on our desktop. The default wallpaper was so enchanting that many Windows XP owners made it their default wallpaper. Is it image real? Over the years, not only Windows XP users but other too felt that this image was a photoshop. The meadow was just too perfect with the lights and clouds adding to its beauty....