HTML5 added functionality that takes information of your battery life percentage and time to discharge, as well as how long it would take to charge your phone, usable by website developers. Security researchers warned last year that it could also be used to write code to track your online activity, and now a Princeton University research team was able to confirm that this is actually happening. Steve Engelhard and Arvind Narayanan – academics from Stanford University, found two instances where code used the combination of the above information to track users across the site where it was found....

For one, till a few years ago Flash was considered ultimate for providing video or animation based graphics online. In fact it would have been seen as a sacrilege to use any other medium for videos. But over the years things have changed radically, Adobe is not what it was a few years ago and Adobe’s Flash has become less relevant now a days. Also technology wise things are different now....

They have created what they are calling a “Passive Wi-Fi” system that uses almost no power at all by transferring typically power-consuming analog activity to a single hub plugged into the wall. It also also consumes 1,000 times less power than existing energy-efficient wireless communication platforms, such as Bluetooth Low Energy and Zigbee. “We wanted to see if we could achieve Wi-Fi transmissions using almost no power at all,” said Shyam Gollakota, assistant professor of computer science and engineering from the University of Washington....

When Wyden emerged after the vote from the secret meeting he warned the bill The claim of the CISA bill would ostensibly protect against large-scale data thefts of private consumer information, exemplified by recent hacks of Target, Sony, and Home Depot. The CISA bill, reportedly underwent a many changes during the meeting, and will next go to the full Senate for debate. The passage in on the committee level, however, means it has already succeeded where other recent cybersecurity proposals have failed....

Bollaert was ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution to his victims and a $10,000 fine. Bollaert will be allowed to serve the sentence in a county jail rather than state prison under the judge’s ruling. The man responsible for running revenge porn site ‘yougotposted.com’ has been found guilty on account of identity theft and extortion charges. Kevin Bollaert was running ‘yougotposted.com’ website which allowed spurned lovers to post nsfw images of their exes for shaming them....

It is this thing that electrical engineer Allen Pan, AKA Sufficiently Advanced on YouTube, made a decision to reproduce in his very own take on a “working” Mjolnir. He decided to use the strong magnets to make the hammer immoveable, as that was the best method. He filled a microwave oven transformer electromagnet that uses electricity to produce a magnetic field inside the head of his Mjolnir. This in turn produces a strong magnetic pull, which is so strong that when the hammer is put on a metal surface, it feels very heavy to lift....

Leading gaming & technology corporations like Sony, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and many others have already launched their first-generation cloud gaming services. Every mainstream cloud-based gaming service out there packs several unique features, and choosing the one that fulfills your requirements can be a difficult task. As the title of this article suggests, I have tried to elaborate on some of the best cloud gaming services, and yes, there are a few free cloud gaming services options on this list....

The 18-year-old high school student had participated in a bug bounty competition known as ‘Hack the Pentagon’ organised by the newly formed Defence Digital Service (DDS) division of the U.S. Department of Defense. The project invited hackers to test the cyber security of some public Defense Department websites. More than 1,400 participants had taken part in Hack the Pentagon project that launched this year. The participants found 1,189 vulnerabilities, of which 138 valid reports of vulnerabilities, the Pentagon said....

Then you came to the right place because here, in this article, we are providing you with the 20 Best PPSSPP Games on Android. But before moving further we all must familiarize ourselves with the basics. What is PPSSPP? The term PPSSPP stands for “PlayStation Portable Simulator Suitable for Playing Portably“. What is PPSSPP?What Is A PPSSPP Emulator?Why Download PPSSPP Games On Android?Top 20 PPSSPP Games for Android1. God of War – Ghost of Sparta3....

Coindirect has started paying out cryptocurrency to people who are referring new users.Step 1: Create an AccountStep 2: Join the Affiliate ProgramStep 3: Build Your Referrals The rapidly expanding trading platform is now operating in over 20 countries in order to appeal to the global demand for an easy and safe solution to buy, convert and sell over 30 of the top cryptocurrencies. If you’re in the cryptocurrency space, or know people who would be interested in a quick and secure solution to peer-to-peer trading, you’ll want to be part of this Affiliate Program....

The secret collection of data was discovered by a Ph.D. researcher in 2012, who termed it as “Safari Workaround”. The lawsuit claims that Google had bypassed privacy settings of Safari browser on Apple iPhone devices between August 2011 and February 2012. The campaign group representing iPhone users – Google You Owe Us – which is being led by Richard Lloyd, a former Executive Director of the consumer watchdog publication Which?...

Despite its small size, nowadays approximately 200 tech startups operate in the country. The startup boom mostly attracts the youth, for whom founding a startup is stylish and trendy. There are more than 10 “success stories” at the moment. Those startups have passed the borders of Armenia, attracting millions of users and attracting foreign investments. Here are a few of them. PicsArt mobile app has more than 250 mln downloads and 65 mln active users monthly....

The students involved seems to a part of greater ring of a group who take money and other considerations from students for increasing their school grades. The school authorities said that the actual procedure of hack was not known but the hackers gained illegal entry into the software by using legitimate set of credentials. Most schools in United States use a web application called PowerSchool which offers access to grades to teachers, parents and students....

With more than 6.7 million servers and 150 million monthly users, Discord is the most popular gaming chat service. After its launch in May 2015, Discord grew to become one of the best if not the best chat services for gaming due to its plethora of features. Discord Nitro is a monthly subscription offered by Discord that gives you features such as more emojis, animated avatars, 2 free server boosts, 30% off of extra boosts, custom tag, bigger upload, HD streaming, and much more....

Most of the websites were still showing the deface page at the time of writing the Article.

Look no further. We’ve put together a list – short and concise – of the best management tools for Day 1. Together, these tools cover the basic management infrastructure a small business with a small team needs. As your business grows you’ll need to add this stack, but this is a solid place to start. The tools we’ve selected are either free or very affordable. Trello – Task Management Trello – Task ManagementSlack – Team CommunicationHubSpot – CRMIntuit QuickBooks – AccountingCalendly – Meeting SchedulingWiseStamp – Email Signature managerpCloud – Cloud Storage...

Dubbed as DeepCubeA, this deep reinforcement learning algorithm can solve the Rubik’s Cube in a fraction of a second “without any domain knowledge or in-game coaching from humans,” according a press release from the university. DeepCubeA, the subject of the study, was published in Nature Machine Intelligence on July 15, 2019. “Artificial intelligence can defeat the world’s best human chess and Go players, but some of the more difficult puzzles, such as the Rubik’s Cube, had not been solved by computers, so we thought they were open for AI approaches,” Pierre Baldi, one of the developers of the algorithm and distinguished Professor of Computer Science at UCI, said in a statement....

This eventually exchanges app refreshes for better battery life. Having said that, thanks to a report from Android Police, it really looks like Android 6.0 Marshmallow will have a lot of battery management features. With the latest preview release for Marshmallow, you can now check your battery usage on a single per app basis in mAh hours. This could be particularly useful to people who are curious to know how many mAh from their battery are being eaten up by specific apps the most each day by providing more information to users....

AnonGhost to use Remote Code Execution malware in future hack attacks : Security Researchers Zscaler claims.Dokta Chef Exploit kit Security Researcher Chris Mannon points out that they have noticed from the AnonGhost’s recent hack attacks from a recent batch of compromised sites contains a malicious link in the defacement message to a “lulz.htm” page. This apparently contains obfuscated JavaScript code which then leads users to a Dokta Chef Exploit Kit (EK) hosting site....

Travis Doering, a Canadian producer and casting agent based in Vancouver, has angered Anonymous in part through his association with a movie called “Hacked: Illusion of Security”. The picture associated with the movie on imdb features a Guy Fawkes mask, but Travis himself seems to have no love for the global hacking collective. In an interview with the Vancouver Observer to promote his the current project, a TV show called “Hacked” in April of 2012, Travis gave some insight into his “association” with Anonymous: “I then began working with a penetration tester who I met in the IRC and using what we learned from the Anonymous IRC channel we warned potential targets and offered our services to fix vulnerabilities that Anonymous had discovered....