Stafford Marquardt, the Google product manager for Google Earth Pro in a blog said that “ anyone who wants to use the software will have to request a free key to download and install the software on their computers“. Earlier the software cost a staggering $399 to use every year. Since most people use the software mainly for their of virtual travel, the Pro version is targeted toward engineers, architects, scientists, pilots, other professionals, and businesses who have used the advanced tools in Google Earth Pro for a variety of purposes, such as measuring 3D buildings, printing high-resolution images, and recording high-definition movies of one’s virtual travels....

Recently, Google Maps found a car inside a retention pond with a body of a man who went missing in 1997. The missing person in question was 40-year-old William Earl Moldt, who lived in Florida, U.S. and had disappeared since November 8, 1997. The submerged car was found by a man who was looking at his old neighborhood on Google Earth in what appeared to be a vehicle in the pond behind a residence....

Speaking at an event in Pittsburgh, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai said that the company will be spending $1 billion over the next five years through its charitable arm, Google.org to help non-profit organizations raise education level around the world. The new initiative and online resource known as “Grow with Google” will help Americans learn and teach new technology skills needed for a job or to grow their business. The program also aims to empower people with computer and entrepreneurial skills....

People familiar with the project said, Google has “tens of engineers” and other staffs working on the project. The project will be freely distributed like Google did with Android and will be available for smartphones, tablets, and wearables running on Android operating system. Google refused to comment on the reports or anything about how the Android Virtual Reality headset will look like. While very less is known about Google’s plan on this project it is believed that the move comes following Facebook Inc....

The search giant said it will instead migrate remaining content and communities over to Spaces, a dedicated app for organizing people, topics, and projects in Google Workspace that tightly integrates with Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and Meet, which was introduced last year. Google has also confirmed bringing new capabilities in Spaces, which include support for larger communities and leadership communication, investments in advanced search, tools for content moderation, and more. It will also take advantage of the time to invest in search and discoverability, platform capabilities for app development, and enterprise-grade security and compliance, including data protection, data loss prevention (DLP), and Vault support....

The victim, Andy Gregg, a real estate agent in Phoenix, Arizona, said he was in his backyard when he heard a voice speaking to him creepily from inside his home. At first, he thought a burglar had entered his home. However, he soon realized that the voice was coming from his Nest Cam IQ security camera in the front window of his home. The hacker claimed that he was a “white hat” hacker associated with the Anonymous hacktivist group....

Yesterday a group of hackers defaced the JNU website’s central library home page as a mark of protest against “anti-India” sloganeering by one of the university’s student bodies. On opening the link lib.jnu.ac.in (currently it gives a 503 error), one was greeted with a picture of the Indian flag’. It is accompanied with a song from Lata Mangeshkar’s evergreen patriotic hit “Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon” playing in the background....

Apparently, hackers managed to inject Coinhive cryptocurrency-mining code in the U.S. and U.K. government websites that forces web browsers to secretly mine cryptocurrency. As a result, innocent visitors who visited these compromised websites would have their computers and phones commandeered in order to mine cyrptocurrencies for the criminals. According to reports, websites that were infected with virus include those belonging to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Student Loans Company and Scottish NHS helpline among others....

Three hackers were arrested in Romania, while the fourth one was arrested in the Republic of Moldova, after their homes were searched. According to DIICOT, the cybercriminal group of 4 people was formed at the beginning of 2020, who operated online under the name “PentaGuard” to carry out crimes specific to cybercrime. Contrary to what DIICOT said, some members of the PentaGroup have been around since 2000, when they were engaged in website defacement of numerous government and military websites, including Microsoft’s Romanian website....

There is one tip, however, that is much less talked about, but can be equally as beneficial, and that is to look into ways the company can give back to the community. While this may not seem like a great solution when you first hear it, there are actually all kinds of ways this can benefit the business. Take a Cue from Other Successful Business People When it comes to giving back to the community, it’s pretty easy to find examples of successful business people who have taken this initiative....

Do you trust your VPN provider- A guide to avoiding bad VPN providersStrongVPNMullvad VPNFrootVPNPrivateVPN The reopening of that investigation just a few days before the Election Day was the sole reason for her loss to Donald Trump – despite having won the popular vote by over 3 million votes! On the deep/dark web, hackers sell these for major profits – and buyers use these details to steal your identity and carry out financial transactions online on your behalf....

Ever get tired seeing a sea of yellow folders on your machine ? Whether you like different colors, folder organization or just plain customization, there would have come a time when you would’ve gotten bored with the monotonous nature of the windows explorer. Mac OS fortunately allows its users to make changes to folders, but Windows lacks it. Fortunately for us though, we live in the internet age. So when users asked for a way to change folder colors and style, Microsoft may not have heard, but quite a few other people did....

Netflix is an industry-standard content streaming service. Features like the ability to set up multiple accounts, smart downloads, availability of HDR content, and a humongous library of movies and TV shows help Netflix to stand out from the crowd. As most of you might know, Netflix is available in 190 countries, but sadly the content library is not the same in these countries. For instance, there are around 3616 movies and 1416 TV shows on Netflix UK....

Whatsapp your friend with a message containing nearly 4000 smileys and the friend will suffer with a crash everytime s/he opens the message. The recent bug tested on Android devices by multiple brands and caused the WhatsApp to crash. WhatsApp for Android devices including Marshmallow, Lollipop and Kitkat and WhatsApp Web for Chrome, Opera and Firefox web browsers are affected by this bug. There is a PoC video demonstration too and you can watch that here: https://youtu....

In 2019, both Android and iOS launched system wide dark mode which made it really easy to switch between dark mode and light mode on your device. However, Snapchat didn’t jump the gun and took their own sweet time in releasing dark mode for their app, with dark mode for the iOS app rolling out early last year. Today, we will be showing you the steps to get dark mode in Snapchat on both iOS and Android....

An age-old problem. Every computer user has faced this problem. What I speak of, is the tragedy of the corrupted USB Pen drive or SD Card. No matter what you do, at some point, your computer will simply refuse to read your USB drive. Fortunately, though, there are ways to rectify this with one only needing to use a command prompt. Step 1: Connect the corrupted drive to your machine Step 2: Open the command prompt either by typing cmd in the Start menu search bar or by hitting Windows Key + R followed by typing cmd in the dialog box that pops up....

Long back we had published a report on how anybody can hack WhatsApp using the SS7 flaw. The SS7 flaw has existed for eons now along with fixes but the GSM and Telecom companies are neither inclined nor bothered to patch their infrastructure against the flaw. Now a cybersecurity company called Positive Technologies has come out with a video detail how anyone can hack any Gmail account with simply a name and a mobile number using the SS7 flaw....

Tutorial to help you remove all old posts from your Facebook TimelineIf you just want to hide your old public FB postsUsing third party apps Admit it, we all have made some really shitty post when we were upset or drunk. With this tutorial, we will help you remove all those old ghastly posts. First, you should know what your Facebook timeline looks to public users. To do this, go to your Timeline, click on the three dots to the right of the Activity Log button, choose “View as…,” and you should see this:...

The New Year’s Day marketing tweet was sent out marked “via Twitter for iPhone” on December 31. Although the tweet was deleted immediately, Twitter users and bloggers were quick to take a screenshot of the message and circulate it on the social media. — Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) January 1, 2019 Huawei blamed the blunder on an outside marketing company called Sapient Corporation, which is employed by them to handle their official social media pages overseas....

What makes IBM’s achievement notable from other researches is that their artificial neurons are built out of famous materials that can scale down to a few nanometers but can still activate with low energy, points out Ars Technica. Also important is the neurons’ stochasticity, which means their ability to always generate slightly different, random results, like biological neurons. Organic neurons have membranes acting as signal gates that take a definite amount of energy to absorb....