You probably would be knowing that having a firewall program is a must in order to use the Internet safely. In addition to protecting you against attacks from the Internet, a good firewall will also tell you when programs installed on your computer are trying to phone home and enable you to prevent them from doing it. It’s essential for identifying and stopping the activities of many malicious virus and spyware programs....

Doxing is one of the most common methods used to silence people online. This is when an individual’s personal information (full name, home address and so on) is deliberately leaked with the intention of making their lives as difficult as possible. There is strong potential for physical harm to the victim (including from follow-up threats like SWATTING), and as a result, it is imperative that we work to address the threat that doxing poses....

After the drone to take the Internet to remote locations, Zuckerberg now announces the placement of 20,000 hotspots in rural India so that these communities can enjoy a cheaper and affordable Wi-Fi service. The concept is the Wi-Fi Express that is part of the Internet.org project, and whose goal is to extend the accessibility to the Internet to various peoples of the World, especially those who are more isolated. “Making the world more open and connected” Zuckerberg....

The roll out is said to extend over the initial months of the new year and any user who has been a part of the rollout will be able to use the Live Photos on the Facebook apps in both iPhone and iPad. At the core of the Live Photos lie a 12-Megapixel still image which has been stitched with two other videos taken at a time frame of 1....

Facebook has partnered with media publishers across the Asian region. In India it has tied up with AajTak, Hindustan Times, India today, The Indian Express and The Quint. Instant Articles is aimed at allowing publishers to introduce intuitive features like zooming and panning high res pictures by tilting the phone, interactive maps, audio captions and an ability to highlight and comment at individual lines of the article. The news will be pushed on your timeline and Facebook claims that the reading experience will be up to ten times faster than a run of the mill mobile browser....

In the event that the client chooses to send a photograph, it would be in a Messenger talk, as opposed to a posting on a companion’s divider. Buzzfeed reports that Facebook is trying another component in its Messenger application that will either be to a great degree accommodating or exceptionally frightening, contingent upon what you look like at it. Called ‘Photograph Magic’, it examines your Camera Roll to discover Facebook companions....

As justification, the social network explains that the ads did not follow the evolution of the internet content, which are more “immersive and intuitive.” This time, Facebook will provide a tool for the users to control what they want to see, probably avoiding the frustration of display advertisements unrelated to the user. Theoretically, this smart ad selection, which is made with artificial intelligence has existed for some time and is not exclusive to Facebook....

Zeppelin emerged in late 2019 as a ransomware-as-a-service double-extortion operation and was previously called VegaLocker ransomware. It was known for targeting healthcare sector organizations across Europe and North America. The agencies say the group has also targeted defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, technology companies, but notes it has “especially” targeted organizations in the healthcare and medical industries. According to the joint advisory, Zeppelin actors have also compromised victim networks by exploiting remote desktop protocol (RDP), SonicWall firewall vulnerabilities, and phishing....

I don’t know if you know this, but big phones are a thing. Maybe not in your neck of the woods, but in some Asian countries, they’re all the rage. The logic behind the decision to purchase a phablet goes something like this: Why should I buy a phone and a tablet when I can just buy one thing that I can take with me everywhere I go? At least that’s what I thought when I bought my Note II earlier this year....

What do I need to know to earn a Certified Cloud Penetration Tester (CCPT) certification? The Infosec Institute defines five areas of knowledge that will be tested in the CCPT certification exam: Common vulnerabilities in cloud environments Security features of popular cloud platforms Cloud pentesting process and requirements Cloud pentesting tools Reporting cloud pentest findings and providing recommendations The Cloud Pentesting Certification Boot Camp ensures that a student will leave with in-depth knowledge and the required skills in each of these areas....

Microsoft has launched a new Android app called Office Remote that allows you to control PowerPoint presentations from your smartphone. The app can also be used to navigate Word and Excel documents on your PC from afar. Office Remote is designed for use in an office setting, allowing presenters to quickly navigate documents and control presentations remotely during meetings. It pairs with a PC via Bluetooth, it’s completely free, and it has a surprisingly long list of features....

The 2014 Moto X did not stand out in three key areas: display, battery life, and camera. But even then, the handset stood out from the barrage of handsets released last year. That is likely due to the combination of its solid build quality and unique features like Moto Voice and Moto Display that are not found in other smartphones even today. At this point, the Moto X (2014) is over a year old, but it still packs plenty of grunt inside it....

This year’s Dell XPS 13 is better than ever. I had the last two earlier models at hand, so I could easily compare its evolution. I can’t say it blew their doors off, but it’s clearly a more powerful machine. That starts with its CPU heart. The XPS 13 is one of the first laptops to use an Ice Lake Intel Core i7-1065G7 processor. This quad-core, hyper-threading CPU averaged about 20% faster over its older brothers in a wide variety of test workloads....

If you had to purchase a full version of Uniblue DiskRescue 2009, it would have costed you $29.95! But as always, we look at ways to grab the freebies, don’t we?! As part of a promotional offer for APC magazine Australia, they are giving away Free licenses of Uniblue DiskRescue 2009. So, grab them before they expire. Uniblue Disk Rescue Features Powerful disk defrag engine 2. Speed up and optimize 3....

Frantic calls to your utility company can usually sort it out, but what happens when they know nothing about your situation? Tap or click here for frightening utility scam red flags. Scammers are experts at sounding official and will use all the tricks to scam you out of hard-earned money. Unfortunately, it’s an ever-growing problem, and utility companies are trying to warn customers. Read on for how these scams work, what to listen for and what you can do about them....

Eric Schmidt joined Google back in 2001, and, since then, he had filled an executive-level position with the company, and with the parent company Alphabet, ever since. But today, Alphabet officially announced that Schmidt will be stepping down from his role as Executive Chairman. Instead, he will be transitioning into a “Technical Advisor” role, and he will also still be serving on Alphabet’s board from this point on. Schmidt will be still “advising” folks at Alphabet in his new role....

Fortunately, has added in several tools that can improve how much you can organize, share, sort, get to work faster. This way you zip through your tasks get back to important things, like trying on new watch faces. Find what you’re after Search is going to be a key part of any product. In Drive, the search box can be used to find any item by its title, any of the content inside the files, the names of items featured in pictures, hwritten notes....

So when in 2019, both Redmi and Realme decided to move up the price ladder with the K20 series and the X2 Pro, respectively, their efforts were met with some cynicism. Yes, the phones generally got good reviews but the perceived wisdom was that the two brands were so deeply entrenched as budget propositions that most consumers would not easily accept higher-priced offerings from them and would instead lean towards better known higher price segment players such as Oppo, Vivo, Samsung and of course, that darling of budget flagship lovers, OnePlus....

Xiaomi’s vice president Hugo Barra, put down his cup of coffee to ponder the question I had asked him: why did some people treat the word “Chinese” as something negative rather than as a reflection of the nationality of a company? It is interesting that many feel that Barra himself was hired by Xiaomi to make the brand feel “less Chinese.” He laughs at the idea but the perception of Chinese brands by a large chunk of the media is no laughing matter....

Two things stand out in the T2 Pro – the display and the notch it holds within. It comes with a massive 6.7-inch full HD+ display, which kicks out most of the bezels on the phone – a 19:9 aspect ratio on the screen gets it into a new league. Though the phone is tall, it is really light. There is a lot of glass on the back which makes it very slippery to hold....