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The US government could ban all future Huawei and ZTE telecom gear sales due to national security risks from China, per an Axios report, citing sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) outlines in a draft order that the restriction would involve video surveillance equipment from three Chinese companies: Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua. However, the ban will only apply to new products that didn’t get FCC equipment authorization....

Yesterday, Google dropped the first Developer Preview of Android O. The latest version of Android comes with little user-facing changes, with most of the improvements being related to improving the overall experience of using the OS. In its announcement, Google noted that the first Developer Preview of Android O will not be available through the Android beta program because it is buggy and has stability issues. As with Nougat, Google has also provided a timeframe as to when we should expect the various Developer Preview builds of Android O to drop and when the final version of the OS will be available....

Injustice 2 just hit Android, it continues the fight between Batman, nder man, Superman, more as you tap swipe through super-powered battles. Meanwhile, Socratic uses its impressive A.I. abilities to solve homework problems, OK Golf is more appealing than it sounds, Spaceplan transforms the freemium clicker genre into a surprisingly engrossing narrative adventure. so, ’s official I/O 2017 app is out, in case you want to plan for next week’s big Android developers conference....

But times change and with a lot of companies, so do the owners. Last year, another photo-sharing company called SmugMug bought Flickr from Yahoo. And now, there are some changes coming to free accounts. Bonus: If you were to lose your phone, what would you miss most? So if you have a lot of images stored on the social networking site, you’ve got a decision to make. Pay to keep them there, or download your files to keep them under a certain cap....

The Year Zero that revealed CIA hacking exploits for hardware and software. The Dark Matter dump is containing iPhone and Mac hacking exploits. The Marble batch focused on a framework used by the CIA to make hard the attribution of cyber attacks. The Grasshopper batch that reveals a framework to customize malware for breaking into Microsoft’s Windows and bypassing antivirus protection. The Scribbles Project for document tracking On March 7th, 2017 WikiLeaks published the first batch of files allegedly originating from a high-security network of the U....

Worse still, the platform is filled with malware. These tricky apps harvest data or run invisible ad fraud campaigns without a user’s knowledge. Despite Google’s power and influence, it only removes malware when alerted to it. Tap or click to see how bad the malware problem is. And now, just in time for the holidays, researchers have discovered a large trove of Christmas-themed apps that appear to have made the Naughty List....

That type of capability may be possible thanks to an innovation announced by Innotek. The subsidiary says it’s developed a 15-watt wireless charging module, which is three times faster than the current five-watt wireless solutions. Innotek says the development product follows the stards set forth by the rld reless wer Consortium AirFuel liance, which ensure that it will be compatible with all supported smartphones. reless charging always loses some efficiency compared to a wired charge so it’s unlikely that this will catch up fully to the plug-in model, but much faster charging would definitely be an excellent feature....

But according to what has now been discovered, OnePlus 5 also follows another practice of its predecessors. It also has mechanisms to fool benchmark testing. The first tests, conducted by the XDA website, again revealed a problem. The OnePlus 5 detects always being made a benchmark test and adapts, leading to results that are not real. This is not the first time OnePlus is caught up in making this kind of adaptation....

By default, you can change the Start menu color, taskbar color, switch between dark/light themes, and more. However, what about changing the folder colors in Windows 10? Windows 10 doesn’t offer you an option to modify the folder colors. Yes, you can change the folder icons, but not their colors. The default color for folders is set to Yellow on Windows 10. However, the good thing is that you can use several third-party customization apps to change the folder color in Windows 10....

Video Calls – New high-quality video calling enables full-screen, face-to-face chats at no cost, using the familiar and easy-to-use Yahoo! Messenger environment. Updates Tab – A new tab helps people easily discover Updates from friends and family, including status updates, recent Flickr uploads, Yahoo! Buzz stories, Twitter updates and more. New Yahoo! Insider – Now customizable by zip code, this re-designed welcome window provides Messenger users with easy access to localized news and weather, Yahoo!...

To do so, it would leave to care companies associated with their production. This step seems to have been taken with the launch of DTEK60, the new BlackBerry smartphone focused on security. The DTEK60 is not a new subject. For over a month that is spoken of this new smartphone, then the BlackBerry have accidentally left out its specifications. This is the complement of DTEK line, which had been started by the DTEK50 model....

DuckDuckGo Unbanned in India after a Ban on July 1st DuckDuckGo is an internet search engine that focuses on protecting searchers’ privacy and avoiding the filter bubble of custom search results. DuckDuckGo distinguishes apart from other search engines by not profiling its users and giving all users the same search results for a given search word. The ban on DuckDuckGo might be an accidental one as a result of the 59 Chinese applications that were banned by the Indian Government as a result of the border skirmishes with the Chinese army....

While brand loyalty is immense, there is the occasion when someone decides to switch from an iPhone to an Android. Thankfully Google is trying to make the process easier with a new app. If you or someone you know would like to give Android a shot, follow this guide to make the switch easy. What is Switch To Android? Google recently announced a brand-new feature for former Apple fans, switching between iPhone and Android....

Well, if you’re an Apple diehard fan, you know the story. Apple has a way of leaking specs and photos of upcoming iPhones months before they hit store shelves, or at least Apple fuels the flames of the rumor mill. Rumors start to get wilder and louder before they eventually settle down into something resembling the truth. That phase is usually a few weeks or months before an official announcement....

In its customary A Teardown, Android lice has spotted some interesting code strings that suggest may be developing a new Family nk app for remotely managing content in the YouTube Kids app. Currently, any content restrictions need to be made in the app itself, but this new feature will seemingly let parents manage their child’s search content settings block videos from their own device. That means if you’re at work your child is with a babysitter, you’ll presumably be able to see what they’re watching shut it down if you don’t think it’s appropriate....

Well, Facebook had shown some lights towards mysterious Building 8 (B8). According to the reports, Facebook started its Building 8 team to create futuristic gadgets. The company had revealed plans of two projects that are underway. Regina Dugan, who is the head of Building 8 said that the team consists of 60 engineers who are working to build a brain-computer interface. Well, Regina Dugan is the director of the Pentagon’s DARPA research agency and she previously headed Google’s similar Advanced Technology and Project Groups....

Over the past few months, Mozilla has been working on optimizing and improving its browser. The competition is fierce and has been able to keep ahead. Hence, now with the arrival of version 57, everything has changed. The Firefox Quantum, as it is known, promises to surpass the competition and make forget all the browsers that we find in the market. We all know very well that Firefox Quantum has been officially unveiled recently and it is now also available for download on Mozilla’s servers....

For that is exactly what has happened. A few hours ago, Xiaomi took the wraps off the Redmi Note 7S, whose starting price of Rs 10,999, is easily the lowest for anyone looking for a phone with a 48-megapixel sensor, dipping well below the Rs 13,999 starting price of its cousin, the Redmi Note 7 Pro. Them Note looks Mind you in terms of appearance, it is closer to the Redmi Note 7 than its Pro avatar, even though all three phones share EXACTLY the same dimensions – 159....

As with many other data leaks, traveler information was stored in a database with no form of security or protection. Hackers who came across it could have stolen the data without anyone knowing. Tap or click here for details on another recent database leak. Victims of the leak may be at risk of having their card numbers stolen. Scammers may also begin targeting leaked email addresses with malware and phishing campaigns....

Password managers make life simple. Instead of needing to remember multiple long, complicated strings of letters and numbers that you use to secure your account, all you have to remember is a single master password. Your password manager takes care of the rest, creating unique and uncrackable passwords for all of your accounts – whether they’re for work or personal accounts. If you’re ready to lock down your accounts, check out Dashlane, a highly-rated password manager that is on sale right now for $29....