Facebook Rolls Out The Support Tool For Suicide Prevention Globally Techworm

Many sad and lovelorn souls turn to Facebook to vent their feelings and get help. In most cases, posts from such people cannot be brought to the notice of proper authorities for the fear of revealing identity. Facebook’s suicide prevention tool will let all users around the globe report such cases anonymously. Facebook’s tool works like a regular button. When you come across a post that seeps of sadness and looks potential suicidal, you can tag the post to Facebook which will reach out to that friend and offer a helpline or supporting materials to guide them through their difficult time....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 170 words · Israel Perez

Facebook S Founder Mark Zuckerberg Says He Has No Plan To Run For The U S Presidency Techworm

“I’m focused on building our community at Facebook and working on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative,” he said, referring to the limited-liability corporation founded by him and his wife Priscilla Chan in 2015, which aims to makes investments in scientific and leadership research. BuzzFeed News also quoted a source close to Zuckerberg as saying the latter had privately denied he had any political ambition. “There’s absolutely no truth to the idea that Mark is running for office and I’ve heard it directly from him,” the source said....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 259 words · Lauren Juran

Fake Voice Chat Website For Steam Gaming Serves Up Spyware

Malware discovery dedicated website, Malwarebytes has discovered a fake Steam Community URL, steamccommynity(.)com. The website, Malwarebytes says, replicates the Razer Comms website and offers phishing links masquerading as click-throughs to various in-game items for Steam users. Malwarebytes notes that the website is not quite done as of yet and contains a lot of errors, which is why it has failed in its spyware mission. Malwarebytes said that the malware on the website is similar to a file associated with password theft on VirusTotal....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 230 words · Felicita Honeycutt

Finding The Best Hosting Solution For Your Business Techworm

Here is the look at the best hosting solution that suits your businessTypes of hosting serversShared web hosting Dedicated hostingCloud hostingVPS The second most important thing you need is to set aside the maximum budget possible for these services. This would simplify the process of choosing the right kind of web hosting solution for your business. If you do not exactly understand what all services you get in a web hosting solution?...

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 635 words · Doris Cooper

Fix Discord Screen Share Audio Not Working Error Solution

In this article, we have shared several ways to fix screen share with audio not capturing error in Discord. Gamers all across the globe rely on Discord for communicating with their mates. Thanks to useful features like Keybinds, Priority Speaker, and YouTube/Twitch Integration Discord has become one of the best VoIP application. Sadly, many Discord users have reported an error that says Discord Screen Share Audio Not Working. In no particle order, these are some of the best fixes for this troublesome error....

December 31, 2022 · 7 min · 1391 words · Tony Elliott

Forgotten Philae Robotic Space Lander Surprises European Space Agency Scientists By Sending Signals

The European Space Agency said that it had received signals from the lander, named Philae, late on Thursday, when it began “speaking” with its team on the ground for the first time as it went into emergency hibernation following a poor landing on the comet in November. Scientists think that the space probe is receiving increasing amounts of sunlight as the comet comes closer to the sun which enables its solar panels to generate the power required to send data....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 492 words · Daphne Lux

Former Bitcoin Foundation Member And Ceo Of Bitinstant Sentenced To Two Years For Silk Road Transactions

Bitcoin exec to spend two years behind bars for Silk Road transactionsEnd of the road Plea End of the road Silk Road was one of the causes of the phenomenal rise in crypto-currencies, most notably – Bitcoin for its anonymity. Silk Road itself was dealing in contraband goods and as such, it was taken down by an operation by the FBI which resulted in arrest of its found Ulbritch. Soon another clone, Silk Road 2 surfaced after the original had been taken down, but that too suffered the same fate as before....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 420 words · Rita Schafer

Founding Member Of Lulzsec Gets Hired By An Online Payments Firm Techworm

Under his real name Mustafa Al-Bassam, 21, will be working on the company’s technology and services, including its new blockchain research project codenamed ‘Trustery.’ This project aims to create a commercial blockchain platform to enhance the visibility and reliability of online payments. Beyond the Trustery project, Al-Bassam will also work closely with Secure Trading’s cyber security sister company Cognosec. Secure Trading approached Al-Bassam signing him on to work for the company part time while completing a computer science degree at King’s College London....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 608 words · William Love

Foxconn To Acquire Belkin International For 866 Million In Cash

For those unaware, California-based Belkin International, Inc. is best known for creating an array of home networking products and smartphone accessories that are sold throughout the United States, Canada, South America, Asia and Europe. Further, Linksys manufactures networking equipment, Wemo produces home automation equipment, and Phyn sells a product that provides notification for water leaks in your house. With the acquisition, Foxconn hopes to accelerate entry into the smart home market....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 314 words · John Carter

Gamers Beware Phantom Squad Are Coming To F K Your Holidays Techworm

It took Sony and Microsoft the new year of 2015 to fully recover from the massive DDoS attack launched by the Lizard Squad. Lizard Squad gained notoriety from the hack attack and was abused on gaming and tech forums by the gamers but it also gained publicity for its rent-a-DDoS machine, Lizard Stresser. Many industry watchers noted during that time that Lizard Squad was DDoSing PSN and Xbox Live servers to market their Lizard Stresser....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 214 words · Gina Golish

Gaming Addiction Has Been Solved In China Says Report

Apparently, China has “solved” the issue of youth video game addiction, according to a report co-written by the country’s top gaming industry association that got feedback from multiple families, gaming companies, and experts, The comment came from the 2022 Report on “The Protection of Minors in China’s Game Industry”, jointly released by the China Game Industry Group Committee, affiliated with the online game publishing regulator, said data provider CNG on Tuesday, which co-authored the report....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 420 words · Joseph Marquez

German Government Warns Users For Built In Nsa Backdoor In Windows 8 Techworm

December 31, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Sue Tatro

Google Admits Partial Blame For Its Self Driving Car Crashing Into A Bus Techworm

A Google driverless car has been involved in an accident with a bus and Google has said it “bears some responsibility” for the first time. The company admitted that it was partially responsible for the minor collision, which happened earlier in February. The collision which happened in February, 2016 which go down in record books as the first accident where an autonomous car has hit another vehicle. On 14 February the car, travelling at 2mph (3km/h), pulled out in front of a public bus going 15mph (24km/h)....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 261 words · Linda Silvera

Google Agrees To Pay 5 5 Million For Sneaking Around Apple S Privacy Settings Techworm

It all started in 2012, when a Stanford researcher discovered that Google had used a tactic to track Safari users’ web browsing habits. In other words, it used to fool consumers’ browsers into accepting ad-tracking software by sneaking around Apple’s privacy settings. Apple, which owns Safari, had built into it privacy controls that prevented certain cookies, small files that store information that can detect users or track their activities. However, Google got around the setting by camouflaging their cookies in a way that was capable for a loophole in the Safari settings....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 261 words · Sarah Colvin

Google Blocks Its Own Url Shortening Service Goo Gl

The Security advisory for Goo.gl/fb states as follows : Though exact causes are not known but Google blocking its own link shortening service is nothing short of a irony. Techworm is waiting for a comment from Google to know whether this is a genuine blockade for malware or some software glitch in its search algorithm. What is the current listing status for goo.gl/fb? Site is listed as suspicious – visiting this website may harm your computer....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 347 words · Roy Jankowski

Google Boosts Gmail With New Emojis And Themes You Can Edit

Now, when you compose a Gmail message you’ll have an even larger array of whimsical and descriptive emoji to accent your text-based missive. Google has recently added new hundreds of themes and some new emoji to the service for users to pick from. This move will enable you to customize the look and feel of the Gmail web interface to a great extent. Now Gmail will become more personal mail and much more fun to use....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 363 words · Joseph Commander

Google Chrome S Dark Mode For Macos To Arrive In Early 2019

For the unaware, Dark Mode instantly changes all the compatible apps to a dark color palette when enabled in System Preferences. In other words, dark colors are used in place of light colors in the user interface, for instance, such as the menus, tabs, bookmark bar, Omnibox, status bar, and dialog boxes. However, a recently submitted code change by a Google developer on a post on Reddit (via MacRumors) suggests that support for macOS dark mode will be arriving in a future release of Chrome....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 169 words · Mark Kindred

Google Chrome To Delete The Backspace Which Took One To Previous Page Techworm

The Chromium developers stated that very few people use the Backspace key to navigate to the previous page. The developers say some of these people come from pages that had forms loaded which will anyhow have to be reloaded. The main reason for removing the Backspace is that users when filling out a form press Backspace thinking they will delete a character, but if they shift focus from the form to the browser window, they are actually navigating back one page, losing their entire form data....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 305 words · Allie Smith

Google Chrome Will Warn If Your Password Is Leaked On Android And Ios

The latest browser will now alert you if the passwords you have asked Chrome to remember have been compromised. However, Google’s password check works only if you use Chrome to store your passwords. To check if your username and password have been compromised, Chrome will send an encrypted copy of your username and password to Google. The search giant will check them against lists of credentials known to be compromised, which are sent to the company in a special form of encryption so that Google cannot derive your username or password....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 409 words · John Murphy

Google Dorking How To Use Google For Hacking Websites Iot Devices Cameras Etc Techworm

Last year we had discussed how Google can be used to almost anything on the Internet using a method called Google Dorking. If you have not read that article, it is available here. As you know Google is a vast repository of data, some of which are available to people while some are not. Users use Google to find answers to their queries, images, videos, news, and notes, etc. But advanced users use a method called Google Dorking to glean hidden information from Google....

December 31, 2022 · 4 min · 837 words · Leopoldo Stokes