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Two IBM-built supercomputers, Summit, and Sierra, installed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, respectively, retain the first two positions in the top 10 list. Sunway TaihuLight and Tianhe-2A (Milky Way-2A), both developed by China hold the third and fourth position on the list respectively. These are followed by the new entrant, Frontera in the top 10 list at fifth position....

https://twitter.com/LizardMafia/status/548525026027507712 Lizard Squad then signed up some 3000 Tor relays on the Tor network. The plan was simply to dominate in the numbers game for the ownership of Tor relay by acquiring about half of all tor relays. https://twitter.com/LizardMafia/status/548539099188297730 The news broke like wildfire with privacy concerned users cursing the Lizard Squad for attacking the Tor network. With less knowledge rises more questions Cursing the Lizards for attacking Tor started as someone tweeted, “Lizards have control over half the total number of relays on Tor network” which they believed had lead to Tor network being compromised by the Lizard Squad....

VW spokesman Heiko Hillwig said that the 22 year-old man died on Monday at the plant in Baunatal, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Frankfurt, VW spokesman Heiko Hillwig said. The 22-year-old was part of a team that was helping to put together the stationary robot that grabs and configures auto parts, when it grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate, Hillwig said. He later died from the injuries....

At a private dinner held at the White House in October 2019, Zuckerberg “made the case to President Trump that the rise of Chinese internet companies threatens American business, and should be a bigger concern than reining in Facebook,” WSJ reported, citing people familiar with the matter. In these meetings, Zuckerberg is said to have resounded the same fears he voiced in a meeting with students of Georgetown University in October....

MegaShare didn’t host any of the videos itself but it depended on files from third-party sites such as Google, Putlocker, and Sockshare. It was one of the streaming portals that used Google as a video hosting provider. Back then, Google was criticized for allowing “pirate” movie streaming portals to use its servers to distribute copyrighted material. The search giant was backlashed for not doing enough to prevent pirate sites from showing up in search results....

As soon as it was looking everything is fine, Melbourne IT suffered a breach again and got their blog (https://www.melbourneit.com.au/blog/) defaced by SEA, SEA was having control over there server, emails and other data late night yesterday. but the service provider might have changed their login credentials after twitter, New York Times, Huffington post suffered the Attack. but after few hours a tweet fired from Official Syrian Electronic Army twitter Account stated that they have defaced Melbourne IT blog....

— Microsoft Surface (@surface) October 2, 2019 Surface Earbuds provide an ultra-comfortable and stable fit that offers intuitive touch and voice controls for music, calls and more with omnisonic sound. It comes with support for listening to music with Android/Spotify integration and allows access to playlists without touching the phone (for Android users). Gesture controls allows users to play, pause, skip, swipe to return to a song or change the volume....

Announced in March, ‘Mesh for Microsoft Teams’ allows Teams users to appear as their own customized 3D virtual avatars in meetings. It allows knowledge workers to build and use self-expressive avatars and experience immersive spaces. The feature combines the mixed-reality capabilities of Microsoft Mesh, which allows people in different physical locations to join collaborative and shared holographic experiences, with the productivity tools of Microsoft Teams, where people can join virtual meetings, send chats, collaborate on shared documents, and more....

The images uploaded to the Facebook page celebrate LGBTQI+ inclusion and equity with a new special edition Pride theme for Windows that has a stylish purple gradient with traces of blue and orange on certain backgrounds. The new Start Menu is now much sleeker and cleaner with a translucent background and new Fluent Design-style icons. The images also confirm that Live Tiles are still very much part of the design, and the Live Tiles backgrounds will match your Windows 10 theme of choice (light or dark) and no longer be determined by the app color....

The Redmond giant’s nine-apparel collection, which has a strong retro feel is part of a partnership between known streetwear designer and Supervsn Creative Director Gavin Mathieu and Microsoft, united by a common style and philosophy. According to the company, the Hardware collection is reflective of the Normcore style – a lifestyle aesthetic that puts the focus on individuals and not on the clothing they wear. “What Gavin has designed for this collection captures the spirit of our discussions on enabling people to move and create in a way that helps them make the most impact....

While Microsoft had already implemented the step of hiding the option of creating a local, offline account while setting up Windows 10 in the U.S., it appears that the company is imposing the same limitation to other parts of the world too. German tech site Dr Windows (via WinFuture.de) reported that the local account option has vanished completely from Windows 10’s setup process for German users. Instead, Microsoft is insisting users log in with or create a Microsoft account for fresh installs....

and a message, greeting other Indian Hackers. The list of deface websites and their Mirrors can be seen below:

According to Apple, exposing your iPhone to high amplitude vibrations within certain frequency ranges generated by high-power motorcycle engines can hamper the OIS (optical image stabilization) and closed-loop AF (auto-focus) systems on the iPhone camera. “The advanced camera systems in some iPhone models include technology like optical image stabilization and closed-loop autofocus to help you capture great photos even in difficult conditions. These systems work to automatically counteract movement, vibrations, and the effects of gravity to let you focus on taking a great shot,” the company said in its support post....

NASA seals a deal with NNSA and aims at using nukes to deflect Comets and Asteroids that pose threat to EarthTo avert the extinction of human race via doomsday Asteroid or Comet, NASA has joined hands with NNSA to take precautionary steps and deflect the planetary objects from banging onto Earth. It seems NASA has something similar in mind. According to a report published in the New York Times last week, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) made an announcement that it has just sealed a deal with the NNSA (National Nuclear Security Administration) with the major aim of using nuclear weapons or ‘nukes’ to deflect the stray Comets and Asteroids which pose a threat to planet Earth....

VolkerWessels, a Dutch construction firm, however have found some better idea to reuse plastic and they have proposed to use recycled plastic bottles to construct the roadbeds in the Rotterdam city of Netherlands. This could be the apt answer to recycle plastic. Traditionally, roads are made up of asphalt, which is made up of a mixture of recycled materials such as blast furnace slag, glass and tyres. Hence, asphalt generation leads to emission of large amount of carbon dioxide which is estimated to be around 27 kilograms for every tonne of asphalt produced, further it absorbs heat which results in serious urban health consequences....

Now you dont need to do all that with a simple Chrome extension that lets you sync and play TV shows and movies on Netflix at realtime. A new service called Showgoers will sync up both of your Netflix screens so you can watch a show or movie at the same time. The free extension is now available for Google Chrome and has a very easy user interface. Just install the extension, find a show and click on the glasses in the corner, send the link to a friend and you can whatever you want on Netflix, together across blocks, cities, countries or continents....

Wagg was able to detect a tiny dip in the light of a star as a planet passed in front of it and thus was able to spot the planet. After further observations and study the planet discovered by Wagg has been given the approval of being a planet and the entire follow up procedure took almost 2 years. Hence, now Wagg is 17 years old. He says: “I’m hugely excited to have a found a new planet, and I’m very impressed that we can find them so far away....