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With Windows 7 approaching its end of extended support in less than three years, Microsoft took to its German website to encourage Windows 7 users to upgrade to the latest OS, Windows 10, because of its set of integrated security features, Windows Store for Business, and flexible management and simplified development for enterprise IT. “Today, it does not meet the requirements of modern technology, nor the high security requirements of IT departments,” added Markus Nitschke, Head of Windows at Microsoft Germany....

Microsoft stealthily made changes to the Windows Insider preview program blogpost and the reference to “remain activated” has since been removed. It had mentioned earlier that members who have signed up for the Insider Program running a preview version would “receive the Windows 10 final release build and remain activated.” However, now it only says that they will “receive the Windows 10 final release build.” The word ‘activation’ has been removed....

The M1 chip implements a security feature called “Pointer Authentication”, which acts as the “last line of security” against memory corruption exploits on the M1 SoC. For the unversed, Pointer authentication works by offering a special CPU instruction to add a cryptographic signature — or Pointer Authentication Code (PAC) — to unused high-order bits of a pointer before storing the pointer. With Pointer Authentication enabled, bugs that normally could compromise a system or leak private information are stopped dead in their tracks....

Competitively priced at Rs 7,999, the 4G-capable Moto E smartphone is Rs 1,000 more expensive than the 3G-only Moto E (Gen 2) but seeks to take on the other 4G smartphones available in India. According to the Flipkart website, it will be delivered by April 28 if ordered today. The Moto E 4G uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 Quad-core SoC clocked at 1.2GHz along with Adreno 306 GPU. The 3G version of the Moto E smartphone uses a Snadpragon 200 SoC....

The Messenger spacecraft had gathered essential data which is further aiding the scientists to get few utmost details of the solar system’s inner most planet Mercury which is located just 36 million miles from the sun. The data is also helping scientists to understand planet Mercury’s evolution over a period of time. The Messenger spacecraft was able to reach at an altitude of just 9 miles from the planet and hence it was able to gather the measurements of the magnetic field of Mercury....

What about OnePlus 4? This flagship device will be succeeding the popular OnePlus 3 & OnePlus 3T devices of 2016 in the flagship range. With these devices gaining recognition as the best phones of the year across the globe, the expectation for the follow up flagship are obviously sky-high. Though a lot of you might be asking, shouldn’t the device be called OnePlus 4? The number 4 is considered unlucky in OnePlus’s home country – China as it is associated with death....

While nothing about the new gaming browser is explained in the announcement blog post on the Opera website, it only defines Opera GX as “a new and special version of our browser made with those of you who play games in mind.” According to Opera, the browser will be up for testing very soon and pre-registration to the previews have already begun. “We would like to invite you to be among the first ones to get to know Opera GX once it becomes available....

Oppo says, the unique lamination process of the Neo 5s gives it’s back cover a smoother, cleaner, and more natural appearance. It will be available in two colors: crystal white and sapphire blue. The interior of the device is designed with a double-layer metallic structure for a more compact, thin, and seamless body. OPPO NEO 5s Specifications : 4.5-inch display * dual-sim supportive (both Micro-SIM and Nano-SIM). * Android 4....

For those unaware, KickassTorrents was shut down by the U.S. government with its alleged owner Artem Vaulin being arrested in Poland following a criminal investigation by the FBI. On the other hand, although Torrentz.eu was never a torrent website, it was a very popular mega torrent search engine, who too decided to mysteriously and abruptly shut shop after KickassTorrents. While Torrentz site’s operator kept the website online, but when the users tried to run a search, or looked to click any link on the site, it displayed the message: “Torrentz will always love you....

In a new analysis carried out by Stack Overflow, Perl emerged as the most disliked programming language among developers followed by Delphi and VBA. For those unaware, Stack Overflow, is a popular developer community that offers a question-and-answer site for coders and developers. Stack Overflow data scientist David Robinson used the site’s “Developer Story” feature in its analysis, where developers have added tags for languages, operating systems, platforms, and libraries they would want to work with and prefer not to work with....

Photo-Sharing App Shoto, Taps Into the Power of AI in its Latest Release for Weddings and EventsSo, how exactly does Shoto’s technology work? In an attempt to cut out these tedious steps, one app developer, Shoto, has just released a new feature on its app designed specifically for weddings and events. The feature uses Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and social media to automatically collect photos and videos from weddings and events into one album organizers can share....

This announcement comes following rumors that retailers like GameStop and others were delisting pre-orders for the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, raising concerns that the project has been canceled. Now, in a statement to IGN, Ubisoft has now cleared the air surrounding the cancellation of the project. “The development of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake will now be led by Ubisoft Montreal. We’re proud of the work achieved by Ubisoft Pune and Ubisoft Mumbai, and Ubisoft Montreal will benefit from their learnings as the new team will continue the work to deliver a great remake,” Ubisoft told IGN....

Pro-Palestine hackers AnonGhost allegedly funded multiple Palestinian charities with money stolen from credit cards belonging to Israeli citizens.#OpIsrael paying off One of the key member and founder of AnonGhost, Mauritania Attacker told the Daily Dot that the group had paid out roughly $18,000 to an unspecified number of Palestinian charities using stolen cards on Tuesday. #OpIsrael paying off The Anonymous chapter belonging to Middle-East had launched #OpIsrael after promising a ‘Electronic Holocaust‘ on Israeli websites on 7th April....

In fact, the beta updates of PUBG Mobile have been released for the Chinese version. So here’s everything that we may see in the upcoming PUBG Mobile update. New Vehicles In PUBG Mobile One of the most interesting thing in the upcoming PUBG Mobile update is the addition of new aerial vehicles. Tencent Games will introduce aerial combat in the popular battle royale game with a helicopter. The new helicopter in PUBG Mobile is similar to the real-life Boeing AH-6 Light Helicopter....

Rackspace restored after DDOS takes out DNS servers for 11 hoursRackspaceDDoS attack The company in its status report says that DDoS attack on its DNS servers DNS, that were sending both legitimate and DDoS traffic to Rackspace were blacklisted. Thus during this 11 hour period, even genuine Rackspace visitors were inadvertently blocked. Rackspace Rackspace Inc. is a managed cloud computing company based in Windcrest, Texas, USA with branches in Australia, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Israel, The Netherlands, India, and Hong Kong, and data centers operating in Texas, Illinois, Virginia, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Hong Kong....

The study found that the teens would rather accept £15 for their personal information, which is equivalent to the cost of a large pizza, than work for that kind of money. “As consumers, teens clearly understand the commercial value of their personal data,” the report says. IT solutions and managed service firm Logicalis surveyed some 1,000 U.K. teens aged between 13-17 over a period of 10 days in January. They found the kids to be “instinctively digital” and that they fully understood the value of their personal information....

According to Samsung, the pocket-sized portable SSD T7 Touch is twice as fast as its predecessor, the T5, and up to 9.5 times faster than external HDDs. Moreover, it can also reach its maximum speed when used with the NVMe interface. However, the highlight of the T7 Touch is the built-in fingerprint sensor feature for enhanced security. This is the first time Samsung has offered an integrated fingerprint sensor on SSD....

Webb claims that his Ocumetics Bionic Lens will transform the eye-care industry and this will prove to be a major breakthrough in the eye lens implants. As per Webb, the Bionic Lens is a perfect answer for people who are using corrective lenses and it can be implanted only when the eye structures are developed completely, its for people above 25 years. Webb feels that very soon the contact lenses, driving lens and progressive lens will be obsolete While speaking to the CTV News, Webb showed the Bionic Lens which resembled a tiny button....