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Reddit users earlier reported that Taylor who goes by Reddit handle of /u/chooter and is Reddit’s Director of Talent and key administrator was apparently fired without notice, leaving one of the site’s most popular subreddits called the Ask Me Anything in jeopardy. Taylor oversaw the administration of the Ask Me Anything subreddit (/r/IAmA), a section that allows Reddit users to engage in a real-time Q&A with famous personalities such as Bill Gates and President Obama Taylor’s sacking has not gone well with the Redditors and they have started a thread called AMAgeddon, protesting over her alleged sacking....

Once clicked, it directs users to miniTV section inside the app. The streaming service offers various categories in English and 9 other Indian regional languages ranging from comedy shows, lifestyle videos, and web series, which can be found at the bottom of the Android screen. The company is also said to be in talks with several other studios and celebrities to bring more content to miniTV. In Settings, the company has added parental controls to miniTV for viewing based on maturity and age rating....

In comparison, Spotify, the world’s dominant and largest streaming service with 100-million paid subscribers, is growing at a slower rate of around 25 percent a year. “We’re not battling for the same customers as everyone else,” Boom confirmed. “For the industry to reach its full potential, we can’t just look at 15- to 22-year-olds.”

The researchers developed predictive-vision software that uses machine learning to anticipate what actions should follow a given set of video frames. They fed the program with 600 hours of videos from YouTube and popular TV shows such as Big Bang Theory, The Office and Desperate Housewives to test and see if it can predict whether two people will shake hands, slap five, kiss or hug. In a second situation, the algorithm can anticipate what could appear in a video after five seconds....

If the user visits the website, they will be met with the following message: According to details reported that by Vocativ, the site’s administrators had identified the hack on Thursday, and several ISIS forums have also reported about the incident. The virus was apparently impersonating as a Flashplayer.apk which is the Android OS file format. Since Android is also vulnerable to a slew of malware, Anonymous most likely thought that it can infect the least protected operating system out of the mobile OS out there....

The lawsuit comes days later after Gizmodo published a report on Apple’s App Store data collection based on the research by two independent security researchers, Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry, at the software company Mysk, in November. The findings by the researchers expose how Apple’s own apps — including the App Store Apple Music, Apple TV, Books, and Stocks — collect data about users’ interactions with apps, even when they have not agreed to share analytics information with the Cupertino giant....

The updates include added support for 10-bit HDR video playback and editing in Photos, improves compatibility with Ubiquiti wireless access points, bug fixes, and more. These issues were not able to be fixed in the initial iOS 14 launch last month. Check out the complete changelog (for iOS 14.1 and iPadOS 14.1), per Apple’s notes for the update: iPhone Adds support for 10-bit HDR video playback and edit in Photos for iPhone 8 and later Addresses an issue where some widgets, folders, and icons were showing up in reduced size on the Home Screen Addresses an issue where dragging widgets on the Home Screen could remove apps from folders Fixes an issue where some emails in Mail were sent from an incorrect alias Fixes an issue that could prevent incoming calls from displaying region information Fixes an issue on some devices where selecting zoomed display mode and an alphanumeric passcode could result in the Lock Screen emergency call button overlapping with the text input box Addresses an issue where some users were occasionally unable to download or add songs to their library while viewing an album or playlist Fixes an issue that could prevent zeroes from appearing in Calculator Resolves an issue where streaming video resolution could temporarily be reduced at the start of playback Fixes an issue that prevented setting up a family member’s Apple Watch for some users Resolves an issue where the Apple Watch case material was displayed incorrectly in the Apple Watch app Addresses an issue in the Files app that could cause some MDM-managed cloud service providers to incorrectly display content as unavailable Improves compatibility with Ubiquiti wireless access points...

However, Apple has restarted the production of iPhone X in ‘certain markets’ due to poor sales of iPhone XS and XS Max, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Apple has also decided to cut production on all new iPhones. According to WSJ, Apple had agreed to purchase a certain number of OLED display panels from Samsung. However, weak sales of the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max has forced Apple to resume production of the iPhone X so that the company can fulfill the terms of its agreement with Samsung....

While 80 percent of the fabrication tools affected by the virus outbreak had been restored, TSMC said that it expects full recovery on Monday. “TSMC has contained the problem and found a solution, and recovery of the tools is in progress,” the Taiwanese company said in a statement. For those unaware, TSMC is the only manufacturer of Apple’s latest A-series SoC and is a critical supplier of Apple and Qualcomm Inc....

Right before the blast the battery of the Apple Watch expanded and overheated. At the time of writing this article, Apple is well aware of the accident and the company confirmed that it would investigate what happened. That said, Apple pressurized and asked the user to stay silent and not share the story with anyone. Luckily, 9to5Mac managed to get in contact with the user, and then he stated that when he was wearing the watch he noticed that it was getting much hotter than usual....

Speaking of specifications, the report suggests that the smartphone will feature a 5-inch (720x1280p) display and run on Mediatek’s rather old MT6582 chipset, which has a quad-core application processor and Mali-400 MP2 graphics processor. ZenFone Go is also said to have 2GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage. The smartphone also sports an 8MP primary camera and a 2MP secondry camera and supports 3G connectivity. However since it is based on a old chipset and will not support 4G/LTE, Asus may price this Zenfone Go at less than Rs....

Designed for mobile gaming, the ROG features a 6-inch full HD+ (1080 x 2160 pixels) and comes with an 18:9 aspect ratio. Its AMOLED display blends a 90Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time. The display on the ROG Phone is also certified for HDR and has the DCI-P3 color gamut. ASUS has added the world’s fastest 2.96GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC coupled with a Qualcomm Adreno 630 GPU to the device....

Ashley, a nanny to one year old baby girl was going about doing her business of changing the baby’s diapers when suddenly she heard an unfamiliar voice come out of the family baby monitor. “That’s a really poopy diaper,” the voice said, apparently watching Ashley Stanley, the nanny, and little Samantha. And it freaked Ashley out. “I thought it was [Samantha’s] mom and dad playing a joke on me,” Stanley told Houston news station KHOU 11....

Ever since the Bitcoin was launched, the mainstream banks had opposed the idea of having a digital currency for lack of controls. But over the years many banking institutions have been showing interest in the blockchain technology behind the bitcoin. While other interested banks have hired agencies to carry out research work regarding blockchain technology, the Bank of England thought it would be a better idea to ask local researchers from University College London....

Mittal also said that the 3G networks are facing traffic congestion issues majorly in the metros and tier 1 cities and hence Airtel will mount mobile tower sites to use its 20 megahertz (MHz) broadband wireless access spectrum which should prove to be “life saving” to the 3G network. As of now Airtel has only 5MHz of 3G spectrum in some parts of the country however government has put up additional 5MHz for 3G in the ongoing auction....

Duncan had originally pleaded not guilty in the case and said that he was the victim of a politically motivated prosecution. However, he formally changed his plea to guilty in a federal courthouse on Tuesday. Duncan in his signed plea agreement exclusively admitted that the “object of the conspiracy was for the Hunters to convert campaign funds for their own personal benefit and enjoyment, and for the personal benefit of others with whom they had personal relationships....

Cyber-criminals are using YouTube by posting lots of fake windows 10 “activators” videos. If user activates this fake activator they would be directed to some illicit survey websites which may be a source of generating finance to these criminals. The website might lead users to click unwanted hidden ads and thus make illicit gains for the scam operators. Some of these Windows 10 “activators” can lead the user to download unwanted applications which can lead to PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) and viruses....

It is now learnt that a hacker is trying to sell a database that supposedly contains registration records for voters in all 50 US states, Tech Insider reported. A seller using the pseudonym of ‘DataDirect’ is offering US voters’ registration records on the dark net marketplace “The Real Deal.” The Real Deal, a popular site many cyber criminals use for buying and selling everything from illegal drugs to zero-day software exploits....

The hack on Lizardstesser(.)su was reported by Brian Krebs of Krebs On Security. According to Brian, someone hacked LizardStresser[dot]su, the Web site the group uses to coordinate attacks and sell subscriptions to its attacks-for-hire service. A copy of the LizardStresser customer database obtained by KrebsOnSecurity shows that it attracted more than 14,241 registered users during its first month of operation. Though Brian says that only a few of those may be using the rent-a-tool....

The difference between landed properties at different locations at any given time is the function of the quality of the social and infrastructural community that centres around them. The available natural or artificial resources also explain what value is attached to a piece of land. This is why the same perimetre of land at different locations will attract different prices in value at the same time. Real Estate in cyberspace Applying this concept unto the virtual world has proven to be an exceptional innovation as just a few months ago, the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) of internet-based decentralized real estate, Decentraland, sold out in record time, raising $24 million in 35 seconds....