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In his latest post, Zuckerberg said that the internet is becoming too centralized, and controlled by a few huge companies that include Facebook itself. According to Zuckerberg, 2018 will be a serious year of self-improvement where the company will learn from fixing issues that have caused controversy. “We won’t prevent all mistakes or abuse, but we currently make too many errors enforcing our policies and preventing misuse of our tools,” Zuckerberg wrote....

This new feature will make it easier for Facebook and Instagram users to easily access, create and navigate between multiple accounts and profiles. “We know that many people use more than one of our apps to pursue different interests, reach a broader audience or share different aspects of who they are with different groups of people. With that in mind, we’re simplifying the process of creating and switching between accounts and profiles,” Robert d’Apice, Director of Product Management, Meta wrote in a blog post....

The main reason why bingo quickly gained its popularity is partly because of its easy to learn rules, and also due to the fact that it can be played nearly anywhere. Think of a few bingo games while on lunch break, in the bus/train, and why not in the bath? All you need to enjoy this game are improvised bingo cards and a bag of numbers written on torn bits of paper....

Microsoft also announced the opening of the first Microsoft Transparency Center which provide participating governments with the ability to review source code for Microsoft’s key products, assure themselves of their software integrity, and confirm that there are no “back doors.”open in its software.

The reports come after U.S. President Donald Trump told media on Friday that his administration is considering banning the Chinese video app over privacy and national security concerns. “We’re looking at TikTok. We may be banning TikTok. India has banned as many as 106 Chinese apps, including TikTok, a move welcomed by both the administration and the lawmakers,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We may be doing some other things....

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Last year too, Microsoft managed to grab headlines when it announced that Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 would continue to receive updates through January 14, 2020 and January 10, 2023 respectively, as the company is offering to help enterprises in the transition to Windows 10. It also announced that it had created a list of specific new Skylake devices that it would support to run Windows 7 and Windows 8....

For beginners, the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus will retain the same overall shape, making use of an aluminium uni-body casing with curved edges. The antenna bands have been altered in line with many prior leaks, sitting in a new position and feeding into the top and bottom edges. It is anticipated that different camera hardware is set to appear on the new smartphones, with the altered cut-outs on both handsets being the giveaway....

The developer Intelligent Systems has offered significant improvements in the graphics, soundtracks, and dialogues department. Prior to the official launch of Paper Mario: The Origami King, videos of the game being played on PC surfaced on the internet. At the time of writing this article, the gameplay YouTube videos have been removed due to copyright claims from Nintendo of America Inc. Unreleased Nintendo Title Gameplay Footage Leaked Prior To Launch Over the years, the emulation technology has developed drastically....

No.1 G5 Smartwatch with sleek look, fast MT2502 processor, and a low price tagBuild, Design & DisplayBatterySoftwareConnectivity and SupportConclusion The No. 1 G5 smartwatch is sleek yet powerful. It is packed with tech features so that you can get the best out of it with your iPhone as well as Android smartphone. Let’s take a peek at how the No.1 G5 fares. Build, Design & Display The No.1 G5 is made up of stainless steel, which is suitable for both sports and casual wear....

Pwn2Own is a popular yearly hacking contest and this years contest was organized in Vancouver, Canada this week. The Pwn2own was dominated by the Chinese hacking team as they successfully “broke” Internet Explorer 11 in only 17 seconds and created a world record of sorts. The team called 360Vulcan sadly failed to capture the unicorn prize of the contest but became centre of attention among the competitors and organizers. The Internet Explorer 11 was put ahead of all browsers by the organizers because it is protected with enhanced sandbox, a full 64 bit process, EMET (Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit), the security mechanisms of Windows 8....

Latest Nvidia AI transforms 2D snapshots to 3D render According to Nvidia, it has named its tool as Instant NeRF or neural radiance fields that the folks at UC San Diego, Google Research, and UC Berkeley developed back in 2020. Latest Nvidia AI transforms 2D snapshots to 3D renderNvidia’s Instant NeRF applications Instant NeRF contemplatest color and light intensity on each 2D shot and maps it out on a 3D space thereby rendering a 3D image thanks to the snapshots captured with different vantage points....

The issue, tracked as CVE-2022-32893 (CVSS score: 8.8), is an out-of-bounds write issue affecting WebKit that may lead to arbitrary code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. The iOS 12.5.6 update likely addresses two major security vulnerabilities that Apple patched earlier this month with the release of iOS 15.6.1, iPadOS 15.6.1, and macOS Monterey 12.5.1, as part of updates shipped on August 18, 2022. These fixes are now extended to older iPhone and iPad models that cannot update to 15....

Engineering student, a bored one in his words, Jake Cooper has found a vulnerability in the OnePlus 2 referral system after he found out that he was at 70000 on the OnePlus 2 registration list. Angry at the referral and the invite only system, Cooper decided to test the referral system for vulnerabilities and finally found one. — Jake Cooper (@RealJakeCooper) August 3, 2015 When the OnePlus 2 waiting list first went live last week, Cooper, a long time fan of OnePlus registered and was at number 9000 in line, which should have secured him a new smartphone....

Judging on this recent Weibo post, there is a possibility that the upcoming OnePlus 2 may come with a full metal build, considering that Lau has been teasing the OnePlus 2 lately via his Weibo posts, it may not be wrong to assume he was referring to the handset. The original OnePlus One came with a polycarbonate body with optional back covers. The OnePlus 2 may either come with a full metal body, or it could be a mixture of metal frame and polycarbonate body....

Moreover, the OnePlus 8 Pro is better than Samsung’s Galaxy S20+ in multiple aspects. If you have been eyeing a powerful Android flagship smartphone, then the OnePlus 8 Pro might impress you. OnePlus 8 Pro: Specifications And Features OnePlus 8 Pro sports a full glass and metal construction that looks premium. Sadly, the quad-camera module on this smartphone bulges out and compromises with the design symmetry of this smartphone. 3D Corning Gorilla Glass protects both the front and back glass panels of OnePlus 8 Pro....

Shoukat Yousufzai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Minister of Information, was speaking to reporters last Friday about local issues, when his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), started live streaming the event on Facebook to ensure all interested parties could witness the event. The party’s Facebook page operator accidentally turned on the cat filter while streaming the video. As a result, when Mr. Yousafzai spoke, the cat filter popped up over a couple of ministers’ faces with pink cat ears, a kitty’s nose, and whiskers....

The trend started after a Twitter user Leslie Yajaira, from North Carolina, USA (@yajairalyb) shared a photograph of her deceased grandfather sitting outside his farm in Durango, Mexico, which was captured through Google Maps Street View cameras. She also shared a video of her later grandfather sitting outside his farm, looking at the road. “My grandpa passed away a few years ago,” @yajairalyb wrote on Twitter. “We didn’t get to say goodbye to him....

This project’s a port from a Java application, but the fact it’s built in HTML5 means it’s accessible in every modern browser. This electronic circuit simulator is highly interactive giving the feeling of playing with real components. It’s very helpful for experimentation and visualization. You can add in all kinds of components, wires, and whatever else you need to see exactly how a circuit will work with the help of the web app....