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The portable signs, which typically display messages like “Exit Closed” or “Lanes Shift Ahead” to direct motorists about construction or other temporary changes to the flow of traffic, read “Bernie for President” and “Donald Trump Is a Shape-Shifting Lizard” during the morning commute Tuesday. — Chad Potts (@Chad_Potts) May 31, 2016 Texas officials told that “they thought the signs were turned off and locked before the holiday weekend,” but apparently that was not the case....

That’s what happened when a hacker deceived Facebook gained access to someone else’s account. The hacker posing as a user reportedly got in touch with Facebook to seek assistance to access his account, as he was unable to do so. He provided them with a fake ID and requested the tech giant to turn off login approvals. It was no surprise that the hacker was able to get Facebook to grant access to the account....

A hacker going by the name of ‘Hacker Buba’ hacked into the Invest Bank of United Arab Emirates a week ago. After stealing the customer details from the banks website, Hacker Buba demanded a ransom of $3 million in bitcoins. However, when the bank did not comply with his demands, he appears to have dumped tens of thousands of customer files online. Apparently after failing to get the ransom, Hacker Buba started tweeting the bank customer details....

“Air-gapped” computers are isolated – separated both logically and physically from public networks – ostensibly so that they cannot be hacked over the Internet or within company networks. The LED indicators of the isolated computers are taken control of, which are then forced to blink up to 6,000 times a second to send a signal containing data to a camera mounted on a drone near the targeted computer. “Sensitive information can be encoded and leaked over the LED signals, which can then be received remotely by different kinds of cameras and light sensors,” the team, led by Dr Mordechai Guri, head of R&D at the Cyber Security Research Centre, said in its paper....

Steam is an Internet-based digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation offering digital rights management (DRM), multiplayer, and social networking. Steam provides the user with installation and automatic updating of games on multiple computers, and community features such as friends lists and groups, cloud saving, and in-game voice and chat functionality. It is highly popular among gamers around the world. The hack attack was fairly simple and anybody who Steam gamers user name could exploit the bug....

A new hi-tech railway signalling system being tested in the United Kingdom could potentially be hacked by cyber criminals to cause oncoming trains to crash into one another at high speeds, Prof David Stupples has warned. His warning comes at a time when the United Kingdom is looking to replace its ageing and old signalling system and is looking to test the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS). Internet security expert Professor David Stupple told the BBC that plans to replace old railway signal lights with new digital systems could expose the railway network to cyber attack, Prof Stupples believes a hack can cause a “nasty accident” or “major disruption”accident” to involving terrorists and cyber criminals as they could “easily expose the new mainframe....

Here is a good news that Digiarty is giving away WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe for its 12th Anniversary. It is a multifunctional video processing program that combines the functions of converter/compressor UHD-video, advanced video editor, online video downloader and more. How to enter this giveaway? Step1. go to giveaway page: https://www.winxdvd.com/giveaway/ Step 2. click “Grab now”, then hit the “Get Free” button to download the zip file. Step 3: Unzip the file, you will get a license code and setup file....

World’s biggest bug bounty payouts by tech companies to ethical hackers and security researchersSome of the largest companies of the world offers ‘Bug Bounty programs’ to security researchers to find vulnerabilities and suggest innovative security measures to fix these issues.United Airlines:Facebook:Microsoft:Microsoft awarded $200,000 prize for New exploit mitigation technology:Bypassing Windows 8.1 mitigations using unsafe COM objects:Heartbleed:Yahoo’s Flickr: Under the “Bug Bounty program” companies are ready to pay enormous money to security researchers who would not only find flaws but also suggest innovative security measures so that the company would be safe from the cyber attackers who might otherwise discover these flaws and cause significant damage to the organization....

How to change your MAC Address in Windows 10 PC? While this is the easiest way of changing your MAC Address in Windows 10, we would also like to point out several reasons why this might not work in your favor. If your driver does not provide support for it, or if some other network software has taken control, then it’s highly possible the option will be removed completely. Another thing that you need to be concerned about is the fact that that Windows 10 always uses the same MAC address when connecting to the same network so you will probably have to manually change it over and over again when you decide to connect to a different network....

Despite being a decade-old game, Minecraft’s popularity hasn’t decreased a bit. Available in two different versions namely Minecraft: Java Edition and Minecraft: Bedrock Edition the game has over 500 Million Players. In this article, we have shared multiple methods that will help you Download Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. Minecraft Bedrock Edition System Requirements Minecraft Bedrock Edition System RequirementsDownload Minecraft Bedrock Edition On Windows 101. Download Bedrock Edition On PC Using Mojang2....

Here is how you can enable Intel XMP to make your RAM run at its advertised speedsWhat Is Intel XMP?How to Check Your RAM TimingsHow to Enable XMP However, this choice is not available on every motherboard’s BIOS, and not every stick of RAM has an XMP profile. Some RAM is just intended to run at standard speeds. Nevertheless, you should definitely have XMP as an option, if you built your own gaming computer and purchased RAM advertised with fast speeds....

This Google app allows you to translate just by clicking an image with your smartphone’s cameraHow It WorksDisadvantagesWhere to Get It Initially, Quest Digital introduced the app as Word Lens, an augmented reality (AR) project that was free to try. However, a purchase of $5 language packs was required to be done for it to be of any practical use. Later, Google acquired Word Lens and now the technology happens to be a part of the Google Translate app on iPhone, Android, and Google Glass, which is completely free to use....

Last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic many businesses adopted the Work From Home approach. Mainstream video calling, voice calling, and conferencing services like Google Meet & Zoom experienced a massive increase in their userbase. After testing out the feature in December, Whatsapp has now finally rolled out the support for desktop voice and video calls. You can now make calls on both the Windows and Mac clients of Whatsapp....

However, you will agree that storing sensitive data like your private images, videos on an unprotected USB Pendrive is foolish as the USB stick can be lost or misplaced putting your private information in jeopardy. How do you protect your private and sensitive data stored on USB pendrives from snooping Toms and in case it is lost or misplaced? To protect your sensitive data from such eventuality we present How To Protect USB Pendrive With Password....

Here is how you can run risky looking Apps in sandbox and protect your PC/Laptop from malwareCybergenic ShadeQuietzoneSandboxie It is very important to have a powerful anti-malware application at hand that helps in removing and preventing infections from our computer due to the constant exposure to the internet. Your computer could be at risk if you are careless with the links you click and files you download. In order to provide and increase the level of security of your computer, there are security applications known as sandboxing tools....

HP Z Workstations have been used to make movies like Deadpool, but when it comes to VR, you will definitely need more processing power. Fortunately, HP Z Workstation desktop comes in several configurations, with the processor being an Intel Xeon E5-2600 v4 chips, which has up to 22 cores. One reason why the desktop system does not feature a 22 core Xeon E5-2699 v4 chip is because this particular CPU is used for server-based applications and will required a more potent cooling system to dissipate all that heat....

The ban is aimed to push Chinese giants like Xiaomi, Realme, and Transsion out of the low-budget phone segment of the world’s second-biggest mobile market said people familiar with the matter. However, brands such as Samsung and Apple would be largely unaffected, as they do not focus on the entry-level segment. At present, Chinese firms control nearly 70% of India’s smartphone market and 75-80% of the sub-$150 sales, in comparison to Indian local manufacturers who combined account for less than 1%....

Currently, this feature is available only on mobile apps and mobile websites. While there is a Windows version of the Instagram app but it has limited functionality. The upcoming feature was discovered and revealed by the app developer and leaker Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) in one of his Twitter posts. “#Instagram is working on the ability to create posts from the desktop website,” Paluzzi tweeted. The developer enabled the new option on his profile through undisclosed methods on the desktop website....

The security layer dubbed as Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) aims to protect CPUs against common malware attacks that have been a challenge to deal with software alone. “Intel CET delivers CPU-level security capabilities to help protect against common malware attack methods that have been a challenge to mitigate with software alone,” said Tom Garrison, Vice President of the Client Computing Group and General Manager of Security Strategies and Initiatives (SSI) at Intel Corporation, in a Monday post....

Intel’s future Compute Sticks are going to feature Intel’s Core M3 and Core M5 processors. Both of these chips are going to have 2 cores and 4 threads, which should be adequate enough to tackle basic tasks. In addition, more features have been added in comparison to the previous products. The starting model will carry a price of $299, have the model name STK2m364CC and sport an Intel Core M3-6Y30 processor, which has a base clock speed of 900MHz, and a max speed of 2....