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According to the blog post, the error was due to the misconfiguration of an internal customer support database, which was used to support case analytics. This incident accidentally exposed nearly 250 million “Customer Service and Support” (CSS) records online between December 5 and December 31 that were accessible to anyone with internet access and had no password protection or encryption. “Our investigation has determined that a change made to the database’s network security group on December 5, 2019, contained misconfigured security rules that enabled exposure of the data....

Microsoft once again is going beyond virtual world to provide ultimate user experience with the announcement of Windows Holographic and Windows HoloLens. Windows Holographic is, at its core, Microsoft’s take on augmented reality, but it utilizes holograms. The company describes Microsoft HoloLens, that has “the most advanced holographic computer the world has ever seen.” The HoloLens headset is equipped with see-through, holographic lenses HoloLens. It projects holograms that are powered by an unspecified CPU and GPU, alongside a dedicated holographic processor....

Apparently, the problem was related to a flawed Microsoft Defender for Endpoint ASR (attack surface reduction) rule issued with Windows Defender security intelligence update 1.381.2140.0 on Friday morning. In the known issues and notification section of the Windows Health page, Microsoft explains that affected devices which had the Atack Surface Reduction (ASR) rule “Block Win32 API calls from Office macro” enabled caused the application shortcuts in the Start menu, pinned to the taskbar, and on the Desktop to either go missing or get deleted....

Earlier this week researchers at FireEye revealed that earlier versions of EMET have a key security weakness which allows hackers to use the free security tool to disable itself. Security specialists Abdulellah Alsaheel and Raghav Pande discovered that the portion of EMET’s code which is responsible for uploading the software can be used to disable EMET entirely, making the antimalware software completely useless. They also revealed that they have been working with Microsoft ahead of the launch of the 5....

For those unaware, Windows 10 operating system can run on both 32-bit and 64-bit processor architectures. While 32-bit processors are perfectly capable of handling a limited amount of RAM, 64-bit processors can handle more data at once and are capable of storing more computational values, including memory addresses, as compared to the 32-bit based CPU. As a result, there is more demand for Windows 10 64-bit version and hence, most modern PCs are shipped with a 64-bit version of Windows 10....

To mark the 25th anniversary of Solitaire, Microsoft has planned to kickoff an online Solitaire tournament that will set up the company’s strongest players against the game’s biggest fans. The Solitaire tournament that will launch on June 5 for very long has remained a permanent feature of the Windows operating system. Gearing up for the public showdown in June, Microsoft is hosting an internal match among its employees. That competition began on Monday and Microsoft will use the same challenges from its internal matches in the online face-off next month, though the minute details are currently not clear....

Two graduate students, Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao and Artem Dementyev from MIT are working on a tiny track pad, which is small enough to fit on your thumb and large enough to enable you to maneuver through your smart device, as stated in the reports. The track pad is being called NailO and is inspired from the nail arts, which is very popular in most of the South Asian Countries. These two graduate students are developing on the track pad and believe that it can be a perfect substitute to browse through smart devices when both the hands are occupied....

MIT Media Lab already demonstrated DuoSkin’s capability in three different ways that functions as inputs, outputs and communication devices. The input devices can be used as a trackpad, a button or a slider to control mobile devices and computers or adjust the volume of a music system. Output devices display data such as changing colors based on your body temperature or what emotions you are feeling. Finally, the communication devices can keep data in your tattoo that phones and other NFC-enabled devices can read....

However, the inventor of the cell phone believes that the future is not far till the point when our bodies are covered with different connected devices ranging from watches, glasses and clothing, even though you will still need to charge them. However, the best part is that you will not have to remove them to charge them as he again tells CNN the following: There are many companies that are attempting to do just that; keep your wireless gadgets charged all the time and every one of them has a different kind of solution....

This Terminal Commands are most frequently used on Ubuntu Linux distro1. APTapt-get apt-files2. LS3. GREP4. MAN5. CAT So we prepared a list of commands which enable the user to do more in less effort( because the GUI approach for doing the same thing would require a lot of directory surfing and complexity). The list follows: 1. APT APT stands for Advanced Packing Tool. It is a utility provided in almost every popular Linux distribution nowadays....

You receive an email; Your phone number has been changed, then another one your password has been changed and then final last one reading your email address has been changed — all 3 in less than a minute. Now what? Acceptance! Your account has been compromised, and you obviously can’t log in into it since the email address and password used for the logging in purpose has already been changed....

According to Netflix, the Smart Downloads feature will help users save their time of manually going through downloads to select what to delete, which normally comes into picture when the phone has reached its maximum capacity of storage. “We know how annoying it can be to go through all your apps and delete files you no longer need; we also understand that when it comes to Netflix, the faster you can get to the next episode you want to watch, the better,” said Netflix’s director of product innovation Cameron Johnson in a post on the Netflix blog....

However, even those internet speeds will appear obsolete to us because the next generation of chips that could come within another year will provide double that speed for both upload and download, at least that is the message that Sckipio is attempting to unveil to us. If our math’s is correct, then those speeds will equal 1.5 gigabits per second, making it much faster than anything that Google Fiber offers today....

This is not the first time that NSA has opened its door to the general public. The first time it made its public presence feel was when it opened its own Twitter account in December 2013 following Edward Snowden’s revelation about its surveillance programs. Since then, NSA has been openly sharing the news about its projects through social media, thereby increasing its presence with the general public. The intelligence agency is known for employing genius level coders and mathematicians for the purpose of breaking codes, collecting digital information of everyone and also to defend the country against cyber warfare....

On the other hand, NVIDIA’s rival AMD saw its gaming business grow by over a billion dollars. In simpler words, it appears that NVIDIA’s loss has been AMD’s gain. The company reported $2.04 billion in gaming revenue for the first half of 2022, down from the $3.06 billion it made in 2021. That’s a massive 33 percent loss in NVIDIA’s revenues from the sales of graphics cards for gaming. NVIDIA also reduced its second-quarter revenue forecast from $8....

According to a new report by CapFrameX, a game performance analysis tool, NVIDIA is purportedly working on “AI optimized drivers” that could enhance the game performance of compatible GeForce graphics cards by “up to 30%”. Further, the performance improvement that will be gained will increase by an average of 10%. ?? Up to 30% more performance?? Average improvement ~10%?? No info about specific gen Take this with a grain of salt....

— OnePlus (@oneplus) May 26, 2015 Courtesy to information leaked online by benchmarking app, GeekBench, it is believed that the successor that is being called OnePlus Two at present will be running on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) and therefore may use the Oxygen OS software based on Android. According to the tests, and leaked specs, the OnePlus Two which is codenamed A2003, features a full HD display with 1920 x 1080 resolution....

Finally, Opera on Tuesday, June 11 revealed more details about Opera GX for Windows that is tailored to meet specific needs of more than 1.2 billion PC gamers in the world. According to Opera’s website, the browser “is a special version of the Opera browser built specifically to complement gaming. The browser includes unique features to help you get the most out of both gaming and browsing.” — Opera (@opera) June 7, 2019 “Opera GX is built for people who love games and spend a lot of time building their setups....

Using password management services is no help either. We have read how password management services got hacked putting all those password holders to risk. So how do we deal with this password problem? Forrest Almasi of Business World has come up with a unique idea. Here is his idea in his own words, Of course, Almasi’s idea won’t work with websites which ask for passwords every single time, like your banks....

The survey revealed that 57 percent, which is over half of the participants, would prefer Samsung’s new Galaxy S-branded device in their hands over a loving and understanding partner. Interestingly enough, the survey also showed that 73% of the participants wanted the Galaxy S7 as opposed to a free lifetime Netflix account, while another 65% wanted this over a new puppy, and 22% of the participants were willing to ditch their current phone for the new Galaxy S7 instantly....