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The ability of the bigger and more established tech-giants in achieving accuracy in the business of prediction lie within some established factors. These factors include; access to scarce and extensive data science PhDs, proper models per prediction, unlimited access to expensive and limited scales among others. Therefore, the exclusivity of these factors entails that the same group who retain access to them continue to enjoy the inherent benefits, while smaller groups remain sidelined, and depend on natural probabilities most of the time for their forecasts....

The move by Apple came after Epic Games, the video game developer behind Fortnite, introduced a new direct payment method for the mobile game on iOS and Android devices that offers discounts on digital items purchased directly through Epic instead of buying through Apple’s payment system. “Today, Epic Games took the unfortunate step of violating the App Store guidelines that are applied equally to every developer and designed to keep the store safe for our users....

“What I feel strongly about is that this decision was politically based, of that I’m very confident. There is no reason for it in fact or in law,” he said. Cook said he would fight closely with Ireland to overturn the ruling wherein Apple has been asked to pay Ireland 13 billion euros in back taxes. “No one did anything wrong here and we need to stand together. Ireland is being picked on and this is unacceptable,” Cook was quoted as saying by the Irish Independent....

Eurocom Sky E9E2 is a gaming laptop series and one of the world’s first to feature NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1080/1070 GPUs. The gaming laptops can be configured all the way up to 64GB of RAM, 6TB of storage and even optional 120Hz display panels. All of this hardware is present inside the 17.3-inch gaming laptop, so it’s quite impressive that this much power is tucked inside a gaming machine. The Eurocom Sky X9E2 notebook supports socketed processors, which can range from, Intel Core i7-6700K, i5-6600K and i7-6700....

In the updated App, when you are uploading a image, you will see a new sticker icon that will bring up a menu of graphics you can choose to add to a photo to Facebook image. All you have to do is select the sticker you want to add, drag it to the image, change the size, rotate it and preview it before you decide to upload the photo to Facebook....

Facebook’s revamped Friends icon bring more feminism and spread gender equality1. The Friends icon2. Groups icon Caitlin Winner, Facebook’s Design Manager shares the changes made to the icons via a post on Medium. The designer tries to bring a little more balance to its website by highlighting gender equality. 1. The Friends icon Winner, according to the post, started with the individual symbol and swapped the man and woman around in its “friends” icon, because the lady was in the past “literally in the shadow of the man”....

The new ‘App Lock’ feature on Facebook Messenger will help users prevent others from accessing their private messages. The users will be able to lock the app and their private chats behind Face ID or Touch ID on iPhone or iPad devices. To open the app and access the messages, the user will be required to use either Face ID or Touch ID authentication. “App Lock lets you add another layer of security to your private messages and helps prevent other people from accessing them....

Apparently, the data sharing was allegedly an issue as early as 2012. “This was flagged internally as a privacy issue,” Sandy Parakilas, who then led Facebook’s privacy compliance, told The Times. “It is shocking that this practice may still continue six years later, and it appears to contradict Facebook’s testimony to Congress that all friend permissions were disabled.” However, Ime Archibong, Facebook’s vice president of product partnerships, responded to The Times’ article with a blog post titled, “Why We Disagree with The New York Times” and stated that these data agreements were a matter of necessity....

For those unaware, Aadhaar is a unique identification document bearing a unique 12 digit Aadhaar number, that is issued to an individual by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Now, Facebook, the social networking giant, too has followed suit and is apparently encouraging its new users in India to use their real names on its site as shown in their Aadhaar card while creating a new account. “What’s your name?...

The desire to get an answer for all the above questions make many of the Facebook users fall victims to software that promises them to fulfill their task. Cyber criminals often make use of this weakness and create malicious programs to target larger audience. Let’s take a look at the reality of one such cleverly designed software that fools the Facebook users making them believe that it is genuine. UnfriendAlert, a free application that sends alerts whenever you are removed from the Facebook friend list, has been found gathering the Facebook users’ credentials....

Other than an Apple backdoor hack, FBI could use 3 other hacks on killer’s iPhoneTHREE HACKSCOURT FIGHTDELAYERINGFBI DOCUMENTS While neither of them are easy, as they are all time consuming and expensive, and at least two of them have the danger of physically damaging the phone and everything on it. However, one is commonly used by companies that reverse-engineer computer chips in search of patent infringements, as they are possible. Julia Elvidge, president of Chipworks, a Canadian company that does patent analytics and forensics said that given the resources “it’s almost always technically possible to reverse-engineer a product....

The same hacker is also believed to have orchestrated the recent massive Rockstar Games’ Grand Auto Theft (GTA) 6 leak. The Uber And Rockstar Games Breaches Uber suffered a computer system breach on September 15th that forced it to take down several internal communications and engineering systems offline. The attacker managed to get into an external contractor employee’s account using malware and accessing the business Slack and G-Suite. However, Uber has confirmed that there is no proof of the hacker gaining access to any user accounts; or the databases used to store sensitive user information, like credit card numbers, user bank account info, or trip history....

Earlier this year, authorities were able to locate a kidnapped teen, and around a couple of years back, the exact same feature was used to retrieve items that were worth $350,000. Now, local reports have said that someone who had their iPad forcibly stolen were able to retrieve it but in addition to this, the local police were able to strike gold as they were able to apprehend criminals of a local notorious gang called Ma Diaw....

It is using a large percentage of the CPU while leaving less room for other apps to function properly. Users have reported that WMI Provider Host is using anywhere between 30 to 70% of CPU. As a result your processor will run at the maximum clock and it may result in overheating. Therefore, running the CPU at high usage levels for long periods can be damaging for the processor and consequently for other components around it due to excessive heat....

Airtel Zero will allow customers to access certain apps and websites without paying data charges as long as the makers of those apps and services pay certain revenue to Airtel for this free access. Experts argue that this is going against the concept of net neutrality, which demands that all data on the internet is equal and should not be discriminated against. Flipkart has announced its decision after a widespread backlash against the firm on social media and users voting down its app on the Android and Apple stores after its CEO, Sachin Bansal, tweeted in support of Airtel Zero....

The Indian retailer has created a product listing for the much-hyped smartphone just few days before Asus officially launches the ZenFone 2. A curtain raiser timer on the product page shows that the ZenFone 2 will hit the market on April 23 i.e. Thursday. Customers can sign up with their email address in order to receive notification about the availability of the handset. The Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML comes with a Corning gorilla glass 3 protection alongwith a 5....

In the video, the former inmate shows off his jail cell, uniform and food. At one point in the July 22 video, the inmate, whose face was blurred out to conceal his identity, pulls out a blade. Inside Rikers, many inmates call it “the chop.” What is surprising is that there is no one around to watch over him. The former inmate, who is out from jail, told Pix11, “The officers feel we have no say, no rights, no freedom of speech....

According to the US Department of Justice (DoJ), Bridges admitted that as a part of his criminal investigation he was granted the rights to administrator account on Silk Road which he misused by resetting the passwords and even lifted around 20,000 Bitcoin from numerous wallets on the service and deposited them in his own wallet. Ultimately, he sold off the stolen Bitcoin on the Mt Gox exchange in between March to May 2013 for a whooping figure of $820,000 in cash....

Independent website down time detecting website outage.report shows that several players are unable to login into the game. Epic games has confirmed that they are currently undergoing downtime to unblock a small number of players who were affected by a recent backend service update which caused login and matchmaking issues. Once downtime has concluded, we will post an update. — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) April 25, 2018 As of now it is not known till when the services will be up and running properly, but the issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented, confirmed Epic games....