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Now they have managed to strike at the torrent websites where it hurts most. Around 600 advertising companies have decided to black list The Pirate Bay and other ‘pirate’ sites. According to the sources, this initiative is the fruit of a collaboration between anti-piracy group Rights Alliance and Swedish Advertisers, an association of advertisers with more than 600 member companies. The thinking behind this move by the anti piracy lobby is that if they can choke The Pirate Bay and other torrent websites of their finances, the webmasters of these websites would eventually capitulate under the expenses of running such websites and closed down....

The Apple Pencil is designed to be used with the larger iPad, which is aimed at professional artists and designers. According to Jonathan Ive, Apple’s chief design officer, the Pencil will allow a new precision in drawing on the screen of the iPad, responding to different levels of pressure and different angles. With pressure sensors, it can detect how hard you are pushing on the screen and change the width of the line you draw accordingly....

However, gadget repair community iFixit discovered that Apple isn’t really using that “extra space” it got after getting rid of the headphone jack. In their teardown of iPhone 7, they found how Apple uses a lot of adhesive, which is supposed to assist in waterproofing, in addition to a larger 2900 mAh battery. In addition, they discovered a piece of plastic that sits behind the ingress protection (waterproofing), right where the headphone jack would have been....

“We know that our products can unleash the creative genius in every kid,” Cook said. The updated 9.7 inch iPad weighs 1 lbs and features a large Retina display, Apple’s A10 Fusion chip with 64-bit desktop-class architecture, Touch ID, a front-facing HD camera, 32GB of storage, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with 1080p HD video, up to10 hours of battery life, and LTE option. The tablet also enables support for Apple Pencil, which was previously only compatible with iPad Pro....

The iPhones that will not get the new software upgrade are iPhone 5s, iPhone SE, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Further, iOS 13 will also drop support for iPad mini 2 and iPad Air. In other words, the iOS devices that would be supported by iOS 13 includes the iPhone 6s and higher models, iPad Air 2 and higher, iPad 5 and higher, and iPad Mini 3 and higher models....

While speed test aren’t really the most scientific way to assess the performance of a device, it does provide an insight on how fast the devices would work in real-life situations. YouTuber David Rahimi, who has been making speed test videos for years now, shot a speed test between the Galaxy Note 8 and iPhone 8 Plus for his PhoneBuff channel. He uses a consistent and straightforward process to compare and rank smartphone speeds....

“We hear from customers how Apple Watch helps them stay connected with loved ones, be more active, and live healthier lives,” said Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer. “Apple Watch Series 8 reinforces our commitment in these areas with the addition of pioneering technology, while Apple Watch SE brings advanced core features at a new starting price. Powered by watchOS 9, the best smartwatches deliver more capabilities than ever before....

Additionally, they have also provided users instructions on how to install it on their SparkyLinux-powered computers. One of the biggest changes in Linux 4.6 is support for a more ARM based mobile chipsets, which no doubt includes the 14nm FinFET and might we add extremely powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. Additionally, IBM’s POWER9 finds its first support, even though the chip is not going to arrive until late 2016. Whatever processor you decide to run Linux will have a more complex conversation concerning varying its clock speed....

These four extensions are Avast Online Security, AVG Online Security, Avast SafePrice, and AVG SafePrice. For those unaware, when you install Avast and AVG antivirus software, it also installs their respective Firefox and Chrome extensions listed above. For instance, the Avast and AVG Online Security extensions alert users when navigating to unknown malicious or suspicious sites. On the other hand, SafePrice extensions help online shoppers learn about better prices, deals, and available coupons at other sites....

Geoffrey A Fowler, The Washington Post journalist, who carried out a series of tests on popular smartphones, including both Android and iOS devices found a massive decline in the battery life in comparison with their predecessors. A series of battery life tests were carried out by Fowler on smartphones, including the Google Pixel 3, Apple iPhone XS and Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and various other devices. Fowler found that the battery life, in case of both Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2XL running Android was better than that of Google Pixel 3 and 3XL....

According to CoinDesk, after breaking through the $1,000 mark on Sunday, the world’s leading digital crypto currency was trading at $1,027 US per Bitcoin on Monday, which is an increase of more than three percent within a day. It is now within reach of its historic high of more than $1,200 reached in 2013. Other crypto currencies that have risen in the wake of Bitcoin, includes Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin....

“Is the investment in higher executive incentives paying off in terms of long-term shareholder returns?” a senior corporate governance researcher at MSCI asked. “The finding so far is clearly not.” The study found that for every $100 (£76) invested in companies with the highest-paid CEOs would have increased to $265 (£202) over a decade. However, the same amount invested in the companies with the lowest-paid CEOs would have increased to $367 (£279) over 10 years....

Due to an eco-friendly cryptocurrency Chia, we can soon expect an SSD and HDD shortage coupled with price increment. Created by Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent, Chia operates on high-speed storage and uses a proof of space-time model rather than Bitcoin’s proof of work model. The proof of space-time model will drastically reduce the electricity wastage that occurs while mining Bitcoin. So here’s everything you need to know about Chia....

On Wednesday, for the first time, an indigenously-developed mind-controlled car that would do away the use of accelerator or steering wheel was unveiled in China. The new vehicle has been developed by a research team from Nankai University in Tianjin in association with Chinese car maker, Great Wall Motor. According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, the car is controlled via a headset with 16 sensors that transmits impulses from the user’s brain to the car’s processing system....

For those unaware, CAPTCHA (“Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”) is a type of challenge-response test used in a computer program or system to determine whether or not the user is human. According to Cloudflare, although CAPTCHAs strengthen the security of online services, they have a very real cost associated with them. Based on the company’s data, it takes a user on average 32 seconds to complete a CAPTCHA challenge....

TeraCopy Ultracopier FastCopy One reason as to why we are recommending all of these is that according to Softpedia, all of them are capable of using the OS buffer size to reduce task time when performing operations between different hard disks. Coming to TeraCopy; after it has been installed the application gets integrated into the context menu of Windows Explorer. The same operation is carried out by UItracopier, which takes over the copy and moves operations that are normally performed by Windows Explorer....

You may have felt angry at Facebook for various reasons like your fan page reach has diminished or your pages get unpublished and you may want to block the account of the creator of Facebook, Mark from your account, you’ll get an error saying If you try to block him again after a few minutes, you will get the same message. It seems that Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook and a man with around 31 million facebook followers is also one of the most hated men on Facebook....

The NYT report suggests that President Barack Obama has decided to retaliate against China, specifically due to the extent and nature of the OPM robbery. That said, the White House is still trying to find a way to retaliate against China without sparking the rapidly increasing cyber conflict. The decision was made after the Obama administration deduced that the hacking attack on the OPM was so immense that the customary practices for dealing with traditional spying cases did not apply....

However, that is not possible in the case of drones, especially commercial or hobbyist drones, as they are small enough to appear like birds on radar. These have already led to invasions of privacy, near tragedies and have been giving pilots increasing anxiety as many are sighted near airports. The U.S. military recognizes the potential security threat these tiny aircraft pose. In order to stay abreast of what drones are where, the Pentagon’s research and development outfit has come up with a new system called “Aerial Dragnet” that would track slow, low-flying drones or UAS flying below 1,000 ft (300 m) in urban settings....

One unsuspecting user of Disney+ decided to ask the customer executive for an update on the release of Snowdrop, a Korean romcom, on the Disney+ US. The executive allegedly suggested using a VPN of a region whose shows you want to watch. Here is how everything unfolded when: The Timeline A Reddit user who goes by the name of EVa-rachel, posted in r/BlackPink about a peculiar yet unverified conversation with the Disney+ US Customer Executive....