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Apparently, as per reliable WhatsApp leaks site WABetaInfo, the instant messaging platform is working on a desktop version of the app that would allow users to use it without having to connect their phone to the Internet. The present web version of WhatsApp released in 2015 requires the application on the phone to be connected to the Internet. The development, which was tweeted by WABetaInfo mentions that the company is creating a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) along with a multi-platform system for its app....

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) disclosed that the passenger was listening to music on her own battery-operated headphones when the explosion took place on the flight on February 19. The woman had been sleeping on the plane when she heard a loud explosion about two hours into the flight. “As I went to turn around I felt burning on my face,” she told the ATSB which investigated the incident....

For those unaware, Worldwide Torrents (WWT) launched around three years ago after the shutdown of KickassTorrents (KAT), has a dedicated following and an active community, which include users and uploaders of KAT and even ExtraTorrent. While it’s common for websites to suffer downtime for a few hours or days or taken down for the upkeep of the site, the disappearance of Worldwide Torrents for over a week now has left many users uneasy....

The new gaming-centric smartphone comes with rounded corners along with matte-finished curved panels on the rear side that allows a comfortable grip. It features a 5.99-inch IPS FHD+ LCD (1080 x 2160 pixels) display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. The handset is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor coupled with 6GB RAM/64GB of internal storage and 8GB RAM/128GB of inbuilt storage variants. It sports a 4,000mAh battery support for 18W 9V/2A fast charging....

Thanks to its behemoth specifications, Xiaomi’s Mi 10 Pro outperforms the latest flagship smartphones like the OnePlus 7T Pro, Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max, and even the newly launched Samsung Galaxy S20 in multiple aspects. In this article, we have compared the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro to the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max to see how far have Chinese smartphone makers come into the flagship department. Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro Vs Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max: Design And Display Unlike its mid-range smartphones, Xiaomi offers a complete metal and glass construction on the Mi 10 Pro....

Besides the tentative launch date of Mi 5, the report also mentioned the device would feature a 5.5-inch display coupled with 4GB of RAM. It would come with an inbuilt storage capacity of 16GB or 64GB. However, this may differ from the recent leak that mentioned that it could sport a 5.2-inch display. A report from Weibo earlier this month mentioned that Mi 5 would arrive in July, which contradicts the latest report....

10 bizarre and haunting Programming Languages That You May Want To Stay Away From Doing CodingTaxiZOMBIEBITUnlambdaJava2KDeadfishEmmentalWheneverINTERCALOrthogonal These types of languages are usually called as “Esoteric Programming Languages”. An esoteric programming language (sometimes shortened to esolang) is a computer programming language designed either as a test of the boundaries of programming language design, to experiment with weird ideas or simply as a joke, rather than for practical reasons. There is usually no intention of the language being adopted for real-world programming....

The study found out that it’s possible to transmit computer viruses via sound, confirming a controversial suspicion reported earlier this year. However the shocking news is that the malware was mutating into strange, unexpected new forms. Three years ago Dragos Ruiu, a computer security expert,discovered that several of his computers were infected with some kind of virus – and, even weirder, they were managing to talk to each other even when their Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections were turned off....

Google’s Project Zero engineer Tavis Ormandy has recently found a serious zero-day in Avast antivirus. Last month he found some in the famous Kaspersky antivirus. According to Ormandy,the bug implemented itself when the user visited web pages through https connection. Because the Avast antivirus would tap into encrypted traffic so it could scan for threats but was using a faulty method for parsing X.509 certificates, this would have allowed attackers (if aware of the issue) to execute code on the users’ computer....

The dual-SIM Nubia Z9 features a 5 inch 1080p screen display. This device is powered by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor and will run on 2GB RAM. It will have a 16GB internal memory which can be expanded upto 32GB through microSD expansion slot. The Nubia Z9 Mini is backed by a non-removable Li-Ion 2900 mAh battery and will run on Google Android v5.0.2 (Lollipop) out of the box....

The device, called an IP Box, can be easily purchased online and from a British retailer called Fone Fun Shop in Sheffield. This code breaker managed to crack the passcode on an iPhone 5c running iOS 7 in just a few hours by bypassing the device’s auto-locking system after five failed passcode attempts and then brute-forced the protection system by trying all possible passcode combinations. It turns out that the so-called IP Box is indeed effective, as it worked its way through thousands of combinations before correctly settling upon the four-digit 3298 code, out of a possible 10,000 combinations....

In a statement announcing the opening of registration, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said that the pilot program is designed to identify and resolve security vulnerabilities within DoD websites through crowdsourcing. Interested hackers can sign up for the challenge right now on the initiative’s new website. HackerOne, which is a reputable bug-bounty-as-a-service firm based out of California’s Silicon Valley along with DoD will run the Hack the Pentagon pilot program over the next several weeks....

The discovery set the conspiracy theorists and the online UFO community abuzz agog with many of them challenging NASA to explain away the latest glaring evidence of alien UFO traffic around the ISS. One such space enthusiast, Jadon Beeson has demanded NASA explain a “UFO” after an unexplained patch of light in the shape of a Star Wars spacecraft appeared above the earth during a live feed. Beeson was watching a stream of the International Space Station on his iPhone on Tuesday when a strange object appeared in the background....

Security researcher Benjamin Caudill had uncovered a privacy device that promised to mask internet users’ physical locations online by putting them up to 2.5 miles away from their router. The new cheap anonymizing device called Proxyham detached the user from the IP address and gave him or her an extra layer of anonymity online. Caudill was expected to release the code for Proxyham, as well as show off a prototype, at the hacking conference Def Con in Las Vegas next month....

Here the five security options that every hosting service should provide1. Secure Datacenter2. SFTP3. Regular Server Maintenance4. High Uptime5. Site Backup Solutions 1. Secure Datacenter When working with data over the web, it’s easy to forget that your data is stored in a physical location and that location can affect how secure your site files will be. For example, you don’t want your web host’s data centers to be in a location susceptible to natural disasters; otherwise, the servers are at risk of being destroyed in hurricanes, earthquakes, or floods....

In a recently published list of the top-selling smartphones in the world by Counterpoint Research, Apple captured seven spots in the list, followed by Xiaomi with two spots and Samsung with one. Coincidentally, Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi are the only brands that have made it to the 2021 top 10 list. The top five smartphone models in the 2021 list were from Apple. The iPhone 12 was the best-selling model, followed by the iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 13, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 11....

Officers had previously tried and failed to stop the car, as they had apparently been travelling at high speeds prior to the beginning of the chase before they took off through the heart of Los Angeles. According to local news station KTLA, they were hampered by dangerous conditions due to heavy rain, with the chase lasting more than an hour. The chase began in San Gabriel Valley and spanned South Los Angeles and the northbound freeway, the station said....

The app uses facial-recognition software that verifies the driver’s selfies with the photos stored in the driver’s account. This helps to protect drivers from unauthorized usage of their Flex accounts. In the meantime, a similar policy was implemented by the ride-sharing service, Uber in 2016 requiring drivers to take selfies before signing into the platform and accepting ride requests. “This prevents fraud and protects drivers’ accounts from being compromised. It also protects riders by building another layer of accountability into the app to ensure the right person is behind the wheel,” wrote Joe Sullivan in a blog post in 2016, who was the head of security for Uber back then....

In other words, it means that if a device is found with a corrupt boot image or verified partition, it will not boot at all or will boot only in a limited capacity with user consent. This will act as a safeguard to prevent viruses and malware from taking advantage of the corrupted software. While enforcing verified boot is definitely a good move by Google greater security for Android users, but it could also lead to more problems on devices suffering from software and/or hardware issues....