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Here are a few ways that can help you preserve battery life of your smartphone1. Use the screen less—or at least turn brightness down2. Turn off Wi-Fi when network is poor3. Make changes to your email settings4. Check the battery usage lists and stop the apps consuming most!5. Disable unwanted push notifications6. Disable unwanted location tracking7. Play downloaded music instead of streamingBattery-saving mythsTurn off BluetoothClose (quit) unused appsUse a task manager or battery-saving utility on AndroidDisable location services completelyAlways choose Wi-Fi over cellularDisable Hey Siri or Ok GoogleAdjust your battery to extend its lifeUse only the charger that came with your phoneConclusion...

The last time when TorrentFreak looked at the market share of BitTorrent clients was more than 10 years ago. Back then too, uTorrent was the top choice for millions of BitTorrent users. TorrentFreak teamed up with TorrentFreak and analysed over 25 million logged BitTorrent connections on a single day last week. According to the BitTorrent Client Market Share, March 2020, uTorrent tops the chart with a huge market share of 68....

Earlier this week, Jan Soucek (@jansoucek) , a Czech researcher published proof-of-concept (PoC) code and a video to show proof of his findings. In January, the expert found that the iOS email client (Mail.app) does not consider the HTML tag in email messages. This lets an hacker to design emails that load remote HTML content when opened. “JavaScript is disabled in this UIWebView, but it is still possible to build a functional password ‘collector’ using simple HTML and CSS,” Soucek said....

To resist the fact of their cheap service, the Telecom operators have gone to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to allow them to block apps and websites and charge handsome money from both consumers and business to the deter users from using such free services. As we all know, internet has changed the modern world and how the world is just within your palms. The threat has provoked people from a cross section of society including inert politicians, who were not known for taking any kind of criticism lightly, and celebrities are rallying up to save the future of the nation, The Indian Internet....

White Hat, Black Hat, and Grey Hat Hackers : Finding which hacker is what made easyWhite Hat hackers aka ethical hackersBlack Hats aka cyber criminalsGrey Hats aka bit of both The federal government paid hackers a one-time fee to find a “previously unknown software flaw” or a zero-day flaw in the iOS 9 software in the San Bernardino iPhone 5C that would allow them to access the data on the terrorist’s phone....

The Facebook-owned social messaging app recently rolled out the much-anticipated Dark Mode for its smartphone application in the beta update version 2.20.12 onwards on Android and version 2.20.30.25 on iOS. According to a new report by the WhatsApp tracker WABetaInfo, the company is currently internally testing the Dark Mode for the Web and Desktop platforms. WABetaInfo has also posted the screenshots of what the Dark Mode will look like on WhatsApp Web and Desktop (see below)....

WhatsApp, the mobile messaging service app, which offers end-to-end encryption of messages and multiple features for protecting conversations has announced that it is going to share information with its parent company, Facebook as planned, thereby going against a Delhi High Court order that had restricted it to share user data collected up to September 25, 2016 with the social media giant. A division bench of the Delhi High Court had ordered the messaging service on September 23, 2016 to delete all data from WhatsApp servers of those users who delete their WhatsApp account before September 25, 2016 and not share users’ data collected under its old privacy policy with Facebook or any other related company....

This tool is aimed to help users to easily identify, review and bulk delete content that are forwarded or shared multiple times using the instant messaging app and free up storage on their smartphones. “We now offer easy cleanup suggestions by bucketing both large files and media that has been forwarded many times, sorting files by size in descending order, and providing a way to preview files before deleting them,” WhatsApp said on Tuesday....

Know all about Rule 41 and why VPN providers, Tor, privacy and security experts are against itRule 41 explained As of today changes to Rule 41 is a proposed legislation but the tech industry, VPN providers, Tor developers, privacy activists and security experts are worried about the implications as and when Rule 41 is enacted. The proposed legislative changes will give FBI unseeming powers to into computers and encroach upon the privacy of users....

“The new indictment does not add additional counts to the prior 18-count superseding indictment returned against Assange in May 2019,” the DOJ said in a press release. However, it does broaden the scope of the conspiracy surrounding alleged computer intrusions with which Assange was previously charged. According to the superseding document dated June 24, 2020, Assange and others at WikiLeaks recruited the Anonymous and LulzSec hacking groups to commit computer intrusions to benefit WikiLeaks....

The Moon rover that the part-time scientists are building has room to send pictures of the Moon back to Earth, once it lands safely on the surface. However, it comes with a data disc that has been offered by the German Wikimedia Chapter, Wikimedia Deutschland, in order to use for Wikipedia. Wikimedia Deutschland has been offered space on a data disc to be carried by one of the five image-gathering rovers still competing to land on the Moon by 2017 for the Google Lunar XPRIZE challenge....

For those unaware, Win-KeX is a graphical desktop environment for Kali Linux running in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2). It looks to run a persistent-session graphical user interface (GUI) on a Windows 10 computer and improve functionality and user experience. Now, Offensive Security has released Win-KeX Version 2.0 with the following features: Win-KeX SL (Seamless Edition) Sound support Multi-session support KeX sessions can be run as root Able to launch “kex” from anywhere Shared clipboard...

The developer preview for Windows 10 IoT Core insider will work with the Raspberry Pi 2, MinnowBoard Max and Intel Galileo. You can also connect other Arduino devices through Windows Remote and Windows Virtual Shields. For the uninitiated, Internet of Things (IoT) is a lexicon for describing all things that can be connected to the Internet. This can either be your refrigerator, remote, car or anything as small as a needle....

Until now, Microsoft allowed its Windows 10 users to avoid downloading updates over metered (pay-per-byte) connections, in order to avoid racking up huge bills. However, the company has now pointed out that the latest version of Windows 10 will keep downloading updates automatically which it feels are “required to keep Windows running smoothly.” This means that if you’re on a metered internet connection, you are likely to get billed on usage....

The new Xiaomi Mi Wi-Fi is said to deliver improved transfer speeds as it aims to provide users a convenient new hub on which they can store their photos and videos. It further offers storage capacity of up to 6TB. Lei Jun, the company’s founder and chairman said that the super sized Mi Wi-Fi is designed to store all pictures in a user’s lifetime. Its previous router offered just 1TB....

According to leaked renders shared by tech publication 91Mobiles, the alleged Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 might feature a 5.5-inch full HD (1080×1920 resolution) display with bezels similar to its predecessor, Redmi Note 4. The renders of the Redmi Note 5 also show a dual-camera setup on the back of the phone, which is expected to be the combination of a 16MP and a 5MP sensor along with dual-tone LED flash....

Sadly, this might soon change with the upcoming iOS 16. According to reliable sources, Apple may soon bring more ads to the apps that come pre-installed on your iPhone or iPad, including Maps, Books, and Podcasts. Apple has already internally tested search ads in Maps, which could display recommendations when you search for restaurants, stores, or other nearby businesses. Furthermore, while searching for an App on the App Store you may have noticed that the first result is generally an Ad....

The ZTE Nubia Z9 will be the company’s flagship that will be revealed in the event next week. ZTE Nubia Z9 comes with a IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen and 16M colors. It also features a 5.2 inches screen display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. This device is powered by a Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57 processors. It also comes with Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 chipset....

They have created what they are calling a “Passive Wi-Fi” system that uses almost no power at all by transferring typically power-consuming analog activity to a single hub plugged into the wall. It also also consumes 1,000 times less power than existing energy-efficient wireless communication platforms, such as Bluetooth Low Energy and Zigbee. “We wanted to see if we could achieve Wi-Fi transmissions using almost no power at all,” said Shyam Gollakota, assistant professor of computer science and engineering from the University of Washington....