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Why YouTube’s future depends on original video contentYoola, a top YouTube network, believes that original content is the new frontier for online videos YouTube is a billion dollar industry all on its own, yet video quality has never been a top priority for most creators, who tend to be more concerned with their hit counter. Multi-Channel Networks, who are responsible for hosting and managing most of the creators on YouTube, mostly follow suit, spending time and resources dealing with the content on their channels....

He added that no personal information were accessed and the PSN Engineers are working to resolve the network error as soon as possible. Update: (Bomb Threat) Lizard Squad Tweeted to American Airlines on Sunday that they have heard that explosives were on board a flight carrying Sony Online Entertainment President John Smedley.

According to reliable sources, CTO Parag Agrawal will take over his position after a unanimous decision between Twitter’s board and Dorsey regarding his successor. Lately, 45-year-old Jack has been showing great interest in cryptocurrencies. In his tweet, Jack stated three primary reasons behind his decision to leave Twitter and why now is the right time to do so. I resigned from Twitter pic.twitter.com/G5tUkSSxkl — jack?? (@jack) November 29, 2021 “The first is Parag becoming our CEO....

McAfee has now appeared on national television to show the world how how to hack a iPhone. Basically it involves a hardware engineer taking the phone apart physically, copying “the instruction set, which is the iOS and applications and your memory” A software engineer then runs a program called a disassembler, gathering all the ones and zeroes of inputs “and gives you readable instructions” A coder then reads these inputs and looks for the elements relating to the users PIN....

The case in question, Riley v. California, was a major privacy victory. Now, it’s being deduced by a federal court in Illinois that even opening a smartphone to have a look at the screen would be considered as a “search” and needs a warrant. The Illinois case involves a sting operation that ensnared Demontae Bell, an alleged drug dealer charged for illegally possessing an AK-47 assault rifle. While questioning Bell, an officer testified that he pulled out a seized flip phone and opened it, disclosing a picture of the rifle, which Bell had set as his home screen’s wallpaper....

Various anti-piracy groups have been keeping a check on the site’s movements from the time KickassTorrents (KAT) became the most visited torrent site on the Internet. Therefore, in all likelihood, several copyright holders jumped into action the moment the KAT team announced a change to the new KickassTorrents.im domain yesterday. The new domain belongs to the Isle of Man authorities and was not the perfect choice for the torrent site since the local registry has a “zero tolerance” policy towards copyright violation....

However the company said that some encryption elements, password reminders and email addresses from the users were compromised. Password is a web based password management service which provides users with a option to resolve the problem of memorizing passwords. LastPass said that they have detected several suspicious activities on LastPass’ network system. In all, the unknown attackers obtained hashed user passwords, cryptographic salts, password reminders, and e-mail addresses, LastPass CEO Joe Siegrist wrote in a blog post....

Website Mobipicker quoted sources saying that the latest handset would release by the Chinese firm is codenamed Libra, adding the device would come with 4GB of RAM and the Snapdragon 820 chipset. The successor to the Mi 4, the purported Mi 5 will either include 16GB or a 64GB memory of internal storage, a 5.3-inch display with ultra HD resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels and a 3,030mAh of huge power backup battery....

The announcement was made by the company on the Chinese microblogging website, Weibo wherein it confirmed the launch date and time of the phone. In a fresh promo teaser shared by Lenovo (via Sparrow News), the company has confirmed that the upcoming gaming phone will feature the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus (aka Snapdragon 865+ SoC) instead of Snapdragon 865 chipset to provide enhanced gaming performance. The upcoming Lenovo gaming phone is expected to feature a Full-HD+ (1,080×2,340 pixels) resolution display along with 144Hz refresh rate and have a 270Hz touch sampling rate for smooth scrolling....

Microsoft is so eager to push its Windows 10 and make it world’s number operating system that it doesnt consider what user needs. We have had cases of Microsoft pushing Windows 10 upgrade popups to Windows 7 and 8.1 users despite of the fact that some of them dont want to upgrade to the Redmond giants latest operating system. Ever since it decided to make Windows 10 a recommended update we have had hundreds of users complaining but Microsoft seems to have taken that in stride....

To ascertain easy development of extensions across multiple browsers, a new extension API in Firefox called WebExtensions similar to the Chrome and Opera system, will be made available by the company. The modifications are also being done by the company due to a faster version of Firefox in the range, called Electrolysis, which separates the browser into multiple processes and reduces the risk of users’ exposure to malware. To ensure continued working of the extensions, the developers will need to make changes....

The free game allows people to catch, train and battle their Pokemon ‘in the real world’ by walking outdoors and interacting with other users. Players can also pick up supplies at real-world landmarks that serve as ‘pokestops’ in the game. However, in a recent update, it is found that a player was cheating while playing the game using a drone. A young man in Massachusetts duct-taped his Android smartphone to a DJI Phantom 3 drone and and mirrored his smartphone screen on his laptop using a program called AirDroid, in order to play Pokemon GO without having to leave his backyard....

Raul Murillo Diaz, 30, of Oakland, California was arrested by the Mountain View Police Department on June 30, after his vehicle was spotted at Google HQ (also known as the “Googleplex”) around midnight. His car, a 2004 grey Volkswagen Touareg, was previously caught on security tape involving three other criminal incidents at the campus. According to a federal complaint, Diaz began the first attack shortly before midnight May 19 at the company’s huge campus in Mountain View, California....

However, the Townhall took a weird twist when a handful of Facebook’s more high profile users, including Stephen Hawking, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Arianna Huffington, chimed in with their own questions for the Facebook boss. In the literal sense of the word, the conversation was the most overwhelming of the bunch. It’s hard to imagine this kind of public interaction, between Zuckerberg and one of the world’s greatest scientists, taking place in a world without the Internet, or without Facebook....

The 10,000 mAh Power Bank was announced by OnePlus a few days back and is priced at €15.99/$16 for international buyers. The Indian equivalent comes to Rs.1100.00, however OnePlus is known for its smart pricing and it may make the Power Bank available to Indians for Rs.1000.00 to 1500.00. “Starting March 17. Are you ready to charge??,” says a post announcing the launch. The Power Bank post has already garnered lot of attention among the smartphone users as it can provide upto three recharges for the OnePlus One smartphone....

While Microsoft Teams web app had dropped support for IE 11 on November 30, 2020, the rest of the Microsoft 365 apps and services have also dropped for support IE 11 effective August 17, 2021. “Users may have a degraded experience, or be unable to connect to, those apps and services. These apps and services will phase out over weeks and months to ensure a smooth end of support, with each app and service phasing out on independent schedules,” Microsoft says in one of its blog posts....

According to the company, its Professional Program in AI is an extension of Microsoft’s internal AI training initiatives, including what was internally known as the AI School 611. This project-based semester-style program offers a competitively selected group of employees with tools, training and mentoring from leading experts in AI and machine learning to bring new AI capabilities into their product or service. “We solicit, from all over Microsoft, projects that require AI which can be accelerated by working closely with AI experts to help shape new algorithms and data pipelines,” said Susan Dumais, who leads the program and is a distinguished scientist and Assistant Director of Microsoft Research AI....

Bing Translator, an app enclosed within Microsoft’s Bing search engine, allows internet users to translate over 3 dozen languages. As with every website or translation app, by typing in a word or phrase in a selected language the application renders it in another language. Over the weekend, Saudi Arabian users found that when they typed the Arabic word “Daesh” into Bing Translate, the words “Saudi Arabia” would appear as the English translation....

In an announcement, Panos Panay, Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer, Windows + Devices described the new desktop operating system as “the Windows that brings you closer to the things you love.” Windows 11 comes with new features, a redesigned user interface, a new Windows Store, improvements to performance, and even support for Android applications. “Today marks a major milestone in the history of Windows,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said. “It’s the beginning of a new generation....

For those unaware, the PC Health Check app was announced alongside Windows 11’s announcement back in June. This tool helps you determine whether your PC is compatible with Windows 11 or not. However, the app was subsequently taken down from the company’s website due to some controversies surrounding system requirements, in addition to fluctuating and inaccurate results. In August, Microsoft updated its list of supported CPUs as well as re-released an updated preview version of the PC Health Check app to Windows Insiders for testing....