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For those unaware, MPA is an American trade association representing the five major film studios of the United States, as well as the video streaming service Netflix. It works towards promoting effective copyright protection, reducing piracy, curbing copyright infringement, and expanding market access in the motion picture and television industry. Along with other entertainment industry groups, the MPA also sends a yearly summary of infamous foreign piracy markets that includes pirate sites, apps and hosting providers, to the US Trade Representative (USTR)....

The method used by the researchers to enable 3D-printed Wi-Fi is called ‘Wi-Fi backscatter’, which basically depends on electronic components to reflect or absorb radio signals from a Wi-Fi router. “Our goal was to create something that just comes out of your 3D printer at home and can send useful information to other devices,” says Vikram Iyer, co-lead author of the research paper and UW electrical engineering doctoral student. “But the big challenge is how do you communicate wirelessly with Wi-Fi using only plastic?...

What is surprising is that each of these VPNs claims to follow a “no-log” policy, which means they do not record any user activity on their respective apps. According to the vpnMentor research team who uncovered the unsecured live server, a massive 1.207 TB of data with 1,083,997,361 records were found exposed to public access. The compromised user data include activity logs, PII (names, emails, home address), cleartext passwords, Bitcoin payment information, support messages, personal device information, tech specs, account info, and direct Paypal API links....

The Aerial Assault drone houses a raspberry Pi running Kali Linux, a distro built specifically for pen testing of networks and devices. Once it is in the air, Aerial Assault can sniff insecure devices and networks and store that information locally or beam it back to the pilot. David Jordan from Aerial Assault unveiled the aircraft at the Defcon hacking conference in Las Vegas Sunday. He says that Aerial Assault is equipped with a array of software tools capable of “penetration testing” “There has never been this capability before,” Jordan told Agence Presse-France....

A messaging service baked into Bitcoin structure to provide maximum security and anonymityInspirationBitcoin plays a major partTwo Programs Inspiration The 25-year-old student’s graduation supervisor, Dr. Boris Škori?, hit upon the idea of using the bitcoin “blockchain”, the distributed database that acts as a ledger of Bitcoin transactions, to evade censorship – an idea that Okupski jumped on for his graduation project at the Eindhoven University of Technology. “Due to the humanitarian nature of the project, I immediately agreed that it was a good idea and went to work....

The world has over 4.4 billion internet users which is over 57 percent of the global population. This increasing access has been largely made possible through cheaper broadband access and the growth of mobile connectivity even in developing countries. Yet, people with disabilities still find it a challenge to be part of this demographic. In the US, where over 56 million people live with some form of disability, disabled Americans are three times as likely not to access the internet compared to those without disability....

“That is a international first,” neuroscientist and lead researcher Nick Ramsay, from the college scientific school Utrecht, advised CNN. “it is a completely implantable gadget that works at home without need for any professionals to make it paintings.” The patient, Hanneke de Bruijne was diagnosed with ALS in 2008. Shortly, her nerve cells completely gave manner. Within the space of just years, she went from wholesome to incapable of respiration without a ventilator, and she should now not circulate or communicate....

Researchers from the University of Lincoln found that people who buy Android smartphones are seen as more honest and humble than those who pick iPhones. They are also less likely to follow fashionable trends and care less about owning “high status” items. “Smartphone choice is the most basic level of smartphone personalisation, and even this can tell us a lot about the user,” said Heather Shaw, from University of Lincoln’s School of Psychology in the U....

In all 8 Vietnamese government websites were defaced by the hacktivist group. They left a deface page along with a message giving their statement against the imprisonment of thousands of political prisoners. The message left by the Anonymous group says that that on occasion of 70th anniversary of independence, none of prisoners released by Vietnamese government were political prisoners. The Vietnamese government had released over 18,200 prisoners on the occasion of their independence day, however, Anonymous claim that none of them were political prisoners....

SeaWorld Entertainment operates and maintains eleven theme parks located throughout the United States. Anonymous allege that SeaWorld has been milking money at the expense of the poor fishes. Here is a list of accusations made by Anonymous against SeaWorld. You have been found GUILTY of Orca Kidnap and Murder. 51 have died in your care! 160 total have died in captivity. You have been found GUILTY of funding Taiji Dolphin Trade that also slaughter entire Dolphin pods for sushi!...

The legal action against the torrent sites in Germany was recently brought by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) who have been pursuing the case for several months. According to ACE, Openload that operated through the website openload.co, ran through 1,000 servers in Romania, France and Germany. It collected advertising revenue and paid users who uploaded videos based on the number of downloads. It also offered content to 36 of the top 50 pirate sites in the world and generated more traffic than popular streaming services such as Hulu or HBO Go....

Under the proposed settlement, Apple will have to pay approximately $25 to each eligible iPhone owner who submits a claim, which may increase or decrease depending on the number of approved claims. The company will have to pay a minimum of $310 million and a maximum of $500 million as part of the settlement, including about $93 million to lawyers representing consumers. The class covers all current and former U....

For those unaware, Apple’s last major transition on the processor was from PowerPC to Intel x86 architecture back in 2005. “From the beginning, the Mac has always embraced big changes to stay at the forefront of personal computing. Today we’re announcing our transition to Apple silicon, making this a historic day for the Mac. With its powerful features and industry-leading performance, Apple silicon will make the Mac stronger and more capable than ever....

In the technological age of the 21st century, data is the most important asset of any organization; therefore data protection is now more critical than ever. Data is money; no company can afford a data loss. That’s why it’s so important to have safeguards in place to mitigate both accidental and malicious data erasure. Undelete Server is an example of a software package that can be a vital part of your data protection plan....

Nintendo has always been an industry leader when it comes to handheld gaming consoles with previous top sellers like Nintendo DS, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Now The Nintendo Switch. Not to forget mentioning they hardly have any competition in handheld gaming consoles other than Steam Deck. Thanks to its processing power, graphic-intensive games like Let’s Go Pikachu, Link’s Awakening, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing, Super smash bros and many more run smoothly....

Since, it is difficult to learn all those languages, as a programmer, it is very important to keep one’s eyes and ears open to the emerging trends so that one doesn’t lose out on the potential opportunities. Over the years there have been several articles on the websites which every programmer should bookmark and follow but the articles always list the same 10-15 top sites like CodeAcademy, Udemy, Coursera, KhanAcademy etc....

The flaw dubbed as Kr00k and tracked as ‘CVE-2019-15126’ can be exploited by an attacker to intercept and decrypt some type of Wi-Fi network traffic (relying on WPA2 connections) by a vulnerable device. According to ESET, the attacker does not need to be connected to the victim’s wireless network and the vulnerability only affects Wi-Fi connections that use WPA2-Personal or WPA2-Enterprise Wi-Fi security protocols, with AES-CCMP encryption. According to the researchers, the Kr00k flaw is somewhat related to the earlier Key Reinstallation Attack, often referred to as KRACK, a vulnerability that had affected the WPA2 Wi-Fi protocol and forced most device vendors to switch to using WPA3 by default....

“Bitcoin mining consumes more electricity a year than Ireland” (theguardian) “Bitcoin Is Massively Polluting the Earth – And We Should All Be Scared” (globalcitizen) Some of the numbers stated in these articles were vastly exaggerated, and some of the headlines are just plain FUD. Yet, a kernel of truth remains. The electricity used to power the Bitcoin network is produced mainly by fossil fuels. Mostly by coal. To be exact, the world wide energy mix consists of 87% fossil fuels....

How Digital Networks Can Replace Business IntelligenceHow machine learning and smart algorithms are giving brands and advertising edge One way to avoid navigating this congested space is to avoid it altogether. Algorithms are playing a much larger role in today’s business world as many advertising and media companies are beginning to use machine and business intelligence analytics to separate themselves from their competitors. Having the ability to target all verticals and social media is key to run a successful ad campaign....