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According to Microsoft, it has identified compatibility issues with some versions of Avast Antivirus and AVG Antivirus that contains an application that is version 19.5.4444.567 or earlier. The affected platforms include Windows 10 version 1909 (November 2019 Update) and Windows 10 Version 1903 (May 2019 Update). As a result, the company is blocking the updates on devices that use affected versions of the antivirus software. “Microsoft and Avast has identified compatibility issues with some versions of Avast Antivirus and AVG Antivirus....

For those unaware, Windows Terminal, an open-source tab UI-based terminal application was originally announced at Microsoft’s Build Conference 2019 in May last year. It is a modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and custom themes, styles, and configurations, and can run Linux GUI apps directly....

Microsoft has been blocking on upgrades to the latest release of Windows for configurations using certain Conexant audio drivers and Conexant ISST audio drivers to prevent issues during or after the installation of the updates. This would eventually prevent users from successfully upgrading to newer versions of Windows 10 using Windows Update until the issue is fixed by Microsoft. Although the issues were opened a year ago in May 2020, the issues were not fixed until this month....

However, it looks like problems surrounding the Windows 10 October 2018 Update is far from over. Windows 10 October 2018 Update has entered the new year with two new issues. To start with, in a blog post by Microsoft’s Japanese Network & AD support team, the company has acknowledged that upgrading from Windows 10 version 1803 to version 1809 is inadvertently invalidating the built-in Administrator account if it has been previously activated....

The researcher, who claims to be tired of IT security work, seems frustrated with Microsoft’s bug bounty program: The vulnerability found resides in the task manager’s Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) interface, which allows an attacker with local user access privileges to gain access to elevated (SYSTEM) privileges. — SandboxEscaper (@SandboxEscaper) August 27, 2018 Researcher Will Dormann, a vulnerability analyst with the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) confirmed that the exploit code works in a fully patched 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 systems....

According to Dell, the vulnerability, CVE-2019-12280, was discovered in Dell’s SupportAssist application for Business (version 2.0) and Home PCs (version 3.2.1 and prior). For those unaware, SupportAssist is a software which is preinstalled on most Dell PCs to proactively examine the health of the system’s hardware and software. However, the SupportAssist software is not made by Dell but by PC-Doctor, a company that develops hardware-diagnostic software and licenses it to other electronic-device makers....

The flaw, found by IBM X-Force researcher David Kaplan (@depletionmode) lies in the MIUI custom ROM and allows attackers with privileged network access to take full control of the Xiaomi smartphones. MIUI is the flavour of Android (currently based on Android 6.0) developed by Xiaomi. While the MIUI custom ROM is primarily used in Xiaomi smartphones and tablets, it is freely available for download on other devices. According to Kaplan, the security researchers discovered a flaw that allows for a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacker to execute arbitrary code as the highly privileged Android system user....

That is why if you do want to come up with videos of your own – you should definitely try Movavi Video Suite. It is a user-friendly software that will allow you to record, edit, and create exactly the kind of videos that you want to. Choose How to Capture the Video Footage Needed While Movavi Video Suite can utilize video footage that you recorded using a smartphone, digital camera or any other device – it will also allow you to record video footage from scratch....

Alexey “Unwinder” Nicolaychuk, a Russia-based developer who developed the MSI Afterburner software, states that the project is “probably dead” and “semi abandoned”, as MSI has stopped “performing their obligations under the Afterburner license agreement” due to political reasons even though it remained active in the Russian market. He claims that the Taiwanese hardware company MSI has not fulfilled its licensing agreement for almost a year. Alexey who is responsible for updating the software’s website and keeping it up and running claims that he hasn’t received a payment from MSI for almost 11 months now, citing the sanctions imposed on Russia for invading Ukraine....

According to the police, Earl Valentine is on the run after shooting his ex-wife and son and posting a video of the same. The police said that Valentine kicked in the back door of his ex-wife’s house and shot her, then his son in the chest. The 15-year-old boy, who called 911, died while talking to the operator. Keisha Valentine, his ex-wife, is in critical, but stable condition. “I’ve been in law enforcement 20 years and I’ve never seen anything like this, this guy is bragging about it on social media....

The last couple of days witnessed leaks regarding newer versions of Windows 10 and now it is Office 2016 which is on display. The latest version of Microsoft Office 2016 February Technical Preview build number 16.0.3823.1005 is available in different languages, including the usual English and Spanish. This version of Office 2016 has bumped up from 3629.1006 version which was released earlier this year in January, so it is not a major revision of the version however it would have some additional features....

Well For the Launch of Nokia Lumia 928 Verizon Did it with throwing a tweet, no press conference, no announcement. while Nokia calls it its flagship phone for Verizon, Verizon certainly doesn’t think the Lumia 928 is its flagship phone. Nokia surely thinks it to be their victory and break back into the US. The company was knocked for previously striking an exclusivity deal with AT&T in exchange for a bigger promotional effort....

The FBI is specifically attempting to obtain data on an iPhone used by Desmond Crawford, a member of Boston gang Columbia Point Dawgs, who was reportedly involved in a street argument that led to the murdering of a rival gang leader. A search warrant was approved in February for two phones belonging to Desmond Crawford. As Boston Herald reports, Crawford is suspected of almost everything a gang member can be blamed of these days, including “racketeering, committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering, using a firearm during a crime of violence and being a felon in possession of a firearm....

Modder Dave Bennet has managed to get the popular first-person shooter (FPS) video game, Counter Strike 1.6 up and running on an Android smartwatch. Not only that, he has also posted his method online, so now you can also indulge in mag-fragging on a tiny tiny screen provided you own an Android smartwatch. To start with, you’ll need to download the Xash3D app that lets you run the old Windows version of the game on Android Wear, as well as the APK for the Counter Strike client app....

What’s New In Parrot OS 4.9? Parrot Security OS 4.9 introduces a new, more friendly installer and a new look and feel to the login screen, to make the system more appealing to newcomers and more comfortable for those users already aboard. What’s New In Parrot OS 4.9? Parrot Security OS 4.9 Download Or Upgrade Further, Parrot Security OS 4.9 ships with the Linux 5.5 kernel series that introduces more reliable hardware support, fixes a lot of Wi-Fi and intel GPU bugs, and introduces support to new hardware that wasn’t supported before....

Adobe had released Photoshop Fix for iOS earlier in the year and it had become very popular among iPhone/iPad owners. Now, Android users can use the same app to edit their photos right on their phone. Photoshop Fix gives you a number of basic tools like adjusting exposure, contrast, and saturation. You may feel that these features are available in every run of the mill photography App available for iOs and Android so what makes Photoshop Fix different....

Although it’s been almost two years since the launch, gamers are still struggling to get their hands on the new console generation. Thanks to the infamous supply chain issues and scalpers purchasing all the stock. Despite these setbacks, the PS5 has apparently been jailbroken for the first time on Monday. PlayStation hacker SpecterDev described the new jailbreak as an experimental IPV6 kernel exploit. This is the same exploit that was used to jailbreak PlayStation 4 (PS4) in 2021....

Basically, the quantum walk is the quantum world’s version of the classic random walk in mathematics—a path made up of a series of random steps. In the quantum version, the walker exists in a state of superposition. The results of this research were recently published in the journal Nature Communications. Dr Ashley Montanaro, Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and EPSRC Fellow from the University of Bristol’s School of Mathematics, said: “A quantum computer is a machine designed to use quantum mechanics to solve problems more efficiently than any possible classical computer....

Sadly the latest update is also plagued with troublesome Printer Issues. For those unaware, both Windows 10 and Windows 11 have faced a security vulnerability in the Windows print spooler service. As the name suggests, this service takes care of print jobs and related protocols on servers and client PCs. After updating to the Windows 11 22H2 feature update Twitter user, Thomas Førde noticed that their network printers had gone missing....

This means that Android smartphones could allow users 1Gbps data speeds from 2017-18 however, the corollary remains your carrier network has ability to support it. Since such ability exists only in 64 percent of carriers in the world and most of them from South Korea, Japan, and Scandinavia, users from other countries shouldn’t get too excited about the news. There’s also the question of data caps, as there’s no point having superfast speeds if all it busts the data cap in a single day....