Luckily, it is easy to buy refurbished devices and get the perks of having the technology that you want while saving some money. Here are a few reasons why you might want to consider buying a refurbished phone or other product. Price The obvious benefit is that refurbished electronics will save you money while providing you with the same quality of a new device. Since the phones, laptops, tablets, etc....
Joan Vaccaro, an Associate Professor of Griffith University has put forward a proposition based on her calculations as to why there is a difference between the future and the past. According to her, the answer is in a special class of quantum phenomena, as the law of physics don’t have to distinguish between time and space. If you are going forward or backward in time, there may be a possibility that certain quantum phenomena may not act in the same way....
The brain modelling project is a collaboration between Japanese research group RIKEN, the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University and Forschungszentrum Jülich, an interdisciplinary research center based in Germany and is the worlds biggest neuronal network simulation to date. They modeled 1 second of brain activity using world’s fourth largest supercomputer called K computer. K computer which is stationed at RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS) Japan has been made by Fujitsu and is powered by a SPARC64 VIIIfx 8C 2GHz processor....
Also the prosthetic is lightweight and is available for a price of mere $50. The new ‘Robohand’ has a mixture of Lennox’s favorite colors pink, blue and purple and the little girl is truly excited to have this prosthetic limb as she was seen pedaling her cycle with ease wearing the Robohand that was rolled off the 3D printer. As per ABC report, Faith’s mother Nicole Lennox said: “The 3D hand has made it easier for her to balance....
The issue was first reported on Reddit, noting that the smartphones display a “Can’t find valid operating system. The device will not start,” message when switched on. Google is aware of the problem and that the problem has already been fixed, said a source familiar with the matter. It is presumed that it was a manufacturing defect that has since been corrected. Currently, the only fix for Google is to replace the device, as there is no way of installing the OS on Pixel 2 XL handsets....
Launched almost two years after the popular predecessor WH-1000XM4, the all-new Sony WH-1000XM5 brings a whole new immersive, distraction-free sound experience to its users. Thanks to the two processors controlling eight microphones (four more than the previous model), which reduces the frequency, and automatically optimizes noise cancelation especially in the mid and high frequencies depending on the surroundings, thereby creating an immersive listening environment. Further, the WH-1000XM5 headphones unlock the full potential of Sony’s HD Noise Canceling Processor QN1 with the help of the Integrated Processor V1....
The service, which is being developed under the codename “Spartacus”, will allow PlayStation owners to pay a monthly fee for access to a library of modern and classic games. At present, Sony has two paid subscription packages – PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now. While PlayStation Plus allows users to play online multiplayer games and download free titles every month, PlayStation Now allows users to stream or download older and some modern PlayStation games....
OS X emerges the most vulnerable software of 2015 with iOS coming second most vulnerable, Apple the company with most vulnerabilitiesOS X the most vulnerable software Surprisingly according to the study by CVE Details, Flash is ranked third well behind OS X, the Apple’s proprietary operating system. Even more surprising is that Apple’s mobile operating system iteration, iOS ranks second in the most vulnerable software list. The results are based on various reports by independent security researchers, cyber-security firms, and even the makers of various software themselves have reported security vulnerabilities who asked for a CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) identifier in 2015....
However, the UK ministers specifically aren’t happy about this and are lobbying to make it a criminal offense for tech firms to warn users of requests for access to their communication data made by security organizations such as MI5, MI6 and GCHQ (the Government Communications Headquarters). They are trying to push for a bill to that effect that will see the bosses of any company face up to two years in prison....
Sadly, Telegram doesn’t have many revenue streams. Last year relying on ad sales and adding extra features for massive group channels, Telegram tried to monetize the messaging service. Well, Telegram is now taking this a step further by introducing a premium subscription service. Do note that the premium subscription service is still in beta and presently available only for iOS devices. With the premium service, users will get access to exclusive reactions and stickers....
Some of developers still tried to re-create a perfect software of the popular 64-bit console – the best examples are CoolN64, MegaN64 and MupeN64. All of them are good and you can try it by downloading chosen n64 emulator nowadays. Every famous emulator of Nintendo64 after developed phase had different issues with its compatibility. Since n64 has more than 380 games in its library, the best quality of emulation demonstrated MupeN64....
The FBI claims to have found the server’s location without the NSA’s help, simply by fiddling with the Silk Road’s login page until it leaked its true location. In the latest filing, however, former FBI agent Christopher Tarbell counters Ulbricht’s defense by describing just how he and another FBI agent located the Silk Road server in June of last year without any sophisticated intrusion: Instead, he says, they found a misconfiguration in an element of the Silk Road login page, which revealed its internet protocol (IP) address and thus its physical location....
However due to some reasons it stopped publishing in 2012. The last issue was in April 2012, hacker e-zine made a comeback yesterday with Issue No.69. In the issue, the Phrack editors have apologized for its tardiness, but have promises to publish new, peer-reviewed technical papers and notes on a rolling basis, as they come in, and invite submissions. The current issue features several significant peer-reviewed information security papers, including an excellent piece on a Flash bug and another on the use of hypervisors to abet rootkits....
Try one of these 7 highest paying IT certifications and get yourself a megabucks job1. Certification in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT)2. ITIL Expert3. Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)4. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)5. Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)6. Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA)7. Project Management Institute-Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) If you are intent on making IT your career choice, then there are a host of certifications available that you should consider pursuing....
The world is filled with creepy sods who do awfully god forsaken things to fulfill their wild fetishes. One such case has come to a light where a creepy cop hacked into a baby’s webcam to spy on its nude mother breastfeeding the baby. These shocking allegations are detailed in a lawsuit filed by Megan Pearce, who accuses officer Michael Emmi of turning into a peeping tom after arresting her fiance....
Checkley’s Batman costume made it Guinness World Record for “most functional gadgets on a cos-play suit.” Checkley’s Batman costume has just about everything the caped crusader needs to fight the extraordinary villains and adversaries. Checkley has also managed to cram in some Bat-gadgets technologies that only exist in comic books. Everything Checkley has included on his Batsuit actually works, and he’s done a good job at making it all blend in to the rest of his costume....
It’s been decades since we recognized the problems created by excess carbon emissions into the Earth’s atmosphere, and scientists have been struggling to come up with an energy-efficient way to transform CO2 into something useful. “This represents a fundamental scientific breakthrough,” Karthish Manthiram, a chemical engineer from the California Institute of Technology who was not involved in the research, told William Herkewitz at Popular Mechanics. “Certainly it will be a years-long process before this is worked into a successful, commercial device....
Râmnicu Vâlcea which is also known as “Hackerville” rose to prominence because almost half of its population are EBay and Craigslist scammers. Râmnicu Vâlcea is just three hours drive from the Romanian capital, Bucharest but it seems to get more attention than the capital city. If you thought Râmnicu Vâlcea was run of the mill town from a Eastern European country, you are wrong! The town is filled with BMWs and Audis and most of the townsfolk seem to be making a killing indulging in some bit of cyber scam....
A French lady, who goes by the name Lilly, has printed the love of her life, got engaged and now wants to marry it. Lilly’s partner is a robot called InMoovator, who she 3D-printed herself and has been living with for a year. She says she will marry when human-robot marriage is legalized in France. On her Twitter page, where she goes by ‘Lilly InMoovator,’ she says: “I’m a proud robosexual, we don’t hurt anybody, we are just happy....
