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Currently, Twitter has limited tweets to up to 280 characters in one post. However, it allows users to create threads on the platform so that they can share thoughts longer than the given 280 characters limit. The upcoming feature called “Notes” will help users to write in-depth posts, which can include text up to 2,500 words. The title is restricted to 100 characters. Notes can also include photos, videos, GIFs, a header image, and more in posts that can be tweeted and shared with the followers....

Anonymous, which functions primarily online and has thousands of supporters around the world, declared “war” on Monday in a customary video. They promised “the biggest operation ever” against the organization that claimed responsibility for the deaths of 130 in France. Reportedly Twitter was the major front where the war had to be fought. Anonymous started taking down suspected accounts and soon the number crossed 10,000. Fans of Anonymous across the world started sharing this on their social media platforms....

Under the circumstances, the U.N. has come out in support of whistleblowers. The UN for free speech has stated stated that that confidential sources and whistleblowers are a crucial element of a healthy democracy, and that governments should protect them rather than demonize them. The report by David Kaye, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, also highlights the harsh treatment of whistleblowers in the U....

The GAO said the Pentagon was one of several departments where “legacy systems” urgently needed to be replaced. The report says that a Pentagon command and control system that is responsible for US nuclear forces, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear bombers, and tanker support aircraft runs on an IBM Series/1 computer and uses 8-inch floppy disks. And the Justice Department uses a 35-year-old system that runs the issue-plagued Java coding language to compile information on federal inmate work assignments and security levels at federal prisons....

The UK Government announced a plan last year to increase the maximum prison sentence for online copyright infringement to ten years. The lawmakers were of the opinion that the current maximum of two years is not enough to dissuade infringers. A few months earlier, the plan followed a recommendation put forward in a study commissioned by the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO). This study determined that criminal sanctions for online copyright infringement could be increased to make them fall in line with offenses related to the same nature, such as counterfeiting....

Then we have the Internet of things, the thought that almost every object could be equipped with a chip that transmits data such as its location, whether it is full or empty or whether some other limit such as pressure or temperature is alarmingly high or low. Only if engineers can solve the problem of how to power these numerous tiny machines, we can expect larger things of the Internet of things....

Vaio Chief Executive Yoshimi Ota told the Wall Street Journal that the the independent Vaio had decided to with a premium offering so that it does not end up in the same situation as the loss-leading Sony Vaio brand did, reports TechSpot. The company is focusing on creating high-quality, high-value offerings and is staying away from cheap, unprofitable devices by moving away from Sony’s old focus on market share. To start with, Vaio will be introducing a “monster tablet” known as Vaio Z Canvas, its first new device for the U....

Straying from its typical business audience, VAIO’s C15 line-up is targeted more at consumers who are looking for a distinctive device, The Verge reports. Especially compared to other VAIO models, the laptop’s hardware is rather low-end. The basic model has a 15.5-inch 1366 x 768 display, an Intel Celeron 3215U processor along with 4GB of RAM on a 2016 VAIO laptop. The basic model costs 66,800 yen from the Sony store (around $640), while other stores will be selling it at 94,800 yen (around $900)....

Browser wars just got that bit more bit interesting with the release of a latest browser, Project Spartan, by Microsoft last week. Joining the party is Vivaldi browser from an ex-CEO of Opera. This new browser is available for Windows, Mac and Linux and although it is still in its infancy, as it offers a number of features, which Opera lovers will remember. The application allows for mouse gestures for browsing and the ever familiar “speed dial” interface, which shows your favourite tabs on the new tab page....

here you go, C is an M1 Garand standard issue rifle, old but reliable. C++ is a set of nunchuks, powerful and impressive when wielded but takes many years of pain to master and often you probably wish you were using something else. Perl is a molotov cocktail, it was probably useful once, but few people use it now. Java is a belt fed 240G automatic weapon where sometimes the belt has rounds, sometimes it doesn’t, and when it doesn’t during firing you get an NullPointerException, the gun explodes and you die....

But have you ever wondered What does a virtual card mean? or why is it used?. Well, here in this article we have provided you with everything you need to know about the Virtual card. What is a Virtual Card? Definition – A Virtual card is basically an online card that is not physically issued by the card provider. It’s usually a free service provided by the original card issuer to their customers, who want to perform an online payment with the help of their cards....

According to The Guardian, Bezos reportedly was having a friendly texting exchange with the Saudi Crown Prince on May 1, 2018, when a malicious video file was sent from Salman’s phone. When Bezos opened the file, it compromised his phone and extracted large amounts of data within hours. Bezos was suspected of being hacked after the U.S. gossip magazine, the National Enquirer, published intimate details about his private life in January 2019....

For those unaware, WhatsApp Payments (marketed as WhatsApp Pay) is a peer-to-peer money transfer feature that allows users to make in-app payments and money transfers using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). The process of sending and receiving money through WhatsApp is similar to how it is processed on Google Pay, Paytm, and other UPI apps. Now, a new report from WABetaInfo, indicates that WhatsApp is planning to introduce another feature for payments called “Cashback” to increase the usage of its digital payment platform....

Sadly, a new network bug in windows 10 march update has now affected all supported Windows 10 and Windows Server versions. Due to this network bug, a majority of Windows 10 applications like Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Internet Explorer, and Outlook are unable to access the Internet and is shown limited or No internet connectivity in Network and Internet settings. So here’s everything you need to know about this newly discovered bug....

What brings Windows XP in highlights is an imagination. How would Windows XP look if it is redesigned as per the standards and expectations for 2018? Well, one such imagination of tech youtuber, Kamer Kaan Avdan, has lightened up the glimpse in our eyes, of how Windows XP should look in 2018. Kamer Kaan Avdan, a tech youtuber, who has previously introduced the concept of Android 9.0, Windows 11 and iOS 12, rejuvenated and presented the concept of Windows XP with modifications and advancements that leave the spectators surprisingly dumbstruck....

Xiaomi Mi Max might just measure 7.5mm in thickness, but even that thickness is able to place in a massive 4,850mAh battery. As mentioned before, there are three different models and their hardware and pricing details have been provided below: Snapdragon 650 with 3GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage will cost RMB 1,499 or $230 Snapdragon 652 with 3GB of RAM and 64GB internal storage will cost RMB 1,699 or $260 Snapdragon 650 with 4GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage will cost RMB 1,999 or $306...

On the connectivity front, the device supports 3G, GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth v4.0, Wi-fi 802.11 b/g/n with hotspot functionality, GPS/A-GPS and micro USB 2.0. The smartphone comes fitted with a 0.3MP VGA front-facing camera along with a 5MP autofocus rear camera. The device will be available in a glass body and will come in four color variants namely black, blue, red and gold. Priced at Rs. 5,699, the Xolo Prime will face stiff competition from Micromax’s recently released Canvas Spark....

Security researchers discover Zero-days in Kaspersky and FireEye anti-virus productsAnother researcher finds a zero-days in FireEye Ormandy who had earlier found ‘trivially compromised’ critical vulnerabilities in ESET anti-virus announced on Twitter that he had cracked the Kaspersky anti-virus before he had informed Kaspersky about the zero-day in their product : — Tavis Ormandy (@taviso) September 5, 2015 Ormandy calls this flaw “a remote, zero interaction SYSTEM exploit, in default config. So, about as bad as it gets....

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....