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Due to an eco-friendly cryptocurrency Chia, we can soon expect an SSD and HDD shortage coupled with price increment. Created by Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent, Chia operates on high-speed storage and uses a proof of space-time model rather than Bitcoin’s proof of work model. The proof of space-time model will drastically reduce the electricity wastage that occurs while mining Bitcoin. So here’s everything you need to know about Chia....

Delhi police said that, 5 individuals were arrested including a clerical staff and a peon of the Petroleum Ministry. A press reporter has also been held because several classified documents found to be in his possession. The police said, the two government officials who had access to classified documents, apparently stole the data and leaked it to private companies, most probably a big petroleum company in return for some illicit consideration....

The MP4 to MP3 ripper service has served over 640 million visitors in the past year. The market is flooded with Convert2MP3 alternatives. One of the major reasons for the success of Convert2MP3 has been YouTube’s market share in the online music streaming market which constitutes 47% of total music streamed online. Since the demise of the immensely popular music ripper, users are searching for sites like Convert2MP3 for downloading/listening to music....

Rightscorp is a well-known copyright enforcement company located in Los Angeles. The company’s main purpose is to find “alleged” copyright owners like movie studios, music artists and game developers and track down the ISPs or IP addresses of individuals who torrent certain titles, informing him of a fine via email or regular mail. If all fails, for certain repeated copyright offenders, the company sends threatening letters to those users via their ISPs, threatening to sue them or reach out of court settlements, all on behalf of its customers (the real copyright holder)....

The Unicode Consortium, a non-profit organization that supervises emoji standards and releases standardized sets of emoji for Android and iPhone, has announced that it has decided to postpone the release of version 14.0 of the Unicode Standard by six months from March to September 2021 due to COVID-19. The delay in the release of the 14th version of the Unicode Standard has also impacted related specifications and data, such as new emoji characters....

Ironically, hackers aren’t even sparing health organizations who are not only treating affected coronavirus patients but are also serving as the frontline virus-testing center. Recently, a group of hackers known as ‘Maze’ compromised the infrastructure of Hammersmith Medicines Research (HMR), a UK-based research team on standby for developing a COVID-19 vaccine. For those unaware, HMR performs early medical trials of medication and vaccines and has previously researched and developed an Ebola vaccine and drugs for Alzheimer’s disease....

Opinion on CyberGhost VPN CyberGhost is a VPN company based out of Bucharest (Romania) and founded in 2011. It has experienced rapid growth and quickly emerged as an option worth considering when shopping around for a VPN. This CyberGhost review will lay out its key features and weigh the pros and cons to help you chose whether it is right for you. CyberGhost VPN: pricing The many free options on the VPN market beg the question, “Why pay at all?...

Linton Salmon, program manager in DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office explained that DARPA is developing this open-source voting system in partnership with Oregon based cybersecurity firm Galois, to strengthen existing voting machine vendors’ security. “Our goal is to make this so that the hardware is blocked against all of these various types of attack from the external world. If this is successful, and if the software put on top is equally successful, then it means people can’t hack in and … alter votes....

This system is in short, a database for job seekers. Potential candidates share personal information on the site, information that might help them secure a job. This information has apparently been breached. An anonymous tip was sent to the organization notifying them of a security vulnerability in the WorkSource Oregon Management Information System (WOMIS). As per the reports available, the data that may be compromised includes names, addresses and Social Security Numbers....

This seems to be an ongoing thing with every politician. The problem is that the politicians want safety and seek to make laws to force out any reminiscent act of keeping data channels safe and secure. These laws can force many honest business owners that provide encryption services to either compromise their customer’s sensitive data or force the businesses to shut down just like the FBI and the US legal system forced Ladar Levison, founder of Lavabit to not only remain silent about the case against him from the FBI, but ultimately forced him to an ultimatum surrender the keys or be incarcerated....

The Hack The twitter account of the late star was supposed to be locked when the hacking occured. The Account, tweeted links to diet spam. This was particular insensitive to the loved ones of Peaches as it is a known fact that they were worried about her health in her last few days. The tweet released from her account read: — Kimberley Dadds (@KimberleyDadds) November 7, 2014 Story of Peaches Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof-Cohen (13 March 1989 – 6 or 7 April 2014)was an English journalist, television presenter and model....

“From the past few years, trained security researchers are leaving for the Private sector and this has been a huge problem. We should train more security experts that will work for the country,” stated the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. Clearly citing cybersecurity as a top national priority, the panel has outlined a challenging to-do list wherein the President-elect Donald Trump has been advised to try and develop international norms for hacking, particularly drawing red lines to avoid cyber warfare or even armed conflict....

Gamers reported that they were facing issues with playing online FIFA 16 and others which use EA Servers for in-game access and content. EA has acknowledged that their servers are down and issued a statement assuring that they are working on fixing it as soon as possible. Meanwhile a hacking group called Phantom Squad has claimed responsibility for the downing of EA servers. https://twitter.com/phantomsquad69/status/680047767742451714 While they had promised to bring down Xbox Live and PlayStation Network gaming servers during the Christmas holidays, there was no mention of EA in their list of to-dos....

The EFF’s complaint alleges that Google has enabled by default the “Sync” feature on its Chrome browser for chromebooks sold to schools, which monitors and collects data on internet searches, websites visited, saved passwords, and videos viewed by US students using the laptops from kindergarten through to the 12th grade in order to improve its digital services. EFF has also said that the children cant change the Chromebook privacy settings as the privilege of changing those lies with the school administrators....

The winner is an AI bot from Elon Musk backed start-up OpenAI who went on to defeat world’s several best players of the game in one-on-one matches multiple times. However, the shocking upset as when the AI bot defeated champion Danylo ‘Dendi’ Ishutin in multiplayer online battle arena Defense of the Ancients 2 (Dota 2) in two back-to-back demonstration matches. Elon Musk celebrated the bot’s victory in a tweet....

Built by a company called Avenir, the new range of Android-powered smartphones will debut with four new phone lines, namely the Power Max, Ultimate, Energy, and Hardcase. While the Energy and Hardcase lines are basic feature phones that will cover a major portion of the 26 devices, the Power Max options include handsets with a whopping 18,000 mAh and 16,000 mAh batteries inside. However, what is interesting is the Energizer “Ultimate” series that contains five different versions....

Google said in a blog post: “Today, we are officially introducing Android 8.0 Oreo, the latest release of the platform – and it’s smarter, faster and more powerful than ever. It comes with new features like picture-in-picture and Autofill to help you navigate tasks seamlessly. Plus, it’s got stronger security protections and speed improvements that keep you safe and moving at lightspeed. When you’re on your next adventure, Android Oreo is the superhero to have by your side (or in your pocket!...

The service called Watch will allow its Facebook users to subscribe to shows inside its apps and desktop site and watch them in a dedicated tab. Based on the user’s preferences, the new video tab will offer a customised variety of shows and what their friends are watching. The first slate of programming is expected to include around 40 shows from different publishing partners and content studios. “Watching video on Facebook has the incredible power to connect people, spark conversation and foster community,” Daniel Danker, Facebook’s Director of Product, announced on Wednesday....

According to Gizmodo, for the March 4 session, the fifth most popular question with 61 votes was; ‘What responsibility does Facebook have to help prevent President Trump in 2017?’ While Facebook employees may want an answer from Mark but Facebook insists that it does not try and influence the way people vote. Gizmodo points out that such questioning shows that Facebook can and will influence the future presidency in United States....