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Rust is an effort to offer the control and performance of a language like C or C++, while making it much difficult to write the kind of security-compromising bugs that are ample in those languages. The language’s handling of memory and memory management is the key to this. Mishandling of memory is some of the biggest problems that come with C, which is mainly due to more data being read or written onto a block of memory than the block of memory it contains....

According a paper on ArXiv by Farooq Khan, Samsung is looking to launch thousands of micro-satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with a specific mission to provide faster Internet connection to Earthlings. Farooq Khan is president of research and development at Samsung’s Texas facility. In his paper, he proposes low-cost low-Earth orbit (LEO) micro-satellites as the solution, at orbits of around 2,000 km (1,243 miles) to keep latency to a minimum....

According to Evan Blass of VentureBeat, famous as tipster @evleaks on Twitter, claims that Samsung will be announcing the new Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next year, which is ahead of the company’s usual yearly appearance that normally happens either in late February or March. In the past, Samsung revealed the Galaxy S8 for the first time in March 2017 at their unpacked event....

Queensland scientists have discovered a novel non-invasive ultrasound method to restore memory in Alzheimer induced miceDetails of the experiment Australian citizens above the age of 65 years have been suffering from the Alzheimer’s disease which is a form of dementia. Dementia is progressive brain disorder wherein the brain cells degenerate due to which the person is not able to function normally. The major symptoms of the disease being memory loss, confusion, personality change, withdrawal and a loss of ability to do everyday tasks....

Generally, these anklets are location tracking devices that use GPS and other technologies to report the position of people in home detention back to the authorities. Having a series of anti tampering systems usually these devices notify the police authorities the moment someone tries to mess with them. Presenting a talk at the DEF CON 2015 security conference in Las Vegas, William Turner, also known in hacking circles as AmmonRa, described the way in which the ankle tracking bracelets used by police forces globally can be disabled and allow criminals to run away....

Wireless Internet and cloud computing strategies may seem like they are taking over most of the business’ IT infrastructure, but the actual fact is that wired, private networks are not going away anytime soon. In fact, Ethernet cable technology has fully advanced keeping the pace with improvements in Wi-Fi technology, and wired networks are normally still faster than their wireless counterparts. In-house networking is still often the wiser move for both businesses and high-usage home offices....

Customers Financial Details Leaked By Self-Service Passbook Printing MachineBar Code Attached To The Bank Passbook Can Be Easily Spoofed By The Attackers To Get Customers Account Details Similarly, you can get your bank passbook updated yourself in just a few with the help of automated machines in banks. Bank Passbook is a copy of the customer’s account in the books of the bank, which has details of the client’s current account balance and transaction (deposits and withdrawals)....

The Silk Road 3.0 is actually the fourth reincarnation of the marketplace but trades in almost all the same items its predecessors did. The announcement of Silk Road 3.0 came via a Reddit thread a few hours ago. The all new Silk Road 3.0 is run by the same person in charge of the competing Crypto Market portal. The two portals also share the same support forum and both are hosted on Dark Web....

The lightweight display glasses are meant for augmented reality creators to reimagine the way people communicate, live, and explore the world together through AR experiences built-in Lens Studio. “Over the years, our journey building Spectacles alongside the creator community has been one of exploration, learning, and fun. We’ve used every iteration as a building block, opening the door to a whole new dimension of AR,” TeamSnap said in a blog post on Thursday....

Snowden leaks and NSA spying causes Brazil to avoid US materials as well as territory for its under sea cableFortaleza CableNew AlliesDamagesBrazil’s Countermeasures Fortaleza Cable Brazil is planning an optical fiber cable that will connect from Fortaleza up to Portugal thereby eradicating any need of the US. The project is expected to cost $185 million and the Brazilian government is firm on not using any US tech. The cable is being overseen by state-owned telecommunications company Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA better known as Telebras....

For those unaware, aibo is a series of robotic pets designed and manufactured by the Japanese electronics company, Sony. The first consumer model was introduced in May 1999, but was discontinued in January 2006. Already a modest hit in Japan, Sony has til now sold 20,000 units after the January release in Japan earlier this year. “The Aibo has been received very well in Japan. We want to keep the momentum when selling it in the United States,” Senior Vice President Izumi Kawanishi told a news conference in New York on Thursday....

Strontium Technology Pte Ltd, a Singapore based PC and Flash memory company has announced the launch of their new product Nitro Plus Nano USB 3.0, which it claims will be the world’s fastest and smallest USB drive. Designed in an ultra-small form factor, the flash device delivers an high speed performance up to 100MB/s write speed and 130MB/s read function in a tiny form factor, as it is a portable and lightweight “plug and stay” drive, says the company....

Impact Team, the Ashley Madison hackers leak 10 gigs of stolen data on the Dark WebThe Ashley Madison Leaked contentREADME74ABAA38.txtCreditCardTransactions.7zam_am.dumpashleymadisondump.7zaminno_member.dumpaminno_member_email.dumpmember_details.dumpmember_login.dump The Impact Team released a massive dump of data which is just short of 10 gigabytes. The stolen data was leaked on the Dark Web on Tuesday night (information about the leaked files are given below). The leaked data includes sensitive Ashley Madison customer information, such as payment transaction and credit card details, emails, names, addresses, phone numbers and member profiles....

Here’s a list of the top operating systems for PC gamingWindows 10Windows 7Windows 8macOSLinux Besides having a high-end gaming laptop, it is also necessary to have a powerful operating system that can power your device and influence the experience in playing video games on the laptop. In this article, we bring to you the best operating systems for PC gaming and experience. Let’s start the list of the best gaming operating systems in order of the best to the worst....

Here are a few impressive facts about Sundar Pichai who rose from humble backgrounds to be the CEO of GoogleSundar Pichai on the Professional Front: Sundar Pichai’s Personal Life: Hence, certain major changes were made in the executive structure of Google which included the announcement of Sundar Pichai to be appointed as CEO of Google while Larry Page will totally concentrate on the new venture Alphabet Inc. and Sergey Brin would serve as President to Alphabet....

Legendary announced the release date with this tweet earlier today : — Legendary (@Legendary) April 24, 2015 The original Pacific Rim was released on July 12, 2013 and met with an astounding success raking in $411 million for the producers. The Pacific Rim story starts in 2013 when the human cities are attacked by the Kaijus, colossal beasts who come to Earth through a portal on the Pacific Ocean floor called the Breach....

Unlike real reality (the actual world in which we live), virtual reality means simulating bits of our world (or completely imaginary worlds) using special cameras, algorithms, and VR headsets or gloves. Up to now, making VR films was the domain of those who owned a special type of 360° and such software to create VR stuff. However, thanks to a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, you can also make your own VR videos....

Can this $12,000 smartphone protect you from mobile malware?Keeping the bad guys at bayExpensive phone?Future devices A malware client called Pegasus has recently been found in the wild. For anyone who has been the victim of a phishing scam will be quite familiar with this fairly predictable attack strategy. You are fooled by a text message that makes you reply and install an app. As per Symantec reports, the malware can then jailbreak your smartphone, ultimately installing a client that can seize data....

Thanks to Belkin, this problem can be fixed for $39.99. This $39.99 “Lightning Audio + Charge RockStar” adapter, which has been created in collaboration with Apple, turns that single Lightning port into two ports. However, they’re both Lightning ports. “We’re excited to offer the Lightning Audio + Charge RockStar to our customers, extending our family of RockStar multi-port products and creating an easy way for people to charge and listen on the go,” says Steve Malony, VP, GM Belkin....

And going by how committed she appears to the cause, Alyssa might just be the first person to land on Mars. In 15 years, NASA wants to land the first manned mission to the red planet and Alyssa could very well be part of that historic crew of astronauts. She has already become the youngest person to ever complete the Advanced Space Academy course and the first person to attend all of NASA’s Space Camps around the world....