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According to the publication, Valve has reportedly been working on a new handheld gaming computer codenamed “SteamPal”, or Neptune, for some time now. Also, Steam’s latest client beta showing references to both “SteamPal” and “SteamPal Games” was found by SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik pointing towards new hardware. It’s named “SteamPal” (NeptuneName) and it has a “SteamPal Games” (GameList_View_NeptuneGames) — Pavel Djundik (@thexpaw) May 25, 2021 SteamPal is an all-in-one PC with a touchscreen, gamepad buttons, triggers, dual joysticks, a thumb-sized touchpad, and a USB-C port to “dock” to larger monitors....

Designed to negotiate outdoor, rough terrain, Atlas is a high mobility, humanoid robot was recently made to go for its first-ever walk in the woods. Video footage of the two-legged Atlas robot has some saying it’s “time to hide”, while it is pounding through a forest. Coping with potential stumbling blocks, it clearly shows that the robot is trying to come to terms with the real world for the first time....

In modern physics, the laws of thermodynamics are some of the most important principles because they define how three fundamental physical quantities – temperature, energy, and entropy (disorder) – behave under different kinds of circumstances. According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, entropy in the universe must always increase. According to their research paper published in Scientific Reports, the researchers have developed a theoretical model where the Second Law is violated on a molecular level....

White Hat, Black Hat, and Grey Hat Hackers : Finding which hacker is what made easyWhite Hat hackers aka ethical hackersBlack Hats aka cyber criminalsGrey Hats aka bit of both The federal government paid hackers a one-time fee to find a “previously unknown software flaw” or a zero-day flaw in the iOS 9 software in the San Bernardino iPhone 5C that would allow them to access the data on the terrorist’s phone....

Here’s what you should know about Kodi, What is kodi and is kodi legal?What is Kodi and its features?What can Kodi do?What’s compatible with Kodi?Is Kodi legal? What is Kodi and its features? For those unaware, Kodi was originally created for the Microsoft Xbox as XBMP – Xbox Media Player – in 2002. It quickly evolved to become Xbox Media Center (XBMC) in 2004 and was later renamed to Kodi in 2014 by XMBC Foundation....

Discovered by PerimeterX cybersecurity researcher, Gal Weizman, the vulnerability dubbed as ‘CVE-2019-18426’ resided in WhatsApp Web, which also powers its Electron-based cross-platform apps for desktop operating systems. According to Weizman, the flaw could allow hackers to insert malicious JavaScript codes into messages and remotely access files through the outdated WhatsApp client. “A vulnerability in WhatsApp Desktop versions prior to 0.3.9309 when paired with WhatsApp for iPhone versions prior to 2....

People around the world have been trying to figure out when is Cheryl’s birthday. First let’s clear up the vagueness with the terrible wording before we go to the solution. So, here is a clearer version, which makes some of the presumptions more obvious but which does not change any of the underlying reasoning of the problem: To start with, Cheryl (who we assume has set her birthday to private on Facebook) will only give Albert and Bernard 10 possible dates for her birthday....

FBI Director James Comey has shown persistence when it comes to pushing the idea for manufacturers to allow their handsets to be unlocked by government authorities. Comey previously stated that the FBI was able to hack iPhone 5c because of the lack of the Secure Enclave on the phone’s A6 SoC that renders the phone vulnerable. The extra hardware security present inside the A7 chipset (present in iPhone 5s) is what makes the FBI’s efforts nullified in cracking modern day iPhones....

• Program Files (x86), which contains 32-bit programs and applications, and. • Program Files, which contains 64-bit programs and applications. But, have you ever wondered why it is necessary to have these two folders and what’s the difference between them? A 64-bit Windows OS has backward support for 32-bit applications. Also, 64-bit Windows stores all 32-bit apps on another folder to let you know that these apps are created for a 32-bit OS, which is also a very good way to organize everything properly....

Windows 10 error message ‘Something Happened’ is the most creative messages of recent times and here is how to fix itThe workaround It seems Microsoft has hired some highly creative and sarcastic engineers to bake in such messages into the Windows 10 system files. https://twitter.com/jonathantimar/status/626269345908285441 — Tommy (@TomTomTamTom) July 30, 2015 The workaround The Windows 10 throws up this existential error message in multiple languages but it seems to be a real bug....

Speaking in a German language interview with video game site Rocket Beans at Gamescom 2015 this year, Microsoft’s Boris Schneider-Johne, Enthusiast Marketing Manager for Windows said that older games that depend on SecuROM or SafeDisc DRM will not work on Windows 10. While the video interview at Rocket Beans’ YouTube channel is in German, PC gaming site Rock Paper Shotgun translated the relevant quote. Meanwhile, SafeDisc creator, Rovi Corporation was reached out by PCGamesHardware....

Window updates from an enterprise update server not configured to use encryption are vulnerable to an injection attackWhat is WSUS?Intercepting WSUS to Inject Malware into Corporate NetworksMitigation Exactly how this can be done was demonstrated by researchers from UK-based security firm Context demonstrated at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Context researchers demonstrated how hackers can compromise corporate networks by exploiting a weakness in Windows’ update mechanism. PCs on a corporate network update through a separate Windows Update (WSUS) server on the network....

Any permanent fix to the vulnerability is yet to be released as of now. The best way to be secure is to keep your Antivirus program updated and not to click any kind of similar sounding files from any untrusted source.

The order restricts Xiaomi to sell and market in India fabricated with Qualcomm chips only. In December 2014, Delhi High Court banned Xiaomi from selling, advertising, manufacturing or importing its devices in India after Ericsson drafted a case against Xiaomi for patent infringement. However, the ban was lifted partially and the company was allowed to import and sell devices running on a Qualcomm chips. Following the legal actions, Xiaomi was banned from selling Redmi Note in India since it runs on a Mediatek processor, but Ericsson now argues that an online store is breaching the order and thus in the contempt of High Court order....

Sony looks to follow Nintendo which had earlier decided to focus on mobile gaming platform which is growing rapidly worldover. While this will be a mega news for gamers, Forward Works, Sony’s mobile gaming arm, is going to focus on users based in Japan and Asia, according to today’s announcement. The division will be formally created on April 1, the same date that Sony Computer Entertainment becomes Sony Interactive Entertainment....

Dubbed as “Port Fail”, the vulnerability affects VPN providers that offer port forwarding and have no protection against this specific attack. Two weeks have passed and most affected providers still haven’t fixed the problem. Communicating with Engadget via email, Perfect Privacy told, “We have not tested this again after the fact so we can make no definite statement on the current number of affected VPN providers.” This means that the majority of VPN users may as well not be using one, which is bad news for people who just want to safely use public wi-fi or whose safety and security depend on keeping their IP address private....

However, the benefits of shadow IT are obliterated when there is a failure to resolve its biggest challenge: security. Shadow IT poses significant security risks including low visibility into an organization’s technology environment, increased possibility of data loss and theft, compliance issues, disrupted workflows, and vulnerabilities that can be exploited to commit various kinds of cybercrime. One of the biggest sources of shadow IT is the growing popularity of low-code/no-code (LCNC) app development....

Google has added an interesting new feature to the Google Play Store as “Coming Soon”. This feature let’s developers to post their apps as “Coming Soon” along with an option for users to pre-register that will send notification to them when the app is ready for download. Glu Mobile, the company that recently took investment from China’s Tencent will be the first developer to use the new feature with their new game “Terminator Genisys: Revolution”, as noticed by the folks at Android Police....