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The difference between humans and machines is that we think and take risks. But sometimes risk are too great and can cause fatalities. If you look at history, you will find those great inventions succeeded because the inventors dared to take a risk and challenge the society, religion and sometimes history. However, some inventors were not so lucky and were killed by the very inventions they invented! Here’s a look at the top ten inventors who were killed by their own inventions....

The inventors of top 10 programming languagesHere are the top 10 programming languages and their inventors :1) Java – James Gosling2) C – Dennis Ritchie3) C++ – Bjarne Stroustrup4) Python – Guido van Rossum5) PHP – Rasmus Lerdorf6) Perl – Larry Wall7) JavaScript – Brendan Eich8) Ruby – Yukihiro Matsumoto9) Lisp – John McCarthy10) Pascal – Niklaus Wirth Here are the top 10 programming languages and their inventors : 1) Java – James Gosling Java is one of the most popular programming language making to the top of the charts for six years running....

The Internet is free and for all but some countries indulge in weird censorship to block access to certain websites which they feel will harm their nation’s interests. Many countries adopt a moral police role and block access to NSFW websites while others seek to block even social media websites. Several schools, colleges, and offices provide free Wi-Fi connection to students and employees but block their students/workers from accessing social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, etc....

Read about the top 9 hacking groups who are sponsored by governments around the world1. Tailored Access Operations – Sponsor NSA, USA2. Sofacy Group – APT28 – Pawn Storm – Sponsor Russia3. Bureau 121 – Sponsor North Korea4. Unit 61398 / Comment Crew /Putter Panda – Sponsor China5. Hidden Lynx – Sponsor China6. Tarh Andishan – Sponsor Iran7. Dragonfly / Energetic Bear – Sponsor Eastern Europe8. Ajax Security Team / Flying Kitten Iran9....

We have already warned of how Youtube is full of video tutorials on how to spy using webcams and Remote Access Trojan (RAT) malware. Now it seems some cybercriminal is actually implementing the RAT hack to spy on private citizens. An unknown hacker sent a 27-year-old Toronto woman intimate photos of herself and her boyfriend watching Netflix from the previous night. Chelsea Clark was surprised to see the video of herself and her boyfriend in an intimate position on her Facebook timeline....

TP-Link states that the price tag of its Talon AD7200 is $350 and it is capable of downloading an HD movie in 14 seconds and a feature-length 4K video in about four minutes. While 4,600Mbps is a huge amount of bandwidth, it can only be achieved under the most favorable conditions. Also keep in mind that the router functioning on the 60GHz band means that the connectivity range of the router is going to be even less as opposed to the 5GHz band....

Despite the huge outcry over the leaking of the email ids, the websmasters of TRAI have so far not removed the email ids hosted on the TRAI website and now they have made a passionate love letter public. If making the email ids was indeed necessary, the webmasters could have atleast redacted the email ids before publishing them. Even now, TRAI website still has not removed the 1 million email ids on its website inviting spammers and cyber criminals to have a field day and attack those petitioners who genuinely acted in national interest and email TRAI about their opinion on net neutrality....

Let us face it; several laptops which are even 3-4 generations old will still be faster than a regular Chromebook and most importantly, they will have the necessary amount of storage to make sure that you will never run out space. Chromebooks have flash based memory present inside them, along with a SD card slot, but that does not make for a very effective storage expansion combination now does it....

All over the world with the exception of some countries, it is illegal to copy/make a backup of media they own. While it is understandable that most users would like to make a backup of media they own, users in United Kingdom can do so now. After consulting various stakeholders the United Kingdom Government decided that it would be in the best interests of consumers to legalize copying for personal use....

The researchers have also given a kind of hypothetical situation in which the Bitcoin would cause excessive supply of USD into the US economy. They say this would depend on a couple of factors like the Bitcoin has to be used very widely by the US citizens to have any cascading effect. Second premise is that Bitcoins must be used as a currency in its own right. The researchers may be right about their premise but as of now the Bitcoins are used as a kind of stock money....

Things started to go wrong when users were prompted to update from version 3.9.7 to 3.9.8. Later, the extension prompted for an extra permission to “Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.” Before taking users to their desired destinations, the extension was redirecting users’ HTTP traffic through a proxy service, and showing them an extra page with ads in 50% of the hijacked sessions. Not only did that reap advertising revenue for the extension’s owners but it also allowed them to spy and collect analytics on the user’s traffic habits that could later be sold to online advertisers....

However, in November 2021, the company revealed that due to global computer chip shortages, the Steam Deck would fail to ship by December 2021 and instead ship in February 2022. Now, Valve on Wednesday has officially confirmed that the Steam Deck will launch on February 25, 2022. Shortly after 10:00 am on February 25th, PST, the company will start sending out the first batch of order emails to those who have pre-ordered a Steam Deck....

The 35-second YouTube video clip, called “iPhone Unlock Without Passcode Glitch”, has been viewed over 440,000 times, after being uploaded last Thursday, 3 March. The video shows a user gaining access to an iPhone by first asking Siri what time it is. When the spoken request brings up the time, the user taps on the clock face to disclose the World Clock screen and then chooses the Timer icon at the bottom of the screen....

Florian Bogner, a researcher with security firm Kapsch, has discovered an exploit that takes advantage of antivirus programs. Dubbed as ‘AVGater’, this exploit takes advantage of the ‘restore from quarantine’ feature found on many antivirus programs, wherein the malware is relocated from an AV quarantine folder and stored on to another sensitive location. For those unaware, quarantine is a secure storage that is used by an antivirus program to place a potentially malicious file detected by it....

Citing potential boost from TikTok to the giant retailer’s online presence, Walmart said, “The way TikTok has integrated e-commerce and advertising capabilities in other markets is a clear benefit to creators and users in those markets.” The company added, “We believe a potential relationship with TikTok US in partnership with Microsoft could add this key functionality and provide Walmart with an important way for us to reach and serve omnichannel customers as well as grow our third-party marketplace and advertising businesses....

Call Centers Open 365/24/7 This is arguably the most important fact about call centers; they are live year round and they never close. This service enables a small company with limited finances to appear to be equipped and open 24 hours a day. This is great for American organizations that only man corporate offices 12 hours a day per Pacific Time. During these hours, local service support teams also respond to website enquiries....

Facebook has upgraded the ubiquitous Like button with a host of new emotions. You can now “love,” “haha,” “wow,” “sad” or “angry” something with cute emojis. You can “wow” a friend’s appalling Tinder screengrab, send them a “sad” for emotional support during a period of anxiety or just “haha” their wack memes in sympathy. But what do the new Facebook reactions really mean? Why is Facebook rolling them out for its users?...

The ramifications are severe. Payments could be made by cybercriminals, potentially emptying your bank account, any secretive company information could get leaked and your private data could be leveraged as blackmail. It’s important to understand how this can occur. One way involves large-scale account hacks. Recently, these sort of hacks have been committed against a number of big corporations, most notably Sony and Ashley Madison. Millions of passwords and log-in details of its users were stolen....

Last week iPhone users have also been spotted using the calling feature, which means that the developers have started testing WhatsApp on the iOS platform too. WhatsApp has said that WhatsApp calling will also be available on Windows Phone in a couple of weeks. For iPhone users who have jailbroken iOS aboard their smartphone, they can use this technique given by TheFuseJoplin.com : 1.) You will need to install AppSyn and download the latest WhatsApp BETA version....

For the unversed, WhatsApp currently allows users to delete messages sent to individuals or groups with the ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature. This allows the sender to remove messages for everyone from the platform in a stipulated time (until around an hour). This feature is extremely helpful when you want to delete a message that you have accidentally sent to an individual or group chat. But what happens in case you accidentally delete important messages by clicking on the ‘Delete for Everyone’ option instead of ‘Delete for Me’....