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Over the past two years, Google and Udacity have been able to roll out 1,000 and 10,000 scholarships for coders in 2015 and 2016, respectively. This year, German media company Bertelsmann too was involved in their scholarship program wherein more than 75,000 people were offered the opportunity to benefit from free developer courses. While the first phase of 60,000 scholarships had courses focusing on Android and Web development, the remaining 15,000 scholarships included courses in data science at both beginner and intermediate level....

This will help decrease the overall amount of memory used by Win32 applications on Windows 10 version 2004 (build 19041) and later. “Our goal on the Microsoft Edge team is to deliver the best performing browser possible on Windows and other platforms. When a browser uses too much memory, it can slow down the whole system; memory, in general, is a critical resource to keeping any device running smoothly,” Microsoft said in a blog post on Wednesday....

Google has silently altered its privacy policy to include one of the biggest changes that it previously said it would avoid, which is the longstanding wall between anonymous tracking of online ads and user’s names, reported ProPublica. When Google had purchased the Double Click advertising network in 2007, the company’s founder Sergey Brin said that privacy would be the company’s “number one priority when we contemplate new kinds of advertising products....

After getting your clicks, now Google wants to suck your bloodGoogle’s needle-free blood draw system is a small barrel would be placed against the skin, and a surge of gas would then cause a microparticle to pierce the skin. According to the patent filed by Google, a small barrel would be placed against the skin, and a surge of gas would then be pushed inside it. This causes a microparticle inside the barrel to then pierce the skin....

Google releases Nogotofail tool to test vulnerability to Man-in-the-Middle attacksSecurity ProtocolsMan-in-the-MiddleNogotofail Tool Security Protocols Transport Layer Security (TLS) and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), are cryptographic protocols designed to provide communication security over the Internet. Both these layers are used for securing internet communications. SSL was the one of the earliest and hence is the most popular protocol. It used a 128-bit encryption which is theoretically next to impossible to crack, which should make it the near perfect security mechanisms....

Google today revealed AMP, or Accelerated Mobile Pages project, at a press event in New York. The project is open-sourced and available to any publisher through a Github repository of code. Publishers that use Google’s content units will benefit from faster load time of their mobile Web pages and therefore more prominent display in Google’s search engine results. This program is open to anyone who wants to participate, said Richard Gringras, Google’s head of news....

In other words, users will no longer be able to see the Q&A section while performing searches on Google. For those unaware, Q&A section (also known as “ask and answer”) is a small section on the search results page that displays the questions and answers that the users have created on Google Search. It also shows some related questions as well with their answers below the Q&A section. According to a report by Android Police, Google will also be removing the questions and answers contributions made by the user from “your contributions” page on June 30th....

Now, researchers think they can create next-generation night vision contact lenses, which are both extremely thin and powerful at the same time and can also pick up on heat signatures. Thanks to the properties and characteristics of the material, graphene-based contact lenses could replace the bulky night vision headsets that are currently used, reports Gizmodo. Graphene could change night vision technology for anyone who depends on it by simply combing and putting together some of the steps in the detection process in a package for the emergency services to the alien bounty hunters....

A hacker going by the name of ‘Hacker Buba’ hacked into the Invest Bank of United Arab Emirates a week ago. After stealing the customer details from the banks website, Hacker Buba demanded a ransom of $3 million in bitcoins. However, when the bank did not comply with his demands, he appears to have dumped tens of thousands of customer files online. Apparently after failing to get the ransom, Hacker Buba started tweeting the bank customer details....

According to the researchers, thousands of iOS Apps which are vetted by the Apple security team and listed on Apple App Store contain such a backdoor. The malicious Apps have a potential “backdoored” versions of an ad library embedded in thousands of iOS apps originally published in the Apple App Store according to the researchers. The startling fact discovered by researchers is that the ‘potential’ backdoor could have been controlled remotely by hackers by loading JavaScript code from a remote server to perform the following actions on an iOS device:...

A new website called Hackers List offers users world class hackers for a fee. The Hackers List offers services for wiping out unwanted photos from a website, gaining access to a company’s database or to gain access to somebody’s email accounts. According to reports, in its less than three months of operation, customers requiring hacking skills for rent, have placed more than 500 hacking jobs out to bid on Hacker’s List....

Hacknet – Deluxe is free to claim on the Humble Store for the next day or soReal hackingUnlock the mystery of BitFull immersionAccessible but uncompromisingKiller tunesHack your own adventures For those uninitiated, Hacknet is a video game that allows the player to perform simulated computer hacking. The core of the gameplay is to follow the instructions of a deceased hacker using “old school command prompts and real hacking processes.” The game begins with the player being automatically contacted by an email by the username “Bit”....

According to a message posted on the site, the site’s operators said that they are shutting down the website for good. “HDS-TO is permanently closed,” it read, translated from French. “Thank you for your understanding and goodbye.” Also Read- 15 Best Free Movie Download Websites HDS.to is ranked among the 30 most-visited sites in Belgium, for instance, and had a substantial user base in France, Canada, and Switzerland too. After the shutdown notice, there were rumors floating that the site was still accessible with a VPN (Virtual Private Network)....

However, now a patch is available in a script provided by a third party for those who are running applications that might be affected and do not wish to wait for a solution from the kernel team. Titled “The Linux Scheduler: a Decade of Wasted Cores,” the paper was authored by a sextet of researchers from the University of British Columbia and four other institutions. According to the paper, there are four bugs in the kernel scheduler that makes some CPU cores to stay idle even when runnable threads are waiting to be dispatched to a core....

How to guide for playing DVDs and Blu-Ray discs on Windows 10 for freeOption 1: Getting Windows 10 DVD Player for FreeOption 2: Opt For Third-Party AppsDVD DiscsBlu-ray Discs However, for those who do not wish to spend money on the DVD player, can now play DVDs for free in Windows 10 either by downloading a free version of the official Windows DVD Player application, or install a free third-party program....

Learn how you can become a top quality iOS developerWhat do iOS Developers do?Learn the fundamentals of programming first (new programmer)How to become one with or without formal educationA very good book is iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide. It assumes that you have some programming experience though. If you don’t, you should probably start with Swift Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide.Objective-C or Swift?Essential skillsCommon FrameworksThe portfolio that gets you an interview...

Wireless networking is also known as Wi-Fi or 802.11 networking as it covers the specifications laid down in IEEE 802.11. The major advantage of Wi-Fi is that it is compatible with almost every PC operating system, smartphone, gaming console, and advanced printer. Despite these advantages, sustained Wi-Fi speeds still continue to be a frustrating problem, which could be due to a lot of reasons such as a nearby interference, or the way your router is set up, or if you live in an apartment building or a separate house, then how far apart your devices are from the router, etc....

Android Beam is a quick and simple way to share content with another Android device. Unlike Apple’s AirDrop you do need to bang phones, but you get a wider compatibility of devices since the feature is built into nearly all Android phones. It will even work for files or photos that are stored in the shade, as in not physically on your device. Assuming both devices have NFC and at least the sending device has Android Lollipop or higher, it’s quite easy to do....

If you are a hacker or a pentester, you may be familiar with AnDoSid which is a popular DDoS tool to conduct network stress test. For the uninitiated, AnDoSid is Android hacking tool developed by Scott Herbert to conduct network stress test. In simple words, you can use this App to conduct stress test of your network by launching DDoS attacks from your Android smartphone. DOS or denial of service attack is a very dangerous attack because it takes down the server (computer)....