Amazon Announces Astro A Home Robot For Home Monitoring With Alexa

It brings together new advancements in artificial intelligence, computer vision, sensor technology, and voice and edge computing in a package that’s designed to be helpful and convenient. A few of the ways that Astro can be used around the house is to check in on your home when you are away. For instance, Astro can move autonomously around your home, navigate to check in on specific areas, show you a live view of rooms through the Astro app, or even send alerts if it detects an unrecognized person....

December 4, 2022 · 2 min · 286 words · Melissa Morrison

Amazon Software Hit By A Glitch Causing The Prices To Be Set As Low As 1Pence

Buyers buoyant — Brudenell (@brudenell) December 12, 2014 https://twitter.com/QuirkyJez/status/543478706090827776 Sellers suffer heavy losses While this brought big cheers among buyers and frantic buying on select counters, the buyers faced devastation due to the quirky software glitch, especially the small traders. Many others weren’t so lucky. The official statements from the companies involved were as follows:

December 4, 2022 · 1 min · 55 words · Mildred Williams

Amd To Release Two New Entry Level Graphics Cards For Gaming Techworm

The Radeon RX 460 is AMD’s entry-level graphics card for e-sports gamers. Using a Polaris 11 GPU, the RX 460 is capable of playing popular e-sports titles like Rocket League, Dota 2 and Overwatch at 90+ FPS on high quality settings at 1080p. It reaches up to 2.2 teraflops, and has a memory bandwidth of up to 112 Gbps, and either two or 4GB of GDDR5 RAM. The graphics card comes with HDMI 2....

December 4, 2022 · 2 min · 251 words · Carrie Cuen

An Unknown Binary Thief Is Stealing 0S And 1S From Philadelphia Suburb Techworm

Neighbours cannot figure out why these thieves are targeting very specific numbers from the nameplates outside of their homes. The crime is not limited to just one house as many houses in the area have reported that their nameplates are missing 0s and 1s. Though not much is known about the Binary Bandit, a security camera caught one of these brazen thefts in action and they’re hoping it will help police catch the culprit....

December 4, 2022 · 1 min · 165 words · Harold Truesdell

Android Beats Windows To Become The Most Popular Os Platform Globally For The 1St Time In History Techworm

Thanks to the growth of smartphones to access the internet, a decline of traditional desktop and laptop sales and the influence of Asia on the global market, that helped Android top as the global end-user operating system in March 2017. However, Android has not beaten Windows by much. According to the report, Android topped the list with 37.93% market share, which puts it marginally ahead of Windows (37.91%) for the first time....

December 4, 2022 · 2 min · 294 words · Arthur Dickerson

Android Security Flaw Lets Hackers Spy On You Using Your Phones Camera

The bug, dubbed CVE-2019-2234 was discovered by the Checkmarx Security Research Team, is said to be linked to permission bypass issues. In Android, whenever third-party apps are installed, Google makes the apps request permission to access the phone’s photos, videos, microphone as well as the default camera app. However, the flaw allowed unauthorized apps to record videos, take pictures, record audio, and log GPS locations by simply asking for permission to access a device’s storage....

December 4, 2022 · 3 min · 517 words · Kathleen Shurts

Android Vs Iphone Which Is More Secure Techworm

Many users swear by iPhones with regards to security and privacy. Not that they are alone, many security experts will vouch for Apple’s devices saying that they more secure and reliable in the context of data protection and spying evasion than the Android or Windows operating systems. In fact, it is being stated that out of the three main operating systems, it the Apple’s iPhone that is highly reliable due to the much talked about “Erase Data” feature....

December 4, 2022 · 4 min · 723 words · Stephanie Pender

Anonymous Asks Users To Delete Facebook And Instagram Accounts

Lately, Twitter has been a bit strict against the tweets sent out by Donald Trump. On the other hand, Facebook has been a bit supportive. In this article, we have shared information about the conflicts of Donald Trump with Twitter coupled with instructions given by Anonymous to stop using platforms that are a bit biased towards, or compromised by the United States Government. Donald Trump Vs Twitter: What’s The Issue Social media company Twitter censored some of the tweets sent out by the official Twitter account of Donald Trump....

December 4, 2022 · 4 min · 647 words · Michael Perez

Anti Narendra Modi Website Hacked And Defaced By Narendra Modi Supporter Techworm

Along with the photograph of Narendra modi, the deface page was also showing a message: https://feku.me/ https://www.fekuonsale.com/ https://www.thekalyugtimes.com/ https://www.fekuexpress.com/ https://www.fekuneeds.com/ The first 3 website is still showing the deface page, whereas the last two have been restored now.

December 4, 2022 · 1 min · 38 words · Dawn Andino

Apple Apologises On Their Racial Behavior For Throwing Black Teens Out From Apple Store

Apple apologises for black teen thrown out of an Apple shop in Melbourne “because they might steal something”Apple CEO, Tim Cook Calls Racial Profiling Against Blacks In Apple Store ‘Unacceptable’ The youths allege that due to the color of their skin they were asked to leave from the store in Melbourne’s Highpoint Shopping Centre. The teens were born in Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, Eritrea and Egypt and now had emigrated to Australia as children....

December 4, 2022 · 3 min · 596 words · Cecil Holliday

Apple Iphone 6S Is Nearly Indestructible Shows New Leaked Bendgate Test Video

According to Lewis Hilsenteger of Unbox Therapy, who states that he has managed to get his hands on the rear protective cover of the next iPhone says that the durable material that was used in the Apple Watch Sport would used in the next iPhone as well. This would mean that the iPhone 6S would have sturdier frame in comparison to the iPhone 6 and there would be no bending issues that some iPhone 6 users had to experience....

December 4, 2022 · 2 min · 420 words · Shawn Blanchard

Apple Issues Security Fix For Its Icloud Users Amidst Reports Of Mitm Hacking In China

Attack in Action (MitM) The hacking attack used is said to be MitM or The man-in-the-middle attack is a form of active eavesdropping in which the attacker makes independent connections with the victims and relays messages between them, making them believe that they are talking directly to each other over a private connection, when in fact the entire conversation is controlled by the attacker, leading the victim to provide login credentials and other important data to the attackers....

December 4, 2022 · 3 min · 444 words · Eunice Perkins

Apple Macos Camera Mic At Risk Warns Researcher Techworm

Malware with this skill has to be able to detect a user-initiated webcam session, start its own recording, and end it as soon as the legitimate session is over, so that the camera and the hardware-based LED indicator can switch off. Every MacBook that Apple has shipped for more than a decade has come equipped with a built-in camera and microphone. There is an LED light on a MacBook that indicates when the device’s camera is active....

December 4, 2022 · 4 min · 717 words · Tommie Weil

Apple Selects Enlight As The Best App And Lara Croft Go As The Best Game On Iphone For 2015 Techworm

According to the list Enlight has emerged as the best App and Lara Croft GO as the best game in 2015. Apple called Enlight for iPhone “the best all-in-one photo editor [providing] powerful tools that are easy to use,” and said Lara Croft GO “floored us with its beauty and clever design.” Enlight is developed by Israeli developer Lightricks and was designed to take on Adobe. while Japanese developer Square Enix developed Lara Croft GO....

December 4, 2022 · 2 min · 223 words · Christine Walters

Apple Teams Up With Lg To Develop A Foldable Iphone Techworm

According to a Korea media outlet, Apple is collaborating with OLED maker LG Display, a display solutions arm of LG, to release an iPhone with a foldable OLED display in the near future. For this development, Apple will take help from LG Innotek, a sister company of LG, who has been tasked with developing rigid-flexible printed circuit board to work in tandem with the screen. The foldable OLED iPhone screen production could reportedly start in 2020, when the LG Display’s new production plant in Paju, South Korea, dubbed as E6 will be finished being built, report unnamed sources....

December 4, 2022 · 2 min · 264 words · Stephen Snoddy

Apple Watch Hack Developer Runs A Full Web Browser On His Apple Watch

— comex (@comex) May 10, 2015 In the video Comex shows the Google’s homepage displayed on his Apple Watch. It is worthwhile to remember that Apple watch does not feature Apple Safari. 9to5Mac reports that though this hack is simply impractical it lays a foundation for jailbreaking the Apple Watch. Comex does not promise that Apple Watch jailbreak will come any time soon neither has he leaked the details of the hack public....

December 4, 2022 · 1 min · 96 words · Linda Roghair

Applock Bringing Fingerprint Security To Android Apps Techworm

Basically, we use authentication method like a password or pincode to lock the apps. While there are some apps that provide extra extra coating of security, but what happens in case the app you use doesn’t have security. Enter AppLock -Fingerprint-, which gives you access to those apps by using the fingerprint scanner. This app will lock and secure your apps that only you can unlock using your fingerprint. All you need to do is enable AppLock and this would prevent people from opening your messenger apps like WhatsApp, Hangouts, LINE, Skype, etc....

December 4, 2022 · 2 min · 216 words · Angela Kropf

Asus Unveils What Seems To Be The World S Most Unattractive Gaming Keyboard Techworm

At least the perk of owning a mechanical gaming keyboard is that it possesses a much longer life span compared to a regular keyboard that features membrane keys. ASUS has named the keyboard Horus GK2000 and while it might not have that attractive look to it, it does boast an aggressive design and has been forged with 3mm aluminium sheets. GK2000 also sports a topcoat finish and an anodized keyboard plate with a brushed finish....

December 4, 2022 · 2 min · 295 words · Robin Kulikowski

Battery Invented By Accident Has The Ability To Last For 400 Years Techworm

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have accidentally made a battery that can last up to 200,000 cycles of recharging and can last up to 400 times longer. This discovery could bring us closer to batteries that can be charged thousands of times, without the need for any replacement. The original idea of the research was to create a solid-state battery by replacing the common liquid in the lithium batteries with a much thicker electrolyte gel, according to their study published in the journal ACS Energy Letters....

December 4, 2022 · 3 min · 585 words · Brittany Westlie

British Inventor Builds A Real Life Flying Iron Man Suit Techworm

British Entrepreneur Richard Browning, a former Royal Marine Reserve and the company he founded, Gravity, have designed, built, tested and now filed a patent for a piece of human propulsion technology that has been created using six miniature jet engines and a specially designed exoskeleton. Known as Daedalus, the suit has been developed over the last year and uses four miniaturised arm-mounted gas turbine engines and two hip-mounted versions to enable the wearer to effectively take off from the ground....

December 4, 2022 · 3 min · 506 words · Bonnie Holley