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Finally, Dark Mode on WhatsApp Web Version Dark Mode is one of the most asked features from the community, and it was rolled to many messengers. And WhatsApp is probably the last one to receive this feature, despite being a household app. Since the blue light from the screen could damage users’ eyes in the long run, Dark Mode eases this perceptiveness. Facebook pushed Dark Mode to WhatsApp a few months ago, but only to its iOS and Android clients....

However, Snapchat public profile is a gateway to getting more eyeballs from other Snapchat users. In that case, you don’t know what is Snapchat public profile and how to make a public profile on Snapchat. Then look no further other than our complete tutorial. What is Snapchat Public Profile? Snapchat public profile lets you create a separate profile to share your content with a mass Snapchat audience. Previously, it was available to only specific people....

These bugs were discovered by Binarly team – some last year and some this year – and shared with HP for patching. Though the company released patches for some models, most others are still vulnerable to risks even after a year. RCE Bugs in HP Enterprise Devices Researchers at Binarly discovered six vulnerabilities in several of the HP Enterprise devices that could put users at risk of various cyberattacks. The six vulnerabilities are found in the firmware of these HP devices – making it harder to patch for the vendor....

Intel’s Skylake Processors Are to Be Blamed Apple’s touted to be working on its silicon chips for so long. Termed as Project Kalamata, Apple’s in-house chips are planned to power its future notebooks, thus making a better ecosystem. This was formally announced by Apple in its WWDC event that happened earlier this week. And many have thought it’s due to Intel’s slow pacing in innovation is affecting Apple. While this could be true to an extent, since AMD is seen rising over Intel in recent times, an ex-employee of Intel, François Piednoël has today revealed a specific reason for Apple shifting away from Intel....

This was revealed on Twitter, to which the Indian IT minister welcomed their feat. The government of India has started investing about Rs.76,000 crores within the next five years to make India the global hub for semiconductor manufacturing and other technologies. Intel Coming to India As technology is rapidly sticking deeper into our lives, countries around the world are investing lump sum amounts to build their own technology wings, and stand competitive in the world market....

While JBS managed to recover affected systems late last week, it still decided to pay after consulting its tech experts, so as to avoid leaking their customers’ data. JBS Surrendering For Customers! Ransomware groups are on a roll since last year, as many are having successful conversions. While most of the ransomware attacks recorded since the beginning of this year are against private companies, hitting government agencies drew quick attention from everyone....

Maze Ransomware Leak Stolen Data From LG and Xerox Maze group is one of the prominent ones in ransomware space, where they follow the hit trend of stealing data before encrypting the network and extorting to leak data if the ransom is not paid. And now, it has done the same with their latest clients, LG and Xerox. Maze ransomware has breached the networks of LG and Xerox in June this year and has stolen files worth 50....

Data of 10,683,188 guests! The dataset didn’t just contain the details of regular guests, but high-profiled personalities like Jack Dorsey, Justin Bieber and many government officials of US. The leaked record contained names, email addresses, phone numbers, residential addresses and date of births. MGM upon investigation, says it’s confident that no sensitive information like bank cards, passwords were breached during the hack. While ZDNet confirmed the authenticity of leaked data, it informed MGM resorts and received a reply that the hotel is aware of that breach already!...

Argus is an Ethereum based fully transparent program, which incentivizes the anonymous reporters of piracy with bounties. Microsoft hopefully thinks of implementing this technology and bring more piracy efforts down. A New Blockchain-Based Solution Tackling online piracy is a real hassle for copyright holders. They grow in a multitude of ways and rapidly over time. While there are several ways copyright companies are trying this bring them down, it’s still hard for them to focus on everything....

Microsoft Rolls Out Windows 10 version 2004 Automatically to Old Devices Microsoft has been pushing its users to update for latest Windows OS as a best practice. While the ultimate decision was left to users to till now, the maker is now stepping up its game to persuade in a new way. In the updated status of Windows 10 version 2004, Microsoft revealed to be starting a new phase of their software rollout....

There are nearly two dozen pirate sites mentioned in their subpoena requests, with few of them having tens of millions of visitors per month. Surfacing the identifications of those sites operators’ can cut piracy being flown in the community, hopes MPA. Demanding Details of Pirates Times changed when pirate site operators were easily caught due to lack of masking. With the CDNs like Cloudflare now, pirate site operators are hiding their malicious services well in dark and making it hard for copyright holders....

Netflix users in all the regions can now search as ‘spatial audio’ to find supported movies and TV shows, and watch them with spatial sound experience – provided that they have a two-way surround sound system built into the device already. Spatial Sound For Netflix Shows While 3D audio is generally popular when compared to regular sound effects, it picked up more crowd last year when Apple announced spatial sound support for its iPhones and AirPods....

OxygenOS 11 Beta 4 Released Though the bloatware is disliked by most of the Android community, OnePlus’s OxygenOS isn’t. It’s crafted to look more like Android’s pure OS but with even more features. And now, its developers have come up with a new beta version of OxygenOS 11 based on Android 11 for its OnePlus handsets. This update includes bug fixes in OTA upgrade restarting, the disabled “save” feature of the screenshot, the all-black issue with a status bar in dark mode, and crash/reboot issues in some settings....

Interested users can enroll in the Android Beta program and receive the update or flash their device with the Android 13 system image. Whatever you do, it’s recommended to back up your sensitive data before updating the device. Android 13 Beta Update For Pixel 6a The stripped-down variant in the Pixel 6 series – Pixel 6a, was launched less than a week ago. But this didn’t stop the OEM from passing the phone with new updates, making it a special Android device....

A virus-based game? Plague Inc. is an infection simulation game, that lets players to create a pathogen and spread it across the world. While this seems terrifying, it’s done virtually and with strategies. The game’s intention is to make users create a powerful pathogen and plan this dissemination to win against others. Suspicious removal The maker boasts to educate the public about the health affecting diseases and by means of their creation and spreading....

This comes after Cloudflare failed to act as desired by the above copyright holders, who filed DMCA requests earlier. Together, these four Manga houses are now demanding a sum of 400 million yen in compensation damages from Cloudflare. Lawsuit Against Cloudflare Cloudflare, one of the largest CDNs today serving millions of sites is in copyright turmoil almost every day. The platform is targeted constantly with DMCA notices and lawsuits from copyright holders, who allege the company of serving pirate sites through its secure CDN network....

4G Snapdragon Chips for Huawei Phones US government adding Huawei to the Entity List seems more flexible, as it slowly allows companies to transact with Huawei anyway. We’ve seen this in AMD and Intel cases, as they were earlier allowed to supply chips for Huawei’s laptops. And now, it allows Qualcomm to aid its smartphone business. In the latest story by Reuters, a Qualcomm spokeswoman has confirmed that they have obtained a US government license to supply 4G chips and other products to Huawei....

This is through applying advisory labels on podcasts that contain discussions on COVID-19. Also, Spotify has created an information hub of COVID-19, where users will be directed for learning the facts before making any judgments. These features will be rolling out in the coming days, as we haven’t seen labels being applied on controversial podcasts as of now. Spotify Advisory Labels Following the suite of Facebook, Spotify is now preparing to lay labels on top of the content that may contain misinformation about COVID-19....

No User Data has been Breached in this Hacker’s Attack, Stack Overflow Mary Ferguson, the Engineering VP of Stack Overflow has published a note confirming that the company site was breached and added that they didn’t find any evidence about it hackers getting access for customers account or details. Ferguson said that the attack happened on a weekend and confirmed that the hackers gained production access on 11th of May. The company didn’t reveal the details about the hack clearly....

iOS New Features = Android Old Features Wind Down Mode Starting with the assistant, Wind Down Mode in iOS 14 is available in Google’s Android for years, on the name Routines. This will let users set a time to wake up and sleep, thus making arrangements to lead wake/sleep smoothly. Functions here like playing soothing music and tuning into Do Not Disturb Mode are automatically scheduled as per timings set....