Over the last two years Apple has repeated requests by Chinese authorities to hand over its source code, said the company’s top lawyer to the U.S. lawmakers at a hearing on Tuesday. Apple has been attacked by US law enforcement officials claiming that while the company acted as a complicit and handed over information to…
The only way to protect against this vulnerability is to use apps which use end-to-end encryption such as Signal and WhatsApp. The fact that Signaling System 7, the crucial protocols which encapsulates the process phones follow for making and receiving phone calls, sending and receiving messages as well as sending and receiving data, is flawed…
Creative types will love this Virtual Reality app. The history of computing can be traced through its display milestones: from the low-res Apple IIs, the 14” VGA monitors of the 90s, the 20” monitors of the late 90s to the full HD, 1080p, LED monitors available today. The future of monitors could take an altogether…
Although VR content is currently limited its however offers the world’s first VR headset with a 360 degree sound. When Huawei launched its high-end P9 and P9 Plus smartphones in London last week, it purposely withheld a tiny surprise: the fact that it has made an equivalent to Samsung’s Gear VR, which it launched on…
Computer security researchers Martin Georgiev and Vitaly Shmatikov have found a vulnerability the way shorted URLs are generated. Computer security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in shortened URLs that could expose personal data to hackers who are motivated enough to go after it. As per Martin Georgiev and Vitaly Shmatikov, the two security researchers who…
As PepsiCo trimmed costs and demand rose in North America for its snacks, including Cheetos and Lay’s chips, the company reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit for the first quarter. There was a rise of 1 percent in the value of shares of the company on Monday Apart from a wide range of soft drinks, PepsiCo…
While ruling out a separate law for web platforms, the European Union’s digital chief wants more transparency about advertising in web search results for search engines such as Alphabet Inc’s Google and Microsoft’s Bing. The EU executive would not take a horizontal approach to regulating online services, said Andrus Ansip on Friday, the European Commission…
This could ensure that that people living with disabilities do not get left behind. As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 1 billion people across the world live their lives with disabilities. So as to make their lives a little easier, Google’s philanthropic division, Google.org has pledged $20 million to help improve their…
Samsung’s new range of 4K TV for 2016 are smart, beautiful and make installation easy. HD is gradually being overtaken by 4K, especially for big TV manufacturers this year. Vizio and LG have already announced their upcoming models, only Samsung’s latest lineup is yet to be announced. All manufacturers of 4K television sets in their…
Ending a stand-off between privacy advocates and those who consider the move crucial to fighting terrorism, the European Parliament gave final approval on Thursday to an exchange of airline passenger data between security forces in the European Union. Opposition within the European Parliament to the blanket collection of data from the PNRs has stalled for…
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