Microsoft Edge Finally Breaches The 11 Market Share

According to third-party market share data published by Statcounter for the month of November 2022, Microsoft’s Chromium-powered Edge market share increased by 0.31 points, reaching an 11.17%, which was at approximately 9.52% (+1.65 year-over-year increase) last year. For those unaware, according to the October 2022 report by Statcounter, Microsoft Edge had a 10.85% share in the market. Microsoft Edge continues to remain the second most popular desktop browser behind the dominant Google Chrome, which maintains its top-spot position with a massive 66....

October 27, 2022 · 1 min · 173 words · Ada Ware

Motorcycle Engine Vibrations Can Impact Iphone Cameras Apple Says

According to Apple, exposing your iPhone to high amplitude vibrations within certain frequency ranges generated by high-power motorcycle engines can hamper the OIS (optical image stabilization) and closed-loop AF (auto-focus) systems on the iPhone camera. “The advanced camera systems in some iPhone models include technology like optical image stabilization and closed-loop autofocus to help you capture great photos even in difficult conditions. These systems work to automatically counteract movement, vibrations, and the effects of gravity to let you focus on taking a great shot,” the company said in its support post....

October 27, 2022 · 2 min · 384 words · Ronald Yates

Popular French Torrent Site Yggtorrent Changes Domain Name Yet Again

In February this year, YggTorrent had lost control over its main domain name, YggTorrent.ws, after it was suspended by its domain registrar, Tucows. The domain name ‘YggTorrent.ws’ was “suddenly disabled” by its domain registrar without warning or providing an additional explanation, leaving the ominous ‘serverHold’ status behind. For those unaware, YggTorrent.ws, which receives more than a million visitors per month, was ranked France’s 38th most visited website, according to the statistics by Alexa....

October 27, 2022 · 3 min · 455 words · Kurt Morrison

Russia S Central Bank Proposes Ban On Use Mining Of Cryptocurrencies Techworm

Elizaveta Danilova, the Director of the Bank of Russia’s Financial Stability Department, on Thursday presented the report, “Cryptocurrencies: trends, risks, measures,” during an online news press conference and discussed the study on the ban of cryptocurrencies. “The use of cryptocurrencies creates significant threats to the well-being of Russian citizens and the stability of the financial system,” the report said. Russia became the world’s third-largest player in bitcoin mining, behind the United States and Kazakhstan, according to Cambridge University data released in October....

October 27, 2022 · 2 min · 296 words · Cynthia Kulesa

Startup Founders Says A Google Mistake Destroyed His Business Techworm

There is a saying that whatever lord giveth lord taketh away. In the online world what Google gives, only it can take away. This was found the hard way by Matt Haughey whose fledging website was taken down by a wrong penalty by Google search. Startup founder Haughey had created a community blog called MetaFilter in the late 90s which was going great guns when the Google penalty hit it hard and it was unable to survive the same in 2012....

October 27, 2022 · 2 min · 352 words · Marilyn Gomez

Steam Apple Icloud And Minecraft Vulnerable To Zero Day Exploit

The vulnerability, dubbed “Log4Shell” by cybersecurity researchers at LunaSec and credited to Chen Zhaojun of Alibaba, exploits results in Remote Code Execution (RCE) by logging a certain string, which allows attackers to gain uncontrolled access to computer systems and import malware putting millions of devices completely at risk. The 0-day was tweeted on December 9 along with a proof-of-concept (POC) posted on GitHub. According to the researchers, given how ubiquitous this library is, the impact of the exploit (full server control), and how easy it is to exploit, the impact of this vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) is “quite severe”....

October 27, 2022 · 2 min · 302 words · Angela Mitchell

The Pirate Bay Proxy List 2022 Updated Unblocked Mirrors

Don’t worry anymore, as in this article we have shared some of the best Pirate Bay Alternatives and TPB Proxy and Mirror Websites that are working. The first word that probably strikes our mind when we talk about Torrent Sites is The Pirate Bay. This immensely popular BitTorrent website uses peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing technology and has stood the test of time and is by far one of the most reliable torrenting websites....

October 27, 2022 · 6 min · 1208 words · Kimberly Steele

Twitter Ceo Elon Musk Warns Of Bankruptcy As Executives Quit

Be it the Twitter Blue subscription or laying off roughly 50% of employees or the new grey official badge for high-profile accounts, the microblogging platform has been in the news ever since. Now, according to a report from Platformer, Twitter’s new owner and CEO, Musk in an all-hands meeting on Thursday with all employees at Twitter revealed that there is a possibility that the social media platform could go bankrupt....

October 27, 2022 · 4 min · 660 words · Alexander Logan

Uber Suffers Computer System Breach Notifies Authorities

After the report was published, the breach was confirmed by Uber too in a tweet and said it was “responding to a cybersecurity incident.” The company has instructed its employees not to use the workplace messaging app Slack, said the report, citing two people familiar with the matter. Due to the data breach incident, other internal systems were inaccessible too. Apparently, a hacker had compromised an employee’s workplace messaging Slack app....

October 27, 2022 · 2 min · 252 words · Beverly Highshaw

Whatsapp Is Testing Out Feature For Document Sharing Eta

One of the latest features that are coming on WhatsApp gives a visual cue on the document download sharing ETA on the messaging app. WhatsApp is testing out document sharing ETA WhatsApp continuously ups its game in terms of features updates. The recently spotted feature on WhatsApp Android beta client v2.22.8.11 gives a peek into an upcoming feature that shows ETA on downloading any documents shared. WhatsApp is testing out document sharing ETAWhatsApp is expanding with a series of upcoming features...

October 27, 2022 · 2 min · 286 words · Michael Stough

Whatsapp Will Allow To Pause And Resume In Recording Voice Notes Techworm

According to a new report by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp has added the new pause/resume button on the voice recording bar in place of the stop button on Android devices. This new pause button will be visible to the users when they swipe up after pressing the record button. The same button will be used to unpause and resume the recording. The new pause and resume voice recording feature is particularly helpful where there is a disturbance or interruption in between in case of long recordings....

October 27, 2022 · 1 min · 194 words · Stephen Todd

Winamp S New Version Is Here After Four Years In Development

For those unversed, Winamp is a media player for Microsoft Windows, originally developed by Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev by their company Nullsoft. Version 1 of Winamp was released in 1997 and quickly grew popular with over 3 million downloads. It was later acquired by AOL in 1999 and then by Radionomy in 2014. Winamp is best known for its simple user interface, features music visualization, playlist, and a media library, and supports extensibility with plug-ins and retro skins....

October 27, 2022 · 3 min · 492 words · Norma Tsang

220 000 Icloud Accounts Leaked Due To Backdoor In Jailbroken Iphones

It seems that at least 220,000 iCloud accounts have been hacked due to a backdoor implemented in jailbroken iPhones and iPads. These backdoors are implemented only on jailbroken Apple devices through some shady tweaks that users installed. Chinese website, WooYun has reported that iCloud account details, including email addresses and passwords of nearly 220,000 iCloud users who also use jailbroken iPhones or iPads been breached. The iCloud hack was also reported by redditor, mahmoodma and on Chinese microblogging website, Weibo....

October 26, 2022 · 2 min · 297 words · Michelle Davis

5 Things You Must Know Before Developing Your Mobile App

Developing a mobile app is not an overnight task. In fact, it’s a lengthy process that requires great expertise in technology. Before developing your app manually, be sure to have the skills required in programming languages and software design. The IT industry is advancing rapidly with mobile applications becoming more popular, and users are becoming phone addicts. The world is increasingly coming under the influence of mobile devices, and if you’re coming up with unique app ideas, then you need to know what’s involved in getting your app created....

October 26, 2022 · 8 min · 1520 words · Tiana Kearsley

All Star Tower Defense Codes Free Gems Gold December 2022

We have curated a full list of All Star Tower Defense Codes for you. With those All Star redeem codes, you can easily earn a lot of free in-game items as we mentioned before. Don’t stop here! A lot of ASTD codes are waiting for you as you start scrolling the article. All Star Tower Defense is a Roblox-based game developed by Top Down Games. ASTD is a tower defense type game with animated characters....

October 26, 2022 · 4 min · 705 words · John Hansen

Apple App Store Icloud And Other Services Resume After Suffering Outage

According to Apple’s “System Status” page, the services and apps affected by the outage, included the App Store, iCloud, Apple Business Manager, Apple Maps, Apple Music, Apple School Manager, Apple Care on Device, Apple TV+, Podcasts, iTunes, and more. The company’s page had various messages that a number of their services were experiencing problems and that service for its customers might be slow or entirely unavailable. However, the company added that it was investigating the cause....

October 26, 2022 · 2 min · 227 words · Kevin Ceballos

Apple Offering Free Battery Replacement For 2016 2017 Macbook Pro That Won T Charge Past 1

According to a new support article published on Apple’s website, a very small number of customers with 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro computers have experienced an issue with the battery not charging past 1%. The company announced that it will reportedly replace the batteries of such affected MacBook Pro units for free. The battery health status on these devices will also indicate “Service Recommended” within the battery menu when users will be running the said macOS Big Sur 11....

October 26, 2022 · 2 min · 297 words · Thelma Pulley

Apple Sued By Women For Airtags Stalking

A class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California that accuses Apple of failing to implement safeguards to prevent the misuse of Airtags. Ideally, Airtags are meant to track objects like bags and purses. In the past, Apple claimed that AirTags contain several measures to prevent unwanted tracking. For instance, AirTags make a beeping noise when they are separated from an owner for a particular amount of time....

October 26, 2022 · 2 min · 312 words · John Britt

Elon Musk S Tesla Sold 75 Of Its Bitcoin Holdings In The Second Quarter

“As of the end of Q2, we have converted approximately 75% of our Bitcoin purchases into fiat currency. Conversions in Q2 added $936M of cash to our balance sheet,” the company said in its earnings release. Tesla has listed this sum under “proceeds from sales of digital assets” in its second-quarter earnings results. The company said in a shareholder presentation that its year-over-year operating income was mainly affected by several items, including “Bitcoin impairment”, which had a negative impact on its profitability during the second quarter, when it posted $2....

October 26, 2022 · 2 min · 419 words · Martin Sykes

How Can A Vpn Service Help You Stay Safe Online Techworm

To think that you’re safe online these days is an illusion. Multiple entities are trying their best to get as much information out of an online user as they possibly can. Staying safe online from all these prying eyes is just isn’t possible anymore. However, all hope is not lost as VPNs have been brought to life and they allow you to keep prying eyes away from yourself while you’re surfing the web....

October 26, 2022 · 3 min · 457 words · Michael White