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Hactivist collective Anonymous, Antisec division, declared a cyber-war against Hong Kong for the treatment of protestors there. The group has already defaced several Hong Kong-based websites, and that dozens more would be affected over the next few days. This added tension comes amidst massive protests in Hong Kong, where citizens has amassed in the thousands to fight for democracy. While Anonymous’s actions are pro-democracy, they may renew fears of cyberwar between the United States and China....

In a letter posted on Twitter, Poly Network said hackers have stolen thousands of digital tokens such as Ether. “Law enforcement in any country will regard this as a major economic crime and you will be pursued. It is very unwise for you to do any further transactions,” Poly Network said in the tweeted letter to the thieves. “The amount of money you hacked is the biggest one in the defi history....

Bidding adieu to her 14 years of journey in the organization, Sandberg said that she will officially leave the company this fall but continue to remain on the company’s board of directors and focus on her foundation and philanthropic work. She will also work with Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg to transition out of the role before her departure. Sandberg, who joined Meta in 2008 as Meta’s CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg’s second-ranking executive, has helped Facebook transform from a start-up to the most dominant and multibillion-dollar social media juggernaut it is today with nearly 3 billion users around the world....

It seems that the entry-level models, iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus didn’t really impress Steve Jobs’ Daughter. Eve Jobs, daughter of Steve and Laurene Powell Jobs reacted to the launch of the iPhone 14 by sharing a popular meme. Eve clearly thinks that people upgrading from iPhone 13 to iPhone 14 are getting no major upgrades. And she’s absolutely correct. In addition to having exact same design ergonomics, the iPhone 14 also features almost similar display size, refresh rate, storage, and cameras as the ones found on iPhone 13....

Well, Palmer Luckey, the father of modern virtual reality (VR), a defense contractor, and founder of Oculus, has actually developed a prototype of the first-ever killer VR headset that will literally kill the user if they die in the game they are playing. Luckey, who sold Oculus for $2 billion to Facebook in 2014, presented the idea of the headset in a blog post on November 6, 2022, to commemorate the anime and light novel Japanese series, Sword Art Online (SAO)....

According to a recent report published by the cybersecurity firm SophosLabs, the malware dubbed as “vigilante” instead of stealing passwords or extorting a computer’s owner for ransom prevents victims from accessing pirated software platforms. “This malware blocks infected users’ computers from being able to visit a large number of websites dedicated to software piracy by modifying the HOSTS file on the infected system,” explains SophosLabs Principal Researcher Andrew Brandt in the report....

“WhatsApp is finally working on multi-device 2.0, and you can use iPad as a newly paired device. Android tablets are also planned to support multi-device on WhatsApp for Android!,” WABetaInfo reported on Twitter. “It’s under development and it will be released in a future update. Follow me to discover more.” It’s under development and it will be released in a future update. Follow me to discover more ? pic.twitter.com/rND4xQfBDj — WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) August 20, 2021 Last month, the Facebook-owned messaging platform had announced the roll-out of multi-device support capability to beta testers of WhatsApp with support to up to four non-phone devices and one smartphone....

“If you’re a member or want to become a member, simply go to xbox.com/play on Microsoft Edge, Chrome, or Safari on your PC or mobile device to start playing hundreds of games from the Xbox Game Pass library,” Catherine Gluckstein, Vice President & Head of Product, Xbox Cloud Gaming wrote in a blog post. “With billions of active Windows 10 PCs, iOS devices and Android phones, we want you to have new opportunities to play the deepest, most immersive games whenever and wherever you choose....

However, the video streaming platform is often viewed as a key source for spreading misinformation and potentially harmful content. While YouTube has been addressing the issue of misinformation and bad content on its platform based on its 4Rs of Responsibility principles, the company on Thursday also announced in a blog post its new three-tiered approach to tackle key misinformation challenges on the platform. The first approach is to catch new misinformation before it goes viral....

As first reported by The Verge, this new tier called ‘YouTube Premium Lite’ will remove advertisements for viewers but will not include any of YouTube Premium’s other features such as ad-free YouTube Music listening, offline downloads, and background playback. “In Nordics and Benelux (except for Iceland), we’re testing a new offering to give users even more choice: Premium Lite costs €6.99/month (or local equivalent per month) and it includes ad-free videos on YouTube,” a YouTube spokesperson told The Verge confirming the development....

It has become a trend among developers to embrace the microservice architecture to avoid or minimize issues. Following the modular architecture style of development, the breaking of large software into independent but loosely coupled parts results in the agile and dynamic execution of highly-defined and discrete tasks. It also significantly improves API management. Not everything about microservices is an advantage, though. While it can help address various issues, it is also responsible for the emergence of new ones....

Anonymous announced the hack on Twitter by sharing the screenshot of the administrator-level access of Bank Melli Iran. At the time of writing, this article the official website of Bank Melli Iran is unreachable. — Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) September 26, 2022 Anonymous has launched the OpIran campaign against Teheran following the ongoing crackdown on dissent after Mahsa Amini’s death. — Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) September 24, 2022 Mahsa Amini 22-year-old woman died in police custody in Tehran, Iran....

For those unaware, Taiwanese company Foxconn, or Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., is Apple’s largest supplier that employs about 200,000 people, and manufactures roughly 70% of the total iPhones sold globally. The incident, which was first reported by Bloomberg, took place in the Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, China, which is the main plant that manufactures iPhones. In videos sent by eyewitnesses to Bloomberg, hundreds of workers at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant can be seen leaving their dormitories and crowding the grounds to clash with the security guards wearing white hazmat suits....

One of the most common problems found in the regular and OLED Nintendo Switch is excessive battery drain. In response to users complaining about rapidly draining batteries, Nintendo has asked users to perform a deep-drain and recharge cycle on the batteries. Lately, OLED Nintendo Switch owners have been complaining about the draining of batteries overnight when the console is supposed to be in sleep mode. Clearly, Nintendo is not sure what the actual problem is and has decided to go with the generic solutions for the time being....

The change is expected at the upcoming annual conference of the company happening on 28th of October, 2021. Last weekend, Facebook posted about creating 10,000 new jobs at Facebook spanning across the technology metaverse. A larger empire consisting of tech products such as WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and some VR projects under the control of a single parent company. The move is stated as inspired by Google, which created Alphabet in 2012 to manage an extensive line of their technology business and its products....

The content of the ‘Feeds’ tab will display the latest posts from Friends, Family, Groups, and Pages that the users follow in chronological order. It will not have Suggested For You posts in Feeds and ads are included. “One of the most requested features for Facebook is to make sure people don’t miss friends’ posts. So today we’re launching a Feeds tab where you can see posts from your friends, groups, Pages and more separately in chronological order,” Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, wrote in a Facebook post....

Though Windows 11 will officially become available to the general public in 2021, many enthusiasts are using alternative methods to get Windows 11 on their devices and getting malware instead. According to a report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, these fake Windows 11 installers that guarantee users to bypass Microsoft’s Insider testing ring contain malware and adware. “Although Microsoft has made the process of downloading and installing Windows 11 from its official website fairly straightforward, many still visit other sources to download the software, which often contains unadvertised goodies from cybercriminals (and isn’t necessarily Windows 11 at all),” Anton Ivanov, vice president of threat research at Kaspersky, stated in a blog post....

GoDaddy is the world’s largest domain name registrar and web hosting giant that provides services to an estimated 20 million customers around the world. In a document filed to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, GoDaddy said that the website hosting company discovered an “unauthorized third-party” access to their Managed WordPress hosting environment on November 17, 2021. The data breach has resulted in the exposure of email address and customer number of up to 1....

Dubbed as Project Starline, this technology project combines advances in hardware and software to enable friends, families, and co-workers to feel together, even when they are cities (or countries) apart. “Imagine looking through a sort of magic window, and through that window, you see another person, life-size and in three dimensions. You can talk naturally, gesture and make eye contact,” Clay Bavor, VP Google wrote in a blog post. To make this experience possible, Google is applying research in computer vision, machine learning, spatial audio, and real-time compression....

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....