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Dubbed as “Midnight Patrol”, this is a time-sensitive facial recognition system that bans kids under the age of 18 masquerading as adults from getting around a government rule on underage avid gamers in China. For those unaware, in November 2019, China’s General Administration of Press and Publication had released a new set of six guidelines, referred to as the “Notice on Preventing Minors from Indulging in Online Games,” as part of their move to curb video game addiction among youths....

This news comes just after Tesla had formally announced in late March that it had started accepting Bitcoin as a payment method along with the traditional card payment options for its vehicles. Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and founder, in a statement shared on Twitter on Wednesday, said that the company would no longer accept Bitcoin for the purchase of Tesla cars citing concerns over the increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining....

The concept spotted by Neowin has been reimagined by a Reddit user Alur2020 who has enhanced Windows File Explorer to increase productivity as well as provide a new and sleek look. For those unaware, Windows File Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95. The Reddit user shared his #FluentDesign File Explorer concept in two images. Let’s have a look below:...

Microsoft itself has now given up on Windows 8 and 8.1 and is pushing out its latest OS, Windows 10 which hopes will rework the magic of Windows XP. Lets see the numbers as per NetMarketShare: The reports indicate that last year Windows 8 and 8.1 combined showed 11.3%, Windows 7 showed 48.8% whereas market share of Windows XP showed 27.5%. Now lets check the market shares this year: Windows 8 and 8....

TikTok will soon have Snapchat Stories-like feature According to TikTok, the Snapchat-like stories feature on the platform is now expanding in terms of pilot testing with more users joining in. TikTok will soon have Snapchat Stories-like featureThe pilot feature in the works You can add a video or a photo to your stories on TikTok similar to how you would upload a TikTok video, however, it will be ephemeral meaning it will vanish after 24 hours....

The announcement from Musk comes after the failure of the paid blue verification check system. Under the new system, Musk tweeted that companies will get a gold checkmark, and accounts of government officials will get a grey checkmark, which is somewhat similar to the “official” checkmark that the site is currently trying out with some prominent accounts. He further added that all verified accounts (subscribers who have already paid for the service) will be first “manually authenticated” by the company staff before the check activates....

Although the offer ended in 2016, it appears that you can still avail the free update program if you meet the requirements. However, according to Windows Latest’s testing, users with a genuine spare license of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 can still a free upgrade to Windows 10 and get a digital license for free. Apparently, the whole “free upgrade offer” for a year was complete marketing fluff alleged a self pro-claimed Microsoft engineer on Reddit....

You came to the right place because here, in this article, we are providing you with the 10 Best DNS Servers for Gaming. The in-game ping while playing an online game is depended on the distance to your server’s location. However, DNS servers can impact gaming in terms of upload and download speeds, which directly relates to your game performance. But before moving further we must be familiar with what DNS servers are...

In this article, we will help you to find out the 10 Best Free Music Download Apps For Android where you can listen to music online and even download them on your phone. Smartphones have completely changed the way we listen and organize our music. People rely on subscription-based services like Spotify and Apple music for enjoying music. Well, if vital music streaming services are not available in your region or you don’t want to pay for your music, then these free music downloading apps might help you....

Music is one of the most important sources of entertainment in everyone’s life. That said, the preference of music varies from person to person. Torrents are not only used for downloading movies, games, ebooks, and software but music and songs too. Well, if you are one of the billions of music enthusiasts and prefer downloading music from torrent sites then this article will definitely help you. In this article, we will list some of the best music torrent sites to download songs for free....

An employee of Russian blogging platform Habrahabr recently discovered that the ATMs operated by the state-owned bank Sberbank running Windows XP has inherent security vulnerabilities that can be easily exploited by hackers. According to the user, a full screen lock that prevents access to various components of an ATM operating system could be bypassed by turning on the Sticky Keys when special keys like SHIFT, CTRL, ALT, and WINDOWS were pressed 5 times....

Now, a similar MoviePass like movie subscription service, dubbed cPass, is set to be launched in the UK and Europe. This service will allow users to pre-register for an all-new service that will allow them to see one movie in the participating theatre each day for a flat subscription rate of £9.95 a month. In other words, depending on the month, a cPass subscriber can visit the theatres either 30 or 31 days in a row, and pay only a total of $9....

For those unaware, the iOS 14.5 update comes with a new privacy feature called App Tracking Transparency (ATT), which was released to the public on April 26th. The ATT feature requires apps to get user’s permission before sharing their activity and data with websites and apps owned by other companies. In other words, this feature gives users a little more control over whether or not they want an app to be able to track them....

Discovered by security researchers at Dr. Web, these stealer trojans were found using a special mechanism to trick users into disclosing their Facebook login details by offering them photo editing and app lock features as well as disable in-app advertisements. The nine Android malicious apps were Processing Photo, App Lock Keep, Rubbish Cleaner, Horoscope Daily, Horoscope Pi, App Lock Manager, Lockit Master, Inwell Fitness, and PIP Photo, which approximately had 5....

There are some quick and easy methods to view or open a DMG file on Windows through freeware applications. Along with that, users can also convert DMG to ISO files in a matter of seconds. Treat them like just another compressed zip file and blur the lines of platform-specific limitations. Let us start with 7zip to extract files from DMG. Afterward, we move to other applications designed specifically for the purpose....

This vulnerable firmware update driver has been released on hundreds of millions of Dell Windows PCs around the world since 2009. The multiple local privilege-escalation (LPE) bugs exist in Dell’s dbutil_2_3.sys driver, which comes pre-installed on most Dell machines running Windows. The firmware update driver component is responsible for Dell Firmware Updates via the Dell Bios Utility. The five high severity vulnerabilities in Dell software could allow attackers to escalate privileges from a non-administrator user to kernel mode privileges....

Earlier, users were required to purchase the VPN Unlimited suite to use the DNS Firewall feature. Now you can download DNS Firewall directly without needing any other package. As DNS phishing and DNS-based malware have become more popular, the private data of a user (login credentials, credit card information, identity information) is at more risk than ever. DNS Firewall can identify harmful websites based on their DNS address. When a device with DNS Firewall visits a website, the service looks up the DNS address of the website in its vast database of harmful DNS addresses....

The new method is detailed in a paper in the journal Science Advances, wherein Microsoft has introduced their first nanoscale DNA storage writer – a proof-of-concept molecular controller in the form of a tiny DNA storage writing mechanism on a chip. It is known that available methods of storage are having difficulty keeping up with the increasing demand in the long term. As per prediction by the International Data Corporation, data storage demands will reach nine zettabytes by 2024....

Now, Microsoft’s CEO Panos Panay has released a new teaser video showcasing the beautifully redesigned MS Paint, a popular desktop application released in 1985. “Here’s another Windows 11 first look,” Mr. Panay tweeted today. “This is the beautifully redesigned Paint app, coming soon to Windows Insiders. Can’t wait to see your creations!” — Panos Panay (@panos_panay) August 18, 2021 It is no hidden fact that Microsoft is trying to bring the MS Paint app up to the more modern design language of Windows 11....

On the other hand, NVIDIA’s rival AMD saw its gaming business grow by over a billion dollars. In simpler words, it appears that NVIDIA’s loss has been AMD’s gain. The company reported $2.04 billion in gaming revenue for the first half of 2022, down from the $3.06 billion it made in 2021. That’s a massive 33 percent loss in NVIDIA’s revenues from the sales of graphics cards for gaming. NVIDIA also reduced its second-quarter revenue forecast from $8....