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Saving Earth can be a tricky job, but Jack Davis claims to be fully qualified to do so. He is nine years old but has seen all the space and aliens films and also the Marvel Agents of the Shields series. In addition, it is great with video games and, being young, it is still in time “to learn to think like an Alien.” Jack Davis signs his letter to NASA as a Guardian of the Galaxy that is exactly what the space agency is looking for its vacant post....

Matter is an open standard that aims to make it easier for smart home and Internet of Things (IoT) devices to connect to each other more easily, something that is complicated, messy and often simply not possible right now. But now the Matter standard is here, along with a global certification program and eight authorized test labs, that can test whether devices and their underlying technologies meet the Wi-Fi and the Thread mesh networking standard....

The OnePlus 8 Pro is certainly highly specified. In fact, it’s safest to say that it’s got everything you’d expect from a 2020 flagship except an always-on display. Which is a shame, but as my iPhone 11 Pro (currently my primary phone) also lacks an always-on display, it’s hard to declare this a showstopper. As with that aforementioned 3.5mm audio jack! Aside from this, the OnePlus 8 Pro is almost the perfect modern smartphone, in terms of:...

Apple revealed its Q1 2016 earnings on Tuesday and its slowest growth sales ever. According to Apple, it sold nearly 74.8 Million iPhones year over year. The Company further said that about 1 Billion Apple devices are active in the market. There Are About 1 Billion Active Apple Devices Apple’s active devices have been connected to AppStore or iCloud for the last three months. Apple Devices constitute more than a seventh of the world’s population now....

For how much the Liberty 4 costs, don’t expect the earbuds to go toe-for-toe with the latest and greatest. Instead, the Soundcore buds excel in smaller aspects, including health tracking and multi-device connectivity, taking small wins that add up to a well-rounded experience. And if those features happen to fall under your priority list, then the Liberty 4 may be one of the best options available. Read on. Specifications Design and fit Considering the Liberty 4 earbuds have dual drivers, they’re impressively compact and sleek-looking....

The Most Common Passwords Of 2021 Might Surprise You We are already in 2021, and if we talk about security, then it will be good to hope that we’ll get a bit wiser, too. According to a new survey from the password manager and digital vault company Keeper, 2021’s most common passwords will shock you! The Keeper has revealed 2019’s most common passwords, and once again, the reports don’t seem to be on the safe side regarding security....

The research, based on customer data by HP Wolf Security, found in the period between July and September this year, 42% of attempts at delivering malware attacks used archive file formats, including ZIP and RAR. That means cyber attacks attempting to exploit ZIP and RAR formats are more common than those which attempt to deliver malware using Microsoft Office documents like Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel files, which have long been the preferred method of luring victims into downloading malware....

Phones make a lot of our daily tasks pretty convenient. We can book a vacation, stream entertainment, study online and even find inspiration in our surroundings. And yet, sometimes, that handheld screen doesn’t cut it. That’s where tablets come in handy, striking the perfect balance between screen size and portability. Few receive as much fanfare as the iPad, but Apple tends to price its products steeply. Alternatively, buying a refurbished iPad could save a few hundred dollars....

The most major mobile launches during the first quarter of a year are done at MWC. This year’s MWC was no different, with Samsung being the only notable company that did not announce its new flagship at the event. Nonetheless, while there was no Galaxy S8 at MWC this year, there were still plenty of other phones launched by BlackBerry, LG, and Nokia to catch your attention. If you were overwhelmed by the barrage of phone and tech announcements in the last few days and missed out on the phones that are actually worth a look, check out our roundup of the 5 hottest smartphones at MWC 2017 below....

Until now, such kind of software prowess was almost unattainable for nearly every phone maker as they lack the sort of training data Google’s services benefit from. But not anymore. In a surprising move, Google has announced that it’s making the technology behind the Pixel 2’s Portrait Mode feature open source. This essentially means anyone can build applications by implementing the underlying framework Google has employed on its phones. The model — called DeepLab-v3+ — is now included in Google’s open-source computational library, TensorFlow....

Threat actors are still employing scams such as this and getting away with it. A recent one involves emails sent to Office 365 users with a link to a fake website and instructions to log in. Once the victim does this, their accounts are taken over. Tap or click here for more details and Microsoft’s response. With so much of our lives connected to the internet, scammers don’t even need computers to target victims....

The crisis is so stark that the United States government passed a historic rescue package to aid businesses and taxpayers. Individuals will even get a direct cash payment to cover expenses and hardships. Tap or click here to see how much you’ll qualify for. But more than cash, jobless Americans are looking for the opportunity to start working again. These are the companies that still expanding their workforce in spite of the virus, and they’re accepting applications right now....

And if you have multiple devices that answer in unison across your home, you run the risk of waking up family members when they are sleeping. That is never a good thing, but luckily there is a way to prevent grumpy outbursts of tiredness. Here’s the backstory TikTok user Alana Tsui recently explained that she figured out how to make Alexa whisper. So, instead of the assistant blaring a response to any request, the device will use her inside voice....

Together with LG and Toyota, the South Korean giant Samsung will lead the arrival of these new solid-state batteries. While in the coming years seems almost certain that will take place the transition from lithium to sodium with solid – state batteries, the graphene continues shaping a future promise very interesting for this field. Samsung graphene batteries: 45% more capacity and a charge 5 times faster The Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), one of the branches of investigation of Samsung Electronics, has managed to synthesize “balls” of graphene that can be used to create lithium-ion batteries that last longer and charge faster than current batteries, as the company has stated....

For encryption to maintain this high ground, it has to be robust. Robustness does not happen automatically or overnight; in fact, it takes time and a community to achieve it. In his article, we will look at the idea of “rolling your own crypto” or, in other words, developing your own encryption algorithms and/or schemes. Some Basics on Encryption Encryption is used to prevent unauthorized reading of data. The process of encryption takes the original data or plaintext and combines it with a key in such a way as to render the data unreadable....

CDMA in India CDMA as a technology had managed to find a use case in India by acting as substitute for wired landline connections. Wireless Local Loop (or WLL) was widely used by BSNL and Tata to provide landlines that could be used anywhere. Remember Tata Indicom’s Walky? BSNL being a landline operator had lower interconnect charges and WLL operators tried to leverage the same but had failed. After their inability to have the same interconnect charges as that of BSNL, WLL operators tried to convince TRAI that since CDMA required lesser spectrum than GSM, they should be allowed to provide full fledged CDMA services on the spectrum they got for WLL....

That’s the gist of the latest research, based on a survey of 2,500 executives and published by Infosys Knowledge Institute, which estimates that companies could collectively generate more than $460 billion in incremental profit if only people could manage their data resources a little better. This consists of improving data practices, trusting more in advanced AI, and integrating AI more tightly with business operations. Business value is still elusive. Also: 8 ways to reduce AI burnout The survey identified three obstacles to effective AI implementations: Lack of a cohesive, centralized data strategy, weak data verification, and lack of proper infrastructure....

One such practice is rehashing impersonated government official scams. The ruse is straightforward: pretend to be a government official and strong-arm victims into supplying personal data or banking details. The trick has worked so many times that it is still being used as a lucrative method of defrauding victims out of thousands of dollars each year. And if that’s not bad enough, a new twist to the old scam will send shivers down your spine....

Ledger, specialized in cryptocurrency wallets, has been hacked The company is called Ledger, and it’s French. They have always presumed that their hardware for storing cryptocurrencies is so secure that no one can corrupt them without their owners noticing. For this, they use a technique called Anonymous Attestation, or anonymous declaration, which creates unforgeable signatures so that only approved code is executed. In 2015, the company said it was impossible for an attacker to replace the firmware and pass it through the declaration process without knowing the private key of Ledger....

Tons of COVID-related scams have popped up during the pandemic. Some claim to fast-track you into testing sites or speed up your vaccination, while others offer to get your medication faster. When people fell for it, they were almost certainly out of pocket very quickly. The scourge of using COVID-19 as part of a scam is unfortunately not going away any time soon. And now the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning of new tactics thieves are using....