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But computers are the targets of yesteryear. Nowadays, everyone carries a smartphone that’s filled to the brim with personal identifiers — information that’s like gold to hackers. To predict the most likely places hackers will strike, researchers put together a report that shows which brands of smartphones and apps are the most likely targets for cyber attacks. The results might surprise you — and if you use one of these phones or apps, here’s why you’ll want to play it extra safe while online....

Facebook’s outage extended to all of the companies apps prompting reports to flood in on the Downdetector site. In the US alone there were over 123,000 problem reports for Facebook, 98,000 for Instagram, 34,000 for WhatsApp and 9,800 for Facebook Messenger. Most users reported issues accessing the website and apps. Also: How to delete your Facebook account for good The Facebook outage became the largest outage ever seen on the Downdetector site which gathered more than 10....

The battery in the bell was installed in the year 1840 at the University of Oxford has been ringing nonstop from past 176 years. This belly left all the researchers and experts awestruck According to Oxford University, the bell’s clapper oscillates back and forth is what making the bell to ring constantly, it has rung almost 10 billion times. Well, let me tell you the bell is being powered by a single battery that was installed way back in 1840....

The FBI has issued a warning about so-called “sweetheart scams” that have bilked many lonely hearts for billions of dollars. Last year, 18,000 people filed complaints about romance fraud with losses of $362 million, up 70% from the year before. An emerging trend in sweetheart scams is to use victims to launder money. Dubbed “money mules” by the FBI, the scam involves the cybercriminal convincing his victim to open a bank account in order to illegally transfer money for laundering or other criminal purposes....

So this time around, went to the people to see what they wanted in a flagship phone. Somewhat surprisingly, the results weren’t wild, pie-in-the-sky features. They were actually fairly pedestrian: a big screen, small body, durability, waterproofing, all-day battery life. And the G6 checks off all these boxes. th a svelte frame, dual cameras, an all-glass body, the G6 is certainly the phone of the moment. Stack it up against the xel, Galaxy S7, or even HTC’s yet-to-be-released U Ultra, it more than holds its own, based on specs features....

– Mark Twain (and others) Arsonists in the United Kingdom and across Europe are destroying cell phone towers. Vodafone says that 20 towers were attacked, including one serving a field hospital treating COVID-19 patients. The arsonists believe that 5G networks are helping spread coronavirus. This conspiracy theory isn’t the first one connected to either cell phone signals or COVID-19. But a lack of understanding how the cellular system works, blended with the overall global panic of the pandemic, is gaining traction....

You may have heard photographers talk about shooting in RAW. When you snap a photo with your phone or digital camera, it’s saved as image files, such as JPEG, TIFF, RAW and more. A JPEG file is a processed, compressed image that is ideal for everyday use. These images don’t take up much storage space and are easy to share via text, email, social media and more. But RAW files are huge and can eat up all of your device’s storage....

Let’s take a closer look at the most in-demand programming languages so you can decide which is right for you. The top programming languages used by tech professionals include general purpose, object-oriented, and multi-paradigm languages. Top 10 programming languages to boost your career: Our picks The 10 programming languages here vary in difficulty level and applicability to different roles. To identify the best programming languages to learn, we considered two main factors....

QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2018QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2018 (General Business, Contractor, Manufacturing & Wholesale, Nonprofit, Professional Services, and Retail)QuickBooks Desktop Accountant 2018QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions V18 If you were using one of those editions, it’s seriously time to upgrade. We say it’s time to ditch the spreadsheets altogether. Don’t let QuickBooks and spreadsheets slow you down, making things harder than necessary. It’s time to upgrade to NetSuite. Stop paying for multiple systems that don’t give you the information you need when you need it....

How good are they at seeing the unseen? Just listen to how this former CIA director handles a scam caller. Tap or click here to listen to William Webster, former FBI, CIA director on The Kim Komando Show. To join its legion of agents, CIA applicants are required to show how skilled they are at noticing small details. To show just how tough it is, the official Twitter account for the CIA has posted a challenging quiz designed to test your visual skills....

This iOS 16 trick will make them look amazing and professional. OK, take this photo of my morning coffee, and let’s say I want to annotate it. Also: iOS 16: How to get the most out of your iPhone’s new lock screen It looks a bit terrible, doesn’t it? (Actually, it took me several attempts to get annotations that looked that good!) But we can make it a lot better....

While there are lots of methods and products for cleaning these items, most of us ignore this. How similar do you find this scenario: Your smartphone’s screen is really dirty, so you rub it on your shirt, or a piece of cloth that’s close by, or you remember that it’s been some time since you’ve cleaned your keyboard, so you turn it upside down and give it a few slaps....

What started as a small industry with only a handful of platforms is now a crowded marketplace of flat monthly fees. Sign up for enough of them and you’re right back to square one — a hole in your wallet the size of your old cable bill. Tap or click here to find out how to clean up your excess subscriptions. Not every subscription is worth the monthly bill, and too many of these services can weigh heavily on your bank account....

Yes, really! The Keurig, at its core, is a water heater that uses pressure and pods of tightly packed ingredients to serve you your beverage. It’s only natural that a food or drink recipe calling for hot water can benefit from the quick heat-up time of a Keurig brewer. We’ll be going over some additional uses for your Keurig, including some unique drinks that are pod-ready on your grocery store shelf right now....

When you’re doing it all, you need the right tools. This is especially true as your business grows and you have a team to take on all those jobs. That brings me to a big mistake I’ve seen lots of my callers and listeners make over the years: Using the wrong software. I can’t tell you how many questions I get about accounting software. My pick? Our sponsor, NetSuite by Oracle....

Both the LG Nexus 4 released last year and the ASUS Nexus 7 released this year use a chip called the “Snapdragon S4 Pro”, but are they really the same chip? The S4 Pro inside the Nexus 4 has four Krait 200 cores, whereas the 2013 Nexus 7 has four Krait 300 cores. And while the Nexus 4 uses LPDDR2 RAM, the 2013 Nexus 7 uses more advanced PCDDR3L RAM....

When Google announced that it was killing Google Glass as we know it last month, it was a big surprise to all of us; we weren’t expecting the company to abruptly pull a device it had spent so much time and money promoting. So how exactly did Glass fall from the hottest gadget in tech? A new report from The New York Times, entitled “Why Google Glass Broke,” documents the spectacular rise and fall of the search giant’s novel wearable — from its inception in a secret Google lab back in 2009, to its public debut in 2012, and then its assassination less than three years later....

In the recent Google Search On event, the company showcased redesigned search features and other developments. Among them are suggested ideas and topics based on the searches you perform. Tap or click here for more details of what’s already here and what’s to come for Google Search. You’re spoiled for choice when it comes to browsers from Big Tech and otherwise. Chrome is becoming faster and less of a memory hog to keep its edge, so to speak....

The owner of companies like Tesla or SpaceX, aims to make the world a better place. That is why all projects are focused on promoting the use of sustainable energy and look for places in the universe, such as Mars, where humans can live within a few years. Elon Musk is also considered by many as an eccentric person, with ideas that sometimes seem lunacy, its intention to build a tunnel under the city of Los Angeles, a plan that still we do not know whether to take it seriously....

Is it just a madness? Not really, as the controversial study was carried out by the Stanford University and had all the necessities to be taken into consideration. Basically, an algorithm is able to recognize by looking at your face or some of your photos simply to figure out whether you are Gay or Straight. The research was published in the Journal of Personality Social Psychology and reported by the Economist and the Guardian....