1,000 Feet Drop Test: Google Pixel Vs. Apple iPhone 7 (Video)

Who survived the 1,000 feet drop test Google Pixel or Apple iPhone 7? Check out this video Are you clumsy in handling your expensive smartphone? Both the Google Pixel and iPhone 7 are dropped from a height of 1,000 feet. Both the phones screen were shattered and were not in a usable condition. source: www.techworm.net

December 3, 2016 · 1 min · 55 words · Sandy Griffin

A New Implant Could Boost Failing Human Brains

Were testing it in humans now, and getting good initial results, he says. Were going to go forward with the goal of commercializing this prosthesis. He has been able to achieve encouraging research results so far. Ultimately, just playing the tone would make the rabbit blink. He then built an artificial rat hippocampus his experimental prosthesis to test his observations and model. They recall the correct code as if theyve created it themselves....

December 3, 2016 · 1 min · 137 words · Robert Henderson

Do you know that your browser knows everything about you?

So, how can you find out what information of yours is exactly revealed? Clickclickclick.click was developed by VPRO, a Dutch media company, and Studio Moniker, an interactive design company. We took the idea that all your online behaviour can have value literally. We listed all possible interactions we could come up with. We interpret these interactions in a direct and specific way by mirroring them back to the user. For instance, youll get scolded for leaving the window....

December 3, 2016 · 1 min · 124 words · Kimberly Levine

DoS vs DDoS: Here are the differences that you didn’t know about

Table Of Contents What are the differences between DoS and DDoS? The point of such a denial of service attack is to overload the targeted servers bandwidth and other resources. source: www.techworm.net

December 3, 2016 · 1 min · 32 words · Justin Lewis

Foxconn executive will serve up to 10-year prison time for stealing almost 6,000 iPhones

Smuggling 5,700 iPhones is definitely a task thats not fit for a single person. According to the source, the smartphones comprised up of iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s models. source: www.techworm.net

December 3, 2016 · 1 min · 31 words · Julie Wade

Have you noticed a weird slot on the side of your laptop? Why is it there?

What Is This Weird Slot On Your Laptop? What Does It Do? If you have taken a close look at your laptop, you may notice several slots on both sides. It doesnt do anything so why is it there? So why is it there? The Kensington Security Slot is a patented anti-theft security system component marketed by Kensington Computer Products Group. The original design patent was held by a bicycle lock maker brand Kryptonite in 1999....

December 3, 2016 · 1 min · 158 words · Michael Gibson

Nokia”s D1C and P1 Android smartphone specifications, price and features

Both will have a QHD AMOLED display with a resolution of 25601440. The Nokia P1 Android smartphone will have an IP68 water and dust resistance certification. The render shows that the Nokia P1 Android smartphone design is loosely based on Sharp Aquos P1. The Nokia P1 will be powered by Qualcomms Snapdragon 821 SoC and will come in fully metal design. The smartphone will run on a 3GB RAM. The GPU is an Adreno 505....

December 3, 2016 · 1 min · 102 words · Stephanie Wade

Nude images of Chinese women leaked; These women pledged the photos to loan sharks

Chinese money borrowers pledge nude photos of Chinese girls so you can get loans sanctioned. The images are dutifully returned when the borrower fulfills the loan repayment. However, something went horribly wrong when the hackers got their hands on the loan companies nude images database. The file contains nude images of thousands of Chinese girls and women aged from 19 to 23. All reports indicate that the nude images were pledged toJiedaibao for various types of personal mortgage free loan....

December 3, 2016 · 1 min · 187 words · Jason Simpson

The USB killer can be yours for just $50 through an online purchase

Now, the custom-made flash drive is available for the price of $50 on a website calledUSBkill.com. source: www.techworm.net

December 3, 2016 · 1 min · 18 words · Donald Williams

Two major KickAss Torrents alternatives mysteriously go offline in France, ThePirateBay next?

There is a big hidden war brewing between the torrent websites versus the authorities and their media anti-piracy cohorts. However, sites likeThePirateBayandExtraTorrentmoved in quickly to fill the gap along with a couple of genuineKickAssTorrent clones. Last week, authorities in France shut down two obscureKickAssTorrents alternativesDL-Protect and Zone-Telechargement. The closure of DL-Protect and Zone-Telechargement did not make it mainstream news because they were not bigtorrent sites. However, it returned back a few hours later, but the connection was largely broken or discontinuous....

December 3, 2016 · 1 min · 128 words · Amanda Lynn

Watch How Apple’s new iOS 10.1.1 Activation Lock Can Be Easily Bypassed

However, now it seems that even the Activation Lock in Apples latest iOS version is not safe. Benjamin Kunz Mejri ofVulnerability Labmanaged to recreate the issue by tweaking the method a little bit. source: www.techworm.net

December 3, 2016 · 1 min · 35 words · Carol Forbes

WhatsApp to stop working on millions of old phones by 2017

Earlier this week WhatsApp turned seven years old. When we started WhatsApp in 2009, peoples use of mobile devices looked very different from today. The Apple App Store was only a few months old. About 70 percent of smartphones sold at the time had operating systems offered by BlackBerry and Nokia. source: www.techworm.net

December 3, 2016 · 1 min · 53 words · Jay Robinson

Facebook wants to teach you how Artificial Intelligence (AI) works!

If you thought it was some technical mumbo jumbo which only nerds and geeks understand, you are wrong. Both LeCun and Candela haveadvisedstudents interested in learning artificial intelligence (AI) to learn more maths. We want to tell people its not magic, says LeCun. This is not The Terminator. Its real technology thats useful. This, LeCun and Candela say, includes the ability to learn from the past and recognize patterns. Is humanoid AI going to take over the world and kill us all?...

December 2, 2016 · 1 min · 95 words · Joseph Kelly