Lenovo denies claims of blocking Linux on Windows 10 PCs

Owners of Lenovo Ideapad 710S PCs are too experiencing the same problems. you’ve got the option to read more about the storyhere. source: www.techworm.net

September 23, 2016 · 1 min · 24 words · Lindsay Howard

RAUM weaponises the most popular torrents to spread malicious malware

In such way, they infect big number of users systematically, Komrarov added. The more times the malware is installed unknowingly by a user, the more money the cybercriminal is due. Some of the identified elements of their infrastructure were hosted in the TOR web link, InfoArmor explains. source: www.techworm.net

September 23, 2016 · 1 min · 49 words · Nancy Rosales

Teen Student Arrested For Hacking University And Changing Grades

Hughes turned himself in to the Cobb County Sheriffs Office on Monday. Kennesaw State police began an investigation in May after receiving reports of the hacking. He reportedly changed fellow students grades from an F to A and another from a C to A. For himself, he upgraded his B to an A, police said. The professor alerted school officials who then told police. The grades were immediately corrected to the original posting....

September 23, 2016 · 1 min · 87 words · Kayla Stewart

This 12 black dots optical illusion is driving everyone crazy

Why This 12-Dot Illusion Is Bending Everyones Brain? A new optical illusion is breaking the internet. The image was retweeted over 30,000 times as people tried to understand how it worked. (Image credits : The verge) There are twelve black dots at the intersections in this image. However, the origin of this tricky image is a scientific paper published in the journal Perception in 2000. In the picture, there are actually twelve dots at each intersection....

September 23, 2016 · 1 min · 178 words · Michael Landry

Two Indian students win a partial victory over Facebook in the data privacy case

Two Indian students have in India achieved what many have tried and failed in the United States of America. Two students scored a partial victory over Facebook in a closely watched legal battle over privacy. Readers may remember that Facebook-owned WhatsApp had revised its privacy policy last month. The new policy allows WhatsApp to share its users data with owner Facebook. Public-interest litigation or PIL as its popularly called is equivalent to a Class Action Suit filed in the US....

September 23, 2016 · 1 min · 156 words · Melinda Carter

You can now stream Android games and apps to Facebook Live from your PC

The integration was already available for Amazons Twitch, which is popular among the gamer crowd, TechCrunch reports. The same emulator interface can then be used to stream the action to Facebook Live. With this new feature, you’re free to stream yourself playing the game. While a similar setup is available on Twitch and YouTube Gaming, it will just be available on Facebook. These videos will be on Facebook forever or until you delete them....

September 23, 2016 · 1 min · 111 words · Devin Leon

Which company’s job interviews are hardest to crack? Facebook, Google, Apple or Dropbox?

Table Of Contents Which companys interviews are more difficult: Facebook, Google, Apple or Dropbox? So you have passed out of an engineering college or have done asoftware certification course! This post is for those 99 percent. What do the HR guys from these top tech firms ask in an interview? Which interview is the most difficult of them all? Shankar Joshi a Cloud Engineer at PYPL tries to solve this query....

September 22, 2016 · 3 min · 427 words · Mandy Todd

Yahoo expected to confirm data breach affecting 200 million users: Report

Yahoo to go public about massive data breach affecting its 200 million users Yahoo! The data dump allegedly included usernames, encrypted passwords, birthdays and other email addresses from 2012. Its as bad as that, one source told Recode. The data was being sold for 3 bitcoins, worth $1,860 at the time. Our security team is working to determine the facts. So, it would be interesting to see if the deal would face repercussions due to the breach....

September 22, 2016 · 1 min · 124 words · Christine Allen

China Confirms Its Tiangong Space Station Is Falling Back To Earth

However, its unlikely anyone on the Earth will be injured. The station stopped sending data back to Earth in March. This means that there is chance debris from the falling spacecraft could strike a populated area. The few that would make it to the ground probably wont land in any populated areas. According to Xinhua, China will release a forecast of Tiangong-1s fall to Earth if necessary, Wu said. Source:Xinhua News...

September 21, 2016 · 1 min · 75 words · Melissa Stone

Google launches ‘Allo’ – the intelligent messaging app

Google launches Allo messaging app with Google Assistant Facebook, are you ready for the competition? The new app combines the best of Googles predictive and search superpowers along with an all-new personal assistant feature. Google had announced Duo and Allo at its I/O developer conference in May this year. Allo has now-standard messaging features like stickers, changing font sizes, emojis, smart reply and marked-up photos. Google has customized Allo for Indian users by enabling smart replies in Hinglish....

September 21, 2016 · 1 min · 143 words · Lisa Logan

Hackers Pwn A Tesla Model S From 12 Miles Away

Keen Security Labs attacks also appear to soft-brick the Teslas touch screen which controls much of the cars functions. We used an unmodified car with the latest firmware to demonstrate the attack. The team has planned to release details of its hacks in coming days, Keen said on Twitter. This is not the first time that Tesla has proven to be vulnerable to hackers. source: www.techworm.net

September 21, 2016 · 1 min · 66 words · Andrew Young

Have you ever thought why numbers on calculator are reversed on a phone?

Why Are The Numbers On A Calculator And A Phone Reversed? If you havent yet noticed it, check it now but do you know the reason? He says, Telephones never had a real zero. on the rotary telephone dial wasnt a zero,it was a ten. both numerically and physically. and Z on the 9? Technically-speaking, there never was a 0 in telephone-land. And that, grasshopper, is why westillhave the telephone 0?...

September 21, 2016 · 1 min · 188 words · Sean Santana

High-Tech LuDela Candle Can Be Controlled By Your Smartphone

Forget Matchsticks! Some of the sensors are used for safety purposes, he said. The pillar candle is electric, so theres no gas involved, Bianchini says. It also uses wax fillers that feed upwards, keeping the flame at the top. Combined with our social mission, LuDela delivers better light and better lives around the world. Shipments are expected to start in 2017. If youre interested, you’re free to check outLuDelas websitefor more details....

September 21, 2016 · 1 min · 74 words · Katrina Joseph