A New Yorker has already caught all 142 Pokemon roaming in the U.S

Since then, Pokemon Go has launched in more than 30 markets, most recently Japan. In totality, there are 151 monsters that need to be caught in Pokemon Go. So, how did he achieve this feat? The feat was made possible by the Level 31 Pokemon trainers utmost dedication. He has walked an average of 8 miles a day in the two weeks since the game came out. However, according to Johnson, it was worth fulfilling his childhood dream of catching em all....

July 24, 2016 · 1 min · 158 words · Derek Parker

5 Free Cyber Security Courses That Will Keep You Safe Online

Have you ever thought of how to keep your personal data secure online? At some point of time, these questions do cross everyones mind at one point or the other. With hacking and data breaches on the rise, internet and information safety is hugely important. Even though your credentials may be stolen, you could definitely lessen the potential damage that is causes. FutureLean: Introduction to Cyber Security Our lives depend on online services....

July 23, 2016 · 2 min · 215 words · Russell Henry

Celeb hacker gets six months in prison for stealing nude images

However, authorities said they do not believe Helton leaked any of the images he stole. He targeted strangers, acquaintances, and celebrities alike. He trolled through their private e-mail accounts, accessing the most private of communications. Mental illness took over my life and surrounded everything. And, I have a better life now than I could have ever imagined. There was no expertise involved. All I did was essentially copy and paste, he wrote....

July 23, 2016 · 1 min · 106 words · Margaret Davis

Edward Snowden designs an iPhone case to detect government snoopers

Their first prototyping work uses an iPhone 6. However, she was killed by the Syrian forces in 2012. Currently, they are just researching and carrying out a technical analysis of their findings. This would unlock the FPF to deploy modified iPhone 6 devices for field service among journalists in high-risk situations. Source:The Intercept Read More source: www.techworm.net

July 23, 2016 · 1 min · 57 words · Thomas Foley

This guy hacked the ‘Pokémon GO’ code to get a rare Pokémon that isn’t available yet

In two different videos posted online, FrozenAquaCat shows the power of hacking Pokemon Go codes. Business Insider notes an oddity in the video posted by FrozenAquaCat. In the video, however, FrozenAquaCat enters in the code 143, which causes a Zapdos to spawn. source: www.techworm.net

July 23, 2016 · 1 min · 44 words · Frances Hogan

Top 2 must-have FREE tools for hackers and security researchers

Hacker was a term used to denote a skilled programmer who had competency in machine code and operating systems. Many young enthusiasts want to learn hacking and take up hacking and security research as a career choice. The first step to being a good hacker is to know all that is happening in the security world. Next step would be to enroll for online certification programs. Next, come the tools....

July 23, 2016 · 1 min · 129 words · Robert Wilson

Apple and Facebook behind the shutting down of KickassTorrents

The U.S. authorities also seized seven of the sites domains, all of which are now offline. Vaulin has been charged for criminal copyright infringement and money laundering. The U.S. is now waiting to extradite him. So, what led to the downfall of KickassTorrents? It is also said Apple and Facebook were among the companies that handed over data to the U.S. Not only was he operating a KickasssTorrents Facebook page, but was doing so with a personal email address....

July 22, 2016 · 1 min · 167 words · Michael Haynes

Dell security software has a hidden backdoor that can give hackers full access

The researchers have put forward their findings inan advisory. A Dell spokesperson was unavailable for comment. source: www.techworm.net

July 22, 2016 · 1 min · 18 words · Jeffrey Price IV

DXTorrent goes live as mirror after KickassTorrents demise, is it legit?

Kickass.to for now shows the following seizure notice, Eventually, all popular domains relating to KickassTorrents went down. After KickassTorrents demise,DXTorrent.com, a new mirror has come up claiming to be the original KAT. A few users in Reddit shared that DXTorrent.com is already up and running. The website looks just like the worlds largest torrent website KAT, featuring the same layout and popup ads. Currently, while the new mirror is little slower, it is still fully functional....

July 22, 2016 · 1 min · 122 words · Cynthia Turner

Facebook To Make Use Of Lasers To Beam Internet To Backwaters

We are developing communication technologies that are optimised for areas where people live far apart from each other. However, the detectors used to catch the light signals have to be small for attain high data rates. When a laser signal hits the fibers, they release green light within two nanoseconds. The light travels down the length of the fibers and is finally directed toward a small and fast photodetector. This is not the first time that Connectivity Lab has created such a piece of hardware....

July 22, 2016 · 1 min · 122 words · Tammie Thomas

Google Uses AI To Cut Energy Used To Cool Its Data Centers

They power most of our day-to-day life services, apps and systems that we depend upon. To make things worse, all of that equipment also needs a powerful cooling system to keep it running. However, Google has found a way to ease that problem. and using it to train an ensemble of deep neural networks. Googles data centers are used to run such services as Search, YouTube and Gmail. This will also help other companies who run on Googles cloud to improve their own energy efficiency....

July 22, 2016 · 1 min · 144 words · Ryan Chavez

IsoHunt launches a working mirror for KickassTorrents

This torrent site has launched an unofficial mirror for KAT. The site, which is accessible atkickasstorrents.website, was setup yesterday and features an older copy of KATs database. Its not perfect but if users need to save and archive something its time. We dont know how long it can last, but at least its something, the IsoHunt told VentureBeat. Currently, the Change.org petition has 221 supporters while the White House petition only 69 signatures....

July 22, 2016 · 1 min · 190 words · Anthony Rodriguez

Teens Use Drone To Track And Catch Boat Thieves

The boys called 911 and Harris took action. The teen said he never expected to use the drone for crime-fighting purposes. I usually only use it for landscape photography, he said. It was all pretty unbelievable. In this case, it does looks like the drone actually managed to do some good. I think its awesome we were at least able to aide in arresting these two individuals, Harris concluded. Source:abcnews...

July 22, 2016 · 1 min · 74 words · Michael Ramos