US Drone Strike In Syria Kills ISIS’s British-Educated Hacking Expert

He was one of 10 IS leaders killed in air strikes. Sujan entered the UK in 2003 and went on to study computer system -engineering at the University of Glamorgan. He was a fun, happy-go-lucky guy as far as I knew him, said one former business associate. Another associate, who had known him for more than 10 years, said he was shocked. He was an entrepreneur and he -became a friend, he said....

January 2, 2016 · 1 min · 208 words · Steven Johnson

Why Anonymous is helping Steven Avery of Making a Murderer fame

The man is the star of Making a Murderer, the Netflix-produced documentary series investigating a real-life murder conviction. He previously served 18 years in prison for sexual assault, which DNA evidence later cleared him of. Avery was born in July, 1962 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. A paste onPastebinalso seems to point to the fact. source: www.techworm.net

January 2, 2016 · 1 min · 56 words · Emily Ibarra

World’s first smartphone with 3-SIM launched by Bluboo at $70

The unit is also rumoured to have a new sports-centric smartwatch. It will run on a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6580 processor. It will probably ship with Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system right out of the box. It will come with a front-facing flash for its selfie camera. However, the exact specifications of the front-facing camera are not known yet. Priced at $69.99, the Xfire 2 will be available for purchase throughout the world beginning January 2016....

January 2, 2016 · 1 min · 78 words · Donald Munoz

Apple patents data upload to clouds from iPhones through fingerprint authentications

it’s possible for you to soon upload data to iCloud with your fingerprint from iPhones No one would have thought that fingerprint sensors would be present in smartphones, but Apple was the first company to bring it to mobile devices, and with this security feature, the company intends on simplifying and securing its cloud storage service. In short, Apple most likely wants to get rid of you signing in on your cloud storage service and use your fingerprint scanner so you can start uploading and download whatever is stored, or needs to be stored on the servers....

January 1, 2016 · 2 min · 374 words · Jill Collier

Facebook bug welcomes new year by telling users they have been friends for 46 years

As the world was celebrating New Year yesterday, Facebook seemed to be having its own celebrations. A bug in Facebook was telling users that theyve been friends for 46 years. In fact millions of FB users were not even born while computers were used only for military purposes. The date Dec. 31, 1969 carries special significance for computer software, according to the Daily Dot. That date is the first to appear in time tracking software for Unix computer systems called Unix Epoch....

January 1, 2016 · 1 min · 102 words · Erika Roberts

India wants a ’24 X 7′ online war room to tackle cyber threat from ISIS

Besides English and Hindi, numerous regional languages are also being used to put out pro-ISIS material. ISIS handlers get in touch with potential recruits on social media. Several of them are also in touch with Indian handlers who are hiring for ISIS. Increasingly, the online social domains are becoming the new ground for terror outfit groups. Since then several youths have been intercepted who were recruited online and wanted to join ISIS....

January 1, 2016 · 1 min · 106 words · Eric Allen

Microsoft will warn email users if government is hacking your account

Wait, Microsoft is actually siding with the common user! However, Microsoft is not the first tech giant to have a change of heart. source: www.techworm.net

January 1, 2016 · 1 min · 25 words · Bradley Mejia

Smartwatches can reveal what you are typing

According to Beltramelli, he refers to this as deep spying. Take a look at the video below and you will know exactly what we are talking about. source: www.techworm.net

January 1, 2016 · 1 min · 29 words · Jessica Pierce

WhatsApp suffers a huge outage on New Year’s Eve

Earlier today, some people had trouble accessing WhatsApp. We investigated the problem and have restored access for everyone. We apologize for the inconvenience and wish everyone a happy new year, a WhatsApp spokesperson said. To add to the woes even the Twitter handle ofWhatsApp StatusTwitter handle was silent about the outage. According to WhatsApp the services are restored and are fully working as of now. source: www.techworm.net

January 1, 2016 · 1 min · 67 words · Jennifer Martinez

Congress Wants NASA To Build A Deep Space Habitat By 2018

The agency has not explained how it will use that funding. Mars-bound astronauts will need a larger place to live, complete with private quarters and exercise equipment. That is our big objective for cislunar space for human spaceflight, he said. NASA has resisted providing details about how it will develop that habitation module, or even its requirements. Its much too early for that, Scimemi said. As soon as I put a picture up there, somebody is going to assume what the configuration is....

December 31, 2015 · 1 min · 126 words · John Davis

Debian Linux founder, Ian Murdock dead – Find out what really happened

To Ians children, family and loved ones, we offer our full support and deepest sympathies. source: www.techworm.net

December 31, 2015 · 1 min · 17 words · Miss Heather Reed

EFF honors Microsoft’s latest UI Slider patent as “Stupid Patent of the Month”

However, the same has also been applied in a wide variety of Microsoft and non-Microsoft products. Then, the consequences of using a patent without authorization. Microsofts lawsuit is nothing new. In other words, Corel has attributed its software failure to Microsoft stealing their patents. We are confident we will be successful, said a company spokesperson earlier this month. source: www.techworm.net

December 31, 2015 · 1 min · 60 words · Linda Anderson

Hive-CM8 apologizes for leaking the torrent of ‘The Hateful Eight’ screener

We hadreportedearlier that Hive-CM8 had leaked the Quentin Tarantino opus, The Hateful Eight before is theatrical release. We feel sorry for the trouble we triggered by releasing that great movie before cinedate even has begun. We didnt plan to comment at all on recent events, but we feel now that we should. Hive-CM8 also sought to dispel the rumours of the screeners being procured through hack attack. We got the copies sold from a guy on the street, no decryption was needed....

December 31, 2015 · 1 min · 151 words · Susan Gray