OnePlus X With 5-Inch Display, 3GB of RAM Launched at $249 (Rs. While OnePlus X Ceramic version will have hardened, scratch-resistant rear instead of usual the glass in Onyx. While the front camera will be a 8MP affair. Both the smartphones will pack 801 Snapdragon SoC and run on 3GB of RAM. Both smartphones will run on OnePlus custom OxygenOS (based on Android 5.1.1) out of the box. source: www.techworm.net

The incident has shocked Kermani, and it shocked his BBC colleagues more. The man had featured in Newsnight reports and was not a confidential source. Kermani has built a reputation for making contact with Western-born Isis fighters and interviewing them online about their motivations. The seizure of his material has also alarmed press freedom organisations. source: www.techworm.net

Puffin uses its wings to both fly and propel itself through the water when diving for fish. source: www.techworm.net

Researchers from MIT have developed a technology that uses wireless signals to see you through a wall. The technology identifies the person by studying its silhouette and it can even distinguish you from other people. The researchers have built a gadget called RF-Capture for this purpose. It can even determine a persons breathing patterns and heart rate. As various part of the body are reflected in the wireless signal, the RF-Capture takes snapshots....

But nobody knew that DARPA was tasked by the United States government to keep tabs on white hat hackers. DARPA made a mistake to publish details of this project. DARPA paid nearly $500,000 to an obscure contractor to develop the technology to make it a reality. DARPA scrubbed a page showing a $500k program to spy on securityresearchers. DARPA awards 500k grant to spy on security vuln researchers. Would the new ICEWARD program spy on the online habits of vulnerability researchers?...

Apple shaked the smartphone world by introducing 3D Touch feature to iOS 9. Now, a Android hacker has stolen the idea from Apple and brought the 3D Touch to Android smartphones. Android hacker, Marco Chiapetta used a Sony Xperia Z3 to duplicate the feature on Android. source: www.techworm.net

This can than be used to track their precise location. The researchers assembled a $1,400 gadget which runs on freely available open-source software. The researchers said only tech savvy smartphone users can detect any intrusion made by their gadget. Anybody with a Facebook account can send another user a Facebook message. Also read:How To Hack WhatsApp Using SS7 Flaw Read More source: www.techworm.net

In this week, nothing has really changed. YTS is still offline and its associated movie release group YIFY hasnt put out any new films either. What is more important is that there is no information from YIFY/YTS on when it will be back. Torrent websites suffer from DDoS attacks and outages all the time be they seldom last this long. YIFY entered into the torrents website scene in 2010 by publishing their work directly to torrent sites....

The $1800 drone was hit in mid-air and crashed in a field near Merideths home. The court went on to dismiss all charges against Meredith. Merideth said the operator was violating his privacy and spying on his family. Its what hes been saying all along, since shooting down David Boggs drone in July. Meredith says it was hovering over his Hillview property and he thought it was spying on his family....

Mark Zuckerberg addresses how to handle Candycrush requests! We are doing that! This is why this Townhall is very useful. Some old functionalities allow people to send invitations for games that people have never played. We are working on modifying such functionalities to prevent these kind of functionalities. How will you connect with those who are not on Facebook or/and have no internet? We can look at the success of Internet....

The smartphone shell is also a high tech smartphone case to keep your phone safe during the flights. The battery can be charged via a USB and gives a flight time of around 15-20 minutes per charge. source: www.techworm.net

However it rejected all the five amendments to it. The CISA bill passed the Senate with a 74 21 vote (it needed 60). CISA, was reintroduced by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence after massive Sony hack attack earlier this year. CISA compels companies to share information regarding cyber-attacks with one another and the government. That amendment alsofailed by a 49 to 47 vote. That amendmentwas voted down 59 to 37....

to use WhatsApp, you have to share your entire contact database. Which means you provided all your friends and colleagues contact details to Facebook. Do you have right to do that? Facebook has not yet commented on the issue. source: www.techworm.net