Brazil Sees Improvement In Data Breaches

Over 285,000 Brazilians were breached between January and March, placing Brazil in the 12th position in the ranking of most breached countries globally. That compares with the situation in the last quarter of 2021, when Brazil occupied the fifth spot on the list with 1.45 million breached accounts, with major incidents involving organizations such as the Ministry of Health and Experian. According to the research, Russia topped the list of breached individual accounts in the first quarter of 2022, with more than 3....

December 10, 2022 · 2 min · 366 words · Bobby Ackles

Buy Now Pay Later Flexible Payments For Inflationary Times Or A Road To Debt

BNPL offerings are now plastered across thousands of e-retailer websites, including clothing stores, beauty and makeup vendors, home products, technology stores, DIY, toy manufacturers, and even grocery shops, with partner brands including popular vendors such as Samsung, PrettyLittleThing, and ASOS. You can now encounter BNPL when you are buying “luxury” goods as well as making necessary purchases, representing a potential shift in the market and the rapid adoption of this payment method....

December 10, 2022 · 19 min · 3889 words · Shellie Griffin

Amazon New Security As Two Factor Authentication To Secure Users Account

At the point when the new security choice will be dynamic marking in will turn out to be only a two-stage process. The benefit of this verification is that if a client is traded off by a programmer the programmer won’t have the capacity to get to the client’s record without the short code. At in the first place, the clients have quite recently to sign-in with the secret word as regular and after that a client will need to enter a short code that is produced by a cell phone authenticator application or got in an instant message....

December 9, 2022 · 1 min · 184 words · Eleanor Owens

Amazon Prime Day 2020 The Best Tech Deals So Far

This year, Prime Day doesn’t end after 24 hours. Instead, you get two full days of savings on apparel, gadgets, toys, outdoor gear and electronics from some of the biggest brands in the world. Tap or click here to some of the best early deals on electronics. To help our readers get a head start on Prime Day savings, we’re showing off some of our favorite early deals on tech....

December 9, 2022 · 4 min · 766 words · Joyce West

Amazon S Alexa Is Causing Serious Privacy Concerns Again

What information does Alexa keep? Huseman confirmed that when a user manually deleted a conversation from Alexa, the transcript would be deleted as well and not remain in any storage systems. Here comes the surprise — at least for those who didn’t read the Alexa fine print (and let’s face it, almost all of us are guilty of that). Huseman told Coons that not all records of conversations with Alexa are deleted, even if you manually removed the audio....

December 9, 2022 · 2 min · 281 words · Markus Thorne

Amazon S Alexa Reads A Story In The Voice Of A Child S Deceased Grandma

“One thing that surprised me the most about Alexa is the companionship relationship we have with it,” said Prasad, Alexa AI SVP and head scientist. “Human attributes of empathy and affect are key for building trust. They have become even more important in these times of the ongoing pandemic, when so many of us have lost someone we love. While AI can’t eliminate that pain of loss, it can definitely make their memories last....

December 9, 2022 · 1 min · 185 words · Angie Jones

Android Device Updates Android Nougat Finally Comes To The Unlocked Galaxy S7 Ge

In the meantime, owners of the unlocked Galaxy S7 ge Huawei ar both received their long-sought updates. t’s get to the details. Each week, we round up all the major software updates to hit the Android ecosystem, including phones tablets on U.S. carriers, unlocked phones, smartwatches, Android TV devices. Make sure your device is running the latest available software so you can enjoy new features— fewer bugs security holes....

December 9, 2022 · 2 min · 219 words · Daniel Feliz

Android Smartphone Makers Caught Lying About Security Updates

Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell are the SRL researchers who conducted the research. They have used reverse engineering and other techniques for two years to analyze the firmware of 1,200 smartphones from more than 10 brands including Samsung, Motorola, HTC, Xiaomi and ZTE. And not only that even the tech giant Google’s Pixel line has also been tested. More details on the subject, including affected models, should be released at the Hack in the Box security conference....

December 9, 2022 · 3 min · 472 words · Sarah Thompson

Are Ads Coming To The Android Lock Screen Let S Hope Not

I am of the paranoid sort, and online advertising never fails to set my suspicion on high alert. But I do get it… companies have to keep the lights on, and ads have always been the easiest (although not always most successful) means of monetizing just about any online thing. However, recent news about the Android lock screen concerned me more. Let me explain. There’s a mobile ad company named Glance (a subsidiary of InMobi), which is a mobile marketing platform based in India....

December 9, 2022 · 5 min · 979 words · Patricia Park

At T Is Changing The Lte Logo To 5G E On Supported Android Devices

AT&T, like the other major wireless carriers, is setting its sights on 5G. But in the transition period, the big blue carrier is making a big change. As reported on Friday by FierceWireless, AT&T is going to be changing the noticeable logo on supported Android devices from “LTE” to “5G E”. The change will mark areas where the carrier’s towers support LTE advanced technologies like 4×4 MIMO and 256 QAM....

December 9, 2022 · 2 min · 218 words · Dennis Orth

Best Amazon Alexa Skills For Kids To Help Them Learn In A Fun Way

Note: I have included apps which are suitable for kids even though they are not included under Alexa Kid Skills. That said, you will have to enable Kid Skills availability on your Alexa Echo device. You can do so by going to the Settings section of the app > Alexa account > Kid Skills. Turn on the toggle which says Allow Kid Skills. There is one more thing you should know which I have shared at the end of the post....

December 9, 2022 · 5 min · 1029 words · Gary Ramsey

Best Free Data Recovery Software

Any data on Windows system is written to the hard-disk and once you decide to delete it, all the space occupied by the data is marked for re-use. File recovery relies on the fact that when a user deletes a file the contents of the file aren’t physically wiped out on the disk, but rather the file is simply flagged as deleted. On simpler terms, the space is simply marked for reuse....

December 9, 2022 · 5 min · 1039 words · Tina Seat

Bezel Free Samsung Galaxy S5 With Fingerprint Scanner Tipped In Korea

There’s been plenty of rumble lately on Samsung Galaxy S5’s purported hardware details, software goodies and innovative new perks, however very few reports have talked design specifics. Well, Seoul newspaper The Korea Herald intends to change that today, suggesting the GS5 will rock a bezel-less exterior. The idea of a handheld completely free of borders has floated around for a few years now, but mostly due to potential vulnerability woes, they were always viewed as things of a fairly distant future....

December 9, 2022 · 2 min · 268 words · Nicholas Leanen

Broadcom S New Ultra Cheap Quad Core Chip Coming To A Samsung Galaxy Near You In 2014

When you look across Samsung’s smartphone and tablet portfolio, you’ll notice that the company uses chips from various vendors. Samsung typically relies on their own chips for high end devices, though this year that’s changed with the S4 getting Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600. Moving down to midrange, again, typically you’d see Samsung’s older chips, but this year we’re seeing the Snapdragon 400 show up in devices like the GS4 Zoom, GS4 Mini, and the Galaxy Mega phone/tablets....

December 9, 2022 · 2 min · 263 words · Donald Bowen

Can You Do All The Things From Google S Super Bowl Ad In Real Life

Just a few short years ago, we saw the rise of the infamous “PuppyMonkeyBaby.” Missed it? Check out the bizarre commercial here. This year, we saw an extended campaign where Mr. Peanut sacrificed his life and reincarnated somehow. Next year, all bets are off. Maybe Mr. Clean and the Mucinex Man will go head-to-head in a boxing match? Tap or click to see 10 strange Super Bowl facts you never knew....

December 9, 2022 · 6 min · 1066 words · Theodore Townsend

Amd Ryzen 7 1800X Breaks World Record In Performance Benchmark

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Breaks World Record In Performance Benchmark Well, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) had already announced the AMD Ryzen 7 processors which will feature eight cores and 16 thread. These chips are said to outperform Intel’s bests, and at the same time, the cost will be almost half the price compared to its competitors. The three tiers of AMD Ryzen 7 chips are- AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, AMD Ryzen 7 1700X, AMD Ryzen 7 1700....

December 8, 2022 · 2 min · 305 words · Beatrice Durdan

Android 6 0 Marshmallow Release Date For Samsung Htc Motorola And Sony Devices

At an event in San Francisco earlier this month, Google unveiled the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and the Chromecast 2. The company then released the AOSP code, factory images, and OTA updates for its Nexus devices in the following week. Since then many Android OEMs have come out and announced a list of devices that they will be updating to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Below, I have compiled all the statements from various OEMs and also provided a tentative timeframe as to when the Android 6....

December 8, 2022 · 6 min · 1091 words · Bessie Forshey

Android P Developer Preview Comes With Updated Ui Notch Support And Better Connectivity Features

Improvised Quick Settings Pulldown Google had made some changes to the Settings Pulldown on the Android Oreo. In Android P the icons have been rounded off. The Bluetooth and WiFi icons are now colored when switched on and greyed when not in use. Accommodating the Notch It all began with the iPhone X using a small area of the front screen to house the front camera and FaceID hardware. The notch earned notoriety for not only disturbing the continuity but also started interfering with the usual functionality of the apps....

December 8, 2022 · 2 min · 326 words · Iris Freeman

Apple Iphone 12 Pro And 12 Pro Max What S New

iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max: Design Let’s start with the design first. Both the iPhone 12 Pro and the 12 Pro Max feature a squared-off flat-edge design, which is very reminiscent of the iPhone 4 series. This design change comes after several years, during which period, the iPhones underwent different design approaches. One of the biggest and probably the most radical shift in design during this period was with the iPhone X back in 2017, which featured a completely different design language that paved the way for a bezel-less future....

December 8, 2022 · 5 min · 880 words · Jerry Cooper

Apple Music Cuts Down Subscription Prices In India Starts At Rs 99 Per Month

The existing subscription plan pricing for Apple Music, until today, started at Rs 60 per month for students, Rs 120 per month for individuals, and Rs 190 per month for a family plan. When compared to other services like JioSaavn, Gaana, YouTube Music, and Spotify, the new Apple Music subscription lies close to that of JioSaavn, Gaana, and YouTube Music. For comparison, Spotify charges Rs 1189 for an annual subscription and Rs 129 for a monthly subscription....

December 8, 2022 · 2 min · 288 words · Paula Spence