It’s scary out there, but we will get through this together. Staying up to date on the latest information is key but you really need to be careful where you find it — especially if you’re looking on social media. There is just so much misinformation it’s overwhelming. Tap or click here for official Twitter accounts with accurate coronavirus news. Misinformation is bad enough, but there are even worse fates for information-seekers out there....

Yes, according to the well-known sources and reports, recently, it was acquired by Justin Sun and his startup, of course, Tron, involved in one of the most valuable crypto-coins on the market. The deal was closed for $140 million in cash, according to TechCrunch. Some shareholders are questioning the terms of the acquisition, but this is unlikely to be an obstacle – as BitTorrent has been looking for a buyer for some time....

The weeklong lull between tmas New Year’s is typically seen as a big week for app developers, thanks to the large spike in newly gifted iOS Android devices. Flurry said total activations of iOS Android devices topped 6.8 million on tmas Day reached more than 20 million activations during the last week of 2011. The 2011 tmas bump was apparent in Flurry’s numbers as all but one of the top five app downloading countries for the week were tmas-celebrating nations....

Despite an additional launch in October, Android users have waited patiently for Android 12 to roll out similar updates. Originally the update went out just to Google Pixel phones. Tap or click here for seven things you didn’t know your Android could do. After an initial roll-out, the update is now being made available to Galaxy phones, and the rest are coming soon. So if you own an Android phone, make sure to adjust these Android 12 security settings....

Motorola has just announced that it has started the public release of Android 5.0 Lollipop to a few of its devices. The update comes a week after Google pushed the source code of Lollipop to AOSP. The company has started rolling out the update for the following devices in the United States: Moto X (2nd Gen.) Pure Edition Moto G (2nd Gen.) US GSM Moto G (2nd Gen.) Global GSM retail versions sold in the US...

Researchers Zhiyun Qian, of the University of California, Riverside, Z. Morley Mao Qi fred Chen from the University of Michigan are set to present their findings during the Usenix Security Symposium in San Diego on Friday. The attack works by having a malicious app monitor actions on a phone wait for the user to open start using a target app, such as Gmail, H&R Block, or Chase Bank. The bad app then exploits data in shared memory to basically make an educated guess about what a user is doing on the other app at that exact moment....

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. Making sure your device is running the latest available software is a good housekeeping practice, ensuring you have the latest features with fewer bugs gaping security holes. Nexus Factory images: If you have a Nexus device, the biggest benefit is that you get the latest most secure versions of Android....

It helps that he’s so active on Twitter +. Queru can be found opining on most things related to ’s mobile operating system, though he also devotes some of his time to showing off his latest projects at Yahoo, where he works as an architect senior principal engineer. Queru helped make AOS(Android Open Source oject) what it is today, has now shifted his focus to making Yahoo’s apps more Android-friendly....

An Australian trademarks tribunal has rejected Apple’s bid to stop a small company, manufacturing laptop bags and cases for Apple products, called DOPi from trademarking its name since Apple believed DOPi is way too similar to iPOD, Apple’s popular portable music player. Apple has always been known for its over-zealous legal team plunging on any individual or company it sees as infringing on its copyright and trademarks (who turn blind eye when Apple itself crosses the line with trademarked names like iPhone and iPad)....

Asus’ second Android Wear smartwatch, the ZenWatch 2, has gone up for sale in India. With prices starting at Rs. 11,999, the ZenWatch 2 is the cheapest Android Wear smartwatch to launch in the country and is available in three different variants. The aforementioned price is for the base 1.45-inch model with a 22 mm rubber band, with a leather variant priced at Rs. 14,999. The 1.63-inch model (with an 18 mm strap) is priced the same as the leather variant of the smaller model, and all three models are available for purchase exclusively through retailer Flipkart....

Asus ROG Smartphone Features Asus didn’t want to be left behind and has launched its new smartphone under the “Republic of Gamers” branding, aimed towards hardcore smartphone gamers. Republic of Gamers, commonly known as ROG is the branding that ASUS has been using for a while now for their gaming-centric PCs as well as accessories. The ROG smartphone from the Taiwanese tech-giant comes with Qualcomm’s top-of-the-line chip, the Snapdragon 845, speed-binned to achieve clock speeds of up to 2....

In previous chapters, we examined risk assessments and architecture design from 50,000 feet. However, as practitioners, we need a better understanding of the details included in risk reduction and architecture considerations. What steps must we take to ensure an attacker has few opportunities to reach her goals? The foundation of acceptable risk is a minimized, monitored, and managed attack surface (AS). The process of achieving this state is attack surface reduction (ASR)....

AWS S3 The S3 is a cloud-based offering from AWS. It allows one to store and retrieve an unlimited amount of data from any location at any given point in time. The architecture of S3 is kept simple to provide robustness and efficiency to its end users. The S3 is made of up of 2 main elements: Buckets and Objects. S3 ACLs The S3 provides Access Control Lists (aka ACLs) at both the bucket level and the object level....

What Type of Password Can We Recover? With Password Recovery Bundle you can bypass / reset a forgotten Windows password easily, or crack Windows password in plain-text if you don’t want to make any changes to your system. This tool can also let you quickly recover or remove password protection on Microsoft Word / Excel / PowerPoint / PDF / RAR / ZIP files; decode your Access or SQL Server database password; retrieve all of the passwords you’ve ever told your Web browsers / email clients / instant messengers / FTP clients to remember for you; locate lost product keys for Windows, Office, Adobe and other softwares; and much more....

Thanks to developing ideas about accessible education, a variety of schools now offer full tuition waivers and scholarships to online and traditional learners. Read on to learn more about tuition-free, accredited online colleges and how to qualify for them. Best tuition-free online colleges in 2022: Our picks For our list of the top five free online colleges, we only included schools that met these qualifications: In most cases, a tuition-free college is a school that makes a commitment to pay full tuition for students demonstrating financial need....

And now what was already a busy time for shopping is super-charged by Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the days bookending Thanksgiving weekend, where retailers offer major discounts and sales. Black Friday started as a phenomenon in the US, but has now spread to retailers around the world. But while Black Friday can offer a chance for shoppers to buy things at big discounts, the popularity of the event and the rush to grab bargains means that Black Friday is a major target for cyber criminals, fraudsters and scammers....

The era of the giant smartphone is far from over, and BLU Products, well known for its cheaper options of unlocked handsets, has just introduced a giant device into the market. On Wednesday, December 17, BLU Products officially announced the Studio 7.0 and as the name suggests, it does indeed boast a 7-inch display. BLU’s giant screen features a resolution of 600×1024, and underneath the hood the device is powered by a 1....

You can understand the impulse. You’ve bought something from a brand and its marketing people really, really want to know what you really, really thought of the purchase experience. Sometimes, the enthusiasm to know gets a little much – something I recently experienced when I bought one or two things at Best Buy. After the first ten emails begging you to fill out a survey, your eyes glaze over, and you block the emails....

The Echo Input Portable builds upon the existing Echo Input device and offers a better battery life and built-in speakers. It includes physical buttons for controlling volume, a power button to turn on/off the device, and a mute button to disconnect the microphones. Besides this, there is a micro-USB port on the device for charging, a 4-LED battery indicator to provide the current battery status, built-in speakers, and a 4800mAh battery that the company claims to offer up to 10 hours of playback and 11 hours of standby time....

There are already several users who are complaining that this new version no longer recognizes the fingerprint reader of Google smartphones. This is not yet a general release, but many Nexus and Pixel users started this week to get the final version of Android 7.1.2. Being a bug fix release, the tech giant Google has invested in trial versions so it’s as close to perfect as possible. The various issues it handles have not yet been revealed by Google, but apparently, there is a new one that is being reported by users....