The previous world record of restoring the 3x3x3 Rubik’s cube in just 5.55 seconds was held by Mats Valk, from Netherlands. Doylestown Spring 2015 organized the official World Cube Association (WCA) event at Central Bucks West High School, Doylestown, PA. The competitors were charged some fee whereas the spectators were allowed a free entry to this event. The proceeds from the competition would be donated to “A Woman’s Place” which is Bucks County’s only domestic violence prevention organization....

Photo-Sharing App Shoto, Taps Into the Power of AI in its Latest Release for Weddings and EventsSo, how exactly does Shoto’s technology work? In an attempt to cut out these tedious steps, one app developer, Shoto, has just released a new feature on its app designed specifically for weddings and events. The feature uses Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and social media to automatically collect photos and videos from weddings and events into one album organizers can share....

Since the release of Pokémon Go, the Pokémon Go servers have proven to be unreliable crashing nearly daily. Given the popularity of the game, the Pokémon Go servers require incredibly heavy maintenance and upkeep. However, today’s downtime was attributed to a DDoS attack. Successful games have often been soft targets for hacking groups like Lizard Squad, SkidNP and others. Now an unknown called PoodleCorp has claimed the responsibility for the DDoS attack in a tweet....

MediaTek recently though came out with the MT6797 SoC, which is part of the Helio X20 series and comes fitted with a deca-core CPU. The silicone piece is build out of four ARM 1.4GHz Cortex-A53 cores, four 2GHz ARM Cortex-A57 cores, and two 2.5GHz ARM Cortex-A72 cores. It also has support for LTE Cat-6 and 993MHz LPDDR3 RAM, which is less in standard in comparison to Qualcomm’s and Snapdragon’s support for 1600 MHz LPDDR4 RAM, and the former’s support for LTE Cat-9....

The Quebec based hacker from Saint-Alphonse-de-Rodriguez, appeared in court today and was charged with four counts related to the unauthorized use of a computer and mischief in relation to computer data. According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Gignac used botnets to distribute malicious software and infect her victims computers. Once infected, these botnets then took over her victims PCs and turned them into zombies. RCMP says that Gignac also used malware to hack into their PCS and spy on them through their own web cameras....

RedHack have posted 18 documents on Tor network and Contains details details of Egemen Ba???, and other officials stay at London Hilton park lane during the Holy Birth week. One other document shows details of Bank Accounts and income of Egemen Ba???. Few other Docs shows details of Egemen Ba??? meetings and Conversations with foreign Governments. The leaked documents are uploaded on tor network and can be viewed here. Files are best viewed in Tor Browser....

The new policy order applies to “visual surveillance systems” developed by China-based firms that are required by Chinese law to share intelligence with Beijing’s security services. The decision has been undertaken by the Government Security Group after undertaking “a review of the current and future possible security risks associated with the installation of visual surveillance systems on the government estate.” According to the Government Security Group, additional controls are required due to the increasing capability and connectivity of the Chinese surveillance systems in the UK....

Larsen currently holds a 17% stake in the company, and according to experts, it has an implied market value of around $37.3 billion. Larsen, on the other hand, believes that if Ripple can be given such a huge value, then so can Bitcoin. “If centralised Ripple is worth $320 (billion) then decentralised Bitcoin is (definitely) going to be worth trillions.” According to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple has done very well because it can be very useful for a low-fee payment method....

Google could face a fine between 800,000 roubles and 4 million roubles ($10,800 -$54,000) if it fails to restrict access to banned information within 24 hours. Further, a fine of up to 10% of the company’s total annual revenue would be charged for repeated offenses, the watchdog said. The search giant could also face a possible punitive slowdown of its online traffic in the country. The move comes as Russia seeks to curb Western tech giants and strengthen what they call the “sovereignty” of the Internet....

For those unaware, NGINX (pronounced as “engine X”) is the world’s second-largest open-source web server. On the other hand, Rambler is a Russian search engine and one of the biggest web portals in the country. During the raid, equipment was seized and NGINX co-founders Igor Sysoev and Maxim Konovalov were detained by the authorities. However, both were released after questioning but their phones were seized. “Earlier today, Russian police came to the NGINX Moscow office,” an F5 spokesperson said....

The study, led by Brice Kuhl and Hongmi Lee from the University of Oregon, used artificial intelligence (AI) that analysed brain activity in an attempt to reconstruct one of a series of faces that participants were seeing. It’s not an exact science, but the AI did get close. “We can take someone’s memory – which is typically something internal and private – and we can pull it out from their brains,” Kuhl told Vox....

The official Google Play listing reads: ‘SnoopSnitch collects and analyzes mobile radio data to make you aware of your mobile network security and to warn you about threats like fake base stations (IMSI catchers), user tracking, and SS7 attacks.’ The SnoopSnitch App scans for signals that indicate a switch from a legitimate tower to a International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) catcher aka ‘stingray’, where information may be being collected for intercepting mobile phone traffic and tracking the movement of smart-phone users....

Social Mapper automatically locates profiles on social media sites, such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+, Vkontakte and microblogging websites like Weibo and Douban. Automated searching of profiles can be performed much faster and for many people simultaneously. “Performing intelligence gathering is a time-consuming process, it typically starts by attempting to find a person’s online presence on a variety of social media sites. While this is an easy task for a few, it can become incredibly tedious when done at scale....

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a warning about Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, saying that a software glitch in the jets’ systems could suddenly shut all electrical power to the plane mid-flight, causing pilots to lose control. The directive was issued after FAA’s testing revealed that Boeing 787s could lose all AC electrical power and revert to failsafe mode, after being continuously powered for 248 days. The failsafe mode could make all four generators aboard the 787 go offline....

Two months later, Sony froze his PlayStation 4 account because of the pending payment, which it said was Ben’s responsibility. Ben put forward his argument that the bill was due to hacking and he was in no way responsible for the pending payment. Sony acknowledge that Ben was hacked but said that the debt would remain. Sony gave Ben two choices Pay up the money and a 6 months ban Dont pay the money and face a lifetime ban Not much choice anyways....

Similar to every other flagship smartphone the entire glass and metal construction of this smartphone looks and feels premium. Thanks to the 21:9 aspect ratio of the display the overall form-factor of the Sony Xperia 5 II is quite compact. In this article, we have shared everything you need to know about the Sony Xperia 5 II. Sony Xperia 5 II: Specifications And Features If design aesthetics are on top of your priority list then the latest flagship offering from Sony won’t disappoint you....

Besides Chromecast with Google TV, the search giant says it will also bring Stadia to the recent Nvidia Shield devices and several other Android TV OS devices. The search giant expects to “see millions of more TVs come to life with games available to play instantly with Stadia.” ? Stadia The games you love, now on even more screens you own. Stadia’s coming to Chromecast with Google TV, plus compatible Android TV devices, landing on June 23....

Arthit Ourairat, dean and president of Rangsit University in Thailand, posted pictures on Facebook of “smart” glasses and smartwatches used to cheat on admissions tests, held May 7 and 8, for its College of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry and Faculty of Pharmacy. “This was the most high-tech exam cheating system I’ve ever seen,” Ourairat told the Manager. The Thai men involved have been identified as Narong Bomboonnak, 26; Chalermwong Sodarattana, 21; and Chatchai Yowaphui, 22, used glasses with wireless cameras embedded in their frames....

The company still considers console gaming to be the centre of its business, even as casual gaming has moved to smartphones and tablets. Nintendo managed to sell only 13 million Wii U consoles (its last console) since its launch in 2012, compared with 101 million sales of its predecessor, the Wii, launched in 2006, clearly indicating that Wii U flopped badly due to lack of must-have titles. Nintendo is now hoping that the Nintendo Switch, a combination home and mobile device will reverse its fortunes in the console market....

Santiago Lopez, a 19-year-old, a self-taught hacker from native Argentina, who goes by the handle @try_to_hack on HackerOne, started reporting security vulnerabilities by joining the platform in 2015 at the age of 16. Lopez is one of the top-ranking ethical hackers on HackerOne with 91st percentile for signal and 84th percentile for impact. Lopez has learned most of his hacking techniques through the internet. He read tutorials and watched YouTube videos on how to bypass or defeat security protections....