Vulnerability In Snapshot A Bluetooth Device From Progressive Insurance Can Compromise More Than 2 Million Car Owners

Corey Thuen, a security researcher at Digital Bond Labs says that the Snapshot is vulnerable to hacking and using the hacked Snapshot, a potential hacker can remotely hijack personal details of approximately 2 million car users in the United States who buy car insurance from Progressive Insurance. In extreme cases it can even be used to hijack the car itself says Thuen. Thuen will present his findings at the S4 conference in a talk titled Remote Control Automobiles about the Snapshot vulnerabilities....

December 6, 2022 · 2 min · 410 words · Wilma Hernandez

Want To Stay Happy Quit Facebook Says Study

Danish scientists say that your life satisfaction could rise significantly if you go cold turkey from Facebook for a week. For their study, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute, Meik Wiking and his colleagues used Facebook users from Denmark. They split 1,095 daily Facebook users into two groups, half given access to the site as normal and the remainder forced to quit Facebook for a week. The study showed those who were on a break for a week from the social network were happy and more satisfied with their life....

December 6, 2022 · 2 min · 336 words · Ramiro Alba

Web Visits Of Every Visible User On Internet Were Tracked By Gchq

It appears that Karma Police that was named after the Radiohead song started as a top-secret operation to collect intelligence about people using the Internet to listen to radio shows. The main aim of the project was to research “potential misuse” of Internet radio stations to spread messages. In an attempt to recognize their Skype and social media accounts, listeners to streams that included Islamic religious content were targeted for more data collection....

December 6, 2022 · 3 min · 629 words · Long Cowley

What S The Difference Between Ipv4 And Ipv6 Techworm

Back Story IPv4 today, is one of the core protocols of standard based inter-networking methods in the internet. It was initially deployed along with ARPANET back in 1983. IPv4 as we know has a limit to the number of address with the ceiling being hit at 4.3 billion addresses owing to addresses in it being in 32-bits. While 4.3 billion was a lot when it was deployed, the internet has gone through a volcanic eruption of devices in the era of the smartphone....

December 6, 2022 · 2 min · 338 words · Denver Yoshioka

Will Nokia 9 2017 Flagship Beat Samsung S Galaxy S8 Techworm

According to a leak obtained by NokiaPowerUser (NPU), the high-end smartphone is expected to have a 5.5-inch QHD OLED display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, Adreno 540 GPU. Other leaked specs include two storage options: 64GB or 128GB. While Samsung S8 offers only 4GB RAM of internal memory, Nokia 9 is expected to come with a massive 6GB of RAM. On the camera front, Nokia 9 will come with a 22MP dual lens Carl Zeiss rear camera along with a 12MP front facing camera for selfies, while S8 sports a 12MP single primary camera combined with an 8MP secondary snapper....

December 6, 2022 · 2 min · 395 words · Diana Williams

Windows 10 Anniversary Update Has A Serious Problem Says Microsoft Techworm

The most important upgrade is also compulsory which means that Windows 10 users can opt out of it. Now it has been confirmed that the Windows 10 Anniversary Update has a major bug which causes PCs/laptops to freeze. The problem becomes even more severe for Windows 10 users is that they cant opt out of it and Microsoft says it has no fix for this freeze bug. The bug raised many queries on Microsoft Answers support site and ultimately Microsoft posted a new and self explanatory topic titled: ‘Windows 10 may freeze after installing the Anniversary Update’ and states there have been: Though the post says the issue has affected a small number of users, a Reddit thread shows that 1,000+ redditors say they have been affected....

December 6, 2022 · 1 min · 213 words · Ezequiel Rosenthal

Windows 10 Kb4540673 Update Is Causing Blue Screen Of Death

This latest Windows 10 update known as KB4540673 was released on March 10, as part of Microsoft’s “Tuesday of fixes”. It appears to have created problems for those who have downloaded and installed it on their systems. This update was supposed to be a minor update and bring several security fixes as well as other small features. According to Windows Latest, the most recent cumulative update was for the two most recent major versions of Windows 10 – 1909 and 1903....

December 6, 2022 · 3 min · 438 words · James Namm

Windows 10 October 2018 Update Rolls Out Again Still Full Of Flaws

Microsoft has updated its Windows 10 Update history page for version 1809 that provides details of issues affecting Windows 10 client as well as Server. “Mapped drives may fail to reconnect after starting and logging onto a Windows device,” Microsoft says, noting that symptoms include a red X on the mapped network drives in File Explorer. Given below is the current status of Windows, version 1809, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server, version 1809 that are affected as of November 14: As you can see from above, Microsoft is having a compatibility issue between the 1809 update and Trend Micro’s OfficeScan and Worry-Free Business Security software....

December 6, 2022 · 3 min · 542 words · Tara Edwards

Windows 10 S Game Mode Crashing Games Like Call Of Duty Warzone League Of Legends Fixed

So here’s everything you need to know about this issue coupled with its possible fixes. What Is Windows 10 Game Mode? As mentioned above, the Windows 10 Game Mode provides a boost to your PC’s gaming capabilities by optimizing CPU and GPU resources. The Game Mode prioritizes allocations of system resources for games instead of other applications. What Is Windows 10 Game Mode?Windows 10 Game Mode Freezing GamesHow To Fix Windows 10 Game Mode...

December 6, 2022 · 2 min · 325 words · James Battaglia

World S First Flexible Holographic Smartphone Really Bends Techworm

HoloFlex smartphone developed by the researchers runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop and can render 3D images with motion parallax and stereoscopy so that whatever’s on the screen looks like a floating hologram to anyone who is within viewing range, without the need for special eyewear. The research team in its promo says that users can watch Princess Leia of Star Wars come to life into their palms. “HoloFlex offers a completely new way of interacting with your smartphone....

December 6, 2022 · 2 min · 382 words · Kathy Raines

You Can Power These Gadgets By Just Touching Them Techworm

The team, led by Nelson Sepulveda, an associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Michigan State University and lead investigator of the project, has created three devices: an LCD screen which “harvests energy from a user’s touch;” an array of LEDs which lights up when somebody squeezes its pressure pad; and a keyboard which is powered only by tapping its keys. The ground-breaking findings, published in the journal Nano Energy, suggest “we’re on the path toward wearable devices powered by human motion,” said Sepulveda....

December 6, 2022 · 3 min · 558 words · Barbara Bray

Youtube Gets A Tiktok Like Live Streaming Feature Live Rings Techworm

The new feature called “Live Rings” will display a luminous red ring with the word “Live” around a channel’s profile picture when live streaming on the platform. Clicking on the channel avatar will directly take users to the live broadcast. — Neal Mohan (@nealmohan) February 18, 2022 Similar indicators for channels that are live streaming are already available on other social platforms such as TikTok and Instagram. While TikTok adds a pulsing ring effect on a channel’s profile picture to notify the user that it is live streaming, Instagram displays a colorful ring around the profile pictures of live streaming accounts....

December 6, 2022 · 1 min · 152 words · William Lopez

Zero Day Vulnerability Found In Internet Explorer Microsoft Released A Security Patch Techworm

December 6, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Marie Stephens

123456 Is The Most Common Password Of 2016 Reveals Study Techworm

Keeper Security, a US-based password management company, has revealed a list of the worst passwords of 2016. The list has been compiled by aggregating passwords leaked in data breaches during the past year. The Keeper team also assessed the top 25 passwords found in data from Leaked Source, Have I Been Pwned, Randomize and Tripwire. More than 10 million leaked user records were collated by the Keeper Security team, and after examining the leaked data, it was found that over 1....

December 5, 2022 · 3 min · 495 words · Gail Neidich

Gene Drive That Spreads Infertility In Mosquitoes Could Eradicate Malaria Within Years Techworm

Scientists genetically engineer mosquitoes that would wipe out their speciesFighting malaria with genetically modified mosquitoes that can pass on gene that renders their offspring sterile A team led by molecular biologist Dr Tony Nolan and vector biologist Prof Andrea Crisanti at Imperial College London, have recognized three genes in Anopheles gambiae that, when mutated, lead to infertility in females, which means that the genetically modified bugs carry a gene that disrupts the egg production in female mosquitoes....

December 5, 2022 · 3 min · 480 words · Michael Muellerleile

Heartbleed Distractions Help Hackers To Plunder Away 250 000 Student Ids And Credentials From Us Universities Techworm

December 5, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Diana Sippel

Iphone 7 Plus To Have 3Gb Ram And Dual Camera On The Back Techworm

This is because the upcoming iPhone 7 Plus is rumored to feature 3GB of RAM. Though more amount of RAM will obviously equal more battery consumption, we have a feeling that Apple will reduce this drawback through a large battery capacity. However, 3GB RAM is not the only impressive hardware spec that is going to be present inside the upcoming beast of an iPhone. iPhone 7 Plus has also been rumored to feature a dual-camera processing sensor, and if the rumor holds true, this iPhone is going to be the very first phone belonging to Apple to feature such a configuration....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 261 words · Jessie Albertson

Pokemon Go Gps Hack This Could Be The Most Ambitious Hack To Date Techworm

The innovative methods from various players varied from using drones, to remote-controlled cars, automated vacuum cleaning systems, smartphone cases or just trying to sell accounts outright. We have also seen maps filled with Pokemon, players cheating their way to the max level of 40, and even hacks that require jailbreaks, which did not require the gamer to take a single step out of their home’s premises. If all the above was not enough, earlier this week, a video was released from YouTube channel jdsika that featured one-of-a-kind hardware-based solution to deal with the problem of having to step outside the comfort of their homes and take to the road to catch Pokemon....

December 5, 2022 · 3 min · 610 words · Victoria Romano

10 Best Registry Cleaner For Windows 10 Pc

What is Registry? Windows registry is a kind of database that keeps startup settings; settings, data values of software, hardware and applications, etc. What is Registry?What is a Registry Cleaner?Best Free Registry Cleaner for Windows 101. CCleaner2. Registry Reviver cleaner3. Wise Registry Cleaner4. RegSeeker5. Registry Life6. Auslogics Registry Cleaner7. Eusing Free Registry Cleaner8. Registry Repair by Glarysoft9. Your Cleaner10. NT Registry Analyzer In simpler words, it keeps and remembers different settings that are necessary for the proper functioning of software applications and the operating system....

December 5, 2022 · 8 min · 1622 words · Joshua Porter

10 Year Old Unlock His Mom S Iphone X Using His Face Techworm

However, several tests show that Apple’s Face ID technology can be easily tricked if one has an identical twin or if one uses a specially constructed 3D mask. This has only raised questions over Apple’s claim of the Face ID being an effective security feature of the iPhone X. Now, a video of a mom and her 10-year-old kid uploaded on YouTube shows how the kid unlocks his mom’s iPhone X despite the handset being secured by Face ID....

December 5, 2022 · 4 min · 715 words · Thomas Danahy