Nokia now holds around 76% of shares and voting rights in Alcatel under its public exchange offer, the French financial market authority, AMF, said in a provisional report. It said the “minimal condition” for Nokia to control at least 50 percent of shares and voting rights had been “satisfied”. “The offer therefore is proceeding positively,” the French regulator said, adding that its final report was due Tuesday at the latest....

Today, Nokia announced that its agreement with HMD has officially “come into force” with the first batch of Android smartphones bearing the Nokia name making their debut in the first half of 2017. With immediate effect, HMD Global will own the existing Nokia branded feature phone business and continue to market them as part of an integrated portfolio. They will also be leading the new range of smartphones and tablets launched in near future....

Withings’ products include weighing scales, thermometers, activity trackers, blood pressure monitors and baby monitors built on a digital platform. “We have said consistently that digital health was an area of strategic interest to Nokia, and we are now taking concrete action to tap the opportunity in this large and important market,” Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri said in a statement. “With this acquisition, Nokia is strengthening its position in the Internet of Things in a way that leverages the power of our trusted brand, fits with our company purpose of expanding the human possibilities of the connected world and puts us at the heart of a very large, addressable market where we can make a meaningful difference in peoples’ lives....

Kim Jong-un’s homebred Linux distro for North Korea, RedStar Linux vulnerable to remote takeoverThe exploit according to HackerHouse works like this:In simpler words:What to expect next? Researchers at HackerHouse have discovered a vulnerability in Naenara, the Firefox-based web browser of North Korea’s home-grown operating system. The Red Star OS, having trivial remote exploit attack vectors, seems to aggravate security issues concerning North Korea Government. While it is obvious that the main aim of deploying this OS was to interfere with privacy of the citizen and to spy on them, it is also clear now that North Korea has accidentally given this “right” to almost every hacker in the world....

The futuristic suit in question is the R70i Age Suit, a robotic contraption complete with “augmented reality” goggles, which makes you feel like 85 once you slip in it. It is not exceptionally charming. An attendant controls the fader and your vision dissolves into melty, grayed-out blobs, giving you a very strong experience of hallucinations. “This is called age-related macular degeneration,” the suit’s designer, Bran Ferren, said at a sneak peak on Thursday....

“Since a handful of primes are so widely reused, the payoff, in terms of connections they could decrypt, would be enormous,” researchers Alex Halderman and Nadia Heninger wrote in a blog post published Wednesday. “Breaking a single, common 1024-bit prime would allow NSA to passively decrypt connections to two-thirds of VPNs and a quarter of all SSH servers globally. Breaking a second 1024-bit prime would allow passive eavesdropping on connections to nearly 20% of the top million HTTPS websites....

ODX’s blockchain-based data marketplace, Open Data Exchange, is backed by heavy hitters in the blockchain and technology space, including Andromeda, BlockTower Capital, DNA Fund, Wavemaker Genesis, Hexa Labs, Pantera Capital and Strong Ventures. Through its data marketplace, ODX unites internet service providers and publishers from across the globe to offer consumers free internet access via sponsored data packages. The partnership between YouDeal and ODX brings YouDeal’s large network of internet users closer to receiving uninterrupted internet access through ODX....

HydrogenOS is a the Chinese version of the newly released OxygenOS by OnePlus. Users may remember that OnePlus had introduced the OxygenOS to its worldwide smartphone users on 4th April. OnePlus users should not be confused as the Chinese smartphone maker has two versions of OnePlus One available on the market out of which some smartphones are powered by OxygenOS while other run on CyanogenMod OS. Like the OxygenOS, the HydrogenOS is based on Google’s Android 5....

Opera’s Free 256-bit encryption VPN service hides all your connection details and replaces your IP address with a virtual one, making it difficult for the government or anyone to trace your location, identify your computer or block content they do not want you to see. For those unfamiliar, VPNs are easy security and privacy tools that route your Internet traffic through a distant connection, while protecting your browsing, enhancing security, hiding your location data and accessing restricted resources....

“This is the first time you can seamlessly use cryptocurrencies in the same way as a credit card or a debit card inside your PayPal wallet,” Dan Schulman, CEO and President of PayPal told Reuters ahead of a formal announcement. According to the payments giant, Checkout with Crypto “significantly expands” the usefulness of cryptocurrencies in everyday commerce and builds on the ability for PayPal users to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies....

Plex has gone ahead and quietly updated its Kodi add-on removing the requirement for a Plex Pass and has made its web-based media server completely free. “The Plex for Kodi add-on gives users the best of both worlds; the advanced customization of Kodi home theater and the beauty and simplicity of Plex for access on any device, anywhere, anytime,” the app’s website states. “A dedicated device running Kodi and the Plex for Kodi add-on gives you a slick, configurable way to play your media in your home theatre....

The US government is taking its war on terror seriously and is looking to stop the online ISIS propaganda machinery in its tracks by arresting the known and unknown supporters of the terrorist group who spread its message on social media, be it with tweets or Facebook messages, or even GIFs. Posting such GIF can land even ordinary users in prison despite of First Amendment which guarantees freedom of expression in the United States....

However, C continues to hold the top-most position as the most popular programming language with it also achieving a slight increase in its popularity compared to October 2020. “For the first time since the start of the TIOBE index nearly 20 years ago, Java and C don’t make up the top 2 positions any more. C is still number one, but it is Python that claims the second position now,” Peter Jansen, the CEO of TIOBE Software which runs the TIOBE Index, said....

Bearing a striking resemblance to Nintendo’s hybrid, the unnamed Qualcomm console has “detachable “joycon” style controllers are on the left and right sides of the core console, which resembles a thicker, bulkier smartphone,” states the report. The gaming device will feature a 6.5-inch FHD+ display and include a large 6000mAh battery that supports the company’s Quick Charge technology. According to Android Police’s source, Qualcomm is “using a premium supplier in the controller space to design and manufacture the gamepads....

New theoretical work known as the Schrödinger equation couches mean-field game theory and is the foundational equation of quantum mechanics. Thus, the mathematical tools developed to describe quantum systems might now bring insights to mean-field games. According to a team of French physicists, it’s possible to explain a huge number of problems in game theory into the language of quantum mechanics. In a new paper, they show that electrons and fish follow the exact same mathematics....

For those unfamiliar, Raspberry Pis are cheap, simple, credit card-sized, single board ARM computers with a focus on education and open source software. Due to its open nature, small size, and surplus of ports and software, it is loved by hardware hackers and DIYers. A new “device tree” appeared five weeks ago in the public-facing AOSP codebase for the Raspberry Pi 3 (a folder that will basically include Android files that play nicely with the Raspberry Pi 3’s special mix of hardware)....

Star Wars 7 : The Force Awakens will be released in American theaters over weekend tomorrow. However several users who saw the movie began posting spoilers about the ending. Immediately, Reddit was filled with posts on spoilers which ultimately led the mods to take a decision to ban those users. “We’ve banned dozens of users so far for this,” said TheGreatZiegfeld, one of Reddit’s moderators. “I think all the mods have had it spoiled for them by now....

Timthumb comes with the webshot option disabled by default, so only those wordpress users who have enabled WebShot feature are vulnerable to this attack.If you are using the plugin on your website, you should disable the option to prevent the misuse.Open your TimThumb file inside the theme or plugin and search for “WEBSHOT_ENABLED” and set it to false. More details about the vulnerability can be seen at Cxsecurity 

The team also claimed the “diamond batteries” – which are enclosed inside of other diamonds for safety are not dangerous and release less nuclear radiation than a banana. Such long-lived diamond batteries could be used in implants such as pacemakers, drones, satellites, spacecraft, and in other areas where long battery life is crucial. They could help resolve the problems of nuclear waste, clean electricity generation and battery life, say the researchers....

The company said in a blog post that an unauthorized third party had socially engineered a customer support employee by phone on November 3rd and obtained access to certain customer support systems. Major Breach of Data The unauthorized party was able to obtain a list of email addresses for approximately five million people, and full names for a different group of approximately two million people. This included thousands of phone numbers as well, which are of importance to hackers....