Many smartphones these days are “locked” to their carrier and won’t accept a SIM from another provider. Even if the provider allows this, you may still have to often pay an substantial fee for a new SIM card, as that information cannot simply be changed. Also, for those who have switched providers may be aware of how difficult the process of switching carriers can be. However, according to a report from the Financial Times, future Apple and Samsung devices could bid farewell to SIM cards very soon....

Called the Walabot DIY, all you need to do is just download the Walabot DIY app from the Google Play Store, connect the accessory to your smartphone’s USB port, and hold it against a wall. Since, it is a consumer-friendly product; it doesn’t require any training to use. The sensor can also magnetically attach to the back of your smartphone, which allows you to use the two devices single-handedly, leaving your other hand free to operate the app....

Super secure Blackphone security stands exposed! A researcher has found out a vulnerability in Blackphone security suite which allows a potential attacker to access and decrypts messages, steal contacts and control the mobile device remotely. Blackphone which is touted as world’s most secure smartphone and was developed in light of post-Snowden privacy concerns faced by users has found success among them. The device contains custom Android operating system called PrivatOS, and features remote wiping tools and an app suite which uses encryption technology for making calls, sending texts and sharing files....

Remember Shadow Brokers, the shadowy hacker group that made headlines in August 2016 when it leaked advanced NSA hacking tools. Shadow Brokers had claimed that it had access to whole range NSA hacking tools and had attempted to sell some of the tools on the dark web. After failing to get buyers for the hacking tools, Shadow Brokers today announced its retirement. The hacker group said it was “going dark”, but not before leaving a parting gift....

The Orange Pi PC has a system based on the Allwinner H3 SoC powered by a Allwinner H3 (4x Cortex-A7 @ 1.6GHz) supported by an ARM Mali-400MP2 GPU up to 600 MHz. The Orange Pi PC is a new single board machine that is apparently compatible with the Raspberry Pi OS images and can also run standard Linux and Android. It has a system memory of 1GB DDR3 and supports MicroSD card storage up to 64GB....

ShakeAlert, the West Coast’s scientific-grade detector, has been in the development of science for nearly ten years. However, their development process has been brought to a halt due to lack of financial resources. GPS, which is found in most of the smartphones these days, are claimed to give scientists a very precise reading on the earthquake activity as suggested in a new study in Science Advances. These crowdsourced GPS earthquake detection could work apace with existing systems, to help fill in the void....

The medical world is not equipped with enough numbers of ventilators, which are essential for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. To resolve this issue, An Italian start-up Isinnova has come up with a solution to modify the snorkeling masks into emergency ventilators using 3-D printed adapters. This idea was proposed by a former head physician of the Gardone Valtrompia Hospital, Dr. Renato Favero. In order to fix the possible shortage of hospital C-PAP masks for sub-intensive therapy he reached out to Isinnova, a company who were already manufacturing 3D printed emergency valves, with this project....

Unknown hackers have hacked into British model and Indian actress, Amy Jackson’s iPhone and leaked her private and explicit images online. The images leaked by the hackers are doing rounds on WhatsApp and Facebook posts in India. Amy Jackson is a British-born Indian actress who is quite famous in Tollywood – the portmanteau for Tamil film industry. Amy Jackson started as an actress in the 2010 Tamil period-drama Madrasapattinam. While further pursuing her modeling career in the UK, Jackson debuted in Bollywood romantic drama Ekk Deewana Tha, which flopped miserably....

Move over from face recognition, fingerprint sensor, and iris scanning methods to log into sites and apps. Now, there is a new novel method in the works to confirm your identity: the sound of your skull. Researchers at the University of Stuttgart, the University of Saarland and the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Germany are working on a new system called SkullConduct, an authentication system that uses a bone conduction speaker and mic on your head to identify you....

While no one has taken responsibility for the hack, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) claims that North Korea is likely behind the Coincheck cryptocurrency heist. Although the NIS didn’t have evidence to support this claim, the people who had knowledge of parliament’s intelligence committee proceedings told Reuters, “It’s a possibility that North Korea could be behind the theft.” Kim Byung-kee, a member of South Korea’s Parliament’s intelligence committee, recalled similar past incidents in which North Korea attacked exchanges in the country....

— South Park (@SouthPark) September 14, 2017 — Kenny Eaton ? (@Kenny_623) September 14, 2017 — Jeff???? (@tinmanic) September 14, 2017 And there were some wild commands as well. — Chris From Minnesota. Duh (@ChrisMn84) September 14, 2017 — Chris From Minnesota. Duh (@ChrisMn84) September 14, 2017 Some fans had the fun of their lifetime with the real-life NSFW commands that their Alexa and Google Home followed. — Barto (@scottbarto) September 14, 2017...

A new round of digital movement has already begun and the future of the world will be super-connected. More and more bandwidth will be required to stay forward of the needs of the customers and the telecom industry will have to be prepared to deal with these growing demands. The backbone, which is the true central part of a telecom network is an important element to make this possible. The trial is the first result of the association on a new method that Huawei and Proximus have been occupied in January....

Stanford University create super fast computer using data chips that transport data on light instead of electricityLight would be the mode of transportation to efficiently pass data between computer chips rather than electricity in the awesome Super-efficient light based computers Researchers have found a method to send data in the form of photons through the optical fibers and this very technology is being used in Internet, wherein we have witnessed enormous speed at which the data is being sent....

:putnam: doesn’t works any longer to show up as an emoji Hack Away The short answer – the one you will most likely find on the internet – is that Chris Putnam is an engineer at Facebook. The full story however, is a little more entertaining. At the end of this article, you will also realize that it wasn’t Putnam who added his emoticon to Facebook chat, it was his friends that did it....

The Chinese government has issued new regulations which require all companies that sell computer equipment to Chinese banks to turn over secret source code, submit to security audits and build back doors into hardware and software, according to the New York Times. The Chinese government laid out the new rules in a 22-page document, which NYT said were approved at the end of last year. China says these rules are necessary to strengthen the cyber security in critical Chinese industries....

A group of Indonesian teenagers along with an 27-year-old man managed to hack into Tiket.com, one of the popular online travel agents in Indonesia and steal Rp 4.1 billion ($308,000 USD) worth of airline tickets for the budget carrier Citilink Indonesia, the National Police said in Jakarta on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. The hackers then sold the stolen tickets on Facebook and used the funds to buy themselves expensive motorcycles....

A teenager from Antrim has been arrested in connection with the crime. The 15-year-old was taken into custody after an investigation by the Metropolitan Police cyber crime Unit, the PSNI and the British National Crime Agency. The boy was detained after the NCA conducted a raid on Monday in Northern Ireland. According to the police he was questioned over the attack and a search of the premises by officers is ongoing....

But recent advancement in technology has helped engineers create something which has changed the world of music. How would you feel when someone tells you that he can produce music with the help on his movement only? Isn’t it sounds something unnatural something like that of sci-fi stories but it’s true? An British engineer named Heap met Elly Jessop has made it real with the help of a team hackers, musician and technologists....

The SquareTrade has posted and YouTube video about the bend test it carried out on Samsung Galaxy S6. The test reveals that Galaxy S6 edge bends as easily as iPhone 6 Plus. The testing revealed that both smartphones cave at 110 lbs of pressure. HTC One M9 was also subjected to a similar test and found to be able to withstand 120 lbs of pressure but after that it was reduced to junk as the power button is in the center and no longer works....