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« on: January 25, 2018, 07:09:05 PM »
Apple has announced the next point release of its iOS software, iOS 11.3. iOS 11.3 is a minor release for the platform, and as such builds on features, the firm already has implemented. With iOS 11.3, Apple is improving support for augmented reality, introducing ARKit 1.5 The firm claims that it'll now recognise and place virtual objects on vertical surfaces in addition to the horizontal surfaces it already does, and will recognise and map irregularly shaped surfaces and 2D images. Apple will also improve Animoji support in Messages app for the iPhone X as part of this point update, and will, now be integrating health records into the Apple Health app. Apple is also testing Messages in the cloud, an iOS 11 feature which it announced last year but did not debut with the general roll-out of iOS 11. The feature would have allowed users to sync their messages to Apple's iCloud servers, allowing them to remain in sync across all their Apple devices. iOS 11.3 also continues Apple's ef...
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« on: January 25, 2018, 01:25:05 AM »
Build 17083 for Insiders in the Fast ring is rolling out now with a plethora of new changes and enhancements.Microsoft is rolling out a new Insider Preview build for those in the Fast ring today that bumps the Windows 10 build number up to 17083. Today's builds includes more enhancements and changes to Quiet Hours, the Windows Shell and more.What's new?SettingsFont Settings and Fonts in the Microsoft Store: Fonts are an important asset for your visual creativity. In this build, we're introducing new experiences for managing your fonts in Settings, and for acquiring additional fonts from the Microsoft Store.The Diagnostic Data Viewer is a Windows app that lets you review the diagnostic data your device is sending to Microsoft, grouping the info into simple categories based on how it's used by Microsoft. To get started, navigate to Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics & feedback. Enable the Diagnostic Data Viewer Toggle and then click the button below to launch the app...
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« on: January 24, 2018, 06:50:10 PM »
If you're one of the unlucky souls which missed out on the iOS 11.1.2 signing window, maybe not all hope is lost.History may repeat itself. If you've been keeping up to date with the jailbreak community, you might know that Ian Beers exploit, async_wake, has already been used to create a fully working jailbreak for iOS 11. Unfortunately, the exploit supports up to iOS 11.1.2 which many users missed out on or lost after issues with their devices and the smörgåsbord of jailbreak tools which potentially caused issues and forced restores.A, previously unknown by the jailbreak community, security researcher going under the name of Russ Cox has been confirmed to have discovered a kernel-level exploit in iOS 11.2 up to 11.2.1. The credibility comes from Apple's crediting the researcher in the changelog of iOS 11.2.5 where Apple credited "Russ Cox of Google".Yes. Will tweet a link when I do.— Russ Cox (@_rsc) January 23, 2018Cox states that the security vulnerability ...
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« on: January 24, 2018, 06:50:10 PM »
Qualcomm and Rockchip both announce new platforms for Android Things OS.Google designed an edition of Android for the Internet of Things, called "Android Things OS", and released it in late 2016. The purpose of Android Things is to provide a platform for IoT and embedded devices. Some companies have taken interest in Android Things OS, with MediaTek announcing in May of 2017 that they would be building hardware designed specifically for Android Things, and we now have two new companies on similar paths: Qualcomm and Rockchip. The idea with these chips is to make a way for manufacturers to seamlessly create assistant smart screens and other similar utilities.The official Qualcomm Press Release describes the two new Home Hub platforms: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., today announced two Qualcomm® Home Hub platforms supporting Google's Android Things. Based on the Qualcomm® SDA624 and SDA212 system on chips (SoCs), these platforms are designed to help developers and ori...
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« on: January 24, 2018, 06:50:10 PM »
You can now run full-blown Windows programmes on your Android phone... Sort of...Wine, also known as Wine Is Not an Emulator, is an ultra-popular compatibility layer for UNIX-like operating systems which allows users to run unaltered Windows programs with ease. Its use is especially popular within the Linux community, however, macOS is also a system which often takes advantage of the layer.The compatibility layer has now reached version 3.0 which includes native support for Android. This sounds great, however, keep in mind that Wind is not an emulator, just as the name says. Running x86-compiled desktop programs won't work on an Android device which is powered by the common ARM SoC. In order to take full advantage of the Wine compatibility layer, you'll need an x86-powered Android device, which includes some older Asus phones, a big chunk of Chromebooks and some tablets.This may be disheartening, however, seeing how demanded Wine is by many, it's most likely just a matter of ti...
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« on: January 24, 2018, 12:37:40 AM »
The Google app has seen weird stuff happening to it over the past months, and here we can see more of the same story.Google has been experimenting with the Google Search app and the Google Feed since the release of the original Pixel devices. The app went from round to square, opaque to transparent to even weirder things as Google tries to make up its mind.The latest weirdness is a round Google Search bar at the top of your Feed.The left image shows the new design while the right image shows the old, current one. The change is minor and not noticeable by the majority of users, however, changes to the UI of devices is always exciting and as the Google app is a part of many home screens out there, it's no wonder people are curious about what's going on.The bar has appeared for some users before, however, it mysteriously disappeared. It's not back, but once again, not for everyone. Google is using the A/B testing method where only a handful of users see the change with the vas...
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« on: January 24, 2018, 12:37:40 AM »
Kali Linux has been the Linux distribution of choice for many Linux enthusiasts thanks to its advanced security penetration tools. It's now available for Windows 10 users.Kali Linux is known as the "hacker" distribution among Linux enthusiasts. It features many popular tools for security penetration and has been the go-to distribution for security testing.Good news if you don't want to give up your favourite programs and games for the powerful tools as Kali Linux is now, kinda, available on Windows 10. It just requires a tiny bit of tinkering. Thankfully, Kali has posted a video tutorial in case you wanted to try it out yourself, however, be warned that this is not for inexperienced people who just want to mess around with the system. Kali on Windows 10 is targeted at professionals who know what they are doing.The process may be a little bit too advanced for a lot of users as it requires a basic understanding of Linux. Kali, unlike Ubuntu and other distributions, isn't avai...
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« on: January 24, 2018, 12:37:40 AM »
The Nintendo Switch has been an insanely hot console for the past year, however, a lot of people are still waiting for a jailbreak.Nintendo and jailbreak sound as natural in a sentence as ocean and sky does. It's a harmonic duo which has existed for as long as the consoles themselves. The Nintendo Switch is the fastest selling Nintendo console ever and is possibly the most requested console ever in terms of jailbreaking. The device would be beyond perfect for things like emulators or homebrew which makes it such a tasty target for hackers.Hackers have been slowly but steadily finding more and more security vulnerabilities in the Switch OS throughout 2017 but nothing actually allowed the user to run homebrew code on the console. This may change soon as a talk at the 34th Chaos Communication Congress (34C3) in Leipzig Germany demonstrated kernel-access on the Nintendo Switch which thereby results in almost full control over the Switch hardware.While the 45-minute long talk ma...
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« on: January 24, 2018, 12:37:40 AM »
If you've been waiting for a way to play your favourite classic games on the latest Sony has to offer, you might be in for good news.The PlayStation 4 hacking scene has seen increasing development over the past few months with jailbreaks getting released and homebrew evolving on the console. This time, it's much bigger as the ability to run PlayStation 2 .ISO files has been achieved on PlayStation 4 Firmware 4.05.free-ps2-pub-gen is a tool released by the developer CFWProphet which has a good record of developing for Sony systems. The tool essentially allows you to embed an .ISO file for a PlayStation 2 game inside a PS2-PS4 (PlayStation 2 game re-released for the PlayStation 4) package and run it from there.You can see the game is running smoothly and stable as the underlying emulation layer was developed by Sony themselves. The tool doesn't provide its own emulation technology but used the polished and production-ready emulation found already in the system, however, users...
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« on: January 23, 2018, 06:23:30 PM »
PC gaming does not have to be expensiveIn a previous article, I documented my experience with a €55 PC based on a case, motherboard, CPU and PSU that someone in my city was throwing away as trash.While some game tweaks allowed that device to play a variety of games there were obvious limitations to that setup, such as the Intel HD only being compatible with up to DirectX 10.So I decided to upgrade but imposing an interesting limitation: I would not spend over €100 in total. How far can we go?The first issue to tackle is RAM. While 4 GB is plenty of most modern tasks it is going to be an issue for some of the games I want to try. However, given the current RAM shortages, it would be impossible to get another 4 GB stick without blowing our budget.As a compromise, I managed to find a 2 GB stick for around €10. Mixing RAM sticks from different brands, capacities and/or speeds is a bit of a gamble and it is usually up to the Motherboard, which limits speed to th...
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« on: January 23, 2018, 06:23:30 PM »
While Android Wear continues to be Google's "Windows 10 Mobile", it still sees new watches from time to time.Fossil, a traditional watchmaker, has recently announced a new series of Android Wear watches during CES2018. While they likely won't take the world by storm, they are definitely a sign that Android Wear is still relevant today.The company announced two new watches during CES this year: the "Kate Spade" and "Skagen" Android Wear devices.The Skagen watch is called "Falster" and includes a Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 SoC, similar to most Android Wear devices out there. In addition to the SoC, it features an OLED screen with an unknown resolution at the time. Both leather and mesh options are available for the band and colour options seem to be limited to silver only. The pricing is supposed to be between $275 and $295 with a sale later this month.The Kate Spade watch doesn't seem to have a specific model name at the time of writing. It shares it's SoC with the Falste...
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« on: January 23, 2018, 06:23:30 PM »
Graphic violence and/or adult content is tolerable on Twitter as long as it's labeled as sensitive material. An icicle met that criteria.Nature can create some different shapes and objects from causes of extreme heat or cold. Maybe it's the earth's creative side or sense of humor. Whatever you want to chalk it up as, Twitter is here to protect you from obscene iterations of nature's creativity.This uh very interesting ice formation popped up next to my window! (thumbs up for size reference!) pic.twitter.com/yKr4Z1rAUC— Caroline Haskins (@carolineha_) January 8, 2018A Twitter user posted a picture of an icicle many thought resembled a phallus. It formed in her window after being away from her apartment one weekend. The temperature in New York City had dipped below 10 degrees that weekend, but it didn't rain or snow. Even more perplexing, the woman stated there is no obvious water source between her windowpane and screen which is where the icicle formed.After posting the ...
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« on: January 23, 2018, 06:23:30 PM »
OnePlus gives update on recent payment breach, says 40,000 users affected.Starting about a week ago, we began seeing reports of fraudulent charges from users on the OnePlus Reddit page, as well as the OnePlus Forums. Researchers at Fidus discovered that it was either an issue related to the OnePlus credit card processor (CyberSource) or the website's store itself. Upon discovering the issue, OnePlus disabled credit card processing pending further investigation to prevent the issue from affecting additional users.What was the security issue?OnePlus originally stated that credit card processing doesn't occur on the website directly and that it wasn't storing credit card information on their servers (for security reasons). However, the site was still vulnerable to what's called "cross-site scripting". This allows Javascript to be injected into the page which runs on the client-side and can access information being entered into the webpage and be sent to an external server.The co...
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« on: January 23, 2018, 06:23:30 PM »
Monero is one of the only cryptocurrency's supporting CPU cryptocurrency mining, making Meltdown patches a concern.Most cryptocurrencies today are mined with specialized hardware targeted at crypto mining, or a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), which means the CPU based 'Meltdown' vulnerability has no impact on performance. However, that's not the case for all Cryptocurrencies. Monero is in the top 20 currencies, and it supports mining via CPU. The reason that is concerning to Monero miners is because the CPU is affected by the Meltdown vulnerability. Patches to fix 'Meltdown' reportedly can have an impact on the performance of CPU's, unfortunately.Intel made a statement about the performance impact of Meltdown security patches: "Any performance impacts are workload-dependent, and, for the average computer user, should not be significant and will be mitigated over time"That can be a big concern for anybody using their CPU's to mine cryptocurrency, or any other CPU heavy task...
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« on: January 23, 2018, 06:23:30 PM »
BLOCKS modular smartwatch is now shipping to original backers.The Kickstarter project launched in October of 2015, and is finally rolling out with an official launch. The project started with a $250,000 goal but received over $1.6 million from 5,000 backers in just one month. BLOCKS intended to launch and ship in 2016, but there were several setbacks.What is BLOCKS?BLOCKS is a modular smartwatch intended to be upgradeable in the future, rather than needing to switch out the entire watch every few cycles. It also enables users to choose exactly which features they want to have. The watch is made up of two primary component types:The Core, which is the main watch piece that has the processing power to operate the watch (specs will be posted below)Modules - these are upgradable components that attach to the core and provide additional functionality.Backers in the campaign automatically receive four components of their choosing, from the original six that are available at launc...
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