Pirate Bay Founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg AKA Anakata Found GUILTY in CSC Hacking Case by a Danish Court.The CaseThe ProsecutionThe Defence The Case Gottfrid Svartholm, the Sweden born Pirate Bay founder and his 21-year-old accomplice were found to have been involved in illegally accessing systems operated by IT company CSC. Svartholm was found guilty of gross vandalism under Danish laws because he has changed in files on CSC’s Web server. In a 12 page long judgement, Judge Kari Sorensen said that the main evidence found was the number of files stolen from CSC servers which were found on Svartholm’s personal computer....

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....

French parents could face fines of up to €45,000 and a year in prison if found guilty of breaching their right to privacy when they are young, reported the Guardian. Thanks to the country’s strict privacy laws. “In a few years, children could easily take their parents to court for publishing photos of them when they were younger,” Eric Delcroix, an expert on internet law and ethics, told The Telegraph....

One of the favourite game among online players, PlayersUnknown’s Battlegrounds, or PUBG as it is affectionately called has been having problems with Steam servers since last week. The PUBG online game which is known as Royale online game is based on 2000 film Battle Royale and is based on Mods created by Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene. PUBG, otherwise known as PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is experiencing connection issues this evening with a majority of the games PC player base on Steam unable to connect to the online survival game....

PUBG Mobile’s journey so far The popular Battle Royale game made its way into the players’ iOS since its first release by Tencent on App Store on March 19, 2018, with millions of people downloading it. Which was followed by the Android version and the latest Lite version for Android which helped it to cross 100 million downloads in less than four months of its launch. PUBG Mobile’s journey so farHow PUBG Mobile game works?...

Perhaps, its ability to cater to numerous purposes is what incited its global popularity. Now, the tool is being used by millions and millions of Internet users across the six continents. The global VPN market size is expected to reach a whopping $35.73 billion by 2022. Regardless, when we talk about virtual private networks, only a handful of names can make room in my top 10 list. One such VPN that I am going to review today is PureVPN....

“Qualcomm Technologies is spearheading the first wave of 5G launches with our first generation 5G mobile platform. With significant evolution in capabilities and performance, our second generation commercial 5G modem is a true testament to the maturity and leadership of our 5G technology. We expect our 5G platform to accelerate 5G commercial momentum and power virtually all 5G launches in 2019 while significantly expanding the global 5G rollout footprint,” said Cristiano Amon, president of Qualcomm Incorporated....

The academic paper titled “Interstellar Communication. IX. Message decontamination is impossible” has been written by Michael Hippke of the Sonneberg Observatory in Germany and John Learned of the University of Hawaii. The paper discusses about a possible alien invasion either intentionally or unintentionally, by embedding code in a message. “It is cheaper for an extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) to send a malicious message to eradicate humans compared to sending battleships,” the researchers wrote....

A team of researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada have demonstrated how hackers can use the simplest of smart household devices, including lights, switches, locks, thermostats, and more, to potentially take down sections of the internet or carry out a full-scale attack on a country’s infrastructure. They showed how easy it is to take control of the devices and employ them for the kind of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack....

On the spec front, the 4TB 850 EVO 2.5-inch storage system tops out at 540MB/s read and 520MB/s write speeds, which matches the performance of the company’s other capacities, running the array from a meagre 120GB on up. With the new 4TB 850 EVO, Samsung uses its well-respected V-NAND and rates it for 300 terabytes written. While there are faster drives available out there, but what is worth noting here is that you can use any models in the 850 EVO line in any PC with a SATA connection, making them great options for those interested in an upgrade to faster storage....

While the faulty batteries are considered to be the reason behind the overheating and recall of 2.5 million devices, it appears that the company’s eagerness to get the better of Apple led to faults in the production of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7. If this was not enough, Samsung is expected to follow Apple and ditch the industry-standard 3.5mm headphone port, just the way its Cupertino giant did it in its newly launched iPhone 7 devices....

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....

One clip depicted Jobs’ refusal to acknowledge the paternity of Lisa, his first child, while another showed how he was maneuvered out of Apple’s boardroom in a power play. There will be a limited public premiere of ‘Steve Jobs’ on October 9, while the full scale released is planned on October 16. Michael Fassbender plays the role of Steve Jobs, where there are also other supporting actors such as Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels....

According to some reliable sources, Spotify will be launched in India within the next six months. So here’s everything you need to know about Spotify’s launch in India. ALSO READ: How Spotify Premium APK Works, Is Downloading It Legal? Spotify Will Launch In India Soon As of now, Spotify’s major source of revenue is from countries like North America, South America, and Europe. It is worth noting that, these regions accommodate less than one-third of the world’s population....

According to Australian TV program 60 minutes, billions of mobile phone users are at a risk of signaling flaw that allows hackers to listen into conversations and hijack Australians’ mobile phones. It also hackers to intercept all voice calls and track locations, the program claims. Government, security agencies and the telecommunications industry will be forced to explain a security hole that allows hackers to listen in to conversations and hijack Australians’ mobile phones after it’s exposed by a 60 Minutes investigation, the program claims....

Dont like forced Windows 10 updates, try out these 3 different methods to stop themOption 1: Stop The Windows Update ServiceOption 2: Setup A Metered ConnectionOption 3: Group Policy EditorThe Show/Hide Tool So, how do we stop them? Looks, like we now have three potential options that can an answer to this, which has their own advantages and disadvantages. Read below to find out which option is more feasible for you....

A 15-year-old teenage hacker was sentenced to a “family conference” by a judge at the Christies Beach Youth Court in Adelaide, Australia after he targeted Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN) Portal, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and his own school servers in February 2016. In Australian law, a family conference is when the court leaves the punishment to the family and a supervising youth police officer, who must agree with the punishment in order to consider the matter closed....

There are many children who really trust their parents for resolving their social media troubles and doubts. However, it really depends on the relation of parents and their children. In early teens, children usually don’t share their thoughts with parents regarding social media usage. The help of parents is the most trusted advice for parents as they can’t think wrong about their kids and can guide them in the best way....