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For The First Time New Carbon Nanotube Chip Outperforms Silicon SemiconductorsCarbon Nanotube Outperforms Silicon Semiconductors Now, for the very first time, scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed carbon nanotube transistors that exceed the performance of advanced silicon transistors. The huge breakthrough may forever change how microprocessors are produced. Carbon Nanotube Outperforms Silicon Semiconductors Carbon nanotubes have in theory thought to be able to perform five times faster than silicon transistors, but the same was never achieved till now....

Fortinet Makes Sandbox Available as Virtual Appliance – FortiSandbox-VMFeatures Features A Sandbox is a developer term which stands for an environment that resembles a sandbox for kids. The kid, once placed inside a sandbox, can do whatever he wants with all toys that are already available. He cannot go out and is therefore secure inside. A sandbox in computer terms works pretty much the same way. Once an application or a website is put inside a sandbox, it can only use resources available inside the sandbox environment....

In this article, we have shared Free YouTube Proxy that can help you Unblock Youtube. YouTube has completely revolutionized the way we consume content. The world’s second-largest search engine has millions of hours of entertaining content, helpful tutorials, and exclusive news in form of videos. Sadly, YouTube is inaccessible to millions of users due to censorship imposed by governments, ISP blockages, and geographical restrictions. Youtube is even blocked in schools and workplaces....

For those unaware, this is GitHub’s first major update since it was officially acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion in October last year. While GitHub always had a free tier that developers can use to store and manage their code, the company, however, charged $7 a month for a private repository. “For the first time, developers can use GitHub for their private projects with up to three collaborators per repository for free,” the company said in a brief blog post....

The global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has forced teachers and students alike to resort to online learning platforms like Zoom and Google Classroom to continue classes and stay connected while quarantined. As a result, online services like these have suddenly seen a surge in usage as well as popularity. For those unaware, Google Classroom is a free app for schools and non-profit organisations that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments in a paperless way....

The Competition Commission of India (CCI), the country’s competition enforcement body, is investigating allegations that Alphabet’s Google is exploiting its market dominance for highlighting its mobile payments app, Google Pay. By doing this, the U.S. tech giant gives itself an unfair advantage over apps of competitors, which hurts consumers and other payment platforms available in India. The complaint, which was filed in February, accuses the U.S. tech giant of using its strong control on the Play Store for promoting Google Pay inside its Android app store in India, which puts mobile payment apps of competitors at a disadvantage....

“App Maker lets you build a range of applications customized to meet the needs of your organization and connects to a wide range of data sources and APIs,” said exec Elissa Murphy during the announcement. “This unique flexibility starts with built-in support for G Suite products as well as popular services such as Maps, Contacts, Groups and more. You can also leverage other Google Cloud services such as the Directory API and Prediction API, or third-party APIs, to create richer, more intelligent application experiences....

To begin with, the newly leaked renders of Pixel 2 reveal that the HTC-manufactured device will reportedly have a 5-inch screen display and prominent bezels on the sides. The smartphone will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor and come in 64GB and 128GB storage options, priced at $649 and $749, respectively. The Pixel 2 smartphone is expected to offer a squeezable frame just like the HTC U11. Pixel 2 will be available in “Just Black”, “Clearly White” and “Kinda Blue” color options....

The adware inside the apps is directing users to harmful phishing sites and stealing sensitive information or generating ‘pay-per-click’ revenue for malware operators by clicking on advertisements. In addition, some of these sites offer victims to download fake antivirus solutions or updates, infecting devices with malware. This family of four malicious apps is from the developer ‘Mobile apps Group’ and is infected with Android/Trojan.HiddenAds.BTGTHB. These apps have amassed at least a total of one million downloads on the Google Play Store....

Threat analysts at McAfee discovered that these browser extensions that masqueraded as Netflix viewers and others were designed to surreptitiously monitor the browsing activities of the users. The Chrome browser add-ons in question are as follows: Netflix Party (mmnbenehknklpbendgmgngeaignppnbe) – 800,000 downloads Netflix Party 2 (flijfnhifgdcbhglkneplegafminjnhn) – 300,000 downloads FlipShope – Price Tracker Extension (adikhbfjdbjkhelbdnffogkobkekkkej) – 80,000 downloads Full Page Screenshot Capture – Screenshotting (pojgkmkfincpdkdgjepkmdekcahmckjp) – 200,000 downloads AutoBuy Flash Sales (gbnahglfafmhaehbdmjedfhdmimjcbed) – 20,000 downloads...

In the major blow to its Android App developers, Google has removed several popular Pirate Bay apps from the Play Store. An email sent to developers claims that the apps violate intellectual property provisions of Google’s content policy. Google’s more comes a week after British ISPs started blocking torrents including privates ones in United Kingdom. Google has come down pretty hard on the Apps which include “The Pirate Bay Proxy,” “The Pirate Bay Premium,” “The Pirate Bay Mirror” and “PirateApp....

Starting next month, the feature will be made available as an update to Google Fit, the company’s health tracking app, on Pixel phones with plans of making it available to more users by expanding support to non-Pixel phones in the future. “Heart rate and respiratory rate are two vital signs commonly used to assess your health and wellness. Starting next month, Google Fit will allow you to measure your heart rate and respiratory rate using just your phone’s camera....

The incident first took place on February 5th at Oldsmar’s water treatment facility when around 8 a.m. a plant operator noticed someone remotely accessing the computer system he was monitoring. This system is responsible for controlling the chemicals and other operations of the water treatment plant. Since the computers are set up for allowing remote access to supervisors to troubleshoot from different locations, the operator did not think much of the incident....

Hackers can snoop on your computer screen just by listening to your webcam’s microphoneA team of researchers has discovered that hackers can remotely spy on a computer screen by listening in with a microphone. A team of researchers has discovered that hackers can remotely spy on a computer screen by listening in with a microphone. The hacker can listen to acoustic noises coming from within computer screens and can be used to detect the content displayed on the screens....

Flaw in drug pump’s security feature helps hackers to raise dose limitsThe Hospira Pumps The brand in question was the popular LifeCare PCA drug infusion pump sold by Hospira—an Illinois firm with more than 55,000 of the intravenous drug pumps in hospitals around the world. The pumps are proclaimed to have extra safety measures that minimizes medication errors and makes it less harmful for the patient and prevent deaths. However, Rios found that the Hospira systems don’t use certification for their internal drug libraries....

Shortly after the incident, Twitter said, “We’re aware that @jack was compromised and investigating what happened.” — Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) August 30, 2019 After gaining control of Dorsey’s account, the hackers sent sexist, racist and vulgar tweets to his 4.2 million followers. The tweets also included messages such as “Hitler is innocent”, anti-Semitic comments, the hashtag #ChucklingSquad, N-word, and a link to a gaming chat application Discord called “Chuckle with us....

Unlike the like button, now Facebook users can give a any one of six emotional votes on the posts in their timeline. You can now “love,” “haha,” “wow,” “sad” or “angry” something with cute emojis. You can “wow” a friend’s appalling Tinder screengrab, send them a “sad” for emotional support during a period of anxiety or just “haha” their wack memes in sympathy. And Hong Kong’s Leung fell prey to the new reactions when thousands of users are showing their dislike clicking “angry” on his official Facebook entries....

Take Bitcoin for example. While the technology does offer a number of key benefits, the underlying network is arguably not fit for purpose. Whether it’s the consumption of more electricity than the entire Czech Republic, a somewhat laborious transaction time of 10 minutes, or perhaps, most importantly, a capacity restriction of 7 transactions per second (t/ps) – this isn’t a system suitable for mass adoption. With that being said, we seek to explore whether emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance the capabilities of existing blockchain frameworks....

Some of you here might be very much familiar with DVDFab, a well-known multimedia solution provider which has been dedicated to DVD & Blu-ray backup, conversion, and authoring, as well as video conversion for more than a decade, over 12 years, to be accurate. A few of you might even be their customers, as me myself recently became, thanks to the fact that DVDFab has a much-diversified product line. I was first deeply impressed, approximately 6 years ago, by its DVD ripper software known to many as DVDFab DVD Ripper, which I am not going to talk about today....