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By accessing a computer’s microphones and cameras, hackers are awarded an open window into your life. They can spy on you at any time, without warning, recording your personal and professional footage. This information can be used in a variety of ways, but commonly, images and conversations from an individual’s private life are held ransom, and subsequently released online to the world if the ransom demand is not met. Thankfully, with the just-announced new MacBook Air, Apple made it much tougher to hijack its microphone....

Our internet isn’t exactly the fastest or most stable compared to other countries, so why the high costs? It isn’t government-subsidized for starters, and service providers take a decent sized cut of the profit. Tap or click here to see how to reduce your data usage. To understand just how much Americans pay, check out this eye-opening list of what the top 20 countries with the highest amount of internet users pay for a lifetime of service....

Blue light is not the only thing that damages our eyes and causes headaches; other things, such as wrong icon sizes, blurry text in apps, etc., also contribute to eye problems and headaches. So, if you have poor eyesight and struggle to see the on-screen elements of your PC, you need to adjust the display scale settings on Windows 11. Windows 11 display scaling adjusts the size of text, icons, and navigation elements to make the screen easier for people to see and use....

In addition to the 30% off, you can snag an extra 10% off of PowerDirector 365. You’ll have to use the code POWER10 to get the extra percentage off the annual subscription. There are plenty of ways to use the software. If you’re opting for personal use, you can buy PowerDirector 365 to build stunning video content for only $49 and, with our link, you can get it for only $44 for an entire year....

pushed forth an update to both the Gmail app its official camera app for Android. They’re relatively minor, but they’re a part of the usual slew of app updates that usually occur every dnesday. Gmail for Android now includes direct Drive file attachments. Rather than go through the whole process of attaching a file, you can simply select “Insert from Drive” to drop in something from your Drive. If the file isn’t already accessible by the people you’re emailing, you can also tweak that sharing setting before sending the email....

The Chromecast is already pretty cheap, but for anyone that hasn’t yet pulled the trigger on a purchase Google is trying to sweeten the deal. Right now, Google is running a limited-time promotion for a bunch of free content for anyone who picks up a Chromecast from the company’s new online store. The offers in the United States include 30 days of access to Qell HD concerts, three months of Sesame Street Go, a three-month subscription to Google Play Music, a free movie rental from the Play Store, and three months of access to DramaFever — a network that shows Korean content with English subtitles....

Google Duo is one of the best video calling apps out there, and it’s going to get a bit better in the (hopefully near) future. Based on a test build for Google Duo that Android Police was able to toy around with, it has been confirmed that the service will be adding a group calling feature at some point. The report, unfortunately, doesn’t include any concrete information as to a planned release date....

Google has rolled out the v2 update for two of its apps on the Play Store – Hangouts and Google Keyboard. The APKs of both the app were pulled from the Nexus 5 factory images earlier, but were buggy on other devices. The much-awaited update for Hangouts brings SMS/MMS integration, location sharing support and animated GIFs support. The version on the Play Store is slightly newer than the one shipping with the Nexus 5, and fixes the crashing while on video chats among other things....

Remember the Pixel C? The Marshmallow running tablet that is powered by Nvidia’s Tegra X1 chip was supposed to go on sale in November, but that did not happen. In fact, after its unveiling in late-September, Google has never spoken about the device even once. This led many to believe that the company scrapped its plans on launching the tablet. As it turns out, Google still plans on launching the Pixel C, though its launch is just taking a little bit longer than expected....

Screen burn-in usually refers to a ghost image or permanent discoloration of areas on an electronic display. Screen burn-ins are not uncommon, but this is not something we should be seeing on new devices. That being said, the chances are that it might be an image retention, in this case, the damage is not permanent and can be reversed. The Verge reached out for a comment from Google and the statement they received seems to be far from satisfactory....

Post the update; whenever you capture a screenshot inside the Google app of pages such as the Feed, search results, or follow-up links viewed through Chrome Custom Tabs, the app will bring up a panel from the bottom. You can choose to either share the image or edit it. The editor is relatively straightforward and features only a handful of options. You can crop the screenshot or doodle over it....

As we all know that many sectors have a huge unemployment rate, as the TCI (Information and Communication Technology) continues to grow. Many places will remain vacant by 2020, and the number of companies that professional programmers need continues to grow year after year. With this prospect, the tech giant Google decided to offer scholarships of various types. Last year alone, along with Bertelsmann and Udacity, they offered 10,000 scholarships for Android developers....

Then what about the “Reply”, a new application just launched by the tech giant Google. It suggests responses to WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and other messages directly from Android notifications. This is an Area 120 project, the tech giant Google’s in-house incubator – and you can test it out right now. There are two ways to take part in the tests. One of them is to subscribe to this form and wait for the contact email, which can take a while....

Google introduced the eSIM feature with the Pixel 2 last year, and it’s yet another major bullet point for the Pixel 3 this year. And Google has just announced this week that the feature is getting even more support across the globe soon. Internationally, Reliance Jio and Airtel in India will support the feature in the coming months, along with EE in the United Kingdom and Sprint in the United States within that same timeframe....

Some users of the Google Pixel are apparently facing issues while trying to download and install the July security patch for the handset. While the extent of the issue is yet to be ascertained, a large number of people are reporting this bug on social media platforms, including Reddit. It seems like this bug is only affecting the standard Google Pixel handsets, while Pixel XL customers don’t seem to be facing any issues at this point....

As we all know, Google has already announced its Pixel Watch at Google I/O 2022 event, where it only revealed its launch season and showed us its first look, so its specs are still a mystery to us. Now, Some reliable sources of 9to5Google have revealed information about the smartwatch’s RAM, Processor, and storage capacity. So, let’s delve into the details. Google Pixel Watch Leaked Specifications Previously, 9to5Google has reported that the Pixel Watch might be powered by Samsung’s Exynos 9110, launched in 2018 with Galaxy Watch 3....

The other reveals a trigger to stop playback. If too many videos play simultaneously. It’s a method to prevent piracy if many people log into the library’s family account. You’ll have to be content with that new icon and the usual performance improvements, which can be found in the update through the Play Store or A Mirror. The story behind the story: already has a family plan for its Play Music platform, which allows six individuals to access the whole gamut of streaming services for $15 per month....

Google today updated its developer support pages to indicate that from 1st January, 2015 it will be handling, charging and remitting VAT on behalf of developers for content sold through Google Play in the EU region. The company had to make this announcement after a change in the EU’s VAT laws. From 1st January, Google will automatically deduct the VAT (Value Added Tax) from the money paid by a user to purchase content on Google Play, and deposit it to the correct authorities....

As can be seen above nmap has found a few ports are open. We started investigating from port 80 where HTTP service is running on it. After opening the IP from the browser, we found a static web page. We fired dirbuster for finding internal directories and files. From dirbuster, we found some of the directories, so we started browsing from files directory. We found some images inside files directory which seems to be manual of the CMS from where we found the name of the CMS which was BuilderEngine....

The latest feature “Delete For Everyone” let users delete or recall sent messages within seven minutes of sending them. However, according to a Spanish blog, Android Jefe has discovered a new way to get rid of this new feature. The blog shows that the deleted messages on the device can still be accessed by the recipient if the user running Android Nougat or higher version. Users just need to download a third-party app which is known as Notification History to read all the deleted messages....