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Overall, TAG said threat actors were increasingly using the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a phishing and malware lure, and were targeting critical infrastructure such as oil and gas, telecommunications, and manufacturing. “Government-backed actors from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, as well as various unattributed groups, have used various Ukraine war-related themes in an effort to get targets to open malicious emails or click malicious links,” TAG said....

But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible, and with the right tools, you can make hiring simple. Kim’s pick when it comes to adding to the team at Komando HQ? LinkedIn. Keep reading to find out why LinkedIn can help businesses of any size add the right people. And for a limited time, visit LinkedIn.com/Kim and get $50 off your first job post. Myth 1: LinkedIn is too expensive. I’ll pay less using free job boards online....

Honor, the Huawei sub-brand, was teasing the Magic 2 earlier this month, and now the device is officially official. Just as it was expected, the new Honor Magic 2 shares some sensibilities from Huawei-branded smartphones, but also does a few things differently. The new smartphone features a 6.39-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 2340×1080, and, as you can see, there is no notch at the top of the phone....

When you use the Google Password Manager, passwords are saved in your Google Account. This means you can access all your saved passwords from any device by logging in to your Google Account. Until now, we have shared many guides on Google Password Manager. And today, we will be discussing the Google Password Manager for Android. While Google Password manager is built-in on all Android smartphones, it isn’t easy to access....

“Frictionless sharing,” Mark Zuckerberg said in his presentation regarding the Facebook timeline. It sounds like, “Don’t trouble yourself with decisions… we’ll take care of sharing what you do. You just sit back and enjoy the shiny new object.” What information does Facebook get when I visit a site with the Like button or another social plugin? Still think of ourselves as Facebook’s customers? We’re not. We’re Facebook’s product; we have allowed a lot of our privacy to be eroded on Facebook....

Remote work is more accessible than ever, but deciding what equipment to take with you can be tricky. You need a laptop powerful enough for work but light enough to carry comfortably, and that combo tends to be expensive – especially if you shop with Apple. However, you can save while exploring the best of both worlds with this refurbished 11-inch MacBook Air. Weighing only 2.38 pounds, this featherweight laptop delivers up to nine hours of battery life, enough to undergo a full day of work, even from your remote office....

You can add a spiky Stegosaurus to your living room, a towering T. Rex to your kitchen, or even make a tiny Pterodactyl fly across the road, all by simply using Google Search. Before you write this off as a cheesy gimmick, though, you should know that these dinosaurs are actually pretty cool — and pretty realistic. These dinosaurs were created using technology from Ludia’s “Jurassic World Alive” game, and are some of the most realistic models out there....

Google Maps has become an indispensable part of almost every smartphone users’ life. Google has been continuously updating Maps with more features and data to keep it up to date. Despite all these improvements though, Google has also ensured that even Maps works on even older OS platforms. As tnhh.net reports, Google Maps still works on Android 1.0, the oldest build of the OS currently available from 2007. In that version of Android, Maps was still in beta stages so it is impressive that Google continues to support the app to date....

Google is scheduled to launch the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 at an event on September 30th. Both the devices have been extensively leaked. A recent leak showed Pixel 4a 5G in full glory alongside specifications. Tipster Jon Presser has now revealed Pixel 5 pricing in a different region. Jon Presser claims that Pixel 5 with 128GB storage will be priced at $700 in the US and CAD 900 in Canada....

The Google Pixel 6A is a budget-friendly Pixel A-series lineup that looks similar to the Pixel 6. It might have the same black camera strip on the rear side with two cameras and a flash. On the front side, there’s a punch-hole selfie camera. A leaker Steve Hemmerstoffe (@OnLeaks), has shared the details of the upcoming device Google Pixel 6A. Google Pixel 6A Smartphone will Not Have a Headphone Jack According to the leaked renders, there is no fingerprint sensor on the outside of the device; it might be placed under the screen similar to Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro....

The secret to Google Pixel’s amazing camera performance is Google’s HDR+ and computational photography tricks which help the phone capture some amazing photos. While OEMs like Samsung and HTC have tried implementing their own taken on HDR+, their efforts have not been as successful as that of Google. Now, a Ukrainian developer B-S-G has managed to port Google’s Camera app with HDR+ to all Snapdragon 820/821 and Snapdragon 835 powered devices which feature Hexagon 680 or higher ISP....

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This thing is done via a new theme engine named ‘monet’. The ‘monet’ theme engine dynamically generates a palette of colors based on your phone’s wallpaper. After generating the color pallets, the colors were used all over the operating system. The good thing is that app developers can also use the color pallet generated by monet to theme their apps. Gboard is one such app that followed the same thing and introduced a Dynamic Color option....

It’s a marketing technique that’s as old as the dinosaurs. To rekindle enthusiasm over a product that’s been out for a few months, launch said product in a new color. In November 2013, Samsung announced that they would start selling the Galaxy Note 3 in rose gold. We’ve seen the rose gold variant already on sale in a few Asian countries, but now it’s time for it to come to the United States....

Google today announced a bunch of updates for Google Assistant which will make the assistant smarter and more useful. Firstly, Google has started rolling out Routines to Assistant users. Initially announced last year, Routines will allow users to chain multiple actions into one voice command. Secondly, Google is expanding support for location-based reminders in Assistant to more devices. Up until now, this feature was only available on Android devices but Google is expanding it to Google Home devices as well....

Based on this reality, the tech giant Google has now decided to create rules for the Android P operating system, like notch, setting something that may seem strange. The rules state that these devices can not have more than 2 notches on the screen. In a recent publication, the tech giant Google has detailed what it defines as the rules to be enforced by manufacturers regarding the use of clippings on the screens of their devices....

With Stadia dead, Google shifts its interest in gaming toward Chromebooks. Google teams up with several laptop manufacturers to embark on its new endeavor: gaming Chromebooks. You now have an option to choose from three gaming Chromebooks: Acer Chromebook 516 GE, Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming Chromebook, and Asus Chromebook Vibe CX55 Flip. GeForce Now comes pre-installed on these devices. Google says it has performed some optimization to ChromeOS for these gaming Chromebooks....

A few takeaways: Like many cloud companies, Microsoft is aiming to build edge and cloud software and services as if they were one continuous computing fabric. Microsoft is looking to support the whole commercial IoT gamut, from “tiny edge” (meaning microcontrollers/sensors/fixed purpose devices); to “light edge” Windows IoT Enterprise, Windows Server IoT and industrial equipment, robots and kiosks; to “heavy edge,” meaning hybrid servers, hyper-converged infrastructure (Azure HCI) and Azure Stack....

It’s been almost two years since Google announced it would retire Hangouts in favor of Chat: in July 2021 Google started pushing Workspace users to Chat, while consumers with personal Gmail accounts could still use Hangouts via Gmail. Google will immediately move Hangouts mobile users to Chat after displaying an in-app screen asking them to make the move. People using the hangouts Chrome extension will be asked to move to Chat on the web or to install the Chat web app....

The Wall Street Journal citing “people familiar with the matter” has published a report that claims Google is working on a new messaging service for mobile that will take advantage of its AI and “so-called chatbot technology.” From the description, the messaging service sounds similar to Facebook Messenger and M, which can find birthday gifts for your friends, transfer money and more using its powerful AI and human element factor....