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New Microsoft Windows bug, can hack into your printer

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Cyber-crimes and hacking have become very prevalent and more such attacks and new vulnerabilities are being reported every day. Recently, a report from Bleeping Computer Website stated that there is a vulnerability or bug that could let the hacker hack your printer and the worse part is that there is no security patch developed for it. The new security flaw in the Windows operating system will give control of the printer to the hacker and also provide them the access to the private network.

The bug seems to be associated with the Windows Print Spooler, which managers the printing process. The bug was discovered by researchers of SafeBreach labs and is called CVE-2020-1048. As per them, a patch has already been patched for the same issue in May from Microsoft, but the patch still showed a loophole that could have been exploited and used by hackers. The hackers can simply create a Shadow File and pass it through Windows Print spooler to affect it. Microsoft has acknowledged the problem and has assured that the fix for this will be released by August 11.

However, until then the users are exposed to this kind of bug. The company also confirmed that Microsoft Edge will be included in the recent updates, after which there ill no option to update or uninstall it as it will be a part of the Windows operating system. There doesn’t seem to be many cases that have been reported by the user for printers. However, the company with its update will make sure that such issues do not exist again.

Apple registers a new Patent for Watch Series 6

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Apple has been prepping up for the launch of the iPhone 12 later this year. But before that, a new rumor has popped up regarding the new patent Apple has just registered. The new feature isn’t exactly new to us. The same feature was revealed in 2018, in the previous generation of Apple watch. The feature is Fall detection and it seems that the company has been able to add a lot of new improvements and innovation in it, leading them to register a new patent.

Apart from the patent, very less is known about the 6 gen series of Apple watch. This Fall detection feature from Apple will be a part of the next generation Apple watch. The feature will send a notification to one of your selected contacts in case it does not recognize any activity after falling down for 60 seconds. The watch will first check if you are alright or not and will try to check your vitals through the device. Once checked, only then will it send the notification or sound the alarm.

The new patent also reveals that the two feature has now been made more effective and precise with almost two years of development. The company has added a new bunch of sensors and has modified the system to understand human behavior and collect more data. The watch measure things like heart functions (ECG, EKG), water content, body-fat ratios, galvanic skin resistance, and combinations thereof, etc, which will help to improve the Fall detections feature.

The feature is going to promote the watch as a perfect health companion for the consumers, but the question remains on whether it will be seen in Apple Watch 6. Since it is right now a patent, chances are very slim and it can come in generation 7 of Apple watch.

A new Dongle shaped Mini-PC is in the Market

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Carrying computers and laptops everywhere might not be an option for everyone and the way technology is shrinking in size, everything is expected to come in a compact size. A very similar device has been recently launched in the name of the T98 Mini PC. The device is in the shape of a Dongle that can easily connect to any screen with the inbuilt HDMI port and turn it into a portable computer. The device was first reported by Techradar, which gave many details regarding the device.

The dongle shaped device measures 38x89x15mm, which is very similar to the size of an Amazon Fire TV stick. The dongle is powered by 4GB DDR3 RAM and 32 GB MMC flash memory. The dongle is powered by a quad-core Cortex-A53 processor and also has a Mali T720 GPU, which has the capability to support 6K video resolutions. To use this portable computer, one simply has to connect it to a screen via HDMI port. The dongle also has 2 micro USB ports, one of which is the 3.0 USB port. It also has a micro SD card slot in case you want to add extra memory.

The device is great for users who like to use Microsoft Office tools and GSuite on any screen at a given point. The dongle does not have Wi-Fi, audio ports, but comes with remote control for specific features. Priced at around $44.59, the product is only available in China but can be imported to other countries

Xiaomi coming up with new flagship Mi 10 Ultra, housing a 120X zoom feature

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Xiaomi is one of the most popular smartphone company which is known to provide the best specification in the smartphones at the best available price. The company has been launching a lot of new mid-range smartphones lately. However, details have been leaked that the company is finally ready for its next flagship phone, which will be a successor to the Mi 10. The new flagship will be named Mi 10 Ultra, which will be the global name of the handset.

The name of the handset was confirmed by the Co-Founder Lei Jun from Xiaomi, on Weibo. He also mentioned that the same phone will be called Mi 10 Supreme Commemorative Edition in China. He has also shared the image of the retail box which will house the 10th-anniversary logo of the company. Apart from the name, a lot of information about the phone has also been leaked out. It is expected that the phone will have a 120x Zoom quad camera, which will be a direct competitor to the 100X zoom feature available in Samsung Galaxy 20 series.

The Phone is also said to have the new Snapdragon 865 SoC chipset which will support the 5G band as well. The company going to launch an anniversary event on August 11, where it is expected that the device will be launched. The leaked images of the phones show that this phone will have a transparent back cover. Apart from these details, the phones will come in 8 GB, 12 GB, and 16 GB RAM variants, which will have to 256GB of memory.

If the mobile handset is launched on August 11, we can finally have a look at the much-awaited flagship successor from Xiaomi. The phone is said to have a performance that will beat all the existing flagship series in the market, which is a big claim to fulfill.

Data worth 20GB from Intel has been hacked

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Intel is one of the biggest names in the tech world and is also one of the best chipset manufacturers globally. Recently an anonymous hacker has claimed on Twitter and Telegram that they have hacked around 20GB of confidential files. The hacker also claims of intellectual property of Intel being leaked online. The details of this hack were also described on the website Tom’s hardware. The hacker shared the link in Telegram and later Twitter, with a folder of 20GB in size.

It included all the files he had stolen from Intel earlier this year. Inside the folder, it leads to another folder name “Intel exconfidential Lake Platform Release“. As per sources, Intel is already into the matter and they have found out that the details were leaked from Intel Resource and Design Center, which has information that can be used by customers, partners, and other third parties.

The information that has been leaked is only available to the registered users and as per the company, it seems that an individual copied the content and shared it on Telegram and Twitter. As per the hacker, it is not the only data he has right now. He has a lot more data with him and he is soon going to post all the data on the internet. As per him, all the information is private and confidential to the Non-Confidential Disclosure Agreement by Intel.

The full list of available documents in the folder was provided by Tom’s Hardware on their website. The data they have, include various Intel development and debugging tools, various roadmaps, binaries for camera drivers Intel made for Elon Musk’s Space X, and more

Security flaws found in Qualcomm’s chipset.

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Qualcomm is one of the most popular chipsets that is used in maximum Android phones in the market. The chipset is known for its excellent performance and the immense resource reusability, which makes it a great chipset for low, medium, and high range smartphones. Recently the security researchers at Checkpoint discovered over 400 security vulnerabilities in Qualcomm’s chip which could lead to a major security thread among three billion Android phone users.

The flaw was found in the Qualcomm’s Digital Signal Processor (DSP) chips. The DSP in the chipset provides optimized performance for features like quick charge, multimedia experience, AR and audio, etc. As per the research team, the smartphone using these chipsets can be turned into a spying tool with any interaction with the user.

It can also lead hackers to access details like calls, messages, location data, etc. The research team has not disclosed any kind of technical details on the issues that have been discovered but has updated the relevant authorities and smartphone companies about it.

As per them, many mobile vendors have started working with the research team to collectivity work on the issue. Qualcomm on the other hand has identified these issues and has patched the smartphones with updates. More such security updates will be released by the company in the future and the research team will keep looking for more such issues if discovered. The only precaution that has been related is to download and install the Android application from Google play store and not any other third-party source.

OnePlus devices now come with Facebook bloatware

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Android phones are great when it comes to customization and a lot of features. However, the operating system does have a certain amount of flaws that does decrease the user experience. One of such issue is bloatware, which is added to the stock phone by smartphone manufacturers. Bloatware are company installed apps out of which only a few can be removed completely and some cannot. However, with time smartphone manufacturers did understand the problem and now the number of bloatware on smartphones has reduced by a lot.

Also, this bloatware now has an option to remove them completely from the phone. A similar situation is now faced by OnePlus smartphone users where it has been reported that the phone is coming with OxygenOS bloatware, which the smartphone company is doing with Facebook. The latest OnePlus 8 and Nord come with pre-installed Facebook app and associated background services. The customer now has to deal with the Facebook app and its background services which keep running and consuming resources.

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Also, unlike other smartphones, the Facebook app is updating through the Facebook app manager service instead of the Google Play Store. This case is totally new for users as the Facebook app and services do consume a lot of RAM and resources which could bring a log in performance. When other OnePlus phones were checked it was found out that all come with apps and services from Facebook and are a part of Oxygen OS, rather than an individual app. As per the company, installing such apps in the phone before they are sold, helps in better battery performance.

However, such kinds of bloatware apps are not taken well by the consumers as first they keep consuming internet data in the background and since they are a part of the OS, they auto-update in the background and get access to information about the user without them knowing about it.

Game streaming services like Project xCloud and Stadia not available on App store

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Gaming is one of the biggest industries in the world right now and with the launch of Google Stadia, online game streaming has become one of the hottest topics in this category. Recently, Samsung announced its Galaxy range of devices with special enhancements for the xCloud game streaming service fr Note 20 Duo. The customer who have pre-ordered the phone will receive a free three months pass for online game streaming.

However, there is bad news coming from App Store right now, where it is said that the tech giant is not allowing game streaming apps like Stadia, Project X cloud, and similar other services, as it violates the rules and policies. Due to this, even Google Stadia and Nvidia Geforce are not available on Apple.

As per Apple, all the apps are designed and provided by the app developers with the intent to provide them a safe and trustworthy place platform. However, the game streaming apps go against the guidelines set by Apple, therefore, it is currently removed and not active on the app store.

These game streaming services have become really popular over time as they provide the user with the same kind of high graphic performance that you expect from a costly. But to play these you would not need any kind of big hardware. All you need would be a good internet connection. The games can be directly browsed and played from the cloud as the game progress will automatically be saved in the profile. We would have to wait for some more time before these services are activated on the App Store after all the requirements are met.

WhatsApp coming up with new “Expiring Message” feature

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WhatsApp is launching a new feature every couple of days. The same has been happening with Facebook and related services as well. It seems that both the parent company Facebook and WhatsApp are already working on a lot of different features that we could expect in the future. Recently WhatsApp launched a new Search the web and image search option, after which they also provide a new feature to beta users, where they had filter options for search.

Now, according to WABetaInfo, the messaging app is working on a new feature that would be preferred by users who are very concerned about their privacy and security. The feature is called “expiring messages“, where the app will provide the feature to the auto-delete old messages so that it does not build a large clutter in your memory. The feature will be more focused on extending security for chat messages. The expiring messages feature will only work on the text message, and any image or video sent by another user will not be removed.

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Therefore, if you received any media through WhatsApp or have taken a screenshot, it will remain saved. The same feature is already available in the competitor apps like Signal and Telegram whether the chats would automatically disappear after a certain set time. The flexibility for setting the time limit will be provided to the user in WhatsApp as well. There are no details about when the feature will be rolled or whether it has been completely developed.

Apart from these features, the company is also going to add a few more important features to the app like “mute for a lifetime“, multiple linked devices, verifying messages, and much more. Most of these features are currently being tested on the beta version of the app that is being used by developers and testers as well.

Twitter releases a new security update for crypto account hack issue

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It seems that Twitter-like to be in the news for all the reasons. The platform has recently added a lot of new features for the users and is even coming out with a feature-filled subscription plan. However, the latest news does not seems to be a happy note for the company. Recently, many Twitter accounts were hacked, which belonged to international celebrities, politicians, business people, and many more.

Through those accounts, the hackers used to ask people to submit bitcoins on a specific address, after which they would get double the amount back. The hack made a lot of news and was visible with twitter account all over the world. After facing this mega crypt hack last month, Twitter accepted that they discovered a security vulnerability in the Android app, which exposes private data such as messages and chats of the users. The vulnerability affected Android smartphones with versions 8 and 9.

The company claims that 98% of the users have already downloaded and installed the security patch to avoid such a situation. Twitter explains that the hacker adds a malicious app to the smartphone to access the Twitter account. However, the new update from Twitter and the security patch will make sure that no third party application will be able to access the private data of the Twitter app in any case. The company has appealed its users to update the app to the latest version so that their data could be safe from such attacks.

One hundred thirty such accounts were hacked, which included people like Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Uber. The US government has also captured a few men regarding this case.

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