Panos Panay, the man in charges of gadgets in Microsoft has made it no secret that Microsoft considers Surface Pro 3 a worthy replacement for the laptops built by Cupertino based firm. And he has mounted a new campaign to convince MacBook owners to switch to Windows 10. As WinBeta reported, Microsoft is offering up to $300 (265 Euro) for your old MacBook if you purchase a new Windows 10 PC that costs $599 (525 Euro) or more....

The Redmond giant will now focus on selling its products on digital retail moving forward. However, the company’s retail team members will continue to serve customers from Microsoft corporate facilities and remotely providing sales, training, and support. While Microsoft is pulling the plug on nearly all of its retail stores, the four Microsoft Store locations that will remain open are New York, London, Sydney, and Redmond campus locations, transforming these last stores standing into what it’s calling “Experience Centers”....

According to Microsoft, a persistent malware campaign has been actively distributing an evolved browser modifier malware at scale since at least May 2020. In August 2020, the threat was its peak where over 30,000 devices were infected by the malware every day. “We call this family of browser modifiers Adrozek. If not detected and blocked, Adrozek adds browser extensions, modifies a specific DLL per target browser, and changes browser settings to insert additional, unauthorized ads into web pages, often on top of legitimate ads from search engines,” the Microsoft Team wrote....

To start with, Netflix Games has immediately made the newly added mobile game, Lucky Luna (Snowman) available to play. Luna is a 2D vertical scrolling platformer in which players will explore the magical journey into the depths of hidden temples and secret dungeons while unlocking the mysteries about the past of the protagonist Luna. Further, Desta: The Memories Between, is another narrative-driven, turn-based tactical rogue-like game centered around throwing a ball, which is set to launch exclusively on the Netflix Games Platform on September 27....

Wagg was able to detect a tiny dip in the light of a star as a planet passed in front of it and thus was able to spot the planet. After further observations and study the planet discovered by Wagg has been given the approval of being a planet and the entire follow up procedure took almost 2 years. Hence, now Wagg is 17 years old. He says: “I’m hugely excited to have a found a new planet, and I’m very impressed that we can find them so far away....

To celebrate this, Nintendo has teamed up with Google to bring Mario straight to Google Maps on Mario Day. Starting today, Google Maps users will have the option to replace the usual blue navigation arrow that marks your car’s position in navigation mode with Mario and his Super Mario Kart appearance. The updated feature will remain active for the following week. According to Google, “We know a true Mario fan when we see one....

ARIN, the nonprofit organization that handles Internet addresses in America, finally announced the long-predicted exhaustion of IPv4 addresses in North America, with the region’s authority left with no further supply of the 32-bit labels to issue. This means that the free pool of IPv4 addresses has reached zero and the availability of IPv4 addresses no more exists. The announcement came after years of warnings from ARIN and others that IPv4 addresses were running out and that enterprises and carriers should adopt the next protocol, IPv6....

The documents leaked by the serial US whistleblower and former NSA contractor, Edward Snowden, shows Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), which is the UK’s foremost electronic intelligence and surveillance agency enlisted the American agency’s help to access the firewalls. The revelations come as the Intercept website released a six-page document dating back to 2011 titled “Assessment of Intelligence Opportunity – Juniper” that was written by an NSA employee working with GCHQ....

Möchel’s detailed his findings from documents leaked from secret archives within the NSA and CIA brought to light by Edward Snowden a former systems administrator and defense contractor with Booz Allen Hamilton, currently in exile from the U.S. According to Möchel the documents illustrate a robust clandestine NSA operation within the Austrian capital. With working relations involving more than 17,000 accredited diplomats working within the United Nations, IAEA, UNIDO, CTBTO, OSCE and OPEC....

One of the 8 security vulnerabilities discovered by Cisco’s engineers allows attackers to manipulate a target’s clock, making the victim believe they traveled to the future. Cisco engineers have stated that the vulnerabilities affect the Network Time Protocol daemon (ntpd), responsible for synchronizing time across computer networks (like the Internet, Intranets or smaller LANs). The reported vulnerabilities include an error handling logic error that bypassed proper authentication, procedures letting attackers change local system time; multiple memory corruption issues that open the protocol for buffer overflow or use-after-free attacks; multiple vulnerabilities that caused DoS (Denial of Service) states by crashing the daemon or making it enter an infinite loop; and a directory traversal and file overwrite issue that allowed attackers to overwrite ntpd configs....

Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia in a talk at the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2017 in Beijing, China said that Moore’s Law is dead because it cannot keep pace with advancements in GPU design. What is moore’s law? Moore’s Law is the observation made by Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, in 1965 that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since the integrated circuit was invented....

Police say 45-year-old Yehuda Katz, assigned to the 70th Precinct in Brooklyn, obtained personal identifying information of traffic accident victims and fraudulently posed as an attorney soliciting clients. The complaint filed by the prosecutor states that Katz surreptitiously installed multiple electronic devices in the Traffic Safety Office of the NYPD’s 70th Precinct, which allowed him to remotely access restricted NYPD computers. He also had access to other restricted law enforcement agencies and FBI database....

The changes and improvements that were requested by users a long time ago have been introduced in the new version of the OS. Along with the announcement of the software update, OnePlus echoed its support towards the first smartphone that brought them fame, the OnePlus One. “Make no mistake: we have in no way forgotten about the device that sent OnePlus into orbit, which is why we’d like to take this opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to some of our brand’s most loyal supporters, many of whom have been with us from the word go: OnePlus One fans,” explains OnePlus in a blog post....

The customers’ order information included access to customers’ names, contact numbers, emails, and shipping addresses. However, the hackers were unable to gain access to any payment information, passwords and accounts, the company stated. “We want to update you that we have discovered that some of our users’ order information was accessed by an unauthorized party. We can confirm that all payment information, passwords and accounts are safe, but certain users’ name, contact number, email and shipping address may have been exposed,” Ziv, Staff Member, Security Team, OnePlus, wrote in the company forum dated November 22....

Now, Ookla, makers of the original Speedtest.net website, has launched a new free VPN service: Speedtest VPN, to spread its reach in the VPN market. For those unaware, a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is an internet security tool that encrypts your device’s internet connection in order to secure your online privacy while browsing the internet. A VPN also anonymizes your internet IP address and your geographic location. Ookla has partnered with Seattle-based company NetProtect to offer this free VPN service....

The OPPO R7 Plus features the same premium metal (magnesium alloy) build quality as found on the R7 and includes the same 2.5D curved glass with near edge-to-edge display. The OPPO R7 will feature three capacitive buttons below the display: menu, home and back, respectively. On the other hand, the OPPO R7 Plus won’t offer capacitive buttons. Unlike the earlier OPPO smartphones, the OPPO R7 Plus will now have on-screen keys....

Looks like the animosity between Oracle and Google is going to continue for some more time! The software giant on Friday night filed an appeal brief reviving its copyright and patent claim lawsuit against Google over its use of Oracle programming code to create the Android operating system. The legal battle that formally started in 2010 over bits of Java code called Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), has wound its way through two federal trials and multiple appeals courts....

The new “Netflix Edition” of the game is now available for downloaded from the iOS and Android app stores. Oxenfree: Netflix Edition, which is the popular on-demand streaming giant’s inaugural first-party game from Night School Studio, is now available to download at netflix.com/oxenfree in 31 languages with no ads and no in-app purchases for Netflix members. It also adds localization support. Originally released in 2016, Oxenfree is a critically-acclaimed, award-winning supernatural teen thriller game....

Palletizing is basically taking the packaged product and assembling it for transport by loading it on a pallet or similar device. Packaging and palletizing co-bots improve end-of-line efficiency in addition to saving costs. Most manufacturing plants, having realized the immense benefits have adopted these co-bots. However, if you are still on the fence, then the answers to these frequently asked questions about packaging and palletizing robot arms will put your mind at ease....

For those unaware, Popcorn Time, a multi-platform, open-source and free software BitTorrent client, following its creation had increased in popularity. The applications provide a free “alternative” to subscription-based video streaming services such as Netflix using the BitTorrent protocol. However, on March 14, 2014, Popcorn Time’s original website and GitHub repository were abruptly taken down by its original developers due to pressure from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). This is when PopcornTime....