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Apparently, as per reliable WhatsApp leaks site WABetaInfo, the instant messaging platform is working on a desktop version of the app that would allow users to use it without having to connect their phone to the Internet. The present web version of WhatsApp released in 2015 requires the application on the phone to be connected to the Internet. The development, which was tweeted by WABetaInfo mentions that the company is creating a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) along with a multi-platform system for its app....

Last week, when the company made a declaration of their better-than-expected quarterly results, the shares of the company increased by as much as 16%, and an assurance to bring more control into the company’s expenditure was made. As mentioned by Bloomberg, last Friday, the company shares closed at $672.93, a more than $93 rise in one one-day rise, which in turn encouraged the value of the shares held by both Brin and Page....

Have you wondered what is local host’s IP and 127.0.0.1 what it actually is?How does 127.0.0.1 work? Why is it called so? The basic logic behind this address is that it is used to establish a connection to the same computer used by the end-user. Below is a detailed answer by a user on Super User forum. How does 127.0.0.1 work? Why is it called so? Here is a geeky answer from a techie : Most developers use local host 127....

The hack attack was first noticed when a totally NSFW selfie of Zahra Schreiber, who is a model-turned-NXT wrestler, emerged the wrestler’s WWE co fighter, Seth Rollins’ social media accounts. Apparently even WWE website was showing the NSFW images for a brief period according to WWE tracking website Deadspin. New York Daily News reported that the Seth Rollins’ Twitter account was hacked and the hackers started tweeting NSFW images of Zahra Schreiber just as the popular WWE program “Monday Night Raw” went on air....

Earlier this year, Google created a timeline of your activity that you can browse to see just what the company knows about you and delete it if you want. Be warned that the timeline only handles the data that Google already has. If you want to stop it from getting that data in the first place, follow these steps: On the My Activity page, you can scroll through a selection of different kinds of Google tracking, including web activity, location history, voice recordings, and YouTube history....

For those unfamiliar, Raspberry Pis are cheap, simple, credit card-sized, single-board ARM computers with a focus on education and open-source software. Due to its open nature, small size, and surplus of ports and software, it is loved by hardware hackers and DIYers. Jose Manuel Nieto Sanchez, the developer behind the tool ‘WoA Installer for Raspberry Pi 3’ on the GitHub page of the project says that the tool is “super easy to use” and “no-hassle....

CrossOver is an App that allows you to run Windows programs on non-Windows platforms. The CrossOver developers are now bringing this functionality to Android smartphones/tablets and Chromebooks. According to the CrossOver team the beta version that will be available in the Google Play Store tomorrow, however, you can join them for a technical preview version and help them test out the Apps. CrossOver Technical Preview App will allow you to run programs designed to be installed and run in a Windows system on Android devices and Chromebooks....

“By their very nature of being wearable, these devices, however, provide a new pervasive attack surface threatening users privacy, among others,” Beltramelli wrote in the paper’s abstract. “The goal of this work is to raise awareness about the potential risks related to motion sensors built-in wearable devices and to demonstrate abuse opportunities leveraged by advanced neural network architectures.” In September 2015, a group of students lead by Romit Roy Choudhury, Associate Professor at ECE Illinois had developed a mobile app that analysed the movements of a smartwatch (a Samsung Gear Live smartwatch) to detect the keys pressed by the user....

Priced at Rs.8999.00 the Yu Yureka was launched by Yu Televentures in January, 2014 with Android 4.4.4 KitKat based Cyanogen OS 11. The size of the update is 130 MB and will be delivered to users via Over-the-Air (OTA). Yu Yureka users can check for the update manually by going to Settings>About phone> Software update. On its forums page, the company said, “We are excited to announce a new software update for Yureka which will lead to improved battery performance for Yureka....

OpBangladesh was initiated in early May this year, against The Bangladesh Governments Corruption and actions against the protestors. A Youtube video was released which shows the Anonymous message to Government.

The so-called ‘Op Brussels’ was declared in a video and posted to YouTube following Tuesday’s bombings, an Anonymous member donned a Guy Fawkes mask to condemn the deadly attacks which were launched by a network tied to the ISIS. The bombings that targeted the city’s main airport and metro left 31 people dead and hundreds injured in Brussels on Tuesday. While the group is best known for hacking its targets, this time Anonymous is also calling for compassion....

Researchers said that the computer science student first began his career by posting in forums by asking for programming assistance on a Trojan he was designing. He is also known by online names such as ‘Hacker’s Son’, ‘Lordfenix’, and ‘Filho de Hacker’. However, Lordfenix has “grown quite confident in his skills” and began designing and distributing malware fitted to steal financial information since at least 2013. He has developed more than 100 Trojans....

In this article, we have provided some of the new Torrent sites that can be used as 1337x’s alternatives and also 1337x proxy sites or mirror websites, and using them you can easily unblock 1337x torrent. 1337x is one of the most reliable BitTorrent sites and it is admired by the entire torrent community. In fact, many users consider 1337X to be a perfect alternative to popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing torrent sites and torrent search engines like The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents....

Watch out these 5 fresh and functional programming languagesStanza 0.8.22Resembles: Python, Ruby, and to some extent the family of functional languagesCurrent platforms: Linux, Mac, WindowsNim 0.13Resembles: Modula 3, Delphi, Ada, C++, Python, Lisp, Oberon (by the language designers’ own admission)Current platforms: In theory, any platform with a C compiler, but the binaries are currently only available for WindowsCrystal 0.17.4Resembles: RubyCurrent platforms: Linux, OS XNit 0.8Resembles: Python, Pascal, RubyCurrent platforms: Linux, OS X; Windows support is possible through Cygwin, but at an important performance penaltyPony 0....

Using the internet has become an integral part of the everyday lives of many individuals. It is a rare day when people do not access the internet, whether for work or personal reasons. It is, therefore, a good thing to make sure that your home is connected to the internet. Even more so, make sure to install a wireless router, as this makes it more convenient for the people residing in the house....

Stolen data contains Citizen Name, ID Number, address, Fathers Name and several other details.Turkeys Supreme Election board have been sharing the information with every party from 2011, The mistake was solely of the Parties who did not used cautions to protect the data.A report from Country’s audit board also confirmed that some of the Government Institutions have been sharing citizens personal information with other organisations without using proper data protection methods....

Dozens of phone apps with more than 300 million downloads susceptible to brute force password hackingThe firm explained the following: Security experts have long identified the advantage of restricting the number of unsuccessful login attempts that users can make to online accounts. While lawful users get locked out with such restrictions due to attackers unsuccessful login attempts users; however, such denial-of-service shortcoming are in most cases are overridden by the protection they give against online password cracking attempts, in which attackers in the hopes of trying the right one make huge numbers of password guesses against specific user accounts....

“I’ve never illegally downloaded anything … or even legally! I use my computer for email, games, news and that’s about it,” John J. Harding said. “It was kind of overwhelming because I’ve never downloaded anything in my life, and a movie, it’s crazy!” Harding added. A local attorney has been hired by movie companies to hunt down alleged offenders. However, some are of the view that innocent people are being targeted by movie companies....

Khoi Vinh, principal designer at Adobe, said in an interview that “designers now have a seat at the table and have evolved to be problem solvers.” The Adobe XD Starter plan aims to help new developers and firms get on board. It also offers all the design and prototyping tools found in the full version, including Typekit Free and CC libraries. XD apps also support Creative Cloud features for integration with existing workflows and apps like Photoshop CC and Illustrator CC....

In letters written to Irving City Hall and the city’s police department, the family is seeking $10 million from the city and $5 million from the police force and say they will begin legal proceedings unless they are complied with within sixty days. “Ahmed never threatened anyone, never caused harm to anyone, and never intended to. The only one who was hurt that day was Ahmed, and the damages he suffered were not because of oversight or incompetence,” said the letter to the city authorities....