In May 2017, the world got a wake-up call from the widespread WannaCry or WannaCrypt ransomware attack that infected computers and networks in institutions, businesses, and homes across the globe. Thankfully, the rampant damage of the WannaCrypt malware was cut short by its amateurish development, as it was semi-inadvertently mitigated by a built-in kill switch discovered by MalwareTech. The expert advice at the time was clear: Patch your systems with MS17-010 (and for Pete’s sake, upgrade beyond Windows XP)Use your antivirus software and keep your virus definitions updatedBe wary of suspicious email attachmentsWatch out—they’ll be back...

Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (codename: picassowifi/picassoltexx) (WiFi/LTE) was launched in the year January 2014. The smartphone came out of the box with Android 4.4 KitKat. Recently this device has received the official TWRP recovery support. So, on this page, we will guide you to install the TWRP Recovery on Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1. This guide contains both the written instruction and video tutorial to help you install it quickly. Make sure to download the files required and then jump straight into instruction on how to install TWRP Recovery on Galaxy Tab Pro 10....

Realme 3 Pro (codename: RMX1851) was launched in the year September 2019. The handset came with Android 9.0 Pie. Recently this device has received the official TWRP recovery support. So, on this page, we will guide you to install the TWRP Recovery on Realme 3 Pro. This guide contains both the written instruction and video tutorial to help you install it quickly. Make sure to download the files required and then jump straight into instruction on how to install TWRP Recovery and Root your Realme 3 Pro....

OnePlus 6 came out of the box with Android 8.1 Oreo wrapped with Oxygen OS. Do you want to install Stock ROM on OnePlus 6? then, you are at the right place. Here we will share all the latest OnePlus 6 Stock Firmware Collections. Here we have shared the full list of firmware links to download and install stock firmware on the OnePlus 6. As we know, Android is one of the highly customizable software and there is a possibility that we may end up in a situation of lag, boot loop, or soft brick....

Movies should challenge fans not placate them, says Rian Johnson. The Star Wars: The Last Jedi director is enjoying ample box office success with his latest offering, the star-studded murder-mystery, Knives Out. Prior to becoming widely known for his foray into the Star Wars franchise, Johnson attracted no small amount of attention with his 2005 effort, Brick. While the film made it clear that Johnson was a filmmaker who had a bright future ahead of him, it wasn’t until the arrival of Looper, some 7 years later, that audiences both niche and mainstream could agree on Johnson’s status a director who truly had a handle on his own brand of original filmmaking....

Three years after Apple launched its own iOS Maps app to replace Google as its iPhone and iPad map provider, the Cupertino company is readying its first major enhancements to the service. While Apple was known to be gearing up for the launch of a mass transit directions service this fall in a handful of cities, sources have revealed that it is also developing its first entirely in-house mapping database to reduce its reliance on TomTom, using a fleet of mysterious vans to take still photos of business storefronts to replace Yelp photos, and building a 3D Street View feature....

According to The Intercept, Ring’s engineers and executives have “highly privileged access” to live camera feeds from customers’ devices. This includes both doorbells facing the outside world, as well as cameras inside a person’s home. A team tasked with annotating video to aid in object recognition captured “people kissing, firing guns, and stealing.” [Update: According to Ring, annotation is only conducted on “publicly shared Ring videos.”] U.S. employees specifically had access to a video portal intended for technical support that reportedly allowed “unfiltered, round-the-clock live feeds from some customer cameras....

Netflix appears to be planning its most expensive streaming tier yet. Currently, the company offers three different tiers, starting at $7.99 per month and maxing out at $13.99. That could soon change, however… According to Italian blog Tutto Android, Netflix is plotting the rollout of a new “Ultra” tier that would be priced at €16.99, which comes out to around $20 per month. Promotional material for this new streaming package indicates that it would essentially be the same as the current “Premium” tier....

Netflix’s Bonding follows a New York City student/dominatrix and her gay best friend/assistant. The show’s premise revolves around BDSM subculture, but offers little insight about the community itself. Still, Bonding has long-term potential if series creator Rightor Doyle decides to fully commit to the bit. In Bonding, Zoe Levin stars as Tiff Chester, a graduate student who works in the BDSM subculture. She’s a guarded and seemingly bright woman, but struggles to maintain meaningful relationships....

Daring Fireball notes that in 2006, a year before the release of any iPhone, Apple had patented the use of ceramics as a encasement material for devices like iPods (they used a iPod Mini in the drawings). Perhaps this is the backing of that iPhoneHD we’ve been seeing. The benefits: harder, more scratch resistant and radio transparent than aluminum, Apple’s current material of choice. While plastic is also radio transparent, Apple may be looking at harder materials....

Apple has long touted the fitness capabilities of Apple Watch as one of its top selling points, especially with the recently released Apple Watch Series 2. Now, a new study from Cleveland Clinic, published in JAMA Cardiology, claims that Apple Watch is the most accurate fitness tracker on the market… According to TIME, the study was performed with 50 healthy adults who were all hooked up to an electrocardiogram, or EKG, which is considered the most accurate way to measure heart activity....

A big part of NIST CSF is being able to determine where your organization’s cybersecurity posture is in relation to the CSF. For this purpose, NIST added self-assessing as a new section to the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity in 2018, available here. This article will detail self-assessments for CSF. We will explore what self-assessments are, the benefits of self-assessment, what to do before you self-assess, the steps of conducting a full self-assessment, questions to include in the self-assessment questionnaire and self-assessment resources....

Did Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’s Cliff Booth really kill his wife? Quentin Tarantino’s 9th film largely ties things up quite neatly - and violently - at the end of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, with the Manson murders being avoided and Cliff (Brad Pitt) and Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) killing the members of the Manson Family who in real life murdered Sharon Tate (played here by Margot Robbie)....

Law enforcement agents in New York City have been able to crack iPhones in-house since January 2018 — some 18 months before the capability was revealed by the company supplying the technology. It was June 2019 that Israeli forensics firm Cellebrite announced that its “new” UFED Premium product would, for the first time, allow customers to unlock iPhones in their own offices, rather than have to send them to the company’s own labs....

Google Pixel C (codename: dragon) was launched in the year October 2015. The phone came out of the box with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and was later upgraded to Android 8.0 Oreo. Recently this device has received the official TWRP recovery support. So, on this page, we will guide you to install the TWRP Recovery on Google Pixel C. This guide contains both the written instruction and video tutorial to help you install it quickly....

OnePlus 10R 5G finally launched in India with MediaTek Dimensity 8100 5G chipset and runs on Android 12 out of the box. The device sports a triple rear camera setup that features a 50 MP primary camera, along with an 8 MP ultra-wide sensor and a 2 MP macro sensor. On the front, it has a 16 MP selfie camera. If you’re using a OnePlus 10R 5G or planning to buy it, this guide is for you....

The crowdfunding Asahi Linux project has published the first progress report detailing its effort to port Linux to the Apple Silicon platform with the M1 Macs. Apple’s new processor architecture is creating some difficulties… In the blog post (via The Register), kernel hacker and Asahi Linux cofounder Hector Martin describes the challenges faced by the project in understanding how this new Apple chip works. The project’s report gives a glimpse of Apple’s unique boot process, and the challenges to getting another operating system to run on the M1 Mac mini, the first Apple Silicon product Martin is trying to make Linux run....

Multiple Apple services are not working for some users this Tuesday, including the App Store, Apple Arcade, Apple Music, and iCloud apps. Apple has confirmed the outage on its System Status webpage, which has been going on for a few hours now. Update: Apple says the issues with its online services are now fixed. According to Apple, some of its online services are partially not working, such as iCloud apps. Other services like Apple Music, App Store, and Apple TV+ are completely offline right now....

Apple Music is constantly getting better with interface improvements and new features for discovering music. What we don’t see as often are new power user features. MusicBot from Federico Viticci is a feature-packed set of actions built with Shortcuts that power users will love. The shortcut is loaded with almost 800 actions including useful ways to control AirPlay 2 and HomePods with Apple Music. Federico describes MusicBot as “an all-in-one Apple Music assistant powered by Shortcuts....

iPhones are known for their security and reliability. They can run any apps available for them without any lag or issue if it’s meant to work on it. However, many people are reporting an issue with their iPhones. The iPhone 8 randomly reboots all by itself without doing anything. Imagine that you’re in the middle of composing an important email to your boss, but your iPhone 8 randomly reboots all by itself....