SP’s: To hold a Townhall question-and-answer session at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi on Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in India. He also paid a low-key visit to the Taj Mahal on Tuesday and…
SP’s: Even though the number of users aware about the basic security practices is increasing day-by-day, most of us are unaware of the fact that the antivirus software can also be hacked. Along the similar lines,…
SP’s: FBI has advised ransomware victims to pay the ransom and retrieve their data as there is not much the top law enforcement agency of the USA can do in this matter. It is pretty difficult…
US Freaks Out, Worries Russia Would Cut Undersea Internet cables
October 28, 2015
SP’s: Russia got the US intelligence agencies into a frenzy as its naval submarines and spy ships got too close to the global undersea Internet cables. The US officials panicked as speculations that Russia might be…
SP’s: The Engineering and Physical Research Council has funded a £4.2 million project, aimed to brand Leeds as world’s first self-repairing city. It will facilitate the deployment of intelligent drones and robots capable of repairing street…
15-year-old Boy Arrested Over the TalkTalk Hacking Attack
October 28, 2015
SP’s: A 15-year-old has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the cyber-attack on the TalkTalk’s website. This news of 15-year-old hacker’s arrest has stunned the security experts as it was assumed that a group…
SP’s: By abusing the HTTP policies of your web browser, a security engineer has devised a new technique to sniff the browsing history. Using Sniffly and HSTS timing attack, an arbitrary website can violate the privacy…
Secure Your Password With Enigmaze Password Generating Book
October 28, 2015
SP’s: Enigmaze Secure Password Generating Grid System Manager has come up with the most efficient and innovative ways of generating new and strong passwords, and protecting the existing ones. It is aided with features like hardcover…
SP’s: Making an online backup is the best way to secure your digital life. As an exclusive fossBytes deal, you can grab the SkyHub Cloud 1TB Backup for the entire lifetime. Grab it and rest assured…
Microsoft: Windows 10 Collects Data to Improve ‘Your’ Experience
October 27, 2015
SP’s: In another attempt to clear the confusion clouds, Microsoft said that users shouldn’t worry about the Windows 10 data collection practices. In a recent interview, talking about the data collection, Microsoft’s VP Joe Belfiore said…
This Open-source Program Recognize Your Faces in Real Time
October 27, 2015
SP’s: penFace, the open source face recognition technology developed by the researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University, has been rolled out. The OpenFace holds ground against the much-advanced proprietary face-recognition technologies by private endeavours. Open-source technology…
SP’s: Apple has announced two clean energy programs in China for reducing carbon footprint. They aim at expanding more energy efficient projects across the country like solar projects and installing more than 2 gigawatts of new…
SP’s: A Dutch startup is ready to launch first ever consumer-ready modular smartphones in December in select European countries beating Google’s Project Ara for world’s first modular smartphones. Since Google announced a delay in its Project…
SP’s: KEYi Technology had invented the world’s first modular robot which is offering 100 robots in a device. It can be configured and re-configured for performing various tasks. It is app-enabled and mainly consists of a…
SP’s: The US District Court has dismissed a lawsuit by Wikimedia against the NSA surveillance. The District Court ruled that the lawsuit merely rested on “the subjective fear of surveillance” and it was “unpersuasive,” “incomplete,” and…
Are You Ready To Turn Your Phone Into a Drone with PhoneDrone?
October 26, 2015
SP’s : xCraft, the drone manufacturer company that creates high-end affordable drone, has landed a deal with the Sharks at the Shark Tank with $1.5 million for 25%. It means that their idea of PhoneDrone, a…
SP’s: Accomplished Google hacker James Forshaw thinks that Microsoft has delivered a “good” operating system, but it has failed to ensure the overall user security. He praised it for some improvements and called it the “Two…
It’s Time to Get Yourself a 3D Selfie With CloneMe
October 26, 2015
SP’s: Every alternate day, we are amazed by the ever-increasing applications of 3D printing. Ranging from printing prosthetics for children to a whole car, 3D printing is establishing itself as the future of manufacturing. Along the…
Here’s How Your Fitbit Could be Hacked in Just 10 Seconds
October 26, 2015
SP’s: With the ever advancing fast-paced technology, we are now more open to the more intimate devices like wearables. They are connected to our body and continuously record our movements, giving us the regular feedback. This…
SP’s: Driven by the open source philosophy, two Facebook interns won $5,000 at a Facebook Hackathon. They performed a codeless hack and made a tool to debug the failed Battery Backup Units (BBU). Read more to…
SP’s: Mira Modi, an 11-year-old girl, has started a business of selling cryptographically secure passwords for $2 each. She generated Diceware passwords, writes them by hands and sends by postal mail. The unprecedented speed, at which…
29 Toughest Questions Asked in Facebook Job Interviews
October 25, 2015
SP’s: As the latest employee surveys indicate, Facebook is one of the best places to work for. But, getting a job offer from Mr. Zuckerberg’s company isn’t so easy. Here we are with a compilation of…
10 Interesting Facts About The Internet You Really Need To Know
October 25, 2015
SP’s: Most of us can not imagine life without access to the internet for reasons ranging from social networking to doing projects and collecting information. But, not all of us know about these interesting facts about…
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Are Opening a Free School
October 25, 2015
SP’s: Health and education are closely connected and very important for a child’s growth. Aiming to combine both the aspect together, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are opening a free K-12 school…
HTC: “It’s Apple That Copied Our Design, We Didn’t”
October 25, 2015
SP’s: Taking inspiration from another’s designs is an old tale in the smartphone industry. The latest controversy is revolving around iPhone 6-inspired HTC One A9. Defending HTC, a top executive said that it was Apple that…
Self-driving Cars Must be Programmed to Kill, Study Says
October 25, 2015
SP’s: As we advance more and more in artificial intelligence and related technologies, we must solve some complex ethical problems. A similar dilemma is faced in the case of self-driving cars and how they should act…
SP’s: During a recent interview with Bloomberg, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer targetted Microsoft’s rivals Apple and Amazon. He said that Microsoft did a crazy thing saving Apple from bankruptcy in the past and bashed Amazon…
How WiTricity will allow you to use Wireless Electricity?
October 25, 2015
SP’s: WiTricity, a Watertown-based company, committed to the idea of wireless electricity, has emerged with a new technology that uses coupled resonators to power electronic devices wirelessly. Professor Morin Soljačić and his team from MIT are…
SP’s: Researchers at SEAS have developed a metamaterial with zero refractive index that will allow a phase of light to go at infinitely fast speeds. Prepare yourselves to put silicon-based electronics in the archives as the…
Facebook Exposing Trillions of Posts to Public Search, Change Your Settings Right Now
October 25, 2015
SP’s: To make its search more functional, Facebook has indexed about 2 trillion public posts. Now, you can search the pictures, news and posts of your interest by entering some phrases in the search box. However,…