Sony PS5 Event Announced For Wednesday, September 16th
Sony is holding a special PlayStation 5 event next week. The company will broadcast a 40-minute “digital showcase” on Wednesday, September 16th that will include updates from first-party Sony game studios and third-party partners. PlayStation 5 Showcase broadcasts live this Wednesday at 1pm Pacific Time:…
Top 10 Tips To Protect Your Online Privacy In 2020
Your privacy on the Internet depends on your ability to control both the amount of personal information that you provide and who has access to that information. Internet privacy is the privacy and security level of personal data published via the Internet. It is a broad…
Facebook Staff Who Volunteer at the Polls Get Paid Time Off
The social media giant Facebook will give additional paid time off to employees who volunteer as poll workers during the election, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Friday. The move is part of a wider push by the Menlo Park, Calif., social-media platform to recruit poll…
Zoom Has Added Two-Factor Authentication For All Users
Cloud-based video conferencing service ‘Zoom‘ has added two-factor authentication (2FA) support to all user accounts to make it simpler to secure them against security breaches and identity theft. Two-Factor Authentication identifies online users by requiring them to present two or more pieces of evidence, or credentials, that…
6 Best Secure Messaging Apps For Couples In Long Distance Relationship
When you’re in a long-distance relationship, being apart sucks for a number of reasons, not least of which is that you’re missing out on that all-important physical connection: holding hands, cuddling on the couch, kissing and, of course, having sex. So, sexting can help keep the spark…
Huawei Has Announced Its New Operating System ‘HarmonyOS’
Huawei has officially announced HarmonyOS, the operating system it was rumored to be developing to replace its reliance on Android. In China, the software will be known as Hongmeng. The company says the operating system, a microkernel-based distributed OS, can be used in everything from…
Chinese Embassy Calls For Twitter Inquiry After Ambassador Account Likes Porn Tweet
China’s embassy in the United Kingdom is calling on Twitter to open an investigation after its ambassador’s official account liked a pornographic clip on the platform earlier this week, BBC reported. Liu Xiaoming’s account also liked posts that criticised the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and…
Android 11 | New Feature And Privacy Enhancement
Google has released Android 11 to the general public. The announcement on Tuesday follows several months of beta testing and updates to the latest mobile operating system. The new version should also arrive soon on devices from other manufacturers, including OnePlus, Xiaomi, Realme, and more. Eligible…
What Is Identity Theft? And How To Protect Yourself
Identity theft is when someone steals your personal information and uses it without your permission. Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime around the globe for the very obvious reason that most of us have made our most valuable personal information — name, address, social security number,…
Critical Vulnerability in File Manager Plugin Affecting Millions WordPress Websites
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team is seeing a dramatic increase in attacks targeting the recent 0-day in the WordPress File Manager plugin. This plugin is installed on over 700,000 WordPress websites, and we estimate that 37.4% or 261,800 websites are still running vulnerable versions of this plugin at…
How To Stop Videos From Automatically Playing On Facebook
Automatic video play can be pretty annoying. Because it will expose you to violent, offensive, or otherwise unwanted content that you shouldn’t have to see by default. Whatever your reason, there’s no shame in wanting to turn autoplay off for good. Luckily, there are ways to…
How to Protect Your Child’s Privacy During Remote Learning
With the pandemic still in full swing, Millions of students will attend school online this fall because of the coronavirus. Classes are held at home, with the parent or guardian acting as teacher, counselor, and yes, even IT expert to their kids. Nowadays, this setup…
How To Secure Your Email Account
Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages (“mail”) between people using electronic devices. Email entered limited use in the 1960s, but users could only send to users of the same computer, and some early email systems required the author and the recipient to both…
Intel Launches World’s Best Processor for Thin-and-Light Laptops: 11th Gen Intel Core
Intel today unleashed a new era of laptop performance with the launch of its next-generation mobile PC processors and the evolution of its broad ecosystem partnerships that are propelling the mobile PC industry forward. New 11th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Xe graphics (code-named…
After WeChat And TikTok, India Bans PUBG Mobile, Alipay, Baidu, And More Chinese Apps
After banning WeChat And TikTok, India is banning another 118 apps said to be either based in or linked to China. PUBG Mobile, Alipay, and Baidu are among the biggest names on the list. The country’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said that it…
Norwegian Parliament Discloses Cyber-Attack On Internal Email System
The Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) said on Tuesday that it fell victim to a cyber-attack that targeted its internal email system. Attackers have compromised a limited number of email accounts of Norwegian Parliament (Storting) representatives and employees according to Storting’s managing director Marianne Andreassen. In a press…
Google’s AI Flood Warnings Is Now Expanded To Bangladesh
For several years, the Google Flood Forecasting Initiative has been working with governments to develop systems that predict when and where flooding will occur—and keep people safe and informed. The search giant launched the tool in 2018 for India’s Patna region, but it says it’s been slowly increasing…
Google Photos For iOS Gets Upgraded Video Editor|Now You Can Crop, Trim, And Add Filters To Your Videos
Google Photos for iOS takes that a step further with the edit button launching a user interface with four items in the bottom bar. Now the upgraded iOS version has the ability to trim video clips, add filters, crop, and make adjustments like exposure, contrast,…
Here’s How To Disable Specific Keys On Your Keyboard In Windows 10
It is really annoying to see a button on a keyboard that we never use. And more annoying when we hit that button by mistake frequently. The simple solution besides this problem is deactivating the specific key. There might be various reasons besides deactivating the…
Microsoft Defender ATP For Android Is Now Available In Play Store
The tech giant Microsoft announced the public preview of our mobile threat defense capabilities with Microsoft Defender ATP for Android. As Rob Lefferts, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance, mentioned in his blog, the threats in the mobile space are unique, and as more and…
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