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“The Intercept obtained the catalog from a source within the intelligence community concerned about the militarization of domestic law enforcement,” states the post published on The Intercept. “A few of the devices can house a “target list” of as many as 10,000 unique phone identifiers. Most can be used to geolocate people, but the documents indicate that some have more advanced capabilities, like eavesdropping on calls and spying on SMS messages....

Jan Holesowsky, a Director at TDF, and a member of the design team said in a press release announcing LO 5.1 that “LibreOffice’s third development cycle is leading us to a new user interface concept, where the user will be able to choose the best layout of the elements on the screen for his own needs, to leverage desktop space in the best way.” After being in development for the last three months or so, LibreOffice 5....

Limetorrents is a reliable torrent search engine and directory that features a dedicated section of verified torrents. The user-friendly interface of Limetorrents makes the process of downloading movies, TV shows, anime, games, software, eBooks, music, and all sorts of content a breeze. Sadly, Limetorrents is blocked by several ISPs all across the world including the countries like the US, UK, UAE, Canada, Australia, and India. Furthermore, Limetorrents has experienced several downtimes in the past....

Even though Linus Torvalds technically works for the Linux Foundation, he is still the undisputed leader of the Linux project. People end up doing one of the following three things when he says something: they listen, they do what they were supposed to do in the first place, or they leave the project. The latter actually took place several times in the past few months, so basically it is exactly not something that is not heard of....

The recent Linux kernel version is suspected to be incompatible with Intel’s i915 graphics driver, which is creating “white flashing” display issues. “This issue happens on an ICL Lenovo laptop (i7-1065G7) running Fedora 35 (Workstation Edition), kernel 5.19.12-100.fc35. Issue does not happen with previous kernel update 5.19.11-100.fc35.,” wrote one user. “After kernel selection in grub menu, laptop display starts to blink like lights in a 90’s rave party. It looks like white flash happens for every display update (?...

Linux was designed around a strong and highly integrated command line interface. One of the chief requirements to master Linux is to master its command line structure. Master the command line and you will be able to perform powerful tasks with just a few keystrokes. So, how one should go about a career in Linux? To help you with this, The Linux Foundation is offering a Holiday Training Sale in which you get 50% off on their self-paced training and certifications....

As you are getting rang up at your favorite electronics retailer, you will probably be confronted with a decision regarding an extended warranty. Some people think that foregoing this warranty is a big mistake, but in most cases they are wrong. The money that you pay versus what the actual warranty will cover usually don’t even out. Instead of spending an untold amount of money on a warranty you don’t really need, you can save this money and put it away just in case something happens to the electronic equipment in question....

A drone that can swim, float or fly according to your wishIf you want to capture some underwater photography, or travel far above the ground, Loon Copter is definitely the drone for you The drone was developed thanks to the combined efforts of the intelligent folks stationed at Oakland University’s Embedded Systems Research Laboratory. As stated above, Loon Copter will not only be able to fly above the ground, but it will also be able to navigate under the water’s surface....

The company has officially announced its plans to introduce “selfie pay” security checks in more than a dozen countries at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC). This program is part of MasterCard’s emphasis on biometrics as a form of security authentication. This feature allows cardholders to use a picture of their face or a fingerprint to verify their identity when making mobile online purchases. “We want to identify people for who they are, not what they remember,” Ajay Bhalla, MasterCard’s president for enterprise safety and security, said on the company website....

According to third-party market share data published by Statcounter for the month of November 2022, Microsoft’s Chromium-powered Edge market share increased by 0.31 points, reaching an 11.17%, which was at approximately 9.52% (+1.65 year-over-year increase) last year. For those unaware, according to the October 2022 report by Statcounter, Microsoft Edge had a 10.85% share in the market. Microsoft Edge continues to remain the second most popular desktop browser behind the dominant Google Chrome, which maintains its top-spot position with a massive 66....

Microsoft’s Quantum Development Kit was first revealed at the Ignite conference in September. According to the company, the Q# programming language is a high-level programming language that includes a native type system for qubits, operators and abstractions. The local version, released as part of the preview, can simulate up to 32 quantum bits (qubits) using a typical laptop (some 32GB of RAM). Microsoft is also offering an Azure-based simulator that can scale up to 40 logical qubits of computing power....

https://youtu.be/X9RZo_40q2k “All users with eligible subscription plans will automatically see the Planner tile appear in the Office 365 app launcher when it is available for them to use. No specific action by Office 365 admins is needed,” Microsoft officials said in a blog post. In December 2015, Microsoft made a public preview of Planner available promising general availability sometime in 2016. At the time, the company explained that “the addition of Planner to the Office 365 lineup introduces a new and improved way for businesses, schools and organizations to structure teamwork easily and get more done....

The Windows 10 files that are available on the $windows.~BT has a folder size that is approximately 6GB. While there are reports that Windows 10 is being downloaded for some users, there are no reports on any installation just yet. This move by is not surprising though. When Windows 10 launches tomorrow, many of the users would start downloading the OS, which in turn would put huge load on Microsoft’s servers....

The users could easily share their Wi-Fi login information directly with all their contacts and friends using this feature. It also helped them keep track of and connect automatically to open Wi-Fi hotspots, and networks shared by their contacts. However, it ran into controversy due to issues related to privacy concerns. Further, experts found that the feature actually automatically shares your Wi-Fi passwords with all Outlook, Skype and Facebook contacts with those who also use Windows 10....

Windows 7 to receive extended security updates from Microsoft through January of 2023 Microsoft on Tuesday announced that the company will offer Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) through January 2023 to small-and-midsize (SMBs) customers, as long as they are willing to pay for extended updates. “While many of you are well on your way to deploying Windows 10, we understand that everyone is at a different point in the upgrade process....

“Now the hackers are back at it, despite the fact that the FBI is investigating them, and that some law enforcement officials anonymously said the government is going to “make an example” out of them.” explained Lorenzo Bicchierai on Motherboard. Speaking to Motherboard, one of the members of the group, known as Cracka, acknowledged that they have hacked into an email account belonging to the well known US official, the FBI Deputy Director Mark Giuliano....

Hacker group named as [IN]SecInjection Hacked more than 300 Indian websites and left them defaced. Most of the websites were owned by private companies or businessmen. the reason of defacement is not known till now. Websites where hacked with the following message: ______________________________________________________

The scientists will present the research papers at the Association for Computing Machinery’s CHI 2015 conference, where they will show the maps regions of the brain responsible for visual processing. The paper to be submitted by them is titled “How Polymorphic Warnings Reduce Habituation in the Brain—Insights from an fMRI Study.” The research is a result of the experiment was conducted on 25 participants recruited from a university. All the subjects tested were native English speakers....

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