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According to federal prosecutors, McAfee and his executive advisor-cum-bodyguard Jimmy Gale Watson Jr. exploited McAfee’s large Twitter following to artificially inflate prices of “altcoins” through a so-called pump-and-dump schemes. They earned nearly $2 million by urging Twitter followers to invest in cryptocurrencies like Reddcoin and Dogecoin. They also landed some £8m ($11m) from various fledgling cryptocurrency organisations as payments to promote the start-ups. “As alleged, McAfee and Watson exploited a widely used social media platform and enthusiasm among investors in the emerging cryptocurrency market to make millions through lies and deception....

For all the users who are facing default battery issues in their Apple iPhone 5 handsets, which was bought between September 2012 to January 2013 and which falls within a particular specified series, it is advisable to check on the Apple’s official website: iPhone 5 Battery Replacement Program Website, if they are still eligible for a battery replacement as Apple has extended this replacement program till January 2016. A word of caution for the users is that even if they are eligible for a replacement, the handset should be in good condition; in other words if the handset is damaged then it needs to be mended and then can proceed further for a replacement....

According to the notice on the support page, Apple says it has determined that a small percentage of AirPods Pro manufactured before October 2020 may experience sound issues. The faulty Apple AirPods Pro may exhibit one or more of the following behaviors: Crackling or static sounds that increase in loud environments, with exercise or while talking on the phone Active Noise Cancellation not working as expected, such as a loss of bass sound, or an increase in background sounds, such as street or airplane noise...

Apple CEO Tim Cook took to Twitter on Wednesday to announce that App Store had earned more than $50 billion for developers in what has been a “record-breaker” July 2016 for the Silicon Valley giant. He tweeted that Apple had generated the highest-ever monthly billings, as well as paid out the most money to developers in July compared to any other month since the birth of the App Store in 2008....

The patent is for ‘Finger Biometric Sensor Data Synchronization VIA A Cloud Computing Device And Related Methods’ and was published by the USPTO on December 17th, 2015. This is how the service is going to work; fingerprint information is going to be collected, stored on the device it was collected on and uploaded to the cloud, and able to be downloaded and used by a second device. The company security policy of using the individual’s personal data has been summarized below:...

Well Apple’s director of machine learning, Ian Goodfellow, definitely prefers WFH over going to office as he has resigned from Apple over the return-to-office policy. The name says it all, Apple’s return-to-office policy requires the staff to work at its various offices starting 11th April. Intially a hybrid work schedule will be followed where staff has to come one day per week in the office and gradually increase the in-office days over time....

Now, if the information coming out of Apple’s supply chain is to be believed, there are chances that an iPhone SE 2 could likely be introduced in 2020. As per a report by Mac Rumors, analysts associated with Barclays have been told by sources in Asia that Apple plans to take the internals of the iPhone 8 such as an A11 Bionic processor, 3GB of RAM and 64GB of storage and remodeling it into an iPhone SE 2 that would launch next year....

The incident occurred as the repair worker was removing battery from an iPhone, subsequently overheating and leaving him with minor burns on his hand. “At the same time, there was a slight build-up of smoke, which led to around 50 customers and employees having to leave the business temporarily,” a police statement said. “The staff responded well and correctly. It sprinkled quartz sand over the overheated battery so that the smoke could be contained and sucked out after switching on the ventilation....

Apparently, the Cupertino giant is looking to shift some of its productions outside China in order to lessen the effect of disruption in the country and diversify its business into other parts of the world. “They are looking to scale up the volumes that they make from India….It can rise by more than three times what they aim to make this year,” said a senior industry executive to the Livemint who wished to remain anonymous....

There are already rumours doing the rounds about the iPhone 8 to be launched on the 10th anniversary of the first iPhone next year with some major updates and improvements. However, analysts say Apple will skip the number ‘8’, and instead will launch iPhone 10 next year to celebrate a decade in the market. iPhone 7’s successor, which may be called as “iPhone 10” would bring huge sales for Apple, predict the analysts....

Previous language of the agreement stated that only devices with batteries below 50 percent capacity could receive a repair or replacement. Apple will replace defective batteries that do not live up to the 80% specification free of charge as long as the device is within its AppleCare+ coverage period. Otherwise Apple will $79 for out-of-warranty battery service for all Apple Watch batteries that retain less than 80% of their original capacity per Apple’s diagnostic testing, plus a $6....

“Bots” are just software programs, designed to do everything a normal person on Twitter would do, including following other accounts and liking and retweeting certain messages. In order to identify bot accounts on Twitter, researchers from University of Southern California (USC) and Indiana University in the U.S. used over 1,000 features in categories including friends, tweet content and sentiment and time between tweets. “Our estimates suggest that between 9 percent and 15 percent of active Twitter accounts are bots,” they said....

Designed for mobile gaming, the ROG features a 6-inch full HD+ (1080 x 2160 pixels) and comes with an 18:9 aspect ratio. Its AMOLED display blends a 90Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time. The display on the ROG Phone is also certified for HDR and has the DCI-P3 color gamut. ASUS has added the world’s fastest 2.96GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC coupled with a Qualcomm Adreno 630 GPU to the device....

Wright has told three media organizations — the BBC, the Economist and GQ — that he is the father of Bitcoin. The computer scientist has also published a blog post that he says includes cryptographic proof for the claim. Ever since Bitcoin was first created in 2009, the identity of its founder has been a secret. The Bitcoin creator used the name Satoshi Nakamoto but almost all bitcoin aficionados believe that this name is an alias....

So here’s everything you need to know about the Breaking Bad: Criminal Elements mobile game. ALSO READ: 10 Best Horror Movies To Watch On Netflix Right Now Breaking Bad: Criminal Elements Breaking Bad: Criminal Elements is a free to play game that will be available for iOS and Android users by the end of this year. This highly anticipated game will be developed by Plamee and it will be published by FTX Games....

Police say passengers had been complaining about cell phone service on the train for months (Nicholl takes the Red Line to work everyday). Witnesses had shared photos of Nicholl and his device, a black box with five antennae, months prior to his arrest on Tuesday. Nicholl was aware that the gizmo was illegal. According to the Chicago Tribune, cops started working off a tip they received months ago, as well as a submitted photo of Nicholl holding the black electronic jammer started working with the Chicago Transit Authority and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)....

Normally hackers use to make camera prints of movies using this technique. Later they upload such camera prints which are watched by millions of torrent lovers in absence of good quality rips. These hackers are usually caught by vigilant theater staff or annoyed theatergoers. In this case, unfortunately for the student, it was a piracy-monitoring service in India noticed the infringement and reported the same to the theater. TorrentFreak reports that a Valparaiso University student allegedly was using his phone to live-stream the premiere of Indian film A Aa to anyone watching on Facebook, when police showed up and shut down his illegal broadcast....

According to reports, the arrests took place shortly before a state visit in September by President Xi Jinping. This is the reason U.S. officials say they appear to have been carried out in an effort to lessen tensions with Washington. While China has announced the arrest of the OPM hackers, it has not divulged any further details. The identities of the suspects and whether they have any connection to the Chinese government has not been disclosed....