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According to the latest test results, the South Korean giant Samsung’s well-known and the latest flagship smartphone, of course, the Galaxy Note 9 received 103 points and ranked second in the list, tied with the HTC U12+. The first position follows with the Huawei P20 Pro, with 109 points. To determine the note, the site combines smartphone performance when taking pictures and recording videos. In the first issue, the South Korean giant Samsung’s well-known and the latest flagship smartphone, of course, the Galaxy Note 9 had 107 points and was ahead of models like the tech giant Apple’s iPhone X, with 101 points, and the tech giant Google’s Pixel 2, with 99 points....

If you picked up a Galaxy Note 8 from Samsung last year and are already looking forward to the next model, your wait may be coming to an end soon. Bloomberg is reporting that Samsung is planning on introducing the Galaxy Note 9 on August 9. After that, the smartphone manufacturer intends on launching the smartphone to the public before the end of the month. If that does pan out, it means that we should expect to see the new phablet a couple of weeks before Samsung unveiled the upcoming device’s predecessor....

It all started with Airtel when the company complained to TRAI regarding Jio’s free promotional offers. If you remember, Jio had already lodged a complained with Advertising Standards Council of India against the false advertisement that is being aired on television claiming that Airtel is “Officially India’s Fastest Network”. In that advertisement, Airtel had cited Ookla LLC, the company behind the famous app Speedtest. According to Ookla, Airtel is the fastest network in India....

The tech giant Apple’s iPhone X was officially launched on November 3, although its booking period began on 27 October. The smartphone of the Cupertino company is available from 999 dollars (United States). TechInsights estimates, shared via Reuters, indicate that most of the hardware components of the iPhone X are more expensive than those of the iPhone 8. How much does it cost Apple to make an iPhone X? The manufacture of Apple’s new iPhone X costs $357....

OPPO today at MWC unveiled its latest mobile camera technology breakthrough: 5X Precision Optical Zoom. As the name suggests, OPPO has managed to develop a camera module that offers 5x optical zoom on a phone. The company has managed to achieve this in a rather interesting way. While the company does use two image sensors, the secondary telephoto lens is actually hidden inside the primary camera module itself. The telephoto lens recieves light through a prism that is located perpendicular to the primary wide-angle lens....

Penetration testing is different from vulnerability testing. The former is used to implement specific test cases of existing bugs and vulnerabilities for possible security breaches and covert data access. The latter is on the other hand done to discover vulnerabilities and bugs. For example, penetration tests are initially performed to observe how certain malicious programs are designed to exploit known vulnerabilities and bugs in specific test cases. Results are then logged and re-tested to verify if these exploits were successful in infiltrating the target network, system, and device, or in carrying out their programmed operations across these platforms....

This is why we’re always having to come up with more secure ways of protecting our critical information. Can you imagine the damage that could be done if a hacker is able to get access to sensitive data on your smartphone? As usual, even with advanced security systems like two-factor authentication codes, criminals have a way to take over your phone number and intercept your calls and messages. With all the two-factor authentication text messages they can request, they can take over your bank accounts, too!...

How much disinformation is clouding the 2020 election? We aren’t 100% sure of the full scope, but it’s bad enough that the FBI is sounding the alarm about it. Tap or click here to see the best ways to spot election disinformation. If you’re getting calls from election campaigns or pollsters, be careful who you choose to talk to. Not only are scammers impersonating campaign staffers, but they’re also going all-in on tricking victims into sending money and personal info....

In fact, the former hacker once went to a cybersecurity conference and saw a preteen in a shirt that said, “I’m here because your password is 123456.” Weak codes like this make it incredibly easy for cybercriminals to invade your digital life. If you need tips for creating passwords that are easy to remember and hard to track, we’ve got your back. Tap or click here for five rules for unbreakable passwords....

The Roomba i7+ blazes a trail of cleanliness wherever it goes, learning the layout of your home and automatically creating smart maps. This means that it will clean without bumping into things. It also works with Google Home and Alexa, so you can combine it with an enabled device for voice control instead of using the iRobot Home app. With the price now $763 instead of $1,000, you can afford to never vacuum again – and almost never empty out your vacuum bag either....

The TypeScript team and Microsoft technical fellow and father of C# Anders Hejlsberg unwrapped the first preview of TypeScript in October 2012, describing it as a superset of JavaScript that brought static typing to the dynamically typed language. The goal was to catch errors faster and extend JavaScript from building web pages to larger applications running in the browser, devices and the cloud. As Daniel Rosenwasser, a senior program manager on the TypeScript team, noted recently: “When TypeScript first debuted, there was a lot of skepticism – and understandably so....

While Qualcomm gets plenty of attention for its top-tier chipsets built for high-end flagships, the company has a whole host of mid-range processors for the device class just under the high-end. And now the company has two new ones. Qualcomm has officially unveiled a pair of new processors built for mid-range smartphones. First up, the Snapdragon 730. This processor is an 8-core chipset, utilizing Kryo 470 cores clocked up to 2....

The chipset Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 is a part of the gaming-centric 7-series lineup. There were rumors that it is meant for mid-range smartphones and is a successor to Snapdragon 778G. The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC brings some iterative upgrades over its predecessor, while the other chipset is a gaming package. Smartphones Powered By Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Will Launch This Year The new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC offers new power and performance that improves your on-device experiences....

Novices can start with “Practical Python: Learn Python Basics Step by Step - Python 3,” rated 4.8 out of 5 stars by previous students. Instructor Edouard Renard is an entrepreneur and software engineer whose step-by-step explanations make complex information so much easier to understand. You’ll have a firm foundation in Python fundamentals after the three hours of hands-on practice in this course. Then you can literally become a certified Python programmer within seven days with the “PCEP | Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer Certification Preparation Course....

Realme is one of the handful of companies working towards making affordable 5G smartphones. The company has now launched Realme 8 5G with Dimensity 700 chip. Some customers didn’t buy Realme 8 as it lacked 5G. This shortcoming would be eliminated with the new Realme 8 5G. Realme 8 5G Features and Specifications At first glance, we presumed the Realme 8 5G is just a Realme 8 with 5G. However, we were wrong as both the phones differ considerably....

The success of the RealMe 1, RealMe 2 Pro and RealMe C1 has given Oppo’s subsidiary RealMe to go ahead and launch more new devices in India and other countries. Just two months after the launch of Realme 2 Pro, the company is back with Realme U1. The Realme U1 competes directly with the Redmi Note 6 Pro and the Honor 8X under the sub-15k price range. This is an extremely crowded market and so the Realme U1 needs to be good in all key aspects to do well in the market....

Whenever we would like to reverse-engineer a function, we need to know exactly how the function is being called: its calling convention, number of parameters, parameter types, parameter values, etc. After the Ida analyzes the program, it will create comments for known parameters being passed to known functions. The function names will also be preserved and an automatically generated name will not be assigned to that function. An example of such a function is GetCurrentDirectoryA , a function call we can see in the picture below:...

The Galaxy Alpha was probably never going to escape a teardown treatment, thanks to the fact it offers a metal band around the edge of the device, and iFixit was more than capable to get the job done. They recently published their findings on their site, and iFixit has officially given the Galaxy Alpha, with its metal band, a repairability score of 5 out of 10. That means that it isn’t impossible to repair yourself if you need to, but they did point out the copious amounts of glue holding the thin display home that could give some issues for anyone needing a quick fix....

Samsung has been on a roll in the Indian smartphone market launching new budget smartphones almost every other week. The company has been launching so many models to prevent its market share from eroding further. Recently, it launched the Galaxy J8 to take on the likes of the Redmi Note 5 Pro and Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1. A) The full specs of the Galaxy J7 Pro are as follows:...

Galaxy M30 vs M30s: Display One of the aspects, where both, the M30 and the M30s share similar specification is the display. The all-new M30s comes with a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED FHD+ Infinity-U display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and a 2340×1080 pixels screen resolution, similar to the one found on the M30. Galaxy M30 vs M30s: Hardware The M30 comes with an Exynos 7904 processor with an octa-core Mali-G71MP2 GPU running under its hood, paired with 4GB/6GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of internal storage (expandable up to 512GB with microSD card)....