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Runtastic, the Adidas-owned company behind a series of fitness and activity apps for Android and other platforms, today announced a new fitness-tracking wearable called Moment, which looks just like a traditional analog watch. Moment may look basic, but it tracks all the things you would expect from a good fitness tracker, including steps, distance, time active, calories burned, and even sleep patterns. About the only thing that’s missing, then, is a heart rate monitor....

According to a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, John Kodera, CEO of the PlayStation division, stated that the “PS4 is entering the final phase of its life cycle, which would have a negative impact on unity, but recurring revenue through induction services should cushion a little”. Moreover, the John Kodera, the CEO of the PlayStation division speaks of platforms such as the PlayStation Network, PS Store (in addition to PS Video and PS Music) and PlayStation Plus, the subscription service for online games on PlayStation....

OMG! World’s Most Hacked Passwords Revealed Recently, the NCSC, of course, The National Center for Cybersecurity of the United Kingdom revealed the world’s most ‘hacked’ passwords. The survey by the center simply shows that many users do not know how to avoid being victims of cybercrime since 42% of those interviewed expect to lose money due to electronic fraud. At the same time, only 15% know how to protect themselves from harmful internet activities....

The OnePlus 2 had been touted as the flagship killer, with the ability to take on top-of-the-line devices from companies such as Samsung, Sony and HTC. It considered the Galaxy S6 as it’s greatest nemesis and promised to deliver equal performance at half the price. Yet until today, the device’s software did not seem ready to update itself to Android Marshmallow and be on par with the flagships it would reportedly annihilate....

Recently, OnePlus announced its launch event where it will introduce two new smartphones and one TWS buds. According to leaks, the company might introduce the OnePlus 10R, OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite, and Nord Buds at April 28’s event. The new leaks also reveal that OnePlus is setting up a brand new series of smartphones to launch this year, called the OnePlus Ace series. OnePlus Ace Might Feature Latest MediaTek Dimensity 8100 SoC The latest leaks are coming from Digital Chat Station, which claimed some of the main specifications of the foremost device of the OnePlus Ace Series....

OnePlus today announced a new warranty program called On-Guard. The company has tied up with “multiple insurance leaders worldwide” to offer its new extended warranty program. For now, OnePlus will be offering On-Guard only in Europe and India in association with simplesurance and B2X, respectively. With this new extended warranty program, OnePlus will be covering their 2016 flagship killer, the OnePlus 2, against accidental drops, water spills, vandalism, and more....

Earlier this year, OnePlus launched the OnePlus 9, OnePlus 9 Pro, and the OnePlus 9R. Last month popular tipster OnLeaks revealed 3D renders of a smartphone codenamed Ebba. Soon enough, a smartphone with the same name was spotted by BIS. The phone has appeared once again and this time on the IMDA certification bureau. Previously, the OnePlus EB2101 was spotted on Indian BIS certification. The device is likely to be OnePlus Ebba as the company uses the first two characters of its codename in the model number....

Opera For Android Now Comes With A Free Unlimited VPN After just over a month of testing, the well-known web browser, of course, I am talking about none other than Opera for Android, now officially has its own inbuilt VPN function. The feature was available in Opera Beta in February and has reached the final version of the browser, more precisely, Opera 51. For those who are out of the question, a VPN (Virtual Private Network) hides your device’s IP using a server’s address, making the connection seem to originate away....

With the release of Paranoid Android 4.0, the PA team removed most of their unique features and went back to the drawing board. The team wanted to make their code modular as well as re-write the features so that they could take advantage of all the new APIs offered in KitKat. Today, the team released a new beta build of their ROM with a major new feature — Peek....

The company came under fire for not taking the complaints seriously enough, as at least 39 dangerous incidents have occurred since 2018. Peloton recalled nearly 30,000 machines in the U.S. last year, and initially tried to fight off another recall after this year’s death. Ultimately buckling under the pressure, Peloton issued a recall for the dangerous units. Now, the company is putting users at risk in different ways. Here’s the backstory Security researchers at Pen Test Partners discovered a flaw that would allow anybody to view sensitive information for all Peloton users....

Thanks to numerous leaks and exclusive APK files we know what Pixel 4 might have to offer. As always some people who managed to get hold of the demo units posted pictures and videos on social media. However, some of them want to make a quick buck and have listed the Pixel 4 demo unit on Shopee, a Malaysian auction site. Typically, demo units differ from production units. The latter comes with unfinished features and might also look different from the final version....

A few days ago, Google surprised everyone by patching the security hole that allowed developers to play back locally stored content via the Chromecast. The move from Google led many to suggest that the Internet giant has finally started showing off its evil side, and wants to please the media companies and won’t allow developers to hack into Chromecast. Well, that piece of rumor was soon shot down soon by Google saying that it will allow users to play back local content via Chromecast sometime down the line....

In the last decade, plenty of companies have fallen victim to meticulously planned attacks. Hackers sometimes get access to millions of personal information files. They use the stolen data to rip people off by committing identity fraud and numerous other nefarious acts. T-Mobile recently suffered such a data breach. The mobile service provider’s own investigation revealed that as many as 48 million customer records were pilfered. Now, while strongly being denied, there are rumors that AT&T was also breached....

Qemu can be used in one of the following ways: Together with KVM/XEN: Qemu is used together with Type-I hypervisor like KVM or XEN, which results in faster performance. Standalone: if Qemu is used in standalone mode without also using KVM/XEN, then it’s running entirely in user-space, which results in slower performance. We almost always want to choose to use Qemu with KVM/XEN, which will be quite faster than using it alone....

However, now manufacturers will have the support of the chip maker Qualcomm, which has recently announced its new technology for it, and to take advantage of the new device in 2019. Acknowledged for the manufacture of chipsets, Qualcomm has announced a new technology that will be released in the summer of 2019. They are new sensors of fingerprints that at last will allow their installation under the screen. But not only under the screen, which is a glass surface or plastic – but also this new technology will work on the metal surfaces as well....

Researchers at Mandiant examined ransomware attacks by a cyber-criminal group they refer to as FIN12 – responsible for one in five attacks investigated by the cybersecurity company – and found that there’s been a significant decrease in the amount of time between initially breaking into networks and their encryption with ransomware, most commonly Ryuk ransomware. According to data published in Mandiant’s M-Trends 2022 report, the average dwell time of FIN12 campaigns – the amount of time between criminal hackers gaining initial access to the network and triggering the ransomware attack – has dropped from five days to less than two days....

It’s not just the place where viral content is born. It’s also a venue where questions are answered, debates are waged and community knowledge is shared. And now Reddit is being used to manipulate the stock market. Tap or click here for details on GameStop’s wild ride and the lawsuit it brought on. If you think Reddit is an exclusive club where only the worthy can post and participate, think again....

Voice hasn’t seen a lot of love or attention since it launched with some fanfare in 2009, but surprisingly is letting us know that it still cares about the communication service. In a new sprawling release—the first of its kind in years— has revamped all versions of its Voice app site with a clean, modern look, new features, , perhaps the best news of all, the promise of regular updates....

The Samsung Galaxy S21 FE was previously rumored to launch in the third quarter of this year. Now, several rumors suggest the device will debut in January next year. A long-time leaker has also speculated that the S21 FE could launch on January 11. Along with a set of renders of the Galaxy S21 FE, leaker Evan Blass tweeted that the smartphone could launch on January 11. — Evan Blass (@evleaks) December 20, 2021 The possibility of a launch sometime in January is reportedly corroborated by known industry insider Max Weinbach, display analyst Ross Young, and tipster Jon Prosser who earlier claimed a January 11 launch date....

The Samsung Galaxy S10 is coming, and we may have our first real look at the incoming flagship. Serial leaker Evan Blass took to Twitter recently to show off the handset, what’s being called the Galaxy S10 ahead of its future unveiling. For its part, Samsung hasn’t officially announced anything yet, but that should be changing soon enough. Before that happens, though, the rumor mill has to show off the device several different times....