The company decided to bring it back as a sticker pack after a user had requested its return as a sticker pack on the company’s feedback portal two weeks ago. “Yes, it’s true – Clippy has agreed to come out of retirement!” wrote a representative on the Microsoft Community Feedback Portal confirming the return of Clippy sticker pack. “Whether you loved him or hated him, Clippy is back with a Retro Sticker Pack in Teams....
However, the app will continue to work for iPhone users who have already installed it on their devices until it is manually uninstalled or the user gets a new device. The news comes after users on Reddit flagged up that the iOS version of SwiftKey had stopped getting updates for more than a year, as reported by ZDNet. While it is not known why support for the SwifKey’s iOS version is retiring, the Android version of the app was last updated on September 15, 2022....
Outlook email service allegedly hacked by Chinese authoritiesAlleged Chinese hand? GreatFire reports that Chinese users first noticed the outage when they attempted to access Outlook email using IMAP and SMTP protocols on desktop and mobile email clients on Jan 17. GreatFire notes that the MitM attack only affected the email clients and web interface of outlook.com and live.com were not affected. Noting that Outlook was under MiTM attack, GreatFire states that “This form of attack is especially devious because the warning messages users receive from their email clients are much less noticeable than the warning messages delivered to modern browsers....
Microsoft said in a support page: “After investigating, Microsoft has determined that some AMD chipsets do not conform to the documentation previously provided to Microsoft to develop the Windows operating system mitigations to protect against the chipset vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.” As a result, Microsoft placed the rollout of Windows Meltdown and Spectre Patches for AMD Devices on hold. “Customers will not receive the January 2018 security updates (or any subsequent security updates) and will not be protected from security vulnerabilities unless their antivirus software vendor sets the following registry key,” it added....
Making a shift from paper towards digitisation and technology, Moleskine announced a new electronic pen and paper notebook combination called the Smart Writing Set. The Smart Writing Set includes a “new generation” of Moleskine Paper Tablet and a Pen+. Using this, artists can promptly view what they sketch or illustrate on the Paper Tablet right on their smartphones, tablets or PCs. To view the sketch on the screen they would have to install a companion Moleskine Notes app....
But researchers say the research is still in its infancy and doubling the voltage to match the performance of lithium batteries remains a problem Stanford University researchers have developed an ultra-fast charging aluminum battery which they say is a very good alternative to the current lithium batteries powering most of the smartphones. The researchers said that the new aluminum battery is much safer than existing lithium-ion and alkaline batteries in wide use today and does not catch fire, researchers said....
A Samsung factory in China caught fire on Wednesday due to faulty batteries and other waste products. The incident took place at the Samsung SDI plant, located in the northern city of Tianjin in China. Samsung SDI is the affiliate responsible for designing and manufacturing the company’s batteries. A spokesman for Samsung SDI told that it was a “minor fire” that took place in a waste deposit area of the factor....
For the unversed, Nothing, the London-based consumer start-up company, was founded by the co-founder of OnePlus, Carl Pei on October 29, 2020, after he left the smartphone maker the same year. The company to date has launched only a single product called the Nothing Ear (1) for $99, which are transparent truly wireless earbuds. “We designed Phone (1) as a product we’d be proud to share with friends and family,” said Carl Pei, CEO, and Co-founder of Nothing....
For those who are unfamiliar with Nothing, this company was launched by the co-founder of OnePlus, Carl Pei on October 29, 2020, after he left the smartphone maker in 2020. The company to date has launched only a single product called the Nothing ear (1) for $99, which are true wireless headphones. Nothing phone (1) is officially coming. It’s unlike anything else. Summer 2022. Sign up for the latest updates on https://t....
So this is what I received today. pic.twitter.com/q2N2LilZQp — VideoCardz.com (@VideoCardz) September 2, 2018 The RTX 2080 Ti scored 12,825 in 3DMark Time Spy, a demanding benchmark that tests DirectX 12 performance, as against GTX 1080 Ti that scored about 9,500. If we consider the image leaked is genuine, the 12825 score suggests a performance increase of 35%. If these numbers hold true, it will be impressive stuff from NVIDIA’s new generation of graphics cards....
Researchers at Nvidia have developed an unsupervised learning method for computers, which enables them to make changes in video content. Using this technique, the researchers were able to produce some amazing results. Earlier, AI tools required massive amounts of data in order to process comparison between the content. However, based on automated learning, it was quite difficult to train the machines to find their own patterns. For example, super-resolution can be considered as a problem of mapping a low-resolution image to a corresponding high-resolution image; colorization can be considered as a problem of mapping a gray-scale image to a corresponding color image....
Looking to target Apple loyalists, the OnePlus 6 comes with incremental updates over its predecessor, OnePlus 5T and will be offering an iPhone X-like “notch” display and will be available for less than half the price. While iPhone X-style notch may not please everyone, it serves a design-specific purpose. OnePlus 6 is said to be the company’s first flagship smartphone with glass on the front and back, and has replaced the unibody aluminum case that OnePlus has been using for a number of years....
A group of physicists from University of Miami have come together to build a algorithm which will predict when and where the dreaded ISIS terrorists strike again. Neil Johnson, a physicist at the University of Miami, assembled a team and over few months they created an algorithm to sift through the pro-terrorism vitriol that populates the internet. It is a well known fact that ISIS and its cadres are using their online presence increasingly to mount terror attacks....
This new device called a “textalyzer” will help police determine whether drivers involved in the crash were being unlawfully distracted by their mobile phone. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com New York Senator Terrence Murphy and Assembly Assistant Speaker Felix Ortiz have partnered with Distracted Operators Risk Casualties (DORC), an awareness organization, to propose a bill that would allow authorities to examine phones at an accident site. Under legislation proposed in New York, drivers involved in accidents would have to submit their phone to roadside testing from a textalyzer to conclude whether the driver was using a phone ahead of a crash....
Premera Blue Cross stated that it has been the victim of a “sophisticated” cyberattack, in which its systems and databases were breached. The multi-state insurer which is based in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, offers health insurance and serves millions of users across Washington, Oregon, and Alaska, among other states. Premera News the official website of Premera said that 11 million customers, including members, prospective members and associated brands were affected by the breach....
Prisma was first launched on iOS about a month ago as an application that would apply filters to your images giving them hand sketch-like effects. In other words, the app makes images look like paintings “using the styles of famous artists: Munk, Picasso as well as world famous ornaments and patterns,” as per its description on Google Play. The app, which created a rage after debuting on iOS has been downloaded around over 10....
The launch of Jio Chat app comes just before the launch of 4G network by Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Jio in India. While Jio Chat app does not look so sophisticated to use, it has all trappings of WhatsApp including voice chat, video chat, ability to send and receive pictures and of course the text. and video Conferencing (group video/ voice chat) Reliance has also included some additional interesting features in the app including a channel section featuring its tie-ups with HTC, Star TV, Paytm, food ordering app Tiny Owl, Reliance Digital, Reliance Fresh Direct and IPL cricket franchise Mumbai Indians....
Apparently, Russia’s space-bound humanoid robot FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) that is being developed for space exploration is being trained to shoot twin pistols, according to a video posted by the country’s deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Rogozin on Twitter. — ??????? ??????? (@Rogozin) April 14, 2017 He wrote on Twitter: “Robot platform F.E.D.O.R. showed shooting skills with two hands”. According to its creators, the activity will teach the FEDOR android’s to shoot which in turn help improve their motor skills and decision-making abilities....
Rust is an effort to offer the control and performance of a language like C or C++, while making it much difficult to write the kind of security-compromising bugs that are ample in those languages. The language’s handling of memory and memory management is the key to this. Mishandling of memory is some of the biggest problems that come with C, which is mainly due to more data being read or written onto a block of memory than the block of memory it contains....
