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Google writes, “Flutter targets the sweet spot of mobile development: performance and platform integrations of native mobile, with high-velocity development and multi-platform reach of portable UI toolkits.” The software development kit comes with preloaded UI widgets for Material Design and supports Android Studio, Visual Studio Code and iOS-style widgets. Another exciting feature for developers is the support for stateful Hot Reloads where developers can see changes in the app as and when they make it, without losing application state....

Number of reasons for the rejection were provided by the President of the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), France’s data protection authority that included the fact that European orders to de-list information from search results could be easily misled, if links were still available on Google’s other domains. The CNIL had ordered Google in May to apply RTBF removals not only to the company’s European domains such as google....

As part of the initiative, the search giant would fund 100,000 need-based scholarships and it will consider all of its Career Certificates as the equivalent of a four-year college degree for related roles in the company. “College degrees are out of reach for many Americans, and you shouldn’t need a college diploma to have economic security. We need new, accessible job-training solutions — from enhanced vocational programs to online education — to help America recover and rebuild....

Now, Google has open-sourced a lump of code named DeepLab-v3+, its “latest and best performing semantic image segmentation model”, and implemented in TensorFlow. While this is not the same tech that produces the Portrait mode on Pixel 2 handsets, it however can produce results similar to those of the Pixel 2, Google clarified. DeepLab-v3+ is built using convolutional neural networks or CNNs – a machine learning method that’s mainly good at analyzing visual data – so that the outlines of the foreground objects are marked out accurately....

It appears that the issue is related to last year’s clock rollovers in the GPS and GLONASS satellite systems. While most drone and GPS tech companies issued software updates to tackle the problem, GoPro has not updated the Karma since it was discontinued in September of 2018. Affected owners say their Karma controllers are flashing GPS errors on their controllers about not receiving a GPS signal. They are also unable to calibrate the device’s compass....

“HERO is a great first GoPro for people looking to share experiences beyond what a phone can capture,” says Meghan Laffey, GoPro’s SVP of Product. “HERO makes it easy to share ‘wow’ moments at a price that’s perfect for first-time users.” The HERO, which looks like the HERO5 and HERO6, comes with a 2-inch color touchscreen display on the back. It also comes with a tiny monochrome display on the front, which shows information like video quality, battery and storage remaining....

The official website of world-famous Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) was hacked and defaced by an unknown Croatian hacker on Saturday morning. Besides leaving a defaced page, the hacker also left a message on the homepage of Acunetix’s website which says that he hacked the website just for fun. The deface page also had a YouTube video featuring Croatian prime minister Tihomir Oreškovi? or Timmy as the hacker called him on the page....

California based Gurkirat Singh discovered a way to gain access to anyone’s Facebook profile using a security flaw in the social networking giant’s password reset mechanism. The social networking giant uses an algorithm that generates a random 6-digit passcode ? that’s 10? = 1,000,000 possible combinations. According to him, Facebook needs to store duplicate codes for multiple users if more than 1,000,000 users request a password reset. This means that more than two people have the same passcode....

Private messages that you send through your Facebook Messenger can be read by potential hackers using a hacking backdoor in the app. This backdoor vulnerability was found by the security researchers from Check Point, who will demo it at the Infosecurity Conference to be held today afternoon. The security hole if unpatched could put 900 million people who use Facebook Messenger, at risk. The vulnerability was found by Check Point security researcher Roman Zaikan....

I know when you read the title of this article, you went Oh No! not another article with keyboard shortcuts. I already know all the Windows shortcuts! But I beg to differ from you. When Microsoft rejigged its Windows architecture for Windows 10, it added some quite brilliant keyboard shortcuts which I am sure you may now know. There are plenty of ways to navigate Windows 10, but sometimes using keyboard shortcuts is the most convenient and can save time and effort....

Last month, the online hacktivist group, Anonymous announced a new chat service called OnionIRC specifically dedicated to teach its new members the skills of hacking, coding and encryption. Many of our readers asked as about ways to join Anonymous and learn about hacktivism. If you are interested in hacktivism and want to learn more about it, OnionIRC is the best option. This chat service is an internet relay chat forum that allows users to remain anonymous through encrypted communications over the Tor network....

Although difficult to manage, the value of data cannot be understated. Businesses that base their decisions on data-driven analytics are 23x more likely to acquire new customers, as well as 19x more likely to turn a profit. These incredible statistics demonstrate just how essential it is for businesses to find data, understand it, and put it to good use. One of the main data engineering methods that have become vital over the past few years is web scraping – where data is extracted on-masse from different websites around the internet....

Create your own Android app for free even without knowing codingAppsGeyserAppypieBuzztouchAppyetAppclayApp MachineGood Barber Mobile Roadie AppsGeyser AppsGeyser is one such service that allows you to convert your content into an app and will also let you monetize that content. The app itself, will have the option of using a host of utilities including messaging, social sharing, tabs and full support for HTML5 enhancements. Appypie Appypie is the fastest growing cloud based Mobile App Builder around – that enables a user to create a mobile app without having to code a single line....

VLC is undoubtedly one of the best and most popular media players around. VLC Media Player is a free and open-source and has the added advantage of offering users many hidden features. Whatever the format is, VLC media player can undoubtedly play almost any kind of audio and video formats you want. One of these hidden features is its ability to convert almost any audio or video format. This is the reason why it’s aptly called the Swiss knife of Media players....

But is there a way you could turn that part time job into a successful business and start earning serious cash while doing something that you love? We’re here to tell you that there is a way and that it’s much simpler than you think. You can use your tutoring skills to create something long lasting and meaningful and we’re here to show you how. Create a website Nothing is better at showcasing you and your business than a well made website....

Different industries have utilized technology to completely change how they conduct businesses. Now, people are wondering how our world will look like in 50 years to come. And, your guess is as good as mine: technology will be on another level. Here are eight futuristic technology predictions for the next 50 years from experts in various fields. Joe Cianflone, U.S.-based Full-Stack Web Developer With 15 Years of Experience In 50 years, professional programming will no longer be human-driven....

In doing so, HSBC became the first bank to use facial recognition technology for opening bank accounts. Now, if you want to open an HSBC account, you have to download the bank’s App and take a photo using the front camera. The HSBC mobile app uses facial recognition software to compare the new customers selfie with a photo ID uploaded by the customer, such as a driver’s licence or passport....

In spite of the discontinued Google support, Huawei has been launching Google-free phones quite frequently. The latest addition to Huawei’s Google-free smartphone lineup is Huawei P40 Pro+ 5G. This flagship smartphone offers flawless performance, packs a feature-rich quad-camera setup, and sports an impressive OLED display. Well, if you have been eyeing and comparing 2020 flagship smartphones then the newly launched Huawei P40 Pro+ 5G might impress you. In this article, we have shared five best features of Huawei P40 Pro+ 5G that might help you in making the purchasing decision....

After an FBI investigation notes that the Lancaster man took movie screeners from his studio job and uploaded “The Revenant” and “The Peanuts Movie” to a publicly accessible BitTorrent site. William Kyle Morarity, 31, agreed to plead guilty to copyright infringement for illegal posting the two movies to a BitTorrent website called “Pass the Popcorn” in December. “As a result of the illegal upload, more than 1 million people were able to download ‘The Revenant,’ which caused Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation to suffer losses of well over $1 million,” a Justice Department news release stated....

This is the first time that a Japanese supercomputer has bagged the top position since June 2011, when the “K computer” – Fugaku’s predecessor – took first place. Jointly developed by Japan’s state-backed RIKEN Center for Computational Science and the firm Fujitsu, Fugaku is the first-ever ARM-based system to become the world’s fastest supercomputer. It scored a High-Performance Linpack (HPL) score of 415.5 petaflops, which makes it 2.8 times faster than IBM Summit’s 148....