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Whether it’s privacy or search for sensitive content, many users use anonymous mode to hide their browsing history. Contrary to what many users think, this mode does not allow to completely erase the navigation track, but to reduce the number of stored data. Thus, with this active mode, only cookies and history are not permanently recorded, with a large number of data being circulated, such as location. To understand people’s perceptions of this mode of navigation, American and German researchers conducted a study where 460 people volunteered to complete an inquiry into the incognito mode....

The Google Pixel 3 XL is starting to get even more attention from the rumor mill, which certainly makes sense as we march ever closer to its expected launch date later this year. Just recently we saw a series of images of the upcoming device, an alleged production unit of the upcoming and oft-leaked smartphone. Now, that same blogger has published a brand new video showcasing the device’s ever edge, confirming plenty of hardware elements we’ve been hearing about for weeks now....

While they talk about being “interconnected”, the reality today is that hyperscalers currently operate like isolated operating systems, according to Simon Piff, IDC’s Asia-Pacific vice president. This presents a significantly challenging piece for organisations in the region, Piff told ZDNET. It would fuel the need for multi-cloud management and cross-cloud security strategies as the next phase of development in the market, he said. This would result in tremendous opportunities for systems integrators and software vendors able to remove the complexities and offer the integration tools necessary to make multi-cloud management seamless, the analyst said....

That’s changed quite a bit as technology has advanced. Most smartphones have excellent cameras with multiple lenses these days, and our photos end up in a folder on our desktops rather than a photo album. You can even invest in a digital photo frame to display your images beautifully. While tech advances like these have made it easier than ever to document trips, funny moments or memories, there are downsides to that equation....

Web application security is quite popular among pen testers, so organizations, developers and pen testers treat web application as primary attack vector. And, as web services are relatively new as compared to web applications, it is considered a secondary attack vector. Due to a lack of concern or knowledge, it is generally found that the security measures implemented in a web service are worse than those that are implemented in web applications, which makes the web services a favorite attack vector and easy to penetrate from the attacker’s point of view....

Carriers in the United States are notorious for preloading a bunch of bloatware on Android devices. Among the top four carriers in the region, Verizon is the worst and preloads the most number of bloatware on the devices that it sells. Despite all the hate that bloatware are subjected to, Verizon does not seem to be in any mood to mend its ways. The carrier has reportedly offered big companies with an option to install their apps on the home screen of the devices it sells....

Tasker, when combined with its various plugins on the Play Store, is easily the most powerful app for any ecosystem out there. If you have the neccessary hardware in place, you can use Tasker to issue voice commands to control and automate your home via voice commands, as seen previously in many videos. With Android Wear smartwatches now being released, things were bound to go to the next level with users controlling their home by issuing voice commands to their “smart” wrist watch, as shown in the video below....

With Maelstrom project, a Web browser to its distributed, BitTorrent has already near its Web P2P technology. While slightly different, WebTorrent goes further. Under development for two years and still in beta, WebTorrent is indeed a “client” for BitTorrent Web browser. It works with all browsers “modern” does not need a plugin that installs and enables to share files directly from the browser, with no configuration required. Also Read: How to Increase uTorrent Download Speed...

Vivo is teasing the launch of a new flagship smartphone, the Vivo X50 Pro. The phone appears to feature a really interesting camera setup, featuring Samsung’s brand new camera sensor and a unique, gimbal-like image stabilization system that promises fluid videos and impressive low-light images. The Vivo X50 Pro will be unveiled in China on June 1. It is the company’s flagship smartphone, and it will feature a high-end processor, a quad-camera setup, and all other high-end connectivity features....

The Vivo X20 Plus UD looks exactly similar to its predecessor. It features a large 6.43-inch Super AMOLED 18:9 FHD+ display. The Synaptics made in-display fingerprint sensor is placed right under the display. It’s capable of unlocking the smartphone under 6-7 ms. The sensor works using a photoelectric reflection technology for determining your finger. Apart from unlocking the smartphone users can use the in-display sensor for making payments through AliPay or WeChat....

VPNTraffic is a new entrant to the overly populated Premium VPN market. Like many others, it is also PPTP based and hence supports multiple platforms like Windows and Mac OS. I have been testing Vpntraffic for the past few days and I must say the service has been fairly good. Except once when their servers went offline, the vpn service has managed to perform as advertised. With Vpntraffic I could easily stream multiple online episodes on Hulu, watch a couple of NFL games and even voice chat on Skype without buffering issues....

Case in point, Opera’s Workspaces feature has been an absolute game-changer for managing a constantly growing collection of tabs that would have been otherwise daunting. Seriously, Opera’s Workspaces feature is that good. However, some features have been added to the Opera browser that not only don’t match up to all that is Workspaces, but also make me question why they are there in the first place. The same thing holds true with other browsers that take a kitchen sink approach....

Big Red is eliminating subsidies, service contracts, building its plans around a fixed cost for unlimited talk text with data usage on top, an industry trend largely pushed by T-Mobile. y this matters: As the nation’s largest carrier, what Verizon does impacts not just its customers but the entire industry. The American carrier lscape continues to move in the direction of no contracts easier-to-underst plans. The days of subsidized smartphones are surely numbered....

Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to figure out where your router will broadcast the best signal. A lot of wireless networks end up with significant dead spots thanks to wall placement, nearby metal objects or other interference. It used to be that finding these dead spots took a lot of time and caused a lot of frustration. But you can easily create your own signal map using NetSpot. Load up a map of your office or house and make a walking survey with your laptop....

The researchers were also able to develop POC attacks demonstrating how they could disable vacation mode and induce a fake fire alarm. With the PoC-code researchers secretly changed the door lock codes; kidnapped established owners of the door lock codes; deactivate vacation mode in the house; triggered activation of the fire alarm. Attacks have been made possible for the two vulnerabilities in the framework of the Samsung SmartThings, which are difficult to correct....

Whether you’re throwing together a full turkey dinner or going with an easier route, chances are you’ll be spending some time in the kitchen over the next few days. Before you do, though, there’s a massive kitchen tool recall you need to know about. Surprisingly, this new recall isn’t related to turkey fryers, which have caused explosions and fires in years past. Instead, it’s related to a common kitchen gadget....

The Cuisinart convection bread maker features a non-stick interior as well as an automatic shut-off for perfect loaves every time. It also automatically adjusts cooking speed and timer intervals and features special settings for making low-carb and gluten-free recipes; this is great news if you have food sensitivities and want to save a bit of money over store-bought varieties. With three choices for both crust color and loaf sizes, you can create over 100 different styles of bread, cake, and even jam....

Hinton, offering the closing keynote Thursday at this year’s Neural Information Processing Systems conference, NeurIPS, in New Orleans, said that the machine learning research community “has been slow to realize the implications of deep learning for how computers are built.” He continued, “What I think is that we’re going to see a completely different type of computer, not for a few years, but there’s every reason for investigating this completely different type of computer....