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University warns that ‘serious cyber incident’ could take weeks to fix

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Newcastle University has been hit by a cyberattack that it says will take weeks to fix – and while the institution hasn’t confirmed the nature of the incident, a ransomware gang is threatening online to leak the personal data of students.

The university first started reporting issues with IT systems on September 1, which has since lead to almost all university systems used by students…

Samsung patents suggest a transparent phone could be in development

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Samsung has filed patents for a transparent smartphone.

The device in question would sport a transparent display with opaque bezels.

If you thought Samsung‘s foldable phone ambitions were wacky, you may want to think again after patents emerged suggesting a transparent smartphone could be in the works. The patents, which were filed in January but only surfaced in August, describe the…

Please hold for Nice Barney

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This pilot fish runs the night support shift, and fairly regularly they have to call a particular DBA when they’re stumped. He is just that good you could be sure he’d have the answer.

But when he answered the phone, he would cuss and yell, smear the caller with every name in the book, and then hang up. Within five minutes, he would call back on the manager hotline and say, “This is…

Redmi Smart Band comes to India: A super-cheap fitness tracker

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Xiaomi has launched the Redmi Smart Band in India.

The new wearable is priced at Rs 1,599 ($22) and is available from tomorrow.

Xiaomi’s Redmi sub-brand launched its first fitness tracker earlier this year in the Redmi Smart Band, essentially being an even cheaper Mi Band. Now, the wearable has launched in India, so what should you expect?

For starters, the Redmi Smart Band packs a…

Mobile workforce to reach 93.5M in U.S. by ‘24

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The U.S. mobile worker population is set to jump from 78.5 million to 93.5 million by 2024, according to IDC, as businesses digitize processes and support larger remote workforces. The move to a more mobile workforce has implications for IT spending, business processes and the ability to maintain efficiencies outside the office.

In general, IDC expects the number of mobile workers to…

Microsoft Surface Go 2 review: A compact 2-in-1 for remote workers and mobile pros Review

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The recent updates to Microsoft’s Surface range have focused more on the high-end performance offered by models such as the Surface Laptop 3 and Surface Book 3. That makes sense for people who need a powerful laptop for working from home, but it has meant that the new 10.5-inch Surface Go 2 has been somewhat overshadowed by its larger Surface siblings. 

Described by Microsoft as ‘an…

PUBG Mobile India ban could lift soon as company severs China ties

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PUBG Mobile is cutting ties with Tencent Games in India.

PUBG Corporation will henceforth handle all publishing duties.

The move could help reverse the PUBG Mobile ban in India.

PUBG Mobile India is severing ties with Chinese game distributor Tencent Games. The announcementfrom PUBG Corporation comes days after the popular battle royale mobile game was banned in India alongside 117 other…

Developers: Programming language C++ is about to get this huge update

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The International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) C++ group, Working Group 21 (WG21), has agreed upon the finalized version of ‘C++20’, the first major update to the 35 year-old programming language since C++17 from 2017. 

“On Friday September 4, C++20’s DIS (Draft International Standard) ballot ended, and it passed unanimously,” said Herb Sutter, a Microsoft engineer and…

Microsoft surprises with official Xbox Series S announcement

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Microsoft just confirmed the Xbox Series S.

The console will sell for $299.

It’ll be the smallest Xbox ever made.

Just a few hours back, we reported about the leaked design and price of the upcoming Xbox Series S console. Microsoft has now gone ahead and confirmed it.

In a surprising move, the official Xbox handle on Twitter announcedthe $299 price of the Xbox Series S. Microsoft also…

Academics find crypto bugs in 306 popular Android apps, none get patched

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A team of academics from Columbia University has developed a custom tool to dynamically analyze Android applications and see if they’re using cryptographic code in an unsafe way.

Named CRYLOGGER, the tool was used to test 1,780 Android applications, representing the most popular apps across 33 different Play Store categories, in September and October 2019.

Researchers say the tool, which…

Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S price and release date leaked

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The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S could launch on November 10.

The Series S has also appeared in a design leak.

The Series S might cost $299, while the Series X may come in at $499

The price and release dates for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles just leaked. The cheaper of the two upcoming consoles — the Xbox Series S — was also revealed in a separate design leak.

The…

Over 80,000 Australian citizenship ceremonies conducted online since March

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At the end of March, the Australian government took the decision to end in-person citizen ceremonies, due to risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic.

Since that time, over 80,000 people have become Australian citizens thanks to a video conference link, the Department of Home Affairs has said.

“Th…

App stores next digital realm under the ACCC microscope

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Screenshot: Asha Barbaschow/ZDNet

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is moving its digital platforms battle to the app stores of major providers such as Apple and Google, concerned mostly with their transparency around data use, competitiveness, and also the type of apps they make available for…

France, Japan, New Zealand warn of sudden spike in Emotet attacks

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Cyber-security agencies from France, Japan, and New Zealand have published security alerts over the past week warning about a large uptick in Emotet malware attacks targeting their respective countries.

Emotet activity described in the alerts refers to email spam campaigns that originated from Emotet infrastructure and targeted companies and government agencies in the three countries.

Vi…

How to use for loops in Java

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For loops in Java are just one type of loop that can be used to repeat a code block for iterative operations. If you need to open a text file for example, then you might use a loop to go through each line of the document and print it to the screen.

Likewise, games often use a “game loop” which loops around every time the frame is refreshed to check for inputs and update the positions of…

Apple Watch Series 6: Everything we know so far

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It’s September, the traditional launch month for Apple a bunch of products from the Cupertino company. Although its launch schedule may have been knocked slightly off course due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the company is expected to reveal the Apple Watch Series 6 alongside the iPhone 12 series at some point this year.

Details of the Apple Watch Series 5 successor have been spilling…

New phone camera sensor promises dramatically improved low light photos

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Vivo is working on an RGBW camera sensor that could lead to huge improvements in low-light photography.

It’s reportedly twice as efficient as a conventional sensor.

Phones using the sensor are already in the works, and expected to arrive in 2021.

It’s still challenging to take a good low light photo with your phone, but Vivo might just fix that in the near future. The Chinese brand has un…