YouTube Lets You Identify Videos With Subtitles When You Mute Your Phone

The success of YouTube depends heavily on the fact that its developers work constantly on new features to improve the overall experience for the consumers. They give attention to every minor detail to make more useful options that later become a part of the video hosting platform. Continuing with...

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Eight Crypto-Mining Apps Eradicated From the Microsoft Store

Symantec (A cybersecurity company) recently discovered eight Windows 10 apps that were responsible for mining the Monero cryptocurrency without the user’s knowledge. Symantec then reported these apps to Microsoft and the tech giant immediately removed them from its database. The eight apps...

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Clean Master, Cheetah Keyboard, Subway Surfers & 17K Other Android Apps Recording Users’ Online Activities Without Their Consent

Research reveals that around 17000 android apps have been recording the data of online activities of users for advertising purposes, without their permission. According to research published by Serge Egelman and the International Computer Science Institute in Calfornia, the apps are using...

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Google to tone down Android Things production to focus on Internet of Things

Google recently claimed that it’s limiting its research on Android Things to focus on consumer smart speakers and displays. Dave Smith, the developer for the Internet of Things (IoT) devices and products, confirmed that Google aims to focus on consumer devices. IoT refers to the connection of...

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Twitter Users Can Still Access Their Years Old Deleted DMs

Twitter let users delete Direct Messages (DMs) from their conversations, while the recipient can still have the message unless he or she also decides to delete it. The message deleted may disappear from chat, but Twitter still has them stored. Karan Saini, a security researcher reported that even...

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Facebook tackles with more security issues

Recently, Facebook faced two serious security threats discovered through their bug bounty program including a data leak that potentially impacted over one million users. After being exposed in the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, the company enhanced their bug bounty protocol by adding a statute to...

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Is Facebook on its way to becoming Facemash 2.0?

You can call it a fluke all you want but something’s definitely up with Facebook’s search function. Inti De Ceukelaire, a Belgian Hacker, recently discovered that it is possible for a user to search for their female friends’ photos but the same doesn’t apply for their male friends. In case it...

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