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In the criminal underground, such kind of threat is becoming even more popular, malware authors are developing new ransomware that presents sophisticated features and are able to evade detection. Ransomware allows criminal organizations to rapidly cash out the effort of their illegal activities, despite the numerous recommendation to avoid paying the ransom still a large number of victims prefer to pay it to decrypt their documents. “Ransomware has completely dominated the current threat landscape,” explained Bharat Mistry, cyber-security consultant at Trend Micro....

Razer was happy with the release of its first smartphone, the Razer Phone, last year, and as such has decided that a sequel to the handset is called for. That smartphone will be announced on Wednesday, October 10. Until then, the rumor mill will probably be working overtime to try and show off as much of the upcoming flagship as possible before Razer can get around to announcing it. That initiative kicks into high gear with this clear look at the front and back of the Razer Phone 2, courtesy of Evan Blass (@evleaks) posting an image on Twitter recently....

Although not something entirely new, the electric (not ‘smart’) toothbrush is one such appliance that received mixed reactions worldwide in the initial days, but over time is slowly getting the attention of new consumers each passing day. For the uninitiated, an electric toothbrush is an appliance that simplifies your brushing process by offering a more convenient approach and also ensures better cleaning. The one we are looking at today is the Realme M1 Sonic electric toothbrush....

And now there are notebooks. Sub-Rs 30,000 notebooks? They could be coming That amazing Manu Jain and his sweethearts have launched the Mi Notebook series in India yesterday, you know. And the prices are very very amazing, as per everyone in this team (I am an old woman, darlings, for me, a notebook still is something that has paper in it). But a lot of people were also a little bit surprised at the fact that the Mi Notebook range started at around Rs 41,999, which is sort of like a mid-segment, like Rs 15,000 for phones, where there are already devices from other players....

Samsung is widely expected to unveil the hugely anticipated Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge Plus at the event. The event invite also seems to indicate that a device with a dual edge screen will be unveiled at the event. Samsung has traditionally unveiled new Galaxy Note at the IFA trade show in Berlin. But as rumored it seems to have brought forward the launch in an effort to secure sales before Apple announces its next generation iPhones in September....

Family nk is a new app that connects not just your account but also your child’s. To set it up you’ll need three things: the app, an Android phone running Android KitKat 4.4 or higher (for you), a newer Android phone running Nougat (for the little one). Once that’s all set up, the two phones will be linked parents will be able to keep tabs on just about everything their kid is doing with their phone....

The group of scientists who believe this at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, has conducted a study that shows that the mere presence of our mobile reduces the power of our brain. To carry out this work, the team counted on the participation of about 800 users of mobile phones, in order to record and measure the time it takes to complete tasks when the smartphone is in front, and compare the data with the realization of the same activities without the device in sight....

To celebrate the New Year and the Republic Day in India, OnePlus has announced hefty discounts for all its products in the country. This will be the first time in its history that OnePlus will be giving some kind of discount on its smartphones in India. The sale starts from January 21 and lasts through January 23. During this period, OnePlus will be dropping the price of its 2016 flagship killer, the OnePlus 2 (64GB), to Rs....

The Oppo Find 7 will come with a 5.5-inch screen, pushing it into phablet category. However, the tweet from Oppo suggests that the device would pack the 5.5-inch screen inside a body with relatively less bezel space, giving it the feel of a 5-inch device. — OPPO (@oppo) December 26, 2013 OEMs have been trying to shrink the bezel space on devices to fit in a bigger screen, without physically making the device any bigger....

Phishing is an older style of cyber-attack, but one that never fallen out of favor with attackers. With the right phishing network in place, some information gathering, and the right bait, attackers can gain access to just about any company or organization, even government agencies, and wreak havoc. In fact, phishing remains the most popular and potent attack vector for attackers. Data Theft and Financial Fraud According to a study conducted by PhishLabs in 2016, 22% of all spear-phishing attacks in 2015 were motivated by financial fraud or related crimes....

Well, that is where Prisma comes in. Yes, we have add apps that attempt to convert images into sketches and even works of art (we reviewed Waterlogue way back in 2014, remember?), these efforts have largely been gimmicky – you could see that it was a photograph that had been tweaked, and the options were generally restricted. Prisma, now, is a very different kettle of fish. It not only allows you to convert your photographs into art work, but actually lets you pick the styles that you want....

According to a Bloomberg report, the company is thinking about turning to public shaming as a way to entice hset manufacturers to step up their Android updates. has apparently collected considerable data (something it’s very good at) regarding manufacturers carriers’ update performance shared this information with OEMs carriers. A Sprint executive said he’d seen the details had been feeling the pressure from to push things along. Even without access to this information, we can assure you it isn’t a pretty picture: only 7....

So many of today’s standalone keyboards or the ones built into laptops are so very quiet, but I prefer the satisfying feedback you get from a mechanical keyboard. That’s why I use a full-fledged gaming keyboard for my home office setup, even though I’m not a PC gamer. I have a decent amount of real estate on my desk, but I realize for many who transitioned to working from home over the past year-plus, that’s just not the case....

Yesterday, HTC and Motorola weighed in on the controversy surrounding Apple and its decision to slow down older iPhones as their lithium-ion batteries degrade. In the case of both companies, they said that they do not practice the same decisions as Apple. Neither slows down their phones based on the remaining battery life of their handsets, whether they are new or old. At the time, we were still waiting for statements from other companies like Google, Samsung, and LG, and now the latter two companies have said their piece, too....

Last week, we reported that some retailers are reporting abnormally high failure rate for the Galaxy S4 batteries. Now, Samsung itself has confirmed the issue for some European batches of the handset and is offering free replacement batteries to its S4 customers. In an official statement to Trusted Reviews, the company recommends its Galaxy S4 owners to head over to their nearest service centre to get a free replacement battery....

Everyone remembers that head scratching day back in September 2011 when Samsung announced the Galaxy Note. At the time, the largest phone on the market had a 4.3 inch screen, and many people thought it was too big. Samsung, being the crazy company they are, decided to go even bigger with the Note, which came in at 5.3 inches. The amount of ink spilled saying how stupid that device was could be measured in tanker ships, not barrels....

Sounds like a story we have all heard before, right? But the tech brand we are talking about here is not Apple and the two colleagues-cum-friends are not the two Steves, Jobs and Woz. This is actually a more recent, more modern day separation happening at one of the most popular brands in the market at the moment — OnePlus. The OnePlus phenomenon OnePlus was co-founded by Pete Lau and Carl Pei back in December 2013 and it wasn’t long before the brand became a very ‘unsettling’ competitor for the rest of the smartphone manufacturers in the game, living up to its “Never Settle” tagline....

Oneus published a forum post today detailing its new product rollout plans for the rest of the year. “ have been actively collecting discussing the feedback that you’ve had to the invite system,” admits Carl, an administrator in the Oneus One forums. To help deal with the onslaught of eager buyers, Oneus said that it will launch its devices in multiple stages: first with invites—a method that’s been utilized since the Android-powered device launched— then with both invites pre-orders....

The above effort made by a startup, Numecent is fruitful in this direction. The company has filed for a patent on this budding technology. The gaming technology named – “Approxy“, enables you to play games without downloading the software into your computer. Thanks to the fast internet connections provided by internet service providers; with minimum coding on local computer, online games can be played. Cloud Paging Technology, Next Step in Online Games Hardware resources present at the nearest computer will be utilized to process the request from the user....

Webroot not only flagged core Windows files as malicious, it even started to remove some of the legitimate files, trashing user computers around the world. This all happened due to a bad update which was released on April 24. Webroot started marking Windows essential files as W32.Trojan.Gen which is also known as generic malware. — Cyber Stitch (@BelchSpeak) April 25, 2017 https://twitter.com/DizzyWoof/status/857132161958375425 The update was pulled after approximately 15 minutes....