Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed details about a high-severity flaw in the HP OMEN driver software that impacts millions of gaming computers worldwide, leaving them open to an array of attacks. Tracked as CVE-2021-3437 (CVSS score: 7.8), the vulnerabilities could allow threat actors to escalate privileges to kernel mode without requiring administrator permissions, allowing them
Facebook exempts certain celebrities, politicians, and other high-profile users from some its own rules for posts as part of a programme launched as a quality-control mechanism, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The programme, referred to as “cross check” or “XCheck,” shields millions of elite users from rules that Facebook claims to apply equally
Space appears to be the new frontier for tech entrepreneurs. After Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson, it’s time for Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to join the league. Wozniak on September 13 announced that he is setting up a private space company that is “unlike the others.” The new company will be called Privateer
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Apple Watch Series 7 was launched at the company’s “California streaming” event on Tuesday. The new Apple Watch model is the eighth iteration in the series of smartwatches launched by the Cupertino giant since its first generation in 2015. The Apple Watch Series 7 comes as a significant upgrade over last year’s Series 6, including
Nokia G10 has been launched in India as the latest budget-friendly offering from Nokia brand licensee HMD Global. The phone is offered in two colours and a single RAM and storage configuration. The handset comes as the latest addition to the Nokia G-series and features a 6.5-inch HD+ display. The Nokia G10 sports a triple
Nintendo Switch has received a price cut. For now, the prices have only been slashed in European market. There is no confirmation if the price change would be implemented in other regions as well. This comes at a time when Nintendo is about to roll out an OLED variant of the hand-held console. The new
Users searching for TeamViewer remote desktop software on search engines like Google are being redirected to malicious links that drop ZLoader malware onto their systems while simultaneously embracing a stealthier infection chain that allows it to linger on infected devices and evade detection by security solutions. “The malware is downloaded from a Google advertisement published
Russia fined Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday for not deleting banned content, adding to a slew of penalties the government has already imposed on foreign tech giants. Russia has been tightening controls over US-based tech companies and last week accused them of interfering in parliamentary polls due later this month. A court in Moscow slapped
For decades, people across the world have wondered if there was a possibility to bring back the hundreds of species lost to extinction. Now, a group of scientists and entrepreneurs has come together to create a company that will work on technology to achieve this. Software entrepreneur Ben Lamm, who is known for his penchant
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Cloud automation provider SkyKick today announced that it raised $130 million in an oversubscribed funding round, bringing its total raised to over $200 million. The capital will be used to support investments in SkyKick’s platform, people, and operational investments across
Realme Band 2 is reportedly set to launch in Malaysia on Wednesday, September 15. An official poster for the launch event has been circulating online and it mentions that the launch event will be held via Facebook. The poster only shows the design of the upcoming wearable, and it seems to be different from its
Apple iPhone 13 launch event dubbed ‘California Streaming’ gets underway today (Tuesday, September 14) at 10.30pm IST or 10am PDT. Apple’s highly anticipated, all-virtual event is expected to introduce the next generation of iPhone models as well as the Apple Watch Series 7. The iPhone 13 lineup is expected to include four models like the iPhone
In this article AMZN Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told CNBC the company has big ambitions in entertainment, from live sports to original content for Prime subscribers. “It’s still early days for us in media,” Jassy told “TechCheck” co-host Jon Fortt in an interview that aired Tuesday morning. “We’re off to a great start but we
Zoom is introducing a range of new features to make video meetings more productive and assist the hybrid and remote working culture. At its annual Zoomtopia conference, Zoom announced that it is adding real-time, multi-language transcription and translation for Zoom calls soon. The new real-time translation feature will help to reduce language barriers during video
Sep.08 — As the trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes begins, Bloomberg Opinion’s Tim O’Brien speaks with Emily Chang about what he expects to emerge from the long-awaited court proceeding.
Apple has released iOS 14.8, iPadOS 14.8, watchOS 7.6.2, macOS Big Sur 11.6, and Safari 14.1.2 to fix two actively exploited vulnerabilities, one of which defeated extra security protections built into the operating system. The list of two flaws is as follows – CVE-2021-30858 (WebKit) – A use after free issue that could result in
WhatsApp for Android is reportedly testing timer settings for its Disappearing messages feature. The instant messaging app owned by Facebook is currently working on Disappearing Mode and, as per a new report, it is working to let Android users set different timings for its ephemeral messages in its privacy. The latest update is reportedly spotted
A recent study regarding nutrition suggests that overeating may not be the main cause of obesity. The research was carried out by 17 internationally prominent scientists in the field and was published on September 13 in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The conclusion of the paper is backed by research that looks into the
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Samsung’s Galaxy series of smartwatches has been bearing all the weight of the company’s wearable ambitions. Recent models have all run Samsung’s custom Tizen OS, which in many ways offers better performance and a more intuitive interface than Google’s Wear OS. As strange as it might seem, Samsung has now partnered with Google, combining its