PAKISTAN:
INTEL COFFE LAKE-U 15W CPUS DETAILED- CORE 17-8650U, CORE I7-8550U PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS UNVEILED IN MULTIPLE LEAKS:
Intel will be officially announcing their 8th Gen Coffee Lake processors today but there are multiple leaks before the announcement. While the desktop lineup has been caught up in rumors mill for a while we are now looking at notebook chips which will come under 15W TDP package.
GOOGLE ANDROID O RELEASES NEXT WEEK:
Android O (Oreo) or Android O is to be launched at an event in New York next week. Google has been teasing latest version of its Android OS since May. The company released developer previews for developers and fans to get feedback on new features and managed to fix them in beta. Android O will first debut on Nexus and Pixel devices and from thereon it will be on OEMs to roll it out for their devices.
THIS TINY $500 BOX CAN HACK MY IPHONE 7 & 7+ PASSCODE:
Apple fans think that their devices are protected and are unhackable the Cupertino tech giants keep appearing in security stories from time to time. The day before Yesterday a researcher was sharing decryption key of Apple’s secure Enclave processor.
REDDIT ROLLS OUT VIDEO SHARING PLATFORM, NOW LETS USERS UPLOAD VIDEOS DIRECTLY:
However, there were some features that users really wanted to see on the platform, one of those amazing features is Reddit’s direct video sharing functionality. Reddit had been paying attention to requirement and it started working on video hosting functionality since June. Today there native video hosting is finally launched on their website.
ANDROID OREO IS RELEASED:
Google has revealed the official name of the next version of Android, ending months of speculation over what Android O would be. True to the Google tradition of naming the OS after some sort of confectionary, the upcoming version of Android has been named Android Oreo.
ASIAN REPORT SAYS IPHONE 8 FACE RECOGNITION FEATURE WILL WORK IN ‘MILLIONTHS OF A SECOND’:
A recent Korean report on Samsung-made OLED display for iPhone 8 claims that speed of facial-recognition system used in Apple iPhone 8 will work in “millionths of a second”. Well, It is not yet sure whether iPhone 8 will have a TouchID feature or it is replaced by Facial Recognition System for both unlock and Apple Pay authorization.
SOLUTION TO TRANSFER AND MOVE FILES BETWEEN CLOUDS:
Here, we can use the MultCloud to put all the cloud drives together, and then manage all the files from the Web interface directly. We can solve all the trouble on the cloud online, even if there are a bunch of cloud drive account, there is no need to worry about managing cloud drives one by one.
AGP FINDS RS1.3TR IRREGULARITIES IN POWER SECTOR:
The auditor general of Pakistan (AGP) is reported to have found more than Rs1.32 trillion worth of embezzlement, irregularities, recoveries and over payments by companies and organisations under the Water and Power Ministry during 2016-17.
THE NEXUS OF CPEC AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION:
The CPEC loans to fast track much-needed improvements in power and transportation infrastructure have the potential to massively impact many areas of Pakistan’s economy. Assuming we can manage the security issues, it will create the enabling environment that along with the economic zones and regulatory reforms will attract Chinese and other large investments into the country.
ZONG 4G ANNOUNCES INTERNAL CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION TO LEAD THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION:
Zong 4G, has announced a radically transformative cultural philosophy to align organization’s values with its larger ambition of ushering Pakistan into a new digital age.In a statement issued earlier today, the company stated that it intends to be at the forefront of advancing a technological revolution in Pakistan and to meet that end have elucidated values to unleash organization’s innovative potential.
TELENOR & PRCS ECLIPSE HUNGER BY CONCLUDING THE #SHAREYOURMEAL CAMPAIGN:
Reiterating its commitment to empower the Pakistani society, Telenor Pakistan, celebrated the success of its philanthropic #ShareYourMeal campaign at a ceremony in Islamabad along with its campaign partner, the Pakistan Red Crescent Society.
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INTERNATIONAL:
EXPERTS WARN OF ‘THIRD REVOLUTION IN WARFARE’:
More than 100 leading robotics experts are urging the United Nations to take action in order to prevent the development of “killer robots”. In a letter to the organisation, artificial intelligence (AI) leaders, including billionaire Elon Musk, warn of “a third revolution in warfare”.
HOW HACKERS ARE TARGETING THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY:
When staff at CyberKeel investigated email activity at a medium-sized shipping firm, they made a shocking discovery. “Someone had hacked into the systems of the company and planted a small virus,” explains co-founder Lars Jensen. “They would then monitor all emails to and from people in the finance department.”
AUSTRALIA BLOCKS ANOTHER 59 POPULAR PIRATE SITES:
Australia’s federal court has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block dozens of popular pirate sites.The crackdown prevents users from accessing 59 illegal torrent and streaming sites including Demonoid, EZTV, YTS, RARBG, 1337x and Putlocker.
ANDROID CREATOR’S NEW PHONE IS GREAT, BUT IS IT ESSENTIAL?:
“Every now and then I’ll start a company because no-one is walking through my door and pitching it to me,” Andy Rubin tells the group of reporters invited in for “not your typical tech launch”. He says – and I agree with him – that people are bored with the “incremental updates” offered by Samsung and Apple, and instead want a smartphone that really reflects who they are.
GOOGLE AND UC BERKELEY TO CREATE MOVIE FROM ECLIPSE IMAGES:
Google and UC Berkeley are creating a movie from images of the solar eclipse. The images will also be used to study the Sun’s outermost atmosphere. The “megamovie” will premiere after the eclipse hits the US.
SAMSUNG’S PHOENIX PHONE?
It was the most disastrous product recall in the history of the mobile phone industry. Now, a year on from the exploding Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, Samsung has unveiled the new version of its giant smartphone. It should be a nervous moment for a company which has had what sounds like a catastrophic year.
EMAIL PRANK ‘TRICKS’ BREITBART EDITORS:
A British “prankster” has said editors at right-wing news website Breitbart replied to spoof emails purporting to come from Trump adviser Steve Bannon. The prankster shared emails in which staff discussed doing “dirty work” against US President Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner.
YOUTUBE ‘MADE WRONG CALL’ ON SYRIA VIDEOS:
YouTube has reinstated thousands of videos documenting violence in Syria that were removed “mistakenly”. Several videos were flagged as inappropriate by an automatic system designed to identify extremist content.
DOJ NARROWS TRUMP PROTESTERS DATA DEMAND:
Visitors to an anti-Trump website will probably not have their internet protocol addresses turned over to the Department of Justice, after a legal standoff with a US web company. DreamHost had argued the DoJ’s warrant would have revealed 1.3 million IP addresses.
ROYAL MAIL’S NEW ELECTRIC VANS UNVEILED:
Royal Mail is beginning trials in London of nine fully electric vans with ranges of up to 100 miles. The vehicles, which come in various sizes, will distribute post from the central London depot.
CHINA RELAUNCHES WORLD’S FASTEST TRAIN:
China’s fleet of high-speed trains is set once again to become the world’s fastest. The top speed of the Fuxing or “rejuvenation” bullet trains was capped at 300km/h (186mph) in 2011 following two crashes that killed 40 people. From next week, some of the trains will once again be allowed to run at a higher speed of about 350 km/h.