Short Bytes: According to a media report, Alphabet has ditched the plans to develop its own self-driving car from the scratch. Instead, it is expected to partner with automobile makers and launch a new self-driving taxi service by the end of next year. t looks like Google’s parent, Alphabet, has decided scale back its self-driving […]
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Future: Start A Windows 10 Computer By Just Saying “Hey Cortana”
Short Bytes:_Soon, you will be able to wake your Windows 10 machine from Modern Standby mode by just saying Hey Cortana. Intel is working with Microsoft to enhance Cortana’s capabilities so that she could work when the machine in a low power sleep mode. icrosoft and Intel are like made for each other companies. Their […]
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“Ultra Minimal” Ubuntu Budgie Is Coming, Uses “220MB Or Less Of RAM”
Short Bytes: The Ubuntu Budgie developers_are working on an Ultra Minimal version of their Linux distribution that’ll consume less than 220MB RAM. This version is expected to ship without any standard applications or a_RAM-intensive desktop environment. To tell you more about this upcoming release, we’ve contacted the developers for more information. ack in November, we […]
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Ockel Sirius B: This Powerful Portable PC Can Run 4K Out Of The Box
Short Bytes: Ockel Sirius B is a pocket-sized computer that_runs full Windows 10 OS. This tiny computer has an answer to the people questioning its capabilities, it supports 4K graphics out of the box. Sirius B is available for $189. arlier, we told you about the powerful portable computer Ockel Sirius A. Now, we are […]
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Sandboxed Tor Browser 0.0.2 “Alpha” Is Here To Protect Your Anonymity
Short Bytes: Tor developers have created their own version of Sandboxed Tor Browser. At the moment, an early Alpha version of Sandboxed Tor Browser 0.0.2 is available for Linux distributions. The developers have taken this approach to minimize the attack surface during some vulnerability exploitation. he FBI is known to exploit Firefox browser vulnerabilities and […]
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What Was The World’s First Programming Language For Computers?
Short Bytes:_Even though there’s not a definite answer,_Plankalkul, pronounced “Plan Calculus”, is regarded as the world’s first high-level programming language for computers. Created by_German engineer Konrad Zuse between 1942 and 1945, the language didn’t receive much attention. The popular languages that followed_Plankalkul were Fortran and Lisp. very other day, we come across the release of […]
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21 Weird Apple Products You Never Knew Existed
Short Bytes: Apple did various product experiments in its early years. They tried their clothing lines and some limited stuff. But many people don’t know about those things. Here are 21 products Apple created in the past. t is not only Nokia having a history of creating unusual products. Apple has also had the history […]
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How This 16-year-old Developer Became CEO Of A $2 Million Company
Short Bytes:_Ben Pasternak is the CEO of his own $2 million startup Flogg Inc. He got famous fast when his iOS app Impossible Run topped the App Store charts. This attracted numerous Silicon Valley investors who were ready to fund his ideas. eard enough about school dropout millionaires? Well, here I’m going to tell you […]
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“Biggest Ever” Linux Kernel 4.9 Released | Feature Overview
Short Bytes: Linus Torvalds has released Linux kernel 4.9. It’s the biggest ever Linux version in terms of commits. A lot of bulk in this release comes due to AMD GPU register definition files and Project Ara’s “greybus.” Torvalds has also announced that Linux kernel 4.10 merge window will be shorter due to Christmas weekend. […]
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Popcorn Time — This Ransomware Will Decrypt You Files For Free If You Infect Two Friends
Short Bytes: Popcorn Time is a ransomware in development which opts for a strange but more dangerous mode to spread itself. It offers free encryption to the victim if he infects two other people using the referral link facilitated_by the ransomware. It starts deleting the encrypted files if a wrong encryption key is entered by […]
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