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Latest technology news of December 26, 2019

Oneplus 8 Pro, Lite leaks in the wild :

Oneplus, the Chinese revolutionary smartphone maker is getting ready for its next device Oneplus 8 series as per the new reports. The series lineup consists of Oneplus 8, Oneplus 8 Pro and a special Lite edition for middle class people. Big leak reveals much details about Oneplus 8 Lite edition's expected specs. This edition will have Mediatek processor,5G connectivity, 6GB/8GB RAM with 128GB storage capacity. Of course, Oneplus is known for its high end Camera, we have details about that too. It is said to have dual rear camera of 48 + 5MP and 16MP selfie CAM. Price ? We don't have that info. But we can expect the device to have $410 (around RS 29,000 approx)

Also See : Realme X50 5G set for January 7, 2020 launch

Samsung S11 might be launching on Feb 11, 2020

Samsung might launch upcoming Samsung S11 Series and Samsung Fold 2 on Feb 11, 2019 two weeks earlier than the Mobile conference 2020 as per new leaks. We don't have much info about the Samsung S11 series expect the camera. The upcoming device will have 108MP ISOCELL HMX Sensor.

Wondering about the camera clarity ?

Check out the below video..

Fallout 76 users advised not to play games on Public servers.

Fallout 76 users are affected by recent breach which makes users to lose their inventory. If you are Fallout 76 player, then if all your inventory disappeared then if you might also be affected because of this hack, though the company is investigating about the incident you are advised not to play games on public servers as of now, as per the reddit post. You can report the incident to Bethesda as well.

Russia successfully disconnects itself from Internet.

Russia has successfully built the world's largest intranet service, it not only builds that, it successfully tests that to be working. Meaning., It is now capable of running its own version of Internet without relying on Global DNS.

"It turned out that, in general, both the authorities and telecom operators are ready to effectively respond to possible risks and threats and ensure the functioning of the internet and the unified telecommunication network in Russia," said Sokolov

Much details on how it was built was not revealed.

Other tech news will be updated later or on tomorrow's edition. Follow us on Facebook, Pinterest and Stay tuned for updates.

Realme X50 5G set for January 7, 2020 launch

Realme X50 5G phone set for January 7, 2020 launch.

After teasing yesterday for date of launch of Realme's first 5G smartphone, the company confirmed that this new smartphone will be launching on coming jan 7, 2020. This smartphone will be launched on China. Specifications ? there is no official news about this specifications, but as per various insider leaks we can say, this X50 android smartphone will feature Snapdragon 765G SoC processor, dual 5G standby powered by 4.0 fast charging.

Camera ? no official news but going with the leaks, i would say three rear cameras (of 60+2+8+2MB) and dual front cameras (of 32+ 8MB). We can expect the device to have 128GB storage capacity and 6Gb RAM as well, screen size would be 6.44 inch.

Realme has confirmed the Lite edition as well, but we don't have more info about the device as of now as they are just a rumors from unverified sources.

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Change desktop environment in Kali Linux Latest version [ How to Guide]

Change desktop environment in Kali Linux - How to, that's what we're going to see in this post. Recently we had seen the new undercover mode in Kali Linux 2019.4, one of our blog reader had contacted me through contact us page and asked "Bro, i had seen your guide on how to enable undercover mode in Kali Linux, there you had mentioned that this works only on xfce environment and we have to change our desktop environment from default one, so can you tell me how to do that (change desktop environment in Kali Linux)?, thanks in advance" that's what the question i received. So, i decided to write a separate post for that, so that it might be helpful for other persons as well.

Note: There might be lot of methods available for this, which might be difficult for the beginner i will share the simplest one.

How to change desktop environment in Kali Linux Latest version [Guide]

Changing this is very easy. All you need is another desktop environment like gnome, KDE, etc..

I assume you have another desktop environment already installed on your PC because it might be sometimes.

So, how to do that ? Just restart your System or logout the user. No, I'm not kidding! Just restart the system and wait for the system to load all the components. Now, while on sign-in/ Lockscreen it will ask for username right ? enter the user name and Hit enter.

While on Password screen (Enter password screen) You might see settings icon. Click that, you will get the desktop environments installed on your PC.

Select the one you want to enter, for example : Xfce or gnome. Enter password as usual and Hit enter key.

That's it your system will load the desktop environment you had selected using this you can change gnome / xfce or to any other desktop in Kali Linux.

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Apple opens bug bounty program for public with rewards upto $1,000,000

Apple bug bounty is now open for all the public security researchers, the program which was available only for invite only basis. If you are a security researcher then you can now use this bug bounty program and start earning upto $1,000,000 depending on the kind of bug you are reporting to apple.

This bug bounty program also includes beta software and apple promises discovering bugs in beta editions will earn 50 % More bounty. You will get bounty if you find vulnerability in iCloud or if you have an POC for lock screen bypass, user data extraction, etc starting from $100,000 with $1,000,000 reward for successful Zero-click kernel code execution with persistence and kernel PAC bypass.

Some conditions that you have to follow for reporting..

A detailed description of the issues being reported.
Any prerequisites and steps to get the system to an impacted state.
A reasonably reliable exploit for the issue being reported.
Enough information for Apple to be able to reasonably reproduce the issue

If you have a bug then contact apple directly at product-security@apple.com.

Source : https://developer.apple.com/security-bounty/

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Bing launches flight booking and expanded visual search

Bing flights has finally arrived, a feature that that will allow the users to search for flights without looking for different sites/ leaving bing. This feature is rolling out to users in the U.S. first with international markets to follow shortly after.

This is a pretty much similar feature like google flights. If you want to travel from USA to India then typing "flights from USA to India " on bing. Bing search engine will list all the flights in the search page itself. You can view the schedule, payment and everything with just a click without leaving the search engine.

"One area we’re seeking to make more frictionless for our users is flight booking. Finding flights can be time-consuming, confusing, and involve searches across various websites, particularly during the holidays.

To solve this, we partnered with flight booking sites to provide a comprehensive booking experience in one place on Bing, so you can browse relevant results with accurate prices and minimal wait time" quoted Bing.

It also announced that it is expanding its visual search the feature that will capture the image, reverse image search and will show the details about the image. For example : If you opened the char image and wants to know where the particular chair was available,then it will do reverse image search(through search the image with search option) and will show you the information like its available on Amazon, bestbuy,etc but this work only if you are United states and United Kingdom .

This two features are already available on various platforms, i guess bing has added this now to keep its loyal search base from leaving their site. What do you think ?

Windows update might hang for extended time while installing Windows 10 insider preview Build 19536, Says Microsoft

Microsoft has released Windows 10 insider preview Build 19536 today for fast ring insiders. Though it has lot of improvements, updating to this build seems to have become trouble for some users. While installing this new build, lot of users has reported that the update process goes on extended period of time, for some it hangs at 61% and 32%. So, if your system is hanging for more time than usual, don't panic !

Microsoft is already investigating about this, since the release of the last windows 10 insider preview build 19041 and it was confirmed by them in today's post.

"We’re looking into reports of the update process hanging for extended periods of time when attempting to install a new build."

What to do if you faced this issue?

If your system update hangs for a prolonged time than the usual time, then wait for sometime, give it a try like 6 hours if it still happens, clear the update components, Softwaredownload folder and recheck for the updates it will work this time.

-Happy Holidays :)

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Windows 10 insider preview Build 19536 available now for download

Windows 10 insider preview Build 19536 was now released and was available for download for fast ring insiders and this is the latest windows 10 insider preview released for insiders. Microsoft has decided to release this build and feature builds under RS_PRERELEASE the active development branch which is a good news after the confusion it caused by moving between fast ring and skip ahead releases.

What's new in this Windows 10 Insider preview 19536 ?

This Windows 10 Insider preview 19536 has some new features like controlling the family member's device with screen time limits asking permission from you before they buy things,etc features and a dedicated family group setup Page which will be visible only if they tried resetting their PC).

Microsoft seems to have also working on getting all the updates like non essential updates, cumlative updates, drivers under one place "Optional updates section" and we can expect the update soon.

The biggest addition is the "revamped Calls features" now you can attend, make calls a phone book feature directly from your PC.

Other minor changes include Your Phone supporting more recent photos, phone screen supporting pen input and so on..

You can read the complete changes in this Official site.

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Instagram launches new feature to prevent Online bullying !

After launching Age verification process past week, Instagram is back to action this time against the Online bullying. The company announced that its launching a new feature that will asks its user to reconsider the captions before they post if its AI deducts the caption to be Offensive.

As part of our long-term commitment to lead the fight against online bullying, we’ve developed and tested AI that can recognize different forms of bullying on Instagram. Earlier this year, we launched a feature that notifies people when their comments may be considered offensive before they’re posted. Results have been promising, and we’ve found that these types of nudges can encourage people to reconsider their words when given a chance".

the company said in its post.

Instagram launches new feature to prevent Online bullying !

So, next time when you are going to post something that is Offensive, then beware! The AI will ask you to re-edit the post, if you fail to do so then your account might be disabled for a particular period of time.

This feature is launched only for selected countries as of now, we're not sure when Instagram will launch to other countries but they had promised it will be rolled out in the coming months.

Finally social media is going social :)

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You can now jail break iOS 13.3 too - checkra1n 0.9.7 now available for free download

Jail breaking apple devices especially iPhones was once a different task as apple will keep on releasing patches whenever there was a news regarding jail break of iPhones, but that was history and not now after the release of checkra1n, the jail breaking software which is almost impossible to stop.

The reason behind that was it uses an hardware based exploit named checkm8 (the bootrom exploit). As this is an hardware based exploit so no matter what version of iOS(like iOS 15) apple releases it can be easily jailbreaked (Jailbreaking is nothing but the concept of removing the software restrictions set by Apple, a kind of root access).

So, if you have a Mac PC then want to jailbreak your iPhone then visit the below link and follow the onscreen instructions to install.

Is this software available only for Mac?

Yes, the developers has released this software only for Mac as of now, and they are actively developing the tool to work on Linux and Windows PC's too.

This tool is still in beta, so we don't recommend you to install the tool on your primary device, instead try on different device (it works on latest iPhone 11 too).

Download checkra1n 0.9.7

Source : Checkra.in

"Fast and Furious crossroads" game set for May 2020 release (Check out the trailer Here)

Fast and Furious game titled "Fast and Furious Crossroads" was teased today by the developers of project cars , the Slightly Mad creators. This game's trailer was released today and looking at the trailer i can say the game seems to be a mixed version Of NFS and Fast and Furious Movie based story line. Dom, letty and Roman might be the lead characters of the game and definitely will be the action packed adventure game with little bit less graphics ( Need to confirm the actual game graphics :( )

Fast and Furious CrossRoads Trailer (below):

The game is set for May 2020 release and will be released on PS4, PC, Xbox One. I will update the post as soon as the game is available.

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Disable "Your Windows 7 PC is Out of Support" notification in Windows 7 [Guide]

"Your Windows 7 PC is Out of Support " as of January 14, 2020 support to Windows 7 has come to end, the full screen notification started to popup on Windows 7 PC users. Though we know that the support for Windows 7 is coming to end on January 14 continuously seeing the alert sometimes causes frustration. So, in this post let's see how to disable or turn off " Your Windows 7 PC is Out of Support" notification on Windows 7.

You don't need to be a pro or afraid just follow the steps correctly on your PC.

Disable Your Windows 7 PC is Out of Support - How to Fix [Guide]

1) Open registry editor. ( Press Windows logo + R key -> Regedit -> Enter)

(or)

[See : How to Open registry editor in Windows]

2) Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\EOSNotify

3) There will be a Dword DiscontinueEOS under this EOSNotify option, just double click it and set its value to 1 -> Hit Enter to save.

If there is nothing called DiscontinueEOS then right click -> Select New -> Dword(32Bit) -> Type DiscontinueEOS and set its value to 1.

That's it you have successfully disabled or turned off the end of support windows 7 notification, meaning it won't appear again.

Note : You can also disable/turn off the scheduled task named EOSNotify which will also works.

Hope it is helpful :)

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Fix Event ID 455 ESENT error in Windows 10 version 1903 [Guide]

After installing/ upgrading to Windows 10, version 1903 lot of users are facing the error message ESENT-455 on their PC. This issues still arises even after multiple restarts. Though it was one of the known issues, here is an guide to fix Esent-455 event viewer error message in Windows 10, build 1903.

Fix ESENT-455 Event ID error Message in Windows 10, 1903 [Guide]

Just follow the steps below..

1) Run CMD as Administrator

[See: How to run CMD as Admin in Windows 10]

2) Type cd config\systemprofile\AppData\Local

This will change directory/ navigate to the Local folder.

3) Now, we have to create new folder called TileDataLayer. For that,

type mkdir TileDataLayer and Hit enter.

4) Now, again we have to create another folder called database.

So, Kindly type cd TileDataLayer -> and then mkdir Database

Hit enter.

Restart your PC, you can see the Esent-455 event id error message not appearing again.

Hope it helps.

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Minecraft for Windows 10 errors temporarily out of gift codes !

Error! It looks like we've temporarily run out of gift codes for Minecraft for Windows 10. Don't worry though, more codes should be on their way. Please check back later! this error message when clicked on redeem button is driving the Minecraft fans crazier than we think.

Minecraft the game which claims to have more than 112 Million active monthly players, has released a game called Minecraft for Windows 10 back then for free. This edition of Minecraft was designed especially for Windows 10 enabling cross-play support. Users from XBOX, android, iOS and many other platform can join and play this game anywhere anytime (Like a multiplayer game).

Users of Minecraft were unable to redeem the gift codes for the past two weeks. Even when they tried the above error message will popup!

So, what is the solution ?

I checked on different forums, and sites and found that, there was an issue with the developer's end itself. If you are one of the affected one, the Only solution available at the moment was to contact the contact Mojang Support and wait for their reply.

Again, don't expect a quick response, as already the support team might got so many emails and they are working on the fix. So, wait for the official fix, i will update the post, when i have more info.

Update 1 : A complaint is being tracked here -> https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/WEB-1690

--Good day!

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