A report from a United Kingdom-based independent consumer body says that Apple exaggerates the battery performance of several iPhone models. A Which? report examined the battery performance of many smartphones from a host of popular OEMs like Apple, Samsung, HTC and Sony. Out of these tests, it was found that Apple stands first in the […]
We recently told you about the highly dangerous Lockergoga Virus, which caused Havoc in the industrial complexes. Well, there is a new malware called vxCrypter ransomware in the digital space and it will encrypt your files along and ‘improve’ your PC’s performance. Vccrypter is based on an unfinished, old ransomware called vxLock that utilized Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Rivest-Shamir-Adleman or RSA […]
Apart from offering the amazingly-priced smartphones with an amazingly-prepared spec sheet, Xiaomi also competes in the audio accessory arena. Among the various affordable options it provides us with, the company has recently unveiled the Mi Sports Bluetooth Earphones Basic, priced at just Rs 1,499. As Bluetooth-enabled earphones are popular enough to become an apparent music […]
The popular benchmarking app — Antutu — has come up with a quantifiable scale to judge AI performance of different smartphones. The Antutu benchmark tool termed “AI Review” base its score on two categories: Image Classification and Object Classification. While the image classification test is based on the Inception v3 neural network, the Object Classification uses MobileNet SSD neural network. Once a neural network is […]
Routine maintenance is not a necessity in Android, but it surely is a good idea to clean your Android from time to time to boost performance, enhance battery life and get rid of junk files. That’s what Android cleaners are for. Do these Android cleaning apps really work? Cache files pile up over time and […]
In case you’re looking for a Chrome alternative to use on your Android device, we’ve got you covered with our list of the best Android web browsers. Moreover, it looks like Xiaomi is looking to impress us in late 2018 with its newly launched Mint Browser. What sets Mint Browser apart is its low storage […]
Ever been wondering if your ISP is hijacking your DNS traffic? Ever observed any misbehavior with your DNS responses? Ever been redirected to wrong address and suspected something is wrong with your DNS? Here we have a set of tools to perform basic audits on your DNS requests and responses to make sure your DNS […]
Very often a significant security flaw is followed by new derivatives of the same exploit. Following the widely popular Spectre and Meltdown speculative execution attacks, there were predictions that more flaws of similar nature will hit PC owners pretty soon. Variant 4 is the newest addition to this increasing list of vulnerabilities. In a new […]
If you use Linux or macOS and you’re into gaming, the chances are that you might have heard about Feral Interactive. They’re known to develop and port games from their partners to other platforms, including Tomb Raider, Batman: Arkham, etc. To make sure that you can utilize your Linux machine’s horsepower to the fullest, Feral has […]
Last week, the Isreal-based security company CTS labs was trending in the news for disclosing 13 critical vulnerabilities in AMD’s Ryzen and Epyc processors–only to be slammed by Linus Torvalds and many other people. Now, the AMD has come up with a response on the matter. According to a blog post published on Tuesday, the security […]
Microsoft is addressing unusual of the performance subdividing for fixing patches to relieve the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. Windows Chief Terry Myerson describes three escapades (two for Spectre, one for Meltdown) that have been approached using a sequence of silicon microcode updates and changes to the Windows operating system: Variant 1 (Spectre): CVE-2017-5753 (Bound Check Bypass) Variant 2 (Spectre): CVE-2017-5715 (Branch Target Injection) Variant 3 […]
What are the most common questions asked by Android users? Like, how to make Android faster? How to speed up my Android phone? Well, it’s every Android user’s dream that their phone defies all the limits of fluidity and quickness. But do you think it’s true? Could you make your Android phone faster than what […]
VPN services are being widely adopted nowadays, except for countries like China where the government either wants to control or wipe unmonitored VPNs from their existence. There aren’t many times that I have found myself in an urgent need to subscribe to a VPN service. Except for some occasions in the past when I had […]
Ever been wondering if your ISP is hijacking your DNS traffic? Ever observed any misbehavior with your DNS responses? Ever been redirected to wrong address and suspected something is wrong with your DNS? Here we have a set of tools to perform basic audits on your DNS requests and responses to make sure your DNS is working as […]
Short Bytes: By activating Force 4x MSAA setting in Android Developer Options, you can enjoy a better gaming performance. It forces your phone to use 4x multisample anti-aliasing in OpenGL 2.0 games and apps. However, enabling this setting can drain your smartphone’s battery faster. Android’s hidden Developer Options menu contains a variety of advanced options for […]
Everyone wants their PC to be fast enough, but as time goes on your PC may start slowing down slowly. Just like all other problems you face in computers, you need to check the reasons for slowing-down issues of computers. In most cases, the reasons are as follows: Malware Attacks High-data consumption Low-performance hardware Exceeded Memory […]
Short Bytes: ArchStrike ethical hacking distro is a pen testing and security layer on top of renowned Arch Linux. ArchStrike’s development team has now released the first ISO builds that come with more then 1,200 free and open source hacking tools. The first ISO release of ArchStrike Linux distribution comes as a great news for ethical […]
Just as audiences have suffered from bad movie craftsmanship, IT users have had to endure the consequences of the malicious work done by malware authors. Welcome to Razzies for malware.
Image: fossBytes Short Bytes: Ruby development team has released Ruby 2.3.0 – the first stable release of Ruby 2.3 series. It comes with improvements like Frozen String Literal Pragma, Safe navigation operator, the did_you_mean gem, and more. Read more to know about these changes in detail. Designed and developed by Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto of Japan, […]
Image: zend Short Bytes: The PHP development team has released PHP 7.0.0, marking the new major PHP 7 series. This new version comes with new improvements and a new version of Zend Engine. To make the websites faster and bring better web services to the users, PHP development team has announced the release of PHP 7.0. […]
Short Bytes: Many Windows users are facing reduced performance issues in Windows 10. This appears in the form of input lags and could be fixed by tweaking some Page File settings in Windows 10. So, how to fix this slow performance issue in Windows 10 to boost system speed? Here is the answer. After the official […]