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Last week, Twitter was hit by a major Bitcoin scam where hackers took control of various verified accounts to run Bitcoin scams. While Twitter dismissed the attack as social engineering, the company h...

Back at WWDC 2019, Apple launched the brand new Mac Pro which replaced the 2013 Mac Pro from Apple. The new Mac Pro came with improved design and better specs. However, it was priced at $5,999 for the...

In January 2019 last year the US Department of Justice charged Huawei and a number of US subsidiaries with a large number of offences, including money laundering, bank fraud and more.Now the DoJ has u...

Discord is a very popular name in the gaming industry, so much so that many labeled the instant chat messenger as “WhatsApp for gamers”, but aside from gaming, it’s recently gained a lot of popularity...

Back in July, Apple aounced its plans to acquire Intel’s smartphone modem business for about $1 billion.“This agreement enables us to focus on developing technology for the 5G network while ret...

Losing smartphones does not make your sensitive information vulnerable to theft, thanks to advanced technologies like biometric-based locking system. However, wearables do not ensure this similar leve...

Chinese companies have been under fire in the past for their leniency towards user privacy which has led to data leaks in the past. Now, 9t05google (via Android Authority) has published a detailed rep...

CES 2019 is kicking off next week and we can expect to see what companies have in stock for us at the biggest tech convention of the year. While CES is still undergoing the final preparation stages, ...

Apple has seen its share price plunge more than 30% over the course of the last 6 months, largely due to the company signalling in many ways that the oomph has gone out of its iPhone business. Now in ...

After losing a battle in China, Apple has now lost in another court in its ongoing feud with Qualcomm. The firm has now been found to be infringing on Qualcomm’s power-saving patents in a court in Mu...

Popular privacy-focused messaging app Telegram has been updated in the Microsoft Store to version 1.5. The update brings along a number of usability features for those in a hurry, including the abili...

It seems everything is coming up roses for Satya Nadella’s Microsoft. After topping Apple to become the most valuable company in the world, the company has come on top of another rating of 890 compan...

Most apps cost less than and are often worth less, but some applications are worth every pey of the hundreds of dollars they charge because they help their users make even more money.The Vegas video editor is one such application, and the latest edition, Vegas Pro 15, features major UI changes which claim to bring usability and customization improvements. ...

The best feature of the Microsoft Store is the security of having your apps curated and checked, meaning it is a much safer source of applications.The second best feature is that apps are automatically updated, without needing a constantly ruing background updater in your system tray.Now a new feature of Windows 10 RS4 App Installer means this feature will...

Unfortunately today we have another banking app to add to the list departing the Windows Store platform. As before, the USAA banking app started on Windows Phone, but in 2015 became a UWP app for both Windows and Windows 10 Mobile.USAA stopped supporting the app in November last year, but it was then still mostly functioning. Today the app started delivering...

It appears ads, which are becoming increasingly pervasive on Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system, have now reached the Windows 10 Mail app.Users on Reddit are now reporting that a baer has shown up in the Windows 10 Mail app in a space above the Mail, Calendar and People buttons. The baer caot be removed except by closing the menu, and currently ad...

Microsoft has released a new update for its beta version of Microsoft Authenticator apps for Android devices. The app lets users sign-in in afast and secure way to your personal Microsoft account without using a password.When you try to login to your Microsoft Account on the web, you’ll be able to select “use an app instead”. After you select the option, y...

A new security vulnerability in Skype for Windows desktop app was revealed last month. The issue was in the Skype Updater tool that keeps the Skype app on Windows always up-to-date. In order to prevent new users from downloading the vulnerable app, Microsoft pulled the app from the web. Microsoft has now fixed the issue and they have made the Skype for Windows desktop app available for consumers. Skype customers can now resume download and install of the official Skype for Windows desktop v7.41 from the Downloads page.This Skype desktop app is supported on PCs ruing Windows 7 and higher only. There is currently no support for Windows XP and Vista PCs.Source: Microsoft via: OnMSFT...

For most people used to 2D image editing Microsoft’s replacement,Paint3 3D, remains a confusing and intimidating application to use.In a recent update, Microsoft, however, added a feature which should make the application a lot easier to use.Currently its already easy to view your creation in 3D, but adding elements precisely to previously required a good s...

Facebook deserves credit for continuing to support their WhatsApp app for Windows Phone, with the Beta just beingupdated to version 2.18.30 with a number of new features.The headline new feature is the ability to continuously share your location for a set period, allowing friends to coordinate more easily and track your arrival for example.Live Location Sha...