Police say 45-year-old Yehuda Katz, assigned to the 70th Precinct in Brooklyn, obtained personal identifying information of traffic accident victims and fraudulently posed as an attorney soliciting clients. The complaint filed by the prosecutor states that Katz surreptitiously installed multiple electronic devices in the Traffic Safety Office of the NYPD’s 70th Precinct, which allowed him to remotely access restricted NYPD computers. He also had access to other restricted law enforcement agencies and FBI database....

The changes and improvements that were requested by users a long time ago have been introduced in the new version of the OS. Along with the announcement of the software update, OnePlus echoed its support towards the first smartphone that brought them fame, the OnePlus One. “Make no mistake: we have in no way forgotten about the device that sent OnePlus into orbit, which is why we’d like to take this opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to some of our brand’s most loyal supporters, many of whom have been with us from the word go: OnePlus One fans,” explains OnePlus in a blog post....

The customers’ order information included access to customers’ names, contact numbers, emails, and shipping addresses. However, the hackers were unable to gain access to any payment information, passwords and accounts, the company stated. “We want to update you that we have discovered that some of our users’ order information was accessed by an unauthorized party. We can confirm that all payment information, passwords and accounts are safe, but certain users’ name, contact number, email and shipping address may have been exposed,” Ziv, Staff Member, Security Team, OnePlus, wrote in the company forum dated November 22....

Now, Ookla, makers of the original Speedtest.net website, has launched a new free VPN service: Speedtest VPN, to spread its reach in the VPN market. For those unaware, a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is an internet security tool that encrypts your device’s internet connection in order to secure your online privacy while browsing the internet. A VPN also anonymizes your internet IP address and your geographic location. Ookla has partnered with Seattle-based company NetProtect to offer this free VPN service....

The OPPO R7 Plus features the same premium metal (magnesium alloy) build quality as found on the R7 and includes the same 2.5D curved glass with near edge-to-edge display. The OPPO R7 will feature three capacitive buttons below the display: menu, home and back, respectively. On the other hand, the OPPO R7 Plus won’t offer capacitive buttons. Unlike the earlier OPPO smartphones, the OPPO R7 Plus will now have on-screen keys....

Looks like the animosity between Oracle and Google is going to continue for some more time! The software giant on Friday night filed an appeal brief reviving its copyright and patent claim lawsuit against Google over its use of Oracle programming code to create the Android operating system. The legal battle that formally started in 2010 over bits of Java code called Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), has wound its way through two federal trials and multiple appeals courts....

Palletizing is basically taking the packaged product and assembling it for transport by loading it on a pallet or similar device. Packaging and palletizing co-bots improve end-of-line efficiency in addition to saving costs. Most manufacturing plants, having realized the immense benefits have adopted these co-bots. However, if you are still on the fence, then the answers to these frequently asked questions about packaging and palletizing robot arms will put your mind at ease....

For those unaware, Popcorn Time, a multi-platform, open-source and free software BitTorrent client, following its creation had increased in popularity. The applications provide a free “alternative” to subscription-based video streaming services such as Netflix using the BitTorrent protocol. However, on March 14, 2014, Popcorn Time’s original website and GitHub repository were abruptly taken down by its original developers due to pressure from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). This is when PopcornTime....

In February this year, YggTorrent had lost control over its main domain name, YggTorrent.ws, after it was suspended by its domain registrar, Tucows. The domain name ‘YggTorrent.ws’ was “suddenly disabled” by its domain registrar without warning or providing an additional explanation, leaving the ominous ‘serverHold’ status behind. For those unaware, YggTorrent.ws, which receives more than a million visitors per month, was ranked France’s 38th most visited website, according to the statistics by Alexa....

Lil Uzi Vert, rapper of ‘Luv is Rage’ fame, posted an Instagram video of him tracking down an alleged hacker who apparently stole and sold his ‘Luv is Rage’ album. The Instagram post has since been deleted but the video as well as the accompanying caption has been captured by The Shade Room as well as by PMWHipHop.com. The video posted by them seems authentic according to sources however Techworm could not authenticate it....

Well, OnePlus One could receive a further boost in India, as its 64GB version of the goes on sale through Overcart on May 20 for just Rs. 16,999, an amazing Rs. 4,999 off from its current listed price of Rs. 21,998. However, there is a catch to this. Overcart.com is a website that sells unboxed and refurbished products in India. Unboxed units are ones that have been returned by buyers who have not used the smartphone....

According to Russian state Duma Official Aleksey Pushkov Snowden, A top pro-Kremlin lawmaker, Snowden has accepted the offer of Asylum, as said on twitter, “Predictably, Snowden has agreed to [Venezuelan President Nicolas] Maduro’s offer of political asylum. Apparently, this option appeared most reliable to Snowden,” Pushkov, the head of the lower house’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, tweeted. The tweet is no longer Available and have been removed now. And it Has not officialy confirmed yet, That Snowden have Accepted the Offer or not....

The tests were carried out in Saitama, Japan, near Tokyo from October 17 through October 19. The equipment used for the test included Samsung’s 5G pre-commercial end-to-end solution, which consisted of a 5G router (CPE), a 5G Radio, virtualized core and a virtualized RAN. “The demonstration leveraged capabilities driven by 5G, such as high throughput, low latency and massive connections, which verified potential services that would be highly beneficial to passengers and operators of high-speed trains,” Samsung said....

In a ‘reverse evolution’ experiment, the scientists at the Universidad de Chile, headed by Joâo Botelho, have modified chicken embryos so that they develop tubular, dinosaur-like fibulas on their lower legs – one of the two long, spine-like bones, a trait which was present in their ancestors, the dinosaurs. “Any one that has eaten roasted chicken can account for the presence in the drumstick (lower leg) of a long, spine-like bone,” the researchers wrote in a press release....

Looking to target such audiences, Seagate Technology has unveiled a gigantic 60TB Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) SSD (solid state drive), which is also officially the world’s largest SSD, at the Flash Memory Summit in Silicon Valley. A solid-state drive (SSD, also known as a solid-state disk even though it contains neither an actual disk nor a drive motor to spin a disk) is a solid-state storage device that uses integrated circuit assemblies as memory to store data persistently....

Like eDellRoot, the DSDTestProvider is also self-signed and contained a private key and expired on 9th November, 20132. It is installed through Dell System Detect into the Trusted Root Certificate Store on new Windows laptops along with the private key. Both, eDell Root and DSDTestProvider can be used by potential hackers to launch man-in-the-middle attacks and intercept encrypted and private information between the Dell PC/Laptop owner and third party. Carnegie Mellon University CERT says it allows attackers to create trusted certificates and impersonate sites, launch man-in-the-middle attacks, and passive decryption....

As a matter of fact, it has some secrets which are known by very few people in the world. Among those secrets today we are revealing one of them. Hidden Secret Text Adventure Game Yes, Google has a hidden secret text adventure game which can only be accessed if you search for the particular term on the web. After searching it just press “ctrl+shift+I” if you are a windows user or press “Cmd + Option + I” if you are a Mac user....

The researchers explained in the journal Science Advances how they used computer simulations to demonstrate that the random swarming effect of dense active matter such as bacteria could be organised to rotate cylindrical rotors and provide a stable and reliable source of electrical power. Co-author Dr Tyler Shendruk, an EMBO long-term fellow in the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford, and colleagues say that these biologically-driven microscopic power plants could ultimately become the ultra-minute engines for minuscule, man-made devices that are self-assembled and self-powered – everything from optical switches to smartphone microphones....

For those unaware, Spotify is a freemium service that offers free basic features but with advertisements that cannot be skipped. However, those who pay for premium service need not sit through frustrating advertisements to enjoy their dose of music. Earlier in March this year Spotify revealed that At least two million users blocked ads without paying Spotify’s head of partner solutions, Danielle Lee, explained that unlimited ad skipping is something the company is interested in because it will learn which ads interest specific members by tracking the promotions, members most enjoy hearing or viewing....

Not many people are aware of the potentials talks between Michael Dell and Steve Jobs that could have changed the Apple’s destiny and possibly the tech history altogether. The Timeline Ousted from the Company He Built Jobs was ousted from the company over internal power struggles with then Apple CEO John Sculley. The TimelineOusted from the Company He BuiltThe Last Ditch with Dell The Apple co-founder took some of the company’s former employees along, which helped build him another company, NeXT....