Wikileaks Reveals CIA Malware that Hacks & Spy On Linux Computers

WikiLeaks has just published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing an alleged CIA project that allowed the agency to hack and remotely spy on computers running the Linux operating systems. Dubbed OutlawCountry, the project allows the CIA hackers to redirect all outbound network traffic on the targeted computer to CIA controlled computer systems for exfiltrate and

Snapchat bought the AR location intellectual property of startup Drop

Snap Map is Snapchat’s plan to tie together its online content with ways to augment your offline reality, and it’s got the patent to back it up. Augmented reality location startup Drop tells TechCrunch that Snap Inc. acquired its intellectual property in 2015, including its “Location-based messaging” patent. In 2013, Drop developed an app that would let you post photos or text to a certain

Apple TVs and iPhone Check-In Coming to Red Lion Hotels

Red Lion Hotels today announced plans to enhance guest experiences with a series of Apple-related technology upgrades, including Apple TVs in hotel rooms, an updated iOS app that allows guests to check in using their iPhones, iPad kiosks for lobby areas, and more. Red Lion Hotels is starting to add in-room Apple TVs to its “Hotel RL” branded properties. The TVs will be equipped with Red Lion

Will Afghanistan manage to find peace? | Middle East

In this week’s UpFront, we speak to former Afghan spy chief Amrullah Saleh about the US-led war in Afghanistan and why 16, years on, the Taliban continues to have a strong foothold in the country. In the Reality Check, we explain why conflating Israel with Jewish people is wrong, and how it’s sometimes Israeli officials who make this assumption. And in the Arena, we debate whether Joseph Kabila,

Andy Rubin’s Playground Ventures is raising another $15M

Playground Ventures — the VC fund co-founded by Android inventor and former Google exec Andy Rubin that sits alongside an eponymous incubator/startup studio and is making some big bets in areas like artificial intelligence and new generations of hardware– is raising more money. A Form D filed with the SEC notes that Playground Ventures is in the process of adding another $15 million into its

Turkey urges ‘respect of Qatar rights’ to end Gulf rift | News

Turkey has said that the rights of Qatar should be respected in resolving an escalating dispute between Doha and its neighbours. “The current issues between the (Gulf) countries, who are brothers, must be resolved soon on the basis of a sincere dialogue and respect for Qatar’s rights,” Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik said during a meeting with his Qatari counterpart Khaled bin Mohammed

Gunman dead after Bronx Lebanon hospital shooting | USA News

A former employee of a New York City hospital opened fire with an assault rifle inside the building, killing one doctor and wounding six other people before fatally shooting himself, officials said. The gunfire broke out at 2:50 pm local time on Friday (18:50 GMT) inside the Bronx Lebanon Hospital in the Bronx. The assailant, wearing a white lab coat and armed with an assault rifle, stalked the

Death toll in Bahawalpur oil tanker blast reaches 190 | Pakistan News

The death toll from an oil tanker explosion in central Pakistan has risen to 190, hospital and government officials said, as 16 more people succumbed to their injuries on Friday. The oil tanker overturned on Sunday morning on a main highway from the coastal city of Karachi to Lahore while carrying around 40,000 litres of fuel. It exploded minutes later as crowds from a nearby village gathered to

Samsung Planning to Build World’s Largest OLED Display Factory

Samsung Display is planning to construct the world’s biggest OLED display manufacturing plant, with more than 30 percent higher production capacity than the company’s current biggest factory, according to Korean website ETNews. “iPhone 8” mockup designed by Benjamin Geskin for iDrop News The report, citing unnamed industry sources, suggests the tentatively named A5 factory could begin mass

Windows 10 to Get Built-in Protection Against Most Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware Ransomware Everywhere Not a Single Place to Hide! But, Microsoft has a simple solution to this problem to protect millions of its users against most ransomware attacks. Two massive ransomware attacks — WannaCry and Petya (also known as NotPetya) — in a month have caused chaos and disruption worldwide, forcing hospitals, ATMs, shipping companies, governments, airports and car

New iPad Pro’s A10X Chip Revealed as First Manufactured Using TSMC’s 10nm Process

With the launch of the new iPad Pro models at WWDC this year, Apple introduced new 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch devices that both came with an A10X Fusion Chip, which is said to deliver 30 percent faster CPU performance than previous-generation iPad Pro models and 40 percent faster graphics performance. The manufacturing process by which Apple fabricated the chip was never clear, but now TechInsights

Latest iPhone 8 Prototype Likely Isn’t Apple’s Final Design

New photos of an alleged “iPhone 8” prototype have been shared on Twitter by Latvian student Benjamin Geskin, who allegedly obtains his information from Chinese sources in contact with him on WeChat and WhatsApp. The prototype, if it’s even real in the first place, likely isn’t Apple’s finalized design for its widely rumored 5.8-inch iPhone with an OLED display. Geskin himself expressed

Indian businesses brace for chaos amid GST tax reform | India News

Indian businesses are bracing for the worst as the country storms ahead with its most ambitious reform in decades – transforming the world’s fastest growing major economy into a single market. At midnight on Saturday, July 1, the long-awaited goods and services tax (GST) will be rolled out, replacing about 20 federal and state taxes and unifying the country’s $2 trillion economy. Prime Minister

Australia’s Dowry Deaths | Australia

It’s the day many families in India spend their lives dre aming of and saving for: their daughter’s wedding. But behind the veil of the big Indian wedding lurks a hidden menace – dowry deaths. In India, one woman dies every hour in a dowry-related case. Dowry is a social tradition where the families of Indian grooms can make endless financial demands of the bride’s family. In extreme

Pakistan: Zafar Achakzai charged for anti-army post | Pakistan News

Islamabad, Pakistan – A Pakistani journalist arrested last week at his home in the southwestern city of Quetta has been charged with allegedly posting illegal material on Facebook, rights groups and his family said. Armed men, some in paramilitary uniform and others in plainclothes, broke down the door to Zafar Achakzai’s home on June 25 and arrested him, Achakzai’s father told Al Jazeera. He

Lebanon: Army raids Arsal refugee camps, one killed | Lebanon News

A young girl was killed and seven Lebanese soldiers were wounded on Friday when army raids on two refugee camps near the village of Arsal at the Lebanese-Syrian border were targeted by a group of suicide bombers. “Five suicide bombings and a grenade attack targeted the Lebanese Army early Friday in the northeastern border town of Arsal, leaving seven soldiers wounded,” the army said in a

Hands On: Siri’s Translation Features in iOS 11

In iOS 11, Siri has a new feature that lets you ask the personal assistant to translate English into one of several different languages. We already did a Siri overview video showing off Siri’s new capabilities, but we thought we’d take a closer look at translate, which can come in handy when you’re traveling. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Translate works as

How to Install the macOS High Sierra Public Beta

Apple today released the first public beta of macOS High Sierra, the next major version of its operating system for Mac computers that will officially be released in the fall. The beta of the upcoming OS is compatible on all Macs that are able to run macOS Sierra. The availability of the public beta means users who aren’t signed up for the Apple Developer Program can test the software update

macOS High Sierra’s best features are the ones you don’t see

If it wasn’t free, High Sierra might be a hard sell for casual users. The most meaningful updates are mostly below the surface — the first full macOS upgrade to do so since 2009’s Snow Leopard. The first public beta of the OS arrives today, and while I’ve been playing around with a build of the software on one of those new 13-inch MacBooks, I keep finding myself referring back to Apple’s

Apple Shares Short Film ‘Détour’ Shot on iPhone by French Director Michel Gondry

Apple this afternoon shared a short film created by French director Michel Gondry, who is known for indie movies like The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep. The film is available on Apple’s French site and on its UK and French YouTube channels. Called Détour, the 11 minute short was captured entirely on an iPhone and funded by Apple. It features the story of a

Russian court convicts five of murdering Boris Nemtsov | Russia News

A Russian jury has found five men guilty of organising and carrying out the contract killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov two years ago, after a trial his allies say failed to unmask the masterminds. Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and fierce Kremlin critic, was gunned down in central Moscow as he walked home with his girlfriend late in the evening of February 27, 2015. The murder 

Who supports Venezuela’s opposition? | Venezuela

Protests are showing no sign of ending and the economy is spiralling further out of control in Venezuela. Supreme Court has barred Luisa Ortega, the nation’s chief prosecutor, from leaving the country and ordered her bank accounts frozen hours after she delivered a scathing critique against President Nicolas Maduro. The development came hours after a helicopter attack on the Supreme Court. Who

What each model of the iPhone added to the game

iPhone 4 (2010): Eye candy The iPhone 4 focused on looks — and how! It’s a shame our first encounter with it was the infamous lost-in-a-bar unit, because the 4 really was an incredible jump in both quality of design and technology. It would have been exciting to have it revealed with Jobs’s showmanship. At any rate, the most lasting improvement was, of course, the Retina screen. I certainly

Victor Hugo: The poet, artist and activist | France

Considered the greatest and best known French writer of all times, Victor Marie-Hugo was born in Besancon, eastern France, on February 26, 1802. From an early stage, he showed a commitment to raising social justice issues and giving voice to the oppressed, as well as standing against capital punishment.  Hugo was born three years after Napoleon Bonaparte had seized power, and two years before he

Qatar ‘ready to discuss, won’t compromise sovereignty’ | Qatar News

Qatar is prepared to work together with other Gulf countries blockading it in order to reach a resolution to a major diplomatic crisis, its foreign minister has said, stressing, however, that his country will not discuss any measures that impinge on its sovereignty. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and imposed sanctions on it on June

Adobe: Echo Dot now leads voice speaker sales

In the nascent connected speaker market, consumers appear to be gravitating toward the more affordably priced Amazon Echo Dot, according to new e-commerce sales data released this morning by Adobe. However, Google’s decision to release its Echo competitor, Google Home, in November paid off well, the study found. During the 2016 holidays, Google Home was able to outsell both Amazon Echo and Echo

Telegram Agrees to Register With Russia to Avoid Ban, But Won’t Share User Data

After being threatened with a ban in Russia, end-to-end encrypted Telegram messaging app has finally agreed to register with new Russian Data Protection Laws, but its founder has assured that the company will not comply to share users’ confidential data at any cost. Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor had recently threatened to block Telegram if the service did not hand over

Mac Drag-and-Drop App ‘Yoink’ Gains File Recall Feature and Better Sharing Tools

Popular Mac drag-and-drop app Yoink received a substantial update on Thursday, adding the ability to bring back last removed files and better sharing options, as well as many smaller improvements. The Yoink app aims to simplify the action of dragging and dropping files and app-content on the macOS desktop by providing a temporary place for files to be dragged to. Yoink fades in when users starts

Google’s new experiment Triangle lets you block individual apps from using mobile data

Google recently began testing a new tool for helping people better manage the mobile data used by their smartphones, through a new Android application called Triangle. The app, which is currently being tested in the Philippines, lets you do things like view your data balance, see which apps are accounting for the most data usage, and even block individual applications from using your mobile data

Amazon Announces Third Annual ‘Prime Day’ for July 11

Following the debut of “Prime Day” in 2015, and its return in 2016, Amazon this morning announced the third annual Prime Day will arrive next month, on July 11. Amazon calls this year’s event an “epic day of deals on everything you’re into,” and like previous iterations you’ll have to be subscribed to Amazon Prime to gain access to the discounts. Prime Day is expanding this year as well,

‘It’s okay to be racist in Israel’ | Middle East

Occupied East Jerusalem – This year, Israel’s 1967 occupation of the Palestinian territories entered its 51st year.  In the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Israeli army is responsible for controlling the lives of more than three million Palestinians through hundreds of checkpoints, raids of villages and homes, trial of civilians in military courts, demolition of homes, suppression of

Ehud Olmert to be granted early prison release: lawyer | Israel News

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert will be granted an early release from prison, his lawyer says, citing a decision from a parole committe.  Olmert, who was in office between 2006 to 2009, was serving a 27-month prison sentence for corruption. The former prime minister was convicted in 2014 in a wide-ranging case that accused him of accepting bribes to promote a real-estate project years

Trump’s America: Bring on the hate | Islamophobia

It’s makeover time for America’s Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programme – one of the many examples of US projects that were already bad enough before coming under the fearlessly sociopathic direction of Donald Trump. Launched during the presidency of Barack Obama, CVE is ostensibly meant to prevent terrorist activity by encouraging the early detection of potential “radicalisation” of

Cardinal George Pell denies child sexual abuse charges | Australia News

Top Vatican Cardinal George Pell has said he will take a leave of absence, but will not resign as he vowed to “clear” his name over multiple counts of historical sexual assault offences. “I have kept Pope Francis regularly informed throughout this lengthy process, and have spoken to him in recent days about the need to take leave to clear my name,” Pell said in a statement on Thursday. Pell is

New Dummy Video Gives Yet Another Look at Prospective iPhone 8 Design

We’ve seen countless renderings, dummy models, and design leaks that give us a decent idea of what we can expect the “iPhone 8” to look like, but OnLeaks and Tiger Mobiles have teamed up on a new video that perhaps gives us the clearest look yet at the iPhone 8’s design based on current rumors. The video features an iPhone 8 dummy model with an edge-to-edge display, a top bar that will

Apple’s iCloud Backup Service Experiencing Outage

According to Apple’s System Status website and multiple reports sent in by MacRumors readers, Apple’s iCloud Backup service is unavailable for some users. Apple’s site says iCloud backup is down for “less than 1 percent of users,” but those affected have been unable to restore from an iCloud backup since yesterday. Customers impacted by the iCloud outage who attempt to restore an iOS device using

Apple Reminds Developers About 64-Bit Requirement for iOS and Mac Apps, Releases WWDC 2017 Transcripts

Apple today updated its developer news site to remind developers about 64-bit requirements for both Mac and iOS apps. Apple has required all new iOS apps and app updates submitted to the iOS App Store to support 64-bit since June of 2015. Since then, Apple has begun phasing out support for 32-bit apps, and plans to stop supporting them all together with iOS 11. While Apple has enforced 64-bit

Major cyberattack sweeps globe, cripples computers | News

A massive cyberattack that has locked up computers around the world continued to cause chaos on Wednesday, paralysing operations at multinationals, banks and government departments. The rapidly spreading virus, which hit Ukraine hardest on Tuesday, crippled computers running Microsoft Corp’s Windows by encrypting hard drives and overwriting files, then demanded $300 in the digital currency

Nicolas Maduro puts Venezuela’s army on alert | Venezuela News

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has put the military on alert, stepping up security after a rogue police detective claimed responsibility for a grenade and gunfire attack on state institutions.  Authorities in the capital, Caracas, said several grenades were hurled at the Supreme Court from a helicopter and 15 bullets were fired at the interior ministry at sunset on Tuesday. TIMELINE: Key

Google Photos adds smarter sharing, suggestions and shared libraries

Google today will begin rolling out new sharing functionality in Google Photos, first unveiled at the company’s I/O developer conference in May. Specifically, it’s launching the AI-powered Suggested Sharing feature along with Shared Libraries, both of which are designed to make the Google Photos app a more social experience, rather than just a personal collection of photo memories. Companies for

Timeline: Key moments in Venezuela’s crisis | News

Over the past 90 days, Venezuela has seen near daily demonstrations – with anti- and pro-government protesters taking to the streets.  The political roots of the protests go back to  2016, when the Supreme Court suspended the election of four legislators for alleged voting irregularities. The opposition swore in three of the legislators. The entire opposition-led National Assembly was in

Not In My Name: Indians protest attacks on Muslims | India News

Thousands of people have turned out in protests across India against a wave of attacks on Muslims by mobs that accuse them of killing cows or eating beef. Waving “Not in My Name” banners and “Stop Cow Terrorism” placards on Wednesday, protesters braved monsoon rains in at least 10 cities including Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi where a cast of intellectuals and activists were joined by relatives of

Now you can quantify your cat’s comings and goings too

Cat owners rejoice! Now you can quantify the comings and goings of your furry friend — thanks to an app-controlled pet door that can send push notifications when Tibbles enters and leaves your abode. Other app-enabled features include the ability to remotely lock or unlock the pet door, set curfews, and track the habits of your pet via a visualization of their diurnal and nocturnal routines. Pet

Microsoft Adding Artificial-Intelligence Based Advanced Antivirus to Windows 10

Microsoft is making every effort to make its Windows operating system more secure and advanced than ever before by beefing up its security practices and hardening it against hackers and cyber attacks in its next release. With the launch of its Windows 10 Creator Update (also known as RedStone 3), which is expected to release sometime between September and October 2017, Microsoft is planning to

Urban Armor Gear Announces Metropolis Cases for 10.5 & 12.9-Inch iPad Pro

Urban Armor Gear (UAG) has announced the launch of its new Metropolis Series Cases designed for Apple’s new 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro. The Metropolis cases meet U.S. military specification standards for 360-degree comprehensive protection from drops and shocks, with an impact-resistant soft core and a tactile non-slip exterior grip. A smart cover protects the iPad Pro’s screen and

Android Pay adds support for American Express in Canada

Android Pay launched at the end of May in Canada, but at the time American Express was listed as “coming later this summer” in terms of support. AmEx users didn’t have to wait long, it turns out, because support just went live for their credit cards in Android’s mobile payments platform in the country. AmEx joins a decent list of major Canadian banks, as well as MasterCard, Visa and Interac

Qualcomm Now Facing Lawsuit From U.S Regulators in Addition to Ongoing Apple Feud

In January, the United States Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Qualcomm that accused the company of using anticompetitive tactics to remain the dominant supplier of baseband processors for smartphones, violating the FTC Act. This week, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh of San Jose, California ruled that the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm can proceed, forcing the supplier to

UAE envoy: Gulf states considering new Qatar sanctions | UAE News

A Saudi-led bloc is considering fresh sanctions against Qatar that may include asking trading partners to choose between them or Doha, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ambassador to Russia said. In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, envoy Omar Ghobash said the expulsion of Qatar from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was “not the only sanction available” for the UAE and its allies. “There

Millions vote in Nepal in crucial local elections | Nepal News

Millions of people in Nepal are going to the polls on Wednesday in the second phase of local elections to, despite threats from ethnic groups that oppose the elections. More than 162,000 security forces were deployed in the voting areas. The local elections are being held for the first time in two decades in the Himalayan nation, which was wracked by a long-running Maoist uprising followed by a

Samsung will reportedly revive the Galaxy Note 7 with a Korea-only ‘Fandom Edition’

Samsung is reportedly gearing to revive the Galaxy Note 7, its disastrous 2016 smartphone that was recalled after battery problems caused units to catch fire, with the limited release of a new model. The company hinted a few months ago that it planned to make such a move, but now we have more details. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Note 7 FE (that stands for ‘Fandom Edition’) will go