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The Galaxy Note 7 comes with a plethora of new features, including an iris scanner and an improved S Pen. While Samsung highlighted all the key new features of the handset during the launch event, it has released a few videos for an in-depth look at these features. The Galaxy Note 7 comes with a new streamlined version of Touchwiz that looks cleaner and is easier to use. Some of the new features that Samsung has included in the new Touchwiz include interactive motion wallpapers, a simpler Camera app, and more....

But encrypting data on external drives used to be a pain. You had to run an application and sometimes that wouldn’t work on certain platforms, and it all would quickly turn into a big hassle. But those days are over. A drive like the new Kingston IronKey Vault Privacy 80 SSD makes encrypting your data super easy. The SSD looks like any regular SSD, expect it has a screen. Actually, it’s a touchscreen, and you use this to input your passcode and also change the settings in the drive....

There is a nasty password-stealing virus making the rounds, and just like COVID-19, it can spread to your friends and family. You won’t get it from borrowing their phone, but you can infect others through your contact list. Tap or click here to find out if your phone or tablet has a virus or malware. The malware variant is aptly named Flubot. It is designed to steal your personal information and spreads just like the common cold....

The virtual reality companion to Sony’s PlayStation 5 will officially go on sale starting February 22, 2023. It will ship in multiple versions, including a base model that comes packed with the PS VR2 headset, two PS VR2 Sense controllers, and a pair of stereo headphones, as well as a bundle with all of the aforementioned items and a PlayStation Store voucher code for Horizon Call of the Mountain. Pre-orders for the PlayStation VR2 will begin on November 15, exclusively from the PlayStation online store for buyers in the US, UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg....

Did you file federal tax income for 2018? If not, you may have a refund waiting to be claimed. The deadline for that is the same as the one to file your 2021 taxes. Tap or click here for more information on claiming what could be hundreds of dollars. As the tax deadline approaches, scammers take advantage of people who waited until the last minute to file. We put together some scams to watch out for, along with tips to avoid falling victim....

Sunshine — the tool that allows you to S-OFF and gain root access a wide variety of HTC and Motorola devices — was updated to v3.1 today to add S-OFF support for HTC’s latest flagship — the One M9. The steps for gaining S-OFF on the One M9 are slightly more cumbersome when compared to other handsets, and requires users to unlock the boot loader first, gain root access and then use the Sunshine tool....

If you want to trade in your old phone for the new iPhones than you are in for luck as Apple has introduced a new buyback scheme via its Indian reseller Ingram Micro, which will offer up to Rs 43,000 for your old iPhone, bringing down the upfront price of the device down drastically. The buyback scheme is available across all major Apple retailers including Reliance digital and Ezone. Reliance Digital sweetens the deal further by offering an extra Rs 2000 cashback and accessory coupons worth Rs 2000....

The company, now a Microsoft subsidiary, says that the new prediction model more closely aligns to the way that humans actually communicate. Several examples on the SwiftKey blog point to how the keyboard attempts to finish off sentences phrases that are more likely to finish off your sentence in the way that you’d want. For example, SwiftKey will suggest finishing the sentence, “I’ll meet you at the…” with “office, hotel, or airport....

The issue tracker marks the problem as resolved at 5:54 am Thursday, however it must first be tested internally then pushed out to Oneus One owners. Many commenters continue to post about the issue on the site, discussing various situations where battery performance has been poor. ile our overall impression of the Oneus One was positive, this is another indication that owning the device is for those who don’t mind exchanging late software updates occasional unreliability for the elusive freedom to tinker....

Not just apps from Apple, but third-party apps from developers who have remained committed to providing high-quality tools for iPad users. Below, you’ll find just a handful of iPad apps that make using the tablet for school and work-related tasks possible. Flexibits moved its apps over to a subscription model, with a yearly cost of $40, but it now includes two of the company’s apps: Fantastical and Cardhop. The former is a calendar app that is truly a joy to use, and Cardhop takes a similar approach to help you manage your contacts....

If you’re starting out looking for your first credit card, the best starter cards will have high approval rates, no annual fees, and report payments to the major credit bureaus: Equifax, Experian, and Transunion. Whether it’s your first time credit card or you’re simply trying to rebuild credit, these are the best starter credit cards. With periodic account review, you can raise your line of credit in as little as six months....

When many of us think of phishing, we think of emails. Opening phishing emails could lead to a barrage of adware all the way to ransomware, in which your servers are held hostage until you pay some hacker to release them. Click here to see if you can pass our phishing quiz. Now there’s a new type of phishing scheme to worry about. This one comes in one of the most innocuous and prosaic forms of cell phone communications — SMS messages....

Virtualbox is chosen to simulate the whole setup within one system. When you do it in the real world, you may also choose other options such as VMWare ESXi. “Oracle VM VirtualBox (formerly Sun VirtualBox, Sun xVM VirtualBox and Innotek VirtualBox) is a free and open-source hypervisor for x86 computers from Oracle Corporation. Developed initially by Innotek GmbH, it was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008 which was in turn acquired by Oracle in 2010....

The global trade pact is the fourth Singapore has established, following similar agreements with Chile and New Zealand, Australia, and the UK, to accelerate collaboration in the digital digital economy and improve digital connectivity. Under their agreement, South Korea and Singapore will establish digital trade rules and norms that promote interoperability between digital systems. These aim to enable more seamless cross-border data flows and build a trusted and secure digital environment for businesses and consumers in both countries....

A patent is defined as an exclusive right or rights provided by a government to an inventor for a certain period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention. A software patent is a patent for an invention involving software. The extent to which software patents should be granted varies from country to country. The present contribution examines the current state of the art of the software patent law in the EU (Section 2), New Zealand (Section 3), and the US (Section 4)....

For transparency purposes, I purchased these earbuds earlier this year because I wanted a noise canceling feature that was stronger than my Samsung Galaxy Buds Live earbuds. Based on my experience with the Liberty 3 Pro earbuds, I can be working in the living room and can’t hear my cats begging for treats or even my partner speaking to me. The HearID works almost too well for those that need to focus or block out a noisy subway train....

Sometimes, the evidence of my own eyes and life experience – subjective data, you might call it – will always triumph over a spreadsheet, a graph, or a trumpeting startup founder. I wonder, then, what you might think of a site for sore eyes that desperately wants to make your life more beautiful. When I first saw DataScalp – I know, the name doesn’t resonate with prettiness – I wondered whether the creator’s own eyes and life experience hadn’t been quite what they could have been....

Not much has been revealed about Starshield beyond a page on SpaceX’s website explaining that “Starshield leverages SpaceX’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts.” It promotes Starshield as “supporting national security” and points out that Starlink features end-to-end data encryption, which is already available on its service for consumers and business. “Starlink already offers unparalleled end-to-end user data encryption. Starshield uses additional high-assurance cryptographic capability to host classified payloads and process data securely, meeting the most demanding government requirements,” it notes....

The future of work is in the cloud. That’s not just true if you work among the server stacks in highly technical fields. Social media giants, video game developers and brick and mortar businesses alike all rely on cloud computing in different ways. But if you’re one of the talented few who can set up their own cloud computing environment and lead a software development team, you can really chart the course of your career....

Compared to a traditional hard drive, the PNY solid state drive, or SSD, provides a much speedier response for your gaming needs. In fact, most gaming laptops and desktops only use SSDs these days to help ensure you win that boss battle. It’s designed as an easy swap from a traditional hard drive, and there are no moving parts, making it perfect for laptop upgrades. This PNY option is no different, offering speeds of up to 550Mbps sequence....