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Microsoft is having a tough time since a Twitter user reported a major vulnerability in windows10/11. As per the reports, this vulnerability exposes admin passwords to local users which can be considered as an important security flaw of the OS. Microsoft has confirmed that they are aware of the issue through an executive summary on its Security Vulnerability page. Microsoft says “this new vulnerability is a result of inadequate protection of access control lists on several system files, which include the SAM database.  An unauthorized person could use the vulnerability…

Alphabet’s industrial robot company intrinsic is all set to “unlock the creative and economic potential” of the $42 billion industrial robotics market. The company is working out on software tools that make more affordable and user-friendly industrial robots. industrial robots gained popularity in the past year due to their widespread application in the war against covid 19. Wendy Tan-White, a VP of Moonshots at Alphabet, who now has the title of Intrinsic CEO penned in a blog that “Over the last few years, our team has been exploring how to…

The LG puricare Wearable Air Purifier has received some new features that make the mask a must-buy. Back in August, LG launched its face mask with the combination of two HEPA filters that purifies the air you breathe in. As per the latest update, the mask now features an in-built microphone and speaker that both use proprietary tech called VoiceON to automatically detect when you talk and amplifies the voice through the speaker. LG said in a press release that “the motor in the latest iteration of the PuriCare Wearable…

Facebook-owned Instagram rolled out a new feature to automatically limit the sensitive content that comes up on your news feed. Upsetting and offensive content won’t be having space on this popular social media platform, as per the reports. ” Instagram gives the examples of “content that may be sexually suggestive or violent” and “content that may be about drugs or firearms.” This new update will be placed in every profile with options to decide whether the user wants to see it or not. So, if you are okay with sensitive…

Facebook on Thursday announced an update on its messenger featuring a search bar that will show up in the reaction picker. The new search bar helps in finding the right emoji for your conversation. You can find the search bar on top of the reaction picker and below it, you’ll see another new feature that shows your recent emojis. Facebook also launched the Space Jam chat theme in messenger which should appeal both to the fans of the original movie and the new Space Jam movie. Facebook says the new…

EA Play Live-Digital game conference 2021 concluded by making some major announcements on 22nd July. The conference was filled with some great news for gamers. The conference revealed the return of GRID Legends. The team is working behind to provide the biggest GRID experience yet, with more cars, events, a full campaign, and much more. The “Grid legends” is expected to release in 2022. EA Play Live 2021 also shared the first glimpse of Battlefield 2042. Battlefield 2042 Portal combines elements of all previous Battlefield games with the return of…

The dinosaur game that comes to you as a boredom saver when your internet cheats on you, is getting a makeover as part of the Tokyo Olympics 2021. The new update from Google will now feature a splash of color in its usually monochrome interface and the cute little dinosaur will acquire the Olympics torch soon after it starts running. Once it picks up the torch, your character will load within the avatar of one of the sports that will be played at the Tokyo Olympics 2021. You can change…

Roboticists have been trying to develop systems that could automatically assemble large structures such as space crafts and telescopes directly from space. Research show having a modular design for space structures may simplify the process up to an extent. Researchers from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Technische Universität München (TUM) published a research paper that says, the team developed an autonomous planner that could be used to assemble reconfigurable structures directly in space. in 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference. The system enables aerospace engineers and astronauts to assemble structures directly…

Researchers from the University of Cambridge say the touchscreen technology used behind smartphones could be effective sensors for soil & water contamination. They demonstrated how a typical smartphone touch screen can detect ionic contaminants in soil or drinking water by dropping liquid samples on the screen. This discovery could lead to the expansion of touchscreen technology in many sensing applications, including for biosensing or medical diagnostics, right from the phone in your pocket. The smartphone is everywhere, so touch screen technology. The touchscreen contained a grid of electrodes. When a…

Major websites and applications went down for some time on Thursday in a widespread outage linked to content distribution network Akamai. However, soon akamai confirmed that it fixed the issue. Akamai is a global content delivery network that helps to move data across the internet. The problem appears like came from an outage with the Edge DNS service provided by Akamai The popular company oracle also accused akamai as the source of the issue since the outage also impacted some Oracle cloud properties, but it said resources within its cloud…