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Kaspersky Lab’s anti-phishing system blocked more than 482 million visits to fake websites during 2018, more than twice as many as 2017 when 236 million similar attempts were blocked. Annual increases in the number of phishing attacks have been observed in recent years, but for 2018 there is a significant Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The main feature of the new generation USB, or USB 4, is that it will offer high speeds in data transfer. USB 4 will offer support for Thunderbolt 3 ports, while the higher speeds are referred to by the USB Promoter Group, the organization that takes care of what the new Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Google+ leaves the online reallity, inviting users to download their data until early April. Already since February 4, it is not possible to create new Google+ profiles, communities, events, and pages, which shows that Google+ isa social network that will soon cease to exist. In order not to lose user data, Google+ invites everyone to download what they Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Facebook plans to unify Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger applications. Although they would retain their autonomy, on a deeper level it is now possible users’ messages to “travel” between the three services. As Athens News Agency (ANA) broadcasts, Facebook has made a point about the begining of a “long process”, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The US Space Agency (NASA) has informed its staff by email that hackers have probably intercepted their personal data. NASA suspects that two of its servers were infringed, containing details of its current and past employees . But he does not believe, according to the BBC, that cyber-attack threatens some of its space missions. This Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The first “3D-printed” artificial hand with medical certification that is suitable for children was developed by the British “Open Bionics”. As the BBC says, “Hero Arm” can be used even by nine-year-old children. The motor is controlled by muscles at the remaining end, allowing the user to do a number of tasks he would do with a normal hand. The cost is Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Application that makes direct and noninvasive diagnosis-express of anemia , analyzing nail photos of a man, which taken with a mobile phone, created by researchers in the US. Application detects anemia by visually assessing hemoglobin levels in the individual’s body. The new method could -according to scientists- if further improved, lead in the future to replacing the current Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
A 15-meter-long bridge has been printed by Shanghai, which will be located in a central park in Taopo. With dimensions of 15.25 meters in length, 3.8 meters in width and 1.2 meters in height, the bridge was constructed in layers by a three-dimensional printing system developed by “Shanghai Construction Group”. In order to Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Android is also present in the new field of competition that now defines devices with a retractable and flexible screen. Android -as the operating system used on the majority of mobile devices– could not help but move quickly to be able to include within those devices equipped with retractable screen, such as that recently Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The ability to understand when a heart attack is really serious and potentially fatal is applicable to smartphones, according to an international research team led by researchers at the “Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute” in Salt Lake City, USA, making it a precious tool, capable of saving lives. According to the research, this application, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Researchers in Britain have built the world’s first quantum “compass”, a navigation device that helps locate the location of an object without being based on “GPS”. Thanks to its quantum mode of operation and to the fact that it does not need a satellite signal, it is impossible to receive interference and be hacked Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The world ‘s largest neural computer, designed and built to work the same way a human brain works, took its 1 million core processor; and it was first activated on November 2nd. The “SpyNNaker (Spiking Neural Network Architecture)” supercomputer is able to perform over 200 million million operations per second with each of its chips Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Behind “ransomware (Not) Petya” and “Industroyer”, the first “malware” with direct impact on industrial systems, a common group of cybercriminals is identified. “ESET” has discovered evidence that the notorious group of cybercriminals “TeleBots” associated with “Industroyer” -the most powerful “malware” of our age, attacking industrial systems- and is responsible for the blackout in the capital of Ukraine, Kiev, in 2016. The “TeleBots team” Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Microsoft has announced that it will remove Snapchat features from Skype, following intense user reactions. As the BBC said, the company had made these updates in June 2017, triggering reactions from Skype users who spoke of the “worst update ever made“. Microsoft has announced that it accepts that the new features are “coming in the way” Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Researchers in the UK have created MagicScroll, the first touch-screen tablet computer, folding like a roll, reminiscent of an ancient papyrus (hence its name). The new invention is pushing even more beyond the boundaries of flexible device technology, opening up a new range of capabilities. The device, creation of mechanics from the University of Queen’s, has a 7.5-inch flexible display Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
“Bionic eyes are usually treated as science fiction, but now we are closer than ever before, using a multi-materials 3D printer“, said Michael McAlpine, one of the researchers in the research -which was published in Advanced Materials– and an associate professor at the university. The researchers began with a hemispherical glass dome to show how they Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …