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According to a recent NASA release, the Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) monitoring program has seen an increase in the financing from $4 million to $50 million since 2010. The space agency cited incidents such as the Chelyabinsk meteor strike as one of the reasons for a heightened need for defence against the potentially hazardous space rocks. Starting 2016, a special NASA Planetary Defence Coordination Office (PCDO) task force dubbed as “The Office of the Apocalypse” will be assigned the job of keeping an eye on all the asteroids with an orbit that brings them close to our planet, so that humanity has a fighting chance of deflecting or destroying space rocks heading our way....

The Netflix Terms of Use clearly state that the video streaming service and any content accessed through Netflix may not be shared with individuals beyond their households. Pay More to Netflix for Sharing Account For example, the first feature allows Netflix members on its Standard and Premium plans to add sub-accounts for up to two extra members outside their household – each with their own profile, personalized recommendations, login, and password – for a discounted price of 2,380 CLP in Chile, 2....

Some of the titles released this month include Reigns: Three Kingdoms from Devolver Digital, Cats & Soup from Neowiz, and Hello Kitty Happiness Parade from Rogue Games, which was launched yesterday. All nine mobile gaming titles are included with Netflix membership without ads or in-app purchases. The newly launched mobile games can be directly downloaded via the App Store for iOS devices and Google Play Store for Android devices or from the Netflix mobile app....

Now, since the world of hacking is changing everyday with emerging threats and patches to recent ones, it is wise to expect something big to come at anytime. That has happened, a new kind of malware that is a part of the Nemesis malware suite loads as soon you boot your computer. Hence an antivirus program will have a hard time dealing with that. The issue is that since a bootkit can load in malware programs before Windows itself loads, Windows processes have a hard time identifying malicious activity, and an even harder time removing it....

However, this decision will not affect current Android phone users and existing Android smartphone models on sale and shall continue to receive regular updates and support. The search giant was forced to make the decision after the Turkish competition authority ruled that changes Google made to its contracts with its business partners were not acceptable. “We’ve informed our business partners that we will not be able to work with them on new Android phones to be released for the Turkish market, Google noted in a statement....

While everyone is speculating about the upcoming Nokia 9, leaked images from the Chinese social network Baidu reveals that HMD Global has already started working on the ultimate 2018 flagship dubbed the ‘Nokia 10’. If the information coming from Baidu is to be believed, Nokia 10 could be the world’s first smartphone to feature a penta-lens (5-lens) rear camera. According to the sketch, the smartphone will feature a large circular placed on the rear with five cameras and two LEDs, and a fingerprint reader on the rear....

This being the case, many Windows users who are not happy with Windows 10 spying ways and have preferred to stay on with Windows 7/Windows 8 and Window 8.1 as the case might be. For these Windows 7/8/8.1 users there are a few updates which Microsoft has been pushing through last few days. Namely, KB3075249 and KB3080149, if installed are known to report your data back to Microsoft servers. KB3075249 update adds telemetry points to consent....

MIKA is powered by the company’s cognitive services platform, using “augmented intelligence with automated learning to provide access to an extensive range of tools, documents and data sources.” In layman language, MIKA is a digital assistant like Siri and OK Google and designed to provide quick answers to engineer questions, based on experience drawn from other networks. The only difference is unlike Siri or Alexa which can light up your smart bulbs and check on local weather or movies, MIKA will answer engineer questions....

The new feature was first tested in a beta option but is now available for all users with updates to the iOS and Android app. For most people, those updates should automatically install, and come with version 2.12.17 for iPhones and 2.12.535 for Android handsets. The new feature is hidden in the app, and needs to be turned on by including certain characters. Here’s how it works: For bold, add asterisks to either side of your text, e....

Unity Developer Roystan Ross has once again made this beautiful game available for you directly on your browser. The first level, Bob-Omb Battlefield has been remade and looks pretty impressive with improved accuracy and visuals. Ross has no plans of remaking the entire Game. Ross said, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8-2TF3Okyw&feature=youtu.be The Game can also be downloaded for Windows, Mac or Linux OS. Let the Games begin!!!

While the Pascal series of GPUs are expected to use HBM2 memory, which is much faster than GDDR5, the latest report shows that GTX 1080 could be housing GDDR5, or GDDR5X, which is obviously slower. However, gamers will be pleased to know that the graphics card will be housing 8GB of video RAM, which will obviously be an advantage if you happen to be playing at a resolution higher than 1080p....

Now, the Chinese smartphone maker has posted a teaser video on its official Twitter account to give a glimpse of its upcoming concept phone ahead of its show next week. The video features an invisible camera set-up that is magically hidden under the glass rear panel. However, it appears within a few seconds because of the new type of color-shift glass technology. The company’s tweet itself mentions a “groundbreaking invisible camera and color-shifting glass technology....

Most organizations nowadays acknowledge that going digital is a necessity, but many still have difficulties dealing with the risks that come with it. A significant number of organizations fail to implement crucial cybersecurity measures in response to their expanding cyber attack surfaces. Many are aware that vulnerabilities or security weaknesses may emerge as they adopt new infrastructure and systems and acquire new classes of IT assets. As such, they update their cyber defense systems or obtain new security tools, albeit without ascertaining the effectiveness of these new security solutions....

In a letter posted on Twitter, Poly Network said hackers have stolen thousands of digital tokens such as Ether. “Law enforcement in any country will regard this as a major economic crime and you will be pursued. It is very unwise for you to do any further transactions,” Poly Network said in the tweeted letter to the thieves. “The amount of money you hacked is the biggest one in the defi history....

All these phone numbers are believed to be clients of Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, which is also the developer of Pegasus software. For those unaware, Pegasus is a highly sophisticated surveillance software that can be covertly installed on iPhones and Android phones to enable operators of the tool to extract messages, photos, and emails, record calls, and secretly activate microphones. The company’s website reads, “NSO Group develops best-in-class technology to help government agencies detect and prevent a wide-range of local and global threats....

The path near Lidzbark Warminski in the Mazury region is illuminated by blue luminophores, a synthetic material that emits light after it’s charged by sunlight. Cyclists and ordinary Poles are making a beeline to get a glimpse of the newly laid bicycle track which evokes strange sort of romanticism in moonlit or moonless skies. Created by construction company TPA Instytut Badan Technicznych in Pruszkow, the track is still in its testing phase....

This new device called a “textalyzer” will help police determine whether drivers involved in the crash were being unlawfully distracted by their mobile phone. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com New York Senator Terrence Murphy and Assembly Assistant Speaker Felix Ortiz have partnered with Distracted Operators Risk Casualties (DORC), an awareness organization, to propose a bill that would allow authorities to examine phones at an accident site. Under legislation proposed in New York, drivers involved in accidents would have to submit their phone to roadside testing from a textalyzer to conclude whether the driver was using a phone ahead of a crash....

Yes, a new system called Power Over Wi-Fi (PoWiFi) developed by a team of engineers at the University of Washington can power devices using the inherent energy of Wi-Fi signals within a wireless network. Vamsi Talla, an electrical engineer and lead author of the study said “For the first time we’ve shown that you can use Wi-Fi devices to power the sensors in cameras and other devices. We also made a system that can co-exist as a Wi-Fi router and a power source — it doesn’t degrade the quality of your Wi-Fi signals while it’s powering devices....

Project Premonition, is an initiative of Microsoft; it is basically a system which focuses to detect the outbreak of infectious diseases before they get converted into an epidemic. The researchers at Microsoft plan to use a fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in remote areas which are prone to dengue fever or malaria. Using the drone technology will help researchers to reach a huge crowd and save a larger number of lives from dreadful diseases....

Apparently, a rodent was able to find its way inside the ATM at the State Bank of India’s Tinsukia location, who chewed up bank notes worth more than $19,000 and then died. The ATM had been broken since May 20, officials said. When the technicians came to fix the ATM machine on June 11, they were surprised to find out that all of the notes in 500-rupee and 2,000-rupee denominations inside the machine were shredded....