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  Facebook has introduced a physical key to its security measure to allow users to their social network profile. The giant social media has announced it now uses the FIDO U2F security key - a physical key that's plugged into the USB-port on a computer and is tapped to confirm login, alongside a password to open Facebook. Once activated, both the physical key and the possible will be needed to log in; a setup known as two - factor authentication. Facebook says that this key will make user's account "unaccessable" to hackers. HOW DOES IT WORK Once activated, both the key and password will be required before the log in can be completed Read more at teazhacked.tk Don't forget to share this post via share buttons below, for the benefit of others. Kindly use the comment box below for any questions and suggestions.

  Researcher have designed a pair of smart glasses that automatically focus on whatever the user is looking at. This glasses use liquid-based lenses to allow its users to see both nearby and faraway objects without the need to change frames. A prototype was earlier unveiled by a team at the University of Utah which propose the end of need of glasses been replaced by people. 'Most people who get reading glasses have to put them on and take them off all the time,' says Mastrangelo, who also is a professor for USTAR, the Utah Science Technology and Research economic development initiative. Mastrangelo and his colleague Nazmul Hasan, a doctoral student, designed the special lenses with rubbery membranes made of glycerin, a thick colorless liquid found in soap and skin care products.

The earliest computer viruses were pretty tame for example very earliest virus "Creeper" which just displayed the message " I'M A CREEPER : CATCH ME IF YOU CAN" were innocuous experiments in computing. Before starting with 7 Most destructive viruses in all time History . I would like to talk about very first Computer Viruses of Mac and Pc's I think if you are a computer geek you might have some idea about Elk Cloner and Brain. When we talk about 90's, mostly viral viruses are floppy disk based and were carried from computer to computer by human hands. Do you know how exactly did the first virus spread around the globe? And who invented it ? Well it depends on for which platform we are talking about, it can be Mac or PC . The first Apple virus was a teenager's prank. Elk cloner :  He took two weeks to write this "residue", in assembly language. The program is called as Elk Cloner. It was a boot sector virus, when an uninfecte...

Your phone never becomes useless when you don't have access to the internet. Not so 'cos the elite search engine app decided to come up with a new update. Google recently release an offline mode which allow/enable users to store up your previous searches on the Google App so you can recheck it again later when there you have no access to internet in the main time. You can update your google app to enjoy this features or just grab it from Here (External Site Link) Don't forget to share this post via share buttons below, for the benefit of others. Kindly use the comment box below for any questions and suggestions.

Most of us should've probably heard about the new photo editing app Meitu; and if you have downloaded it and thinking of downloading it, then you need to think twice before doing so because security experts are warning that this free app comes with a dis-awarding trade-off, by giving Meitu permission to identify personal data's and spy on its users' profile.  Apart from acquiring permission to use the camera and camera roll, this app can access your local, IP address, device identifier numbers (IMSIs), WiFi connection, and even information on phone calls or other apps you’re running. And legends have it that it's send this details to some external IP Addresses. Although Apple block apps from collecting  device identifier numbers (IMSIs) but that is not the case for Android which is an open source operating system.      Don't forget to share this post via share buttons below, for the benefit of others. Kindly use the comment box below for any questions and...

There is a new app that can answer and even explain your mathematics homework by just taking a picture. 'Socratic' a free app that uses artificial intelligence to determine what you want and also explain step by step with videos on how to solve your question problem. The firm quoted "it’s like having a ‘digital tutor in your pocket,’ generating answers from a community of teachers and students." And more helpfully, Socratic does not just work with math. This app can also help with questions in sciences(Physics/Biology/Chemistry), History, Economics and English. The app is trained on millions of questions allowing it to understand the questions well before giving answers. ‘Socratic’s AI combines cutting-edge computer vision technologies, which read questions from images, with machine learning classifiers built using millions of sample homework questions, to accurately predict which concepts will help you solve your question,’ the firm explains.   Watch a youtube sampl...

Cyber-thieves have stolen personal data from Yahoo customers which is the biggest hack in history (over a billion users personal data compromised) and it took them three (3) years to realise it. Yahoo laid the blame on state sponsored hackers in August 2013 but has refused to name the country behind it. The company is under criticism by its customer who are furious that Yahoo did not discover the 2013 hack until today. What can users do to protect their account? Yahoo encourages users to visit its Safety Center page for recommendations on how to stay secure online. Some important recommendations Yahoo is re-emphasizing include the following: - Change your passwords and security questions and answers for any other accounts on which you used the same or similar information used for your Yahoo account; - Review all of your accounts for suspicious activity; - Be cautious of any unsolicited communications that ask for your personal information or refer you to a web page asking for personal ...