Windows 7 Meltdown Patch Reportedly Creates Major Vulnerability Microsoft started releasing its Spectre and Meltdown patches at the beginning of 2018 and the company was considerate enough torelease patches for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, which still have a large user base. However, the Meltdown patch for Windows 7 reportedly introduced a major vulnerability which granted access to all data in user memory. According to security researcher Ulf Frisk, Microsoft’s update to patch the Meltdown processor flaw on Windows 7 (64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 granted any process or application to access everything stored in memory“at gigabytes per second....

Google’s Cloud Text-to-Speech Engine is Now Available to Developers Text-to-speech engines have made significant progress over the last couple of years and have reached a point where they sound more or less like a real person. One of the finest examples of text-to-speech engines is Google’s own Cloud Text-to-Speech engine which the company currently uses to power theGoogleAssistant and Google Maps directions. Soon, you might be able to see more of the Cloud Text-to-Speech engine as Google has nowopened accessto developers....

One More Reason to Delete Snapchat: Data Privacy While Snapchat andFacebookhave been neck and neck at copying features from each other, more often than not these features are quality additions to each platform. However, it looks like the copying isn’t limited to user-facing features. According to a recentreportfrom Mashable, Snapchat is currently testing a new data sharing API which will share user data with connected apps. If you’ve been up to speed with the recent#DeleteFacebookcampaign, you’ll realize that it was a similar data-sharing API that got Facebook into trouble....

Alphabet’s Geothermal Energy Startup ‘Dandelion’ Raises $4.5M Alphabet X, better known as ‘The Moonshot Factory’, has been the proving grounds for a number of startups working on futuristic technologies that could someday“make the world a radically better place.”Earlier this year, the startup incubator gave birth to a new cybersecurity-focused firm calledChroniclewhich promised to revolutionize the cybersecurity space. Now, a clean energy startup called Dandelion, which was originally incubated within Alphabet X, hasraised $4....

SophosLabs Discovers Android Malware Disguised as QR Code Apps on Play Store British cybersecurity and hardware company SophosLabs hasdiscovereda new type of ad-basedAndroid malwarestrain called Andr/HiddnAd-AJ, which has infiltrated the Google Play Store disguised as QR code scanners and compass apps. The malware, which was first reported by the company in a recent blog post, contains malicious code hidden within the Android programming library. What makes the malware so elusive is the fact that the code doesn’t start working until 6 hours of installing the app....

Watch the Far Cry 5 Countdown to Launch and Win 20% Discount Ubisoft’s highly anticipatedFar Cry 5is scheduled to launch later today and Sony is running apromotional eventon the PlayStation Store to mark the occasion. The promotional event has been divided into quests and players can win exciting rewards, including a 20% discount code, for completing the quests. To earn the discount code, players will have to watch theFar Cry 5Countdown to Launch on the PlayStation store....

Xiaomi’s Surprise: Mi Gaming Laptop Boasts GTX 1060, Dedicated Macro Keys At the recently concluded XiaomiMi Mix 2Slaunch event in Shanghai, Xiaomi surprised its fans with the launch of the newMi Gaming Laptop. The laptop, which features an understated design, looks nothing like a gaming laptop and can easily pass off as a regular professional laptop. Do you ❤️ gaming? We have created this amazing new 15.6" Mi Gaming Laptop especially for you!...