The Google Pixel has a scary vulnerability that could compromise all your data

The PwnFest hacking competition, held in Seoul yesterday saw an interesting demonstration by a white-hat hacker group, called Qihoo 360. The hack successfully targeted Google’s shiny new Pixel handset, won the group a $120,000 cash prize and opened-up a lot

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Reliance now offers a fixed-wireless phone in India

Remember Reliance and more specifically, its Jio telecom sub-division? If you live in India, chances are, you are already familiar with the carrier’s enticing 4G offers, which caused quite a stir on the local market, back in September. Despite receiving

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Vivo V5 and V5 Plus said to feature a whopping 20MP selfie camera

Vivo’s V3 and V3Max handset enjoyed quite a bit of popularity in the value segment of the market, after their release earlier this year. However things are now moving at a phenomenal pace and, despite their young age, both handsets

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Chandigarh boy receives award for presenting idea on controlling black money

This boy won Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE award for his innovative idea to stop the circulation of black money. Representational image RELATED STORIES Britain to strengthen education ties with India 72 Maharashtra students to participate in abacus contest in

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Make Vedic maths a moral education part of CBSE syllabus: Madhya Pradesh govt recommendation

Vedic maths and moral education based on the Bhagavad Gita might be included in NCERT books as a part of the CBSE syllabus. Representational image, The government will request the centre to give its approval for inclusion of lessons on

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That private network on the Wi-Fi band? Won’t happen

Globalstar has dropped the plan to run its own network in unlicensed spectrum The Federal Communications Commission’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Federal Communications Commission COMMENTS Stephen Lawson IDG News Service Nov 10, 2016 4:42 PM Satellite service provider Globalstar

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‘Night mode’ (eye strain reduction) could make a return on Nexus devices

Many were upset that ‘Night mode’ went missing on the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X once the Android Nougat 7.1 beta OTA was installed. After much buzz about the omission of Night mode, Ian Lake from Google spoke about why

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Samsung Galaxy A8 (dual-SIM variant) gets security update

Samsung has started rolling out a new update to the dual-SIM variant of its Galaxy A8smartphone. The update brings Android security patch for the month of October. In case you aren’t aware, the standard Galaxy A8 received the October security

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