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Rumor has it that the successor to OnePlus 3T will skip the "4" and just jump into OnePlus 5, a la Note 5 jumping into the Note 7 naming scheme. The 3T has only been out for a few months, becoming available this past November. Yet, because of how fast-paced smartphone development has become, we're now seeing rumors of the OnePlus 5, and they're all sounding pretty good so far. Why Jump To 5? Before heading to rumors, let's first address the name. Why

Hackers can exploit the insecurity of IoT devices for the purposes of espionage or DDoS attacks

After several rumors and teases, Tag Heuer itself leaked the details of its upcoming Android Wear 2.0 smartwatch before the device's official announcement. Tag Heuer posted information regarding the smartwatch, named the Connected Modular 45, on its official website before the March 14 announcement date, revealing a few things that customers can expect from the device. Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45 Specs And Features The Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45 smartwatch, initially expected to be launched in May, was previously rumored to be announced on

PC shipments in Australia totalled 1.12 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, beating market expectations, according to research firm IDC. The total for the quarter, which included both desktops and tablets, was down

The loss of sea ice in the Arctic is popularly attributed to man-made climate change, but findings of a new study have revealed that natural changes in the environment are still a significant factor that contribute to this phenomenon. Natural Factors Researchers of the new study found that a considerable chunk of summer ice loss in recent decades can be blamed on natural variability in the atmosphere over the Arctic Ocean. Qinghua Ding, from the University of California Santa Barbara, and colleagues used

Recently, the open-source multi-instant messaging (IM) program Pidgin was updated to version 2.12.0. That's the good news. It's a very useful program if you work with people using multiple IM services. The bad news is that

The San Francisco Department of Public Health has revealed that two people are critically ill and are now in the hospital after drinking toxic herbal tea that they bought at a Chinatown shop. The patients, a woman and a man, became ill within an hour of drinking tea made from leaves they bought from Sun Wing Wo Trading Co. The two individuals quickly experienced weakness, which was followed by potentially fatal abnormal heart rhythms that required resuscitation and intensive hospital care. Toxin Found

Okta, the identity and device management firm based in San Francisco, has filed to go public. According to its S-1 form with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Okta plans to raise up to $100 million

Starting next month, Microsoft will begin offering a preview of an on-premises/local version of its Dynamics 365 for Operations ERP product. Microsoft announced Dynamics 365 for Operations -- a rebranding of Dynamics AX 7

On March 12 U.S. Cellular unveiled the LG K8 (2017) on its online store sporting a price of $49.99. Other U.S. carriers like T-Mobile and MetroPCS had listed the affordable Android handset way before U.S. Cellular. However, T-Mobile and MetroPCS are retailing the LG K8 (2017) under the name LG Aristro. With U.S. Cellular also on board, consumers will have another option. What Is US Cellular Offering? At U.S. Cellular's online store, the LG K8 (2017) can now be purchased by paying $49.99 on

Cloud accounting software provider Xero announced a new product that it says will bring machine learning and AI to the process of small business invoicing.

Running in San Francisco, California, with its operations in 528 cities worldwide, Uber Technologies Incorporation is one of the largest online transportation companies that is favored by many people. However, as the saying goes that a company can only grow if it treats its employees well hardly seems to be followed by this organization. Uber has always acknowledged its drivers as partners rather than employees. The drivers feel it is a daily struggle of discontentment that hovers over them. On December 2015 the Seattle's City

Phishing scams continue to be an effective method.

In the tech industry, it's easy to get caught up in the minutiae. But we should all step back and witness an industry in transition. Here are a few things I believe will shape the next few years. Smartphone Hardware Runs its Course As my colleague Carolina Milanesi recently wrote, it's becoming increasingly difficult to innovate in the smartphone space. After a decade of new and shiny gadgets arriving every few months, we are undoubtedly nearing the end of major advances in

Venus, known as Earth's sister planet, is getting more attention for deeper exploration with many short- and medium-term plans on the anvil. Venus is special because it is on the cusp of a habitable zone with an atmosphere. Despite the hotter climate, weird atmospheric pressure, and acid rains, there is an expectation that Venus might be harboring many secrets. Challenges For Exploration Exploration of Venus had been fraught with many challenges. The melting of the Soviet Venera landers is cited by many a case

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) have mystified scientists since their discovery in 2007. Astronomers know they come from distant galaxies, but their potential origins remain a mystery. Fast Radio Bursts And Sailing Aliens Now, a new study published by Harvard researchers in the Astrophysical Journal Letters suggests the phenomenon may have something to with sailing aliens. The researchers suggest the bursts may be leakage that come from planet-sized transmitters whose power could be driving interstellar spacecraft in faraway galaxies. Such instruments could produce powers enough

In November of last year, Samsung announced that it was purchasing Harman International Industries for $112 per share, equivalent to around $8 billion. The company's biggest ever acquisition, which was an uncharacteristic one for the South Korean conglomerate as it mostly preferred to develop its own technology or buy smaller startups, has now been completed after four months. Samsung Closes Harman Acquisition "Today is a historic moment for us. The close of this transaction opens the door to create substantial growth opportunities and deliver

HPE and SUSE, a top Linux distributor, have a complex relationship. First, HPE spun and merged its non-core software assets with Micro Focus. Micro Focus owns SUSE, a major Linux provider. Now, SUSE has finished

Tim Berners-Lee, Web Foundation founder and the inventor of the world wide web, has published his take on what needs to be done to ensure the future of the web fulfils his vision of an equalising

The internet, while an amazing avenue for like-minded individuals communicating about a diverse range of topics, is fostered primarily on anonymity, which is rather unfortunate in the murky concept of virtual space. There are dangers that be as one descends the rabbit hole that is the online web, and people often find it best to remain nameless, and even faceless when going online. Twitter Bots As it turns out, however, some of those anonymous folks might not even be real people at

Now that a little of the hype has disappeared from the release by WikiLeaks of allegedly more than 8,000 internal CIA documents, and the sorts of hacking the American spy agency was up

Latest study on brain activity of dead patients has suggested that brain activity continues even after the heart stops beating. As part of the research, one of the patients' brains carried its activity for more than 10 minutes after the person was considered clinically dead. The brain activity was very similar to the one recorded from people who were engaged in deep sleep. The study, published in the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, was carried out by specialists from the University

Ransomware has become one of the most notorious threats on the web.

Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk has been transitioning his company into the clean energy business and its name change in February only serves to highlight that idea. In fact, Musk is very keen on promoting solar energy as the best source of renewable energy and his enthusiasm and confidence seems to rub off on his colleagues. Lyndon Rive, vice president of energy products at Tesla, said in a recent interview that he is confident the company can build the necessary storage to

This chart shows the fraction of JavaScript library versions with distinct known vulnerabilities, each represented by colors, out of the total library versions in brackets.

Thanks to a new radar technique employed by NASA, India's first lunar probe that went missing about eight years ago has finally been found. Chandrayaan-1 The Indian Space Research Organisation launched its first moon probe Chandrayaan-1 in October 2008 but less than a year after the spacecraft successfully entered lunar orbit, technical problems started to emerge. By August 2009, controllers lost contact with the spacecraft. After about eight years, however, NASA found the probe again. The spacecraft was detected maintaining a lunar orbit

The Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine rebuilt its data warehouse on the Google Cloud Platform, taking advantage of pay-as-you-go pricing to make sure it was the right move. (via PCMag)

Everspin has shipped over 60 million MRAM chips in the last eight years. So why haven't you heard of them?MRAM is a different type of nonvolatile memory, with unlimited durability, good speed - 35nsec reads

Google's self-driving unit, now called Waymo, is going after Uber, and it's making it clear. It's stepping up its legal attack on the popular ride-hailing company, most recently by asking a court to block Uber from leveraging technology, which it allegedly stole from Waymo to get ahead in the race for driverless cars. Waymo's Uber Lawsuit The two, both Silicon Valley companies, are duking it out over a type of automobile technology that's seen as the future of transportation. Last month, Waymo

Google's Invisible reCAPTCHA removes the "I'm not a robot"checkbox but can still sort bots from people.