The company formerly known as Facebook reported fast-growing costs and expenses for the quarter and disclosed more than $3 billion in operating losses for its new Reality Labs business segment. Meta also gave a lower-than-expected revenue outlook for Q1. All told, Meta’s Q4 revenue came to $33.67 billion, up 20% year-over-year. Net income came to $10.29 billion, with earnings of $3.67 per diluted share. Total costs and expenses for the quarter were $21....

Micromax, India’s second largest smartphone player, has launched today the Micromax MAd A94 smartphone, which carries the Micromax MAd application which will let users watch advertisements and earn points. Rahul Sharma, Co-founder at Micromax said the following with regards to the launch: The Micromax Canvas MAd A94 has a 4.5 inch full touch screen with a 5MP rear and front camera. Inside, there’s a 1.2 GHz quad core processor and a 1800 mAh battery which should ensure 5 hours of talktime and 150 hours on standby mode....

Microsoft is admitting smartphone defeat and is now officially urging any remaining Windows 10 Mobile users to switch to an iOS or Android device instead. In an End of Support document spotted by Thurrott, Microsoft notifies users that Windows 10 Mobile will cease to receive new security updates after December 10, 2019. The company is further acknowledging its AI Cortana is no longer in head-to-head competition with Alexa and Google’s Assistant, rather looking to integrate with the popular platforms rather than fight against them....

You can check my previous articles for more CTF challenges. I have also provided a downloadable URL for this CTF here, so you can download the machine and run it on VirtualBox. The torrent downloadable URL is also available for this VM; it has been added in the reference section of this article. As per the information given on VulnHub, this was posted by the author TW1C3. This is a beginner-level CTF and the challenge consists of capturing two flags and getting access to the root....

The Michael Jackson HBO documentary Leaving Neverland has been pulled from the air in Russia. It’s been just under ten years since The King of Pop passed away, leaving behind a legacy as one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Unfortunately, that legacy was arguably tainted over the years, thanks to Jackson’s often-bizarre public persona and rumors of sexual misconduct. Beginning in 1993, the rumors of misconduct followed Jackson until his death, despite having settled out of court with his accusers and later being acquitted of further charges in court....

Update: A reader just sent the images above that show Apple’s maps are identical to Microsoft’s for certain locations. Evidence surfaced yesterday that showed Apple was crediting TomTom, in addition to OpenStreetMap, for at least some of the data used in its new in-house Maps app. Today, a report from TechPP (via TheNextWeb) pointed to proof that Apple’s Maps data appears to come from Microsoft too: We have not been able to confirm the evidence, so we are marking this as unconfirmed for now....

Today’s update addresses issues with Microsoft Edge, Action Center, Shared Folders, and a lot more. After installing this update, your build number will be bumped to 17763.348 Here is the list of fixes and improvements. Enables “Retpoline” for Windows on certain devices, which may improve performance of Spectre variant 2 mitigations (CVE-2017-5715). For more information, see our blog post, “Mitigating Spectre variant 2 with Retpoline on Windows“.Addresses an issue that may cause the Action Center to suddenly appear on the wrong side of the screen before appearing on the correct side....

Windows 10 Insider Build 20175 Today’s new build includes new features like improved pinned sites in Microsoft Edge. Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc explains: “Clicking a pinned site on the Taskbar will now show you all of the open tabs for that site across any of your Microsoft Edge windows, just like you’d expect for any app with multiple open windows.” In addition, there are new icons for Sticky Notes and the Snip & Sketch app via updates from the Microsoft Store....

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17120 Microsoft is improving the WDAG based on Insider feedback over this testing cycle. Performance improvements for WDAG make the start process faster and improve the experience with Microsoft Edge. You will be able to turn on a “Download to host” feature on Windows 10 Enterprise edition through Group Policy. The Windows Defender System Guard has also received performance updates. Known issues with Windows Mixed Reality have also been addressed with this build....

New Office 365 App Launcher The first thing you will notice is how slick the new app launcher looks; its behavior is more like a desktop app, too. Users will appreciate the improvements to search and quicker access to recently used apps. Previous customizations introduced last year are still there and work better. The menu has three tabs called Home, New, and All. Home is where you find all your favorite apps, which you can customize by making them large or small or move around....

Name: Arnita Hayden Department: Product Started at Sprout: August 2014 What’s your career story? My dad is an engineer. When I was a little girl, I used to build things with him. Other little kids would get dolls; I’d get RadioShack “how to build a lightbulb” kits. I started taking coding classes in eighth grade and majored in computer engineering in college. As a college student, I did two internships on the product team at Microsoft....

Snapchat is today launching a new set of mental health and wellness tools, including a search tool called Here For You. The aim would be to ensure that searches for terms which suggest someone is struggling with their mental health would lead to accurate and constructive content… Axios cites its own sources for the report. Concerns are frequently raised about the impact of social networks on mental health and self-esteem, some suffering bullying on the platforms while others may compare their own real lives with what are often carefully-curated images created by others....

Michael B. Jordan, the man with a name similar to that of the greatest NBA player of all time has had plenty of ups and downs in his career. Most actors tend to have a meteoritic rise before their careers begin to decline. However, Michael B. Jordan’s career is a seesaw. His good films are always followed by bad films then he bounces back. Nevertheless, his best years are still ahead of him....

KB4489899 for Windows 10 1809 This latest round of updates will bump your Windows 10 October 2018 update build to 17763.379 and includes the following list of fixes and improvements. Addresses an issue in Microsoft HoloLens with tracking and device calibration that has affected some users. You may notice improvement 10-15 minutes after installing this update, but we recommend resetting the holograms for best results. Addresses an issue that may cause users to receive “Error 1309” while installing or uninstalling certain types of MSI and MSP files....

Pinterest’s greatest strength is that it was the first visual network – it has been popular for much longer than Instagram. People pin and share pictures that interest them, adding them to appropriate boards. This makes Pinterest a relevant network for brands to consider when planning their influencer marketing. It is a predominantly female network. 45 percent of online woman use Pinterest, compared to 17 percent of online men. The ten most popular niches on Pinterest are:...

In January, the Biden Administration released its new cybersecurity strategy following President Biden’s May 2021 executive order (EO 14028), signed in the wake of the SolarWinds software supply chain attack and ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure like Colonial Pipeline. Core to that strategy are ‘zero trust’ architectures, for which US tech and cybersecurity vendors were canvassed for suggestions by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), specifically about how to protect software supply chains from attack....

Powerful quantum computers capable of solving tricky computing problems (and maybe undermining today’s encryption algorithms) are still years away, but progress is being made by Google, IBM, Honeywell Quantum and Cambridge Quantum, and many other efforts. Microsoft and KPMG are teaming up to solve quantum optimization through software by using the emulation of quantum computing on today’s hardware in the Azure cloud. KPMG calls it Quantum-Inspired Optimization or QIO. SEE: What is quantum computing?...

Update: Microsoft has now announced the Microsoft Band, a $199 fitness band that does everything described below. It goes on sale Thursday. Microsoft hasn’t officially announced its wearable device, but it seems the company has accidentally published its desktop syncing client to the Mac App Store early. Whoops. The device is called the Microsoft Band (possibly Lumia Band, according to some currently non-functional support URLs) and sports a 310 x 102 resolution display....

System requirements Decent modern hardware is recommended. Dedicated GPUs are not required and run fine on Intel i3 processor alone. The maintainers didn’t provide the app’s official website (maybe there isn’t one) so the above requirement is just a rough guess made on top of my head after I tried it on my low-specs work notebook computer. Install Midnightmare Teddy You can search for Midnightmare Teddy on your Software center app and install it or use the command below on your favorite terminal program to install the game:...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is one of the most widely anticipated movies in the future of the MCU, as it looks set to provide us with multiple universes that we haven’t seen before. At present, there’s only a slight indication of what the plot of the film might be. Based on what we’ve heard so far, we’ve compiled a list of scenarios that this movie could have. These are generally speculations on our part, but don’t be surprised if a few of these angles do end up being in the movie....