QR code-based payments have their benefits like tying debit and credit card transactions to store reward cards and saving receipts in one step, but they still don’t beat the convenience of NFC-based methods like Apple Pay which are less finicky and more secure. Major retailer Walmart, however, is pushing forward with its plans to make checking out smarter using its own QR code-based system called Walmart Pay. And although the two systems could both be options, Walmart continues to resist other digital wallets including Apple Pay....

HTC’s One and Samsung’s Galaxy S4, two of the hottest Android smartphones, are both powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600. If you’re a spec junkie, that means you probably want to know what comes after the 600, despite it being so fresh you can still smell the plastic. The answer is the Snapdragon 800. What makes it different? The 800 can hit 2.3 GHz, and the four Krait 400 cores in the 800 are more advanced than the four Krait 300 cores in the 600....

The tiny chips that hold all your music and your phone’s mobile operating system come in various grades of quality. USB thumb drives, for example, often have bottom of the barrel NAND components. Smartphones and tablets have slightly better NAND parts. And of course, the chips that come in mid-range to high-end laptops are the best. According to AnandTech, Toshiba wants to bring those best-of-breed NAND components to phones and tablets, so they’re teaming up with Qualcomm on something called Universal Flash Storage 2....

Logic Pro X 10.5’s new Quick Sampler completely changes the way users interact with the audio and creative resources around them. It perfectly accommodates a popular instant sampling workflow where producers pull sounds from anywhere — recorded off a phone, stolen off the internet, clipped from Apple’s library, etc — and then loop, chop, pitch, and program them into interesting musical ideas. Software sampling certainly isn’t new by any means, nor is it to Logic Pro X, but this technique of quick and immediate sound recycling has now been laced throughout the LPX 10....

Three tech giants had to take action in response to presidential election hoaxes. This included Twitter placing a warning on a tweet by Donald Trump, which falsely accused the Democrats of trying to ‘steal’ the election. Twitter stated that the tweet violated its civic integrity policy, which says that users ‘may not use Twitter’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections’ … Trump tweeted: Twitter hid this behind a standard warning text designed for such hoaxes:...

The enumeration in information security Enumeration in information security is the process of extracting user names, machine names, network resources, and other services from a system. All the gathered information is used to identify the vulnerabilities or weak points in system security and then tries to exploit it. Techniques for enumeration There are many ways to collect data, such as network users, routing tables and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) information....

Following Facebook’s multiple warnings including a recent public post about concerns over lost ad revenue due to the iOS 14 privacy changes, other digital publishers have shared similar fears. Like Facebook anticipating up to a 50% drop in revenue, one publisher estimates ad rates on iOS could fall as much as 40%. Reported by the Wall Street Journal, a number of publishers are feeling the same as Facebook with concerns about how iOS 14 will change their ad revenue and as some point out, this comes during the difficulties of the pandemic....

Some folks swear they’re being watched but don’t have the evidence or expertise to prove it. Tap or click for signs you’re being stalked and not just paranoid. Then there’s the renowned professional fashion photographer who reached out recently. He’s taken pictures of all the famous supermodels. At home, he takes beautiful nude photos of his wife. Naturally, he wants to keep them safe. If you have sensitive shots of any kind you want to protect, keep reading....

Every device when initially released has some minor niggling issues, which are then fixed by its OEM down the line with software updates. The OnePlus One is no exception here and comes with its own share of problems including a poor touch experience marred with ghost swipes. Due to the bug, whenever a user types quickly on their OnePlus One, the device registers it as a swipe instead of multiple key presses within a short time — a very frustrating bug to face especially when you are in a hurry....

To begin with, the Snapdragon 821’s 14-nanometer chip is 10% more powerful than the 820 and can be clocked up to 2.4GHz from 2.1GHz in contrast to 820’s 2.2GHz with Qualcomm’s Kryo Quad-Core CPU. The Snapdragon 821 is basically designed to act as an interim solution for upcoming high-end devices until Qualcomm unveils their next generation product. Apart from that, the Snapdragon 821 is borrowing essentially every specification from the Snapdragon 820 including the Ultra HD Voice tech for improved call quality, 600 Mbps X12 LTE modem, and Upload+ for faster downloads....

Best friends, secrets, and text messages. These are three powerful things and also the premise of Pretty Little Liars, the teen drama which aired for seven seasons from 2010 to 2017. After Alison DiLaurentis (Sascha Pieterse) is believed to be missing, her friends Hanna Martin (Ashley Benson), Emily Fields (Shay Mitchell), Aria Montgomery (Lucy Hale), and Spencer Hastings (Troian Bellisario) vow to dig deep and find the truth. While the girls date and go to school and have various personal dramas, they’re also dealing with this mystery and receiving messages from a figure they call “A” who knows a lot about them....

As promised, Best Buy has begun selling the Apple Watch on its online store, and will have them available in more than 100 of its retail stores too. The company is currently promoting the Watch on its homepage. While you won’t save any money (in fact, you’ll pay 99c more …), it may be a chance to spend any Best Buy rewards credit you’re sitting on – or to earn some via a free membership....

When a friend recommended the This American Life podcast Serial, I got so hooked I ended up binge-listening to the entire first series in a single weekend. The same team has now created a new 7-part podcast, S-Town – and it sounds like it may be just as compelling … As before, the entire series is available in one hit. S-Town is a new podcast from Serial and This American Life, hosted by Brian Reed, about a man named John who despises his Alabama town and decides to do something about it....

Some users are reporting a bug in which cellular data connection is either permanently disabled or extremely spotty following the initial installation and reboot of iOS 12.1.3. If this sounds familiar to you, it’s because we reported on nearly the same issue when iOS 12.1.2 was released back on Christmas Eve. Interestingly, that update was released for practically one reason —to fix a random cellular data killing bug. As for why the problem has seemingly been so persistent over the past few releases remains unknown, however, it doesn’t seem that a simple reboot fixes this latest bug....

Now that the game is not available on the Google Play Store, users are searching for ways to install & play the game. Well, you can play the game if your phone already has the game installed. However, if you have uninstalled it, then you need to follow some different methods. Also Read: PUBG Mobile KR for PC Free Download On Windows & MAC Download the Latest Version of PUBG Mobile KR (Korean Version) on Android: It’s worth noting that even if the PUBG Mobile global version is working now, it will stop working in the future....

The latest iPhone 8 leak is an image of a purported case for the device, via KKSneakLeaks. This (admittedly) bare bones clear case gives some clues as to the device’s characteristics by the shape and cutouts in the accessory. Most prominently, the case includes a camera cutout that would snugly fit the vertically-stacked dual camera that we have seen so much in recent weeks. It also has a noticeably longer power button and notably lacks any hole for a rear Touch ID sensor to reside....

llet & Translate pushed forth menial updates to several of its core apps, including Maps, Search, YouTube, as well as llet, which we reported on yesterday, Translate, the latter of which now lets you draw symbols foreign alphabets in 13 new languages, including Arabic, Bosnian, Cebuano, Gujarati, Hmong, nada, Maltese, Mongolian, rsian, njabi, Somali, Tamil, Telugu. Maps Maps has been updated to version 7.7 its most apparent new feature is that it now displays upcoming events at places of interest near you....

Looking to install the firmware file on QMobile Infinity Prime 2? then you are at the right place. QMobile Infinity Prime 2 came out of the box with Android 6.0 and under the hood runs on a MediaTek processor. In this guide, we will help you to flash the official firmware file on QMobile Infinity Prime 2. To flash the firmware file, you need software known as SP Flash Tool, Formally also called the Smartphone Flash Tool....

R2-D2 and C-3PO reunite in a new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker preview. The two droids are the only characters to appear in all nine episodes of the Skywalker saga, going through more than their fair share of adventures together over the years. Unfortunately, they’ve also seen their roles greatly diminished in the ongoing sequel trilogy. They both essentially made glorified cameos in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, giving way for BB-8 to steal the show....

The PrintNighmare vulnerability is one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities discovered in the past few years, impacting Windows operating systems. The flaw takes advantage of the RpcAddPrinterDriver call that is part of the Windows Print Spooler. In detail, the vulnerability chain is composed of the following steps: The client invokes the RPC call to remotely add a new driver on a local folder or use the SMB protocol. For this, a valid account is needed....