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Smart Vacuum Cleaners Making Map Of Your Home — And Wants to Sell It

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What if I say that your cute, smart robotic vacuum cleaner is collecting data than just dirt?

During an interview with Reuters, the CEO of iRobot, the company which manufactured Roomba device, has revealed that the robotic vacuum cleaner also builds a map of your home while cleaning — and is now planning to sell this data to third-party companies.

I know it sounds really creepy, but this is

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Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Pre-Installed Dell Software

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By Jahanzaib Hassan

With so much of news surrounding major global malware attacks such as the recent NotPetya incident, not much has been talked about some flaws that exist within the popular Dell software. Security flaws that require immediate update Before letting you know about the technical details of the vulnerabilities, it is important to note that those […]

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Judge: Facebook can Track Browsing Activity Even When You Log Out

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By Waqas

Last Friday a Judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Facebook of tracking users’ Internet activity even when they are logged out from their account. The U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California said in his judgment that the plaintiff failed to show they had a “reasonable expectation of privacy,” or that they suffered any […]

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Kaspersky Willing to Share Its Source Code with US Govt

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By Jahanzaib Hassan

Eugene Kaspersky, the CEO of Kaspersky Labs, is ready to share the source code of the software that his company develops – He wants the authorities to audit his company’s security products amid claims that it has deep ties with the Russian government. In an interview with The Associated Press, he stated that he wanted to […]

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Afghan robotic team of girls denied US visa

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By Jahanzaib Hassan

Robotics is almost everywhere, and it is not surprising to see a team of six teenage girls has created a robot that will be fighting in the FIRST Global Challenge to take place in Washington DC in mid-July. But things have changed since the team’s visa application has been rejected by US authorities. Visa denied, […]

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Google Gets Record-Breaking $2.7 Billion Fine for Manipulating Search Results

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Google has just lost its biggest regulatory battle!

Google has been hit with a record-breaking $2.7 billion (€2.42 billion) fine by the European antitrust officials for unfairly manipulating search results since 2008.

After a lengthy seven-year investigation that was launched in 2010 after several rivals complaint, the European Commission on Tuesday imposed this ‘biggest even financial

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Google to stop scanning user emails for Gmail ads

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By Jahanzaib Hassan

Diane Greene, the founder of VMware Inc. and the board member at Google revealed that Google will now stop analyzing user’s personal emails for targeted advertising purposes. Gmail As you may know, Gmail users encounter a number of ads based on their emails content. That is, the company uses algorithms to monitor the content of […]

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Someone leaked 32TB of Windows 10 internal builds and source code

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By Waqas

It looks like Microsoft is in trouble again. This time not for its critical vulnerabilities in Windows operating system but for a massive data leak in which 32TB of highly sensitive Windows 10 related data has been dumped online. According to a report from TheRegister, it is believed that the data was stolen from Microsoft’s in-house […]

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Millions of Android users left vulnerable due to Samsung’s ignorance

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By Ali Raza

After Samsung had failed to renew the domain of one of their pre-installed apps, millions of users were left open to malware attacks. The app S Suggest that was part of the older Samsung smartphones is still active on millions of devices. Its purpose was to help users by suggesting which other popular apps they […]

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Millions of Android users left vulnerable due to Samsung’s ignorance

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By Ali Raza

After Samsung had failed to renew the domain of one of their pre-installed apps, millions of users were left open to malware attacks. The app S Suggest that was part of the older Samsung smartphones is still active on millions of devices. Its purpose was to help users by suggesting which other popular apps they […]

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