Decryption is the process of converting encrypted data to plaintext. Basically, it is the reverse of encryption. It is used to decrypt the encrypted data so that only an authorized user can access and read the data. The process entailing encryption and decryption together is called cryptography. Private and public keys in cryptography A key is a bit-valued string that is used to convert the plaintext into ciphertext and vice-versa....
In this article, we will talk about what jQuery is, how it works. Why prefer jQuery over Javascript. Before we move on to discussing how to install jQuery and other advanced topics, let us talk about some basics of jQuery, such as, what is jQuery? What is jQuery? jQuery is the most popular Javascript library or framework in modern web development. jQuery was built to solve many issues that developers had with building applications with vanilla Javascript....
US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has officially called on the FBI and FTC to investigate FaceApp, citing national security concerns. The controversy over FaceApp, which allows users to choose a photo and then have the app make them look younger or older, began with what turned out to be a false alarm… Background A developer suggested that once you’d given FaceApp access to your photos, it uploaded all of them to the cloud, not just the one you’d chosen to edit....
Incipio is showing off its latest at CES this week and one new product that we just got a first look at is its new Trestle case for iPhone 6 Plus. The company is taking full advantage of the controversy over rare instances of the iPhone 6 Plus bending under pressure and incorporating the “Defend against the bend” slogan into the product’s marketing. We’re not too sure that Apple will be all that pleased that a popular case manufacturer is playing into the bending controversy, but perhaps it will work for Incipio when customers worried about bending see the branding in stores....
If you’re using the Infinix Smart 2 Pro X5514D device and facing issues like authentication or buffer error, you will need to fix it via the SP Flash Tool or Miracle Box or CM2 box. But if you don’t fix it, you will encounter a secure boot error. In order to flash those devices, you will require a Secure Boot DA file. Here you can download and install Infinix Smart 2 Pro X5514D MTK Secure Boot DA file....
Instagram is beginning to widely roll out a major user interface overhaul which fundamentally alters the main feed design from standard vertical scrolling to a new horizontal, ‘Stories’-like design. The update comes after we reported on Instagram’s internal testing of the new design in October, first tried exclusively on the Explore page. The updated design reaches the entire app to make tapping the left or right sides of the screen the singular method for revealing new content....
This app will allow your PC to connect with your Android smartphones and the best part about it is that it also provides support for iOS devices because there is no such potential app that supports iOS. Intel Unison App: Supported Devices & Features Sharing photos from your smartphone to a PC via any physical connectivity now seems too slow as we are allowed to do it wirelessly, but still are very few modes to perform, such as the Phone Link feature from Microsoft....
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse gets the Honest Trailers treatment in a new video. 2018 was a major year for Spider-Man on the big screen, between Peter Parker’s heart-wrenching “death” during Avengers: Infinity War and Venom becoming a monster-sized box office hit. However, the web-head’s crowning achievement was almost certainly Sony’s Into the Spider-Verse. The animated superhero adventure was pretty much universally beloved, with critics and general audiences showering acclaim on its gorgeously stylized animation, clever meta-humor, and emotionally resonant superhero origin story for Miles Morales (from the Ultimate Spider-Man comic book universe)....
What is HTTP? According to Mozilla developer documentation, “HTTP is a protocol which allows the fetching of resources, such as HTML documents. It is the foundation of any data exchange on the Web and it is a client-server protocol, which means requests are initiated by the recipient, usually the Web browser. A complete document is reconstructed from the different sub-documents fetched, for instance text, layout description, images, videos, scripts, and more”....
Update: We have tested wireless charging speeds running the latest iOS 11.2 beta and have been unable to notice a meaningful difference in how quickly the iPhone 8 charged on a 7.5 watt Qi charger compared to a 5w Qi charger. The release of iOS 11.2 will bring faster wireless charging speeds for Apple’s latest iPhones: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X (via MacRumors). Right now, all wireless charging on the 2017 iPhones runs at a maximum of 5 watts....
As has been previously rumored, Apple is said to be preparing for an October event to introduce an updated model of the iPad Air, according to the Commercial Times. Though earlier rumors of an event on October 21st have been shot down, there are still plenty of other days in October that Apple could hold the event. In fact, the company is already expected to announce and release OS X Yosemite next month, as indicated by notes on the iOS 8 website stating that the “SMS Relay” feature (which requires OS X 10....
Google’s newest email application, Inbox, has been available in a limited scope since the end of 2014, with invitations going out in incremental waves. Now, though, in honor of the I/O conference taking place right now, Google has deemed it okay to open up the Inbox app to everyone, without an invite. With the wide release, Google has also included plenty of new features, too, including the ability to undo a sent message right from within the app....
The filmmakers behind Avengers: Infinity War explain how Thanos knew about Tony Stark/Iron Man. The existence of Thanos has been a major factor in Tony’s personal arc since 2012’s The Avengers. His fear of the possibility of another attack on Earth, further fueled by the Scarlet Witch-induced vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron, motivated him to create Ultron. This caused people to paint him as a bad guy, an image that stuck with him coming into Captain America: Civil War....
Recently, this very situation occurred regarding an employee of the next-generation auto company Tesla. Just meeting with an old acquaintance This tale of insider threat and industrial espionage not going bad begins with a non-U.S. citizen, a Russian-speaking Tesla employee working at the Tesla Gigafactory located in Nevada. Since the identity of this Tesla employee has not been revealed to the public, we will refer to him simply as “the employee....
As we approach the end of 2021, Instagram is getting in on the year-in-review fun. This time, the company is launching a new “Playback” feature that recaps up to 10 of your top stories for the year, giving you an easy way to reflect on 2021. Here’s how it works. Instagram Playback 2021 The new Playback tool is rolling out to users starting today, and Instagram says it will be a limited-time feature available only fro the next several weeks (via The Verge)....
So what if there was a way to game the system? Instagrammers have found a way to do so by joining and taking part in Instagram pods, secret communities that help each other in a way that tricks Instagram into thinking you have high engagement so that it gives your profile more exposure. Instagram pods have for a few years now been extremely popular and have distinct advantages. But it also has downsides and can work to your disadvantage....
Intel, which has made billions from its closed-source, complex instruction set computer (CISC) x86 processors, is joining forces with RISC-V, the open-source reduced instruction set computer (RISC) CPU group. What next? Dogs and cats living together!? Dr. David Patterson, co-creator of RISC-V, helped make it an open lingua franca for computer chips, a set of instructions that would be used by all chipmakers and owned by none. Today, Patterson said, “I’m delighted that Intel, the company that pioneered the microprocessor 50 years ago, is now a member of RISC-V International....
Thirteen years have passed since the release of Bad Santa, and it’s no surprise Billy Bob Thornton will be reprising his role as the crude and crotchety Willie T. Stokes in the upcoming dark comedy, Bad Santa 2. Mean Girls director Mark Waters was behind the camera this time around, and Thornton is joined by fellow returning cast members Tony Cox (as Marcus) and Brett Kelly (as Thurman Merman). Kathy Bates also stars as Willie’s mother, Sunny....
Q: In the last 3 years, it feels like we have seen an acceleration of the commoditization of security products, led by Barracuda and others. What product categories do you see heading down this road in the next 3 years? Mike Rothman: Funny you should mention that topic. We recently posted a few pieces on the Securosis blog about security commoditization and feature parity. The links are: 1,2,3. A combination of things have to be in place for commoditization to happen, at least within a mid-market customer base....
There are multiple complaints of iOS 13.2 killing background apps ‘so aggressively that iOS effectively doesn’t offer multitasking anymore.’ The latest iOS update was released on Monday, adding Deep Fusion, new emoji, Siri privacy settings and more. Overcast developer Marco Arment made the complaint on Twitter, with many others echoing his experience … He goes on to suggest that Apple is not allowing its own developers enough time to identify and fix bugs before updates are released....
