Globally popular messaging platform Viber will add a new self-destructing chat feature to its iOS app later this week (via The Verge). The new feature, called “Secret Chats”, gives users the option of starting entire conversations that self-destruct after a certain time limit. Users can prevent …
Samsung will add a facial recognition capability to its upcoming Galaxy S8 because of doubts about the speed and reliability of iris scanning alone, according to a report yesterday in the Korea Economic Daily. The news comes amid rumors last month that Apple’s “iPhone 8” will …
Coreboot is a free and open source software. The project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS firmware and blobs. للأسف, Coreboot does not run on the modern laptop (except Chromebooks) due to Intel ME and other closed source technologies. Purism vendor sells Linux preloaded on the …
Plex today announced that its new Plex Cloud service has officially launched, making it available to all Plex Pass users. Plex Cloud has been in beta testing since September of 2016, but is now ready for a wider release. Plex Cloud is designed to allow Plex …
Twenty years ago, it was hard to imagine a better way to type than with a physical keyboard. At the time, it was hard to imagine typing on a small device could be possible or easy. Technology has proven this to be otherwise. People type on …
Personal assistants are an increasingly popular feature on smartphones. Siri was the first personal, voice activated, assistant introduced on a smartphone. Since then, smartphones and desktops alike have updated to include a personal assistant feature. macOS has Siri and Windows has Cortana. It’s now a matter …
WordPress has smileys or so-called emojis added in version 4.2+. It added emoji character using javascript and other junk. It slows down the site for no real reason, and I do not use it at all. Here is how to remove unnecessary HTML and emoji URL …
Build automation is a vital tool for devops, sysadmins, and developers. It is nothing but scripting or automating the process of compiling source code into binary. Sysadmins can use build tools to manage and update config files. Following is a list of awesome open source and …
Intel’s Atom C2000 chips are bricking products, and it’s not just Cisco hit. From the theregister: Intel’s Atom C2000 processor family has a fault that effectively bricks devices, costing the company a significant amount of money to correct. But the semiconductor giant won’t disclose precisely how …
Quake Champions free-to-play mode was announced recently, and PAX East 2017 gave fans the first chance to see what the game will have in store. No release has been announced but a closed beta begins soon so we can hopefully expect to get a release later …
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered has a limited playlist running through March 13 and sniper fans will appreciate its arrival. From now until Monday, it will be possible to play some snipers-only multiplayer matches. Raven Software designer Amos Hodge revealed the news on Twitter Friday …
F-Zero GX for the Nintendo GameCube was an amazing racing game, with fast-paced action and cool visuals. There really hasn’t been another game like it in Nintendo’s library since until Fast RMX for the Nintendo Switch has come along. A spiritual successor to the F-Zero and …
شبابيك 10 has an update problem; it releases problematic updates and there is no way to opt-out of them. The only thing users can do is defer installing an update. The second Windows 10 sees its chance, it will install the update and restart your system …
Recently I came across an excellent software called CoreFreq. It is a CPU monitoring software designed for 64-bits Processors w/ architectures Intel Atom, Core2, Nehalem, SandyBridge and superior, and AMD Family 0F. It runs on 64 bit Linux system. CoreFreq provides a framework to retrieve CPU …
For some weird reason, I can not get my OpenVPN server to come up at boot time using systemd on an Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS server. I have tried a few settings but failed so far. So I twitted about it: Here is my /lib/systemd/system/openvpn.service file: …
