When Philips Hue first announced its line of outdoor smart lighting back at CES 2018, I was immediately intrigued. I was on-hand for the demo in Las Vegas and saw an answer to a problem that has seemingly plagued my outdoor spaces for years. There are plenty of lighting solutions for gardens and outdoor areas but most are clunky and unrefined. I’ve leaned on outdoor-grade smart plugs each Christmas for a while, but those lack the integrated dimming controls that are often best suited for landscape lighting....

A Philips Hue vulnerability allows a hacker to take control of individual bulbs, switching them on or off at will, as well as changing both color and brightness. This can be done remotely using a laptop with radio transmitter. You can watch a demonstration video below. While that risk remains, the company has acted to block an escalation vulnerability that previously allowed the attacker to compromise the Hue bridge and from there the rest of the network, including any PCs connected to it…...

Angry Birds will long be remembered as the first major success story in the iOS App Store and Google Play Store. The app has moved beyond its iOS roots and is now available on almost every platform imaginable. According to a Washington Post report, it’s even an officially sanctioned app in North Korea. The story starts with the recent review of an Android tablet that was purchased in North Korea....

The messenger app of Facebook helps us stay in touch with our friends and relatives. We can chat and also share images and videos in Messenger App. But you may not have noticed its hidden secret. You can play chess easily on Facebook Messenger, which doesn’t require any app to play it. Play Secret Game, and Chess in Facebook Messenger If you get bored by chatting with your friends, it is a good game; you can easily challenge them to play chess....

Plex has built a following over the years as one of the best options to curate your media collection and make it available to stream across your Apple and other devices. Now the company is diving into gaming with a notable partnership with Atari to bring some of the most classic games to iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and more as well as giving users the ability to store and play their own ROM games....

Poco will have a regular Poco F2 and F2 Pro this year If you are wondering when POCO is arriving then here is the confined news by Portuguese website 4gnews, In Portugal, POCO is all set to launch Poco F2 pro the prices will start from Euro 649 (approximately Rs 54,000) and the higher variant will be priced for almost Euro 749 (approximately Rs 62,200). No one knows that in India the prices will be same or lesser than this....

On this page, we will share all the latest Xiaomi Poco F4 GT (codenamed ingres) firmware flash files. To flash the firmware file, you need Xiaomi Mi Flash Tool which works on both Windows, Mac, and Linux. You can follow this guide to flash the firmware stock ROM file on Xiaomi Poco F4 GT. Also Read Fix: Xiaomi Poco F4 and F4 GT Black Screen Problem | How to Fix?...

As we’re seeing major events canceled or postponed due to coronavirus, Pokémon Go has canceled its community event that was planned for this weekend and also made some changes to encourage gameplay in the current circumstances. The Pokémon Company announced the changes in a blog post (via Android Police): The post doesn’t specifically mention coronavirus as the reason for the changes but the modifications make the game easier to play when not walking or traveling as far and staying at home or closer to home more than normal....

Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin, the four Hogwarts Houses, have formed a major part of Harry Potter’s Hogwarts journey, with house points up for grabs in classes, sports, extra-curricular activities and even through acts of bravery that Harry, Ron, and Hermione have exhibited whilst attempting to thwart the efforts of dark wizards and witches. In Harry’s sorting hat ceremony, we saw how each Hogwarts house represents different personalities and values, which together with Harry’s will, went into the sorting hat’s decision to place him in Gryffindor....

The education sector ranked #3 for the highest number of data breaches, according to the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report for 2015 Higher education data breaches have resulted in the exposure of over 1.3 million identities 56% of universities have seen an increase in phishing attacks within the last year It’s not just the little guys — major universities like Harvard, Penn State and Johns Hopkins have all been hacked since 2015...

The information about the “kidnapping” of the new movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Do not Tell History was given by Disney CEO Bob Iger himself. According to him, the hacking group has already contacted Disney and are now asking for a ransom, otherwise, they will start publishing parts of the movie. As with the ransomware attacks, the hackers are demanding that payment is made in the virtual currency bitcoin....

In a blog post shared today, the Pixelmator team announced that it’s working on adding Shortcuts support to the Pixelmator Pro app on macOS. Now that WWDC has finished (much love, again, to the new virtual format!), we just wanted to share one very quick update with you: Pixelmator Pro will absolutely be getting Shortcuts support. And we’ll be doing our best to make sure that support is first-class – second to none....

Popular media management service Plex is today announcing a dramatic overhaul for how it handles user photos. In a blog post, Plex announced a handful of changes and new features coming to the platform for managing photos, including interface tweaks, speed improvements, tagging, and more. First off, Plex says that personal photos are now incorporated with personal videos. Previously, Plex kept photos and videos in two separate libraries. Furthermore, Plex has dramatically overhauled the photo viewer on the service’s web client....

Poco X3 NFC is one of the best budget smartphones you can buy now globally. The device packs in strong specs, an excellent camera, a beautiful display, and absolutely fantastic battery life. If you have bought this device and still have not received a new update on your device, then this guide is for you. Here, we will share all the latest Global Stable ROM for Poco X3 NFC. If you have not received any new updates to the device recently, then follow up on our guide on how you can check for the software update manually....

We learned back in May that DeNA Co was working on a new game known as Pokémon Masters. It’s now available for download — but you may have a little difficulty playing it… CNET notes that you may struggle to get started with the new game. Pokémon Masters takes place on the artificial island of Pasio. On Pasio, Pokémon and their Trainers—called sync pairs—share a special bond. Many famous Trainers from every region featured so far in the Pokémon video games have gathered on Pasio along with their partner Pokémon and formed their own sync pairs....

While we’re still a ways off from the announcement and subsequent release of the iPhone 7, early rumors have suggested that the device will largely feature the same design as the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s. This goes against Apple’s general habit of refreshing the design of its flagships every other year, so we’re curious: Would you upgrade to the iPhone 7 if the design was largely the same as the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s?...

Popular live TV app Channels is getting a price cut on iOS, its developers announced today. The app, which allows HDHomeRun tuner users to view live TV on their iOS devices, was previously priced at $14.99, but is now available for free. What Channels does is allow you to stream local over-the-air programming to your iOS device or Apple TV using an HDHomeRun tuner. The app supports HD playback, 5.1 surround sound, and more....

The Paranoid Android ROM is known for some of the unique features that the ROM incorporates including Halo, PIE controls and Per-App DPI settings. Much more recently, the PA team introduced a new style of multi-tasking that allows apps to over-draw over the currently running application. This means that you can have a floating app running on top of any app you are already using in the background. Portal aims to bring Paranoid Android’s Multi-tasking style and Halo (Floating notifications) style to all Android devices out there....

Portrait mode for iPhone arrived back in 2016 as a beta. The Bokeh effect photo feature has improved and evolved over the years but Apple still hasn’t offered the feature for shooting video. Now a new app called Focos Live adds the functionality to shoot wide aperture videos with a Bokeh effect on iPhone. Shortly after Apple launched Portrait mode for photos, my colleague Michael Steeber wrote a detailed piece in 2017 describing how iPhone could take the feature further by offering Portrait mode for videos....

What is PostgreSQL? Postgre is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS). It was developed at the Computer Science Department in the University of California. Postgres pioneered many concepts. Postgre is an Enterprise-class relational database system. It is easy to setup and installs. It offers support for SQL and NoSQL. It has a great community which happy to serve you when you are facing issues while using PostgreSQL. What is MySQL?...