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  You probably don’t need telling that   Android   is a very   powerful and versatile  Operating System   but   Google   is working on something else which may well end up being   a direct replacement .      So before we get into it a quick note on  kernels . Computer  Kernels  are the core of the operating system. They provide the basic mechanism around which the  Operating System (OS)  can be built and a lot of  Androids’ main problems  come from the fact that it is based off the line of the kernel, which was not originally intended for phones. In fact,  Android  the software itself was built initially for  digital cameras. S o from its very core, it isn’t exactly specialized for what a phone it needs to do, so what about  Fuchsia.      Well,  this OS  will base off a completely  new kernel  with two key benefits. It is designed with the...

 Chinese scientists have unveiled next-generation wearable tech in the form of flexible, breathable electronic fabric which serves as a wearable, washable, interactive display, with diverse applications from telecoms to medicine. Polymer scientists Peining Chen and Huisheng Peng at Fudan University in Shanghai achieved the remarkable feat by weaving electrically conductive transparent fibers and luminescent threads together with cotton yarn.  This intricate yet flexible framework could form the basis for ‘smart clothing’ to accompany the already largely ubiquitous smartphones and smart watches seen around the developed world today. The researchers produced a sheet of woven ‘smart’ fabric 20 feet long by 10 inches wide which can serve as a fabric display comprising roughly half a million pixels, one for each point of overlap between each of the different thread types.  Their wearable displays are reportedly about as bright as the average flat-screen TV and their performanc...

Early last month, the security team at Coinbase noticed something strange going on in Ethereum Classic, one of the cryptocurrencies people can buy and sell using Coinbase’s popular exchange platform. Its blockchain, the history of all its transactions, was under attack. An attacker had somehow gained control of more than half of the network’s computing power and was using it to rewrite the transaction history. That made it possible to spend the same cryptocurrency more than once—known as “double spends.” The attacker was spotted pulling this off to the tune of $1.1 million. Coinbase claims that no currency was actually stolen from any of its accounts. But a second popular exchange, Gate.io, has admitted it wasn’t so lucky, losing around $200,000 to the attacker (who, strangely, returned half of it days later). Just a year ago, this nightmare scenario was mostly theoretical. But the so-called 51% attack against Ethereum Classic was just the latest in a series of recent attacks...

The government in Oslo spending billions of oil export dollars to help the affluent buy an electric second car they wouldn’t otherwise want is European environmentalism at its phoniest and most hare-brained. It’s not that you can’t financially encourage societies to be more planet-conscious, but this charade of perverse incentives, inefficiencies, and negative side effects is not it. Norway’s electric car miracle is primarily one of numbers. Last year, EVs accounted for 49.8 percent of all cars purchased in the country, and so far this year three in five new cars bought in Norway are electric. For comparison, 2.1 percent of new cars registered in the US last year were EVs, while for the EU the figure is even lower – 0.9 percent. Thus, with a population of only 5 million, Norway has become the world’s third biggest electric car market. This has burnished the Scandinavian country's credentials as a land populated by uniquely-ethical people. But how has this incredible out...

In 2010, scientists warned we’d already built enough carbon-dioxide-spewing infrastructure to push global temperatures up 1.3 ˚C, and stressed that the fossil-fuel system would only continue to expand unless “extraordinary efforts are undertaken to develop alternatives.” In a sequel to that paper published in Nature today , researchers found we’re now likely to sail well past 1.5 ˚C of warming, the aspirational limit set by the Paris climate accords, even if we don’t build a single additional power plant, factory, vehicle, or home appliance. Moreover, if these components of the existing energy system operate for as long as they have historically, and we build all the new power facilities already planned, they’ll emit about two thirds of the carbon dioxide necessary to crank up global temperatures by 2 ˚C. If fractions of a degree don’t sound that dramatic, consider that 1.5 ˚C of warming could already be enough to expose 14% of the global population to bouts of severe heat, m...

There’s something very special about bioluminescent algae. They soak up sunlight, absorb carbon dioxide, and in return, breathe out oxygen while emitting a soft fluorescent glow. In essence, it’s nature’s all-in-one version of a solar panel, a carbon sink and a light bulb. With that very thought, French biochemist Pierre Calleja has spent several years working on a way to harness the microorganisms’ special abilities to help mitigate some of planet Earth’s most pressing problems, namely global warming, threats to ecosystems and the need for renewables. His solution comes in the shape of a cylindrical algae-powered lamp that requires no electricity and is thus completely self-sufficient, operating through a process wherein all the energy produced during photosynthesis is collected and stored in a battery that helps to power the light during the evenings. Microalgae is incredibly efficient at removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, about 150 to 200 times more than tree...

Robot Sewing Demonstration from Sewbo, Inc. from Jon Zornow on Vimeo . Today, sewing relies on the low-tech power of human hands, but soon that may not be the case. Human workers are still needed for the final steps of making clothes, in order to align fabrics and correctly feed them into sewing machines. If robots could do that instead, shock waves of change would surely ripple through global supply chains and disrupt the lives of millions of low-wage earners in the developing world. For better or worse, plenty of technologists, researchers, and companies are working on the challenge of automating textile sewing but so far, getting robots to navigate the imprecisions of flimsy textile materials that easily bend has proven elusive. One promising solution, though, has come from the brain of Jonathan Zornow, a young freelance web developer with no previous background in robotics, manufacturing, or the apparel business. His project, Sewbo, recently demonstrated the wo...

VCC (power supply), GND (ground), VPP (voltage programming power), I/O (input/output), D- (USB Inter-chip) A subscriber identity module or Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) is an integrated circuit that securely stores the International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and the related key used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephony devices ,such as mobile phones and computers. It is also a portable memory chip used mostly in cell phones that operate on the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network. These cards hold the personal information of the account holder, including his or her phone number, address book, text messages, and other data. When a user wants to change phones, he or she can usually easily remove the card from one handset and insert it into another. SIM cards are convenient and popular with many users, and are a key part of developing cell phone technology. Sim Cards are of four (4) Types. Named as Below H1, H2, ...

In late 2015, India announced their belief that solar would become cheaper than coal, by 10%, within the next five years. This was a tremendous milestone, considering that India houses 6 out of 10 of the most polluted cities in the world. So what do we do with that prediction? Well, take the next five years, and cut that into one year. India announced in april 2016 that solar is now cheaper than coal, and it’s on a fast track to having a hefty supply of it. This is notable, as solar and renewable energy sources are extremely important for reducing air pollution. Especially in poorer, developing nations, this switch from non-renewables to renewables is absolutely crucial. With that switch comes the need to assess costs. Money is always a determining factor. Is it more beneficial to build a solar grid that’s more expensive than building and maintaining a coal-fired power plant? But now, this question may not be necessary, as capital costs are down a staggering 60% i...

Keyboard Shorcuts (Microsoft Windows) 1. CTRL+C (Copy) 2. CTRL+X (Cut) ...... 3. CTRL+V (Paste) 4. CTRL+Z (Undo) 5. DELETE (Delete) 6. SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin) 7. CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item) 8. CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item) 9. F2 key (Rename the selected item) 10. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word) 11. CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word) 12. CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph) 13. CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph) 14. CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text) SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document) 15. CTRL+A (Select all) 16. F3 key (Search for a...

The new year is upon us, and it’s time to look toward what the next 365 days have in store. I look at what the best Linux distributions  of 2016 were and would be for 2017, to be found from the ever-expanding crop of possibilities. Of course, I cannot just create a list of operating systems and say “these are the best,” not when so often Linux can be very task-oriented. To that end, I’m going to list which distros got the most pageviews in the last 12 months on Distrowatch.com 10.) Arch Linux -    Architecture: arm, i686, x86_64 Desktop: Cinnamon, Enlightenment, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, MATE, Xfce Arch Linux is an independently developed, i686- and x86_64-optimised Linux distribution targeted at competent Linux users. It uses 'pacman', its home-grown package manager, to provide updates to the latest software applications with full dependency tracking. Operating on a rolling release system, Arch can be installed from a CD image or via an FTP server. The ...

Just a lil background first.IP address is your addresses on the internet. Everyone gets one from their ISP and each time you visit a website you give your IP address to that site.                                           One of the most common techniques for hacking is known as brute force password cracking. Using tools available online, you can run large lists of possible passwords (usually in the millions) against various network security protocols until the correct password is discovered. The length of time a brute force password attack takes depends on the processing speed of your computer, your Internet connection speed (and any proxy servers you are relying on for anonymity), and some of the security features that may or may not be installed on the target system. To maximize the effectiveness of a brute force password attack, a good hacker will also incorporat...