Super Mario, favourite game of 90’s kids. We all helped Mario to save his beautiful little princess from that Dragon’s bloody dungeon, but we all made Super Mario to wait a long to rescue her.
Now a die hard fan of Super Mario, a US based gamer known as Darbian has set a new world record by completing video game Super Mario Brothers in just 4 minutes, 57 seconds, 627 milliseconds.
Darbian beat Super Mario Bros. in just 4:57:627 on Sunday, beating out the previous world record of 4:57:69. So Darbian’s time shaved 66 milliseconds off the previous record, set by gamer i_o_l a year ago, underscoring the razor-thin margins that separate victory and defeat in the pursuit known as “speedrunning.”
The impressive feat was performed on an actual old school NES console. To blaze through the levels at a rapid clip involved some very deft and incredibly economical gaming skills allowing for few extraneous moves.
Twitch published a video where you can watch Darbian’s heart rate as it spikes in response to the onscreen speedrun action and gamer also posted a debriefing on Reddit. Darbian says he made “notable mistakes,” so his record is technically vulnerable to being one-upped.
Super Mario Brothers is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo. It was chosen as the No 1 game by Imagine Games Network, a rating company, in its list of top 100 games of all time.
Youtube Video Of Record Breaking Super Mario Mission
Facebook added a new kind of feature that will help you to secure your accounts from hacking. Now Facebook will notify if your account has been hacked by an attacker who is working on behalf of a nation-state.
A blog post has been shared on Facebook on Oct. 17, saying the protection of its user’s accounts is more important than anything else, which is why it continuously monitors malevolent activities and provides a multitude of options to safeguard user accounts. The company is sending the notification to affected users as it claims these attacks are more dangerous and advanced as compared to others.
Alex Stamos, the Chief Security Officer at Facebook wrote on the blog post — “While we have always taken steps to secure accounts that we believe to have been compromised, we decided to show this additional warning if we have a strong suspicion that an attack could be government-sponsored. We do this because these types of attacks tend to be more advanced and dangerous than others, and we strongly encourage affected people to take the actions necessary to secure all of their online accounts. “
Here’s what the notification looks like on the desktop version of the Facebook website:
Facebook Will Notify If Your Account Is Being Hacked | Image Source: Facebook
“Please Secure Your Accounts Now. Jay, we believe your Facebook account and other online accounts may be the target of attacks from state-sponsored actors,” reads the sample desktop notification users will receive if their accounts have been compromised.
So if you get that Facebook notification, you should take it seriously. The notification does not indicate that Facebook’s own system has been compromised. Rather, the warning may suggest that users’ computers or smartphone houses malware that cybercriminals are using to gain illegal access to their accounts. The company recommends rebuilding or replacing any system that may have been infected by malware, as well as turning on login approvals.
Facebook added it does not disclose how they attribute particular attacks to hackers to safeguard the integrity of its processes and methods. However, it does claim it only intends to use the notifications in circumstances where the proof strongly backs its conclusion.
Additionally, turning on login approvals is a good practice to help keep other individuals from logging into other users’ accounts. Whenever accounts are accessed via new browsers or devices, Facebook will send codes to users’ phones. Facebook hopes the notification will help security-minded individuals who want to protect their data, according to Stamos. In addition, it promises it will constantly enhance its capability to detect and prevent attacks against its users.
Soon Youtube will make you pay to watch some new videos. Am not joking, world of free videos, Youtube come forward with new programming that would require users to pay up to watch content. The new slate of programming will only be available to people who join its upcoming subscription services.
Re/Code reports that Youtube now intends to use at least some of the content it is bankrolling as a bonus for its premium subscription service, which will also include features like ad-free videos.
YouTube will continue to operate a free, ad-supported version of the site, and has said that all of the videos that appear on the free site will be available on its paid version — which is why YouTube is insisting that all video-makers who make money from YouTube ads need to participate in the subscription service as well.
It’s unclear when you’ll be able to see the new programming YouTube is announcing. Sources say some of the stuff YouTube is paying for hasn’t been created yet, and won’t be available until 2016.
The Battelle anti-drone weapon DroneDefender is a thoroughly dystopian looking gun-type gadget that uses targeted radio pulses to neutralize in-flight drones and force them to land or hover. Despite its appearance, it’s not made to fire any projectile. Instead, the DroneDefender works by jamming the communications of commercial drones, causing them to lose control and, ideally, land.
Video Demo Of Anti-Drone Weapon DroneDefender
You can watch the video given below to know how the anti-drone weapon DroneDefender works. It shows how the weapon is able to stop a drone in its tracks and cause it to land.
The DroneDefender weighs less than 10 pounds and can be mounted on any existing weapon with a picatinny rail—a fairly standard mount found on military rifles and can disable a hostile drone within a 400-meter radius.
How Anti-Drone Weapon DroneDefender Works?
As soon as the trigger is pulled, DroneDefender emits radio pulses that interrupt the communications system of the drone (both drone and GPS signal it sends out) and makes it think that it gone out of range, thereby preventing the drone from accepting any additional commands from its operator. The drone then enters into its safety protocols that force it to either hover in its position or slowly prepares to land, or return to its point of origin.
“The system works by disrupting radio control frequencies between the drone and the pilot,” — Dan Stamm, who developed the DroneDefender, said to Motherboard. “It basically makes the drone think that it’s gone out of range. The drone enters into its safety protocols which include one of three options. It’ll either hover in position until the pilot can regain control link, it lands so the pilot can recover it physically, or it returns to its point of origin.”
Credit: Battlle
It’s primary targets are small commercial drones flown in places the federal government doesn’t want them to be: the radio bands it uses to disrupt drone signals are restricted, so this isn’t a product for everyday consumers annoyed by their neighbors quadcopter. Not to mention the fact that currently, the cost hasn’t been publicized.
Though other companies have tried to make drone-neutralizing devices before, this is the first device that is able to knock drones out of the sky without purposefully damaging it.Battelle is a major government contractor that helps manage some of the country’s national laboratories and regularly makes scientific breakthroughs and discoveries.
Stamm noted that the DroneDefender would be useful for controlling drones over wildfires, public events, or other sensitive airspace. In several instances, police have attempted to force drones down with their helicopters or have interrupted pilots while they’re flying, which is usually more dangerous than asking them to bring a drone down safely. The DroneDefender could potentially provide a safer method of stopping a drone.
The device can only be used by the federal government because the radio frequencies it uses are governed by the Federal Communications Commission. That means consumers probably won’t ever be able to buy a DroneDefender, either.
Programming is a creative process done by group of people called programmers to instruct a computer on how to do a task. A computer programmer, or coder, is someone who writes computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software. The term programmer can be used to refer to a software developer, software engineer, computer scientist, or software analyst.
A computer programmer figures out the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging/troubleshooting and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in a programming language so the computer can ‘understand’ it. The code may be a modification of an existing source or something completely new. The computer programmer also designs a graphical user interface (GUI) so that non-technical users can use the software through easy, point-and-click menu options. The GUI acts as a translator between the user and the software code.
The purpose of programming is to create a program that produces a certain desired behavior (customization). The process of writing source code often requires expertise in many different subjects, including knowledge of the application domain, specialized algorithms and formal logic.
So the below infographic will answer some common questions like what is programming, how does computer program works, what software developers do and don’t do, what are the common struggles, etc.
Mobile websites are facing a new threat as millions download ad blockers to their phones and tablets, removing pesky adverts but potentially wiping out billions of dollars in advertising revenue.
There were close to 200-million downloads of ad-blocking software by the middle of this year, according to research firm PageFair, but only 1.6% of the blocking was done on mobile devices rather than computers. That could be changing as mobile ad-blocking software becomes increasingly popular across the globe, particularly after the move by Apple to incorporate it directly into its latest iPhone and iPad operating system iOS9. The software tends to be cheap and effective. Quickly installed, it reduces the clutter on web pages, speeds up performance and spares users some of the click-bait that many find hard to stomach.
While the Chinese government trawls websites for politically sensitive content, they remain littered with pop-up advertising, forcing millions to buy apps such as 360 Mobilephone Guard. In Hong Kong, mobile ad blockers Purify Blocker and Crystal recently entered the top 30 paid-for iPhone apps.
A study by Adobe and PageFair in August said the losses for websites that rely on advertising could be huge — an estimated $21.8bn this year and rising to $41bn next year.
There is particular concern that Apple’s promotion of ad blocking may bring it into the mainstream, where once it was reserved for more tech-savvy users.
“It’s dangerous because it democratizes ad blocking and we know how good Apple is at making these things simple for users,” — said Hicham Berrada, head of France de Teads, a video advertising firm.
Apple has little to lose, given that it does not rely on advertising revenue, as competitors such as Google and Facebook do. Google has been reluctant to embrace ad-blocking apps, although some third-party developers are offering them for Google’s Android cellphones, with one app boasting more than half a million downloads.
Google doesn’t make it easy because it makes most of its money from advertising,Silicon Valley analyst Rob Enderle said.
“If advertisers get the sense everyone is blocking ads, they are going to stop funding content. There is a big concern. A lot of publishers can’t take another readjustment in ad revenue. The folks who make the primary money on advertising are concerned.”
Digital media advertising had been forecast to grow 15.7% this year, according to analysis agency Carat, but that could soon look like a peak. “We were in an extremely favorable situation because mobile opened up a huge range of functions that were not available on the web,” said Sophie Poncin, head of an internet advertisers’ union in France, highlighting the particular value of GPS positioning for advertisers.
The ad men are already reacting to the new environment and calling for change. Mr Berrada’s firm recently published a manifesto urging less annoying ads: an end to pop-up videos that fill the screen. They are also appealing to users to recognize the importance of advertising in keeping the internet free.
Researchers of Novel Electronics Group at PARC, a Xerox company has developed a new tempered glass-made computer chip can self destruct in 5 seconds. Researchers says that this new technology can keep sensitive date more secure than before because computer chip can self destruct in 5 seconds when remotely triggered. The chip was put on display at the DARPA organised ‘Wait, What? Technology Forum’ in St. Louis.
The chip uses silicon computer wafers integrated with a piece of tempered glass. This glass can be breaks into small pieces when heated in one spot. Gregory Whiting, a materials scientist and manager of the Novel Electronics Group that produced the chip at California-based PARC company, said, the heat can be turned on using a remote that could conceivably be triggered by anything from Wi-Fi to a radio-frequency signal. The new technology could allow for easier recycling of electronics, or help ensure that data on stolen electronics remains secure, Whiting said.
Whiting told Live Science that the team was initially aim to use off-the-shelf products to create self-destructing chip. Then the researchers considered a number of methods of destruction, from vaporization to dissolving before finalizing with the tempered glass.
A new computer chip made of tempered glass can self destruct with the click of a button. On the left, an image of the computer chip before its self-destruction, while the image on the right shows the chip shattering into smithereens. Credit: PARC, a Xerox company | Image Source : Livescience
The team came upon the idea of tempered glass, an extra strength material also known as safety glass. Normally, people temper glass by cooling the edges: The glass exterior shrinks, putting the exterior into compression while the warmer interior maintains incredible tensile stress. Though the glass is stronger than normal.
“if you break a piece of safety glass, it kind of explodes, shatters explosively into little pieces,” — Whiting said.
As glass is a poor temperature conductor, the heat-tempering process takes place only pieces of glass that are at least 0.03 inches thick, whereas producing tiny particles requires thinner materials.
To temper the glass the team came forward with a new method called ion exchange. The researchers started with a thin piece of glass that was rich in sodium ions, or atoms of sodium with one electron stripped off. They then put the glass into a hot bath of potassium nitrate. Potassium ions then try to swap places with the sodium ions, but because the heftier potassium ions must squeeze into place within the silicon matrix, this creates enormous tension in the glass, Whiting said.
The new method lets the chip makers to put silicon wafers directly on the glass, and the resulting product looks like a piece of glass with thin metallic lines. In order to destroy the chip, the team triggers the chip with a tiny heating element, which causes a thermal shock that creates a fracture that spreads throughout the glass. The current demonstration uses a piece of glass that is 250 micrometers thick, but theoretically, any size glass could be used, Whiting said.
The new technology of computer chip can self destruct in 5 seconds provide an extra advanced layer of protection to sensitive data because the self-destruction technique not only erases all the data from the chip but also alters the tiny bits that make it almost impossible to put together.
Want to be a British superspy but can’t exactly afford an Aston Martin supercar? How about something less expensive, such as this licensed Aston Martin Racing 808 smartphone , with a starting price tag of $6,000 USD.
I think its a good deal cheaper than a supercar, but it’s still quite a hefty amount for a smartphone, and that’s really only for the base model. If you’re feeling up to splurging, an 18-karat gold and diamond version can be purchased for a whopping $30,000 USD.
Aston Martin Racing 808 Smartphone (AMR 808) features a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.5GHz, a middling 2GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage. While the 4.7-inch display only has a 1,280×720-pixel resolution, it uses an expensive sapphire glass screen for protection. It have 13-megapixel rear camera, a 2,000mAh battery and dual-SIM LTE support. The AMR 808 runs Android 5.0, which appears to be the stock version of Google’s mobile software. Beyond a gimmicky wallpaper that says “Engine start” but obviously does nothing of the sort, there’s no bundled software.
(Image credit: Aloysius Low/CNET)
This isn’t the first time an Aston Martin Racing-licensed phone has been made available. The maker of the phone, Hong Kong-based Primo Mobile, first released an Aston Martin smartphone back in 2012 called the Aspire 668. The phone didn’t exactly set the world on fire, but the newer AMR 808 is already set to go places when it launches on December 15.
The Aston Martin Racing 808 Smartphone (AMR 808) will be available at high-end department store Selfridges in London, and sold online on the Singapore Airlines website. There are also plans to launch the phone in Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore and China in early December.Given the competition it faces from other luxury smartphones, such as the Vertu New Signature Touch, the Aston Martin Racing 808 has its work cut out for it to reach the finish line.
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