Leaked images of Samsung Galaxy S10 models surface

Noted leaker Evan Blass has published leaked images of what could be the Samsung Galaxy S10 models. Above we see, from left to right, the Samsung Galaxy S10E, S10, and S10+ with their back and their front shown.

The Samsung Galaxy S10E seems to be sporting dual cameras in the same fashion as the S9 models. The more premium  S10 and S10+ look to have a triple camera array displayed in the rear. Featuring the Snapdragon 855 processor and ither 6GB or 8GB of RAM with storage ranging from 128GB to 512GB, the Galaxy S10 line should offer plenty of specs and features to satisfy Samsung fans looking for an upgrade.

Samsung plans to launch this device and possibly their foldable smartphone at an Unpacked event on February 20th.

Source: NeoWin.Net

Microsoft to end support for Windows 10 Mobile in December

The time has come to say goodbye to your Windows 10 Mobile device. Microsoft has stopped developing new features or hardware for Windows 10 Mobile back in 2017. Now, the company is ready to end support for security and software updates. Starting December 10, 2019, Microsoft will no longer issue these updates. The company is recommending its users to switch to Android or iOS. After it pulls support in December though, device backups for settings and some apps will continue to run for three more months until March 10, 2020. Microsoft also notes “some services including photo uploads and restoring a device from an existing device backup may continue to work for up to another 12 months from end of support.”

Source: The Verge

Speed trap warnings come to some Google Maps users in the US

Google continues to bring in some of Waze’s features to Google Maps. The latest one is speed trap warnings. It started showing up for some users in November and December. But now there seems to be more sightings of the feature within the app and the reports are made by other drives within the area. What this feature does is give warnings to drivers about areas where they might get a speeding ticket. It’s not a feature that’s particularly popular with law enforcement, as expected.

The warnings show up as orange markers along the driver’s route. If you tap on one of them, you’ll get information such as whether it’s a speed camera as well as when the alert was last updated. There’s also a new speed limit icon being displayed at the bottom left corner of the navigation screen, and an audio notification will also sound off when they’re near speed cameras. According to BGR, it isn’t clear when the feature will come to all Google Maps users, but for now it’s available in specific locations in the US. If you want to use the feature now though, you can still turn to Waze.

Source: Slash Gear

Massive breach exposes 773 million emails, 21 million passwords

You can check if your account or password has been breached through sites like Have I Been Pwned

Data breaches are unfortunately something we seem to be constantly straddled with lately. And one of the ones that are being reported now isn’t something to scoff at either. So, we’re just here to remind you to change passwords, don’t use the same password for different accounts, enable multifactor authentication where available, and think of finally getting a password manager, or better ways to come up with a password (this is a good podcast episode to listen to). It’s been called the “Collection #1” breach and considered the largest public data breach by volume. It’s said to have hit 772,904,991 unique emails and 21,222,975 unique passwords. Have I Been Pwned’s Troy Hunt reported about the breach. He says a large file of 12,000 separate files and 87GB of data were uploaded to cloud service MEGA, and this information was later posted to a popular hacking forum. The data is said to be an amalgamation of over 2,000 databases, and that this database contains “dehashed” passwords. This means the methods used to scramble passwords into unreadable strings has been cracked and the passwords are exposed. So, again, if you’re affected, it’s better to change those passwords now. Or if you aren’t but haven’t updated your passwords in a while, we suggest you do that now.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t end there. According to security reporter Brian Krebs, Collection #1 is a single offering from a seller who claims to have at least six more batches of data. And Krebs writes that this person is selling “almost 1 Terabyte of stolen and hacked passwords.” And this breach is at least two to three years old. But while it’s old, it doesn’t exactly mean it couldn’t still be used for malicious means.

Source: Gizmodo