In what appears to yet another case of malware disguised as a legitimate app, security researchers from Symantec have found a new app that advertised itself as an unofficial version of Telegram messaging app — only to push malicious websites in the background. Named MobonoGram 2019, the app used open-source code of the legitimate Telegram app, but was injected with malware before it was published on the Google Play Store....

On Thursday, during Stellantis’ EV Day 2021, the automaker pledged to offer a “zero-emission, fully-electric” 4xe model in every single segment of its SUV lineup by 2025. By the same year, Jeep also expects that electric vehicles will make up 70% of the total sales. Unfortunately, the company didn’t disclose any further details, but it did give away some special features, including autonomous off-road technology and drone-pairing. And if that’s still left wanting more, here’s an extra that might cheer you up: the brand gave the first official look at the 2022 Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrid, which is rumored to have the same gasoline-electric powertrain as the 2021 Wrangler 4xe....

Assange is expected to appeal the decision, which overturns a judgment issued earlier this year. The WikiLeaks co-founder is wanted in the US for allegedly illegally obtaining and disclosing classified information related to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In January, a UK court ruled that Assange couldn’t be extradited, due to concerns over his mental health and risk of suicide in a US prison. The US government appealed the decision....

Kik’s CEO, Ted Livingston, said in a blog post this morning that the ongoing fight with the SEC has left the company with no other decision but to shut down its messaging app. “…all is not well,” Livingston said. “This is a direct impact from the [SEC’s] legal action.” Kik is also reducing its staff of hundreds down to an “elite 19 person team,” – brutal – and says it will now focus on converting Kin users into Kin buyers....

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has granted the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) a Record of Decision for its East San Fernando Valley light rail transit project, certifying that the scheme has satisfied federal guidelines for environmental analysis. The decision paves the way for the authority to seek federal funding for the design and construction of the 14.8-kilometer project, which will connect the Van Nuys Metro “G” (Orange) Line Station with the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station....

Yet whilst this crisis will hit deeper and wider than the others I’ve led businesses through, there are also reasons why running a startup now is a better place to be than when the bubble burst or the financial crisis hit. The dot-com crash in 2001 truly was the bursting of a bubble. Too many poor companies had been buoyed up by the wave of internet-induced hype. When the party ended, the fundamental weaknesses of the UK’s — and the world’s — dot-com scene were revealed....

There is absolutely no previous knowledge or experience required. Or even a piano, for that matter. Get yourself a little keyboard and start with the “Learn Piano Today: How to Play Piano in Easy Online Lessons” course. You will become completely familiar with your instrument and gain a great deal of confidence playing it. Then it will be time to dive deep, and ever deeper, into technique. You’ll learn the basics of good piano playing technique in “Piano Technique Exercises, Volume 1”....

Netherlands-based recruiter Michel Rijnders discovered the problem and posted his findings on the Microsoft-owned professional social network. The potentially serious flaw made it possible for users to post an unofficial job posting on nearly any company’s LinkedIn business page. These listings don’t just show up on the company’s “Jobs” page, but also on Google, which scrapes job listing information from different recruitment websites. — Michel Rijnders (@rijnders) July 25, 2019 Usually, creating job postings requires a premium subscription, but Rijnders said he went on to create job postings for a Chief Executive Officer for Google and LinkedIn at no cost....

Thankfully, there’s LiveXLive, an all-in-one platform with an emphasis on the live music experience. With LiveXLive, members have access to livestreams from more than 35 global music festivals all year long. From the famed Montreux Jazz Festival and the EDC dance music festival in Las Vegas to Bumbershoot in Seattle and Paleo Festival in Europe, you can travel the globe, hitting all the best live music scenes, all without leaving your couch....

Password managers have grown from being a useful, yet somewhat decadent extra 20 years ago to become a virtually essential feature now. With dozens, sometimes hundreds of potential passwords for all your various accounts, logins and accesses, there’s no way you could ever remember them all without a password app. Most start with crafting one uber-important password, one master login that accesses your manager account and virtually unlocks everything else....

And Apple just let him walk out the door and right into Google’s offices where he’ll soon be working for the DeepMind research team. His name is Ian Goodfellow. And letting him walk away from your California-based, Silicon Valley elite, ultra-progressive technology company because he disagrees with your in-office work demands is a scenario that’s so dumb I can’t believe GPT-3 didn’t come up with it. To put this into a sports analogy, this is like letting Tom Brady or Michael Jordan leave your team over a disagreement between them and the team owner on how towels should be folded....

Things aren’t that simple though. I mean, with John McAfee and the internet involved, how could they be? Already, there are conspiracy theories circulating — many of which were started by McAfee himself. He tweeted about suicide just a couple of months ago. And even seems to have “predicted” his demise in a tweet from 2019: #McAfeeDidntKillHimself and Epstein (another famous figure who died in mysterious-ish circumstances) have been trending on Twitter for hours....

Here are some of the hottest stories you might’ve missed over the weekend. Louis Vuitton, the favorite luxury fashion brand of people without any sense of style, is launching a blockchain pilot designed to help customers verify they’re not blowing their pockets empty on counterfeit clothing. ConsenSys and Microsoft are helping the company get the platform off the ground. Privacy-oriented messenger Telegram will reportedly be introducing its own blockchain programming language specifically built for its upcoming cryptocurrency platform, Cointelegraph reports....

The company mentioned a few other features that will define the operating system: separating application, compute, and, core OS to make it secure, constant connectivity, and AI-powered applications. In a blog post, Microsoft said that the said OS will have” form factor agility” – meaning it would work on different kind of devices. This indicates that the operating system might work on laptops, tablets, and phones too (Surface phone incoming?...

“Preview,” in this case, means its not going to be available to everyone. You must live in the US or UK and be an Xbox Insider in the Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead rings (wow, that kind of makes it sound like a cult). You also must own a device running Android 6.0 or higher and a Bluetooth-capable Xbox One controller. They also recommend using one of those phone-holding controller clips, though that could be because Microsoft is personally selling them....

The latest carmaker that’s putting an electric motor into a classic model is Mini. Meet the Mini Recharged The idea was born when the brand showcased a one-off classic Mini Electric at the New York Autoshow back in 2018. According to the company, the reactions were so positive that now a team of engineers at MINI’s Oxford plant have devised an EV conversion package for the iconic hatchback to create the Mini Recharged — available to customers who own a classic Mini....

The phone starts at Rs 13,999 ($195), and has pretty standard budget-phone specifications. The only thing that’s remarkable about it is the action camera on the rear, which is meant to open video capture capabilities similar to what a GoPro might offer. Specifications Screen: 6.3-inch Full HD+ screen, 21:9 aspect ratio Processor: Samsung Exynos 9609, clock speed up to 1.6 GHz RAM: 4GB Rear camera: 12-megapixel wide sensor with f/1....

Motorola’s G series has long been champion of the budget phone market, and produced some of Motorola’s best selling phones. The G8 will presumably slot in between the Play and Plus models in terms of specs, and though the leak makes no mention of price, we imagine it will be somewhere along the $300-$350 mark. Notably, the device features three cameras, which is pretty funny when you consider the $700 Pixel 4 only has two....

But now? It’s a bit tougher, because every-fucking-thing seems to be connected. How many gadgets or products do you connect to your router without really thinking about it? Well — if you’re anything like me — it’s a lot. So, god bless Mozilla for having our lazy backs. The company compiles a yearly report called Privacy Not Included (read it here) where it analyzes a range of popular products to see if they’re secure or not....

The news was announced yesterday following a trustee meeting. The trustee, Nobuaki Kobayashi, is asking the US Department of Justice for details on its investigation which eventually led to the shutdown of BTC-e. “The Rehabilitation Trustee has contacted the US Department of Justice through a US law firm, and seeking further information,” Kobayashi said in a statement. It’s believed that BTC-e played a role in the laundering of funds stolen from Mt Gox that were lost through a series of hacks and scams....