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Android smartphones affected by the cpu leaks of Meltdown and the Spectre
Almost all processors that over the past twenty years, has two major design flaws, so report to security researchers. Those errors to ensure that attackers are relatively easy to hack on any smartphone, tablet, computer or laptop with an affected chip. One of the two bugs shows Android to take, for example, Google. One of the leaks is the Meltdown bug. By a design flaw in the design of chips, attackers are seemingly ‘safe’ applications, attacks, and parts thereof to inherit. So it is possible in theory to take a look with almost all the apps on a smartphone.
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“This is why there is no LG G7 appears this year’
There appears no LG G7. The Korean Digital Daily says of insiders to have heard that LG are vlaggenschepenserie deletes. Instead, the company introduces at the beginning of this year, a new series that will be better able to compete with devices like the Samsung Galaxy S9. The decision does not come as a big surprise. Devices in the LG G series over the past few years as many commercial and critical disappointments. In 2016 the company launched the LG G5 with a lot of fuss as one of the first modular smartphones. Sales fell, however, so heavy that LG never new modules for the device released.
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Preview: our 7 predictions for Android-smartphones in 2018
The mobile market can rapidly change. That have last year we have noticed, with the sudden comeback of Nokia and the getelijke acquisition of HTC by Google. But also in the technological area, there is in 2017 much has changed: irisscanners, borderless smartphones and more made their entrance. Although it is therefore difficult to predict what the coming year brings, do we still an attempt. Below you’ll find our predictions for Android-smartphones in 2018.
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You need to know about the 2018 version of the Nokia 6
The Nokia 6 (2018) is the successor of the original Nokia 6. The phone has slightly more powerful hardware and a more stylish design than its predecessor. Under the hood we find a Snapdragon 630-chip with a octacore processor, which is assisted by 4GB RAM and 32/64GB of storage. The design of the second generation of Nokia 6 is similar to that of many other Nokia phones, with a number of subtle adjustments. It has 5.5 inch display (1920 by 1080 pixels), something thinner edges on the sides, and is the finger print scanner at the back moved. At the first Nokia 6 sat the scanner is still under the screen.
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Samsung MTP leak discovered: older devices may be unprotected
With no more than a usb cable could see all the files on your Samsung smartphone review, as discovered screened Salvatore Mesoraca. The name refers to the “media transfer protocol” or MTP. Connect your smartphone via usb to your computer, then you get the option to use MTP file transfer. Mesoraca discovered, however, that these files on locked smartphones transferred could be. We need a hacker I need a small script to run files inzichtbaar. However, that is quite simple done. Mesoraca has the script now done via Github. Samsung itself has not yet commented on the leak.
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