Technology

    PHONE and email scams are hitting record levels. In the last month 2.5 million UK homes received a scam call. That’s why it’s more important than ever to know what to look out for and be armed against the fraudsters. To help Sun readers be more scam savvy we’ve teamed up with TalkTalk to show you the five most common tactics scammers will use to get you to part with your cash and personal information. Facebook hack claims Cyber criminals could use this trick to 'crack into YOUR private messages' Dot conned Shocking statistics of cyber crime reveal 6million offences as we speak to devastated victims 1. Pretend to be from a well-known brand Mentioning the name of trusted organisations such as banks or utilities companies means you’re likely to believe the call is genuine. 2....

    An MBA in IT or Systems Management can make one eligible in handling administrative problems and tasks related to information technology. Every manager or team leader is expected to know the nitty-gritties of the job, including all technical, marketing and other aspects to efficiently manage his or her team. The need for managers to know the details of the jobs they assign their team has given rise to Masters in Business Administration (MBA) programmes in Information Technology (IT) and Systems Management. If we look at the global MBA scenario, IT-related opportunities make up almost as much as 13 per cent of business administrative jobs. This figure was achieved after the industry witnessed a growth of eight per cent in 2014. The findings are part of a collaborative study...

    Facebook's What friends are talking about section appears right on top of the news feed in form of a small card. Facebook is reportedly testing a new Twitter-like feature that will curate top recent posts from friends and display them in a small section at the top of News Feed. According to Mashable, the social media giant has rolled out the feature for a small group of people and it may not be available for all Facebook users as of now. Mashable spotted the feature called ‘What friends are talking about’ in Facebook app on an Android device. The site posted a screenshot, which displays top posts from friends, one below another. Number of people who’ve commented on each post can also be seen. Facebook’s ‘What friends are talking about’ section appears right on top of the n...

    Apple executives announced the latest generations of the iPhone and Apple Watch today in San Francisco, and both devices have a focus on fitness-minded consumers. CEO Tim Cook announced that the body of the iPhone 7, which features a dual camera system, is made of aluminum and has a “mirrorlike surface.” “It’s the best iPhone that we have ever created,” Cook said. Dual Cameras Apple executive Phil Schiller said the iPhone 7’s front camera is 7 megapixels and the back dual camera system is 12 megapixels. The two-camera setup allows for greater ability to zoom and shallower depth of field — allowing subjects at only a certain distance to be in sharp focus. Shallow depth of field capability is typically the domain of expensive professional cameras. Schiller noted that the imp...

    China and the US have formally ratified a historic climate change agreement drawn up in Paris to cut emissions and fight climate change. Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping delivered documents to UN Secretary-General entering their countries into the pact during a ceremony on Saturday. The document certifies that the two countries - the world's worst polluters for carbon dioxide emissions - have taken all necessary domestic steps needed to join the agreement. Mr Obama said the US was committed to being a global leader in the fight against climate change, hoping the Paris agreement would be remembered as the moment the world united to stop global warming. “This is not a fight that any one country no matter how powerful can take alone,” he added. “Some day we may see this...

    Samsung suspended sales of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone on Friday, just two weeks after the flagship phone's launch, after finding batteries of some of the gadgets exploded while they were charging. Koh Dong-jin, president of Samsung's mobile business, said customers who already bought Note 7s will be able to swap them for new smartphones, regardless of when they purchased them. Samsung is issuing what amounts to its first global recall of the flagship smartphone because it has not found ways to specify exactly which phones may endanger users. Note 7s are being pulled from shelves in 10 countries, including South Korea and the United States. Koh said the company's investigation found that a battery cell made by one of its two battery suppliers caused the phone to catch fir...

    Boeing Plans to End 747, The Plane That Changed the World As epoch-ending statements go, this one was stealthy and carefully modulated: “It is reasonably possible that we could decide to end production of the 747.” And so it slipped out, in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, first reported by Aviation Week, that Boeing foresees the moment when the single most consequential airplane it ever built will come to the end of its viable life—probably around 2020, which would give the 747 fifty years in production. Like millions of people across the globe, I long ago came to take the 747—the Jumbo Jet—waiting at an airport gate as a distinctive and welcome presence, an airplane that reassured you with its substance and solidity; never exactly sexy but with a perso...

    China has issued its sternest warning yet to the UK that bilateral ties stand at a “crucial historical juncture” over London’s deferral of an £18bn nuclear power project. Liu Xiaoming, China’s ambassador to the UK, drew a clear link between Beijing’s desire to see an early go-ahead for the controversial Hinkley Point power project and the future of the UK-China relationship. “Right now, the China-UK relationship is at a crucial historical juncture . . . I hope the UK will keep its door open to China,” Mr Liu wrote in the Financial Times. “I also hope that the British government will continue to support the Hinkley Point C project and come to a decision as soon as possible so that the project could go ahead smoothly,” he added. The UK’s move last month to review the landmar...

    A solar energy farm being built in Yantai, Shandong Province of China Paying for electricity could soon become a thing of the past if analysts at Citi, a global investment bank, are to be believed. Researchers at the bank have calculated that cheaper storage and smart data analytics may soon make solar and wind energy available to consumers in some parts of the world - completely for free. “The notion of free energy came to prominence in the 1960s, as nuclear fusion was touted as a way to provide free energy,” researchers said in the report on disrutive innovation. "Now, Big Data and advanced analytics are developing rapidly to improve forecasting, automation, customisation, and the democratisation of energy. The end result is that we are producing more energy with fewer r...

    On the third day of the Democratic National Convention, when President Barack Obama and vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine are scheduled to speak, WIkileaks has released hacked voicemails from top Democratic officials. The new material from the pro-transparency publisher includes 29 phone calls, totaling about 14 minutes. Many of them are complaints directed at the Democratic National Committee. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange warned CNN there would be "a lot more material" to come, following the publishing of hacked Democratic National Committee internal emails this past Friday." "I’m furious about what you are doing for Bernie Sanders," a caller from the 480 area code, which covers Phoenix, Arizona, said in one voicemail message, listed as file #16014. "He is getting w...