The online crime groups were shunning mobiles and newer technologies in favour of phishing campaigns, said the report from Verizon. The annual analysis catalogues more than 100,000 security incidents that hit thousands of companies in 2015. Almost 90% of the incidents involved attempts to steal cash, it said. The gangs were sticking to booby-trapped emails because they were proving increasingly effective,…

Facebook has apologised after its Safety Check system wrongly asked people if they were caught in a bomb attack in Pakistan. The social networking giant Facebook apologised on Monday after a bug turned its "safety check" feature into a breaking news alert for all users after a powerful blast ripped through a public park in Lahore, killing 69 people and injuring over 250. Facebook turns on…

China's Xbox Gold service is very limited compared with other markets in order to comply with the country's strict censorship laws. Microsoft has announced that it will continue to offer its Gold Xbox Live service for free in China. However the news has disappointed some console owners who believe a subscription would enable them to access more content. The free trial was supposed to have…

A drone racing event, 'World Drone Prix 2016 Dubai' was held this month. The organizers released a teaser on youtube and it has already created a sensation among drone lovers.   The video shows the custom tracks from Skydive Dubai to the qualifier track (indoor) to aerial track. Plus it shows drones test the rainbow themed tracks. The whole…

  Virgin Galactic unveiled its new SpaceShip Two vehicle. It’s a vehicle that the company will use to replace the previous SpaceShip which crashed in 2014 during a routine test flight. The vehicle is similar to its predecessor and it will launch and return to the Earth the same way but there are few key changes to mainly to make the spaceship safer and prevent in-flight error. The new SpaceShip…

  Samsung just released its flagship phones for 2016 on MWC (Mobile World Congress) 2016 at Barcelona - Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. They are very similar in looks like last year’s Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge but there are some key differences that Samsung has really improved in a number of ways. The main improvement is on S7 Edge where the screen size has been increased from 5.1 inch…

  Google has added 13 new languages to Google Translate In a recent update Google added 13 new languages to its Google Translate service. As a result now you can access a total of 103 different languages using Google Translate.  The 13 new languages are Amharic (Ethiopia), Corsican (Corsica island in France), Frisian (Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands), Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan), Hawaiian,…

  Ringing Bells, an Indian tech company has unveiled what seems to be the cheapest smartphone ever on the planet!  Named Freedom 21, it is a smartphone powered by Android which is priced as just INR 251, which approximately translates to $4 according to current exchange rates.  Specification wise you get a phone that is powered by a quad-core 1.3GHz processor, a 4-inch display IPS,…

As the smartphone action shifts to the mass market, leaders Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc are under pressure to make their high-end phones more affordable to revive sales. And that may spell trouble for already-softening margins. Samsung, which said on Tuesday it would likely post a second straight quarterly profit decline, has knocked around a tenth off the price of its Galaxy S5 in South…

(CNN) A judge in California ordered Apple on Tuesday to help the FBI break into the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. The phone was used by Syed Farook, who -- along with his wife -- killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in December. The couple was later killed in a shootout with police. Authorities had gotten the consent of the county that owned the phone and a warrant to…

Bill Gates has been declared the richest man in the world for the 16th time by Forbes magazine's annual ranking of global billionaires. The Microsoft founder once again beat Mexican businessman Carlos Slim to the top spot. Mr Gates' net worth rose by just over $3bn (£1.94bn) in the year to 13 February, to $79bn. There are a record 1,826 billionaires in the world, Forbes said, an increase…

At a time when the world is bracing itself against the growing Zika virus, social networking giant Facebook has partnered with Brazil’s non-profit Abrasco Divulga to help combat the disease that has spread to more than 20 countries. In a Facebook post, its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that as a community, “we can help fight the Zika virus by raising awareness”. “The…