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Kim Kardashian attended a cringe-worthy improv class with Scott Disick during a recent taping of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. The longtime friends were guest students at the famed Groundlings school in Hollywood. Many notable comedy stars ranging from Dax Shepard to Maya Rudolph are graduates of the program there. Kim got nervous in front of a crowd, which is commonplace for the reality TV star. Fans might remember the time the mom of four was pulled on stage by pop legend Prince during one of his concerts back in 2011....

For those who are new to CTF challenges and are not aware of the platform, VulnHub is a well-known website for security researchers. It provides users with a method to learn and practice their hacking skills through a series of challenges in a safe and legal environment. Please Note: For all of these machines, I have used Oracle Virtual Box to run the downloaded machine. I am using Kali Linux as an attacker machine for solving this CTF....

Gartner today is out with its latest report concerning the smartphone industry during the fourth quarter of 2016. According to the data, global sales of smartphones to users totaled 432 million units during the quarter, an increase of 7 percent compared to the year before. Perhaps most notably, Q4 2016 saw Apple leapfrog Samsung to become the number 1 global smartphone vendor…. In Q4 2016, Apple sold roughly 77 million iPhones, up from 71....

That kind of publicity isn’t good for business, which is why the company has announced a program that calls on hackers, security researchers, developers to help find security flaws in Android. It’s called the Android Security Rewards program, it will reward those on the outside of headquarters who invest their time efforts to help make Android more secure. In exchange for reporting security vulnerabilities things of the like, will provide monetary rewards public recognition....

There is no denying the fact that Motion Launch on the HTC One (M8) is an extremely useful feature. Even Samsung with its kitchen-sink approach has not included any similar feature on the Samsung Galaxy S5, which is a bummer. Worry not though, as an XDA developer, Acela1230, has released an app on the Play Store — Knockr — that brings HTC’s Motion Launch to not just the Galaxy S5, but any OLED based Android device....

Any operating system command line causes “discussions” over the Internet. Some promote the use of graphical user interfaces, which say using the mouse to manage 100% of their systems, and we also have those, better known as warriors, using the existing command line in Linux distributions, Unix operating systems, and Windows to perform most of their daily activities. Also Read: How to Install Linux On Android Phone Without Rooting For those who manage networks, systems, and servers, it is essential to know how to use the command line....

King Kong came roaring back to life in Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures’ Kong: Skull Island, which easily topped the U.S. box office in its opening weekend with about $61 million. However, the film has quickly dropped off in subsequent weeks after its opening as the competition stiffened with the likes of Beauty and the Beast and Power Rangers crowding the field. With a MonsterVerse planned from Warner Bros. and Legendary, producers were likely hoping for more from Kong: Skull Island’s domestic box office numbers....

Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ Kylie Jenner have split due to the rampant rumors of Travis Scott cheating on her. Now that the world knows that they are no longer together, both Kylie and Travis have spoken out, separately, about the rumors. Kylie, who found fame with her family’s reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, started dating rapper Travis Scott back in April 2017 when they were spotted packing on the PDA, around the time she became the youngest billionaire....

The Los Angeles Unified School District is exploring the possibility of litigation against Apple over the failed project intended to provide every student with an iPad, reports the LA Times. The project ran into early problems when students figured out how to bypass the restrictions designed to ensure the devices could be used only for school work, shortly before the district was accused of having miscalculated the cost of the program....

This form of malware is a big challenge from the banking security team’s point-of-view, as the accesses are performed through the victim’s device — a trusted device. How Lampion spreads Lampion was identified by Segurança-Informática (SI) LAB in December 2019. This malware has spread via phishing campaigns using the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax’s email templates. It requires the recipients to click on a link within the email to avoid being misled by criminals....

There are many laptops that ship with Linux preinstalled. Meaning you get better hardware support and then save some bucks off for not paying for Windows. THANK YOU! So what are your options if you wanted a laptop with Linux preinstalled? Read along. Laptops Ship Pre-installed With Linux DELL ​Dell makes some of the best PCs around. Quite recently, they have brought to market Linux based counterparts of some of their popular laptops....

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Snapchat just got a pretty noteworthy update. And while the first bullet point in this update’s change log — on-demand geofilters — was introduced at the end of last month, a few of these features are entirely new. Among them are the ability to add links to your snaps, Backdrops, and Voice Filters. The links, otherwise knowns as “Paperclips” — are probably the most important of today’s additions. With this feature you can just tap the Paperclip button when creating a snap to attach a website, and viewers of your snap will be able to just swipe up to view it....

Kinsa today has announced the launch of its Elmo Smart Ear Thermometer and companion application. The device announced today is a visual update on their original Smart Ear Thermometer sporting an Elmo themed design instead of the original blue. The Elmo Smart Ear Thermometer takes one-second readings, combines them with acknowledged symptoms from within the app, and then uses that data to create actionable next steps. Available through the companion app, Sesame Street’s Elmo gives children empathetic words such as “feel better soon” and sympathizes with them when they aren’t feeling well....

Writer-director Rian Johnson says he would love to do a Knives Out sequel with Daniel Craig. Knives Out is one of this Thanksgiving’s most anticipated releases after its screening at this year’s Toronto Film Festival earned a standing ovation and extremely positive reviews. It currently boasts a 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and the Knives Out box office projections are looking good. The star-studded film is a classic whodunit mystery, as the affluent and dysfunctional Thrombey family gathers for their patriarch Harlan’s (Christopher Plummer) birthday....

While on The Tonight Show, Kristen Bell and Jimmy Fallon sang a medley of Disney songs to celebrate the release of Frozen 2. Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Snow Queen, Frozen was released back in 2013 and went on to become a sensation. Not only did it garner a whopping $1.276 billion dollars at the box office, but it even went on to win Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards, so it came as no surprise when a sequel to the film was officially announced....

The last week has been filled with talk about Apple opening their largest retail store in Grand Central Terminal in New York, and now the Wall Street Journal reports that Apple’s largest retail store in China will be opening in Shanghai Summer 2011. According to Apple retail executive Ron Johnson, Apple stores in China are home to over 40,000 visitors each day and because of this Apple is looking for bigger retail spaces....

Last month, LastPass announced that it would soon be introducing a new “Families” plan for sharing passwords, bank account info, and other sensitive data among family members. We finally have pricing details on how much LastPass Families will cost, but in addition to that, the existing Premium option is seeing a price hike and a couple features from the Free plan are being removed. LastPass Families will officially cost $48/year, and for that annual fee, you get 6 LastPass Premium accounts to share, folders for sharing passwords and other files between your family, and a dashboard to easily manage you and your family members’ accounts....

Apple continues to offer weekly deals for iOS-based shopping when using Apple Pay as your payment method. Apple just emailed out their new weekly promo, and you can get $20 discount code in the Nike app when you spend $100. Apple Pay is my favorite way to pay for digital purchases. It seems like credit card breaches are a monthly occurrence, and using Apple Pay is the best way to protect yourself....

Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre is an actress and director, known for Rabbit, Atlantic Avenue, and The Mustang. Matthias Schoenaerts is a Belgian actor, film producer, and graffiti artist. He is best known for his roles as Filip in Loft, Rust and Bone, and Red Sparrow. Schoenaerts received critical acclaim for his portrayal of an ex-soldier suffering from PTSD in Disorder. In this interview, they talk about what the how programs like the one in The Mustang can help animals and former inmates recover mentally and what it was like to work on set with these animals....