Five applications that allow us to locate our smartphone

Spain registers 700 complaints every day for the theft of mobile phones | Its high value and its ease to be sold in the market has made it the target of thieves

Nowadays, mobile phones have become an indispensable tool for our daily lives, establishing themselves as a fundamental element for interpersonal relationships, as well as being the largest store of contents for citizens.

This importance means that many users can not live without their phone and losing it or being stolen can become a really serious problem. For these cases, different applications have been created that allow their devices to be permanently located.

Cerberus
 
It is one of the most complete applications within the Android market and one of the most outstanding, since it has more than 5 million downloads . This 'app' allows to control the phone remotely, even having the ability to block the device through a code.

In case of loss it is one of the most useful options since, in addition, it allows you to monitor the phone at all times through your website, monitor incoming and outgoing calls, record the thief through the phone's cameras, have access to SMS and thanks to its tracking ability allows access to the latest locations where the phone has been.

Not content with that, the creators of Cerberus have also included in their application the option of the phone to make an alarm or a message out loud warning that it is stolen.

Where's my droid
 
Its simple functionality makes this application the most used on the market with more than 10 million downloads . It has innumerable functions in its free version and adds even more in its 'premium' version.

 Among its features include the ability to remote control, allowing the owner of the phone has the ability to access all the documents of the phone, take pictures remotely, lock the phone, make it sound -to know where we left in case of lose it - and, in addition, in case none of the above options have the desired effect, it allows deleting all the data from the phone so that nobody can access the private content.

SeekDroid
 
The application, whose logo is a doll dressed as James Bond android provides access free version to recent calls that have been made from the mobile, the battery level and the identification code among others. It has great functionality and allows access to the exact location of the phone at all times thanks to its web page, which shows a more pure style -at map Google Earth- that lets you know in real time the location of our smartphone.

Trust & Go
 
It is not an 'app' location as such, but is based on an antivirus that, besides having this feature allows thanks to its 'Candid Camera Thief' grasp with the front camera the thief in a photograph that appears in our email if this incorrectly enters the unlock code three times.

McAfee Mobile Security
 
The smartphone application of the famous antivirus has different functions to locate the phone. In addition to being a perfect anti-malware, if the phone has run out of battery you can access the last location of it, in addition, like other pagers, allows remote photographs to, in case of theft, know who is the subject in question that has been done with our device, sending us the images by email. It is not a 'location' app as complete as Cerberus, but its function as antivirus allows to compensate for the lack of some functions.

Older people are also interested in new technologies

The majority use Whatsapp and is present in social networks

Generation Z, millennials, generation Y; These are increasingly frequent concepts in everyday language, but how can we call the most interested in new technologies?

The irruption of the latest digital tools also reaches the digital non-natives. According to a study conducted by Novus, two thirds of older people are interested in technology and 38% would like to know more about the application of new technologies in their daily lives.

Technology that interests, especially in the communication section. 86% of the biggest respondents say they use WhatsApp on a weekly basis, although, of course, phone calls are preferred.

On the other hand, 80% claim to have a profile on social networks and use them at least once a week. Safety is another important aspect for older people, as 17% of respondents often feel insecure in their home due to various causes.

The main one of these is because they can not take care of themselves, followed by fear of theft, forgetfulness or falls they may suffer.

These reasons lead to 38% of the elderly being curious to learn how new technologies could be integrated into their lives. However, only 14% of the total has tested technological security solutions.

Another key application of modern technology is found in the world of health, where 42% of the elderly are in favor of digital health care, although most of them still show insecurities in this regard. Its main reason for distrusting technology in this area is the reduction of contact.

Amazon becomes the second company to reach a trillion dollars in the stock market

The company's milestone comes a month after Apple got the same

Amazon has become the second US company to achieve a stock market value of one trillion dollars, in the latest demonstration of the growing influence of technological giants.

The online sales company reached that value at 15:40 GMT when its share reached $ 2,050.50. The Amazon milestone came a month after Apple reached the trillion dollar value. Amazon's stock declined slightly after its record. About 5 minutes later it was trading at $ 2,038.71 (+ 1.3%).

Founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, currently the richest man in the world, Amazon went from being an online book store to a mastodon that spans several sectors. The company competes directly with the Walmart chain of stores and with its personal assistance program, Alexia, is in the forefront of innovations in artificial intelligence.

Amazon has spread throughout the world and currently employs about 575,000 people. For a long time, Amazon lost money while Bezos preferred to invest massively in new products or services. But his bet paid off and only in the second quarter of this year his net profit was 2,500 million dollars.

A vulnerability in Android allows Geo locating devices without permission

Get information from the Wi-Fi network and the IP address of the terminal

Although the user does not realize, the applications have several processes in which they communicate and, continuously, the devices themselves share information with the apps that are installed on the smartphone.

This information refers to the WiFi network to which you are connected, the unique physical address of the access point to which the telephone is connected (BSSID), the IP address of the device, information of the DNS servers and the physical and unique address of the device (MAC).

Data that is normally shared for a positive purpose, but if a malicious application is installed on your mobile, you can 'listen' to these communications, which will give you access to specific information on your phone, related to the Wi-Fi network or the location of your same. You can even geolocate the user using BSSID databases, as explained by the Nightwatch Cybersecurity consultancy on his blog.

The MAC address is a code of its own that can not be changed, so when you get it, you discover where a specific device is located. As of Android 6 this information is no longer visible through the Application Programming Interface (API), although through interprocesses listening it is possible to access this data.

However, Google has corrected this vulnerability in Android 9 Pie, so it urges users to update to the latest version of Android, which is about to reach the devices.

This way they find out the unlock pattern of the mobile phone with sounds

SonarSnoop turns the smartphone into a sonar through the speaker and microphone

Pin or unlock pattern? Both have an important level of security and are used indifferently, but now two universities have discovered a vulnerability that makes the speakers and the mobile microphone the perfect allies to decipher the unlock patterns of Android devices.

This is the research of Swedish and British academics who focus on sound waves to track the position of a finger on the screen. The technique is known as SonarSnoop.

This tool emits sound waves through the microphone and speakers at inaudible frequencies (between 18 kHz and 20 kHz). The research work, published last week, details the tests conducted on a Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 5.0.1.

Researchers at the University of Lancaster in the United Kingdom and Linköping University in Sweden explain that the system was able to reduce the number of possible unblocking patterns by 70% with the data obtained with SonarSnoop.

The idea is taken from the famous sonar that the submarines assemble to establish their location. In recent years, academics have explored the idea of ​​using smart phone sensors such as accelerometers, gyroscopes and proximity sensors to record and steal PINs and unlock smartphone patterns, however these tools are now being used for the first time to steal private keys. .

SonarSnoop is "applicable to many other types of computing devices and physical environments where microphones and loudspeakers are available," the researchers note.

Google will prevent you from using the same password on different websites

Your new administrator generates random keys

One of the most common mistakes is to use the same key for different sites, a fact that gets worse when the password is unsafe. Last year, once again, the most used key was 123456. According to data from SplashData, 4% of respondents used this encryption to protect their data on the Internet.

The weakness of the password and also using the same password for different websites is a gift for cybercriminals. Taking advantage of the first decade of existence, Google is renewed and with this comes a new personal password manager.

Chrome offers to automatically generate a random password when the user registers on websites for the first time. This key will be stored within a Google account and, in addition, will be synchronized in Chrome desktop and mobile versions.

However, Chrome only manages passwords within your browser, so if you sign in to multiple mobile applications or other devices such as a TV, these sign-in combinations will not be stored in a Google account.

To access this system it is necessary to press the three dots in the upper right area of ​​Google Chrome, select «Settings» and then «Passwords».

The Hyper-loop project plans to start works in Antequera in March of next year

 

The works will consist in adapting the old ships that were going to serve for the railway ring in a laboratory for the future supersonic train

The project for the implantation of a test bench of Virgin Hyperloop One in the ships of Adif in Bobadilla, that were going to serve for the railway ring, is in march. Executives of the US company yesterday made a tour of the main points where the project is going to be implemented, and where a good part of the necessary decisions will be taken, that is, in Antequera and Seville.

From the second meeting, with the Minister of Development, Felipe López, no information was disclosed, neither by the Board nor by the investors. But in the first, which was held in the City Hall of Antequera, there were important conclusions.

And the main one is that, if all the necessary circumstances are met -especially, the approval of the public aid that they have requested- the intention of the multinational is to start the laboratory works in March of next year, that is, in just seven months. In this way, it would be operational by the end of 2019.

This was announced at the end of this first meeting by the mayor of Antequera, Manuel Barón. The objective is to create in the two warehouses, of 19,000 square meters, a technological center that will develop, test and certify components and subsystems to improve the safety and reliability of Hyperloop. "In March they want to start the adaptation works of the Adif ships and develop them until the end of 2019 so that at the end of the year the project is one hundred percent," he said.

Available infrastructures

On the part of Virgin Hyperloop One participated in the meeting YJ Fischer, responsible for international expansion; and Luis González, head of Iberian Hyperloop Infrastructures, representative of the entity in Spain. On the other side, along with the alderman were the lieutenants of mayor José Ramón Carmona and Teresa Molina.

Among the main interests of the visitors were to get to know the city where they will be installed and the infrastructures available to the engineers who develop the adaptation. Among others, they asked about issues such as the availability of water resources and electricity and road access to the municipality and the land where the Adif ships are located in Bobadilla. In addition, they were interested in knowing the availability of other services, such as hotels, apartments, training rooms and the resources of the city to welcome the more than 200 engineers - from the United States and from different parts of the world - who will start with the development of Hyperloop in Málaga.

The managers were interested in communications and accommodation

"It is the first of many visits and meetings that they want to develop," explained Barón. After a meeting of more than two hours, executives accepted the invitation of the City Council to visit the monumental city, with visits to the churches of San Juan de Dios, Los Remedios and the old collegiate church of Santa María, to finish tasting the porche antequerana. "They have been delighted because they have seen that Antequera has all the infrastructure to develop the investment they want to make," said Manuel Barón.

The Malaga office will develop, test and certify components and subsystems for the safety and reliability of Hyperloop. In this regard, Josh Giegel, co-founder and director of technology of Virgin Hyperloop One, after signing the agreement with Adif, reported that these facilities will be very important for the project: "For Hyperloop to be commercially viable, it must be safe and reliable: Safety is our number one priority, "he said. "Ultimately, the center will help us meet our first projects and scale to meet future demand around the world."

The US Government will investigate the Internet giants for alleged interference in election campaigns

 

Representatives of Twitter and Facebook have testified before the US Senate and say they are "not operating on the basis of a political ideology"

The United States Government will investigate the suspicions of the dominant position and intentional bias of the giants of social networks, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

A statement from the Department of Justice indicated that Attorney General Jeff Sessions "convened a meeting with several attorneys general this month to discuss the growing concern that these companies may be harming the (free) competition and intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas in its platforms ».

This announcement comes days after President Donald Trump accused the big technology firms of censoring and repressing conservative voices in favor of progressive opinions, allegations that the companies denied outright.

The brief statement by the Department, which came at the end of a Senate hearing with senior executives of social networks Facebook and Twitter, offered no clues as to whether officials were considering an antitrust investigation or some form of regulatory action.

Technology industry analysts say there is little evidence that Internet firms are leaking content for political reasons, but that companies would have constitutional protections against any government effort to regulate their algorithms.

On Tuesday, the president of the regulatory agency Federal Communications, Ajit Pai, called on companies in Silicon Valley to provide more transparency on how they operate, which increases the possibility of tighter regulations for companies in the technology field.

"We have to seriously think if the time has come for these companies to comply with the new transparency obligations," Pai said in a blog post.

However, Pai did not offer any specific proposal for this matter, but seemed to echo the concerns raised by Trump against the technology firms.

Trump last week issued a warning to giants Google, Facebook and Twitter to "be careful", but did not threaten regulation.

Americans are deleted from Facebook

One in four Americans uninstalls the app from their smartphone's social network, according to a survey conducted by Pew Research

The latest Facebook events take their toll on Mark Zuckerberg's company. 74% of the US users of the social network have taken some action in relation to the platform.

According to Pew Research, one in four users in the United States has decided to remove the application of the social network from their smartphone. A decision that comes after the scandal of data leakage Cambridge Analytica . However, according to the same study, users do not delete their accounts from the social network.

However, this action, that of deleting the app, is one of the most frequent among young users between 18 and 29 years old, of which 44% have made this decision in the last year. A figure that is reduced to 12% among users over 65 years.

Inflection point

Among the rest of the most frequent decisions, 42% of users of the social network claim to have taken a break from Facebook of several weeks or more during the past year, while 54% have modified their privacy settings in the last 12 months

In this regard, young Facebook users are also ahead, since almost two out of three (64%) of them have modified their privacy settings in the social network, while 33% of those over 65 have taken the same decision.

After the filtering of Cambridge Analytica, one in ten Facebook users has downloaded their personal data available in the social network.

Facebook will build its first data center in Asia in Singapore

The center will be built in the west of the city-state and once completed will occupy 170,000 square meters in a building of eleven floors and will allow to create "hundreds of jobs"

Facebook today announced the construction of a data center in Singapore, the first that the technology giant will have in Asia, for which it plans to invest around 1,000 million dollars.

The center will be built in the west of the city-state and once completed will occupy 170,000 square meters in a building of eleven floors and will create "hundreds of jobs," the social network said in a statement.

The company expects the new facility to start operations from 2022.

"Our data centers are highly advanced facilities that help bring Facebook applications and services to people around the world every day," Facebook said in a statement.

Facebook's vice president of data center infrastructures, Thomas Furlong, justified the choice of Singapore for "its robust infrastructure, access to fiber, the training of the local workforce and the support of government agencies."

In the presentation ceremony, Furlong said that Facebook has a thousand employees in Singapore and promotes programs to help the growth of local emerging companies, according to the newspaper Straits Times.

The center will be in the same area where in early August Google announced the construction of its third data center in Singapore to meet the growing demand for its Google Cloud Platform service, generated by the increase in mobile phone users and of companies that operate online in the region.

Trump once again puts pressure on the attorney general for two cases

Comey, former director of the FBI, has become an antitrump figure after his dismissal in May 2017

Donald Trump once again attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has been the target of his anger for several months, when compared to former FBI Director James Comey, whom he displaced in 2017.

The reason for the president's renewed criticism is the accusation by the federal justice to Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, two republican parliamentarians close to him who were expected to be reelected in November.

"Two Obama-era investigations of two very popular Republican congressmen were presented just before midterm elections by the Jeff Sessions Department of Justice. Two sure triumphs are now in doubt, "Trump tweeted. "Good job, Jeff," he added sarcastically.

The president has conducted a public campaign against the Alabama Republican who appointed him to the most important position in relation to law enforcement, mainly for having been challenged in the investigation into an alleged collusion with Russia, which has besieged his presidency .

That has weakened the Attorney General's position, although Trump recently told Bloomberg News that Sessions would continue in office, at least until after the mid-term elections in November.

Under pressure from Trump, Sessions issued an unusual statement last month that said: "While I am a prosecutor general, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be unduly influenced by political considerations."

The two elected representatives in the House of Representatives had been Trump's first allies during his campaign. Hunter is accused of embezzling $ 250,000 in campaign funds, while Chris Collins was accused of insider trading, so he resigned to run for the midterm elections in November.

"The Democrats, none of whom voted for Jeff Sessions, should worship him now, as well as James Comey's liar. All the Democrats hated him, they wanted him out, they found him unpleasant, until I changed him! "The president said on Twitter.

Comey, former director of the FBI, has become an antitrump figure after his dismissal in May 2017, and especially since the release of his memoirs, in the spring of 2018, in which he portrays the virulence of the American president.

Before the presidential elections, Comey decided that her opponent Hillary Clinton had not committed any crime capable of making her liable to a criminal proceeding in an investigation into emails from a private server she had used when she was a secretary of state.

Drones to reforest scorched forests in forest fires

 

One company has distributed 100,000 smart pine and oak seeds in Guadalajara using a drone

Drones not only serve to watch from the air or take spectacular images tens of meters high. A company from Navarra, «CO2 Revolution», has developed a pioneering project reforesting for three days with a drone 1,200 hectares of the Alto Tajo Natural Park, in Guadalajara, which were burned in a serious forest fire occurred in 2012.

Specifically, the drone-endowed with a deposit-has launched 100,000 smart seeds. Previously, the people in charge of this project mapped the terrain to analyze in which points it would be advisable the distribution of these seeds that "are capable of germinating are launched where they are launched with an 80 percent probability of success", explains Juan Carlos Sesma, founder of this business.

 On the Alto Tajo have been scattered seeds of wild pine, pine and oak Nigra from the nursery that the Ministry of Environment has in El Serranillo (Guadalajara), seeds "smart" introduced in biodegradable capsules with rooting to which add repellents against possible predators that could ruin the reforestation, polymers that absorb water, organic fertilizer and natural herbicides.

Fast and cheap

According to those responsible for this project, which has had the approval of the Junta de Castilla-La Mancha, this technique can revolutionize the methods that until now have been used in Spain to recover forests burned in fires. "Deforestation is a very serious problem on the planet and to avoid that life on Earth changes drastically, a large-scale change is necessary in order to recover enormous quantities of carbon in the gaseous state from the atmosphere and turn them into solid state.

mitigating climate change ", says Juan Carlos Sesma, for whom the use of drones is much cheaper and faster than the traditional repopulation system since" in just five hours you can reforest an area of ​​100,000 trees. "

After having launched these 100,000 seeds on the AltoTajo guadalajareño a second phase of follow-up begins: every two weeks, responsible for this company will move to the area to check the results. According to the calculations of Juan Carlos Sesma, "at the end of the spring of 2019 a good part of these seeds will have created a forest in formation with plants up to half a meter in height".

Fumito Ueda, the 'colossus' who came up with 'The Last Guardian', honorary award from Fun & Serious

The talented Japanese developer will have his recognition in the eighth edition of the video game festival

The Fun & Serious videogame festival will recognize Fumito Ueda with an honorific prize in its eighth edition, which will be held from 7 to 10 December in Bilbao. Ueda (Japan, 1970) will be awarded for his creative career, which since 2001 has managed to seduce players with three unique titles and a special sensitivity:

Ico, Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian, according to EL CORREO. The Japanese is a fundamental author to understand the history of video games, since his creations changed the way of understanding them and influenced many later games.

Intimate, full of symbolism and emotion and with a very personal narrative style, their games have become classics that transcend frontiers characterized by their universal stories and their brief use of dialogue, letting the atmosphere, the gestures and their captivating images speak to the player, whom he encourages to use his imagination to be able to decipher his continuation in the game.

With this award, which will be presented during the traditional awards gala at the Guggenheim Museum on the night of December 10, Fun & Serious not only recognizes the importance of Ueda's achievements and career, but also its significant role in the industry of electronic entertainment, being one of the creators that elevate videogames to the category of art. Their titles have reached the category of cult and exhibit an exceptional artistic quality.

Ueda is still active, and is currently working on his next videogame, which promises to surprise, and, in his particular style, seek reflection through visual art together with the narrative.

Worldwide reference

Alfonso Gómez, director of the Fun & Serious festival, declares: "Awarding a prize to a figure like Ueda, whose work has undoubtedly promoted videogames towards a visual art form, gives us reasons to be proud and reflects the key role that Fun & Serious has, as a global benchmark for the video game industry. »

As part of its attendance at the Awards Presentation Gala, Ueda will be part of the VIT Talks-a series of talks led by experts in video games, where innovation and current trends are discussed, which are organized within the framework of the festival and that put numerous industry names in contact with the public.

Throughout the last eight years, the Fun & Serious festival has become a key meeting point for the industry, focusing its objective in elevating the development of video games to the category of work of art, at the height of cinema or music. In this sense, it seeks to recognize the importance of an industry that enjoys very good health both in the world and in Spain: In 2016 the effective production of the videogame sector in Spain was 1,177 million euros. Its added value was 503 million euros and its direct employment was 8,790 people.

 The video game industry is equivalent to 0.11 of GDP. Globally, the sector grew by 8.5% in 2016 compared to the previous year, reaching a total turnover of 99.6 billion dollars (Source: AEVI, Spanish Association of Video Games).

Instagram wants you to spend money

 

The app is developing a shopping system on its platform

Renewed or die. This maxim has been repeated in hundreds of meetings of hundreds of companies. A saying that also flies Silicon Valley, the cradle of technological innovation, and especially in the offices of Instagram.

The last release of Mark Zuckerberg's universe app was before the summer with IGTV, which is not having the expected success. Now, Instagram engineers want to touch the pocket of their users with IG Shopping, according to The Verge.

It is not the first time that the rumor of purchases within the application arises, but, as revealed by the specialized media in technology, Instagram plans to launch an application dedicated to the sale of commercial products.

Through this platform, Instagram wants to become a large commercial space where brands, advertisers and stores can sell their products directly. However, the official app already allows to acquire a large number of products from the timeline of the brands and also through the stories.

In the last presentation of results, Instagram reported that around 25 million businesses have a profile in the Facebook universe app. At the moment, reveals The Verge, the development has not yet been completed and there are no launch schedules.

Reveal the secret of Apple: three new iPhone

There are just over 48 hours to unveil Apple's big bet for 2018. The expected keynote of the giant of Cupertino arrives with a very enigmatic invitation and with the motto "let's get together in a circle" in reference to Apple's Steve Jobs theater.

But the wait is over, Guilherme Rambo, a 26-year-old Brazilian computer scientist, has managed to eviscerate the code that hid the American's bets for this Christmas.

Rambo is an old acquaintance of Apple, since in 2017 he confirmed all the keys of the iPhone X. Now the revelation goes further, the young Brazilian has managed to access the promotional images of the Cupertino giant.

According to the images published in 9to5Mac, Apple will continue with the line marked by the iPhone X and its name will be iPhone Xs and will come in two sizes. The normal version will arrive with 5.8 inches, similar size to its predecessor, and one of 6.5 inches, both with OLED screen and for the first time in gold. Of course, the famous eyebrow (notch) is still valid in the new series.

Two new smartphones that will focus the looks and that will be accompanied by a small and cheaper brother. The new iPhone X will be around $ 1,000 and, although the filtration has failed to discover, another cheaper iPhone with LCD screen, whose screen is 6.1 inches is expected.

Apple Watch

What the leak reveals are the new Apple Watch. During the summer, the rumors, which increased with the enigmatic invitation to the keynote, pointed to a round smart watch. However, according to the filtration, you see a clock with a larger screen, but the same device size.

The option chosen by the engineers of the Cupertino giant is to show more information and adopt a circular display like the rest of watches.

Last year, an employee of Apple leaked to the media the version of the last operating system of the giant of Cupertino (iOS 11), from there the computer arrived at the code of the iPhone X

Now, Rambo has managed to scrutinize the new code of iOS 12 to discover what will bring this Wednesday Tim Cook. However, the Brazilian programmer says it is not so clear if the names will be XS, Xs or X s.

Facebook launches 'Watch', a section to upload videos

 

The new function of the Californian company will allow users to propose new videos and even interact with the creators

Facebook announced on Wednesday the start-up for the whole world of its video service 'Watch' , and released in the United States for just over a year.

«We have created this product so that users leave the logic of a passive consumption of videos and can participate. We hope they feel that they have had an enriching moment, "explained the vice president of products in charge of videos and advertising, Fidji Simo.

The service will allow users to propose new videos, as well as find the latest recordings classified by themes, save some videos, and even interact with the creators.

The group also "spent a lot of time with content publishers" in order to "leave each one the possibility of monetizing their creations" through a series of tools that allow advertising to be integrated into the contents, Fidji Simo added.

Competition with YouTube and Amazon

This announcement of the social network comes two weeks after the free and live broadcast in South America of the Champions League and the Europa League, and in the Southeast Asia of the Spanish League. «The content we buy is only a small part of the content that will be available in 'Watch'. And we trust that profitability will lead to many creations, "insisted Simo.

The Californian group seeks in this way to compete with the American giants of the sector, in particular with Google that has its own video platform, YouTube, but also with Amazon, which already offers videos on demand with its 'Prime' platform .

Above all it is a new approach by Facebook, whose growth slowed in the last two months and must find new relief. At this time, the group also tries to make its users more responsible for its main social network.

The company's stock price fell sharply at the end of July, losing 19.34% in one session, on July 26, which is equivalent to a capitalization loss of 130,000 million euros in just a few hours.

Three out of ten parents upload photos of their children to networks

71% of parents know that images can reach unwanted hands

30% of parents publish at least once a week images or videos in which their children appear through social networks, and one in ten do so four or more times a day, according to a study conducted by McAfee .

On the other hand, half of parents are aware that this fact can cause a problem in the personal safety of children. Among them may carry risks of harassment, kidnapping or cyberbullying. In addition, 58% of them consider that they have the right to upload photographs without the permission of their children.

However, 71% of parents know that images can reach unwanted hands, they are not really aware of the real problems that this can cause. Consent by a child so that content related to him ends up on the Internet is an aspect of which there are still people who are suspicious.

"If the shared images fall into the wrong hands, you can get to subtract sensitive information such as date of birth, home, school or even the full name of the child," says Francisco Sancho, product manager consumer and mobile of McAfee Spain.

58% of parents believe they have the right to upload any photograph of their child without their permission, while 22% do not consider that minors should be allowed to do so, and 19% say it is a decision that should always be left to adults.

In addition, there are parents who integrate their child into their social networks on a recurring basis, since 30% of them publish a photo or video of their children at least once a day and 12% disseminate a quantity of content up to four times higher.

Some of the adults still do not take into account what it may mean on a psychological level that a child is on the Internet without wanting to, because only 23% are concerned that the child develops anxiety about the publication of a photo and less than four out of ten They think they might embarrass their son.

Posting photos of minors in social networks can pose a risk to the safety of children, 70% of parents publish exclusively this type of content in their private social network accounts.

The parchments of the 21st century arrive

 

It is a fordable roller screen

Flexible screens? It is not the first time that they are spoken about and there are many prototypes and patents that have come to light. However, for the first time, the School of Computing at the University of Queen has developed a project completely removed from smartphones.

An investigation closer to ancient times. Tablets are now a daily object, electronic books are opened hollow, books take up space on the shelf and the scrolls are relics.

Now, like the books, the scrolls have a more up-to-date brother. Researchers at Queen's University have created a digital scroll. A project that is already baptized as MagicScroll and has a flexible 2K screen with 7.5 inches.

Installed on a plastic chassis, the screen developed by researchers is controlled by two wheels that allow navigation inside the content. Once the desired content has been found, MagicScroll is deployed to allow it to be read as an old scroll.

"We are inspired by the design of ancient scrolls because their shape allows a more natural and uninterrupted experience of long visual timelines," explains Dr. Vertegaal, a professor of Human-Computer Interaction and director of the Human Resources Laboratory at Queen's University.

"The MagicScroll project also allows us to examine the notions that 'screens do not have to be flat' and 'anything can become a screen'. Whether it's a reusable cup made from an interactive screen where you can select your order before you arrive at a coffee-filling kiosk or an exhibition on your clothes, we're exploring how objects can become applications. " judgment.

Honor makes a double in Berlin to stop Xiaomi

 

The young brand of Huawei presents its Magic by surprise 2 days after the premiere of Pocophone F1 by its compatriot Xiaomi

Huawei vs Xiaomi this is the great battle of the Chinese brands, a power struggle in everything high that moves to another war: that of cheap smartphones.

A plot that managed well the young brand Honor (Huawei), but that has a tough competitor, Pocophone de Xiaom i . The white brand of the Chinese company burst this week, at the doors of the IFA in Berlin, the European market with the launch of a top-of-the-range smartphone for just over 300 euros.

With little margin of reaction, Honor has reached the IFA with a mobile phone for lovers of games between hands. The new Honor Play 2 lands in the market with a price of 329 euros with 4GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage. A mobile thought "designed for a young audience and especially gamers".

In addition to surprise, George Zhao, president of Honor, has taken out of his pocket the new Honor Magic 2, perhaps an attempt to stop the euphoria of the Xiaomi universe. "The first generation of Honor Magic was an era that transformed the smartphone industry," he said.

A "next big release" that incorporates for the first time the Kirin 980 processor, presented by his sister Huawei in Berlin this year.

A touch of which only the front of the device is known and the most striking thing is that the front camera that hides behind a casing disappears, a system that Oppo has already installed in its Find X.

Honor Play, available

Although the arrival of Honor Play has been somewhat eclipsed by the appearance of the new Magic by surprise, the smartphone for lovers of video games is now available in Spain for 329 euros. However, we will have to wait longer to get a Magic 2, at least until we know its official filing date.

The Play of Honor incorporates the GPU Turbo tool that improves 60% the graphics power of its mobiles and reaches to reduce the battery consumption by 30%. The device also has 3D sound effects to recreate a perfect gaming experience.

The future of televisions goes through the 8K

Samsung and LG take the battle of high resolution screens to homes

It was confirmed. In the absence of smartphones, the protagonists in this IFA in Berlin are televisions. A market that this summer has grown around 25% thanks to the World Cup in Russia and with a common denominator: 55-inch screens are preferred. "The screens are growing," says a Samsung executive at Innova + in Berlin.

A growth that the market expects in 2025 to reach 70 inches and these screens are those that reign in homes around the world. "The market is turning to screens over 65 inches," they say from Samsung.

LG's commitment goes further and they expect to have 5 million units of televisions in the market. However, the price is one of the big unknowns and could be around 5,000-15,000 euros for the screens recently presented by Samsung, according to Innova +.

At present, 75 "TVs are growing at 100% compared to previous periods and" from 55 inches, the pixels are larger and more resolution is needed, "market experts point out. This leads to 8K televisions that have 32 million pixels , in the case of OLED 8K LG reach 33 million. Very far figures of Full HD of 2 million pixels.

What does this mess of figures mean? A pixel is a square or rectangular point that uses the computer language to define the smallest part of a screen, so this news is reading about a set of pixels. So the more pixels, the higher the resolution, that is, more detail and visual information. In the words of Samsung, «emit the perfect reality».

Artificial intelligence
Although it may seem lie, artificial intelligence is the key also in televisions and not to make a television grill to the taste of the viewer. Today talking about 4K in Spain is a dream.

At the moment, these contents in 3840x2160 pixels are offered by Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or pay television through Vodafone and Orange. Spanish DTT? A dream, only TVE broadcasts its 4K channel.

And how you get to 8K without these contents, the answer is artificial intelligence . While awaiting the arrival of native content in 7680x4320 pixels, the great technology take advantage of the scaling.

"OLED technology has been defined from the outset as the next technological generation in screens, based on the self-luminescence of its pixels and eliminating the need for any kind of back lighting," explains LG who has also brought an 8K TV to Berlin. .

Thanks to this technology and algorithms, the industry prepares for the landing of giant screens equipped with state-of-the-art intelligent chips.

Samsung has equipped its new televisions with the Quantum Processor 8K that does not incorporate an algorithm, but "256 non-fixed". Thanks to this system, the artificial intelligence behind these panels will improve the images in 8K and without needing to be connected to the network.

"The first 8K OLED TV is a milestone in the field of screen technology and represents its evolution," says Brian Kwon, president of LG Home Entertainment. A jump inside the image that produces a 3D sensation.

In addition, the Samsung Q900R features Direct Full Array Elite technology for better contrast and precise backlight control .

The TV reproduces 100% color volume, allowing users to appreciate billions of color shades and maximum color accuracy achieved to date.

Immersive experience
A jump also of quality, since they are passed of the 1080p of resolution of the FullHD (1920x1080 pixels with progressive exploration), the most used in the Spanish homes, to the 7680x4320 pixels of the 8K. An immersion that Innova + has proven and where artificial intelligence is able to climb to the smallest detail.

In addition, they raise the nits, that is, the amount of light emitted in a certain area up to 4,000 on 85-inch screens. This means that there is more brightness in the image transferring "the perfect reality to the viewer," according to the South Korean company.

Samsung brings in October to Spain, the first 8K televisions in three versions 65, 75 and 85 inches. The brand has also revealed the prices of its new screens: 4,999 euros for the 65-inch version, 6,999 euros for the 75- inch version and, finally, the largest one will reach 14,999 euros . For its part, LG will bring its 8K to Spain in September 2019 and include LED and OLED models of 88 and 75 inches.

The focus is undoubtedly on the Olympic Games in Tokyo to be held in 2020, there talking about 8K is normal. The Japanese network NHK even issued Rio's 2016 in this resolution.

New models in Europe
The Wall, a last generation Micro LED screen designed for corporate and outdoor environments, arrived last year at the German fair and this year returns with the announcement of the landing in the European market. A monitor "fully customizable to give users the freedom to decide how to incorporate the screen in their spaces," says the company.

Samsung also introduces a new model of 49 "for the family of televisions The Frame and Easy Discovery, which provides users with access to specially selected artworks that will be displayed on the screen without having to choose from hundreds of options.

IFA 2018: this is what is expected

Artificial intelligence and connected homes make their way this week at Europe's longest-running technology fair

The technological year opens in Las Vegas and CES, picks up momentum at the Mobile World Congress and closes with an eye on the Christmas campaign at the IFA in Berlin. An exercise as far as technology fairs are concerned, because these have given way to the events of the brands to present their strong bets.

Trend initiated by Apple back in 2007 and to which all companies have joined. This has happened to the technological event with more tradition in the Old Continent.

The Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA) attracted 253,000 visitors from around the world (70,000 more than CES), 1,805 exhibitors and 159,000 square meters of surface sold.

This Thursday marks the start of the fair that will last until September 5 . About a week where the major brands in the sector bring their bets for the last quarters of the year.

However, before opening its doors, firms prepare their scenarios. This year, smartphones will be absent in Berlin. With the Galaxy Note 9 just introduced, the new Xiaomi blunting in stores, with the Huawei Mate ready to go and, above all, waiting for Apple's surprise by mid-September, the IFA expects bets for artificial intelligence and new TVs .

In this field, the race is led by Samsung . The rumor mill points to a giant 115-inch television and microLED technology. The sector tries to adapt to the incipient 4K of image quality, but the South Korean already works in the 8K for 2020 .

With the presumed arrival of the television, Samsung, like other years, will present in the Berlin pavilions its wide range of appliances ... connected and, perhaps, its commitment to smart speakers.

The screens will dominate the German exhibitors, as it is expected a renewal of the Sony monitors and also the new LG OLED panels.

Little space for smartphones, a gap that is reserved for, it seems, the new Xperia XZ3 from Sony and also the new LG V40 , since in 2017 the firm from Cocarnación chose Berlin to show the world its flagship of 2017.

And Huawei? The Chinese keeps its last cartridge by the end of the year in an event of its own, perhaps close to the Apple Keynote. The company will present, like last year, a new chip focused on artificial intelligence and that will give life to the new Mate 20.

Many new features among which there will be trends such as mixed reality, virtual reality and a lot of commitment to artificial intelligence.

Sony seeks to improve its mobile sales with the new XZ3

The Japanese brand presents an Xperia at the IFA in Berlin that does not show great changes

The mobile segment is causing more than a headache at Sony's headquarters. The days of wine and roses with the Sony Ericsson brand are gone and the latest sales are rickety, only two million smartphones sold in the last three months.

This is how Sony presents itself this summer at the IFA in Berlin and taking advantage of the absence of major bets in the mobile market, the Japanese brand has launched its bet for Christmas Xperia XZ3.

Half a year after betting on the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact at the Mobile World Congress and weeks later the XZ2 Premium bet with 4K screen. Berlin serves as a springboard for the successor of this device that has not had an impact on the company's sales.

Sony with a good position in the screen market has decided to bet on them in the smartphone segment. The new XZ3 transfers the "Bravia experience" of its televisions to the OLED screen of the mobile phone to "get an immersive experience", explain the brand managers to Innova +.

Screen that grows up to 6 inches and for the first time in QHD +. Sony leaves behind in the Xperia Z series the FullHD to enjoy the most of videos and movies with the "Bravia experience" on Netflix, pre-installed app, and with Youtube HD also as standard. The new Sony screen goes from 2,160 x 1,080 to "11% larger than the XZ2 and an 80% ratio", they point out.

Following market trends, the new Xperia embraces the screen without frames and also the infinity concept with the curved edges implanted by the Samsung Edge family.

Few changes


The arrival of the XZ3 is not a revolution in Sony's laboratory. The screen grows and the size also grows, but it does not mean a 180º turn in the line marked by the predecessors of the new Xperia.

From the 153x72x11.1 mm of the old XZ2 it is 183x73x9.9 mm. More size, thinner and also lighter. Sony has managed to scratch a few grams to the weight to leave it at 193 grams of the previous 198.

There are also no changes in the camera and ending the rumors and leaks, Sony does not fold to the double camera and its focus is on artificial intelligence to improve the photographs.

The Japanese brand maintains a rear lens with similar characteristics to that of the XZ2 with 19MP Motion Eye, video recording at 4K HDR and super-slow camera at 960 frames per second in Full HD.

The improvement is in the interior, since the algorithm that works behind the scenes recognizes up to 52 scenes when focusing with the Japanese camera and thus automatically adjust the parameters of the device to obtain the best possible image.


On the other hand, the front camera returns to 13 megapixels and with the 3D creator system in both cameras to share and animate the images in three dimensions generated by this tool.

The battery remains without many changes reaches 3,330 mAh with wireless charging . In addition to minijack lovers, Sony has also eaten the small audio connector and transfers it to the USB Type C, although an adapter of the famous connector is included in the sales pack.

Smart menu


As the years progress, smartphones grow. Giant screens getting bigger than the hands that take it, which makes its use a complicated task if you do not want to finish it on the ground.
The smart menu is activated with two touches. / JAG


This is what Sony engineers have thought that they have added a smart menu that is activated by two taps on the side of the screen . With this simple gesture, the heart of the XZ3 reacts by displaying a side menu with the applications most used by the user and adapts to the time of day when it is requested to activate.

Perhaps this is the great change of the XZ3 along with its most important asset, as it comes to the market with the latest Android operating system, the 9 Pie. The Sony device will be the first to equip this version that will be powered by the latest model of Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 with 4GB RAM and memory that can reach up to 512 GB.

Flying cars? Japan believes that soon they will be a reality

The Japanese initiative, which is still at a very early stage, aims to design a roadmap before the end of the year

The Japanese government convened on Wednesday several large groups, including the giants Boeing and Airbus, to discuss the development of flying cars. However, the projects presented at this meeting at the initiative of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Japan show that this dream is not something today for tomorrow .

The Japanese initiative, which is still somewhat vague, aims to design a roadmap before the end of this year.

The potential participants in the project come from the aeronautical sector (Airbus, Boeing, ANA and Japan Airlines), the automobile sector (Uber, Subaru), or technology such as NEC. Flying cars "could solve transportation problems in isolated or mountainous regions, or in the context of disaster rescue operations," said Shinji Tokumasu , METI official. "We organize this public and private meeting to make a new industry prosper, and to be profitable," he said.

Among the projects presented on Wednesday, the company Cartivator is preparing a test flight of its futuristic piloted vehicle 'SkyDrive', for 2019.

One of the objectives of this group of young engineers, supported financially by the Toyota mega-construction company, is to achieve ( with one of these devices) light the flame of the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020 . And, in the longer term, they aspire to be able to build their vehicle in series in 2027.

Dozens of companies from around the world, including many start-ups, are working on hybrid devices capable of rolling on the roads and at any moment rising through the air. As for the big brands, the Uber company, with its initiative 'Elevate' aims to unclog urban transport, and Airbus, whose vehicle 'Vahana' already made its first flight in February, is very active in this issue. For its part, the British industrial group Rolls-Royce also presented its own project in July.

The 'Flyer' designed by the 'start-up' Kitty Hawk, and funded by Google co-founder Larry Page , already receives commands to confirm from June. 'Flyer' evokes the name of the first airplane that flew in the history in 1903, and Kitty Hawk, the coastal area of ​​the United States where it happened.

Youtube already warns of the time you spend on your platform

The measure is part of Google's digital wellness functions

Videos from youtubers? Video clips? Kitchen Recipes? Tutorials to install a program? Perhaps this is the most frequent use that is given to YouTube and perhaps you have never thought about how much time is spent on the Google video platform.

Now, the Youtube engineers already allow to know the time that is spent watching videos of in the mark of the giant of the searchers. This measure is part of the digital wellness program that has been launched in recent weeks.

With the arrival of Android 9, the Mountain View company (United States) aims to promote a moderate use of the mobile phone and avoid excessive use of it. Once the latest version of the YouTube app has been downloaded, you can access the 'Watch time' function, within the 'Account' menu, and know how much time has been spent on YouTube.

From now on it is possible to know how much time of the day has been dedicated to watch videos, how much time was spent the previous day and the global calculation of time spent during the last week. This data is obtained from the history of YouTube visualizations, so it can be modified by deleting videos from the history.

This new functionality is not exclusive to Google. His rival Apple will launch its Screen Time tool in the fall, which will help combat mobile phone addiction in iOS systems. However, this functionality will not reach Apple devices until September when it releases the latest version of its operating system.

Telegram will reveal data of terrorist suspects if there is a judicial ruling

They will reveal IP address and phone number, never conversations | The courier service is prohibited in Russia

The Telegram messaging service , banned in Russia, was today prepared to reveal to the secret services the data of terrorist suspects if there is a judicial decision involved. "If Telegram receives a court decision confirming that you are suspected of terrorism , then we can make your IP address and telephone number public. So far that has not happened, "the company announced in a statement on its revised privacy policy.

The Russian Justice ordered last April the closure of Telegram, after the courier service will refuse to deliver to the Federal Security Service (FSB, former KGB) the encryption codes of the messages of its users, as required a Russian law passed almost two years ago. Telegram added that it will not provide the authorities with the keys to decode communications among its users, another of the demands of the FSB. «We are not talking about communications, something that is important. We talk about providing information about the IP address and phones.

The communications continue as they were, they are inviolable . We will not disclose any key or any communication, not even individually, "explained Pável Chíkov, a lawyer for the company.

Chikov stressed that the decision to collaborate with the authorities in case of a judicial decision is not a "concession" to the authorities, but an attempt to find a balance between the new policy of confidentiality of private communications and the interests of national security .

In his opinion, the decision is the result of "a year of antagonism between Telegram and the authorities" , and the new confidentiality policy "will facilitate the work of security bodies when identifying the user, their personal data."

The resistance continues

The founder of Telegram, Pável Durov, exiled in the United Kingdom, declared for his part that the company's new measures do not affect Russia, due to the service's blockade, but only respond to changes in current legislation in the Union. European Union on the protection of personal data. In addition, he denied that he hopes that thanks to these changes the Russian authorities will unblock the courier service, for two reasons.

"One, in Russia, the Telegram does not require the number and IP of terrorists by judicial decision, but something completely different: access to communications of all users," he explained in a message posted on the website of the independent radio. Echo of Moscow ', «and two, Telegram in Russia is outlawed; Hundreds of IP addresses are blocked every day in attempts to cut off access to the server. In view of this, we do not accept any kind of requests from Russian services, and our confidentiality policy is not extended to Russia, "he added.

"Therefore, our resistance continues," concluded Durov, who left Russia in 2014 after denouncing pressures from the security services to reveal information about opposition groups using the social network VKontakte, the Russian counterpart of Facebook, developed by him in 2006, and in 2013 he created the Telegram.

For its part, the Russian media regulator, Roskomnadzor, said the service will remain blocked until the FSB - which denounces that this channel is used by terrorists to coordinate attacks - does not decide otherwise.

Russian legislation obliges courier service providers to disclose, at the authorities 'request, the keys to decode their users' communications, in addition to storing their messages.

Despite pressures, Durov has insisted in recent months that Telegram will continue to seek a way to avoid the government blockade that, in fact, has not prevented the service from functioning.

A Spanish technology allows replanting up to 10,000 trees in a day with drones

The Revolution CO2 method lowers the reforestation process by 1,000% compared to traditional

CO2 Revolution has developed a technology that allows replanting up to 100,000 trees in a day , that is, it is capable of reforesting enormous surfaces up to 100 times faster than traditional methods and with a tenth of cost as a result of the use of Big Data, which provides what are the essential variables of each ecosystem (temperature, rainfall, soil types, native species, requirements of local populations).

In this way, after carrying out this analysis of the variables, the pregerminated seed, called 'iseed', is introduced into a biodegradable capsule to which all the elements are added so that it is viable in its first growth phase, but It has an 80% chance of success . The plantation is done by drones with attached tanks.

According to the company, the use of drones for this type of action is useful for the seeds to reach areas of difficult access for human resources, to streamline the process over time (in 5 hours a zone of 100,000 trees can be reforested) and to lower the process by more than 1,000% if the traditional method were followed.

As a result, the Spanish startup has just carried out its first reforestation action in the Alto Tajo Natural Park, implementing this technology where it has released seeds of native species in a large part of the more than 1200 hectares devastated by the fire of 6 years ago, one of the most serious of the last decade. On September 6, CO2 Revolution will return to the area to check the status of the seeds.

This is how young people communicate on social networks to overcome parental control

The majority of adolescents make use of a code language difficult to decipher for adults

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp and many more have a minimum age for their use. A limitation that varies between 13 and 16 years, depending on the terms of each of its platforms.

However, the reality is very different, since it is very common to find children under 16 and even 13 years old with profiles in these social networks. A parallel world that adolescents navigate to perfection and where parents struggle to protect the privacy and privacy of their children.

A battle to avoid and another to safeguard that the real world has moved to virtual with the digitalization of recent years. Younger people avoid making parents and friends coincide in the same place.

This is one of the reasons why teenagers forget Facebook and bet on Instagram. «Although, lately they coincide in Instagram with the rise of this», point out the experts of Panda Security.

Potential community manager

This coexistence, young people have seen it as a way of control and espionage, so the tricks of adolescents are ingenious "to express freely among equals, without their parents find out what they really do", point safety experts .

In this sense, many teenagers have more than one Instagram account. In general, they have one public and one private. "There is a curious paradox, since the account that they call public is usually very careful privacy permits, so that only their people can see their photos. In this way, they make their parents stay calm by watching the images and videos they expect to see, "warns Hervé Lambert, Global Consumer Operations Manager of Panda Security.

The public is a profile dedicated to parents and family circle, while the private "is more intimate and personal," they explain. In this account, however, they forget privacy permits and hundreds of open profiles can be seen, "because a lot of teenagers feel the need to add friends in their networks to feel more social acceptance."

However, that premature community manager job leads some teenagers to opt for a single account, but with a trick: they publish in their profile the photos that their parents "expect to see", while using the section of ephemeral photos and videos to make public his last exploits, pranks or courtships.

Encrypted biographies

If for the twitterers, the biographies of their profiles in the microblogging network were a space open to ingenuity, the space reserved for the description of the user on Instagram is a cryptographic challenge at the level of ancient Egypt.

Teenagers make use of the wide range of emoticons available on iOS and Android seemingly meaningless, but has a reason. "They can have different meanings, from who their friends are, to what urban tribe they belong, if they have a partner or who is the boy or girl they like," the Panda Security experts point out.

So, although this guy has the maximum privacy of Instagram, you can get a lot of information about your friends if you search for those emoticons in Google or in the search field of the social network.

"If, for example, a kid's gang uses the emoticon of a turtle and a bear to identify himself, all his friends will also put him in his bío. If you also have another emoticon, for example a dog, that is your pseudonym in the gang and if you have another, for example, a cat, most likely it is your boyfriend or girl or girl who likes », They stand out.

Parallel networks

The love letters passed to better history with the little notes, these in turn disappeared with the SMS. WhatsApp finished off these and now it appears around the corner new apps to call attention to the crush of the turn, what is known as impossible or platonic love.

The first step was with Ask.fm, although all the lights are taken by ThisCrush. This new social network is the ideal universe for cyberbullies, since many minors use it to insult and even harass others without being identified.

Its operation is very simple. Under the emoticons that define his biography on Instagram appears a small link to ThisCrush, there the teenagers receive answers, insults and the odd compliment to a question they have shared, especially in the stories. And you have not seen that question? Perhaps because that ephemeral story has been vetoed to the intimate and adult circle of the child.

The responses of the community can be overwhelming, especially because the profile of ThisCrush is not private. That is, anyone with this link can enter to comment on what they want anonymously.

A spy application uncovers thousands of photos of its users

The list of affected by the SpyFone app amounts to 3,666 and the amount of hacked information "can not be encrypted"

«Curiosity killed the cat», this popular saying can be applied these days to the SpyFone app. The spy application for Android and iOS devices has suffered a data leak and the affected list is already over 3,600.

Through this app, a user can monitor calls, messages, photos and even geolocation. A system used, mainly, by parents to monitor the use of smartphones by their children.

SpyFone has become the protagonist after a researcher came to the app's data on an Amazon S3 server unprotected. Among the filtered information there are photographs, text messages, audio files, contacts, locations, passwords, among many other data.

"There are terabytes of data," says one of the researchers to the Motherboard publication. The origin of this huge security breach lies in the API that SpyFone left unprotected.

According to the company, a total of 3,666 people are affected by this security breach. Specifically, the victims are not the users of the app, but those devices that were being monitored without their consent.

2 out of 10 young people use their mobile or social networks to control their girlfriends

 

The mobile phone is your faithful companion. They use it for everything. Even to watch over the couple. It's what 20 percent of young people do according to a study from the University of Santiago. & Nbsp; They want to know where their partner is at all times.

For that reason, one in ten adolescents recognizes that he takes the telephone to control and track it. They also monitor the company and friendships thanks to social networks. Experts say that this control can have an impact on violent behavior in adulthood.

 Almost five percent, know the password of your partner. Therefore, it is important to know what the limit is, the exposure.

Xiaomi brings its high-end, cheap brand to Spain

 

Pocophone F1 includes the latest specifications of the market for just over 300 euros

They have not yet reached the Spanish stores, but Xiaomi has already turned upside down the smartphone market in the Iberian Peninsula. The Chinese brand already has a 14.1% market share in Spain and already looks closely at its compatriot Huawei and knocks on the door of the powerful Samsung.

Now, the battle is fought in the low cost brands. Honor, the cheapest Huawei brand, has a new rival, PocoPhone. Xiaomi's company arrives in Europe from September and does so with a price that is hard to match in the high-end segment.

After landing in India, Xiaomi has chosen Paris to raise the curtain on PocoPhone F1. This bolide presented in the capital where the International Automobile Federation (FIA) is based, aims to take off the stickers at full speed from its rivals.

The new Pocophone F1 starts with all the accessories of a top-of-the-line smartphone and has nothing to envy its Xiaomi brothers or rival Galaxy Samsung or P20 Huawei.

Pocophone enters the European market with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, a processor incorporated by all current devices on the market. A processor that adds 6 or 8 GB of RAM, 64 GB for storage with versions of 128 and a battery of 4,000 milliamps with fast charging system.

Double camera
 
The engineers of PocoPhone have maximized the costs to reduce the price as much as possible, but the bet of the new brand of Xiaomi is in the consumer's taste.

The new F1 does not abandon the fight of cameras in the market and equips the same system as the Mi 8 presented this summer. Mount a double camera with sensors of 12 megapixels of Sony and another of Samsung, but, in this case, 5 MP. The front camera reaches, on the other hand, 20 megapixels.

In addition, the cameras include Dual Pixel technology, autofocus and the famous portrait mode that allows blur backgrounds. Like the rest of the competitors, PocoPhone relies on artificial intelligence that allows the automatic recognition of scenes and to improve the results of night photographs.

The screen, on the other hand, is of 6.18 inches and reaches a resolution of 2.246 x 1.080 pixels (Full HD +). The dimensions of the terminal are 155.5 x 75.2 x 8.8 millimeters, with a weight of 182g.

Hidden notch

And if you talk about market trends, you can not forget the Notch announced by Apple and expanded by the rest of the mobile brands. The famous black eyebrow at the top of the screen is also a characteristic note of the F1 of PocoPhone, only that, as in the case of other brands, it can also disappear with just a slide on the screen.

The terminal also incorporates an advanced facial recognition system , based on infrared, capable of identifying the user even in a room that is completely dark. "It is impossible to cheat the system," says Xiaomi.

A new mobile in the market that recalls Apple's iPhone X and even Huawei's P20, but which differs in small changes. The new F1 does not include a metal or glass body, but instead goes back to the plastic back that prevents, according to the brand, having to put a cover as protection.

And, above all, the most striking: its price. The PocoPhone of 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of memory, costs 329 euros . The version with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB for storage in exchange goes up to 399 euros .

Classic novelists become instagramers

     

The New York Public Library brings to Instagram the literary classics

Four out of ten Spaniards never read or almost never read, according to the latest Reading and Book Buying Barometer of 2017 published by the Federation of Publishers Guilds of Spain (FGEE).

35.1% of those who do not read, according to these data, is "because they do not like or do not like it", a figure that increases to 49.4% for readers between 25 and 34 years. The war to inculcate reading habits to the youngest is transferred to social networks.

This is the battle that started the New York Public Library (United States). The American public body has picked up classic novels and transformed them into animated stories on Instagram.

The social network has 37% of young people between 16 and 24 years old among its users and through Insta Novels, the Instagram community can access Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

A classic story adapted to the famous Instagram stories. Alicia's adventures are included in the totality and have also been extended to animation fragments and modern illustrations by Magoz.

This is the first adventure of the New York Public Library on Instagram. From this week, users of Mark Zuckerberg's universe platform can now read fragments of Alice in the Wonderland. In the coming weeks, the library has already announced the provision of the second part of Lewis Carroll's novel, The Yellow Paper by Charlotte Perkins and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.

Google says it blocked YouTube channels and accounts for a disinformation campaign linked to Iran

 

A FireEye report gave details of the investigation

Google said on Thursday it blocked YouTube channels and other accounts due to a disinformation campaign linked to Iran, after similar movements of Facebook and Twitter.

"We identified and canceled several accounts linked to the organization IRIB (Iranian state radio and television) that disguised their connection to this effort," Google vice president Kent Walker said in a statement, noting that this type of interference operation violates the policies of the company.

Google said that working with digital security firm FireEye linked the accounts to IRIB and associated them with an operation that dated back to at least January 2017. The technology giant reported that it blocked 39 YouTube channels with "relevant videos" that had been seen a total of 13,466 times in the United States and dismantled six accounts in Blogger and 13 in the social network Google+.

Google is the latest technological great actor in counteracting misinformation campaigns from Russia and Iran, which have the alleged purpose of sowing confusion and discord among American voters before the November legislative elections. "In addition to the information we received from FireEye, our teams investigated a wider range of suspicious actors linked to Iran related to this campaign," said Google.

A FireEye report released Thursday gave details of the investigation. As evidence, in the investigation emerged telephone numbers, information on website registration and promotion of content in tune with Iranian political interests, according to the report.

Keys to unhook from the mobile

Former workers of the great technology companies of Silicon Valley join together to warn of the risk of technology

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), addiction "is a physical and psycho-emotional illness that creates a dependence or need to a substance, activity or relationship."

The international body adds that "to be able to speak of physical and psychological dependence, people present three or more of the following criteria in a period of 12 months." Among the notes made by WHO is the need to consume a substance, withdrawal syndrome or persistence in the use of the substance despite clearly perceiving its harmful effects.

Although the use of smartphones has doubled in the last five years, according to WHO's definition it is not an addiction. In Spain, 42% of users do not spend more than 60 minutes without consulting messages , according to data provided by Phone House.

In addition, a study by Intel Security claims that 55% of people on vacation are not able to disconnect their phones.

Apple and Google have already put to work to create native applications so that users "can manage the use they make of their mobile phone." Precisely, former employees of Apple, Alphabet, Facebook or Mozilla have joined in an organization with the aim of redefining the use made of technology.

Center for Humane Technology has been working since 2013 to raise awareness of the problem of new technologies and how you are "taking over our minds", the founders say on their website.

The proposals of Center for Humane Technology are addressed to all strata of society: public authorities, the technological sector and, of course, also the users. For the latter, the former workers of Silicon Valley move nine small tips to get "disengage from technology."

The first recommendation is not to sleep with your mobile . According to a report by Motorola, about two out of ten Spaniards have their smartphone on hand 24 hours a day and 66.6% check their notifications before going to sleep.

Once overcome the fear of separating from the mobile, at least at night. The experts at the Center for Humane Technology recommend a mobile cleaning , since each user, only Android, in Spain has installed 28 applications, according to Uptodown. «Clean the home screen and leave in it only applications that we really want to use with frequencies.

Those that we do not want to use so much, to a folder or to the second page ", they indicate as one of the recommendations.

In the cleaning they have to enter the social networks and «use them only from the computer». Also, end the notifications, except "of those that we want". In this section comes into play the famous FOMO syndrome that means fear of missing something in social networks or being excluded from an event, which forces those who suffer this syndrome to remain connected to the Internet.

Finally, the Center for Humane Technology recommends returning to the screens of the first mobile phones, since gray scale is less addictive than a color screen.

Artificial intelligence already makes money selling its paintings

The system is fed with data of 15,000 portraits painted between the XIV and XX centuries

Last November, Leonardo Da Vinci's Salvatore Mundi broke all the records registered in the Art market. This Leonardo was sold in exchange for 450.3 million dollars in an auction that lasted 19 minutes.

The Leonardo, Picasso, Van Gogh and many more are pieces coveted by art collectors. Known names, which now adds a new very technological artist. His signature is mathematical and his paintings are very algorithmic.

The mentors of this painter are three French, Hugo Caselles-Dupré, Pierre Fautrel and Gauthier Vernier. These 25-year-olds sign part of Obvious, a collective that unites art with artificial intelligence.

These French mathematicians have developed a system based on a database that collects more than 15,000 portraits painted between the fourteenth and twentieth centuries. The new artist has created a series of eleven portraits drawn from artificial intelligence and algorithms.

"This new technology allows us to experiment with the notion of creativity for a machine and the parallelism with the role of the artist in the creation process," points out Hugo Caselles-Dupré, representative of Obvius.

One of his paintings, Portrait of Edmond de Belamy has become the first work of art created by an algorithm to be auctioned at the Christie's gallery. The Obvius group hopes to achieve 10,000 euros. A figure that the group already achieved with the sale of Le Comte de Belamy.

"The approach invites us to consider and evaluate the similarities and distinctions between the mechanics within the human brain, such as the creative process and those of an algorithm," explains Caselles-Dupré.

With this work, Obvious seeks to focus the viewer on the creative process, since an algorithm generally works by replicating human behavior, but "learns using its own path".

Fear of running out of battery

20% of Spaniards charge the mobile three times or more per day. 'Huawei P20 Pro' and 'Samsung Galaxy Note 9' lead the list of smartphones with more autonomy on the market

It is the challenge of the manufacturers. Imagine that you pick up the phone to make a call and realize that you barely have 15% battery. Cold sweats Yes, there is a large part of the population that is afraid of having their mobile phone turned off. A study certifies that 20% of Spaniards charge the phone three times or more per day and more than half of users do not leave home without a charger.

 These are some of the conclusions of a study conducted by the Chinese manufacturer Huawei among more than 10,000 users across Europe, of which 2,000 interviewees have been in the case of Spain.

The study reveals that 56% of users complain that the battery of your smartphone lasts less than 24 hours making intensive use. 10% say that their battery lasts less than 10 hours, although the majority (78%) indicate that they would like to have a smartphone whose battery could last at least 24 hours of continuous use.

55% of Spaniards consider that the hardest part of running out of battery is the tension generated by not being able to make an emergency call if necessary, followed by the possibility of losing an important call (18.55%), or not being able to Entertain yourself with music and videos (10.60%).

Chargers

There are three types of behavior in regard to the attitude to the lack of battery in the mobile: more than half of respondents are 'addicted' to the shippers; One third are 'survivors', who can try to make their living without making heavy use of the mobile and, finally, are the 'professional' seekers of shippers.

51.6% are 'addicted' to chargers: they do not leave the house without carrying one on them and try to connect them to their cell phone so as not to run out of battery, wherever they are, whether in a restaurant, at work, or even of drinks or on the street.

Which cell has more battery?
Samsung Galaxy Note 9: 4,000 mAh

Huawei P20 Pro: 4.000 mAh

Samsung Galaxy S9 +: 3500 mAh

Xiaomi Mi 8: 3,400 mAh

OnePlus 6: 3300 mAh

iPhone X: 2.716 mAh

Shock addicts dread losing less than half their battery. 63% do not leave home without having the phone fully charged. What's more, 42% even charge your mobile's battery when it is half full.

21.5% of this type of user prefers to buy a portable mobile battery rather than asking a stranger to lend them their mobile phone to make a call. In the case of all Spaniards, this percentage is 18%.

The 'addicts' to the charger tend to charge your mobile more than once a day. 22% say they charge their device 3 times or more a day.

33% confesses 'survivor': when managing the daily battery life of their smartphone, they frequently close applications that do not use or keep their phone in the 'Airplane Mode', so that the percentage of charge is maintained always high

Almost 30% of this type of users claim that they would borrow a phone if they ran out of battery, 13.5% would be able to pay 25 euros for a battery recharge and a reckless 18% said they would do «almost anything »For being able to charge your mobile. In the case of all the Spanish, only 5% would pay 25 euros for a recharge.

Facebook notifies users to fight against fake news

The social network seeks to eliminate rumors and scandals on its platform

How reliable are you on Facebook? It seems a typical phrase of the tests that analyze the identity in social networks and that fill these platforms with applications of doubtful origin . But in reality it is a question that the engineers of Mark Zuckerberg's company have launched and are making to win the war of false news.

A method launched a year ago and that "is not intended to be an absolute indicator of a person's credibility," says Tessa Lyons, product manager of Facebook, in an interview with The Washington Post.

Facebook works to finish taking months of research to put an end to the false news in its network and that has caused more than a blush to its founder in front of the political authorities in the United States and, to a lesser extent, in Europe.

"It's not uncommon for people to tell us that something is false simply because they do not agree with the premise of a story or because they intentionally try to target a particular publisher," adds Lyons.

Facebook's directive explains in the Washington Post that this scoring system is a measure among thousands of "behavioral clues that Facebook takes into account," he adds. However, it is not clear what other criteria the company uses to determine a user's score, if all users have a score and how these points are used.

As revealed by the US media, Facebook has begun to assign its users a level of reputation, predicting its reliability on a scale of zero to 1. The social network, like other platforms such as Twitter, has entrusted the work of primary surveillance of these content to more than 2 billion users on its platform.

Users have started reporting items as false. "It is not uncommon for people to tell us that something is false simply because they do not agree with the premise of a story or because they are intentionally trying to target a particular publisher," says Lyons.

The second step after the initial report of the community is the review of the information by a Facebook verification team to confirm the truth of the complaint. However, the large number of reports is causing an increase in work so the scoring system aims to streamline the process.

Thanks to the creation of a history of false news reports and the scoring system established in recent months, Facebook workers will review more carefully the reports of false content on the platform.