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It’s a good way to see the world. Representative image. Image by Greg Rakozy on Unsplashed      In the ‘biggest update to Google Earth since 2017,’ Google has added the new Time-lapse feature. Time-lapse in Google Earth combines 24 million satellite photos from the past 37 years to make a 4D interactive model. As the name suggests, the Google Earth Time-lapse feature lets you go through a time-lapse of how things have changed over the years.      Time-lapse in Google Earth consists of photos taken from 1984 to 2020, which equals 20 petabytes (1 Petabyte is one million gigabytes) of satellite images. Google took these pictures and stitched them into a 4.4 terapixel video. The company says that this entire video is equivalent to over 5 million 4K resolution videos. That said, Google is also calling Time-lapse on Google Earth the largest video on the planet.  In its blog  post , the company has also promised annual updates to Google Earth for the nex...

A damaged power button seems to be the end of the line for your device. But don’t worry, there are plenty of alternatives to keep your device in a working state even with a damaged power button. Not every method works for all devices. In this article, we have compiled a number of ways to deal with a broken power button and you can choose the one that works for you. If you feel that your power button is acting up, the most important things you need to do in order to ensure that you don’t lose access to your device is to turn ON  USB debugging  and  Scheduled Power ON . How To Turn ON USB  debugging on Android? Open your  Settings  app. Tap on  Developer Options . If you don’t see  Developer Options  in  Settings , you can turn it ON by going to  About phone  and then tap on  Build number  a few times till you see a pop-up message that reads “You are now a developer”. Toggle  Developer option...

Short Bytes: Intel has finally launched its first processors from 8th Generation Core family. Named Kaby Lake Refresh, these 4 new CPUs come with 40% performance improvement, four cores, and eight threads. The first machines powered by these CPUs will hit the market in September. It should be noted that, later, 8th generation will also offer CPUs based on upcoming 14++ (Coffee Lake) and 10nm (Cannon Lake) architectures.  J ust like Google’s Android O announcement, Intel has aligned its next-generation processor launch with today’s solar eclipse. For the first time, Intel has announced the processors from its 8th Gen Core CPU family. This new release comes in the form of four 15W U-series mobile processors with max clock speed of 4.2GHz. Compared to the 7th generation’s two cores and four threads, new chips have four cores and eight threads. Intel has also claimed that the new Kaby Lake refresh chips will deliver 40 percent performance boost over their 7t...

Short Bytes:  Windows 10 Insider Build 15014 brings a handy disk cleanup feature which would be a part of the Creator’s update. Windows 10 can automatically delete recycle bin files after waiting for 30 days an d unused temp files.  If the users want, they can disable this feature anytime. M icrosoft yesterday announced  Build 15014  as the latest upgrade for the Windows Insider Program. The new update has marked the debut of Microsoft’s e-books store on Windows 10 along with other updates and features.                  One notable update given to Windows 10 is the ability to automatically delete files from the system and free up disk space. According to Microsoft, the autodelete feature currently deletes unused temporary files and the recycle bin files older than 30 days. There are a couple of customizations available for this feature which can be found in Settings>System>Storage Settings. Users have t...

Image: Arch Linux Short Bytes: The mere thought of permanently damaging your laptop is daunting. But, what if you are trying to erase your current Linux installation and you end up hard bricking your device? One such incident happened with a user who ran the ‘rm -rf –no-preserve-root /’ command and ended up breaking his laptop. I n early January, a user posted on the Arch Linux forums telling how he bricked his own laptop after running a single ‘rm -rf –no-preserve-root /’  command. However, this command is known to erase the current Linux installation and nothing else. Well, this world isn’t a simple place and the Arch Linux forum user 9233 is a living example of the same.To get rid of the Arch Linux installation on his MSI Notebook by avoiding simple reinstallation, he decided to run this command. Afterwards, when he tried to boot into the BIOS, it didn’t work. On the Arch Linux forum, he writes: “So today me and a friend ran “rm -rf –no-preserve-root /” o...

  Short Bytes: Google today told the world that its ad service is ditching the notorious Flash for HTML5 in upcoming months. The company will stop accepting ads based on this security nightmare, starting on June 30, 2016, and will complete drop them on January 2, 2017.   A nother day and another nail in the coffin for Flash! Google has just announced that it’s dropping the Flash display ads completely and going 100% HTML5. In its Google+ announcement , Google has set some deadlines for the advertisers. The ad-serving company will no longer accept new Flash ads from the advertisers after June 30, 2016. The older Flash ads in Google’s catalog will continue to run till January 2, 2017. This step by Google was long overdue. Recently, the tech company decided to automatically pause any Flash-based ad in Chrome. This latest change will bring along a great impact as Google Ad network reaches more than 95 percent of desktop internet users. Hence, a total ban o...

Short Bytes:  As a part the latest Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released 13 security patches for all version of Windows and other software like Microsoft Office, IE, Flash etc. Out of these, 6 vulnerabilities were rated critical and demanded immediate attention from your side. W indows is hit by major vulnerabilities that affect all supported version of Windows operating system. In its latest Patch Tuesday security bulletin, Microsoft said that the users of Windows Vista and later should immediately patch their systems to guard themselves against these serious security flaws. The company provides this information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security updates.The monthly release lists 13 security threats, including 6 critical vulnerabilities for remote code execution. The other 7 flaws deal with the denial of service, security feature bypassing, and elevation of privileges. These vulnerabilities confirm the outcome of...

  Short Bytes: Microsoft Marketing Chief Chris Capossela has made a surprising statement about Windows 7 by calling it unsafe to use. He warned the users and asked them to use it “at their own risk, at their own peril”. However, the reality offers a totally different picture.  Earlier this week Microsoft announced that Windows 10 is its fastest growing OS with more than 200 active installations since last July. However, Windows 7 continues to power millions of PCs around the world and big names at Redmond offices are disliking these numbers. In order to push Windows 10 installation in a much faster manner, Microsoft has come up with deceitful tactics that were slammed by the experts. In a surprising development, Microsoft Marketing Cheif Chris Capossela warned the Windows 7 users and asked them to use it “at your own risk, at your own peril”. According to Windows executive, continuing using Windows 7 is a risky option and made statements ...

Image | Oculus Short Bytes: In his recent tweet, Luckey, CEO of Oculus, has mentioned about the launching of pre-orders of Oculus rift soon in the upcoming year of 2016 after the holidays. However, due to VR’s only compatibility with upcoming Samsung devices, a restriction will be put on the purchasing power of the consumers. T he Long wait is over and a little wait is left for the virtual reality fans. Oculus Rift is soon going to launch the pre-orders for its virtual reality camera in the new year 2016 in its first quarter. Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus, made this announcement over twitter very recently. @PalmerLuckey Preorders are coming soon after new year. Enjoy a stress-free holiday, we won’t launch preorders without warning! Further in his another tweet, Luckey shared, “Thrilled to share some news: manufacturing continues to go well, and we are still on target for an awesome Rift launch in Q1.” However, fingers are still crossed over th...

Images | Project Solus Short Bytes: Solus OS, pegged as the fastest booting Linux OS, is finally released. Shipping with Linux Kernel 4.3.3, Solus 1.0 is now available for download along with its own desktop environment called Budgie. Read more to know all the features and find the download links below From past few months, we have closely observed the developments made by the Solus OS team. Now, the Solus Project has finally released the first version of its operating system after the hard work spread over a period of eight months and more than 2000 package builds. Solus 1.0 is codenamed Shannon after Ireland’s longest river. For those who don’t know, Solus 1.0 is a Linux distro built from scratch that brings along its own desktop environment named Budgie. In the past, Solus OS managed to clock some impressive boot numbers at about 1 second. Started by Ikey Doherty, Solus promises full control to the devs as both the operating system and the desktop e...