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Chronic depression can lead to shrinking of Hippocampus, region of the brain that is associated with memory and emotionsFindings of the survey: Based on the findings of this study, researchers ultimately concluded that brain damage is a consequence of recurrent depression and is not based on any predisposing or prerequisite factor as per their earlier belief. Earlier, scientists were able link some of the brain shrinkage to depression; however there was a lack of evidence because of small sample size, a variance in types of depression as well as the corresponding treatment methods which all led to conflicting results....

Github is an enormous developer community which does not request gender information from its 12 million users. On GitHub, women’s contributions actually outnumber men’s—as long as they don’t actually identify themselves as women. The study conducted by a team of six computer science researchers, which consisted of students and assistant professors at North Carolina State University and Cal Polytech State University, California, examined how gender impacts the acceptance of contributions on the open source code repository site GitHub....

“With this security hole, it’s possible to eavesdrop on traffic without being detected. We discovered this in our theoretical calculations, and our colleagues in Stockholm were subsequently able to demonstrate it experimentally,” says Jan-Åke Larsson, professor at Linköping University’s Division of Information Coding. Many research groups around the world are working to make quantum cryptography unaffected to various types of disturbance, and so far it has been possible to handle the disturbance that has been detected....

Since technology has reached a point where you can place a small camera sensor at the rear side of a smartphone without it making the mobile device appear too bulky, Samsung has been able to take advantage of this. Coming to the modular camera, it looks like the design in the images shows that the lens of the camera can be interchanged with improved ones, particularly those which have a zoom functionality....

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player AndroidL did this and tricked over 3000 cheaters into getting banned by releasing ingenious fake hacks. AndroidL created free to download hacks that advertised a variety of services, including an aimbot, bunnyhop and wallhacks for use in Valve’s hugely popular competitive first-person shooter. As soon as the cheaters got the opportunity, they started downloading AndroidL’s hacks. But unknown to the cheaters, AndroidL slipped in features that would ensure a sure shot Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) ban....

Discovered by an Iranian web developer, Pouya Darabi earlier this month, the vulnerability resides in Facebook’s new Poll feature. He quickly reported the bug to Facebook on November 3, which was patched by them on November 5. Darabi in return received a $10,000 bounty from Facebook for preventing potential damage to both users as well as the social media giant’s reputation in general. Earlier this month, Facebook had launched a new Poll feature for posting polls that include images and GIF animations....

Apple, the biggest phone manufacturer had developed its own operating system called iOS and released in 2007, while Google brought Android in 2008, after it started to gain popularity with Google’s search engine. Considering that Google’s mobile platform is the largest in the world when it comes to market share, it is sad to know that Android users have to wait to get some apps and games after they are made available to iOS users....

The highly realistic-looking robot child named “Affetto” unveiled first in 2011 has now been incorporated with an artificial synthetic skin that allows it to detect changes in pressure. It can feel and distinguish between a light touch or a hard hit. The team behind the robot said that this would help robots understand emotional and physical pain like human beings. The group of scientists from Osaka University, led by Professor Minoru Asada, explained: “Engineers and material scientists have developed a new tactile sensor and attached it to a child robot called Affetto that has a realistic face and body skeleton covered in artificial skin....

But one such server is running since 1993 and has completed almost 24 years of life without a breakdown. This Stratus fault tolerant server was first booted in 1993 and has been running non-stop.Phil Hogan, an IT application architect working with steel products maker Great Lakes Works EGL in Dearborn Mich first booted up this brand-new Stratus Technologies fault tolerant server. While a lot may have changed since 1993 but the Stratus has been running like an old war horse....

Right now Netflix allows you to download some select videos using Android smartphone or iPhone. The Free Netflix Downloader takes Netflix video download forward by letting you download any Netflix video of your choice. Free Netflix Downloader has been developed by DVDVideoSoft and is available only for Windows run PC/laptops currently but the developers say that the Linux and Mac version will be coming soon. Free Netflix Downloader has a very easy to use interface which allows even a noob to download the videos....

Having said this, it may take a while for Microsoft to bring a more modern and desirable form and consistency in Windows 10, but an enterprising UI designer and a YouTuber has already reimagined the look and feel of Windows in a concept video called Introducing Windows 20 (Concept by Advan). Kamer Kaan Avdan, a Turkish designer, in his concept video posted on YouTube has met all the expectations of Windows 10 users by demonstrating how the Windows 10 successor, Windows 20 would look like....

Top 10 Linux GUI tools that can make life much easier for a Linux administrator1. MySQL Workbench2. cPanel3. Shorewall4. Webmin5. Apache Directory6. YaST7. Cockpit8. CUPS9. Zenmap10. phpMyAdmin In the recent times, many organizations have migrated from Windows, where everything is regulated with a point-and-click GUI. Thankfully, Linux has plenty of GUI tools that can help you keep away from the command line. Linux-based security tools and distributions can be used for penetration testing, reverse engineering, forensics and so on....

Typically targeting various Linux flavors used to power these devices, IoT malware is seldom seen as danger to the people or companies behind these devices, but everyone else. In the past two years, all IoT malware discovered have been found to be doing the same thing. The infection begins with a cybercriminal or automated service trying to guess thousands of username-password combinations to get into the IoT device’s admin password by using brute-force attacks....

The vulnerability which now known to all via the news wires made it easier for other hackers who soon took advantage of it, including @derGeruhn who used the Vulnerability and tweeted a self Retweeting script which was Retweeted for more than 80K users.

The micro-blogging website had announced last week that it would be cracking down on hate speech, which included the suspension of numerous alt-right accounts. Although, Twitter in the past has been slow to suspend people for hate speech and harassment, it is basically quick to remove accounts that post obscene images or videos. While the micro-blogging website has been slow to suspend people for harassment and hate speech in the past, it is usually quick to remove accounts that post obscene images or videos....

Supported by a series of gas-pressurized cells, the free-standing tower would stand 20 times the height of current tall structures and can be used for wind-energy generation and as a docking platform for space planes that could launch cargo, tourists and satellites directly into lower orbit. Speaking to CNBC, the Ontario-based company, Thoth Technology which is behind the invention said that the elevator could transport 10 tons of cargo at approximately seven miles per hour, while the passengers could be able to reach the top of the tower in about 60 minutes....

British paper Evening Standard reported that 35 year old Mike Crossley’s Uber account was hacked and he was virtually taken for a ride. Crossley alleges that over the course of 10 days, unknown hackers took 142 Uber rides using his account racking up a £3,000 bill which he has to pay. “Most of the time they were using the expensive luxury service to run up the bill,” he said. “They were quite random although there was an address in Westminster they went to more than once....

The hugely successful internet browser in a partnership with Adobe, wants to intelligently sideline or pause flash content that may not be required for tasks you are currently working on and save battery life for laptop users. Chrome, which brags about a number of hidden features and games, was given a speed bump last month too. Google announced the new feature in a blog post, it wrote: “When you’re on a webpage that runs Flash, we’ll intelligently pause content (like Flash animations) that aren’t central to the webpage, while keeping central content (like a video) playing without interruption....

Anthem Inc., CEO and President Joseph R. Swedish said in a statement that attackers gained unauthorized access to Anthem’s IT system and have obtained personal information from their current and former customers and employees such as their names, birthdays, medical IDs/social security numbers, street addresses, email addresses and employment information, including income data. However there is no evidence that credit card or medical, information, such as claims, test results or diagnostic codes were targeted or compromised, he added....