Author: Henry R. Lares

Henry Lares is still early into his career as tech reporter but has already had his work published in many major publications including Tech Crunch and the Huffington Post.  In regards to academics, Henry earned an engineering degree from Apex Technical School. Henry has a passion for emerging technology and covers upcoming products and breakthroughs in science and tech.

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WhatsApp Gold 6.8 Mod Update Is Here – Should You Install It?

With more than 1.5 billion active users WhatsApp is without a doubt the most popular messaging app in the world. A continuous stream of high-quality updates brought new features which made the app a favorite among smartphone users. The fact that it is also available across a variety of platforms, which include iOS and Android smartphones and tablets and the PC platform is a great plus.

The app does offer a variety of interesting features by there are some users who want extra stuff which isn’t available in the default version of the app. Inventive individuals have managed to take the app and modify it, adding several improvements which make it even better to use and without compromising the default security layer.

One of the most popular mods is WhatsApp Gold, but there are also other mods among which we can count WhatsApp Plus, OGWhatsApp, and YOWhatsApp. WhatsApp Gold will work side-by-side with the original WhatsApp app so you can use two different accounts at the same time.

Below you can find some of the features provided by WhatsApp Gold.

  • Users can easily hide their online status;
  • It is easy to remove the blue ticks or the second tick;
  • The writing and recording statues can be set to invisible, so no one will know what you are doing;
  • The Anti Revoke feature will block the ability of the sender to use remove messages;
  • A handy schedule feature allows you to plan several messages will which be sent automatically;
  • Several background screens are available, and you can choose the one which works the best for you;
  • A nifty security option allows users to block access to the entire app or select conversations;
  • If you forward messages a forward tag will not appear.

Installing the app

Before you attempt to install the app go to Settings/Security and look for the Unknown sources option. Enable the option to continue.

  1. Download the APK file from a reliable source.
  2. Open your file manager and look for the APK.
  3. Tap on the APK and confirm the installation.
  4. After the task is finished enter your phone number and confirm the OTP. You are good to go!
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Best 3 VPNs With Lifetime Subscriptions At Great Prices

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are perfect for keeping hackers at bay, having a secure and private connection. Right now, several VPNs offer massive discounts for lifetime subscriptions. Let’s see what the following top 3 VPNs in our list have to offer.

FastestVPN – this service lives up to their name and has 70 servers around the world, offering high speeds. Among its features, here are the key services you can get from FastestVPN:

Access VPN with 10 different users at once. Geo-restrictions are bypassed on websites and streaming service. It works on major platforms – iOS, Windows, PS4, Xbox; even Kodi and Roku.

The service offers more than 100 servers in over 20 countries, at unlimited bandwidth, with Internet Kill Switch.

The lifetime subscription is $39.99, and it also comes with 24/7 customer service.

Ivacy VPN – for only $49.99, you will get the lifetime subscription and NAT Firewall Protection. The service has more than 450 servers in over 50 countries. The P2P file-sharing service is very fast and secure, allowing you to stream in HD, unblock geo-restricted services.

Other features offered by Ivacy VPN is the add-on for Kodi. The service also includes a Kill Switch, comes with 256-bit encryption and PPTO, SSTP, L2TP, OpenVPN, and IKEv2 Protocols. It supports up to 5 devices at the same time, working on platforms like MacOS, Windows, Android, iOS, but also Linex, Kindle, Roku, PS4, X-Box and Blackberry.

Unfortunately, the service is not available in North Korea, China, Cuba or Saudi Arabia.

Keezel Safe Internet Device – is a revolutionary VPN which is portable, and now at an offer of $449 for a Lifetime Subscription. You turn on the device and your wi-fi devices will connect to the VPN.

The device will do what all VPNs do and a little more, considering it’s portable: it blocks ads and malware, unlocks geo-restricted websites or services, it works on any device (up to ten devices at once) – even on the IoT devices, and has 1250 VPN servers spread in up to 160 countries.

The device has more than 20 hours of battery (it needs 7 hours to charge, though) and it can also be used as a powerbank for your phone, as it has a 8,000mAh battery. It has 2 USB ports and 2 micro-USB ports.

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New Unc0ver Jailbreak For iOS 12-12.1.2 Support for A12-A12X, and 2018 iPads

The last Unc0ver jailbreak tool was released last month for iPhones and iPads that run iOS 12, 12.1.1 beta 3, and iOS 12.1.2, and iPhone/iPad users were able to enjoy the jailbreak on their phones. Now thanks to the dev team at Unc0ver, more iPhones can get the jailbreak.

Unc0ver Jailbreak for iPhone XS, XS Max, iPhone XR, and iPad Pros (2018)

The jailbreak tool only worked for devices that had A8X up to A11 processors. This means that the iPhone XS, XS Max, iPhone XR, and the 2018 iPad Pros couldn’t use the Unc0ver tool, until now.

The latest update from Developer @pwn20wnd on Twitter tells us about the Unc0ver v3.0.0 public beta 44 which has ‘partial’ support for the A12 and A12X devices. This means all the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, as well as all the iPad Pro models powered by A12,  will be supported by the tool very soon.

The public beta comes with more than partial support for these devices. It also comes with a beta 45 for public testing, adding a fix for the voucher_swap exploit. The new beta version of Unc0ver jailbreak tool can be found on GitHub. Bear in mind that this is a beta version so it can have bugs and you may experience some issues. The tool is mainly released for developers or for those that want to risk jailbreaking their devices.

Developers might want access to this tool to create or optimize jailbreak tweaks for iOS 12. They will have access to the root filesystem on A12 and A12X devices with the Unc0ver v3.0.0 public beta 44.

Partial Support – What Does It Mean?

If you were wondering what ‘partial support’ means, then you must know that the tool works on the iPhone XS, XS Max, iPhone XR or the iPad Pros, you can install it, but you can’t tweak the devices because it doesn’t support Cydia. You won’t be able to install jailbreak tweaks from Cydia, and Saurik hasn’t yet stated if or when they will add Cydia support for the latest devices.

Public users will only benefit from the version after it gets support from Cydia. Hopefully, we’ll learn more about this in the coming days.

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AMD Radeon RX 7nm Navi GPU Performance Benchmarks Get Leaked

This year is going to be a great one when it comes to graphics cards. Intel has announced that its plans for 2019 are to innovate the GPU market with its Odyssey project. Not only that, but NVIDIA has also started selling both RTX-enabled and non-RTX versions of Turing while AMD is currently adding the finishing touches to a new GPU architecture known as “Navi”.

Even though these hardware manufacturers don’t want to reveal too much information about their upcoming smartphones, we got lucky and the benchmarks for AMD Radeon’s RX 7nm Navi have been leaked.

AMD Radeon RX 7nm Navi

For those who haven’t been following the latest developments in the tech industry, then all they should know about Navi is that this GPU is the successor to Vega. Furthermore, Navi is being built on a 7nm (nanometer) manufacturing process, just like the newly launched Radeon VII.

As previously mentioned, AMD doesn’t want to give out too much details about Navi. The only thing that AMD announced is that Navi is indeed being developed right now and that it will arrive in the upcoming future. Fortunately, a Reddit user has managed to spot the new hardware on CompuBench.

CompuBench Leak

The Reddit user found a CompuBench entry that is labeled as “AMD 66AF:F1” which is believed to be Navi. If this leak proves to be true, then this means that Navi features 20 Compute Units (CUs) and they will work out to 128 Stream Processors (SPs).

Moreover, the performances of Navi are onscreen: 6258 (97.3 Fps) and offscreen: 23662 Frames (368.0 Fps) in the Aztec Ruins Normal Tier. Navi was also put in the Aztec Ruins High Tier Test and where it had the following results onscreen: 11381 Frames (177.0 Fps) and offscreen: 9147 Frames (142.3 Fps).

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PlayStation 4 6.50 Firmware Update Comes With Remote Play For iOS And More

There is a new PlayStation 4 system update that has just rolled out. PlayStation 4 6.50 firmware update gave the owners of the console the possibility to control the system directly from their iPads or iPhones, with the help of Remote Play for iOS. There is also a new app, PS4 Remote Play, that’s available right now to download from the App Store – and it’s for free.

PS4 Remote Play is going to let all of its iOS device users to control their PS4, to join voice chats just by using the microphone, or enter text on their console by using their keyboards from their smartphones.

What you need to use the Remote Play for iOS

For you to use the app, you’ll need iOS 12.1, or later, a PlayStation Network account, of course, and a WiFi network from home. You cannot use PS4 Remote Play with a mobile network, and it’s not compatible with a DualShock 4 controller either. We know this for sure from the app’s release notes.

Sony recommended iPhone 7, or iPad sixth generation, or iPad Pro second generation, or newer iOS devices for this app. However, you need to keep in mind that not all the titles are supported, according to Sony. Previously, we’ve seen PS4 Remote Play supported on Mac, and Windows PC, and also Android and PlayStation Vita.

Change the button assignments with PlayStation 4 6.50 firmware update

The PlayStation 4 6.50 firmware update also comes with an option that will come in handy for import game enthusiasts. As a PS4 owner, you need to go to Settings and change the button assignment in order to perform “Enter” operations from the circle button (which comes as default in Japanese titles) to the cross button.

The PlayStation 4 6.50 firmware update which brings Remote Play for iOS is already available to download, and it’s quite big – 400 Mb.

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