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China Plans Blacklist of US Technology Firms in Retaliation to Trade War

The US-China trade war is heating up, and now China is creating a blacklist of US firms, and even individuals. The move was announced by the Chinese government on Friday, and the country said that the list would contain foreign companies, individuals, and organizations that “do not follow market rules, violate the spirit of contracts, blockade and stop supplying Chinese companies for noncommercial reasons, and seriously damage the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies.” So far, China hasn’t announced which companies and/or individuals will be on the list, and has said that specific measures will be announced in the near future. The move is not entirely suprising, considering the mounting pressure the US has been putting on Chinese technology giant Huawei. Almost two weeks ago, US President Donald Trump placed Huawei on the “entity list” effectively banning the company from conducting business with US companies. The move resulted in serious repercussions for Huawei as

12 Best Kodi Builds You Should Check Out in 2019

We all agree that Kodi is the best app to consume media content. But Kodi also allows you to fork it and make it something else entirely, both visually and feature wise. Kodi Builds are quite popular among the community as it packs everything a user needs to get started on Kodi. Under a build, you have a different Kodi skins , huge libraries of content , popular Kodi add-ons , required services and so on. It becomes a hell lot easier to stream and organize content from a Build rather than setting up Kodi from scratch. In this article, I have sorted 12 best Kodi Builds which lets you discover a new world of Kodi without any hassle. Note: Many of the Kodi Builds host and stream copyrighted content. Streaming protected content is illegal and amounts to piracy. We do not encourage online piracy in any way or form. Best Kodi Builds You Should Use in 2019 Before we get to our list of the best Kodi Builds which you can install on top of Kodi, we should learn a little bit about them. If y

Galaxy Note 10 Won’t Have Physical Buttons: Report

Samsung is likely to skip the standard 3.5-mm headphone jack and even physical keys for functions like volume and power on its upcoming Galaxy Note 10. “The Note 10 will have no 3.5mm connector, and exterior buttons (power, volume, Bixby) will be replaced by capacitive or pressure-sensitive areas, likely highlighted by some kind of raised ‘bump’ and/or texture along the edge (i.e. a faux button),” the Android Authority reported late on Thursday. Removing the headphone jack would almost certainly result in criticism from some of those fans who have long held that Samsung’s steadfast adherence to the 3.5-mm jack is one of their big reasons for sticking with the smartphone player. “But in 2019, Samsung virtually stands alone in the high-end phone space in this regard. Google, OnePlus, Huawei and Apple have all abandoned the headphone jack on their premium devices. Even many budget phone-makers have started to purge it,” the report added. Moreover, removing the headphone jack might he

Delhi BJP Website Hacked, Shows Beef Dishes

The website of BJP’s Delhi arm was hacked on Thursday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his appointed cabinet ministers attended their swearing in ceremony and took oaths. The hacker replaced the words BJP with Beef, and posted recipes for various beef dishes on the website in a separate tab that read ‘Beef Dishes.’ Under the tab, were the names of dishes like Beef Fry, Beef Dry Fry, Beef Curry, and more which led to their individual pages with complete recipes and images of the dishes. The hacker also posted the message ‘Hacked by SHADOW_V1P3R’ on the website. The BJP’s main website was hacked earlier this year in March as well, after which it was taken down by the BJP’s IT cell while they tried to fix the website. It was later brought back up online, but only displayed a static page. Post yesterday’s hack, French security researcher Elliot Alderson also tweeted to the BJP informing them that their website was hacked. BJP has since restored the website back to its original state

10 Best iPhone Camera Apps You Should Use in 2019

Smartphone cameras, especially iPhones, have gotten a lot better over time. More specifically, the photos captured by the new iPhones like the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max are sometimes just as good as some of the best point-and-shoots. But if there’s one thing which we wish was better, then it’s got to be the iPhone camera app. The stock camera app that ships with all the iPhones and iPads, is very basic. It lacks even some basic features like the ability to let you change focus, exposure, etc. Well, if you are looking for some of the best iPhone camera apps then you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we’ll be talking about some of the 10 best iPhone camera apps that will give you more fine-grained controls to capture the perfect shot. Best iPhone Camera Apps You Should Try in 2019 1. Halide Halide is one our favorite third-party camera apps. In fact, a lot of iPhones users here at Beebom use it as our primary camera app. It’s one of those apps that ticks a lot of b

WWDC 2019: What to Expect from Apple’s Developer Event

Apple’s annual developer event, WWDC (or Dub Dub, as people tend to call it), is scheduled to kick off from June 3, and as always, we’re expecting quite a lot of stuff to be announced at the keynote this year as well. The invites have been sent, and people have looked at them from every angle whatsoever, trying to decipher what they could be hinting at. So, if you’re also wondering what Apple might announce at WWDC this year, here’s what we’re expecting to see. 1. iOS 13 iOS 13 will definitely be shown off at WWDC 2019, with new features, performance improvements, probably a bunch of AR stuff and collaborations with game studios and app developers. We’ve already gotten a look at a rumored dark mode that’s apparently finally coming to iPhones and iPads this year, and Apple should also announce a developer beta for iOS 13 that should go live at the end of the event, or in the coming days, if past WWDC events are any indication. There are also rumors and reports mentioning that iOS 1

7 Best Media Server Apps You Should Use in 2019

Many believe media server apps are a thing of the past. However, some users heavily rely on their personal media serve to organize and distribute media content that they have collected over the years. Of course, with the advent of Netflix and other cloud-based streaming services , the space for personal media servers have shrunk. But it’s still a viable way to stream shows and movies without traffic congestion and buffering issues. What I like about these new media server apps is that they allow us to access our media from any device and even online when we are not at our home. So here in this article, we are going to list out 7 best media server apps which you can install on your system and access media content from anywhere you want. So without further delay, let’s get started. Best Media Server Apps You Should Use in 2019 1. Plex Plex doesn’t need much introduction but if you don’t have any idea about it then here is a quick run through. It’s a powerful media application which

Google Adds the Mate 20 Pro Back to its Android Q Beta List

The US ban on Huawei has been a wild-ride so far, but things seem to be getting crazier by the day. After earlier revoking Huawei’s Android license , and then removing the Huawei Mate 20 Pro from its official list of devices that can run the Android Q beta, Google seems to have had a change of mind, and has added the Mate 20 Pro back to the list of devices that can run the Android Q beta. The change is live on the Android Q beta website , and you can go see it for yourself. The Mate 20 Pro joins back the likes of the Essential Phone, the ZenFone 5Z, Nokia 8.1, LG G8, and others. It’s unclear whether this change is due to the 90 day reprieve that the US gave Huawei on its ban, or whether the Chinese giant and the US have worked out a deal but haven’t made any announcements yet. The latter is slightly unlikely, because a deal like that would be a big win for Huawei, and the company should’ve made an announcement about it. Yesterday, Huawei was also added back to the list of members

Chinese Database Leaks 42.5 Million Records from Dating Apps

As many as 42.5 million records of users of different dating apps were found in a single Chinese database that doesnt have a password protection, a security researcher has said. Jeremiah Fowler on May 25 discovered a non password protected Elastic database that was clearly associated with dating apps based on the names of the folders. “The IP address is located on a US server and a majority of the users appear to be Americans based on their user IP and geo-locations. I also noticed Chinese text inside the database,” Fowler wrote in Security Discovery on Tuesday. The security researcher believed the database’s owner was also Chinese. “Upon further investigation I was able to identify dating apps available online with the same names as those in the database. What really struck me as odd was that despite all of them using the same database, they claim to be developed by separate companies or individuals that do not seem to match up with each other,” Fowler added. The database, howev

10 Best Paste Alternative Clipboard Managers for Windows in 2019

I like to think that a clipboard is like the ‘Dark Knight’ of features present on our desktops. We don’t acknowledge its presence, but we need it, and use it, all the time. It has become so intrinsic to our usage that we use it without even realizing it. However, the clipboard suffers from its own flaws. The restriction of holding only one copied element at a time makes it an inefficient tool for users handling too many things at once. Third party clipboard managers solve this problem and ‘Paste for Mac’ is probably one of the best one out there. Think of it as a clipboard on steroid. It allows you to hold an unlimited number of copied elements at once, lets you organize them, and even adds search functionality, so that you can get to your desired clip as soon as possible. But, what if you are a Windows user? While the Paste app is not available on Windows, there are some great alternatives you can use on your PC. In fact, we tested and used all the best clipboard managers we could f