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How to deploy a Static Site to Heroku for free?

Kevin M. Mansour — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 19:11:14 +0000

First: What is Heroku Platform?

Heroku is a hosting platform where you can deploy dynamic applications in Rails, PHP, Node.js and Python web applications.

Prerequisites:

In order to deploy a Static Site you need a couple of things:

Have git installed.
A Heroku Account – Sign up here.
Download the Heroku CLI – A command line interface for managing your Heroku Apps from Terminal.
Run heroku login in your Terminal or Command prompt and fill in your Heroku Account Credentials.

Deploying your Site:

First, You need to navigate to your project in the command prompt.

cd Projects/my-site

We can trick Heroku to deploy a static site by including 1 dynamic file.

The index.php file will be served by Heroku before your index.html. We need to make the browser redirect from index.php to index.html. We only need to include one line of PHP code.

<?php header( 'Location: /index.html' ) ; ?>

Notice: Make sure there is no spaces before the <?php otherwise it won’t work!

Then we will use the command line tool called git to initialize or create a version of the site you want to deploy. To do that run the command:

git init

Then,

git add .

The add . means add all the files to the git repository.

Then you want to commit or save all the changes for your site. With a message describing what you have done.

git commit -m "My site ready for deployment."

Now you want to create your site on Heroku. If you are already logged in (because you ran heroku login earlier), you can issue the following command:

heroku apps:create my-static-site-example

Insert your desired name instead of my-static-site-example.

If the name is not taken you can deploy your site using git:

git push heroku master

Once you see “remote: Verifying deploy…. done.”
So, Congratulations. You can now visit your site at https://<whatever-name-you-selected>.herokuapp.com/.

If you want to add your own domain check out the Heroku Documentation.

If you need to make changes to your site:

Add the changes.

git add .

Save the changes.

git commit -m "Add useful message"

Then deploy.

git push heroku master

Then your edits are published.

The iOS 14 update adds a hidden, customizable iPhone button

Kevin M. Mansour — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 11:28:41 +0000

Just shortly after the release of iOS 14 for iPhones, developers found a new feature in the system that adds a lot of functionality to phones and can be easily customized. As the feature includes the phone's sensitivity to clicking on its back cover, and after activating it from the settings it is possible to customize the command so that you can tap twice on the back of the phone to operate the camera, or tap 3 times to swipe down or perhaps open the notification center.

The feature was not included in the announcement and details of the iOS 14 system, but if you have upgraded to this version you will be able to activate it under Settings, Accessibility Options, and then activate the "Back Tap" option. As there are several basic tasks available within the options, but with the feature being linked to the system's shortcuts application, it will be possible to place any task you want just clicks away on the back of the phone.

What is unique about this new feature is that it does not really need any additional hardware, but rather it depends on the phone’s sensitivity to movement through the acceleration and rotation sensors, and depending on the machine learning patterns, the phone can distinguish the intended clicks on the back of it and activate the required feature better and better with time.

It should be noted that a similar feature was available in the beta versions of the Android 11 system for the recent Pixel phones, but as it has become usual recently, the feature was removed without explaining the reason from the stable version of the system.

Huawei is struggling to survive amid massive US pressure

Kevin M. Mansour — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 07:32:56 +0000

Not long ago, the founder and president of Huawei Ren Jingfei stated and insisted on his position that the ban on the use of smart phone components by American companies, which the company was subjected to by the Trump administration, will not harm its business in the long term.

Rather, he insisted that keeping Huawei on the blacklist - companies that cannot be dealt with - forever would not affect it at all, as he said in an interview back last November, "They can keep us there forever, because we would be fine without them." But this statement was about a month before the outbreak of global panic about the new Corona virus and disrupted production in China and many countries of the world.

But before we judge the man with bad expectation, we must bear in mind that Huawei was very dominant in the smartphone market and was close to surpassing both Apple and Samsung - the two biggest players in this market - in terms of sales and profits.

In early 2019, the company tried to woo the American public towards its products through a group of "full page" advertisements in major American newspapers such as the New York Times and Washington Post as well as the Wall Street Journal and Politico. Huawei called on the American public not to believe all that is said about it and said, "We would like to know us. The American public is better. ”

Then 2020 came with all its and its dues and harmed the Chinese company, starting with the tightening of US sanctions, then the spread of the Corona pandemic globally, and Huawei’s stage slogan shifted from “continued growth” to survival under these conditions.

Acting CEO Guo Ping admitted that at a press conference last September where he said that the company “is in a difficult situation these days. We have put the ongoing aggression by the US government under great pressure ”and at that time reports surfaced that the company intends to reduce its smartphone production by a massive percentage in 2021.

"Now, survival is the goal."

Huawei released its latest financial figures on Friday, in which it shows that the company achieved $ 101 billion in revenue in the first nine months of the year, a 10% increase compared to the same period in 2019, but growth has clearly slowed compared to the 24% increase in revenue in the first three months. From 2019.

Huawei said in a statement Friday that the Corona virus has caused pressure on its supply chains and thus disrupted production processes, and this comes in conjunction with the company's announcement of the new Mate 40 Pro phone.

The company added in the statement that it will do its utmost to find solutions, survive and fulfill its obligations towards customers and suppliers.

First place despite the difficulties

It is surprising that Huawei climbed to the top of smart companies according to the number of smart phones sold, surpassing the Korean Samsung, and analysts attributed this to the unaffectedness of some markets by the spread of Corona and the great control of Huawei in China, and with the return of things to normal, Samsung may return to the top again.

Are smart electric trucks really the future? And what makes it special compared to traditional trucks

Kevin M. Mansour — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 07:21:58 +0000

It is known today that maritime transport routes are the most used means of transporting goods in the world, especially for long distances, and air transport is undoubtedly the fastest, but if we focus on relatively short distances, we cannot ignore the great role that trucks play in domestic and global trade today, It is very essential, whether for transportation within cities only, or transport between distant regions, as there are no available waterways. And this field appears to be on the verge of dramatic changes as the idea of electric trucks nears realization.

Currently, many international companies (such as Tesla, Nikolai and others) are working on developing the idea of smart electric trucks and making it a reality and widespread, and although it may take many years before these trucks become the norm for road transport, the possible changes due to the addition of such technology will be very large Without a doubt.

In this topic, we will deal with electric trucks with a closer look to get to know what really distinguishes them. We will also discuss an opinion that is repeated frequently in the recent period, which is that electric trucks may spread faster than the current spread of electric cars even.

Saving fuel costs in electric trucks

It is known that the usual trucks run on fossil fuels (diesel in particular) and consume large quantities of it without a doubt. Even by ignoring the environmental impact of continuing to burn fossil fuels, the financial aspect alone is sufficient to convince many to accept the change in the field, as electric truck batteries run much longer distances throughout their life if we compare the cost with the distance traveled by a conventional truck with fuel at the same price.

Almost all over the world, electric power usually costs less money to buy compared to buying fuel and burning it in engines, as power plants have greater efficiency and less energy loss when converting, and as a result, electric trucks cost much less than their fuel counterparts and are expected to be Able to compensate for its purchase by saving fuel only over several years.

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Saving drivers' operating cost

Today, trucks run completely manually, with drivers controlling them completely and the need for a driver for each of the trucks that actually drive. Although truck drivers' wages are not exceptionally high, it is one of the largest transportation costs today, and in many countries (especially Europe and North America) it is customary for the driver's wages to cost more money than fuel and periodic repairs to the truck, so the idea is to reduce the need for drivers It is very attractive for transport companies that want to reduce their expenses and as a result increase their profits.

Currently, autonomous driving technologies are still not completely sufficient to operate vehicles without the need for drivers in the first place, but things are developing rapidly and it is possible that we will see semi-autonomous trucks soon perhaps, as these trucks will continue to need drivers as well, but the work requirements and drivers' stress will be less doubtful. Large, which will mean faster delivery of goods and significantly lower labor costs as well.

In addition to saving for each truck separately, it is possible for the use of smart electric trucks to save the total number of drivers by running self-driving trucks in the form of convoys consisting of several trucks in a row instead of running them separately, and in this way it is possible in principle to be satisfied with one driver It controls the first truck within the convoy, while the following trucks are fully automatic and can be controlled by the driver in an emergency.

Increase road safety and reduce noise and congestion

As anyone who uses a car or bus to travel on long roads knows, trucks are by far the greatest danger. Since their enormous size and weight make stopping and controlling them very difficult and not easy to do, and the tendency of many truck drivers to violate traffic rules on remote roads increases the risk that is already present.

By relying on autonomous driving, it is possible to reduce the possibility of collision and rollover accidents very significantly, and it will also be safe to walk on roads that include trucks as they are bound by traffic laws and usually specific lanes. In addition to reducing the possibility of accidents, self-driving trucks will be more streamlined in their tracks within cities, which will mean fewer traffic jams and a smoother overall traffic flow.

Finally, the noise cannot be ignored, as electric motors are exceptionally quiet compared to engines that run on conventional fuels, which means that they are much better for some uses such as walking through cities more safely and with minimal noise and disturbance to residents and pedestrians alike.

Why might electric trucks spread faster than electric cars?

While the decision to buy electric cars depends primarily on the orientation of individuals to them, electric trucks are a very different matter, since trucks are usually owned by major transport companies. While individual decisions are based primarily on personal emotions and preferences, corporate decisions tend to be based on profitability above anything else, especially in the long run.

In short, convincing individuals to buy an electric car instead of the traditional one is by saying that it will save money in the long run and will be cheaper after 10 years of use, for example, but for companies these margins and timelines are completely acceptable things and a major advantage even, as many companies' investments are designed to give their results. In the long term and not really quickly, which will make the idea of the spread of electric trucks more convincing in stages than electric cars that achieve tremendous successes today, regardless of the obstacles in front of them.

Of course, there will be a lot of pending issues in terms of the success of electric trucks today, as it is still a future technology that has not yet been issued, but we will need to wait for it to be clearly revealed with clear specifications in terms of range, cost and the amount of savings that it will provide to its owners. Although the success of electric trucks appears to be the most likely option today, nothing is really guaranteed here and everything may change with the emergence of technologies or correspondingly new challenges in the future.

The reveal of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini, all you need to know

Kevin M. Mansour — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:53:51 +0000

As part of the events of the new Apple digital conference, which just ended, the company unveiled new-generation iPhones with new features and welcome changes (most of them) compared to previous generations. As the new lineup of phones included the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 in addition to the Pro and Pro Max models. But in this topic we will focus on the two cheaper phones in the company's lineup, as for the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, they will have a separate topic to explain what distinguishes them this year.

In fact, there are many new things that came with the new iPhone 12 phones, as this is the first time that 4 new phones are detected instead of 2 or 3 as in previous years, and the "mini" suffix has never been used in phones. IPhone throughout its history so far.

In principle, the two new phones appear to be broadly identical with a difference in overall size only, so we will focus in the initial paragraphs on the new features while leaving the Air space to explain the difference between the two new iPhone sizes.

New design closer to old Apple designs

Although the new look of the iPhone phones now looks without a doubt modern, it is clear that it is closer to an amalgamation between the designs of recent years and the designs of the oldest company nearly 10 years ago. As the interface is still as usual with a massive bump at the top that includes the camera and face recognition technology, while the back of the phone is made of glass with the dual camera position on the corner as is the case with the iPhone 11.

The old innovation in design is the shape of the funniest phone in fact, instead of the curved shape that has been used in iPhones for many years now, the company’s habit is to use flat aluminum tips that look very similar to what was used in the era of the iPhone 4 and later the iPhone 5. This design It looks elegant and distinctive without a doubt, but there will be some questions about portability with the curved edges being easier to hold.

OLED screen instead of LCD

In the past two years, lower iPhone phones have actually been using LCD screens, unlike those of the first row that use OLED screens. But this time, all the different iPhone 12 phones will use OLED screens, including the cheaper iPhone 12 and 12 Mini, unlike the iPhone 11 and its predecessor, the iPhone XR.

OLED screens have many features in fact, they allow much smaller bezels and it is clear this year as the edges of the iPhones continue to shrink, and they also show a realistic black color, which means huge contrast rates and more vibrant and brighter colors.

According to Apple's claim, the screens of the new phones are covered with a layer of very thin ceramic, which will give it greater strength and durability, whether against scratches or bumps as well. Although these claims and their benefits are currently still unproven, they look promising now.

A14 bionic chip and 5G networks

As every year, Apple unveiled its new A14 bionic chip that delivers higher levels of performance than ever before. Where the company’s statement was that the new chip increases the superiority of previous Apple processors, which are still clearly ahead of competitors from newer versions, and as previous years the chip will be six-core with two cores for high performance and 4 for energy saving.

The interesting thing about the new chips is that they are built on the new 5nm architecture to be the first processors to use this architecture that provides better manufacturing accuracy and semiconductor density than ever before, as it supports fifth generation networks for the first time in the history of iPhone phones. Although support for the fifth generation comes relatively late (competing phones started supporting the fifth generation at least a year and a half ago), it is still a normal matter with the fact that these networks are still very limited in spread today.

Night photography and higher camera quality

Although the company's main focus on photography was within the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini got their sense of upgrades with a dual rear camera with two 12MP lenses, one basic and the other offering a wide angle, and night photography has also been improved. Excellent natively in the phone, and the night photography technology will be supported in the front camera as well, to capture selfies better than ever before.

Better wireless charging and easier accessory attachment

Both phones will support 15-watt fast wireless charging, which is a good thing without a doubt, for the most interesting point here is the new MagSafe technology, which will rely on magnets located within the phone and other devices to make the wireless connection much easier with the possibility of almost zero error and greater security.

He plans to use MagSafe technology to better stabilize the phone with the wireless charger, and it will also be used for accessories such as covers, external batteries, or possibly other accessories in the future. This idea appears to be very interesting in application and surprisingly not yet widely accepted.

No charger or wired headphones in the box

This point is the biggest negativity and the undisputed clearest point of contention for the new iPhone phones, the idea of the absence of a charger and a wired headphone from the box seems absolutely unacceptable for phones that cost hundreds of dollars to buy in the first place, although the company tried to justify the matter that it is to protect the environment only and to encourage the reuse of chargers and headphones It is clear that the real purpose of this is to increase profit margins by selling standalone chargers and pushing users to buy the company's expensive wireless headphones.

IPhone 12 mini

In principle, there is no real difference between the regular iPhone 12 and the mini version except for the size, as the first comes with a 6.1-inch screen this time, while the iPhone 12 mini has a smaller 5.4-inch screen, making it very easy to carry as it is Smaller than the iPhone SE (2020) or iPhone 8. However, with the exception of the issue of size, the two phones currently look identical, even if the future may carry the discovery of differences between them, perhaps.

The price of the iPhone 12 mini will be $ 700 and will be available for pre-order from next November 6, while his brother iPhone 12 will cost $ 800 and will be available for pre-order starting from October 16, that is, days later.

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Apple unveils iPhone 12 Pro Max with 5G support, a fairy camera and a new design

Kevin M. Mansour — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:44:15 +0000

The official Apple conference has just ended to announce the new generation of iPhone, and this year the company announced both the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max with an entirely new design - it looks like an iPad Pro 2020 - superior performance and very impressive cameras, as well as support Fifth generation (5G) communications of course.

The Pro category this year comes with larger screens compared to last year, as the iPhone 12 Pro became 6.1 inches instead of 5.8 inches in the iPhone 11 Pro, and the iPhone 12 Pro Max also increased to 6.7 inches instead of 6.5 inches in last year's version.

IPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max also have a stainless steel design - instead of the aluminum used in the regular iPhone 12 - and are available in four colors (gray, gold, steel - looks silver - and the new blue).

IPhone 12 Pro Max processor

The new iPhone 12 Pro series works with the new A14 Bionic chip from Apple, which it first presented on the iPad Air at a conference last month, and some company officials call it "the most powerful chip Apple has ever made."

The new chip is produced on the basis of a 5-nanometer standard and contains a hex-core processor along with a quad-core GPU, and Apple claims that it gives 50 percent better performance compared to any other phone.

One of the biggest updates that Apple launched in the iPhone 12 Pro Max and its younger brother is the support for the fifth generation (5G) networks on more than one range, as it supports both sub-6GHz networks as well as mmWave, which means that the iPhone 12 Pro will support the fifth generation on a large number of Networks.

There is another feature exclusive to the iPhone 12 Pro Max version, which is the LiDAR sensor that can be used in the effects of augmented reality, along with helping the camera to focus quickly in low-light conditions, especially with the activation of Night Mode.

If we go to the screen, we find it is supported by an all-new protection technology that Apple calls "Ceramic Shield", and according to the drop tests carried out by the company, this technology is four times better in protecting the screen.

IPhone 12 Pro Max camera

As was the case in the iPhone 11 Pro category last year, Apple continues this year with three lenses in the rear camera system on the iPhone 12 Pro Max, and it comes with a 12 mega-pixel wide lens, a 12 mega-pixel telephoto lens, and a 12 mega-pixel ultra-wide lens.

But this year's telephoto camera has a focal length of 65mm and can optical zoom up to 2.5 times. The wide lens is equipped with an f / 1.6 aperture and a new optical image stabilization system from Apple.

Apple also hinted to a new feature in photography called "Apple ProRAW" that will be available on both the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max later this year.

Apple says it - the feature - will offer existing computational imaging features like Deep Fusion and Smart HDR along with the flexibility of RAW images.

Video on iPhone 12 Pro Max

Video shooting has always been one of the strongest features of the iPhone 11 Pro - and the iPhone in general - which is why Apple developed its technology this year to allow HDR video recording with support for Dolby Vision HDR, and consumers will be able to edit Dolby Vision clips directly from the Photos application.

Besides all this, the Pro category supports MagSafe accessories Apple announced today with iPhone 12. As with all iPhone 12 products; There will be no charger or headphone in the phone box.

Pricing and date of availability

The iPhone 12 Pro starts at $ 999, while the iPhone 12 Pro Max increases to start at $ 1,099, and there are 128, 256 and 512GB storage options.

Pre-orders for the iPhone 12 Pro begin next Friday (October 16), while Apple begins shipping to consumers on October 23. For the iPhone 12 Pro Max, pre-orders will start on November 6, and it will start shipping on the 13th of the same month.

Let's work from home

Kevin M. Mansour — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:02:21 +0000

After the success of remote work during the period when the Corona virus swept the world, large companies began to reconsider the amount of work space they needed.
Where companies such as Facebook, Twitter, and now Microsoft have started making the remote work option a permanent option for some businesses even after the end of the Corona pandemic, which is expected to increase productivity and psychological comfort during work.
In your opinion .. will work in the future be remote?

The 6 best tech YouTube channels

Kevin M. Mansour — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:31:52 +0000

Technology evolves periodically and continuously every day, and there is a lot that happens in this field, and there are many platforms covering the latest news in the field of technology, so how do you keep pace with this development?

We present to you the best technology channels on the YouTube platform:

Marques Brownlee Channel (12.2 million subscribers)

Known as “MKPHD” is considered one of the biggest names in the field of technology on YouTube, as Marcus is considered one of the biggest technology references in the world now, as 12.2 million people from around the world subscribe to his channel. He started his career in the world of YouTube in 2009 and was able to He is getting the attention of the top influencers on his channel due to the rich content it provides.

Linus Tech Tips (12 million subscribers)

Linus Sebastian is a Canadian YouTuber, who owns four YouTube channels, the largest of which is Linus Tech Tips, which specializes in computers.

 Unbox Therapy (17.3 million subscribers)

The duo of Louis Helsinger and Jack McCann collaborated on launching the channel in 2014, and they relied on the channel to discover and experiment with the latest electronic tools and to inform viewers of what was most characteristic of each tool. Perhaps the most famous of this channel on YouTube was the video in which "Lewis" appeared while bending a phone IPhone 6 Plus using his hands, which sparked widespread controversy on the Internet.

   Austin Evans (6.4 million subscribers)

Austin Evans gained wide fame in all areas of technology through his review of computers and smartphones, and he started his career on YouTube in 2009 and the video that made him a great reputation was the speed test video between the iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3, which got Hundred thousand views on the first day it was published.

Mrwhosetheboss channel (5.3 million subscribers)

It is considered the largest technology channel in Britain, run by Aaron Maine, who started his career on the YouTube platform in 2011, where he gained wide fame since then in the field of reviewing smartphones.

Technical Guruji channel (19.3 million subscribers)

It is considered the largest technology channel in India and is managed by Gaurav Choudhury, who resides in the United Arab Emirates, who established his channel there in 2015 to review electronic devices, and since then his channel has continued its rapid growth, and in 2018 his channel was ranked the ninth most popular technology channel on YouTube And he was the first technical user to gather more than 10 million subscribers on YouTube. The 6 best tech YouTube channels

The most important feature Android should take from its iOS competitor

Kevin M. Mansour — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:25:19 +0000

Although any of the various Apple phones or products can be described as being immune to malware today, the reality is that iPhones and their iOS system have a clear advantage in terms of privacy and security. Although this additional privacy comes at the expense of some other features without a doubt, the reality is that it is superior today in many respects, from the most stringent App Store rules to the privacy features in the system.

In this topic, we will address one of the most important features previously introduced by iPhones within its iOS system, and this feature is to alert users to the fact that an application uses the phone's microphone or front camera. This feature may seem intuitive to a large extent because of its great usefulness, but it is still very recent in fact, it was introduced in the new iOS 14 system only, while it is completely absent from the Android system now.

How did the idea of privacy light start in iOS

In the past and before the new trend towards privacy, mobile applications had clearly greater powers than today, despite the fact that they do not need to tell the user about the things that you do, such as collecting personal information and accessing their files, names and geographic location even. But things changed a few years ago with the introduction of the Permissions feature. Users have direct and better access to what the apps do and what information they can collect.

Today, on almost any phone you use, it will be possible to know the needs of each application for different permissions, and then effectively control these permissions, such as blocking an application from reading your files or accessing the camera or microphone. Although this step is very large without a doubt, it leaves the door open to some kind of abuse of permissions, as some applications may exploit the user’s trust and grant them microphone or camera permissions to spy on him and obtain his information even in times when he is not using these applications originally.

Of course there is a simplified solution here by removing the ability of apps to access the camera or microphone when the app is not effective in the interface. But this solution means a major sacrifice to the many applications that will need to access the microphone and camera even while in the background, such as voice and video calling applications.

The best solution currently is what was included in the recently released iOS 14 system: when any application accesses the microphone or camera, a small colored dot will appear in the notification bar at the top of the screen, where the dot will be green if the front camera is activated, while the color will change to green when Microphone use.

In addition to the point, there will be a notification within the notification center to identify the application that is using the front camera or the microphone in the background and make it easier for the user to cancel the permissions or even remove the application from the phone.

Why should Android use a similar feature within it???

When thinking about it, it seems logical to have a clear and permanent notification when an app uses either the camera or the microphone, regardless of the system, but it has an additional importance in the Android system for a basic reason: the ability to install apps outside of the Google Play Store.

Even though it is clearly far from the level of security found in the App Store, there is no doubt that Google Play Store is extremely secure. But with the fact that Android phones can install applications from external sources that do not necessarily adhere to the standards of the store, there is in fact a greater possibility of applications spying on the user, especially applications that do not exist in the store originally, such as applications modified from famous platforms such as WhatsApp, Instagram, or others.

This step will not be enough to make the security of the Android system parallel to the security of its competitor iOS, unfortunately, but it is an important first step to fill the privacy gap and make users have greater control over their privacy and prevent malicious application developers from spying on them clearly.

Huawei will be able to buy processors again, but with very old technologies

Kevin M. Mansour — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:08:29 +0000

A new report from the Chinese Sina website revealed that TSMC has obtained a special license that will allow it to sell chips and processors to the Chinese company Huawei, and this matter is very important with the fact that TSMC was the one that manufactured previous generations of the company's processors, but was forced to terminate its contract and stop selling processors The Chinese company has been since mid-September as a result of tightening US sanctions on Huawei.

In general, the news is not completely positive. Although the company will be able to sell its processors to Huawei, the permission included a condition that these processors be "mature technologies" and not modern ones, as experts estimate that this will mean the use of processors with a 28nm architecture or I offer exclusively.

Of course, 28nm processors have become very old today, they have been outdated for many years with the trend towards increasingly accurate architectures recently and the fact that new processors will adopt only 5nm architecture. Therefore, this step may not be beneficial to the Chinese company Huawei, which is trying hard to bypass the harsh US sanctions imposed on it.

It is reported that Huawei had been placed on the US sanctions list since last year, but the initial sanctions did not have a real impact on the company, which prompted the US administration to tighten its sanctions recently and ban any companies that use US technologies from dealing with Huawei under the threat of banning these companies as well.

Currently, the future of Huawei phones appears to be largely unknown, and there are even rumors that the company may sell its Honor phone line to other companies as it will not be able to continue developing the brand's products in light of the current conditions of severe sanctions and boycott.

A Chinese hacking team develops an insoluble "virus"

Kevin M. Mansour — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 16:23:59 +0000

A Chinese hacking team develops an insoluble "virus"
Kaspersky's team of researchers has discovered a new type of virus that cannot be eliminated even after a factory reset "Format" or a new operating system download.
It was found that this type of virus named "IntelUpdate.exe" was developed by a hacking team from China, and this team used the virus for the purposes of spying on computers even after reinstalling the operating system as this virus exploits the Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Which are found independently on the motherboard in the ROM memory.
It is noteworthy that the attack has so far targeted diplomats and private organizations in Asia, Europe and Africa, with a common denominator between them, which is their relationship with North Korea.

Experts warn of a new spy app on Android devices

Kevin M. Mansour — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 13:15:36 +0000

Despite the high degree of protection that the Android system provides to its users, it is natural that there are some security vulnerabilities that may lead to penetration of users' privacy and access to many important data.

Where researchers from the company "ESET" for electronic security warned of the emergence of a new "Spyware" program capable of recording phone calls, accessing the camera, reading some messages and deleting files.

As this spy program is known as “Android / Spy-C23.A” and the process of connecting it to the target phones is done through fake applications that are downloaded from fake stores. According to the British newspaper, “Mirror” these applications deceive users by disguising themselves in the form of well-known applications such as “Telegram”, “threema” and “AndroidUpdate”, in order to successfully hack devices.

The "APT-C-23" group, which created this spying program, specifically targeting the Middle East region, was famous for creating many spy applications starting in 2017 targeting Android devices and some Windows applications.

On the other hand, "Lucas Stavenko", who works as a researcher at the "ESET" company, said that experts had discovered a fake app store that spread such malicious programs, and urged Android phone users to download applications from the official Google Play Store only.