Launched just last month, Google’s own Pixel smartphone lineup has been hacked into by a team of Chinese hackers at the PwnFest 2016 event. While the tech giant didn’t exclusively boast about any security features of the Pixel at the launch event, one obviously assumes that the device will most likely be safe from intrusion. On Friday, at the PwnFest 2016 hacking competition in Seoul, a team of white-hat hackers operating under the moniker ‘Qihoo 360’ demonstrated a zero-day vulnerability to gain access to the Pixel in under 60 seconds. This exploit allowed the intruders to execute remote code and install malicious code on Google’s new smartphones with ease.
Doodling for a cause
City-based sixth grader Anvita Telang emerged to be the hands down national winner of the Doodle4Google contest that was organised by multinational technology giant ” Google, which saw entries pouring in from more than 50 cities across the nation. Anvita’s winning doodle is set to be featured on the official website of Google on the occasion of the forthcoming Children’s Day to be celebrated on November 14. Eleven-year-old Anvita is a student of Vibgyor High School in…
