Cutting edge advanced review

Chrome will show the words "not secure" next to the website in the address bar if it's not encrypted. It's a pretty open-ended warning, but you probably don't need to panic if you see it. It's far more likely to mean that it's time for website operators to update their sites than it is an alert somebody is trying to do something nefarious with your personal information. … [Read more...] about Chrome’s HTTP warning seeks to cut web surveillance, tampering

The Taliban commander, named Tawakul, arrives with a detail of gunmen. He says he fought for years to purge U.S. and Afghan forces from the valley, but it looks like his guerrilla days are behind him. Fat, with a reddish beard and a gold watch, he says his men are able to move more freely since the peace pact with the U.S., though a drone struck the day before in a nearby valley. We sit down in the shade of an apple grove, and, flanked by fighters with long permed hair and kohl-ringed eyes, he boasts rapid-fire about the Taliban’s growing strength in Wardak. “The Islamic Emirate of the Taliban now control the Kabul-Kandahar highway. Before, there were checkpoints every kilometer, but these have been cleared,” he says. “Our mines are very effective — every night at least 10 or 20 soldiers are killed.” His math was inflated, but the gist of what he says is true. … [Read more...] about Highway to Hell: A Trip Down Afghanistan’s Deadliest Road

The Galaxy S21 Ultra is a bold attempt by Samsung to balance key features of the S and Note series in one phone. The top-end smartphone in Galaxy S21 series offers best of both. From buyers perspective, S21 Ultra gives them the choice if they really want to have S-Pen support (which they will have to buy separately) or fine with most advanced Android hardware yet. Here are our initial impressions about the S21 Ultra. Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra display and design Coming to the device, the Galaxy S21 Ultra features a 6.8-inch WQHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2x display with variable refresh rate of between 10Hz and 120Hz. In layman terms, Samsung claims that this display offers better contrast ratio, colour accuracy and the refresh rate will automatically change between 10Hz and 120Hz as per the content on the screen. There’s Corning Glass Victus protection of both front and back. To cut short, this is without any doubt the best display out there on a phone. The looks of the device totally … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra first impressions