Day: July 5, 2020

Easy Kotlin tutorial for Android for beginners

Patrick July 5, 2020

Kotlin tutorial for Android apps

Credit: Adam Sinicki / Android Authority

Kotlin is one of two official languages used in Android development and is Google’s preferred choice when it comes to the platform. This is good news for wannabe developers, owing to its significantly shallower learning curve and beginner-friendly nature. Finding your way through a Kotlin tutorial is easier than you may think, meaning anyone can now start building apps for the Android platform!

However, Kotlin was also slightly later to the party than its brother Java – only being an official language since 2017. It’s also less commonly used outside of Android, so many

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New Mac ransomware is even more sinister than it appears

Patrick July 5, 2020

The threat of ransomware may seem ubiquitous, but there haven’t been too many strains tailored specifically to infect Apple’s Mac computers since the first full-fledged Mac ransomware surfaced only four years ago. So when Dinesh Devadoss, a malware researcher at the firm K7 Lab, published findings on Tuesday about a new example of Mac ransomware, that fact alone was significant. It turns out, though, that the malware, which researchers are now calling ThiefQuest, gets more interesting from there. (Researchers originally dubbed it EvilQuest until they discovered the Steam game series of the same name.)

In addition to ransomware, ThiefQuest has

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NASA’s most iconic building is 55 years old and just getting started

Patrick July 5, 2020

  • Construction progress of the Vehicle Assembly Building in August 1964.

  • An aerial view in 1964.


    NASA

  • 89,000 metric tons of steel went into the VAB’s construction.


    NASA

  • In 1964, an overall aerial view of “Missile Row,” Cape Kennedy Air Force Station. The view is looking north, with the Vehicle Assembly Building under construction in the upper left-hand corner.


    NASA

  • In 1965, the Last Major Beam was installed and autographed by construction workers, NASA, and Corps of Engineers employees atop the Kennedy Space Center Vertical Assembly Building.


    NASA

  • The VAB during construction in 1965, with the three Mobile Launchers for the

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The best cyber security courses online

Patrick July 5, 2020

Cyber security courses

Credit: Adam Sinicki / Android Authority

In a recent post, we discussed how to start a career as an information security analyst with cyber security training. This is a rewarding and highly in-demand career that can pay anywhere between $98,710-$151,500. If you’re looking for a career that is futureproof and that will ensure you are never out of work, protecting the world’s data from cyber criminals is a great choice.

Also read: What is ethical hacking? Learn how to hack and earn money

While that previous post provided a broad overview of the topic; here we’re going to be

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