The newly released version 4.10 of the Unreal Engine brings along improved engine stability and a lot of bug fixes. But one of the highlights of the new update is support for new platforms, including Android 6.0 Marshmallow, along with features like refraction effects on mobile and optimized VR rendering.
Once again coming from the Sony Cross-Device development sections is a guide on porting the Sony Settings features to other settings apps. This guide is written by XDA Senior Member wolfmannight and contains detailed instructions on the code to be replaced or deleted.
During the PacSec conference in Tokyo yesterday, MobilePwn2Own demoed a vulnerability in Chrome that exploits the JavaScript v8 engine and allows malicious hackers to install an application on Android without any user interaction at all. PacSec organiser Dragos Ruiu says that this exploit is rare because “it was one shot” and that most people “have to exploit several vulnerabilities” to load software without user interaction.
InstaAgent, a 3rd-party application that lets you log into your Instagram application and see who was viewing your profile, has been pulled from the Play Store. A separate developer had started to audit the code and discovered that InstaAgent was actually storing your Instagram username and password in an unencrypted plain text file and sending this information to an unknown server.
While Lenovo is focused on turning their smartphone division into a profitable one, things didn’t look good for the Chinese OEM during the previous quarter of 2015. With $12.2 billion in reported revenue, the company ended up losing $714 million (while analysts had expected to see a loss of $803 million). The company says its restructuring plan will exceed their plans of saving $1.35 billion in annual cost.
