Pavel Jelic In today's IT roundup, we'll take a look at several dozen malicious apps that appeared on Google Play and were downloaded by several million users. In another news, we will share with you a tweet from Elon Musk, who shared the shape of his Gigafactory, where Tesla cars will be built. In the order of the third news, we will focus on the upcoming redesign of Gmail, and in the last news, we will inform you about the expansion of Spotify services in several other countries of the world.
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47 malicious apps appeared in Google Play
Not so long ago, security experts warned users of the Android operating system, i.e. users of the Google Play digital store, about several dozen applications that contained malicious codes. Unfortunately, Google did not intervene in time, and several million people have downloaded the malicious apps, who currently have their Android devices infected with a virus. In total, 47 applications were reported to contain malicious code, and thus are found. Google has already pulled some apps from the Google Play store, but unfortunately some apps are still hanging in the digital store. Together, all these malicious applications were supposed to be downloaded by over 15 million users. These apps contain malicious code that can flood your device with countless different and irrelevant ads. Advertisements can then appear in the system, or perhaps in the browser. Below you will find a list of several games that contain the aforementioned malicious code:
- Draw Color by Number
- Skate Board - New
- Find Hidden Differences
- Shoot Master
- Stacking Guys
- Disc Go!
- Spot Hidden Differences
- Dancing Run - Color Ball Run
- Find 5 differences
- Joy Woodworker
- Throw Master
- Throw into Space
- Divide it - Cut & Slice Game
- Tony Shoot - NEW
- Assassin legend
- Flip King
- Save Your Boy
- Assassin Hunter 2020
- Stealing Run
- Fly Skater 2020
Check out Elon Musk's Gigafactory
It's no secret that Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is building a so-called Gigafactory. This is a huge factory where electric cars from Tesla are to be assembled and constructed. The factory, which is called the Gigafactory, will be located in Berlin and should be put into operation as early as July 2021. During the construction, the Gigafactory encountered several different problems - in addition to the coronavirus, which affected almost everything in the world, Musk got in the way also built by various conservationists. Considering this, it is quite likely that the aforementioned construction completion date will simply not be met. Elon Musk shared the look of the Gigafactory on his Twitter. You can see the photo below.
Giga Berlin pic.twitter.com/UXQMUVTWXf
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 15, 2020
The look of redesigned Gmail leaked
Gmail is one of the most popular email clients in the world. Gmail is used by countless different users across different operating systems – from Android to macOS to Windows. In addition to the web interface, Gmail also offers apps for Android and iOS. It's been a while since we've seen an app design overhaul from Google. Despite the fact that the design of Gmail is still up-to-date and modern, Google is preparing certain changes. Photos of the redesigned Gmail were leaked today. The Gmail application should now be able to integrate with Google Meet and also with the package of office applications from Google, i.e. with Google Docs. In addition, Google Chat will also be available in the app. After the coronavirus, a huge trend at the moment is that people work from home - and the new update is aimed primarily at these people. For now, it's not certain when we'll get the update, but you can see what the redesigned Gmail will look like in the gallery below.
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Spotify has expanded its services to several more countries
Most people simply cannot imagine life without music. Music is an integral part of the day for many people. Nowadays, however, the downloading of MP3 files, which we then saved to our phones, is gone. Currently, streaming applications are in vogue, thanks to which you can get all your favorite music without the need for downloading and laborious storage. One of the biggest music streaming services is Spotify. Today, we saw the expansion of Spotify services to 13 more countries around the world. Specifically, Spotify is now available in Russia, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia and Ukraine.
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What does all this have to do with apple?
In the section Main events of the day from the world of IT, we cover everything else, except Apple. It's been like this for several months now, and in some articles we still mention it in the introduction.