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8 In 10 Businesses Worried About State-Sponsored Cyberattacks

New Delhi: Nearly eight in 10 businesses globally feel that the pandemic has increased the likelihood of a state-led or -sponsored cyberattack on their organisation, revealed a new survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and the Cybersecurity Tech Accord on Monday. The businesses call for greater international political cooperation to mitigate these state-sponsored threats. […]

Koo Targets 10 Cr Users This Year With 'Micro-Blog Of India' Tag
Koo Targets 10 Cr Users This Year With 'Micro-Blog Of India' Tag

New Delhi: Even as Twitter faces intense scrutiny in India, home-grown vernacular micro-blogging platform Koo, which has crossed 40 lakh users within no time, aims to garner 10 crore users by the end of this year, its Co-founder Mayank Bidawataka said on Monday. According to Bidawataka, the company is prepared to handle such heavy traffic […]

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Starlink Internet Speed Will Double To 300Mbps This Year: Elon Musk

New Delhi: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said that the internet speed of its space-based Starlink service, which aims to provide cheaper web for millions in remote areas across the world, will double to 300Mbps this year. The company currently promises speeds between 50 to 150Mbps for Starlink project that plans to deliver […]

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Netflix's New Feature Automatically Downloads Content Based On Users Like

San Francisco: Video-streaming platform Netflix has launched a new feature that aims to bring more offline content to users who opt-in automatic downloads. With “Downloads for You” enabled, the Netflix app will download recommended TV shows and movies to your mobile device based on your tastes, as determined by user’s Netflix watch history. The feature […]

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NASA Releases Audio From Mars, Video Of Perseverance Landing

Washington: NASA has released a new video from its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover chronicles major milestones during the final minutes of its entry, descent, and landing (EDL) on the Red Planet on February 18. A microphone on the rover also has provided the first audio recording of sounds from Mars. About 10 seconds into the […]

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Google Maps Gets Full-Fledged Dark Mode On Android

San Francisco: Google Maps is now getting a full-fledged dark mode on Android, the feature has been in testing since September 2020. “These days, we are all experiencing a bit of screen fatigue. With the dark themes in Google Maps soon expanding to all Android users globally, you can give your eyes a much-needed break […]

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Telegram Introduces Auto-Delete Messages Feature

New Delhi: Telegram, which is fast gaining users in India in the wake of a WhatsApp privacy row, on Wednesday said it has introduced an auto-delete messages feature for individual chats, groups and channels. Earlier, this feature was only available for Secret Chats. Now users of the instant messaging platform will be able to set […]

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Youtube Announces Supervised Content, More Parental Control

San Francisco: Google-owned video-streaming platform YouTube has unveiled a new feature that would help parents to control what their kids watch on the platform by enabling different content settings on the platform. The new feature will give parents the ability to choose from Explore, Explore More and Most of YouTube. “Over the last year, we’ve […]

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NASA Releases Panoramic View Of Mars Rover Landing Site

Washington: NASA has released the first high-definition panoramic view of its Mars rover Perseverance’s landing site at Jezero Crater. The newly released panorama reveals the crater rim and cliff face of an ancient river delta in the distance, NASA said on Wednesday. The panorama was stitched together on Earth from 142 individual images taken on […]

PUBG: New State Announced For Android, iOS
PUBG: New State Announced For Android, iOS

Beijing: PUBG universe is expanding with a new mobile title for Android and iOS called PUBG: New State, which catapults the battle royale ahead in time for a more futuristic take on the massive multiplayer genre. Set in 2051, the game takes place years after the current PUBG games — which are set in approximately […]

ISRO Completes Launch Rehearsal Of PSLV-C51 Mission
ISRO Completes Launch Rehearsal Of PSLV-C51 Mission

Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation on Thursday completed launch rehearsal of the PSLV-C51 mission slated for February 28. India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C51) is scheduled to launch Brazil’s Amazonia-1 as primary satellite and 18 co-passenger satellites from first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharkota, about 100 km from Chennai, at […]

New Social Media Norms Empower Enforcement Agencies: Experts
New Social Media Norms Empower Enforcement Agencies: Experts

New Delhi: As the Indian government on Thursday announced new stringent guidelines for social media platforms, legal and policy experts have said that the rules will empower police and enforcement agencies, while the “traceability” requirement may make it tough for some platforms to provide their services in India. The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital […]

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Facebook Launches Tiktok-Like App For Creating And Sharing Raps

New Delhi: Facebook has doubled down on its efforts to take on the growing Chinese short-video making platform TikTok, this time by launching a new app for creating and sharing raps. Called BARS, the app is now available in the Apple App Store in the US and makes it easy to create and share raps […]

Facebook Data Of Over 53Cr Users, Including 61 Lakh Indians Leaked
Facebook Data Of Over 53Cr Users, Including 61 Lakh Indians Leaked

New Delhi: Personal data of nearly 533 million (53.3 crore) Facebook users, including 61 lakh Indians, remerged online after a hacker posted the details on a digital forum. The leaked…

Vast Cracks Free Huge Iceberg In Antarctica
Vast Cracks Free Huge Iceberg In Antarctica

London: Almost a decade after scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) first detected growth of vast cracks, a huge iceberg, more than 20 times the size of Manhattan, in Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf has now broken off. The first indication that a calving event was imminent came in November 2020 when a new chasm — […]

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