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Meta shuts Pak hackers targeting Indian officials via honey trapping, malware

Apart from India, the group of hackers in Pakistan -- known in the security industry as APT36 -- targeted people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, according to Meta's quarterly 'Adversarial Threat Report'.

Centre mulls mandatory verification of social media accounts
Centre mulls mandatory verification of social media accounts

The Government is aware of the risk and danger posed by growing phenomena of misinformation, bots, criminality and users harms in general and...

Nokia launches two new feature phones in India
Nokia launches two new feature phones in India

The new Nokia 8210 4G is claimed to offer a big battery life with 27 days of standby time, and dual SIM VoLTE for crystal clear calls with elegant colour choices.

Doctors perform 1st-ever heart transplant between 2 HIV patients
Doctors perform 1st-ever heart transplant between 2 HIV patients

The procedure is a "milestone in the history of organ donation," said Ulrich P. Jorde, Cardiac Transplantation & Mechanical Circulatory Support, at Montefiore, in a statement.

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WhatsApp update: Group admins to delete any message in groups

Meta’s very own instant messaging app- WhatsApp is working on exciting and new features which will give more power and enhance experience for the users as well as group admins.

Twitter
Twitter bans 43,140 accounts in India for violating norms

The microblogging platform received 724 grievances in the country through its local grievance mechanism between May 26-June 25, and took action on 122 complaints.

  • Tuesday, 02 August 2022
Musk drops Tesla loans from $44 bn Twitter takeover
Elon Musk may build his own new private airport

Although not much is known about the timing or even the exact location, these sources said that the conceptual plans have been confirmed. The airport will be somewhere east of Austin near Bastrop, Texas.

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Planning to buy budget smartphone? Check these feature-loaded mobiles under Rs 11000

The smartphone market is now flooded with heaps of options that fit the budget of a common man who earlier could not afford a feature-loaded mobile due to a higher price bracket.

Amazon to shut down cloud storage service 'Drive' in 2023
Amazon to shut down cloud storage service 'Drive' in 2023

Stored pictures and videos should already be available in Amazon Photos, the report said.

Twitter
Twitter may soon allow posting images, videos in one tweet

The company confirmed the test and said it is available to some users for a limited time, adding that accounts can add tags to both photos and videos in the tweet, reports TechCrunch.

  • Saturday, 30 July 2022
Twitter to raise price of 'Blue Subscription' service by 66%
Twitter to raise price of 'Blue Subscription' service by 66%

The premium service allows subscribers to pay for features such as the ability to undo a tweet and read ad-free news articles.

5G smartphone installed base crosses 5 crore in India
5G smartphone installed base crosses 5 crore in India

The 5G smartphone shipment share reached 29 per cent of overall shipments in the second quarter (Q2), which was the highest ever.

Instagram begins asking some users about their race, ethnicity
Instagram begins asking some users about their race, ethnicity

The company said if they do not know people's race or ethnicity, they will be limited in assessing how their products impact different communities.

Instagram
Instagram to roll back its recent changes amid strong criticism

The report also mentioned that it will temporarily reduce the number of recommended posts users see as it plans to improve and rework its algorithms.

Google, Apple ban Battlegrounds Mobile India game in India following govt order
Google, Apple ban Battlegrounds Mobile India game in India following govt order

In the last year, the game developer invested nearly $100 million to improve India's local video game, e-sports, and entertainment startups to build a healthy gaming start-up ecosystem.

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