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Hackers earned $21mn in last 12 months via bug bounty

Singapore: Hackers earned $21 million in the last 12 months reporting vulnerabilities via various bug bounty opportunities as governments’ efforts to fix malware increased a whopping 214 per cent globally, a new report said on Friday. Six hackers surpassed $1 million in lifetime earnings, seven more hit $500,000 in lifetime earnings and more than 50 […]

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Apple offers more options for safe, reliable repairs

San Francisco: Apple has announced a new repair program, offering customers additional options for the most common out-of-warranty iPhone repairs. The iPhone maker would provide more independent repair businesses – large or small – with the same genuine parts, tools, training, repair manuals and diagnostics as its Apple Authorized Service Providers (AASPs), the company said […]

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WhatsApp favourite tool for right-wing to influence voters

New York: In a significant find, researchers have discovered that right-wing users are more effective in using Facebook-owned WhatsApp to spread news, disinformation and opinions during elections. After performing the first large-scale analysis of partisan WhatsApp groups in the context of Brazil’s 2018 election, the researchers from Northwestern University found that right-wing groups in Brazil […]

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WhatsApp helping Indian entrepreneurs write success stories

New Delhi: Ice cream lover Aarti Laxman Rastogi decided that not all indulgences need to be sinful and, in March 2018, she started Artinci to provide ice creams with premium, all-natural ingredients. Running a business has its own challenges and she also had to go through hardship till she joined the WhatsApp Business app. “I […]

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UPI now a payment option on Google Play Store

New Delhi: Google Play Store has now added Unified Payments Interface (UPI) as a payment option for its users in India, according to media reports. Google Play Store in India currently supports credit cards, debit cards, net banking and carrier billing via Airtel and Vodafone, Google Play Gift Cards and Google Play Balance, and through […]

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2 former Google executives join Paytm

New Delhi: Digital payments player Paytm on Thursday announced the expansion of its leadership team with two former Google executives, Praveen Sharma and Ankit Sinha being appointed senior vice president, ad business, and vice president, Paytm AI Cloud, respectively. Both the former Googlers will report directly to Paytm Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma. “Over […]

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Advanced SMS phishing attacks affecting Android phones

New Delhi: A security flaw in Samsung, LG, Sony, Huawei and other Android smartphones has been discovered that leaves users vulnerable to advanced SMS phishing attacks, Check Point Research — the threat intelligence arm of cybersecurity firm Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. said on Thursday. Researchers at the cybersecurity firm said certain Samsung phones are […]

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Indian-origin researcher finds 419mn Facebook users' exposed data

San Francisco: Sanyam Jain, a security researcher and member at Hague-based non-profit organisation GDI Foundation, has discovered a massive database containing over 419 million phone numbers of Facebook users on an unsecured server which were available for anyone to access. The database included 133 million records of US-based Facebook users, 18 million records of UK […]

Google Photos For Android Rolling Out New Editing Tools
Google Photos For Android Rolling Out New Editing Tools

San Francisco: Google Photos for Android is now rolling out new “Sharpen” and “Denoise” tools. After tapping “Edit” on a picture, navigating to Adjust and scrolling to the very end…

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WhatsApp traceability: Facebook offers alternative ways to help India

New Delhi: With India pressing for traceability of WhatsApp messages to check the spread of fake news, Nick Clegg, Facebook Vice President, Global Affairs and Communications, has offered alternative ways to help the country, without any reference towards tracing the origin of the WhatsApp messages. WhatsApp had categorically said in the past that the government’s […]

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On Modi's birthday, NaMo app gets a facelift

New Delhi: The NaMo app has got sleeker and faster on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday. A fresh new version of the application, that has become the favourite mode of communication for Modi as well as many of his Cabinet colleagues, has been launched with new features such as one-touch navigation and […]

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WhatsApp quietly rolls out tool to share status on Facebook

San Francisco: Facebook-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp has begun rolling out a feature for Android users to let them share their status stories directly on Facebook Story and other apps. Just like Instagram, WhatsApp’s status Stories let users post images, text and videos on your profile that disappear after 24 hours. WhatsApp hasn’t made an […]

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Decoding 5G: What does this future tech means for you

New Delhi: With 75 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices expected to be in place by 2025, the world is at the cusp of experiencing a technology that will change the way live today. With 5G commercial networks being switched on, the first use cases are enhanced mobile broadband, which will bring better experiences for […]

Targeted Ransomware Attacks Grow 767%, India Among Top Targets
Targeted Ransomware Attacks Grow 767%, India Among Top Targets

New Delhi: The ransomware attacks on high-profile targets such as corporations, government agencies and municipal organisations globally increased by a whopping 767 per cent in one year (from 2019 to…

Facebook's Zuckerberg Is Losing Pounds; Users Say 'You Have Made Our Life Miserable'
Facebook's Zuckerberg Is Losing Pounds; Users Say 'You Have Made Our Life Miserable'

Facebook is one of the most ‘loved’ or ‘hated’ social media platforms. Undeniably, one can find only a few persons who are away from the social media platform in this…

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