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Cyberattacks: Healthcare, Retail Sectors Among Most Targeted
Cyberattacks: Healthcare, Retail Sectors Among Most Targeted

San Francisco: Organisations in the business and professional services, retail and hospitality, financial, healthcare and high technology were the top targets of cybercriminals in 2020, said a new report on…

Where Are Phishing Emails More Likely To Originate From?
Where Are Phishing Emails More Likely To Originate From?

New Delhi: Security researchers have found that phishing emails are more likely to originate from certain countries in parts of Eastern Europe, Central America, the Middle East, and Africa. The…

Over 33% ICS Computers Faced Cyberattacks In H2 2020: Report
Over 33% ICS Computers Faced Cyberattacks In H2 2020: Report

New Delhi: Globally, the percentage of attacked ICS (industrial control system) computers in the second half of 2020 was 33.4 per cent, said a new report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky.…

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Twitter Resolves Geotag Issue After Showing J&K As Part Of China

New Delhi: After courting controversy for wrongly showing Jammu and Kashmir as part of China, Twitter on Monday said it has resolved the issue. “We became aware of this technical issue on Sunday, and understand and respect the sensitivities around it. The teams have worked swiftly to investigate and resolve the concerned geotag issue,” a […]

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Facebook Worldwide Removes Thousands Of Fake Accounts

San Francisco: Facebook has removed 1,196 accounts and 994 malicious accounts from Instagram, along with 7,947 Pages and 110 Groups involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour. In October, Facebook removed 14 networks of accounts, Pages and Groups. Eight of them — from Georgia, Myanmar, Ukraine and Azerbaijan — targeted domestic audiences in their own countries and […]

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Twitter Unveils Emojis To Raise Awareness On Women's Rights

San Francisco: In partnership with UN Women and the UN Human Rights Office, Twitter is launching custom emojis to spread awareness on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Wednesday and Human Rights Day on December 10. The emojis will appear when people tweet with the hashtags #GenerationEquality, #OrangeTheWorld, #16Days, #HumanRightsDay, and […]

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Google's Cloud Streaming Service Stadia Adds 6 New Games; Know Details

San Francisco: Google’s game streaming platform Stadia has received six new games to its collection as part of Stadia Pro. The games include Into the Breach, Hitman 2, Kine, Monster Jam Steel Titans, Everspace and Secret Neighbor. Players can claim all six of the games this month and keep them for as long as they […]

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Telegram Rolls Out Voice Chats Feature

New Delhi: Telegram on Wednesday announced a major update that brings a new Voice Chats feature to the instant messenger. The new Voice Chats feature works a lot like voice channels on apps like Discord, and it offers users a persistent conference call that they can join or leave as wish. “Any Telegram group can […]

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Elon Musk's Jan 2021 Target To Launch Tesla Cars In India Gets Longer

New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk who earlier said that the process to bring Tesla cars to India will begin in January 2021, has now refused to give any fixed timeline when his electric cars will arrive in the country. Responding to a follower who asked about get an update on whether Tesla India is […]

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WhatsApp To Stop Working On These iPhones & Android Devices From Jan 1

New Delhi: WhatsApp will stop working for some iPhones as well as Android smartphones starting January 1, 2021. There are several Android and iOS phones that may not be able to run the app as the company will withdraw support for older versions of OS from next year. According to the information on the WhatsApp […]

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Telegram Becomes Most Downloaded App In January, Highest Installs From India

New Delhi: Driven by a renewed surge in India amid WhatsApp privacy row, Telegram has become the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for January 2021 with more than 63 million installs, 3.8 times its downloads in the same month a year ago, according to latest data released by app analytics firm Sensor Tower. The countries […]

Paytm Inspires Harvard Team To Create Similar Digital Payment App For Americans
Paytm Inspires Harvard Team To Create Similar Digital Payment App For Americans

New Delhi: The success of Vijay Shekhar Sharma-run digital payments leader Paytm in India has reached the US, and a team from Harvard Business School, led by a US Army…

Google Home's New Settings To Help Customise 'Feed' Tab
Google Home's New Settings To Help Customise 'Feed' Tab

San Francisco: Google Home has rolled out new settings to make it easier for users to customise the Feed tab in the app. Through the new settings, users can customize…

WhatsApp CEO 'Worried' About Indian Govt Promoting Koo

New Delhi: WhatsApp head Will Cathcart may not have anything to do with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey but when it comes to India, he is worried — not only about the Union government’s aim to break encryption but also the move to promote the homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo. Speaking to ‘Big Technology Podcast’ host Alex […]

ISRO Launches Sounding Rocket To Study Attitudinal Variations In Neutral Winds, Plasma Dynamics
ISRO Launches Sounding Rocket To Study Attitudinal Variations In Neutral Winds, Plasma Dynamics

Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a sounding rocket to study attitudinal variations in the neutral winds and plasma dynamics from Sriharikota spaceport. ISRO has developed a series of sounding rockets called Rohini series, important among them being RH-200, RH-300 and RH-560, number in the name indicating the diameter of the rocket […]

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