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Security services provider Avast decided to make unavailable its virtual private network (VPN) services from India affecting several users, following a mandate issued by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on customer data collection and storage by service providers.    In a...

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Yet another con was successfully executed by fraudsters in the name of quick and bumper returns through investment in the jewellery business. This is the story of the Torres, a scam that rocked Mumbai this week and was run through a firm called Platinum Hern Pvt Ltd. Torres offered 6% to 11%...

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Have you ever typed something and then accidentally erased it? Written down something important and couldn't find it again? App crashed and lost everything you wrote? With your own Type Machine, that's no problem.   Type Machine saves everything you type in every app. Open it at any time to...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 09 January 2025
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central government to formulate a scheme for cashless medical treatment for motor accident victims in the "golden hour" period mandated under law (S Rajasekaran v. Union of India).   The golden hour is the the first 60 minutes after a traumatic...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 January 2025
Union health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava has emphasised that there is no cause for concern for the public from the human metapneumovirus – HMPV.    During a virtual meeting with states and Union Territories (UTs), the health secretary reviewed the present situation of respiratory...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 January 2025
Expressing concern over the insufficient provisions of Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (DPDP Rules) with several points of contention, the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) says the DPDP Rules are 'too little, too vague and too late'. Last week, the Union ministry of electronics...

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Adv (Dr) Prashant Mali 06 January 2025
The recently proposed Rule 10 of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, while aiming to safeguard children's privacy, raises significant concerns about the potential unintended consequences for marginalised communities. This rule mandates that verifiable parental consent be...

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Ravichandran Swaminathan 06 January 2025
The thrill of a new SIM card quickly turned into a chilling experience for Praveen Kumar. Like any tech-savvy individual, Mr Kumar was thrilled to add a secondary mobile connection to his repertoire. Little did he know this decision would unravel a startling flaw in a widely-used...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 January 2025
The Draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, introduced by the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY), marks a crucial step in shaping India’s data governance framework. These Rules operationalise the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and aim to...

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Adam Griffin from Seattle in the US is still in disbelief over how quickly he was robbed of nearly US$500,000 in cryptocurrencies. A scammer called him using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com and ultimately...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 January 2025
The insurance regulatory and development authority of India (IRDAI) has directed that claim settlement should be done immediately or within an hour to ensure no delay in discharge from the hospital. However, six in ten health insurance policy owners surveyed who filed a claim in the past three...

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We often oversleep even after our alarm goes off. The snooze button is so valuable—we keep snoozing the alarm and never wake up. Or we may just disable the alarm for those precious 10 minutes more!   The QRAlarm is the perfect solution for this. Once set, the alarm can be disabled only when...

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Nushaiba Iqbal (IndiaSpend) 31 December 2024
This year, India recorded more cases of chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis compared to 2023, while dengue and malaria cases are showing up well beyond the usual months. A strain of encephalitis-causing virus called the Chandipura virus (CHPV) caused an outbreak in Gujarat, Maharashtra,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 December 2024
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the US and the longest-lived US president, has passed away at the age of 100. The Nobel peace prize laureate has been in hospice care since mid-February 2023.    Mr Carter, who served as president from 1977 to 1981, rose from humble beginnings in rural...

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 December 2024
South Korea's acting president, Choi Sang-mok has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation system once the recovery work on the Jeju Air crash is completed. On Sunday, the deadliest air accident killed 179 people when an airliner belly-landed and skidded...

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If there is one area where the government and its regulators cannot be faulted, it is their tireless effort to warn citizens about cybercrime and fraud. All regulators, banks, stock exchanges, depositories, financial intermediaries and telecom companies are now mandated to warn people about...

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As researchers and techies continue to innovate, the increased use of progressive web apps (PWAs) and WebAPKs (Android package kits generated by the Chrome browser) are turning into powerful tools that bridge the gap between web and mobile applications, offering significant advantages for both...

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I was disappointed to read about the big fall of tourist numbers in Goa over the last few years. But I was not surprised. Even as a local Indian, visiting Goa, as a tourist, I have felt desperate many times with the way tourists are being treated and cheated by taxi drivers in...

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Kinetosis is Motion or Travel Sickness. It typically occurs when traveling in vehicles. It is caused by conflicting motion signals from your inner ear and eyes. This triggers an ancient toxic defense mechanism in our brain that causes dizziness, fatigue and nausea.   KineStop gets you back on...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 December 2024
While cybercrime is evolving rapidly, with new scams, frauds and digital threats emerging every day, looking at their modus operandi and the involvement of criminal gangs, there is a need to use laws like the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for cybercrime cases, says...

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