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Many Android users have marvelled at the ability to control the intensity of the flashlight in iPhones. Your wait is now over! Flash Dim does just that.   Once installed, it allows you to adjust the intensity of your flash. This comes in useful when you are using it as a flashlight....

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It is a turbulent world. A world of change and chaos. I see that old solutions, which I had successfully applied to problems 40 years ago, are no longer suitable for the same problems. This is compounded by the fact that even the basic nature of many problems has changed. Hark back to the old...

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G Ramesh 16 November 2023
Professor R Vaidyanathan is a crusader against black money and more than an academic researcher. He has been writing on this subject for more than a decade and has been trying to sensitise policymakers, bureaucrats and citizens. His interest in this field started way back in 2000, as he...

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Akshay Naik 16 November 2023
Now even those afflicted by type-2 diabetes can safely lose weight and control their blood sugar levels with intermittent fasting or time-restricted eating, a new study has found.    Published in the journal JAMA Network Open, the study has discovered that participants, who ate only...

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IANS 16 November 2023
In 2023, '123456' was the most common password among Indians and worldwide, a new report said on Thursday.   According to the password management solution company NordPass, people used the weakest passwords for their streaming accounts in 2023.   Words that refer to a specific...

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IANS 16 November 2023
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned two trade associations and 12 registered dieticians and other online health influencers, warning them about the lack of adequate disclosures in their Instagram and TikTok posts promoting the safety of the artificial sweetener aspartame or the...

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IANS 16 November 2023
Elon Musk-run X Corp (formerly Twitter) banned a record 2,34,584 accounts in India between September 26 and October 25, mostly for promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity.   The micro-blogging platform, going through a churning under Musk, who has recently...

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IANS 13 November 2023
From a massive ransomware attack on the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) that crippled its centralised records and other hospital services last year to the latest Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data leak that allegedly exposed the personal information of at least...

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IANS 13 November 2023
Ports in several Australian cities have been shut down due to a massive cyber attack, triggering concerns about shortages of key supplies amid the festive season for several days ahead.   A “serious and ongoing” cybersecurity incident hit port operator DP World Australia, which...

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The big shopping frenzy and the deals, discounts and offers that are part of all major festivals like Diwali, Dussehra or Christmas are enormous business opportunities for cybercriminals, too. These fraudsters thrive on robbing shoppers by luring or diverting them to fake or imitation...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 November 2023
Researchers have found that less than one-third of teachers engage students in complex learning, limiting student opportunities for building critical thinking and problem-solving skills. They have observed that higher engagement from teachers can improve development ofskills that are crucial...

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IANS 09 November 2023
Hundreds of clinics may be using false and misleading statements in online advertising campaigns by offering off-label and unapproved ketamine to treat a variety of mental health and pain conditions, according to researchers.   In the study published in JAMA Network Open, the...

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IANS 08 November 2023
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a new comprehensive master direction to banks and non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) on information technology governance, risk, controls and assurance practices which spells out the role of directors of these regulated entities to discharge their...

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IANS 08 November 2023
Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Tuesday said that those who find themselves impacted by AI-generated deepfakes should file first information reports (FIRs) at nearest police stations and avail the remedies provided under the Information Technology (IT)...

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IANS 06 November 2023
In a demonstration at the just-concluded UK's AI safety summit, the bot used made-up insider information to make an "illegal" purchase of stocks without telling the firm, reports the BBC.   Apollo Research has shared its findings with OpenAI, the creator of GPT-4.   “When...

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IANS 03 November 2023
Deadly robots that can climb trees, AI that may render all jobs obsolete and a work-less future are a near possibility for humanity, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has told UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.    There will come a time where no job is needed as AI will be the “most...

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Last month, US-based cybersecurity and intelligence firm Resecurity mentioned that a threat actor going by the alias 'pwn0001' posted a thread on breach forums brokering access to 815mn (million) records of Aadhaar and passport details of Indian citizens. Resecurity found one of the leaked...

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Akshay Naik 03 November 2023
The benchmark of taking 10,000 steps a day has no proven scientific basis and yet it continues to remain a daily goal for many fitness enthusiasts. Now, a new study has provided scientific evidence to show that most benefits of walking, more specifically those to improve cardiovascular...

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Murali Neelakantan  and   Gautam Narayan 02 November 2023
In their recently released study of the inner workings of the Supreme Court, oft touted as the ‘most powerful court in the world’, Aparna Chandra, Sital Kalantry and William Hubbard have attempted a data-driven deep dive into the functioning of the Court that sits at the pinnacle of the vast...

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IANS 02 November 2023
As concerns grow about the disruption that artificial intelligence (AI) might bring, India, along with 27 other countries, including the US and the UK, and the European Union (EU), have signed a declaration pledging to work on the assessment of risks linked with AI at the first-ever 'AI...

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