TECHNOLOGY


Last year, while watching the sci-fi series Alien: Earth, created by Noah Hawley, one thought stuck with me long after the credits rolled. The show's alien characters, such as Xenomorphs, Facehuggers, and Trypanohyncha ocellus, are dangerous not because they are intelligent and strong. They are...

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NetLens turns your phone into a handheld Wi-Fi survey instrument. Walk around your apartment, your office or your warehouse - and watch a real-time signal heatmap form beneath your steps.   There are three ways to map: Heatmap survey: hold the phone in front of you and walk. The rear camera...

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For years, staying safe online came down to a few simple rules: don't click on suspicious links, ignore calls from unknown numbers and be wary of emails riddled with spelling mistakes. Those rules still matter. But cybercriminals have quietly changed their tactics. Instead of trying to fool...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 July 2026
Russia has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities, accusing the messaging platform of failing to remove content allegedly used by Ukrainian special services and terrorist and extremist organisations to coordinate sabotage, terrorism, mass killings and...

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Picture this: your bank account, your digital wallet, every photo you've ever taken, your emails, your identification (ID) documents, your social media, even your mobile phone number itself — gone. Not over weeks but within minutes.   Sounds like the setup for a thriller, doesn't...

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BuzzKill allows you to see the notifications you need to see when you need to see them and filter out everything else you don't. Here is what BuzzKill can do:   Cooldown - Don't get buzzed multiple times when someone messages you multiple times in quick succession Custom alert - Set a...

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Praisy Thomas (Bar  and   Bench) 17 July 2026
The Kerala High Court recently took note of the difficulties faced by co-operative banks when entire mirror accounts held by them with commercial banks are frozen amid cyber fraud investigations into some of the account holders (Thalakkad Service Co-operative Bank Ltd v Union of India &...

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just helping people write emails, summarise documents or generate images. The same technology is also making life much easier for cybercriminals. The biggest concern is not that AI has suddenly created new types of cybercrime. Rather, it is dramatically...

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Just as our phones are blessings for various tasks in so many ways, they can also be humongous distractions, creating barriers for daily work routines. This app is a way to avoid just that, so you can concentrate on the task at hand!   It allows you to lock yourself out of the phone and focus...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 July 2026
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on Google's appeal challenging a recent judgment that held the technology giant liable for trademark infringement over the use of the registered trademark 'HINDWARE' as a keyword in its Google Ads (formerly AdWords) advertising programme.   A...

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"I thought I had found an easy way to earn a little extra money."   That is more or less how these stories always start. This time it was an app called Rushpay (it claims to allow users to buy and sell ‘Rush’ tokens directly with other users) — deposit some cash, get it back within minutes,...

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Indus is a simple, helpful artificial intelligence (AI) designed to make your day a little easier. Whether you need to research a topic, draft a message, or just find a quick answer, Indus is ready to help. It’s built right here in India to understand the unique way we speak, search and get...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 July 2026
The Indian government has ordered the removal of three Chinese mobile applications, including BAT-BMS, from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store following concerns that they could be misused to remotely disable battery-operated vehicles, particularly e-rickshaws, posing serious...

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Amazon and Flipkart are kicking off their annual festive sales this weekend. Millions of shoppers across India are already comparing prices, building wish lists and waiting to pounce on the best deals the moment the clock strikes sale o'clock.   Cybercriminals are waiting too.   Every major...

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Why clutter your phone with separate calculators, unit converters, timers, and QR scanners? OmniTools gives you 50+ essential utilities in one lightweight, battery-saving app.   Use the built-in pomodoro timer and countdowns to manage study sessions or deep work blocks. Boost focus, avoid...

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A WhatsApp message pings on a company director's phone. "Your company account is going to be closed. Please verify immediately." There is a ZIP file attached. The tone is urgent; the language official; and it even drops in something about ‘compliance requirements’. Sometimes it claims to be...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 June 2026
Bajaj Auto Ltd has disclosed that it was hit by a ransomware attack that affected the systems of the company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bajaj Auto Technology Ltd (BATL), making it the latest major Indian manufacturer to face a cybersecurity threat amid rising attacks on industrial and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 June 2026
Tata Electronics Pvt Ltd has disclosed a cybersecurity incident after a ransomware-linked group allegedly published thousands of confidential files on the dark web, including documents purportedly linked to Apple and Tesla, according to a report by Reuters.   The news agency reported that...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 June 2026
Messaging platform Telegram has returned to the Google Play Store after the Indian government's temporary nationwide restriction on the service expired following the completion of the national eligibility-cum-entrance test (NEET-UG) 2026 re-examination, conducted amid concerns over organised...

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A few weeks ago, Dolly, a young professional in Mumbai, started noticing something off. Her partner seemed to know exactly where she had been, who she had spoken to, even details from private conversations with friends — things she had never told him. At first, she brushed it off. Maybe he was...

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