TECHNOLOGY


When it comes to a pandemic like the corona virus (COVID19) several governments have thought about a technological miracle to resolve the contact-tracing problem -- a mobile app. Many even think of it as the ultimate solution to control the COVID19 spread.    In India, the union...

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The UK has decided not to use the framework proposed by tech giants Apple and Google for its NHS coronavirus contact tracing app.   Despite privacy and security concerns, NHSX, the digital arm of the country's health organisation, is creating a centralised app, Mail Online reported on...

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Facebook-owned WhatsApp which earlier thin month introduced a limit on frequently forwarded messages to one chat at a time has seen a massive 70% drop in such posts being shared or going viral globally, the micro-blogging platform informed on Monday.   With billions of people unable...

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This EMI (equated monthly instalment) calculator by Abhishek Kumar will be loved by all and sundry in the financial sector. If you have the need to calculate EMI often, you can install this extension in your Chrome browser.   Installation of the extension is simple, as usual—just...

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A US federal court has officially approved the $5 billion fine Facebook reached with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last July, after the FTC concluded its investigation into Cambridge Analytica data scandal involving 87 million Facebook users.   According to the social networking...

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As tech giants like Apple and Google plan COVID-19 contact tracing app using the Bluetooth technology, security researchers have questioned the move, saying tracing apps that allow attackers to access a users Bluetooth also allow them to fully read all Bluetooth communications.   The...

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A sensational investigation by the Wall Street Journal has found that Jeff Bezoz-owned Amazon is allegedly using data from its vast network of third-party sellers to help develop its own private-label products, an allegation the ecommerce behemoth has vehemently denied.   The...

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Google on Wednesday revealed that it has detected 18 million malware and phishing Gmail messages per day related to COVID-19, in addition to more than 240 million COVID-related daily spam messages.   Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) identified over a dozen government-backed...

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Hackers have sold personal data of a whopping 267 million Facebook-users for just Rs41,500 (approximately 500 Euros) that includes email addresses, names, Facebook IDs, dates of birth and phone numbers.   Thankfully, no passwords of the 267 million Facebook-users were exposed by the...

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I am sure, we have all faced difficulties in inserting tables in Gmail. So clumsy and unpredictable! Here is an extension which allows you to insert tables seamlessly into Gmail. It is an extension called (you guessed it right) ‘Gmail Tables’ by CloudHQ.   Installation of the...

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The government has ordered the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to develop a mandatory code of conduct for Facebook and Google that will force the tech giants to pay media companies for using their content.   According to a report in ABC News on Monday, the...

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The well-known Zoom video conferencing app for meetings is not a safe platform, the Cyber Coordination Centre (CCC) of the Ministry of Home Affairs has warned in an advisory issued last week.   In the advisory, issued on April 12, it is mentioned that "secure use of Zoom meeting...

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In growing troubles for video meet app Zoom, hackers dumped over 5 lakh credentials of those who attended office conference calls via Zoom and gave away those for free on the Dark Web.   According to a Forbes report, experts at cyber risk assessment platform Cyble discovered a hacker...

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Desygner is the easiest and the best graphic design app. It offers the most beautiful, professional, royalty-free images, free-to-use forever. Fonts and graphics are also offered free.   You can create logos, social media graphics (for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc), posters,...

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This is a distraction-free note-taking app. It provides categories for better organisation and supports formatting.   Notes are saved as files in your Nextcloud (https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/notes); so you can view and edit them with any Nextcloud client. You can have multiple...

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The Mumbai Police on Friday cracked the whip on Social Media against fake content and Group Admins of WhatsApp groups as personally liable if such misleading stuff is found circulating.   The city police commissioner has issued orders - valid from April 10 to April 24 - prohibiting...

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The French anti-competition watchdog on Thursday asked tech giant Google to negotiate with publishers and news agencies on paying them proper remuneration for re-using their content on its platforms.   The French ‘Autorite de la Concurrence' body in a ruling granted requests for...

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In a bid to curb the flow of misinformation in COVID-19 times, Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday announced to introduce a new limit on frequently forwarding messages where a WhatsApp user can forward such messages to one chat at a time.   This limit kicks in once a message has been...

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Slammed for the lack of users privacy and security by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and cybersecurity experts, video meeting app Zoom is also prone to hacking, a new report has claimed, saying an unpatched bug can let hackers steal users Windows password.   The 'Zoom...

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The outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) has also increased number of threats like phishing emails, fake applications and fake websites. Over the past two months, thousands new portals and applications have emerged that claim to provide one of the other things about COVID-19. However, many of...

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