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: 2021-07-20
The US & the allies have accused the Chinese Govt of masterminding a severe cyber-attack on Microsoft Exchange servers earlier this year, affecting at least 30K businesses globally. The hacking was blamed on a hacking group sponsored by the Chinese state, Hafnium. A senior official said that the American Govt had assurance that the Exchange hackers were paid by China.
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: 2021-07-20
A team of researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London, identified crucial security vulnerabilities in Telegram, a famous messaging platform used by around 500 million across the globe. They analyzed the encryption protocols used & unveiled the flaw in its cloud chats. The app stated it found out the researchers' & fixed them in the newest update. It uses the MTProto to secure its
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: 2021-07-19
The global media consortium investigation revealed that the Pegasus Spyware of Israel Company - NSO Group was used in hacking ventures on 37 mobile phones of Govt officials, activists & journalists. In addition, a leaked list of more than 50K phone numbers was identified by human rights group - Amnesty International & Paris journalism - Hidden Stories. This list was distinguished
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: 2021-07-16
Google Cloud released its new cloud region in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) on Thursday to serve its users in Asia-Pacific & India. This unique region is the 2nd such after Mumbai, India & 10th in Asia-Pacific. This stems from the massive demand growth for building capacity, low latency & disaster recovery solutions. The Delhi-NCR has joined the current 25 Google Cloud regions across Europe
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: 2021-07-14
According to support pages spotted by 9to5Google, the tech giant - Google has brought an end to its unlimited group calls in the Meet platform for free Gmail accounts. People with free accounts logging on to the forum will have group calls capped at an hour rather than the former 24-hour meeting duration. Google's unlimited group meeting offer was helpful as several traditionally
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: 2021-07-13
Indian IT giant - Tech Mahindra is working with blockchain start-up StaTwig on a global blockchain-based product for tracing vaccine supply chains. The IT company said the VaccineLedger blockchain is created to enhance transparency & prevent vaccine supply failures, including expired vaccine distribution, counterfeiting & stock depletion.
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: 2021-07-12
The free & open internet is under attack in countries globally, tech giant CEO Sundar Pichai has warned. He states several countries are restricting the data flow, & the model is often taken for granted. Pichai also noted controversies around data, tax & privacy. He argues that AI is more profound than electricity, the internet, or fire.
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: 2021-07-11
WhatsApp multi-device support launch is close & the firm is testing several form factors on the beta version. Its Web Beta has been spotted with multi-device support. The facets are not functional for the beta app testers, but the instant messaging platform is expected to launch soon. The report shares new characteristics along with a statement saying, "Send messages & make calls
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: 2021-07-11
There is growing pressure on manufacturers across the globe to permit consumers the right to repair their own devices. The UK released right to repair regulations that legally need manufacturers to create spare parts available to people buying electrical appliances. The European Commission publicized plans for the right to repair rules for laptops, smartphones & tablets.
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: 2021-07-06
Cryptocurrency exchange - WazirX has received a notice issued by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), founder Nischal Shetty confirmed on Thursday. The notice had looked out an explanation into transactions worth Rs. 2,790.74Cr that the firm alleged last month was in violation of foreign exchange laws under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
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: 2021-07-05
To find out, measures including the number of crypto ATMs in the country & their accessibility for the general populations were analyzed. Further, the Govts. legal stance on cryptocurrency ownership, the number of online searches & its increase over the last year were taken into account. Finally, by combining these category scores, a crypto-ready score for countries was formulated.
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: 2021-07-03
Tech giant - Google's latest diversity report points out that despite few gains in Black workforces, the firm is lagging in its target to double the number of Black employees by 2025. The statement released on Thursday shows that the search giant has specific difficulty retaining women of color. The firm uses a scale - attrition index, with the number 100 used as a benchmark.
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