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Russia-Ukraine war: Telegram’s new battleground for cybercriminals
New Delhi: Cyber criminals and hacktivists have leveraged encrypted instant-messaging application Telegram for conflict-related activities, over the war between Russia and Ukraine, according to data released by cybersecurity firm CheckPoint Research (CPR).…
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Twitter expands its Birdwatch fact-checking pilot in US
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter has reportedly announced an expansion to its Birdwatch scheme, which sees volunteer fact-checkers vet potentially-misleading tweets. The company said that, as of right now, a small randomised…
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Use Starlink carefully as Russia can hit network, Musk warns Ukrainians
New Delhi: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday warned Ukrainians to use the Starlink satellite system with caution as his commercial Internet network can be targeted by Russians and hamper the entire…
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Cyberpunk 2077 developer cuts off sales in Russia, Belarus
Warsaw: Poland-based games developer CD Projekt Red, which has developed popular games like Cyberpunk 2077, is cutting off sales of its products to Russia and Belarus. “In light of the Russian military…
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Spotify shuts Russia office, removes content from RT, Sputnik
New Delhi: Swedish music streaming giant Spotify has shut down its office in Russia and removed content from state-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik. Spotify joins several tech and media platforms who…
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Parag Agrawal reopens Twitter offices globally from March 15
New Delhi: Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on Thursday announced to reopen the company offices from March 15 globally. Agrawal, who last month took “a few weeks” of paternity leave for the birth…
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Facebook shuts down its college students-only social network ‘Campus’
San Francisco: After less than two years of its launch, Meta-owned Facebook is shutting down its college students-only social network — Campus. Campus users could access a special news feed and join…
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Bitcoin now has higher market cap than Russian currency
New Delhi: As Russia intensifies its battle to take control of Ukraine, Bitcoin on Wednesday soared to $44,000, pushing the total cryptocurrency market cap to cross $2 trillion. With the recent gains,…
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Apple announces its first event for 2022
Apple today announced that it will be holding its first event of 2022 on Tuesday, March 8 at 10:00 a.m. Apple and its service partners can now repair Face ID on an…
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Boeing begins building new version of satellite system
San Francisco: Boeing has announced that it has begun building the latest version of the Wideband Global SATCOM satellite system WGS-11+. WGS-11+ showcases an evolution in phased array technology. Based on Boeing’s…
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WhatsApp bans over 1.8 mn bad accounts in India in Jan
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday said that it banned 1,858,000 bad accounts in India in the month of January in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021. The company said that…
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Encrypted messengers, offline maps connecting Ukrainians amid Russian invasion
New Delhi: As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its sixth day amid widespread cyber attacks, the citizens have turned to encrypted communication apps, offline maps and Twitter to keep abreast with latest…
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Instagram says it will stop supporting IGTV app
San Francisco: In a bid to make video as simple as possible to discover and create, Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has announced that it will no longer be supporting standalone app for…
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Ashneer Grover resigns after intense legal battle with BharatPe
New Delhi: After fighting an intense legal battle with the Board of Directors, BharatPe Co-founder and Managing Director Ashneer Grover has finally resigned from the fintech platform. In a letter sent to…
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Google turns off Maps’ live traffic data in Ukraine
San Francisco: Tech giant Google has temporarily disabled its Maps’ live traffic data in Ukraine to protect users as the country faces Russian invasion, media reports said on Monday. It is not…
