Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday disclosed it had acted to block as many as 36 malicious domains operated by hack-for-hire groups from India, Russia, and the U.A.E. In a manner analogous to the surveillanceware ecosystem, hack-for-hire firms equip their clients with capabilities to enable targeted attacks aimed at corporates as well as activists,
Month: June 2022
A 2019 poll found that children would rather be YouTubers than astronauts. It made headlines and led to plenty of grumbling about “kids these days”. But it’s not surprising that young people – up to 1.3 million in the UK – want to make their income by creating social media content. The global influencer market
Astronauts lose decades’ worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers said on Thursday, warning that it could be a “big concern” for future missions to Mars. Previous research has shown astronauts lose between one to two percent of bone density for every month
Amazfit T-Rex 2 is now available for pre-order in India and the deliveries of the smartwatch will begin on July 2. It was launched globally on May 24 with a 500mAh battery pack that can power the smartwatch for up to 24 days of normal use. It also comes with 10 ATM water resistance and
Google has announced a new update for the Google Password Manager that will now allow users to manually add password on Chrome and Android. The new update will also provide a consistent and unified user interface experience on Chrome as well as Android. Users can now add a Google Password Manager shortcut on the home
Scott Farquhar, co-founder and co-CEO of the global software company, Atlassian, speaks at the National Maritime Museum in Sydney, April 10, 2018. Chris Hopins | The Australian Financial Review | Getty Images As co-CEO of collaboration software maker Atlassian, Scott Farquhar has had a tough year along with many of his industry peers. The company’s
Microsoft has announced a new update for its video conferencing platform Teams on Web with several new features. With this new update, Microsoft is introducing background effects for Teams on Web that will now allow users to add custom backgrounds, like blur. These custom backgrounds were earlier only available to Teams application users. Moreover, Teams
Arm, the British chip technology firm owned by SoftBank Group, on Tuesday unveiled a set of new chip technologies aimed at making video games on smartphones look better while preserving battery life. The latest products are designs for graphics processing units, or GPUs, most often used for video processing in gaming. Arm makes money by
One of the commissioners of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has renewed calls asking for Apple and Google to boot the popular video-sharing platform TikTok from their app stores citing “its pattern of surreptitious data practices.” “It is clear that TikTok poses an unacceptable national security risk due to its extensive data harvesting being
Facebook is testing out a couple of new features for Groups. These features include a new easy way to access users’ favourite Facebook Groups, along with the introduction of chat, audio, and feed channels. Facebook group admins will now be able to create channels in the groups that are focused spaces for people to connect
The solar system is unlikely to lose stability for the next 1,00,000 years, according to a new study. While outer space may be filled with mysterious and sometimes violent interstellar phenomena that could have an impact on the Earth and the solar system it resides in, the orbits of bodies in the solar system are
Noise has launched two new smartwatches in India, ColorFit Pro 4 and ColorFit Pro 4 Max, on Thursday. These smartwatches boast a large display — the ColorFit Pro 4 has a 1.72-inch screen whereas the ColorFit Pro 4 Max has a 1.8-inch display. They feature Bluetooth calling support, 100 sports modes, and over 100 watch
Nothing Phone 1 pre-orders will go live in India starting tomorrow, Flipkart has suggested through a banner on its website ahead of the official announcement. The latest development comes just days after the UK-based company led by OnePlus Co-Founder Carl Pei opened the public waitlist for the invite-only pre-orders of the upcoming phone. Alongside opening
In this article LGF.A Liberty Media’s John Malone Michael Kovac | Getty Images Starz wasn’t John Malone’s most successful investment. But it may be his most symbolic. The media mogul once controlled Starz as an independent company. In 2016, he merged it with Lionsgate, another company he owned a piece of at the time. A
Edtech major Byju’s on Thursday said that less than 500 people have been laid off at Whitehat Jr and Toppr, but sacked employees have claimed that 1100 staff had been retrenched at Toppr alone. The layoff at Toppr comes alongside Byju’s group firm Whitehat Jr retrenching 300 employees in addition to the resignation of 250 employees
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the GST rates on online gaming, horse racing and casinos will be finalised in the 48th GST Council Meeting which will be held in the first week of August in Madurai. Sitharaman was addressing a Press Conference on the outcome of 47th GST Council meeting. The Council
The notorious North Korea-backed hacking collective Lazarus Group is suspected to be behind the recent $100 million altcoin theft from Harmony Horizon Bridge, citing similarities to the Ronin bridge attack in March 2022. The finding comes as Harmony confirmed that its Horizon Bridge, a platform that allows users to move cryptocurrency across different blockchains, had
A Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission has urged the chief executives of Apple and Alphabet’s Google to kick Chinese-owned TikTok out of its app stores. Brendan Carr, the FCC commissioner, said in a letter to the CEOs, dated June 24 and sent on FCC letterhead, that video-sharing app TikTok has collected vast troves
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