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Hackers are using Morse code to launch phishing attack

The virtual date debate

Love in the time of Covid has moved online, but there are pros and cons. While the connections have increased, deep conversations and quality time seem to be taking a hit

Microsoft launches new hybrid cloud solution in India

Azure Stack HCI, the new addition to the Azure Stack portfolio is compatible with both Windows and Linux virtual machines, and will be available from 20 partners offering Microsoft-validated hardware systems.

Just 270 crypto addresses laundered $1.3 bln in dirty funds last year, research shows

A cryptocurrency address is a set of random letters and numbers that represents a location on a virtual network

India warns U.S. social media firms after dispute with Twitter

India rebuked Twitter on Wednesday after the U.S. social media giant did not fully comply with a government order to take down over 1,100 accounts and posts that New Delhi says spread misinformation

Bitcoin donations to jailed Kremlin critic Navalny cause surge

Navalny made headlines in January after he returned to Russia for the first time since being poisoned in Siberia last summer.

Facebook reducing distribution of Myanmar military content

The social media giant said it had also suspended the ability for Myanmar government agencies to send content-removal requests to Facebook through the normal channels used by authorities across the world.

Twitter to add more labels identifying world leader and government accounts

Twitter said in a blog post that it was expanding its labels to key government officials and institutions that were "the voice of the nation state abroad" from G7 countries and a majority of countries where Twitter has identified what it deems state-linked information operations.

Microsoft backs search engines paying for news worldwide

Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a statement the company fully supports proposed legislation in Australia that would force Google and Facebook to compensate media for their journalism.

Bitcoin soars to all-time high after BNY Mellon announces crypto venture

The BNY Mellon announcement came just days after Elon Musk's Tesla revealed it had bought $1.5 billion worth of the cryptocurrency and would soon accept it as a form of payment for its cars.

White House working to address semiconductor shortage hitting auto production

The issue is one reason Biden plans to sign an executive order in the coming weeks to direct a comprehensive review of supply chain issues for critical goods.

English football heads ask Facebook, Twitter to act on racism

There has been growing outrage that players from the Premier League to the Women's Super League have been targeted with abuse on Twitter and Facebook-owned Instagram.

Apple revises App Store rules, prohibits sale of certain substances

Apple also said that metadata like app names, subtitles, screenshots, and previews should not have popular app names, trademarked terms, prices, or descriptions that are irrelevant.

Hydroponics farm Simply Fresh is now into neutraceuticals

The Telangana hydroponics farm Simply Fresh claims to be India’s largest plant factory

Oracle survey finds 67% people trust robots over humans to manage finances

Business leaders in the survey also pointed out that robots could assist in identifying opportunities, thereby reducing general spending and investing in stock markets.

Facebook to temporarily reduce political content for some users in few countries

The world's largest social network, which has received flack for not doing enough to remove hateful content from the platform, last month said it would stop recommending civic and political groups to users

Mastercard to open up network to select cryptocurrencies

The credit-card giant's announcement comes days after Elon Musk's Tesla Inc revealed it had purchased $1.5 billion of bitcoin and would soon accept it as a form of payment.

The Indian Twitter rival staging a Koo

Koo said downloads had surged 10-fold in the past two days to over 3 million. Meanwhile #kooapp was the top Twitter trend in India on Wednesday with nearly 21,000 posts, followed by #BanTwitter.

Reddit forums turn to cannabis sector as stocks hit new highs

The forum has become a must-watch for traders at financial institutions since concerted action by some of its 8 million participants proved enough to overturn hedge fund "short" bets on GameStop and others in January.

Twitter may let users receive payments from followers, may hold bitcoin

Twitter top boss Jack Dorsey, who is also the chief executive of payments firm Square Inc, is a known bitcoin enthusiast and has said he believes the internet will have its own native currency

Elon Musk wants clean power, but Tesla's carrying bitcoin's dirty baggage

At current rates, such bitcoin "mining" devours about the same amount of energy annually as the Netherlands did in 2019, the latest available data from the University of Cambridge and the International Energy Agency shows.

10 held for alleged $100m cryptocurrency theft from celebs, others

In a SIM-swapping attack, criminals can gain control over a SIM - the small computer chip that carries a phone number used to identify a customer on a telecommunication network.

EU countries agree joint stance ahead of WhatsApp, Skype privacy talks

The European Commission proposed its ePrivacy Regulation in 2017, which would subject WhatsApp and Skype to the same rules as telecoms providers and restrict the tracking of users in order to provide personalised ads.

Online experience improves in India driven by teenagers, Microsoft says

India’s online civility score improved three points to 68 in 2020, indicating fewer people experienced negative online interactions or encountered online risks.

WhatsApp slips in global non-gaming app ranking in January; Telegram tops the list

The rise of these messaging platforms like Telegram and Signal comes after the most widely used messaging app, WhatsApp faced heavy criticism for their new privacy policies.

Dating apps made $3 billion in 2020, Tinder tops spending list

Tinder was the top ranking app in India and the U.S., having the highest annual overall consumer spend among non-gaming apps in 2020

Volkswagen explores flying cars in China

The news comes as companies from start-ups to other global car makers are racing to develop commercial "robo-taxis".

Reddit user claiming to be Tesla insider now says bitcoin posts were not true

The power of social media users on forums such as Reddit’s Wall Street Bets to band together and move prices has come into focus in recent weeks.

Watch | One of the world's fastest supercomputers

A video describing a new supercomputer being developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, that should rank among the world's 25 fastest once it goes into operation in 2022.

Apple partners with TSMC to develop micro OLED displays for AR devices: Nikkei

The micro OLED project with TSMC is currently at the trial production stage and will take several years to achieve mass production, according to Nikkei

Facebook faces new UK class action after data harvesting scandal

The lawsuit is the second to allege Facebook allowed third-party apps to harvest the data of friends without their permission or knowledge

Indian laws must be followed: Government to Twitter

Twitter partially follows govt. order, suspends over 500 accounts; no action against accounts of journalists, politicians

Twitter warns user growth to slow, beats sales and profit targets

Some temporary changes to reduce misinformation around the U.S. election had a small negative impact on global user growth, Twitter said.

Microsoft announces new features for Office 365 mobile apps to boost productivity

The software giant is bringing ‘conversational AI technology’ to Outlook for iOS with Cortana. The feature will allow users to do regular tasks and actions such as scheduling, adding participants to meeting invitations, and composing messages using their voice.

China urges chipmakers to allocate more capacity to China auto market

The ministry also asked the firms to improve logistics efficiency and supply chain coordination to support the industry's development, according to the statement.

Bitcoin powers to new high as Tesla takes it mainstream

Central bankers and regulators, particularly in China, are also starting to embrace issuing their own digital currencies for everyday use, in a major break from the conventional workings of global finance.

An unleashed Jeff Bezos will seek to shift space venture Blue Origin into hyperdrive

Blue Origin has fallen far behind SpaceX on orbital transportation, and lost out to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) on billions of dollars' worth of U.S. national security launch contracts which begin in 2022.

Bitcoin | what's all the buzz about it?

Bitcoin has been rallying hard, jumping over 300% in 2020, breezing past its record high to reach $42,000 in January and pushing above $44,000 on Monday.

Apple: Wistron remains on probation, workers will be treated with dignity and respect

Cupertino-based tech giant Apple says everyone at the Narasapura facility will undergo a new training program to understand their rights and how to raise concerns

EU’s Vestager warns Apple to treat all apps equally amid privacy dispute

Apple will in the spring ask iPhone users for consent to track their data for personalized ads in what it says is a move to protect users' privacy but which will limit apps' ability to gather data from people's phones that can be used for targeted advertising.

Electronic Arts to buy Glu Mobile for $2.4 billion in mobile gaming push

EA has been on a buying spree as it sits on a strong balance sheet and looks to scale with more gaming titles. In December, it acquired UK-based Codemasters for $1.2 billion.

Here's how you can restore deleted Instagram posts

Hackers sometimes delete content when they gain access to an account, depriving users of any option to retrieve deleted posts. The app will also ask users to verify that they are the rightful account holders while permanently deleting or restoring content from the folder.

Apple positioned to offer cryptocurrencies - RBC report

Apple has proceeded cautiously with cryptocurrencies. The company banned cryptocurrency wallets from its App Store in 2014, but later reversed the decision and now allows them.

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