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Twitter’s feature to flag misleading tweets expands to more countries

The California-based firm had started testing the feature in August last year to curb misinformation on its social media platform.

Instagram tests chronological feed options.

Instagram tests chronological feed options

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Wordle: What’s the appeal?

Nitika Ahuja Wordle is the new online word game that everyone is playing.

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IN THE LIMELIGHT The algorithms that fuel OTTs

Divya Kala Bhavani As the holiday season sees us binging more content on OTTs, we break down how omnipresent algorithms keep us watching more

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An app in Google Play was found to send users’ contacts to an attacker-controlled server

Android app found to exfiltrate users' contact list

Abhishek Chatterjee To make it difficult to be removed, the application has the capability to hide its icon once installed.

Attacks began to increase over the last two months in more than 96 countries, including India Ethiopia and Nigeria.

Botnet hijacking hundreds of crypto transactions in India: report

Sowmya Ramasubramanian The bot has attacked 969 transactions and has stolen crypto assets worth almost $0.5 million.

Google Voice lets users create rules for phone calls.

Google Voice lets users create rules for phone calls

Aditya Saroha While Google Voice has a call forwarding feature, the new update allows users to set up a rule that can forward calls from a contact to any of the linked numbers.

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Web3: A vision for the future

Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales

Clubhouse brings support for web listening

Govt. blocks several social media handles circulating ‘fake/inciting content’

CCI orders Google inquiry after news publishers complain

Trump’s Truth Social app to launch in February

Instagram tests chronological feed options

In a video, Mosseri showed changes to the core feed and how users can choose from the three different feeds.

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The algorithms that fuel OTTs

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Zoom acquires Liminal’s software assets to enhance virtual events offerings

Two of the firm’s co-founders, Andy Carluccio and Jonathan Kokotajlo, will also join Zoom, it confirmed.

The Log4j vulnerability

What is Log4j? How will the security concerns surrounding the software be resolved?

NFT of world’s first text message sold for €132,680

Proceeds from the auction will go to the UN Refugee Agency to support forcibly displaced people, according to Vodafone.

Google Voice lets users create rules for phone calls

While Google Voice has a call forwarding feature, the new update allows users to set up a rule that can forward calls from a contact to any of the linked numbers.

Social media app Parler plans to expand into NFTs

Parler was launched in 2018 as a social-media site, styling itself as a free-speech space for those seeking an alternative to major platforms such as Facebook Inc and Twitter.

Russian businessman, others made millions in insider trading through hacking: U.S.

The scheme in total netted at least $82.5 million from 2018 to 2020, the SEC said in a related lawsuit.

Google’s YouTube TV reaches deal to restore access to Disney channels

YouTube earlier this month struck a multi-year pact with streaming platform Roku Inc to distribute YouTube’s flagship app and TV service, ending a months-long battle over accusations of anti-competitive conduct.

Facebook pays fines to Russia over banned content

Facebook parent Meta, along with Alphabet's Google , faces a court case next week for suspected repeated violations of Russian legislation on content and could be fined a percentage of its annual revenue in Russia.

Botnet hijacking hundreds of crypto transactions in India: report

The bot has attacked 969 transactions and has stolen crypto assets worth almost $0.5 million.

Android app found to exfiltrate users' contact list

To make it difficult to be removed, the application has the capability to hide its icon once installed.

Google smart-city spinoff folding over founder's health

Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff said Thursday he's leaving the company focused on urban planning technology because he “very likely” has ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Spyware find highlights depth of hacker-for-hire industry

The researchers said in a report that the intrusions highlight how “hacking civil society transcends any specific mercenary spyware company.”

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen has book deal

Haugen's prominence has been cited as a sign of a rising wave of Big Tech whistleblowers.

Melania Trump launches new NFT venture

The first NFT, named "Melania's Vision", is a watercolor art by artist Marc-Antoine Coulon, and "embodies Melania's cobalt blue eyes", according to a statement issued by Melania Trump's office.

Russia fines Twitter, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok over banned content

Meta, along with Alphabet's Google, faces a court case later this month for suspected repeated violations of Russian legislation on content and could be fined a percentage of its annual revenue in Russia.

Meta expands bug bounty programme to include data scraping

The company, formerly known as Facebook, said it will reward researchers who report data scraping even if the data they target is public.

Wikipedia co-founder’s computer, NFT of first edit sells for about $1 million

Wales used his personal computer, a Strawberry iMac, during Wikipedia’s launch on January 15, 2001.

Amazon's AWS recovers from brief outage affecting third-party services

AWS's dashboard that logs outages showed that it had resolved the issue affecting internet connectivity to the Oregon and northern California regions.

Reddit confidentially files to go public

Reddit had roughly 52 million daily active users and over 100,000 communities, or "sub-reddits," as of October last year.

Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eventually be fired

Employees had until December 3 to declare their vaccination status

WhatsApp lets users preview voice message before sending

The update comes after the Meta-owned platform rolled out new privacy measures.

YouTube says services fixed after disruption affects thousands

YouTube experienced 65 outages over the past 12 months, according to web tool reviewing website ToolTester.

YouTuber Mythpat: We are called ‘influencers’ for a reason

Having won a Streamy for International Creator of the Year, Mumbai-based Mithilesh Patankar AKA Mythpat speaks on the future of gaming content creation, while reflecting upon his milestones and challenges

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A video explainer on what the PDP Bill entails

HC quashes FIR against man for Facebook post

The complaint against him was over hurting the sentiments of a minority community and promoting a feeling of enmity between different religious groups.

Hackers are exploiting users with MS Outlook: report

Outlook does not require email authentication such as SPF or DKIM checks, indicating it prioritises productivity over security

Microsoft set to win EU antitrust nod for $16 bln Nuance deal

The U.S. software giant is currently in talks with the British antitrust agency ahead of filing a request for approval of the deal, the sources said.

Amazon outage shows how its complex cloud makes backup plans difficult

Another issue that makes it hard for businesses to diversify is that AWS makes it relatively cheap to send data into its cloud, but then charges higher prices for "egress fees" to get data out of its cloud to take to a rival.

Meta, WhatsApp scout for chief compliance officer, nodal contact and grievance officer in India

As per Meta's post on LinkedIn, Meta is "looking for a highly motivated professional for the role of nodal contact person and grievance officer for Facebook in India".

Volvo Cars says investigating theft of R&D data

Volvo said it did not see an impact on the security of its customers’ cars or their personal data.

Brazil’s health ministry website hit by hacker attack, systems down

The alleged hackers posted a message on the website saying that internal data had been copied and deleted. “Contact us if you want the data back,” it said, including e-mail and Telegram contact info.

Rohingya lawsuit against Facebook a 'wake-up call' for social media

In an earlier statement in response to the lawsuit, a Meta spokesperson said the company was "appalled by the crimes committed against the Rohingya people in Myanmar."

Facebook misjudges thousands of political ads: study

The failure to treat political ads could both undermine the company’s trustworthiness as well as limit the vital information reaching the public

Google disrupts botnet infecting one million Windows devices

The search giant noted that the sophisticated botnet defends itself using blockchain technology, enabling it to recover more quickly from disruptions.

Tech firms say EU rules should ensure they are regulated in their bases

The European Commission will kick off negotiations with EU countries and EU lawmakers next year before adopting the DSA.

Ransomware attack on Australian utility claimed by Russian-speaking criminals

The ransomware group known as Conti, meanwhile, named CSEnergy on its web site for shaming victims and sometimes leaking their data.

Amazon fined 1.13 bln euros by Italy for alleged abuse of market dominance

The antitrust said it would impose on Amazon corrective steps that will be subject to review by a monitoring trustee.

Sports topped India’s Google search

COVID-19, farmers’ protest, the most tweeted hashtags

Instagram aims to bring back a chronological feed in 2022

Instagram’s Adam Mosseri was the latest tech executive pressed by lawmakers to provide more transparency into their platforms’ algorithms and the impact of the content they curate and recommend for users.

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