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Teams can now help users find their misplaced device

Abhishek Chatterjee

The Walkie Talkie app in teams that was announced by Microsoft two years back is now available on all iOS mobile devices like iPhones and iPads, and also in Android mobile devices.

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

Instagram tests chronological feed options.

Instagram tests chronological feed options

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

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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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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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Muhurtam in the metaverse? This Chennai couple’s wedding reception is moving into the future

Chinese regulator denies issuing guidelines on internet giants’ investments, fundraisings

Facebook critics call for release of India human rights review

Google aims to improve spotty enforcement of children’s ads policy

Teams can now help users find their misplaced device

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

Web3: A vision for the future

What is the model based on? How is it different from the prevailing system of operation?

Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales

The original, redacted lawsuit, filed in December 2021, accused Google of “anti-competitive conduct” and of teaming up with the social networking giant

Clubhouse brings support for web listening

The web listening feature, which will initially support replays and live rooms with replays enabled, does not require the listener to download the app or log in.

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

Owners of these accounts are being identified for action under the law IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.

CCI orders Google inquiry after news publishers complain

In its order, the CCI said Google dominates certain online search services in the country and may have imposed unfair conditions on news publishers.

Trump’s Truth Social app to launch in February

The social media platform, which is “expected” to be launched on February 21, is currently available for pre-order on the App Store.

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.

Wordle: What’s the appeal?

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

The algorithms that fuel OTTs

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

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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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

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