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Explained | What is ‘spam’ on Twitter?

Explained | What is ‘spam’ on Twitter?

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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal revealed that the microblogging platform suspends over half a million spam accounts daily and locks millions of suspected ac

To meet the complex privacy requirements of organisations, several professionals wish to upskill so that they are industry-ready.

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, photo a woman types on a keyboard in New York. Cybersecurity researchers say a coordinated cyberespionage campaign has targeted U.N. relief agencies, the International Red Cross and other non-governmental organizations groups for the past 10 months. The California cybersecurity outfit Lookout says the campaign, which uses phishing to harvest passwords from mobile phones and computers, is still active. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

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Google mulls transcribing translations in real time on Android

Facebook Inc said it reached the settlement in principle related to the lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent

Facebook reaches $550 mn settlement in facial recognition lawsuit

Simple ‘doubt button’ may help WhatsApp curb fake news

An India-focused study says such a strategy would be compatible with the encrypted nature of WhatsApp, as ‘red flags’ need not be reported or inve

‘Off-Facebook Activity’ to let users protect browsing history

Over the next few weeks, Facebook will show nearly two billion people a prompt, encouraging them to review their privacy settings

Google grants $1mn for promoting news literacy in India

The funding is part of Google.org’s broader, $10 million commitment to media literacy, in collaboration with the Google News Initiative, Google said

The infinite hypnosis of the infinite scroll

How ‘infinite scroll’, a UX decision made years ago, still creates major disruption across social routines offline, and across mental health onlin

Facebook, YouTube content moderators asked to sign PTSD forms

Global professional services firm Accenture which provides content moderators for big tech firms has asked its moderators to sign a form, explicitly a

Tinder rolls out photo verification service to curb catfishing

The feature allows members to self-authenticate through a series of real-time posed selfies, which are compared to existing profile photos using human

Forgot your password? Not having one is safer: WEF study

A report released by the World Economic Forum in Davos during its 2020 annual meeting said that freeing ourselves of passwords will actually make indi

Twitter crashes on Android following update

The company rolled out an update to its first-party app bringing it to version 8.28 but the update is now causing the app to immediately crash upon la

India witnesses drop in cyber threats in 2019: Report

According to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, India has shown positive progress in its fight against cybercriminals and 38.8% of the overall Kaspersky us

Move over 5G, Japan to launch 6G by 2030

It is believed that the new technology will be 10-times faster than the current 5G

Hyderabad to host ‘Born On Instagram’ event

The event will unite creators, Telugu film personalities and reps from Facebook and Instagram under one roof

Instagram drops IGTV button due to lack of use

Instagram launched IGTV in 2018 in an effort to compete with YouTube, but then TikTok came along. Before IGTV, Instagram had only allowed people post

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