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Facebook Data Breach: Mark Zuckerberg Promises to Take Measure to Ensure Facebook Is Not Misused To Influence Elections in India and Elsewhere

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologized to Facebook users and promised to take measures to ensure that the Facebook user data is not misused to influence elections in India and elsewhere. He said he was sure that “someone is trying” to meddle in elections via Facebook. “This is a massive focus for us to make […]

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Italy’s Communications Regulator AgCom Says 2017 Was The Year Of Fake News Globally

Year 2017 was the year of the fake news on a global level, according to a latest report released by Italy’s national communications regular AgCom. The report, based on 2007 survey of 14,000 people, has come at a time when Italian people will be selecting a new government in in less than two weeks. “Worldwide, […]

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UK Government Directly Blames Russia For ‘Malicious’ NotPetya Cyber Attack of June 2017

The UK has directly blamed Russian military for malicious NotPetya ransomware attack of June last year that cost companies hundreds of millions of pounds. The attack targeted Ukraine but later spread across Europe. According to estimates, companies lost more than $1.2bn due to this attack. Reckitt Benckiser that makes Dettol, Durex and Strepsils was among […]

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Twitter Suspends More Than 1,000 Accounts Allegedly Linked to Russian IRA Agency

Twitter has suspended 1,062 accounts that were allegedly linked to the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) and shared information meant to meddle with the 2016 US presidential election. In a press release, the company announced about the suspension of these accounts. “We have identified an additional 1,062 accounts associated with the IRA,” the release […]

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Japanese Application Developer Makes His Face ‘Invisible’ Using the iPhone X

  Japanese application developer Kazuya Noshiro has developed a program for the iPhone X, through which the face becomes transparent and disguises as surrounding objects. Noshiro published in his Twitter account the preview of the application he is currently working on. With this application, a user can create a mask that adapts the user’s face […]

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India Offers Tax Concessions to Apple to Boost Local Production of Mobile Handset Components

India has offered Apple tax concessions to boost production in the country, according to a report published by Reuters. A few days back, Cupertino, California-based company started manufacturing iPhone SE at its Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron’s plant in Bengaluru, and now the Government of India has decided to offer Apple tax-free import of mobile handset […]

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Emails of 1.9 Million Bell Canada Customers Accessed by ‘Anonymous Hacker’

Active email addresses of about 1.9 million customers of Bell Canada have been illegally secured by hackers, the company has revealed, while also stating that this attack has no link to “WannaCry” malware case. According to Bell Canada, the largest telecommunications company of Canada, nearly 1,700 names and phone numbers of customers were also stolen […]

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BT Announces to Cut 4,000 Jobs to Restructure Overseas Business after a Challenging Year

Telecom group BT has announced to cut 4,000 jobs after a challenging year in which the company reported a fourth-quarter revenue of £6.12 billion. “This has been a challenging year, but BT remains well positioned for the future,” the company said. BT said the company has strength to withstand setbacks as shown by “strong businesses, […]

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Vodafone Moves to TRAI, Says Reliance Jio is Still Luring Customers to Subscribe Summer Surprise Offer

On Monday, Vodafone moved to TRAI against Reliance Jio Summer Surprise Offer, complaining that the company is still “luring customers” to subscribe the offer. “Reliance Jio is continuing with this offer held as not meeting regulatory norms, in the garb of configuration changes. For past three days, it has been promoting and luring customers to […]

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Twitter Introduces a New Default Profile Photo, Drops ‘Egg’ Avatar

Social network Twitter has announced to introduce default profile photo – a gender neutral silhouette – to “prompt more self-expression.” Twitter is also dropping its default “egg” avatar to break free of the association with trolling on the platform. “For the past seven years, everyone who has created an account on Twitter starts out with […]