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Tech use against civil society, regime critics, journalists concerning: US

United States has said it is against the use of spying technology on civil society, regime critics, and journalists, even as it maintained that the US has no particular insight into the Pegasus issue

India plans more power islands to counter cyber, terrorist threats

The plan follows a major power outage in India's financial hub Mumbai last year that brought the city to a halt and prompted speculation about a cyber attack

US FTC asks for more time to file amended complaint in Facebook case

The US Federal Trade Commission asked a court on Friday for more time to file an amended complaint in its antitrust lawsuit against Facebook Inc

Pakistan voices 'serious concern' over reports about Pegasus spyware

Pakistan on Friday voiced "serious concern" over media reports about India allegedly eavesdropping on foreigners, including Prime Minister Imran Khan, using Israeli spyware Pegasus

Massive chip shortage to continue for up to 2 years, says Intel CEO

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has said that the massive chip shortage will continue for at least two more years before the industry is able to completely catch up with the demand

Numerous websites briefly go down in widespread outage

Major websites went down in what appeared to be a brief but widespread outage.

Zomato, Paytm, Hotstar, others go down amid widespread internet outage

Internet infrastructure provider Akamai confirmed that it is experiencing a service disruption

Indians more vulnerable to tech support scams, says Microsoft report

Consumers in India experienced a relatively high scam encounter rate of 69% during the past 12 months, close to the 70% rate experienced in 2018

OnePlus Nord 2 5G with MediaTek Dimensity 1200 launched: Sale info, specs

Alongside the Nord 2 5G, OnePlus unveiled the Buds Pro wireless earbuds. The earbuds will launch in India in August

Nasa Perseverance Mars rover to acquire first sample of Martian rock

Nasa is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions will transport to Earth

Mexico: $300 million in Israeli spyware spending included kickbacks

Mexico's top anti-money laundering investigator has said that officials from previous administrations from 2012 to 2018 spent about $300 million in government money to purchase spyware from NSO Group

Hiring gets AI power, but its scope is limited for blue collar employees

Technology can also help with some very practical solutions to know a candidate during remote hiring.

Decoded: What changes with Twitter's new privacy policy

Twitter is trying to generate new revenue. The new policy clarifies what sort of data and metadata it will collect

Apple to upgrade budget handset to 5G, drop iPhone Mini from 2022 lineup

Apple Inc's cheapest handset will support 5G technology in its next iteration and its iPhone Mini will not be included in its 2022 lineup, Nikkei reported

YouTube adds 'Super Thanks' feature to help content creators earn more

YouTube on Wednesday said it has added a new 'Super Thanks' that will offer a new monetisation mechanism for creators on the platform.

Instagram launches new collaborative feature for Reels in India and UK

The feature enables two users to jointly content with each of their followers

Samsung says 'get ready to unfold' on August 11 with new devices

Samsung has made it official to hold its next Galaxy Unpacked event on August 11, where the South Korean giant is likely to showcase new foldable devices Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3

HP India MD to head ICEA panel to boost IT hardware manufacturing

India Cellular & Electronics Association on Wednesday announced a high-level committee to boost manufacturing and exports of the IT hardware (laptop/tablet) sector

Apple Inc to release all 5G-enabled iPhones for 2022 lineup: Report

Apple Inc will release from next year only 5G-enabled iPhones and will revamp its budget handset after for the first time in two years, Nikkei reported

Emmanuel Macron among 14 heads of states on potential spyware list

French President Emmanuel Macron leads a list of 14 current or former heads of state who may have been targeted for hacking by clients of the notorious Israeli spyware firm NSO Group