Researchers from the University of Minnesota apologized to the maintainers of Linux Kernel Project on Saturday for intentionally including vulnerabilities in the project’s code, which led to the school being banned from contributing to the open-source project in the future. “While our goal was to improve the security of Linux, we now understand that it
Month: April 2021
Twitter plans to introduce a new Tip Jar icon to its platform months after experimenting different ways to allow its creator and influencers monetise their content. The Facebook-owned micro-blogging platform had been trying to deliver various features to its users in order to encourage them in bringing influential content on the platform so they might
NASA’s mini helicopter Ingenuity on Sunday successfully completed its third flight on Mars, moving farther and faster than ever before, with a peak speed of 6.6 feet per second. After two initial flights during which the craft hovered above the Red Planet’s surface, the helicopter on this third flight covered 64 feet (50 metres) of
The promise of open clouds: Faster innovation, faster delivery Learn how open clouds reduce latencies to client device, improve customer and device (IoT) interactions and speed up innovations from the edge to the data center. Register Now Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Private equity firm Thoma
Apple’s AirDrop technology could leak users’ phone numbers and email addresses, according to researchers who said that they had first informed Apple of the vulnerability in 2019. AirDrop is Apple’s proprietary wireless technology that is used for sharing files such as photos and videos wireless across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices and was introduced in 2011.
Google, on Monday, shared a Doodle to say “thank you” to all healthcare workers and members of the scientific community who have faced massive hurdles and raced against time to help us face the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The doodle shows the first letter of the word Google sending out a heart emoji to the last
Twitter and other social media platforms have removed about 100 posts and URLs after the government asked them to remove content that was critical of the handling of the current medical crisis or spreading fake news around the pandemic. Twitter said it has notified the impacted account holders of its action taken in response to
The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch a data relay satellite that will help maintain contact with the Gagangyaan mission throughout after the launch, sources said. The satellite will be launched before the final leg of the Gaganyaan mission, which will send astronauts to the Lower Earth Orbit (LEO). The first leg - the unmanned mission
The promise of open clouds: Faster innovation, faster delivery Learn how open clouds reduce latencies to client device, improve customer and device (IoT) interactions and speed up innovations from the edge to the data center. Register Now Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. The potential for low-code/no-code
WhatsApp is now testing a 24 hours option for disappearing messages on Android, iOS, and Web/ desktop, as per a report. The instant messaging app already has an option that allows users to set a week’s (7 days) time for disappearing messages. With this option, WhatsApp now competes with rival apps like Telegram that give
SINGAPORE — Southeast Asia’s tech giants could buy up start-ups using funds they gain when they go public, according to a managing partner of an early-stage venture capital firm. “They’re basically going to gobble up a number of start-ups,” Vinnie Lauria of Golden Gate Ventures told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on Friday. He said likely
Checking your CIBIL score online is easy and can be done for free. CIBIL stands for Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited and a CIBIL score is simply a number that shows how credit worthy you are, based on your credit history. This matters when doing things like applying for a home loan. It uses the
Facebook on Thursday said it will begin testing ads on its TikTok clone Instagram Reels in India, Brazil, Germany, and Australia, as the social media giant aims to make money from its short-form video feature. The company is seeking to capitalise on its popularity in India, a fast-growing social media market, while rival TikTok has been
The promise of open clouds: Faster innovation, faster delivery Learn how open clouds reduce latencies to client device, improve customer and device (IoT) interactions and speed up innovations from the edge to the data center. Register Now Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Attackers targeted both the
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) is reportedly receiving the April 2021 Android security patch in 16 countries across Asia and South America. There is no information regarding when other regions will receive the update. Galaxy A8 (2018) was launched in December 2017 with Android 7.1.1 Nougat. The smartphone was then updated to Android 8 Oreo and
In this article GOOGL Yichuan Cao | NurPhoto | Getty Images Google‘s recently promoted Search boss Prabhakar Raghavan made $55.25 million last year, according to the company’s annual proxy filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. That amount takes into account his 2020 fiscal year salary of $655,000, stock awards amounting to $54.58 million
Amazon Fire TV Cube (2nd Gen) has been launched in India priced at Rs. 12,999. The streaming device, touted as the most powerful yet from Amazon, combines the capabilities of Amazon’s Fire TV and Echo smart speaker ranges, offering up to Ultra-HD HDR streaming and hands-free access to Alexa voice assistant. Various HDR formats up
Facebook said on Thursday it was taking steps to incorporate direct feedback from users to arrange their News Feed as per their preference. Facebook’s News Feed, that comprises posts from friends and businesses, is the first thing users see when they open their account on the mobile app or go to the website. The company
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Mi 11X Pro is the latest smartphone from Xiaomi and comes with flagship-level specifications and features. The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC and has a triple rear camera setup. In the Indian market, this model in the Mi 11X series will compete with the OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9 phones.
Ehtereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted a proof of transfer of 100 ETH and 100 MKR, worth approximately $606,110 (roughly Rs. 4.5 crores), for use in COVID-19 relief in India. Ethereum, the open-source blockchain software founded in 2014, is used to build contracts on the blockchain, and has recently been in the news a lot because
Mumbai Police is always on point when it comes to creative ways of dispersing important public service announcements on the social media. From following road safety rules to COVID-19 related norms, the police department does know how to hammer home vital messages on its various social media platforms. In an ingenuous post on Instagram on
A new species of a plant-eating dinosaur has been discovered in the world’s driest desert in Chile. The Arackar Licanantay belongs to the gigantic titanosaur dinosaur family tree, according to an infographic shared by news agency AFP on Twitter. The term Arackar Licanantay means “Atacama bones” in the Kunza language. Though the Atacama Desert is
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An update to the software powering some billion iPhone units around the world kicks in Monday with an enhanced privacy feature critics fear will roil the internet advertising world. Apple will begin requiring app makers to tell users what tracking information they want to gather and get permission to do so, displaying what have been
Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., arrives at the Axel Springer Award ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Johannessen-Koppitz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk will host NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” for the first time on May 8, the long-running sketch comedy show announced over
Realme Smart TV 4K 43-inch has been teased by the company. Company CEO Madhav Sheth shared the news through a tweet with only a small image of the TV itself and no other details except for the name. Currently, Realme offers three Smart TV models in India and none of them fill the 4K 43-inch
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies suffered hefty losses on Friday on concern that US President Joe Biden’s plan to raise capital gains taxes will curb investment in digital assets. The selloff came after reports that the Biden administration is planning a raft of proposed changes to the US tax code, including a plan to nearly double
A recently identified security vulnerability in the official Homebrew Cask repository could have been exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code on users’ machines that have Homebrew installed. The issue, which was reported to the maintainers on April 18 by a Japanese security researcher named RyotaK, stemmed from the way code changes in its
The users of micro-blogging site Twitter, have a reason to rejoice as the company now allows Android and iOS to upload and view 4K images on the Twitter app. According to Mashable, the resolution for the images previously was limited to 2,048 x 2,048 and now support for 4K images has been rolled out for
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