Bijay Pokharel
Bijay Pokharel is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Abijita.com and a freelance technology writer covering the tech industry since 2017. He specializes in cybersecurity, digital privacy, malware, vulnerabilities, and online safety, with a strong interest in internet protection and women’s online security. A dedicated tech enthusiast and continuous learner, Bijay approaches his professional work with clarity, rational thinking, and a calm, solution-oriented mindset.
Google Sued For Allegedly Stealing Data From Users To Train Its AI Models
Google has been sued in a class-action lawsuit that alleged that the tech giant scraped data from millions of users without their consent using its artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 12, 2023
2 min read
Users Can Now Transfer Netflix Profile To Existing Account
Netflix has updated the profile transfer feature to allow users to transfer their profile to an existing account.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 12, 2023
1 min read
Former Private Prisoner Transport Officer Sentenced to Nine Years for Sexually Assaulting Pretrial Detainee
A former private prisoner transport officer was sentenced in federal court in the Western District of Missouri to nine years in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for violating a female pretrial detainee’s civil rights by sexually assaulting her.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 12, 2023
3 min read
Threads To Feature Edit Option, Following Feed & More As It Crosses 100 Million
Meta's Twitter rival, Threads, will soon feature an edit button, following feed, translation option for different languages, and much more, as it has crossed 100 million user sign-ups within a week of its launch.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 11, 2023
1 min read
Non-TikTok Users Consider It A National Security Threat: Report
About six-in-ten adults (59 percent) see the Chinese short-video-making app TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the US, a new report has shown.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 11, 2023
2 min read
MediaTek Launches ‘Dimensity 6000’ Series For Mainstream 5G Devices
MediaTek on Tuesday launched its new 'Dimensity 6000' series along with a chipset designed to enhance the next generation of mainstream 5G devices.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 11, 2023
2 min read
Apple’s Phil Schiller, Google Arrive On Meta’s Threads
Apple fellow Phil Schiller, responsible for leading the App Store and Apple events, as well as Google and YoutTube, have joined Threads.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 11, 2023
1 min read
Taliban Supports Musk’s Twitter Over Zuckerberg’s Threads
The Taliban has come out in support of Elon Musk-run Twitter over Mark Zuckerberg-run Threads on Instagram, saying other platforms cannot replace the original micro-blogging platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 11, 2023
1 min read
Google’s AR Software Leader Quits Over Company’s ‘Unstable Commitment’
Mark Lucovsky, Google’s Senior Director of Engineering responsible for the operating system (OS) and software platform for augmented reality (AR) and extended reality (XR) devices, has resigned over the company's "unstable commitment and vision".
Bijay Pokharel,
July 11, 2023
1 min read
Twitter May Hit All-Time Record For User-Screentime This Week: Musk
Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday said that "cumulative user-seconds per day of phone screentime" might "hit an all-time record" this week.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 11, 2023
1 min read
Microsoft Lays Off 276 Employees In New Job Cut Round
Microsoft has laid off 276 employees, mostly in customer service, support, and sales teams, in a new job cut round.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 11, 2023
1 min read
Snapchat To Now Let Users Add Links To Public Profiles
Snap announced that it is rolling out Linktree integration with the link-in-bio tool to allow public accounts to show off their other profiles on Snapchat.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 11, 2023
1 min read
Tracy Resident Charged With Computer Attack On Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility
Rambler Gallo was indicted by a grand jury for intentionally causing damage to a protected computer at the Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility. He allegedly uninstalled the main operational and monitoring system for the water treatment plant and turned off the servers running those systems,...
Bijay Pokharel,
July 11, 2023
2 min read
Apple Issues New RSR Updates to Address Zero-Day Bug
Apple has issued a new round of Rapid Security Response (RSR) updates to address a new zero-day bug exploited in attacks and impacting fully-patched iPhones, Macs, and iPads.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 11, 2023
1 min read
NHS Trust Hit by Ransomware Attack, 2.5 Million Patients’ Data Compromised
The UK's largest National Health Service (NHS) trust has yet again suffered a ransomware attack on its systems, compromising the data of about 2.5 million patients, media reports said.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 10, 2023
2 min read
Google Messages May Soon Get ‘Animated Emoji’ Feature
Google is reportedly testing an 'animated emoji' feature in the instant messaging application 'Google Messages'.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 10, 2023
1 min read
Google Docs For Android To Now Open Into Edit Mode
Google has announced that it is revamping the "first open experience" in Docs on Android devices.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 10, 2023
1 min read
Meta’s Twitter Rival ‘Threads’ Crosses 100 Million Sign-ups
Meta's Twitter rival, Threads, has finally crossed 100 million user sign-ups within a week of its launch.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 10, 2023
1 min read
How To Disable wp-login.php and wp-admin.php in WordPress and Redirect To Homepage
By default, WordPress uses the wp-login.php and wp-admin.php pages for users to log in to your website and access the WordPress dashboard, respectively. However, if you want to increase the security of your WordPress site, you may want to disable these pages and redirect users...
Bijay Pokharel,
July 10, 2023
3 min read
Hackers Stole $30 Billion In Crypto Since 2012: Report
More than $30 billion in cryptocurrency has been hacked in 1,102 documented incidents from 2012 to the present, a new report has shown.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 10, 2023
1 min read





