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.
Elon Musk Fires Twitter Engineer Over His Dropping Reach
Elon Musk has fired the company's top engineer because of his declining reach, the media reported.
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February 10, 2023
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Yahoo To Lay Off More Than 20% Of Staff
Yahoo plans to lay off more than 20% of its total workforce as part of a major restructuring of its ad tech division.
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February 10, 2023
1 min read
Cyber Attack On Reddit Exposed Confidential Information and Source Code
Online discussion website Reddit suffered a cyberattack allowing hackers to access internal business systems and steal internal documents and source code.
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February 10, 2023
1 min read
No New Covid Variants Emerged During China’s Recent Outbreak: Lancet Study
No new Covid-19 variants have emerged in China during the recent surge in infections since the country ended its zero-Covid policy, according to an analysis of cases in Beijing published in The Lancet.
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February 9, 2023
2 min read
Twitter Facing Internal & External Issues, Up Soon: Elon Musk (Lead)
Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said that the micro-blogging platform is facing "multiple internal and external issues simultaneously" and will be "fully back on track later tonight."
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February 9, 2023
1 min read
Spotify Now Lets Users Exclude Certain Playlists From ‘Taste Profile’
Spotify has announced that it is rolling out a new feature to users on the web, desktop, iOS, and Android, which will provide them the ability to exclude select playlists from their 'Taste Profile'.
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February 9, 2023
1 min read
Google Announces AI-Enabled Updates To Search, Maps, Translate
Google has announced a number of artificial intelligence-enabled updates across its products, including Search, Maps, and Translate, amid rising competition from Microsoft, which is also integrating AI into its suite of solutions.
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February 9, 2023
2 min read
Twitter To Charge $100 From Developers For Access To Basic API
The microblogging site Twitter said that it will charge $100 per month for the basic tier of API (Application Programming Interface).
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February 9, 2023
1 min read
62% Of Indians Want ChatGPT To Write Love Letters This Valentine’s
Around 62 percent of Indians who were surveyed are planning to use the AI chatbot ChatGPT to help write their love letters this Valentine's Day, the highest out of all the countries surveyed, with 73 percent also using AI to boost their dating profiles, a...
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February 9, 2023
2 min read
Twitter Blue Users In The US Can Now Write 4,000-Character Tweets
Twitter on Thursday announced that Blue subscribers in the US can now post long tweets of up to 4,000 characters on the micro-blogging platform.
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February 9, 2023
1 min read
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spots Clearest Evidence Of Mars’ Watery Past
NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered the clearest evidence yet of ancient water ripples that formed within lakes on the Red Planet.
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February 9, 2023
2 min read
Microsoft Edge To Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Tech In March
Microsoft has announced that with the software major Adobe, it is bringing Adobe Acrobat's PDF capabilities to more than 1.4 billion Windows users in Microsoft Edge next month.
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February 9, 2023
2 min read
Twitter Access Restored In Quake-Hit Turkey
Twitter access in Turkey, which had been blocked two days after the devastating earthquake struck the country on February 6, is now said to have been restored.
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February 9, 2023
1 min read
Twitter Faces Major Global Outage
Twitter faced a major global outage with several users having issues while posting a tweet and sending direct messages (DMs).
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February 9, 2023
1 min read
Meta Expands Its Monetisation Feature ‘Gifts’ Across US On Instagram
Meta has announced that it is expanding its Reels-focused monetization feature 'Gifts' across the US on Instagram, offering a way for users to easily begin earning money from their audience.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 9, 2023
1 min read
Android 14 Unveils Enhanced Security Measures to Protect Sensitive Permissions from Malware Attacks
Tech giant Google has announced the release of the first developer preview for Android 14 which comes with security and privacy enhancements, among other things.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 9, 2023
1 min read
Weee! Grocery Service Confirms Data Breach , Exposes 1.1 Million Users Info
The Weee! Asian and Hispanic food delivery service suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of 1.1 million customers.
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February 9, 2023
1 min read
Foreign Nationals Charged with International Methamphetamine and Precursor Chemical Trafficking Conspiracies
An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging two foreign nationals with international methamphetamine and precursor chemical trafficking conspiracies.
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February 9, 2023
1 min read
Man Charged with Sexual Exploitation of Children and Distribution, Receipt, and Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material
A federal grand jury in Baltimore returned an indictment today charging a Maryland man with sexual exploitation of children and distribution, receipt, and possession of images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.
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February 9, 2023
2 min read
Federal Court Approves Settlements Totaling Nearly $5 Million in Civil Lawsuit Enjoining Transnational Bank Fraud Scheme
A federal district court yesterday entered an order approving the last in a series of four settlements that collectively recovered nearly $5 million stolen from consumers by a transnational network of fraudsters.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 9, 2023
2 min read





