US Judge Rejects Musk’s ‘Absurd’ Demand To Give All Twitter Users’ Data
A US judge has rejected Elon Musk‘s absurd demand to ask Twitter to hand over all data for approximately 200 million user accounts for the last three years. Judge Kathaleen McCormick said no to Musk’s legal team’s “absurdly broad” request, saying that Twitter must hand...
Instagram Tightens Default Content Settings For Teens
Meta-owned American photo and video sharing social networking service Instagram announced the platform is rolling out a feature that defaults accounts for new users under 16 years old to “Less,” the most restrictive setting for Sensitive Content Control. Teenagers already on Instagram will get push...
Hacker Steals Source Code Of LastPass
Cybercriminals have stolen a source code of Freemium password manager LastPass. LastPass is a freemium password manager that stores encrypted passwords online. The standard version of LastPass comes with a web interface, but also includes plugins for various web browsers and apps for many smartphones....
DuckDuckGo Email Protection Service Beta Now Open To All
Privacy-focused online browser DuckDuckGo on Thursday announced that its email protection service in beta is now finally available to all users and they can generate a free “@duck.com” email address and intercepts email trackers before they reach their personal inboxes. DuckDuckGo Email Protection is a...
Italian Man Tests Positive For Monkeypox, Covid, HIV All At Once: Report
In the first such case, a 36-year-old man in Italy simultaneously tested positive for monkeypox, Covid-19, and HIV, media reports said. According to the Daily Mail, scientists have reported this as the first known case of a person testing positive for these viruses, all at...
Over 130 Companies Hacked, Data Of 10k Employees Compromised
Over 130 organizations have been compromised in a sophisticated attack using simple phishing kits, that exposed the credentials of close to 10,000 employees. Same hackers attacked communications giant Twilio and as part of the breach, end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal revealed last week that hackers...
WhatsApp May Soon Bring iMessage-Like Profile Photos Within Group Chats
WhatsApp is likely planning to bring iMessage-like profile photos within group chats. According to WABetaInfo, the platform is planning to introduce something that has been requested for a long time — profile photos of group participants. When this feature will be released to beta testers,...
South Korean Islets Of Dokdo ‘Not Named’ On iPhone Maps In 22 Nations
South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo were not named on iPhone maps in the US, Britain, and 20 other countries, a professor said here on Thursday, amid diplomatic tensions with Tokyo over Japan’s renewed claims to the East Sea outcroppings. Dokdo has long been a...
EU Watchdogs Begin Privacy Probe Into Twitter After Whistleblower Report
The micro-blogging site Twitter is now facing privacy probes in the European Union (EU) after the whistleblower complaint from its former head of security, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, created a storm worldwide. Zatko’s complaints had references to European regulators, alleging that Twitter misled or intended to...
Google Play Games For PC Feature Expands To 5 Countries
Tech giant Google has expanded its Play Games for PC feature under an open beta to users in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and Australia. Earlier this year, the company announced that Google Play Games would be coming to PCs as a beta experience...
New iPhone 14 Series Arriving On Sep 7
Apple on Wednesday announced its flagship product launch event for this year that will take place on September 7. Called ‘Far Out,’ the event will showcase the new iPhone 14 lineup, Watches, and other products. This will be an in-person event at Apple’s Cupertino campus...
Facebook News Feed Getting Spammed With Public Posts On Celebrity Pages
The social media giant Facebook is experiencing a bug in their algorithm where users around the globe are seeing Facebook posts of random people that are tagging Rihanna, Ronaldo, or others. According to downdetector, nearly 3000 users(at this time of writing) are experiencing the issue...
YouTube Shorts Arriving Soon On Smart Android TVs
YouTube is set to launch its short-form video app Shorts on its smart TV app YouTube TV. The company has told its partners about the support for YouTube shorts to YouTube’s app for Android TV and Google TV, reports Protocol has learned. YouTube Shorts has...
Snap Agrees To Pay $35 Million Over Illegal User Data Collection In US
Snap has reached a $35 million settlement with the state of Illinois in the US in a class-action lawsuit over illegal user data collection. The lawsuit alleged that Snapchat’s filters and lenses violated the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The company stored “biometric data...
Apple Rolls Out iPadOS 16.1 Beta Before iOS 16 Release
Apple has started rolling out iPadOS 16.1 beta to enrolled developer devices. According to TechCrunch, it is a change from the usual release cycle, which has linked the tablet operating system with iOS, its mobile counterpart, since its initial release in 2019. “This is an...
Remembering ‘Windows 95’? It Is 27 Years Old Today
Microsoft’s Windows 95 release on August 24th, 1995 was a highly anticipated launch. Jay Leno helped launch the software alongside Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, with a lot of jokes and the appearance of the entire Windows 95 development team on stage.
A Comprehensive Cyberbullying Guide For Parents
Cyberbullying is when someone repeatedly makes fun of another person online or repeatedly picks on another person through email or text message or when someone posts something online about another person that they don’t like.
Meta Reaches $37.5 Million Settlement Of Facebook Location Tracking Lawsuit
Meta has reached a $37.5 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the parent of Facebook of violating users’ privacy by tracking their movements through their smartphones without permission. A preliminary settlement of the proposed class action was filed on Monday in San Francisco federal court,...
Google Wallet Is Now Available In 45 Countries
Tech giant Google has expanded Google Wallet‘s availability to six new regions. The company has updated the Google Wallet support page to reflect the inclusion of the following new countries: Azerbaijan Iceland Moldova Qatar Serbia South Africa You can use the Google Wallet app to...
James Webb Space Telescope Reveals ‘Incredible’ Jupiter Views
James Webb Space Telescope has revealed unprecedented views of Jupiter. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) took pictures of the Solar System’s biggest planet in July. The images show auroras, giant storms, moons, and rings surrounding Jupiter in detail that astronomers have described as “incredible”....
