Hackers Exploited Crypto Platform Renbridge To Launder $540 Million
More than half a billion dollars have been laundered in crypto assets originating from theft, fraud, ransomware and various other types of criminal activity since 2020, a new report has revealed. The report by Blockchain analysis group Elliptic said one cross-chain bridge in particular —...
Facebook Making Money Via White Supremacist Groups: Report
Facebook is making money via white supremacist groups, serving ads on searches for dangerous groups like “Ku Klux Klan” despite a ban on such content on the platform. A report by the Tech Transparency Project revealed that more than 80 white supremacist groups have a...
Disney+Hotstar Adds 8.3 Million Subscribers
Disney+Hotstar has added 8.3 million subscribers in the company’s third fiscal quarter which ended on July 2. The Walt Disney Company also updated subscriber guidance for Disney+ Hotstar, to up to 80 million subscribers by the end of its fiscal 2024. “We intend to refine...
Now Create Hands-Free On Instagram And Facebook With Samsung Flip Phones
Meta has announced that it is introducing a new way to create hands-free on Instagram and Facebook with Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4, as well as other Samsung Flip phones. With FlexCam on Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4, users can fold the phone and place it on...
How to Enable E2EE In Facebook Messenger
Secret Conversation is an opt-in feature that lets users encrypt their messages so only the people involved in the chat – not Facebook, law enforcement, or intelligence agencies – can see the conversation. The fact it is not enabled by default, however, has been criticized by...
Musk Agrees To Rebuy Tesla Stock If Twitter Deal Doesn’t Close
Elon Musk on Wednesday said that he would repurchase Tesla stock if the Twitter deal did not close. While being asked by a user on the microblogging platform if he is done selling Tesla stock, the tech billionaire replied affirmatively. “Yes. In the (hopefully unlikely)...
Spotify Brings Redesigned Home Screen With Sections For Music & Podcasts
Spotify has introduced a new design for the home screen of its mobile app that includes feeds for both Music and Podcasts and Shows. The company said the feature is currently rolling out to Android users and will soon be available on iOS. “By creating...
Coinbase Reports $1.1 Billion In Net Loss, Revenue Drops 60% In Q2
The largest cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has reported a massive loss in both revenue and profit in the June quarter — logging $1.1 billion in a net loss as revenue declined from $2.033 billion to $803 million from a year-ago quarter which is a sharp drop...
Google’s Learn-To-Read App For Kids Now Available As Website
Google has introduced a new website — Read Along — to help kids learn to read independently with the help of an animated reading assistant named “Diya”. Read Along has been an Android app so far, which was first released as Bolo in India in...
Musk Sells Nearly $7 Billion In Tesla Shares: Report
Electric vehicle company Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold 7.92 million shares of the company worth around $6.88 billion, media reports say. Musk’s transactions occurred between August 5 and August 9, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings revealed, following Tesla’s 2022 annual shareholder...
Ex-Twitter Employee Guilty Of Spying For Saudi Arabia: US Court
Former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo has been found guilty by a US court for accessing private information in the accounts of certain Twitter users and providing that information to officials in Saudi Arabia. Abouammo and Ali Alzabarah — two Twitter employees — and a Saudi...
Covid Lockdown Linked To Increased Suicidal Thoughts
The lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic had a significant effect on levels of suicidal ideation, says a new study. The study indicated suicidal ideation, which involves someone thinking about or wishing for their own death, significantly increased in the 2020 post-lockdown patients compared with the...
Apple To Ship 1.5 Million Units Of Its AR/VR Headset, May Cost $2k
Apple is planning to ship approximately 1.5 million units of its upcoming augmented reality and virtual reality headset (AR/VR) headset in 2023, which is expected to cost more than $2,000. In a research note, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reiterated that the tech giant plans to announce...
Meta AI Chatbot Says Zuckerberg ‘Too Creepy’ And Trump Will Always Be US President
Meta just unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) conversational chatbot asking the public to give their feedback. The initial reports are scary as the chatbot named BlenderBot 3 thinks Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is “creepy and manipulative” and Donald Trump will always be the...
South Korea To Probe Google, Apple Over In-App Billing Irregularities
South Korea’s telecommunications regulator said on Tuesday it will launch an official fact-finding investigation into the app stores of Google, Apple, and ONE store next week, saying that the companies may be in violation of the country’s in-app payment laws. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC)...
Apple Brings Back Battery Percentage Icon In Latest iOS Beta
Apple has brought back the battery percentage icon, which displays the actual numerical amount of charge, on the status bar in its latest iOS 16 beta. According to TechCrunch, the battery indicator returned in iOS 16 beta 5, but it still needs to be enabled...
Chinese Hackers Attack Govt Ministries, Military Plants Globally
China-based hackers attacked military-industrial plants, research institutes, government agencies, and ministries in several countries and were able to even hijack the IT infrastructure of some, taking control of systems used to manage security solutions, a new report has revealed. Researchers at cyber-security firm Kaspersky detected...
Intel Introduces GPUs For Powerful Workstations And Laptops
Intel has introduced new graphics processing units (GPUs) designed primarily for powerful desktop workstations and laptops. The Intel Arc Pro A30M GPU is for mobile form factors and Arc Pro A40 (single slot) and A50 (dual slot) GPUs are for small form factor desktops. The...
You Can Now Exit WhatsApp Group Chats Without Notifying Everyone
Meta-owned secure messaging app WhatsApp added a new privacy feature that let users exit group chats without notifying everyone. Along with this update, Meta is also adding a bunch of privacy features that control who can see when you’re online, and prevent screenshots on view...
New York Man Sentenced To Prison For Role In Identity Theft Conspiracy
A Springfield Gardens man was sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to commit aggravated identity theft and aiding in the preparation of false tax returns for his transportation business. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Afolabi Ajelero worked at Kaybamz,...
