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.
Apple Watch Series 3 To Be Discontinued Soon
The Apple Watch Series 3 models, which are currently being sold out globally on the tech giant’s online store, are expected to be discontinued soon. Three out of four Series 3 configurations listed on Apple’s website are currently out of stock in the UK and...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 5, 2022
1 min read
Cloudflare Blocks Internet Forum Kiwi Farms Over ‘Imminent Threats To Human Life’
Cloudflare announced that it has blocked US-based Internet forum Kiwi Farms over “imminent threats to human life”. The platform said that visitors to any of the Kiwi Farms sites that use any of Cloudflare’s services will see a block page and a link to this...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 5, 2022
2 min read
Apple Set To Unveil 2nd Gen Airpods Pro This Week
Apple is set to showcase the second generation of its AirPods Pro this week that will offer several upgrades, including the next generation H1 processor. The company, which will unveil the latest iPhones and other devices at its event on September 7, will update a...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 5, 2022
1 min read
Hacker Steals $185k From Actor Bill Murray’s NFT Digital Auction
A hacker has siphoned off $185,000 from Hollywood star Bill Murray’s digital wallet after he successfully completed the charity auction of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). CoinDesk reports that as soon as Murray’s NFT action that raised 119.2 Ethereum (around $185,000) for charity got closed, a hacker...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 5, 2022
1 min read
Elon Musk Throws A Solution For Ailing Nasa’s Artemis 1 Mission
As NASA scrubbed the Artemis 1 uncrewed mission to the Moon once again, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Sunday came up with a suggestion for the ailing mission that will finally land astronauts on the lunar surface after decades. NASA engineers could not...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 4, 2022
2 min read
Social Media App Parler Returns To Google’s Play Store
Parler is returning to Google’s app store more than 1-1/2 years after the company removed it following the U.S. Capitol riots in January 2021. The app was launched in 2018 and styled itself as a free-speech space for those seeking an alternative to platforms such...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 4, 2022
1 min read
OfferUp Scams To Watch Out For
OfferUp is a mobile-focused market centered on the buying and selling of goods online or in person. It works by encouraging you to search its large catalog of goods until you find what you’re looking for.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 3, 2022
9 min read
Zoom Allows Customers Their Own Encryption Keys To Protect Data
Zoom on Friday announced a new offering that will allow users to protect certain data stored at rest within the Zoom Cloud infrastructure using their own encryption keys. The platform said its newest advanced security offering — Customer Managed Key (CMK) — is designed to...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 2, 2022
1 min read
YouTube Showing Election-Fraud Videos To Users Skeptical About 2020 US Polls
YouTube is showing more election-fraud videos to users already skeptical about the legitimacy of the 2020 US presidential election, a study has revealed, showing how its algorithms perpetuate existing misperceptions. The study, published in the Journal of Online Trust and Safety, found that those most...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 2, 2022
2 min read
NASA Captures 1st Direct Image Of Exoplanet Outside Our Solar System
For the first time, astronomers have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The exoplanet called ‘HIP 65426 b’ is a gas giant, meaning it has no rocky surface and could not be habitable....
Bijay Pokharel,
September 2, 2022
2 min read
Twitter Confirms Edit Tweet Test, To Arrive For Blue Users First
The microblogging site Twitter announced it has finally rolled out a small test for its much-awaited Edit Tweet feature, which will be available for Twitter Blue subscribers in the coming weeks. Edit Tweet is currently being tested by the Twitter team internally, amid the ongoing...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 2, 2022
2 min read
Apple Settles Lawsuit With App Developer Over ‘Unfair Rejection’
Apple has settled a lawsuit with app developer Kosta Eleftheriou who claimed that the tech giant unfairly rejected his app from App Store which resulted in heavy monetary losses. The lawsuit, filed in March last year, alleged that Apple made it difficult for him to...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 2, 2022
1 min read
Facebook To Shut Down Neighborhoods Feature On Oct 1
Facebook has announced to shut down a new hyperlocal feature called Neighborhoods that was to provide a dedicated space to help people connect with neighbors, participate in the local community and discover new places nearby. Facebook said it will end its test of Neighborhoods on...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 2, 2022
1 min read
Android 14 To Bring Direct Satellite Connectivity To Smartphones
Google said that the upcoming Android 14 will “support our partners in enabling all of this” after SpaceX and T-Mobile unveiled plans to deliver direct satellite connectivity to smartphones. On Twitter, Hiroshi Lockheimer, Senior Vice President of Platforms and Ecosystems at Google, described how it...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 2, 2022
1 min read
LG Unveils World’s First Bendable 42-Inch OLED TV
LG Electronics on Wednesday introduced the world’s first TV with a bendable 42-inch OLED screen and the display can go from completely flat to spectacularly curved, letting users choose from 20 levels of curvature for more immersive gaming experiences. Additionally, the screen of LG OLED...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 1, 2022
2 min read
Data Of 800 Million Chinese People Exposed Online
China is facing another massive data leak of its citizens as a huge database of at least 800 million records containing faces and vehicle license plates has been exposed online. The exposed data now disappeared from the internet, and belongs to a tech company called...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 1, 2022
2 min read
Crypto.com Accidentally Refunds Over $7 Million To Customer
Due to an unfortunate typo, cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com mistakenly issued a customer A$10.5 million ($7.2 million) rather than the expected A$100 ($68), media reports say. Seven months later, when the exchange finally discovered the error, but till then some of the money had already gone,...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 1, 2022
1 min read
Microsoft Spots TikTok Bug That Could Expose Private Videos Of Millions
Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team has discovered a vulnerability in the TikTok app for Android that can let hackers take over private, short-form videos of millions of users once they clicked on a malicious link. Microsoft discovered a high-severity vulnerability in the TikTok Android application,...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 1, 2022
1 min read
Russian Streaming Platform Confirms Data Breach Affecting 7.5 Million Users
Russian media streaming platform ‘START’ (start.ru) has confirmed a data breach that exposed 7.5 million users’ info. Start is a subscription-based international streaming service available worldwide with Russian-based production. The service is a part of START digital media holding that also includes production company Start,...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 31, 2022
1 min read
Facebook To Shut Down Standalone Gaming App In Oct
Meta is winding up its standalone Facebook Gaming app on both Android and iOS from October 28. The app will also be not available on Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Meta did not elaborate on why it is shuttering the standalone gaming app....
Bijay Pokharel,
August 31, 2022
1 min read





