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.
Ex-Twitter Ceo Jack Dorsey Reveals Hardware Crypto Wallet
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's firm Block is working on a hardware crypto wallet, a device to help people "safely own and manage their Bitcoin".
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
2 min read
Instagram ‘Slashes’ Payouts To Creators By 70% On Reels
Instagram has reportedly slashed creators' payout by as much as 70 percent while increasing target metrics for monetization for them on the platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
1 min read
NASA Finds Novel Ways To Track Climate Change
NASA has been observing climate change and groundwater loss across the planet.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
2 min read
Zoom Awards $1.8 Million In Bug Bounty Rewards Over 2021
Zoom on Thursday said that it has awarded $1.8 million to researchers who submitted bug bounty reports over 2021.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
1 min read
Meta Planning ‘Zuck Bucks’ Digital Currency As Crypto Dream Fails
Meta is reportedly planning to launch a digital currency called 'Zuck Bucks' -- named after its Founder Mark Zuckerberg -- and virtual tokens, coins, and other financial services, after its pet cryptocurrency project failed to take off.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
2 min read
Apple Restores Opposition App To App Store In Russia
Apple has reportedly resumed allowing Russians to download an app run by supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after criticism that it was acceding to unreasonable government demands for censorship.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
1 min read
6 Anti-Virus Apps On Google Play Store Steal 15K Android Users’ Data
At least 15,000 Android users downloaded anti-malware apps from the Google Play Store which, instead of protecting them from hackers, infected their devices to steal passwords, bank details and other personal information, a new report showed on Thursday.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
2 min read
Uber To Add Train, Bus, Flight Bookings In UK
Ride-hailing platform Uber is adding trains, buses, planes, and car rentals to its UK app this year.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
1 min read
Twitter ‘Tampering’ With Public Record By Wiping Embedded Deleted Tweets
The developer and open internet communities have slammed a Twitter change that is wiping embedded deleted tweets, available on third-party websites, from the public domain.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
2 min read
What Is The Deep Web? Understanding The Most Misunderstood Part Of The Internet
The deep web is much larger than the surface web. It’s where restricted web pages live, and it also houses an area where determined web surfers can find websites that sell illegal drugs, weapons, stolen account passwords and banking information. It’s also where you’ll stumble...
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
7 min read
Microsoft’s New Windows 11 Tools To Improve Virtual Meetings
Microsoft has unveiled several system-wide features designed to improve virtual meetings on Windows 11.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 6, 2022
1 min read
Google Forms Data Cloud Alliance To Make Data More Accessible
Google on Wednesday announced a new Data Cloud Alliance to make data more portable and accessible across business systems, platforms, and environments -- with a goal of ensuring that access to data is never a barrier to digital transformation.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 6, 2022
1 min read
Apple Fitness+ Adds Post-Childbirth Workouts For New Mothers
Apple Fitness+ has expanded its selection of workouts for mothers, with a collection of videos to help with regaining fitness following a pregnancy.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 5, 2022
1 min read
Microsoft’s Top Executive James Phillips Quits
After ten years at Microsoft, James Phillips will leave the company immediately.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 5, 2022
1 min read
Tiktok Owner ByteDance ‘Scraped’ Content From Instagram And Snapchat
Chinese short-video-making app TikTok's parent company ByteDance allegedly made fake accounts with content taken from Instagram, Snapchat and other social media platforms, a new report has claimed.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 5, 2022
2 min read
Hackers Breached Mailchimp To Phish Cryptocurrency Wallets
The breach was confirmed to the press by Mailchimp on Monday, but it had come to light over the weekend when users of the Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallet reported being targeted by sophisticated phishing emails.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 5, 2022
1 min read
Russians Bypass Website Blocks To Access Western News Sources
A new blog post published today by Cloudflare presents statistical evidence that the netizens of Russia are adopting blockage circumvention tools pretty aggressively to access British, American, and French news sites.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 5, 2022
1 min read
NASA Satellites Detect 1st Ever Decline In Human CO2 Emissions
A team of scientists at NASA has for the first time ever spotted regional fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) across the globe due to emissions from human activities during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 4, 2022
3 min read
Elon Musk Takes 9.2% Passive Stake In Twitter, Stock Soars 28%
Twitter shares surged nearly 28 percent on Monday after regulatory filings in the US revealed that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has a 9.2 percent passive stake in Parag Agrawal-run platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 4, 2022
1 min read
Apple Reportedly Testing 9-Inch Foldable Device
Apple is reportedly testing a 9-inch foldable device, according to one supply chain insider.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 4, 2022
1 min read





