Twitter Says About 130 Accounts Were Targeted In Cyber Attack
The micro blogging site Twitter revealed that hackers targeted roughly 130 accounts during the massive attack that allowed them to take over dozens of high-profile accounts of tech companies, executives, and celebrities to promote a Bitcoin scam. Hackers had accessed Twitter’s internal systems to hijack...
Discord, Bleepingcomputer, And Other Site Was Down For Nearly An Hour Due To Cloudflare Issues
Cloudflare is having an outage that is affecting many sites including Discord, BleepingComputer, and other. The issues started at around 5PM ET, and lasted nearly an hour. Patreon, Deliveroo, GitLab, Zendesk, Medium, and many other sites were also down, and Cloudflare acknowledged issues with its network affected...
Facebook Messenger Now Lets You Share Your Screen On Mobile Devices
The social media giant Facebook has enabled its screen-sharing feature for Messenger on mobile devices, allowing you to share your phone or tablet screen when calling a friend one on one, in a group chat, or while taking part in even larger conversations via Messenger Rooms. “Screen...
Google Will Ban Ads From Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories
The tech giant company Google will ban publishers from using its ad platform to show advertisements next to content that promotes conspiracy theories about Covid-19, CNBC reported. It will also ban ads that promote those theories. In cases where a particular site publishes a certain threshold...
Netflix Announced “Immortal* Netflix Account” For 83 years If You Win This Game
The streaming giant Netflix announced a nationwide U.S. competition for an “Immortal* Netflix Account” (*1000 months of subscription, or 83 years. How do you win it? By obtaining the highest score in an original “The Old Guard” videogame (www.oldguardgame.com), where you play as a Labrys-wielding...
How To Secure Your YouTube Account In 2024
To begin with, be wary of any shortened link that reaches you, no matter where it comes from. While most are safe, some hide nasty surprises, like a malware that is automatically downloaded to your computer to steal information. Before clicking, make sure you know...
TikTok Deletes 29,000 Coronavirus-Related Videos
TikTok says it has deleted about 29,000 coronavirus-related videos that broke its rules in Europe alone since the beginning of 2020. The video-sharing app says it does not allow misinformation that could harm an individual’s health or public safety. It said about 3,000 of them...
Netflix Names Ted Sarandos New Co-CEO
The streaming giant Netflix on Thursday announced that Ted Sarandos will serve as co-CEO alongside co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings. Sarandos, a 20-year Netflix veteran, will also hold onto his title of Chief Content Officer and is joining the Netflix board of directors. “Ted has been my...
Hackers Convinced Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts
A Twitter employee was responsible for a wave of high profile account takeovers on Wednesday, according to leaked screenshots obtained by Motherboard and two sources who took over accounts. A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday by attackers who used the accounts —...
Twitter Suffered The Most Catastrophic Security Breach In History
A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday by attackers who used the accounts — some with millions of followers — to spread a cryptocurrency scam. Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on...
Apple Wins Fight Over $14.9 Billion Tax Bill
Apple Inc. won its court fight over a record 13 billion-euro ($14.9 billion) Irish tax bill in a crushing blow to European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager’s crackdown on preferential fiscal deals for companies. The ruling was made by the European Commission in 2016 and was seen as...
TikTok Fined $155,000 In South Korea For Mishandling User Data
Video sharing platform TikTok has been fined by a South Korea regulator for mishandling child data. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has fined the company for 186 million won or roughly 155,000 US Dollars. The fine it has imposed on TikTok is due to the...
Sony Reportedly Doubles PS5 Production
Sony has doubled the number of next-generation game consoles “PlayStation (PS) 5” to be launched during the year-end sales season and decided to reach 10 million units by the end of the year. As reported by Nikkei Asian Review and Bloomberg, Sony had originally planned to produce 5-6 million consoles...
Now You Can Block Annoying Notification On Chrome 84 Released
The tech giant company Google has released Chrome 84 to the Chrome official stable channel. Users can update Chrome using the browser’s built-in update feature to move to this new release and get access to new features and security updates. Chrome 84 is also the...
Microsoft Flight Simulator Set For Launch On August 18 For PC
Microsoft Flight Simulator will launch on August 18th for PC. Xbox Game Studios and Asobo Studio are thrilled to announce that Microsoft Flight Simulator launches on August 18, and you can pre-order on Windows 10* or pre-install with Xbox Game Pass for PC (Beta) today. “We have been...
Google To Invest INR 75,000 Crores (Approximately US$10 Billion) In India
The tech giant company Google is investing INR 75,000 crores (approximately US$10 billion) to advance India’s digitisation over the coming 5-7 years. Announced in a blog post, Google outlined a $10 billion investment in India’s digitization over the next five to seven years with its...
Here’s Why VPN Is ESSENTIAL In 2024
VPNs mask your internet protocol (IP) address so your online actions are virtually untraceable. Most important, VPN services establish secure and encrypted connections to provide greater privacy than even a secured Wi-Fi hotspot.
Qualcomm To Invest $97 Million In India’s Reliance Jio Platforms
US chipmaker Qualcomm announced today that it’s investing $97 million (₹730 crores) in Jio Platforms in exchange for a 0.15% stake in the company through its venture arm. Qualcomm is the second chipmaker to pump money in Jio Platforms after Intel invested $253 million to...
ExpressVPN : Best VPN For PayPal
With 361 million active account holder, PayPal is the most popular choice for consumer and businesses . PayPal is a great way to transfer your money securely when making online transaction. Once your card is linked with PayPal, you don’t have to give your credit card details to different...
How To Secure Your Telegram Account In 2024
Telegram provides end-to-end encrypted calls and optional “secret” chats between two online users on smartphone clients. However, the desktop clients (excluding macOS clients) do not feature end-to-end encryption, nor is end-to-end encryption available for groups, supergroups, or channels.
