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.
Sony Will Now Pay Researchers $50,000+ For Critical PS4 Bugs
Sony announced that it’s opening its bug bounty program to the public, and will pay for newly discovered bugs and exploits that impact either the PlayStation 4 or their online PlayStation Network. “We believe that through working with the security research community we can deliver...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 25, 2020
2 min read
WikiLeaks Founder Charged With Conspiring With Anonymous And LulzSec Hackers
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was hit with a new federal indictment on Wednesday accusing him of conspiring with hackers, including the group “Anonymous.” The US Department of Justice has filed today a superseding indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. “The new indictment [PDF] does not...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 25, 2020
2 min read
Brazil’s Central Bank Suspends WhatsApp Payments
Brazil’s Central Bank has suspended Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp messenger payment feature in the country, Bloomberg reports. The decision aims to “preserve an adequate competitive environment, that ensures the functioning of a payment system that’s interchangeable, fast, secure, transparent, open and cheap,” the monetary authority said in...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2020
2 min read
New iOS 14 Features That Android Already Has
Apple announced iOS 14. It is loaded with all new features and changes -including a few that should look pretty familiar to Android users who have had similar functionality for some time. While many of these iOS 14 features might feel new Apple iPhone users....
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2020
3 min read
Google Opens The First Cloud Region In Indonesia
Google has opened its first cloud region in Indonesia, offering three cloud zones and its usual suite of services including Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, Google Kubernetes Engine, and BigQuery, the tech giant announced in a blog post. “The launch of our new Jakarta region (asia-southeast2)...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2020
2 min read
Netflix Is Making It Easier For People To Remove Titles From Their ‘Continue Watching’ Row
After browsing for a new movie or TV show to watch on Netflix, people may throw something on before deciding 10 minutes in they’re just not that interested. Netflix’s new “remove from row” feature is designed to make it easier for people to remove those...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2020
2 min read
Twitter Bans DDoSecrets Account Over ‘BlueLeaks’ Police Data Dump
The micro blogging site Twitter has permanently suspended the @DDoSecrets Twitter account for violating its policy about the distribution of hacked data after the account shared links to hacked data stolen from US law enforcement agencies, ZDNet Reported. Prior to the ban, enforced earlier today,...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2020
1 min read
Amazon Launches $2 Billion Fund To Invest In Climate Change
Amazon on Tuesday announced it has set up a $2 billion fund dedicated to investing in technologies that help companies reduce their carbon footprint. The fund is part of Amazon’s “Climate Pledge,” which was first introduced by CEO Jeff Bezos last September, with the goal of getting...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2020
1 min read
Microsoft Releases First Public Preview Of Its Defender Antivirus On Android
The tech giant Microsoft is launching a preview version of its antivirus software for Android today. The product, named “Microsoft Defender ATP for Android,” was announced at the RSA security conference in February this year, and has reached a first public preview today. This new Android...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2020
3 min read
Japanese Supercomputer Is Now The Fastest In The World
A Japanese supercomputer called Fugaku, installed in the city of Kobe by the government-sponsored Riken institute, took first place in a twice-yearly speed ranking that was released on Monday. The Japanese machine carried out 2.8 times more calculations a second than an IBM system at...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 23, 2020
1 min read
These Are All The Devices That Can Run iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS Big Sur, And watchOS 7
At WWDC, Apple announced its latest software for all its devices: iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and macOS Big Sur. The new software updates for iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and Macs will available this fall, with public betas for those will begin in July. Apple unveiled iOS 14 with...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 23, 2020
2 min read
WWDC 2020: Apple Announed Apple Silicon, iOS 14, macOS Big Sur, iPad 14, WatchOS 7 And TVOS 14
The tech giant Apple today announced it will transition the Mac to its world-class custom silicon to deliver industry-leading performance and powerful new technologies. Developers can now get started updating their apps to take advantage of the advanced capabilities of Apple silicon in the Mac....
Bijay Pokharel,
June 23, 2020
4 min read
‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files From Hundreds Of Police Departments
The Cyber-Criminals published nearly 269 GB of data they claim have been stolen from US law enforcement agencies and fusion centers. The files, dubbed BlueLeaks, have been published by Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets), a group that describes itself as a “transparency collective.” According to the...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 22, 2020
1 min read
Android’s AirDrop-Style File Sharing Feature May Be Available For More Than Just Mobile Devices
Android’s upcoming AirDrop-style sharing feature, called Nearby Share (and referred to also as Nearby Sharing), may also come to Chrome on numerous other platforms, 9to5Google reports. The feature will allow Android users to directly share photos, links, and other files with other devices, similar to how AirDrop...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 22, 2020
1 min read
What Is Reduce White Point In iPhone And How To Use it
Even with your iPhone's brightness slider down all the way, your display will probably still be too bright at night with all the lights dimmed or turned off.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 21, 2020
2 min read
Samsung Blu-ray Players Are Rebooting In A Loop But It’s Not Clear Why
Samsung Blu-ray players appear to be malfunctioning for hundreds of users, and no one is sure what the issue is, ZDNet reported Some users report their Blu-ray players get stuck in an endless reboot loop when they’re switched on, others reported hearing a buzzing noise as if...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 21, 2020
2 min read
Apple To Close Some U.S. Stores Again As Coronavirus Spikes
Apple Inc. is temporarily shutting some of its U.S. retail stores again after cases of Covid-19 spiked in some areas across the country. The closures will impact 11 stores across Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, and South Carolina, Bloomberg reported The company closed all of its stores...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 20, 2020
1 min read
Google Launches Its Own Version Of Pintrest Called Keen
The tech giant Google has introduced its newest experiment from its startup incubator Space 120 and Other people and AI Analysis workforce referred to as Prepared, a internet and Android app that permits customers to curate content material from the internet and percentage the gathering...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 19, 2020
1 min read
Intel Announces Unmatched AI and Analytics Platform With New Processor, Memory, Storage And FPGA Solutions
Intel today introduced its 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and additions to its hardware and software AI portfolio, enabling customers to accelerate the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics workloads running in data center, network and intelligent-edge environments. As the industry’s...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 18, 2020
4 min read
How To Avoid Landing Page Redirects
Redirections on landing pages add delays to the page load and while the redirections are occurring, nothing is shown to the client. In many cases, redirections can be eliminated without changing the function of a page.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 18, 2020
1 min read





