Russia Has Developed ‘First’ Coronavirus Vaccine’ In The World
President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia had become the first country to approve a vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus and that one of his daughters has been inoculated. Officials have said they plan to start mass vaccination in October.The vaccine is based…
US Officially Passes 5 Million Coronavirus Cases
The United States surpassed 5 million coronavirus cases on Sunday, the most in the world. The figures were released Sunday by Johns Hopkins University, which said the U.S. death toll is above 162,000. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has released a model predicting…
Donald Trump Signs Executive Orders Banning TikTok & WeChat
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday banning transactions with ByteDance, the parent company of popular app TikTok According to the first order that will take effect in 45 days, any transaction with TikTok’s owner, ByteDance Ltd, or its subsidiaries, will be prohibited. The second order…
Facebook Will Let Employees Work Remotely Until July 2021
Facebook will let its employees continue to work from home through July 2021, the company announced today. Facebook has had nearly all of its roughly 48,000 employees working remotely since the initial wave of stay-at-home orders back in March, and it previously announced that it would…
Brazil Bolsonaro: Facebook Told To Block Accounts Of President’s Supporters
Facebook has complied with an order by Brazil’s Supreme Court to block the accounts of a dozen top allies of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, BBC reported. The group are accused of spreading fake news against judges. However, the social media giant said the measure was…
Here’s What’s Coming to Netflix in August 2020
This month, Netflix sheds light on America’s broken immigration system with its original series, Immigration Nation. The docuseries takes a unique and nuanced look at both the inner workings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the often-overlooked stories of immigrants trying to make a life in the…
Netflix Will Allow You To Change Playback Speed On Android Devices
Netflix is letting people choose the speed at which they want to watch something on their phone or tablet with new playback controls, according to theverge Netflix will allow anyone on an Android mobile device to stream at either 0.5x or 0.75x speeds for slowed-down…
FBI Catches Alleged Hackers Behind The Great Twitter Hack Of 2020
A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, by attackers to spread a cryptocurrency scam. Three individuals have been charged with carrying out a debilitating security breach on Twitter 2 weeks ago that saw high-profile verified accounts hijacked for the purposes of a…
Apple Reports Third Quarter Results
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2020 third quarter ended June 27, 2020. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $59.7 billion, an increase of 11 percent from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.58, up 18 percent. International sales…
LG Announces Second-Quarter 2020 Finalcial Results
G Electronics Inc. (LG) second-quarter 2020 financial results were affected significantly by the worldwide impact of the pandemic. Consolidated revenue of KRW 12.83 trillion (USD 10.51 billion) was 17.9 percent lower than the same period of 2019 while operating profit of KRW 495.4 billion (USD…
Samsung Electronics Announces Second Quarter 2020 Results
The tech giant Samsung announced KRW 52.97 trillion in consolidated revenue and KRW 8.15 trillion in operating profit for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020. Even as the spread of COVID-19 caused closures and slowdowns at stores and production sites around the world, the…
Use Multi-Factor Authentication To Protect Accounts : IRS
With heightened threats during COVID-19, the Internal Revenue Service and Security Summit partners today called on tax professionals to select multi-factor authentication options whenever possible to prevent identity thieves from gaining access to client accounts. Starting in 2021, all tax software providers will be required to offer…
YouTube Kids Released Over 100 High Quality Full-Length Movies For Free
The pandemic has completely changed the way we live. It forces us to stay at home. We’re juggling work, life, kids and the state of the world today. This has been a particularly tough situation for parents, who need to look after their kids while…
New Netflix Attack Hides Behind Working CAPTCHA
A new wave of phishing attacks is attempting to steal payment data and login credentials from Netflix subscribers, according to Bleeping Computer. The actor behind these attempts used a “failed payment” theme to engage potential victims into the redirect chain leading to the phishing page….
Tech Unicorn Dave Admits To Security Breach Impacting 7.5 Million Users
Digital banking app and tech unicorn Dave.com confirmed today a security breach after a hacker published the details of 7,516,625 users on a public forum. In an email to ZDNet today, Dave said the security breach originated on the network of a former business partner, Waydev, an analytics platform used by…
TikTok Blocks QAnon Conspiracy Theory Hashtags
TikTok has blocked a number of hashtags related to the QAnon conspiracy theory from appearing in search results, amid concern about misinformation, the BBC reported. The video sharing app has blocked the terms “QAnon,” “QAnonTruth” and the related phrase “Out of Shadows,” which are used…
Apple Begins Assembling iPhone 11 In India
The tech giant company Apple has started to assemble the current generation of iPhone units — the iPhone 11 lineup — in its plant near Chennai, India, TechCrunch reports. Apple has manufactured lower-priced iPhone models in India since 2017 and reportedly has been considering moving production of its…
LG Electronics To Offer Free Repair Of TV Power Boards In South Korea
LG Electronics will offer free repair of TV power boards in South Korea due to a possible heating risk, Yonhap News reports. The South Korean tech firm said it will replace power board components for 18 OLED TV models, including the OLED 65G8 and the OLED…
Brazil Will Authorize Payments System Involving WhatsApp If Rules Are Respected, Central Bank Director Says
Brazil’s central bank will authorize a payments system involving Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) WhatsApp messaging service, to send money and make payments via chats, as long as all rules are respected, director Joao Manoel Pinho de Mello said on Monday, Reuters Reported. “We view the entry…
IBM Reports 2020 Second-Quarter Results
IBM published second quarter financial results on Monday, reporting its second straight quarter of revenue declines despite beating expectations. The business technology giant delivered non-GAAP EPS of $2.18 on revenue of $18.1 billion, down 5.4% year-over-year. Analysts were expecting earnings of $2.07 per share on revenue of…
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