Category: NEWS

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)...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Amazon said its AWS Shield service mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded, stopping a 2.3 Tbps attack in mid-February this year. The attack was a so-called Connection-less Lightweight Directory Access Protocol reflection-based attack. A CLDAP reflection attack involves an attacker sending a CLDAP request to...

The tech giant company Google announced $175 million+ economic opportunity package to support Black business owners, startup founders, job seekers and developers. In addition to YouTube’s $100 million fund to amplify Black creators and artists. This new commitment includes: $50 million in financing and grants for...

In the coming weeks, you’ll soon notice a new Meet tab on your phone’s Gmail app where you can see upcoming meetings scheduled in Google Calendar, and easily join them with a single tap. Erika Yamasaki, Product Manager announced on a blog post. In the...

Signal iOS now includes a new feature that makes it possible to switch to a brand-new iPhone or iPad while securely transferring Signal information from your existing iOS device, Signal announced on a blog post. As with every new Signal feature, the process is end-to-end...

Germany’s health minister said Sunday that its contact tracing smartphone app will be launched this week, Reuters reported. The app uses bluetooth short-range radio to detect and contact people at risk of infection by coronavirus and does not rely on a centralised database. Deutsche Telekom...

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput reportedly committed suicide on Sunday and reports claim he was found hanging at his Bandra residence. The actor was living alone during the lockdown. Police have reached his apartment but the reason has not been revealed yet. It is said...

Car manufacturer Honda has been hit by a cyber attack, according to a report published by the BBC, and later confirmed by the company in a tweet. Another similar attack, also disclosed on Twitter, hit Edesur S.A., one of the companies belonging to Enel Argentina which operates in the...

The micro blogging site Twitter announced on Wednesday that it will test a new feature that will prompt users to open up a link to an article before sharing it, which appears to be a move to further combat the spread of misinformation on the...

Amazon is announcing a one-year moratorium on allowing law enforcement to use its controversial Rekognition facial recognition platform, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday. According to the blog post, ” We’re implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of Amazon’s facial recognition technology. We will continue...

“Fleets,” Twitter’s take on Snapchat/Instagram-style stories, just became available in India. The feature is gradually rolling out around the world; after initially launching in Brazil, fleets came to Italy last month. The company then added that the best part of this feature is that the...

Google’s Duo video calling platform now has invite links on mobile, making it even more of a viable competitor to Zoom and other videoconferencing apps, according to Android Police. Google had already announced Duo’s group call link invite codes back in May, but the option didn’t go live immediately....

Sony announced today that its upcoming PlayStation 5 event has been rescheduled to Thursday, June 11th at 4PM ET. The event was originally scheduled for June 4th but was postponed following the death of George Floyd and protests against racism and police brutality happening around the world. Sony plans to show...

Brave, the open-source browser designed to prioritize privacy by blocking third-party ads and trackers, is facing criticism from users for redirecting URLs from cryptocurrency companies to affiliate links that Brave profits from, Decrypt reported. Unlike the “opt-in” principle by which the company abides—advertisements are optional...

Facebook has removed nearly 200 social media accounts linked to white supremacy groups that planned to encourage members to attend protests over police killings of black people — in some cases with weapons, company officials said Friday, Associated Press News Reports. The accounts on Facebook...