Science and Technology News
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologized to Facebook users and promised to take measures to ensure that the Facebook user data is not misused to influence elections in India and elsewhere. He said he was sure that “someone is trying” to meddle in elections via Facebook. “This is a massive focus for us to make […]
Year 2017 was the year of the fake news on a global level, according to a latest report released by Italy’s national communications regular AgCom. The report, based on 2007 survey of 14,000 people, has come at a time when Italian people will be selecting a new government in in less than two weeks. “Worldwide, […]
The UK has directly blamed Russian military for malicious NotPetya ransomware attack of June last year that cost companies hundreds of millions of pounds. The attack targeted Ukraine but later spread across Europe. According to estimates, companies lost more than $1.2bn due to this attack. Reckitt Benckiser that makes Dettol, Durex and Strepsils was among […]
Twitter has suspended 1,062 accounts that were allegedly linked to the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) and shared information meant to meddle with the 2016 US presidential election. In a press release, the company announced about the suspension of these accounts. “We have identified an additional 1,062 accounts associated with the IRA,” the release […]
Japanese bike maker Kawasaki has launched its Vulcan S model in India at a competitive price tag of Rs 5.44 lakh (ex-showroom). The bike, which has been introduced after a long wait of almost two-and-half years, will be assembled at Kawasaki’s Chakan plant in Pune. The bike is expected to give a tough competition […]
Japanese application developer Kazuya Noshiro has developed a program for the iPhone X, through which the face becomes transparent and disguises as surrounding objects. Noshiro published in his Twitter account the preview of the application he is currently working on. With this application, a user can create a mask that adapts the user’s face […]
The world’s most popular cryptocurrency is creating new records with every new day. According to latest reports, Bitcoin has now reached its all-time high value of $18,000. Forbes revealed that Bitcoin price rallied up to $18,000 per unit on late December 7, and then fell back to about $16,000. In early hours of Friday’s trading, […]
The average annual car insurance premium in the UK increased by £90 in 2016 to around £666, according to a new research carried out by Consumer Intelligence. This increase of about 15% was about five times the Consumer Prices Index rate of inflation at 2.9% in May. According to experts, premiums will increase further as […]
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) has achieved the milestone of selling 4 million copies. The game was launched in late March and took less than 3 months to hit the milestone. Creator Brendan Greene aka PlayerUnknown thanked fans on Twitter for their support. The game had earlier taken just 16 days to sell 1m copies, and less […]
BSNL is planning to introduce satellite phone service to public in 2019. Initially, the service will be offered only to Indian military, railway, state police, and other government agencies. The main feature of satellite phones is that they use communication satellites in Earth’s orbit to transmit and receive signals, and therefore offer secured and seamless […]
India has offered Apple tax concessions to boost production in the country, according to a report published by Reuters. A few days back, Cupertino, California-based company started manufacturing iPhone SE at its Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron’s plant in Bengaluru, and now the Government of India has decided to offer Apple tax-free import of mobile handset […]
The ‘Garden Spicer’ cutout created by Victoria professor Lisa Kadonaga parodying White House spokesperson Sean Spicer has become an internet sensation. According to Lisa, this cutout of Spicer was made just for fun, but she is now shocked to know that it has gone viral on internet and being liked by the people. Lisa, […]
Active email addresses of about 1.9 million customers of Bell Canada have been illegally secured by hackers, the company has revealed, while also stating that this attack has no link to “WannaCry” malware case. According to Bell Canada, the largest telecommunications company of Canada, nearly 1,700 names and phone numbers of customers were also stolen […]
Telecom group BT has announced to cut 4,000 jobs after a challenging year in which the company reported a fourth-quarter revenue of £6.12 billion. “This has been a challenging year, but BT remains well positioned for the future,” the company said. BT said the company has strength to withstand setbacks as shown by “strong businesses, […]
On Wednesday, the photo-sharing service Instagram announced that it now has 700 million users. Instagram reached 600 million users in December 2016 and took just four month to add 100 million new users. “We’re thrilled to announce that our community has grown to more than 700 million Instagrammers. And the last 100 million of you […]
On Monday, Vodafone moved to TRAI against Reliance Jio Summer Surprise Offer, complaining that the company is still “luring customers” to subscribe the offer. “Reliance Jio is continuing with this offer held as not meeting regulatory norms, in the garb of configuration changes. For past three days, it has been promoting and luring customers to […]
Toyota Motor Corp has announced to 23,157 units of the Corolla Altis luxury sedan in India because of airbag issue. These airbags were manufactured by Takata Corp. The recall is India is part of the global recall of around 2.9 million units. According to the company, no other Toyota vehicles sold in India will be […]
India’s telecom regulator TRAI has asked Reliance Jio to withdraw its three-month “Summer Surprise” offer. Reliance Jio had introduced this offer to provide free three months of call and 1 GB 4G data per day to customers signing up by April 15 for a data plan worth Rs 303. TRAI has now ordered Reliance Jio […]
Social network Twitter has announced to introduce default profile photo – a gender neutral silhouette – to “prompt more self-expression.” Twitter is also dropping its default “egg” avatar to break free of the association with trolling on the platform. “For the past seven years, everyone who has created an account on Twitter starts out with […]
To counter Reliance Jio’s Summer Surprise, BSNL has come out with a new plan for its broadband users. The telecom company is now offering 10 GB of data per day to its broadband users for Rs 249. However, the plan doesn’t offer free calling all times. BSNL’s free calling in this plan will only be […]
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio has announced that over 72 million users have subscribed for its ‘Prime’ offer. Jio also said that its free services will be extended by another three months for customers who opt for its ‘Prime’ subscription and Rs 303 monthly-billing scheme or above. “Considering the unprecedented demand for enrolling to Jio Prime […]
Idea Cellular in India has launched a new postpaid plan for its customers. With this ‘unparalleled offer’ Idea is offering 1GB data per day for a month for 300. However, this plan is available only for 4G handset users, and users will have to avail it on top of their existing postpaid plan. “The new […]
MTNL has introduced a new Rs 319 plan offering 2GB data per day and call benefits to customers. With MTNL’s 319 plan, users enjoy unlimited calling within MTNL’s network, and 25 minutes of free call to other networks in a single day. “On its 31st anniversary, MTNL announces new plan from April 1, 2017 that […]
The State Bank of India (SBI) has rolled out a new Unnati credit card for its account holders. This card is targeted at all SBI customers, including Jan Dhan account-holders. According to SBI, the credit card will be issued to every account holder without any joining fee or annual fee. The card was launched by […]
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