TELEGRAM FINED $5 MILLION BY GERMANY FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE LAW

Wed 19 October 2022: Telegram, a messaging app, has been fined €5.125 million ($5 million) by Germany for breaking the country’s social network laws. The messaging app has not established a complaints management system, according to a statement from the Federal Office of Justice, and it has not designated a German citizen who is qualified […]

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RAPPER KANYE WEST IS BUYING RIGHT-WING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM PARLER

Mon 17 October 2022: The US rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and Parlement Technologies announced on Monday that they had reached an agreement in principle for the purchase of Parler, a popular social media platform known for its lack of right-wing opinion policing. “Parlement Technologies is pleased to announce that it has entered […]

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YOUTUBE LAUNCHES IPHONE WIDGETS FOR SEARCHING SUBSCRIPTIONS

Mon 17 October 2022: YouTube has added iPhone home screen widgets for searching home, shorts, and subscriptions. According to 9To5Google, ‘Quick Actions’ is a tool for searching and browsing the application. The ‘Search YouTube’ section at the top launches the UI (user interface) with the active keyboard, while the microphone icon launches voice search. According […]

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FAKE WINDOWS 10, ANTIVIRUS UPDATE IS BEING USED TO SPREAD RANSOMWARE

Sun 16 October 2022: According to cyber-security researchers, a ransomware campaign is targeting home users by impersonating software updates such as Windows 10 and antivirus installations. Then, according to the HP threat research team, the Magniber ransomware campaign demands $2,500 from victims to unlock their data. “Notably, the attackers used clever techniques to evade detection, […]

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“WE’LL JUST KEEP FUNDING UKRAINE GOVT FOR FREE” STARLINK INTERNET SERVICE: ELON MUSK

Sun 16 October 2022: A day after claiming that his rocket company SpaceX could no longer afford to support its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, Elon Musk announced on Saturday that it would. Musk tweeted: “the hell with it … even though starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer […]

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GOOGLE LAUNCHING PASSKEY SUPPORT FOR ANDROID, CHROME

Sat 15 October 2022: Google has announced the addition of Passkey support to both Android and Chrome for increased security. Passkeys are a more secure authentication method than passwords and other phishable methods. “They cannot be reused, do not leak in server breaches, and protect users from phishing attacks,” the company said on Wednesday in […]

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TIKTOK APP PROFITS FROM LIVESTREAMS OF SYRIANS BEGGING FOR MONEY: REPORT

Fri 14 October 2022: According to a BBC investigation, the Chinese social networking site TikTok receives roughly 70% of donations made through its application to hundreds of displaced families living in Syrian camps, Siasat reported. According to a BBC investigation, over 300 accounts are broadcasting live from Syrian camps, with many of them receiving up […]

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