Mon 19 July 2021: An Israeli firm accused of supplying spyware to governments has been linked to a list of 50,000 smartphone numbers, including those of activists, journalists, business executives and politicians around the world, according to reports Sunday. Israel’s NSO Group and its Pegasus malware have been in the headlines since at least 2016, […]
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Fri 16 July 2021: WhatsApp has blocked more than two million users in India in just a month for violating its rules, the United States-based company has disclosed in its first compliance report under India’s controversial new social media rules. Most of the users were blocked for spam message abuses. The Facebook-owned firm has put […]
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Fri 16 July 2021: Microsoft said it believes an Israeli company was behind malware that was used to attack PCs running its Windows operating system. Microsoft is taking a new effort to reduce internet security issues. Microsoft’s investigation into their latest breach and zero-day vulnerability came from an Israeli private sector business called “Sourgum,” according to […]
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Tue 13 July 2021: Facial recognition tech linked to personal health codes has been rolled out in a Chinese city bordering Myanmar as authorities seek to squash a coronavirus outbreak. China is one of the world’s most surveilled countries, with the government rushing to install more than 200 million CCTV cameras to “cover all public […]
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Mon 12 July 2021: The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) said Monday it has filed a complaint with the EU Commission and the EU network of consumer authorities against WhatsApp for pushing users to accept policy updates without explaining the changes. “WhatsApp has been bombarding users for months with aggressive and persistent pop-up messages to force […]
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Mon 12 July 2021: A triumphant Richard Branson and five others completed a much-hyped trip to the edge of space on Sunday morning, a momentous step in Branson’s goal to create space tourism for ordinary citizens. “Welcome to the dawn of a new space age,” a beaming Branson told cheering fans and reporters afterwards, outside […]
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Sun 11 July 2021: An unopened copy of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda that was made in 1987 has sold at auction for $870,000. “The Legend of Zelda” is the first game in the wildly popular action-adventure series. Nintendo went on to make numerous “Zelda” games, including the 2017 critically acclaimed release of “The Legend […]
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Sat 10 July 2021: France’s competition regulator said Friday that it would issue a ruling Tuesday on whether Google was negotiating “in good faith” with news publishers over payments for using their content alongside search results. The long-running legal battle centres on claims that the US internet giant is showing articles, pictures and videos produced […]
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Sat 10 July 2021: British billionaire Richard Branson will fly on the next test flight of his Virgin Galactic Unity spacecraft probably later this month, the company announced in a press release. “I truly believe that space belongs to all of us,” Branston said in the release on Friday. “After more than 16 years of […]
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Sat 10 July 2021: Worried about getting too close to others when trading business cards in the age of social distancing? A Dubai beauty salon has come up with a novel solution – a microchip manicure that carries your digital calling card. Clients at Lanour Beauty Lounge near Dubai’s Trade center can choose to upload […]
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