Tue 14 October 2023: Nepal’s government has decided to impose a ban on Chinese video-sharing app TikTok in the country, citing its negative effects on social harmony. The decision taken in a Monday Cabinet meeting is expected to be enforced following the completion of technical preparations, daily Kathmandu Post reported. Nepal’s Minister for Communications and […]
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Mon 13 October 2023: Keeping up with the latest digital cons is exhausting. Fraudsters always seem to be one step ahead. But our study found there is one simple thing you can do to drastically reduce your chances of losing money to web scams: slow down. In fact, among the various techniques used by scammers, creating a […]
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Sun 12 October 2023: After coming under fire for its links to China, TikTok is again under the spotlight in the United States amid claims that the popular video app is pushing young people to support Palestinians and Hamas. In recent weeks, powerful politicians, including senators Josh Hawley and Marco Rubio and House Representative Mike […]
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Sat 11 October 2023: The significant risks that AI poses to global security are becoming clearer. That’s partly why UK prime minister Rishi Sunak is hosting other world leaders at the AI Safety summit on November 1-2 at the famous second world war code-breaking site Bletchley Park. Yet while the technology of AI is developing at an […]
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Big brother is watching… your phone. Illustration: The Wire Fri 10 October 2023: New Delhi: Late on Monday night, some two dozen individuals in India received alerts from Apple warning them that they are “being targeted by state-sponsored attackers who are trying to remotely compromise the iPhone associated” with their Apple ID. Apple gave no specific details […]
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Fri 10 October 2023: Think about your favorite devices – your smartphone, laptop, tablet, computer or console – the things you use to play cool games, watch hilarious videos and connect and chat with friends. Many young people spend a lot of free time looking at them. Turns out that teens spend an average of 8½ […]
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Thu 09 October 2023: A group of pro-India hackers have launched cyber attacks on Qatar in response to the death sentence of eight former Indian Navy officers by a Qatari court. Taking to X, Fusion Intelligence Center said that Indian Cyber Force has claimed responsibility for shutting down multiple Qatari websites following threats of cyber […]
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Wed 08 October 2023: On Monday, November 6, the UN issued a warning about the rise in hate speech and misinformation on the internet and unveiled a strategy to stop it. This was in response to a global poll that revealed over 85% of respondents were worried about the effects of internet misinformation and 87% […]
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Tue 07 October 2023: Electric cars are getting bigger and heavier. In 2019, 30% of the electric vehicle (EV) models available worldwide were sports utility vehicles (SUVs). Fast forward to 2022 and that figure stood at 40% – equivalent to the share of small and medium car options combined. Other large models accounted for more than 15%. […]
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Mon 06 October 2023: There has been a tenfold increase in sexual abuse imagery created with webcams and other recording devices worldwide since 2019, according to the the Internet Watch Foundation. Social media sites and chatrooms are the most common methods used to facilitate contact with kids, and abuse occurs both online and offline. Increasingly, predators are […]
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