DIGITAL ID VERIFICATION CHECKS WILL REACH 70 BILLION GLOBALLY BY 2024

Mon 02 October 2023: In 2024, there will be more than 70 billion digital identity verification checks, up 16% from the 61 billion checks in the previous year, a new report showed on Monday. According to the Juniper Research report, organizations are using enhanced biometric verification techniques to combat account takeover and card-not-present fraud. These […]

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THE UK JUST PASSED AN ONLINE SAFETY LAW THAT COULD MAKE PEOPLE LESS SAFE

Mon 02 October 2023: The UK’s long-debated online safety bill (OSB) has been approved by the House of Lords, clearing the way for it to become law. But it has pitted the government, which proposed the bill, against tech companies that provide secure messaging services. Critics say it will allow authorities in the UK to compel service providers to […]

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USING APPLE’S IPHONE 12 IN FRANCE IS SAFE, REGULATOR

Sun 01 October 2023: The software update released by Apple for its iPhone 12 smartphones would enable the devices to comply with France’s radiation exposure limits, the French National Frequency Agency (ANFR) said on Friday. The accredited laboratory commissioned by the agency has confirmed that the software update can limit the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) […]

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CYBERATTACK ON BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY WEBSITE BY RUSSIAN HACKERS: REPORT

Sun 01 October 2023: The website of the British royal family was temporarily disabled by a cyberattack on Sunday, dpa has learned from Buckingham Palace sources. No access to the website, its systems, or its content was gained. Upon visiting the URL, royal. uk, the page displayed an error message, ”Gateway time-out Error code 504,” The […]

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YOUR IPHONE WILL SOON BE ABLE TO TRACK YOUR MENTAL HEALTH WITH IOS 17, BUT WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR YOUR WELL-BEING?

Sun 01 October 2023: When Apple’s latest software updates drop this month, users will have access to mental health and wellness features unlike anything currently available in a smartphone. With the Apple Watch and iOS health app, Apple has long striven to cement itself in the health-care tech space. But the new features go beyond the standard heart rate, sleep, […]

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GOOGLE TURNS 25: THE SEARCH ENGINE REVOLUTIONISED HOW WE ACCESS INFORMATION, BUT WILL IT SURVIVE AI?

Thu 28 September 2023: Today marks an important milestone in the history of the internet: Google’s 25th birthday. With billions of search queries submitted each day, it’s difficult to remember how we ever lived without the search engine. What was it about Google that led it to revolutionise information access? And will artificial intelligence (AI) […]

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SPYWARE CAN INFECT YOUR PHONE OR COMPUTER VIA THE ADS YOU SEE ONLINE – REPORT

Mon 25 September 2023: Each day, you leave digital traces of what you did, where you went, who you communicated with, what you bought, what you’re thinking of buying, and much more. This mass of data serves as a library of clues for personalized ads, which are sent to you by a sophisticated network – an […]

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WHY DO I GET SO MUCH SPAM AND UNWANTED EMAIL IN MY INBOX? AND HOW CAN I GET RID OF IT?

Mon 25 September 2023: Spam might not have brought an end to the internet or email, as some dire predictions in the early 2000s claimed it could – but it’s still a massive pain. Despite all the spam being removed by spam-filtering technologies, most people still receive spam every day. How do these messages end up flooding […]

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WATCH | NASA SPACECRAFT LANDS SAMPLES OF ASTEROID TO EARTH DATING BACK TO THE BIRTH OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Sun 24 September 2023: After a thrilling seven-year, four-billion-mile journey, a saucer-shaped capsule carrying asteroid fragments that may contain information about the formation of the solar system slammed into Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday. The capsule then dropped to an on-target parachute-assisted descent in Utah. Only minutes away from landing! The #OSIRISREx main parachute has deployed […]

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