Instagram is launching a small global test where users can choose whether to hide like counts on their own posts or other people’s posts. This move by the Facebook-owned social media company will give its users the freedom to choose what they prefer – ‘likes’ or ‘no likes’. According to the AFP report obtained by […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is inviting applications for a free online course on Geographical Information System (GIS) for Supply Chain Management. GIS is a technology that is capable of capturing, storing, manipulating, visualising and analysing location-based data. The course is being offered as part of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s outreach program through […]
While people are yet to digest the huge Facebook data leak of 533 million users, Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn is now facing a massive data leak of 500 million users that is allegedly being sold online. According to a report by LinkedIn, there is an archive of 500 million profiles that have been scraped […]
In yet another major data breach, personal details of nearly 533 million Facebook users from more than 100 countries, including India, were leaked online and uploaded on low-level hacking forums. The breach was first highlighted by Alon Gal, the co-founder and chief technical officer of cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock, who found the cache of leaked […]
Personal details of 3.5 million MobiKwik users seem to have been leaked, according to independent cyber-security researchers. The Gurugram-based fintech company continued to deny its role in the leak, calling the researchers that made the breach public “media-crazed” alleging them of presenting “concocted files” as evidence. While the details and the nature of the alleged […]
US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) says it expects to fly the first helicopter ‘Ingenuity’ on Mars in early April. NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for Ingenuity to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. Ingenuity remains attached to the belly of […]
Google Chrome’s Incognito Mode is at the forefront of a $5 billion class-action lawsuit which alleges users are being tracked during private browsing sessions or ‘Incognito’ mode on the Chrome browser. The lawsuit alleges Google is in violation of wiretapping and privacy laws for intercepting, tracking, and collecting communications when Chrome’s Incognito mode is in […]
Google is celebrating the 89th birthday of renowned Indian professor and scientist Udupi Ramachandra Rao today (March 10), remembered by many as ‘India’s Satellite Man’. Professor Rao, who passed away in 2017, was an Indian space scientist and chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), who propelled India’s space programme to heights. The doodle […]
Instagram announced that it is adding a much-requested feature to its app with the launch of “Live Rooms,” which allow up to four people to broadcast live together at the same time. Instagram’s blog post on Monday said that it hopes the feature encourages people to start a ‘talk show or a podcast’, host a […]
Government of India has set a new “classification rating” to describe content and advise discretion for viewers of films and other entertainment sources including TV shows that are streamed on OTT platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ Hotstar, and more. It also released a set of new guidelines to regulate social media, online streaming, […]