The International Olympic Committee is fending off massive cyber-attacks during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. “Throughout the games, the same in London (in 2012) when you are the center of attention of the world, there…
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Hackers going by the name Shadow Brokers said on Monday they will auction stolen surveillance tools they say were used by a cyber group linked to the US National Security Agency. To arouse interest in…
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Tens of millions of vehicles sold by Volkswagen AG over the past 20 years are vulnerable to theft because keyless entry systems can be hacked using cheap technical devices, according to European researchers. Computer security…
South Korea Says Investigating Whether Google Broke Antitrust Laws
South Korea’s antitrust regulator said on Friday it is looking into whether Google has violated the country’s anticompetition laws, acknowledging formal scrutiny of the global internet search company for the first time. The Korea Fair…
Facebook to Soon Circumvent Adblock Plus’ Newly Announced Bypass
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CAIT Alleges Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal Are Violating FDI Norms
Traders body CAIT has filed a complaint with DIPP alleging that major e-tailers Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal are blatantly violating FDI norms. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has filed a complaint with the…
Global Business Groups Petition China’s Premier on Cyber Rules
In a letter addressed to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, 46 global business groups spanning finance, information technology, insurance and manufacturing urged Beijing to revise its draft cyber rules which they said would hamper trade. The…
Digital Agriculture Market Platform to Launch in April, Says PM Modi
A digital platform for enabling farmers to sell their produce at a better rate anywhere in the country will be launched on April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in Sehore on Thursday as he…
Apple Buys AI and Machine Learning Startup Turi
HIGHLIGHTS Apple has reportedly acquired Turin for $200 million Earlier, Turin was known as Dato and GraphLab Apple had acquired AI firms Perceptio and VocalIQ last year Apple Inc. seems to be taking strides towards…
Firefox Will Try to Show You Saved Archive of a Page Instead of 404 Error
HIGHLIGHTS The new add-on is called No More 404s It replaces Error 404 with archived snapshots The add-on is powered by Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine After introducing a big update for its browser users, Firefox…