Month: June 2021

A previously undocumented Windows malware has infected over 222,000 systems worldwide since at least June 2018, yielding its developer no less than 9,000 Moneros ($2 million) in illegal profits. Dubbed “Crackonosh,” the malware is distributed via illegal, cracked copies of popular software, only to disable antivirus programs installed in the machine and install a coin
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A highly awaited US intelligence report on dozens of mysterious unidentified flying object sightings said most could not be explained, but did not rule out that some could be alien spacecraft. The unclassified report said researchers could explain only one of 144 UFO sightings by US government personnel and sources between 2004 and 2021, sightings
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Telegram has finally introduced group video calls — over a year after initially announcing its arrival. Users across mobile devices, tablets, and desktops can utilise the update to transform their group audio chats into video conference calls. The new move by the London-based instant messaging app takes on the likes of Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and
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Transform 2021 Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy. July 12-16 Register Today Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. Moving data between applications and warehousing data for analysis are recurring issues for app builders, data engineers, and IT teams. But we all know our
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The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has led to defence planners debating its huge potential for improving warfighting capabilities. Several countries are now trying to use it to decipher and manage data that, many have predicted, would become of much more value to a country’s national security than what oil used to be. Keeping
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Twitter on Friday temporarily blocked IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s account for alleged violation of the US Copyright Act, a move that the minister slammed as being arbitrary and gross violation of IT rules. Hitting out at Twitter, Prasad in a series of posts on another social media platform Koo said that Twitter’s action is
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Billionaire Richard Branson’s spaceship company Virgin Galactic said on Friday it received approval from the US aviation safety regulator to fly people to space, turning up the pressure on rivals in the nascent and expensive space tourism sector. The approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) comes at a critical time for Branson as his space
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After months of Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) shortage and their skyrocketing prices, there are indications in the European market that the crisis may be nearing its end. A new report reveals that the prices of AMD and Nvidia graphics cards have fallen by nearly 50 percent in Europe. Not just that, when it comes to
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Australia’s competition watchdog is looking into a claim that Facebook refused a publisher’s request to negotiate a licensing deal, the regulator told Reuters, setting the stage for the first test of the world’s toughest online content law. The Conversation, which publishes current affairs commentary by academics, said it asked Facebook to begin talks as required
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