A bipartisan group of US lawmakers expert in antitrust urged the Federal Trade Commission Friday to press on with its lawsuit against Facebook, according to a statement from Senator Amy Klobuchar. In a letter to new FTC Chair Lina Khan, Klobuchar, Senator Mike Lee and Representatives David Cicilline and Ken Buck urged the FTC to
Month: July 2021
Ever wondered what songs on radio broadcasts you would hear if you moved light-years away from the Earth into space? Lightyear.fm website can help answer the question to a certain degree. It shows what music you’d hear, depending on the distance in light-years you were away from the Earth. Once you enter the website —
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. Enterprises spent big on cloud infrastructure — $15.1 billion — in the first quarter of 2021, the International Data Corporation (IDC) said in its latest
The Galaxy M32 is the latest smartphone in the Galaxy M series, and it is priced starting under Rs. 15,000. Given how crucial the sub-Rs. 15,000 segment is for smartphone makers, the Galaxy M32 naturally has a lot of competition to deal with. Samsung has mainly focused on the display and the battery with this
In this article AMZN Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon said in a filing on Friday that it will grant Andy Jassy 61,000 shares of stock on Monday, when he replaces Jeff Bezos as the online retailer’s second CEO. The shares will vest over a
Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is set to release for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on August 20. Bundled in the Director’s Cut will be the original game along with all the DLCs that Sucker Punch, the developer of the game, has released to date. PS5 players will also be getting some additional content, including
Black Widow is finally, actually here. For some of us anyway. The film is releasing next week on Disney+ with Premier Access, but for those in countries like India, will have to wait until it comes into the normal Disney+ roster. Scarlett Johansson’s first standalone Marvel movie is also the first instalment in Phase Four
Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday revealed details about a new Mirai-inspired botnet called “mirai_ptea” that leverages an undisclosed vulnerability in digital video recorders (DVR) provided by KGUARD to propagate and carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Chinese security firm Netlab 360 pinned the first probe against the flaw on March 23, 2021, before it detected active
Twitter is working on a few concepts that are aimed at allowing users to better control who can see their tweets. A company designer has shared an idea in which the microblogging website may allow the Twitterati to share a particular tweet to a certain group of “Trusted Friends.” This is like Instagram’s “Close Friends”
Astrophysicist have observed the merger of a black hole with a neutron star for the very first time. Approximately 900 million light years away a black hole swallowed a neutron star. Ten days later, another black hole gobbled up its neutron star companion, and the two events caused gravitational waves that finally hit our planet in January
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its first global report on AI in health, along with six guiding principles for design, development, and deployment. The fruit of two years of consultations with WHO-appointed experts, the work
Google app on iOS has a pinball game Easter egg that was recently discovered by some users. It is a game that can be played while in the Google app, much like some of the Easter eggs found on Android. However, this hidden pinball game seems to be exclusive to iOS devices. There are a
Visitors looking at a China-made Tesla Model Y electric vehicle at the Auto Shanghai 2021 show in Shanghai, China, on April 27, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla delivered 201,250 vehicles in the second quarter of 2021, the company reported. The quarter’s deliveries fell short of expectations. Analysts were expecting Tesla to
Battlegrounds Mobile India developer Krafton has shared an update on its plans for an esports ecosystem in India. In November, Krafton said it plans on making $100 million (approximately Rs. 746 crores) investments in India to improve the local video game, e-sports, and other industries. Today it confirmed that it has invested $22.5 million (approximately
YouTube is reportedly testing a redesign of the description section on the Web. The redesign tries to put more focus on the comments, video view count, publish date, and video description. The video description that currently shows up under the YouTube channel name will now be showing up right below the video title. There are
In yet another instance of software supply chain attack, unidentified hackers breached the website of MonPass, one of Mongolia’s major certificate authorities, to backdoor its installer software with Cobalt Strike binaries. The trojanized client was available for download between February 8, 2021, and March 3, 2021, said Czech cybersecurity software company Avast in a report
Facebook will provide money for an “innovation fund” for 170 regional Australian newspapers as part of a planned licensing deal, the parties said on Friday, calling the move a show of co-operation between the social media giant and local publishers. The move brings a grassroots element to a string of deals announced by Facebook in Australia
When their two-year-old son Biel started falling over a lot and had difficulty climbing stairs after learning to walk, Jaume Puig and his wife sought medical help to figure out the problem. After visiting several doctors, the toddler was diagnosed with low vision, a condition far more common than blindness that makes daily tasks a
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. Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced today it will acquire Zerto for $347 million in cash as part of an effort to advance the automation of data
ZTE may have plans to come up with a 20GB RAM phone in the future. While the Chinese company has not yet provided any concrete details, one of its executives teased the development online. Companies including Asus and Lenovo have brought phones with 18GB RAM in the recent past. However, by bringing a 20GB RAM
Facebook on Tuesday revealed it filed two separate legal actions against perpetrators who abused its ad platform to run deceptive advertisements in violation of the company’s Terms and Advertising Policies. “In the first case, the defendants are a California marketing company and its agents responsible for a bait-and-switch advertising scheme on Facebook,” the social media
TikTok said on Thursday it will introduce an option over the next few weeks to let users on its platform create longer videos of up to three minutes. TikTok, that allows users to record short mobile-friendly videos that can last up to 60 seconds and add special effects as well as soundtracks pulled from a
NASA has shared three stunning air-to-air images of a supersonic shock wave interaction, something never seen before. The three pictures feature two T-38 Talons, piercing through the sky. Though shared on Wednesday, the pictures are from March 2019 when the American space agency successfully tested an advanced air-to-air photographic technology in flight, capturing the first-ever
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. Awareness of the need for digital accessibility is growing across the globe, according to the survey by digital quality and crowd-testing company Applause, with 69%
Oppo Reno 6 Pro and Oppo Reno 6 phones are all set to launch in India on July 14. The two phones had already been listed on Flipkart, confirming availability as well. The Oppo Reno 6 series debuted in May this year in China and now the phones are scheduled to launch in India. In
In this article TSLA A Tesla logo on a Model S is photographed inside of a Tesla dealership in New York. Lucas Jackson | Reuters A 2021 Tesla Model S Plaid caught fire on Tuesday night in Haverford, Pennsylvania, while the owner was at the wheel, according to Charles McGarvey, Chief Fire Officer for the
Contra Returns has finally got a release date — July 26. The mobile game will be released in North America, Latin America, and Europe with pre-registrations already open for both iOS and Android users. This is a wider release for Contra Returns as it was originally released in China in 2017 and then in Taiwan
Australia’s competition watchdog said on Thursday it issued draft proposals to authorise regional newspaper industry group, Country Press Australia, to negotiate with Google](https://gadgets.ndtv.com/google) and Facebook for payments for news content on their platforms. Country Press Australia (CPA) is seeking authorisation to allow its members to hammer out a payments deal with Google and Facebook for
Securing applications it the API-first era can be an uphill battle. As development accelerates, accountability becomes unclear, and getting controls to operate becomes a challenge in itself. It’s time that we rethink our application security strategies to reflect new priorities, principles and processes in the API-first era. Securing tomorrow’s applications begins with assessing the business
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a recently-enacted Florida law that was meant to authorize the state to penalize social media companies when they ban political candidates, with the judge saying the law likely violated free speech rights. US District Judge Robert Hinkle in Tallahassee issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the law, which was