Facebook, Google, Other Top Tech Firms Warn Indian Cybersecurity Rules May Create an Environment of Fear

Facebook, Google, Other Top Tech Firms Warn Indian Cybersecurity Rules May Create an Environment of Fear

Indian cybersecurity rules due to come into force later this month will create an “environment of fear rather than trust”, a body representing top tech companies has warned the government, calling for a one-year delay before the rules take effect. The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), which represents…

Scientists Link 2 Time Crystals Into Single System, Can Be Useful for Quantum Computing

Scientists Link 2 Time Crystals Into Single System, Can Be Useful for Quantum Computing

Researchers have achieved something that is simply out of a science fiction movie. For the first time, they have linked isolated groups of particles — known as time crystals — into a single, evolving system that could be incredibly useful in quantum computing. A team of physicists, working together under…

Apple’s WWDC 2022 Augmented Reality Easter Egg Sparks NFT Trading Card Rumors

Apple’s WWDC 2022 Augmented Reality Easter Egg Sparks NFT Trading Card Rumors

Apple in the lead up to its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), where the tech giant usually likes to build up excitement for its upcoming suite of software releases, has introduced collectable trading cards as an easter egg of sorts, fuelling speculation about its intention to launch non-fungible tokens (NFTs)…

Xiaomi 12 Ultra Tipped to Feature Leica’s Iconic Red Logo, Leather and Ceramic Back Panel: Report

Xiaomi 12 Ultra Tipped to Feature Leica’s Iconic Red Logo, Leather and Ceramic Back Panel: Report

Xiaomi 12 Ultra could become the first non-Leica smartphone to flaunt the iconic red logo of the German camera maker. Leica has collaborated with various smartphone makers for their camera system but none of them had its red logo. Until now, Leica’s own smartphone, the Leica Leitz Phone 1, sported…

Mad Max Prequel Furiosa Begins Filming, BTS Image Shared by Chris Hemsworth

Mad Max Prequel Furiosa Begins Filming, BTS Image Shared by Chris Hemsworth

Furiosa, a prequel to 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road, has officially begun filming as announced by Chris Hemsworth on Thursday. This movie delves into the past of Furiosa before her fated encounter with Max. Fury Road starred Tom Hardy as the titular character of Max and introduced audiences to the…

Apple’s App Store Blocked Fraud Transactions Worth .5 Billion, Stopped Over 1.6 Million Risky Apps in 2021

Apple’s App Store Blocked Fraud Transactions Worth $1.5 Billion, Stopped Over 1.6 Million Risky Apps in 2021

Apple on Wednesday acknowledged its strict App Store policies saying that it blocked potentially fraudulent transactions worth around $1.5 billion (roughly Rs. 11,021 crore) last year. The Cupertino giant claimed that it wiped out over 1.6 million risky and vulnerable apps and app updates from defrauding users. In 2021, with…

Diablo Immortal Released on Android, iOS Before Official Launch Date; PC Beta Still on Its Way

Diablo Immortal Released on Android, iOS Before Official Launch Date; PC Beta Still on Its Way

Diablo Immortal is a massively multiplayer action roleplaying game (MMOARPG) that was released for Android and iOS on Wednesday, a day before its official release date. Blizzard has teamed up with Chinese developer NetEase to bring the latest addition to the Diablo series. General Manager of the Diablo franchise at…

Phones Powered by Unisoc SoCs Vulnerable to Remote Hacker Attacks: Check Point Research

Phones Powered by Unisoc SoCs Vulnerable to Remote Hacker Attacks: Check Point Research

Mobile phones powered by Unisoc chips are found to be vulnerable to an issue that could allow attackers to remotely block communication. Cybersecurity analysis firm Check Point Research on Thursday announced that it identified a vulnerability in the Unisoc modem that could impact communication. The issue exists in the modem…

UPI, Non-Cash Payments to Constitute 65 Percent of All Transactions by 2026: Report

UPI, Non-Cash Payments to Constitute 65 Percent of All Transactions by 2026: Report

Non-cash payments using modes like UPI will account for 65 percent of all the transactions by 2026 against the 40 percent level estimated at present, a report said on Thursday. The report — which comes amid a rapid rise in unified payments interface (UPI) since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic…