Cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.S., and the U.K. on Wednesday released a joint advisory in response to widespread exploitation of multiple vulnerabilities in Apache’s Log4j software library by nefarious adversaries. “These vulnerabilities, especially Log4Shell, are severe,” the intelligence agencies said in the new guidance. “Sophisticated cyber threat actors are actively scanning
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2021 was supposed to be the year we started recovering from the train-wreck of a year that was 2020. Instead, it turned out to be a much longer version of the past year. This long and somewhat difficult year had its share of hilarious memes that became a few constant sources of joy for most
A verified Facebook page that was posing as Elon Musk and had 70,000 followers has been pulled from the social networking site. It was yet another incident just over a month after a similar Facebook page impersonating the Tesla chief appeared online. The newly discovered fan page seemed to be created by cryptocurrency scammers as
A Japanese professor has developed a prototype lickable TV screen that can imitate food flavours, another step towards creating a multi-sensory viewing experience. The device, called Taste the TV (TTTV), uses a carousel of 10 flavour canisters that spray in combination to create the taste of a particular food. The flavour sample then rolls on
Noise ColorFit Ultra 2 smartwatch was launched in India on Thursday. The key specifications of the smartwatch were revealed earlier this month. A successor to the Noise ColorFit Ultra, the latest offering is the largest smartwatch offered by Noise. It sports a 1.78-inch AMOLED screen with Always-on display feature. The smartwatch is rated IP68 for
Huawei Watch D was launched in China on Thursday. The USP of the smartwatch is its sensors that have the ability to measure blood pressure, blood oxygen, sleep, stress, and body temperature. As per Huawei, the watch can also help in screening atherosclerosis — the buildup of fats, cholesterol , and other substances in and
Steam Winter Sale is here and gamers can get their hands on several popular PC games, with discounts on titles including Disco Elysium – The Final Cut, F1 2021, It Takes Two, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and Titanfall 2. While these games are now at their lowest-ever prices, other titles like Half-Life: Alyx, Sea of
Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more This article was contributed by Kumar Goswami, CEO, and cofounder of Komprise. For decades, managing data essentially meant collecting, storing, and occasionally accessing it. That has all changed
In this article 9618-HK 700-HK JD.com plummeted Thursday after Tencent announced it will be giving most of its shares in the Chinese e-commerce giant away to its shareholders. Tencent said it will declare a one-time dividend in which it will distribute more than 457 million Class A ordinary shares of JD.com to shareholders, with a
A Moscow court on Thursday said it had fined Twitter RUB 3 million (roughly Rs. 30 lakh) for failing to delete content Russia deems illegal, the latest in a string of penalties against foreign technology firms. Moscow has increased pressure on Big Tech this year in a campaign that critics characterise as an attempt by the
A security flaw has been unearthed in Microsoft’s Azure App Service that resulted in the exposure of source code of customer applications written in Java, Node, PHP, Python, and Ruby for at least four years since September 2017. The vulnerability, codenamed “NotLegit,” was reported to the tech giant by Wiz researchers on October 7, 2021,
WhatsApp is reportedly planning to add animation to all the heart emojis of various colours for Android and iOS. This could be linked to the message reaction feature that the platform is said to be working on. The feature has been already added to WhatsApp Web/ Desktop via a stable update. The news comes a
The quest for life on planets other than ours has long held the attention of scientists. But most of their efforts have been unable to conclusively say if life really exists beyond Earth. From Moon to Mars, scientists have launched many probes and missions to uncover the mysteries. Venus, one of the most inhospitable planets
Vivo Watch 2 has been launched in China. The smartwatch is a second-generation wearable offering from Vivo, and it comes with eSIM support. The company claims that the smartwatch can offer up to 14 days of battery on a single charge. It sports a 1.43-inch screen with always-on display feature and comes with 2GB of
Realme GT 2 Pro, a part of the Chinese brand’s upcoming flagship series, is all set to go official on January 4 in its home market. In a new update, a Realme handset has surfaced on China’s TENAA certification site with model number RMX3300. The listing is believed to be of the Realme GT 2
Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more Deepak Jannu is the vice president of product marketing at OpsRamp. Despite the economic uncertainty due to the global pandemic, worldwide technology spending in 2021 increased by nearly
Microsoft is urging customers to patch two security vulnerabilities in Active Directory domain controllers that it addressed in November following the availability of a proof-of-concept (PoC) tool on December 12. The two vulnerabilities — tracked as CVE-2021-42278 and CVE-2021-42287 — have a severity rating of 7.5 out of a maximum of 10 and concern a
Microblogging platform Twitter uses an algorithm that amplifies the reach of politically right-leaning sources more than that of politically left-leaning sources, suggested a study. Twitter uses the algorithm to personalise the content its users see on their home timelines. Cambridge University professor Ferenc Huszar and his colleagues quantified whether Twitter’s algorithm amplifies left-leaning or right-leaning
Redmi Note 11 4G global variant is said to have received certifications from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC). The smartphone has also separately appeared on the listing of camera app Camera FV-5. This suggests some camera specifications of the Redmi phone ahead of its official launch.
Matthew Lloyd | Bloomberg | Getty Images When a video game company only your kids have heard of goes public at a $38 billion valuation, you pay attention. When Microsoft‘s CEO drops the phrase “metaverse economies” on a quarterly earnings call, you pay attention. When Mark Zuckerberg says he’s going to spend $10 billion to
“Machine learning is ubiquitous at Amazon today,” said Rajeev Rastogi, Vice President, Machine Learning at Amazon India, in an interview with Gadgets 360. “Within the retail business, we are using machine learning extensively to recommend products to customers, forecast future demand for products, and improve the quality of a product catalogue, both classifying products, and