Blocked 62.6 bn cyber threats in 2020: Trend Micro

Bengaluru (IANS) Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro on Wednesday said it detected 119,000 cyber threats per minute in 2020, leading it to block 62.6 billion threats last year.

Email-borne threats made up 91 per cent of the 62.6 billion threats…

5G's selective roll out in India by 2021 end

New Delhi (IANS) By the end of this year, India is expected to join the select club of countries like the US, Canada, the UK and many European Union nations where 5G technology has already been launched.

The Department of Telecommunications…

Microbes from Earth could temporarily survive on Mars: Study

Washington (IANS) As NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars last week, a new study by scientists at the US space agency and German Aerospace Centre has found that some microbes on Earth could temporarily survive on the surface of the Red…

NASA rover sends 1st colour images of Mars, a selfie too

Washington (IANS) NASAs Perseverance rover has sent some stunning photos of the Red Planet, including a high-resolution colour selfie taken during its landing.

The selfie is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA's Perseverance…

How smartphone apps extract your data via location tracking

London (IANS) Smartphone users are unaware of privacy implications of some permissions they grant to apps and services and researchers have been able to identify which kind of personal information the apps extract with location tracking on.

This…

NASA's Perseverance rover lands successfully on Mars

Washington (IANS) The American space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has successfully landed its Perseverance rover in a deep crater near the planet Mars' equator called Jezero.

Engineers at NASA's mission…

FB used 'deeply wrong' ad metrics to push revenue: Report

San Francisco (IANS) Facebook increased its revenue by allegedly using "deeply wrong" ad metrics and failed to correct inflated numbers owing to fake and duplicate accounts, company employees have claimed in a court filing.

According to a report…

Facebook blocks Australian users, publishers from sharing news

San Francisco (IANS) Facebook has announced to block both Australian users and media companies from sharing or viewing local and international news content, in response to Australias proposed new Media Bargaining law.

Facebook said that the…

Google rolls out dark mode for two-factor authentication prompt

San Francisco (IANS) Google is rolling out a new update for its two-factor authentication (2FA) prompt on Android, which adds support for dark mode.

Compared to the previous iteration, the new Google Prompt centres the company logo, "Is it…

Common cold can't be termed as sign of coronavirus: AIIMS

New Delhi (IANS) A while ago, a group of general physicians in the UK claimed that common cold symptoms should not be taken for granted, instead treated as a sign of coronavirus. But there is a divergent view, the President of AIIMS, Bhopal and Jammu,…