Contactless payments in India surged by six times in the last three years led by huge growth in adoption by sectors like quick-service restaurants, pharmacies, food, and grocery amid COVID-19 pandemic, as per an industry report released on Thursday, June 16. Contactless payments saw a tremendous surge in recent years, their contribution to total face-to-face
Month: June 2022
Xbox hardware prices are reportedly rising in India — from June 30. The Xbox Series S, priced at Rs. 34,990 since launch, will soon cost Rs. 36,990, which constitutes a price increase of nearly 6 percent. The cost of the Xbox Wireless Controller — the one that comes with Series S/X — is going up
A “dangerous piece of functionality” has been discovered in Microsoft 365 suite that could be potentially abused by a malicious actor to ransom files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive and launch attacks on cloud infrastructure. The cloud ransomware attack makes it possible to launch file-encrypting malware to “encrypt files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive in
Meta, Alphabet unit Google, Twitter and Microsoft on Thursday, June 16 agreed to take a tougher line against disinformation including deep fakes and fake accounts under an updated EU code of practice or face hefty fines. More than 30 signatories including advertising bodies have signed up to the updated Code of Practice on disinformation, the
In a rare cosmic observation, a sun-like star destroyed its planetary system while dying, leaving behind a white dwarf star. The dead star is now consuming both icy and rocky-metallic material which forms the planets. The discovery was made by analysing archival data from NASA’s Hubble Telescope and other observatories of the American space agency.
Flipkart End of Season Sale 2022 is live, with deals, discounts, and offers on a range of gadgets. The Flipkart sale, which ends on June 17, brings smartwatches, truly wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds, headphones, and Bluetooth speakers, among others at discounted prices. There are also bank offers to get additional discounts on a list of
Apple is gearing up to unveil a 15-inch MacBook model in the second quarter of 2023 or later, according to market analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple’s upcoming 15-inch MacBook is said to come in two CPU options — a M2 chipset with a 35W adapter and a M2 Pro chipset with a 67W adapter. The new
Microsoft is warning that the BlackCat ransomware crew is leveraging exploits for unpatched Exchange server vulnerabilities to gain access to targeted networks. Upon gaining an entry point, the attackers swiftly moved to gather information about the compromised machines, followed by carrying out credential theft and lateral movement activities, before harvesting intellectual property and dropping the
Snapchat is reportedly working on a subscription plan and it could give users access to multiple features including the ability to pin a conversation. With the rollout of Snapchat+, users may have to pay to access exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features on the social media platform. With the premium subscription, Snapchat users will get custom
Scientists have discovered the fastest-growing black hole in the last 9 billion years. The black hole, which sends multi-wavelength light blazing across the universe, shines 7,000 times brighter than the entire Milky Way galaxy. Due to this, it is also known as a quasar. For those who don’t know, quasars are one of the brightest
Mi Smart Band 7 (or Xiaomi Band 7) has reportedly received certification from Bureau of India Standards (BIS) suggesting that the wearable will be launched in India soon. The fitness band has already been spotted on various certifications websites including NCC and IMDA as well as its alleged European pricing has also been revealed. The
Huawei Enjoy 50 sales have officialy begun in China. The smartphone from the Chinese company comes with a 6.75-inch display IPS LCD display. The handset also features dual rear camera setup including a 13-megapixel main camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor and an 8-megapixel front camera lens. The Huawei Enjoy 50 runs on the Harmony
In this article AMZN An Amazon delivery worker pulls a delivery cart full of packages during its annual Prime Day promotion in New York City, June 21, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Amazon’s big annual sale, Prime Day, will return on July 12 and 13, the company announced on Thursday. The event is also a
Telecom company Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced the launch of its Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) broadband service – Airtel Xstream Fiber – in Ladakh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. By 2025, Airtel Xstream Fiber plans to scale its footprint to 2000 towns, according to a statement by the company. “Airtel Xstream Fiber expands FTTH network to India’s
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall — first released nearly 30 years ago — is making a comeback with upgraded visuals, modern controls, and more on the GOG store as Daggerfall Unity – GOG Cut. It is a reimagined version of the classic Elder Scrolls RPG that was initially released in 1996. This is not an
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a recently patched high-severity security vulnerability in the popular Fastjson library that could be potentially exploited to achieve remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2022-25845 (CVSS score: 8.1), the issue relates to a case of deserialization of untrusted data in a supported feature called “AutoType.” It was patched by the project maintainers
A new study has found that Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election. An Associated Press series last year, drawing on leaked documents shared
In a first, China’s lunar lander Chang’E-5 has successfully confirmed the presence of water on the surface of the moon in real-time. India’s Chandrayan-1 was the first mission to detect water on the moon in 2008. However, its findings were not shared in real-time but later in September 2009. Other missions also mapped water on
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