A former Twitter engineer has accused the company of firing him days after it was acquired by Elon Musk because he developed a tool to allow workers to save important documents in anticipation of mass layoffs. The engineer, Emmanuel Cornet, filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board on Monday claiming he was
Month: November 2022
US video game giant Activision Blizzard, which Microsoft is in the process of buying, on Monday reported lower sales for the fourth straight quarter, but said the success of its latest Call of Duty installment broke records. The group saw its revenue decline in the third quarter by 14 percent to $1.78 billion(roughly Rs. 14,500
Cryptocurrency users are being targeted with a new clipper malware strain dubbed Laplas by means of another malware known as SmokeLoader. SmokeLoader, which is delivered by means of weaponized documents sent through spear-phishing emails, further acts as a conduit for other commodity trojans like SystemBC and Raccoon Stealer 2.0, according to an analysis from Cyble.
Ever since Elon Musk and New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got into a Twitter spat with the new Twitter owner Elon Musk, netizens have brazenly been using the exchange as fodder for new memes. Most recently, Elon Musk took yet another sly dig at the Congresswoman on Twitter by posting a photo of a T-shirt
Realme GT Neo 4 is believed to be in the works as a rival to the Redmi K60. The Shenzhen company is yet to delve into any details regarding the specifications and launch date of this smartphone. A reliable tipster has now shared some of its key specifications. This Realme handset is said to feature
The last total lunar eclipse of the year is set to take place on Tuesday, when the Earth blocks the Sun’s rays from reaching the Moon. Also known as the Blood Moon, the lunar eclipse will take place almost a year after the last total lunar eclipse, and viewers in North America, Central America, most
The Amadey malware is being used to deploy LockBit 3.0 ransomware on compromised systems, researchers have warned. “Amadey bot, the malware that is used to install LockBit, is being distributed through two methods: one using a malicious Word document file, and the other using an executable that takes the disguise of the Word file icon,”
People who consume a lot of news on social media are more likely to be sceptical of COVID-19 vaccines and also more hesitant about getting vaccinated, according to our newly published research. But we found that social media users with higher levels of news literacy have more confidence in COVID-19 shots. Other research has found
Realme 10 Pro+ key display features have officially been revealed by the company ahead of its launch on November 17 in China. The poster from Realme indicates that the front display of the smartphone will feature a hole-punch cutout to the centre. The Chinese company also claims that the chin of the smartphone will be
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency firm, has reached a deal with Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX to buy the rival crypto exchange for an undisclosed amount, rescuing the company from a liquidity crisis. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao tweeted Tuesday morning that “there is a significant liquidity crunch” at FTX and that after FTX asked for Binance’s help,
CISA, or Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the top US cybersecurity agency said it plans to monitor and issue security alerts on the congressional election on Tuesday, amid worries about potential efforts to interfere with the vote. Election security has emerged as a key issue in the United States after officials found Russia interfered in
Nintendo raised its annual profit forecast by 18 percent on Tuesday as a softer yen helped the Japanese videogame maker offset slower-than-expected Switch console sales. The company, which earns about 80 percent of its revenues overseas, expects its net profit to come to JPY 400 billion (roughly Rs. 22,200 crore) for the year to March
India’s first privately developed rocket – Vikram-S – is set for a launch between November 12 and 16, Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace announced on Tuesday. The maiden mission of Skyroot Aerospace, named ‘Prarambh’ (the beginning), will carry three customer payloads and is set for launch from the Indian Space Research Organisation’s launchpad at Sriharikota. “A
Security researchers are warning of “a trove of sensitive information” leaking through urlscan.io, a website scanner for suspicious and malicious URLs. “Sensitive URLs to shared documents, password reset pages, team invites, payment invoices and more are publicly listed and searchable,” Positive Security co-founder, Fabian Bräunlein, said in a report published on November 2, 2022. The
Climate deniers looking to block action and “greenwashing” companies could have free rein on Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover, analysts warned as leaders pursued anti-warming efforts at the COP27 summit. The Tesla billionaire and self-declared free-speech absolutist has fired thousands of staff — with sustainability executives Sean Boyle and Casey Junod among those signing off
For years Japanese shoppers eagerly shelled out for the latest gadgets, but now a tumbling yen has put new iPhones out of reach for some and sparked a growing secondhand trade in a major market for Apple. The Japanese currency’s fall to a 32-year low against the dollar has squeezed consumers and accelerated a broader
Billionaire Chris Sacca Courtesy of Collision Conference Venture capitalist Chris Sacca, one of the first investors in Twitter and an early evangelist of the site, says Elon Musk needs people around him who are willing to “speak some truth to power,” because the company’s problems are too big for him to solve on his own. In
With Twitter in disarray since the world’s richest person took control of it last week, Mastodon, a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany, has seen a flood of new users. “The bird is free,” tweeted Tesla mogul Elon Musk when he completed his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,37,465 crore) acquisition of Twitter. But many free-speech
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