Pebble Cosmos Bold Pro smartwatch has been unveiled in India for under Rs 3,000. The smartwatch sports a 1.39-inch IPS HD display with 500 nits brightness and 2.5D curved glass. The smartwatch features a metallic body with a changeable metallic strap. The Pebble Cosmos Bold Pro smartwatch comes with support for Bluetooth calling and offers
Month: May 2023
Samsung is reportedly working on the next smartphone in its Galaxy FE lineup. The company ditched the Galaxy S22 FE; however, it is reportedly planning to launch the Galaxy S23 FE with an upgraded camera over its predecessor, the Galaxy S21 FE, which was launched in 2022. The purported smartphone has been spotted online, revealing
May 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Technology Apple and Google have teamed up to work on a draft industry-wide specification that’s designed to tackle safety risks and alert users when they are being tracked without their knowledge or permission using devices like AirTags. “The first-of-its-kind specification will allow Bluetooth location-tracking devices to be compatible with unauthorized
Journalism is being battered by propaganda and increasingly sophisticated fakes, aided by AI software and a failure of oversight from tech companies, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Wednesday. Overall, the environment for journalists was rated as “bad” in 70 percent of the 180 countries in the NGO’s annual ranking, and “good” in just eight countries.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the GST Council is deliberating on taxation policy for online gaming and exuded confidence that the sector will attract investment once it is finalised. She was responding to a question from a Korean gaming company Krafton on what are India’s plans to attract foreign investment in gaming companies.
Alphabet-owned Google and Apple said on Tuesday they were working together to curb unwanted tracking of people by Bluetooth devices such as AirTags used for finding lost items. The companies together have submitted a draft with specifications that will require all Bluetooth location-tracking devices to alert users of any unauthorized tracking on both iOS and
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, April 14, 2023, on significant international drug trafficking enforcement action. Susan Walsh | AP A consortium of U.S. and international law enforcement made 288 arrests and seized over $53 million in cash and crypto as part of a dark-web
Of the dozens of listed companies talking up the potential of ChatGPT-like technologies, Chegg is among the first to publicly state just how deleterious the trend could be for its business. It needn’t be, though management seems ready to ride the wave of this new innovation rather than swim against the current. Chegg describes itself
May 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Spyware A new Android surveillanceware possibly used by the Iranian government has been used to spy on over 300 individuals belonging to minority groups. The malware, dubbed BouldSpy, has been attributed with moderate confidence to the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA). Targeted victims include
Twitter’s attempt to implement a paid account verification service has attracted imposters spreading misinformation, which experts said could lead major brands to further pull back from the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk. On April 20, Twitter moved to boost profits by removing the once-coveted blue check marks from accounts and charging $8
Samsung has enjoyed the limelight when it comes to folding smartphones for about four years, ever since the launch of its first Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Z Flip smartphones. While Huawei too started off around the same time, the company has lost major ground in the global market because of its inability to offer Google services on its
The Super Mario Bros. Movie has officially joined the one billion-dollar club, in less than a month since its release. As of this past weekend, the animated film collected $1.02 billion (about Rs. 8,357 crore) at the global box office, becoming the first movie of 2023 to pass the milestone. Released on April 7 —
Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., conduct a news conference in Capitol. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A bipartisan pair of senators reintroduced the Kids Online Safety Act on Tuesday with updates that aimed to address concerns that the bill could inadvertently cause more harm to the young internet
Apple urged a London tribunal on Tuesday to block a $2 billion (roughly Rs. 163 crore) mass lawsuit accusing it of hiding defective batteries in millions of iPhones by “throttling” them with software updates. The tech giant is facing a lawsuit worth up to 1.6 billion pounds plus interest, brought by consumer champion Justin Gutmann
May 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered weaknesses in a software implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) that could be weaponized to achieve a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on vulnerable BGP peers. The three vulnerabilities reside in version 8.4 of FRRouting, a popular open source internet routing protocol suite for Linux
WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out three new features to testers on the beta release channel. The first feature allows users to lock specific chats on iOS. The popular messaging app is also testing the ability to share your Status with your Facebook friends directly from WhatsApp for Android. Beta testers can also test a feature
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is expected to make its debut in the coming months as the successor to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, which was launched in November last year. While Qualcomm is yet to announce any details about this processor, it has reportedly been spotted on two popular benchmarking websites. These benchmarks suggest
May 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Cyber Threat In yet another instance of how threat actors are abusing Google Ads to serve malware, a threat actor has been observed leveraging the technique to deliver a new Windows-based financial trojan and information stealer called LOBSHOT. “LOBSHOT continues to collect victims while staying under the radar,” Elastic Security