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The US government began privately warning some American companies the day after Russia invaded Ukraine that Moscow could manipulate software designed by Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky to cause harm, according to a senior US official and two people familiar with the matter. The classified briefings are part of Washington’s broader strategy to prepare providers of

Facebook owner Meta gave user information to hackers who pretended to be law enforcement officials last year, a company source said on Wednesday, highlighting the risks of a measure used in urgent cases. Imposters were able to get details like physical addresses or phone numbers in response to falsified “emergency data requests,” which can slip

A woman accused of harassing Apple CEO Tim Cook with pleas for sex and other crude suggestions before showing up at his Silicon Valley home in a threatening manner last October agreed to stay away from him for the next three years under an agreement approved Tuesday. Julie Lee Choi consented to the deal negotiated

Moon Knight episode 1 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — is a weird and disjointed introduction to one of Marvel comics’ weirdest and disjointed characters. Even the first episode’s action happens in spurts, with the protagonist Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) blanking out at key moments. As the end of Moon Knight episode

Facebook Messenger has released a new set of features called Shortcuts, using commands on the messaging service. Users on iOS and Android smartphones can now issue commands in the chat window to perform different tasks like notifying everyone in a group, or silently send a message without notifying other users. They can also send GIFs

Google Hangouts — the discontinued messaging service that debuted in 2013 as a Google+ feature — is being replaced by Google Chat, the default messaging app for Google Workspace users. Considering that the transition to the new chat service is in its final phase, Google is removing the Hangouts mobile apps from the Google Play

Travel service provider Yatra Online on Monday said it has filed a draft prospectus with markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) that includes a fresh issue of shares aggregating up to Rs. 750 crore. Yatra also announced the appointments of Rohit Bhasin, Deepa Misra Harris and former bureaucrat Ajay

Amazon is gearing up for its toughest labour fight yet, with two separate union elections coming to a head as soon as next week that could provide further momentum to the recent wave of organising efforts across the country. Warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York, and Bessemer, Alabama, will determine whether or not they

The 2022 Oscars — or the 94th Academy Awards, as goes the official title — are slated to take place Sunday, March 27 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. This year, the Hollywood awards season concludes later than usual, thanks to the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics. For the first time, the Oscars

Spotify said on Friday it will suspend its streaming service in Russia in response to the country’s new media law. The audio streaming platform closed its office in Russia indefinitely earlier this month, citing what it described as Moscow’s “unprovoked attack on Ukraine.” Russia’s new legislation makes it illegal to report any event that could

Under hazy skies and in the calm of morning, workers waited patiently in line outside the JFK8 warehouse Friday for a say on whether to establish Amazon’s first US labour union. The six-day election at the Staten Island warehouse, overseen by US officials, opens the polls to the facility’s 5,000 workers for five hours each

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday added Russia’s AO Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas), and China Mobile International USA to its list of communications equipment and service providers deemed threats to US national security. The regulator last year designated five Chinese companies including Huawei and ZTE  as the first firms on the list, which was

Seagate has launched the SkyHawk AI 20TB hard disk drive (HDD) in India. The latest addition to the company’s video imaging and analytics devices, the HDD is meant for network video recorders (NVR), supporting multiple video and AI streams and is built with ImagePerfect AI firmware. The SkyHawk AI 20TB was launched during the ISC

Airtel 5G services will be rolled out soon after the government concludes spectrum auction, an executive said in an interview on the sidelines of a physical event on Thursday where the telco demonstrated its next-generation network. The New Delhi-based telecom operator is on a move to take on Reliance Jio — the largest telco in

Google has been working on improving the product reviews that pop up in Search for quite some time now. Now, it is releasing an update with improved criteria to ensure that product reviews are helpful to the users. The results on Google Search are now set to prioritise reviews from users who have bought the

Toshiba shareholders on Thursday voted against a proposal to split the Japanese conglomerate into two, dealing a fresh blow to management that will likely spell further turmoil for the embattled company. The results of the ballot held at an extraordinary shareholder meeting are non-binding, but Toshiba had been hoping to shore up support ahead of

YouTube is bringing two new health-focused features to ensure the credibility of health information on its platform in India. The Google-owned video-sharing app has unveiled new health source information panels that will label videos from reliable health organisations and government entities. With this, users can identify data from verified sources. Additionally, YouTube Health has added

The scope of the breach is unknown, but a hack at Okta could have major consequences because thousands of other companies rely on the firm to manage access to their own networks and applications. Okta said the breach could be connected to an earlier incident in January. Here are some facts about the company: According