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1st all-electric police car hits Australia roads
Australia's first all-electric police car hit the roads in the state of Victoria on Monday, one of the first jurisdictions in the world to take the landmark step.
Google server trouble snarls YouTube, Snapchat
Congested Google servers in the eastern United States caused problems for users of Snapchat and YouTube on Sunday, with complaints on social media that the popular apps weren't accessible. Google acknowledged the issue, writing in a statement on its Cloud Platform status page that it was dealing with "high levels of network congestion in the eastern USA, affecting multiple services in Google Cloud, G Suite and YouTube." "Users may see slow performance or intermittent errors," it said, adding that engineers had completed the first of two steps to restore normal operations. Earlier in the day, social media users complained of trouble loading a slew of popular websites and apps. "Google, YouTube, Snapchat, Shopify, all currently down. Is the internet melting?" asked one Twitter post. Snapchat and Google-owned YouTube both acknowledged the server issue on their Twitter accounts. Cloud computing is one of Google's most lucrative services, but faces stiff competition from other technology ..
IIT postgraduate held for running fake PM free laptop scheme
An IIT post-graduate was arrested from Rajasthan for running a fake website named 'Pradhan Mantri Free Laptop distribution Scheme-2019' with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's picture to earn money from website traffic as well as get personal data of visitors to misuse, a police officer said on Sunday.
IIT postgraduate held for running fake website offering free laptops
An IIT postgraduate was held for allegedly running a fake website carrying pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and duping people in the name of "Free Laptop Government Scheme on the Occasion of Re-election of New Government", police said Sunday. Rakesh Jangid (23), IIT postgraduate of 2019 batch, was arrested from his hometown Pundlota in Rajasthan's Nagaur district, they said. Over 15 lakh people were exposed to the con job within two days. The fake website offering the bogus scheme was promoted using instant messaging apps and became viral on Whatsapp, police said. According to the police, the accused used fake promotional multimedia message using 'Make in India' logo and picture of the prime minister on the website to lure people to register themselves for getting free laptops. He also intended to capture personal data of millions of citizens in the name of registration and use that for illegal monetary gains. The Cyber Crime Unit of Delhi Police - CyPAD received information ..
IITian arrested for offering free laptops under PM Modi's name
Delhi Police Cyber Cell have arrested one man, named Rakesh, who is an IIT post graduate, for making a fake website which claimed that two crore laptops will be distributed by the central government after the formation of the new government.CyPAD, high-tech facility of the Special Cell of Delhi Police, received information that someone had created and hosted a website by the domain name "www.modi-laptop.wishguruji.com" which was promising distribution of millions of free laptops on the occasion of the formation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government. A fake, promotional multimedia message using 'Make in India' logo was posted on the website to lure the website visitors to register themselves for getting the free laptop, the police said.CyPAD registered a criminal case under applicable sections of IT Act and an investigation was taken up using technical assistance from labs of CyPAD. Later, the accused, who created the website was identified and his location was zeroed in to .
Over 300 stolen mobile phones worth Rs 60 lakh seized; 7 held
Seven persons have been arrested after more than 300 stolen mobile phones worth Rs 60 lakh were seized from them, police said Sunday. The accused have been identified as Naresh Kumar (30), Mukesh Kumar (38), Naresh Kumar (27), Rajan (28), Ram Singh (58), Gopal Pathak (31) and Rohit (23), they said. According to police, the gang worked in a systematic manner. After stealing mobile phones, they used to hand them over to a middle man who then handed these phones to another person to be sent to Nepal. The receiver in Nepal had a salaried employee in Delhi who coordinated the movements of the phones and would also facilitate the payment through illegal channels, Rajesh Deo, deputy commissioner of police (crime), said. The gang was busted during an investigation into a complaint about snatching of mobile phones filed on May 25, he said. The accused used to repair mobile phones at a shop in Gaffar Market, the DCP said. In the last couple of years, there has been a rise in demand for used ...
Over a month-long Doraemon exhibition opens in China
A Doraemon-themed exhibition has been opened to the public in the city of Suzhou, in China's Jiangsu province.
Delhi Police bust gang of mobile smugglers, recover phones worth Rs 60 lakh
Delhi Police Crime Branch on Sunday busted an international gang of mobile smugglers, recovered 311 high-end mobile phones worth Rs 60 lakh and arrested seven people."Crime Branch of the inter-state cell has recovered 311 high-end mobile phones worth Rs 60 lakh. This is a rough calculation. 90 of them are iPhones, 36 of Samsung, 25 of Vivo, 15 of Oppo, 10 of Nokia, 40 of Mi and 90 other cell phones. Seven people have been arrested in the case," Rajesh Deo, DCP, Crime Branch said while addressing a press conference here.The arrested persons are -- Naresh Kumar (30), Naresh Kumar (27), Mukesh Kumar (38), Ram Singh (58), Rajan (28), Gopal Pathak (31) and Rohit (23).Naresh Kumar (30), left his job at a finance company and started purchasing the stolen mobile phones and further sent these to Nepal to avoid IMEI tracing. A total of 211 phones have been recovered from him.Police had received a tip-off about the gang attempting to send these phones to Nepal, the DCP added."Inspector Gurmeet ..
Nokia 3.2: Android One edge plus big battery life
The trend in the crowded sub-Rs 10,000 smartphone market is to offer bigger phones that last longer on a single charge. HMD Global, the house of Nokia phones, also appears to be relying on these features a lot to beat the competition.
Programmer 'sorry' for tool to track women in porn sites
An anonymous programmer who claimed to have created a face-recognition technology to track women appearing in porn videos realised the harm the tool could cause and deleted the project and all its data, said a media report.
China has very strict laws to protect data privacy: Senior Chinese official
China has "very strict laws" to protect personal information in big data industry, a senior cyberspace administration official said here, amid increasing global concerns over privacy in the big data business. The Chinese government is a major collector and user of privacy data. According to IHS Markit, a London-based market research firm, China had 176 million surveillance cameras in operation in 2016 and the number was set to reach 626 million by 2020. As part of its efforts to crack down on misuse of private data, China's national cyberspace administration in May introduced a new data protection law, further tightening regulations amid growing data privacy concerns. In an interview to PTI, Chen Benrong, Deputy Director of Guizhou Provincial Cyberspace Administration, said, "In China, we have very strict laws to protect our civil privacy, especially in the sector of big data industry. We have exclusively included big data privacy into our concerns." Big data is a field that treats ...
Twitter asked 19 core users to verify accounts in H2 2018
As part of its efforts to prevent manipulation of the platform by bots and fake accounts, Twitter challenged 19.35 crore accounts for verification in the second half of 2018, 17 per cent fewer than the first half of last year, according to a transparency report from the micro-blogging site.
OnePlus 7 Pro: Best Android value flagship smartphone
Chinese premium smartphone maker OnePlus broke its two-phones-a-year strategy this year with the launch of the OnePlus 7 series.
Apple increases cellular download limit for iPhone users
For iPhone users, downloading thick apps is possible only over Wi-Fi. Now, Apple has decided to change that.9to5 Mac spotted that Apple has upped the cellular download limit for iPhone and iPad from 150 MB to 200 MB, which basically means users can now download games, apps, video podcasts, or more that are slightly heavier.In the test download, the App Store allowed thinned, compressed app over the said limit. For example, one can probably successfully download a game over the cellular limit that is listed at 240 MB but while downloading, the version that is downloaded is below the 200 MB limit as it removes the irrelevant assets.
Microsoft warns of new WannaCry-like 'wormable' vulnerability
Microsoft has asked users to update their systems to prevent a vulnerability that is similar to the deadly WannaCry malware from 2017.In its official blog, Microsoft revealed that it released fixes for the critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability - CVE-2019-0708, in Remote Desktop Services on May 14. The vulnerability is 'wormable', which means it would take a single vulnerable computer to launch malware attacks on network computers.The company said that an exploit exists for the vulnerability and nearly one million computers connected directly to the internet at risk. Microsoft has strongly recommended that all affected systems should be updated to prevent malware attack.
52 pc parents feel 'more addicted' to their devices than teens: Survey
Excessive device usage is a growing problem in the 21st century. According to a new survey, parents are more troubled by their 'addiction' than their teens.Common Sense Media in its latest survey titled 'The New Normal: Parents, Teens, and Devices Around the World' has found that 29 per cent teens sleep with a mobile device in bed while 12 per cent of parents do the same.Interestingly, 52 per cent of parents feel concerned about the amount of time they spend on their devices as compared to 39 per cent of teens. Parents also feel more addicted to their devices as compared to teens who do not feel as addicted.More teens wish their parents would get off their devices. 39 per cent of teens feel that their parents spend too much time on their device.When it comes to device-use affecting relationships, 28 per cent of parents feel their teen's use of the mobile device has hurt their relationship.However, most parents and teens feel the device use has had no impact on the relationship.
Innovative IT helped to release voters turnout data within few days: EC
The Election Commission on Saturday said that it had used new innovative technology in the 17th Lok Sabha Election which has helped in collecting and collating the election data in an authenticated form in few days."In earlier elections, it used to take months to collect such authenticated election data from all the ROs (Returning Officers). Even in 2014, it took between two to three months after the declaration of results to collect and collate such data in an authenticated form. Due to the innovative IT initiatives taken by the Commission this time, the final data on votes counted has been made available within a few days of declaration of results," said EC in a statement.The provisional voter turnout data shows that 67.11 per cent voter turnout was recorded across the country during the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, which is the highest ever voter turnout in the history of general elections in India.This provisional voter turnout data is tentative voter turnout. It is made available by
EC says no ghost voters in Lok Sabha poll
The Election Commission on Saturday made it clear that there were no ghost voters during the recently held Lok Sabha polls as the provisional voter turnout data reported on the EC website is only the tentative number of voters.
'Nokia 6.2' set for India launch on June 6
Finnish company Nokia is set to launch Nokia 6.2 aka X71 in India on June 6. The teaser from the company on Saturday claimed the launch event would be in India as well as in Italy.
Spotify could let multiple users create playlists
Swedish music streaming giant Spotify is testing a new feature called "Social Listening" that would let multiple users add songs and make playlists in real time.
