Ransomware threat on rise globally: Symantec
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The average ransom demanded by hackers jumped to $679 — up from $294 — at the end of 2015, global cyber security leader Symantec said on Thursday. With 31 per…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The average ransom demanded by hackers jumped to $679 — up from $294 — at the end of 2015, global cyber security leader Symantec said on Thursday. With 31 per…
Hyderabad, July 21 (IANS) Cisco Systems, a global major in planning, designing and implementing smart cities, and its technology solutions partner Paradigm Mtuity, will implement a pilot project under Hyderabad Smart City. The Telangana government,…
New York, July 21 (IANS) Glassmaker Corning’s new Gorilla Glass 5 — the chemically strengthened super glass that several consumer electronics makers use in their devices — survives up to 80 per cent of the…
New York, July 21 (IANS) People and Page administrators on Facebook will now be able to broadcast up to four hours of video with Facebook Live — in both fullscreen and video-only mode, a media…
Washington, July 21 (IANS) Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has conducted the first search for atmospheres around Earth-sized exoplanets beyond our solar system and found indications that increase the chances of…
By Sourabh Kulesh New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Be it gaming or watching a movie alone, you may find the smartphone an easy way out, but when it comes to sharing the experience with friends…
New York, July 21 (IANS) With the announcement that one billion people are now using Facebook Messenger every month, the social networking giant’s shares hit an all-time intra-day high on Wednesday. Messenger is now the…
Warsaw, July 21 (IANS) Polish scientists have developed a portable device enabling pregnant women to examine the state of their baby, including its heart rate, early detection of placenta abruption, baby’s hypoxia or being tied…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the proposal of the Election Commission (EC) to procure 5,50,000 Ballot Units (BUs) and 5,45,000 Control Units (CUs) during 2016-17 for…
Bengaluru, July 20 (IANS) With digital life becoming pervasive and entering all fields of daily social life, German automotive major Daimler AGA plans to be a data and metric driven, while offering a mobile first’…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Under bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreements, India imported over 345 tonnes of uranium from Russia and 250 tonnes from Canada during 2015-16 to fuel Indian nuclear plants, parliament was told…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) LeEco has emerged as the top selling brand on Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart on Wednesday following the exchange offer of smartphones on July 18 and 19. The exchange offer from…
New York, July 20 (IANS) Riding on the growth in Cloud space with its Azure platform, US technology giant Microsoft on Tuesday reported a profit of $3.1 billion in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2016….
New York, July 20 (IANS) People are 1.3 times more likely to interact with celebrities on photo and video sharing website Instagram than its parent social media platform Facebook, suggests a new survey. The data…
Toronto, July 20 (IANS) Taking help from Twitter, two astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that an enormous X-shaped structure made of stars lies within the central bulge of the Milky Way galaxy. Previous…
Bengaluru, July 20 (IANS) Domestic consumer technology company CREO on Wednesday announced the July update to its indigenous Android-based operating system “FUEL OS” that powers its flagship smartphone “Mark 1”. The latest update is aimed…
Jakarta, July 20 (IANS) Indonesia on Wednesday banned its armed forces and police personnel from playing Pokemon Go — the game that has become a global rage — while on duty. The ban also includes…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Ransomware criminals often seek to establish a degree of trust with the victim to show that they actually “care” about their convenience, Finland-based cyber security provider F-Secure said in a…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Ransomware criminals often seek to establish a degree of trust with the victim to show that they actually “care” about their convenience, Finland-based cyber security provider F-Secure said in a…
Bengaluru, July 20 (IANS) Chinese smartphone major Lenovo on Wednesday launched ideapad 110 — its latest consumer laptop from the ideapad family targeted at the first-time personal computer (PC) buyers in India. Equipped with Intel’s…