Hackers hijacking dormant Twitter accounts to spread IS propaganda

Exploiting a decade-old flaw, hackers are taking control of dormant Twitter accounts to spread Islamic State (IS) propaganda, a media report said.

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Google wins U.S. approval for new radar-based motion sensor

Google says the virtual tools can approximate the precision of natural human hand motion and the sensor can be embedded in wearables, phones, computers and vehicles.

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Why a slump in US may not be bad news for Indian IT

Indian firms were among the biggest beneficiaries in the last two recessions as US companies outsourced work offshore for costs.

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Lava welcomes tweaks in ecommerce FDI policy

The tweaks to the ecommerce policy included barring online marketplaces from signing exclusive deals for products on their platforms.

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A look at mass electronic intelligence setup in the US and UK

Edward Snowden in 2013 released to the press classified documents about illegal mass surveillance by the US and Australian, British and Canadian intelligence files that he had accessed via the exclusive ‘Five Eyes’ network

from Tech-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2F2y3Vi

Data usage to turn upwardly mobile in 2019

Monthly data consumption may rise to 9 GB per user in the first half of 2019, a 125% increase over the current usage of 4 GB, said Neil Shah of Counterpoint Technology Market Research.

from Tech-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2F648uv

Watch out, cyber fraud cases in banks are spiking

Spike in cyber frauds is bigger than most other types of bank frauds. A total of 5,917 bank frauds were reported in 2017-18.

from Tech-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2LNpiic