About 5,500 Canada Revenue Agency accounts were targeted in this and another attack, the authorities said. TORONTO: Thousands of user accounts for online government services in Canada were recently hacked during cyber attacks, authorities said yesterday. The attacks targeted the GCKey service, used by some 30 federal departments and […]
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This is not a completely new feature though. Microsoft did talk about this back in May and said it will reach Android in future. While Google’s Gmail has been getting regular updates and integrations, Microsoft is also not behind with its email client – Outlook. The newest feature that has […]
IPL 2020 is all set to roll from September 19 and millions of cricket fans will be tuning in. However, in case you did not know, Hotstar, the official streaming partner for the Indian Premier League (IPL) has decided to move the match live streams behind a paywall this season. […]
A UK boat has just provided an impressive demonstration of the future of robotic maritime operations. The 12m Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) Maxlimer has completed a 22-day-long mission to map an area of seafloor in the Atlantic. SEA-KIT International, which developed the craft, “skippered” the entire outing via satellite from […]
SHANGHAI: Chinese shoppers on Friday (Aug 14) expressed dismay at news that traces of the coronavirus had been found on imported frozen food, with some saying they would avoid the products. Two cities in China on Thursday found the virus in frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil and shrimp from […]
BRASILIA: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday (Aug 11) angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a “lie”, despite data produced by his own government showing that thousands of fires are surging across the region. Bolsonaro last year similarly denied a spike in fires that […]
The island nation of Mauritius has declared a “state of environmental emergency” after a vessel offshore began leaking oil into the ocean. MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off the Indian Ocean island on 25 July and its crew was evacuated. But the large bulk carrier has since […]
The dramatic drop in greenhouse gases and air pollutants seen during the global lockdown will have little impact on our warming planet say scientists. Their new analysis suggests that by 2030, global temperatures will only be 0.01C lower than expected. But the authors stress that the nature of the recovery […]
Vodafone Idea’s average revenue per user (ARPU) per month came down to Rs 114 per month in June quarter. Vodafone Idea shares fell as much as 7.39 per cent to hit an intraday low of ₹ 7.64 after the company informed exchange after market hours on Thursday that its net […]
The moves come amid concerns over campaigns by governments aimed at influencing elections and public sentiment in other countries through media outlets that disguise their true origins. Facebook, Twitter aim at thwarting efforts to deceive or divide voters San Francisco: Twitter and Facebook on Thursday announced moves to thwart […]