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Court rules Turkey violated freedoms by banning Wikipedia

Turkey blocked Wikipedia in April 2017, accusing it of being part of a smear campaign against the country

27 Dec 2019 10:38 AM IST

Sources say the IAEA took samples from the site in the Turquzabad district of Tehran in the spring and that Iran has been slow in providing answers to explain the test results.(Representational Image)

Iran curbs internet before possible new protests - reports

The government has launched a bloody crackdown on protests which started in November by hikes in gasoline prices, but...

26 Dec 2019 12:15 PM IST

A few gaming platforms help players make cash.

Grand Theft Protest: Hong Kongers and Chinese gamers battle online

The game has become a virtual battle ground after Hong Kongers discovered they could dress up in the outfit of their...

26 Dec 2019 11:30 AM IST

Monitors are illuminated in the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base, Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

It takes a tech village to track Santa on Christmas Eve

For the 64th time, a popular program run by US & Canadian militaries is providing real-time updates on Santa's journey...

26 Dec 2019 11:10 AM IST

ToTok was used by the United Arab Emirates government to track conversations and other critical data such as movement, sound and photographs (Photo: AP)

ToTok denies spying allegations, misusing users' data

ToTok was taken off from Apple and Google App stores last week over allegations that the app was being used as a spy...

26 Dec 2019 10:28 AM IST

Intimate marriage proposals are a thing of the past. Everyone wants a perfect story to tell and whats better than a pre-planned proposal.

Man builds video game to propose to his girlfriend

A man taught himself video game development just to hear his girlfriend say "yes".

25 Dec 2019 6:00 PM IST

The exhibition features a facial recognition system that visitors can opt out of, to draw attention to the inability to opt out in public (Photo: Representational/AP)

Exhibition in China reflects on loss of anonymity to recognition...

It offers a rare public space for reflection on increasingly pervasive surveillance by tech companies and the...

25 Dec 2019 4:35 PM IST

Set your face make up at various stages with the powder at every stage of the makeup. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Beauty brands tap TikTok influencers for holiday campaigns

Reuters spoke to several marketing heads and agencies who worked on recent TikTok campaigns for cosmetic companies.

25 Dec 2019 3:56 PM IST

Cyber security firm Kasperskys researchers have finally released their annual security bulletin titled Story of the Year 2019.

Ransomware attacks on municipal institutions rise by over 60 per cent...

The firm observed that at least 174 municipal institutions, have been targeted by ransomware during the last year

25 Dec 2019 3:29 PM IST

Yu was accused of conspiring with other Chinese individuals to use malware to hack into the computer networks of companies in the US and elsewhere. (Photo: Pixabay)

Malware broker behind US hacks is now teaching computer skills in...

A reuters reporter saw Yu Pingan, a previously punished criminal hacker teaching courses such as internet security in...

25 Dec 2019 1:55 PM IST

Lauren Schuster of Miami looks at her phone as she struggles to get her Pokemon Go game to quit crashing at the Pokemon Go Fest Saturday, July 22, 2017, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Photo: AP)

Two new Pokemon titles launched exclusively on Facebook Gaming

Both the titles - Pokemon Tower Battle and Pokemon Medallion Battle - have been built using Facebook's Instant Games...

25 Dec 2019 12:56 PM IST

ByteDances TikTok platform has become popular with US teenagers and drawn stars like Ariana Grande and Katy Perry (Photo: AP)

ByteDance has no sale plans for TikTok, media report untrue - internal...

Bloomberg reported on Monday that the company was considering a TikTok stake sale.

25 Dec 2019 11:14 AM IST